KASSON, Minn. -- The O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series made their season debut at the Dodge County Speedway on Sunday night, and with more than a dozen caution flags for crashes, mechanical failures and failed starts, Tommy Myer was right where he needed to be to avoid all of it.

The Blooming Prairie, Minn., crowd pleaser started on the pole for Sunday's 35-lap main event of the 5th Annual Minnesota Spring Fling, and he never relinquished the lead.

While Myer pocketed $2,000 and captured his first checkered flag of the 2006 season. Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon, Iowa, also recorded his best finish of the 2006 campaign with a second-place showing after executing a late-race pass of seven-time defending O’Reilly USMTS national champion Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa.

Clear Lake, Iowa's Al Hejna nabbed his third top-5 finish in the last four races with a fourth-place finish while Mike Sorensen of Rochester, Minn., rebounded from an early tire problem to capture the fifth spot.

The final night of five straight Memorial Weekend races for the O’Reilly USMTS wraps up on Monday, May 29, at the Pritchard Family Auto Stores Hancock County Speedway for the Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Memorial Day Shootout, and the final O’Reilly USMTS show of the 2006 season at the popular Britt, Iowa, facility. Monday's event will pay $2,000 to win.

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.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS

O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series

5th Annual Minnesota Spring Fling

Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, Minn.

Sunday, May 28, 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 (8 laps):

1. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (2)

2. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (1)

3. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (6)

4. 1r - Ryan York -- Racine, MN (5)

5. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN (8)

6. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (3)

7. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (7)

8. 1 - Dan Chapman -- Clarence, IA (9)

9. 75 - James Parker -- Dodge Center, MN (10)

10. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- W. Concord, MN (4) DNF

HEAT #2 (8 laps):

1. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (8)

2. 23k - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN (2)

3. 00eh - Steve Arpin -- Fort Frances, ON, CAN (4)

4. 21x - Joe Wernecke -- Dodge Center, MN (3)

5. 2m - Dave Mass -- Brainerd, MN (1)

6. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (7)

7. 27 - Ben Rippentrop -- Hayfield, MN (5)

8. 42 - Tom Paulson -- Kasson, MN (9)

9. 54 - Bobby Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (6) DNF

HEAT #3 (8 laps):

1. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (7)

2. 7e - Neil Eckhart -- Rochester, MN (6)

3. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (2)

4. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (3)

5. 23 - Matt Gilbertson -- Montevideo, MN (9)

6. 45 - Todd Scharkey -- Kasson, MN (5)

7. 1k - Pat Graham -- Ames, IA (8)

8. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (4) DNF

9. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (1) DNF

HEAT #4 (8 laps):

1. 65 - Tommy Myer -- Blooming Prairie, MN (3)

2. 51 - Chris Oertel -- Marshfield, WI (5)

3. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (8)

4. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (7)

5. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (1)

6. X - Mike Wedelstadt -- Hortonville, WI (2) DNF

7. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (9) DNF

8. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (6) DNF

9. 4x - Kevin Larkins -- Greenwood, NE (4) DNS

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #1 (12 laps, top 6 advance):

1. 1r - Ryan York -- Racine, MN (2)

2. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (1)

3. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (7)

4. 21x - Joe Wernecke -- Dodge Center, MN (3)

5. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (8)

6. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- W. Concord, MN (13)

7. 2m - Dave Mass -- Brainerd, MN (4)

8. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (5)

9. 75 - James Parker -- Dodge Center, MN (11) DNF

10. 1 - Dan Chapman -- Clarence, IA (9) DNF

11. 45 - Todd Scharkey -- Kasson, MN (6) DNS

12. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (10) DNS

13. 18s - Brent Bohmont -- Martell, NE (12) DNS

REAL RACING WHEELS "B" MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 6 advance):

1. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN (2)

2. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (3)

3. X - Mike Wedelstadt -- Hortonville, WI (6)

4. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (5)

5. 23 - Matt Gilbertson -- Montevideo, MN (1)

6. 1k - Pat Graham -- Ames, IA (7)

7. 0 - Les Duellman -- Winona, MN (4)

8. 54 - Bobby Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (11)

9. 42 - Tom Paulson -- Kasson, MN (9)

10. 27 - Ben Rippentrop -- Hayfield, MN (8)

11. 21m - Dean Mahlstedt -- Clear Lake, IA (10) DNS

12. 4x - Kevin Larkins -- Greenwood, NE (12) DNS

HOLLEY "A" MAIN (35 laps):

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

2. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (12)

3. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (7)

4. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (8)

5. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (2)

6. 00eh - Steve Arpin -- Fort Frances, ON, CAN (11)

7. 24 - Brad Waits -- Zumbrota, MN (14)

8. 90 - Steve Wetzstein -- W. Concord, MN (23)

9. 1 - Dan Chapman -- Clarence, IA (26)

10. 1k - Pat Graham -- Ames, IA (24)

11. 26 - Brad McEwan -- Storm Lake, IA (3)

12. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (9)

13. X - Mike Wedelstadt -- Hortonville, WI (18)

14. 1f - Jason Friesen -- Sutton, NE (20)

15. 1r - Ryan York -- Racine, MN (13)

16. 4r - Ron Ver Beek -- Oskaloosa, IA (21)

17. 51 - Chris Oertel -- Marshfield, WI (6)

18. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (25)

19. 42 - Tom Paulson -- Kasson, MN (27)

20. 21x - Joe Wernecke -- Dodge Center, MN (19) DNF

21. 23k - Darwin Karau -- Kasson, MN (10) DNF

22. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (15) DNF

23. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (17) DNF

24. 7ii - Mike Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (5) DNF

25. 555 - Ryan Ruter -- Forest City, IA (16) DNF

26. 7e - Neil Eckhart -- Rochester, MN (4) DNF

27. 23 - Matt Gilbertson -- Montevideo, MN (22) DNF

AMSOIL Lap Leaders: Myer 1-35.

Total Laps Led: Myer 35.

Provisional Starters: Poidinger (regional), Chapman (national), Paulson (track).

Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: Chapman (started 26th, finished 9th).

Next Race: May 29, Pritchard Family Auto Stores County Speedway, Britt, Iowa.

O’Reilly National Driver Points (top 10): Shryock 1501, Noble 1444, Ruter 1297, Myer 1257, Jon Tesch 1196, Friesen 1190, A. Hejna 1156, VanderBeek 1139, McEwan 1132, Mahlstedt 1096.

Reich Concrete/Yeager Machine Northeast Region Points (top 10): Shryock 305, Myer 288, VanderBeek 262, A. Hejna 256, Ruter 253.

Home Pride Passing Points - National (top 5): Myer 73½, Friesen 70½, A. Hejna 67½, Ruter 66, Shryock 66.

Home Pride Passing Points - Reich Concrete/Yeager Machine Northeast Region (top 5): Shryock 19½, M. Sorensen 16½, McEwan 13½, Waits 10½, A. Hejna 10½.

Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the Year Points (top 5): Friesen 356, Jeff Schluetter 214, Mike Steensma 200, Gilbertson 177, Poidinger 165.

UNIJIG Builders Championship Points (top 5): Skyrocket 149, Kraft 122, Hughes 104, GRT 92, BMS 79.

Contingency Awards:

Bassett Racing Wheel – Shryock.

Belleville Motorsports – not awarded.

Boyer’s Engine Development – Myer.

Dynatech Racing Exhaust – Myer, VanderBeek.

Edelbrock – Myer, VanderBeek.

Fast Shafts – M. Sorensen.

GRT Race Cars – Arpin.

Isky Racing Cams – M. Hejna.

KEVKO Oil Pans & Components – A. Hejna.

KSE Racing Products – Wetzstein.

Larson Racing Specialists – Wedelstadt.

Marsh Racing Wheels – not awarded.

QuickTime Performance Parts – Waits.

RaceQuest – Myer, Mass, Duellman.

Real Racing Wheels – York, Waits.

T.A.R. Race Car Bodies – not awarded.

UNIJIG – A. Hejna.