FIVE EXCITING CLASSES IN ACTION AT THE MOUNTAIN-DEW BLOOMFIELD SPEEDWAY
By: Tony Paris

BLOOMFIELD, IA. (Aug. 11, 2006) - The Casey`s General Store USRA Weekly Racing Series was in action with the four regular classes along with the Keith`s Foods Super Late Models also running making for five exciting feature events and the fans being able to walk out the gate at 10:00pm and headed home. This was the final apperance of the big body dirt late models at the Mountain-Dew Bloomfield Speedway and the fourteen cars put on a thrilling show with Rickey Frankel of Quincy,IL. looking to have his first ever feature win in the bag but the caution flag would spoil the run to the checkers with Tommy Elston of Keokuk taking advantage of the yellow and on the restart took the lead into turns one and two and never looked back and lead the final nine laps for the win. Frankel took the runner-up spot with Paul Glenndenning of Mt.Ayr taking third and another Quincy cracking into the fourth spot was Justin Reed.

In the Kollision Korner Hornet feature Larry Hopkins of Ottumwa lead all ten laps holding of current point leader Dale Porter for the win. Porter took second with Tom Irwin of Bloomfield in third and David Probasco of Moulton taking the fourth spot. This feature went green to checkered for the second straight week with some exciting door-to-door action.

The Kirkland Auto USRA Hobby Stock feature saw Wade Francis of Eddyville take the race lead with Mark Moore of Ottumwa running second but the two drivers that battle form the back was Nathan Wood of Keswick and last weeks feature winner Ben Jones of Williamsburg both working the highside and lowside of the track to pass cars to battle for the race leader Francis. Jones would make the pass with Wood running a close second with Francis getting shuffled back to third and Jim Walker of Mystic and Mike Shelton of Ottumwa battling for the fourth spot along with Ray Lasser Jr. of Ottumwa mking for a good three car battle for the fourth and fifth position. When the checkers flew Jones crossed the line for the third straight week followed by Wood in second and Francios taking his best finish of the year in third and Walker taking the fourth spot.

The Hougland Repair Shop USRA Stock Car feature was another thriller with Michael McClure of Bloomfield and Lonnie Taylor battling for the race lead when the green flag dropped. McClure would lead the first six laps before Pat Rachels and Mike Robinson closed in for a three car battle with Robinson taking the lead with Rachels and McClure battloing for the second spot. Rachels would take the second spot and tried several times to put pressure on leader Robinson but Robinson would cross the line .656 second ahead of Rachels who settled for second with Michael McClure taking third and Mike Harward of Floris in fourth.

In the Spilman Auto Parts USRA Modified feature current point leader Dennis Elliott lead the field to the green flag with Jim Redmann of Lockridge running second with Jerry Pilcher in third. Elliott would lead the first six laps before Michael Long of Quincy,IL. worked his way from the tenth starting spot and passed Elliot off turn two. Long would take the win his first at the Mountain-dew Bloomfield Speedway and third of the year. The battle for the the second,third and fourth spot heated up with only three laps remaining Elliot and Pilcher would go wheel-to-wheel into turns one and two with Elliott making the pass with Brandon Banks of Washington following Elliott on the bottomside of the track and secure the second and third spot and when the checkers flew Elliott would cross the line in second with Banks in third and Pilcher in fourth.

This weeks racing action will feature the Casey`s General Stores Weekly Racing Series along with the Mid-America 305 Winged Sprints returning making for five exciting and thrilling classes in action. Also all kids 11 and under get in free and this will be the last friday night before school starts and we`ll have a candy dash for the kids sponsored by Paris Motorsports Announcing and all kinds of prizes in the junior fan club giveaway also sponsored by Pam and Craig Collier and Tyson,Tony and Linda Paris.

KOLLISION KORNER HORNETS

Heat#1-1.Gene Irwin,Bloomfield 2.Tom Irwin,Bloomfield 3.Jim Garrett,Ottumwa 4.Kevin Garrett,Bloomfield 5.Ryan Yanke,Bloomfield 6.Wes Gladfelder,Bloomfield

Heat#2-1.Dale Porter,Floris 2.Larry Hopkins,Ottumwa 3.David Probasco,Moulton 4.Matt Moore,Ottumwa 5.Bill Young,Ottumwa

A-Feature-(10 Laps) 1.Hopkins 2.Porter 3.Tom Irwin 4.Probasco 5.Gene Irwin 6.Yanke 7.Jim Garrett 8.Kevin Garrett 9.Young 10.Moore 11.Gladfelder

KIRKLAND AUTO USRA HOBBY STOCKS

Heat#1-1.Mark Moore,Ottumwa 2.Jim Walker,Mystic 3.Mike Shelton,Ottumwa 4.Scott Fisher,Blakesburg 5.Chad Dehne,Ottumwa 6.Gary Harward,Floris

Heat#2-1.Robby Sands,Centerville 2.Wade Francis,Eddyville 3.Rick Sands,Milan,MO. 4.Derek Kirkland,Centerville 5.Nathan Wood,Sigourney 6.Lance Meyer,Ottumwa

Heat#3-1.Ben Jones,Williamsburg 2.Ray Lasser Jr.,Ottumwa 3.Jim Sulser,Centerville 4.Rusty Sands,Unionville,MO. 5.Bob Lynch,Ottumwa 6.Shawn Smothers,Albia

A-Feature-(15 Laps) 1.Jones 2.Wood 3.Francis 4.Walker 5.Shelton 6.Lasser 7.Sulser 8.Rusty Sands 9.Robby Sands 10.Smothers 11.Kirkland 12.Dehne 13.Rick Sands 14.Moore 15.Harward 16.Fisher 17.Lynch 18.Meyer

HOUGLAND REPAIR SHOP USRA STOCK CARS

Heat#1-1.Phil McClure,Floris 2.Pat Rachels,Knoxville 3.Chris Hawkins,Drakesville 4.Mike Harward,Floris 5.Brain Jackson,Moravia 6.Jason Riegel,Memphis,Mo. 7.Dewayne Boyd,Ottumwa

Heat#2-1.Mike Robinson,Moravia 2.Tyler McClure,Floris 3.Michael McClure,Bloomfield 4.David Boas,Bloomfield 5.Lonnie Taylor,Bloomfield 6.Mike McClure,Bloomfield 7.Tanya Sederburg,Pulaski

A-Feature-(18 Laps) 1.Robinson 2.Rachels 3.Michael McClure 4.Harward 5.Taylor 6.Hawkins 7.Boas 8.Tyler McClure 9.Jackson 10.Mike McClure 11.Phil McClure 12.Sederburg 13.Riegel 14.Boyd

SPILMAN AUTO PARTS USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat#1-1.Michael Long,Quincy,IL. 2.Jerry Pilcher,Bloomfield 3.Mike Hughes,Rose Hill 4.Jared Durbin,Ft. Madison 5.Brandon Banks,Washington 6.Scott Dickey,Packwood 7.Jeff Hoffman,Ottumwa

Heat#2-1.Jim Redmann,Lockridge 2.Dennis Elliott,Mt.Ayr 3.Casey Lancaster,Glenwood,MO. 4.Jeremy Townsend,Bloomfield 5.Tom Lathrop,Ottumwa 6.Steve Stewart,Washington

A-Feature-(20 Laps) 1.Lomg 2.Elliott 3.Banks 4.Pilcher 5.Hughes 6.Durbin 7.Townsend 8.Hoffman 9.Dickey 10.Redmann 11.Lathrop 12.Lancaster 13.Stewart

KEITH`S FOODS SUPER LATE MODELS

Heat#1-1.Paul Glendenning,Mt.Ayr 2.Dick Weber,Kirksville,MO. 3.Troy McKee,Massena 4.Rob Kirchner,Donnellson 5.Curt Schroeder,Des Moines 6.Jim Tull,Redding 7.Chris Fontana,Pella

Heat#2-1.Tommy Elston,Keokuk 2.Rickey Frankel,Qunicy,IL. 3.Ryan Vicker,Redding 4.Justin Reed,Quincy,IL. 5.Billy Gerenbacher,Camp Point,IL. 6.Lynn Monroe,Memphis,MO.

A-Feature-(20 Laps) 1.Elston 2.Frankel 3.Glendenning 4.Reed 5.Vicker 6.Gerenbacher 7.McKee 8.Monroe 9.Kirchner 10.Ingalls 11.Weber 12.Schroeder 13.Tull 14.Fontana