VIVIAN, La. – Winning can be addictive, and it appears that Johnny Scott has become a full-fledged victory lane junkie after just a single dosage.

After winning his career-first USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series event on Saturday night, the 20-year-old from Las Cruces, N.M., wasted no time defending his legitimacy as he scored a wire-to-wire win Sunday night at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, La.

Some may have thought Scott “inherited” his win Saturday when the two winningest drivers this season – Jason Hughes and Ryan Gustin – both dropped out of the main event along with 15 of the other 24 starters.

On Saturday, Scott had to win the second Real Racing Wheels “B” Main in order to garner the 14th starting spot before getting by 13 of his competitors in the WIX Filters “A” Main en route to a trip to the winners circle.

On Sunday, Scott drew the pole position for the nightcap, and then held off both Hughes and Gustin through four caution flags and the entire 40-lap duration of the main event to pocket his second $2,000 top prize in as many nights.

Lee Patton chased the leaders and wound up fourth behind Gustin while Jason Armstrong racked up his second top-10 finish in a row with his fifth-place showing.

Chris Henigan rebounded from a spin on lap 6 to finish sixth, Rodney Sanders passed six cars to take seventh, Shane Hebert was eighth, John O Whittington wound up ninth and Randy Timms completed the top-10 at the finish line.

For Timms, it was his fourth top-10 finish during the four-race 4th Annual USMTS Southern Speedweek after drawing the eighth starting spot each of the four nights.

With his runner-up finish, Hughes was able to put more distance between himself and his pursuers in the USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series points standings. He now leads Kelly Shryock by 198 points (1231 to 1039) with 13 races in the books. With 989 markers, Timms solidified his place in third, followed by Sanders (960), Morgan Bagley (933), Bumper Jones (891), Gustin (859), Steve Holzkamper (850), Whittington (829) and Steven Whiteaker Jr. (796).

With his first-place finish, Scott expanded his lead in the Dustin Duncan Memorial “Just Say Yes” Rookie of the Year points over Rory Jordan, Tracy Denby Jr., Troy Seidl and Ben Stephens.

Mullins Race Engines tops the COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year points while Hughes Racing Chassis enjoys a comfortable lead in the Chassis Builders Championship points after sweeping the four weekend events.

The USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series is on hiatus until the final rush of 12 events in October and November. Up next on the schedule is a tripleheader of events in the Lone Star State on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8-10, at the Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Houston Raceway Park in Baytown and 105 Motor Speedway in Cleveland.

On the other hand, the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour is back in action this Tuesday, June 15, at the Fairmont Raceway in Fairmont, Minn., for the first of eight blockbuster events over the course of 11 days:

Tue Jun 15 … Fairmont Raceway, Fairmont, MN ($2000 to win)
Wed Jun 16 … Buena Vista Raceway, Alta, IA ($2000 to win)
Thu Jun 17 … Huset’s Speedway, Brandon, SD ($2000 to win)
Sat Jun 19 … Scotland County Speedway, Memphis, MO ($2000 to win)
Tue Jun 22 … Mineral City Speedway, Fort Dodge, IA ($2000 to win)
Wed Jun 23 … I-35 Speedway, Mason City, IA ($2000 to win)
Thu Jun 24 … Redwood Speedway, Redwood Falls, MN ($2000 to win)
Fri Jun 25 … Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, WI ($2000 to win)

Some of the drivers expected to run all or most of this swing are Kelly Shryock, Tommy Myer, Ryan Gustin, Jon Tesch, Zack VanderBeek, Rodney Sanders, Tim Donlinger, Corey Dripps, Al Hejna, Dereck Ramirez, Steve Holzkamper, Bumper Jones, Johnny Scott, Ryan Ruter, Mike Hansen, Ryan Dolan, Chase Junghans, Grant Junghans, Colt Mather, Mike Steensma, Tommy Weder Jr., Joel Alberts, Mike Albertsen, Jason Cummins, Brandon Davis, Nick Deal, Scott Dickey, Mark Dotson, Matt Dotson, Mark Elliott, Don Gerritsen Jr., Doug Hillson, Jason Krohn, Jeff Larson, Zach Less, Jim Mathieson, Tom Paulson, Ryan Peckham, Josh Reisch, Lucas Schott, Mike Sorensen, Bobby Swanson, Nate Wasmund and Steve Wetzstein.

Steven Whiteaker Jr. (Corpus Christi, TX) and Shane Hebert (Lafayette, LA) will be making their first trips north to run with the USMTS during this whole swing.

Rodney Sanders (Happy, TX), Bumper Jones (Las Cruces, NM) and Johnny Scott (Las Cruces, NM) were all up north for the Memorial Day Weekend swing and are returning this week. Jones and Sanders are ranked 8th and 10th, respectively, in the Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region points while Scott is 5th in the Farm Boy BBQ Central States Region standings.

Some others you might see are Josh Angst, Andy Bohnstengel, Dan Bohr, Troy Cordes, Jacob Dahle, Michael Darnall, Chris Gilbertson, Jay Ihrke, Michael Long, Darrell Nelson, Kevin Pittman, Jeff Schluetter, Mark Schulte, Chris Spieker, Bob Timm, Josh Truman, Mark Van Winkle, Mike Weidemann and David Wietholder.

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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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series
4th Annual USMTS Southern Speedweek - Round 4 of 4
Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Vivian, La.
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown, chassis/engine builder, laps completed, reason out (if any) and money won. The top 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the WIX Filters “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (2) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa.
2. (1) 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas.
3. (6) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla.
4. (7) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
5. (4) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan.
6. (3) 78 Trevor Egbert (R), Salado, Texas.
7. (9) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
8. (8) 5 Steve Holzkamper, Gentry, Ark.
9. (5) 91 Robert Metz Jr. (R), Lumberton, Texas.

NEW VISION GRAPHICS RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (2) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
2. (1) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa.
3. (3) 5w John O Whittington, Vidor, Texas.
4. (8) 05 Michael Robertson, Minden, La.
5. (4) 34 Ben Stephens (R), Hattiesburg, Miss.
6. (5) 410 Morgan Bagley, Longview, Texas.
7. (6) 8J Dustin Hyde, Texarkana, Texas.
8. (7) 66x Mike Dillard, Allen, Texas.

SCHOENFELD HEADERS HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (5) 12 Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla.
2. (7) 9 Jimmy Ray (R), Las Cruces, N.M.
3. (8) 9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La.
4. (4) 51 Tracy Denby Jr. (R), Vidor, Texas.
5. (2) 21 David Winslett (R), Bossier City, La.
6. (1) 34E Erik Scott, Haughton, La.
7. (6) 15 Jeremy Tussey, Texarkana, Ark.
8. (3) 5a Wes Armstrong, Marshall, Texas.

EIBACH SPRINGS HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (4) JP5 Lee Patton (R), Ruston, La.
2. (7) 89 Steven Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas.
3. (5) 38 Jeremy Ross, Locust Grove, Okla.
4. (3) 707 P.J. Egbert (R), Copperas Cove, Texas.
5. (8) 90 Jody Davidson, West Monroe, La.
6. (2) 20 Troy Seidl (R), Magnolia, Texas.
7. (6) 7x Rory Jordan (R), Victoria, Texas.
8. (1) 27 Brett Washburn, Shreveport, La.

HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. 57 Jason Armstrong, Marshall, Texas.
2. 5t Randy Timms, Wheatland, Okla.
3. 31 Billy Collett, Jackson, Miss.
4. 02 B.J. Robinson, Shreveport, La.
5. 26 Patrick Linn, Little Rock, Ark.
6. 32 Kevin Clement, Whitewright, Texas.
7. 55 Kyle Anderson (R), Tomball, Texas.
8. 88 James Harper, Monroe, La.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (10 laps, top 7 advance):
1. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas.
2. (3) 31 Billy Collett, Jackson, Miss.
3. (8) 78 Trevor Egbert (R), Salado, Texas.
4. (10) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M.
5. (1) 38 Jeremy Ross, Locust Grove, Okla.
6. (5) 707 P.J. Egbert (R), Copperas Cove, Texas.
7. (13) 66x Mike Dillard, Allen, Texas, $80.
8. (9) 34E Erik Scott, Haughton, La., $60.
9. (14) 27 Brett Washburn, Shreveport, La., $60.
10. (15) 91 Robert Metz Jr. (R), Lumberton, Texas, $80.
11. (4) 90 Jody Davidson, West Monroe, La., $60.
12. (6) 34 Ben Stephens (R), Hattiesburg, Miss., $80.
13. (12) 55 Kyle Anderson (R), Tomball, Texas, $80.
14. (7) 26 Patrick Linn, Little Rock, Ark., $80.
15. (11) 15 Jeremy Tussey, Texarkana, Ark., $60.

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (10 laps, top 7 advance):
1. (2) 5w John O Whittington, Vidor, Texas.
2. (3) 02 B.J. Robinson, Shreveport, La.
3. (1) 05 Michael Robertson, Minden, La.
4. (4) 51 Tracy Denby Jr. (R), Vidor, Texas.
5. (7) 32 Kevin Clement, Whitewright, Texas.
6. (8) 410 Morgan Bagley, Longview, Texas.
7. (6) 21 David Winslett (R), Bossier City, La., $80.
8. (12) 5 Steve Holzkamper, Gentry, Ark., $300.
9. (10) 8J Dustin Hyde, Texarkana, Texas, $80.
10. (11) 7x Rory Jordan (R), Victoria, Texas, $80.
11. (14) 88 James Harper, Monroe, La., $60.
12. (9) 20 Troy Seidl (R), Magnolia, Texas, $80.
13. (5) 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan., $80.
14. (13) 5a Wes Armstrong, Marshall, Texas, $80.

WIX FILTERS “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 1st Johnny Scott (R), Las Cruces, N.M., Hughes/ASI, 40, $2000.
2. (7) 12 Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1500.
3. (6) 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa, Hughes/Mullins, 40, $1000.
4. (4) JP5 Lee Patton (R), Ruston, La., Harris/PTS, 40, $800.
5. (2) 57 Jason Armstrong, Marshall, Texas, TRE/Riggins, 40, $700.
6. (11) 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas, GRT/Riggins, 40, $600.
7. (13) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas, Hughes/ASI, 40, $500.
8. (9) 9 Shane Hebert, Lafayette, La., Hughes/Wall2Wall, 40, $450.
9. (14) 5w John O Whittington, Vidor, Texas, Pierce/CB, 40, $400.
10. (8) 5t Randy Timms, Wheatland, Okla., Hughes/Mullins, 40, $350.
11. (5) 89 Steven Whiteaker Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas, Hughes/Rowland, 40, $325.
12. (10) 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla., Hughes/Clements, 40, $300.
13. (18) 05 Michael Robertson, Minden, La., DirtWorks/PTS, 40, $275.
14. (12) 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa, Skyrocket/ASI, 40, $300.
15. (19) 111 Bumper Jones, Mesilla Park, N.M., TRE/ASI, 40, $300.
16. (24) 410 Morgan Bagley, Longview, Texas, GRT/Ewell, 40, $300.
17. (21) 38 Jeremy Ross, Locust Grove, Okla., Rage/Ora’s, 40, $250.
18. (26) 21 David Winslett (R), Bossier City, La., Shaw/TwinCity, 40, $250.
19. (20) 51 Tracy Denby Jr. (R), Vidor, Texas, Skyrocket/Harris, 40, $250.
20. (22) 32 Kevin Clement, Whitewright, Texas, Hughes/Wonhor, 40, $200.
21. (15) 31 Billy Collett, Jackson, Miss., Shaw/Wall2Wall, 40, $200.
22. (3) 9 Jimmy Ray (R), Las Cruces, N.M., AOS/AOS, 40, $250.
23. (16) 02 B.J. Robinson, Shreveport, La., TMC/Thompson, 36, mechanical, $200.
24. (17) 78 Trevor Egbert (R), Salado, Texas, Hoffman/Centex, 27, mechanical, $250.
25. (25) 66x Mike Dillard, Allen, Texas, Hughes/MachineWorks, 18, mechanical, $250.
26. (23) 707 P.J. Egbert (R), Copperas Cove, Texas, Hughes/Wells, 18, mechanical, $250.

(R) = “Just Say Yes” Rookie of the Year contender.

WIX Filters Lap Leader: J. Scott 1-40.
Total Laps Led: J. Scott 40.
Margin of Victory: 0.187 second.
AFCO Pole Winner: Hughes.
PBM Performance Products Hard Charger: Bagley (started 24th, finished 16th).
Next Southern Series Race: Friday, Oct. 8, Golden Triangle Raceway Park, Beaumont, Texas
Next National Tour Race: Tuesday, June 15, Fairmont Raceway, Fairmont, Minn.
Points Standings: Hughes 1231, Shryock 1039, Timms 989, Sanders 960, Bagley 933, Jones 891, Gustin 859, Holzkamper 850, Whittington 829, Whiteaker 796.
“Just Say Yes” Rookie of the Year Points: J. Scott 702, Jordan 621, Denby 612, Seidl 585, Stephens 496.
COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year Points: Mullins 118, ASI 92, Rowland 73, Sput’s 65, CB 63.
Chassis Builders Championship Points: Hughes 122, Skyrocket 93, TRE 90, Shaw 71, Pierce 66.

Contingency Awards:
Ai-Racing – Whittington.
American Racer – E. Scott.
Dart Machinery – Weder.
Eibach Springs – Patton.
Forty9Designs.com – Patton, Whittington.
Hooker Harness – Robertson.
Isky Racing Cams – Gustin.
KSE Racing Products – Timms.
Marsh Racing Wheels – P. Egbert.
Out-Pace Racing Products – Whiteaker.
PBM Performance Products – Bagley.
Quarter Master – J. Scott, Hebert.
QuickTime – Sanders.
Real Racing Wheels – P. Egbert, Bagley.
Schoenfeld Headers – Hughes.
WIX Filters – J. Scott.

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