FORT DODGE, Iowa – Mark Elliott of Webster City, Iowa, made it four winners in four races Tuesday when he topped the Dart Iron Man Challenge main event at the Mineral City Speedway in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Elliott beat his younger brother, Greg Elliott, to the finish line to take the win and pocket the $600 winner’s share of the purse for the full-fendered USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars.

Fort Dodge driver Jeremy Crimmins took the third spot, inaugural Dart Iron Man Challenge race winner Nathan Wood of Sigourney finished fourth and Round 2 winner Mike Van Genderen of Newton rounded out the top-5 finishers.

Veteran Steve Jackson of Polk City, Iowa, who won Saturday’s Round 3 contest at the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo., snared the sixth spot, Churdan’s Jason Minnehan raced to seventh after starting 20th, Mike Bergan of Ridgeway garnered the eighth-place paycheck, Mark Haglund of Webster City wound up ninth and Roland’s Ryan Leeman was the tenth driver to cross the finish line.

After a nearly six-week hiatus with no action in the month of July, the Dart Iron Man Challenge will get back to serious business when August rolls around.

Five events in six days kicks off the month of August, beginning Sunday, Aug. 1, at the Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn. After taking Monday off, the too-tough-to-tame USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars race on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Aug. 3-6, at the Algona (Iowa) Raceway, Cresco (Iowa) Speedway, Jackson (Minn.) Speedway and Murray County Speedway in Slayton, Minn.

In all, 14 dates at 12 premier speedways throughout Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri dot the calendar for the 2010 campaign as the ultra-competitive and exciting USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars accompany the popular USMTS Modifieds at each of the events.

Made possible by support from Dart Machinery and Allstar Performance, all races will pay $600 to win and $125 to start the main event with 21 or more entries in the field. The ten-race points fund will carry a $1,000 top prize with the tenth-place finisher earning $100.

Dart will award a $75 certificate to the winner of each event and a $50 certificate to the ninth-place finisher, and each event will have a qualifying format similar to the USMTS, with heat race passing points determining the “B” Main and “A” Main line-ups.

In addition, each race will award national points in the USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Car division of the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series where the national champion will earn $700.

2010 DART IRON MAN CHALLENGE SCHEDULE:

Wed May 26 … Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, IA (winner: Nathan Wood)
Thu May 27 … Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, IA (winner: Mike Van Genderen)
Sat Jun 19 … Scotland County Speedway, Memphis, MO (winner: Steve Jackson)
Tue Jun 22 … Mineral City Speedway, Fort Dodge, IA (winner: Mark Elliott)
Sun Aug 1 … Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, MN
Tue Aug 3 … Algona Raceway, Algona, IA
Wed Aug 4 … Cresco Speedway, Cresco, IA
Thu Aug 5 … Jackson Speedway, Jackson, MN
Fri Aug 6 … Murray County Speedway, Slayton, MN
Wed Aug 18 … Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, IA
Sat Aug 28 … 24 Raceway, Moberly, MO
Tue Aug 31 … Marshalltown Speedway, Marshalltown, IA
Wed Sep 1 … Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, IA
Thu Sep 2 … Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, IA

To learn more about the USRA, visit www.usraracing.com or call 515-832-6000. You can also follow the USRA on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series
Dart Iron Man Challenge for USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars – Round 4 of 14
Mineral City Speedway, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (7) 22 Jeff Deal, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
2. (3) 15 Jeremy Crimmins, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
3. (8) 25m Matt Mundt, Callender, Iowa.
4. (5) 5 Mike Bergan, Ridgeway, Iowa.
5. (6) 57 Dennis Plain, Webster City, Iowa.
6. (4) 2 James Osterson, Paton, Iowa.
7. (2) 14 Logan Staley, Webster City, Iowa.
8. (1) 31m Mark Haglund, Webster City, Iowa.

HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (1) 412 Mark Elliott, Webster City, Iowa.
2. (2) 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney, Iowa.
3. (6) R31 Ryan Leeman, Roland, Iowa.
4. (7) 2j Steve Jackson, Polk City, Iowa.
5. (5) 43 Calvin Lange, Humboldt, Iowa.
6. (3) 1k Don Killen, Des Moines, Iowa.
7. (4) 35 Wayne Crimmins, Fort Dodge, Iowa.

HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (5) 1 Greg Elliott, Webster City, Iowa.
2. (4) M2 Matt Fox, Paton, Iowa.
3. (6) 57v Mike Van Genderen, Newton, Iowa.
4. (7) 20t Malcolm Teachout, Granada, Minn.
5. (2) 14j Mike Johnston, Des Moines, Iowa.
6. (3) M5 Jim Mitchell, Webster City, Iowa.
7. (1) 7 Jason Minnehan, Churdan, Iowa.

“A” MAIN (20 laps):
1. (2) 412 Mark Elliott, Webster City, Iowa.
2. (4) 1 Greg Elliott, Webster City, Iowa.
3. (8) 15 Jeremy Crimmins, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
4. (9) 52 Nathan Wood, Sigourney, Iowa.
5. (1) 57v Mike Van Genderen, Newton, Iowa.
6. (10) 2j Steve Jackson, Polk City, Iowa.
7. (20) 7 Jason Minnehan, Churdan, Iowa.
8. (12) 5 Mike Bergan, Ridgeway, Iowa.
9. (21) 31m Mark Haglund, Webster City, Iowa.
10. (7) R31 Ryan Leeman, Roland, Iowa.
11. (17) 1k Don Killen, Des Moines, Iowa.
12. (14) 43 Calvin Lange, Humboldt, Iowa.
13. (3) 25m Matt Mundt, Callender, Iowa.
14. (5) M2 Matt Fox, Paton, Iowa.
15. (11) 20t Malcolm Teachout, Granada, Minn.
16. (6) 22 Jeff Deal, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
17. (19) 14 Logan Staley, Webster City, Iowa.
18. (16) 2 James Osterson, Paton, Iowa.
19. (15) 14j Mike Johnston, Des Moines, Iowa.
20. (13) 57 Dennis Plain, Webster City, Iowa.
21. (18) M5 Jim Mitchell, Webster City, Iowa.
22. (22) 35 Wayne Crimmins, Fort Dodge, Iowa.

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