June 23, 2006; Columbus, WI. - Marshall's Bill Retallick brought home the victory in the 35 lap main event sponsored by the Brothers of the Third Wheel. Bill Gray and Brent Knight paced the field of 18 late models to the drop of the green flag. Gray claimed the top spot on lap two with Knight falling in behind for second. Lap six saw Ron Bishofberger shadowing the top five in sixth.

Photo Highlights

Bill Retallick (#9) topped the Late Model main event this week at the Columbus 151 Speedway. Sometimes the fast pace of the Late Models causes a few miscues as seen here during the feature race this past week. Ed Jackson (#87) scored his first career Street Stock feature victory at the Columbus 151 Speedway. Brian Piller (#89) captured the Hobby Stock feature contest having lead every lap of the event. Brian Piller (#89) reaches the finish line first by a matter of a couple feet over Larry Moen (#10) to win the Hobby Stock feature. Tim Bristol (#71) topped the Bandit main event Friday Night at Columbus 151 Speedway! #71 Tim Bristol leads the pack with a four wide race for second during the Bandit Feature. Steve Privett (#48) earned his first Back-up Car feature contest of the 2006 racing season. A little "Auto Bowling" provided fans with some added entertainment.  Here a driver does his best to score a strike!

Bishofberger made his move a lap later around Duane Deppe and into fifth. Meanwhile, Gray began pulling out to a healthy lead until lap 13 when the first caution of the event erased his advantage. On the restart, Retallick used the competition cone to move into second and immediately begin challenging the leader, Gray. On lap 18 Retallick used the high groove to pull alongside Gray until lap 20 when he completed the pass for the lead. Bishofberger followed Retallick around Gray on the outside into second. Laps 23-26 were marred by three separate cautions, and on the final restart, Dean Schultz moved to the outside of Bishofberger and charged to the front around Retallick. But just as Schultz was about to clear Retallick for the top spot, he became slightly loose and fell back beside Bishofberger. Retallick took back the lead and ran to the checkers. At the line, it was Retallick out front followed by Schultz, Bishofberger, Bill Niles and Justin Schultz. Aaron Wilke held down fast time with a lap of 13.361. Heat winners included Retallick and Jerry Eckhardt.

Ed Jackson of Madison claimed his first career street stock feature win in the 25 feature for that division. Dan Gosda and Tylor Schultz brought the field to green and pack ran in formation for the opening six laps. Gosda gained the advantage on lap six while Jackson and Schultz battled for side by side for second. Jackson took control of the spot on lap nine and one lap later moved to the high side of Gosda for the lead. The two waged an intense battle for the top spot until lap 16 when Jackson moved out front. Don Trush followed Jackson into second. Point leader Kevin Anderson came from his last row starting spot into third on lap 20 and the three leaders began pulling away. The only caution flew on lap 21 and the pack was bunched up together for the final five laps. On the restart Anderson went to the high side of Trush for second. As the white flag flew, Anderson got a great run to pull alongside Jackson and the two ran to the checkers side by side. At the line, Jackson owned a very slight advantage over Anderson with Trush in third. Dale Weatherwax and Bobbi Bishofberger rounded out the top five. Anderson owned quick time while Dan Schmidt and Tylor Schultz claimed heat wins.

Watertown's Brian Piller took his front row starting spot to victory in the 20 lap hobby stock feature event. Piller and Dustin Ward led the field to the start and the two did battle for the top spot until lap four when Piller claimed the lead. Piller survived two cautions, staying out front when on lap 13 Alan Dorn began his challenge for the lead. Dorn used the restart after the second caution to pull alongside Piller and the two ran side by side, trading the lead. With one lap remaining, Dorn began losing grip on the high side and Piller took back the lead with Larry Moen moving into second. At the checkers, Piller was tops followed by Moen, Dorn, Jim Tate and Travis Schneeberg. Moen took honor in qualifying with a lap of 15.335. Schneeberg owned the heat race.

Tim Bristol of Watertown held off the challenge of Greg Ovadal to take the prize in the 18 lap bandit feature. Bristol came from row five on the start to move into the top five on lap four. By lap five, Bristol was already challenging Chris Hart for the top spot. A lap later, it was Bristol out front with Ovadal in tow. Ovadal began his quest to take over the lead, trying every move possible to get by the leader. The two even made contact several times. Bud Riedner joined the fray with only three laps remaining and the three leaders began to bump and bang each other, all looking for an advantage. But Bristol would stay strong and claim victory followed by Ovadal, Riedner, Ryan Hart and Kyle Watters. Watters also was quick qualifier on the evening with a lap of 16.188. Ben Lewis took the consolation while Jacob Vanosky won the last chance race. Heat winners were Ryan Oetzel, Vanosky, Riedner and Jake Wetherell.

The night's regular schedule was rounded out by a very wild and crazy back up feature. Steve Privett survived the madness to take the win followed by Rick Verdon and David Moore.

Next Friday at Columbus 151 Speedway is the Cheerwine Cherry Bomb 50 highlighted by a 50 lap late model feature. There will also be extended features in the street stock and hobby stock divisions as well. After the racing action is concluded, fireworks provided by Thundercat will fill the sky above the speedway. Pepsi will also be on hand with lots of giveaways for the fans. Time trials begin at 6:30 with racing at 8 pm.

For complete results from the RACESTAT computer click here