Thursday

BAYTOWN, Texas — Paul White scored his career-first USMTS victory Thursday, capturing the main event on opening night of the inaugural USMTS Southern Series Texas Winter Nationals at the Houston Raceway Park.
White was impressive from the outset, winning the sixth and final heat race by coming from sixth to first in the eight-lapper to earn a spot in the redraw for the 25-lap feature race. After starting third in the feature, White needed just six laps to overtake pole-sitter Chris Henigan.
The former USAC Silver Crown Series titlist pocketed $1,000 for his efforts in his No. 2w KraftKar Modified.
This was the 20th event this season for the USMTS Southern eight-time O'Reilly USMTS National Champ and current USMTS
Southern Series point-leader Kelly Shryock charged from 10th on the starting grid to finish second behind White, padding his point lead with two races remaining in the Texas Winter Nationals. Steve Holzkamper charged from 19th to finish third and Clyde Dunn, Jr. followed from his 20th-starting spot to finish fourth. Chris Brown rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Paul White, Kelly Shryock, Steve Holzkamper, Clyde Dunn, Jr., Chris Brown, Greg Skaggs, Randy Timms, Bobby Malchus, Chris Henigan, Alan Mondus, Jamie Burford, Derek Ramirez, John Armstrong, Brandy Kenny, Pete Sagmiller, Zack VenderBeek, Willy Kraft, Steve Pugh, Tommy Weder, Jr., Jason Hughes, John O. Whittington, Scott Green, Howard Willis, David Horner.

Friday

BAYTOWN, Texas — Alan Mondus made his long tow from Lakeville, Minn., pay off as he led every lap to capture his career-first USMTS main event win and the $2,000 that went along with it in Friday night’s 35-lap Texas Winter Nationals feature at Houston Raceway Park.
The 19-year-old beat pole-sitter Jamie Burford through the first turn at the drop of the green flag, then cruised to victory from there.
Meanwhile, former eight-time national champion Kelly Shryock avoided a final-turn accident to finish fifth and clinch the USMTS Southern Series title.
Burford held firmly to the second spot behind Mondus until tagging the tire barrier at the bottom of the track on the final turn, skidding to a stop along with third-running Jason Hughes. The pair finished 18th and 19th, respectively. Shane Hebert took advantage to finish second, but was disqualified for being too light, handing the runner-up spot to Willy Kraft. Howard Willis was third and Chris Henigan took fourth ahead of Shryock.
The finish:
Alan Mondus, Willy Kraft, Howard Willis, Chris Henigan, Kelly Shryock, Paul White, Scott Green, Bobby Malchus, John O. Whittington, Morgan Bagley, Greg Skaggs, Steve Holzkamper, Randy Timms, Zack VanderBeek, Derek Ramirez, Tommy Weder, Jr., Brandon Kenny, Jason Hughes, Jamie Burford, Phil Dixon, Rodney Sanders, Mark McKim, Chris Brown, Shane Herbert.

Saturday

BAYTOWN, Texas — With the USMTS Southern Series championship already in pocket, Kelly Shryock closed the season and the inaugural Texas Winter Nationals with a victory Saturday at Houston Raceway Park.
The eight-time O'Reilly USMTS National Champion made his move for the point around Jason Hughes on lap 21 of the feature, holding off Greg Skaggs for the victory over the final laps.
Skaggs made one final run at Shryock as the white flag unfurled, but Shryock was able to nip Skaggs by a bumper to collect the $3,000 winner’s share and his sixth USMTS Southern Series victory of the season.
Zack VanderBeek held off Hughes for third while Chris Brown settled for fifth after charging from his 15th-starting spot.
The finish:
Kelly Shryock, Greg Skaggs, Zack VanderBeek, Jason Hughes, Chris Brown, Tommy Weder, Jr., Randy Timms, Steve Holzkamper, Howard Willis, Chris Henigan, Kevin Battarbee, Scott Green, Michael Knighten, Billy Robinson, Shane Hebert, David Horner, Brandy Kenny, John O. Whittington, Rodney Sanders, Jamie Burford, Derek Ramirez, Clyde Dunn, Jr., Steve Pugh, Alan Mondus.