LA Raceway and Winston Speedway up next for O'Reilly MLRA
by: Clint Brown

MLRA (Sept. 12, 2006) - The countdown continues to the end of the O'Reilly MLRA 2006 Thunder Tour and this coming weekend finds double the action as the series makes trips to LA Raceway and Winston Speedway on Friday and Saturday, September 25 & 16.

Friday night the O'Reilly MLRA pulls into LA Raceway, in LaMonte, MO for their second visit of the season. The first trip, in April, netted exciting racing as Terry Phillips came away with the win in his first visit to the Mike and Carolyn White owned facility. Al Purkey leads the contingent of O'Reilly MLRA regulars including Alan Vaughn, David Turner, David Barker, Jason Bodenhamer, and Chris Smyser as they take on the local contingent of drivers such as Chad Clark, Bryon Allison, and Kevin Kaiser for the win. Gates open at 5:00 pm with racing action set to get underway at 7:00 pm. Adult admission is only $12.00 with kids 6-12 $6.00 and under 6 are free. Pit passes for the night are only $25.00. Also seeing action on the night will be the weekly Street Stock and Hobby Stock divisions. For more information on LA Raceway visit them on the web at www.laraceway.com  or call 660-347-5222. From LaMonte, MO take SR 127 south off of 50 Hwy to Hwy Y, then 3.5 miles west.

A pull to the north and Winston Speedway, in Winston, MO, will be on tap for Saturday night. This will also be trip number two to the northern Missouri town where Al Purkey has battled for the win the last three times the O'Reilly MLRA has visited. Belton, MO's Alan Vaughn will be right on his heels and looking to close the points lead on a track that always sees exciting action from start to finish. Look for local standouts such as Tommy Cordray, Dale Eaton, and Jason Estes to come out to defend their home turf and take home the win. Winston Speedway will open the gates at 5:00 pm with racing taking to the track at 7:00 pm. General admission tickets are $13.00 with kids 4-12 $5.00 and those under 4 free. Pit passes for the evening will be $25.00. The night of racing action will also see the IMCA Modifieds, Grand Nationals, Stock Cars, and Hornets competing. For Winston Speedway information call them at 660-749-5373 or visit them at www.winstonspeedway.com. Winston Speedway is located on I-35 at exit 64 then .3 miles east on SR 6.

For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit us on the web at www.mlraracing.com  or by calling (816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.

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