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For immediate release:
Ben Reed claims second K&N Filters USCS MOD title
Atlanta, GA – November 29, 2012 - Ben Reed from Munford, Tennessee claimed his second K&N Filters USCS Modified Touring Series Championship in 2012. Reed used a visit to the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane with a win at Clayhill Motorsports on Memorial Day plus a total of six top five and ten top ten finishes in fiteen races to propel his team to the top of the standings with 2236 points in the highly competitive USCS series for Outlaw style open wheel modified race cars. Reed’s other share of the K&N Filters USCS Modified Touring Series Championship came in the series inaugural 2006 season.
Joseph Leister from Drummonds, Tennessee who was the 2009 USCS Modified “Driver of the Year” after finishing in second place in both the 2009 K&N Filters USCS Modified Touring Series and the 2009 USCS Modified Weekly Racing Series standings finished the 2012K&N Filters USCS Modified Touring division standings in the runner-up spot with 1881 points. Leister’s steady performances and attendance at all USCS Modified events until he missed one night with an engine failure late in the season kept him from making the title chase a lot closer.
Although not being able to reach the www.RockAuto.com USCS victory lane during his 2012 season, like he did twice in 2011, Lucas Lee from Paris, Tennessee used nine top five finishes to collect enough points to beat out his Father and team-mate Michael Lee also from Paris, Tennessee for the third position in the final 2012 standings with 1593 points. Michael Lee used nine top ten and five times in the top five to finish fourth in the point standings with 1524points, just behind his Son. The 2011 and defending USCS Modified Touring Series Champion, Murray Vaughn from Hernando, Mississippi rounded out the top five drivers with 1288 points.
Brandon Poppenheimer from Nesbit, Mississippi who usually runs enough USCS Modified events to find a place in the top ten of the final standings, led the next group of drivers in sixth place with 1217 points. Ditto for the “Atwood Outlaw” T.J, Herndon from Atwood, Tennessee who had one feature win on the season at Columbus Speedway on June 1st and collected 1139 points to finish in seventh place. Herndon shared the 2006 title with Reed as Co-Champions when the two ended the first season in a tie in the point standings. Jimmy Cornell from Brosley, Missouri finished in eighth place after the final tally of the points with 1015 points. Chris Moore from Nesbit, Mississippi ran an abbreviated 2012 schedule and finished with 762 series points for ninth place in the standings. Young gun Tyler Fowler from Portageville, Missouri ran a partial USCS Modified schedule but earned the most points of any driver eligible for the Rookie of the Year and will receive that honor at the series 2012 Championship Awards banquet via his tenth place finish in the 2012 point standings with 746 points.
One hundred and forty-eight different drivers competed during the 2012 K&N Filters USCS Modified Touring Series fifteen events. The series averaged 24 cars per event in 2012. The fifteen main events produced fourteen different winners testifying to the competitive nature of the series. NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and short track star Kenny Schrader won the season opener at Magnolia Motor Speedway on March 3rd. Brandon Smith won on the series first 2012 visit to Batesville Motor Speedway on March 30th. On the following night, R.C. Whitwell won the USCS MOD portion of the Bootheel 200 at Malden Speedway. Ben Reed got that Memorial Day win at Clayhill on May 28th. T.J. Herndon and 2011 Mississippi Modified Series Champion Randy King won on June 1st and 2nd at Columbus Speedway. Past track Champion, Ronnie Vernon won the June 29th event at Malden Speedway.
Justin McBroom reached the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane on the series first-ever visit to Crowley’s Ridge Raceway on July 3rd. Young gun Jeff Wells, Jr. won the Batesville Motor Speedway, July 6th event. Past Clayhill Motorsports track Champion, Matt Cooper won the August 11th USCS event at his home track.
Steven Picou was the victor when the series made its third appearance of the season at Malden Speedway for the Nathan Rettig Cotton Boll Cup 2012. Jason Hughes from West Plains, Missouri was the only two-time feature winner on the season. Hughes won on back-to-back nights at Magnolia Motor Speedway on October 19th and 20th. Chris Moore won the November 2nd event at Riverside Speedway in Round #1 of the USCS Fall Nationals and John Gray reached the www.rockauto.com USCS victory lane first in the Round #2 season finale on November 4th at Riverside Speedway.
The 2012 USCS Modified Touring Series season is tentatively set to open during the Frostbuster 200 at Magnolia Motor Speedway on March 1st and 2nd, 2013. A complete 2013 K&N Filters USCS Modified ouring Series schedule will be announced soon with twenty plus events expected. For schedules and or rules for the USCS Modified Touring Series please visit www.uscsracing.com or call the United Speed Contest Sanction office at 770-460-7223. The email contact is uscsracing@comcast.net
The K&N Filters USCS Modified Touring Series thanks it 2012 partners that include: K&N Filters, Comp Cams, DMI/Bulldog Rear Ends, KSE Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Wilwood Disc Brakes and www.rockauto.com
2012 K&N Filters USCS MODIFIED TOURING SERIES FINAL POINT STANDINGS:
Final Points Standings (after 15 races)
Pos. Car# Driver Points
1 07 Ben Reed 2236
2 89 Joseph Leister 1881
3 12 Lucas Lee 1593
4 55 Michael Lee 1524
5 46X Murray Vaughn 1288
6 99 Brandon Poppenheimer 1217
7 1 T J Herndon 1139
8 51 Jr. Jimmy Cornell 1015
9 17 Chris Moore 762
10 15 Tyler Fowler 746 **Rookie of the Year**
11 12 Rusty Duncan 716
12 01 Rusty Stagen 712
13 02 Robert Powers 681
14 18 Matt Cooper 632
15 56 Jonathan Rowan 621
16 04 Rodney Etheridge 612
17 25 Paul Robinson 604
18 99R Justin Roberts 599
19 3 Scott Burge 598
20 8H Jason Hughes 560
tie K1 Randy King 560
tie G3 Ronnie Vernon 560
23 1w Jeff Wells Jr 555
24 26 Dallas Everett 554
25 76 Dustin Cassellhenny 552
26 45 Mike Jessup 546
27 77 Randall Harlow 517
28 28 Luke Riddle 510
29 7H Greg Hughes 454
30 117 Scott Crites 419
31 00 Jason Skinner 386
32 00 John Gray 374
33 22 Brad Buck 362
34 27 Michael Turner 358
35 10 Troy Fowler 346
36 211 Dustin Billingsley 342
37 24 Kenny Lovins 340
38 CB1 Eric Hughes 336
39 55 Walter Dunn 320
40 66 Jerry Harris 316
tie 9x Josh Green 316
42 49 Robbie Arnold 294
43 17w Jason Wilkey 290
44 9 Brint Hartwick 276
tie 7 Josh Trammell 276
46 17F Casey Findley 274
47 26s Jon Stinson 272
tie 19 Justin McBroom 272
49 3W JC Waller 266
50 29 Preston Seratt 262
51 4x Chuck Sanders 261
52 28 Tony Higgins 260
53 16c Adam Maple 256
54 96 Trent Francis 254
55 3 Brian Richey 250
tie 01A Drew Armstrong 250
tie 96T R.C. Whitweld 250
tie 0x Steven Picou 250
tie X Terry Gray 250
60 77 Gaven Landers 248
61 81 Mike Gardner 246
62 d97 Daryl Hay 243
63 J21 Jacob Davis 242
64 55 Terry Kirk 240
65 7jr Bobby Allen 236
66 ONE Kelly Wright 234
67 13 Mike Savage 232
68 5 Steve Carter 230
69 77 Brad Calhoun 228
tie 226 Steven Mitchell 228
71 24 James Walker 222
tie 47 Tyler Newcomb 222
73 29 Jeff Richardson 220
tie 112 Justin Moon 220
75 77 Jerry Calhoun 216
76 1SK Shawn Knuckles 214
77 13 Jeff Scott 212
tie 77 Josh Ray 212
tie 51 Justin Glover 212
80 3 Gregg Welch 208
81 67 Austin Matthews 200
tie 9 Brent Hartwick 200
tie 15 Danny Ressinger 200
tie 15 Greg Swaringer 200
tie 21 Jason Pennington 200
tie 88 Joe Payne 200
tie 29 Josh Tomlin 200
tie 10 Mikey Bell 200
tie 1 Shane Akin 200
tie 717 Tim Nash 200
tie 10R Tim Radford 200
92 115 Brandon Smith 150
tie 9 Ken Schrader 150
94 34 Ben Stephens 148
tie F1 Randy Weaver 148
tie 12 Shannon Brack 148
97 2 Tyler Stephens 146
98 1B Bart Richardson 144
tie 97 Cade Dillard 144
tie 20 Robbie McLain 144
tie 94 Scott Tracer 144
102 R5 Hunter Rasdon 142
tie 69 Raymond King 142
104 11x Ricky Tosh 140
105 54 Josh Cherry 138
tie 10 Ricky Ingles 138
tie K9 Robert Casada 138
108 01 Chris Simms 136
tie 05 Nathan Mayes 136
110 5 Jordon Turner 134
tie 7m Travis Ashley 134
112 H17 Steve Holcomb 132
113 17 David Esch 130
tie 63 Joey Smith 130
115 C20 Cliff Ross 128
tie 76 Mitchell Gallaway 128
tie 97 Paul Reeder 128
tie 12 Scott Crigler 128
119 17L Chris Long 126
tie 59 David Griffin 126
121 75 Jeremy Ray 124
122 T17 Todd Riley 122
tie 26 Zach Jones 122
124 61 Andrew Moreno 120
tie 1 Chad Avey 120
126 10 Jason Henry 116
127 7s Jeff Sloan 114
tie 16 Justin Wilbur 114
tie F1 Tyson Franks 114
130 31 Billy Collett 112
131 41 Blake Burnes 110
132 15 Taylor Renshaw 108
133 99 James Emerson 106
tie 21 Jeff Green 106
tie 11B Jimmy Brasfield 106
136 21x Jeremy Russell 102
137 48 Alan Brown 100
tie 27 Bobby Despain 100
tie 34 Charlie Smith 100
tie 93 Eddie Rhinehart 100
tie 91 James Cooper 100
tie 95 Jason Steele 100
tie 778 Johnny Gustavus 100
tie R1 Justin Rodenberry 100
tie 17m Robert Baker 100
tie 14 Robert Wooder 100
tie 44H Ronny Howard 100
tie 21 Ryan Moore 100
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