SCHROEDER TAKES FIRST EVER WIN AT MOUNTAIN-DEW BLOOMFIELD SPEEDWAY
By: Tony Paris

BLOOMFIELD, Iowa (May 18) -  Racing action was held at the Mountain-Dew Bloomfield Speedway sponsored by Community First Bank with the Casey's General Stores USRA Weekly Racing Series in action. This was the third race for the 2007 season with three new faces in victory lane two repeat winner and one first time ever winner.

In the USRA stock car feature Matt Greiner of Washington took the win after passing Pat Rachels of Knoxville with two laps remaining. Rachels took the runner-up spot with Shane Weller of Agency racing from the twelveth starting spot to third and Phil McClure of Floris racing from the back after spinning earlier in the to take fourth.

In the USRA B-modified feature Andrew Schroeder of Keswick leading all ten laps for his first ever win.This fifteen year old racer held off Paul Underwood of Ottumwa who had won the first two shows. Underwood took second with Gary Harward of Floris taking third in his first outing in 2007. The fourth spot went to Cody Townsend of Bloomfield.

In the Kollision Korner hornet division Dale Porter of Floris celebrated his birthday in victory lane with his second straight win. Porter held off Andrew Hustead of Rutledge,Mo. who took the runner-up spot with Larry Hopkins of Ottumwa taking third in his first vist of the year and Ryan Yahnke of Bloomfield in fourth. The Spilman Auto Parts USRA modified feature went to Zack Vanderbeek of New Sharon leading all fifteen laps for the win. Steve Stewart last weeks winner worked his way to the second spot after starting in the 8th spot. Stewart tried to work the bottom of the racing surface but run out of time. The third spot went to Richie Gustin of Marshalltown who raced his way from the back to finish third and David Holder of Clarece,Mo.in fourth.

The Kirkland Auto USRA hobby stock feature was a thriller with Steve Allen of Oskaloosa trying to hold off Jason McDaniel of Eldon but McDaniel woud make the move in turns one and two to take the lead with five laps remaining to take the win. Allen took the second spot with Jim Walker of Mystic in third and early race leader Jimmy Hayes of Moravia took the fourth spot.

Next week will feature the USRA Late Modle Touring Series racing for $3000 to win with this being the third stop of 2007 with Tommy Elston of Keokuk and Dave Eckrich of Oxford taking the second win. Also in action will be the Casey's General Stores USRA Weekly Racing Series. Hope to see you at the races on Friday night for Fast Tack Friday's.

KOLLISION KORNER HORNETS
Heat#1-1.Dale Porter,Floris 2.Larry Hopkins,Ottumwa 3.Ryan Moore,Centerville 4.Ethan Hustead, Colony,Mo. 5.Jim Garrett,Ottumwa 6.Keith Engle,Moravia

Heat#2-1.Andrew Hustead,Rutledge,Mo. 2.Gene Irwin,Bloomfield 3.Ryan Yahnke,Bloomfield 4.Kevin Garrett,Bloomfield 5.Matt Moore,Ottumwa

A-Feature 1.Porter 2.A.Hustead 3.Hopkins 4.Yahnke 5.Ryan Moore 6.Irwin 7.J.Garrett 8.E.Hustead 9.K.Garrett 10.Matt Moore 11.Engle

KIRKLAND AUTO USRA HOBBY STOCKS
Heat#1-1.Jimmy Hayes,Moravia 2.Don Nunnikhoven,Sully 3.Steve Allen,Oskaloosa 4.Mike Shelton,Ottumwa 5.Mike Leffler,Ankeny 6.Rust Sands,Unionville,Mo. 7.Clint Heidenwith,Unionville 8.Shannon Sample,Milton 9.Dustin Griffiths,Ottumwa

Heat#2-1.Jim Sulser,Centerville 2.Jim Walker,Mystic 3.Jason McDaniel,Eldon 4.Chase Mitrisin, Osky 5.Robby Sands,Centerville 6.Shawn Smothers,Albia 7.Rick Wilson,Ottumwa 8.Rick Sands, Milan,Mo.

A-Feature 1.McDaniel 2.Allen 3.Walker 4.Hayes 5.Sulser 6.Shelton 7.Griffiths 8.Leffler 9.Heidenwith 10.Smothers 11.Robby Sands 12.Wilson 13.Sample 14.Nunnikhoven 15.Mitrisin 16.Rusty Sands 17.Rick Sands

USRA B-MODIFIEDS
Heat#1-1.Paul Underwood,Ottumwa 2.Cody Townsend,Bloomfield 3.Gary Harward,Floris 4.Andrew Schroeder,Keswick

A-Feature 1.Schroeder 2.Underwood 3.Harward Townsend

HOUGLAND REPAIR SHOP USRA STOCK CARS
Heat#1-1.Matt Greiner,Washington 2.Ben Jones,Williamsburg 3.Pat Rachels,Knoxville 4.Chris Hawkins,Drakesville 5.Zack Vanderbeek,New Sharon 6.Tyler McClure,Floris 7.Pappy Evans,Kirksville.Mo.

Heat#2-1.Mike Robinson,Moravia 2.Phil McClure,Floris 3.Lonnie Taylor,Bloomfield 4.Nathan Wood,Keswick 5.Mike McClure,Bloomfield 6.Shane Weller,Agency 7.Tanya Sederburg,Fairfield A-Feature 1.Greiner 2.Rachels 3.Weller 4.P.McClure 5.Hawkins 6.T.McClure 7.Vanderbeek 8.Taylor 9.M.McClure 10.Wood 11.Sederburg 12.Robinson 13.Jones 14.Evans

SPILMAN AUTO PARTS USRA MODIFIEDS
Heat#1-1.Jody Wood,Donnellson 2.Richie Gustin,Marshalltown 3.David Holder,Clarence,Mo 4.Steve Stewart,Washington 5.Brandon Banks,Washington 6.Jim Redmann,Lockridge 7.Tyler Vandekamp,Knoxville

Heat#2-1.Ryan Meyer,Liberty,IL. 2.Scott Dickey,Packwood 3.Zack Vanderbeek,New Sharon 4.Jim Lynch,Bloomfield 5.Jeff Hoffman.Ottumwa 6.Porter Collins,Clarence,Mo.

A-Feature 1.Vanderbeek 2.Stewart 3.Gustin 4.Holder 5.Wood 6.Lynch 7.Meyer 8.Dickey 9.Hoffman 10.Banks 11.Collins 12.Vandekamp 13.Redmann