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Jesse Giannetto Takes Lead in Cox Fabrication Southern Iowa SprintWeek Points after Front Row Challenge


Monday, August 8, 2005
Iowa’s Jesse Giannetto of Palo has taken over the lead from Billy Alley in the fourth annual Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Southern Iowa SprintWeek title after Monday’s Front Row Challenge night number five at the Southern Iowa Speedway. Giannetto has 194 points after the first five of ten straight nights of sprint car racing between the Knoxville and Oskaloosa dirt tracks. Danny Lasoski of the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series won the Front Row Challenge A-Main last night at Osky. 186 different drivers have scored points heading into Tuesday night’s Sprint Bandits-sanctioned Ultimate Challenge non-winged 410 c.i. sprint car race at the Southern Iowa Speedway in nearby Oskaloosa.

UNOFFICIAL TOP TWENTY: Jesse Giannetto 194, Billy Alley 190, Randy Martin 179, Jake Peters 179, Jesse Hockett 175, Johnny Anderson 171, Curt Michael 169, Ricky Logan 167, Brian Brown 161, Jeff Mitrisin 159, Jonathan Allard 158, Josh Higday 146, Zach Chappell 143, Bronson Maeschen 135, Joe Beaver 134, Loren Langerud 126, Kerry Madsen 122, Larry Ball Jr., 118, John VanDenBerg 115, Gary Wright 108.