Night number two of the Featherlite Fall Jamboree was in doubt earlier in the day as Mother Nature decided to play her evil card and dump some moisture from above. However, Randy Queensland and his crew did an excellent job of removing the water off the track and getting it ironed back in for the night's show. In fact, the crew did such a great job that the national anthem started at its scheduled time!
The feature action got started once again with the Wissota Midwest Modifieds. They would run a twenty-lap feature that saw Jerry Young take home the hardware followed by Brandon Davis, Mike Paulson, Shane Sabraski, and Andrew Wiste. It was noted by the track announcers that Young captured the win last year on the second night of the Jamboree.
After another laser show set the stage for the USMTS forty-lap main event. Youngster Rodney Sanders would set the pace while being flanked by Nate Wasmund on the outside. However, it would be fourth-place starter Ryan Gustin leading the field at the completion of lap one. Sanders would use the outside to pass Wasmund for the second spot while Dereck Ramirez charged on the inside to fourth. Ramirez started ninth, but from that point on Ramirez would steadily back to his original starting position as both Zack VanderBeek and Corey Dripps passed him to take over fourth and fifth.
Another driver on the move was Tim Donlinger, last year's national champion. Donlinger started fifteenth on the grid and used the low groove to make his way to sixth on lap fourteen. VanderBeek continued his march towards the front as he worked under Sanders for the runner up spot. Four laps later VanderBeek would assume the captain's seat as he motored under Gustin for the lead. A caution came out on lap twenty-three to reset the field, but unfortunately things didn't get going on the restart as Jason Hughes made heavy contact with the opening to the pits in turn one. Hughes would walk away unscaved, but obviously frustrated as that extinguished his hopes of winning the national championship.
Donlinger would line up on the outside of Gustin on the restart and powered his machine to the second spot. Donlinger then set his sights on VanderBeek and briefly led a lap before VanderBeek regained the lead with twelve laps to go. Gustin was able to hit his marks and regain the second position as he got by Donlinger with eight to go. But he would be unable to catch Zack VanderBeek as he too would repeat last year's performance on the second day of the Jamboree. Ryan Gustin would finish second, Tim Donlinger third, Jon Tesch powered his way to fourth, and Corey Dripps rounded out the top five.
Gustin shaved into Kelly Shryock's point lead as Shryock again struggled throughout the night. He started deep in the pack in his heat race and was unable to make any moves to the front, forcing him to run one of the bmain events. Shryock would start fifteenth in his bmain and looked as though a provisional was in store for him, but a caution came out that bunched the field up. Shryock used that to his advantage as he was able to climb into the second spot and make the feature. Shryock would finish in the nineteenth position while Gustin nailed down the second spot. That means Shryock holds a 58-point lead going into the final night of the Jamboree. That amount is very difficult to make up in one night, so odds are Shryock will earn his ninth national championship at night's conclusion.
Racing action is scheduled to start at 5pm tonight at the Deer Creek Speedway. Midwest Modifieds will run their heat races first once again followed by the USMTS heat races. If you can't make it to the track, be sure to check out the action on www.racecastlive.com for play by play.
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