MONETT, Mo. – After a pair of cautions on the first two laps, Terry Phillips raced ahead of Tim Donlinger on the third lap and set sail over the remaining 32 times around the Monett Speedway Sunday night to capture the main event in Round 4 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship.
Phillips earned $3,000 for the victory and a bit of redemption after finishing second to then 18-year-old Ryan Gustin in last year's "Summer Shootout" at Randy Mooneyham’s 3/8-mile red clay oval.
After grabbing the lead, Phillips pulled away from Donlinger and maneuvered flawlessly through lapped traffic to get the win. Donlinger gave chase the entire distance but had to settle for the runner-up paycheck at the pay window.
Ryan Gustin fought wheel to wheel with Jeremy Payne throughout the last half of the contest before securing the third spot with five laps to go. Payne held on for fourth with Jason Hughes on his bumper in fifth at the finish line.
Rounding out the top-10 were Saturday’s winner Johnny Bone Jr., Jason Krohn, Rodney Sanders, 20th-starting Corey Dripps and Jesse Stovall.
Following the WIX Filters “A” Main, tech officials removed the BRODIX spec heads on Bone’s #12 TRE Chassis and performed a check for porting – the sixth test of its kind this season. Bone’s equipment passed the test just as the drivers in the six previous inspections had.
Although he didn’t win the battle, Gustin gained the upper hand in the points battle as the top three in points coming into the night – Kelly Shryock, Zack VanderBeek and Dereck Ramirez – struggled to finishes of 13th, 12th and 14th, respectively.
Gustin is now the points leader in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship, but only by two points over Vanderbeek (395 to 393) while Shryock is a single marker behind ‘The Reaper’ and ‘The Z-Man’ with 392 points. Hughes (388) moved into fourth ahead of Ramirez (368), Donlinger climbed to sixth with 352 points, seventh is Sanders with 343, Krohn’s eighth with 338, Jon Tesch’s 334 points dropped him to ninth and Tommy Myer rounds out the top-10 with 332 points.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers
5th Annual Summer Shootout
Monett Speedway, Monett, Mo.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the WIX Filters “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.
ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
2. (3) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
3. (8) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn.
4. (4) 21 Jackie Dalton, Carthage, Mo.
5. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
6. (7) 27 Kyle Slagle, Pierce City, Mo.
7. (6) 73 Mickey Burrell (R), Fair Grove, Mo.
8. (2) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (3) 118 Terry Beckham II, Webb City, Mo.
2. (2) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen, Bella Vista, Ark.
3. (4) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
4. (8) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
5. (7) 17s Mike Spaulding, Bemidji, Minn.
6. (5) 12h Mike Hansen, Alton, Iowa.
7. (1) M80 Jim Mathieson, Sioux City, Iowa.
8. (6) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
SCHOENFELD HEADERS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 00 Jesse Stovall, Galena, Mo.
2. (3) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
3. (1) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
4. (5) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (7) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
6. (4) 12d Scott Drake, Webb City, Mo.
7. (6) X2 Brian Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (4) 74 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo.
2. (2) 16 Austin Siebert (R), Grandview, Mo.
3. (5) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla.
4. (7) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
5. (1) 17 Lucas Conley (R), Spring Hill, Kan.
6. (6) 40 Brian Green (R), Pierce City, Mo.
7. (3) 71 Jim Body, Diamond, Mo.
AMERICAN RACER HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (4) 12b Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge, Ark.
2. (7) 12 Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla.
3. (1) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
4. (6) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
5. (5) 98 John Allen, Chanute, Kan.
6. (3) 91 Joe Duvall, Chelsea, Okla.
7. (2) 14 Jeff Roth, Rogers, Ark.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (2) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
2. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
3. (6) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
4. (3) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
5. (4) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (10) 73 Mickey Burrell (R), Fair Grove, Mo.
7. (5) 17s Mike Spaulding, Bemidji, Minn., $90.
8. (12) 14 Jeff Roth, Rogers, Ark., $75.
9. (11) X2 Brian Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan., $90.
10. (7) 98 John Allen, Chanute, Kan., $90.
11. (9) 40 Brian Green (R), Pierce City, Mo., $90.
12. (13) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., $90.
13. (8) 12h Mike Hansen, Alton, Iowa, $90.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (1) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (2) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
3. (4) 21 Jackie Dalton, Carthage, Mo.
4. (12) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
5. (3) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
6. (5) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
7. (9) 91 Joe Duvall, Chelsea, Okla., $75.
8. (8) 12d Scott Drake, Webb City, Mo., $75.
9. (11) 71 Jim Body, Diamond, Mo., $75.
10. (6) 17 Lucas Conley (R), Spring Hill, Kan., $90.
11. (7) 27 Kyle Slagle, Pierce City, Mo., $75.
12. (10) M80 Jim Mathieson, Sioux City, Iowa, $90.
WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 35, $3000.
2. (1) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn., Ramirez/Sput’s, 35, $1500.
3. (9) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 35, $1000.
4. (3) 74 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 35, $900.
5. (7) 12 Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 35, $800.
6. (5) 12b Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge, Ark., TRE/Homegrown, 35, $700.
7. (6) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $650.
8. (15) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Sput’s, 35, $600.
9. (20) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/Mullins, 35, $550.
10. (8) 00 Jesse Stovall, Galena, Mo., Hoffman/Yeoman, 35, $400.
11. (13) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Sput’s, 35, $450.
12. (17) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $425.
13. (16) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 35, $400.
14. (14) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Ramirez/ProPower, 35, $400.
15. (19) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa, Harris/JR, 35, $350.
16. (18) 21 Jackie Dalton, Carthage, Mo., Hoffman/Garrison, 35, $250.
17. (22) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D., Ramirez/Sput’s, 35, $400.
18. (21) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ASI, 35, $300.
19. (24) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 35, $300.
20. (11) 16 Austin Siebert (R), Grandview, Mo., GRT/Buzzard, 35, $300.
21. (12) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla., Hughes/Clements, 31, mechanical, $300.
22. (4) 118 Terry Beckham II, Webb City, Mo., TRE/Beckham, 30, mechanical, $250.
23. (23) 73 Mickey Burrell (R), Fair Grove, Mo., TRE/Ruble, 26, mechanical, $300.
24. (10) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen, Bella Vista, Ark., TRE/Donrich, 17, mechanical, $250.
(R) = DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year contender.
WIX Filters Lap Leaders: Donlinger 1-2, Phillips 3-35.
Total Laps Led: Phillips 33, Donlinger 2.
Margin of Victory: 2.388 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Payne.
PBM Performance Products Hard Charger: Dripps (started 20th, finished 9th).
Ruter Farms Long Tow: Krohn (589.81 miles).
Next Race: Wednesday, Aug. 18, Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, Iowa.
Points Standings: Gustin 395, VanderBeek 393, Shryock 392, Hughes 388, Ramirez 368, Donlinger 352, Sanders 343, Krohn 338, Tesch 334, Myer 332.
DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year Points: Scott 1588, Nick Deal 772, Curt Myers 619, Conley 552, Mark Elliott 512.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 331, Sput’s 329, ASI 172, ProPower 157, JR 129.
Chassis Builders Championship Points: Hughes 330, Skyrocket 325, GRT 261, Ramirez 231, Harris 142.
Contingency Awards:
Ai-Racing – Dripps.
American Racer – Myer.
ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems – Shryock.
Dart Machinery – VanderBeek.
Eibach Springs – Payne.
Forty9Designs.com – Payne, Dripps.
Hooker Harness – Shryock.
Isky Racing Cams – Phillips.
KSE Racing Products – not awarded.
Marsh Racing Wheels – not awarded.
Out-Pace Racing Products – Myer.
PBM Performance Products – Dripps.
Quarter Master – Phillips, Sanders.
QuickTime – Krohn.
Real Racing Wheels – Burrell, Mather.
Schoenfeld Headers – not awarded.
WIX Filters – Phillips.
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