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Kurt Davis Sweeps Weekend With Win at Angel Park Speedway
Sunday, July 28, 2002
by George Bauman
Sun Prairie, WI - The MSA sprint cars competed for the first time at historic
Angel Park Speedway and provided the fans with plenty of close racing. Kurt
Davis extended his A-Main winning streak to three with a late race pass of
rookie Jeremie Hedrick.
Hedrick, a rookie campaigner with MSA, controled the early laps from his pole
starting position with Angel Park veteran Dean Erfurth in chase. However, the
race was stopped when Jason Stefan flipped his mount in turn two on the second
lap.
When the green flag waved again, Erfurth wasted little time in moving to the
front and quickly built what appeared to be a comfortable lead.
Meanwhile, Davis and Troy Hepfner were moving towards the front with points
leader K.J. Skelton not far behind. Without qualifying, the races were lined up
with the current point standings, meaning Hepfner and Skelton were in row six.
Chad Deselle, another Angel Park regular in his midget was moving forward until
a turn four incident resulted in damage to the front of his car. As Deselle
entered turn one starting lap eleven, his car spun out of control collecting
Bill Taylor and bringing out another caution.
When action continued Erfurth again dominated, but on lap twenty his car spun
after his left front tire caught the inside retaining wall resulting in a spin.
Again Hedrick would be the leader but the two-time series champion Davis was in
second waiting his opportunity. On the start of lap twenty-three Davis drove
past Hedrick and a lap later the race was yellow/checkered after a spin on the
front straight-away stopped action and the 10 PM time deadline had arrived.
For Davis it was his 7th A-Main win of the season and the 25th since the series
began in 1996. Hedrick finished second ahead of Hepfner, Doug Schenck and Todd
Lehr. Skelton finished in sixth place.
Lance Fassbender won the B-Main from his pole starting position with Chris Wiser
close behind. Heat race winners were Danny Schalfer, Lehr, Erfurth and Hedrick.
No qualifying took place. MSA will compete at Plymouth Saturday night August
3rd in conjunction the EWSCA.
Midwest Sprintcar Association - Results for July 28, 2002
Feature -- 1. Kurt Davis, West Allis, WI; 2. Jeremie Hedrick, Shawano, WI;
3. Troy Hepfner, Hartland, WI; 4. Doug Schenck, Madison, WI; 5. Todd Lehr, Twin
Lakes, WI; 6. K. J. Skelton, Cascade, WI; 7. Lance Fassbender, Rubicon, WI; 8.
David O'Neal, Greenfield, WI; 9. Frank Firari, Lowell, WI; 10. Danny Schlafer,
Sussex, WI; 11. John Fahl, Milwaukee, WI; 12. Jerry Ski, Milwaukee, WI; 13. Al
Schlafer, Sussex, WI; 14. Joe Wipperfurth, Sun Prarie, WI; 15. Chris Wiser,
Sussex, WI; 16. Tim Haddy, Lomira, WI; 17. Dan Duffield, McHenry, IL; 18. John
Sauermilch Jr., Sheboygan, WI; 19. Dean Erfurth, Oregon, WI; 20. Chad Deselle,
Dane, WI; 21. Bill Taylor, Cascade, WI; 22. J.J. Stefan, Hartford, WI.
B-Main Feature -- 1. Fassbender; 2. Wiser; 3. O'Neal; 4. Haddy; 5. Firari;
6. Duffield; 7. Andy Hunt, Randolph, WI; 8. Paul Geib, Cascade, WI; 9. T.J.
Luedke, Plymouth, WI; 10. Mark Wernes Jr., West Allis, WI; 11. Keith Olejnik,
Sun Prarie, WI; 12. Lloyd Dykstra, Waupun, WI; 13. Chad Tessman, Jefferson, WI;
14. Joe Pantely, Beaver Dam, WI; DNS Scott Conger, Eagle, WI; DNS Aaron
Schipper, Cascade, WI.
Heat Race -- First: 1. Danny Schlafer; 2. Fahl; 3. Taylor; 4. Wipperfurth; 5. Fassbender; 6. Hunt; 7. Wernes; 8. Pantely.
Second: 1. Lehr; 2. Schenck; 3. Sauermilch; 4. Deselle; 5. Wiser; 6. Luedke; 7. Firari; 8. Geib.
Third: 1. Erfurth; 2. Hepfner; 3. Stefan; 4. Al Schlafer; 5. Duffield; 6. O'Neal; 7. Conger; 8. Dykstra.
Fourth: 1. Hedrick; 2. Ski; 3. Davis; 4. Skelton; 5. Haddy; 6. Tessman; 7. Schipper; 8. Olejnik.
Midwest Sprintcar Association
Standings as of Jul 28, 2002
1. K. J. Skelton 1359
2. Troy Hepfner 1305
3. Doug Schenck 1158
4. Kurt Davis 1147
5. Danny Schlafer 1136
6. David O'Neal 1124
7. Lance Fassbender 1098
8. Frank Firari 1095
9. Tim Haddy 1068
10. Al Schlafer 1022
11. Michael Emme 934
12. Chris Wiser 895
13. Joe Wipperfurth 892
14. Jerry Ski 824
15. John Sauermilch Jr. 817
16. Keith Olejnik 804
17. Andy Hunt 802
18. Dean Erfurth 801
19. Lloyd Dykstra 799
20. John Fahl 780
21. T.J. Luedke 764
22. Jeremie Hedrick 743
23. J.J. Stefan 698
24. Todd Lehr 651
25. Bill Taylor 611
26. Chad Tessman 566
27. Dan Duffield 556
Troy Wondra 556
29. Paul Geib 532
30. Mark Wernes Jr. 528
31. Jay Schneider 523
32. Aaron Schipper 466
33. Scott Conger 430
34. Craig Gravatt 378
35. Jeff Schmidt 354
36. Chad Deselle 337
37. Dan Uttech 319
38. Jim Uttech Sr. 305
39. Joe Pantely 304
40. Craig Hemmen 257
41. Donny Goeden 217
42. Rick Buslaff 194
43. Joe Palmisano 187
44. Kenjay Fiedler 178
45. Jeff Fritz 175
46. Alex Bliesner 158
47. Dennis Janus 126
48. CJ Wagner 116
49. Mark Topczewski 101
50. Andy Glewen 86
51. Bill Wojahn 76
52. Buzz Beverly 41
53. Mick Hinkel 34
54. Craig Compton 31
55. Scott Sippel 14
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