Shryock kicks off USMTS Summer Speedweeks with nail-biting win at Huset’s Speedway

BRANDON, S.D. -- The
USMTS kicked off
twelve straight days of racing Tuesday at the Huset’s Speedway and ended the
night with a nail-biter that saw Kelly Shryock in victory lane for third time at
the high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval in Brandon, S.D.

Scott Ward earned
the AFCO Pole Award during heat race qualifying, redrew the pole position for
the 40-lap WIX Filters “A” Main, and then beat Shryock to the flagstand to lead
the first lap.

Ward, whose lone
USMTS triumph came four years ago at his hometown Casino Speedway in Watertown,
S.D., set a blistering pace before the first of two cautions came out on lap 9
when Ryan Ruter spun while trying to get around Shryock for
second.

On the restart, Ward
again held Shryock at bay and continued to lead through lap 31 when a flat tire
on Ruter’s machine slowed the action again.

Using the high side
of the racetrack, 11th-starting Colt Mather bolted to the front on the restart
while Shryock followed suit and moved around Ward two laps
later.

Diving back to the
low side of the steep banking, Shryock pulled alongside Mather as the pair
streaked beneath the white flag. One lap later, Shryock beat Mather to the
finish line by a car length to record his fourth win of the 2011 campaign and
first at the Huset’s Speedway since back-to-back wins in 2006 and
2007.

While Shryock
pocketed $2,000 for his efforts, Mather settled for the runner-up paycheck ahead
of Ryan Gustin, Ward and Rodney Sanders. Jason Grimes, Mike Steensma, Brandon
Beckendorf, Al Hejna and Mike Gregg rounded out the top ten
finishers.

With his third top
five finish in three events in the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region,
Shryock gained control of the points standings while Jon Tesch dropped to second
in the rankings after dropping out of Tuesday night’s feature race with just
four laps remaining. Mather is third, followed by Ruter, Gustin, Grimes, Zack
VanderBeek, Jason Krohn, Chase Junghans and Ward.

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OFFICIAL
RESULTS

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6th Annual
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Huset’s Speedway,
Brandon, S.D.

Tuesday, June 7,
2011

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 “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions
1-8.

ISKY RACING CAMS
HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):

1. (1) 33z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.

2. (3) 31 Corey
Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.

3. (5) 555 Ryan
Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.

4. (7) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas.

5. (2) 01 Brandon
Aggen, Rushmore, Minn.

6. (6) 7 Al Hejna,
Clear Lake, Iowa.

7. (4) 14R Randy
Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS
HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):

1. (3) 37w Scott
Ward, Watertown, S.D.

2. (5) 7k Jason
Krohn, Slayton, Minn.

3. (6) 14 Jon Tesch,
Watertown, S.D.

4. (7) 19r Ryan
Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.

5. (4) 18 Chase
Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.

6. (2) 27 Don
Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids, Iowa.

7. (1) 88 Jim
Mathieson, Sioux City, Iowa.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT
RACE #3 (8 laps):

1. (2) 3 Kelly
Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.

2. (1) 5 Brandon
Beckendorf (R), Danube, Minn.

3. (4) Y69 Mike
Gregg, Morton, Minn.

4. (3) 8 Colt
Mather, Webster, Iowa.

5. (5) 10 Mike
Steensma, Luverne, Minn.

6. (7) 99 Jason
Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D.

7. (6) 13 Ryan
Engels (R), Arlington, S.D.

REAL RACING WHEELS
“B” MAIN #1 (10 laps, all advance):

1. (5) 7 Al Hejna,
Clear Lake, Iowa.

2. (3) 10 Mike
Steensma, Luverne, Minn.

3. (4) 99 Jason
Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D.

4. (9) 13 Ryan
Engels (R), Arlington, S.D.

5. (7) 14R Randy
Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa.

6. (2) 18 Chase
Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.

7. (1) 01 Brandon
Aggen, Rushmore, Minn.

8. (8) 88 Jim
Mathieson, Sioux City, Iowa.

9. (6) 27 Don
Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids, Iowa.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN
(40 laps):

1. (2) 3 Kelly
Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $2050.

2. (11) 8 Colt
Mather, Webster, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $1500.

3. (10) 19r Ryan
Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1050.

4. (1) 37w Scott
Ward, Watertown, S.D., Arrow/Sput’s, 40, $900.

5. (9) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes, 40, $850.

6. (14) 99 Jason
Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D., Hughes/Dakota, 40, $700.

7. (13) 10 Mike
Steensma, Luverne, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $650.

8. (3) 5 Brandon
Beckendorf (R), Danube, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $600.

9. (12) 7 Al Hejna,
Clear Lake, Iowa, BC/JR, 40, $550.

10. (8) Y69 Mike
Gregg, Morton, Minn., Shaw/GMPP, 40, $500.

11. (15) 13 Ryan
Engels (R), Arlington, S.D., J-Car/CNC, 40, $450.

12. (4) 14 Jon
Tesch, Watertown, S.D., GRT/Sput’s, 36, mechanical, $425.

13. (7) 555 Ryan
Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa, Sidebiter/KSE, 30, flat tire, $400.

14. (6) 7k Jason
Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 30, mechanical,
$400.

15. (16) 14R Randy
Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, Iowa, Fegers/Rosy’s, 28, mechanical,
$250.

16. (18) 27 Don
Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids, Iowa, Skyrocket/HarryHeads, 26, mechanical,
$300.

17. (5) 33z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 20, seat,
$300.

18. (17) 18 Chase
Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., GRT/Sput’s, 18, mechanical,
$300.

19. 31 Corey Dripps,
Waterloo, Iowa, BC/Mullins, 0, did not start, $300.

20. 01 Brandon
Aggen, Rushmore, Minn., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 0, did not start,
$300.

21. 88 Jim
Mathieson, Sioux City, Iowa, BeerBuilt/Mathieson, 0, did not start,
$300.

(R) = Rookie of the Year
contender.

Integra Lap
Leaders: Ward 1-31, Mather
32-38, Shryock 39-40.

Total Laps
Led: Ward 31, Mather 7,
Shryock 2.

Margin of
Victory: 0.0408
second.

AFCO Pole
Winner:
Ward.

Mesilla Valley
Transportation Hard Charger: Mather (started
11th, finished 2nd).

Next
Race: Wednesday, June 8,
Red River Valley Speedway, West Fargo, N.D.

Farm Boy BBQ Sauce
Great Plains Region Points: Shryock 283, Tesch
251, Mather 240, Ruter 234, Gustin 227, Grimes 227, VanderBeek 218, Krohn 212,
Junghans 198, Ward 194.

Rookie of the Year
Points: Clyde Dunn Jr. 976,
Jimmy Ray 971, Jeff Rowland 843, Philip Houston 807, John Webb
800.

COMP Cams Engine
Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 257,
ProPower 204, ASI 154, Sput’s 141, Geddes 127.

Tiger Rear Ends
Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 271,
Skyrocket 222, GRT 157, Ramirez 80, TRE 67.

Contingency
Awards:

American Racer –
Krohn.

CPD Racing Tools –
not awarded.

Eibach Springs –
Shryock.

Forty9Designs.com –
Ward, Hejna.

Hooker Harness –
Tesch.

Integra Racing
Shocks & Springs – Ward.

ISKY Racing Cams –
VanderBeek.

KSE Racing Products
– Dripps.