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Shaw Takes Second Straight At I-94 Raceway
By Dean Reller
(SAUK CENTRE, MN) July 19th--Don Shaw backed up his win from one week earlier
with another trip to Victory Lane after wining the ASA Late Model Feature at
the I-94 Raceway in Sauk Centre. Things got off to a slow start as a pair of
cautions in the first two laps slowed the action. When the green waved,
outside pole-sitter Don Shaw outran Trent Snyder for the lead. A long green
flag run allowed Shaw to pull away as Snyder had to contend with Stacy Rossell.
The race for second was a side-by-side battle with Rossell gaining the spot
with less than ten laps remaining. Two cautions in the final six laps bunched
everyone up and gave Rossell a shot at Shaw. The final lap saw the leaders
race alongside each other, but Shaw held tough and took the win by a half of a
car’s length.
Oren "The Wild Child" Hoeper took his first win of the year in the
Checkers Home and Lumber Warehouse Modified Series race. Jon Olson showed the
way early on as he took the lead on the opening lap. Fifth starting Hoeper
pushed his way through the others and soon found himself in second. Not long
after that, he dove to the bottom in turn four and took the lead from Olson.
Once out front, Hoeper kept on going, expanding his lead to a full
straightaway. Late in the race, Jon Lewerer and John Notch worked their way
towards the front, but without the aid of a caution, that’s as far as they
would get as Hoeper cruised to the win. The race was the third of the four
race Checkers Home and Lumber Warehouse Modified Series, in which Notch
remains atop the point standings.
Bryan Roach, who has been helping Molly Rhoads all season, got behind the
wheel of her car and took it to Victory Lane in the Super Stock Feature. Larry
Fitzsimmons moved to the front, but he used a lot of it up as his rear brakes
glowed cherry red in the first few laps. That condition allowed Jim Larkin to
move past and take control up front. Meanwhile, Roach who was involved in a
early incident, was coming on strong from the back of the field. Roach ran
down Larkin and moved by just before Larkin’s engine let loose and dumped
water all over the track. On the restart, Roach moved out and took the win as
Rob Dubnecay turned in one of his best finishes with a second place run.
Fourteen year-old Andy Hansen has showed he is a driver on the way up as
Hansen held off a handful of challengers in winning his first Great North
Legends Feature of the season. Bruce Allen jumped into the lead from the pole,
but third starting Hansen was in a hurry as he took the lead on lap two. A
tangle between Rob Thurston and Jon Lewerer, brought out an early yellow. When
the green flew again, Hansen had slim lead over the next four cars. Cory Lease
had a handful as Jay Rickert and Tim Brockhouse made the race for second
interesting. Lease would lock down the spot, but back out front, Hansen was on
a roll as he took the Checkered Flag by a full straightaway.
Dirk Henry nearly drove the wheels off his car, but it paid off big as he won
the Thunder Car Feature. Lance Steuve looked impressive in the early going as
he set the pace out front. "Towtruck" Tim Wojtowicz ran hard in
second, before Jerry Messer moved by the front pair on the same lap and became
the new leader on lap seven. Messer’s stay was a short one as Henry led the
freight train with Ace Valencour and Daryl Harth right behind. Valencour
pulled alongside in the closing laps, but came up just short as Henry snuck
off with the win.
Mike Megher was all smiles after winning his first career UCAR Feature. Megher
took the lead on lap two and set a quick pace. The lead grew to as much as a
full straightaway at one point, before Joe Karl and Andy Heying began to close
in. The cautionless race proved to be a big advantage for Megher as Karl and
Heying ran out of laps and could only watch as Megher took the win.
Chris Farnum continued his winning ways as he took another win in the TQ Stock
Car Feature. Darin Nelson looked strong near the start of the race as he
cranked his car to a comfortable lead. Ninth starting Farnum worked his way up
quickly and soon was in second. Nelson slowed dramatically on lap eight and
that was all Farnum need to scoop up the lead. Nelson would regain speed and
manage to hold onto second, but that would be as far as he would get, as
Farnum worked lapped traffic just right in the end on his way to taking home
the win.
I-94 Raceway Results July 19, 2003
ASA Late Models
First Heat
1.) Tony Grams (Zimmerman) 2.) Brittany Fischer (Villard) 3.) Trent Snyder (Ironton)
4.) Nick Binsfeld (St. Cloud) 5.) Randin Olson (Ottertail) 6.) Todd Hansen
(Minneapolis)-DNF 7.) AJ Rhoads (Hastings)-DNF
Second Heat
1.) Trevor Stewart (St. Cloud) 2.) Scott Bender (Aberdeen, SD) 3.) Don Shaw
(Ham Lake) 4.) Blake Bjorklund (Isanti) 5.) Clay Montella (Ottertail) 6.) Tim
Olson (Hamel)
Fast Dash
1.) Rob Thurston (Olivia) 2.) Stacy Rossell (Atwater) 3.) Bob White (Spring
Lake Park) 4.) Gary Mueller (Chisago) 5.) Bryan Roach (Becker) 6.) Rich Snyder
(Alexandria)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Gary Mueller (17.34 sec.) 2.) Bob White (17.46 sec.) 3.) Bryan Roach
(17.53 sec.) 4.) Rob Thurston (17.54 sec.) 5.) Rich Snyder (17.54 sec.) 6.)
Stacy Rossell (17.56 sec.)
Feature
1.) Don Shaw 2.) Stacy Rossell 3.) Tony Grams 4.) Trent Snyder 5.) Trevor
Stewart 6.) Blake Bjorklund 7.) Todd Hansen 8.) Gary Mueller 9.) Rich Snyder
10.) Tim Olson 11.) AJ Rhoads 12.) Scott Bender 13.) Brittany Fischer 14.)
Randin Olson 15.) Bryan Roach 16.) Clay Montella-DNF 17.) Nick Binsfeld-DNF
18.) Jeff Lofquist (Fergus Falls)-DNF 19.) Rob Thurston-DNF 20.) Bob White-DNF
Modifieds
First Heat
1.) Pat Hornick (Sauk Centre) 2.) Jon Olson (Hamel) 3.) Dave Schafer
(Glenwood) 4.) Jerry Voigt (Cold Spring) 5.) Nick Olson (Burnsville)
Second Heat
1.) Aaron Marthaler (Glenwood) 2.) John Gottwald (Paynesville) 3.) Matt
Anderson (Atwater) 4.) Al Stewart (St. Cloud) 5.) Jason Hintermeister
(Garfield)
Fast Dash
1.) John Notch (St. Cloud) 2.) Jon Lewerer (Stillwater) 3.) Dave Ostendorf
(St. Cloud) 4.) Jeff Rohner (Willmar) 5.) Oren Hoeper (Dalton) 6.) Brady
Barker (Grove City)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) John Notch (17.71 sec.) 2.) Jon Lewerer (17.82 sec.) 3.) Jeff Rohner
(17.95 sec.) 4.) Oren Hoeper (18.02 sec.) 5.) Dave Ostendorf (18.12 sec.) 6.)
Brady Barker (18.26 sec.)
Feature
1.) Oren Hoeper 2.) Jon Lewerer 3.) John Notch 4.) Brady Barker 5.) Jon Olson
6.) Jeff Rohner 7.) Terry Merten (Sauk Centre)-DNF 8.) Jason Hintermeister 9.)
Pat Hornick 10.) John Gottwald 11.) Jerry Voigt 12.) Al Stewart 13.) Dave
Ostendorf 14.) Nick Binsfeld 15.) Dave Schafer 16.) Matt Anderson 17.) Aaron
Marthaler-DNF
Super Stocks
First Heat
1.) Pat Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Bryan Roach (Becker) 3.) Jim Larkin (Monticello)
4.) Pat Maloney (Alexandria) 5.) Ritch Johnson (Monticello)
Second Heat
1.) Rob Dubnecay (Maple Grove) 2.) DJ Dondelinger (Brainerd) 3.) Josh Eddy
(Alexandria) 4.) Larry Fitzsimmons (Farmington) 5.) Pat Rothfork (Melrose) 6.)
Paul Milford (Savage)
Feature
1.) Bryan Roach 2.) Rob Dubnecay 3.) DJ Dondelinger 4.) Larry Fitzsimmons 5.)
Pat Rothfork 6.) Pat Maloney 7.) Ritch Johnson 8.) Paul Milford-DNF 9.) Jim
Larkin-DNF 10.) Josh Eddy-DNF 11.) Pat Henry-DNF
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Cory Lease (Pierz) 2.) Bruce Allen (Chanhassen) 3.) Rick Dubay (Coon
Rapids) 4.) Ed Velardi (Northfield) 5.) Rollie Davidson (Burnsville) 6.) Molly
Rhoads (Hastings) 7.) Jaysen Brockhouse (Prior Lake)
Second Heat
1.) Andy Hansen (Ramsey) 2.) Nick Velardi (Northfield) 3.) Doug Petty (Oak
Grove) 4.) Gary Oie (St. Paul) 5.) Greg Erhardt (Hugo) 6.) Zac Davids
Fast Dash
1.) Jon Lewerer (Stillwater) 2.) Jay Rickert (Brownton) 3.) Tim Brockhouse
(Prior Lake) 4.) Rob Thurston 5.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 6.) Clint VanHeel
(Eden Prairie)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Todd Tracy (18.77 sec.) 2.) Tim Brockhouse (18.88 sec.) 3.) Rob Thurston
(18.97 sec.) 4.) Jay Rickert (18.98 sec.) 5.) Jon Lewerer (19.15 sec.) 6.)
Clint VanHeel (19.23 sec.)
Feature
1.) Andy Hansen 2.) Cory Lease 3.) Tim Brockhouse 4.) Jay Rickert 5.) Todd
Tracy 6.) Rob Thurston 7.) Rick Dubay 8.) Doug Petty 9.) Ed Velardi 10.) Gary
Oie 11.) Jaysen Brockhouse 12.) Greg Erhardt 13.) Zac Davids 14.) Rollie
Davidson 15.) Bruce Allen-DNF 16.) Clint VanHeel-DNF 17.) Molly Rhoads 18.)
Nick Velardi-DNF 19.) Jon Lewerer-DNF
Thunder Cars
First Heat
1.) Shawn Robinson 2.) Daryl Harth (Glenwood) 3.) Jerry Messer (Sauk Centre)
4.) Matt Miller (Glenwood) 5.) Doug Olmscheid (Elrosa) 6.) Andy Ritter (Grey
Eagle)
Second Heat
1.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Ace Valencour (Sauk Centre) 3.) Jonathan
Olmscheid (Elrosa) 4.) Pat Rothfork (Melrose) 5.) Tim Wojtowicz (Minneapolis)
6.) Lance Steuve (Greenwald) 7.) Pat Amelung (St. Joseph)
Feature
1.) Dirk Henry 2.) Ace Valencour 3.) Daryl Harth 4.) Shawn Robinson 5.) Jerry
Voigt 6.) Matt Miller 7.) Pat Rothfork 8.) Tim Wojtowicz 9.) Pat Amelung 10.)
Lance Steuve 11.) Doug Olmscheid 12.) Jonathan Olmscheid-DNF 13.) Andy Ritter
UCARs
First Heat
1.) Andy Heying (St. Cloud) 2.) Dan Bolstad (Fergus Falls) 3.) Billy Weyer (Sartell)
4.) Kris Wensmann (Elmdale) 5.) Ben Mayers (Sauk Centre) 6.) David Bolstad (Fergus
Falls)
Second Heat
1.) Joe Karl (Osakis) 2.) Tony Hallerman (Sauk Centre) 3.) Mark Rosenow (Grey
Eagle) 4.) Mike Megher (Long Prairie) 5.) Cory Anderson
Feature
1.) Mike Megher 2.) Joe Karl 3.) Andy Heying 4.) Cory Anderson 5.) Ben Mayers
6.) Marc Rosenow 7.) Tony Hallerman 8.) Billy Weyer 9.) Dan Bolstad 10.) Kris
Wensmann 11.) David Bolstad-DNF
TQ Stock Cars
Heat
1.) Chris Farnum (Isanti) 2.) Steve Strandland (Martin Lake) 3.) Leroy Nelson
(Isanti) 4.) Al Jacobsen (Coon Rapids) 5.) Josh Farnum (St. Francis) 6.) Jim
Beck Jr. (Elk River) 7.) Mike Farnum (Isanti) 8.) Darin Nelson (Isanti) 9.)
Craig Cathy 10.) John Bumgardner (Fridley) 11.) Nathan Johanneck (Hutchinson)
Feature
1.) Chris Farnum 2.) Darin Nelson 3.) Leroy Nelson 4.) Al Jacobsen 5.) Steve
Strandland 6.) Josh Farnum 7.) Nathan Johanneck 8.) Jim Beck Jr. 9.) Craig
Cathy 10.) Mike Farnum 11.) John Bumgardner
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