CRESCO, Iowa -- Six-time defending O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series champion Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, picked up his third win in four races with a thrilling victory at the Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa.

The main event started with a first-lap first-turn melee that saw Tommy Myer, Darrin Welch and Shawn Ryan suffering enough damage to their cars to send them to the pits.

From that point on, Mike Chasteen of Creve Coeur, Ill., traded blows with Shryock. In the end, Shryock held the advantage and scored his series-best ninth O’Reilly USMTS feature win of the season and pocketed the $2,000 top prize. Chasteen had to settle for the runner-up spot.

Al Hejna of Clear Lake, Iowa, finished third after starting 13th on the grid, while local favorite Kevin Pittman of Waterloo, Iowa, finished where he started, in fourth. Dean Mahlstedt of Garner, Iowa, rounded out the top five finishers.

Corey Dripps of Waterloo, Iowa, earned the Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger honors, coming from the 23rd starting spot to finish 10th.

Next up for the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series is a stop at the Crawford County Speedway in Denison, Iowa, for the $2,000-to-win USMTS Western Iowa Fair Race at the lightning-fast half-mile oval on Wednesday, July 20.

For more information, check us out online at www.USMTS.com or call 515-297-3870 for up-to-the-minute schedule and weather information.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series

Featherlite Summer Challenge

Cresco Speedway, Cresco, Iowa

Sunday, July 17, 2005

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 will be locked into the Holley "A" Main, with the top 8 re-drawing for their starting positions.

HEAT #1:

1. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (4)

2. c40 - Mike Chasteen -- Creve Coeur, IL (2)

3. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (3)

4. 99f - Karl Fenske -- Winona, MN (1)

5. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (6)

6. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (5)

7. 70 - Matt Sweeny -- Waukon, IA (7)

HEAT #2:

1. 26p - Kevin Pittman -- Waterloo, IA (1)

2. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Garner, IA (3)

3. 5w - Darrin Walch -- Postville, IA (2)

4. 19x - Darin Duffy -- Hazelton, IA (7)

5. 91 - Shawn Ryan -- Waterloo, IA (4)

6. 72 - Douglas Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (6)

7. 1R - Ryan York -- Racine, MN (5) DNF

HEAT #3:

1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (3)

2. 50 - Brad Bakken -- Garner, IA (2)

3. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (4)

4. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (6)

5. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (1)

6. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (5)

HEAT #4:

1. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Kanawha, IA (6)

2. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)

3. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (2)

4. 7II - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (4)

5. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (5)

6. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (3)

"B" MAIN #1:

1. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (1)

2. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (6)

3. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (5)

4. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (3)

5. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (4)

6. 70 - Matt Sweeny -- Waukon, IA (7)

7. 99f - Karl Fenske -- Winona, MN (2) DNF

"B" MAIN #2:

1. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (1)

2. 91 - Shawn Ryan -- Waterloo, IA (3)

3. 7II - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (2)

4. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (4)

5. 72 - Douglas Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (5)

6. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (6)

7. 1R - Ryan York -- Racine, MN (7) DNS

"A" MAIN:

1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (3)

2. c40 - Mike Chasteen -- Creve Coeur, IL (6)

3. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (13)

4. 26p - Kevin Pittman -- Waterloo, IA (4)

5. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Garner, IA (5)

6. 7k - Jason Krohn -- Slayton, MN (2)

7. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (11)

8. 7II - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (18)

9. 35 - Jeff Schluetter -- New Hampton, IA (14)

10. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (23)

11. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (20)

12. 50 - Brad Bakken -- Garner, IA (7)

13. 72 - Douglas Hillson -- Blooming Prairie, MN (22)

14. 70 - Matt Sweeny -- Waukon, IA (24)

15. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (21)

16. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (15)

17. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (9) DNF

18. 91 - Shawn Ryan -- Waterloo, IA (16) DNF

19. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (17) DNF

20. 55 - Alan Mondus -- Lakeville, MN (19) DNF

21. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Kanawha, IA (1) DNF

22. 19x - Darin Duffy -- Hazelton, IA (10) DNF

23. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (8) DNF

24. 5w - Darrin Walch -- Postville, IA (12) DNF

Lap Leaders: .

Provisional Starters: Dripps, Sweeny.

Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: Dripps.

Next Race: July 20, Crawford County Speedway, Denison, Iowa.

Pro-Environmental Summer Challenge Contingency Awards:

Edelbrock - Shryock, Chasteen.

TCI Automotive - A. Hejna, Krohn.

ISKY Racing Cams - A. Hejna.

KEVKO Oil Pans & Components - not awarded.

GRT Race Cars - Mahlstedt.

QuickTime Performance Race Parts - Tesch.

KSE Racing Products - M. Hejna.

AERO Race Wheels - Noble.