Gustin blisters USMTS field at Nobles County Speedway
WORTHINGTON, Minn. -- Not even a caution midway through the 40-lap main event could deter Ryan Gustin as he walloped the field to score his eighth USMTS National Championship Series victory of the season Sunday night at the Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn.
After a hearty battle with Kelly Shryock in Beyea Custom Headers Heat Race #1, ‘The Reaper’ went on to lead every lap of the Swan Energy “A” Main en route to another $4,000 paycheck as he looks to defend his crown.
While Gustin awed the fans with another flawless display of driving talent that they will someday tell their grandchildren about, the rest of the main event competitors kept the crowd entertained with some heated battles for position and plenty of two- and three-wide racing action.
After Gustin crossed the finish line with a cushion of nearly eight seconds, 2007 USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn emerged as the battle-hardened runner-up with Jon Tesch following in third after starting 13th.
Two more former titlists rounded out the top 5 with 2010 USMTS National Champion Jason Hughes finishing fourth and nine-time USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock coming home in fifth.
Zack VanderBeek, Rodney Sanders, Terry Phillips, Chris Brown and Dereck Ramirez rounded out the top 10.
The USMTS National Championship Series returns to the track on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at the Buena Vista Raceway in Alta, Iowa, before heading 72 miles east to the Mineral City Speedway in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 2. The tripleheader weekend wraps up at the Cedar County Raceway in Tipton, Iowa, on Friday, Aug. 3.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS National Championship Series
Nobles
County Speedway, Worthington, Minn.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won. The top 8 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races re-draw for starting positions 1-8.
BEYEA CUSTOM HEADERS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 19r
Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
2. (2) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
3.
(3) 20s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (6) 21 Chris Brown, Spring,
Texas.
5. (4) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
6. (7) 22b Rick Beebe,
Shawnee, Kan.
7. (5) 17 Garry Oskerson, Fairmont, Minn.
HOOKER HARNESS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 33z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (2) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
3.
(4) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
4. (5) 27 Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids,
Iowa.
5. (6) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
6. (7) 23 Brandon Davis, Castle
Rock, Colo.
7. (3) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (4) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (1) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
3. (3)
12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
4. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
5.
(6) 3 Jason Briese, Cleghorn, Iowa.
6. (7) 84 Cody Ahrendt, Inwood,
Iowa.
7. (2) 13 Ryan Engels, Arlington, S.D.
SWAN ENERGY “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 19r Ryan Gustin,
Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $4000.
2. (4) 7k Jason Krohn,
Slayton, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $2200.
3. (13) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown,
S.D., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $1700.
4. (9) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.,
Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1200.
5. (5) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa,
Skyrocket/RoushYates, 40, $1000.
6. (7) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon,
Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $800.
7. (12) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas,
Hughes/Geddes, 40, $700.
8. (6) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.,
GRT/Hatfield, 40, $600.
9. (10) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas,
Skyrocket/RoushYates, 40, $550.
10. (15) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.,
Hughes/ProPower, 40, $500.
11. (17) 23 Brandon Davis, Castle Rock, Colo.,
Hughes/Geddes, 40, $475.
12. (16) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.,
Hughes/Mullins, 39, $450.
13. (19) 17 Garry Oskerson, Fairmont, Minn., Shaw/,
39, $350.
14. (11) 27 Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids, Iowa, Razor/HarryHeads,
36, $325.
15. (8) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ProPower, 32,
$400.
16. (3) 20s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ProPower, 32,
$400.
17. (14) 3 Jason Briese, Cleghorn, Iowa, Skyrocket/JRM, 32,
$300.
18. (21) 13 Ryan Engels, Arlington, S.D., TRE/Ryan, 32, $300.
19.
(2) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/ProPower, 31, $400.
20. (20) 10 Mike
Steensma, Luverne, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 28, $400.
21. (18) 84 Cody Ahrendt,
Inwood, Iowa, Shaw/Action, 20, $400.
(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.
Integra Lap Leader: Gustin 1-40.
Total Laps
Led: Gustin 40.
Margin of Victory: 7.971
seconds.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Tesch
(started 13th, finished 3rd).
Next Race: Wednesday-Saturday,
July 25-28, Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
USMTS National
Championship Series Points: Gustin 1865, Hughes 1660, Sanders 1647,
Brown 1534, Shryock 1512, J. Scott 1488, S. Scott 1466, Ramirez 1438, VanderBeek
1371, Chase Junghans 1278.
Rookie of the Year Points: S.
Scott 2057, Daniel Hilsabeck 1374, Ron Keith 1219, Casey Penn 956, Thomas
Tillison Jr. 789.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year
Points: Mullins 342, Geddes 317, ProPower 288, Sput’s 264, RoushYates
194.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points:
Hughes 407, GRT 363, Skyrocket 304, Sidebiter 143, Shaw 125.
