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K.J. Skelton takes Race Of Champions and Season Championship
Saturday, September 28, 2002
by Jay Ohman
Beaver Dam, WI - K.J. Skelton led the entire Race Of Champions to pick up the
win Saturday September 28th at The Raceway at Powercom Park. The win capped an
excellent season for Skelton as he edged out Troy Hepfner in the season
standings to pick up the crown for the second season in a row.
The MSA Race of Champions featured the ten feature winners from the 2002 season
plus the next two in season points, the field drew numbers for the starting
grid. Skelton started on the pole after notching a Feature win this season,
Hepfner had three feature wins drawing the second spot.
Lance Fassbender won the last Feature of the season, and started third. Jerry
Ski picked the fourth spot with a Feature win. In the third row was Doug
Schenck with his three Feature wins, and Kurt Davis with seven A-Main trophies.
The fourth row was Danny Schlafer with a Feature win, and David O'Neal with his
three Feature wins. The fifth row was Troy Wondra with two A-Main checkers, and
Joe Wipperfurth with his first MSA Feature win. Rounding out the field was
Frank Firari and Tim Haddy.
The Race of Champions got to an exciting start as Skelton and Hepfner fought
wing to wing on the opening lap, Skelton edged out the early lead. After a lap
two red for Doug Schenck getting on his side, the yellow waved again a lap later
as Hepfner parked sideways in turn four, collecting Davis with no where to go,
Davis suffered race ending damage.
With the return to action, Skelton would go unchallenged to claim the title of
Champion Of Champions, Fassbender followed in second, and O'Neal advanced to
finish third. Wipperfurth claimed KSE Hard Charger honors advancing six spots
to finish foruth. Wondra, Hepfner, Firari, Ski, Schlafer and Haddy capped the
top ten in that order.
The race wrapped up the 2002 season that fielded an average of 35.9 cars and 60
different drivers over 23 events at 10 different venues. Five events fielded 40
or more cars, with a new club record of 44 cars at one event.
The MSA has already started putting together the 2003 season. Anyone interested
in joining the action as a driver or fan can visit the website for all of the
latest information about meeting and race schedules at www.MSASprints.com.
Click on Photos for bigger and better pictures
Photos courtesy of Nancy Ohman
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Race Of
Champions early battle, #80
K.J. Skelton holding off #82 Troy Hepfner |
Race Of
Champions winner and
2002 Points Champion K.J. Skelton |
Midwest Sprintcar Association - Results for September 28, 2002
Race Of Champions -- 1. K. J. Skelton, Cascade, WI; 2. Lance Fassbender,
Rubicon, WI; 3. David O'Neal, Greenfield, WI; 4. Joe Wipperfurth, Sun Prarie,
WI; 5. Troy Wondra, Lomira, WI; 6. Troy Hepfner, Hartland, WI; 7. Frank Firari,
Lowell, WI; 8. Jerry Ski, Milwaukee, WI; 9. Danny Schlafer, Sussex, WI; 10. Tim
Haddy, Lomira, WI; 11. Kurt Davis, West Allis, WI; 12. Doug Schenck, Madison,
WI.
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