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Tisler Gets Tops Mid-Am Tilt At 141
After being washed out by Mother Nature the week before, clear skies and the
largest crowd of the season so far were present for the show Saturday night at
141 Speedway in Francis Creek.
The Mid-American Feature showcased some of the best racing of the night. Monte
Strouf in a Chevy Monte Carlo would lead at the drop of the green but Mike
"Ozzy" Oswald of Manitowoc drove around him in his Ford powered ride
to take the top spot on lap two.
Gary Tisler of Cato ran side by side with Strouf battling for second with
Kevin Damrow and Rod "Pee Wee" Dart doing the same for fourth. By
lap 14, however, Damrow had cleared to fourth and current point leader Daryl
"Homeboy" Gerke had advance to fifth.
After a caution on lap 18 for a spin by Greg Marks, Tisler used a hole shot on
the outside to drive by Oswald for the lead. Damrow would pass Ozzy for second
one lap later and the trio played follow the leader all the way to the finish
giving Tisler his first feature win ever. Bob Schultz in the Lorrigan
Construction Monte Carlo managed to come home fourth just ahead of Strouf.
The Super Stock division feature was literally "lights out" as on
lap three with Tim Conard leading the field, a power outage knocked out the
track lighting stopping the race.
The promoter at 141 was prepared for this (albeit accidentally) and brought
out Doug Rose from Milwaukee with his Green Mamba jet car to put on a car
burning exhibition with lit up both the night and the crowd.
When the lights came back on and racing resumed, Conard continued to lead with
Jimbo Schleis of Manitowoc running almost side by side in second. The
competition wasn’t far behind, though, as defending track champ Don Wood had
moved to the third spot by lap eight and was poised to challenge the leaders.
However, before wood could make a move a caution flag was displayed for a
crash involving the cars of Randy Nething and Nathan Wagner. The green came
out again but only for one lap as Kevin Charles made contact with the Crystal
Koenig’s ride in turn two sending the Denmark racer off the backstretch and
through a billboard.
With the field dwindling and the time limit becoming a factor, the green came
out for the final time on lap fifteen. Conard, Schleis and Wood were running
in a pack up front and the jury was out as to who would take the victory until
lap 18 when Wood made contact with Conard’s car spinning him out and
bringing out another yellow.
As a result of the incident wood and Conard were sent to the rear of the field
and, since the time limit had been well exceeded, Jimbo Schleis was awarded
the win.
In the Mini Stock feature, Mark Truckey of Appleton was again out to shake his
nickname of "Unlucky" Truckey and led the opening laps of the race.
Truckey was leading the feature two weeks earlier when his engine died two
laps from the end adding to a long list of mishaps that had befallen him this
season. This night would be different, however, as someone else’s misfortune
would result in a win for Truckey.
By lap eight, defending track champion David Gauger, Jr. had moved into second
place and was chasing Truckey down at a rapid rate. By lap 10 they were
running side by side for the lead with Gauger actually lead a lap or two along
the way.
By lap 22, Corey Kemkes had moved up to make it a three-way race for the lead
and Gauger had a good run going out of turn three and seemed to be on his way
to the front when they were both slowed by a lapped car in the high groove and
had to drop back.
Three laps later, Rick Kretchman would spin out bringing a caution flag and
once again the race was called because of time limit giving the win to
"Mr. Lucky" Mark Truckey. Gauger and Kemkes were second and third
followed by Bryan Wetenkamp and
The Sport Four class was the only group to complete their entire race within
time constraints this night. Bruce Sand of Two Rivers came back after a week
off due to injury to get the win in the Australian Rules race (a coin flip
prior to the event determines the direction they travel; on this night
clockwise). Hank Horn, Jr. of Brillion was second with point leader Mike
"Fatbottom" Dolphin third.
Because of local curfew restrictions, the Hobby Stock Feature did not run but
will open the show next week as the Hobby’s will have a double feature
night. Also, TA Motorsports of Francis Creek will be giving away a Suzuki ATV
to some lucky race fan as part of their night at the races.
Time trials are at 5:30 with racing at 7 sharp. For more information please
see their website at www.141Speedway.com.
Mini Stock - Heat 1
Pos Driver Car #
1 Steve Schneider 21
2 Rick Kretschmann 2
3 Kevin Peroutka 86
Mini Stock - Heat 2
Pos Driver Car #
1 Kyle Pieschek 34
2 Dave Senkbiel 5
3 Jason Willadsen 7
Mini Stock - Heat 3
Pos Driver Car #
1 Allen Dillon 4
2 Paul Ray 01
3 Mark Truckey 60
Mini Stock - Heat 4
Pos Driver Car #
1 Troy Selner 72
2 Sean Farrell 17
Mini Stock - Semi Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 Kurt Naidl 97
2 Rick Kretschmann 2
3 Dave Senkbiel 5
Mini Stock - Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 Mark Truckey 60
2 David Gauger Jr. 24
3 Cory Kemkes 07
4 Team Wellner / Wetenkamp 8
5 Todd Hebel 1
6 Troy Selner 72
7 Erik Turner 29T
8 Paul Ray 01
9 Jason Willadsen 7
10 Chris Wellner 29
11 Jason Novak 13
12 Kurt Naidl 97
13 Rick Kretschmann 2
14 Jordan Thiel X2
15 Dave Senkbiel 5
16 Sean Farrell 17
17 Allen Dillon 4
18 Josh Lammers 6
Mini Stock Quick Qualifier
Troy Selner 13.330
Super Stock - Heat 1
Pos Driver Car #
1 Jeff Treml 65T
2 Jason Kostichka 24
3 Todd Welsing 29
Super Stock - Heat 2
Pos Driver Car #
1 Jo Mueller 26
2 Kevin Charles 31X
3 Jason Henrickson 123
Super Stock - Heat 3
Pos Driver Car #
1 Greg Anderson 23
2 Don Wood 32
3 Crystal Koenig 10
Super Stock - Semi Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 Brian Stanelle 001
2 Jeff Treml 65T
3 Jason Kostichka 2
Super Stock - Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 Jimbo Schleis 4
2 Jason Henrickson 123
3 Jo Mueller 26
4 Josh Sand 65
5 Travis Rodewald 27
6 Jeff Treml 65T
7 Greg Anderson 23
8 Greg Thompson 31
9 Brian Stanelle 001
10 Maxwell Schultz 34
11 Randy Nething 22R
12 Nathan Wagner 50
13 Crystal Koenig 10
14 Kevin Charles 31X
15 Don Wood 32
16 Tim Conard 57
Super Stock Quick Qualifier
Josh Sand 12.783
Mid American - Heat 1
Pos Driver Car #
1 Bob Schultz 34
2 Travis Groelle 3
3 Daryl Gerke 64
Mid American - Heat 2
Pos Driver Car #
1 Jesse Fuller 72
2 Greg Marks 76
3 Jeff Tisler 31
Mid American - Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 Gary Tisler 50
2 Kevin Damrow 12
3 Mike Oswald 38
4 Bob Schultz 34
5 Monte Strouf 8
6 Daryl Gerke 64
7 Andy Casavant B7
8 Travis Groelle 3
9 Todd Mott 62
10 Dennis Rabas 7
11 Jeff Tisler 31
12 Greg Marks 76
13 Rod Dart 12D
14 Jimmy Wilson 74W
15 Jesse Fuller 72
Mid American Quick Qualifier
Jeff Tisler 12.662
Hobby Stock - Heat 1
Pos Driver Car #
1 Matt Reinke 99
2 Kraig Koehler 29
3 Peter Kumbalek 42
Hobby Stock - Heat 2
Pos Driver Car #
1 Jason Rabas 7
2 Lee Kielpikowski 51
3 Tyler Bauknecht 33
Sport 4 - Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 Bruce Sand 90
2 Hank Horn Jr. 74
3 Terry Koenig 10
4 Mike Dolphin 41
5 Gary Novitski Jr. 57
6 Mike Blashka 634
7 Rick Lorrigan 33
8 Rachel Gauger 28
9 Thomas Tegen 7
10 Hank Horn Sr. 69
11 Sue Cherney 58
12 Mike Neumann 9
13 TIM SMITS 18
14 Aaron Dalton 49
15 Team Graf 00
16 Chester Neumann 6
17 Kendra Cretton 55
18 Justin Meulemans 1
19 Team Murray / Kust 88
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