Sanders triples at Cresco, clinches Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region crown
CRESCO, Iowa-Rodney Sanders put an exclamation point on his weekend Sunday with his third USMTS Casey's Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental win in a row and 52nd of his United States Modified Touring Series career.

After starting the swing off in the worst of ways five days ago with a crash in the opening laps of Wednesday's main event at the KRA Speedway in Willmar, Minn., the trip got progressively better for the 25-year-old from Happy, Texas, with a runner-up finish Thursday before reeling off three straight trips to the winner's circle on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The win-his first at the Cresco Speedway-was worth $3,000 to the two-time defending USMTS National Champion and brought his five-day take-home pay to more than $10,000.

From the outside of the front row, Cade Dillard left the field in his wake and appeared headed to his second victory of the season, but with less than 15 laps to go and a more-than-two-second lead, a broken upper A-arm slowed the Louisiana driver's march and Sanders blasted by as they completed lap 28.

Sanders paced the final 12 laps to the checkered flag ahead of a trio of Rookie of the Year contenders-Dan Ebert, Jesse Glenz and Jesse Sobbing-with Brent Larson rounding out the top five.

Zack VanderBeek came from the 12th starting spot to finish sixth while Dillard limped home in seventh. Sixteenth-starting Casey Arneson, polesitter Chris Oertel and Jacob Bleess completed the top ten.

With his fifth triumph in nine events in the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports, Sanders clinched the regional title with one race remaining in the region.

Going into Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region finale on Tuesday, July 21, at the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, Sanders holds an insurmountable lead of 839 to 705 points over Ebert. Larson sits third with 693 markers, followed by VanderBeek (670), Sobbing (666), Glenz (654), Arneson (600), Joey Jensen (586), Cory Crapser (520) and Oertel (512).

Action heats back up on Wednesday and Thursday, June 17-18, for a pair of MSD Central Region shoot-outs at the Valley Speedway in Grain Valley, Mo., and 81 Speedway near Wichita, Kan.

The annual USMTS Southern Speedweek commences on Friday, June 19, at the Red River Speedway in Wichita Falls, Texas, for the first of seven events in nine days in the highly-competitive Double H Bands Southern Region.

With trips to the Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas, on June 22; Heart O' Texas Speedway near Waco, Texas, on June 23; Devil's Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas, on June 24; Mountain Creek Speedway in Grand Prairie, Texas, on June 25; and Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore, Okla., on June 26; the swing through the south wraps up on Saturday, June 27, at the historic Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Okla.

Nearly $40,000 has been earmarked for the winners from an overall purse of more than $250,000 for events during the month of June.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
USMTS Casey's Cup Series powered by S&S Fishing & Rental - Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports
13th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout
Cresco Speedway, Cresco, Iowa
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed and money won. All drivers were locked into the "A" Main, with the top 8 heat race in passing points re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

MSD HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (3) 99 Jesse Sobbing (R), Malvern, Iowa.
2. (1) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis.
3. (4) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn.
4. (6) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
5. (2) 49s Caleb Shown, Hooks, Texas.
6. (8) 2 Casey Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D.
7. (7) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
8. (5) 4 Billy Vogel (R), West Fargo, N.D.

DAY MOTOR SPORTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (4) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
2. (5) 7x Jesse Glenz (R), Cadott, Wis.
3. (1) 4 Cody Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill.
4. (3) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
5. (6) 07 Cory Crapser (R), Chippewa Falls, Wis.
6. (7) 6 Brock Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill.
7. (2) 86d Dagan Heim (R), Rosemount, Minn.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (6) 60 Dan Ebert (R), Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
3. (1) 21 Jacob Bleess (R), Chatfield, Minn.
4. (4) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
5. (3) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.
6. (7) 49jr Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
7. (5) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.

CASEY'S GENERAL STORES "A" MAIN (40 laps):
1. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, 40, $3000.
2. (4) 60 Dan Ebert (R), Lake Shore, Minn., Impressive/Speedwerx, 40, $1700.
3. (3) 7x Jesse Glenz (R), Cadott, Wis., MBCustom/Tim's, 40, $1200.
4. (8) 99 Jesse Sobbing (R), Malvern, Iowa, MBCustom/Sput's, 40, $1000.
5. (7) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn., Shaw/Hill, 40, $900.
6. (12) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, LG2/Sput's, 40, $800.
7. (2) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La., LG2/Geddes, 40, $700.
8. (16) 2 Casey Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D., GRT/Durham, 40, $650.
9. (1) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis., GRT/Tomcat, 40, $600.
10. (9) 21 Jacob Bleess (R), Chatfield, Minn., MBCustom/BK, 40, $550.
11. (13) 07 Cory Crapser (R), Chippewa Falls, Wis., GRT/Tim's, 40, $500.
12. (10) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn., GRT/Tim's, 40, $450.
13. (18) 49jr Jake Timm, Winona, Minn., LG2/BuckBuilt, 40, $425.
14. (19) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., Hughes/Sput's, 40, $400.
15. (11) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa, Skyrocket/Karl, 39, $375.
16. (21) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Fast, 39, $350.
17. (17) 6 Brock Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill., Impressive/Gade, 39, $325.
18. (20) 86d Dagan Heim (R), Rosemount, Minn., Shaw/Murgic, 21, $300.
19. (15) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, CAM/Herring, 20, $300.
20. (14) 49s Caleb Shown, Hooks, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, 16, $250.
21. (6) 4 Cody Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill., Impressive/Gade, 12, $300.
22. (22) 4 Billy Vogel (R), West Fargo, N.D., LG2/Durham, 10, $300.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Lap Leaders: Dillard 1-27, Sanders 28-40.
Total Laps Led: Dillard 27, Sanders 13.
Sybesma Graphics Pole Award: Ebert.
Hard Charger: Arneson (started 16th, finished 8th).
Entries: 22.
Next Race: Wednesday, June 17, Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, Mo.
Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region Points: Sanders 839, Ebert 705, Larson 693, VanderBeek 670, Sobbing 666, Glenz 654, Arneson 600, Joey Jensen 586, Crapser 520, Oertel 512.
USMTS Rookie of the Year Points: Sobbing 1857, Arneson 1614, Ben Kates 1360, Austin Arneson 1073, C. Bauman 777.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Geddes 193, Sput's 169, Mullins 152, Durham 139, Cornett 103.
USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustom 224, LG2 217, GRT 201, Hughes 173, Shaw 74.

Contingency Awards:
AERO Race Wheels - Vogel.
Allstar Performance - Arneson.
American Racer - Sanders.
Beyea Custom Headers - Larson.
BSB Manufacturing - C. Bauman.
Chix Gear Racewear - Glenz.
Deatherage Opticians - Shown.
Edelbrock - Ebert.
Eibach Springs - Gierke.
FK Rod Ends - Graham.
Forty9Designs.com - Schott, Allen.
Fuel Safe - VanderBeek.
GRT Race Cars - Gierke.
Hooker Harness - Timm.
KEVKO Oil Pans & Components - Oertel.
Keyser Manufacturing - Bleess.
KSE Racing Products - Sobbing.
Marsh Racing Wheels - C. Bauman.
Midwest Sheet Metal - Dillard.
MSD Ignition - Sobbing, Sanders.
PBM Performance Products - Sanders.
QA1 - Dillard.
R2C Performance Products - Ebert.
Real Racing Wheels - not awarded.
Sybesma Graphics - Ebert.
Tilton Engineering - Sobbing.
VP Racing Fuels - Sanders.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products - Crapser.
Wilwood Disc Brakes - Dillard.

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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Casey's General Stores, Chix Gear Racewear, COMP Cams, Day Motor Sports, Deatherage Opticians, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Fast Shafts, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, Malvern Trust & Savings Bank, MSD, Nitroquest Media Group, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, S&S Fishing & Rental, VP Racing Fuels.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Arizona Sport Shirts, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Double H Bands, Duvall Electric, ElbowsUp.com, Integra Racing Shocks & Springs, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olympic Fire Protection, Rivers Edge Scrap Management, Schwab's Tinker Shop, UMotors Motorsports & Marine, Velocita-USA.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, Bell Racing Helmets, Beyea Custom Headers, BSB Manufacturing, CPD Racing Tools, Crane Cams, Driven Racing Oil, Edelbrock, Eibach Springs, FK Rod Ends, Forty9 Designs, Fuel Safe, Genesis Racing Shocks, GRT Race Cars, Holley Performance, Hooker Custom Harness, JRi Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Midwest Sheet Metal, PBM Performance Products, QA1 Precision Products, Quarter Master, R2C Performance, Real Racing Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Sybesma Graphics, Tilton Engineering, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes.

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Contact Info:
Jeff Nun
Communications Director
United States Modified Touring Series, Inc. (USMTS)
1715 W. 2nd St., P.O. Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
Tel: 515-297-3835

Sanders sweeps The Maters at Cedar Lake Speedway
NEW RICHMOND, Wis.-Rodney Sanders made it a sweep of The Masters Saturday as the 25-year-old from Happy, Texas, scored his second $3,000 USMTS paycheck in as many nights at the Cedar Lake Speedway.

The win was the 51st in United States Modified Touring Series competition for the two-time defending USMTS National Champion, and gave him a solid cushion in the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports as he seeks his third title in 2015.

Unlike Friday night when Sanders led every lap and had to withstand the challenges behind him the whole race, the challenger was Sanders Saturday night.

Brent Larson fought off the attempts of Darrel Nelson for all but one of the first 33 laps (Nelson led lap 19), but he could not withstand the advances of Sanders who drive by on the bottom to lead the 34th lap and then go on to win by three car-lengths over Nelson, who followed past Larson one lap later.



Larson held on for third with Jason Miller and Joey Jensen scoring fourth- and fifth-place paychecks, respectively.

Zack VanderBeek was sixth, Eric Pember finished seventh, Joe Duvall nabbed the eighth spot, Craig Thatcher claimed ninth and Jacob Bleess rounded out the top ten.

The 13th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout-which was rained out Memorial Day Weekend at the Upper Iowa Speedway-will take place at the Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa, on Sunday.

Hot laps start at 6 p.m. with racing to follow.

The event will also put the spotlight on the Holley Iron Man Series featuring USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods plus USRA Hobby Stocks will also be in action at the Mighty Howard County Fairgrounds.

The Cresco Speedway is a high-banked 4/10-mile clay oval located 0.2 miles north of SR 9 on SW 7th (at the Howard County Fairgrounds). For more information call 563-547-3400.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
USMTS Casey's Cup Series powered by S&S Fishing & Rental - Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports
17th Annual Masters
Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed and money won. The top 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races were locked into the "A" Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

MSD HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis.
2. (3) V2 Joey Jensen, Harris, Minn.
3. (2) 110 Jason Miller, Osceola, Wis.
4. (5) 0 Les Duellman, Winona, Minn.
5. (8) 110x Jordan Hessler, Beldenville, Wis.
6. (7) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
7. (6) 4 Billy Vogel (R), West Fargo, N.D.
8. (4) 88 Randy Klein, Enderlin, N.D.

DAY MOTOR SPORTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn.
2. (5) 21 Jacob Bleess (R), Chatfield, Minn.
3. (3) 21b Brandon Jensen, Hammond, Wis.
4. (6) 60 Dan Ebert (R), Lake Shore, Minn.
5. (8) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
6. (1) 49jr Jake Timm (R), Winona, Minn.
7. (7) 2g Troy Girolamo, Eleva, Wis.
8. (4) 6 Brock Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (1) 89 Eric Pember, Pittsville, Wis.
2. (7) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn.
3. (4) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
4. (3) 6m Ted Marrs, Bethel, Minn.
5. (6) 49s Caleb Shown, Hooks, Texas.
6. (5) 07 Cory Crapser (R), Chippewa Falls, Wis.
7. (2) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (7) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
3. (3) 7x Jesse Glenz (R), Cadott, Wis.
4. (6) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
5. (2) 4 Cody Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill.
6. (4) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis.
7. (5) 99 Jesse Sobbing (R), Malvern, Iowa.

FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (7) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
2. (3) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
3. (2) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
4. (5) 45c Cody Cimfl, Chetek, Wis.
5. (6) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.
6. (4) 2 Casey Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D.
7. (1) 86d Dagan Heim (R), Rosemount, Minn.

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
2. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
3. (1) 21b Brandon Jensen, Hammond, Wis.
4. (8) 49jr Jake Timm (R), Winona, Minn.
5. (4) 45c Cody Cimfl, Chetek, Wis.
6. (6) 49s Caleb Shown, Hooks, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, $75.
7. (11) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, CAM/Herring, $90.
8. (9) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis.
9. (10) 4 Billy Vogel (R), West Fargo, N.D., LG2/Durham, $90.
10. (12) 86d Dagan Heim (R), Rosemount, Minn., Shaw/Murgic, $90.
11. (7) 4 Cody Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill., Impressive/Gade, $90.
12. (3) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn., GRT/Tim's, $90.
13. (13) 6 Brock Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill., Impressive/Gade, $90.

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (11) 99 Jesse Sobbing (R), Malvern, Iowa.
2. (2) 60 Dan Ebert (R), Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (3) 0 Les Duellman, Winona, Minn.
4. (1) 7x Jesse Glenz (R), Cadott, Wis.
5. (8) 07 Cory Crapser (R), Chippewa Falls, Wis.
6. (9) 2 Casey Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D.
7. (6) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Fast, $90.
8. (4) 110x Jordan Hessler, Beldenville, Wis., /Anderson, $75.
9. (12) 88 Randy Klein, Enderlin, N.D., Hughes/Quality, $75.
10. (5) 6m Ted Marrs, Bethel, Minn., Frederick/Homerun, $75.
11. (7) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa., Skyrocket/Karl, $90.
12. (10) 2g Troy Girolamo, Eleva, Wis., GRT/Baxter, $90.

CASEY'S GENERAL STORES "A" MAIN (40 laps):
1. (8) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, 40, $3000.
2. (3) 44 Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, Minn., MBCustom/Tim's, 40, $1500.
3. (2) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn., Shaw/Hill, 40, $1200.
4. (12) 110 Jason Miller, Osceola, Wis., GRT/Anderson, 40, $1000.
5. (9) V2 Joey Jensen, Harris, Minn., SSR/Tim's, 40, $900.
6. (15) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, LG2/Sput's, 40, $800.
7. (6) 89 Eric Pember, Pittsville, Wis., MBCustom/Mullins, 40, $700.
8. (11) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., MBCustom/Mullins, 40, $650.
9. (5) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis., GRT/TriStar, 40, $600.
10. (1) 21 Jacob Bleess (R), Chatfield, Minn., MBCustom/BK, 40, $550.
11. (10) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis., Shaw/Adams, 40, $400.
12. (20) 7x Jesse Glenz (R), Cadott, Wis., MBCustom/Tim's, 40, $450.
13. (7) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., Hughes/Sput's, 40, $425.
14. (4) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn., GRT/Sput's, 40, $400.
15. (16) 60 Dan Ebert (R), Lake Shore, Minn., Impressive/Speedwerx, 40, $400.
16. (23) 2 Casey Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D., GRT/Durham, 40, $400.
17. (24) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis., GRT/Tomcat, 40, $325.
18. (19) 49jr Jake Timm (R), Winona, Minn., LG2/BuckBuilt, 40, $300.
19. (22) 07 Cory Crapser (R), Chippewa Falls, Wis., GRT/Tim's, 40, $400.
20. (14) 99 Jesse Sobbing (R), Malvern, Iowa, MBCustom/Sput's, 36, $400.
21. (17) 21b Brandon Jensen, Hammond, Wis., SSR/Scott's, 34, $250.
22. (21) 45c Cody Cimfl, Chetek, Wis., SSR/Anderson, 34, $250.
23. (13) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La., LG2/Geddes, 14, $300.
24. (18) 0 Les Duellman, Winona, Minn., DirtDueler/Grove, 9, $300.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Lap Leaders: Larson 1-18, Nelson 19, Larson 20-33, Sanders 34-40.
Total Laps Led: Larson 33, Sanders 6, Nelson 1.
Margin of Victory: 1.574 seconds.
Provisional Starters: Arneson, Oertel.
Sybesma Graphics Pole Award: Sanders.
Hard Charger: VanderBeek (started 15th, finished 6th).
Entries: 37.
Next Race: Sunday, June 14, Cresco (Iowa) Speedway.

Contingency Awards:
AERO Race Wheels - Duellman.
Allstar Performance - Duvall.
American Racer - Sobbing.
Beyea Custom Headers - J. Jensen.
BSB Manufacturing - B. Jensen.
Chix Gear Racewear - Larson.
Deatherage Opticians - B. Bauman.
Edelbrock - Pember.
Eibach Springs - Glenz.
FK Rod Ends - Ebert.
Forty9Designs.com - Saurer, Crapser.
Fuel Safe - VanderBeek.
GRT Race Cars - Saurer.
Hooker Harness - Schott.
KEVKO Oil Pans & Components - Thatcher.
Keyser Manufacturing - Bleess.
KSE Racing Products - Sanders.
Marsh Racing Wheels - Dillard.
Midwest Sheet Metal - Dillard.
MSD Ignition - Thatcher, Sanders.
PBM Performance Products - Schott, Sanders.
QA1 - Nelson.
R2C Performance Products - Nelson.
Real Racing Wheels - all non-qualifiers.
Sybesma Graphics - Sanders.
Tilton Engineering - Miller.
VP Racing Fuels - Sanders.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products - Leer.
Wilwood Disc Brakes - Pember.

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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Casey's General Stores, Chix Gear Racewear, COMP Cams, Day Motor Sports, Deatherage Opticians, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Fast Shafts, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, Malvern Trust & Savings Bank, MSD, Nitroquest Media Group, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, S&S Fishing & Rental, VP Racing Fuels.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Arizona Sport Shirts, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Double H Bands, Duvall Electric, ElbowsUp.com, Integra Racing Shocks & Springs, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olympic Fire Protection, Rivers Edge Scrap Management, Schwab's Tinker Shop, UMotors Motorsports & Marine, Velocita-USA.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, Bell Racing Helmets, Beyea Custom Headers, BSB Manufacturing, CPD Racing Tools, Crane Cams, Driven Racing Oil, Edelbrock, Eibach Springs, FK Rod Ends, Forty9 Designs, Fuel Safe, Genesis Racing Shocks, GRT Race Cars, Holley Performance, Hooker Custom Harness, JRi Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Midwest Sheet Metal, PBM Performance Products, QA1 Precision Products, Quarter Master, R2C Performance, Real Racing Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Sybesma Graphics, Tilton Engineering, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes.

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Contact Info:
Jeff Nun
Communications Director
United States Modified Touring Series, Inc. (USMTS)
1715 W. 2nd St., P.O. Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
Tel: 515-297-3835

Sanders scores 50th USMTS victory on opening night at The Masters
NEW RICHMOND, Wis.-Rodney Sanders captured his 50th career United States Modified Touring Series victory Friday night as the USMTS Casey's Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental invaded the Cedar Lake Speedway for round 1 of The Masters.

Although the two-time defending USMTS National Champion from Happy, Texas, led every lap of the race, he was never more than two car-lengths ahead of his challengers.

USMTS Rookie of the Year points leader Jesse Sobbing challenged the 25-year-old for the first five laps until Cade Dillard snuck past and began to pressure the leader.

Sobbing regained the second spot ten laps later and chased Sanders to the white flag when Joey Jensen made a bold move to secure the runner-up spot by a bumper over Sobbing, who settled for a third-place paycheck.

Dillard held on for a fourth-place finish with Craig Thatcher finishing fifth to register his third top-five finish in as many nights.

Cory Crapser, Matt Leer, Dan Ebert, Zack VanderBeek and Brent Larson completed the top ten.

The second night of The Masters continues at the Cedar Lake Speedway on Saturday with another $3,000-to-win main event for the USMTS road warriors.

Grandstands open at 4 p.m. and race time is 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $30, kids ages 6-16 are $15 and children ages 5 and under are free.

The Cedar Lake Speedway is a high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located 1.0 mile east of SR 35 on SR 64 (in Somerset), then 4.2 miles north on CR C to CR CC, then left 1.8 miles. For more information call 715-248-7119 or check out www.cedarlakespeedway.com online.

13th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout-which was rained out Memorial Day Weekend at the Upper Iowa Speedway-will take place at the Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa, on Sunday. Hot laps start at 6 p.m. with racing to follow.

The event will also put the spotlight on the Holley Iron Man Series featuring USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods plus USRA Hobby Stocks will also be in action at the mighty Howard County Fairgrounds.

The Cresco Speedway is a high-banked 4/10-mile clay oval located 0.2 miles north of SR 9 on SW 7th (at the Howard County Fairgrounds). For more information call 563-547-3400.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series
USMTS Casey's Cup Series powered by S&S Fishing & Rental - Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports
17th Annual Masters - Night 1 of 2
Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis.
Friday, June 12, 2015

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed and money won. The top 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races were locked into the "A" Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

MSD HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (2) 07 Cory Crapser (R), Chippewa Falls, Wis.
2. (3) 89 Eric Pember, Pittsville, Wis.
3. (8) 18a Landon Atkinson (R), Little Falls, Minn.
4. (4) 0 Les Duellman, Winona, Minn.
5. (6) 14w Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.
6. (1) 4 Cody Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill.
7. (7) 6 Brock Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill.
8. (5) 110x Jordan Hessler, Beldenville, Wis.

DAY MOTOR SPORTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
2. (1) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis.
3. (4) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
4. (8) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.
5. (3) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
6. (6) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
7. (7) 23k Ben Kates (R), Tonganoxie, Kan.
8. (5) 42 Paul Niznik, Medford, Wis.

EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (5) 99 Jesse Sobbing (R), Malvern, Iowa.
2. (3) V2 Joey Jensen, Harris, Minn.
3. (7) 110 Jason Miller, Osceola, Wis.
4. (8) 2g Troy Girolamo, Eleva, Wis.
5. (4) 49s Caleb Shown, Hooks, Texas.
6. (6) 4 Billy Vogel (R), West Fargo, N.D.
7. (2) 6m Ted Marrs, Bethel, Minn.
8. (1) 88 Randy Klein, Enderlin, N.D.

PBM PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (5) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa.
2. (6) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La.
3. (4) 60 Dan Ebert (R), Lake Shore, Minn.
4. (1) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
5. (2) 2 Casey Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D.
6. (7) 21b Brandon Jensen, Hammond, Wis.
7. (3) 8 Kelly Anderson, Hager City, Wis.
8. (8) 86d Dagan Heim (R), Rosemount, Minn.

ALLSTAR PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn.
2. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
3. (7) 7x Jesse Glenz (R), Cadott, Wis.
4. (3) 4 Bill Byholm, Glidden, Wis.
5. (8) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
6. (4) 45c Cody Cimfl, Chetek, Wis.
7. (6) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis.
8. (5) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn.

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (3) 60 Dan Ebert (R), Lake Shore, Minn.
3. (7) 2 Casey Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D.
4. (2) 2g Troy Girolamo, Eleva, Wis.
5. (6) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa.
6. (12) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis.
7. (9) 4 Billy Vogel (R), West Fargo, N.D., LG2/Durham, $90.
8. (13) 42 Paul Niznik, Medford, Wis., Rocket/Niznik, $75.
9. (10) 6 Brock Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill., Impressive/Gade, $90.
10. (14) 86d Dagan Heim (R), Rosemount, Minn., Shaw/Murgic, $90.
11. (5) 4 Bill Byholm, Glidden, Wis., MBCustom/Koch, $75.
12. (8) 4 Cody Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill.
13. (4) 0 Les Duellman, Winona, Minn., DirtDueler/Grove, $90.
14. (11) 6m Ted Marrs, Bethel, Minn., Frederick/Homerun, $75.

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.
2. (3) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis.
3. (1) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas.
4. (8) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla.
5. (4) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn.
6. (11) 8 Kelly Anderson, Hager City, Wis., SSR/Scott's, $75.
7. (5) 14w Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn., Hughes/Wagamon, $90.
8. (7) 21b Brandon Jensen, Hammond, Wis., SSR/Scott's, $75.
9. (9) 45c Cody Cimfl, Chetek, Wis., SSR/Anderson, $75.
10. (6) 49s Caleb Shown, Hooks, Texas, Hughes/Mullins, $75.
11. (12) 110x Jordan Hessler, Beldenville, Wis., /Anderson, $75.
12. (13) 88 Randy Klein, Enderlin, N.D., Hughes/Quality, $75.
13. (14) 72 Doug Hillson, Blooming Prairie, Minn., GRT/Fast, $90.
14. (10) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., GRT/Mullins, $400.

CASEY'S GENERAL STORES "A" MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, MBCustom/Geddes, 40, $3000.
2. (11) V2 Joey Jensen, Harris, Minn., SSR/Tim's, 40, $1700.
3. (2) 99 Jesse Sobbing (R), Malvern, Iowa, MBCustom/Sput's, 40, $1200.
4. (3) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La., LG2/Geddes, 40, $1000.
5. (12) 91 Craig Thatcher, Knapp, Wis., GRT/TriStar, 40, $900.
6. (4) 07 Cory Crapser (R), Chippewa Falls, Wis., GRT/Tim's, 40, $800.
7. (16) 30 Matt Leer, Bruce, Wis., Shaw/Adams, 40, $600.
8. (15) 60 Dan Ebert (R), Lake Shore, Minn., Impressive/Speedwerx, 40, $650.
9. (6) 33z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa, LG2/Sput's, 40, $600.
10. (8) IOU1 Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, Minn., Shaw/Hill, 40, $550.
11. (20) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla., MBCustom/Mullins, 40, $500.
12. (10) 89 Eric Pember, Pittsville, Wis., MBCustom/Mullins, 40, $450.
13. (14) 21x Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn., GRT/Sput's, 40, $425.
14. (7) 18a Landon Atkinson (R), Little Falls, Minn., GRT/Geddes, 40, $400.
15. (23) 51 Chris Oertel, Marshfield, Wis., GRT/Tomcat, 40, $375.
16. (24) 4 Cody Bauman (R), Eureka, Ill., Impressive/Gade, 40, $350.
17. (19) 2g Troy Girolamo, Eleva, Wis., GRT/Baxter, 40, $325.
18. (21) 1g Pat Graham, Ames, Iowa, Skyrocket/Karl, 40, $300.
19. (22) 26g Bob Gierke, Westport, Minn., GRT/Tim's, 40, $300.
20. (18) 30 Chase Allen, Midlothian, Texas, CAM/Herring, 39, $300.
21. (5) 110 Jason Miller, Osceola, Wis., GRT/Anderson, 35, $300.
22. (13) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn., Hughes/Sput's, 30, $300.
23. (9) 7x Jesse Glenz (R), Cadott, Wis., MBCustom/Tim's, 19, $400.
24. (17) 2 Casey Arneson (R), Fargo, N.D., GRT/Durham, 18, $400.

(R) = Rookie of the Year contender.

Lap Leader: Sanders 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Sanders 40.
Margin of Victory: 0.818 second.
Provisional Starters: Oertel, C. Bauman.
Sybesma Graphics Pole Award: Sobbing.
Hard Charger: J. Jensen (started 11th, finished 2nd).
Entries: 40.

Contingency Awards:
AERO Race Wheels - Arneson.
Allstar Performance - Ebert.
American Racer - Duvall.
Beyea Custom Headers - Thatcher.
BSB Manufacturing - Miller.
Chix Gear Racewear - Sobbing.
Deatherage Opticians - C. Bauman.
Edelbrock - Sobbing.
Eibach Springs - Pember.
FK Rod Ends - Oertel.
Forty9Designs.com - Atkinson, Gierke.
Fuel Safe - Crapser.
GRT Race Cars - Girolamo.
Hooker Harness - Saurer.
KEVKO Oil Pans & Components - VanderBeek.
Keyser Manufacturing - Larson.
KSE Racing Products - Larson.
Marsh Racing Wheels - Glenz.
Midwest Sheet Metal - Glenz.
MSD Ignition - Crapser, Sanders.
PBM Performance Products - VanderBeek, Sanders.
QA1 - Sanders.
R2C Performance Products - J. Jensen.
Real Racing Wheels - all non-qualifiers.
Sybesma Graphics - Sobbing.
Tilton Engineering - Dillard.
VP Racing Fuels - Sanders.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products - Duvall.
Wilwood Disc Brakes - Leer.

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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Casey's General Stores, Chix Gear Racewear, COMP Cams, Day Motor Sports, Deatherage Opticians, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Fast Shafts, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, Malvern Trust & Savings Bank, MSD, Nitroquest Media Group, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, S&S Fishing & Rental, VP Racing Fuels.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Arizona Sport Shirts, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Double H Bands, Duvall Electric, ElbowsUp.com, Integra Racing Shocks & Springs, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olympic Fire Protection, Rivers Edge Scrap Management, Schwab's Tinker Shop, UMotors Motorsports & Marine, Velocita-USA.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, Bell Racing Helmets, Beyea Custom Headers, BSB Manufacturing, CPD Racing Tools, Crane Cams, Driven Racing Oil, Edelbrock, Eibach Springs, FK Rod Ends, Forty9 Designs, Fuel Safe, Genesis Racing Shocks, GRT Race Cars, Holley Performance, Hooker Custom Harness, JRi Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Midwest Sheet Metal, PBM Performance Products, QA1 Precision Products, Quarter Master, R2C Performance, Real Racing Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Sybesma Graphics, Tilton Engineering, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes.

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Contact Info:
Jeff Nun
Communications Director
United States Modified Touring Series, Inc. (USMTS)
1715 W. 2nd St., P.O. Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
Tel: 515-297-3835