BELLEVILLE, Il. (April 14, 2006) -  The second night of racing was held at Belle Clair Speedway with unusually warm weather. There were new cars in the pits and lots of people in the grandstands.

In the UMP Late Model division, there were 20 cars ready to race. In the first heat race, Don Klein took the win followed by John Paule, Jim Gibson, Dave Eaves, Brian Wolfmeier, Dan Dondero and Chris Winters. The second heat went to Aaron Kleine with Vince Grondzki, Ed Dixon, Bob Geashel, Mike Schulte and Bob Brown trailing. The third heat saw Brett Kreke take the victory while Mark Voigt, Kenny Rumble, Mike Hammerle, Dan Jacober and Rick Salter followed. The dash went to Kleine over Klein, Kreke, Paule, Voigt and Grondzki.

The 25 lap feature lined out with Grondzki and Kreke on the front row. With the dropping of the green flag, Kreke took the lead and never looked back. Grondzki, Klein and Voigt gave chase.

The first yellow came out on lap 11 when Eaves spun in turn three. Eaves parked his car after this. The running order was Kreke, Grondzki, Klein, Voigt, and Rumble in the top five.

With the race resuming, Kreke jumped out to a nice lead leaving the battle for second up for grabs. The remaining four cars battled for that position. Grondzki held on to second with Klein and Voigt fighting for that place. On the move was ninth starting Rumble to enter the top five and moving forward.

The next caution came on lap 13 for spinning Dondero in turn three. Kreke still had the lead with Grondzki, Klein, Voigt and Rumble in the top five.

With the green back out, Kreke pulled away again and left the field to battle for position. Klein moved into second during this run with Rumble getting by Voigt using the bottom of the track. However only one full lap got into the book before the next caution came out for Schulte and Winters in turns one and two. Now the running order was Kreke, Klein, Grondzki, Rumble and Voigt.

The green reappeared with Kreke pulling away and the battle behind him going on again. The move during this green flag period was by Rumble as he moved around Grondzki and then took Klein for second on the bottom.

The final caution came out on the front straight on lap 18 as Grondzki was running in the top five and using the top of the track for his groove, his car started to spin and as he start to block the track, Kleine came by and hit Grondzki on the driver side. Grondzki was done for the night after a good run. The running order now was Kreke, Rumble, Klein, Voigt and Dixon in the top five.

With seven laps to go, the green flag was back out and as he had done on each restart, Kreke was off and left everyone to battle for position. Over the last laps, Kreke ran a smooth race to take the checkered flag for his first win of 2006. Rumble finished second for his best finish ever at Belle Clair followed by Klein, the ageless one, Voigt and Dixon completing the top five.

In the UMP Modified class, there were 19 cars on hand. In the first heat race, Jesse Carson got the win over Bobby Bittle, Brett Korves, Dave Thorton, Jason Pritz, and Marty Smith Sr. In the second heat, Paul Reinneck took the checkers followed by Tom Ratajczyk, David Cann, Doug Wood, Chris Smith and David Seger. The third heat went to Marty Smith Jr. with Wayne Downing, Brian Bielong, Brad McKinnon, Chad Franenfelder and Chris Gray trailing. The dash went to Carson over Smith Jr., Bittle, Reinneck, Ratajczyk and Downing.

The 20 lap feature started with Carson and Ratajczyk on the front row. With the dropping of the green flag, Ratajczyk jumped into the lead. Downing, Bittle, Carson and Smith Jr. followed Ratajczyk in the early laps.

Ratajczyk went to the top as did most of the other cars. On lap 7, Smith Jr. slowed on the track with problem to bring out the only caution. The top five were Ratajczyk, Downing, Bittle, Carson and Reinneck.

With the green back out, Ratajczyk assumed command of the race. Downing was trying to put pressure on Ratajczyk, but that was just good racing. With most of the cars on the top, the cushion was getting moved closer to the wall. The car on the move was 14th starting Chris Smith. Smith move forward on the using the bottom and top.

As the laps clicked of, it appeared that Ratajczyk would win his first feature of the year. However, Ratajczyk slowed on lap 16 with a broken axle and pulled off the track giving Downing the lead. Downing went on to win his first feature in a Modified. Following Downing were Bittle, Carson, C. Smith and Reinneck to complete the top five.

There were 19 car in the UMP Sportsmen pits. In the first heat, Mike Harris took the win over Mike Seymour, Brian Shubirg, Adam Haas, Jimmy Cummins, Bob Link, and Jim Clark. In the second heat race, Tom Smallwood took the checkered flag followed by Shawn Seymour, Mike Jones, David Grzywacz and Jason Davinroy. The third heat saw Denny Tribout with the win over Joe Volluz, Ron Weidler, Paul Bauman, Dustin Homan, and Mike Kurtz. The dash went to Tribout Jr. followed by Harris, S. Seymour, Smallwood, Volluz, and M. Seymour.

The 15 lap feature started with Smallwood and Harris on the front row. With the dropping of the green flag, Harris jumped to the lead with Smallwood and Volluz in tow.

The caution filled event was not good for the drivers in the back. Several drivers did miss the problems and moved forward. 12th starting Bauman made a run to the front as did 13th starting Jimmy Cummins.

Harris took out his frustration from last week after blowing an engine and went on to win the feature with Bauman in second followed by Cummins, Shubirg, and Tribout to complete the top five.