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Kurt Davis Prevails in MSA Feature at Raceway at Powercom Park
Saturday, July 20, 2002
by Jay Ohman
Beaver Dam, WI - Kurt Davis prevailed in a spirited battle with K.J.
Skelton to win the Midwest Sprintcar Association Feature event July 20th
at The Raceway at Powercom Park. Skelton continue to hold his lead over
Troy Hepfner in the points chase.
Danny Schlafer jumped out to the early lead with Skelton and David
O'Neal in tow in very fast action on the tacky track. Skelton slipped
by Danny Schlafer to take the lead on the sixth lap as the leaders
started picking through lapped traffic. Half-way throughy the 25 lap
race, disaster struck Danny Schlafer as both his mount and that of CJ
Wagner barrel rolled into turn two bringing out the red flag.
With the return to action, Skelton lead the charge with Davis firmly on
his rear bumper, O'Neal was holding down third followed by Lance
Fassbender and Troy Hepfner. Davis finally slipped by Skelton a couple
laps later, only to lose the point to Skelton again with 18 laps in the
books.
With three laps to go, Davis battled by Skelton for the final time to
take his fifth MSA Feature checkered flag of the season, Skelton had to
settle for second. Hepfner had worked his way up finish third, O'Neal
notched fourth and Todd Lehr placed fifth.
Troy Wondra advanced well to finish sixth, and Dean Erfurth notched KSE
Hard Charger honors advancing twelve spots to take seventh. Fassbender
slipped to finish eighth, Chris Wiser placed ninth and T.J. Luedke
rounded out the top ten.
In the first of two Triton Trailers B-Mains, Troy Wondra checked out on
the field to claim the checker, Dean Erfurth came from deep in the field
to place second, and Al Schlafer rounded out the top three transfering
to the Feature. In the second B-Main, Jay Schneider had jumped out to a
nice lead but tumbled into the turn 4 wall after tangling with a lapped
car. That put Scott Conger on the point to take the win, CJ Wagner
battled for the second spot, with Aaron Schipper hanging on to third.
In the Hepfner Race Products first heat, Michael Emme lost the lead with
one lap to go due to engine failure, that gave K.J. Skelton the win with
Frank Firari in second. The second heat sponsored by JB Enterprises had
Keith Olejnik taking the win after early race leader Paul Geib lost a
side board off of his wing, Chad DeSelle followed in a close second.
In the MPD third heat, Troy Hepfner worked past John Sauermilch Jr. for
the win with Sauermilch holding on to second. Todd Lehr jumped out from
his front row starting spot to claim the checker in the B & B Oval Track
Products sponsored fourth heat holding off Kurt Davis.
Doug Schenck picked up the Wisconsin PC Fast Time Award with a fast lap
of 13.272.
Next week is a double-header for the MSA, starting with Saturday July
27th at the Raceway at Powercom Park. Then on Sunday July 28th, the MSA
heads for the first time ever to Angel Park Speedway in an appearance
with the Badger Midgets. For all of the latest standings, results,
pictures and more, visit the MSA website at www.msasprints.com.
Click on Photos for bigger and better pictures
Photos courtesy of Nancy Ohman
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Kurt Davis, MSA Feature Winner
at Powercom Park |
#6k Kurt Davis taking the lead from
#80 K.J. Skelton, #21t T.J. Luedke going
a lap down, Feature |
Midwest Sprintcar Association - Results for July 20, 2002
Feature -- 1. Kurt Davis, West Allis, WI; 2. K. J. Skelton,
Cascade, WI; 3. Troy Hepfner, Hartland, WI; 4. David O'Neal, Greenfield,
WI; 5. Todd Lehr, Twin Lakes, WI; 6. Troy Wondra, Lomira, WI; 7. Dean
Erfurth, Oregon, WI; 8. Lance Fassbender, Rubicon, WI; 9. Chris Wiser,
Sussex, WI; 10. T.J. Luedke, Plymouth, WI; 11. Chad Deselle, Dane, WI;
12. Frank Firari, Lowell, WI; 13. John Sauermilch Jr., Sheboygan, WI;
14. Aaron Schipper, Cascade, WI; 15. Keith Olejnik, Sun Prarie, WI; 16.
Scott Conger, Eagle, WI; 17. Joe Palmisano, Neosho, WI; 18. Al Schlafer,
Sussex, WI; 19. Lloyd Dykstra, Waupun, WI; 20. Danny Schlafer, Sussex,
WI; 21. CJ Wagner, Glenbeulah, WI; 22. Doug Schenck, Madison, WI.
B-Main -- First: 1. Wondra; 2. Erfurth; 3. Al Schlafer; 4. J.J.
Stefan, Hartford, WI; 5. Paul Geib, Cascade, WI; 6. Jim Uttech Sr.,
Kenosha, WI; 7. Joe Wipperfurth, Sun Prarie, WI; 8. John Fahl,
Milwaukee, WI; 9. Bill Taylor, Cascade, WI; 10. Dennis Janus,
Greenfield, WI; 11. Craig Hemmen, New Berlin, WI; 12. Chad Tessman,
Jefferson, WI; DNS Jeremie Hedrick, Shawano, WI.
Second: 1. Conger; 2. Wagner; 3. Schipper; 4. Dan Duffield, McHenry, IL; 5. Mark Wernes Jr.,
West Allis, WI; 6. Dan Uttech, Kenosha, WI; 7. Joe Pantely, Beaver Dam,
WI; 8. Rick Buslaff, Campbellsport, WI; 9. Jeff Schmidt, Slinger, WI;
10. Andy Hunt, Randolph, WI; 11. Jay Schneider, West Bend, WI; 12. Tim
Haddy, Lomira, WI; DNS Michael Emme, Manitowoc, WI;
Heat Races
First: 1. Skelton; 2. Firari; 3. Luedke; 4.
Palmisano; 5. Stefan; 6. Jim Uttech Sr.; 7. Fahl; 8. Emme; DNS Taylor;
10. Erfurth;
Second: 1. Olejnik; 2. Deselle; 3. Dykstra; 4. O'Neal; 5.
Wondra; 6. Al Schlafer; 7. Tessman; 8. Geib; 9. Janus; 10. Hedrick.
Third: 1. Hepfner; 2. Sauermilch; 3. Danny Schlafer; 4. Wiser; 5.
Schneider; 6. Duffield; 7. Wernes; 8. Hunt; 9. Buslaff; 10. Schmidt; 11.
Hemmen. Fourth: 1. Lehr; 2. Davis; 3. Schenck; 4. Fassbender; 5.
Wagner; 6. Conger; 7. Schipper; 8. Pantely; 9. Dan Uttech; 10. Haddy;
11. Wipperfurth.
Time Trials - 1. Schenck, 13.272; 2. Hepfner, 13.312; 3. Deselle,
13.317; 4. Firari, 13.353; 5. Davis, 13.361; 6. Wiser, 13.366; 7.
O'Neal, 13.392; 8. Erfurth, 13.397; 9. Dan Uttech, 13.439; 10.
Schneider, 13.442; 11. Dykstra, 13.459; 12. Skelton, 13.478; 13.
Fassbender, 13.515; 14. Danny Schlafer, 13.545; 15. Wondra, 13.608; 16.
Luedke, 13.621; 17. Lehr, 13.661; 18. Hunt, 13.682; 19. Olejnik, 13.685;
20. Emme, 13.753; 21. Wipperfurth, 13.821; 22. Sauermilch, 13.974; 23.
Geib, 13.982; 24. Palmisano, 13.994; 25. Conger, 14.093; 26. Duffield,
14.094; 27. Al Schlafer, 14.101; 28. Stefan, 14.113; 29. Pantely,
14.131; 30. Buslaff, 14.134; 31. Hedrick, 14.135; 32. Jim Uttech Sr.,
14.151; 33. Haddy, 14.198; 34. Wernes, 14.211; 35. Tessman, 14.331; 36.
Fahl, 14.354; 37. Schipper, 14.496; 38. Schmidt, 14.735; 39. Janus,
15.218; 40. Wagner, No Lap; 41. Hemmen, No Lap; 42. Taylor, No Lap.
Midwest Sprintcar Association
Standings as of Jul 20, 2002
1. K. J. Skelton 1179
2. Troy Hepfner 1120
3. Doug Schenck 1066
4. Frank Firari 1023
5. David O'Neal 1012
6. Danny Schlafer 980
7. Kurt Davis 964
8. Lance Fassbender 944
9. Michael Emme 934
10. Al Schlafer 932
11. Tim Haddy 929
12. Chris Wiser 774
13. John Sauermilch Jr. 764
14. Joe Wipperfurth 750
15. Dean Erfurth 745
16. Lloyd Dykstra 728
17. Keith Olejnik 703
18. Andy Hunt 701
19. T.J. Luedke 673
20. Jerry Ski 672
21. John Fahl 654
22. J.J. Stefan 614
23. Jeremie Hedrick 592
24. Jay Schneider 523
25. Bill Taylor 521
26. Chad Tessman 502
27. Todd Lehr 481
28. Dan Duffield 476
29. Troy Wondra 473
30. Mark Wernes Jr. 433
31. Paul Geib 427
32. Aaron Schipper 398
33. Craig Gravatt 388
34. Scott Conger 348
35. Jeff Schmidt 323
36. Chad Deselle 288
37. Dan Uttech 282
38. Joe Pantely 246
39. Jim Uttech Sr. 245
40. Craig Hemmen 226
41. Donny Goeden 217
42. Kenjay Fiedler 178
43. Alex Bliesner 158
44. Joe Palmisano 157
45. Rick Buslaff 148
46. Jeff Fritz 132
47. CJ Wagner 116
48. Mark Topczewski 101
49. Dennis Janus 92
50. Andy Glewen 86
51. Bill Wojahn 76
52. Mick Hinkel 34
53. Craig Compton 31
54. Scott Sippel 14
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