MOUNTAIN-DEW BLOOMFIELD SPEEDWAY CHECKERS GOTO BURGTORF IN MODIFIED AND LATE MODEL ON THE SAME NIGHT
By: Tony Paris

BLOOMFIELD, Ia (May 12, 2006) - Night number five of the 2006 racing season was held with cloudy skies and cool temps the racing action was as hot as ever. The night was sponsored by Cantril Feed and Grain of Cantril along with Harris Distributing of West Grove with six classes of cars in action with the long awaited Keith`s Foods Late Models returning to the fast 3/8 mile speedway for fast track fridays.

The first feature of the evening was the Kollision Korner Hornet in action with Tom Irwin of Bloomfield taking the checkers for the second straight week. Irwin held off David Probasco of Moulton who raced his way from the tenth spot to take the second spot with Andrew Hustead of Rutledge,Mo. taking third and Bloomfield driver Gene irwin in fourth.

In the fifteen lap feature of the Kirkland Auto USRA hobby stock feature the action was red flagged for Oskaloosa driver Steve Allen taking a nasty ride, flipping five times on the frontstretch and coming to rest on his side in turn one. Allen was able to getout under his own power and was checked out by the Davis County Ambulance crew and released but his 3s machine suffered heavy damage. On the restart Nathan Wood of Sigourney and Ray Lasser Jr. of Ottumwa lead the field to the green with wood taking the lead and lead till lap five before Jim Walker of Mystic took the lead and never looked back driving to victory lane for the first time in 2006. Wood took the second spot with Lasser in third and Jim Sulser of Centerville battled his way to fourth, after being involved in a ten car accident on lap eight and worked his way back to a fourth place finish.

In the USRA B-Modified feature Chris Leathers topped a stellar field finding the fast way around the 3/8 mile speedway working the high side of the smooth track to take the checkers. Leathers took the race lead on lap seven of the fifteen lap event coming from the fourth starting spot. Jeff Waterman and Tony Dunker battled for the second spot with Waterman in second with Dunker in third and Joe Hooper of Mendon,Il. taking fourth. This was the largest field for the new class in 2006 with ten cars checked in for action.

The fourth feature of the night was the Spilman Auto Parts USRA A-Modified feature going twenty laps with Jeremy Townsend of Bloomfield and Steven Blattler of Oskaloosa leading the field to the green flag. Blattler and Townsend would battle for the lead before Blattlers night would come to a end with a flat tire. Townsend would take the lead til Mark Burgtorf of Quincy,Il. would take the lead working the highside of the speedway and take home the victory. Townsend would take the second spot with Brad Pinkerton of New Sharon in third after starting eleventh and Casey Lancaster of Glenwood,Mo. taking the fourth spot.

One of the toughest feature of the night was the Hougland Repair Shop USRA Stock Car feature event going eighteen laps with nineteen cars in action. Matt Greiner of Washington and T.J. Bainbridge of Eldon battled for the early race lead with the two drivers swapping the lead for the first four laps before Jim Lynch of Bloomfield found the highside of the speedway along with Howard Gordon Jr. of Oskaloosa running the lowside and made for some three and sometimes four wide racing action. All four drivers along with the last two weeks winner Jason Cook of Mt. Pleasant working his magic from tenth to join in on the battle for the first,second and third position. Lynch would take the checkers with Jason cook in second followed by younger brother Ryan Cook in third and Matt Greiner in fourth.

The final feature of the night was the long awaited return of the big body cars the Keith`s Foods Late Model division. This was the first of four apperances at the Mountain-Dew Bloomfield Speedway for the Late Models cars and they put on a show. The early race lead of Andy Eckrich of Iowa City looked to have things wrapped up but on lap ten of the twenty lap event. Eckrich`s machine would make contact with the lap car of Jeff Gerhardt of Nioda,Il. causing heavy damage to both cars ending the night for both drivers. Thad Trump of Kahoka,Mo. would restart as the lead and the battle for the the win was on. Trump had to deal with Jody Wood of Donnellson and Mark Burgtorf of Quincy,Il. who all wanted the $1000 payday and the win. The three drivers battled for the win with Burgtorf taking the lead working the highside of the speedway with Wood taking second followed by Justin Reed of Quincy,Il. taking third and Trump slipping back to fourth. This was a very exciting race for the first apperance of the Keith`s Foods Late Model division and look forward to the next three apperances.

KOLLISION KORNER HORNETS
Heat#1-1.Sarah Woodhurst,Perry,Mo. 2.Andrew Hustead,Rutledge,Mo. 3.Curtis Barnes,Greentop,Mo. 4.Larry Hopkins,Ottumwa 5.Gene Irwin,Bloomfield 6.Kevin Garrett,Bloomfield

Heat#2-1.Tom Irwin,Bloomfield 2.David Probasco,Moulton 3.Dale Porter,Floris 4.Matt Moore,Ottumwa 5.Bill Young,Drakesville 6.Jim Garrett,Ottumwa

A-Feature 1.Tom Irwin 2.Probasco 3.Hustead 4.Gene Irwin 5.Jim Garrett 6.Moore 7.Young 8.Porter 9.Barnes 10.Woodhurst 11.Hopkins 12.Kevin Garrett

HOUGLAND REPAIR SHOP USRA STOCK CARS
Heat#1-1.Tyler McClure,Floris 2.Mike Robinson,Moravia 3.Howard Gordon Jr,Oskaloosa 4.Matt Greiner,Washington 5.Jason Cook,Mt. Pleasant 6.Phil mcClure,Floris 7.Mike Harward,Bloomfield 8.Mike McClure,Bloomfield 9.Shelly Mizell,Muscatine 10.Brian Jackson,Moravia

Heat#2-1.Jim Lynch,Bloomfield 2.T.J. Bainbridge,Eldon 3.Chris Hawkins,Drakesville 4.Pat Rachels,Knoxville 5.Ryan Cook,West Point 6.Jared Miller,Pulaski 7.Lonnie Taylor,Floris 8.Colt Mather,Webster 9.Rod Staats,Columbus Junction

A-Feature 1.Lynch 2.J.Cook 3.Ryan Cook 4.Greiner 5.Mather 6.Gordon Jr. 7.Bainbridge 8.Staats 9.Jackson 10.Mizell 11.Miller 12.T.McClure 13.Robinson 14.Hawkins 15.P.McClure 16.Harward 17.Taylor 18.Rachels 19.M.McClure

KIRKLAND AUTO USRA HOBBY STOCKS
Heat#1-1.Dustin Griffiths,Ottumwa 2.Scott Alderson,Gibson 3.Nathan Olinger,Floris 4.Brad Prado Jr.,Ottumwa 5.Mark Moore,Ottumwa 6.Rick Wilson,Ottumwa 7.Robby Sands,Centerville

Heat#2-1.Steve Allen,Oskaloosa 2.Ray Lasser Jr.,Ottumwa 3.Ben Jones,Williamsburg 4.Nathan Wood,Sigourney 5.Rick Sands,Milan,Mo. 6.Shannon Sample,Milton 7.Lance Meyer,Ottumwa

Heat#3-1.Jim Sulser,Centerville 2.Jim Walker,Mystic 3.Dave Morrison,Bloomfield 4.Gary Harward,Bloomfield 5.Rusty Sands,Unionville,Mo. 6.Derek Kirkland,Centerville 7.Bill Gibson,Knoxville

A-Feature 1.Walker 2.Wood 3.Lasser Jr. 4.Sulser 5.Gibson 6.Giffiths 7.Kirkland 8.Wilson 9.Olinger 10.Meyer 11.Jones 12.Robby Sands 13.Allen 14.Prado 15.Harward 16.Morrison 17.Rick Sands 18.Rusty Sands 19.Sample 20.Alderson 21.Moore

USRA B-MODIFIEDS
Heat#1-1.Joe Hopper,Mendon,Il. 2.Jeff Waterman,Quincy,Il. 3.Jim Gillenwater,Keokuk 4.Chris Leathers,Macon,Mo. 5.Tony Dunker,Quincy,Il. 6.Wyatt Lantz,Bowen,Il. 7.Bob Woodrow,Perry,Mo. 8.Brandon Savage,Keokuk 9.Kelly Smith,Kirksville,Mo. 10.Jerry Shoemaker,Kirksville,Mo.

A-Feature 1.Leathers 2.Waterman 3.Dunker 4.Hooper 5.Gillenwater 6.Savage 7.Woodrow 8.Smith 9.Shoemaker 10.Lantz

SPILMAN AUTO PARTS USRA A-MODIFIEDS
Heat#1-1.Mark Burgtorf,Quincy,il. 2.Jeremy Townsend,Bloomfield 3.Scott Dickey,Packwood 4.David Weithholder,Liberty,Il. 5.Chris Larson,Keokuk 6.Brad Pinkerton,New Sharon 7.Todd Holman,Ottumwa

Heat#2-1.Jim Lynch,Bloomfield 2.Steven Blattler,Oskaloosa 3.Casey Lancaster,Glenwood,Mo. 4.Dennis Elliott,Mt. Ayer 5.Jared Durbin,Ft. Madision 6.Brandon Banks,Washington 7.Jim Fuller,Memphis,Mo.

A-Feature 1.Burgtorf 2.Townsend 3.Pinkerton 4.Lancaster 5.Elliott 6.Dubin 7.Banks 8.Weithholder 9.Fuller 10.Lynch 11.Holman 12.Blattler 13.Dickey 14.Larson

KEITH`S FOODS LATE MODELS
Heat#1-1.Andy Eckrich,Iowa City 2.Justin Reed,Quincy,Il. 3.Colby Springsteen.Morning Sun
4.Adam Helmick,Ft. Madision 5.Gordy Grubb,Oskaloosa 6.Danny Lorton,Moberly,Mo. 7.Jeff Gerhardt,Nioda,Il.

Heat#2-1.Mark Burgtorf,Quincy,il. 2.Jody Wood,Donnellson 3.Thad Trump,Kahoka,Mo. 4.Dick Weber,Kirksville,Mo. 5.Chris Fontana,Pella 6.Rickey Frankel,Quincy,Il.

A-Feature 1.Burgtorf 2.Wood 3.Reed 4.Trump 5.Grubb 6.Helmick 7.Fontana 8.Weber 9.Frankel 10.Springsteen 11.Lorton 12.Eckrich 13.Gerhardt