After USMTS officials pulled the plug on Friday's scheduled visit to Caney Valley Speedway, it was later announced that Humboldt Speedway would step up and host another day of racing on Sunday. That being said, my group of avid race fans changed our schedules and made the trip to Humboldt Saturday and Sunday.
A good field of cars showed up Saturday for day one. 55 USMTS modifieds were on hand along with 26 bmods and 26 factory stocks. Scott Stuart dominated most of the factory stock feature en route to the win. He was followed across the line by Dan Jesseph, Dustin Marvin, Jeremy Wilson, and Billy Shadden. Justin Boots prevailed in the bmods. Paden Phillips tried to get some momentum off the top side to close the gap, but it wasn't enough. He would settle for second while Max Grogan, Jim Daniels, and Brad Jarman rounded out the top 5.
Jon Tesch made the long pull from South Dakota pay off as he totally dominated Saturday night's feature. Tesch led every lap and at one point had half the field lapped before a caution flag bunched the field back up. Jason Hughes and eight-time USMTS national champion Kelly Shryock finished second and third respectively. Chad Wheeler and Dustin Boney rounded out the top 5. Last week's winner Tommy Myer won a bmain event and wound up 18th. Boney was the big mover as he advanced 14 spots from his 19th starting position.
Sunday's afternoon show had a significant decrease in car counts. Nearly half of the bmods and factory stocks were missing, but the USMTS modified car count was 54. Steve Holzkamper was the man of the hour in his heat race as he started last and finished first, racking up the most passing points. In factory stock competition, Dan Jesseph improved his weekend by one spot in winning the feature. He was followed across the line by Zach Simmons, Dustin Marvin, Jeremy Wilson, and Dereck Wilson. Dalton Kirk would take home the hardware in the bmod division. Scott Collins was within reach, but just couldn't quit get the momentum needed to get around Kirk. Justin Boots, Chris Brechiesen, and Jim Daniels rounded out the top five.
Johnny Fennewald used his first starting spot to his advantange in leading the first seven laps of the USMTS modified feature. Outside front row started Brian Bolin then passed Fennewald and remained in the lead for twenty laps. Meanwhile, Bryan Rowland was gaining ground, patiently waiting for an opening. Bolin slipped high coming off turn two and that opened the door for Rowland. Rowland dove to the inside in turn 3, but the two drivers made contact with each other. Bolin would spin out from the contact bringing out the caution flag. As a result of the contact, both drivers were sent to the back of the pack. This handed the reigns over to Steve Holzkamper, who would go on to take the win. TRE chassis "teammate" Johnny Bone Jr would finish 2nd while pole sitter Fennewald finished with a solid 3rd place run. Dustin Boney and Gary Langworthy rounded out the top 5. Jason Friesen was the hard charger, advancing 12 spots from his 21st starting position. Boney's top 5's propelled him into the MO-KAN region points lead. Saturday's feature winner Jon Tesch only managed a 12th place finish after transferring out of a bmain and started 19th.
The USMTS will be traveling a little further south this upcoming weekend as they invade I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas for their annual Topless Modified Nationals event.
Check out my website for more results from action at the Humboldt Speedway. http://www.geocities.com/racefan85/09races.html . Click on March, then click on "USMTS @ Humboldt, KS".
My tentative plans include a Thursday night trip to West Plains, Missouri for night 1 of the Justin Stanfill Memorial followed. From there I plan to travel northwest to Beatrice, Nebraska for the IMCA Spring Nationals the rest of the weekend (Fri/Sat/Sun).
-Racing MAY be a hobby, but it's DEFINITELY addictive
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