The United States Modified Touring Series made a stop at the Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minnesota on Friday, Sept 4. Forty cars checked into the back gate while other classes in action included the Wissota pure stocks, Wissota midwest modifieds, and two divisions of hornets.
Adam Godeke jumped to the race lead at the start of the Wissota pure stock feature. He would lose the lead to Brandon Shaner on lap two after a restart, but when the next caution flag waved Shaner would get docked two spots for jumping the first restart. Godeke would take the helm back, but on lap seven Shaner worked to the inside this time to snare the lead away and go on to take the win. Dylan Nelson was second, Dustin Sletten third, Kylie Kath fourth, and Jason Newkirk rounded out the top five.
1. 23 Brandon Shaner
2. 3N Dylan Nelson
3. 9D Dustin Sletten
4. 83 Kylie Kath
5. 32 Jason Newkirk
6. 8 Wayne Bellrichard
7. 3G Adam Godeke
8. 17M Matt Miller
9. 16K Kevin Vogt
10. 77 Samantha Stark
11. 16 Sammie Fromm
12. 27 Matt Simon
13. 78 James Connors
14. 00 Jesse Cruz
Up next would be the twenty-lap Wissota midwest modified feature. Greg Pfeifer Jr would hold down the top spot on lap one before giving way to Dan Wheeler on lap two. Andrew Wiste made the move to climb into the runner up spot on lap three before the caution waved a lap later. Wiste's good run would come to an end when his car spun in turn four on lap six to bring out another yellow. Bryan Hernandez would slip under Wheeler on lap twelve to take over the lead, one that he would not relinquish the rest of the caution-filled race. Brandon Davis would take the runner up spot away from Wheeler on lap five with Pfeifer Jr and Albert Wytaske rounding out the top five.
1. 18z Bryan Hernandez
2. 50III Brandon Davis
3. RED1 Dan Wheeler
4. 73JR Greg Pfeifer Jr
5. 1 Albert Wystaske
6. 70 David Stevens
7. 29 Joe Horgdal
8. 23 ??
9. 23s Adam Stowell
10. 36 Beau Lammers
11. 83 Billy Steinberg
12. 17 Harland Morehart
13. 20 Cole Queensland
14. 30 Scott Hienker
15. 34 Travis Wytaske
16. 50w Andrew Wiste
17. 93 Bob Fischer
The finale of the evening would be the USMTS 40-lap feature with Jason Krohn and Al Hejna sitting on the front row. Krohn would utilize the pole start to grab the lead as the track dried out and the preferred groove was down on the tires. Hejna would slip back to fifth early on before making his way back up to third about ten laps into the race. Ryan Gustin would sneak under Corey Dripps for third on lap three while Zack VanderBeek took the lead away from Krohn on lap four. VanderBeek made the outside line work for him, something that avid race fans don't see very often as Zack normally likes the inside groove.
Gustin would slip by Krohn on lap six for the runner up spot before snaring the lead away from VanderBeek seven laps later. Points leader and multi-time series champion Kelly Shryock was on the move as well as he climbed to the fourth spot on lap fifteen after starting eighth. The leaders would hit lapped traffic just before the halfway point, which allowed Shryock to get by Hejna for the third spot. Corey Dripps and Hejna raced side by side for several laps for the fourth spot with Dripps getting the advantage. The only caution of the race would come with eight laps remaining when Bobby Swanson spun. VanderBeek and Shryock started the first row behind leader Gustin with Shryock gaining the upper hand on the restart to take over the second spot. Shryock would close the gap to Gustin as the laps dwindled down, but it would be Ryan Gustin holding on to capture his third Hunt feature win. Shryock settled for second, VanderBeek third, Johnny Bone Jr fourth, and Corey Dripps rounded out the top five.
Top 10
1. 19R Ryan Gustin
2. 3 Kelly Shryock
3. 33z Zack VanderBeek
4. 12B Johnny Bone Jr
5. 31 Corey Dripps
6. 12 Jason Hughes
7. 3D Tim Donlinger
8. 14 Jon Tesch
9. 7 Al Hejna
10. 65 Tommy Myer
The USMTS series heads to the Deer Creek Speedway near Spring Valley, Minnesota Saturday evening for a doubleheader with the World Dirt Racing League (WDRL) late models before ending the weekend at the Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minnesota Sunday.
The Chateau Raceway in Lansing will host the Midwest Modified Nationals next weekend on Friday and Saturday. Be sure to check out their website at www.chateauraceway.net for more information.
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