Wilke Waxes Field In Sherman 50 At Columbus 151

by: Natasha Fabian
August 1, 2003

Aaron Wilke of Waterloo picked up his first feature win of the year at Columbus 151 Speedway in the Sherman's Garage and Auto Body 50 Friday night. Starting in the fifth position , Wilke worked his way up through the pack to lead the majority of the race. Terry Sauer took the early lead, but was forced to retire with mechanical failure on only the third lap. The dropout let Joel Soenksen of Baraboo inherit the lead for a bit before surrendering the point to Wilke. The battle between father and son duo of Bill and Rob Retallick for fourth resulted with the elder taking the position on lap fifteen. Point leader Andy Tomlinson spent much of the race working on Dean Schultz, but was unable to gain the spot on the offensive. Tomlinson's struggle on Schultz allowed Wilke to cruise to a five car-length lead on the field, completing the feature.

After taking the checkered flag first in his respective Street Stock heat event, Tony Chase led from the pole of the feature at the green. Tony Koepke of Fort Atkinson worked on the inside of Joe Roatch for third early on in the contest. By lap seven, Ken Scott of Rio was able to charge to sixth, all the way up from his eleventh spot on the starting grid. Bobby Stough and Jason Thoma tried their best to advance in the outside groove throughout the evening, and had mixed results. Stough closed in on Chase, took a look to the inside, and edged out in front for the lead on lap twenty. However, on Ward's push through the field, he made contact with Chase, sending Chase to the infield and Ward to the back of the pack. Thoma made it as far as third place from his fourteenth starting position, but it was Stough at the line by over four car-lengths.

Jim Wingett now sits comfortably in fifth on the Hobby Stock point standings after charting a win in the thirty-five lap extended feature. Alan Dorn of Waterloo took the early lead, but surrendered after thirteen laps with problems. Wingett sat tight on the high line while the inside banged and bumped. When the chaos began, Wingett made his move to the front. Grant Lindner battled point leader Gary Pashley for fourth and was able to gain the position by the end of the race.

Reversely, Rick Verdon won the Backup race.

The special added attraction of the evening was the Trailer Race. Ron Hahn of Fall River took the win in his Cutlass, followed by Dave Moore, race night sponsor John Sherman in third, and Steve Privett rounding out the field.

Coming up Friday August eighth will be Auto Armor night at Columbus 151 Speedway, including trailer races and the crazy four-cylinder Bandits. September twelvth will be the first-ever Eve Of Destruction at the track; more details will be available at a later date.

Results
Late Model Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ RIO CHEVY 13.744  
2 2B DENNY BERGERON WATERLOO PONTIAC 13.805  
3 31T ANDY TOMLINSON POYNETTE CHEVY 13.854  
4 9R BILL RETALLICK MARSHALL CHEVY 13.858  
5 1R ROB RETALLICK MARSHALL CHEVY 13.874  
6 8W AARON WILKE WATERLOO PONTIAC 13.879  
7 34S DEAN SCHULTZ JUNEAU BUICK 13.919  
8 53S JOEL SOENKSEN * BARABOO PONTIAC 14.087  
9 27J TYLER JAMES * OCONOMOWOC CHEVY 14.115  
10 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS COLUMBUS PONTIAC 14.131  
11 13S TERRY SAUER WATERLOO PONTIAC 14.165  
Average time of all qualifiers : 13.948

* * * FastHeat RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 1 13S TERRY SAUER Fast1 WATERLOO PONTIAC  
2 3 27J TYLER JAMES * Fast1 OCONOMOWOC CHEVY  
3 5 34S DEAN SCHULTZ Fast1 JUNEAU BUICK  
4 4 53S JOEL SOENKSEN * Fast1 BARABOO PONTIAC  
5 2 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS Fast1 COLUMBUS PONTIAC  


1 1 8W AARON WILKE Fast2 WATERLOO PONTIAC  
2 3 9R BILL RETALLICK Fast2 MARSHALL CHEVY  
3 5 2B DENNY BERGERON Fast2 WATERLOO PONTIAC  
4 4 31T ANDY TOMLINSON Fast2 POYNETTE CHEVY  
5 6 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ Fast2 RIO CHEVY  
6 2 1R ROB RETALLICK Fast2 MARSHALL CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in FastHeat Races: 11

* * * Feature RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 5 8W AARON WILKE FEATR WATERLOO PONTIAC  
2 4 34S DEAN SCHULTZ FEATR JUNEAU BUICK  
3 8 31T ANDY TOMLINSON FEATR POYNETTE CHEVY  
4 7 9R BILL RETALLICK FEATR MARSHALL CHEVY  
5 6 1R ROB RETALLICK FEATR MARSHALL CHEVY  
6 10 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ FEATR RIO CHEVY  
7 9 2B DENNY BERGERON FEATR WATERLOO PONTIAC  
8 2 27J TYLER JAMES * FEATR OCONOMOWOC CHEVY  
9 3 53S JOEL SOENKSEN * FEATR BARABOO PONTIAC  
10 11 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS FEATR COLUMBUS PONTIAC  
11 1 13S TERRY SAUER FEATR WATERLOO PONTIAC  
Number of Drivers in Feature Races: 11
Updated on Friday August 1, 2003

Street Stock Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 95T JASON THOMA JEFFERSON CHEVY 14.258  
2 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ RIO CHEVY 14.350  
3 42A KEVIN ANDERSON COTTAGE GROVE OLDSMOBILE 14.374  
4 39S KEN SCOTT * RIO PONTIAC 14.446  
5 20S BRET SCHMIDT WATERTOWN - - - 14.471  
6 9W DUSTIN WARD BEAVER DAM CHEVY 14.596  
7 48BS BOBBY STOUGH WAUNAKEE OLDS 14.601  
8 19S DAN SCHMIDT WATERTOWN CHEVY 14.697  
9 32K TONY KOEPKE FORT ATKINSON CHEVY 14.702  
10 45S DENNIS SCHWARK - - - - - - 14.775  
11 23K CHRIS KOEPKE * FORT ATKINSON CHEVY 14.792  
12 87J ED JACKSON MADISON CHEVY 14.807  
13 44M IAN MARKS COLUMBUS CHEVY 14.969  
14 43R JOE ROATCH STOUGHTON BUICK 15.022  
15 21C TONY CHASE COLUMBUS CHEVY 15.064  
Average time of all qualifiers : 14.662

* * * FastHeat RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 1 21C TONY CHASE Fast1 COLUMBUS CHEVY  
2 3 44M IAN MARKS Fast1 COLUMBUS CHEVY  
3 7 32K TONY KOEPKE Fast1 FORT ATKINSON CHEVY  
4 6 45S DENNIS SCHWARK Fast1 - - - - - -  
5 5 23K CHRIS KOEPKE * Fast1 FORT ATKINSON CHEVY  
6 2 43R JOE ROATCH Fast1 STOUGHTON BUICK  
7 4 87J ED JACKSON Fast1 MADISON CHEVY  
8 8 19S DAN SCHMIDT Fast1 WATERTOWN CHEVY  


1 1 48BS BOBBY STOUGH Fast2 WAUNAKEE OLDS  
2 2 9W DUSTIN WARD Fast2 BEAVER DAM CHEVY  
3 5 42A KEVIN ANDERSON Fast2 COTTAGE GROVE OLDSMOBILE  
4 6 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ Fast2 RIO CHEVY  
5 4 39S KEN SCOTT * Fast2 RIO PONTIAC  
6 3 20S BRET SCHMIDT Fast2 WATERTOWN - - -  
7 8 97R JIM ROHRBECK Fast2 PORTAGE - - -  
8 7 95T JASON THOMA Fast2 JEFFERSON CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in FastHeat Races: 16

* * * Feature RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 9 48BS BOBBY STOUGH FEATR WAUNAKEE OLDS  
2 12 39S KEN SCOTT * FEATR RIO PONTIAC  
3 15 95T JASON THOMA FEATR JEFFERSON CHEVY  
4 14 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ FEATR RIO CHEVY  
5 7 32K TONY KOEPKE FEATR FORT ATKINSON CHEVY  
6 16 97R JIM ROHRBECK FEATR PORTAGE - - -  
7 13 42A KEVIN ANDERSON FEATR COTTAGE GROVE OLDSMOBILE  
8 11 20S BRET SCHMIDT FEATR WATERTOWN - - -  
9 2 43R JOE ROATCH FEATR STOUGHTON BUICK  
10 3 44M IAN MARKS FEATR COLUMBUS CHEVY  
11 5 23K CHRIS KOEPKE * FEATR FORT ATKINSON CHEVY  
12 4 87J ED JACKSON FEATR MADISON CHEVY  
13 6 45S DENNIS SCHWARK FEATR - - -  - - -  
14 10 9W DUSTIN WARD FEATR BEAVER DAM CHEVY  
15 8 19S DAN SCHMIDT FEATR WATERTOWN CHEVY  
16 1 21C TONY CHASE FEATR COLUMBUS CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in Feature Races: 16
Updated on Friday August 1, 2003

Hobby Stock Division
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast  
1 20P GARY PASHLEY MARSHALL CHEVY 15.463  
2 22E CHUCK EGLI WATERLOO - - - 15.567  
3 30L GRANT LINDNER POYNETTE CHEVY 15.626  
4 39R BRANDON RIEDNER * WAUNAKEE CHEVY 15.633  
5 13G ERIC GARDNER * MARSHALL CHEVY 15.669  
6 89G GARRETT GOTH * COTTAGE GROVE CHEVY 15.708  
7 19S JIM SCHMIDT JEFFERSON CHEVY 15.710  
8 71D JASON DEPPE WATERLOO CHEVY 15.770  
9 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ RIO CHEVY 15.830  
10 66W JIM WINGETT FALL RIVER CHEVY 15.849  
11 10M LARRY MOEN MADISON CHEVY 15.885  
12 96D ALAN DORN * WATERLOO CHEVY 16.154  
13 70K MIKE KEARNEY * - - - CHEVY 16.232  
14 99K LINCOLN KEESER - - - OLDS 16.273  
15 43F JASON FINNEGAN * MILTON CHEVY 16.465  
16 58R DAVE RYAN MADISON CHEVY 16.574  
17 91LE JEFF LEFAVE WHITEWATER - - - 17.924  
Average time of all qualifiers : 16.020

* * * FastHeat RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 4 99K LINCOLN KEESER Fast1 - - - OLDS  
2 7 10M LARRY MOEN Fast1 MADISON CHEVY  
3 8 66W JIM WINGETT Fast1 FALL RIVER CHEVY  
4 6 96D ALAN DORN * Fast1 WATERLOO CHEVY  
5 9 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ Fast1 RIO CHEVY  
6 5 70K MIKE KEARNEY * Fast1 - - - CHEVY  
7 1 91LE JEFF LEFAVE Fast1 WHITEWATER - - -  
8 3 43F JASON FINNEGAN * Fast1 MILTON CHEVY  
9 2 58R DAVE RYAN Fast1 MADISON CHEVY  


1 1 71D JASON DEPPE Fast2 WATERLOO CHEVY  
2 3 89G GARRETT GOTH * Fast2 COTTAGE GROVE CHEVY  
3 8 20P GARY PASHLEY Fast2 MARSHALL CHEVY  
4 7 22E CHUCK EGLI Fast2 WATERLOO - - -  
5 5 39R BRANDON RIEDNER * Fast2 WAUNAKEE CHEVY  
6 6 30L GRANT LINDNER Fast2 POYNETTE CHEVY  
7 4 13G ERIC GARDNER * Fast2 MARSHALL CHEVY  
8 2 19S JIM SCHMIDT Fast2 JEFFERSON CHEVY  
Number of Drivers in FastHeat Races: 17

* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model  
1 4 66W JIM WINGETT Featr FALL RIVER CHEVY  
2 5 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ Featr RIO CHEVY  
3 6 71D JASON DEPPE Featr WATERLOO CHEVY  
4 11 30L GRANT LINDNER Featr POYNETTE CHEVY  
5 13 20P GARY PASHLEY Featr MARSHALL CHEVY  
6 7 19S JIM SCHMIDT Featr JEFFERSON CHEVY  
7 9 13G ERIC GARDNER * Featr MARSHALL CHEVY  
8 14 10M LARRY MOEN Featr MADISON CHEVY  
9 12 22E CHUCK EGLI Featr WATERLOO - - -  
10 1 99K LINCOLN KEESER Featr - - -  OLDS  
11 15 43F JASON FINNEGAN * Featr MILTON CHEVY  
12 10 39R BRANDON RIEDNER * Featr WAUNAKEE CHEVY  
13 16 58R DAVE RYAN Featr MADISON CHEVY  
14 2 70K MIKE KEARNEY * Featr - - -  CHEVY  
15 8 89G GARRETT GOTH * Featr COTTAGE GROVE CHEVY  
16 3 96D ALAN DORN * Featr WATERLOO CHEVY  
17 17 91LE JEFF LEFAVE Featr WHITEWATER - - -  
Number of Drivers in FEATURE Races: 17
Updated on Friday August 1, 2003

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

POINT STANDINGS
Late Model Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 31T ANDY TOMLINSON 1165  
2 34S DEAN SCHULTZ 1016  
3 71J GERRY JUNGET 903  
4 52D STEVE DOBBRATZ 870  
5 13W ED WOLFF III 844  
6 2B DENNY BERGERON 664  
7 1R ROB RETALLICK 645  
8 87F AARON FALBE 620  
9 8D DELBERT DESJARLAIS 555  
10 27J TYLER JAMES * 533  
11 79K BRENT KNIGHT 509  
12 81G DON GASERUDE 490  
13 13S TERRY SAUER 483  
14 40P SCOTT PATRICK 368  
15 8W AARON WILKE 337  
16 62S JEFF STEENBERGEN * 316  
17 12B GREG BOWERS 277  
18 9R BILL RETALLICK 268  
19 53S JOEL SOENKSEN * 254  
20 11G RUSS GOODWIN 192  
21 17D DUANE DEPPE 128  
22 76BR RANDY BREUNIG 97  
23 9RR ROB RETTALICK 95  
24 20S MARK SHERFINSKI * 90  
25 72H MICHAEL HELD * 83  
26 16W LUKE WESTENBERG 80  
27 95.3 JEFF FALBE 76  
28 28H RUSS HEBEL 67  
29 77A JOHN ACKER 58  
30 76B RON BISHOFBERGER 56  
31 14N SCOTT NOTTESTAD 54  
32 94DD DEREK DOMBECK * 54  
33 68E JASON ERICKSON 49  
34 71D JIM DUNN 42  
35 82S CHAD STEVENS 40  
36 52T BOB TAYLOR 34  
37 94D PATRICK DWYER 34  
38 33S DYLAN SCHUYLER 33  
39 87J KYLE JARLSBERG 29  
40 3SP PAUL SEEBER 28  
41 52DD DUANE DEPPE 28  
42 18W ANDY WENDT 27  
43 56M DON MATTRISCH 27  
44 2D TOM DORN 26  
45 100 CURT THOMPSON 26  
46 28S PAUL SEEBER 26  
47 1B GENO BROESCH 25  
Updated on Friday August 1, 2003 

Street Stock Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 79S JUSTIN SCHULTZ 1326  
2 42A KEVIN ANDERSON 1208  
3 39S KEN SCOTT * 1103  
4 33W DALE WEATHERWAX 811  
5 45S DENNIS SCHWARK 773  
6 87J ED JACKSON 700  
7 19S DAN SCHMIDT 646  
8 95T JASON THOMA 627  
9 20S BRET SCHMIDT 584  
10 99R JIM ROHRBECK  534  
11 36O DAVE OSWALD 464  
12 97B KURT BROWN * 426  
13 21C TONY CHASE 420  
14 44M IAN MARKS 325  
15 40C KURT CLAPPER 303  
16 48BS BOBBY STOUGH 275  
17 9W DUSTIN WARD 216  
18 4S JOHN SCHAFER 163  
19 23K CHRIS KOEPKE * 150  
20 32K TONY KOEPKE 148  
21 46W LUKE WILHELM * 119  
22 2P RANDY PADFIELD 117  
23 67J JEFF JESBERGER 104  
24 17R NOEL RAMGE 95  
25 28D MARK DEPORTER 94  
26 23J BOB JACOBS * 88  
27 7H JAMES HELMER 74  
28 70S JOHN SHERMAN 63  
29 65R TIM RAUPP * 56  
30 4P LUKE PADFIELD 40  
31 17B BILL BUSH * 40  
32 98Y JEREMIAH YANKE * 39  
33 43R JOE ROATCH 38  
34 19R CHAD REIMER 38  
35 40P GARY PEAT 36  
36 62B CHRIS BEINE * 34  
37 7C JERRY CHAPMAN 32  
38 97G SCOTT GOETZKE * 32  
39 36R JIM ROHRBECK 30  
40 57E MARK ENGLISH 30  
41 27F MARK FOGEL 28  
42 55H CAREY HENSEL 28  
43 100 KEVIN THOMPSON 27  
44 11J GARY JACOBSON 26  
45 1L RICK LAMBERTY * 25  
Updated on Friday August 1, 2003 

Hobby Stock Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 20P GARY PASHLEY 1337  
2 22E CHUCK EGLI 1255  
3 30L GRANT LINDNER 1212  
4 10M LARRY MOEN 1189  
5 66W JIM WINGETT 1139  
6 19S JIM SCHMIDT 911  
7 71D JASON DEPPE 887  
8 99K LINCOLN KEESER 766  
9 43F JASON FINNEGAN * 657  
10 89G GARRETT GOTH * 578  
11 86S TYLOR SCHULTZ 457  
12 13G ERIC GARDNER * 417  
13 96D ALAN DORN * 378  
14 33V GILBERT VALDEZ 308  
15 8S KRIS SCHOONOVER * 300  
16 39R BRANDON RIEDNER * 251  
17 75S DAVE SCHWARK 180  
18 4B AMY BRUNELL * 158  
19 10KM KEVIN MOEN * 132  
20 69O CRAIG OLVER * 104  
21 58R DAVE RYAN 74  
22 100 GARY HAARKLAU * 67  
23 38G BRYON GRASSL 66  
24 91L BRANDON LOFGREN 65  
25 6H JEREMY HARTWIG 60  
26 31 KEN AU 58  
27 27B CHRIS BEINE 56  
28 21H SCOTT HACKBARTH 55  
29 91LE JEFF LEFAVE 50  
30 66S AL STIPPICH 46  
31 44M JOE MUELLER 45  
32 67N RUSS NICHOLSON 40  
33 88S RODGER STEPHENSON 40  
34 91 JOE RACER 38  
35 10H JASON HOGAN 38  
36 55W TERRY WANGSNESS 38  
37 991 BRET SCHMIDT 38  
38 27F MARK FOGEL 34  
39 2C EAAN CARSON 33  
40 70K MIKE KEARNEY * 28  
41 91A GARY AMARAL 26  
Updated on Friday August 1, 2003 

Backups Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 83V RICK VERDON 228  
2 87O STEVE OETZEL 176  
3 11M DAVE MOORE 166  
4 39W GEORGE WACHUTA 143  
5 17G TOM GROSS 120  
6 22H WAYNE HOOK 92  
7 15H BRUCE HAVEL 89  
8 84R MARK REMSIK 75  
9 81R JIM REMSIK 50  
Updated on Friday August 1, 2003 

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