THRASHER WINS FIRST EVER RACE
By Scott Watson

ELDON, IA (May 6, 2006) – Sometimes it takes a driver several races before they make it into the winners circle but that wasn't the case for Danny “The Dude” Thrasher of Agency who picked up his first career feature win this past Saturday night at The Eldon Raceway. Also making the trip to victory lane was Dale Porter of Floris, Jim Brown of Fremont and Ken Bryant of Ottumwa on night number two of the 2006 racing season which was sponsored by Boitnott Enterprises, Quality Air Heating and Cooling, Libertyville Saving Bank and Professional Computer Solutions.

Thrasher went to the lead of the Hobby Stock main event on the second lap and built an almost- straightaway lead until a pack of four cars reeled him in making it a five-car battle for the top spot the final two laps. Those five cars diced it out with Thrasher coming out on top for his first win in just his sixth career race. In a scramble to the the finish line Mark Wirth of Chariton came across in second with Rocky Fosdyck of Selma in third just inches ahead of Dennis Greenfield of Ottumwa in fourth.
Porter's win came in the 4-Banger division and it was a battle between he and night number one's winner, Steve Williams of Fairfield. Porter and Williams swapped the race lead numerous times during the eight-lap event with Porter putting his orange and white number 31 to the lead for good with one lap remaining. Williams tried to make one last passing attempt on the last lap but was unable to get close enough to Porter and had to settle for the runner-up spot. Travis Tedrow of Batavia had a solid third place finish while Jim Garrett of Ottumwa tallied in fourth.

Brown went to the lead of the Stock Car feature on the first lap from his inside second row starting position and led the field around the Super 1/2 Mile the enitre 14-lap race for the victory. Dave Bennett of Bloomfield made several passing attempts on Brown the first 10 laps but dropped back several car lenghths when he spun in turn two but continued without causing a yellow flag. Bennett finished in second with Leon McCombs of Knoxville in third and T.J. Bainbridge of Eldon in fourth.

Bryant worked his way through the Modified field from his outside fourth row starting position to the lead on the fourth circuit. Bryant would duke-it-out on the track for the lead with Brandon Banks of Washington for sixlaps to seal the deal. Bryant survived several restarts for his first victory at Eldon in 2006. Banks finished in second place with Dennis Elliott of Mt. Ayr in third and Todd Holman of Ottumwa in fourth.

Races resume this Saturday night with hot laps at 7 p.m. and races at 7:30.

4 BANGERS
Heat #1 – 1, Dale Porter, Floris; 2, Steve Williams, Fairfield; 3, Codey Phillips, Rhodes;
Heat #2 – 1, Kevin Garrett, Bloomfield; 2, Mark Williams, Fairfield; 3, Derek Randall, Washington;
Feature – 1, Porter; 2, S. Williams; 3, Travis Tedrow, Batavia; 4, Jim Garrett, Ottumwa; 5, M. Williams; 6, K. Garrett; 7, Randall; 8, Phillips;

HOBBY STOCKS
Heat #1 – 1, Jamie Orwig, Chariton; 2, Kevin Cook, Ottumwa; 3, Jared Curry, Fremont;
Heat #2 – 1, Rocky Fosdyck, Selma; 2, Jimmy Hayes, Moravia; 3, Dennis Greenfield, Ottumwa;
Heat #3 – 1, Mark Wirth, Chariton; 2, Jason McDaniel, Eldon; 3, Danny Thrasher, Agency;
Feature – 1, Thrasher; 2, Wirth; 3, Fosdyck; 4, Greenfield; 5, McDaniel; 6, Curry; 7, Dustin Griffiths, Ottumwa; 8, Hayes; 9, Cook; 10, Paul Underwood, Ottumwa; 11, Steve Adams, Chariton; 12, Tory Mathis, Oskaloosa; 13, Orwig; 14, Lance Meyer, Ottumwa; 15, Rick Wilson, Ottumwa; 16, Nathan Olinger, Floris; 17, David Vass, Eldon; 18, Corey Brown, Ottumwa; 19, Shawn Coleman, Packwood; 20, Brad Prado, Ottumwa;

STOCK CARS
Heat – 1, Randy McClure, Eldon; 2, Jim Brown, Fremont; 3, Dave Bennett, Bloomfield;
Feature – 1, Brown; 2, Bennett; 3, Leon McCombs, Knoxville; 4, T.J. Bainbridge, Eldon; 5, McClure; 6, Jim Redmann, Lockridge;

MODIFIEDS
Heat #1 – 1, Dennis Elliott, Mt. Ayr; 2, Todd Holman, Ottumwa; 3, Jim Redmann, Lockridge;
Heat #2 – 1, Scott Dickey, Packwood; 2, Kyle Harwood, Oskaloosa; 3, Ken Bryant, Ottumwa;
Feature – 1, Bryant; 2, Brandon Banks, Washington; 3, Elliott; 4, Holman; 5, Redmann; 6, Lance Schlicher, Fairfield; 7, Dustin Clark, Eldon; 8, Tyler Vandekamp, Knoxville; 9, Jim Brown, Altoona; 12, Jon Orwig, Ottumwa;