HUMBOLDT, Kan. -- Scott Drake of Joplin, Mo., picked up his first Iron Man Challenge checkered flag as he conquered a 33-car USRA B-Mod field at the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan., Friday night.

Competing in his first Iron Man Challenge event in the debut for the series and the popular USRA-sanctioned division at Humboldt, the veteran racer wired the main event field for a $500 payday.

Minnesota’s Jacob Blaess was second, with Steven Muilenburg taking third, Jeremy Chambers in fourth and Jared Timmerman scoring a fifth-place finish.

Tim VanGotten, Jason Schlangen, Terry Bruner, Ross McCartney and Chad McNamara rounded out the top 10 finishers in the feature race.

Action returns to ‘The Hummer’ on Saturday night with gates opening at 3 p.m. and racing getting underway at 5:30.

The Humboldt Speedway is a located 0.1 mile west of US 169 at the Humboldt exit, then 0.5 mile south, then 0.9 mile east on Georgia Rd. For more information call 620-431-2470 (office) or 620-473-3694 (track) or visit www.humboldtspeedway.com online.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Iron Man Challenge
Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan.
Friday, March 16, 2012

USRA B-MODS

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver, hometown and money won. The top 12 drivers in passing points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.

Heat Race #1:
1. (1) 62 Rodney Sigg, Iola, Kan.
2. (6) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa.
3. (3) 01 Jimmy Davis, Chanute, Kan.
4. (4) 23jr Nick Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa.
5. (8) 14 Shawn Strong, Billings, Mo.
6. (7) 37 Mark DeBoer, Adrian, Minn.
7. (2) 99H Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo.
8. (5) 10K Kenny Shaw, Fort Scott, Kan.
9. (9) R63 Riley Whitworth, Humboldt, Kan.

Heat Race #2:
1. (1) 42R Ross McCartney, Lahoma, Okla.
2. (5) 63 Chris Huisman, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
3. (3) 327 Chad McNamara, Pond Creek, Okla.
4. (8) 8 Terry Bruner, Olathe, Kan.
5. (2) 4B Billy Bentley, Madison, Mo.
6. (6) 17 Jeremy Chambers, Oswego, Kan.
7. (4) 15b Leon Bash, Chanute, Kan.
8. (7) 3x3 Nick Newton, Kansas City, Kan.

Heat Race #3:
1. (2) 27 John Brooks, Warrensburg, Mo.
2. (7) 12D Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo.
3. (5) 27s Jason Schlangen, Cresco, Iowa.
4. (8) x111 Brad Jarman, Altoona, Kan.
5. (6) 23K Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
6. (3) 99 Scott Lucke, Humboldt, Kan.
7. (4) 72 David Samuels, Tecumseh, Kan.
8. (1) 9 Jon Westhoff, Chanute, Kan.

Heat Race #4:
1. (2) 21 Jacob Blaess, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (4) 33 Steven Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo.
3. (8) 37 Tim VanGotten, Chanute, Kan.
4. (5) 1* Adam Penn, Shreveport, La.
5. (3) J14 Jeremy Wilson, Humboldt, Kan.
6. (7) 120 Bob Kerbs, Nevada, Mo.
7. (1) G3 Ron Green, Yates Center, Kan.
8. (6) c4 Curtis Dreasher, Hoyt, Kan.

“B” Main #1 (top 4 advance):
1. (2) 1* Adam Penn, Shreveport, La.
2. (3) 23jr Nick Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa.
3. (7) 99H Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo.
4. (5) 37 Mark DeBoer, Adrian, Minn.
5. (6) 17 Jeremy Chambers, Oswego, Kan.
6. (9) 10K Kenny Shaw, Fort Scott, Kan.
7. (10) 9 Jon Westhoff, Chanute, Kan., $50.
8. (1) 01 Jimmy Davis, Chanute, Kan., $50.
9. (4) 4B Billy Bentley, Madison, Mo., $50.
10. (8) 72 David Samuels, Tecumseh, Kan., $50.
11. (11) R63 Riley Whitworth, Humboldt, Kan., $50.

“B” Main #2 (top 4 advance):
1. (2) 14 Shawn Strong, Billings, Mo.
2. (1) 327 Chad McNamara, Pond Creek, Okla.
3. (3) 23K Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
4. (5) 120 Bob Kerbs, Nevada, Mo.
5. (7) 15b Leon Bash, Chanute, Kan.
6. (10) c4 Curtis Dreasher, Hoyt, Kan.
7. (9) 3x3 Nick Newton, Kansas City, Kan., $50.
8. (6) 99 Scott Lucke, Humboldt, Kan., $50.
9. (4) J14 Jeremy Wilson, Humboldt, Kan., $50.
10. (8) G3 Ron Green, Yates Center, Kan., $50.

“A” Main:
1. (2) 12D Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo., $500.
2. (3) 21 Jacob Blaess, Chatfield, Minn., $400.
3. (9) 33 Steven Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo., $300.
4. (21) 17 Jeremy Chambers, Oswego, Kan., $200.
5. (1) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa, $175.
6. (4) 37 Tim VanGotten, Chanute, Kan., $150.
7. (10) 27s Jason Schlangen, Cresco, Iowa, $130.
8. (11) 8 Terry Bruner, Olathe, Kan., $115.
9. (7) 42R Ross McCartney, Lahoma, Okla., $105.
10. (16) 327 Chad McNamara, Pond Creek, Okla., $100.
11. (18) 23K Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., $90.
12. (8) 63 Chris Huisman, Rock Rapids, Iowa, $80.
13. (15) 23jr Nick Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa, $75.
14. (12) x111 Brad Jarman, Altoona, Kan., $75.
15. (17) 99H Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo., $75.
16. (13) 1* Adam Penn, Shreveport, La., $75.
17. (5) 62 Rodney Sigg, Iola, Kan., $75.
18. (19) 37 Mark DeBoer, Adrian, Minn., $75.
19. (20) 120 Bob Kerbs, Nevada, Mo., $75.
20. (22) 15b Leon Bash, Chanute, Kan., $75.
21. (23) 10K Kenny Shaw, Fort Scott, Kan., $75.
22. (14) 14 Shawn Strong, Billings, Mo., $75.
23. (6) 27 John Brooks, Warrensburg, Mo., $75.
DNS - c4 Curtis Dreahser, Hoyt, Kan., $50.

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