Tomlinson Hard Charger In Pepsi Main At 151

By: Natasha Fabian

June 20, 2003 (Columbus, WI) - Andy Tomlinson (Poynette) came from the back of the sixteen car field to win the second round of the Pepsi Triple Sixties Friday night at Wisconsin's Columbus 151 Speedway. Tomlinson had started off the evening turning quick time with a 13.719 second lap of the quarter-mile. Street stock rookie Ken Scott (Rio) won the 25-lap main in his division, Lincoln Keeser (Johnson Creek) won in the hobby stocks, and Rick Verdon (Fitchburg) picked up the win in the backup race. Jason Thoma (Jefferson) set fast time in the street stocks and Jim Schmidt (Jefferson) in the hobby stock class.

In the first half of the program, rookie competitor Tyler James (Oconomowoc) and veteran Scott Patrick (Sullivan) both won from the pole position in the two late model heat races. Tony Chase (Columbus) won the first street stock heat race. Jim Rohrbeck (Portage) who heavily damaged the wall in turn one last week came out with a borrowed car and won the fast heat. Young guns Jason Deppe (Waterloo) and Larry Moen (Madison) charged to the checkers to win their respective hobby stock heat races.

All feature events started four-wide, with the pole-sitter dropping to the rear of the field, leaving the spot open, in remembrance of Ron Grosskopf, who had died of a heart attack incurred at the Speedway one week earlier. Grosskopf had worked at Columbus 151 many years, as well as raced four-cylinder bandits, and worked at Jefferson Speedway for the last 31 years, racing three years prior to that.

The 60-lap main event for the late models was filled with door-to-door racing down through the pack. A wreck one-third of the way through dampened the evenings of Rob Retallick (Marshall), Aaron Wilke (Waterloo), and Terry Sauer (Waterloo). James held the point at the halfway mark of the contest. However, as Brent Knight (Watertown) was looking to the inside of James, Tomlinson made a daring pass on the outside for the lead and never looked back. On lap 47, the field came together as a caution came out, forcing Gerry Junget (Rio) into the pit area with a water leak. Tomlinson clenched the victory, with Dean Schultz (Juneau) close behind, followed by Steve Dobbratz (Rio), Brent Knight (Watertown), and Don Gaserude (Fort Atkinson) in a pack one quarter of the track behind. Tomlinson is also the current point leader after the evening's events.

After two weeks of rain earlier in the season, the Auto Armor night has been rescheduled for the July 11th program and the Dick Moore Memorial will be held on July 25th. An added attraction for this Friday's program will be four modified style racecars. These types of cars (raced at Slinger, formerly at Madison International, The Raceway at Powercom Park, and Dodge County Fairgrounds) will be on hand for exhibition events at Columbus 151 August 15th and August 29th. Modifieds are a fan favorite, with their light weight and high horsepower. More information on Friday night racing at Columbus 151 Speedway is available online at www.racingonline.com/columbus151

Late Model Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 31T ANDY TOMLINSON POYNETTE CHEVY 13.719  
2 34S DEAN SCHULTZ JUNEAU BUICK 13.730  
3 71J GERRY JUNGET RIO FORD 13.733  
4 81G DON GASERUDE - - - - - - 13.825  
5 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ RIO CHEVY 13.832  
6 2B DENNY BERGERON WATERLOO PONTIAC 13.854  
7 13W ED WOLFF III WATERTOWN CHEVY 13.860  
8 40P SCOTT PATRICK SULLIVAN DODGE 13.924  
9 1R ROB RETALLICK MARSHALL CHEVY 13.925  
10 8W AARON WILKE WATERLOO PONTIAC 13.931  
11 12B GREG BOWERS WATERTOWN CHEVY 13.980  
12 87F AARON FALBE BEAVER DAM CHEVY 14.025  
13 79K BRENT KNIGHT WATERTOWN CHEVY 14.113  
14 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS COLUMBUS PONTIAC 14.200  
15 13S TERRY SAUER WATERLOO PONTIAC 14.226  
16 27J TYLER JAMES OCONOMOWOC CHEVY 14.376  
Average time of all qualifiers : 13.953

* * * FastHeat RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 1 27J TYLER JAMES Fast1 OCONOMOWOC CHEVY  
2 3 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS Fast1 COLUMBUS PONTIAC  
3 5 87F AARON FALBE Fast1 BEAVER DAM CHEVY  
4 4 79K BRENT KNIGHT Fast1 WATERTOWN CHEVY  
5 6 12B GREG BOWERS Fast1 WATERTOWN CHEVY  
6 8 1R ROB RETALLICK Fast1 MARSHALL CHEVY  
7 7 8W AARON WILKE Fast1 WATERLOO PONTIAC  
8 2 13S TERRY SAUER Fast1 WATERLOO PONTIAC  

1 1 40P SCOTT PATRICK Fast2 SULLIVAN DODGE  
2 2 13W ED WOLFF III Fast2 WATERTOWN CHEVY  
3 3 2B DENNY BERGERON Fast2 WATERLOO PONTIAC  
4 5 81G DON GASERUDE Fast2 - - - - - -  
5 7 34S DEAN SCHULTZ Fast2 JUNEAU BUICK  
6 8 31T ANDY TOMLINSON Fast2 POYNETTE CHEVY  
7 6 71J GERRY JUNGET Fast2 RIO FORD  
8 4 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ Fast2 RIO CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in FastHeat Races: 16

* * * Feature RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 15 31T ANDY TOMLINSON FEATR POYNETTE CHEVY  
2 14 34S DEAN SCHULTZ FEATR JUNEAU BUICK  
3 12 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ FEATR RIO CHEVY  
4 4 79K BRENT KNIGHT FEATR WATERTOWN CHEVY  
5 13 81G DON GASERUDE FEATR - - -  - - -  
6 9 40P SCOTT PATRICK FEATR SULLIVAN DODGE  
7 10 13W ED WOLFF III FEATR WATERTOWN CHEVY  
8 11 2B DENNY BERGERON FEATR WATERLOO PONTIAC  
9 5 87F AARON FALBE FEATR BEAVER DAM CHEVY  
10 3 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS FEATR COLUMBUS PONTIAC  
11 7 8W AARON WILKE FEATR WATERLOO PONTIAC  
12 1 27J TYLER JAMES FEATR OCONOMOWOC CHEVY  
13 8 1R ROB RETALLICK FEATR MARSHALL CHEVY  
14 16 71J GERRY JUNGET FEATR RIO FORD  
15 6 12B GREG BOWERS FEATR WATERTOWN CHEVY  
16 2 13S TERRY SAUER FEATR WATERLOO PONTIAC  
Number of Drivers in Feature Races: 16
Updated on Friday June 20, 2003

Street Stock Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 95T JASON THOMA JEFFERSON CHEVY 14.239  
2 20S BRET SCHMIDT - - - - - - 14.282  
3 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ RIO CHEVY 14.313  
4 42A KEVIN ANDERSON COTTAGE GROVE OLDSMOBILE 14.440  
5 19S DAN SCHMIDT WATERTOWN CHEVY 14.506  
6 97B KURT BROWN HUBERTUS BUICK 14.626  
7 39S KEN SCOTT RIO PONTIAC 14.649  
8 36R JIM ROHRBECK PORTAGE - - - 14.659  
9 33W DALE WEATHERWAX CAMBRIA CHEVY 14.716  
10 44M IAN MARKS COLUMBUS CHEVY 14.921  
11 87J ED JACKSON MADISON CHEVY 14.926  
12 45S DENNIS SCHWARK - - - - - - 14.994  
13 21C TONY CHASE COLUMBUS CHEVY 15.025  
14 46W LUKE WILHELM PRAIRIE DU SAC CHEVY 15.522  
15 27F MARK FOGEL WEST BEND - - - 15.772  
Average time of all qualifiers : 14.773

* * * FastHeat RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 3 21C TONY CHASE Fast1 COLUMBUS CHEVY  
2 7 33W DALE WEATHERWAX Fast1 CAMBRIA CHEVY  
3 5 87J ED JACKSON Fast1 MADISON CHEVY  
4 6 44M IAN MARKS Fast1 COLUMBUS CHEVY  
5 4 45S DENNIS SCHWARK Fast1 - - - - - -  
6 2 46W LUKE WILHELM Fast1 PRAIRIE DU SAC CHEVY  
7 1 27F MARK FOGEL Fast1 WEST BEND - - -  

1 1 36R JIM ROHRBECK Fast2 PORTAGE - - -  
2 2 39S KEN SCOTT Fast2 RIO PONTIAC  
3 5 42A KEVIN ANDERSON Fast2 COTTAGE GROVE OLDSMOBILE  
4 8 95T JASON THOMA Fast2 JEFFERSON CHEVY  
5 6 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ Fast2 RIO CHEVY  
6 4 19S DAN SCHMIDT Fast2 WATERTOWN CHEVY  
7 3 97B KURT BROWN Fast2 HUBERTUS BUICK  
8 7 20S BRET SCHMIDT Fast2 - - - - - -  
Number of Drivers in FastHeat Races: 15

* * * Feature RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 9 39S KEN SCOTT FEATR RIO PONTIAC  
2 3 21C TONY CHASE FEATR COLUMBUS CHEVY  
3 13 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ FEATR RIO CHEVY  
4 12 42A KEVIN ANDERSON FEATR COTTAGE GROVE OLDSMOBILE  
5 5 87J ED JACKSON FEATR MADISON CHEVY  
6 10 97B KURT BROWN FEATR HUBERTUS BUICK  
7 14 95T JASON THOMA FEATR JEFFERSON CHEVY  
8 11 19S DAN SCHMIDT FEATR WATERTOWN CHEVY  
9 15 20S BRET SCHMIDT FEATR - - -  - - -  
10 7 33W DALE WEATHERWAX FEATR CAMBRIA CHEVY  
11 4 45S DENNIS SCHWARK FEATR - - -  - - -  
12 6 44M IAN MARKS FEATR COLUMBUS CHEVY  
13 2 46W LUKE WILHELM FEATR PRAIRIE DU SAC CHEVY  
14 1 27F MARK FOGEL FEATR WEST BEND - - -  
15 8 36R JIM ROHRBECK FEATR PORTAGE - - -  
Number of Drivers in Feature Races: 15
Updated on Friday June 20, 2003

Hobby Stock Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 19S JIM SCHMIDT JEFFERSON CHEVY 15.663  
2 20P GARY PASHLEY MARSHALL CHEVY 15.678  
3 22E CHUCK EGLI WATERLOO - - - 15.775  
4 10M LARRY MOEN MADISON CHEVY 15.906  
5 89G GARRETT GOTH COTTAGE GROVE CHEVY 15.977  
6 66W JIM WINGETT FALL RIVER CHEVY 16.013  
7 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ RIO CHEVY 16.065  
8 96D ALAN DORN WATERLOO CHEVY 16.090  
9 99K LINCOLN KEESER - - - OLDS 16.102  
10 75S DAVE SCHWARK SUN PRAIRIE OLDSMOBILE 16.243  
11 71D JASON DEPPE WATERLOO CHEVY 16.328  
12 13G ERIC GARDNER MARSHALL CHEVY 16.348  
13 100 GARY HAARKLAU MADISON - - - 17.302  
Average time of all qualifiers : 16.115

* * * FastHeat RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 3 71D JASON DEPPE Fast1 WATERLOO CHEVY  
2 6 96D ALAN DORN Fast1 WATERLOO CHEVY  
3 1 100 GARY HAARKLAU Fast1 MADISON - - -  
4 2 13G ERIC GARDNER Fast1 MARSHALL CHEVY  
5 4 75S DAVE SCHWARK Fast1 SUN PRAIRIE OLDSMOBILE  
6 7 43F JASON FINNEGAN Fast1 MILTON CHEVY  

1 4 10M LARRY MOEN Fast2 MADISON CHEVY  
2 1 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ Fast2 RIO CHEVY  
3 7 19S JIM SCHMIDT Fast2 JEFFERSON CHEVY  
4 5 22E CHUCK EGLI Fast2 WATERLOO - - -  
5 6 20P GARY PASHLEY Fast2 MARSHALL CHEVY  
6 2 66W JIM WINGETT Fast2 FALL RIVER CHEVY  
7 3 89G GARRETT GOTH Fast2 COTTAGE GROVE CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in FastHeat Races: 13

* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 4 99K LINCOLN KEESER Featr - - -  OLDS  
2 11 20P GARY PASHLEY Featr MARSHALL CHEVY  
3 10 22E CHUCK EGLI Featr WATERLOO - - -  
4 12 19S JIM SCHMIDT Featr JEFFERSON CHEVY  
5 9 10M LARRY MOEN Featr MADISON CHEVY  
6 1 13G ERIC GARDNER Featr MARSHALL CHEVY  
7 2 71D JASON DEPPE Featr WATERLOO CHEVY  
8 5 96D ALAN DORN Featr WATERLOO CHEVY  
9 0 91 JOE RACER Featr SOMEWHERE - - -  
10 8 89G GARRETT GOTH Featr COTTAGE GROVE CHEVY  
11 3 75S DAVE SCHWARK Featr SUN PRAIRIE OLDSMOBILE  
12 0 30L GRANT LINDNER Featr POYNETTE CHEVY  
13 7 66W JIM WINGETT Featr FALL RIVER CHEVY  
14 6 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ Featr RIO CHEVY  
15 14 43F JASON FINNEGAN Featr MILTON CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in FEATURE Races: 15
Updated on Friday June 20, 2003

Backups Division
* * * Feature RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 0 83V RICK VERDON Featr FITCHBURG OLDS  
2 0 84R MARK REMSIK Featr DEERFIELD CHEVY  
3 0 11M DAVE MOORE Featr - - -  - - -  
4 0 87O STEVE OETZEL Featr MARSHALL OLDS  
5 0 17G TOM GROSS Featr - - -  - - -  
6 0 39W GEORGE WACHUTA Featr OREGON BUICK  
7 0 22H WAYNE HOOK Featr OREGON CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in Feature Races: 7
Updated on Friday June 20, 2003

Point Standings

Late Model Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 31T ANDY TOMLINSON 685  
2 71J GERRY JUNGET 639  
3 34S DEAN SCHULTZ 499  
4 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ 495  
5 13W ED WOLFF III 484  
6 1R ROB RETALLICK 435  
7 13S TERRY SAUER 431  
8 40P SCOTT PATRICK 368  
9 87F AARON FALBE 357  
10 2B DENNY BERGERON 352  
11 81G DON GASERUDE 301  
12 79K BRENT KNIGHT 275  
13 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS 252  
14 27J TYLER JAMES 248  
15 8W AARON WILKE 133  
16 11G RUSS GOODWIN 132  
17 53S JOEL SOENKSEN 118  
18 16W LUKE WESTENBERG 84  
19 95.3 JEFF FALBE 76  
20 12B GREG BOWERS 69  
21 77A JOHN ACKER 58  
22 76B RON BISHOFBERGER 56  
23 14N SCOTT NOTTESTAD 54  
24 4B RANDY BREUNIG 49  
25 68E JASON ERICKSON 49  
26 82S CHAD STEVENS 44  
27 28H RUSS HEBEL 42  
28 94D PATRICK DWYER 34  
29 33S DYLAN SCHUYLER 33  
30 87J KYLE JARLSBERG 33  
31 52DD DUANE DEPPE 32  
32 18W ANDY WENDT 31  
33 56M DON MATTRISCH 31  
34 2D TOM DORN 30  
35 100 CURT THOMPSON 30  
36 62S JEFF STEENBERGEN 28  
37 28S PAUL SEEBER 26  
38 1B GENO BROESCH 25  
Updated on Friday June 20, 2003 

Street Stock Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 42A KEVIN ANDERSON 773  
2 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ 727  
3 39S KEN SCOTT 558  
4 99R JIM ROHRBECK  534  
5 33W DALE WEATHERWAX 467  
6 36O DAVE OSWALD 464  
7 87J ED JACKSON 433  
8 45S DENNIS SCHWARK 404  
9 97B KURT BROWN 360  
10 19S DAN SCHMIDT 339  
11 20S BRET SCHMIDT 317  
12 95T JASON THOMA 260  
13 40C KURT CLAPPER 231  
14 21C TONY CHASE 225  
15 44M IAN MARKS 183  
16 4S JOHN SCHAFER 118  
17 28D MARK DEPORTER 94  
18 46W LUKE WILHELM 91  
19 48BS BOBBY STOUGH 89  
20 9W DUSTIN WARD 74  
21 32K TONY KOEPKE 74  
22 2P RANDY PADFIELD 72  
23 65R TIM RAUPP 56  
24 17R NOEL RAMGE 44  
25 4P LUKE PADFIELD 40  
26 17B BILL BUSH 40  
27 19R CHAD REIMER 38  
28 7H JAMES HELMER 36  
29 40P GARY PEAT 36  
30 23K CHRIS KOEPKE 34  
31 7C JERRY CHAPMAN 32  
32 57E MARK ENGLISH 30  
33 27F MARK FOGEL 28  
34 55H CAREY HENSEL 28  
35 100 KEVIN THOMPSON 27  
36 11J GARY JACOBSON 26  
Updated on Friday June 20, 2003 

Hobby Stock Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 20P GARY PASHLEY 776  
2 22E CHUCK EGLI 744  
3 10M LARRY MOEN 742  
4 30L GRANT LINDNER 641  
5 66W JIM WINGETT 605  
6 19S JIM SCHMIDT 508  
7 99K LINCOLN KEESER 440  
8 71D JASON DEPPE 437  
9 89G GARRETT GOTH 423  
10 43F JASON FINNEGAN 399  
11 8S KRIS SCHOONOVER 300  
12 96D ALAN DORN 294  
13 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ 255  
14 33V GILBERT VALDEZ 208  
15 4B AMY BRUNELL 158  
16 69O CRAIG OLVER 104  
17 10KM KEVIN MOEN 104  
18 13G ERIC GARDNER 90  
19 75S DAVE SCHWARK 80  
20 38G BRYON GRASSL 66  
21 6H JEREMY HARTWIG 60  
22 31 KEN AU 58  
23 100 GARY HAARKLAU 41  
24 88S RODGER STEPHENSON 40  
25 67N RUSS NICHOLSON 40  
26 91 JOE RACER 38  
27 991 BRET SCHMIDT 38  
28 55W TERRY WANGSNESS 38  
29 10H JASON HOGAN 38  
30 2C EAAN CARSON 33  
31 91L BRANDON LOFGREN 31  
32 20H SCOTT HACKBARTH 30  
Updated on Friday June 20, 2003 

Backups Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 83V RICK VERDON 119  
2 87O STEVE OETZEL 96  
3 11M DAVE MOORE 82  
4 39W GEORGE WACHUTA 64  
5 15H BRUCE HAVEL 63  
6 17G TOM GROSS 57  
7 84R MARK REMSIK 57  
8 81R JIM REMSIK 50  
9 22H WAYNE HOOK 47  
Updated on Friday June 20, 2003 



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