Aug. 5

PARK CITY, Kan. — In front of a jam-packed grandstand, Jason Hughes parlayed his pole position into his seventh O’Reilly USMTS National Tour victory of the season as drivers from the USMTS National Tour took on the O’Reilly NCRA Modified Series Aug. 5 at 81 Speedway.
Although he led every lap of the 35-lapper, Hughes was shadowed throughout the event by Zack VanderBeek, then by five-time NCRA titlist Brian Franz, then again by VanderBeek in the closing laps.
By lap 25, VanderBeek found his groove and moved in front of Franz to take the runner-up spot, while Real Racing Wheels B-main transfers Jon Tesch, Jason Krohn, Kelly Shryock and Tommy Weder, Jr. battled it out behind them. A caution with five laps to go bunched the field and gave VanderBeek one last shot at Hughes.
VanderBeek settled for second for the second-straight night. Tesch came from 18th to take third and Krohn came from 21st to fourth. John Allen completed the top five.
The finish:
Jason Hughes, Zack VanderBeek, Jon Tesch, Jason Krohn, John Allen, Brandon Kenny, Tommy Weder, Jr., Kelly Shryock, Ken Schrader, Marc Hurd, Dereck Ramirez, Scott Green, Marlin Farr, Dan Daniels, Jamie Burford, Ross Shipman, Don Renfro, Rodney Dodds, Brian Franz, Jim Johnson, Jason Bodenhamer, Kenny Wallace, Bobby Bills, Bryan Rowland, Rodney Sanders, Brian Powers.

Thursday

NEVADA, Mo. — On the eve of the opening event of the Casey’s General Stores Hunt for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship, Tommy Weder, Jr. positioned himself as the hottest driver entering the title chase as he scored his second victory in as many nights with another late-race charge to the checkers.
One night after Weder ran down eight-time O’Reilly USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock for his career-first O’Reilly National Tour victory, the 23-year-old Weder ducked underneath Scott Green with 13 laps to go and went on to win Thursday’s Mo-Kan Region Championship at Nevada Speedway.
While Weder pocketed the $2,000 top prize, Justin Boney also got by Green to take the runner-up paycheck. Jason Hughes was fourth and Bryan Rowland rounded out the top-five finishers.
With his 11th top-10 finish in 12 starts, Shryock secured the Mo-Kan Region title. With their top-10 finish in the final Mo-Kan Region rankings, three drivers — John Allen, Justin Boney and Johnny Bone, Jr. — secured a berth in the Casey’s General Stores Hunt for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship.
The finish:
Tommy Weder, Jr., Justin Boney, Scott Green, Jason Hughes, Bryan Rowland, Kelly Shryock, Brian Bolin, Jamie Burford, Jason Teague, Dereck Ramirez, Jon Tesch, Ryan Whitworth, Brandon Kenny, Dustin Hyde, John Allen, Tony Jackson, Jr., Gary Clark, Mike Paillou, Don Crnkovich, Darren Roberts, Terry Beckham II, Jack Simmons, Zack VanderBeek, Jason Krohn.