TRAVIS FINKE SCORES FIRST 2006 WIN
TIPPS, REES, AND METZGER REPEAT

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Ia.  (May 5, 2006) - Travis Finke picked up his first IMCA feature win of 2006 after mechanical problems took him out of contention the first three weeks. Brian Tipps, Mike Rees, and Jody Metzger repeated. Rod Summy picked up his second win of the season after two tough weeks, being collected in a wreck two weeks ago, and rolling a back up car last week.

The IMCA Stock car feature saw three wide racing as soon as the green dropped and going through turns 1 and 2, causing a wreck coming out of turn 2. On the original restart, Travis Finke made it three wide going between Cole Simmons and Patrick Mincer coming out of turn 2 and taking the lead. Patrick Mincer followed in second and Brandon Jay in third. One lap later Jay took second with Rod Staats following in third. Tad Payne was running in fourth when Rod Staats was held up by lapped traffic, causing him to slide back. Finke holds on to pick up his first 2006 win, Jay takes second, with Tad Payne breaking his
second place finish streak (3 for 3) and slipping into third. Payne maintains the point lead and the battle heats up behind him with Summy in second and three way tie for third between Rod Staats, Brandon Jay, and Travis Finke.

Brian Tipps led the entire 4 cylinder feature picking up the win and making it two in a row. Randy Foor was holding the second place spot for the first few laps when a caution was out for Larry Koehler rolling in turn 4. Jarrod McMichael used the restart to go from fifth to second in his first appearance at the CJ Raceway this year. McMichael challenged Tipps for the lead for the next five laps, but Tipps was able to hold him off. Tipps takes the checkers with McMichael in second, and Foor in third. Wayne Nolbe maintains the point lead.

Brad Ewart was out front for the hobby stock feature with Mike Rees in second and Dustin Bliven in third. On lap 4, Rees went outside going into turn 3 to pass Ewart for first. Dustin Bliven got around Ewart also, but a caution came out for Craig Lamb and Brian Holmes in turn 4, putting Ewart back in escond. On the restart, Bliven is able to make the pass stick though, taking over second. Rees went on to win for the second week in a row, with Bliven taking second, and Darrin Ealey in third. However, Darrin Ealey and fourth place finisher Mike Cassabaum were disqualifed in tech. Brad Ewart who had slipped back throughout the race moves into third. Mike Rees breaks the tie and takes the point lead.

Fresh off his first late model feature win last week, Jody Metzger used his outside first row starting position to take the point in the late model feature. Michael Dominguez followed in second with Hal Russell in third. Metzger continued to pull away, picking up his second feature win in a row. Dominguez took second, his highest career feature finish, with Hal Russell in third. Jeff Guengerich is the point leader. Ron Boyse received the Pepsi Draw Award with Jeff Guengerich taking the Pepsi Hard Charger.

Rod Summy had a rough couple of weeks sustaining substantial damage in a wreck two weeks before causing him to run a back up car last week, and rolling on the first lap. His luck changed though as he lead the entire CJ Cruiser feature, picking up his second feature win of the season. Billy Faler was out front with Summy when he went around in front of the entire pack in turn 4, amazingly avoiding contact with the rest of the field. He was able to keep going, avoiding the caution, but ending up at the back of the back. He charged his way back up to third, before going over in turns 3 and 4, driving back on the track, avoiding another caution, but losing multiple spots. Summy takes the win, Josh Mohror follows in second, Matt Gomez third, and Faler makes his way back up to fourth. Gomez maintains the point lead.

CJ Raceway Relay For Life Favorite Driver for the IMCA Stock Car class will be next week.

Finishes for Friday, May 5, 2006

4 Cylinder
Heat 1 - 1. Brian Tipps, Wapello; 2. TJ Garrison, Wapello; 3. Jeremiah Smith, West Liberty; 4. Daniel Keltner, Wapello; 5. Mike Garrison, Columbus City; 6. James Roose, Grandview; 7. Rob Murray, Wapello; 8. Larry Koehler, Muscatine; 9. Andrew Theobald, Wapello; 10. Adrian McMullen, Brighton.

Heat 2 - 1. Jarrod McMichael, WEst Liberty; 2. James Malcom, Wapello; 3. Wayne Noble, Wapello; 4. Geoffrey Theobald, Wapello; 5. Randy Foor, Morning Sun; 6. Matt Duncan, New Boston, Illinois; 7. Tyler Nimrick, West Liberty; 8. Derek Randall, Washington; 9. Brett Timmerman, Wapello; 10. Alex Buffington, Wapello.

Feature - 1. Tipps; 2. McMichael; 3. Foor; 4. TJ Garrison; 5. Keltner; 6. Noble; 7. G. Theobald; 8. Murray; 9. M. Garrison; 10. Duncan; 11. Nimrick; 12. Roose; 13. McMullen; 14. Randall; 15. Smith; 16. Koehler.

Hobby Stock
Heat 1 - Darrin Ealey, Wapello; 2. Craig Lamb, Grandview; 3. Michael Frank, II, Columbus Junction; 4. Brian Holmes, Wapello; 5. Sky Griffith, Wapello. Heat 2 - 1. Mike Rees, Columbus Junction; 2. Mike Cassabaum, Iowa City; 3. Dustin Bliven, Columbus Junction; 4. Brad Ewart, Wapello; 5. Jeremy Tompkins, Columbus Junction.

Feature - 1. Rees; 2. Bliven; 3. Ewart; 4. Griffith; 5. Frank, II; 6. Winkel, Letts; 7. Tompkins; 8. Holmes; 9. Lamb.

IMCA Stock
Heat 1 - 1. Rod Staats, Columbus Junction; 2. Travis Finke, Columbus Junction; 3. Tad Payne, Muscatine; 4. Patrick Mincer, Columbus Junction; 5. Dale Tetmeyer, Bettndorf.

Heat 2 - 1. Shane Richardson, Morning Sun; 2. Brandon Jay, Columbus Junction; 3. Aaron Summy, New Boston, Illinois; 4. Shelly Mizell, Muscatine; 5. Cole Simmons, Morning Sun.

Feature - 1. Finke; 2. Jay; 3. Payne; 4. Summy; 5. Staats; 6. Richardson; 7. Simmons; 8. Tetmeyer; 9. Mizell; 10. Mincer.

Late Model
Heat 1 - 1. Jody Metzger, Muscatine; 2. Kevin Kile, West Liberty; 3. Jeff Guengerich, Washington; 4. Hal Russell, Blue Grass; 5. Michael Dominguez, Nichols.

Heat 2 - 1. Mick Wiele, West Liberty; 2. Matt Bodman, Nichols; 3. Ron Boyse, Kalona; 4. Matt Gilchrist, Grandview; 5. Andy Starkweather, Letts.

Feature - 1. Metzger; 2. Dominguez; 3. Russell; 4. Guengerich; 5. Kile; 6. Gilchrist; 7. Bodman; 8. Boyse; 9. Starkweather.

CJ Cruiser
Heat - 1. Billy Faler, Columbus Junction; 2. Rod Summy, Muscatine; 3. Josh Mohror, Columbus City; 4. Matt Gomez, Wapello; 5. Neill Robison, Crawfordsville; 6. Donnie Hawkins, Burlington; 7. Darrin Knight, Wapello; 8. Eric Johnson, Columbus Junction; 9. Gaylon Wheeler, Columbus Junction; 10. Bob Schwab, Columbus Junction.

Feature - 1. Summy; 2. Mohror; 3. Gomez; 4. Faler; 5. Schwab; 6. Hawkins; 7. Knight; 8. Wheeler; 9. Robison; 10. Johnson.