CAIN, SCOTT, AND VANMIL TAKE ROUND 3 OF RACEMN AT THE “BIG O”

The Race Minnesota Modified Series (RACEMN) presented by OctaneTrade.com made its second stop at Ogilive Raceway in Ogilvie, MN for the 3rd race on the five race tour. The race was eagerly awaited by race fans due to the stellar quality fields that have been assembled to date in this inagural season. Amazing talent and a great racing surface leads to incredible rac action that kept the crowd at the edge of their seats.

A stout field of WISSOTA Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds, and Mod 4′s battled for WISSOTA National Points and RACEMN show points. At the end of the series a massive $20,000 total purse will be awarded for the best 4 of 5 RACEMN shows.

RACEMN inducted its inaugural class of drivers into the newly established OctaneTrade.com Minnesota Modified Hall of Fame tonight. The 2010 OctaneTrade.com Minnesota Modified Hall of Fame inductees include:

Ron Jones of Princeton, MN

Ron Jones is regarded as one of the best open wheel Modified drivers by most anyone in the industry since it’s inception in 1979. Jones has claimed more than 500 Modified victories including some huge wins in Modified racing along the way. Ron’s best win ever was the 1st Annual Chub Daniels Memorial. Jones has represented Minnesota and Open Wheel Modified Racing on a National scale for many years and that is one of the reasons he was chosen to be an inductee into the OctaneTrade.com Minnesota Modified Hall of Fame.

Mark Noble of Blooming Prarie, MN

The owner of over 605 career open wheel Modified wins, Mark Noble has been oustanding in his field. He is a second generation driver that began his career in 1973. Modified racing for him started in 1984 and he credits his wife, Becky and four kids with giving him the best support that anyone could ever imagine. He currently races a Harris modified owned by Mills of Webb, Iowa. At Knoxville Raceway in 1996, Noble had a huge victory by winning the Harris Clash. His representation of Modified racing and dedication to the sport made him a very admirable choice as an inductee into the OctaneTrade.com Minnesota Modified Hall of Fame.

An incredible field of Modified drivers made the trip to Ogilvie Raceway with a trip to victory lane in their sights. The Speedway Motors Modified heat races were won by Joey Jensen, Trent Follmer and Eric Martini. Heat 1 was dominated by Jensen who led every lap. Justin Jones quieted the crowd as he rolled his car on the first lap of Heat 2. He was unhurt in the crash. Follmer grabbed the lead on lap two and never looked back. A battle for the lead in Heat 3 saw the cars stampeding around turn 4 five-wide with three drivers holding the front spot at some time in the race with Martini being the last.

A B-Feature was needed to determine the final four transfer spots to the main event. Jason Miller and Jeff Hart battled toe-to-toe for the lead ending up in the top two positions. Also qualifying from the B-Main was Rick Kobs and Travis Saurer. Tim Alexander was added to the A-Feature line-up as the provisional starter. Additionally, Minnesota Modified Hall of Fame inductee Mark Noble was honored with a starting spot in the main event.

Lined up on the front row for the 30 lap shootout were Dave Cain and Jason Thoennes. Cain took command of the race on lap one and fronted the field until a yellow flew on lap six for Miller spinning in turn four. Cain stayed at the front on the ensuing restart and stayed there until the next caution on lap fourteen. Keith Tourville dropped a driveshaft ending his night and Mark Noble retired to the pits. Cain picked up where he left off on the restart until Jensen lost his spoiler to bring out the last yellow of the race on lap twenty-eight. Cain dominated every lap of the A-Feature to take the checkers in his Shaw Race Car sponsored by A. Ruppert Well, Inc. The battle for the second position was hotly contested for all thirty laps with runner-up honors going to Danzeisen. They were followed by Follmer, Thoennes and Kelly Estey.

The ASi Racewear Midwest Modified heat winners were Andy Jones, Alan Bohlman, Clayton Wagamon and Shane Sabraski. The B-Feature line-ups were stacked with skilled drivers front front to back with only the top two finishers qualifying for the A-Main. Dan Ebert and Corey Eystad joined the back of the main from B-Feature one. Bud Martini and Ryan Bowers did the same in B-Feature two. The provisional starter in the A-Main was John Broking.

On the front row for the 25 lap A-Feature were first RACEMN winner, Dustin Scott and Dave Mass. Mass took the early lead for the first three laps with Scott taking the lead on lap four. A caution came out on lap seven when a few cars met in turns 1 & 2 including Allen Gessel, Jr. and Dano Ostrander. Justin Oestreich dropped out of the race on lap fourteen after cracking into one of the top five positions. Meanwhile Scott stayed in command of the race for every lap to take his second RACEMN Feature win in his Cobra Transportation Services sponsored ride. He was chased at the finish line by Denis Czech, Clayton Wagamon, Jason Miller, who started thirteenth and Andy Jones.

The Afco Racing Products Mod-four heat races were won by Tom Silver and Rob VanMil. Lined up on row one for the Feature were VanMil and Mike Rau. VanMil grabbed the first lead on lap one and no less than six cautions littered the way through the 20 lap event. VanMil survived every restart and blasted his way to completing a clean sweep in his CRC-SC, Valley Alignment racer. He was trailed by Josh Abrahamson, Conrad Schwinn, Silver and Andy Deters.

Make plans now to attend the two remaining RACEMN Modified series events. The next event in the series is at the North Central Speedway in Brainerd as part of the “Mighty Axe Nationals” on Labor Day, September 6th. The fifth and final leg of the series will take place at Ogilvie Raceway on September 10th during night one of the Harvest Cup. You will want to attend every event as the story unfolds to see who will be crowned the first RACEMN Modified Series Champions.

Results:

Speedway Motors Modifieds

Feature: Dave Cain, Scot Danzeisen, Trent Follmer, Jason Thoennes, Kelly Estey, Rick Kobs, Clayton Wagamon, Eric Martini, Jason Voigt, Andy Jones, Jeff Hart, Craig Thatcher, Jason Miller, Larry Zeller, Shane Sabraski, Jeff Broking, Ryan Aho, Travis Saurer, Joey Jensen, Tim Alexander, Keith Tourville, Mark Noble

B – Feature: Miller, Hart, Kobs, Saurer, Danny Bayer, Alexander, Dustin Nelson, Bret Johnson, Noble, Justin Jones, Tridell Champlin, Bob Broking, Jason Schill

Heat 1: Jensen, Cain, Danzeisen, Voigt, Thatcher, Saurer, Hart, Johnson, Noble, Schill
Heat 2: Follmer, Estey, Thoennes, J. Broking, Aho, Kobs, Zeller, Alexander, B. Broking, J. Jones
Heat 3: Martini, Tourville, Wagamon, A. Jones, Sabraski, Miller, Bayer, Nelson, Champlin

ASi Racewear Midwest Modifieds

Feature: Dustin Scott, Denis Czech, Clayton Wagamon, Jason Miller, Andy Jones, Dave Mass, Dan Ebert, Jason VandeKamp, Ryan Bowers, Shane Sabraski, Justin Jones, Travis Saurer, Allen Gessel, Jr., Alan Bohlman, Corey Eystad, Brady Gerdes, Joe Voigt, John Broking, Justin Oestreich, Bud Martini, Dano Ostrander

B – Feature 1: Ebert, Eystad, Kevin Newgard, Jeremy Nelson, Shane Patrin, Mike Brenny, Kyle Hastings, Scott Gill, George Sniezek, Jonathan Olmscheid, Adam Prieve

B – Feature 2: B. Martini, Bowers, Eric Martini, Corey Koenig, Benjamin Johnson, Jason Hoffman, Broking, Vic Schmidt, Peter Loecken, Jordan Morrell, Jason Hall

Heat 1: A. Jones, VandeKamp, Ostrander, Miller, Voigt, Morrell, Koenig, Nelson, Sniezek, Brenny

Heat 2: Bohlman, Mass, J. Jones, Ebert, Gessell, Newgard, Gill, Broking, Loecken, Hall

Heat 3: Wagamon, Czech, Saurer, Oestreich, Eystad, E. Martini, Johnson, Prieve, Olmscheid

Heat 4: Sabraski, Gerdes, Scott, B. Martini, Bowers, Patrin, Hastings, Hoffman, Schmidt

Afco Racing Products Mod-Fours

Feature: Rob VanMil, Josh Abrahamson, Conrad Schwinn, Tom Silver, Andy Deters, Kyle Thell, Dean Larson, Matt Staab, Brandon Kellen, Christopher Pearson, Mike Rau, Dwight Gilyard, Tyler Larson, Chad Funt, Darrin Lawler, Brandon Lindquist, Thomas Sabraski, Corry VanMil, Ross Mead

Heat 1: Silver, Thell, Schwinn, Staab, Rau, Lawler, Kellen, Gilyard, Sabraski, Mead

Heat 2: R. VanMil, Abrahamson, C. VanMil, Deters, T. Larson, D. Larson, Pearson, Funt, Lindquist

OGILVIE RACEWAY SET TO INDUCT TWO DRIVERS INTO THE INAUGURAL OCTANETRADE.COM MINNESOTA MODIFIED HALL OF FAME ON AUGUST 3RD

Silver Bay, MN (July 27, 2010) – The Race Minnesota Modified Series (RACEMN) presented by OctaneTrade.com in partnership with Ogilvie Raceway will induct its inaugural class of drivers into the newly established OctaneTrade.com Minnesota Modified Hall of Fame at the August 3, 2010 RACEMN Event.

The 2010 OctaneTrade.com Minnesota Modified Hall of Fame inductees include:

Ron Jones of Princeton, MN
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