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Olson Wins In Late Models At I-94 Raceway
By Dean Reller
(SAUK CENTRE, MN) June 7th--Tim Olson has been close several times this year,
but he finally broke through and scored his first win of the year in the
Structural Buildings ASA Late Model Feature at the I-94 Raceway in Sauk Centre.
Scott Bender and Stacy Rossell each took turns out in front. Fifth starting
Olson showed that his car was fast as he rooted his way past Jeff Lofquist on
his way to second, behind Rossell. Gary Mueller joined the fold, making it a
three-wide race for the lead. Olson powered his way by as Mueller now took
over second. The top two ran close the rest of the way as Olson stayed a
car’s length in front to score the win.
John Notch remains undefeated on the season as he won for
the sixth straight time in the Modifieds. Terry Merten looked on top of his
game as he took the lead on the opening lap. Notch came from sixth on the grid
and soon was trading paint with Merten as he sought the lead. Notch got by,
just before the midway point of the race and he opened things up at the end as
he cruised to the win. Merten turned in one of his best runs of season as he
came home second, while visiting driver Billy Johanneck from Phoenix, AZ came
from the back of the field to finish third.
Pat Maloney has turned his season in the right direction as
he won his third straight Super Stock Feature. Joe Roberts and Molly Rhoads
traded the lead in the first few trips around the track, before Maloney stuck
his nose down low and passed both cars as he took over the lead. With clear
track ahead, Maloney kept things rolling as he cruised to the win by nearly a
lap of a lap ahead of Pat Henry.
Rob Thurston returned to victory lane as he won the
Structural Buildings Great North Legends Feature. Thurston shot into the lead
on the opening lap. Jon Lewerer moved to second and the top two ran right
together the rest of the way, as Thurston held his ground and took the win.
Ace Valencour’s last lap move made the difference as
Valencour took the win in the Thunder Car Feature. Pat Amelung looked to be on
his way to his first career win, but Valencour was on a mission as he pulled
alongside in the last few laps. With the white flag in sight, Valencour made
his move down low and moved ahead and stayed there the rest of the way for the
win.
Andy Heying had the right setup and that allowed him to
visit the winner circle in the UCAR Feature. Kris Wensman and Marc Rosenow
each had some time in the lead, before Heying took over on lap six. Heying
stayed away from the several incidents that plagued the race and finished the
distance to take the win. Adam Fronning ran well to finish second, while Rick
Third finished coincidentally in third.
Mike Farnum was jumping for joy as he celebrated his first
career win in the TQ Stock Car Feature. Steve Strandland moved past Jake
Lofgren in the first few laps, giving Strandland a shot at his first career
win. Farnum caught up with Strandland and then pulled off the pass in turn
two, with three laps left. Strandland stayed close, but was Farnum who came
out on top.
I-94 Raceway Results June 7, 2003
ASA Late Models
Heat
1.) Rich Snyder (Alexandria) 2.) Tim Olson (Hamel) 3.) Stacy Rossell (Atwater)
4.) Jeff Lofquist (Fergus Falls) 5.) Scott Bender (Aberdeen, SD) 6.) Nick
Binsfeld (St. Cloud) 7.) Craig Peterson (Milltown, WI)-DNS
Fast Dash
1.) Rob Thurston (Olivia) 2.) Gary Mueller (Chisago) 3.) Trent Snyder
(Ironton) 4.) Trevor Stewart (St. Cloud) 5.) Blake Bjorklund (Isanti) 6.)
Eugene Dick (Watkins)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Trent Snyder (17.29 sec.) 2.) Trevor Stewart (17.30 sec.) 3.) Gary Mueller
(17.32 sec.) 4.) Eugene Dick (17.44 sec.) 5.) Rob Thurston (17.46 sec.) 6.)
Blake Bjorklund (17.54 sec.)
Feature
1.) Tim Olson 2.) Gary Mueller 3.) Eugene Dick 4.) Blake Bjorklund 5.) Jeff
Lofquist 6.) Scott Bender 7.) Trent Snyder 8.) Trevor Stewart 9.) Stacy
Rossell 10.) Rich Snyder 11.) Nick Binsfeld-DNF 12.) Craig Peterson-DNF
Modifieds
First Heat
1.) Terry Merten (Sauk Centre) 2.) Al Stewart (St. Cloud) 3.) Dave Schafer
(Glenwood) 4.) Jason Hintermeister (Garfield) 5.) George Sniezek (St. Joseph)
Second Heat
1.) Matt Anderson (Atwater) 2.) Nick Olson (Burnsville) 3.) Pat Hornick (Sauk
Centre) 4.) Aaron Marthaler (Glenwood) 5.) Jon Olson (Hamel)-DNF
Fast Dash
1.) John Notch (St. Cloud) 2.) Oren Hoeper (Dalton) 3.) Billy Johanneck
(Phoenix, AZ) 4.) Jeff Rohner (Willmar) 5.) Dave Ostendorf (St. Cloud) 6.)
Brady Barker (Grove City)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) John Notch (17.67 sec. ) 2.) Billy Johanneck (17.91 sec.) 3.) Jeff Rohner
(17.98 sec.) 4.) Oren Hoeper (18.01 sec.) 5.) Dave Ostendorf (18.29 sec.) 6.)
Brady Barker (18.31 sec.)
Feature
1.) John Notch 2.) Terry Merten 3.) Billy Johanneck 4.) Brady Barker 5.) Al
Stewart 6.) Oren Hoeper 7.) Jeff Rohner 8.) Dave Schafer 9.) Jon Olson 10.)
Pat Hornick 11.) Aaron Marthaler 12.) George Sniezek 13.) Matt Anderson 14.)
Dave Ostendorf-DNF 15.) Jason Hintermeister-DNF 16.) Brady Barker-DNF
Super Stocks
Heat
1.) Pat Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Pat Maloney (Alexandria) 3.) Jim Larkin
(Monticello) 4.) Molly Rhoads (Hastings) 5.) Paul Milford (Savage) 6.) Joe
Roberts (Otsego) 7.) Rob Dubnecay (Maple Grove) 8.) Gordy Mason (Excelsior)
9.) Scott Baker (Osakis)
Feature
1.) Pat Maloney 2.) Pat Henry 3.) Jim Larkin 4.) Joe Roberts 5.) Molly Rhoads
6.) Paul Milford 7.) Gordy Mason 8.) Rob Dubnecay 9.) Scott Baker
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Jay Rickert (Brownton) 2.) Jon Lewerer (Stillwater) 3.) Rob Thurston
(Olivia) 4.) Bryan Catadei (Minneapolis) 5.) Ed Velardi (Northfield) 6.) Pete
Kvein (Bismarck, ND) 7.) Shimon Casper (Cottage Grove)-DNS
Second Heat
1.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 2.) Doug Petty (Oak Grove) 3.) Dan Mueller
(Prior Lake) 4.) Stan Davis (Maple Grove) 5.) Bruce Allen (Chanhassen) 6.)
Gary Oie (St. Paul) 7.) Nick Velardi (Northfield)
Third Heat
1.) Tim Brockhouse (Prior Lake) 2.) Cory Lease (Pierz) 3.) Clint VanHeel (Eden
Prairie) 4.) Andy Hansen (Ramsey) 5.) Rick Dubay (Coon Rapids) 6.) Rollie
Davidson (Burnsville)
Feature
1.) Rob Thurston 2.) Jon Lewerer 3.) Cory Lease 4.) Todd Tracy 5.) Tim
Brockhouse 6.) Andy Hansen 7.) Clint VanHeel 8.) Doug Petty 9.) Bryan Catadei
10.) Ed Velardi 11.) Dan Mueller 12.) Stan Davis 13.) Pete Kvein 14.) Rick
Dubay 15.) Gary Oie 16.) Rollie Davidson 17.) Nick Velardi 18.) Bruce Allen
19.) Shimon Casper-DNS 20.) Jay Rickert-DQ
Thunder Cars
First Heat
1.) Ace Valencour (Sauk Centre) 2.) Pat Amelung (St. Joseph) 3.) Jerry Messer
(Sauk Centre) 4.) Doug Olmscheid (Elrosa) 5.) Scott Schwab Sr. (Sauk Centre)
6.) Lance Stueve (Greenwald) 7.) Matt Miller (Glenwood)
Second Heat
1.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Daryl Harth (Glenwood) 3.) Jonathan Olmscheid
(Elrosa) 4.) Pat Rothfork (Melrose) 5.) Tom Weinhandl (Henning) 6.) Keith
Nohner (Grey Eagle) 7.) Tim Wojtowicz (Minneapolis)
Feature
1.) Ace Valencour 2.) Pat Amelung 3.) Dirk Henry 4.) Jerry Messer 5.) Daryl
Harth 6.) Jonathan Olmscheid 7.) Pat Rothfork 8.) Doug Olmscheid 9.) Scott
Schwab Sr. 10.) Lance Stueve 11.) Matt Miller 12.) Keith Nohner 13.) Tim
Wojtowicz 14.) Tom Weinhandl
UCARs
First Heat
1.) Adam Fronning (Dalton) 2.) Billy Weyer (Sartell) 3.) Dan Bolstad (Fergus
Falls) 4.) Tony Hallerman (Sauk Centre) 5.) Jamie Messer (Sauk Centre) 6.)
Marc Rosenow (Grey Eagle) 7.) Andy Hornick (Browerville) 8.) Sean Kugler
(Fergus Falls) 9.) Ben Mayers (Sauk Centre)
Second Heat
1.) Rick Third (Alexandria) 2.) Andy Heying (St. Cloud) 3.) Joe Karl (Osakis)
4.) Mike Megher 5.) Kris Wensman (Elmdale) 6.) Jim Drager (Sauk Centre) 7.)
Chris Merten
Feature
1.) Andy Heying 2.) Adam Fronning 3.) Rick Third 4.) Dan Bolstad 5.) Joe Karl
6.) Jim Drager 7.) Marc Rosenow 8.) Tony Hallerman 9.) Chris Merten 10.) Andy
Hornick-DNF 11.) Kris Wensman-DNF 12.) Mike Megher-DNF 13.) Sean Kugler-DNF
14.) Billy Weyer-DNF 15.) Jamie Messer-DNF 16.) Ben Mayers-DNS
TQ Stock Cars
Feature
1.) Mike Farnum (Isanti) 2.) Steve Strandland (Martin Lake) 3.) Darin Nelson
(Isanti) 4.) Jake Lofgren (Isanti) 5.) Nathan Johanneck (Hutchinson) 6.) Josh
Hayens 7.) Josiah Jacobsen (Coon Rapids) 8.) Leroy Nelson (Isanti)-DNF 9.) Jim
Beck Jr. (Elk River)-DNF
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