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    • Arpin captures rain-delayed Featherlite Fall Jamboree opener Steve Arpin celebrates his victory in Sunday's main event. (Neil Eric Miller Photo)

    NewsSeptember 24, 2006   

    Arpin captures rain-delayed Featherlite Fall Jamboree opener


    SPRING VALLEY, Minn. -- Due to rain on Thursday, the opener of the 8th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., was moved to the end of the weekend line-up on Sunday, Sept. 24. On Friday and Saturday, the only two drivers from the State of Illinois walked away with the winner's share of the purse. On Sunday, it was the lone Canadian entrant rising to the top as Steve Arpin grabbed the checkers to become the third first-time winner of the weekend.
     
    Arpin, who started eighth in Sunday's 24-car, 30-lap main event, worked the high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval to perfection as he reeled in race-long leader Jim Horejsi of Echo, Minn., with 11 laps to go and went on to capture the $2,000 top prize. the 22-year-old from Fort Frances, Ont., Canada (now residing in nearby Rochester, Minn.) held off the late-race challenges of Clear Lake, Iowa's Al Hejna to pick up his career-first O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series victory.
     
    Friday's feature winner, Mark Burgtorf of Quincy, Ill., finished third to round out an impressive weekend where he also finished sixth on Saturday night. Seven-time defending O’Reilly USMTS national champion Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, finished fourth after starting 14th on the grid to claim his third top-5 finish of the weekend, while veteran another former Featherlite Fall Jamboree champion, Willy Kraft of Lakefield, Minn., rounded out the top-5 finishers in Sunday's finale.
     
    Sunday's program also featured the $2,000-to-win Non-Qualifiers "A" Main, with Mike Steensma of Luverne, Minn., taking the checkers ahead of Les Duellman of Winona, Minn.; Jason Hughes of Colcord, Okla.; Dustin Boney of Tonganoxie, Kan.; and Osceola, Wis.'s Jason Miller.
     
    Next up for the rugged O’Reilly USMTS road warriors will be a return to the half-mile oval at the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa, on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7. The 2nd Annual Hawkeye Clash will pay $2,000 and $3,000 to win, respectively, each night.
     
    The event will be a pivotal point in ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly National Championship as the first two races of the final six races of the season. Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon, Iowa, leads Shryock heading into the next event (762 to 721), while Watertown, S.D.'s Jon Tesch sits third with 711 points, followed by Tommy Myer of Blooming Prairie, Minn. (697) and Jason Friesen of Sutton, Neb. (679).
     
    More information about the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series is available by calling (515) 832-7944 or online at www.usmts.com. The Deer Creek Speedway is located 11.3 miles south of I-90 (exit 209) on US 63 (0.7 mile north of SR 16).
     
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    OFFICIAL RESULTS
    O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series
    8th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree
    Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn.
    Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006

    Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 16 drivers in Home Pride Passing Points accumulated in the heat races 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. 98 - Josh Reisch -- Luverne, MN (2)
    2. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (5)
    3. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (1)
    4. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (7)
    5. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (3)
    6. 61m - Shawn Peterson -- Cottage Grove, MN (8)
    7. 67 - Matt McDermid -- Oconto Falls, WI (4)
    8. 6x - Ricky Kluver -- Alexandria, MN (10)
    9. 58 - Jeffrey Rollinger -- Winona, MN (9) DNF
    10. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (6) DNF

    HEAT # 2 (10 laps):
    1. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (1)
    2. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (2)
    3. 10 - Mike Steensma -- Luverne, MN (3)
    4. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (7)
    5. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (6)
    6. 61 - Bruce Hanford -- Davenport, IA (9)
    7. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (8)
    8. 21x - Joe Wernecke -- Dodge Center, MN (5)
    9. 71x - Jason Cummins -- New Richland, MN (4) DNF
    10. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (10) DNS

    HEAT # 3 (10 laps):
    1. 00eh - Steve Arpin -- Rochester, MN (3)
    2. 21 - Jim Horejsi -- Echo, MN (6)
    3. 1a - Dwaine Hanson -- Lakefield, MN (2)
    4. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (10)
    5. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- W. Concord, MN (4)
    6. 1 - Dan Chapman -- Clarence, IA (9)
    7. 12m - Jason Miller -- Osceola, WI (5)
    8. 0s - Craig Scott -- Rosemount, MN (7)
    9. 71 - Troy Cordes -- Raymond, IA (1) DNF
    10. 33r - Mike Roach -- Woodward, OK (8) DNF

    HEAT # 4 (10 laps):
    1. 55x - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (2)
    2. 83 - Willy Kraft -- Lakefield, MN (6)
    3. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (4)
    4. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (5)
    5. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (3)
    6. 11 - Kerry Ledebuhr -- Winona, MN (1)
    7. 45x - Ron Pope -- Mason City, IA (7)
    8. 88t - Terry Timmerman -- Stewartville, MN (8)
    9. 70h - Michael Hintz -- DePere, WI (9)
    10. 7t - Jim Gregoire -- Lake Benton, MN (10)

    HEAT # 5 (10 laps):
    1. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (3)
    2. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (1)
    3. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- E. Woodward, OK (5)
    4. 68 - Tyler Clark -- Rochester, MN (7)
    5. 26p - Kevin Pittman -- Waterloo, IA (10)
    6. 16 - Dain Schultz -- Owatonna, MN (8)
    7. 3b - Allen Barber -- Tyler, MN (9)
    8. 31k - Andy Kotek -- Wood Lake, MN (4)
    9. 54 - Bobby Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (6) DNF
    10. 72 - Doug Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (2) DNS

    HEAT # 6 (10 laps):
    1. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (3)
    2. 69m - Mark Burgtorf -- Quincy, IL (8)
    3. 222 - Dustin Boney -- Tonganoxie, KS (1)
    4. 52w - Nate Wasmund -- Rochester, MN (7)
    5. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (4)
    6. 4 - Derek Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (2)
    7. 99m - Shawn Ryan -- Waterloo, IA (9)
    8. 42 - Tom Paulson -- Kasson, MN (6)
    9. 35x - Ron Konkel -- Caledonia, MN (10)
    10. 19d - Darin Duffy -- Hazelton, IA (5) DNF

    HEAT # 7 (10 laps):
    1. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (6)
    2. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)
    3. c19 - Jeremie Hedrick -- Clintonville, WI (2)
    4. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN (4)
    5. 4l - Chad Lerch -- Arlington, IA (5)
    6. 28c - Bill Clemens -- Chatfield, MN (8)
    7. 4m - Ben Mattick -- Haywood, MN (7)
    8. 23 - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN (9) DNF
    9. 4s - Craig Shaw -- Adams, MN (10) DNF
    10. 21L - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA (3) DNF

    HEAT # 8 (10 laps):
    1. X - Mike Wedelstadt -- Hortonville, WI (1)
    2. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (5)
    3. 7e - Neil Eckhart -- Rochester, MN (3)
    4. 96 - Jay Ihrke -- Dover, MN (4)
    5. 7m - Michael Darnall -- West Union, IA (2)
    6. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (7)
    7. 02a - Matt Aarsvold -- Oronoco, MN (6) -1 Lap
    8. 70x - Jerry King -- Waterloo, IA (8) DNF
    9. 93 - Bob Fisher -- Lyle, MN (9) DNS

    REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 2 advance):
    1. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)
    2. 7e - Neil Eckhart -- Rochester, MN (4)
    3. 10 - Mike Steensma -- Luverne, MN (3)
    4. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (2)
    5. 12m - Jason Miller -- Osceola, WI (10)
    6. 96 - Jay Ihrke -- Dover, MN (5)
    7. 35x - Ron Konkel -- Caledonia, MN (13)
    8. 6x - Ricky Kluver -- Alexandria, MN (11)
    9. 4L - Chad Lerch -- Arlington, IA (7)
    10. 72 - Doug Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (16) DNF
    11. 3b - Allen Barber -- Tyler, MN (9) DNF
    12. 88t - Terry Timmerman -- Stewartville, MN (12) DNF
    13. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (6) DNF
    14. 28c - Bill Clemens -- Chatfield, MN (8) DNS
    15. 71 - Troy Cordes -- Raymond, IA (14) DNS
    16. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (15) DNS

    REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 2 advance):
    1. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (5)
    2. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- W. Concord, MN (6)
    3. 26p - Kevin Pittman -- Waterloo, IA (4)
    4. 99m - Shawn Ryan -- Waterloo, IA (9)
    5. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (8)
    6. 7m - Michael Darnall -- West Union, IA (7)
    7. 19d - Darin Duffy -- Hazelton, IA (16)
    8. 23 - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN (11)
    9. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (15)
    10. 68 - Tyler Clark -- Rochester, MN (2)
    11. 1a - Dwaine Hanson -- Lakefield, MN (3)
    12. 70h - Michael Hintz -- DePere, WI (14)
    13. 4s - Craig Shaw -- Adams, MN (13)
    14. 31k - Andy Kotek -- Wood Lake, MN (12)
    15. 21b - Brandon Kenny -- E. Woodward, OK (1)
    16. 45x - Ron Pope -- Mason City, IA (10) DNS

    REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #3 (15 laps, top 2 advance):
    1. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (1)
    2. 52w - Nate Wasmund -- Rochester, MN (2)
    3. 222 - Dustin Boney -- Tonganoxie, KS (3)
    4. 61 - Bruce Hanford -- Davenport, IA (5)
    5. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (9)
    6. 21L - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA (16)
    7. 61m - Shawn Peterson -- Cottage Grove, MN (7)
    8. 42 - Tom Paulson -- Kasson, MN (12)
    9. 33r - Mike Roach -- Woodward, OK (15)
    10. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (6)
    11. 54 - Bobby Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (14)
    12. 11 - Kerry Ledebuhr -- Winona, MN (8)
    13. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (4) DNF
    14. 58 - Jeffrey Rollinger -- Winona, MN (13) DNF
    15. 21x - Joe Wernecke -- Dodge Center, MN (11) DNF
    16. 4m - Ben Mattick -- Haywood, MN (10) DNF

    REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #4 (15 laps, top 2 advance):
    1. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (2)
    2. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (1)
    3. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN (4)
    4. c19 - Jeremie Hedrick -- Clintonville, WI (3)
    5. 16 - Dain Schultz -- Owatonna, MN (7)
    6. 1 - Dan Chapman -- Clarence, IA (5)
    7. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (6)
    8. 4 - Derek Ramirez -- Woodward, OK (8)
    9. 70x - Jerry King -- Waterloo, IA (12)
    10. 71x - Jason Cummins -- New Richland, MN (13)
    11. 93 - Bob Fisher -- Lyle, MN (14)
    12. 67 - Matt McDermid -- Oconto Falls, WI (9)
    13. 7t - Jim Gregoire -- Lake Benton, MN (15)
    14. 02a - Matt Aarsvold -- Oronoco, MN (10) DNF
    15. 0s - Craig Scott -- Rosemount, MN (11) DNS

    NON-QUALIFIERS "A" MAIN (30 laps):
    1. 10 - Mike Steensma -- Luverne, MN
    2. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN
    3. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK
    4. 222 - Dustin Boney -- Tonganoxie, KS
    5. 12m - Jason Miller -- Osceola, WI
    6. 26p - Kevin Pittman -- Waterloo, IA
    7. 35x - Ron Konkel -- Caledonia, MN
    8. 21L - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA
    9. 99m - Shawn Ryan -- Waterloo, IA
    10. 4 - Derek Ramirez -- Woodward, OK
    11. 96 - Jay Ihrke -- Dover, MN
    12. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN
    13. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN
    14. 19d - Darin Duffy -- Hazleton, IA
    15. 1 - Dan Chapman -- CLarence, IA
    16. 6x - Ricky Kluver -- Alexandria, MN
    17. 61 - Bruce Hanford -- Davenport, IA
    18. 61m - Shawn Peterson -- Cottage Grove, MN
    19. 42 - Tom Paulson -- Kasson, MN
    20. 23 - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN
    21. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK
    22. 16 - Dain Schultz -- Owatonna, MN
    23. 7m - Michael Darnall -- West Union, IA
    24. c19 - Jeremie Hedrick -- Clintonville, WI

    HOLLEY "A" MAIN (30 laps):
    1. 00eh - Steve Arpin -- Rochester, MN (8)
    2. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (12)
    3. 69m - Mark Burgtorf -- Quincy, IL (3)
    4. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (14)
    5. 83 - Willy Kraft -- Lakefield, MN (5)
    6. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (7)
    7. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (4)
    8. 21 - Jim Horejsi -- Echo, MN (2)
    9. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (9)
    10. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (17)
    11. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (1)
    12. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (20)
    13. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (15)
    14. 52w - Nate Wasmund -- Rochester, MN (23)
    15. 98 - Josh Reisch -- Luverne, MN (11)
    16. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (10)
    17. X - Mike Wedelstadt -- Hortonville, WI (13)
    18. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (24)
    19. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (18)
    20. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- W. Concord, MN (22)
    21. 3d - Tim Donlinger -- Rochester, MN (19)
    22. 7e - Neil Eckhart -- Rochester, MN (21)
    23. 55x - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (6)
    24. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (16) DNF

    AMSOIL Lap Leaders: Horejsi 1-19, Arpin 20-30.
    Total Laps Led: Horejsi 19, Arpin 11.
    Provisional Starters: none.
    Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: A. Hejna (started 12th, finished 2nd).
    Next Race: Friday, Oct. 6, Adams County Speedway, Corning, Iowa.
    ‘The Hunt’ Points: VanderBeek 762, Shryock 721, Tesch 711, Myer 697, Friesen 679, Ruter 585, McEwan 565, A. Hejna 503, M. Hejna 489, Dean Mahlstedt 470, Mondus 445, Poidinger 426, Noble 252, Hughes 70, Mike Lineberry 5.
    Home Pride Passing Points (National): Shryock 219, Ruter 178½, A. Hejna 160½, Myer 157½, VanderBeek 148½.
    Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the Year Points: Poidinger 781, Friesen 679, Mondus 466, Bohmont 416, Matt Gilbertson 357.
    UNIJIG Builders Championship Points: Skyrocket 510, Hughes 345, GRT 311, Kraft 300, Bullet 262.
     
    Contingency Awards:
    Bassett Racing Wheel – Burgtorf.
    Belleville Motorsports – not awarded.
    Boyer’s Engine Development – Arpin.
    Edelbrock – Arpin, A. Hejna.
    Fast Shafts – Kraft.
    GRT Race Cars – Ruter.
    Isky Racing Cams – Reisch.
    Kevko Oil Pans & Components – Shryock.
    KSE Racing Products – Horejsi.
    Larson Racing Specialists – Dripps.
    Marsh Racing Wheels – Halfway leader if using Marsh Racing Wheels.
    QuickTime Performance Parts – VanderBeek.
    RaceQuest – Arpin, Steensma, Pittman, Boney, Waits.
    Real Racing Wheels – Myer, Friesen, Donlinger, Tesch.
    T.A.R. Race Car Bodies – Myer.
    UNIJIG – Arpin.
     
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    USMTS TITLE SPONSOR: O’Reilly Auto Parts.
     
    USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, AMSOIL, Dirt Works Race Cars, Holley Performance Products, Home Pride Companies, Intercomp, Marsh Racing Wheels, Nitroquest Web Solutions, Olympic Fire Protection, R.A. Benson Motorsports, Real Racing Wheels, Reich Concrete, Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar, SpeedNet Direct, UNIJIG, Yeager Machine.
     
    USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, Bassett Racing Wheel, Bell Racing, Belleville Motorsports, Bert Transmission, Boyer’s Engine Development, Dynatech Racing Exhaust, Edelbrock, Fast Shafts, GRT Race Cars, Hawk Performance, Hyperco, Impact! Racing, Intensitee Custom Clothing, Isky Racing Cams, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, KSE Racing Products, Larson Racing Specialists, Quarter Master, QuickTime Performance Race Parts, RaceQuest, RaceMN Motorsports Expo, T.A.R. Race Car Bodies, US Brake.


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