The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental rocked the Fairmont Raceway Thursday night and Jason Krohn rolled to his first victory of the season.
It was a good night for everybody named Jason as Krohn led Jason Hughes and Jason Cummins to the checkered flag. All three drivers also dominated their respective heat races.
The draw wasn’t kind to Krohn. He started in the back row of his heat but four laps into the race he was in front and won going away.
Of the eight drivers in the main event redraw, he pulled the eighth starting spot. Again he was the leader after just four laps and then controlled the final 26 laps around the fast half-mile dirt oval to record his 32nd career USMTS win.
The win was worth $3,000 to the 43-year-old farmer from nearby Slayton, Minn.
Over the final five laps of the feature, Jason Hughes closed the gap on the leader and made a bid for the lead in the final corner but the 2010 USMTS National Champion came up a bit short and settled for the runner-up paycheck behind the 2007 titlist.
Cummins finished third and came out ahead in a race-long battle with Jesse Sobbing while points leader Rodney Sanders finished fifth after taking the green flag from the 15th starting spot.
Just behind Sanders, 23rd-starting Stormy Scott grabbed the sixth spot with Brent Larson, Casey Arneson, Cory Crapser and Dereck Ramirez rounding out the top 10.
The Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minn., hosts the USMTS on Friday, Sept. 4, for their traditional standing-room-only stint with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and races to follow.
Midwest Mods, Street Stocks, USRA B-Mods, Pure Stocks and Hornets will also be on the racing card.
Fans can get coupons good for $2 off adult general admission at Casey’s General Stores locations in Austin and Blooming Prairie. Cory Crapser and his No. 07 Oreos/Sour Patch Kids machine will be greeting fans at 1702 12th St. SW in Austin from 12-2 p.m. Tune your radio to KAUS 1480 AM to hear live broadcasts from Crapser’s appearance.
The Chateau Raceway is a 1/3-mile semi-banked gumbo clay oval located 5.0 miles north of Austin on US 218 to the Lansing Exit, then 1.3 miles east on CR 2, then 0.4 mile south on CR 25, then 0.3 mile east. For more information call (507) 391-2486 or (507) 433-4578 or visit www.chateauraceway.net.
On Saturday the series will be at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. The five-night Labor Day Weekend swing wraps up on Sunday at the Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa.
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