HAWKEYE DOWNS SPEEDWAY NEWS RELEASE

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TEENS DOMINATE HAWKEYE DOWNS WIN CHART HEADING INTO WEEK THREE

(Cedar Rapids, IA 05/08/06)—The youth movement is alive and well at Hawkeye Downs Speedway heading into week three of the Papa Johns Cup Iowa Wireless Championship. Landon Cassill of Fairfax, IA, Griffin McGrath of Cedar Rapids, IA, and Ross Zumbach of Racine, MN are among the latest drivers in the teen category to score feature wins at Hawkeye Downs.

This week is the ‘100.7 The Fox Free Race’ and features racing in all six divisions. Race fans can pick up free tickets during regular business hours at Hawkeye Harley Davidson, Hiway 965 & I-80 in Coralville, KXIC/KKRQ Studios, corner of Dubuque Street and I-80 in Iowa City and at WMT Studios on Collins Road in Cedar Rapids. For more information on locations consult the 100.7 The Fox website at www.thefox.net or tune in to 100.7.

For those that are unable to obtain free tickets regular tickets will be sold on race night as usual.

Scott Wennermark leads the points chase in Performance Concepts Late Models, holding a one point leader over Jeff King and Kyle Hinrichs. Landon Cassill and Curt Van Der Wal are close behind just 3 points behind the leader Wennermark.

In Budweiser Sportsmen, Andy Duggan has the lead with Martin Ballard just four points back, in second. Brian Franks sits in third, five points behind the leader.

The Miller Time Modified point battle is close also with Tim Plummer riding the top of the chart. Arlo Becker and Jim Hanson are tied just two points behind Plummer. Last week’s feature winner, Griffin McGrath is a scant four points behind the leader.

Brad Dvorak leads the Barron Motor Supply IMCA Stock Cars holding a four point margin over Randy Filling and Logan Hale. Bob Ahrendsen is in the thick of the battle six points behind the leader.

The other IMCA division, the Barron Motor Supply IMCA Hobby Stocks, shows Tim Dains with a three point cushion over Rodney Grother and Terry Shaffar. Kandi Floyd site just 6 points behind the leader heading into week three. Dains is the only repeat winner in any division this season.

Creston Williams holds a three point margin over Nathan Ballard in the Sunline Hornets. That division, together with the Hobby Stocks make up the Full Throttle Energy Drink Stars of Tomorrow Series at Hawkeye Downs. Roy Parker is in third, seven points back.

Grandstand Gates open and Practice starts at 6pm with Racing at 7pm.