USG Night Provides Action Packed Feature For Factory Stocks!!!
Points Battles Begin To HEAT UP!
by Larry Lowrey

KANSAS CITY, KS. (July 28, 2006) - When extra money is on the line, it can bring out the best in some drivers. For some drivers it can bring out the worst of times. Tim Shields is a driver that worked the 'bonus night' to his advantage, while picking up another Factory Stock feature win.

Starting from the 7th row inside doesn't put you down as one of the favorites going into the night. Tim Shields knew that his work was going to be cut out for him. A sub par performance the week before would keep him out of the top 12. It didn't worry him. He has come from the back of a feature to win before.

Multiple feature winner, Lynn Nelson looked like the driver to beat early. Hell early, he led for most of the race. To be exact, he led for most of the race and the last lap until the exit of turn 4.

"We got up to the high side and made it work," said Tim Shields, "... some people weren't able to work up there and we did."

"The caution really seemed to help us, without that we wouldn't have won," replied Shields, " Hats off to (Lynn) Nelson, he ran a good race."

As Shields ran Nelson down for the last lap, it was a solid bite out of turn number 4 that put him ahead of Nelson by a bumper at the flagstand.

Rounding out the top 5 were, Brian Mills in 3rd, 4th went to Terry Schmidt and Dave Holcomb rebounded to take 5th.

John Allen has been in contention for a win the last couple of weeks. Friday night he finally got the combination right as he would win the Modified Feature.

"That was a good race," said John Allen, "I did a lot of movin around early. I didn't want my tires sealin' up, he (Tim Powell) was good."

Allen spent most of the night working his way through traffic before getting to the top 3 cars and setting himself in for a battle with Tim Powell and Kerry Davis.

Powell jumped out to the early lead, while Davis and Allen swapped spots back and forth.

As Allen closed in on Powell, he was able to use lapped traffic to his advantage and gained the lead. Powell, unfortunately, would get tangled up with the lap car and bring out a yellow.

On the restart Allen drove to the lead. Davis put on a strong challenge, but would be thwarted everytime by the leader, Allen.

Allen would go onto victory, while Davis would finish 2nd. Tim Karrick would finish in the 3rd position. Also finding their way into the top 5 was Tom Charles 4th and Jeff Herbers 5th. Herbers' run was impressive considering he started 23rd on the field.

Unlike the weeks before, a new feature winner wasn't lurking around the corner in the Grand National division. Unfortunately for most Grand National competitors, Friday night's winner is regaining his old form.

Gene Claxton has won numerous features in his career. Don't tell him he is ready for retirement, don't tell him it's time to get into the rocking chair and don't tell him it's just time to hang it up! Claxton appears to have his driving skills still in tact. Friday night, he solidified his strangle hold on the Grand National points race.

Marshall Jewett, coming off a win at Linn County, started off with the early lead. Defending his territory, Jewett held off runs from several drivers. Until Claxton got to him.

On lap 13, Claxton made a run to pass Jewett. He was successful and he expanded the lead with each lap.

Scotty Martin mounted a late charge on the leader, but it was too late as the laps would wind down on him while in 2nd place.

Jewett settled for 3rd, Tim Billings, last week's winner, was 4th and Jimmy Winkler capped off a good run with a top 5 finish.

Racing action gets underway next Friday night at Lakeside Speedway. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. and races get started promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Grand National - Feature

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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 - 42 Gene Claxton Kansas City, Mo 50
2 - 25R Scotty Martin Independence , Mo 48
3 - 6 Marshall Jewett Gardner , Ks 46
4 - 25 Tim Billings Liberty , Mo 44
5 - 16 Jimmy Winkler Parkville , Mo 42
6 - 3B Nick Bidinger Perry , Ks 40
7 - 06C Keith Cobb, Jr. Olathe , Ks 38
8 - 32 Cody Owens Kansas City, Mo 36
9 - 99 Brad Dibben Kansas City, Mo 34
10 - 52 Jim Baker Leavenworth , Ks 32
11 - 75P Jason Park Kansas City, Ks 30
12 - 69 Steve Dibben Smithville , Mo 28
13 - 7B Phillip Bradshaw Kansas City, Mo 26
14 - 29E Gary Dellinger Westwood , Ks 24
15 - 33X Kevin Elam Liberty , Mo 22
16 - 33 Nicholas Newton Kansas City, Ks 20
17 - 94 Allan Lawrence Gardner , Ks 18
18 - 16$ Chad Lyle Lone Jack, Mo 16
19 - 63 Tim Huggins Lansing , Ks 14
20 - 26 Donnie Brown Lancaster , Ks 12
21 - 44 Ron Wagner Olathe , Ks 10
22 - 48G Dustin Gilbert Lawrence , Ks 8
23 - 20 Chris Parkinson Gladstone , Mo 6
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Modifieds - Feature

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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 - 98 John Allen Chanute , Ks 50
2 - 68 Kerry Davis Parkville , Mo 48
3 - 1 Tim Karrick Basehor , Ks 46
4 - 81 Tom Charles Bonner Springs, Ks 44
5 - 12P Jeff Herbers Holton , Ks 42
6 - 18R Rodney Sigg Iola , Ks 40
7 - 37Q Alison Quick Redding , Ia 38
8 - 1J Justin Boots Welda , Ks 36
9 - 53 John Baker Basehor , Ks 34
10 - 81J Danny Charles Bonner Springs, Ks 32
11 - 810 Jesse Wheeler Independence , Mo 30
12 - 3 Larry Harvey, Jr. Kansas City, Ks 28
13 - 45 Steve Brown Olathe , Ks 26
14 - 57 Tim Powell Lansing , Ks 24
15 - 15 John O'neal, Jr. - 22
16 - 19 Duane Walker, Sr. Merriam , Ks 20
17 - 57JR Dennis Melvin Basehor , Ks 18
18 - 51 Tom Mckay Kansas City, Mo 16
19 - 5 Scott Crystal Overland Park, Ks 14
20 - 1X Gene Claxton Kansas City, Mo 12
21 - 77J John Washburn Kansas City, Ks 10
22 - 18X Derrek Nadler Grain Valley, Mo 8
23 - 17 Mike Taylor Topeka , Ks 6
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Factory Stock - FS Bonus

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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 - 42T Tim Shields Kansas Citiy, Mo 50
2 - 22 Lynn Nelson Kansas City, Ks 48
3 - 69 Brian Mills Gladstone , Mo 46
4 - 46 David Holcomb Kansas City, Ks 44
5 - 44 Jay Kelly Kansas City, Ks 42
6 - 75 Brenn Wagner Baldwin City, Ks 40
7 - 5 Rusty Trimble Kansas City, Ks 38
8 - 73 Will Whisler Saturday Only, Ks 36
9 - 1 Matt Bachman Plattsburg , Mo 34
10 - 12S Scotty Moore Kansas City, Ks 32
11 - 11 Dan Courtney Mclouth , Ks 30
12 - 15 Troy Cannon Bonner Springs, Ks 28
13 8 40 Keith Jennings Lansing , Ks 26
14 - 56 Joe Smith, Jr Kansas City, Ks 24
15 - 1K Terry Karrick Kansas City, Ks 22
16 7 9 John Fugett Kansas City, Mo 20
17 - 9A Aaron Whitley Bonner Springs, Ks 18
18 - 54 Buz Kaster Kansas City, Ks 16
19 - 50 Ronald Caldwell Kansas City, Mo 14
20 - 21 Brandon Bradford Osawatomie , Ks 12
21 - 8 Jamie Custer Kansas City, Mo 10
22 6 66T Tyler Schmidt Shawnee , Ks 8
23 - 35 Greg Carey Kansas City, Ks 6
24 - 6 Michael Taylor Kansas City, Mo 0
25 - B1 Terry Schmidt Shawnee , Ks 0