FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. - The O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series paid its inaugural visit to the Tri-Oval Speedway on Friday before a jam-packed grandstands of hungry race fans. Experience on the uniquely-configured 3/8-mile semi-banked tri-oval proved to be valuable to the tune of $2,000 to Todd Scharkey of Kasson, Minn., who held off Mike Sorensen of Rochester, Minn., for the victory.

Scharkey and Sorensen finished in that same order last Friday, May 25, during a regular USRA Modified weekly show at the Fountain City, Wis., speedplant.

Sorensen got the advantage at the drop of the green flag to start the 35-lap main event, but his reign was short-lived as Scharkey blasted into the lead on lap 6. From there, Scharkey flawlessly negotiated the tricky track to score his third career O’Reilly USMTS victory.

Mark Noble of Blooming Prairie, Minn., recorded his best O’Reilly USMTS finish of the season in third, while eight-time defending O’Reilly USMTS national champion Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, raced from ninth to fourth. Jason Hughes of Colcord, Okla., pocketed the fifth-place paycheck. Sixth through 10th were Al Hejna, Zack VanderBeek, Bob Timm, Tommy Weder Jr. and Paul Hamernik.

The next stop for the O’Reilly USMTS will be Tuesday, June 12, for the 2nd Annual Allison Clash - a Yeager Machine Northeast Region tilt at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa. Pit gates will open at 4:30 p.m. and grandstand gates will swing open at 5:00. Hot laps start at 6:30 and the first green flag is scheduled to wave at 7:00. 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.

Tuesday's event at Allison will also feature the high-powered USRA Late Models co-headlining the evening with a $2,000-to-win main event of their own. Also on the card will be USRA B-Mods ($400 to win) and USRA Hobby Stocks ($300 to win).

NOTES:

• Six different chassis builders were represented among the top-6 finishers. Shryock's Skyrocket Chassis continues to lead the 2007 Builders Championship, followed by Hughes Racing Chassis, TRE Chassis, Harris Auto Racing and GRT Race Cars.

• Paul Hamernik of Winona, Minn., earned the Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger honors as he raced to a 10th-place finish from 18th on the starting grid.

• Friday's event wrapped up a swing of five straight nights with the fifth different winner of the week. Shryock's fourth-place finish Friday was his lowest main event finish of the week. He won at the Adams County Speedway on Tuesday, and finished second on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

• The rugged O’Reilly USMTS road warriors get a three-day break before resuming battle on Tuesday at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa. This event will be the first of 10 races in 11 days, with the swing wrapping up at the Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn. 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.

• Shryock is setting the standard again this year as he seeks his unprecedented ninth O’Reilly USMTS crown. With 18 National Events in the books, he has seven wins and 17 top-5 finishes and leads every statistical category but one: he's third behind Jason Hughes and Johnny Bone Jr. in Home Pride Passing Points in the Southern Region.

• Shryock will celebrate his 42nd birthday at the I-70 Speedway in Odessa, Mo., on June 13. Other O’Reilly USMTS National drivers celebrating birthdays in June include Randy Timms (37 years old) on June 13, Jon Tesch (31) and Jeff Schluetter (43) on June 16, Tommy Myer (42) on June 17, Brad Pinkerton (35) on June 20 and Tony Fraise (41) on June 24.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Tue Jun 12 ... Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, IA ($2,000 to win)
Wed Jun 13 ... I-70 Speedway Dirt Track, Odessa, MO ($2,000 to win)
Thu Jun 14 ... L A Raceway, LaMonte, MO ($2,000 to win)
Fri Jun 15 ... Bolivar Speedway USA, Bolivar, MO ($2,000 to win)
Sat Jun 16 ... Lebanon I-44 Speedway, Lebanon, MO ($2,000 to win)
Sun Jun 17 ... Monett Speedway, Monett, MO ($2,000 to win)
Tue Jun 19 ... Park Jefferson Speedway, Jefferson, SD ($2,000 to win)
Wed Jun 20 ... Huset’s Speedway, Brandon, SD ($2,000 to win)
Thu Jun 21 ... Casino Speedway, Watertown, SD ($2,000 to win)
Fri Jun 22 ... Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, IA ($2,000 to win)
Sat Jun 23 ... Nobles County Speedway, Worthington, MN ($2,000 to win)

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.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series
National Event - Yeager Machine Northeast Region
Tri-Oval Speedway, Fountain City, Wis.
Friday, June 8, 2007

Showing finishing position, car number, driver, hometown and starting position in parentheses. The top 12 drivers in Home Pride Passing Points accumulated in the Heats 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. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (7)
2. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (8)
3. 44 - LeRoy Scharkey -- Rochester, MN (2)
4. 39 - Ben Anderson -- Winona, MN (1)
5. 36h - Paul Hamernik -- Winona, MN (4)
6. 55 - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (5)
7. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (3)
8. 58x - Jeff Rollinger -- Winona, MN (6)
9. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (9)

HEAT #2 (10 laps):
1. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (1)
2. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (3)
3. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (6)
4. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (4)
5. 11 - Kerry Ledebuhr -- Winona, MN (5)
6. 18 - Mick Glenn -- Minnesota City, MN (7)
7. 59 - Hank Rollinger -- Buffalo City, WI (8) DNF
8. 58 - Scott Vesely -- Mosinee, WI (2) DNF

HEAT #3 (10 laps):
1. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (2)
2. 45 - Todd Scharkey -- Kasson, MN (6)
3. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (1)
4. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (4)
5. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (8)
6. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (5)
7. 36 - Clyde Skenandore -- De Pere, WI (7) DNF
8. 97 - Bob Fort -- Fountain City, WI (3) DNF

REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN (12 laps, all advance):
1. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (1)
2. 18 - Mick Glenn -- Minnesota City, MN (4)
3. 11 - Kerry Ledebuhr -- Winona, MN (3)
4. 58x - Jeff Rollinger -- Winona, MN (10)
5. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (13)
6. 36h - Paul Hamernik -- Winona, MN (2)
7. 58 - Scott Vesely -- Mosinee, WI (11)
8. 36 - Clyde Skenandore -- De Pere, WI (9)
9. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (6) DNF
10. 55 - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (5) DNF
11. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (8) DNF
12. 59 - Hank Rollinger -- Buffalo City, WI (7) DNS
13. 97 - Bob Fort -- Fountain City, WI (12) DNS

HOLLEY “A” MAIN (35 laps):
1. 45 - Todd Scharkey -- Kasson, MN (4)
2. 19 - Mike Sorensen -- Rochester, MN (3)
3. 74 - Mark Noble -- Blooming Prairie, MN (6)
4. 3 - Kelly Shryock -- Fertile, IA (9)
5. 12 - Jason Hughes -- Colcord, OK (2)
6. 7 - Al Hejna -- Clear Lake, IA (7)
7. 33z - Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA (8)
8. 49 - Bob Timm -- Rolling Stone, MN (5)
9. 02 - Tommy Weder Jr. -- Woodward, OK (13)
10. 36h - Paul Hamernik -- Winona, MN (18)
11. 14 - Jon Tesch -- Watertown, SD (12)
12. 58x - Jeff Rollinger -- Winona, MN (16)
13. 5 - Steve Holzkamper -- Gentry, AR (21)
14. 17s - Mike Spaulding -- Bemidji, MN (17)
15. 49x - Jay Poidinger -- Somerset, WI (23)
16. 55 - Brian Shaw -- Brownsdale, MN (22)
17. 58 - Scott Vesely -- Mosinee, WI (19)
17. 18 - Mick Glenn -- Minnesota City, MN (14) DNF
19. 36 - Clyde Skenandore -- De Pere, WI (20) DNF
20. 39 - Ben Anderson -- Winona, MN (11) DNF
21. 31 - Corey Dripps -- Waterloo, IA (10) DNF
22. 11 - Kerry Ledebuhr -- Winona, MN (15) DNF
23. 44 - LeRoy Scharkey -- Rochester, MN (1) DNF
24. 59 - Hank Rollinger -- Buffalo City, WI (24) DNS
25. 97 - Bob Fort -- Fountain City, WI (25) DNS

AMSOIL Lap Leaders: Sorensen 1-5, T. Scharkey 6-35.
Total Laps Led: T. Scharkey 30, Sorensen 5.
AFCO Pole Award: Sorensen.
Provisional Starters: none.
Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger: Hamernik (started 18th, finished 10th).
Next Race: Tuesday, June 12, Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, Iowa.
O’Reilly National Points: Shryock 1798, VanderBeek 1393, Hejna 1205, Hughes 1165, Holzkamper 1156, Weder 993, Poidinger 905, Tesch 851, Cale Sponsler 722, Greg Skaggs 710.
Yeager Machine Northeast Region Points: Shryock 466, Hughes 408, Holzkamper 402, VanderBeek 383, Tesch 350, Greg Skaggs 346, Dripps 336, Weder 318, Chris Brown 300, Tommy Myer 288.
Home Pride Passing Points (National): Shryock 99.0, VanderBeek 60.0, Hughes 57.0, Hejna 54.0, Scott Green 42.0.
Home Pride Passing Points (Northeast): Shryock 27.0, Dripps 21.0, Hughes 19.5, Holzkamper 16.5, VanderBeek 16.5, Sorensen 16.5.
Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar Rookie of the Year Points: Cale Sponsler 210, Jay Noteboom 187, Scott Green 186, Ryan Gustin 167, Richie Gustin Jr. 165.
Builders Championship Points: Skyrocket 176, Hughes 131, TRE 83, Harris 66, GRT 64.

Contingency Awards:
Belleville Motorsports – not awarded.
Boyer’s Engine Development – not awarded.
GRT Race Cars – not awarded.
Hawk Performance – Timm.
Isky Racing Cams – Sorensen.
Kevko Oil Pans & Components – Hughes, Holzkamper.
KSE Racing Products –  Sorensen, Shryock.
Marsh Racing Wheels – not awarded.
Nitroquest Web Solutions - Noble.
Quarter Master – Weder.
QuickTime Performance Parts – VanderBeek.
Real Racing Wheels – Weder.

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USMTS TITLE SPONSOR: O’Reilly Auto Parts.

USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Race Tires, AMSOIL, Arizona Sport Shirts, Fast Company Performance, Holley Performance Products, Home Pride Companies, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, Marsh Racing Wheels, Nitroquest Web Solutions, Olympic Fire Protection, Real Racing Wheels, Rookies Rockin’ Sports Bar, Yeager Machine.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Boom Drilling, Borco LP, Day Motor Sports, Gressell Oil Field Services, Hughes Racing Chassis, KraftKar Race Cars, McVicker Oil Fields, Rinehart Trucking.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, Belleville Motorsports, Bilstein Shocks, Boyer’s Engine Development, Dynatech Racing Exhaust, GRT Race Cars, Hawk Performance, Hyperco, Isky Racing Cams, KSE Racing Products, Quarter Master, QuickTime Performance Race Parts, Racer’s Choice (RCI).