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Haldemann Flies Into Victory Lane
August 24, 2002
Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway
Beaver Dam, WI
By Craig Seaver
After two weeks off, the thunder returned to the speedway for Beaver Dam Ford night. The constant rain that plagued southern Wisconsin had moved on and provided a fast track for the racers. With plenty of room and multiple lanes the races were close and competitive. Three new faces were seen in victory lane while the fourth was very familiar with its location. At 53 years old and with Geritol in hand Dennis" the flying grandpa" Haldemann made a gutsy move around Nick Woods for the lead and held on for his first win in a couple years in the mod feature. Jeremy Christians overcame an early spin to record his 9th win at the track this year and his 22nd overall this year in the state. Jason Behring took his pure stock to the front and held off his competitors for his first win of the season. Gary "Smiley" Clough stunned everyone by taking his first career win in the hobby stock finale.
The third Drivers Who Care program allowed fans to vote for their favorite driver in the pure stock and hobby stock classes. Steve Seitz would win that race. The proceeds went to M.A.D.D. and the top vote winners had their own race at the end of the night. Being the feature classes of the night the pure stocks were the first to race their feature. Jason Behring took the lead from Randy Schimmel on lap two and never looked back. Schimmel would run second with Seitz just behind and Steger in fourth. The top four ran nose to tail and pulled away from the field. By lap 9 Seitz had moved into second and separated himself from third and fourth. Seitz would try to challenge for the lead but could not make the pass as Behring made his car extra wide. As Schimmel held off Steger for third Behring was able to hold off Seitz and capture his first win of the year.
In the hobby stock race Smiley held the lead from start to finish. Tony Schlei ran in second until lap ten when Jimmy Scanlon took the spot and pressured Smiley for the lead. It appeared that going into the final corner Scanlon might be able to take the lead but he went in too hard and pushed up the track allowing Smiley to take the checkers. The win would leave most shaking their heads and, of course, smiling. Scanlon would have to settle for second with Schlei taking third.
It was apparent from the outset of the mod feature that Nick Woods and Dennis Haldemann were the ones to beat that night. Only two laps in and the two had put considerable distance between themselves and the field. A caution closed the field but had little impact on the leaders. On lap six Haldemann shot past Woods on the outside in the corner and took the lead. Driving smoothly Haldemann put some distance between the two. With the win seemingly in hand the best race was for third as Scott Lewis, Dan Musbach, Sammy Strasser and Jamie Schmidt each took turns running in third place. Another late caution negated the three-second lead that Haldemann had built over the race. Haldemann would continue to lead after the restart as Woods maintained second. Haldemann went on to take the win with Woods and Lewis rounding out the top three. Once again no one completed the clean sweep which will bring Golden's Chimney Clean Sweep Award to $300. This means that the total to win could be $750 to one lucky driver.
For the first 14 laps of the IMCA Stock feature Roger Johnson and Brandon Czarapata wowed the crowd with side by side racing. The battle for third was just as fierce as Bob Mann held off Scott Erdmann, Rob Schmid and Jeff Owens. By halfway Jeremy Christians, having been previously punted to the infield, had worked his way back to the main pack. A caution on lap 14 allowed several drivers to catch their breath. The restart saw Christians move quickly through the field and into second by lap 16. With the front six cars close enough to put a blanket over Johnson hopped over the burm and lost the lead to Christians and would eventually end up fourth. Christians would take the win with Czarapata close behind. Czarapata figured this to be the 12th time he has finished second to Christians at various tracks. Erdmann, Johnson and Mann rounded out the top five.
Next Saturday is the regular season finale. There will be extended features for all divisions plus the race of champions and the second place challenge. Beaver Dam Ford will again be the trophy sponsor.
RACE SUMMARY
IMCA Modified
Feature: 1) Dennis Haldemann, Janesville; 2) Nick Woods, Beaver Dam; 3) Scott Lewis, Waukau; 4) Sammy Strasser, Beaver Dam; 5) Casey Koch, Beaver Dam; 6) Jamie Schmidt, Seymour; 7) Dan Musbach, Grafton; 8) Dennis Schultz, Oshkosh; 9) Dave Schoenberger, Beaver Dam; 10) Kelly Brown, Randolph
First Heat: 1) Dan Musbach; 2) Chad Hummelmeier, Beaver Dam; 3) Casey Koch
Second Heat: 1) Jared Siefert, Green Bay; 2) Jamie Schmidt; 3) Scott Lewis
Third Heat: 1) Sammy Strasser; 2) Kelly Brown, 3) Dennis Haldemann
IMCA Stock
Feature: 1) Jeremy Christians, Horicon; 2) Brandon Czarapata, Pulaski; 3) Scott Erdmann, Juneau; 4) Roger Johnson, Saukville; 5) Bob Mann, Juneau; 6) Rob Schmid, Burnett; 7) Jerry Schaalma, Juneau; 8) Dave Voigt, Beaver Dam; 9) David Rihm; 10) Jeff Owens, Randolph
First Heat: 1) Roger Johnson; 2) Scott Erdmann; 3) John Stanton, Reeseville
Second Heat: 1) Jeremy Christians; 2) Rob Schmid; 3) Brandon Czarapata
DCRA Pure Stock
Feature: 1) Jason Behring, Beaver Dam; 2) Steve Seitz, Beaver Dam; 3) Randy Schimmel, Beaver Dam; 4) Jim Steger, Beaver Dam; 5) Nate Schepp, Juneau
First Heat: 1) Randy Schimmel; 2) Doug Brabant; 3) Jason Behring
IMCA Hobby Stock
Feature: 1) Gary Clough, Juneau; 2) Jimmy Scanlon, Pleasant Prairie; 3) Tony Schlei, Zion, Ill
4) Dean Vande Zande, Waupun; 5) Nathan Gerbitz, Markesan
First Heat: 1) Jason Jaragoske, Beaver Dam; 2) Nathan Gerbitz; 3) Gary Clough
Point Standings as of August 24th, 2002
Shell Travel Mart IMCA Modified Point Standings
1 10s Jay Schraufnagel 458
2 87 Casey Koch 429
3 3m Dan Musbach 425
4 44 Kelly Brown 423
5 7 Todd Ascherien 422
6 8 Dennis Haldemann 420
7 6L Scott Lewis 401
8 34 Nick Woods 395
9 24s Sammy Strasser 382
10 142 Jamie Schmidt 352
11 37 John Schultz 333
12 67m Scott Magsamen 324
13 77p Michelle Ploeckelman 320
14 03v Andy Voigt 314
15 77 Craig Wheeler 292
16 16k Kory Koltz 288
17 78p Robert Ploechelmann 265
18 39 Dennis Schultz 263
19 95 Rob Olson 212
20 00 Dave "Lightning" Hatton 192
21 5 Lee Silbersack 187
22 2r Larry Romprey 156
23 03t Lee Tibbitts 114
24 07 Steve Domalick 93
25 98 Al Strobel 89
26 27 Darren Otto 82
27 3h Chad Hummelmeier 76
28 6d Ed Devall 74
29 15g David Grenlund 73
30 37J Sean Jerovctz 65
31 98g Tim Gardiner 62
32 9p Craig Priewe 61
33 4t Kurt TerBeest 52
34 45 Todd Utke 46
35 81 John Simmers 37
36 11x Joe White 35
37 42 Kevin Kleinschmidt 33
38 16 Dave Schoenberger 32
39 66 Jared Siefert 29
40 4x Dave Schneider 28
41 56 Dave Kroening 27
42 1m Julie McDermid 25
43 33 Duke Bresser 22
44 10g Carl Geier 21
45 23 Jeff Respalje 19
46 93 Larry Zirbel 15
47 63w Michael Wankowski 11
48 11x Steve Boelter 11
49 18 BJ Schoneck 11
50 77w Mike Wedelstadt 11
95.3 WXRO IMCA Stock Car Point Standings
1 99 Jeremy Christians 509
2 27 John Stanton 461
3 33c Brandon Czarapata 459
4 33e Roger Johnson 447
5 30 Rob Schmid 444
6 22 Scott Erdmann 442
7 26 Jerry Schaalma 434
8 20 Jeff Owens 428
9 43 Mike Czarapata 422
10 19 Bob Mann 402
11 15 Dave Voigt 401
12 18 Thomas Boerson 385
13 8r Kevin Rank 351
14 81 Lonnie Smith 336
15 2 Curt Beek 192
16 18r Todd Rohde 191
17 7 Steve Frees 174
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 7x David Rihm 32
24 1 John Mahlberg 27
25 6 Rick Mahlberg 23
26 11x Joe White 20
Power Web Connect DCRA Pure Stock Point Standings
1 50 Steve Seitz 459
2 5 Jason Behring 437
3 75 Nate Schepp 435
4 7 Randy Schimmel 426
5 69 Nathan Hodgson 395
6 2 Doug Brabant 393
7 6 Ed Coulter 336
8 25 Jim Steger 292
9 78 Darrell Bittner 275
10 49 Brent Lepple 211
11 94 Craig Lepple 179
12 25T Bruce Troesch 33
13 33 Johnny Walker 31
Power Web Connect IMCA Hobby Stock Point Standings
1 5 Jimmy Scanlon 358
2 75 Tony Schlei 355
3 1 Jason Jarogoske 348
4 3c Gary Clough 337
5 47 Nathan Persha 320
6 22 Nathan Gerbitz 297
7 9 Dustin Ward 261
8 99 Dean Vande Zande 234
9 82 Gary Foster 35
10 76 Chad Stange 5
11 5s Bob Stewart 5
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