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(Savannah, GA)  Seventeen-year-old Alan Mondus of Lakeville, Minnesota is ready to head south and compete for the title of the nation’s top young gun at the 2^nd Annual Coca-Cola Young Guns Shoot-Out presented by Stock Car and Circle Track Magazine along with Sport Clips for Men.  The United States Modified Tour regular will join the defending champion, Zach VanderBeek, as representatives of the exciting modified tour.

            Alan Mondus joined the Midwest’s premier modified racing series in 2005 as a regular, and although the season did not go as hoped he gained incredible experience and knowledge sharing the track with legendary seven time champion Kelly Shyrock, and chasing top modified veterans of Tommy Meyer, Mark Noble, Cory Dripps and some of the best modified drivers in the country.

            Mondus, who is finishing his senior year in high school with honors, hopes to capitalize on that experience he gained on the tour and follow in the footsteps of fellow USMTS regular VanderBeek when visiting the Savannah half mile in February.

            “Alan will be competitive at this event,” said Jim VanderBeek, father of last year’s modified title winner.  “We were the ones encouraging Alan and his family to attend the event.  We enjoyed every aspect of the race last year.”

            Team Mondus will debut a brand new “Open Special” B & B Chassis at the Young Guns race on Febraury 2, 3 and 4.  The car is new design by Minnesota veteran chassis builder Paul Berger. 

            “We’ve been working with Alan and his dad for the past couple of years and this car is the result of the team’s input to the design of a car for USMTS rules and style of racing,” said Berger.  “We are very excited about the new car and cannot wait to see it hit the race track in Georgia that first weekend of February.”

            Alan Mondus re-affirmed his excitement for the new design and it’s debut at the Coca-Cola Young Guns race at Oglethorpe Speedway Park.

            “I know the field will be filled with a talented group of drivers and the best equipment,” said Mondus.  “It will be refreshing to compete with a field of drivers that do not have twenty to thirty years of experience in modifieds as I do on the USMTS.  That competition is tough, regardless of the outcome.”

            The 2^nd Annual Coca-Cola Young Guns Shoot-Out presented by Stock Car and Circle Track Magazines along with Sports Clips for Men will take place at Oglethorpe Speedway Park on February 2, 3 and 4, 2006.  The event will be part of the 5^th Annual Winternationals offering a special showcase race event for drivers aged 23 and younger in the open wheel modifieds and dirt late model divisions.  Racers will have the opportunity to display their talents in front of professional motorsport team representatives in a “motorsports combine”.

            The weekend will also feature racing in the Crate Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Mini Stocks and 440 division with a new division to be announced later this week.  For more information, contact the speedway at www.ospracing.net.