ELM MOTT, Texas (June 26) – Wednesday night found the United States Modified Touring Series at the Heart O’ Texas Speedway with another $4,000 winding up in the pocket of one of the Scott twins … this time, Johnny Scott.
After chasing his brother around the Devil’s Bowl Speedway one night earlier, Johnny Scott turned the tables on his older sibling, Stormy Scott, and picked up his fifth win of the season at Gene Adamcik’s 3/8-mile bullring just outside of Waco.
From the outside of the front row, Johnny Scott beat polesitter Cody Smith into the first turn at the start of the main event and took command … just like his brother had done the night before.
With a sizeable lead over his brother, lapped traffic became part of the equation for Johnny Scott midway through the race and allowed Stormy Scott to close in on his bumper as the leaders searched for opening in the thick swarm of back-markers.
With a three-wide battle in front of them, the yellow flag waved with 10 laps to go in the 40-lapper, giving Johnny Scott a clear track ahead but a slew of hungry chasers behind.
He was able to pull away from his brother on the restart, but caution returned to the speedway with two laps to go which set up a green-white-checkered finish.
The restart was disastrous for Stormy Scott as he and Smith banged wheels in turn 2 which sent Stormy Scott spinning into the infield while several others behind them—including top-5 contenders Steve Whiteaker Jr. and Zack VanderBeek—were also involved in the melee which sent three cars to the rear of the field and two to the pit area.
Meanwhile, 21st-starting Rodney Sanders inherited the third spot and beat Smith into the first turn on the restart to take over second.
Unfazed, Johnny Scott was flawless on the restart and powered away to claim the victory … just like his brother had done the night before.
It was his fifth win of the season, 17th of his career and padded his points lead in the Allgayer, Inc. Southern Region presented by Day Motor Sports.
Sanders finished second in the feature race and remains second in the regional standings—14 markers behind Scott. He also earned the Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger Award for passing 19 competitors in Wednesday’s contest.
Smith held on for the third spot while Clyde Dunn Jr. turned a 25th-place provisional starting spot into a fourth-place paycheck.
Kelly Shryock, who started 12th, garnered the fifth spot with George White, Thomas Tillison Jr., Paul White, Trevor Egbert and Chris Brown completing the top 10.
The 4s Motorsports Southern Speedweek powered by Lecolift continues on Thursday as the USMTS Casey’s Cup Series returns to the Kennedale Speedway Park for the second time this season. Johnny Scott was the winner on April 26.
Gates will swing open at 3:00 with hot laps at 6:00 and racing at 7:00. Support class will be Southern Sports Modifieds.
The Kennedale Speedway Park is a semi-banked 1/4-mile dirt oval located 1.7 miles southeast of I-20 on Mansfield Hwy. (exit 442-A), 1.6 miles southwest on New Hope Rd., then 0.3 mile east on Hudson Village Creek Rd. For more information call 817-988-7433 or check out www.raceksp.com on the World Wide Web.
From there, the series invades the RPM Speedway in Crandall, Texas, on Friday and then wraps up the regional points battle Saturday at the Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore, Okla.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series – USMTS Casey’s Cup Series
Allgayer, Inc. Southern Region presented by Day Motor Sports
4s Motorsports Southern Speedweek powered by Lecolift – 3rd Annual Best of Central Texas Nationals
Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott, Texas
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine 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. (2) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada.
2. (1) 85 Thomas Tillison Jr., Wellston, Okla.
3. (3) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M.
4. (7) 1* Adam Penn (R), Shreveport, La.
5. (4) 2w Paul White, Temple, Texas.
6. (6) 11s Scotty Bough (R), Nevada, Mo.
7. (9) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas.
8. (8) 26 Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
9. (5) 7 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.
JRi SHOCKS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (2) 95 Donovan Lodge, Moline, Ill.
3. (3) 45t Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas.
4. (4) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas.
5. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
6. (8) 4m Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas.
7. (6) 5* Casey Penn, Shreveport, La.
8. (5) 8 Steve Miller, Rosanky, Texas.
9. (7) 88r A.J. Vasquez (R), Tyler, Texas.
EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas.
2. (4) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (5) 715 J.P. Dowell (R), Killeen, Texas.
4. (3) 44 Christy Georges (R), El Paso, Texas.
5. (9) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
6. (6) 87 John Webb, Pauls Valley, Okla.
7. (2) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada.
8. (7) A1 Phil Dixon, Crosby, Texas.
9. (8) 99h Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo.
PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 18s Cody Smith, Kaufman, Texas.
2. (1) 3c Charlie Smith, Forney, Texas.
3. (3) 14t Tristan Dycus, Waxahachie, Texas.
4. (4) 97 George White, Fort Worth, Texas.
5. (5) 121 Trevor Egbert, Salado, Texas.
6. (7) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla.
7. (6) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
8. (8) 5w John O Whittington, Vidor, Texas.
9. (9) 303 Chase Jupe (R), Waco, Texas.
CASEY’S GENERAL STORES HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (1) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.
2. (5) 89 Steve Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas.
3. (4) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
4. (6) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
5. (7) 20t Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa.
6. (2) 11j Justin Radcliff, China Spring, Texas.
7. (3) 31 Elias Anderson, Austin, Texas.
8. (8) 73e Zachary Schultz, Axtell, Texas.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (3) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (5) 97 George White, Fort Worth, Texas.
3. (7) 121 Trevor Egbert, Salado, Texas.
4. (9) 87 John Webb, Pauls Valley, Okla.
5. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
6. (1) 1* Adam Penn (R), Shreveport, La.
7. (4) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas.
8. (10) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas.
9. (16) 99h Trevor Hunt (R), Kearney, Mo., GRT/Mullins, $140.
10. (15) 7 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, CAM/Centex, $90.
11. (13) 8 Steve Miller, Rosanky, Texas, Hughes/Extreme, $90.
12. (11) 00 Masen Big Eagle (R), Manor, Sask., Canada, GRT/Tim’s, $140.
13. (14) 5w John O Whittington, Vidor, Texas, Pierce/CB, $90.
14. (2) 45t Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas, LG2/Mullins, $75.
15. (8) 20r Bryan Rowland, Woodward, Okla., LG2/ProPower, $75.
16. (12) 31 Elias Anderson, Austin, Texas, Skyrocket/Anderson, $75.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (3) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
2. (4) 44 Christy Georges, El Paso, Texas.
3. (6) 2w Paul White, Temple, Texas.
4. (11) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
5. (5) 20t Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa.
6. (7) 4m Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas.
7. (13) A1 Phil Dixon, Crosby, Texas, Fast1/Jackson, $90.
8. (16) 303 Chase Jupe (R), Waco, Texas, Hughes/Centex, $90.
9. (12) 26 Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn., GRT/RoushYates, $90.
10. (1) 9 Jimmy Ray, Las Cruces, N.M., AOS/AOS, $90.
11. (8) 11s Scotty Bough (R), Nevada, Mo., Phoenix/Yeoman, $90.
12. (10) 5* Casey Penn, Shreveport, La., Hughes/Mullins, $90.
13. (15) 88r A.J. Vasquez (R), Tyler, Texas, BMS/Farris, $90.
14. (2) 14t Tristan Dycus, Waxahachie, Texas, Kraft/Wells, $90.
15. (9) 11j Justin Radcliff, China Spring, Texas, BMS/Fletcher, $75.
16. (14) 73e Zachary Schultz, Axtell, Texas, Hoover/Schultz, $75.
ALLGAYER, INC. “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (2) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., GRT/RoushYates, $4050.
2. (20) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, $1600.
3. (1) 18s Cody Smith, Kaufman, Texas, CAM/Chase, $1000.
4. (24) 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, $900.
5. (11) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ProPower, $950.
6. (14) 97 George White, Fort Worth, Texas, Shaw/ASI, $700.
7. (5) 85 Thomas Tillison Jr., Wellston, Okla., Hughes/Geddes, $650.
8. (17) 2w Paul White, Temple, Texas, Smiley’s/GMPP, $600.
9. (16) 121 Trevor Egbert, Salado, Texas, CAM/Centex, $500.
10. (6) 21 Chris Brown, Spring, Texas, Hughes/RoushYates, $500.
11. (25) 71 Philip Houston, Odessa, Texas, Hughes/RoushYates, $450.
12. (23) 4m Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas, Hughes/Wells, $425.
13. (21) 20t Daniel Hilsabeck, Adel, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, $400.
14. (4) 89 Steve Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, $400.
15. (19) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, Hughes/Sput’s, $450.
16. (3) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., LG2/ProPower, $300.
17. (13) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, $450.
18. (15) 44 Christy Georges (R), El Paso, Texas, GRT/Barnett, $300.
19. (12) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/ProPower, $400.
20. (10) 715 J.P. Dowell (R), Killeen, Texas, GRT/BMS, $300.
21. (18) 87 John Webb, Pauls Valley, Okla., MBCustom/Mullins, $300.
22. (8) 22b Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan., MBCustom/Mullins, $300.
23. (9) 3c Charlie Smith, Forney, Texas, Hughes/Chase, $250.
24. (22) 1* Adam Penn (R), Shreveport, La., Hughes/Geddes, $300.
25. (7) 01 Joey Galloway (R), Manor, Sask., Canada, GRT/Tim’s, $350.
DNS – 95 Donovan Lodge, Moline, Ill., Kraft/Gaerte, $200.
(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.
Lap Leader: J. Scott 1-40.
Total Laps Led: J. Scott 40.
Margin of Victory: 0.825 seconds.
Provisional Starters: Dunn, Houston.
Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger: Sanders (started 20th, finished 2nd).
Next Race: Thursday, June 27, Kennedale Speedway Park, Kennedale, Texas.
Allgayer, Inc. Southern Region Points: J. Scott 1058, Sanders 1044, VanderBeek 940, Brown 925, Hughes 924, Shryock 904, Dunn 844, S. Scott 804, Ramirez 775, Whiteaker 761.
Rookie of the Year Points: Hunt 1494, Galloway 1428, Big Eagle 1164, Jeff Conner 461, Cade Dillard 420.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: ProPower 242, Mullins 209, RoushYates 194, Sput’s 187, Geddes 185.
Tiger Rear Ends Manufacturers Championship Points: Hughes 260, GRT 224, MBCustom 209, LG2 189, Skyrocket 182.
Contingency Awards:
AERO Race Wheels – Lodge.
American Racer – Allen.
Beyea Custom Headers – Galloway.
BSB Manufacturing – Shryock, Tillison.
Buck Monson Photos – J. Scott.
Crane Cams – J. Scott.
Dominator Race Products – Dowell.
Edelbrock – Cody Smith.
Eibach Springs – Brown.
FK Rod Ends – VanderBeek.
Forty9Designs.com – Whiteaker, Ramirez.
Fuel Safe – G. White.
GRT Race Cars – J. Scott.
Hooker Harness – Hilsabeck.
JRi Shocks – S. Scott.
KEVKO Oil Pans & Components – Egbert.
Keyser Manufacturing – Brown.
Marsh Racing Wheels – Galloway.
Mesilla Valley Transportation – Sanders.
MSD Ignition – J. Scott, Sanders.
PBM Performance Products – Cody Smith, J. Scott.
Power Lift Racing Products – Hughes.
Real Racing Wheels – all non-qualifiers.
VP Racing Fuels – J. Scott.
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