2006 Winston Speedway sweep to Al Purkey
by: Clint Brown

WINSTON, MO. (Sept. 16, 2006) - O'Reilly MLRA points leader Al Purkey stepped closer to picking up championship number five as he grabbed win number four on the season and also picked up the season sweep at Winston Speedway on Saturday night.

Purkey started on the pole for the thirty lap main event and quickly jumped out front and held on through two cautions periods to take the win ahead of championship rival Alan Vaughn. John Anderson picked up his best 2006 O'Reilly MLRA finish coming home third with David Turner and Chris Smyser rounding out the top five.

Purkey, Turner, Anderson, and Smyser picked up heat race wins in the 31 car field with Corey Zeitner copping the B feature victory.

After a week off the O'Reilly MLRA 2006 Thunder Tour will kick into high gear for one of the biggest racing weekends in the Kansas City area. Action kicks off on Thursday, September 28, with the 4th Annual Al Bodenhamer Memorial at Adrian Speedway followed up by two nights at Lakeside Speedway, on Friday and Saturday, for the Capital Federal Late Model Showdown September 29 & 30.

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Full Results
Winston Speedway
September 16, 2006

Heat 1
1) Al Purkey, 2) Bob King, 3) Scott Drake, 4) PJ Haskins, 5) Brett LaFollette, 6) Scott Daly, 7) Steven Clancy, 8) Jimmy Dowell

Heat 2
1) David Turner, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Tommy Cordray, 4) CJ Lyle, 5) Dick Weber, 6) Larry Clawson, 7) Mark Evinger, 8) Mike McCoy

Heat 3
1) John Anderson, 2) Shad Badder, 3) David Barker, 4) John Hampel, 5) Corey Zeitner, 6) Jason Estes, 7) Steve McDowell

Heat 4
1) Chris Smyser, 2) Jeff French, 3) Steve Kosiski, 4) Dale Eaton, 5) Jason Bodenhamer, 6) Sonny Findling, 7) Paul Glendenning

B Feature #1
1) Zeitner, 2) LaFollette, 3) Bodenhamer, 4) Findling

A Feature
1) Purkey, 2) Vaughn, 3) Anderson, 4) Turner, 5) Smyser, 6) Drake, 7) Hampel, 8) Bodenhamer, 9) Badder, 10) Weber, 11) LaFollette, 12) Lyle, 13) Barker, 14) Findling, 15) Clawson, 16) Zeitner, 17) Eaton, 18) Haskins, 19) Daly, 20) Kosiski, 21) Cordray, 22) French