CORNING, Iowa -- The first two races of the USMTS national tour saw two familiar faces visit victory lane with John Tesch and Kelly Shryock picking up wins in Corning, IA and Webster City, IA. Forty-five cars checked in for the racing action at the Adams County Speedway in Corning, IA on Monday night with a very good crowd witnessing some great modified action. Chris Spieker picked the front row starting spot in front of his hometown crowd, but the bad luck big would strike again for Spieker as he told USMTS officials he had a tire going down before introductions were even done. At the start of the race Spieker would drive off turn one with a front flat tire sending him to the rear. This would cross the field and John Tesch would jump into the early lead and Tommy Myer would run a close second. These two would battle for several laps before Tesch would start to pull away. The second caution would come out on lap twenty-one when Rick Gustin would go off turns 1-2. This would bunch the field back up, but no one would have anything for Tesch as he would pull away from the field and pick up his second win of the season. Some great racing was going on throughout the field on the very slick race track. USMTS would like to thank the Adams County Fairboard for a nice smooth race track. Rounding out the top five was Johnny Bone, Jason Hughes, Kelly Shryock, and Corey Dripps.

Racing action would continue on Tuesday with the series racing at the Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City, IA for the first visit in three years. Kelly Shryock would pick up his seventh win of the season and add to his point lead and take over the top spot in the USMTS north region points. Shryock would take the lead from Johnny Bone who would end the race with rear end troubles on lap nineteen. Mike Hejna would get by Tommy Myer on lap thirty-one to finish second. Hejna would pick up a miss late in the race after his headers on one side would fall off breaking two spark plugs letting Tommy Myer and Jason Hughes battling with Hejna for second. Hughes would pass Myer at the line to bring home the third spot. Finishing fifth was Bruce Hanford. The USMTS will have a travel day before making a four-day swing through the North Dakota area with stops at Jamestown on Thursday and Mandan on Friday with two nights at the Nodak Speedway in Minot on Saturday and Sunday. For more information on the USMTS call the USMTS office at 515-832-7944.

RESULTS

CORNING

Heat 1- Jason Hughes, John Tesch, Rick Gustin, Trenton Jackson, Chris Hogan

Heat 2- Justin Cooper, Tommy Myer, Brian Foote, Dan Mueller, Corey Dripps

Heat 3- Dean Mahlstedt, Bill Hull, Todd VanEaton, Brad McEwan, Steve Kosiski

Heat 4- Johnny Bone, Chris Spieker, Tony Fraise, Jon Schwartz, Mike Bennett

Heat 5- Mike Hejna, Bruce Hanford, Kelly Shryock. Mark Elliott, Dan Chapman

B-main 1- Todd VanEaton, Dan Chapman, Dan Mueller, Al Hejna, Pat Graham

B-main 2- Brian Foote, Corey Dripps, Tony Fraise, Brad McEwan, Russell Stewart

A-main- John Tesch, Johnny Bone, Jason Hughes, Kelly Shryock, Corey Dripps, Tommy Myer, Mike Hejna, Mark Noble, Chris Spieker, Bruce Hanford, Justin Cooper, Zack Vanderbeek, Russell Stewart, Dan Mueller, Todd VanEaton, Pat Graham, Rick Gustin, Brian Foote, Brad McEwan, Dan Chapman, AL Hejna, Bill Hull, Tony Fraise, Dean Mahlstedt

WEBSTER CITY, IA JUNE 8TH

Heat 1- Jason Hughes, Tommy Myer, Dean Mahlstedt, Willy Kraft, Dan Chapman

Heat 2- Kelly Shryock, Corey Dripps, Mike Hejna, John Tesch, Ryan Ruter

Heat 3- Kevin Pittman, Mark Noble, Rick Gustin, John Logue, Martin Bennett

Heat 4- Johnny Bone, Mike Bennett, Jeremy Mills, Randy Havlik, Brad McEwan

B-main 1- John Logue, John Tesch, Jeremy Mills, Bruce Hanford, Adam Larson

B-main 2- Ryan Ruter, Randy Havlik, Joe McBirnie, Brad McEwan, Dave Doughty

A-main- Kelly Shryock, Mike Hejna, Jason Hughes, Tommy Myer, Bruce Hanford, Kevin Pittman, Mark Noble, John Logue, John Tesch, Adam Larson, Mike Bennett, Dave Doughty, Corey Dripps, Ryan Ruter, Johnny Bone, Willy Kraft, Dan Chapman, Zack Vanderbeek, Brad McEwan, Randy Havlik, Rick Gustin, Dean Mahlstedt, Jeremy Mills, Joe McBirnie