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Lucas Schott sails to USMTS victory at Park Jefferson

By USMTS PR (Jefferson, SD) -- The United States Modified Touring Series paid its eighth visit to the Park Jefferson Speedway on Saturday, and Lucas Schott emerged as the eighth different winner of the USMTS River City Rumble.

It was a much-needed rebound for the 22-year-old from Chatfield, Minn. A mechanical failure while leading the feature race last Saturday at the Salina Highbanks Speedway dropped him from first to worst in the final running order.

PHOTO CREDIT: Todd Boyd/Photos by Boyd

And while 'Cool Hand Luke' padded his bank account to the tune of $3,500 it was the opposite for points leader Johnny Scott who won last the main event a week ago but was a victim of a broken engine and the first to retire from Saturday's race.

Terry Phillips took the top spot away from polesitter Dereck Ramirez when the green flag waved to start the Casey's General Stores "A" Main but Schott, who started fourth, took control on lap 6 and set the pace for the final 29 loops around the dirt oval.

Phillips held on for second with Ramirez following him home in third. Rodney Sanders, who won the last race here in 2016, finished fourth and Kent Arment netted the final spot among the top five.

Zack VanderBeek, Jake O'Neil, Stormy Scott, Adam Kates and Joe Duvall completed the top ten.

Sandy's Sunday: Another classic is expected when the Casino Speedway in Watertown, S.D., hosts the USMTS Hunt for the Casey's Cup powered by Summit on Sunday to celebrate the life of the track's "Chairman of the Board" at the 3rd Annual Sandy Benson Memorial presented by Riddle's Jewelry and Jurgens Printing.

A top prize of $4,000 is up for grabs for the USMTS competitors with no less than $450 to start the main event. On top of that, Wissota Midwest Mods will grapple for a $2,000 top prize and Wissota Street Stocks are looking at $1,500 to win their main event.

Fans can expect to see USMTS legend Jon Tesch as he dusts off his No. 14 GRT Race Cars mount and makes his annual start where he'll be shooting for his third victory in the tenth year of the USMTS summertime classic at his hometown track.

Ryan Gustin captured last year's feature and Zack VanderBeek is also a two-time winner in Watertown. Tommy Myer took down the win in the first visit here in 2005 with Watertown's Scott Ward getting his first and only USMTS victory here in 2007. Al Hejna and Kelly Shryock picked up wins here in 2009 and 2011, respectively.

The pit gate opens at 4 p.m. and grandstands open at 5. Hot laps begin at 6:30 and the green flag waves at 7 p.m.

Admission is $20 for adults, kids ages 8-13 are $5 and children 7 and under get in for free with a paid adult. Pit passes are $35.

Coupons good for $2 off adult admission available at Casey's General Stores locations in Milbank, Watertown and Webster. For the location nearest you, visit www.caseys.com.

"Big Daddy" Joe Duvall, driver of the No. 91 Spike Hardcore Energy entry, will be at the Casey's General Store located at 405 10th St. SW in Watertown from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to meet 'n' greet fans.

The Motel of Choice for the Sandy Benson Memorial is the Quality Inn & Suites, located one block west on Hwy. 212 just off I-29 at exit 177 (behind McDonald's). The racer rate code is USMTS.

Now in its 65th year of racing on the shores of beautiful Lake Kampeska in Watertown, S.D., the Casino Speedway is a semi-banked 1/4-mile clay oval located 4.0 miles northwest of US 212 on SR 20, then 0.7 mile south on Stokes-Thomas Lake Rd. (104 S Lake Dr, Watertown, SD 57201). For more information, call (605) 882-1221 or visit http://www.casinospeedway.com.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit http://www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/usmts and Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/usmts or subscribe to our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/usmtstv. Keep up to speed with everything USMTS by joining our email list at http://www.usmts.com/subscribe.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

United States Modified Touring Series
USMTS Hunt for the Casey's Cup powered by Summit
8th Annual USMTS River City Rumble
Park Jefferson Speedway, Jefferson, S.D.

Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed and money won. All drivers advanced to the Casey's General Stores "A" Main with the top 8 redrawing for the first 8 starting spots and the rest of the field lining up by heat race passing points.

SIMPSON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):

1. (2) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
2. (4) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (1) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
4. (3) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
5. (5) 0 Jake O'Neil (R), Tucson, Ariz.
6. (6) 57 Duke Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D.
7. (7) 27 Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids, Iowa.

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):

1. (1) 9 Kent Arment, Aberdeen, S.D.
2. (4) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (3) 1st Johnny Scott, Cameron, Mo.
4. (5) 5k Kyle Prauner (R), Norfolk, Neb.
5. (7) 23 Adam Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
6. (2) 88 Sean Barragan, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.
7. (6) 44v Harvey Vande Weerd, Alton, Iowa.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):

1. (1) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (4) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
4. (2) 14 Todd Boulware, Jefferson, S.D.
5. (6) 8c Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
6. (5) 48 Bobby Moore, Sioux City, Iowa.

CASEY'S GENERAL STORES "A" MAIN (35 laps):

1. (4) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., MBCustoms/Hill, 35, $3500.
2. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., GRT/Durham, 35, $2175.
3. (1) 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., Hughes/Cornett, 35, $1650.
4. (9) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustoms/Hatfield, 35, $1440.
5. (3) 9 Kent Arment, Aberdeen, S.D., Hughes/Mullins, 35, $800.
6. (6) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, VanderBuilt/Stoen, 35, $1135.
7. (15) 0 Jake O'Neil (R), Tucson, Ariz., LG2/Cornett, 35, $1030.
8. (5) 2s Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, N.M., VanderBuilt/Mullins, 35, $925.
9. (13) 23 Adam Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., LG2/Speedway, 35, $875.
10. (11) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., MBCustoms/ChevPerf, 35, $700.
11. (10) 5k Kyle Prauner (R), Norfolk, Neb., Razor/ChevPerf, 34, $375.
12. (8) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls, Wis., MBCustoms/Troy's, 34, $350.
13. (19) 27 Don Gerritsen Jr., Rock Rapids, Iowa, Skyrocket/HarryHeads, 34, $275.
14. (18) 48 Bobby Moore, Sioux City, Iowa, GRT/ChevPerf, 34, $250.
15. (20) 44v Harvey Vande Weerd, Alton, Iowa, Razor/ChevPerf, 34, $250.
16. (16) 57 Duke Erickson, Sioux Falls, S.D., Dominator/Hansen, 34, $250.
17. (14) 8c Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo., GRT/ChevPerf, 34, $300.
18. (12) 14 Todd Boulware, Jefferson, S.D., GRT/ChevPerf, 33, $250.
19. (17) 88 Sean Barragan, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, BMS/ChevPerf, 13, $250.
20. (7) 1st Johnny Scott, Cameron, Mo., VanderBuilt/Durham, 9, $725.

(R) = Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year contender

Lap Leaders: Phillips 1-5, Schott 6-35.

Total Laps Led: Schott 30, Phillips 5.

Margin of Victory: 2.651 seconds.

Time of Race: 15 minutes, 58.009 seconds.

Provisional Starters: none.

Eibach Spring Forward Award: O'Neil (advanced 8 positions).

FK Rod Ends Hard Charger: O'Neil (started 15th, finished 7th).

Entries: 20.

Next Race: Sunday, Aug. 26, Casino Speedway, Watertown, S.D.

USMTS Hunt for the Casey's Cup Points: J. Scott 2841, S. Scott 2649, Sanders 2642, O'Neil 2563, Schott 2546, VanderBeek 2536, Phillips 2497, Ramirez 2477, Kates 1834, Duvall 1816.

Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: O'Neil 2071, Lance Mari 1138, Carlos Ahumada Jr. 760, Zane Ferrell 692, Billy Vogel 610.

USMTS Engine Builder of the Year Points: Durham 270, Mullins 227, Cornett 219, Hatfield 214, Hill 193.

USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: VanderBuilt 321, MBCustoms 305, GRT 232, Hughes 230, LG2 215.

Contingency Awards:
American Racer - Clark.
Beyea Custom Headers - Clark.
BSB Manufacturing - S. Scott.
Casey's General Stores - Sanders.
Champ Pans - Arment.
Deatherage Opticians - Prauner.
E3 Spark Plugs - Ramirez.
Edelbrock - VanderBeek.
Eibach - O'Neil.
Fast Shafts - Arment.
FK Rod Ends - O'Neil.
Forty9 Designs - Moore, Barragan.
GRT Race Cars - Moore.
Hooker Harness - Gerritsen.
Integra Shocks & Springs - Boulware.
Jerovetz Motorsports Racing Parts - Vande Weerd.
Keyser Manufacturing - Duvall.
KSE Racing Products - Kates.
Maxima Racing Oils - Schott.
Out-Pace Racing Products - Erickson.
QA1 - Sanders.
RacerWebsite.com - Vande Weerd.
Simpson Performance Products - Ramirez.
Swift Springs - Schott, Gerritsen.
Sybesma Graphics - Ramirez.
Tire Demon - Prauner.
VP Racing Fuels - Schott.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products - Phillips.
Wilwood Disc Brakes - O'Neil.

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Checkers wave for Staley, Johnson in Dave Mulder Memorial at Park Jefferson Speedway

By USMTS PR (Jefferson SD) -- --The Iron Man Challenge invaded the Park Jefferson Speedway on Saturday for the Dave Mulder Memorial which carried a padded purse for the Holley USRA Stock Cars presented by Medieval Chassis.

Making his first Iron Man start of the 2018 campaign, Zach Olivier beat polesitter Todd Staley to the first turn and took charge of the 18-lap main event.

Staley, defending series champ Derek Green and current points leader Dillon Anderson followed closely throughout the contest but contact with another car on lap 6 sent Green to the pits with a flat tire while Brett Heeter, who started 19th, entered the top five for the restart.

Oliver continued to lead through the first dozen laps until Staley and Heeter made a bid for the lead as they raced toward the flagstand to complete lap 13.

Staley grabbed the lead in turn 2 but Oliver and Heeter kept the pressure on. Unshaken, Staley was able to hang on for a $1,150 payday and his third Iron Man Challenge win of the season.

Oliver finished second while Green bounced back to overtake Heeter for the third spot in the closing laps. Anderson rounded out the top five with Dylan Fitzpatrick, Roger Verdoorn, Glenn Wynia, Brad Jones and Paul Wenzlaff were sixth through tenth, respectively.

In the main event for the Out-Pace USRA B-Mods presented by Pace Performance, Jeff Brunssen led the first lap from the outside of the front row but polesitter Tyler Johnson reclaimed the point one lap later.

Despite multiple cautions that kept the field within striking distance during much of the contest, Johnson never relinquished the top spot and paced the final 17 laps to a $500 victory.

Jake Sachau was second at the checkered flag, Cody Thompson claimed third, Tracy Johnson raced from 18th on the grid to finish fourth and Reese Coffee came from 19th to fifth.

Connor Vande Weerd, John Klynsma, Brunssen, Jared Timmerman and Cole Christensen completed the top ten.

Working Labor Day Weekend: Four big nights or Iron Man insanity are on tap for Labor Day Weekend, beginning Thursday, Aug. 30, with the make-up event from Friday's rain-out at the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa. The series stops at the Fayette County Speedway in West Union, Iowa, on Friday, Aug. 31, and Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., before completing the four-night swing on Sunday, Sept. 2, at the Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa.

To learn more about the USRA, visit http://www.usraracing.com or call (515) 832-6000. You can also like USRA Racing on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/usraracing, follow http://www.twitter.com/usraracing on Twitter and check out the USRA YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/usratv. Keep up to speed with everything USRA by joining our email list at http://www.usraracing.com/subscribe.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series/Iron Man Challenge
Dave Mulder Memorial
Park Jefferson Speedway, Jefferson, S.D.

Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown and money won.

HOLLEY USRA STOCK CARS

Heat Race #1 (7 laps):

1. (1) 32 Derek Green, Granada, Minn.
2. (2) 1 Brad Jones, Sioux City, Iowa.
3. (6) 117L Chad Lonneman, Adrian, Minn.
4. (4) 16J Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa.
5. (3) 10X Paul Wenzlaff, Yankton, S.D.
6. (5) 36 Glenn Wynia, Sioux Center, Iowa.
7. (8) 05 Brett Heeter, Kansas City, Kan.
8. (7) 43K Josh Kelderman, Sioux Center, Iowa.

Heat Race #2 (7 laps):

1. (2) 13 Glen Jones, Sioux City, Iowa.
2. (5) 11K Darrin Korthals, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
3. (1) 15X Taylor Willms, Wilmer, Minn.
4. (4) 97 Lynn Panos, Calmar, Iowa.
5. (8) 04 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa.
6. (6) 013 Casey Jones, Sioux City, Iowa.
7. (7) 27 Randy Brands, Boyden, Iowa.
8. (3) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn.

Heat Race #3 (7 laps):

1. (2) 44 Dillon Anderson, Decorah, Iowa.
2. (1) 14 Todd Staley, Webster City, Iowa.
3. (6) 71 Zach Olivier, Sioux Falls, S.D.
4. (4) 82JR Dylan Fitzpatrick, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (7) 95 Tom McKenzie, Sioux City, Iowa.
6. (5) T17 Brenton Palmer, Sioux City, Iowa.
7. (3) 1M Carl Monroe, Sheldon, Iowa

"A" Main (18 laps):

1. (1) 14 Todd Staley, Webster City, Iowa, $1150.
2. (2) 71 Zach Olivier, Sioux Falls, S.D., $700.
3. (3) 32 Derek Green, Granada, Minn., $700.
4. (19) 05 Brett Heeter, Kansas City, Kan., $560.
5. (4) 44 Dillon Anderson, Decorah, Iowa, $480.
6. (13) 82JR Dylan Fitzpatrick, Sioux Falls, S.D., $330.
7. (10) 04 Roger Verdoorn, Sibley, Iowa, $270.
8. (16) 36 Glenn Wynia, Sioux Center, Iowa, $250.
9. (5) 1 Brad Jones, Sioux City, Iowa, $220.
10. (15) 10X Paul Wenzlaff, Yankton, S.D., $200.
11. (7) 117L Chad Lonneman, Adrian, Minn., $180.
12. (11) 16J Jon DeBoer, Little Rock, Iowa, $175.
13. (23) 32X Rich Gregoire, Russell, Minn., $170.
14. (18) T17 Brenton Palmer, Sioux City, Iowa, $165.
15. (21) 1M Carl Monroe, Sheldon, Iowa, $160.
16. (22) 43K Josh Kelderman, Sioux Center, Iowa, $150.
17. (20) 27 Randy Brands, Boyden, Iowa, $140.
18. (8) 11K Darrin Korthals, Rock Rapids, Iowa, $215.
19. (9) 15X Taylor Willms, Wilmer, Minn., $130.
20. (12) 97 Lynn Panos, Calmar, Iowa, $200.
21. (14) 95 Tom McKenzie, Sioux City, Iowa, $125.
22. (17) 013 Casey Jones, Sioux City, Iowa, $125.
23. (6) 13 Glen Jones, Sioux City, Iowa, $125.

Lap Leaders: Oliver 1-13, Staley 14-18.

Total Laps Led: Oliver 13, Staley 5.

Margin of Victory: 0.328 second.

Time of Race: 23 minutes, 48.113 seconds.

Provisional Starters: none.

Entries: 23.

Next Race: Thursday, Aug. 30, Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Points Standings: Anderson 884, Panos 822, Green 800, Staley 634, Steve Jackson 609, Jesse Brown 583, Korthals 548, Heeter 525, Dean Cornelius 468, Mitch Hovden 465.

OUT-PACE USRA B-MODS

Heat Race #1 (5 laps):

1. (2) 00X Jeff Brunssen, Le Mars, Iowa.
2. (3) 13K Karl Brewer, Vermillion, S.D.
3. (7) 85 Ben Moudry, Hastings, Minn.
4. (5) 7C Cole Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (4) 00 Devon Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (1) 4 Adam Sage, Yankton, S.D.
7. (8) 1S John Klynsma, Hospers, Iowa.
8. (6) 10 Reese Coffee, Hinton, Iowa.

Heat Race #2 (6 laps):

1. (2) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa.
2. (4) 91 Tyler Johnson, Montrose, S.D.
3. (3) 21 Connor Vande Weerd, Alton, Iowa.
4. (5) 2G Geoff Olson, Sioux City, Iowa.
5. (7) 782 Jeremiah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
6. (8) 4JR Jackson Mulder, Doon, Iowa.
7. (1) 05 Cole Haddox, Elgin, Neb.
8. (6) 99C Christopher Hendrickson, Sioux City, Iowa.

Heat Race #3 (6 laps):

1. (2) 11 Lyndon Johnson, Montrose, S.D.
2. (7) 16 Brock Hess, Montrose, S.D.
3. (1) 25 Dan Paplow, Dundee, Minn.
4. (6) 21T Trevor Tesch, Lennox, S.D.
5. (4) 31 Tim Judd, Wall Lake, Iowa.
6. (8) 45 Dale Ricks, Jr., Boyden, Iowa.
7. (3) 11G Bob Gilliland, Sioux Falls, S.D.
8. (5) 27 Kevin Joachim, Larchwood, Iowa.

Heat Race #4 (6 laps):

1. (2) 14 Jake Sachau, Denison, Iowa.
2. (4) T1 Rusty Montagne, N. Sioux City, S.D.
3. (1) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa.
4. (3) 1J John Foreman, Orange City, Iowa.
5. (7) 75 Tracy Johnson, Lake Preston, S.D.
6. (5) 4G Michael Guthrie, Sloan, Iowa.
7. (6) 22T Tyler Tesch, Lennox, S.D.

"B" Main (11 laps, top 8 advance):

1. (1) 782 Jeremiah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2. (2) 75 Tracy Johnson, Lake Preston, S.D.
3. (13) 10 Reese Coffee, Hinton, Iowa.
4. (3) 00 Devon Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D.
5. (4) 31 Tim Judd, Wall Lake, Iowa.
6. (9) 1S John Klynsma, Hospers, Iowa.
7. (12) 22T Tyler Tesch, Lennox, S.D.
8. (5) 4JR Jackson Mulder, Doon, Iowa.
9. (10) 05 Cole Haddox, Elgin, Neb., $50.
10. (11) 11G Bob Gilliland, Sioux Falls, S.D., $50.
11. (6) 45 Dale Ricks, Jr., Boyden, Iowa, $50.
12. (7) 4 Adam Sage, Yankton, S.D., $50.
13. (8) 4G Michael Guthrie, Sloan, Iowa, $50.
14. (14) 99C Christopher Hendrickson, Sioux City, Iowa, $50.
    DNS - 27 Kevin Joachim, Larchwood, Iowa, $50.

"A" Main (18 laps):

1. (1) 91 Tyler Johnson, Montrose, S.D., $500.
2. (5) 14 Jake Sachau, Denison, Iowa, $325.
3. (6) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa, $270.
4. (17) 75 Tracy Johnson, Lake Preston, S.D., $220.
5. (18) 10 Reese Coffee, Hinton, Iowa, $180.
6. (10) 21 Connor Vande Weerd, Alton, Iowa, $150.
7. (21) 1S John Klynsma, Hospers, Iowa, $130.
8. (2) 00X Jeff Brunssen, Le Mars, Iowa, $115.
9. (12) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa, $255.
10. (14) 7C Cole Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D., $95.
11. (19) 00 Devon Schlumbohm, Sioux Falls, S.D., $90.
12. (20) 31 Tim Judd, Wall Lake, Iowa, $85.
13. (16) 1J John Foreman, Orange City, Iowa, $80.
14. (13) 21T Trevor Tesch, Lennox, S.D., $75.
15. (23) 4JR Jackson Mulder, Doon, Iowa, $75.
16. (9) 13K Karl Brewer, Vermillion, S.D., $75.
17. (15) 2G Geoff Olson, Sioux City, Iowa, $75.
18. (22) 22T Tyler Tesch, Lennox, S.D., $75.
19. (11) 25 Dan Paplow, Dundee, Minn., $75.
20. (3) T1 Rusty Montagne, N. Sioux City, S.D., $75.
21. (7) 11 Lyndon Johnson, Montrose, S.D., $75.
22. (4) 85 Ben Moudry, Hastings, Minn., $225.
    DNS - 782 Jeremiah Christensen, Sioux Falls, S.D., $75.
    DQ - (8) 16 Brock Hess, Montrose, S.D., $75.

Lap Leaders: Brunssen 1, Tyler Johnson 2-18.

Total Laps Led: Tyler Johnson 17, Brunssen 1.

Margin of Victory: 2.786 seconds.

Time of Race: 23 minutes, 20.109 seconds.

Provisional Starters: none.

Entries: 31.

Next Race: Thursday, Aug. 30, Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa.

Points Standings: Dan Hovden 1080, Moudry 961, Suckow 763, C. Christensen 478, Timmerman 472, J. Christensen 467, Cole Denner 448, Jim Chisholm 431, Jared Boumeester 349, Dustin Kruse 314.

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