CLEVELAND, Texas -- Chris Brown led from start to finish Sunday night to capture his first USMTS Southern Series main event in a 35-lapper at the 105 Speedway in his hometown of Cleveland, Texas. The event wrapped up a successful three-race weekend and the inaugural Rinehart Trucking Texas Shootout.

The win was worth $2,000 to Brown and gave a sweep of the weekend's events to the Skyrocket Nation. On Friday at the Motorama Speedway, eight-time defending O'Reilly USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, captured the win while Greg Skaggs of Bixby, Okla., won Saturday's go at the Gator Motorplex. All three drivers were piloting machines with a Skyrocket Chassis, which are built by Shryock.

Brown's most important move of the night might have been the redraw where he picked up the pole position. By feature time, the track settled into a single-groove circuit where passing was at a premium. Nonetheless, Brown sped away from the field at the start and on several restarts following caution periods to take an uncontested win.

Paul White of Temple, Texas, took home he runner-up paycheck while Tim Clonch of Quinlan, Texas, finished third to give the Lone Star State pilots a monopoly of the podium. Bobby Malchus finished fourth while Skaggs hung on for fifth.

Shryock finished seventh after starting 12th and was able to edge Skaggs by a mere two points in the three-day points battle for the Rinehart Trucking Texas Shootout. With the additional $500 in bonus money, Shryock brought his weekend earnings to $4,700 despite scoring his first finish outside of the top-5 in the first seven contests of the USMTS Southern Series slate. Skaggs pocketed an extra $300 for his weekend efforts while Steve Holzkamper of Gentry, Ark., earned an additional $200 for winding up third in the final Rinehart Trucking Texas Shootout points.

Shryock continues to top the USMTS Southern Series rankings with 717 points, while Holzkamper sits second with 560. Rounding out the top-10 are Skaggs (556), Zack VanderBeek (541), Randy Timms (529), Tommy Weder Jr. (515), Rodney Sanders (494), Jason Hughes (471), Jamie Burford (444) and David Mitchell (432).

Up next for the USMTS Southern Series will be a weekend doubleheader at the Batesville (Ark.) Speedway on Friday and Saturday, May 11-12. Friday's main event winner will earn $2,000 while a $3,000 payday awaits Saturday's victory lane visitor. The Batesville Speedway is a 3/8-mile semi-banked dirt oval located 8.0 miles west of Batesville at the junction of SR 14 and SR 25 on Heber Springs Rd. For more info, call (870) 251-1817 or (870) 251-1200 on raceday or visit www.batesvillespeedway.com online.

To learn more about the USMTS Southern Series, call the headquarters office at (515) 832-7944 or visit www.usmts.com online.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS Southern Series
Rinehart Trucking Texas Shootout
105 Speedway, Cleveland, Texas
Sunday, April 29, 2007

Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 13 drivers in Home Pride Passing Points accumulated in the Heats are locked into the Holley “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT #1 (10 laps):
1. 1w - Howard Willis -- Dayton, TX (1)
2. 05 - Michael Robertson -- Minden, LA (6)
3. 76 - Chase Allen -- Midlothian, TX (7)
4. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (4)
5. 7g - Mark Smith -- Lufkin, TX (2)
6. 222 - Duane Neel -- Whitehouse, TX (8)
7. 11 - Brandon Morton -- Coweta, OK (9)
8. 1 - Ray Allen Kulhanek -- Conroe, TX (3)
9. 51 - Benny Perry -- Liberty, TX (5)

HEAT #2 (10 laps):
1. 2w - Paul White -- Temple, TX (3)
2. 4x - Bobby Malchus -- Red Oak, TX (5)
3. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (6)
4. 561 - David Horner -- Houston, TX (7)
5. 14x - Josh Landers -- Princeton, TX (4)
6. 5c - Steve Crane -- Whitehouse, TX (2) DNF
7. 78 - Billy Melton -- Longview, TX (9) DNF
8. 97j - Jeff Hogeh -- New Caney, TX (1) DNF
9. 5w - John Whittington -- Vidor, TX (8) DNF

HEAT #3 (10 laps):
1. 88x - Tim Clonch -- Quinlan, TX (3)
2. 44 - Brian Stipe -- Baytown, TX (2)
3. 6x - Kyle Pleasant -- Robeline, LA (5)
4. 9 - Shane Herbert -- Scott, LA (7)
5. 4r - Derek Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (8)
6. A1 - Phil Dixon -- Crosby, TX (6)
7. 89 - Steven Whiteaker Jr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (4)
8. 2wx - Earl Whatley -- Manvel, TX (1) DNF
9. 39 - John Armstrong -- Bellaire, TX (9) DNF

HEAT #4 (10 laps):
1. 89L - Glenn Leuschner -- Erving, TX (1)
2. 54 - Dena Wilson -- Coweta, OK (4)
3. 13 - David Mitchell -- Ashdown, AR (6)
4. 51w - Jeff Wood -- Willis, TX (3)
5. 17 - Charles Lasater -- Garland, TX (2)
6. 19 - Jamie Burford -- Keatchie, LA (7)
7. 56t - Troy Taylor -- Ft. Worth, TX (8)
8. 8 - Steve Miller -- Georgetown, TX (5)
9. 14r - Mike Richardson -- Red Oak, TX (9) DNF

HEAT #5 (10 laps):
1. 21 - Chris Brown -- Cleveland, TX (3)
2. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (5)
3. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- E. Woodward, OK (8)
4. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (4)
5. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (7)
6. 78 - Ty Russell -- Montgomery, TX (1)
7. 85 - Ronnie Canon -- Dayton, TX (2)
8. 211 - Brad Ball -- Baytown, TX (9) DNF
9. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (6) DNF

HEAT #6 (10 laps):
1. 27 - Greg Skaggs -- Bixby, OK (2)
2. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (4)
3. 88xxx - Clyde Dunn Jr. -- Sunnyville, TX (1)
4. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (3)
5. 148 - Russell Moore -- Conroe, TX (5)
6. 156 - Steve Pugh -- Willis, TX (7)
7. 129 - Bryan Vollmer -- Tomball, TX (8)
8. 7m - Brandon Melton -- Longview, TX (6)
9. 117 - Brennan Poole -- The Woodlands, TX (9)

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 3 advance):
1. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (1)
2. 6x - Kyle Pleasant -- Robeline, LA (2)
3. 19 - Jamie Burford -- Keatchie, LA (7)
4. 88xxx - Clyde Dunn Jr. -- Sunnyville, TX (3)
5. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (5)
6. 51w - Jeff Wood -- Willis, TX (4)
7. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (14)
8. A1 - Phil Dixon -- Crosby, TX (8)
9. 1 - Ray Allen Kulhanek -- Conroe, TX (11)
10. 17 - Charles Lasater -- Garland, TX (6)
11. 8 - Steve Miller -- Georgetown, TX (12)
12. 89 - Steven Whiteaker Jr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (10)
13. 78 - Billy Melton -- Longview, TX (9)
14. 5w - John Whittington -- Vidor, TX (13) DNF

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 3 advance):
1. 13 - David Mitchell -- Ashdown, AR (1)
2. 4r - Derek Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (3)
3. 561 - David Horner -- Houston, TX (2)
4. 7g - Mark Smith -- Lufkin, TX (5)
5. 148 - Russell Moore -- Conroe, TX (6)
6. 56t - Troy Taylor -- Ft. Worth, TX (9)
7. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (4)
8. 117 - Brennan Poole -- The Woodlands, TX (14)
9. 39 - John Armstrong -- Bellaire, TX (13)
10. 156 - Steve Pugh -- Willis, TX (7)
11. 7m - Brandon Melton -- Longview, TX (12)
12. 97j - Jeff Hogeh -- New Caney, TX (11)
13. 85 - Ronnie Canon -- Dayton, TX (10) DNS
14. 78 - Ty Russell -- Montgomery, TX (8) DNS

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #3 (15 laps, top 3 advance):
1. 44 - Brian Stipe -- Baytown, TX (1)
2. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (3)
3. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (4)
4. 14x - Josh Landers -- Princeton, TX (5)
5. 11 - Brandon Morton -- Coweta, OK (8)
6. 222 - Duane Neel -- Whitehouse, TX (6)
7. 51 - Benny Perry -- Liberty, TX (12) DNF
8. 9 - Shane Herbert -- Scott, LA (2) DNF
9. 129 - Bryan Vollmer -- Tomball, TX (9) DNF
10. 14r - Mike Richardson -- Red Oak, TX (13) DNF
11. 211 - Brad Ball -- Baytown, TX (10) DNF
12. 5c - Steve Crane -- Whitehouse, TX (7) DNS

HOLLEY “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. 21 - Chris Brown -- Cleveland, TX (1)
2. 2w - Paul White -- Temple, TX (2)
3. 88x - Tim Clonch -- Quinlan, TX (5)
4. 4x - Bobby Malchus -- Red Oak, TX (4)
5. 27 - Greg Skaggs -- Bixby, OK (3)
6. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (7)
7. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (12)
8. 1w - Howard Willis -- Dayton, TX (6)
9. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (14)
10. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (19)
11. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (23)
12. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (24)
13. 6x - Kyle Pleasant -- Robeline, LA (17)
14. 44 - Brian Stipe -- Baytown, TX (16)
15. 19 - Jamie Burford -- Keatchie, LA (20)
16. 561 - David Horner -- Houston, TX (21)
17. 54 - Dena Wilson -- Coweta, OK (11)
18. 76 - Chase Allen -- Midlothian, TX (13) DNF
19. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- E. Woodward, OK (10) DNF
20. 05 - Michael Robertson -- Minden, LA (8) DNF
21. 89L - Glenn Leuschner -- Erving, TX (9) DNF
22. 13 - David Mitchell -- Ashdown, AR (15) DNF
23. 4r - Derek Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (18) DNF
24. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (22) DNF

Lap Leaders: Brown 1-35.
Total Laps Led: Brown 35.
Pole Award: White.
Provisional Starters: VanderBeek, Hughes.
Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: VanderBeek (started 23rd, finished 11th).
Next USMTS Southern Series Event: Friday, May 11, Batesville (Ark.) Speedway.
USMTS Southern Series Points: Shryock 717, Holzkamper 560, Skaggs 556, VanderBeek 541, Timms 529, Weder 515, Sanders 494, Hughes 471, Burford 444, Mitchell 432.
Rinehart Trucking Texas Shootout Points (Final): Shryock 288, Skaggs 286, Holzkamper 259, VanderBeek 246, White 245, Whittington 233, Weder 231, Malchus 226, Timms 217, Burford 215.
USMTS Southern Series Home Pride Passing Points: Shryock 37½, VanderBeek 34½, Johnny Bone Jr. 31½, Hughes 31½, Mitchell 31½.

Contingency Awards:
Boyer’s Engine Development – Brown.
GRT Race Cars – not awarded.
Hawk Performance – Willis.
Isky Racing Cams – Willis.
Kevko Oil Pans & Components – Skaggs, Pleasant.
KSE Racing Products – White, Malchus.
Marsh Racing Wheels – not awarded.
Nitroquest Web Solutions - not awarded.
Quarter Master – Brown, Weder.
QuickTime Performance Parts – Shryock.
Real Racing Wheels – Weder, Mitchell, Stipe.

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USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Race Tires, Arizona Sport Shirts, Boom Drilling, Borco LP, Childhelp, Day Motor Sports, Fast Company Performance, Gressell Oil Field Services, Holley Performance Products, Home Pride Companies, Hughes Racing Chassis, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, KraftKar Race Cars, Marsh Racing Wheels, McVicker Oil Fields, Nitroquest Web Solutions, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Olympic Fire Protection, Real Racing Wheels, Rinehart Trucking.

USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, Bilstein Shocks, Boyer’s Engine Development, Dynatech Racing Exhaust, Edelbrock, GRT Race Cars, Hawk Performance, Isky Racing Cams, KSE Racing Products, Quarter Master, QuickTime Performance Parts, Racer’s Choice, Inc. (RCI).