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Tisler Takes Feature, Casavant The Crown At 141
August 27, 2005: Francis Creek, WI - Jeff Tisler survived a dramatic
late race caution to win his second Mid-American feature of the season
Saturday night at the 141 Speedway in Francis Creek.
Sharing the spotlight with Tisler was Andy Casavant, driving for Marty and
Judy Bey, who secured his first Mid Am track title with a solid third place
run.
Other feature winners on the night were Josh Sand in the Super Stocks, Cory
Kemkes in the Mini-Stocks, Jason Rabas in the David Robinson Memorial Hobby
Stock 50 lap feature and Mike Dolphin in the Sport 4s.
Tension was high as the Mid Americans took the track for their 35-lap feature
with the title up for grabs. Casavant entered the main with a narrow
lead over Daryl Gerke and Travis Groelle. Todd Mott took the lead at the
drop of the green from Tisler. He maintained the top spot until a series
of events changed the course of the feature and solidified the championship
for Casavant.
The first incident involved the leader. Mott had fought off Tisler for
the first 21 laps, and had moved to the outside to pass lapped traffic when he
lost the handle in the fourth turn. The ensuing caution dropped him to
the back of the field with Tisler inheriting the lead. Gerke chose the
outside for the restart and tried to use the momentum to move past Tisler.
After two laps of trying, he dropped in low, just ahead of Dennis Rabas and
Casavant. Gerke continued to pressure until the 30th lap when a radiator
hose popped, drenching the first turn in fluid. No less than six cars,
including Casavant spun up and over the banking, but miraculously none of them
suffered any damaging contact.
With Gerke on the shelf and Groelle behind him, Casavant’s title was all but
secured. Tisler withstood a stiff challenge from the outside by Rabas
over the final five laps to score the win. Rabas settled for second,
with Casavant third, Kevin Damrow fourth and Mike Oswald fifth.
Sand was aided by a late caution in the Super Stock headliner that erased a
big advantage enjoyed by leaders Kevin Charles, Jo Mueller, Jason Henrickson
and Travis Rodewald.
Racing in heavy traffic on the restart, he caught another break, as Charles,
leading at the time, was black flagged for not picking a lane. The point
was suddenly up for grabs with Henrickson, Sand and Greg Thompson in the
hunt. Sand moved to the outside of Henrickson, grabbed the spot and
never looked back en route to his fourth win of the season.
Thompson followed for a second place finish, followed by Henrickson, Mueller
and Rodewald in the top five.
Kemkes made his move on leader Bryan Wetenkamp to take over the lead in the
Mini-Stock main on the fourth lap. He held the spot through a caution on
lap eight, and then steadily began to pull away from the field.
Behind him, four cars broke free in a battle for second: Kurt Naidl,
Troy Selner, David Gauger and Jason Novak. Selner secured the runner-up
spot with 10 laps to go and set sail for Kemkes. On the white flag lap,
Selner had closed to within two car lengths, but couldn’t deny Kemkes his
first feature win.
Behind the lead duo, Naidl placed third followed by Novak and Gauger with
Kevin Peroutka leading the next pack across the line to finish sixth.
The Hobby Stockers enjoyed their longest feature of the season in honor of one
of their own, David Robinson.
Rabas, the division point leader, passed Matt Reinke for the lead on the 22nd
lap and methodically worked his way to a half lap advantage over the rest of
the field. Action was good back in the pack, as Reinke and Kraig Koehler
swapped second back and forth as they diced through lapped traffic. The
contest for fourth was just as entertaining as Adam Pontzloff, Tyler Bauknecht,
Maxwell Schultz and Peter Kumbalek fought for position.
With 13 laps to go, the script changed thanks to a late caution. Rabas’
runaway lead was gone, and it was gone for good. Koehler found new life
and pressured Rabas the rest of the way. At the line, it was Rabas by
two cars lengths for his sixth win of the season and a big step toward his
third straight track title. Koehler, Kumbalek, Bauknecht and Schultz
rounded out the top five.
Sue Cherney was within shouting distance of her first Sport 4 win. After
several laps of side by side racing, she took over the top spot from Don
Murray. Dolphin came from deep on the starting grid to catch her with
the laps winding down. He motored away to his second win of the
season. Cherney was able to fend off a late charge from Bruce Sand to
record a career best second, with Murray fourth and Kendra Cretton
fifth. Cretton had advanced from the last starting spot after winning
the previous week’s feature.
Labor Day weekend means a two nights of racing at 141. Four more
champions will be crowned Saturday night September 3rd as the Speedway’s
regular season will come to an end. The night will also feature the
second visit of the traveling Mid American series, with qualifying at 5:30 and
racing at 7:00. Sunday marks round five of the six race Tisler Salvage
Compact Car Enduro Series. Rain or shine, the green flag falls on the
300-lap event at 7:00PM. For more information, visit the track’s
website at www.141speedway.com
Hobby Stock - Feature
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Jason Rabas
7
2 Kraig
Koehler
29
3 Peter Kumbalek
42
4 Tyler Bauknecht
33
5 Maxwell
Schultz
34
6 Matt Reinke
99
7 Adam Pontzloff
25
8 Brian Rathe
35
9 Michael
Robinson
15
10 Kris Conard
57
11 Diana Verhagen
0V
12 Team
Phillips
38
13 Dennis
Duggan
4
Hobby Stock
- Heat 1
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Tyler Bauknecht
33
2 Jason Rabas
7
3 Adam Pontzloff
25
4 Maxwell
Schultz
34
5 Michael
Robinson
15
6 Team
Phillips
38
7 Dennis
Duggan
4
Hobby Stock
- Heat 2
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Kris Conard
57
2 Matt Reinke
99
3 Peter Kumbalek
42
4 Kraig
Koehler
29
5 Brian Rathe
35
6 Diana Verhagen
0V
Hobby Stock
- Qualifying
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Tyler Bauknecht
33
2 Kraig
Koehler
29
3 Jason Rabas
7
4 Peter Kumbalek
42
5 Kris Conard
57
6 Maxwell
Schultz
34
7 Matt Reinke
99
8 Adam Pontzloff
25
9 Diana Verhagen
0V
10 Michael
Robinson
15
11 Brian Rathe
35
12 Team
Phillips
38
13 Dennis
Duggan
4
Mid American - Feature
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Jeff Tisler
31
2 Dennis Rabas
7
3 Andy Casavant
B7
4 Kevin Damrow
12
5 Mike
Oswald
38
6 Todd
Mott
62
7 David Verhagen
0V
8 Jesse
Fuller
72
9 Jimmy
Wilson
58
10 Gary Tisler
50
11 Jimmy
Wilson
74W
12 Daryl Gerke
64
13 Monte Strouf
8
14 Travis Groelle
3
Mid
American - Heat 1
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Todd
Mott
62
2 Daryl Gerke
64
3 Andy Casavant
B7
4 David Verhagen
0V
5 Mike
Oswald
38
6 Jimmy
Wilson
74W
7 Kevin Damrow
12
Mid
American - Heat 2
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Jeff Tisler
31
2 Jesse
Fuller
72
3 Dennis Rabas
7
4 Monte Strouf
8
5 Gary Tisler
50
6 Jimmy
Wilson
58
7 Travis Groelle
3
Mid
American - Qualifying
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Dennis Rabas
7
2 Kevin Damrow
12
3 Monte Strouf
8
4 Andy Casavant
B7
5 Jesse
Fuller
72
6 Daryl Gerke
64
7 Mike
Oswald
38
8 Jeff Tisler
31
9 David Verhagen
0V
10 Gary Tisler
50
11 Todd
Mott
62
12 Jimmy
Wilson
58
13 Jimmy
Wilson
74W
14 Travis Groelle
3
Mini Stock - Feature
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Cory Kemkes
07
2 Troy Selner
72
3 Kurt Naidl
97
4 Jason
Novak
13
5 David Gauger
Jr.
24
6 Kevin Peroutka
86
7 Team Wellner /
Wetenkamp 8
8 Erik
Turner
29T
9 Steve
Schneider
21
10 Todd Hebel
1
11 Jason Willadsen
7
12 Chris Wellner
29
13 Team Vosters
3
14 Kyle Pieschek
34
15 Corey Kaczoroski
K9
16 Allen
Dillon
4
17 Rick Kretschmann
2
18 Paul
Ray
01
Mini Stock
- Heat 1
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Corey Kaczoroski
K9
2 Kyle Pieschek
34
3 Sean
Farrell
17
4 Team Vosters
3
5 Rick Kretschmann
2
6 Ken Buster
Knapp
008
7 Dave Senkbiel
5
Mini Stock
- Heat 2
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 David Gauger
Jr.
24
2 Team Wellner /
Wetenkamp 8
3 Allen
Dillon
4
4 Cory Kemkes
07
5 Kevin Peroutka
86
6 Jason Willadsen
7
7 Paul
Ray
01
Mini Stock
- Heat 3
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Jason
Novak
13
2 Erik
Turner
29T
3 Troy Selner
72
4 Todd Hebel
1
5 Kurt Naidl
97
6 Chris Wellner
29
7 Steve
Schneider
21
Mini Stock
- Qualifying
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Troy Selner
72
2 Allen
Dillon
4
3 Erik
Turner
29T
4 Cory Kemkes
07
5 Kurt Naidl
97
6 Paul
Ray
01
7 Jason
Novak
13
8 Kevin Peroutka
86
9 Todd Hebel
1
10 Jason Willadsen
7
11 Chris Wellner
29
12 David Gauger
Jr.
24
13 Steve
Schneider
21
14 Team Wellner / Wetenkamp
8
15 Rick Kretschmann
2
16 Sean
Farrell
17
17 Kyle Pieschek
34
18 Corey Kaczoroski
K9
19 Dave Senkbiel
5
20 Team Vosters
3
Mini Stock
- Semi Feature
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Corey Kaczoroski
K9
2 Rick Kretschmann
2
3 Kyle Pieschek
34
4 Team Vosters
3
5 Sean
Farrell
17
6 Dave Senkbiel
5
7 Ken Buster
Knapp
008
Sport 4 - Feature
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Mike
Dolphin
41
2 Sue Cherney
58
3 Bruce
Sand
90
4 Team Murray / Kust
88
5 Kendra Cretton
55
6 Mike Blashka
634
7 Terry
Koenig
10
8 Gary Novitski
Jr.
57
9 Rick Lorrigan
33
10 Rachel Gauger
28
11 Aaron
Dalton
49
12 Team
Graf
00
13 Thomas
Tegen
7
Super Stock - Feature
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Josh
Sand
65
2 Greg
Thompson
31
3 Jason Henrickson
123
4 Jo
Mueller
26
5 Travis Rodewald
27
6 Nathan
Wagner
50
7 Jimbo Schleis
4
8 Randy Nething
22R
9 Mike Meyerhofer
Jr.
32X
10 Crystal
Koenig
10
11 Todd Welsing
29
12 Brian Stanelle
001
13 Jason Kostichka
24
14 Jamie Van Hout
57V
15 Kevin
Charles
31X
16 Jeff Treml
65T
Super Stock
- Heat 1
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Nathan
Wagner
50
2 Randy Nething
22R
3 Greg
Thompson
31
4 Jo
Mueller
26
5 Jason Kostichka
24
6 Jimbo Schleis
4
7 Kevin
Charles
31X
8 Jamie Van Hout
57V
Super Stock
- Heat 2
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Crystal
Koenig
10
2 Mike Meyerhofer
Jr.
32X
3 Jason Henrickson
123
4 Todd Welsing
29
5 Travis Rodewald
27
6 Josh
Sand
65
7 Brian Stanelle
001
8 Jeff Treml
65T
Super Stock
- Qualifying
Pos
Driver
Car #
1 Travis Rodewald
27
2 Greg
Thompson
31
3 Josh
Sand
65
4 Randy Nething
22R
5 Jason Henrickson
123
6 Jimbo Schleis
4
7 Todd Welsing
29
8 Kevin
Charles
31X
9 Crystal
Koenig
10
10 Jo
Mueller
26
11 Mike Meyerhofer
Jr.
32X
12 Nathan
Wagner
50
13 Jeff Treml
65T
14 Jason Kostichka
24
15 Brian Stanelle
001
16 Jamie Van Hout
57V
POINT STANDINGS
Hobby Stock
Pos Car # Owner City/State
Points
1 7 Jason Rabas , 1323
2 42 Peter Kumbalek , 1224
3 34 Maxwell Schultz , 1197
4 99 Matt Reinke , 1105
5 25 Adam Pontzloff , 1059
6 33 Tyler Bauknecht , 1002
7 35 Brian Rathe , 861
8 51 Lee Kielpikowski , 809
9 57 Kris Conard , 774
10 81 Team Behnke , 740
11 38 Team Phillips , 697
12 26 Brad LeClair , 300
13 15 Michael Robinson , 219
14 6 Autumn Calabrese , 192
15 0V Diana Verhagen , 129
16 29 Kraig Koehler , 100
17 10V David Verhagen , 79
18 4 Dennis Duggan ,Wi 59
19 79S Josh Setzer , 58
20 52 Mike Testroeter Sheboygan Falls,WI
55
Mid American
Pos Car # Owner City/State
Points
1 B7 Andy Casavant , 1102
2 64 Daryl Gerke , 1042
3 62 Todd Mott , 1011
4 50 Gary Tisler , 994
5 31 Jeff Tisler Reedsville,WI 983
6 3 Travis Groelle , 970
7 12 Kevin Damrow , 938
8 38 Mike Oswald , 925
9 8 Monte Strouf , 887
10 72 Jesse Fuller , 700
11 7 Dennis Rabas , 694
12 0V David Verhagen , 517
13 74W Jimmy Wilson , 463
14 12D Rod Dart , 307
15 34 Bob Schultz , 302
16 84 Brett Piontek , 279
17 76 Greg Marks , 243
18 58 Jimmy Wilson , 130
19 5 Bill Prietzel , 100
20 41 Jason Taghikhani , 68
Mini Stock
Pos Car # Owner City/State
Points
1 13 Jason Novak , 1377
2 72 Troy Selner , 1293
3 29T Erik Turner , 1196
4 4 Allen Dillon , 1131
5 97 Kurt Naidl , 1130
6 24 David Gauger Jr. , 1056
7 1 Todd Hebel Branch, 982
8 07 Cory Kemkes , 945
9 8 Team Wellner / Wetenkamp , 914
10 86 Kevin Peroutka , 869
11 01 Paul Ray , 811
12 29 Chris Wellner , 797
13 7 Jason Willadsen , 759
14 2 Rick Kretschmann , 729
15 60 Mark Truckey , 726
16 21 Steve Schneider , 725
17 17 Sean Farrell , 627
18 40 John Senkbiel , 614
19 X2 Jordan Thiel , 607
20 34 Kyle Pieschek , 563
Sport 4
Pos Car # Owner City/State
Points
1 57 Gary Novitski Jr. , 454
2 90 Bruce Sand Two Rivers,WI 442
3 55 Kendra Cretton , 436
4 10 Terry Koenig , 422
5 49 Aaron Dalton , 415
6 28 Rachel Gauger , 414
7 634 Mike Blashka , 412
8 41 Mike Dolphin , 406
9 00 Team Graf , 371
10 33 Rick Lorrigan Maple Grove,Wi
367
11 74 Hank Horn Jr. , 340
12 88 Team Murray / Kust , 339
13 69 Hank Horn Sr. , 324
14 6 Chester Neumann , 319
15 58 Sue Cherney , 309
16 7 Thomas Tegen , 267
17 17 Ryan Brandes , 181
18 56 Jesse Scheffer , 165
19 28C Ben Case , 142
20 8 Team LeClair / Gretz , 120
Super Stock
Pos Car # Owner City/State
Points
1 65 Josh Sand , 1396
2 31 Greg Thompson , 1294
3 4 Jimbo Schleis , 1144
4 32 Don Wood , 1139
5 10 Crystal Koenig , 1123
6 27 Travis Rodewald , 1115
7 123 Jason Henrickson , 1049
8 26 Jo Mueller , 1042
9 50 Nathan Wagner , 941
10 65T Jeff Treml , 932
11 29 Todd Welsing , 897
12 22R Randy Nething , 878
13 31X Kevin Charles , 863
14 001 Brian Stanelle , 853
15 57 Tim Conard , 688
16 24 Jason Kostichka , 586
17 34 Maxwell Schultz , 447
18 32X Mike Meyerhofer Jr. , 429
19 23 Greg Anderson , 380
20 53 Nik Glaser , 244
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