Danny Martin sweeps to fourth O'Reilly USCS win in-a-row at Volusia

September 29, 2006 Barberville, FL - Twenty year-old O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Hoosier Tire Young Guns points leader Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida collected his fourth O'Reilly USCS www.uscsracing.com win in a row and his seventh series win on the season by winning the Florida State Championship preliminary main event Friday evening at Volusia Speedway Park. Martin swept through the Lucas Oil Power Dash, the Butlerbuilt Second Heat and the 20 lap feature to put himself into the favorite's role for Saturday night's 7th annual 30 lap Florida State Championship Race.

The only event Martin did not win was the CnB Mushroom Farms Fast time award which went to another Hoosier Tire Young Gun , twenty-one year old Tom "TJ" Winegardner,. Jr. from Pierson Florida who traveled around the historic ½ mile clay oval in 14.75 seconds to qualify at the head of the field.



PHOTO / CAPTION: Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida won the O'Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series 20-lap Florida State Championship preliminary feature race at Volusia Speedway Park Friday night. It was the 20-year old Martin's seventh O'Reilly USCS win in the 2006 season and his fourth series win in a row. ( photo by Allan Holland) Media contact: Pete Walton 404-886-5913

Martin who qualified fourth fastest was advanced to the pole position when Engler Tool and Machine First Heat winner, Terry Witherspoon from Jacksonville, Florida drew a four in the K&N Filters Pole Award drawing placing Martin in the prime location. But when the green flag flew, 1999 O'Reilly USCS Dirt Cup Champion Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas who started outside the front row raced around Martin into the lead coming off turn two on lap one of the 20-lap contest.

Skinner lead the first circuits around the high speed oval and at times pulled away to an eight to ten car length lead until Martin caught him in a major lapped traffic situation on lap eight and made a move through the slower cars that left Skinner trapped momentarily while Martin raced away into the lead he would not relinquish. The field bunched up behind Martin on lap fifteen after a caution flag for Tom Winegarner's injured mount that made contact with Brian Maddox's car on the front stretch. The fast qualifiers night was ended but Maddox continued on.

There was one lapped car between Martin and the challenging Skinner. Then lined up right behind Skinner was seventeen year-old Matt Tiffany Daytona Beach, Florida in third place. The stage was set for the five-lap dash to the checkers, but, Martin pulled away on the re-start and streaked home with the win. Skinner was just out off reach in the runner-up spot, followed at the finish line by the teenage hot-shoe Tiffany in third and current O'Reilly USCS National points leader, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee in fourth. Another talented teenager, nineteen year-old Stephen Darvalics from Venice, Florida rounded out the top five.

Veteran O'Reilly USCS driver Brian Thomas from Auburn, Georgia driving a car wrenched by veteran O'Reilly USCS racer Randy Helton, headed the next five in sixth. Brian Maddox from Brandon, Florida, rallied from a sixteenth place start to finish seventh. Another veteran sprint car racer Gene Lasker from Tampa, Florida who started seventeenth worked his way through the field into an eighth place finish. John Koller from Eustis, Florida followed in ninth place and nineteen year-old, 2004 O'Reilly USCS Rookie of the Year, R.J. Johnson from Decatur, Tennessee rounded out the top ten.

Brian Maddox garnered the events Huggins Cams Hard Charger award for his charge from sixteenth to seventh place. Laskers run also yielded nine positions passed but Maddox had the higher finish to receive the award. Danny Martin also received the evenings JE Pistons Top Guns Award for his win. Bryan Eckley was declared the Robison Racing Products Rookie of the Race. Martin also grabbed the K&N Filters Pole Award. Tiffany garnered K&N Filters 3rd place feature finisher award. Martin was again recognized as the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race, which is awarded to the top-finishing driver under twenty-five years old. The Weld Racing Hard Luck award went to Jerry Jones from Clermont, Florida who was unable to start the A-main after a rear-end failure.

The next O'Reilly USCS 10th Anniversary O'Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder National points event and and O'Reilly USCS Southern Thunder points event will be at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida tonight (Saturday night / Sept. 30th) For more info call 386-985-4402 or visit www.volusiaspeedwaypark.com or www.uscsracing.com.

OFFICIAL RESULTS - ROUND FOURTY-TWO O'REILLY
USCS OUTLAW THUNDER TOUR AT VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK
IN BARBERVILLE, FL ON 9/29/06:

PS  ST CR#  DRIVER 	        HOMETOWN 	       LAPS
1   1	00  Danny Martin, Jr.	Sarasota, FL 	        20
2   2 	26  Marshall Skinner 	W. Memphis, AR 	        20
3   3 	19T Matt Tiffany 	Daytona Beach, FL 	20
4   5	10  Terry Gray 	        Bartlett, TN 	        20
5   6	32  Stephen Darvalics	Venice, FL	        20
6   7	67  Brian Thomas	Auburn, GA	        20
7   16	1b  Brian Maddox	Brandon, FL	        19
8   17	02  Gene Lasker	        Tampa, FL	        19
9   11	1x  John Koller	        Eustis, FL	        19
10   9	71  R.J. Johnson	Decatur, TN	        19
11  13	6   Mike Schroeder	SW Ranches, FL	        19
12  10	12B Bryan Eckley - R	Tampa, FL	        19
13   8	43  Terry Witherspoon	Jacksonville, FL	19
14  15	46  Adam Jackson	Dillion, SC	        19
15  12	34  Darren Orth  	Jacksonville, FL 	18
16   4 	11  Tom Winegardner, Jr Pierson, FL 	        15
17  14	11T David Martin	Pierson, FL	         2
18  DNS	42x Sport Allen	        Pinellas Park, FL	DNS
19  DNS	19  Jerry Jones	        Clermont, FL	        DNS

C&B Mushroom Farms Fast Time:
Tom Winegardner, Jr. 14.75 sec.

LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Danny Martin

K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Danny Martin

HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER:
Brian Maddox (started 16th and passed 9 cars)

HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE:
Danny Martin, Jr..

ROBISON RACING PRODUCTS ROOKIE OF THE RACE:
Bryan Eckley
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD:
Danny Martin, Jr. (1st place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD:
Matt Tiffany
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD:
Terry Gray
OUTLAW DISC BRAKES TOP FIVE AWARD:
Stephen Darvalics
SIMPSON SAFETY PRODUCTS 6TH-PLACE AWARD:
Brain Thomas
FSR RACING PRODUCTS-7 TH-PLACE AWARD:
Brian Maddox
AIR FLOW RESEARCH 9TH-PLACE AWARD:
John Koller
FSR TOP 10 AWARD:
R.J. Johnson
WELD RACING HARD LUCK AWARD:
Jerry Jonea
ENTRIES: 19
PROVISIONAL: none
LEAD CHANGES: one

LAP LEADERS: Skinner 1-7; Martin 8-20 CAUTIONS: two

LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps: 1. Danny Martin; 2. Marshall Skinner; 3. Terry Gray; 4. RJ Johnson; 5. Terry Witherspoon; 6. Darren Orth

HEAT RACES:

ENGLER TOOL AND MACHINE 1ST HEAT: 1. Terry Witherspoon; 2. Terry Gray; 3. Tom Winegarner, Jr.; 4. Bryan Eckley; Bryn Gohn; 5. Marshall Skinner; R.J. Johnson; 6. Brian Thomas; 7. Mike Schroeder; 8. David Martin; 9. Brain Maddox; DNS 10. Gene Lasker.DNS

BUTLERBUILT 2ND HEAT: 1 Danny Martin, Jr. ; 2. Matt Tiffany; 3. Stephen Darvalics; 4. John Koller; 5. Darren Orth; 6. R..J Johnson; 7. Sport Allen; 8. Adam Jackson; 9. Jerry Jones. .