GREENWOOD, La. — Jason Hughes made it four winners in four nights Sunday as he dominated the 30-lap Holley "A" Main at the Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La. The Marshall Mobile Homes Battle of Boothill presented by Larry Shaw Race Cars, Bad Boy Mowers and Mark Martin Ford victory was worth $3,000 to Hughes, and was the fourth straight night of racing for the USMTS Southern Series which saw an average 61 cars compete each night.

From the outside of the front row, Hughes was untouchable on the big 7/16-mile high-banked clay oval, but the racing behind him throughout the 24-car field was enough to keep the fans on their feet from start to finish as six of the top-10 finishers came from outside of the top-10 for the start. Fellow Sooner State racer Greg Skaggs, who won the event at Monticello (Ark.) Speedway on Friday, cashed a runner-up paycheck Sunday.

Randy Timms of Wheatland, Okla., won the main event on Saturday night at the Fast Trax Speedway in Chatham, La., then finished third in Sunday's finale. Willy Kraft of Lakefield, Minn., finished fourth and Larry Clevenger of Greenwood, La. Steve Holzkamper, Jason Ingalls, Zack VanderBeek, Rodney Sanders and Scott Green finished sixth through 10th, respectively.

John Williams of Haughton, La., crossed the finish line in third, but was disqualified during post-race technical inspection.

The Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger honors went to Clevenger, who started 19th and finished.

THIRTEEN DRIVERS IN ‘THE HUNT’

Sunday's race at Boothill Speedway set the stage for several drivers as the first batch of drivers to compete for the national crown are now qualified. The top-10 in current USMTS Southern Series points, plus all other drivers with perfect attendance throughout the first 12 events of the season are locked in to ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship.

Eight-time defending O’Reilly USMTS national champion Kelly Shryock leads the USMTS Southern Series points over Timms (1084 to 983), followed by Skaggs (917), Hughes (916), Tommy Weder Jr. (899), Holzkamper (894), VanderBeek (889), Sanders (779), Jamie Burford (745) and Green (724). Outside of the top-10, but still qualifying for ‘The Hunt’ based on their perfect attendance in the USMTS Southern Series are Brandon Morton, Bobby Malchus and Dena Wilson.

‘The Hunt’ will be comprised of the final National Events of the season beginning Aug. 9 at Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, Kan, with qualifying through prior regional events. The O’Reilly USMTS National Championship points system will be used at all regional events, with the top-10 in the final standings of each Region earning 10 points for first place, 9 points for second place and so forth, descending to 1 point for the 10th-place finisher in the region. In addition, each driver who attended all events in a region will earn 5 bonus points. The total points earned for all regions will serve as the base points that each driver will start ‘The Hunt’ with. USMTS Southern Series drivers are also eligible to qualify for ‘The Hunt’. Drivers may use their best points combination from the four National Event regions or a combination of three regions and the USMTS Southern Series as their base points to begin ‘The Hunt’ with. After base points have been established, the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship points system will be used at the remaining events for the drivers in ‘The Hunt’ to determine the 2007 O’Reilly USMTS National Champion.

Created for the fans, the ‘The Hunt’ serves as a “playoff” for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. While handicapping gives a slight advantage to the drivers that compete on the entire National Events circuit, each of the top-10 drivers in any of the four regions or the USMTS Southern Series has a legitimate shot at capturing the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship.

REMAINING USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES SCHEDULE:

The USMTS Southern Series is now on hiatus for seven weeks, returning to action Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 13-15, at the Clinton (Okla.) Motorsports Park. Thursday's race will pay $1,000 to win, Friday will be worth $2,000 to the winner and Saturday's finale carries a $3,000 top prize. After that, the inaugural season for the USMTS Southern Series will wrap up with three tripleheader weekends in the Lone Star State.

Thu Sep 13 … Clinton Motorsports Park, Clinton, OK ($1,000 to win)
Fri Sep 14 … Clinton Motorsports Park, Clinton, OK ($2,000 to win)
Sat Sep 15 … Clinton Motorsports Park, Clinton, OK ($3,000 to win)
Thu Oct 18 … Motorama Speedway, Beaumont, TX ($1,000 to win)
Fri Oct 19 … Motorama Speedway, Beaumont, TX ($2,000 to win)
Sat Oct 20 … Motorama Speedway, Beaumont, TX ($3,000 to win)
Thu Nov 15 … South Texas Speedway, Corpus Christi, TX ($1,000 to win)
Fri Nov 16 … South Texas Speedway, Corpus Christi, TX ($2,000 to win)
Sat Nov 17 … South Texas Speedway, Corpus Christ, TX ($3,000 to win)
Thu Nov 29 … Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX ($1,000 to win)
Fri Nov 30 … Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX ($2,000 to win)
Sat Dec 1 … Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX ($3,000 to win)

TUESDAY, JULY 31 — CRESCO SPEEDWAY

The Cresco (Iowa) Speedway will host the next O’Reilly USMTS National Event and the final race in the Yeager Machine Northeast Region and will qualify the first group of National drivers to be a part of ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. In addition to the grandstands and the pits, race fans at the Mighty Howard County Fairgrounds speedplant can purchase a one-of-a-kind Party Pass. For just $20 per person, drive your vehicle inside the track and watch the races from the infield! Bring your own food, drinks and grills! First come first served for infield spots. Passenger cars and trucks only. No scaffolding.

The infield opens for Party Pass fans at 4:00 p.m., as well as pit and grandstand gates. The NASCAR Driver Autograph Session will be from 5:45 to 6:30. Hot laps begin at 7:15 with a full night of racing action to follow. In addition to the O’Reilly USMTS Modifieds, the USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series featuring USRA Stock Cars, USRA Hobby Stocks, USRA B-Mods and Outlaw Hobbys will be in action with all three classes racing for USRA national and track points.

Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at (563) 547-3400 or visit www.rlpromotions.com/cresco online. The Cresco Speedway is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval located 0.2 miles north of SR 9 on SW 7th (at the Howard County Fairgrounds).

For more information, call the USMTS headquarters office at (515) 832-7944 or visit www.usmts.com online.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS Southern Series
Marshall Mobile Homes Battle of Boothill presented by Larry Shaw Race Cars, Bad Boy Mowers and Mark Martin Ford
Boothill Speedway, Greenwood, La.
Sunday, July 29, 2007

Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 12 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 (8 laps):
1. 31 - John Williams -- Haughton, LA (1)
2. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (2)
3. 05 - Michael Robertson -- Minden, LA (9)
4. 19 - Jamie Burford -- Keatchie, LA (8)
5. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (6)
6. d6 - Chris Huckaby -- Monroe, LA (3)
7. 54 - Dena Wilson -- Coweta, OK (7) DNF
8. Lazy8 - Kyle Taylor -- Longview, TX (5) DNF
9. 01 - Billy Robinson -- Blanchard, LA (4) DNF

HEAT #2 (8 laps):
1. 83 - Willy Kraft -- Lakefield, MN (2)
2. 27 - Greg Skaggs -- Bixby, OK (8)
3. 6x - Kyle Pleasant -- Robeline, LA (5)
4. 16 - Chris Henigan -- Marshall, TX (7)
5. 76 - Nicholas Littlejohn -- Everman, TX (3)
6. 8G - Greg Dinsmore -- Jerrville, TX (1)
7. 04 - Tippy Bickham -- Shreveport, LA (4)
8. 85 - Phillip Smith -- Sibley, LA (9)
9. 69 - Justin Ingalls -- Longview, TX (6) DNF

HEAT #3 (8 laps):
1. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (4)
2. 4 - Shane Hebert -- Scott, LA (1)
3. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (8)
4. 7M - Nathan Sugg -- Arlington, TX (9)
5. 5A - Wes Armstrong -- Marshall, TX (7)
6. 02x - B.J. Robinson -- Shreveport, LA (5)
7. 75 - Randy Paine -- Greenwood, LA (2)DNF
8. 88xxx - Clyde Dunn Jr. -- Sunnyville, TX (3) DNF
9. 1 - Brett Frazier -- Shreveport, LA (6) DNF

HEAT #4 (8 laps):
1. 5r - Sean Jones -- Mansfield, TX (2)
2. 18 - Tim Clonch -- Quinlan, TX (6)
3. 15 - Odie Green -- Fouke, AR (3)
4. 3X - Tim Motley -- Longview, TX (4)
5. 96 - Michael Knighten -- Shreveport, LA (5) DNF
6. 211 - Chad Fitzgerald -- Baytown, TX (1) DNF
7. 26 - Patrick Linn -- Little Rock, AR (7) DNF
8. 5K - Keith Green -- Waco, TX (8) DNS
9. 14r - Mike Richardson -- Red Oak, TX (9) DNS

HEAT #5 (8 laps):
1. A1 - Phil Dixon -- Crosby, TX (1)
2. 34 - Jason Ingalls -- Longview, TX (3)
3. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (7)
4. 5W - John Whittington -- Vidor, TX (4)
5. 89 - Steven Whiteaker Jr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (2)
6. 4x - Bobby Malchus -- Red Oak, TX (6)
7. L1 - Larry Clevenger -- Greenwood, LA (8)
8. 56T - Troy Taylor -- Fort Worth, TX (5)
9. 99 - Danny Hebert -- Duson, LA (9)

HEAT #6 (8 laps):
1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (1)
2. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (5)
3. 11 - Brandon Morton -- Coweta, OK (2)
4. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (6)
5. 36 - Kevin McCoy -- Downsville, LA (7)
6. JP5 - Lee Patton -- Quitman, LA (9)
7. 81 - Rusty Harris -- Shreveport, LA (3)
8. 18 - Cody Smith -- Forney, TX (8)
9. 17 - Brad Lasater -- Garland, TX (4)

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. 16 - Chris Henigan -- Marshall, TX (4)
2. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (8)
3. 34 - Jason Ingalls -- Longview, TX (1)
4. L1 - Larry Clevenger -- Greenwood, LA (13)
5. 5A - Wes Armstrong -- Marshall, TX (7)
6. 76 - Nicholas Littlejohn -- Everman, TX (9)
7. 56T - Troy Taylor -- Fort Worth, TX (18)
8. 6x - Kyle Pleasant -- Robeline, LA (3) DNF
9. 99 - Danny Hebert -- Duson, LA (21) DNF
10. 11 - Brandon Morton -- Coweta, OK (5) DNF
11. 4 - Shane Hebert -- Scott, LA (2) DNF
12. 01 - Billy Robinson -- Blanchard, LA (19) DNF
13. 04 - Tippy Bickham -- Shreveport, LA (14) DNF
14. 8G - Greg Dinsmore -- Jerrville, TX (11) DNF
15. 89 - Steven Whiteaker Jr. -- Corpus Christi, TX (10) DNF
16. 88xxx - Clyde Dunn Jr. -- Sunnyville, TX (17) DNF
17. 3X - Tim Motley -- Longview, TX (6) DNF
18. 1 - Brett Frazier -- Shreveport, LA (20) DNF
19. 211 - Chad Fitzgerald -- Baytown, TX (12) DNS
20. 26 - Patrick Linn -- Little Rock, AR (15) DNS
21. 85 - Phillip Smith -- Sibley, LA (16) DNS

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 5 advance):
1. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (1)
2. 19 - Jamie Burford -- Keatchie, LA (3)
3. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (5)
4. 5W - John Whittington -- Vidor, TX (6)
5. 36 - Kevin McCoy -- Downsville, LA (7)
6. 02x - B.J. Robinson -- Shreveport, LA (11)
7. 15 - Odie Green -- Fouke, AR (4)
8. 69 - Justin Ingalls -- Longview, TX (19)
9. 54 - Dena Wilson -- Coweta, OK (13)
10. 81 - Rusty Harris -- Shreveport, LA (15)
11. 18 - Cody Smith -- Forney, TX (18)
12. Lazy8 - Kyle Taylor -- Longview, TX (16)
13. 75 - Randy Paine -- Greenwood, LA (14)
14. d6 - Chris Huckaby -- Monroe, LA (10)
15. 7M - Nathan Sugg -- Arlington, TX (2)
16. 17 - Brad Lasater -- Garland, TX (21) DNF
17. JP5 - Lee Patton -- Quitman, LA (8) DNF
18. 96 - Michael Knighten -- Shreveport, LA (9) DNF
19. 5K - Keith Green -- Waco, TX (17) DNS
20. 4x - Bobby Malchus -- Red Oak, TX (12) DNS
21. 14r - Mike Richardson -- Red Oak, TX (20) DNS

HOLLEY “A” MAIN (30 laps):
1. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (2)
2. 27 - Greg Skaggs -- Bixby, OK (5)
3. 5t - Randy Timms -- Wheatland, OK (15)
4. 83 - Willy Kraft -- Lakefield, MN (8)
5. L1 - Larry Clevenger -- Greenwood, LA (19)
6. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (14)
7. 34 - Jason Ingalls -- Longview, TX (17)
8. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (18)
9. 20 - Rodney Sanders -- Happy, TX (11)
10. 25 - Scott Green -- Derby, KS (3)
11. 36 - Kevin McCoy -- Downsville, LA (22)
12. 4x - Bobby Malchus -- Red Oak, TX (24)
13. 19 - Jamie Burford -- Keatchie, LA (16)
14. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (10)
15. 5A - Wes Armstrong -- Marshall, TX (21) DNF
16. 5r - Sean Jones -- Mansfield, TX (7) DNF
17. 05 - Michael Robertson -- Minden, LA (4) DNF
18. A1 - Phil Dixon -- Crosby, TX (9) DNF
19. 5W - John Whittington -- Vidor, TX (20) DNF
20. 11 - Brandon Morton -- Coweta, OK (23) DNF
21. 16 - Chris Henigan -- Marshall, TX (13) DNF
22. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (12) DNF
23. 18 - Tim Clonch -- Quinlan, TX (6) DNF
24. 31 - John Williams -- Haughton, LA (1) DQ

Lap Leaders: Hughes 1-30.
Total Laps Led: Hughes 30.
Pole Award: Skaggs.
Provisional Starters: Morton, Malchus.
Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: Clevenger (started 19th, finished 5th).
Next USMTS Southern Series Event: Thursday, Sept. 13, Clinton (Okla.) Motorsports Park.
Next O’Reilly USMTS National Event: Tuesday, July 31, Cresco (Iowa) Speedway (Yeager Machine Northeast Region).
USMTS Southern Series Points: Shryock 1084, Timms 983, Skaggs 917, Hughes 916, Weder 899, Holzkamper 894, VanderBeek 889, Sanders 779, Burford 745, Green 724.
USMTS Southern Series Home Pride Passing Points: Shryock 60, Weder 55½, Skaggs 49½, Hughes 45, Timms 42, VanderBeek 42.

Contingency Awards:
Belleville Motorsports – not awarded.
Boyer’s Engine Development – Hughes.
GRT Race Cars – not awarded.
Hawk Performance – VanderBeek.
Isky Racing Cams – not awarded.
Kevko Oil Pans & Components – Clevenger, Burford.
KSE Racing Products – Skaggs, Kraft.
Marsh Racing Wheels – not awarded.
Nitroquest Web Solutions - Timms.
Quarter Master – Hughes, Sanders.
QuickTime Performance Parts – not awarded.
Real Racing Wheels – Henigan, Holzkamper.

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USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Race Tires, Arizona Sport Shirts, Fast Company Performance, Holley Performance Products, Home Pride Companies, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, Marsh Racing Wheels, Nitroquest Web Solutions, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Olympic Fire Protection, Real Racing Wheels.

USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Boom Drilling, Borco LP, Day Motor Sports, Gressell Oil Field Services, Hughes Racing Chassis, KraftKar Race Cars, McVicker Oil Fields, Rinehart Trucking.

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