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Calabrese Tops Field In Labor Day Enduro At 141
A near capacity crowd packed the 141 Speedway on Sunday for the annual Labor
Day Compact Car Enduro race.
Terry Kust of Two Rivers led the opening laps but was overtaken on lap seven
by Green Bay’s Todd Welsing.
Welsing held off the field up to lap eighteen when Donnie Murray of Maribel
used an inside move through traffic to take the top spot. Un fortunately
Murray would be caught up in a crash in turn two and his car was launched into
the outfield and nearly into the north parking lot. Murray sustained minor
injuries in the incident but didn’t require hospitalization.
On the restart David Beyer moved to the lead with Welsing close behind in
second. They stayed that way all the way to the first mandatory yellow at lap
100 when all the cars went to the pits for gas and tires.
When the race resumed the front-runners remained unchanged and all was well
until lap 104 when Welsing was caught up in slower traffic and spun in turn
two. Although he lost some time he remained in second. until lap 141 when lady
luck took a bite out of Beyer sending him to the pits with a flat tire and
giving the lead back to Welsing. Jim Schroeder moved to second and Frank
Calabrese had worked his way to third.
On lap 158 Schroeder pitted for repairs dropping out of the top ten and moving
Beyer back to third ahead of Kust and Duke Truttman.
At the lap 200 break, Welsing had the lead over Calabrese and when the green
flag fell again the two drivers began a seesaw battle that would last all the
way to the checkered flag where they were so close that officials had to
review videotape to determine the winner.
After viewing the tape, Calabrese was declared the winner with Welsing just
two one-thousandths behind. Kust held on for third with Beyer and Mike
Graziano rounding out the top five six laps down.
The next event at 141 Speedway is the Fall Dynamite Destruction Derby on
Saturday September 17 featuring double 0 races, a steel wall crash, the return
of school bus racing and a car melting exhibition by Doug Rose and his
“Green Mamba” jet dragster. Advance tickets are on sale for just $10 at
Patsy’s 42 Mobil in Two Rivers, Larry’s Shell and Van’s Liquor on
Calumet in Manitowoc, and I-43 Shell in Green Bay.
Gates open at 4pm with the show starting at 7 sharp. For more information see
their website at www.141Speedway.com.
Enduro - Enduro
Pos Driver Car #
1 Frank Calabrese 56
2 Todd Welsing29
3 Terry Kust99
4 David Beyer 77
5 Mike Graziano91
6 Todd Schlafke66
7 Duke Truttmann101
8 David Meyerhofer232
9 Bill Bruehl287
10 Kurt Naidl95
11 Kraig Koehler 225
12 Tom Davister97
13 Jeremy Polar 48
14 Norman Bonenfant81
15 Jeffery Koehler 116
16 Josh Mueller 17
17 Brandon Riedner140
18 Dave Boesch39
19 James Smith 129
20 Jim Schroeder 161
Enduro
Pos Car # Owner City/State Points
1 56 Frank Calabrese , 39
2 91 Mike GrazianoPort Washington,WI36
3 77 David Beyer Two Rivers,WI35
4 29 Todd Welsing, 19
5 99 Terry KustTwo Rivers,WI18
6 32 Rachel Czarapata Karkow,WI17
7 97 Tom Davister Denmark,WI16
8 6 Jeff Meulemans Kaukauna,WI16
9 66 Todd Schlafke, 15
10 161 Jim Schroeder Weyauwega,WI15
11 43 Matt Kittell Maribel,WI15
12 101 Duke Truttmann, 14
13 232 David Meyerhofer Kaukauna,WI13
14 13 Brian Diener Kaukauna,WI13
15 119 Michael Marcus Sheboygan,WI12
16 287 Bill Bruehl Kaukauna,WI12
17 5 Bryan Monday , 11
18 95 Kurt Naidl, 11
19 46 Norb Rivest Sheboygan,WI10
20 225 Kraig Koehler , 10
21 138 Edward Day Green Bay,WI9
22 36 Scott Leisner Marinette,WI8
23 48 Jeremy Polar , 8
24 81 Norman Bonenfant Manitowoc,WI7
25 116 Jeffery Koehler Manitowoc,WI6
26 217 Ken Krish Manitowoc,WI6
27 17 Josh Mueller Oshkosh,WI5
28 92 A.J. Vande Hei Bonduel,WI5
29 198 Andy Vaughan Green Bay,WI4
30 140 Brandon Riedner, 4
31 39 Dave Boesch, 3
32 77 John Leisner Appleton,WI3
33 152 Steve Bayer Burlington,WI2
34 129 James Smith Green Bay,WI2
35 69 Brian Vanne, 1
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