HUMBOLDT, Kan. -- The long haul to the Humboldt Speedway in Southern Kansas paid off for Nick Roberts as the youngster from Des Moines, Iowa, captured the 20-lap USRA B-Mod main event Saturday night in Round 2 of the Iron Man Challenge.

After a 13th-place finish Friday night, Roberts used a strong heat race finish and some luck of the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day in drawing the outside of the front row for the main event.

He used it to his advantage as he held off Oklahoma’s Irish duo Ross McCartney and Chad McNamara to score the victory and pocket the $500 winner’s share of the purse.

Shawn Strong came from 14th to finish fourth and local favorite Tim VanGotten rounded out the top 5 at the flagstand. Sixth went to Cresco, Iowa’s Jason Schlangen, seventh was Jeremy Chambers, Friday night’s winner Scott Drake was eighth, Nick Newton nabbed ninth and veteran Steve Muilenburg took tenth.

This weekend’s season opener for the Iron Man Challenge was the first venture into the Sunflower State for the series and the first USRA-sanctioned event for B-Mods at ‘The Hummer’ which will sanction the division as part of their weekly Friday night programs in 2012.

Last season 367 tough-as-nails drivers took part in the Iron Man Challenge, including 237 different B-Mod drivers and 130 Stock Car competitors.

Both the USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will be in action next weekend when the Iron Man Challenge accompanies the USMTS Modifieds to the LA Raceway in La Monte, Mo., and the I-35 Speedway in Winston, Mo., on Friday and Saturday, March 23-24.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Iron Man Challenge
Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan.
Saturday, March 17, 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 (8 laps):
1. (2) 37 Tim VanGotten, Chanute, Kan.
2. (1) 8 Terry Bruner, Olathe, Kan.
3. (3) 12d Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo.
4. (4) 120 Bob Kerbs, Nevada, Mo.
5. (5) X111 Brad Jarman, Altoona, Kan.
6. (6) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
7. (7) 14 Shawn Strong, Billings, Mo.
8. (8) 99h Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo.

Heat Race #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 15b Leon Bash, Chanute, Kan.
2. (3) 23jr Nick Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa.
3. (5) 72 David Samuels, Tecumseh, Kan.
4. (6) 21 Jacob Blaess, Chatfield, Minn.
5. (8) 63 Chris Huisman, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
6. (2) 99 Scott Lucke, Humboldt, Kan.
7. (4) 9 Jon Westhoff, Chanute, Kan.
8. (7) 62 Rodney Sigg, Iola, Kan.

Heat Race #3 (8 laps):
1. (3) 94 Jacob Ebert, Oak Grove, Mo.
2. (2) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa.
3. (6) 42r Ross McCartney, Lahoma, Okla.
4. (7) 33 Steve Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo.
5. (4) 27 John Brooks, Warrensburg, Mo.
6. (8) 3x3 Nick Newton, Kansas City, Kan.
7. (5) C4 Curtis Dreasher, Hoyt, Kan.
8. (1) 68 Craig Mintz, Humboldt, Kan.

Heat Race #4 (8 laps):
1. (1) 327 Chad McNamara, Pond Creek, Okla.
2. (3) 27s Jason Schlangen, Cresco, Iowa.
3. (7) 17 Jeremy Chambers, Oswego, Kan.
4. (4) 160m Michael Maggard, Republic, Mo.
5. (2) 4b Billy Bentley, Madison, Mo.
6. (6) 37 Mark DeBoer, Adrian, Minn.
7. (8) 01 Jimmy Davis, Chanute, Kan.
8. (5) J14 Jeremy Wilson, Humboldt, Kan.

“B” Main #1 (10 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (1) 12d Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo.
2. (5) 3x3 Nick Newton, Kansas City, Kan.
3. (9) 99h Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo.
4. (7) 01 Jimmy Davis, Chanute, Kan.
5. (3) 160m Michael Maggard, Republic, Mo.
6. (2) 63 Chris Huisman, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
7. (10) 68 Craig Mintz, Humboldt, Kan., $50.
8. (4) 27 John Brooks, Warrensburg, Mo., $50.
9. (6) 99 Scott Lucke, Humboldt, Kan., $50.
10. (8) 9 Jon Westhoff, Chanute, Kan., $50.

“B” Main #2 (10 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (7) 14 Shawn Strong, Billings, Mo.
2. (2) 120 Bob Kerbs, Nevada, Mo.
3. (1) 21 Jacob Blaess, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (5) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan.
5. (3) X111 Brad Jarman, Altoona, Kan.
6. (10) J14 Jeremy Wilson, Humboldt, Kan.
7. (9) 62 Rodney Sigg, Iola, Kan., $50.
8. (8) C4 Curtis Dreasher, Hoyt, Kan., $50.
9. (6) 37 Mark DeBoer, Adrian, Minn., $50.
10. (4) 4b Billy Bentley, Madison, Mo., $50.

“A” Main (20 laps):
1. (2) 23jr Nick Roberts, Des Moines, Iowa, $500.
2. (4) 42r Ross McCartney, Lahoma, Okla., $400.
3. (5) 327 Chad McNamara, Pond Creek, Okla., $300.
4. (14) 14 Shawn Strong, Billings, Mo., $200.
5. (6) 37 Tim VanGotten, Chanute, Kan., $175.
6. (1) 27s Jason Schlangen, Cresco, Iowa, $150.
7. (3) 17 Jeremy Chambers, Oswego, Kan., $130.
8. (13) 12d Scott Drake, Joplin, Mo., $115.
9. (15) 3x3 Nick Newton, Kansas City, Kan., $105.
10. (12) 33 Steven Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo., $100.
11. (17) 99h Trevor Hunt, Liberty, Mo., $90.
12. (9) 8 Terry Bruner, Olathe, Kan., $80.
13. (7) 15b Leon Bash, Chanute, Kan., $75.
14. (22) X111 Brad Jarman, Altoona, Kan., $75.
15. (8) 94 Jacob Ebert, Oak Grove, Mo., $75.
16. (24) J14 Jeremy Wilson, Humboldt, Kan., $75.
17. (16) 120 Bob Kerbs, Nevada, Mo., $75.
18. (23) 63 Chris Huisman, Rock Rapids, Iowa, $75.
19. (20) 23k Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, Kan., $75.
20. (21) 160m Michael Maggard, Republic, Mo., $75.
21. (11) 72 David Samuels, Tecumseh, Kan., $75.
22. (19) 01 Jimmy Davis, Chanute, Kan., $75.
23. (10) 7+ Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, Iowa, $75.
24. (18) 21 Jacob Blaess, Chatfield, Minn., $75.

Next Race: Friday, March 23, LA Raceway, La Monte, Mo.
Iron Man Challenge B-Mod Points: Drake 176, McCartney 169, Roberts 166, Chambers 165, VanGotten 165, McNamara 163, Muilenburg 163, Schlangen 159, Blaess 145, Bruner 144.

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