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Brown Finds Way Back To Victory Lane
July 27, 2002
Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway
Beaver Dam, WI
By Craig Seaver
For the second time Beaver Dam Ford sponsored the nights racing. Overcast skies kept plenty of moisture in the track the entire night. Kelly Brown scored his second feature win of the season with a late race pass over Sammy Strasser to seal the victory in his IMCA Mod. A late race pass of Jeff Owens also netted Jeremy Christians his eighth victory of the year in the IMCA Stock division. In the Pure Stock feature second and third place tangled allowing Steve Seitz to cruise to the win and Nathan Persha made it two in a row in the IMCA Hobby Stock race.
The two number 77 mods of Craig Wheeler and Michelle Ploeckelman led the field to the green flag but it was Sammy Strasser taking the lead before the first lap was completed. With Wheeler in tow, Strasser separated himself from Andy Voigt and Scott Lewis. Starting tenth, Kelly Brown methodically worked his way through the field and into the top five by halfway. A couple of cautions on lap 13 and 16 allowed Brown and Voigt to move into second and third and pressure Strasser for the lead. Following the final restart, Brown swung around Voigt and then Strasser for the lead. Brown would build his lead until the very end with Strasser taking second with Voigt, Nick Woods and Jay Schraufnagel rounding out the top five. Since another week has gone by without a clean sweep, the Golden's Chimney Clean Sweep Award is now up to $200 for next week.
In the IMCA stock feature Jeff Owens tore off with Brandon Czarapata and Jerry Schaalma dueling for second. Fourth place Christians slowly picked off cars one by one as Rob Schmid and Roger Johnson ran side by side for 19 laps for fifth. By halfway Christians had move onto the bumper of Owens and then into the lead on lap 14. Christians put a little space between himself and the field as the leaders encountered lap traffic. Christians went on to score his eighth win of the year followed by Owens and Czarapata. Schaalma's strong run was slightly diminished as Johnson was able to get under him in lap traffic and take fourth in the final corner of the race.
In the Pure Stock feature it was heat winner Randy Schimmel taking the early lead in front of Steve Sietz and Jason Behring. The three ran nose to tail for 11 laps before Seitz moved to the outside to take the lead. Behring would then make a bid for second but he and Schimmel made contact sending Behring into a spin with Schimmel receiving a flat tire. Behring left the track with a dislodged bumper just after Schimmel with a flat. Seitz would then cruise to the win ahead of Nate Schepp and Ed Coulter who benefited from the mishap between Schimmel and Behring.
Nathan Persha cruised to the wire to wire win as Jason Jaragoske ran nose to tail with Jimmy Scanlon. A much greater distance back, Tony Schlei held off Nathan Gerbitz for fourth. Jaragoske would hold off Scanlon for second at the finish after Persha notched his third win of the season.
The powder puff races sponsored by A Class Act at the end of the night saw Marty Stanton and Becky Wendt win in Robert Ploeckelman and Randy Schimmel's rides respectively.
On tap for next weeks races is Fan Appreciation Night with an autograph session on the track at intermission. The nights trophy sponsor will be Power Partners, a program set up by Powercom Corporation to assist local drivers earn extra cash.
Photos courtesy of Rich Photos - Beaver Dam (Click on photo for bigger, better
quality picture)
RACE SUMMARY
IMCA Modified
Feature: 1) Kelly Brown, Randolph; 2) Sammy Strasser, Beaver Dam; 3) Andy Voigt, Beaver Dam; 4) Nick Woods, Beaver Dam; 5) Jay Schraufnagel, Beaver Dam; 6) Dan Musbach, Grafton; 7) Jamie Schmidt, Seymour; 8) John Schultz, Oshkosh; 9) Casey Koch, Beaver Dam; 10) Todd Ascherien
First Heat: 1) Nick Woods; 2) Dan Musbach; 3) Casey Koch
Second Heat: 1) Todd Ascherien; 2) Scott Magsaman, DeForest; 3) Scott Lewis, Waukau
Third Heat: 1) Andy Voigt; 2) Sammy Strasser; 3) Kelly Brown
IMCA Stock
Feature: 1) Jeremy Christians, Horicon; 2) Jeff Owens, Randolph; 3) Brandon Czarapata, Pulaski; 4) Roger Johnson, Saukville; 5) Jerry Schaalma, Juneau; 6) Rob Schmid, Burnett; 7) Scott Erdmann, Juneau; 8) John Stanton, Reeseville; 9) Mike Czarapata, Pulaski; 10) Dave Voigt, Beaver Dam
First Heat: 1) John Stanton; 2) Rob Schmid; 3) Scott Erdmann
Second Heat: 1) Brandon Czarapata; 2) Jeremy Christians; 3) Jeff Owens
DCRA Pure Stock
Feature: 1) Steve Sietz, Beaver Dam; 2) Nate Schepp, Juneau; 3) Ed Coulter, Beaver Dam; 4) Nathan Hodgson, Horicon; 5) Jason Behring, Beaver Dam
First Heat: 1) Randy Schimmel; 2) Jim Steger, Beaver Dam; 3) Steve Seitz
IMCA Hobby Stock
Feature: 1) Nathan Persha, Iron Ridge; 2) Jason Jaragoske, Beaver Dam; 3) Jimmy Scanlon, Pleasant Prairie; 4) Tony Schlei, Zion, Ill; 5) Nathan Gerbitz, Markesan
First Heat: 1) Nathan Persha; 2) Dustin Ward, Beaver Dam; 3) Nathan Gerbitz
Point Standings
Shell Travel Mart IMCA Modified Point Standings
1 10s Jay Schraufnagel 400
2 44 Kelly Brown 360
3 7 Todd Ascherien 359
4 87 Casey Koch 357
5 3m Dan Musbach 354
6 8 Dennis Haldemann 346
7 6L Scott Lewis 328
8 34 Nick Woods 318
9 24s Sammy Strasser 305
10 37 John Schultz 304
11 142 Jamie Schmidt 290
12 03v Andy Voigt 289
13 77p Michelle Ploeckelman 275
14 67m Scott Magsamen 274
15 77 Craig Wheeler 239
16 16k Kory Koltz 234
17 39 Dennis Schultz 230
18 78p Robert Ploechelmann 214
19 95 Rob Olson 212
20 00 Dave "Lightning" Hatton 152
21 5 Lee Silbersack 133
22 03t Lee Tibbitts 114
23 2r Larry Romprey 102
24 07 Steve Domalick 93
25 98 Al Strobel 89
26 27 Darren Otto 82
27 6d Ed Devall 74
28 15g David Grenlund 73
29 37J Sean Jerovctz 65
30 98g Tim Gardiner 62
31 9p Craig Priewe 61
32 3h Chad Hummelmeier 55
33 4t Kurt TerBeest 52
34 81 John Simmers 37
35 11x Joe White 35
36 42 Kevin Kleinschmidt 33
37 4x Dave Schneider 28
38 56 Dave Kroening 27
39 45 Todd Utke 25
40 1m Julie McDermid 25
41 10g Carl Geier 21
42 23 Jeff Respalje 19
43 93 Larry Zirbel 15
44 63w Michael Wankowski 11
45 11x Steve Boelter 11
46 18 BJ Schoneck 11
47 77w Mike Wedelstadt 11
95.3 WXRO IMCA Stock Car Point Standings
1 99 Jeremy Christians 431
2 27 John Stanton 392
3 33c Brandon Czarapata 381
4 33e Roger Johnson 375
5 30 Rob Schmid 373
6 22 Scott Erdmann 370
7 26 Jerry Schaalma 369
8 43 Mike Czarapata 362
9 20 Jeff Owens 360
10 15 Dave Voigt 341
11 19 Bob Mann 333
12 18 Thomas Boerson 330
13 8r Kevin Rank 296
14 81 Lonnie Smith 278
15 2 Curt Beek 192
16 7 Steve Frees 174
17 18r Todd Rohde 138
18 68c Jamie Cowell 74
19 0 Kerry Douglas 61
20 199 Tracy Thrun 59
21 01 Troy Jerovetz 54
22 50 Kule Frederick 35
23 1 John Mahlberg 27
24 6 Rick Mahlberg 23
25 11x Joe White 20
Power Web Connect DCRA Pure Stock Point Standings
1 50 Steve Seitz 389
2 75 Nate Schepp 367
3 5 Jason Behring 358
4 7 Randy Schimmel 352
5 69 Nathan Hodgson 328
6 2 Doug Brabant 324
7 6 Ed Coulter 304
8 78 Darrell Bittner 240
9 25 Jim Steger 215
10 49 Brent Lepple 174
11 94 Craig Lepple 141
Power Web Connect IMCA Hobby Stock Point Standings
1 5 Jimmy Scanlon 284
2 75 Tony Schlei 280
3 1 Jason Jarogoske 279
4 3c Gary Clough 267
5 47 Nathan Persha 250
6 22 Nathan Gerbitz 229
7 9 Dustin Ward 227
8 99 Dean Vande Zande 166
9 82 Gary Foster 35
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