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RAIN FORCES CANCELLATION OF SOUTH TEXAS FALL NATIONALS
FINALE
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Nov. 17) -- Late afternoon rain
showers on Saturday have forced USMTS Southern Series
officials to cancel the third and final night of the
inaugural South Texas Fall Nationals at the South Texas
Speedway in Corpus Christi, Texas. The race will not be
rescheduled.
The USMTS Southern Series will be back in action in two
weeks at the Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas, for
the season finale on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov.
29-30 and Dec. 1. The inaugural Texas Winter Nationals
will feature some of the top Modified drivers in the
country as the battle to be crowned the first USMTS
Southern Series champ comes down to the wire.
A top prize of $1,000 awaits Thursday night's feature
winner while Friday's main event winner will earn $2,000
and Saturday's top dog will pocket $3,000. Each night,
race fans will be treated to some great Modified racing
with heat races, last-chance races and a 24-car feature
event.
Despite of being shut out of victory lane at the last
three races, Fertile, Iowa's Kelly Shryock expanded his
USMTS Southern Series points lead over Wheatland, Okla.'s
Randy Timms coming into next weekend's South Texas
Speedway clash. Shryock continues to hold the top spot in
the USMTS Southern Series rankings with a 101-point
advantage (1533 to 1432) over Timms with six events
remaining.
Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, will lead the points chase
coming into the season-ending tripleheader as he leads
Randy Timms of Wheatland, Okla., by 119 points (1711 to
1592). Jason Hughes of Westville, Okla., who won
Thursday's feature race at South Texas Speedway, sits
third in the standings with 1544 points, while his
teammate, Tommy Weder Jr. of Woodward, Okla., is fourth
with 1532. Fifth through 10th in the standings are Greg
Skaggs of Bixby, Okla. (1497), Steve Holzkamper of Gentry,
Ark. (1490), Scott Green of Derby, Kan. (1256), Rodney
Sanders of Happy, Texas (1053), Zack VanderBeek of New
Sharon, Iowa (1041) and Dena Wilson of Coweta, Okla.
(1018).
Houston Raceway Park is a 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval
located east of Houston on I-10 to Exit 798, then 3.0
miles south on SR 146, then 0.8 mile southeast on FM 1405,
then 1.5 miles northeast on FM 565. For more information,
call Houston Raceway Park at (281) 383-RACE or check them
out online at www.houstonraceway.com.
All USMTS rules will apply. American Racer is the Official
Tire of the USMTS, and any driver seeking to receive USMTS
Southern Series points and/or contingency awards must use
the American Racer KK-704 racing tire. The Hoosier G60
tire will also be allowed for this race, but must be
mounted on all four wheels with no grooving allowed.
To learn more about the United States Modified Touring
Series, call the headquarters at (515) 832-7944 or visit
www.usmts.com online.
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USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Race
Tires, AMSOIL, BORCO LP, Day Motor Sports, Fast Company
Performance, Holley Performance Products, Home Pride
Companies, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, Kraft
Kars, Marsh Racing Wheels, Nitroquest Web Solutions,
Olympic Fire Protection, Real Racing Wheels, Rookies
Rockin' Sports Bar, Yeager Machine.
USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing
Products, Bilstein Shocks, Boyer's Engine Development,
Dynatech Racing Exhaust, Edelbrock, Fast Shafts, GRT Race
Cars, Hawk Performance, Hyperco, Isky Racing Cams, KSE
Racing Products, Pflugerville Machine, Quarter Master,
QuickTime Performance Race Parts, Racer's Choice (RCI).
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