WINSTON, Mo. (Aug. 8) – Stormy Scott was in the right place at the right time to take down the feature win Thursday night as the United States Modified Touring Series blasted into the I-35 Speedway for the second race in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup.

Riding third at the white flag, Scott entered the first turn tucked in closely behind Jeremy Payne and race-long leader Jason Hughes when the 2010 USMTS National Champion spun on the final lap.

As per USMTS rules, the car that brings about the caution flag and any others which make contact or cause the incident must restart at the tail of the field. Officials determined that contact from Payne initiated Hughes’ spin, so both drivers had to start at the back of the pack for the green-white-checkered finish.

Scott was able to withstand pressure from Rodney Sanders over the final two orbits to score the victory and pocket $5,000 for his effort. Polesitter Chris Brown finished a close third, with Lucas Schott passing a dozen drivers en route to a fourth-place finish and the Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger Award.

Nine-time USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock came from 11th on the starting grid to take fifth. Johnny Scott, Austin Siebert, Daniel Hilsabeck, Dereck Ramirez and Trevor Hunt rounded out the top 10.

Hughes came back for an 11th-place finish. Payne headed to the pits before the final restart.

The win was Stormy Scott’s 17 of his career, breaking a tie with Payne and tying him with Sanders on the USMTS all-time wins list. His victory also propelled him to the top of the points standings where he now holds a 14-point advantage over his twin brother, Johnny.

Shryock moved up to third in the rankings while Hughes fell to fourth. Sanders is fifth, followed by Zack VanderBeek, Brown, Hunt, Payne and Schott in the top 10.

Friday will take the Best of the Best back to the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan., for the 35th time at the Whitworth family’s 3/8-mile clay oval. Hughes comes in with 10 wins in the 34 previous feature races, but Stormy Scott has been the hottest of late with four wins in his last six starts here.

Shryock is a six-time winner at Humboldt while two-time defending USMTS National Champion Ryan Gustin has three wins, including the King of America III Modified Nationals back in March.

Johnny Bone Jr. won the first USMTS race at ‘The Hummer’ on June 28, 2000. He and Johnny Scott are both two-time main event winners while Tim Donlinger, Jason Krohn, Jon Tesch, Steve Holzkamper, Sanders, William Gould, Terry Phillips and Payne each have one checkered flag to their credit.

Gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps begin at 7:30 and racing starts at 8 p.m. Also on the racing card will be B-Mods, Factory Stocks and Pure Stocks. Adults are $17, Juniors 13-16 are $10, kids 6-12 are $5 and children ages 5 and under get in for free. Pit passes are $35.

Fans can get coupons good for $2 off adult admission at Casey’s General Stores locations in Chanute, Iola and Yates Center. Trevor Hunt and his Snickers-sponsored modified will be present for a meet ‘n’ greet at the Casey’s location at 712 E. Madison Ave. in Iola from 12-2 p.m. Lucas Schott and his AMP Energy-sponsored modified will be at the Casey’s located at 220 W. Cherry in Chanute from 12-2 p.m.

The Humboldt Speedway is located 0.1 mile west of US 169 at the Humboldt exit, then 0.5 mile south, then 0.9 mile east. For more information call 620-431-2470 or visit them online at www.humboldtspeedway.com. You can also like Humboldt Speedway on Facebook at www.facebook.com/humboldtspeedway.

On Saturday night the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup will storm into the Lucas Oil Speedway for the 5th Annual Lucas Slick Mist Shoot-Out. The four-day swing will wrap up on Sunday at the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts or check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup – Round 2 of 18
I-35 Speedway, Winston, Mo.
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed 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.

BEYEA CUSTOM HEADERS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (4) 186 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo.
3. (5) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
4. (3) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
5. (6) 5* Casey Penn, Shreveport, La.
6. (7) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
7. (2) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
8. (8) 9 Terry Bruner, Shawnee, Kan.

JRi SHOCKS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
2. (4) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
3. (1) 99h Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo.
4. (3) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (5) 5c Chad Lyle, Oak Grove, Mo.
6. (6) 78 Danny Crane, Columbia, Mo.
7. (7) 1k Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 89 Steve Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas.
2. (4) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (3) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
4. (2) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada.
5. (5) 22d Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa.
6. (7) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
7. (6) 36 Jeff Conner (R), Panora, Iowa.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada.
2. (1) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas.
3. (3) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.
4. (4) 22 Dustin Boney, Gower, Mo.
5. (7) 34 Mark Schafman, Edwardsville, Kan.
6. (5) 42 Sam Florence, Trimble, Mo.
7. (6) 99 Martin Bennett, Ankeny, Iowa.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
2. (4) 5c Chad Lyle, Oak Grove, Mo.
3. (2) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada.
4. (6) 78 Danny Crane, Columbia, Mo.
5. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
6. (3) 34 Mark Schafman, Edwardsville, Kan., BillsBuilt/Heeter, $80.
7. (8) 36 Jeff Conner (R), Panora, Iowa.
8. (7) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, $100.
9. (9) 9 Terry Bruner, Shawnee, Kan., Skyrocket/Millert, $80.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 22 Dustin Boney, Gower, Mo.
2. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (4) 22d Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa.
4. (6) 42 Sam Florence, Trimble, Mo.
5. (5) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
6. (7) 1k Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa, Skyrocket/Karl, $100.
7. (3) 5* Casey Penn, Shreveport, La.
8. (8) 99 Martin Bennett, Ankeny, Iowa, Skyrocket/Sput’s, $100.

CASEY’S GENERAL STORES “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (6) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., GRT/ProPower, 40, $5000.
2. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, 40, $2000.
3. (1) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1500.
4. (16) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., Hughes/Sput’s, 40, $1100.
5. (11) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, 40, $1100.
6. (7) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., GRT/RoushYates, 40, $1000.
7. (13) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo., GRT/Mullins, 40, $700.
8. (18) 22d Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $650.
9. (9) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, 40, $600.
10. (10) 99h Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo., GRT/Sput’s, 40, $700.
11. (2) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $650.
12. (15) 5c Chad Lyle, Oak Grove, Mo., Rocket/Mullins, 40, $350.
13. (22) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., Hughes/BMS, 40, $450.
14. (17) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada, GRT/Tim’s, 40, $500.
15. (23) 36 Jeff Conner (R), Panora, Iowa, Skyrocket/RoushYates, 40, $375.
16. (8) 186 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo., GRT/RoushYates, 39, $400.
17. (4) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada, GRT/Tim’s, 35, $500.
18. (3) 89 Steve Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, 33, $300.
19. (14) 22 Dustin Boney, Gower, Mo., GRT/Yeoman, 31, $300.
20. (12) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa, Rage/RoushYates, 30, $300.
21. (20) 42 Sam Florence, Trimble, Mo., Allen/Yancy’s, 22, $275.
22. (24) 5* Casey Penn, Shreveport, La., Hughes/Mullins, 16, $300.
23. (21) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Hughes/Sput’s, 8, $400.
24. (19) 78 Danny Crane, Columbia, Mo., Skyrocket/Dickey, 5, $275.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Lap Leaders: Hughes 1-39, S. Scott 40.
Total Laps Led: Hughes 39, S. Scott 1.
Margin of Victory: 0.767 seconds.
Provisional Starters: Penn, Conner.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Schott (started 16th, finished 4th).
Next Race: Friday, Aug. 9, Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan.
Points Standings: S. Scott 272, J. Scott 258, Shryock 247, Hughes 243, Sanders 238, VanderBeek 210, Brown 208, Hunt 201, Payne 190, Schott 187.
Rookie of the Year Points: Hunt 1609, Galloway 1504, Big Eagle 1220, Conner 758, Adam Penn 598.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: ProPower 307, RoushYates 272, Mullins 266, Geddes 259, Sput’s 246.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 331, GRT 307, MBCustom 282, Skyrocket 231, LG2 214.

Contingency Awards:
AERO Race Wheels – Crane.
American Racer – Brown.
Beyea Custom Headers – J. Scott.
BSB Manufacturing – Shryock, Siebert.
Buck Monson Photos – S. Scott.
Crane Cams – S. Scott.
Dominator Race Products – Dripps.
Edelbrock – Brown.
Eibach Springs – Whiteaker.
FK Rod Ends – Conner.
Forty9Designs.com – Big Eagle, Boney.
Fuel Safe – J. Scott.
GRT Race Cars – S. Scott.
Hooker Harness – Duvall.
JRi Shocks – Sanders.
KEVKO Oil Pans & Components – Ramirez.
Keyser Manufacturing – Hunt.
Marsh Racing Wheels – VanderBeek.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – Schott.
MSD Ignition – S. Scott, Sanders.
PBM Performance Products – Galloway, S. Scott.
Power Lift Racing Products – Galloway.
Real Racing Wheels – all non-qualifiers.
VP Racing Fuels – S. Scott.