GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 23) – Jeremy Payne took home 2,000 shiny new silver dollars Saturday night after he emerged the winner of an exciting main event for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy during the inaugural Silver Dollar Nationals at the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb.

From the outside of the front row, Payne exploded into the lead at the drop of the green flag to start the 35-lap WIX Filters “A” Main, and within 10 laps the 25-year-old from Springfield, Mo., had built a comfortable 10-car-length lead over Kelly Shryock while Shryock held nearly the same advantage over Terry Phillips.

Ten laps later, Payne was maneuvering through lapped traffic with Shryock keeping him in his sights while Ryan Gustin came up to battle with Phillips with Rodney Sanders and Jason Hughes battling behind them.

As the leaders danced in and out of lapped cars, Shryock began to quickly chip away at Payne’s advantage, and with seven laps to go the nine-time USMTS National Champion was glued to Payne’s rear bumper.

Racing out of turn 4 with the scoreboard showing six laps remaining, Shryock ducked to the inside and wrestled the top spot away from the race-long leader.

Payne kept his #74 GRT stayed tucked in behind Shryock’s familiar #3 Skyrocket, and then made a dive to the inside of turn 1 with four laps to go. As he slid up to take away the line, Shryock cranked his wheels to the left and dove underneath as the two raced side by side down the back-stretch.

What appeared to be an upcoming last-lap shootout in a caution-free main event came to an abrupt halt when first-time USMTS competitor Dustin Jarillo spun in turn 3 directly in front of the leaders. The ensuing melee collected six additional cars, including Chase Junghans who rolled his machine over at the top of the corner.

Junghans was uninjured, but the same could not be said of his racecar. His was the second roll-over of the day by an 18-year-old driver as Shane Demey also walked away unscathed after he took a tumble in the same corner during the first Real Racing Wheels “B” Main.

While Shryock and Payne both suffered some wrinkled body parts, the damage was far worse for Shryock as he ducked into the pits and saw his chance at a weekend sweep end with four laps remaining.

On the restart, Payne returned to the high side of the racing surface with Phillips and Gustin in tow. Meanwhile, Hughes also saw his night come to an end as he pulled off the track with mechanical woes.

There were no more challenges the rest of the way as Payne sailed to victory with his teammate Phillips picking up the runner-up paycheck ahead of Gustin.

Sanders held on for fourth for the second straight night, Dereck Ramirez took fifth and Mark Dotson earned the Mesilla Valley Hard Charger Award as he raced from 16th on the 24-car starting grid to a sixth-place finish at the checkered flags.

Seventh through ninth were Mike Steensma, Bumper Jones and Jacob Dahle while USMTS Rookie of the Year points leader Jason Grimes rebounded for tenth after being caught up in the multi-car crash four laps earlier.

Saturday’s event wrapped up the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region points battle with Shryock edging Gustin for the regional crown by just 17 points (939 to 922). Sanders finished third with 884 markers, followed by Grimes (830), Zack VanderBeek (806), Jason Krohn (789), Junghans (751), Corey Dripps (739), Scott Ward (695) and Jon Tesch (672).

Nine of the top-10 drivers in the final rankings padded their base points for this year’s Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship powered by Swan Energy, while Ward became a new member of the class of 2011 that will compete in this year’s season-ending title chase.

The race that everybody has been waiting for happens this Wednesday through Saturday, July 27-30, as more than 150 drivers are expected to descend on the Deer Creek Speedway for the inaugural World Modified Dirt Track Championship presented by Hanson Tire Service.

To date, a record 145 different drivers from 23 different states have added their name to the list of possible one-armed bandits that will leave the Land of 10,000 Lakes a lot richer. In addition to a whopping $20,000 going to the winner on Saturday, each of the 30 main event qualifiers will pocket a minimum of $1,500.

Grandstand tickets are available for purchase on the Deer Creek Speedway website at www.deercreekspeedway.com or by calling toll-free at 877-327-7223.

The Deer Creek Speedway sits on 60 acres of scenic rural rolling hills with one of America’s most popular state-of-the-art racing complexes and a busy modern campground. The 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval is located just 11 miles south of I-90 at exit 209 on Hwy. 63.

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/Inaugural Silver Dollar Nationals – Night 2 of 2
I-80 Speedway, Greenwood, Neb.
Saturday, July 23, 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. (3) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
2. (1) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
3. (9) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
4. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
5. (8) 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo.
6. (4) 72 Mike Lineberry, Arlington, Neb.
7. (7) 33z Kyle Berck, Marquette, Neb.
8. (2) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
9. (6) 31h Rich Hesse, Hinton, Iowa.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn.
2. (1) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (3) 37w Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D.
4. (8) 83 Jesse Cowles, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
5. (7) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
6. (5) 15m Shane Demey (R), Denison, Iowa.
7. (4) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena, Iowa.
8. (6) 311 Adam Schrag, Hutchinson, Kan.
9. (9) 77 Dustin Jarillo, Omaha, Neb.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (3) 74x Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo.
2. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
3. (4) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
4. (5) 99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D.
5. (8) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen, Bella Vista, Ark.
6. (2) 88 Sean Barragan, Sioux City, Iowa.
7. (1) 70 Jesse Dennis, Prescott, Iowa.
8. (7) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (3) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (7) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
3. (6) 02 Jacob Dahle, Elkhorn, Neb.
4. (1) 4 Brandon Kenny, Woodward, Okla.
5. (5) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning, Iowa.
6. (2) 27 Clint Homan, Bellevue, Neb.
7. (8) 26 Scott Styskal, David City, Neb.
8. (4) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (1) 37w Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D.
2. (3) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen, Bella Vista, Ark.
3. (2) 99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D.
4. (4) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
5. (8) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena, Iowa.
6. (5) 72 Mike Lineberry, Arlington, Neb.
7. (9) 31h Rich Hesse, Hinton, Iowa, Sidebiter/HarryHeads, $75.
8. (6) 88 Sean Barragan, Sioux City, Iowa, Hughes/Yankton, $75.
9. (7) 26 Scott Styskal, David City, Neb., Razor/Jacobs, $75.
DNS – 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, BC/Mullins, $90.
DNS – 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, $90.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (1) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
2. (2) 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo.
3. (3) 4 Brandon Kenny, Woodward, Okla.
4. (4) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning, Iowa.
5. (7) 70 Jesse Dennis, Prescott, Iowa.
6. (9) 77 Dustin Jarillo, Omaha, Neb.
7. (6) 27 Clint Homan, Bellevue, Neb., Pierce/Schaller, $75.
8. (8) 311 Adam Schrag, Hutchinson, Kan., GRT/Crissman, $75.
9. (5) 15m Shane Demey (R), Denison, Iowa, BMS/Demey, $90.
DNS – 33z Kyle Berck, Marquette, Neb., Razor/JR, $75.
DNS – 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ASI, $175.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. (2) 74 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 35, $2000.
2. (4) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Hatfield, 35, $1500.
3. (12) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 35, $1100.
4. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/Geddes, 35, $910.
5. (10) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 35, $700.
6. (16) 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo., GRT/KSE, 35, $800.
7. (6) 10 Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 35, $650.
8. (9) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M., GRT/Sput’s, 35, $600.
9. (1) 02 Jacob Dahle, Elkhorn, Neb., Hughes/Sput’s, 35, $450.
10. (17) 99 Jason Grimes (R), Jamestown, N.D., Hughes/Dakota, 35, $500.
11. (11) 83 Jesse Cowles, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Razor/JR, 35, $350.
12. (18) 4 Brandon Kenny, Woodward, Okla., Ramirez/Sput’s, 35, $300.
13. (21) 56 Chris Spieker, Massena, Iowa, IROC/PerfMach, 35, $400.
14. (8) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, 34, mechanical, $500.
15. (23) 72 Mike Lineberry, Arlington, Neb., Harris/Roberts, 34, $350.
16. (14) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 32, mechanical, $300.
17. (5) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 31, crash, $510.
18. (19) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., GRT/Sput’s, 30, crash, $400.
19. (15) 31j Jeremy Rasmussen, Bella Vista, Ark., TRE/Donrich, 30, crash, $250.
20. (13) 37w Scott Ward, Watertown, S.D., Skyrocket/Sput’s, 30, crash, $400.
21. (20) R21 Ryan Schaffer, Corning, Iowa, Bullet/Mullins, 30, crash, $250.
22. (24) 77 Dustin Jarillo, Omaha, Neb., Harris/Hatterman, 28, crash, $250.
23. (22) 70 Jesse Dennis, Prescott, Iowa, Skyrocket/Midstate, 8, mechanical, $250.
24. (7) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa, Sidebiter/Sput’s, 5, mechanical, $300.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Integra Lap Leaders: Payne 1-29, Shryock 30-31, Payne 32-35.
Total Laps Led: Payne 33, Shryock 2.
Margin of Victory: 1.318 seconds.
AFCO Pole Winner: Shryock.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Dotson (started 16th, finished 6th).
Ruter Farms Long Tow Award: Scott (1,172 miles).
Next Race: Wednesday-Saturday, July 27-30, Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Great Plains Region Points (final): Shryock 939, Gustin 922, Sanders 884, Grimes 830, VanderBeek 806, Krohn 789, Junghans 751, Dripps 739, Ward 695, Jon Tesch 672.
Rookie of the Year Points: Grimes 1672, Clyde Dunn Jr. 976, Jimmy Ray 971, Keith Foss 869, Lucas Schott 862.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 407, ProPower 321, Sput’s 291, Geddes 195, ASI 167.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 427, Skyrocket 372, GRT 282, BC 156, IROC 84.

Contingency Awards:
American Racer – Sanders.
CPD Racing Tools – not awarded.
Eibach Springs – not awarded.
Forty9Designs.com – Sanders.
Hooker Harness – not awarded.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – not awarded.
ISKY Racing Cams – Ruter.
KSE Racing Products – VanderBeek.
Marsh Racing Wheels – Ruter.
New Vision Graphics – Steensma.
Nitroquest – Krohn.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – Dotson.
PBM Performance Products – VanderBeek.
Real Racing Wheels – Dripps, Demey.
Ruter Farms – Scott.
WIX Filters – Payne.

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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.