HAT

August 3, 1999

AUKLAND DIALS IN FOR THIRD HAT WIN - WALLACE NEW POINT LEADER

LaSALLE, IL - Rick Aukland of Fargo, ND took the lead on lap 30, and then
checked out on the field to win the $10,000 top prize in Tuesday night's
United Dirt Track Racing Association Hav-A-Tampa Dirt Racing Series main
event at LaSalle Speedway.

The victory was Aukland's third of the HAT season driving the 10-10-220
Mastersbilt/Grand Prix. The event also marked Aukland's second clean sweep
in HAT competition this season, as he was the fast qualifier, and the first
12-lap Borla Muffler Heat Race winner.

Just six hours before the race, Kevin Weaver of Gibson City, IL stepped
into a new ride, and brought the Rayburn/Grand Prix home in the second spot,
although he was a half-lap behind Aukland on the ¼-mile clay oval.

Wendell Wallace of Batesville, AR finished third in the Monday Trucking
GRT/Monte Carlo, and took over the point lead from Dale McDowell of
Rossville, GA. McDowell, after leading ten laps of the race, finished
eighth in the Dover Cylinder Heads GRT/Monte Carlo. Wallace now has a
16-point lead over McDowell.

Bill Frye of Greenbrier, AR finished fourth in the UniFirst Uniforms
Warrior/Grand Prix and the fifth spot went to Steve Francis of Ashland, KY
in the Action Auto Mart Rocket/Monte Carlo. Ray Cook of Brasstown, NC
hustled his Youngblood Concrete GRT/Mustang from the 21st starting spot to
finish sixth, and took over the HAT Distaff Promotions Hard Charger point
lead.

Freddy Smith of Knoxville, TN finished seventh in the Christenberry
Trucking and Farms GRT/Monte Carlo, followed in the top ten by McDowell, Dan
Schlieper of Pewaukee, WI in the Performance Roofing Systems Rayburn/Monte
Carlo, and Rick Eckert of York, PA in the Raye Vest Rocket/Grand Prix.

Smith took the early lead at the drop of the green flag from the outside of
the front row, followed by second row outside starter McDowell, and pole
sitter Aukland. McDowell moved by Smith after a lap 20 restart down the
backstretch to take the lead, and Aukland moved by Smith for second on lap
23.

By lap 29, Aukland moved up to race McDowell side-by-side for the lead, and
made the pass stick on lap 30. From there, Aukland never looked back, as he
packed his bags, turned in the key, and checked out on the field.

"The track was in great shape tonight for our set up," Aukland said. "The
car worked especially well on the bottom, but I could just about drive it
anywhere I wanted to get around lapped traffic."

Aukland was the top qualifier among the 38 entries with a lap around the
¼-mile clay oval in 13.560 seconds. Aukland went on to win the first heat
race, while Smith, Wallace and McDowell took the other three. The Pace
American Trailers 1st 12-lap Consolation Race was won by Ron Fisher of
Lisle, IL, and the Polaris ATVs 2nd 12-lap Consolation Race was won by Bob
Pohlman of Oak Lawn, IL.

The cars and stars of the Hav-A-Tampa Dirt Racing Series now travel north to
Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, WI for the $40,000-to-win USA Nationals
100 this Friday and Saturday night in front of the Speedvision television
cameras. The action gets underway on Thursday evening for a three-hour
practice session.

OFFICIAL FINISH OF LASALLE 75-LAP MAIN EVENT:

POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS $ WON
1. 1 99c Rick Aukland Fargo, ND Pont. 75 $10,000
2. 5 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL Pont. 75 $6,000
3. 3 6m Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR Chev. 75 $3,500
4. 10 66 Bill Frye Greenbrier, AR Pont. 75 $3,000
5. 15 15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Chev. 75 $2,500
6. 21 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC Ford 75 $2,300
7. 2 00 Freddy Smith Knoxville, TN Chev. 74 $2,100
8. 4 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Chev. 74 $1,900
9. 20 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Chev. 74 $1,850
10. 13 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Pont. 74 $1,600
11. 25 166 Joe Izzo LaSalle, IL Chev. 74 $1,000
12. 18 27 Bob Pohlman Oak Lawn, IL Pont. 74 $950
13. 17 1f Ron Fisher Lisle, IL Chev. 74 $900
14. 19 14 Jim Partipillo Elmhurst, IL Chev. 74 $875
15. 14 5 Jeff Hartzell Genoa, IL Chev. 73 $850
16. 7 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Ford 73 $1,575
17. 12 7r Frank Reaber Bensenville, IL Chev. 73 $800
18. 16 56 Gary Webb Bluegrass, IA Chev. 73 $750
19. 22 0e Dennis Erb Jr. (R) Carpentersville, IL Chev. 73 $700
20. 8 16 Tony Izzo Bridgeview, IL Chev. 62 $700
21. 24 25 Kerry Hansen Spencer, WI Pont. 56 $700
22. 9 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR Pont. 49 $700
23. 11 32 Brandon Ball (R) West Plains, MO Pont. 41 $700
24. 6 31 Skip Arp Georgetown, TN Chev. 7 $1,200
25. 23 89 Marshall Green Dalton, GA Chev. 5 $700

ENTRIES: 38
LEAD CHANGES: Two Among Three Drivers
LAP LEADERS: Smith, 1-19; McDowell, 20-29; Aukland, 30-75
LAPS LED: Aukland 46, Smith, 19, McDowell, 10
CAUTIONS: 4
PROVISIONALS: Green (3) and Hansen
HAV-A-TAMPA SHOOTOUT INVITEES: Fisher, Hartzell, Tim Hamburg, Todd Bennett,
and Jim Watson

QUALIFICATIONS:

POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS CAR MAKE TIME
1 99c Rick Aukland Fargo, ND MasterSbilt Grand Prix 13.56
2 166 Joe Izzo LaSalle, IL GRT Monte Carlo 13.576
3 6m Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR GRT Monte Carlo 13.694
4 16I Tony Izzo Bridgeview, IL GRT Monte Carlo 13.838
5 24 Rick Eckert York, PA MasterSbilt Grand Prix 13.861
6 66 Bill Frye Greenbrier, AR Warrior Grand Prix 13.9
7 75g John Gill Mitchell, IN MasterSbilt Monte Carlo 14.019
8 64 Ryan Dauber Tonica, IL GRT Grand Prix 14.026
9 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR GRT Grand Prix 14.043
10 S9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Rayburn Monte Carlo 14.052
11 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC GRT Mustang 14.086
12 27p Bob Pohlman Oak Lawn, IL Larry Shaw Grand Prix 14.133
13 B12 Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL Rayburn Grand Prix 14.137
14 00 Freddy Smith Knoxville, TN GRT Monte Carlo 14.157
15 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Warrior Mustang 14.158
16 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA GRT Monte Carlo 14.176
17 1f Ronnie Fisher Lisle, IL Eradicator Monte Carlo 14.178
18 31 Skip Arp Georgetown, TN GRT Monte Carlo 14.191
19 15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Rocket Monte Carlo 14.273
20 F7 Frank Reaber Bensenville, IL GRT Monte Carlo 14.3
21 25h Kerry Hansen Spencer, WI MasterSbilt Grand Prix 14.335
22 1 John Garrett Jr. Bolingbrook, IL Garrett Camaro 14.355
23 32p Bob Pierce Oakwood, IL Rayburn Monte Carlo 14.439
24 56 Gary Webb Bluegrass, IA GRT Monte Carlo 14.572
25 89 Marshall Green Dalton, GA Warrior Monte Carlo 14.578
26 5 Jeff Hartzell Genoa, IL GRT Camaro 14.62
27 32 Brandon Ball West Plains, MO GRT Grand Prix 14.664
28 0r Reece O'Connor Kankakee, IL Rayburn Mustang 14.706
29 10 Pete Parker Kaukauna, WI Fegers Grand Prix 14.717
30 57 Tim Hamburg Dixon, IL Bullitt Monte Carlo 14.755
31 11 Steve Ihm Kieler, WI Warrior Monte Carlo 14.78
32 29mm Mike McCarthy Bridgeview, IL MasterSbilt Taurus 14.958
33 18n John Nash Lombard, IL GRT Camaro 14.985
34 w1 Jim Watson Oak Creek, WI MasterSbilt Grand Prix 15.059
35 99 Frank Heckenast Orland Park, IL Rayburn Monte Carlo 15.08
36 90 Todd Bennett Peoria, IL GRT Camaro NT DNQ
37 14p Jim Partipillo Elmhurst, IL Eradicator Camaro NT DNQ
38 0 Dennis Erb Jr. Carpentersville, ILL GRT Monte Carlo NT - DQ

BORLA MUFFLER 12-LAP HEAT RACE RESULTS (Top Four Finishers Advance To Main
Event):

1ST HEAT: 1. Aukland; 2. Weaver; 3. Moyer; 4. Eckert; 5. Fisher; 6. Hansen;
7. Partipillo; 8. Parker; 9. Green; 10. Nash.
2ND HEAT: 1. Smith; 2. Arp; 3. Frye; 4. Hartzell; 5. Erb; 6. Hamburg; 7.
Garrett; 8. Schlieper; 9. Watson; 10. J. Izzo.
3RD HEAT: 1. Wallace; 2. Bloomquist; 3. Ball; 4. Francis; 5. Gill; 6.
Heckenast; 7. Cook; 8. Ihm; 9. Pierce.
4TH HEAT: 1. McDowell; 2. T. Izzo; 3. Reaber; 4. Webb; 5. Pohlman; 6.
Bennett; 7. McCarthy; 8. O'Connor; 9. Dauber.

CONSOLATION RACE RESULTS (Top Three Finishers Advance To Main Event):

PACE AMERICAN TRAILERS 1ST CONSY: 1. Fisher; 2. Partipillo; 3. Cook; 4.
Gill; 5. Hansen; 6. Parker; 7. Green; 8. Ihm; 9. Heckenast; 10. Nash.

POLARIS ATVs 2ND CONSY: 1. Pohlman; 2. Schlieper; 3. Erb; 4. Hamburg; 5.
Bennett; 6. Watson; 7. McCarthy; 8. Dauber; 9. Garrett; 10. O'Connor.