MEMPHIS, Mo. -- The final night of the inaugural Memphis Nationals at the Bentz GM Country Scotland County Speedway saw 226 race cars return in hopes of taking home the big prize. Andy Eckrich (Super Late Models), Dean Mahlstedt (USRA Modifieds), Brad Pinkerton (USRA Stock Cars), Jim Gillenwater (USRA B-Modifieds), Brandon Rothzen (USRA Hobby Stocks), Michael St. Clair (Cruisers) and Tyler Schulte (Hornets/Pony Stocks) all took home the big paychecks in front of a standing-room-only crowd.

The first feature of the night was the 12-lap Hornet feature, with Joe Zrostlik and David Lorton leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Zrostlik jumped out front on lap 1, with Lorton and John Brown battling for second. Tyler Schulte, who started seventh, moved up quickly to challenge Zrostlik for the top spot. Schulte was able to slip by Zrostlik on lap 6 and then held him off on the final 6 laps to take the win and the $300 check back to Montrose, IA. Rob Chase came from 9th to finish in third, Dennis Schulte came home in fourth, with Joe Evans coming from 11th to round out the top five.

Michael St. Clair and Dave Hudson made up the front row for the 12-lap Cruiser feature, with St. Clair grabbing the lead on the start. St. Clair went on to lead all 12 laps to claim the $300 top prize. Bill O'Haver came home second, third went to Craig Spilker, with Keith Reed in fourth, and fifth going to Tony Schulte after starting fourteenth.

The 15-lap Hobby Stock feature was up next, with Jake Wenig and Ben Moudry leading the field to the green. Moudry would take advantage of his front row start to take the lead on lap 1. Moudry then held the top spot until lap 9, when John Oliver Jr. slipped by for the lead. Oliver Jr. would hold off Moudry over the final 6 laps to cross the finish line in first. However, after going through post-race technical inspection, Oliver, second-place finisher Moudry and fourth-place finisher Brian Clark were disqualified. So going home with the $700 check was third-place finisher Brandon Rothzen. Jake Wenig was moved to second, third went to Dan Wenig, fourth to Chris Wibbell, who started 15th, with Robert Brown coming from 22nd to finish in fifth.

Tony Dunker and Wyatt Lantz led the field to the drop of the green in the 15-lap B-Modified feature, with Lantz jumping out front on lap 1. Lantz had built a good lead over second place Jim Gillenwater, when the caution came out on lap 8. Lantz would hold off Gillenwater on the restart, but Gillenwater would slip by on lap 10 to take over the top spot. Gillenwater then went on to lead the final 5 laps to claim the win and the $1,000 top prize that went with it. Lantz settled for second, Jerry Poor was third, Jeff Waterman was fourth, with Bob Woodrow rounding out the top five.

Up next was the 20-lap Stock Car feature, which had Jason Cook and Brad Pinkerton on the front row. Cook would move out front on lap 1, with Pinkerton close behind in second. Pinkerton worked the middle of the track to grab the lead away from Cook on lap 6. Cook, who was running the bottom, and Pinkerton, who was in the middle, ran the final 14 laps side by side. Pinkerton would hold off Cook at the line to pick up the win and the $2,000 check. Mike Harwood finished in third, Shane Weller was fourth, with Matt Greiner coming from 14th to round out the top five.

Tony Fraise and Dean Mahlstedt led the field to the drop of the green in the 30-lap Modified feature, with Fraise moving out front on lap 1. Fraise would only hold the top spot until lap 2, when Mahlstedt jumped to his outside to take over the lead. Mahlstedt maneuvered through lapped traffic over the final half of the race to go on and pick up the win. The Garner, Iowa driver's win was worth $5,000, and may have been his biggest of his racing career. Mark Burgtorf came home second, Bruce Hanford was third, Brad Pinkerton came from 12th to finish in fourth, with Kevin Cale coming home in fifth.

The final event of the night was the 40-lap Super Late Model feature. Matt Furman and Andy Eckrich made up the front row for the feature, with Eckrich grabbing the lead on lap 1. Eckrich would survive a late race caution to hold off Brian Harris and take home the $5,000 paycheck. John VanDenBerg came home third, Tommy Elston came from 11th to finish in fourth, with Rob Moss rounding out the top five.

Coming up next weekend, October 21-22, will be the season finale for both the O'Reilly USMTS and the Bentz GM Country Scotland County Speedway. On Friday, October 21, the O'Reilly USMTS Modifieds will be racing for $2,000 to win while the Stock Cars will be going for $300 to win, B-Modifieds and Hobby Stocks for $200 and the Cruisers and Hornets/Pony Stocks for $100 to win. Then on Saturday, October 22, the O'Reilly USMTS Modifieds will be going for $3,000 to win with the Stock Cars going for $1,200 to win, B-Modifieds and Hobby Stocks for $500, Cruisers for $250 and Hornets/Pony Stocks for $200 to win.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

Inaugural Memphis Nationals - Night 3 of 3

Sanctioned by the United States Racing Association (USRA)

Bentz GM Country Scotland County Speedway, Memphis, Mo.

Saturday, October 15, 2005

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

SUPER LATE MODELS

"B" Main #1: 1. 45-Tommy Elston, Keokuk, IA (3); 2. 00s-Chris Smyser, Lancaster, MO (1); 3. 32-Chris Simpson, Marion, IA (6); 4. 11-Jamie Wilson, Quincy, IL (2); 5. 3c-Mike Collins, Omaha, NE (10); 6. 88-Kevin Kile, West Liberty, IA (9); 7. 45DW-Denny Woodworth, Mendon, IL (7); 8. 41-Matt Strassheim, Burlington, IA (11); 9. 66-Mike Danburg, Council Bluffs, IA (4); 10. 3w-Richard Westhoff, Fairfield, IA (13); 11. 4-Russell Jeffries, Kirksville, MO (8); 12. 1k-John Anderson, Omaha, NE (5); 13. 57v-Mike VanGenderen, Newton, IA (12).

"B" Main #2: 1. 7-Mark Burgtorf, Quincy, IL (1); 2. 77k-Kurt Kile, Nichols, IA (3); 3. 3x-Skip Frey, Ely, IA (6); 4. 46-Thad Trump, Kahoka, MO (8); 5. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, IA (5); 6. 8A-Al Johnson, Story City, IA (2); 7. 85-Kelly Tapper, Boone, IA (12); 8. 14F-Chris Fontana, Pella, IA (11); 9. 49T-Kevin Tomlinson, New London, MO (10); 10. 69-Dick Weber, Kirksville, MO (9); 11. 51x-Steve Shive, St. Peters, MO (13); 12. 84-Sam Halstead, New London, IA (4); 13. 60-Ed Dixon, Washington, MO (7).

Last Chance: 1. 88-Kevin Kile (1); 2. 45DW-Woodworth (3); 3. 8A-Johnson (2); 4. 41-Strassheim (5); 5. 85-Tapper (4); 6. 49T-Tomlinson (8); 7. 84-Halstead (14); 8. 66-Danburg (7); 9. 51x-Shive (12); 10. 4-Jeffries (11); 11. 57v-VanGenderen (15); 12. 69-Weber (10); 13. 3w-Westhoff (9); 14. 14F-Fontana (6); 15. 1k-Anderson (13); 16. 60-Dixon (16).

Feature: 1. 56-Andy Eckrich, Iowa City, IA (2); 2. 21H-Brian Harris, Davenport, IA (3); 3. 5v-John VanDenBerg, Oskalossa, IA (4); 4. 45-Elston (11); 5. 1M-Rob Moss, Iowa City, IA (5); 6. 8B-Sonny Findling, Kirksville, MO (8); 7. 77-Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, IA (9); 8. 00s-Smyser (13); 9. 7-Burgtorf (12); 10. 99D-DeFrance (20); 11. 3c-Collins (19); 12. 45DW-Woodworth (22); 13. z4-Jody Wood, Donnellson, IA (10); 14. 25-Steve Lance Jr., Cuba, IL (7); 15. 46-Trump (18); 16. 77k-Kurt Kile (14); 17. 41-Strassheim (24); 18. 22-Alan Vaughn, Belton, MO (6); 19. 49T-Tomlinson (26); 20. 88-Kevin Kile (21); 21. 8A-Johnson (23); 22. 32-Simpson (15); 23. 51-Matt Furman, Iowa City, IA (1); 24. 11-Wilson (17); 25. 3x-Frey (16); 26. 85-Tapper (25).

USRA MODIFIEDS

"B" Main #1: 1. z71-Mike Zemo Jr., Geneseo, IL (1); 2. 12-Bob Dale, Gorin, MO (3); 3. 99-Martin Bennett, Ankeny, IA (11); 4. 7w-Mark Widmar, Ottumwa, IA (2); 5. 4R-Ron VerBeek, Oskaloosa, IA (4); 6. 22-Brandon Banks, Washington, IA (5); 7. 21x-Jeff Gerhardt, Niota, IL (6); 8. 27x-Johnny Smith, Morning Sun, IA (9); 9. 9-Charles Baker, LaBelle, MO (7); 10. 61H-Mike Helm, West Liberty, IA (8); 11. D1-Tim Greif, West Liberty, IA (10); 12. 27M-Roger Moser, Auxvasse, MO (12).

"B" Main #2: 1. 5R-Bill Roberts, Burlington, IA (2); 2. 82M-Ryan Meyer, Liberty, IL (1); 3. 55-Scott Stecher, Muscatine, IA (3); 4. 05-David Wietholder, Liberty, IL (7); 5. 20/20-Chris Eggers, Lancaster, MO (5); 6. 69-Tom Goble, Burlington, IA (6); 7. 9L-Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa, IA (8); 8. 1P-Steve Potter, Booneville, MO (11); 9. 51-Olin Husband, Colchester, IL (9); 10. 21-Lynn Monroe, Memphis, MO (4); 11. 8s-Todd Phillips, Ollie, IA (10).

"B" Main #3: 1. 35-Hank DeLonjay, Quincy, IL (1); 2. 9G-Rick Gustin, Marshalltown, IA (6); 3. 002-Rick Kimberling, Slater, MO (11); 4. 17-Steve Stewart, Washington, IA (7); 5. 10-Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk, IA (5); 6. 27-Danny Lorton, Moberly, MO (8); 7. 17L-Brandon Lennox, New London, MO (3); 8. 57B-Dennis Betzer, Central City, IA (4); 9. 7-David Holder, Clarence, MO (2); 10. 32-Lonnie Heap, Media, IL (10); 11. 21R-Glen Ridgway, Eldon, IA (9).

"B" Main #4: 1. 50-Brad Bakken, Garner, IA (1); 2. 33z-Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, IA (2); 3. 26B-Gary Blackburn Jr., Fulton, MO (7); 4. 77z4-Josh Foster, Montrose, IA (8); 5. 1x-Bob Helm, Milan, IL (5); 6. 5s-Tim Sands, Conesville, IA (3); 7. 37F-Randy Foote, Stanton, IA (4); 8. B4-Jim Roach, Kahoka, MO (6); 9. 44-Curt Potter, Booneville, MO (9); 10. 32M-Mike Bennett, Des Moines, IA (10); 11. 16c-Dustin Clark, Eldon, IA (11).

Last Chance #1: 1. 99-Martin Bennett (1); 2. 4R-VerBeek (5); 3. 10-Gillenwater (6); 4. 7-Holder (14); 5. 17-Stewart (4); 6. 002-Kimberling (2); 7. 7w-Widmar (3); 8. 22-Banks (7); 9. 21x-Gerhardt (9); 10. 32-Heap (16); 11. 17L-Lennox (10); 12. 57B-Betzer (12); 13. 21R-Ridgway (18); 14. 9-Baker (13); 15. 27-Lorton (8); 16. 27x-Smith (11); 17. 61H-M.Helm (15); 18. D1-Greif (17); 19. 27M-Moser (19).

Last Chance #2: 1. 55-Stecher (1); 2. 26B-Blackburn Jr. (2); 3. 69-Goble (7); 4. 44-C.Potter (14); 5. 32M-Mike Bennett (16); 6. 20/20-Eggers (5); 7. 05-Wietholder (3); 8. 77z4-Foster (4); 9. 37F-Foote (10); 10. 5s-Sands (8); 11. 1P-S.Potter (11); 12. 9L-Lathrop (9); 13. 51-Husband (13); 14. 1x-B.Helm (6); 15. 8s-Phillips (17); 16. B4-Roach (12); 17. 21-Monroe (15); 18. 16c-Clark (18).

Feature: 1. 21M-Dean Mahlstedt, Garner, IA (2); 2. 69M-Mark Burgtorf, Quincy, IL (5); 3. 61-Bruce Hanford, Davenport, IA (4); 4. 17P-Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon, IA (12); 5. 6-Kevin Cale, Donnellson, IA (6); 6. 18-Michael Long, Quincy, IL (3); 7. 35-DeLonjay (15); 8. 10M-Jeremy Mills, Garner, IA (11); 9. z71-Zemo Jr. (13); 10. 82M-Meyer (18); 11. 10-Gillenwater (25); 12. 9G-Gustin (19); 13. 50-Bakken (16); 14. 26B-Blackburn Jr. (24); 15. 00-Jesse Stovall, Galena, MO (8); 16. 45-Tony Fraise, Donnellson, IA (1); 17. 69-Goble (26); 18. 55-Stecher (22); 19. 4R-VerBeek (23); 20. 33z-VanderBeek (20); 21. 7T-Jeremy Tibben, Stanton, IA (10); 22. 99-Martin Bennett (21); 23. 12-Dale (17); 24. 5R-Roberts (14); 25. 19-Darin Duffy, Hazelton, IA (9); 26. A50-Darin Thye, Burlington, IA (7).

USRA STOCK CARS

"B" Main #1: 1. 40-Shay Curtin, Waukon, IA (1); 2. 11-Mark Holt, Memphis, MO (5); 3. 8k-Jerry Merkes, Farley, IA (2); 4. 34-Pat Rachels, Knoxville, IA (8); 5. 81-Bert McDaniel, Eldon, IA (4); 6. 36-Shelly Mizell, Muscatine, IA (7); 7. 84-Randy Rindom, Moberly, MO (9); 8. 93-Mark White, Kirksville, MO (6); 9. 42-Harold Fox, Mexico, MO (10); 10. 08-Rod Staats, Columbus Junction, IA (3).

"B" Main #2: 1. 29-Matt Greiner, Washington, IA (1); 2. 05-John Oliver Jr., Danville, IA (4); 3. 52-Nathan Wood, Sigourney, IA (8); 4. HPI1-Terry Petersen, Ottumwa, IA (9); 5. 48-Jeff Walker, Davenport, IA (3); 6. 25D-Jim Redman, Lockridge, IA (2); 7. 79J-Brian Jackson, Moravia, IA (6); 8. 04-Don Vis, Marshalltown, IA (5); 9. 05w-David Wietholder, Liberty, IL (7).

Last Chance: 1. 25D-Redman (2); 2. 93-White (5); 3. 79J-Jackson (4); 4. 04-Vis (6); 5. 36-Mizell (1); 6. 84-Rindom (3); 7. 42-Fox (7); 8. 05w-Wietholder (8); 9. 08-Staats (9).

Feature: 1. 17P-Brad Pinkerton, New Sharon, IA (2); 2. 27J-Jason Cook, Mt. Pleasant, IA (1); 3. 01H-Mike Harwood, Floris, IA (6); 4. 20w-Shane Weller, Agency, IA (4); 5. 29-Greiner (14); 6. 7A-Troy Alexander, Memphis, MO (7); 7. 40-Curtin (13); 8. HPI1-Petersen (20); 9. 2J-Steve Jackson, Des Moines, IA (11); 10. 33z-Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, IA (12); 11. 05-Oliver Jr. (16); 12. 8k-Merkes (17); 13. 52-Wood (18); 14. 27R-Ryan Cook, West Point, IA (9); 15. 81-McDaniel (21); 16. 25D-Redman (23); 17. 34-Rachels (19); 18. 77-Jim Lynch, Bloomfield, IA (8); 19. B71-Dave Boyd, Conesville, IA (10); 20. 11-Holt (15); 21. 48-Walker (22); 22. 04-Vis (26); 23. 93-White (24); 24. 12J-T.J. Criss, Oskaloosa, IA (5); 25. 13-Michael Browning, Edina, MO (3); 26. 79J-Jackson (25).

USRA B-MODIFIEDS

"B" Main #1: 1. 00-Jack Evans Jr., Keokuk, IA (2); 2. 6Y-Ron York, Edina, MO (3); 3. 11s-John Shaffer, Memphis, MO (1); 4. 24-Kevin Propst, Holt Summit, MO (7); 5. 2B-Jon Melloway, Hallsville, MO (5); 6. ko99-Kelly O'Haver, Kirksville, MO (6); 7. 29L-Chad Lebsock, Centralia, MO (8); 8. 4L-Tyler Lewis, Columbia, MO (9); 9. 39-Brandon Symmonds, Keokuk, IA (4).

"B" Main #2: 1. 2R-Jerry Reese Jr., Baring, MO (7); 2. 17-Chris Leathers, Macon, MO (1); 3. 5R-Riley Larson, Roland, IA (8); 4. 18B-Phillip Beard, Crawfordsville, IA (5); 5. 19k-Jason Riegel, Memphis, MO (6); 6. 93E-Walter Evans Sr., West Liberty, IA (3); 7. 82J-Orville Calbert, Hallsville, MO (9); 8. 7-Keith Haislip, Davenport, IA (4); 9. 74L-Kevin Londrie, Keokuk, IA (2).

Last Chance: 1. ko99-O'Haver (1); 2. 7-Haislip (6); 3. 4L-Lewis (5); 4. 29L-Lebsock (3); 5. 93E-Evans Jr. (2); 6. 39-Symmonds (7); 7. 82J-Calbert (4); 8. 74L-Londrie (8).

Feature: 1. 10-Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk, IA (7); 2. 22L-Wyatt Lantz, Bowen, IL (2); 3. 86-Jerry Poor, Novelty, MO (5); 4. 71-Jeff Waterman, Quincy, IL (4); 5. 3-Bob Woodrow, Perry, MO (6); 6. 4-Tony Dunker, Quincy, IL (1); 7. 00x-Jim Roach, Kahoka, MO (3); 8. 00-Evans Jr. (13); 9. 2R-Reese Jr. (14); 10. 32-Donovan Lodge, Andover, IL (10); 11. 30-Mark Massey, Worthington, IA (9); 12. 66-Joe Hooper, Mendon, IL (8); 13. 11w-Larry Winn, Hallsville, MO (11); 14. 24-Propst (19); 15. 17-Leathers (16); 16. 2B-Melloway (21); 17. 18B-Beard (20); 18. 11s-Shaffer (17); 19. 6Y-York (15); 20. 4L-Lewis (25); 21. 29L-Lebsock (26); 22. 97-Terry Houston, Mt. Sterling, IL (12); 23. ko99-O'Haver (23); 24. 7-Haislip (24); 25. 5R-Larson (18); 26. 19k-Riegel (22).

USRA HOBBY STOCKS

"B" Main #1: 1. 24J-Justin Hamelton, Hamilton, IL (2); 2. 52-Chris Wibbell, Dallas City, IL (1); 3. 1-Rodger Dresden, Keokuk, IA (4); 4. 23-Jimmy Hooper, Wyaconda, MO (3); 5. 87-Michael Larsen, Hannibal, MO (6); 6. 25-Chris Monson, Clear Lake, IA (12); 7. 47-Tim Pettibone, Moravia, IA (5); 8. 22-Lynn Nelson, Kansas City, KS (14); 9. 03-Rob Wilsey, Keokuk, IA (8); 10. 94F-Bob Fletcher, Wyaconda, MO (13); 11. 4P-Russell Passmore, Burlington, IA (10); 12. 41x-Carissa Wagner, Monona, IA (7); 13. 2T-Bleu Taylor, Canton, MO (9); 14. 24-Leroy Johnson, Burlington, IA (11).

"B" Main #2: 1. 21-Curtis Engen, Monona, IA (2); 2. 2-Tony Becerra, Carthage, IL (6); 3. 30c-Abe Huls, Carthage, IL (8); 4. 11-Mark Holt, Memphis, MO (3); 5. 7x-Robert Brown, Rantoul, KS (13); 6. 44-Kale Foster, Quincy, IL (4); 7. 124J-David Sugars, Ft. Madison, IA (7); 8. 8s-Josh Soper, Kahoka, MO (12); 9. 5A-Bob Lynch, Ottumwa, IA (1); 10. 3G-Lonnie Greiner, Fairfield, IA (5); 11. 0-Chad Krogmeier, Burlington, IA (9); 12. 55-Derek Dettmann, Monona, IA (10); 13. 51-Mike Wolfe (11).

Last Chance: 1. 22-Nelson (5); 2. 8s-Josh Soper (6); 3. 41x-Wagner (13); 4. 03-Wilsey (7); 5. 0-Krogmeier (12); 6. 2T-Bleu Taylor (15); 7. 44-Foster (2); 8. 3G-Greiner (10); 9. 55-Dettmann (14); 10. 4P-Passmore (11); 11. 94F-Fletcher (9); 12. 5A-B.Lynch (8); 13. 47-Pettibone (3); 14. 124J-Sugars (4); 15. 25-Monson (1); 16. 24-Johnson (16); 17. 51-Wolfe (17).

Feature: 1. 33-Brandon Rothzen, Media, IL (9); 2. 4-Jake Wenig, Middletown, IA (1); 3. c21-Dan Wenig, Middletown, IA (8); 4. 52-Wibbell (15); 5. 7x-Brown (22); 6. 4B-Jim Lynch, Bonaparte, IA (7); 7. 43s-Jeff Soper, Kahoka, MO (12); 8. 1-Dresden (17); 9. 30c-Huls (18); 10. 12-Adam Birck, Canton, MO (10); 11. 24J-Hamelton (13); 12. 16-Mike Shelton, Ottumwa, IA (6); 13. 19-Bill Bonnett, Knoxville, IA (4); 14. 22-Nelson (23); 15. 11-Holt (20); 16. 21-Engen (14); 17. 03-Wilsey (26); 18. 2-Becerra (16); 19. 8s-Josh Soper (24); 20. 23-Hooper (19); 21. 41x-Wagner (25); 22. 14-Beau Taylor, Canton, MO (11); 23. 87-Larsen (21); Disqualified - 41-John Oliver Jr., Danville, IA; 85-Ben Moudry, Protivin, IA (2); 88-Brian Clark, Kahoka, MO (3).

CRUISERS

Feature: 1. 3-Michael St.Clair, Wayland, MO (1); 2. Big0-Bill O'Haver, Kirksville, MO (6); 3. 70R-Craig Spilker, Quincy, IL (3); 4. 20-Keith Reed, Fowler, IL (7); 5. 75-Tony Schulte, Keokuk, IA (14); 6. 24-John Peterson, Oquawka, IL (9); 7. 13-Matt Jackson, Lancaster, MO (5); 8. 87-Jim Powell, Hanninbal, MO (13); 9. 8UP-Daniel Robbins, Greentop, MO (11); 10. 98-Larry Asher, Kirksville, MO (4); 11. 11-Jeremy Buss, Quincy, IL (16); 12. 14-Jason Billings, Keokuk, IA (15); 13. 8R-Clayton Robbins, Liberty, MO (8); 14. 34H-Dave Hudson, Memphis, MO (2); 15. 71R-Randy Reed, Quincy, IL (10); 16. 7-Doug Fenton, Burlington, IA (12).

HORNETS/PONY STOCKS

Feature: 1. 96-Tyler Schulte, Montrose, IA (7); 2. z50-Joe Zrostlik, Eldridge, IA (1); 3. 3-Rob Chase, Clark, MO (9); 4. 0-Dennis Schulte, Keokuk, IA (5); 5. 6-Joe Evans, Jacksonville, MO (11); 6. 24-7-David Lorton, Moberly, MO (2); 7. 95-Wayne Noble, Wapello, IA (14); 8. 7-Brandon Savage, Keokuk, IA (13); 9. 20-Andrew Hustead, Rutledge, MO (4); 10. 12-Chris Rees, Mason, IL (6); 11. 79-David Helenthal, Ft. Madison, IA (12); 12. 21-Bill Young, Drakesville, IA (8); 13. 77Q-J.D Murphy, Cincinnati, IA (10); 14. 01A-John Brown, Huntsville, MO (3).