FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. -- The theme throughout Joe Signs Night at Mississippi Thunder Speedway Friday was return trips to victory lane.

2010 track champion Josh Angst turned in an impressive run behind the wheel of his #99 Rivercity Manufacturing USRA Modified. After a second-place finish in the evening’s first heat race, Angst lined up in the second row to start the “Joe Signs 25.”

From the drop of the green flag, Angst gave chase to front row starters Lucas Schott and Brad Waits. At the start, Schott and Waits swapped positions on the track with Schott stepping to the groove at the top of the banking and Waits dropping to the bottom.

Angst hung out in the battle until lap 15 when he screamed around Waits for the lead and stretched out the advantage through the final 10 laps, pulling in his second feature win of the 2013 season at Mississippi Thunder Speedway by a margin of almost four seconds.

Waits and Schott crossed the finish line second and third with Eric Pember making a charge through the field from his 14th-place starting spot to a fourth-place finish, followed by first heat race winner Mike Steensma in fifth.

Time and time again, Jacob Bleess of Chatfield, Minn., finds himself near the front of the field, and often times in victory lane. Such was the case Friday night at the end of the Black Horse Bar & Grill USRA B-Mod feature.

Bleess jumped from outside the front row and was smooth as silk through the entire 18-lap feature. While the 22-car pack battled fiercely for every inch and option behind him, Bleess led every lap on his way to the feature win.

Jake Timm finished second with Jon Van Minsel working through the field from his fourth-row starting position to complete the top 3.

Mississippi Thunder Speedway ups the excitement next week with the 5th Annual Baehman Law B-Mod Challenge. The Friday night, July 19, special will highlight the Black Horse Bar & Grill USRA B-Mods with additional on-track action from the Rivercity Manufacturing USRA Modifieds, Coordinated Business Systems WISSOTA Super Stocks, Jailhouse Saloon WISSOTA Street Stocks, Redbox+ 600 Modifieds and Elmer’s Auto Salvage Pure Stocks battling on the big 1/3-mile, while the Sunshine Sanitation A and B Mini-Mods will again attack the ‘Lightning Speedway’ for their evening’s action.

Mississippi Thunder Speedway is located 3.0 miles north of Fountain City on SR 35. For more information, call 608-687-3282 or visit www.mississippithunder.com on the World Wide Web.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Weekly Racing Series
Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, Wis.
Friday, July 12, 2013

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 10X Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn.
2. (3) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
3. (2) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia
4. (6) 66 Dan Bohr, Decorah, Iowa
5. (4) 44 Leroy Scharkey, Rochester, Minn.
6. (5) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls
7. (7) 11 Lance Hofer, Cochrane
8. (8) 15 Chris Loberg, Menomonie

Heat #2:
1. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (2) 10 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (4) 05 Jake Hartung, Elmwood
4. (5) 24 Brad Waits, Rochester, Minn.
5. (6) 59 Hank Rollinger Jr., Buffalo City
6. (3) 77 Tom Brink, Winona, Minn.
7. (7) 89 Eric Pember, Pittsville
8. (8) 13-2 Bryan Hessler, Chetek
9. (9) 86 Phil Wernert, Galesville

Feature:
1. (3) 99 Josh Angst, Winona, Minn.
2. (2) 24 Brad Waits, Rochester, Minn.
3. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (14) 89 Eric Pember, Pittsville
5. (9) 10X Mike Steensma, Luverne, Minn.
6. (8) 94JR John Doelle, Arcadia
7. (5) 10 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
8. (10) 66 Dan Bohr, Decorah, Iowa
9. (7) 44 Leroy Scharkey, Rochester, Minn.
10. (13) 11 Lance Hofer, Cochrane
11. (12) 77 Tom Brink, Winona, Minn.
12. (11) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls
13. (16) 13-2 Bryan Hessler, Chetek
14. (17) 86 Phil Wernert, Galesville
15. (15) 15 Chris Loberg, Menomonie
16. (4) 05 Jake Hartung, Elmwood
17. (6) 59 Hank Rollinger Jr., Buffalo City

USRA B-MODS

Heat #1:
1. (2) 23K Erik Kanz, Winona, Minn.
2. (5) 95X Shaun Walski, Winona, Minn.
3. (7) 4G Chris Gilbertson, Trempealeau
4. (1) 90 Tyler Creeley, Winona, Minn.
5. (4) 58K Taylor Knutson, Caledonia, Minn.
6. (6) 54 John Feirn, Chippewa Falls
7. (8) 80 Bill Engler, Hixton
8. (3) 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls

Heat #2:
1. (4) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
2. (7) 1 Jon Van Minsel, Spring Grove, Minn.
3. (5) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
4. (2) 34F Nick Frion, Ellsworth
5. (6) 13 Ryan Konkel, Winona, Minn.
6. (1) 8X Darran Jonsgaard, Fountain City
7. (3) 12K Casey Knutson, Spring Grove, Minn.

Heat #3:
1. (2) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
2. (5) 10 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (1) 44 Brandon Reutzel, Winona, Minn.
4. (6) 85 Ben Moudry, Cottage Grove, Minn.
5. (3) 81 Cody Gardner, Elkton, Minn.
6. (4) 35X Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
7. (7) 20K Kyle Brown, Minnesota City, Minn.

Feature:
1. (2) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
2. (3) 10 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn.
3. (7) 1 Jon Van Minsel, Spring Grove, Minn.
4. (4) 95X Shaun Walski, Winona, Minn.
5. (5) 23K Erik Kanz, Winona, Minn.
6. (12) 28 Parker Hale, Grand Meadow, Minn.
7. (11) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn.
8. (6) 4G Chris Gilbertson, Trempealeau
9. (20) 12K Casey Knutson, Spring Grove, Minn.
10. (9) 44 Brandon Reutzel, Winona, Minn.
11. (1) 90 Tyler Creeley, Winona, Minn.
12. (15) 81 Cody Gardner, Elkton, Minn.
13. (13) 58K Taylor Knutson, Caledonia, Minn.
14. (14) 13 Ryan Konkel, Winona, Minn.
15. (16) 54 John Feirn, Chippewa Falls
16. (17) 35X Phillip Dunbar, Rushford, Minn.
17. (19) 20K Kyle Brown, Minnesota City, Minn.
18. (18) 80 Bill Engler, Hixton
19. (8) 34F Nick Frion, Ellsworth
20. (10) 85 Ben Moudry, Cottage Grove, Minn.
DNS - 8X Darran Jonsgaard, Fountain City
DNS - 07 Cory Crapser, Chippewa Falls