USRA LATE MODELS, O’REILLY USMTS MODIFIEDS SHARE SPOTLIGHT AT HIGHWAY 3 RACEWAY TUESDAY
by: Jeff Nun

ALLISON, Iowa (June 11) - A double dose of speed awaits racing fans this Tuesday, June 12, as the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, hosts the 2nd Annual Allison Clash featuring the USRA Late Models and O’Reilly USMTS Modifieds as they share the spotlight at the half-mile semi-banked oval.

Drivers in both classes will be chasing a main event win worth $2,000.

Eight-time defending national champion Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, heads up the list of O’Reilly USMTS hopefuls. Other drivers expected for this Yeager Machine Northeast Region tilt include Jason Hughes, Steve Holzkamper, Zack VanderBeek, Jon Tesch, Corey Dripps, Tommy Weder Jr., Tommy Myer, Jay Poidinger, Dean Mahlstedt, Mike Spaulding, Scott Vesely and many more.

Tuesday's event will be the first of 10 races in 11 days for the rugged O’Reilly USMTS road warriors, with the swing wrapping up at the Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn., on June 23. After that, drivers will have more than three weeks to recuperate before the next event at the Butler County Motorplex in Rising City, Neb., on Monday, July 16.

Among the entrants expected to challenge for the USRA Late Model top prize is points leader Chris Smyser of Lancaster, Mo. with five races in the books for 2007, Smyser is still hunting his initial win for the high-powered slingshots on dirt. Smyser can expect plenty of pressure at Allison, however, from the likes of Tommy Elston, Jeff Aikey, Todd McKee, Troy McKee, Jason Utter, Brian Harris, Chris Simpson, Curt Schroeder and many more.

Also on the card will be USRA B-Mods ($400 to win) and USRA Hobby Stocks ($300 to win) racing for national points in the USRA Casey's General Stores Weekly Racing Series.

Pit gates will open at 4:30 p.m. and grandstand gates will swing open at 5:30. Hot laps start at 6:30 and the first green flag is scheduled to wave at 7 p.m.

The Highway 3 Raceway is a half-mile semi-banked dirt tri-oval located 0.3 miles north of SR 3 on S. Main St. (towards downtown) at the Butler County Fairgrounds in Allison, Iowa.

Day-of-race info is available by calling the track hotline at (319) 267-9977 or visit www.highway3raceway.com  online.

For more information about the United States Racing Association (USRA), visit them online at www.usraracing.com . To learn more about the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series, call the headquarters office at (515) 832-7944 or visit www.usmts.com  online.