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Hummelmeier Cleans Up For Big Win
August 31, 2002
Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway
Beaver Dam, WI
By Craig Seaver
Beaver Dam Ford sponsored the final regular night of racing at the Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway Saturday. A good crowd was on hand for arguably the most exciting mod feature this year. With half the field being only a stones toss apart, Chad Hummelmeier held off Sammy Strasser for the win. Having already won his heat race, Hummelmeier would claim the extra $300 in the Golden's Chimney Clean Sweep Award. Going into the final race of the season, Jay Schraufnagel has a comfortable lead in the point standings and appears to be headed for the track championship. In the final IMCA Stock race of the year, Bob Mann appeared to be in a good position to win his first race. It wasn't until late that John Stanton and Jeremy Christians got around him and pull away from the field. Christians would take the lead with only five laps left and take the win. It was his tenth at the track this year. Christians would claim his fourth track championship in a row just ahead of Stanton and Brandon Czarapata. With the
retirement of the DCRA Pure Stock class at the end of the season it was Nate Schepp taking his third win of the season over Steve Seitz. Seitz would also claim his fourth track championship. The IMCA Hobby Stock race was a race of attrition as only a few cars actually completed the race. Dustin Ward would lead from flag to flag for the win. Tony Schlei would finish second and move into a tie for the point lead with Jimmy Scanlon with one final race left.
In the mod feature Hummelmeier would use his front row start to his advantage by jumping out into the lead. Quickly, Strasser showed that he too had a car that could win by staying glued to his rear. Directly behind them the field was stacked two and three wide all the way through to the back. The track was incredibly smooth, wide and fast as the leaders set a blistering pace. On lap 8 Strasser took his turn in front for a few laps before Hummelmeier charged right back into the lead on the high side. Three wide behind the leaders, Scott Lewis, Dennis Schultz and Jay Schraufnagel each took turns running in third. Side by side the leaders would race for all 25 laps. On the final lap the two would make contact going down the backstretch with each nearly losing control. Hummelmeier would regain control first and take the win a half car-length ahead of Strasser, his first of the season at the track. Shultz would eke out third over Lewis and Schraufnagel.
In the IMCA Stock race it was Bob Mann showing the way over Jeff Owens and Scott Erdmann early. By lap 11 Stanton would move into second with Christians close behind. It wasn't until lap 14 that Stanton would be able to move under Mann for the lead. His time out front however was short lived as Christians would take over the lead one lap later. Forced to move to the high side to keep from losing ground, Stanton could do no more than stay close to Christians as Christians would go on to score the win and the overall track championship. Mann held on for a strong third place run ahead of Rob Schmid and Brandon Czarapata.
In the Pure Stock race Nate Schepp held off Steve Sietz for the entire race. Jim Steger had a solid run going in third until he spun handing over the spot to Jason Behring. A late caution closed the field onto Schepp's bumper. As the race got underway it was Seitz and Behring who would pressure Schepp for the remainder of the race. Schepp would take the win just ahead of Seitz and Behring.
The IMCA Hobby Stock race saw heat race winner Dustin Ward lead from the drop of the green flag, through the first caution for Jason Jaragoske's flipped car and to the end of the race. All the while being pressured by Tony Schlei. Schlei would have to settle for the runner up spot behind Ward. Dean Vande Zande would survive the night and come home third for his best finish of the year.
In the Race of Champions sponsored by Wally's Auto, Jay Schraufnagel would take the mod win. Jeremy Christians took the IMCA Stock win and Nate Schepp won his second race of the night in the Pure Stock R.O.C. Tony Schlei would capture the IMCA Hobby Stock finale. In the Second Place Challenge race sponsored by Tim Paitrick Transmissions, Kory Koltz won in his mod and Bob Mann took his IMCA stock car to the winners circle for the first time this year. Doug Brabant won the Pure Stock race and Dustin Ward claimed the win in the Hobby Stock class.
Racing takes a week off before hosting the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints. Track Champions will also be claimed in the IMCA Modified and IMCA Hobby Stock divisions.
Photos courtesy of Rich Photos - Beaver Dam (Click
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Justin Bobholz won the Jr.
Hot Rod Race |
3h Chad Hummelmeier took
the clean sweep feature win
in the IMCA MOD , with Chad
is William Majewski of Golden's Chimney |
99x Jeremy Christians winner
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75 Nate Schepp won the
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9 Dustin Ward won the IMCA
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RACE SUMMARY
Modified
Feature: 1) Chad Hummelmeier, Beaver Dam; 2) Sammy Strasser, Beaver Dam; 3) Dennis Schultz, Oshkosh; 4) Scott Lewis, Waukau; 5) Jay Schraufnagel, Beaver Dam; 6) Casey Koch, Beaver Dam; 7) Dan Musbach, Grafton; 8) Dennis Haldemann, Janesville; 9) Craig Wheeler, Montello; 10) Dave Schoenberger, Beaver Dam
First Heat: 1) Dennis Haldemann; 2) Scott Lewis; 3) Dan Musbach
Second Heat: 1) Chad Hummelmeier; 2) Sammy Strasser; 3) Dave Schoenberger
Third Heat: 1) Nick Woods; 2) Jay Schraufnagel; 3) Jamie Schmidt, Seymour
IMCA Stock
Feature: 1) Jeremy Christians, Horicon; 2) John Stanton, Reeseville; 3) Bob Mann, Juneau; 4) Rob Schmid, Burnett; 5) Brandon Czarapata, Pulaski; 6) Jeff Owens, Randolph; 7) Scott Erdmann, Juneau; 8) Mike Czarapata, Pulaski; 9) David Rihm, Black Creek; 10) Roger Johnson, Saukville
First Heat: 1) John Stanton; 2) Roger Johnson; 3) Scott Erdmann
Second Heat: 1) Jeremy Christians; 2) Brandon Czarapata; 3) Jerry Schaalma
DCRA Pure Stock
Feature: 1) Nate Schepp, Juneau; 2) Steve Seitz, Beaver Dam; 3) Jason Behring, Beaver Dam; 4) Jim Steger, Beaver Dam; 5) Randy Schimmel, Beaver Dam
First Heat: 1) Doug Brabant, Beaver Dam; 2) Randy Schimmel; 3) Jason Behring
IMCA Hobby Stock
Feature: 1) Dustin Ward, Beaver Dam; 2) Tony Schlei, Zion, Ill; 3) Dean Vande Zande, Waupun; 4) Nathan Gerbitz, Markesan; 5) Jimmy Scanlon, Pleasant Prairie
First Heat: 1) Dustin Ward; 2) Jason Jaragoske, Beaver Dam; 3) Nathan Gerbitz
Point Standings as of August 31st, 2002
Shell Travel Mart IMCA Modified Point Standings
1 10s Jay Schraufnagel 494
2 87 Casey Koch 464
3 3m Dan Musbach 459
4 8 Dennis Haldemann 453
5 7 Todd Ascherien 447
6 44 Kelly Brown 445
7 6L Scott Lewis 438
8 34 Nick Woods 423
9 24s Sammy Strasser 421
10 142 Jamie Schmidt 376
11 67m Scott Magsamen 354
12 37 John Schultz 333
13 77 Craig Wheeler 324
14 77p Michelle Ploeckelman 320
15 16k Kory Koltz 317
16 03v Andy Voigt 314
17 39 Dennis Schultz 301
18 78p Robert Ploechelmann 265
19 00 Dave "Lightning" Hatton 215
20 95 Rob Olson 212
21 5 Lee Silbersack 208
22 2r Larry Romprey 183
23 3h Chad Hummelmeier 116
24 98 Al Strobel 115
25 03t Lee Tibbitts 114
26 07 Steve Domalick 93
27 27 Darren Otto 82
28 6d Ed Devall 74
29 15g David Grenlund 73
30 37J Sean Jerovctz 65
31 16 Dave Schoenberger 63
32 98g Tim Gardiner 62
33 9p Craig Priewe 61
34 4t Kurt TerBeest 52
35 45 Todd Utke 46
36 81 John Simmers 37
37 11x Joe White 35
38 42 Kevin Kleinschmidt 33
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 549
2 27 John Stanton 500
3 33c Brandon Czarapata 495
4 30 Rob Schmid 481
5 33e Roger Johnson 478
6 22 Scott Erdmann 476
7 26 Jerry Schaalma 464
8 20 Jeff Owens 463
9 43 Mike Czarapata 455
10 19 Bob Mann 440
11 18 Thomas Boerson 413
12 15 Dave Voigt 401
13 81 Lonnie Smith 365
14 8r Kevin Rank 351
15 2 Curt Beek 192
16 18r Todd Rohde 191
17 7 Steve Frees 174
18 68c Jamie Cowell 74
19 7x David Rihm 64
20 0 Kerry Douglas 61
21 199 Tracy Thrun 59
22 01 Troy Jerovetz 54
23 50 Kule Frederick 35
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 498
2 75 Nate Schepp 475
3 5 Jason Behring 475
4 7 Randy Schimmel 462
5 69 Nathan Hodgson 428
6 2 Doug Brabant 428
7 6 Ed Coulter 336
8 25 Jim Steger 329
9 78 Darrell Bittner 309
10 49 Brent Lepple 211
11 94 Craig Lepple 179
12 25T Bruce Troesch 64
13 33 Johnny Walker 63
Power Web Connect IMCA Hobby Stock Point Standings
1 5 Jimmy Scanlon 394
2 75 Tony Schlei 394
3 1 Jason Jarogoske 382
4 3c Gary Clough 372
5 47 Nathan Persha 353
6 22 Nathan Gerbitz 334
7 9 Dustin Ward 301
8 99 Dean Vande Zande 272
9 5s Bob Stewart 37
10 76 Chad Stange 36
11 82 Gary Foster 35
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