WAINWRIGHT, Okla. (May 19) – Kelly Shryock got a shot at redemption Thursday night and wasted no time cashing in as he led wire to wire to win the 30-lap main event as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy invaded the Outlaw Motor Speedway for the second time in three weeks.

On April 29, the nine-time USMTS National Champion bolted to the front at the drop of the green flag and led the first 27 laps of the feature, but with three laps to go Johnny Scott powered his way into the lead and went on to capture the win.

Just like last time, Shryock started third in Thursday night’s 30-lap WIX Filters “A” Main and wrestled the lead away from front row starters Allen Chickering and Terry Phillips on the first lap. Before a lap could be completed, Chickering smacked the outside concrete wall which triggered a six-car pile-up that put four machines in the pits for the rest of the race.

On the restart, Shryock again took command and set a torrid pace while several other drivers were charging their way into contention.

The race’s fourth and final caution waved on lap 17 erased Shryock’s big advantage and left Jason Hughes and Ryan Gustin glued to his rear bumper for the restart with 13 laps to go.

With 15 wins between the two of them in the first 19 events so far in 2011, it looked like Shryock might be a sitting duck.

But this time, Shryock was too fast for anybody to handle and raced uncontested the rest of the way to record his second $2,000 win of the season and 166th victory of his USMTS career.

Hughes hung on for the runner-up paycheck and also pocketed an additional $100 as the Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger Award winner after starting 11th on the 25-car grid.

Gustin came home third, Rodney Sanders was fourth and Phillips wound up fifth. Sixth through tenth, respectively, went to Scott, Randy Timms, Bryan Rowland, Jimmy Ray and Justin Rexwinkle.

Jeremy Payne was the fourth driver to cross the finish line, but was later disqualified during post-race technical inspections because of an engine setback violation.

The event slated for Friday, May 20, at the Brill’s Motor Speedway in Meeker, Okla., has been canceled dur to heavy rainfall in the area.

Next up for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy is a return to the Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas, on Saturday, May 21, where the Day Motor Sports Southwest Region champion will be crowned and the next batch of drivers will be qualified for this year’s Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship powered by Swan Energy.

The 17-year-old facility is a popular racing destination for drivers and fans in the Texas panhandle, with regular weekly shows often playing in front of standing-room only crowds.

The racing surface at Bill Worthen’s speedplant is a generous 75 feet wide in the turns with 20 degrees of banking and 65 feet wide down the straight-aways with 5 degrees of banking. The facility has a seating for 4,000 race fans, plus handicapped parking, stadium lighting, full concessions and several luxurious V.I.P. booths. For the race teams, the pits have concrete pads available with lighting and water.

Last year, Rodney Sanders of nearby Happy, Texas, emerged as the winner after a hard-fought battle with Bumper Jones. Jason Hughes and Ryan Gustin finished third and fourth in the inaugural event.

Pit gates open at 4:30 p.m., grandstands open at 6, hot laps take to the track at 7 and racing is scheduled to begin at 7:30.

The Route 66 Motor Speedway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located 1.5 miles south of I-40 at Exit 75 on Lakeside Dr. in Amarillo, Texas. For more information, call the track office at 806-383-0375 or 806-335-3478 for race day updates. The track’s website is www.route66motorspeedway.com.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also follow the USMTS on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy
Outlaw Motor Speedway, Wainwright, Okla.
Thursday, May 19, 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) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla.
2. (8) 5t Randy Timms, Wheatland, Okla.
3. (6) 74 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo.
4. (2) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
5. (3) 9 Jimmy Ray (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
6. (5) 87 John Webb (R), Pauls Valley, Okla.
7. (7) 27 Dan Morris, Fort Gibson, Okla.
8. (4) 3 Danny Womack, Muskogee, Okla.
9. (9) 64a Gary Andrews, Muskogee, Okla.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (4) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
2. (7) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
3. (1) 127 Andy Morris, Okay, Okla.
4. (6) 23 Justin Rexwinkle, South Coffeyville, Okla.
5. (8) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
6. (5) 5* Dalton Clay, Muskogee, Okla.
7. (2) 76 Jeff Rowland (R), Pauls Valley, Okla.
8. (3) 4 Ronnie Barbee (R), Siloam Springs, Ark.
9. (9) 71h Philip Houston (R), Odessa, Texas.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 7h Brett Hansen, Fort Gibson, Okla.
2. (3) 26 Allen Chickering, Okarche, Okla.
3. (1) 64L Dan Leatherman, Muskogee, Okla.
4. (6) 88xx Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas.
5. (7) 2g Patrick Goodnight, Braggs, Okla.
6. (4) 2 Jerry Standifer (R), Howe, Okla.
7. (5) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
8. (8) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
2. (4) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (6) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr. (R), Sunnyville, Texas.
4. (8) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
5. (1) 11g Josh Griggs, Dewey, Okla.
6. (3) 3a Chris Armstrong (R), Ada, Okla.
7. (7) 14 Steve Lacy, Jenks, Okla.
8. (9) 11n Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark.
9. (5) 9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (2) 88xx Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas.
2. (4) 9 Jimmy Ray (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (8) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
5. (10) 4 Ronnie Barbee (R), Siloam Springs, Ark.
6. (1) 64L Dan Leatherman, Muskogee, Okla.
7. (11) 64a Gary Andrews, Muskogee, Okla., GRT/Baker, $60.
8. (5) 87 John Webb (R), Pauls Valley, Okla., Hughes/Shoulders, $80.
9. (12) 9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La.
10. (7) 27 Dan Morris, Fort Gibson, Okla., AndyBuilt/BMS, $60.
11. (9) 11n Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark., /, $60.
12. (6) 2 Jerry Standifer (R), Howe, Okla., Evolution/KSE, $80.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (10) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (1) 23 Justin Rexwinkle, South Coffeyville, Okla.
3. (4) 11g Josh Griggs, Dewey, Okla.
4. (9) 3 Danny Womack, Muskogee, Okla.
5. (11) 71h Philip Houston (R), Odessa, Texas.
6. (5) 5* Dalton Clay, Muskogee, Okla.
7. (7) 76 Jeff Rowland (R), Pauls Valley, Okla., Hughes/Boyd’s, $80.
8. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Ramirez/ProPower, $80.
9. (8) 14 Steve Lacy, Jenks, Okla., Lacy/Lacy, $60.
10. (6) 3a Chris Armstrong (R), Ada, Okla., BillsBuilt/Guru, $80.
11. (3) 2g Patrick Goodnight, Braggs, Okla., TRE/Mullins, $60.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (30 laps):
1. (3) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 30, $2000.
2. (11) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 30, $1600.
3. (7) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 30, $1000.
4. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes, 30, $700.
5. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 30, $400.
6. (14) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ASI, 30, $550.
7. (8) 5t Randy Timms, Wheatland, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 30, $500.
8. (5) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 30, $450.
9. (15) 9 Jimmy Ray (R), Las Cruces, N.M., AOS/GMPP, 30, $425.
10. (16) 23 Justin Rexwinkle, South Coffeyville, Okla., JRC/Kalvinator, 30, $210.
11. (6) 7h Brett Hansen, Fort Gibson, Okla., Hoffman/Shinook, 30, $200.
12. (17) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., Shaw/ASI, 30, $350.
13. (21) 4 Ronnie Barbee (R), Siloam Springs, Ark., Hughes/Ora’s, 30, $325.
14. (25) 9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La., Hughes/ASI, 30, $400.
15. (23) 64L Dan Leatherman, Muskogee, Okla., GRT/Kuntz, 30, $200.
16. (24) 5* Dalton Clay, Muskogee, Okla., Skyrocket/BMS, 24, mechanical, $200.
17. (12) 127 Andy Morris, Okay, Okla., TRE/BMS, 22, mechanical, $200.
18. (22) 71h Philip Houston (R), Odessa, Texas, SRP/JR, 9, mechanical, $300.
19. (19) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo., GRT/Mullins, 9, mechanical, $200.
20. (13) 88xx Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas, Hughes/Wells, 6, suspension, $400.
21. (10) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr. (R), Sunnyville, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, 1, crash, $300.
22. (18) 11g Josh Griggs, Dewey, Okla., Rocket/CNC, 1, crash, $200.
23. (20) 3 Danny Womack, Muskogee, Okla., Hughes/BMS, 1, crash, $200.
24. (1) 26 Allen Chickering, Okarche, Okla., Hughes/Hatfield, 1, crash, $200.
25. (9) 74 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 30, disqualified, $200.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Integra Lap Leader: Shryock 1-30.
Total Laps Led: Shryock 30.
Margin of Victory: 2.348 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Timms.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Hughes (started 11th, finished 2nd).
Provisional Starter: Hebert.
Next Race: Saturday, May 21, Route 66 Motor Speedway, Amarillo, Texas.
Day Motor Sports Southwest Region Points: Gustin 661, J. Scott 603, Hughes 598, Shryock 567, Sanders 561, Hebert 515, J. Rowland 500, Malchus 488, Ray 441, Ramirez 393.
Rookie of the Year Points: Ray 901, Dunn 889, J. Rowland 781, P.J. Egbert 765, Webb 747.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 188, ProPower 143, ASI 137, Geddes 90, Sput’s 76.
Chassis Builders Championship Points: Hughes 196, Skyrocket 152, GRT 104, Ramirez 75, TRE 67.

Contingency Awards:
American Racer – Shryock.
CPD Racing Tools – not awarded.
Eibach Springs – not awarded.
Forty9Designs.com – Sanders, Ray.
Hooker Harness – S. Scott.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Shryock.
ISKY Racing Cams – B. Rowland.
KSE Racing Products – Timms.
Marsh Racing Wheels – Chickering.
New Vision Graphics – Shryock.
Nitroquest – Standifer, Armstrong.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – Hughes.
PBM Performance Products – Gustin.
Real Racing Wheels – Webb, J. Rowland.
Ruter Farms – not awarded.
WIX Filters – Shryock.

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USMTS TITLE SPONSORS: Casey’s General Stores, Swan Energy.

USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Awesome Race Suits, Cheetos, Intercomp, Karl Chevrolet, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, New Vision Graphics, Nitroquest, RACEceiver, SLAP Energy, Snickers.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Arnold Motor Supply, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, DAY Motor Sports, Dirthead.com, DirtKnights.com, Dirt Track Racing School, DrySlik Dirt Trak Racewear, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Karl Performance Parts, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olympic Fire Protection, Ramirez Race Cars, Ruter Farms, Schwab’s Tinker Shop, Sybesma Graphics, Yeager Machine.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, COMP Cams, CPD Racing Tools, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts, Forty9Designs.com, Genesis Shocks, Hooker Harness, Hypercoil Springs, ISKY Racing Cams, The Joie of Seating, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Out-Pace Racing Products, PBM Performance Products, Quarter Master, Real Racing Wheels, RHS – Racing Head Service, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, WIX Filters.