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Snyder Sets The Pace At I-94 Raceway
By Dean Reller
(SAUK CENTRE, MN) May 17th--Trent Snyder got the jump early and that set the tone as he dominated the field in winning the Bernick’s Pepsi ASA Late Model Feature at the I-94 Raceway in Sauk Centre. Starting from outside the front row, Snyder claimed the lead right away extending his margin to a full straightaway over Eugene Dick. A late race caution however, bunched the field and gave Dick a shot at the lead. With two laps to go, Dick made a run on the low side, but Snyder held his ground and held off his challenges to take the win.
John Notch continued his incredible season as he won the Modified Feature. Terry Merten turned in a strong run as he led the first half of the race. Meanwhile, Notch was coming in a hurry from his 11th starting spot. Notch battled briefly with Merten as he took over in front with six laps to go. Merten’s quick run ended shortly thereafter as he engine blew, dumping fluid all over the track. In the short dash to the finish, Notch scooted away from Jerry Voigt to take his third straight win.
After finding Victory Lane for the first time on opening night, Jim Larkin has been perfect ever since as he won the Super Stock Feature. Larkin took the lead on lap one, but Pat Henry managed to squeeze by and took the spot for a couple of laps, before Larkin reclaimed the spot. Molly Rhoads worked her way from the back and with for to go, she moved to second. In the final few laps the lead margin shrank as Rhoads cut the distance, but Larkin had enough space to hang on for the win.
John Lewerer worked lapped traffic just right at he won the Bernick’s Pepsi Great North Legends Feature. Fourteen year-old Andy Hansen set the pace, from the drop of the green flag. Tenth starting Lewerer flew threw the pack and was quickly in second. The two leaders touched briefly on lap four, but both were able to maintain control as the rest of the lead pack closed up. Hansen kept Lewerer at bay, but a clump of lapped cars made things interesting with a handful of laps remaining. Lewerer weaved his way through, getting by Hansen in the process to snarl the lead. Hansen stayed close, but couldn’t make a challenge as Lewerer rolled on to the win.
Dirk Henry made his move early and it paid off as he won the Thunder Car Feature. Three-wide racing gave Dayrl Harth the early lead, but Henry poked his way through to take command on lap three. Henry opened things up as he extended his lead to a full straightaway over Ace Valencour to take the win.
After a rained-out Feature last week, two UCAR Features were on tap and Andy Heying pulled off the double as he won both races. In the first event, Heying moved by Tony Hallerman and took off to a sizeable lead. Late in the race, Rick Third gained momentum, but ran out of time as he chased Heying to the win. In the second Feature, Heying started on the pole and that spelt trouble for the others as he took his speedy ride to the front. Rick Third replayed things from the first Feature as he tailed Heying again as the front pair mirrored their finish, with Heying on top.
Darin Nelson made his first trip to Victory Lane as he won the TQ Stock Car Feature. Nelson took the lead on the opening lap and dueled with Al Jacobsen throughout most of the race. Jacobsen couldn’t get by however as Nelson cruised to the win.
I-94 Raceway Results May 17, 2003
ASA Late Models
Heat
1.) Stacy Rossell (Atwater) 2.) Blake Bjorklund (Isanti) 3.) Nick Binsfeld (St. Cloud) 4.) Rob Thurston (Olivia) 5.) Jeff Lofquist (Fergus Falls ) 6.) Scott Bender (Aberdeen, SD)
Fast Dash
1.) Todd Hansen (Minneapolis) 2.) Gary Mueller (Chisago) 3.) Rich Snyder (Alexandria) 4.) Trent Snyder (Ironton) 5.) Tim Olson (Hamel) 6.) Eugene Dick (Watkins)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Gary Mueller (16.93 sec.) 2.) Tim Olson (17.25 sec.) 3.) Rich Snyder (17.27 sec.) 4.) Eugene Dick (17.28 sec.) 5.) Todd Hansen (17.34sec.)
Feature
1.) Trent Snyder 2.) Eugene Dick 3.) Tim Olson 4.) Rich Snyder 5.) Blake Bjorklund 6.) Gary Mueller 7.) Todd Hansen 8.) Rob Thurston 9.) Stacy Rossell 10.) Nick Binsfeld 11.) Scott Bender 12.) Jeff Lofquist-DNF
Modifieds
Heat
1.) George Sniezek (St. Joseph) 2.) Terry Merten (Sauk Centre) 3.) Dave Schafer (Glenwood) 4.) Matt Anderson (Atwater) 5.) Jon Olson (Hamel) 6.) Dave Ostendorf (St. Cloud) 7.) Pat Hornick (Sauk Centre) 8.) Al Stewart (St. Cloud)
Fast Dash
1.) John Notch (St. Cloud) 2.) Jerry Voigt (Cold Spring) 3.) Brady Barker (Grove City) 4.) Jeff Rohner (Willmar) 5.) Oren Hoeper (Dalton) 6.) Jason Hintermeister (Garfield)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) John Notch (17.49 sec. ) 2.) Oren Hoeper (17.90 sec.) 3.) Jeff Rohner (17.97 sec.) 4.) Jason Hintermeister (18.13 sec.) 5.) Jerry Voigt (18.14 sec.)
Feature
1.) John Notch 2.) Jerry Voigt 3.) Jason Hintermeister 4.) Oren Hoeper 5.) George Sniezek 6.) Jon Olson 7.) Brady Barker 8.) Jeff Rohner 9.) Dave Ostendorf 10.) Matt Anderson 11.) Pat Hornick 12.) Al Stewart 13.) Dave Schafer 14.) Terry Merten-DNF
Super Stocks
Heat
1.) Pat Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Gordy Mason (Excelsior) 3.) Joe Roberts (Otsego) 4.) Rob Dubnecay (Maple Grove) 5.) Jim Larkin (Monticello) 6. ) Paul Milford (Savage) 7.) Molly Rhoads (Hastings)-DNF 8.) Pat Maloney (Alexandria)-DNF
Feature
1.) Jim Larkin 2.) Molly Rhoads 3.) Pat Maloney 4.) Pat Henry 5.) Gordy Mason 6.) Joe Roberts 7.) Paul Milford 8.) Rob Dubnecay
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 2.) Cory Lease (Pierz) 3.) Rick Dubay (Coon Rapids 4.) Andy Hansen (Ramsey) 5.) Lew Lunsman (Centuria, WI) 6.) Gary Oie (St. Paul) 7.) Clint VanHeel (Eden Prairie) 8.) Rollie Davidson (Burnsville)
Second Heat
1.) Ed Velardi (Northfield) 2.) Stan Davis (Maple Grove) 3.) Dan Mueller (Prior Lake) 4.) Jayson Brockhouse (Prior Lake) 5.) Brandi Fischer (Villard) 6.) Nick Velardi (Northfield) 7.) Zack Davids
Fast Dash
1.) Kim Kraus (Prior Lake) 2.) Jay Rickert (Brownton) 3.) Tim Brockhouse (Prior Lake) 4.) Jon Lewerer (Stillwater) 5.) Rob Thurston (Olivia) 6.) Jack House (Farmington)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Rob Thurston (18.75 sec.) 2.) Tim Brockhouse (18.81 sec.) 3.) Jon Lewerer (19.10 sec.) 4.) Jay Rickert (19.11 sec.) 5.) Kim Kraus (19.24 sec.)
Feature
1.) Jon Lewerer 2.) Andy Hansen 3.) Tim Brockhouse 4.) Jay Rickert 5.) Todd Tracy 6.) Cory Lease 7.) Kim Kraus 8.) Rick Dubay 9.) Rob Thurston 10.) Jack House 11.) Ed Velardi 12.) Gary Oie 13.) Stan Davis 14.) Clint VanHeel 15.) Rollie Davidson 16.) Jayson Brockhouse 17.) Lew Lunsman 18.) Zack Davids 19.) Dan Mueller 20.) Nick Velardi 21.) Brandi Fischer
Thunder Cars
First Heat
1.) Ace Valencour (Sauk Centre) 2.) Jerry Messer (Sauk Centre) 3.) Tom Weinhandl (Henning) 4.) Todd Maciey (St. Michael) 5.) Doug Olmscheid (Elrosa) 6.) Scott Schwab Sr. (Sauk Centre) 7.) Jonathan Olmscheid (Elrosa)
Second Heat
1.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Matt Miller (Glenwood) 3.) Pat Amelung (Sauk Centre) 4.) Pat Rothfork (Melrose) 5.) Daryl Harth (Glenwood) 6.) Tim Wojtowicz (Minneapolis) 7.) Keith Nohner (Grey Eagle) 8.) Lance Stueve (Greenwald)
Feature
1.) Dirk Henry 2.) Ace Valencour 3.) Jerry Messer 4.) Pat Amelung 5.) Pat Rothfork 6.) Matt Miller 7.) Todd Maciey 8.) Tom Weinhandl 9.) Dayrl Harth 10.) Doug Olmscheid 11.) Scott Schwab Sr. 12.) Keith Nohner 13.) Tim Wojtowicz 14.) Lance Stueve-DNS
UCARs
First Feature
1.) Andy Heying (St. Cloud) 2.) Rick Third (Alexandria) 3.) Leroy Ahrens (Grey Eagle) 4.) Tony Hallerman (Sauk Centre) 5.) Marc Rosenow (Grey Eagle) 6.) Benjamin Mayers (Sauk Centre) 7.) Jamie Messer (Sauk Centre) 8.) Billy Weyer (Sartell) 9.) Scott Schwab Jr. (Sauk Centre) 10.) Kris Wensman (Elmdale) 11.) Lee Terro (Sauk Centre)-DNF 12.) Joe Karl (Osakis)-DNF
Second Feature
1.) Andy Heying 2.) Rick Third 3.) Marc Rosenow 4.) Tony Hallerman 5.) Benjamin Mayers 6.) Jamie Messer 7.) Lee Terro 8.) Kris Wensman-DNF 9.) Billy Weyer-DNF 10.) Leroy Ahrens-DNF 11.) Scott Schwab Jr.-DNF
TQ Stock Cars
Heat
1.) Al Jacobsen (Coon Rapids) 2.) Leroy Nelson (Isanti) 3.) Mike Farnum (Isanti) 4.) Darin Nelson (Isanti) 5.) Chris Farnum (Isanti) 6.) Steve Strandland (Martin Lake) 7.) Nathan Johanneck (Hutchinson) 8.) Josh Farnum (St. Francis)
Feature
1.) Darin Nelson 2.) Al Jacobsen 3.) Leroy Nelson 4.) Chris Farnum 5.) Mike Farnum 6.) Steve Strandland 7.) Josh Farnum 8.) Nathan Johanneck
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