Selinsgrove Speedway

SELINSGROVE, Pa. July 29,2006 - Nate Snyder of Halifax drove to his second win of the season in the 25-lap 358 sprint car feature Saturday night at Selinsgrove Speedway. Snyder was driving the Godfrey Motorsports No. 5 for his 12th career win
at the track.

Dave Shulski of Shamokin wired the field for his first career win in the 25-lap late model feature. Matt Johnson of New Berlin scored his second win of the year in the 15-lap pro stock race, while Donnie Murphy of Minersville won his sixth 12-lap roadrunner race of the season.

Selinsgrove Speedway will host the National Sprint Tour at 7 p.m. on Saturday, August 5, featuring some of the world's best 410 sprint car drivers in a 30-lap, $10,000-to-win main event. Joining the 410 sprint cars will be the pro stocks in a $500-to-win event. Track gates will open at 4 p.m., with time trials for the sprint cars slated to begin at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by calling the speedway at 570.374.2999.

Polesitter Alan Spriggle powered into the lead at the start of the sprint car feature. Spriggle was trailed by second-place starter Doug Dodson and fourth-place starter Jordan Frontz. On a lap three restart, Scott Messimer's No. 49 got sideways and
collected second-place points driver Pat Cannon. On the ensuing restart, current point leader Blane Heimbach flipped over in his No. 12 after a front axle reportedly broke on his racer.

When the race resumed, Spriggle set the pace with Dodson, Frontz, Larry Kelleher and Bob Beidleman racing in the top five.

On lap 19, misfortune struck young rookie driver Frontz when his No. 19 veered into the frontstretch guardrail and flipped over several times. Frontz climbed from his racer uninjured.

On the lap 20 restart, eighth-place starter Nate Snyder passed Dodson for second and set his sites on race leader Spriggle. Snyder reeled in Spriggle and made the winning pass in turn two on the 22nd lap. Once in front, Snyder began to pull away from the field, posting a 3.87 second margin of victory over Spriggle, Dodson, Kevin Nagy and Jason Shultz.

A multi-car incident occurred in turn four at the start of the late model feature. On the subsequent restart, four-time winner Chris Shuey experienced mechanical problems with his No. 21 late model. When the race restarted, second-place starter Dave Shulski powered into the lead. Shulski was chased by polesitter Bobby Croop for the first eight laps before eight-place starter Jim Yoder advanced to second.

Jeff Rine, whose crew changed engines between qualifying events earlier in the night, moved into the third position with three laps remaining. At the finish, Shulski was victorious over Yoder, Rine, Colby Frye and Chris Wilkinson.

Fourth-place starter Matt Johnson led every lap of the pro stock feature with close competition behind him. On lap four, point leader Gary Beward was involved in a turn three spin and later rejoined the field.

Second-place driver Brad Trump was sidelined after a turn one altercation. Also involved were Troy Miller and Gerald Kratzer. When the race resumed, Johnson led third-place starter Larry Hare.

At the finish, Johnson was victorious by the slimmest of margins over Hare, AJ Hoffman, AJ Stroup and Jason Smith.

Second-place starter Dave Kamp led the first two laps of the roadrunner race before fourth-place starter Wendy Swartz took command of the field. Swartz was passed by ninth-place starter Donnie Murphy on lap eight for the lead. Murphy posted the win by .97 of a second over Matt Drum after a last-lap chase to the checkered flag. Doug Minium, Mark Spencer and Kamp rounded out the top five.

SELINSGROVE SPEEDWAY SUMMARY - 29 July 2006
358 Sprint Cars - 31 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 5 Nate Snyder 2) 42 Alan Spriggle 3) 43 Doug Dodson 4) 45 Kevin Nagy 5) 2 Jason Shultz 6) 6 Jim Nace 7) 7 Joey Borich 8) 10 Jeff Furlong 9) 63 Mike Walter 10) 76 Larry Kelleher 11) 99B Nyle Berkes 12) 11 Mark Zimmerman 13) 71 Charlie Anderson 14) 19 Jordan Frontz 15) 81 Bob Beidleman 16) 4C Steve Gettle 17) 99 Kyle Bachman 18) 12J Matt Beasley 19) 3G Jim Gearhart 20) 1N Brian Nornhold 21) 49 Scott Messimer 22) 3 Pat Cannon 23) 12 Blane Heimbach 24) 9 Scott Tate

Late Models - 26 Entries
25-Lap A-Main: 1) 4S Dave Shulski 2) 27 Jim Yoder 3) 2J Jeff Rine 4) F1 Colby Frye 5) 64 Chris Wilkinson 6) U10 Bud Witmer 7) 45 Eric Hons 8) 215 Al Shawver, Jr. 9) 32 Jeff Smith 10) 7 Dustin Hoffman 11) 0 Brett Schadel 12) 116 Travis Mease 13) 14M John Moser 14) 16 Jeff Black 15) 92 Randall Paxton 16) 38 Rob Baker 17) 6 Donnie Schick 18) 98 Bobby Croop
19) 90 Kyle Rhoads 20) 21 Chris Shuey 21) 1 Gary Beward 22) 88 Tony Adams 23) 44 Tony Smith 24) 7NY Alan Sagi
Heat Winners: Jeff Smith, Eric Hons, Chris Wilkinson
Consolation Winner: Jeff Rine

Pro Stocks - 25 Entries
15-Lap A-Main: 1) 70 Matt Johnson 2) 19H Larry Hare 3) 26 AJ Stroup 4) 21 AJ Hoffman 5) 28 Jason Smith 6) 54 Sammy Troup 7) 13 Chris Badger 8) 99 Peanut Heintzelman 9) 19 Gary Beward 10) 70G Bill Glass 11) 10 Gerald Kratzer 12) 8 John Wert 13) A18 Roger Stoneroad 14) 4 Jim Payne 15) 28J John Brouse 16) 01 Bill Aurand 17) 81 Todd Kiger 18) USA1 Lon Savage Jr. 19) 76 Brad Trump 20) 115 Troy Miller 21) 14X Bill Conrad 22) 14B Dave Brouse Jr. 23) 6 Dan Jensen 24) 6F Frank Reisser 25) 8B Harry Bell (DNS)
Heat Winners: Jason Smith, Brad Trump, Lon Savage Jr.

Roadrunners - 20 Entries
12-Lap A-Main: 1) 23D Donnie Murphy 2) 48 Matt Drum 3) 12 Doug Minium 4) 57 Mark Spencer 5) 9 Dave Kamp 6) 81 Wendy Swartz 7) 43 Hank Steffen 8) 17 Ray Rothfuss 9) 00 Nathan Engle 10) 31 Brandon Shultz 11) 19 Chad Davis 12) 44 Jim Collier Sr. 13) 00 Cory Long 14) 41D Dennis Conrad 15) 1 Kyle Miller 16) 11B Keith Bissinger 17) 3 Chris Herman 18) 69 Tim Campbell 19) 17B Mike Burkholder 20) 67 Anthony Munn Heat Winners: Cory Long, Donnie Murphy

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