ABERDEEN, S.D. (June 10) – Corey Dripps of Waterloo, Iowa, grabbed the checkered flag Friday night as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy invaded the Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, S.D.

Polesitter Ryan Gustin took charge at the drop of the green flag in Friday’s feature race and led the first 30 laps before trouble found the winningest driver this season with just ten laps remaining in the WIX Filters “A” Main.

While maneuvering through lapped traffic, Gustin closed in on Cody Sholpp to put the Canadian youngster a lap down. But before Gustin could make his move, the engine in Scholpp’s machine went up in smoke and Gustin made hard contact.

The result was Gustin’s night ending in the pit area while Dripps inherited the lead for the restart.

Dripps was flawless over the final ten circuits and sailed to his first win since August of last year and a $2,000 pay day.

Jason Krohn recorded the runner-up finish with Jason Grimes third, Ryan Ruter fourth and Kelly Shryock finishing fifth. Sixth through tenth were 17th-starting Zack VanderBeek, Scott Ward, Al Hejna, Rodney Sanders and Mike Stearns.

Two more events in the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region are on tap as the rugged USMTS road warriors continue their grueling stretch of 17 races over the course of 19 days during Summer Speedweeks with a return to the Jamestown Speedway in Jamestown, N.D., on Saturday night.

Shryock captured the first two events at Jamestown in 2003 and 2004 en route to his fifth and sixth USMTS titles, while Hughes was the winner in 2005. After a ten-year hiatus, the series returned to Don Gumke’s high-banked quarter-mile clay oval last year with Jason Krohn getting the victory.

Pits open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 and racing starts at 7 p.m. Also on the racing card will be Hornets, Bombers, Street Stocks and Midwest Mods presented by Jamestown Implement.

The Jamestown Speedway is located 4.5 miles north of I-94 (exit 258) on US 281, then 0.8 mile east on 27th St., then south (at the Stutsman County Fairgrounds). For more information, call 605-8320-7749 or visit www.jamestownspeedway.com online. Race day info is available by calling 701-251-2897.

USMTS SUMMER SPEEDWEEKS:

Tue Jun 7 … Huset’s Speedway, Brandon, S.D. (winner: Kelly Shryock)
Wed Jun 8 … Red River Valley Speedway, West Fargo, N.D. (winner: Ryan Gustin)
Thu Jun 9 … Casino Speedway, Watertown, S.D. (winner: Kelly Shryock)
Fri Jun 10 … Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, S.D. (winner: Corey Dripps)
Sat Jun 11 … Jamestown Speedway, Jamestown, N.D.
Sun Jun 12 … Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, Minn.
Mon Jun 13 … Mineral City Speedway, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Tue Jun 14 … Fairmont Raceway, Fairmont, Minn.
Wed Jun 15 … Cresco Speedway, Cresco, Iowa
Thu Jun 16 … Central Wisconsin Raceway, Unity, Wis.
Fri Jun 17 … Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Sat Jun 18 … Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Tue Jun 21 … I-35 Speedway, Mason City, Iowa
Wed Jun 22 … Buena Vista Raceway, Alta, Iowa
Thu Jun 23 … Park Jefferson Speedway, Jefferson, S.D.
Fri Jun 24 … Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa
Sat Jun 25 … North Central Speedway, Brainerd, Minn.

Each event will pay $2,000 to the winner of the main event, with more than $200,000 in total prize money up for grabs during the three-week adventure.

After a chaotic month of June, drivers will get a vacation of nearly three weeks before picking up the throttle again on Wednesday, July 13, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., where the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy will join the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for the first time at the legendary NAPA Gopher 50.

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
Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region
2nd Annual Event
Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, S.D.
Friday, June 10, 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 16 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) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
2. (5) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
3. (8) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
4. (2) 24s Mike Stearns, Hecla, S.D.
5. (9) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
6. (6) 52 Jason Thoennes, Garfield, Minn.
7. (3) 41 Jordan Foster, Henry, S.D.
8. (7) 37w Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D.
9. (4) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
2. (4) 7K Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
3. (8) 19R Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
4. (5) 9 Kent Arment, Aberdeen, S.D.
5. (6) 02 Kody Scholpp, Estevan, Sask., Canada.
6. (3) 3z Duane Zabel, Selby, S.D.
7. (7) 13 Ryan Engels, Arlington, S.D.
8. (2) 21 Scott Bender, Aberdeen, S.D.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 99 Jason Grimes, Jamestown, N.D.
2. (2) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
3. (5) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
4. (7) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
5. (3) 26 Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
6. (6) 1T Tim Thomas, West Fargo, N.D.
7. (4) 23 Terry Haven, Britten, S.D.
8. (8) 96 Dennis Haven, Brentford, S.D.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (10 laps, top 8 advance):
1. (6) 37w Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D.
2. (9) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
3. (4) 13 Ryan Engels, Arlington, S.D.
4. (1) 3z Duane Zabel, Selby, S.D.
5. (3) 41 Jordan Foster, Henry, S.D.
6. (7) 21 Scott Bender, Aberdeen, S.D.
7. (8) 96 Dennis Haven, Brentford, S.D.
8. (5) 23 Terry Haven, Britten, S.D.
9. (2) 1T Tim Thomas, West Fargo, N.D.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (3) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/Mullins, 40, $2000.
2. (6) 7K Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $1500.
3. (7) 99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D., Hughes/Dakota, 40, $1000.
4. (9) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa, Sidebiter/KSE, 40, $900.
5. (10) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $850.
6. (17) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $700.
7. (16) 37w Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D., Arrow/Sput’s, 40, $650.
8. (5) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa, BC/JR, 40, $600.
9. (4) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes, 40, $600.
10. (12) 24s Mike Stearns, Hecla, S.D., Fegers/Action, 40, $400.
11. (15) 52 Jason Thoennes (R), Garfield, Minn., MasterSbilt/Sowers, 40, $450.
12. (11) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $425.
13. (2) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 40, $400.
14. (19) 3z Duane Zabel, Selby, S.D., Shaw/, 40, $250.
15. (14) 26 Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn., Taylor/Tim’s, 40, $250.
16. (23) 23 Terry Haven, Britten, S.D., J-Car/, 40, $250.
17. (8) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D., GRT/Sput’s, 30, mechanical, $400.
18. (1) 19R Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 30, mechanical, $450.
19. (13) 02 Kody Scholpp (R), Estevan, Sask., Canada, TRE/Arizona, 30, engine, $300.
20. (20) 41 Jordan Foster, Henry, S.D., GRT/Sput’s, 24, mechanical, $250.
21. (22) 96 Dennis Haven, Brentford, S.D., J-Car/, 24, mechanical, $250.
22. (24) 1T Tim Thomas, West Fargo, N.D., Hughes/G-Force, 8, mechanical, $90.
23. (21) 21 Scott Bender, Aberdeen, S.D., Taylor/Victory, 7, mechanical, $250.
24. (18) 13 Ryan Engels, Arlington, S.D., J-Car/CNC, 4, engine, $250.
DNS – 9 Kent Arment, Aberdeen, S.D., Arrow/, 0, did not start, $250.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Integra Lap Leaders: Gustin 1-30, Dripps 31-40.
Total Laps Led: Gustin 30, Dripps 10.
Margin of Victory: 1.997 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Mather.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: VanderBeek (started 17th, finished 6th).
Ruter Farms Long Tow Award: Mather (588 miles).
Provisional Starter: Thomas.
Next Race: Saturday, June 11, Jamestown Speedway, Jamestown, N.D.
Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region Points: Shryock 544, Tesch 500, Gustin 480, Grimes 474, VanderBeek 467, Dripps 451, Krohn 442, Mather 433, Junghans 430, Sanders 425.
Rookie of the Year Points: Clyde Dunn Jr. 976, Jimmy Ray 971, Grimes 845, Jeff Rowland 843, Philip Houston 807.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 285, ProPower 226, Sput’s 168, ASI 154, Geddes 144.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 298, Skyrocket 246, GRT 179, Ramirez 80, BC 77.

Contingency Awards:
American Racer – Stearns.
CPD Racing Tools – not awarded.
Eibach Springs – Grimes.
Forty9Designs.com – Ruter, Sanders.
Hooker Harness – Junghans.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Dripps.
ISKY Racing Cams – Tesch.
KSE Racing Products – Dripps.
Marsh Racing Wheels – Thomas.
New Vision Graphics – Hejna.
Nitroquest – Thomas.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – VanderBeek.
PBM Performance Products – not awarded.
Real Racing Wheels – not awarded.
Ruter Farms – Mather.
WIX Filters – Dripps.

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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, Erson Cams, 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, Tiger Rear Ends, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, WIX Filters.