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Rain stops USMTS action at Kasson; 10th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout resumes Monday at noon

KASSON, Minn. (May 29) – With qualifying for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy already in the books Sunday, the rain that threatened all day finally arrived just before feature time and rained out the main event action at the Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn.

Real Racing Wheels “B” Mains and the WIX Filters “A” Main will be run on Monday, along with the main events for USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods, Midwest Mods, Super Stocks and Street Stocks.

Tim Donlinger garnered the most passing points during the five heat races for the 49 USMTS Modifieds on hand. Donlinger and the rest of the top 8 qualifiers – Ryan Gustin, Jon Tesch, Brandon Davis, Joel Alberts, Bob Timm, Colt Mather and Jason Cummins – will redraw for their starting spots in the first four rows of the main event while Zack VanderBeek, Josh Angst, Bobby Swanson and Rodney Sanders will start 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th, respectively.

The rest of the field will battle it out in the Real Racing Wheels “B” Mains for the remaining 14 spots available in the feature.

Grandstand gates will open at 10 a.m. with the first “B” Main starting at 12 noon.

The Dodge County Speedway is located 1.1 mile north of US 14 on SR 57 (at the Dodge County Fairgrounds). For more info, call 651 226-3706 or 507 634-6400 on raceday or visit www.dodgecountyspeedway.com online.

Later that same day, the series will head 35 miles south to the Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minn., for the 4th Annual Guttormson Memorial.

This race was originally scheduled for Friday but was rained out and postponed to Monday. Gates open at 3 p.m. with hot laps at 5 and racing to follow.

Also racing will be Midwest Mods, Pure Stocks and Hornets.

The Chateau Raceway is a 1/3-mile semi-banked clay oval located 5.0 miles north of Austin on US 218 to the Lansing exit, then 1.3 miles eat on CR 2, then 0.4 mile south on CR 25, then 0.3 mile east . For more info, call 507-391-2486 or 507-433-4578 on raceday or visit www.chateauraceway.net.

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
10th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout
Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, Minn.
Sunday, May 29, 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. (6) 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn.
2. (3) 71 Jason Cummins, New Richland, Minn.
3. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
4. (2) 96x Jay Ihrke, Dover, Minn.
5. (4) 49jr Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
6. (7) 02 Jacob Dahle, Morristown, Minn.
7. (5) 14w Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
8. (8) 1K Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
9. (1) 77 Tom Brink, Winona, Minn.
10. (10) 31 Corey Dripps, Waterloo, Iowa.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):

1. (4) 19R Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
2. (6) 50iii Brandon Davis, Medford, Minn.
3. (1) 29h Joe Horgdal, Kasson, Minn.
4. (7) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
5. (10) 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
6. (5) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
7. (8) R4 Ron Ver Beek, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
8. (3) 12 Chad Porter, Madison Lake, Minn.
9. (9) 1L Brad Loveday, Fort Frances, Ont., Canada.
10. (2) B1 Jeff Larson, Freeport, Ill.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):

1. (1) 49 Bob Timm, Winona, Minn.
2. (2) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
3. (4) 12M Jason Miller, Osceola, Wis.
4. (6) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
5. (7) 44 Adam Hensel, Barron, Wis.
6. (5) 66 Dan Bohr, Decorah, Iowa.
7. (8) 95 Keith Foss, Winona, Minn.
8. (10) 7 Al Hejna, Clear Lake, Iowa.
9. (9) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
10. (3) 96 Greg Jensen, Albert Lea, Minn.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):

1. (1) 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa.
2. (3) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
3. (2) 7k Jason Krohn, Slayton, Minn.
4. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
5. (9) 99 Jason Grimes, Jamestown, N.D.
6. (7) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn.
7. (6) 555 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa.
8. (10) 18 Mick Glenn, Minnesota City, Minn.
9. (8) 25 Andy Bohnstengel, Winona, Minn.
10. (4) Y69 Mike Gregg, Morton, Minn.

HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (4) 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D.
2. (1) 99s Bobby Swanson, Kasson, Minn.
3. (9) 4A Joel Alberts, Mantorville, Minn.
4. (8) 5 Brandon Beckendorf, Danube, Minn.
5. (5) 21x Joe Wernecke, Dodge Center, Minn.
6. (6) 01 Brandon Aggen, Rushmore, Minn.
7. (2) 26 Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
8. (3) 66 Tony Vaith, Kasson, Minn.
9. (7) 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 7 advance): Postponed to Monday.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 7 advance): Postponed to Monday.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps): Postponed to Monday.

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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, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, WIX Filters.