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141 Mayhem Night of Thrills and Spills
Francis Creek, WI.
September 29, 2002
by Dan Deicher
Saturday night at the 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, WI. all the rules were pushed aside for the drivers, their cars and the packed to capacity crowd as the Mayhem Night of Thrills and Spills got underway. The night included 2 Monster Trucks, An Aerial display by the Powercom Park Moto-Cross riders, A school bus race and many other races in which you would not see on a regular basis. Now as I write this, I am still feeling the effects of being driven into a car head on during the steel wall crash and we'll start there.
141 Track Owner, Matt Rowe, does not get to drive on his track much, but when he does, it is not in any normal race situation. Take Saturday night for example. Rowe, along with myself, Dan Deicher, and Track Scorer Nicole Nessler, all went for a leisurley ride in a Lincoln Continental, which broke a drive shaft, and then went onto driving in another monsterous car that your mom and dad owned in the 70's. The Steel wall crash pits the car being driven by Rowe into another Lincoln which is standing on it's back bumper. At speeds of around 65 miles an hour, the car hits so nicely that it cleared our vehicle and sent parts flying 30 to 40 feet in the air. We all survived the steel wall crash and the fans loved it. Now onto the night's racing.
After a display of just pure brute force, the monster trucks, Godzilla, 1 2002 Ford F-150 driven by Green Bay's Steve Hearley and Frightmare, a Jeep CJ-12 driven by his wife, Sherry, came onto the track and did what they do best....smashed several cars and vans. To the crowds delight, Godzilla also did a couple of freestyle moves off of a dirt mound. Both trucks came out once more later in the night and again...smashed more cars. Note......Sherry Hearley is one of only 7 other female monster truck drivers in the nation.
Here's the feature winners of the some what normal night of racing.
2nd across the line- Josh Sand Manitowoc, WI.
Burn Out Contest- Brian Fye, Terry Koenig, Josh Sand
Spin To Win-Bob Charapata Pulaski, WI., Monte Strouf Denmark, WI., Jeff Meulmans Menasha, WI.
Double Decker Cruisers- Team of Josh Sand and Jessie Scheffler
Rollover Contest- Josh Miller 6 pts.
School Bus Race- Monte Strouf Denmark, WI., Matt Dreshovick
The last race of the 2002 season at the 141 Speedway is the October 26th Creepy Classic Compact Car 300 Lap Enduro. It starts at 2pm and tickets from last night's race can be used for $2 off the gate admission price. There are three drivers looking to take home the Enduro Championship....James Brooks with 79 points, Jeff Meulemans with 73 points and Brian Fye with 70 points. You can expect over 100 cars to compete October 26th and if you would like to enter a car and want to know the rules, check out
www.141speedway.com .
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