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Cassavant Gets First Mid-Am Win At 141
Cloudy conditions and cool weather prevailed at race time Saturday at 141
Speedway in Francis Creek. However, the largest crowd of the season this year
was on hand for the action in all five divisions.
The Mid-American Sportsman feature started with a "bang" as Jimmy
Wilson of Appleton lost the handle on his ride coming off of turn four and
slammed into the infield barrier on lap two. Wilson was unhurt and the car
suffered only minor damage.
On the restart Andy Cassavant of Two Rivers led the field with Mike
‘Ozzy" Oswald and Dennis Rabas in a seesaw battle for second place.
Meanwhile Whitelaw’s Daryl "Homeboy" Gerke was making a charge
from the rear of the field and had worked his way to seventh using a very
slippery outside groove.
Things remained pretty much the same until lap 21 when rookie Don Wood of
Maribel lost traction in turn 4 and spun his Pontiac bringing out a caution
flag that would tighten up the field and make for an exciting finish.
It turned out that the finish would come earlier than expected though as the
caution came out three laps later when Greg Marks spun at the top of turn
three bringing out another caution. At this point the race had reached its
time limit and Cassavant would take the yellow/checker combo in the M.J. Bey
racing Chevy for his first feature win in the division. Rabas, who was guest
driving for Melichar Motorsports came home second just ahead of Gerke. Gary
Tisler and Oswald completed the top five.
The Super Stock feature marked the return (albeit for one night as a guest
driver for Conard Racing) of fan favorite Errol Berry of Francis Creek. Berry
appeared to struggle a bit in practice and the heat race with the unfamiliar
ride. However, the feature would be a different story.
At the start Berry would lead with Jimbo Schleis and Jo Mueller trading paint
for second. Right behind them was a pack of six cars including Travis Rodewald,
Jason Hendrickson, Don Wood, Greg Thompson and Randy Nething all within inches
of each other jockeying for position.
Normally with racing this close in the Super Stocks there are yellow flags
aplenty but everyone stayed clean and green until lap twenty when Kevin
Charles had a right front spindle let go showering the field with sparks and
throwing a wheel in turn three. Of course the race needed to be stopped to
remove the car and debris setting up a five-lap dash to the finish.
When the green flew it was no contest as "Good Ole Semi-Retired"
Berry jumped to the lead and held on for the win, his first in over a
year.
On to the Mini Stocks where it’s safe to say that the only person on the
track that really enjoyed the race was eventual winner Jordan Thiel of
Appleton.
Cory Kemkes, another rookie who also had a heat win earlier in the evening,
would lead from the start and stayed there for the better part of the race.
Eric Turner, Kurt Naidl and defending champ David Gauger, Jr. would start in
the middle of the pack but worked their way through traffic quickly. It was
the traffic that proved their undoing, however, as was evidenced on lap 14
when Naidl and Kevin Wellner made contact collecting Gauger and bringing out a
caution. All three would be sent to the rear for the restart.
From that point on it appeared it would be smooth sailing for Kemkes who
rebuilt the lead he lost with the caution and seemed destined to get the win
when he suddenly spun out coming onto the front stretch putting Thiel in the
top spot.
Of course this is 141 Speedway and it wouldn’t be Saturday night at
"The Creek" without a little controversy. When Kemkes spun out the
yellow flag was displayed stopping the event. What everyone failed to
immediately recognize was that the race had exceeded its time limit and
yellow/checker should have been displayed and the race ended immediately.
Literally seconds later when officials caught the faux pas a few of the
competitors had already entered the pits for repairs and by rule should have
been scored at the rear of the pack. It took over an hour at the end of the
program for scorers to sort out the mess to the dissatisfaction of nearly
everyone involved.
In the end however it was Thiel getting his first ever feature win at 141.
Allen Dillon of Two Rivers finished second with Erik Turner, Mark Truckey and
John Senkbeil getting third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Next up were the Hobby Stocks who to this point had been having some of the
bast feature races of any class at 141 this year and they did not disappoint
tonight.
Brian Rathe led the field to the green flag with Max Schultz and Lee
Kielpikowski in hot pursuit. Close behind them was a tightly packed group that
included Tyler Bauknecht, Adam Pontzlaff, Matt Reinke and Pete Kumbalek.
On lap eight the complexion of the race changed dramatically as Kielpikowski
used some "bumper mustard"to nudge Rathe loose, spinning him out in
turn four. To his credit, Rathe could have shut off the motor and caused a
caution that would have put him and Kielpikowski at the end of the lead lap.
However, Rathe got his ride clear of traffic pulled back onto the track and
kept the race caution free as a result.
While all of this was going on Bauknecht and Schultz had begun to break away
from the field a bit and began staging a side by side battle for second. Near
the end, Bauknecht would clear Schultz and chase down the leader who got a bit
of his own medicine when he was spun out on the backstretch just after taking
the white flag.
Although Bauknecht would cross the line first, track officials had seen one
two many "bump and runs" this night and Tyler was disqualified for
rough driving and the win went to Matt Reinke with Schultz, Kumbalek, Jason
Rabas and Pontzlaff rounding out the top five.
So the big question was, could any division stay clean and green from start to
finish on this night of crash and controversy? Maybe it would be the Sport 4
division.
The Sport 4’s, who are well known for trading paint and "mixing it
up" on the quarter mile accomplished what all the other classes could not
and went green to checker. Not only that but they did it with the most crowded
field, the least experience group of drivers and the closest finish of the
night.
Point leader Hank Horn, Jr. started at the tail end of the field and threaded
his way through heavy traffic to take the win just two tenths of a second
ahead of Mike Dolphin. Rachel Gauger of Two Rivers came back from a disastrous
crash last week to take third just in front of Bruce Sand and Aaron Dalton.
On the lighter side, 141 held it’s first ever "Faster Pastor" race
featuring 10 ministers from various churches in the area competing in Enduro-type
cars. Many in attendance were congregation members who came out just to see
their pastor go wheel to wheel with their peers.
The closest thing to controversy in this event was one of the men of the cloth
had a tire go down and got a very reluctant black flag from the starter.
Although he should have gone directly to the pits the pastor in question
completed two more laps as if perhaps answering to a "higher power"
(?)
Although Pastor Sievert was first across the finish line, we want to salute
all of the churches that participated. They are:
St. Peter's Lutheran of Mishicot, First German Lutheran of Manitowoc, Grace
Lutheran of Manitowoc, Immanuel Lutheran of Manitowoc, Our Savior Lutheran of
Two Rivers, Manitowoc Lutheran HS, St John's Lutheran of Two rivers, St.
John's Lutheran of Newtonburg and St. John's Lutheran of Maribel.
The whole event was great fun and promoter Matt Rowe said that after seeing
the enormously positive response of the fans, he plans to have more events of
this type in the future
Next week Sneekers Bar of Manitowoc presents the Dick Grall Memorial 60 lap
race for the Mid-American point series cars plus the regular Saturday night
program. Time trials at 5:30pm with racing at 7 sharp.
For more information see their website at www.141Speedway.com.
Mini Stock
Fast Time: Troy Selner (Green Bay) 13.223
Heat 1: [1] #2 Rick Kretschmann (Sheboygan Falls) [2] #21 Steve
Schneider (Chilton) [3] #34 Kyle Pieschek (Green Bay) [4] #7 Jason
Willadsen (Waldo) [5] #52 Rick VanDerVaart (Sheboygan) [6]
#83 Tyler Ducat (Two Rivers)
Heat 2: [1] #38 Kim Ducat (Two Rivers) [2] #9 Rick Lyons (Two
Rivers) [3] #86 Kevin Peroutka (Mishicot) [4] #6 Josh Lammers
(Sheboygan) [5] #17 Sean Farrell (Green Bay) [6] #01 Mark Campion
(Mischicot)
Heat 3: [1] #29T Erik Turner (Mishicot) [2] #4 Allen Dillon (Two
Rivers) [3] #5 Dave Senkbeil (Sheboygan) [4] #8 Kevin Wellner (Two
Rivers) [5] #97 Kurt Naidl (Denmark) [6] #60 Mark Truckey
(Menasha) [7] #29 Chris Wellner (Two Rivers)
Heat 4: [1] #07 Cory Kemkes (Appleton) [2] #13 Jason Novak (Cato)
[3] #24 David Gauger, Jr (Two Rivers) [4] #X2 Jordan Thiel
(Appleton) [5] #72 Troy Selner (Green Bay) [6] #1 Todd Hebel (Whitelaw)
[7] #40 John Senkbeil (Sheboygan)
Semi-Feature: [1] #9 Rick Lyons (Two Rivers) [2] #86 Kevin
Peroutka (Mishicot) [3] #17 Sean Farrell (Green Bay) [4] #01 Mark
Campion (Mischicot) [5] #21 Steve Schneider (Chilton) [6] #52 Rick
VanDerVaart (Sheboygan) [7] #7 Jason Willadsen (Waldo) [8] #2 Rick
Kretschmann (Sheboygan Falls) [9] #83 Tyler Ducat (Two Rivers)
[10] #6 Josh Lammers (Sheboygan) [11] #34 Kyle Pieschek (Green
Bay) [12] #38 Kim Ducat (Two Rivers)
Feature: [1] #X2 Jordan Thiel (Appleton) [2] #4 Allen Dillon (Two
Rivers) [3] #29T Erik Turner (Mishicot) [4] #60 Mark Truckey
(Menasha) [5] #40 John Senkbeil (Sheboygan) [6] #13 Jason Novak
(Cato) [7] #9 Rick Lyons (Two Rivers) [8] #72 Troy Selner (Green
Bay) [9] #1 Todd Hebel (Whitelaw) [10] #5 Dave Senkbeil
(Sheboygan) [11] #01 Paul Ray (Kewaunee) [12] #24 David Gauger, Jr
(Two Rivers) [13] #97 Kurt Naidl (Denmark) [14] #07 Cory Kemkes
(Appleton) [15] #29 Chris Wellner (Two Rivers) [16] #8 Kevin
Wellner (Two Rivers) [17] #17 Sean Farrell (Green Bay) [18] #86
Kevin Peroutka (Mishicot)
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Super Stock
Fast Time: Travis Rodewald (Manitowoc) 12.818
Heat 1: [1] #24 Jason Kostichka (Green Bay) [2] #65T Jeff Treml (Greenleaf)
[3] #22 Dave Stoffer (Shawano) [4] #29 Todd Welsing (Denmark) [5]
#32X Mike Meyerhofer, Jr (Menasha) [6] #53 Nik Glaser (Kewaunee)
Heat 2: [1] #001 Brian Stanelle (Greenleaf) [2] #34 Maxwell Schultz
(Reedsville) [3] #32 Don Wood (Maribel) [4] #4 Jimbo Schleis
(Manitowoc) [5] #22R Randy Nething (Manitowoc) [6] #50 Nathan
Wegner (Maribel) [7] #26 Jo Mueller (Two Rivers)
Heat 3: [1] #10 Crystal Koenig (Mishicot) [2] #31 Greg Thompson
(Denmark) [3] #31X Kevin Charles (Green Bay) [4] #65 Josh Sand
(Two Rivers) [5] #27 Travis Rodewald (Manitowoc) [6] #57 Errol
Berry (Francis Creek) [7] #123 Jason Henrickson (Two Rivers)
Semi-Feature: [1] #29 Todd Welsing (Denmark) [2] #22 Dave Stoffer
(Shawano) [3] #65T Jeff Treml (Greenleaf) [4] #32X Mike Meyerhofer,
Jr (Menasha) [5] #24 Jason Kostichka (Green Bay) [6] #53 Nik
Glaser (Kewaunee)
Feature: [1] #57 Errol Berry (Francis Creek) [2] #123 Jason
Henrickson (Two Rivers) [3] #32 Don Wood (Maribel) [4] #4 Jimbo
Schleis (Manitowoc) [5] #27 Travis Rodewald (Manitowoc) [6] #65
Josh Sand (Two Rivers) [7] #22R Randy Nething (Manitowoc) [8] #31
Greg Thompson (Denmark) [9] #26 Jo Mueller (Two Rivers) [10] #50
Nathan Wegner (Maribel) [11] #29 Todd Welsing (Denmark) [12] #34
Maxwell Schultz (Reedsville) [13] #10 Crystal Koenig (Mishicot)
[14] #65T Jeff Treml (Greenleaf) [15] #001 Brian Stanelle (Greenleaf)
[16] #31X Kevin Charles (Green Bay)
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Mid American
Fast Time: Dennis Rabas (Maribel) 12.382
Heat 1: [1] #31 Jeff Tisler (Reedsville) [2] #B7 Andy Casavant (Two
Rivers) [3] #8 Monte Strouf (Reedsville) [4] #32 Don Wood
(Denmark) [5] #7 Jason Rabas (Maribel) [6] #76 Greg Marks (Maribel)
[7] #74W Jimmy Wilson (Appleton)
Heat 2: [1] #50 Gary Tisler (Reedsville) [2] #12 Kevin Damrow
(Manitowoc) [3] #3 Travis Groelle (Manitowoc) [4] #72 Jesse Fuller
(Cato) [5] #38 Mike Oswald (Manitowoc) [6] #64 Daryl Gerke (Whitelaw)
[7] #62 Dennis Rabas (Maribel)
Feature: [1] #B7 Andy Casavant (Two Rivers) [2] #62 Dennis Rabas (Maribel)
[3] #64 Daryl Gerke (Whitelaw) [4] #50 Gary Tisler (Reedsville)
[5] #38 Mike Oswald (Manitowoc) [6] #12 Kevin Damrow (Manitowoc)
[7] #31 Jeff Tisler (Reedsville) [8] #8 Monte Strouf (Reedsville)
[9] #72 Jesse Fuller (Cato) [10] #3 Travis Groelle (Manitowoc)
[11] #32 Don Wood (Denmark) [12] #76 Greg Marks (Maribel) [13] #7 Jason
Rabas (Maribel) [14] #74W Jimmy Wilson (Appleton)
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Hobby Stock
Heat 1: [1] #33 Tyler Bauknecht (Reedsville) [2] #51 Lee Kielpikowski
(Green Bay) [3] #99 Matt Reinke (Reedsville) [4] #25 Adam
Pontzloff (Maribel) [5] #81 Jesse Behnke (Brillion) [6] #81X Ryan
Eickert (Brillion) [7] #38 Eugene Phillips (Green Bay)
Heat 2: [1] #34 Maxwell Schultz (Reedsville) [2] #42 Peter Kumbalek
(Green Bay) [3] #10v David Verhagen (Green Bay) [4] #7 Jason Rabas
(Denmark) [5] #35 Brian Rathe (Kewaunee) [6] #29 Kraig Koehler
(Two Rivers)
Feature: [1] #99 Matt Reinke (Reedsville) [2] #34 Maxwell Schultz
(Reedsville) [3] #42 Peter Kumbalek (Green Bay) [4] #7 Jason Rabas
(Denmark) [5] #25 Adam Pontzloff (Maribel) [6] #81 Jesse Behnke
(Brillion) [7] #29 Kraig Koehler (Two Rivers) [8] #10v David
Verhagen (Green Bay) [9] #51 Lee Kielpikowski (Green Bay) [10]
#81x Ryan Eickert (Brillion) [11] #35 Brian Rathe (Kewaunee) [12]
#57 Kris Conard (Manitowoc) [13] #38 Eugene Phillips (Green Bay)
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Sport Truck
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Sport 4s
Feature: [1] #74 Hank Horn, Jr (Brillion) [2] #41 Mike Dolphin (Maribel)
[3] #28 Rachel Gauger (Two Rivers) [4] #90 Bruce Sand (Two Rivers)
[5] #49 Aaron Dalton (Suamico) [6] #55 Kendra Cretton (Two Rivers)
[7] #57 Gary Novitski, Jr (Two Rivers) [8] #634 Mike Blashka
(Reedsville) [9] #6 Chester Neumann (Kaukauna) [10] #00 Calen Graf
(Manitowoc) [11] #88 Don Murray (Maribel) [12] #69 Hank Horn
(Brillion) [13] #28C Ben Case (Hilbert) [14] #58 Sue Cherney
(Mishicot) [15] #17 Ryan Brandes (Brillion) [16] #20 Tony
Gabriel (Manitowoc) [17] #33 Rick Lorrigan (Maple Grove) [18] #10
Terry Koenig (Mishicot)
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Hobby Stock
Pos Points Car # Driver Hometown
1 516 7 Jason Rabas Denmark, WI
2 490 99 Matt Reinke Reedsville, WI
3 490 29 Kraig Koehler Two Rivers, WI
4 465 34 Maxwell Schultz Reedsville, WI
5 462 42 Peter Kumbalek Green Bay, WI
6 415 25 Adam Pontzloff Maribel, WI
7 348 33 Tyler Bauknecht Reedsville, WI
8 323 38 Jacob & Eugene Phillips Green Bay, WI
9 308 81 Jesse & Jason Behnke Brillion, WI
10 288 51 Lee Kielpikowski Green Bay, WI
11 268 35 Brian Rathe Kewaunee,
12 193 57 Kris Conard Manitowoc, WI
13 128 6 Autumn Calabrese Shiocton, WI
14 79 10v David Verhagen Green Bay,
15 70 15 Michael Robinson Denmark, WI
16 67 0v Diana Verhagen Green Bay, WI
17 65 81x Ryan Eickert Brillion,
Mid American
Pos Points Car # Driver Hometown
1 438 64 Daryl Gerke Whitelaw, WI
2 387 B7 Andy Casavant Two Rivers, WI
3 381 62 Todd Mott Two Rivers, WI
4 367 12 Kevin Damrow Manitowoc, WI
5 364 3 Travis Groelle Manitowoc, WI
6 350 50 Gary Tisler Cato, WI
7 339 72 Jesse Fuller Cato, WI
8 320 38 Mike Oswald Manitowoc, WI
9 288 8 Monte Strouf Reedsville, WI
10 274 31 Jeff Tisler Reedsville, WI
11 219 0 David Verhagen Green Bay, WI
12 215 7 Dennis Rabas Maribel, WI
13 198 84 Brett Piontek Green Bay, WI
14 169 74W Jimmy Wilson Appleton, WI
15 113 12D Rod Dart Luxemburg, WI
16 67 32 Don Wood Denmark, WI
17 60 76 Greg Marks Maribel,
18 34 Bob Schultz Reedsville, WI
Sport 4s
Pos Points Car # Driver Hometown
1 195 74 Hank Horn, Jr Brillion, WI
2 185 41 Mike Dolphin Maribel, WI
3 174 57 Gary Novitski, Jr Two Rivers, WI
4 167 55 Kendra Cretton Two Rivers, WI
5 166 90 Bruce Sand Two Rivers, WI
6 165 28 Rachel Gauger ,
7 159 49 Aaron Dalton Suamico, WI
8 153 00 Cody & Calen Graf Mishicot, WI
9 149 10 Terry Koenig Mishicot, WI
10 142 69 Hank Horn Brillion, WI
11 142 28C Chet Neumann Kaukauna,
12 128 634 Mike Blashka Reedsville, WI
13 126 88 Murray/Kust Two Rivers, WI
14 122 17 Ryan Brandes Brillion, WI
15 112 6 Chester Neumann Kaukauna, WI
16 110 33 Rick Lorrigan Maple Grove, WI
17 101 58 Sue Cherney Mishicot, WI
18 98 8 LeClair/Gretz Two Rivers, WI
19 82 56 Jesse Sheffer Kewaunee, WI
20 32 29K LeClair/Gretz Two Rivers, WI
21 30 17B Greg Banker Bonduel,
22 29 199 Bill Delfosse ,
23 26 16 Ben Daoust Seymour, WI
24 25 20 Tony Gabriel Manitowoc, WI
25 25 100 Mark Christensen Mishicot, WI
26 25 74X Ryan Eickert Brillion,
27 24 9 Mark Rose ,
28 22 62 Shelby Melichar ,
29 21 13 Dan Daoust Oneida,
30 0 7 Thomas Tegen De Pere, WI
Super Stock
Pos Points Car # Driver Hometown
1 520 65 Josh Sand Two Rivers, WI
2 508 32 Don Wood Maribel, WI
3 469 31 Greg Thompson Denmark, WI
4 446 4 Jimbo Schleis Manitowoc, WI
5 443 10 Crystal Koenig Mishicot, WI
6 437 65T Jeff Treml Greenleaf, WI
7 435 27 Travis Rodewald Manitowoc, WI
8 425 123 Bruce & Jason Henrickson Two Rivers, WI
9 404 57 Tim Conard Manitowoc, WI
10 386 26 Jo Mueller Two Rivers, WI
11 349 29 Todd Welsing Denmark, WI
12 347 50 Nathan Wegner Maribel, WI
13 325 22R Randy Nething Manitowoc, WI
14 323 31X Kevin Charles Green Bay, WI
15 243 53 Nick Glaser Kewaunee, WI
16 234 24 Jason Kostichka Green Bay, WI
17 222 23 Greg Anderson Menominee, MI
18 221 001 Brian Stanelle Greenleaf, WI
19 220 32X Mike Meyerhofer, Jr Menasha, WI
20 79 34 Maxwell Schultz Reedsville, WI
21 67 77 Paul Rabas Maribel, WI
22 59 22 Dave Stoffer Shawano, WI
23 52 52 Bob Voight Little Chute,
24 47 57V Jamie Van Hout ,
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