SHRYOCK DOMINATES 2ND ANNUAL HOWARD COUNTY FAIR SUMMER CLASSIC

CRESCO, Iowa (June 21) -- Seven-time defending national champion Kelly Shryock scored a dominating victory Sunday as the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series invaded the Cresco (Iowa) Speedway for the 2nd Annual Howard County Fair Summer Classic. The win, worth $2,000 to the Fertile, Iowa, ace, was his 10th of the season in 22 starts and pushed his 2006 earnings to more than $30,000.

Mark Noble of Blooming Prairie, Minn., led the first two laps before surrendering the top spot to Shryock. From there, Noble was involved in a wild multi-car battle for the second- through fifth-place positions. Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon, Iowa, snared the runner-up paycheck for his best O’Reilly USMTS finish of the season, while 11th-starting Jason Hughes of Colcord, Okla., finished third ahead of Noble.

Blooming Prairie, Minn.'s Tommy Myer gave the standing-room-only crowd a thrill during the 35-lap main event. Coming from the 12th starting spot, Myer climbed as high as third midway through the race, but jumped the cushion in turn 1 and slipped all the way back to 10th. By race's end, however, Myer had clawed his way back up to a fifth-place finish.

UP NEXT: The “Best of the Best” invade the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa, tomorrow (Thursday, June 22) for a tape-delayed nationally-televised event. Seven nights of racing over eight days wraps up with a bang on Friday, June 23, with the debut of the O’Reilly USMTS Modifieds at the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa.

For more information, or to learn more about the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series, call (515) 832-7944 or visit www.USMTS.com online.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series
2nd Annual Howard County Fair Summer Classic
Cresco Speedway, Cresco, Iowa
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 12 drivers in Home Pride Passing Points accumulated in the heat races are locked into the Holley “A” Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for starting positions 1-8.


ISKY RACING CAMS HEAT #1 (10 laps):
1. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (2)
2. 66 - Dan Bohr -- Decorah, IA (8)
3. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (6)
4. 2 - Joey Schaefer -- Waterloo, IA (7)
5. 28t - Todd Ihde -- Decorah, IA (1)
6. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (3)
7. 72 - Douglas Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (4)
8. X - Mike Wedelstadt -- Hortonville, WI (5)
9. 93 - Craig Haupt -- Sumner, IA (9)

HEAT #2 (10 laps):

1. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (5)
2. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (6)
3. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (1)
4. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (3)
5. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (2)
6. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (8)
7. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (4)
8. 1d - Mel Saffran -- Farley, IA (7)
9. 21 - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA (9)

HEAT #3 (10 laps):

1. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (2)
2. 35 - Ron Konkel -- Caledonia, MN (5)
3. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (8)
4. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (4)
5. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (7)
6. 7m - Michael Darnall -- West Union, IA (6)
7. 23 - Matt Gilbertson -- Montevideo, MN (3)
8. 21d - Dan Drury -- Eldora, IA (1)
9. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (9)

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #1 (10 laps, top 5 advance):

1. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (2)
2. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (3)
3. 72 - Douglas Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (4)
4. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (1)
5. 23 - Matt Gilbertson -- Montevideo, MN (5)
6. 1d - Mel Saffran -- Farley, IA (6)
7. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (8)
8. 93 - Craig Haupt -- Sumner, IA (7)

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #2 (10 laps, top 5 advance):

1. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (2)
2. 28t - Todd Ihde -- Decorah, IA (1)
3. X - Mike Wedelstadt -- Hortonville, WI (5)
4. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (4)
5. 7m - Michael Darnall -- West Union, IA (3)
6. 21d - Dan Drury -- Eldora, IA (6)
7. 21 - Layne Meyer -- West Union, IA (7)

HOLLEY "A" MAIN (35 laps):

1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (4)
2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (6)
3. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (11)
4. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (2)
5. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (12)
6. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (5)
7. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (8)
8. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (10)
9. 35 - Ron Konkel -- Caledonia, MN (7)
10. X - Mike Wedelstadt -- Hortonville, WI (18)
11. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (15)
12. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (1)
13. 66 - Dan Bohr -- Decorah, IA (3)
14. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (20)
15. 1d - Mel Saffran -- Farley, IA (23)
16. 72 - Douglas Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (17)
17. 7m - Michael Darnall -- West Union, IA (22)
18. 14j - Jake Neal -- Omaha, NE (13)
19. 2 - Joey Schaefer -- Waterloo, IA (9)
20. 23 - Matt Gilbertson -- Montevideo, MN (21)
21. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (19)
22. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (14)
23. 28t - Todd Ihde -- Decorah, IA (16)


AMSOIL Lap Leaders: Noble 1-2, Shryock 3-35.
Total Laps Led: Shryock 33, Noble 2.
Provisional Starters: Saffran (national).
Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: Saffran (started 23rd, finished 15th).
Next Race: June 22, Adams County Speedway, Corning, Iowa.

O’Reilly National Driver Points (top 10): Shryock 2081, Noble 1890, Myer 1826, Ruter 1751, VanderBeek 1631, Tesch 1608, Mahlstedt 1500, McEwan 1488, Wedelstadt 1412, Al Hejna 1285.

Reich Concrete/Yeager Machine Northeast Region Points (top 10): Shryock 511, Myer 478, VanderBeek 446, Ruter 417, Wedelstadt 348, McEwan 340, Noble 332, Poidinger 295, Gilbertson 291, Hejna 269.

Home Pride Passing Points - National (top 5): Ruter 88.5, Shryock 88.5, Myer 82.5, Noble 78.0, Jason Friesen 73.5.

Home Pride Passing Points - Northeast (top 5): Shryock 28.5, Noble 22.5, VanderBeek 18.0, Mike Sorensen 16.5, McEwan 13.5.

Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the Year Points (top 5):Jason Friesen 369, Poidinger 295, Gilbertson 257, Mike Steensma 225, Jeff Schluetter 214.

UNIJIG Builders Championship Points (top 5): Skyrocket 206, Kraft 167, Hughes 152, GRT 126, Bullet 102.



Contingency Awards:

Bassett Racing Wheel – Hughes.
Belleville Motorsports – not awarded.
Boyer’s Engine Development – Shryock.
Dynatech Racing Exhaust – Shryock, VanderBeek.
Edelbrock – Shryock, VanderBeek.
Fast Shafts – Myer.
GRT Race Cars – M. Hejna.
Isky Racing Cams – M. Hejna.
KEVKO Oil Pans & Components – Noble.
KSE Racing Products – Holzkamper.
Larson Racing Specialists – Bohr.
Marsh Racing Wheels – not awarded.
QuickTime Performance Parts – Ruter.
RaceQuest – Shryock.
Real Racing Wheels – Neal, Mahlstedt.
T.A.R. Race Car Bodies – Wedelstadt.
UNIJIG – Ruter.



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