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08/16/06 Rockford Speedway

This might have been the most exciting racing yet by the drivers in the junior division. From start to finish and from front to back the 12 lap feature was a crowd pleaser. At the drop of the flag Lipstreuer and Schissel got a jump on pole sitter Murphy and Greg Ballard. It looked for the first five or six laps like Lipstreuer was in command. Then, coming out of turn two, Schissel passed for the lead. Shortly after, Lipstreuer, Murphy and Greg Ballard ran three wide into turn three, pushing Lipstreuer high up into the turn while Murphy and Ballard passed underneath. With two laps to go, and Schissel having opened up a 5-6 car lead on Murphy, the yellow flag came out for a spin in two. The field tightened up for the re-start but Schissel got a strong jump and held onto the lead for the checkered. Murphy came in second and Ballard, after some near contact with Lipstreuer on the back straight coming out of two, took third. Lipstreuer, Dunlap and Cheyenne Ballard rounded out the field. Special thanks to Skyler Murphy for driving the heat race while Cheyenne recovered from a spin in practice and for sticking around for the feature to build a field.