HUMBOLDT, Kan. (Oct. 22) – If Saturday’s King of America Modified Nationals finale is anything like the qualifying features the last three nights, Humboldt Speedway fans are in for a legendary battle that will be talked about for years to come.
On Friday, Schwab’s Tinker Shop Qualifying Night produced the third straight qualifying feature of the week that came down to the wire with a pass for the lead in the closing laps.
Ryan Gustin passed Terry Phillips with three laps to go on win Wednesday’s race, and Johnny Scott got by Jon Tesch for the lead just four laps from the finish to win on Thursday. Kelly Shryock did one better, snagging the lead from Brian Bolin with the white flag blowing in the breeze and then checking out during a green-white-checkered finish to take the win in Friday’s feature race.
By virtue of beating Brian Bolin by a bumper to finish third Friday night, Mark “Fluffy” Dotson earned enough extra points to put him on the pole for Saturday’s $15,000-to-win King of America Modified Nationals championship race. Shryock’s efforts earned him the outside front row for the 75-lap finale.
Tesch will start on the inside of the second row with Steven Whiteaker Jr. to his right. The rest of the field will roll onto the 3/8-mile clay oval as follows:
“A” MAIN (75 laps):
Row 1 – 85d Mark Dotson | 3 Kelly Shryock
Row 2 – 14 Jon Tesch | 89 Steven Whiteaker Jr.
Row 3 – X2 Brian Bolin | 20 Rodney Sanders
Row 4 – 75 Terry Phillips | 21 Johnny Fennewald
Row 5 – 12j Johnny Scott | 5t Randy Timms
Row 6 – 74 Jeremy Payne | 555 Ryan Ruter
Row 7 – 33z Zack VanderBeek | 19r Ryan Gustin
Row 8 – 02 Tommy Weder Jr. | 90 Terry Schultz
Row 9 – 12 Jason Hughes | 98 John Allen
Row 10 – From “B” Main
Row 11 – From “B” Main
Row 12 – From “B” Main
Row 13 – From “B” Main
Row 14 – From “B” Main
Row 15 – From “B” Main
“B” MAIN (top 12 advance):
Row 1 – 51 Tim Setzer | 31 Corey Dripps
Row 2 – 4r Dereck Ramirez | 98 Jeff Cutshaw
Row 3 – 20s Stormy Scott | 12b Johnny Bone Jr.
Row 4 – 25 Lucas Schott | 73B Shad Badder
Row 5 – 2 Grant Junghans | 18 Chase Junghans
Row 6 – 24 Sean Jones | 99 Josh Angst
Row 7 – 85 Thomas Tillison Jr. | 6 Justin Folk
Row 8 – 5 Brandon Beckendorf | 91 Joe Duvall
Row 9 – 77 Cody Agler | 4m Bobby Malchus
Row 10 – From “C” Main
Row 11 – From “C” Main
Row 12 – From “C” Main
Row 13 – From “C” Main
Row 14 – From “C” Main
“C” MAIN (top 10 advance):
Row 1 – 9d8 Paden Phillips | 73 Mickey Burrell
Row 2 – 52 Mitch Keeter | 22b Rick Beebe
Row 3 – 9d Scott Daniels | 60 William Gould
Row 4 – 30 Chase Allen | 3 Danny Womack
Row 5 – 77 Brian Craighead | 15 Nathan Mayes
Row 6 – 3d Dan Daniels | 99 Tim North Jr.
Row 7 – 118 Terry Beckham | 10 Marc Hurd
Row 8 – 86 Brian Franz | 25p Mike Petersilie
Row 9 – 40 Jessy Willard | 17m Robert Baker
Row 10 – From “D” Main
Row 11 – From “D” Main
Row 12 – From “D” Main
“D” MAIN (top 6 advance):
Row 1 – 87 Kenny Sweet | 5c Don Crnkovich
Row 2 – 7 Al Hejna | 7jr Jess Folk Jr.
Row 3 – 57 Wes Armstrong | 20r Bryan Rowland
Row 4 – 23 Justin Rexwinkle | 4 Dan Powers
Row 5 – 1k Pat Graham | 19b Nic Baalman
Row 6 – 40 Brian Green | 99 Jerald Folk
Row 7 – 12 Shawn Langhover | B2 Bobby Bills
Row 8 – 02 Tanner Mullens | 23 Lucas Dobbs
Row 9 – 71 Jim Body | 22 Brian McGowen
Row 10 – From “E” Main
Row 11 – From “E” Main
Row 12 – From “E” Main
“E” MAIN (top 6 advance):
Row 1 – 36 Logan Martin | 4 Shannon Scott
Row 2 – 11 Josh Griggs | 92 Chad Mallett
Row 3 – 79 Shane Campbell | 12g Jeremy Green
Row 4 – 5j John Schwab | 18 Mike Folk
Row 5 – 88c Brian Clark | 77jr Gene Hogan
Row 6 – 43f Marcus Frisch | 66 Jerry Phillips
The top 6 in points earned through time trials, heat races and qualifying main events on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday locked themselves into Saturday’s “A” Main championship race. All other drivers will start one of several “alphabet soup” main events on Saturday.
The driver that advances the most positions throughout Saturday’s main events will earn an extra $500.
Nearly $80,000 has been earmarked for Saturday’s “A” Main alone, with a total purse of more than $130,000 posted for the four-day extravaganza. Each of the 30 drivers in the championship race will earn a minimum of $1,500.
SATURDAY’S PAYOFF: “A” MAIN – 1. $15,000, 2. $8000, 3. $5000, 4. $4000, 5. $3000, 6. $2500, 7. $2200, 8. $2000, 9. $1800, 10. $1700, 11. $1675, 12. $1650, 13. $1625, 14. $1600, 15. $1575, 16. $1550, 17. $1540, 18. $1530, 19. $1520, 20. $1510, 21-30. $1500; “B” MAIN – 1-12. Transfer, 13. $1000, 14. $800, 15. $750, 16- 28. $700; “C” MAIN – 1-10. Transfer, 11. $675, 12. $650, 13. $625, 14-24. $600; “D” MAIN – 1-6. Transfer, 7. $575, 8. $550, 9. $525, 10. $500-24. $500; “E” MAIN – 1-6. Transfer, 7. $475, 8-24. $450; “F” MAIN – 1-6. Transfer, 7. $425, 8-24. $400; “G” MAIN – 1-6. Transfer, 7. $375, 8-24. $350; “H” MAIN – 1-6. Transfer, 7. $325, 8-24. $300.
B-Mods will also be a part of the event for the fourth straight night, racing for a stout $1,000 to win and $75 to start the “A” Main.
Pit gates open at 2 p.m., grandstands open at 3 and racing starts at 6 p.m.
If you can’t be there Saturday night, official results will be posted at www.usmts.com following each main event and the B-Mod heat races. You can also follow the action with live updates and information throughout the evening by liking the USMTS on Facebook or following the USMTS on Twitter.
The Humboldt Speedway is a located 0.1 mile west of US 169 at the Humboldt Exit, then 0.5 mile south, then 0.9 mile east on Georgia Rd. For more information call 620-431-2470 (office) or 620-473-3694 (track) or visit www.humboldtspeedway.com.
The inaugural King of America Modified Nationals is made possible by several great sponsors including Allen’s Automotive, Casey’s General Stores, River’s Edge Scrap Management, Schwab’s Tinker Shop and Swan Energy.
To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also follow the USMTS on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.
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