JONES TAKES $1,000 USRA HOBBY STOCK WIN AT MOUNTAIN DEW BLOOMFIELD SPEEDWAY
By Tony Paris

BLOOMFIELD, IA (July 28, 2006) - On the final Friday night in July, fans at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway were treated to Fan Appreciation Night presented by Taylor Automotive and Missouri Grain. The class with the most cars got to race for $1,000 to win and $100 to start, with the action sponsored by Corporate Auto of Ottumwa and Sonic Drive In of Ottumwa and Centerville. The Kirkland Auto USRA Hobby Stock division was the featured class and ran for the big money after bringing 25 cars to the Davis County Fairgrounds in Bloomfield, Iowa.

The first feature was the Hougland's Repair Shop USRA Stock Cars thrilling the crowd with three- and four-wide racing between four drivers battling for the top spot. The 18-lap feature came down to the final lap with Colt Mather and Ryan Cook battling for the win after Matt Greiner, who was a contender until a cut right front tire with two laps remaining ended his run at the win. Pat Rachels was another driver in the hunt for the win but slipped back to finished fourth, while Mather and Cook raced wheel-to-wheel and door-to-door with only six inches deciding the outcome when the checkers flew. Mather took the win with Cook in a close second, followed by brother Jason Cook taking third. This class always seems to thrill the fans each and every week with some of the closest finishes in 2006.

In the Kollision Korner Hornet division, 15-year-old Sarah Woodhurst of Perry, Mo., showed the guys who to get it done, topping the field after leading all eight laps for her first win at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway in just her second appearance. Tom Irwin took the second spot with Dale Porter working his way from eighth to take third and David Probasco grabbing fourth.

The third feature of the night was the Spilman Auto Parts USRA Modifieds taking the green for 18 laps of exciting action with seven different lead changes between Dennis Elliott, Tony Fraise and Mark Burgtorf. Fraise and Burgtorf swapped the lead several times before Fraise's machine broke a rear J-bar bracket, almost sending Fraise upside down, but the veteran racer settled the car down and retired to the pits off turn 4 and ended his run. That turned the lead over to Burgtorf, who would paced the final seven laps for the win. Zack VanderBeek tried to close the gap but settled for second with Elliott taking third and Jared Durbin finishing fourth. Coming into the night, Elliott and Durbin were only separated by only five points. The two finished in the third and fourth positions to keep a close battle for the track title heating up with only three regular points nights remaining.

The final feature of the evening was the $1,000-to-win Kirkland Auto USRA Hobby Stock main event going 18 laps with Ben Jones leading every lap for his biggest payday ever. The battle for the second spot was between Robby Sands and Nathan Wood, with Wood taking the second spot and $700 after coming from the 10th starting position. Sands scored his best finish and payday of $500 for third and Dustin Griffiths, who took fourth after having a flat tire on the sixth lap and raced his way from the back of the 24-car field, finished and pocketed $400 for his efforts.

Next week (Friday, Aug. 4) will be regular track points and national points for the USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series featuring the Kirkland Auto USRA Hobby Stocks and Hougland's Repair shop USRA Stock Cars joining the second appearance of the season by the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS) in action at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway. Drivers from Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota are expected.

Hot laps start at 7 p.m. and the mud flies soon thereafter.

The Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway is located one mile west of Bloomfield on US 63/SR 2, then one mile north on CR J40 (at the Davis County Fairgrounds). Visit the Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway online at www.rlpromotions.com/bloomfield .

OFFICIAL RESULTS
USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series
Fan Appreciation Night presented by Taylor Automotive and Missouri Grain
Mountain Dew Bloomfield Speedway, Bloomfield, Iowa
Friday, July 28, 2006

KOLLISION KORNER HORNETS

Heat #1: 1. Gene Irwin, Bloomfield; 2. Jim Garrett, Ottumwa; 3. Kevin Garrett, Bloomfield; 4. Wes Gladfelder, Bloomfield; 5. Stan Lynch, Lancaster, Mo.

Heat #2: 1. Sarah Woodhurst, Perry, Mo.; 2. Tom Irwin, Bloomfield; 3. David Probasco, Moulton; 4. Dale Porter, Floris; 5. Bill Young, Ottumwa.

"A" Feature (8 laps): 1. Woodhurst; 2. T. Irwin; 3. Porter; 4. Probasco; 5. G. Irwin; 6. Lynch; 7. K. Garrett; 8. J. Garrett; 9. Young; 10. Gladfelder.



KIRKLAND AUTO USRA HOBBY STOCKS



Heat #1: 1. Ben Jones, Williamsburg; 2. Robby Sands, Centerville; 3. Jim Walker, Mystic; 4. Dave Morrison, Bloomfield; 5. Rusty Sands, Unionville, Mo.; 6. Brad Prado Jr., Ottumwa; 7. Derek Kirkland, Centerville.

Heat #2: 1. Ray Lasser Jr., Ottumwa; 2. Nathan Wood, Sigourney; 3. Paul Underwood, Ottumwa; 4. Mark Moore, Ottumwa; 5. Jim Sulser, Centerville; 6. Clayton Robbins, Liberty, Mo.

Heat #3: 1. Shawn Smothers, Centerville; 2. Kevin Cook, Ottumwa; 3. Bob Lynch, Ottumwa; 4. Rick Wilson, Ottumwa; 5. Scott Fisher, Blakesburg; 6. Shannon Sample, Milton.

Heat #4: 1. Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa; 2. Jeff Griffiths, Ottumwa; 3. Mike Leffler, Altoona; 4. Lance Meyer, Ottumwa; 5. Rick Sands, Milan, Mo.; 6. Danny Thrasher, Agency.

"A" Feature (18 laps): 1. Jones; 2. Wood; 3. Robby Sands; 4. D. Griffiths; 5. Moore; 6. Underwood; 7. Sulser; 8. Walker; 9. Thrasher; 10. Smothers; 11. Morrison; 12. Prado; 13. Meyer; 14. Wilson; 15. Robbins; 16. Lasser; 17. Lynch; 18. Sample; 19. J. Griffiths; 20. Rick Sands; 21. Leffler; 22. Cook; 23. Rusty Sands; 24. Fisher; 25. Kirkland.



HOUGLAND'S REPAIR SHOP USRA STOCK CARS



Heat #1: 1. Colt Mather, Webster; 2. Jason Cook, Mt. Pleasant; 3. Chris Hawkins, Drakesville; 4. David Boas, Bloomfield; 5. Josh Newell, Oskaloosa; 6. Jared Miller, Pulaski.

Heat #2: 1. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 2. Pat Rachels, Knoxville; 3. Matt Greiner, Washington; 4. Tyler McClure, Floris; 5. Mike McClure, Bloomfield; 6. Phil McClure, Floris.

Heat #3: 1. Ryan Cook, West Point; 2. Shane Weller, Agency; 3. Mike Harward, Floris; 4. Mike Robinson, Moravia; 5. Tanya Sederburg, Pulaski; 6. Lonnie Taylor, Bloomfield.

"A" Feature (18 laps): 1. Mather; 2. R. Cook; 3. J. Cook; 4. Rachels; 5. P. McClure; 6. Weller; 7. Taylor; 8. Hawkins; 9. T. McClure; 10. Harward; 11. Mike McClure; 12. Greiner; 13. Miller; 14. VanderBeek; 15. Sederburg; 16. Robinson; 17. Boas; 18. Newell.


SPILMAN AUTO PARTS USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1: 1. Mark Burgtorf, Quincy, Ill.; 2. Tony Fraise, Donnellson; 3. Jared Durbin, Fort Madison; 4. David Holder, Clarence, Mo.; 5. Casey Lancaster, Glenwood, Mo.; 6. Brandon Banks, Washington; 7. Tyler VandeKamp, Knoxville; 8. Jason Riegel, Memphis, Mo.

Heat #2: 1. Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon; 2. Dennis Elliott, Mt. Ayr; 3. Scott Dickey, Packwood; 4. Steve Stewart, Washington; 5. Jim Redmann, Lockridge; 6. Jerry Reese, Baring, Mo.; 7. Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa.

"A" Feature (18 laps): 1. Burgtorf; 2. VanderBeek; 3. Elliott; 4. Durbin; 5. Stewart; 6. Lancaster; 7. Holder; 8. Banks; 9. VandeKamp; 10. Redmann; 11. Fraise; 12. Reese; 13. Riegel; 14. Dickey; 15. Lathrop.