By Bill Martin, IMCA

BRITT, IA (August 6, 1999) - Terry Reilly accomplished quite a bit by winning the Jackpot Junction Midwest Tour feature Friday night at the Hancock County Speedway.

The victory was his third straight, a feat unmatched by any other driver in the series for I.M.C.A. Sprint Cars.

More importantly, it strengthened his hold on the top spot in the series points race.

The Watertown, S.D., pilot now leads runner-up Ehren Layton of St. Louis Park, Minn., by a 236-215 margin.

"Our main goal this season is to win this series," Reilly said. "These guys are pretty tough and we know we're going to keep trying our best to do it."

Curt Lund of Morton, Minn., started on the pole, but it was Layton who led the first five times around the track at Britt.

Lund re-gained the front spot, setting the pace for the next 10 circuits while Layton and Reilly battled back and forth for second.

Using the high side of the track on lap 16, Reilly shot to the front out of turn four.

Neither Lund or Layton could match his momentum, and they finished in that order behind Reilly.

Lynn Woods of Winthrop, Minn.,improved six places from the start to finish fourth. Gary Zitterich of Sioux Falls, S.D., completed the top five.

Reilly ran third in the series opener and posted a pair of second-place finishes before winning July 21 at the Princeton (Minn.) Speedway and July 28 at the I-35 Speedway in Mason City, Iowa.

"We're very happy with the way things have been going," he said, "Especially when we're racing at tracks we've never been to before."

The next stop for the Jackpot Junction Midwest Tour is Wednesday night, August 18 at the Golden Spike Speedway in St. Cloud, Minn.

Race dates at Britt had been rained out July 2 and again July 16.

RESULTS

JACKPOT JUNCTION MIDWEST TOUR FOR IMCA SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1:

Gary Zitterich, Al Harbrake, Layton Ehren, Curt Lund, Dwain Wilmes, Danny Pangbunn, Tim Mull, Lyle Sylvester

HEAT 2:

Terry Reilly, Lynn A Woods, Bob Hildrech, Dave Heskin, David Zitterich, Brad Lund, Jim Sprint Smith

FEATURE:

1. Terry Reilly, Watertown, S.D.; 2. Curt Lund, Morton, Minn.; 3. Ehren Layton, St. Louis Park, Minn.; 4. Lynn Woods, Winthrop, Minn.; 5. Gary Zitterich, Sioux Falls, S.D.; 6. Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls; 7. Al Hargrave, St. Paul, Minn.; 8. David Zitterich, Sioux Falls, S.D.; 9. Brad Lund, Redwood Falls, Minn.; 10. Jim Smith, Redwood Falls, Minn.; 11. Donny Pangburn, Northwood; 12. Dwain Wilmes, Kasota, Minn.; 13. Tim Mull, Garwin; 14. Lyle Sylvester, Bondurant; 15. Dave Heskin, Monticello, Minn.

IMCA MODIFIED

HEAT 1:

Rich Lewerke, Al Hejna, Scott Olson, Kevin Hoeft, Ross Wyatt, Dean Mahlstedt, Nathan Chodur, Jon Wood

HEAT 2:

Ron Pope, Keith Schmitz, Larry Portis, Mikey Christians, Scott Davis, Bill Cook, Derek Cink, Dan Anderson

HEAT 3:

Ryan Hiscocks, Mike Hejna, Tommy Myer, Rick Smith, Mike Hackenmiller, George Gilliland, Todd Stinehart, Rick Schuller

DASH:

Ron Pope, Keith Schmitz, Rich Lewerke, Mike Hejna, Al Hejna, Ryan Hiscocks

A FEATURE:

Al Hejna, Scott Olson, Ron Pope, Mikey Christians, Tommy Myer, Rick Smith, Larry Portis, Mike Hejna, Ryan Hiscocks, Todd Stinehart, Bill Cook, Mike Hackenmiller, Kevin Hoeft, Dean Mahlstedt, Keith Schmitz, Dan Anderson, Ross Wyatt, Derek Cink, Scott Davis, George Gilliland, Jon Wood, Rich Lewerke, Nathan Chodur, Rick Schuller

IMCA STOCK CAR

HEAT 1:

Wade Eastman, Al Johnson, Craig Berhow, Amy Woodward, Mark Holstad, Travis Hoeft, Kevin Opheim, John Pletcher

HEAT 2:

Mark Elliott, Kelly Tapper, Russell Trulson, Clint Wendel, Scott Baker, Joe Hiscocks, Cody Miller

HEAT 3:

Jeff Anderson, Scott Bloemke, Jeff Dolphin, Kim Schleuger, Terry Whitehurst, Curt Moore, Joe Latham

A FEATURE:

Craig Berhow, Joe Hiscocks, Cody Miller, Russell Trulson, Scott Bloemke, Jeff Anderson, Clint Wendel, Travis Hoeft, John Pletcher, Jeff Dolphin, Kevin Opheim, Wade Eastman, Kim Schleuger, Amy Woodward, Scott Baker, Mark Holstad, Mark Elliott, Kelly Tapper, Joe Latham, Al Johnson, Terry Whitehurst, Curt Moore

IMCA HOBBY STOCK

HEAT 1:

Tony Smidt, John Simpson, Dan Hanselman, Rob Hughes, Harold Walker, Gerald Santee, Dan Flugge

HEAT 2:

Shane Monson, Randy Hadacek, Dan Haugland, Adam Lackore, Bob Lewerke, Jared Dirks, Chad Doyle

HEAT 3:

Jason Daniels, Brad Bakken, Scott Anderson, Earl Webner, Steve Smith, Matt Prehn, Ben Becker

A FEATURE:

Brad Bakken, Shane Monson, Dan Hanselman, Matt Prehn, Rob Hughes, Scott Anderson, John Simpson, Tony Smidt, Steve Smith, Earl Webner, Jason Daniels, Bob Lewerke, Harold Walker, Gerald Santee, Chad Doyle, Dan Flugge, Jared Dirks, Dan Haugland, Randy Hadacek, Adam Lackore, Ben Becker

LIMITED 360 MODIFIED

HEAT 1:

Alex Webner, Matt Assink, Larry Cook, James Krejci, Brad Willier, Cory Fessler, Kevin Jorgenson, Ben Holt, Josh Omans, Bryan Frayne, Nathan Chodur

A FEATURE:

Brad Willier, Alex Webner, James Krejci, Larry Cook, Bryan Frayne, Josh Omans, Nathan Chodur, Cory Fessler, Kevin Jorgenson, Ben Holt, Matt Assink