Krohn pockets Moberly money as Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship heats

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MOBERLY, Mo. composite from www.usmts.com (Aug. 28) – Round 10 of The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers took place at the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo., Saturday night, and for 23 laps it looked like Ryan Gustin was well on his way to extending his points lead with a third ‘Hunt’ victory.

But everything changed on lap 24. The checkered flag waved six laps later with Jason Krohn in victory lane for the sixth time this season and Jason Hughes in command of the points at the halfway point in the title campaign.

Darin Walker, who captured a USMTS victory in 2003 at the Deer Creek Speedway, started on the pole for the 30-lap WIX Filters “A” Main, but it was Gustin taking charge at the drop of the green flag from his outside front row starting spot.

For the next ten laps, Gustin threatened to turn the contest into a rout as he built a full straight-away lead over third-starting Hughes.

The yellow flag waved when Kevin Blackburn smacked the turn 4 wall on lap 11 and gave Gustin’s pursuers hope as the field bunched up for the restart.

Hughes, who had been following Gustin around the extreme high side of the speedway, opted for the inside line for the double-file restart. As the green flag flew, Hughes dove to the bottom, Gustin churned away at the top and Tim Donlinger found the middle groove to his liking as the three raced out of turn 2 three-wide for the lead.

Gustin powered into the third turn with the lead while Donlinger shut the door on Hughes for the second spot while Krohn and Tommy Myer followed close behind in fourth and fifth. Two laps later, Krohn snuck by Hughes while Donlinger bobbled in turn 2 and let Krohn take over second.

With 15 laps in the books, Gustin continued his dominant charge ahead of Krohn while Myer picked off Hughes for fourth as Kelly Shryock also applied pressure for the fifth position.

Caution waved again with 21 laps complete when Corey Dripps came to a stop on the front-stretch with a flat tire. Dripps, who dominated the second Real Racing Wheels “B” Main to earn a spot in the main event, was running sixth at the time.

On the restart, Gustin again remained faithful to the high line around the high-banked 1/2-mile oval with Krohn in tow and Myer hugging the inside concrete wall. Gustin again was able to hold them off while Shryock used the high line to get by Hughes for fourth.

Meanwhile, Zack VanderBeek was making his presence known. After starting 23rd on the 24-car grid, VanderBeek was 16th after the first caution on lap 11 and sixth after the lap 21 restart as he moved by Donlinger in the first turn.

After crossing beneath the flagstand to complete lap 23, Gustin bounced off the concrete wall in the first turn and suddenly found himself in fourth as Krohn, Myer and Hughes sped by on the inside. At the same time, Shryock also tagged the barrier which dropped him from fourth to seventh.

As the leaders finished lap 24, Gustin slowed on the front-stretch and coasted into turn 1 where Rodney Sanders made contact with Gustin’s left front wheel, sending Sanders’ machine onto its roof and bringing out the red flag. Sanders was not injured in the incident, but his night was done while Gustin ducked into the pits to change two flat tires and rejoin the field for the restart.

Krohn was flawless over the final six laps and streaked beneath the checkered flags to take home the $3,000 winner’s share of the purse. It was the 23rd career win for the 38-year-old from Slayton, Minn., who won the USMTS National Championship in 2007.

Hughes got by Myer with two laps to go to claim the runner-up spot with VanderBeek earning the PBM Performance Hard Charger Award with his fourth-place finish and Shryock bouncing back to take fifth.

Colt Mather, Dereck Ramirez, Donlinger, Michael Long and Nate Caruth rounded out the top-10 finishers. Gustin ended up 15th out of the 16 finishers.

following is by Ron Lueck, also for Aug 28: The USRA Stock Car / Sportsman class ran a 20-lap race before the USMTS A-Main show, and Newton, IA driver, Mike Van Genderen dominated this one. Huntsville's Derrick Agee gave Van Genderen a challenge for most of the race, but had to settle in for a runner-up finish, as these two ran one-two for the entire race. Iowa drivers Shane Weller and Steve Jackson were doing the same type of close racing for the 3rd position for most of the race also, only it was about a dozen car lengths back. Jackson got around Weller on lap 8 and stayed there to finish in third.

In the Hornet Special, there were just a couple of cautions and a race-stopping red flag early on at lap 3, as Richard Doctorian ended up on his roof in turn 3. Through the restarts, Rob Chase of Clark, led the field to the green, with Moberly's John Baker (JB) right behind on every lap. The last half of the race went caution free with Chase using lapped traffic to hold off Baker. Tanner Burton from Centralia, moved into third on lap 7 and ran untouched there for most of the race, getting his best-ever finish.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Sept 11 - Bob Hubert Memorial B-Modified Championship Shootout, sponsored by Commerce Bank + racing with the A-mods, Sportsman, Hobbys & Hornets classes too.
Sept 25 - Fall racing series for A-mods, B-Mods, Sportsman, Hobbys & Hornets. Final race night, now complete with final points being awarded & 2010 Season trophy presentations.
Sept 25 - All-Star race of 8 laps for 2011 website banner picture + the long awaited Hornet Mechanic's race at the end of the evening.


PROMO:
This week, September 4th, 24 Raceway will be taking a planned night off for Labor Day weekend. Racing returns next on September 11th with the 8th annual B-Modified Championship Shoot-out. The B-mod class will be running a 30-lap feature in a custom format and paying $1000 to the winner with the runner up getting $650. The other four classes of A-Modifieds, Sportsman, Hobby and Hornet classes will also be racing this night, making it all five classes competing on the high banks of Moberly. B-Mod entries will be getting 10 show-up points towards the 2010 track championship, and the other four classes will be competing in 2010 season points racing. "Dirt Track Racing at its Best" will begin that Saturday night at the usual 7pm, with a short driver's meeting at 6pm, followed by hot laps, starting at 6:15. See the flyer for this special event on the B-Mods on our website of www.24racewayinmoberly.com . Racing starts at 7 p.m. with hot laps scheduled for 6:15, following a short drivers' meeting at 6pm. A flyer for this B-Modified Special, and now known as the Bob Hubert Memorial, can also be found on the website of www.heartlandmotorsports.com and can be downloaded from both sites.


Of 69 race team entries, the TOP 5 results are as follows:
(all hometowns are Missouri unless otherwise noted)

USMTS A-Modifieds A-Main (of 36 entries & 24 starters) 30 laps
1) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, MN (heat 3 winner)
2) 12 Jason Hughes, Westville, OK (heat 5 winner)
3) 65 Tommy Myers, Blooming Prairie, MN
4) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, IA
5) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, IA (heat 2 winner)

USMTS A-Modifieds B-Main #1 12 laps
1) 7c Nate Caruth, Ames, IA
2) 65 Tommy Myers, Blooming Prairie, MN
3) 4r Dereck Rameriz, Woodward, OK
4) 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron
5) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, NM

USMTS A-Modifieds B-Main #2 12 laps
1) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, IA
2) 02 Tommy Weder, Jr., Woodward, OK
3) 17s Mike Spaulding, Bemidji, MN
4) 25 Scotty Roberts, Columbia
5) 40 Scott Dickey, Packwood, IA

USRA Stock Car / Sportsman (of 16 entries) 20 laps
1) 57v Mike Van Genderen, Newton, IA (heat 1 winner)
2) 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville
3) 2J Steve Jackson, Polk City, IA
4) 20DUB Shane Weller, Agency, IA
5) 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney, IA

4 cyl. Hornet Special (of 17 entries) 20 laps
1) 3 Rob Chase, Clark (heat 2 winner)
2) 44 John Baker, Moberly (heat 1 winner)
3) 13 Tanner Burton, Centralia
4) 67 Casey Kendrick, New London
5) 73J Josh Kendrick, Anabel
 




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