Wayne Reutimann, Sr. scores O'Reilly USCS win at Lanier National Speedway on Saturday

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Wayne Reutimann, Sr. scores O'Reilly USCS win at Lanier National Speedway on Saturday

April 30, 2006 Braselton, GA. - After all the talk about the Hoosier Tire"Young Guns" and the youth movement drivers in the O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series, it was experience that lead that way as 60 year-old open wheel veteran Wayne Reutimann, Sr. from Zephyrhills, Florida won the 40-lap O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder feature race at Lanier National Speedway on Saturday night. Reutimann drove his #00 Case Contracting/Rivard GMC Pontiac past the pole-starter, twenty year-old Bryn Gohn from Malabar, Florida entering turn three on lap one and never looked back.

Two other veterans four-time O'Reilly USCS National champ Terry Gray and 1997 National Champion Red Stauffer chased the ageless open wheel legend to the finish line. In the early laps of the race, defending O'Reilly USCS Champion, Kenny Adams from Malabar, Florida, chased Reutimann, Sr. through lapped traffic staying just out of reach. It appeared that Adams was setting the stage for a showdown in the final laps, but suddenly on lap twenty-one Adams who had won both of the previous 2006 Asphalt Thunder main events slowed to a halt in turn four. This brought out the yellow flag for the second and final time of the race. Adams exited the race for what was later determined to be a driveline failure.

Gohn who had been running third assumed the runner-up spot for two laps before his team-mate Red Stauffer, who was actually driving Gohn's own dirt mount and CnB Mushroom Farms Fast Qualifier, Terry Gray went by on the backstretch after Gohn made contact with the wall on lap twenty three. On lap twenty-five nineteen year-old Ryan Myers from Eldorado, Ohio passed Gohn who appeared to be having severe handling problems for the fourth position. On lap twenty-seven twenty year-old Danny "Hammer" Martin, Jr. moved past Gohn's suddenly ill-steering ride into the top five.

The battle was on for the runner-up spot between Stauffer and Gray with the two young guns Myers and Martin in tow behind them. Gray slipped past the tire-smoking Stauffer on lap thirty-six and took up the chase after Reutimann, but the cagey veteran was gone towards a victory lane celebration four laps later. This was Reutimann's third O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour win since June 18th of 2005. At the line the final order was Reutimann, Sr. then, Gray in the runner-up spot, Stauffer followed in third, Ryan Myers was fourth and Danny Martin, Jr. completed the top five.

Bryn Gohn headed the next group in sixth, defending O'Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Champion, Wayne Reutimann, Jr. from Zephyrhills, Florida nursed a leaking right rear home to finish seventh. He Was followed by 2002 O'Reilly USCS Championship runner-up, Doug Day from Winder, Georgia in Eighth. Veteran, David Thorman from Greenville, South Carolina raced home in ninth and Skeeter Faulconer from Lutz, Florida, who finished seventh in the 2005 National standings rounded out the top ten.

Reutimann endured two cautions that bunched the field behind him, the first on lap two for a grinding crash when Matt Tiffany from Daytona Beach, Florida and Tom Winegardner, Jr. from Pierson, Florida collided entering turn three sending both into the wall. After some anxious moments Winegardner who at first appeared to have a broken leg was able to walk the injury off. Neither driver could continue, Winegardner's mount was totaled and Tiffany's was too badly damaged for a trackside repair. The second was for Adams mechanical failure on lap twenty-one.

The Huggins Cams Hard Charger Award went to Gray who passed six cars in the A-Main. Ryan Myers was awarded the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race (for drivers under 25 years old). The K&N Filters Pole Award recipient was Bryn Gohn. Robbie Skidmore from Tampa, Florida was the Robison Racing Rookie of the Race. Terry Gray was the CnB Mushroom Farms Fast Qualifier with a fast lap of 11.393 seconds around the 3/8 mile paved oval. The ten-lap Engler Tool and Machine First Heat was won by Kenny Adams. The ten-lap ButlerBuilt Second Heat went to Gohn.

The O'Reilly USCS www.uscsracing.com returns to action with the Asphalt Thunder Tour at the half mile paved South Georgia Motorsports Park www.sgmpracing.com in Cecil, GA on Saturday May 13th.

OFFICIAL RESULTS LANIER SPEEDWAY LANIER NATIONAL, GA 4/29/06:

POS  STRT   CAR#  DRIVER 	        HOMETOWN 	 LAPS
1.    2     99 	  Wayne Reutimann, Sr. 	Zephyrhills, FL   40
2.    8     10 	  Terry Gray 	        Bartlett, TN 	  40
3.    5	    4X	  Red Stauffer	        Winter Park, FL	  40
4.    9     56r   Ryan Myers 	        Eldorado, OH 	  40
5.    3     00 	  Danny Martin Jr. 	Sarasota, FL 	  40
6.    1     4b 	  Bryn Gohn(R) 	        Malabar, FL 	  40
7.    6     00 	  Wayne Reutimann, Jr. 	Zephyrhills, FL   27
8.   14	    2d	  Doug Day	        Winder, GA	  26
9.   11	     5	  David Thorman	        Greenville, SC	  26
10.  12      6 	  Skeeter Faulconer 	Lutz, FL 	  26
11.  13      4m   Aubrey Black 	        Lookout Mtn., TN  26
12.  15	     6F	  Robbie Skidmore	Tampa, FL	  24
13.   4	     4a	  Kenny Adams	        Malabar, FL	  21
14.  16	     11	  Tom Winegardner, Sr.	Pierson, FL	   2
15.   7      19t  Matt Tiffany 	Daytona Beach, FL 	   2
16.  	     11T  Tom Winegardner. Jr.	Pierson, FL	   2

LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Terry Gray
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Bryn Gohn
HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Terry Gray
(started 8th and passed 6 cars)
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Ryan Myers
(Top finisher under 25 years old )
ROBISON RACING PRODUCTS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Robbie Skidmore
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Wayne Reutimann, Sr.. (1st place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Red Stauffer
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Ryan Myers
OUTLAW DISC BRAKES TOP FIVE AWARD: Danny Martin, Jr.
SIMPSON SAFETY PRODUCTS 6TH-PLACE AWARD: Bryn Gohn
FSR RACING PRODUCTS-7 TH-PLACE AWARD: Wayne Reutimann, Jr.
AIR FLOW RESEARCH 9TH-PLACE AWARD: David Thorman
FSR TOP 10 AWARD : Scott Falconer
WELD RACING HARD LUCK AWARD: Kenny Adams
ENTRIES: 16
PROVISIONAL: none
LEAD CHANGES: one
LAP LEADERS: Reutimann, Sr. 1-40
CAUTIONS: two

LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps - 1. Terry Gray; 2. Danny Martin; 3. Matt Tiffany; 4. Bryn Gohn; 5. Tom Winegardner, Jr.; 6. Tom Winegardner, Sr.

HEAT RACES:

ENGLER TOOL AND MACHINE 1ST HEAT: : 1. Kenny Adams; 2 Wayne Reutimann, Sr.; 3 Terry Gray; 4. Wayne Reutimann, Jr.; 5. Ryan Myers; 6. David Thorman; 7 Aubrey Black; 8.Robbie Skidmore.

BUTLERBUILT 2ND HEAT: 1. Bryn Gohn ; 2. Matt Tiffany; 3. Danny Martin; 4. Red Stauffer; 5. Tom Winegardner, Jr.; 6. Skeeter Faulconer; 7. Doug Day; 8. Tom Winegardner DNS.