Beaver Dam Teen Takes Victory In Miller 50

By: Natasha Fabian

June 27, 2003 (Columbus, WI) – Aaron Falbe clenched a hard fought victory in the Miller 50-lap late model feature at Columbus 151 Speedway Friday night. The second generation driver was able to pull free from an early-race crash to hold off Ed Wolff III (Watertown) for the win.

Five laps into the race, Steve Dobbratz (Rio) was sent to the pit area to tend to hazardous body damage. Only one lap later the field was put under caution for a fire underneath the quick-qualifier of Andy Tomlinson's (Poynette) Chevrolet. On lap fourteen the field was mangled up when Falbe rode up over the left side of Randy Breunig's (Columbus) car, damaging several cars. Two more cautions were displayed; one for debris and the other for the spun car of Bob Taylor (Watertown).

Jason Thoma (Jefferson) once again set fast time in the street stocks, and moved up as far as second, starting from the back in the inverted lineup, Justin Schultz (Rio) picking up the win. Current point leader Gary Pashley (Marshall) turned fast time in the hobby stock class, and Jim Wingett (Fall River) made the trip to Victory Lane after winning the feature. In four-cylinder Bandit action, Danny Birkett (Dane) took a clean sweep. Rick Verdon (Fitchburg) won the Backup race.

Only qualifying laps and feature events took place due to a threat of approaching storms.

Racing action continues every Friday night at Columbus 151 Speedway through early September. For the fourth of July, the Mountain Dew Code Red Cherrybomb 50 is scheduled with extended features for the street and hobby stocks. A fireworks extravaganza presented by Cornellier Fireworks, as well as a Dew Stuff giveaway will highlight the evening. 

BANDITS Division

* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 36B DAN BIRKETT DANE HONDA 16.451  
2 41P BRIAN PAULSON EDGERTON ACURA 16.741  
3 98R TINA REMSIK WATERTOWN HONDA 17.258  
4 4H CHRIS HIGGINS WATERTOWN FORD 17.495  
5 19B RICHARD BOYCE MARSHALL FORD 17.552  
6 8N CHARLES NOVOTNY MAUSTON - - - 17.663  
7 21N RON NELSON STOUGHTON DODGE 17.748  
8 42M MICHAEL MIESCHER REESEVILLE PONTIAC 17.966  
9 5C LINDA CARIGNAN PARDEEVILLE DODGE 18.124  
10 29S GARY STARK WATERLOO HONDA 18.217  
11 20B RIKKI BISHOFBERGER FORT ATKINSON PONTIAC 18.380  
12 17J BRANDON JOHNSON DEFOREST PONTIAC 18.448  
13 77S CHARLIE SPRY ORFORDVILLE GEO 19.110  
14 15B KEITH BELL BRODHEAD CHEVY 19.164  
15 52A MIKE AMADOR MAZOMANIE PONTIAC 19.193  
16 59 MATT JOHNSON MADISON PONTIAC 19.399  
Average time of all qualifiers : 18.057

* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 16 36B DAN BIRKETT Feat DANE HONDA  
2 15 41P BRIAN PAULSON Feat EDGERTON ACURA  
3 13 4H CHRIS HIGGINS Feat WATERTOWN FORD  
4 14 98R TINA REMSIK Feat WATERTOWN HONDA  
5 10 21N RON NELSON Feat STOUGHTON DODGE  
6 6 20B RIKKI BISHOFBERGER Feat FORT ATKINSON PONTIAC  
7 11 8N CHARLES NOVOTNY Feat MAUSTON - - -  
8 9 42M MICHAEL MIESCHER Feat REESEVILLE PONTIAC  
9 2 52A MIKE AMADOR Feat MAZOMANIE PONTIAC  
10 1 59 MATT JOHNSON Feat MADISON PONTIAC  
11 12 19B RICHARD BOYCE Feat MARSHALL FORD  
12 3 15B KEITH BELL Feat BRODHEAD CHEVY  
13 4 77S CHARLIE SPRY Feat ORFORDVILLE GEO  
14 8 5C LINDA CARIGNAN Feat PARDEEVILLE DODGE  
15 7 29S GARY STARK Feat WATERLOO HONDA  
Number of Drivers in FEATURE Races: 15
Updated on Friday June 27, 2003

Hobby Stock Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 20P GARY PASHLEY MARSHALL CHEVY 15.523  
2 22E CHUCK EGLI WATERLOO - - - 15.566  
3 30L GRANT LINDNER POYNETTE CHEVY 15.660  
4 19S JIM SCHMIDT JEFFERSON CHEVY 15.732  
5 10M LARRY MOEN MADISON CHEVY 15.801  
6 33V GILBERT VALDEZ - - - CHEVY 15.948  
7 99K LINCOLN KEESER - - - OLDS 15.965  
8 89G GARRETT GOTH COTTAGE GROVE CHEVY 16.030  
9 13G ERIC GARDNER MARSHALL CHEVY 16.042  
10 91L BRANDON LOFGREN JANESVILLE OLDSMOBILE 16.158  
11 66W JIM WINGETT FALL RIVER CHEVY 16.174  
12 71D JASON DEPPE WATERLOO CHEVY 16.191  
13 75S DAVE SCHWARK SUN PRAIRIE OLDSMOBILE 16.402  
14 43F JASON FINNEGAN MILTON CHEVY 16.404  
15 96D ALAN DORN WATERLOO CHEVY 16.460  
Average time of all qualifiers : 16.004

* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 5 66W JIM WINGETT Featr FALL RIVER CHEVY  
2 13 30L GRANT LINDNER Featr POYNETTE CHEVY  
3 11 10M LARRY MOEN Featr MADISON CHEVY  
4 15 20P GARY PASHLEY Featr MARSHALL CHEVY  
5 14 22E CHUCK EGLI Featr WATERLOO - - -  
6 1 96D ALAN DORN Featr WATERLOO CHEVY  
7 9 99K LINCOLN KEESER Featr - - -  OLDS  
8 7 13G ERIC GARDNER Featr MARSHALL CHEVY  
9 4 71D JASON DEPPE Featr WATERLOO CHEVY  
10 12 19S JIM SCHMIDT Featr JEFFERSON CHEVY  
11 6 91L BRANDON LOFGREN Featr JANESVILLE OLDSMOBILE  
12 8 89G GARRETT GOTH Featr COTTAGE GROVE CHEVY  
13 3 75S DAVE SCHWARK Featr SUN PRAIRIE OLDSMOBILE  
14 2 43F JASON FINNEGAN Featr MILTON CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in FEATURE Races: 14
Updated on Friday June 27, 2003

Late Model Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 31T ANDY TOMLINSON POYNETTE CHEVY 13.668  
2 34S DEAN SCHULTZ JUNEAU BUICK 13.685  
3 81G DON GASERUDE FORT ATKINSON CHEVY 13.750  
4 71J GERRY JUNGET RIO FORD 13.783  
5 1R ROB RETALLICK MARSHALL CHEVY 13.836  
6 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ RIO CHEVY 13.863  
7 62S JEFF STEENBERGEN WAUPUN FORD 13.869  
8 87F AARON FALBE BEAVER DAM CHEVY 13.925  
9 13W ED WOLFF III WATERTOWN CHEVY 13.954  
10 79K BRENT KNIGHT WATERTOWN CHEVY 14.057  
11 76BR RANDY BREUNIG COLUMBUS - - - 14.065  
12 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS COLUMBUS PONTIAC 14.410  
13 27J TYLER JAMES OCONOMOWOC CHEVY 14.858  
14 52T BOB TAYLOR WATERTOWN - - - 14.932  
Average time of all qualifiers : 14.047

* * * Feature RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 7 87F AARON FALBE FEATR BEAVER DAM CHEVY  
2 6 13W ED WOLFF III FEATR WATERTOWN CHEVY  
3 8 62S JEFF STEENBERGEN FEATR WAUPUN FORD  
4 13 34S DEAN SCHULTZ FEATR JUNEAU BUICK  
5 11 71J GERRY JUNGET FEATR RIO FORD  
6 9 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ FEATR RIO CHEVY  
7 4 76BR RANDY BREUNIG FEATR COLUMBUS - - -  
8 10 1R ROB RETALLICK FEATR MARSHALL CHEVY  
9 12 81G DON GASERUDE FEATR FORT ATKINSON CHEVY  
10 3 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS FEATR COLUMBUS PONTIAC  
11 1 52T BOB TAYLOR FEATR WATERTOWN - - -  
12 14 31T ANDY TOMLINSON FEATR POYNETTE CHEVY  
13 5 79K BRENT KNIGHT FEATR WATERTOWN CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in Feature Races: 13
Updated on Friday June 27, 2003

Street Stock Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 95T JASON THOMA JEFFERSON CHEVY 14.284  
2 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ RIO CHEVY 14.435  
3 39S KEN SCOTT RIO PONTIAC 14.481  
4 36R JIM ROHRBECK PORTAGE - - - 14.655  
5 42A KEVIN ANDERSON COTTAGE GROVE OLDSMOBILE 14.657  
6 33W DALE WEATHERWAX CAMBRIA CHEVY 14.716  
7 19S DAN SCHMIDT WATERTOWN CHEVY 14.793  
8 87J ED JACKSON MADISON CHEVY 14.897  
9 4S JOHN SCHAFER MONONA - - - 15.187  
10 62B CHRIS BEINE SLINGER - - - 15.275  
11 45S DENNIS SCHWARK - - - - - - 15.502  
12 46W LUKE WILHELM PRAIRIE DU SAC CHEVY 15.842  
Average time of all qualifiers : 14.894

* * * Feature RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 11 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ FEATR RIO CHEVY  
2 12 95T JASON THOMA FEATR JEFFERSON CHEVY  
3 10 39S KEN SCOTT FEATR RIO PONTIAC  
4 2 45S DENNIS SCHWARK FEATR - - -  - - -  
5 8 42A KEVIN ANDERSON FEATR COTTAGE GROVE OLDSMOBILE  
6 9 36R JIM ROHRBECK FEATR PORTAGE - - -  
7 4 4S JOHN SCHAFER FEATR MONONA - - -  
8 6 19S DAN SCHMIDT FEATR WATERTOWN CHEVY  
9 5 87J ED JACKSON FEATR MADISON CHEVY  
10 7 33W DALE WEATHERWAX FEATR CAMBRIA CHEVY  
11 3 62B CHRIS BEINE FEATR SLINGER - - -  
Number of Drivers in Feature Races: 11
Updated on Friday June 27, 2003

POINT STANDINGS

BANDITS Division

Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 41P BRIAN PAULSON 667  
2 36B DAN BIRKETT 630  
3 98R TINA REMSIK 390  
4 19B RICHARD BOYCE 364  
5 20B RIKKI BISHOFBERGER 333  
6 8N CHARLES NOVOTNY 321  
7 4D BRANDON RIEDNER 244  
8 12P ALLEN PETRIE JR 233  
9 4H CHRIS HIGGINS 229  
10 5C LINDA CARIGNAN 202  
11 52A MIKE AMADOR 195  
12 38R BILL REYNOLDS 182  
13 29S GARY STARK 159  
14 75X TRAVIS SCHNEEBERG 138  
15 5S PETER SHELLEY 103  
16 77S CHARLIE SPRY 98  
17 36C JIM CLARK 96  
18 67C JOE CROSS 82  
19 57S TIM SEITZ 80  
20 84R MARK REMSIK 74  
21 39C JIM CLARK 68  
22 C4 JOHN CRAWFORD 68  
23 21N RON NELSON 66  
24 21G DAN GOSDA 66  
25 59 MATT JOHNSON 64  
26 45RE JIM REMSIK 64  
27 15B KEITH BELL 63  
28 17J BRANDON JOHNSON 62  
29 9L BRIAN LIND 47  
30 42M MICHAEL MIESCHER 44  
31 39M JESSE MC KINNEY 44  
32 5R MATT RECHEK 44  
33 42S BILL SWEENEY 42  
34 92S KYLE STARK 34  
35 21P JUSTIN PUNSEL 34  
36 9G SANDRA GROSSKOPF 34  
37 48F ROGER FRANK 33  
38 81R JIM REMSIK 32  
39 75S PAULA SEITZ 32  
40 53R RYAN RINGLSTETTER 32  
41 94B SCOTT BUNDY 28  
42 51G RON GROSSKOPF 28  
43 11G BETH GOODWIN 26  
44 7W SEAN WATTERS 26  
45 02D PAUL DISHNEAU 26  
46 19S GREG SHELDON 13  
Updated on Friday June 27, 2003 

Hobby Stock Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 20P GARY PASHLEY 866  
2 10M LARRY MOEN 832  
3 22E CHUCK EGLI 821  
4 30L GRANT LINDNER 746  
5 66W JIM WINGETT 705  
6 19S JIM SCHMIDT 557  
7 99K LINCOLN KEESER 491  
8 71D JASON DEPPE 475  
9 89G GARRETT GOTH 459  
10 43F JASON FINNEGAN 427  
11 96D ALAN DORN 344  
12 8S KRIS SCHOONOVER 300  
13 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ 255  
14 33V GILBERT VALDEZ 216  
15 4B AMY BRUNELL 158  
16 13G ERIC GARDNER 130  
17 75S DAVE SCHWARK 110  
18 69O CRAIG OLVER 104  
19 10KM KEVIN MOEN 104  
20 38G BRYON GRASSL 66  
21 91L BRANDON LOFGREN 65  
22 6H JEREMY HARTWIG 60  
23 31 KEN AU 58  
24 100 GARY HAARKLAU 41  
25 88S RODGER STEPHENSON 40  
26 67N RUSS NICHOLSON 40  
27 991 BRET SCHMIDT 38  
28 91 JOE RACER 38  
29 55W TERRY WANGSNESS 38  
30 10H JASON HOGAN 38  
31 2C EAAN CARSON 33  
32 20H SCOTT HACKBARTH 30  
Updated on Friday June 27, 2003 

Late Model Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 31T ANDY TOMLINSON 737  
2 71J GERRY JUNGET 712  
3 34S DEAN SCHULTZ 586  
4 13W ED WOLFF III 574  
5 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ 553  
6 1R ROB RETALLICK 485  
7 87F AARON FALBE 461  
8 13S TERRY SAUER 431  
9 40P SCOTT PATRICK 368  
10 81G DON GASERUDE 354  
11 2B DENNY BERGERON 352  
12 79K BRENT KNIGHT 305  
13 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS 288  
14 27J TYLER JAMES 248  
15 8W AARON WILKE 133  
16 11G RUSS GOODWIN 132  
17 53S JOEL SOENKSEN 118  
18 62S JEFF STEENBERGEN 114  
19 16W LUKE WESTENBERG 84  
20 95.3 JEFF FALBE 76  
21 12B GREG BOWERS 69  
22 77A JOHN ACKER 58  
23 76B RON BISHOFBERGER 56  
24 14N SCOTT NOTTESTAD 54  
25 68E JASON ERICKSON 49  
26 4B RANDY BREUNIG 49  
27 76BR RANDY BREUNIG 45  
28 82S CHAD STEVENS 44  
29 28H RUSS HEBEL 42  
30 52T BOB TAYLOR 34  
31 94D PATRICK DWYER 34  
32 87J KYLE JARLSBERG 33  
33 33S DYLAN SCHUYLER 33  
34 52DD DUANE DEPPE 32  
35 56M DON MATTRISCH 31  
36 18W ANDY WENDT 31  
37 100 CURT THOMPSON 30  
38 2D TOM DORN 30  
39 28S PAUL SEEBER 26  
40 1B GENO BROESCH 25  
Updated on Friday June 27, 2003 

Street Stock Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ 844  
2 42A KEVIN ANDERSON 843  
3 39S KEN SCOTT 653  
4 99R JIM ROHRBECK  534  
5 33W DALE WEATHERWAX 511  
6 87J ED JACKSON 475  
7 45S DENNIS SCHWARK 474  
8 36O DAVE OSWALD 464  
9 19S DAN SCHMIDT 385  
10 95T JASON THOMA 370  
11 97B KURT BROWN 360  
12 20S BRET SCHMIDT 317  
13 40C KURT CLAPPER 231  
14 21C TONY CHASE 225  
15 44M IAN MARKS 183  
16 4S JOHN SCHAFER 163  
17 28D MARK DEPORTER 94  
18 46W LUKE WILHELM 91  
19 48BS BOBBY STOUGH 89  
20 32K TONY KOEPKE 74  
21 9W DUSTIN WARD 74  
22 2P RANDY PADFIELD 72  
23 65R TIM RAUPP 56  
24 17R NOEL RAMGE 44  
25 17B BILL BUSH 40  
26 4P LUKE PADFIELD 40  
27 19R CHAD REIMER 38  
28 40P GARY PEAT 36  
29 7H JAMES HELMER 36  
30 62B CHRIS BEINE 34  
31 23K CHRIS KOEPKE 34  
32 7C JERRY CHAPMAN 32  
33 57E MARK ENGLISH 30  
34 55H CAREY HENSEL 28  
35 27F MARK FOGEL 28  
36 100 KEVIN THOMPSON 27  
37 11J GARY JACOBSON 26  
38 36R JIM ROHRBECK 4  
Updated on Friday June 27, 2003 



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