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Van Oudenhoven Takes Governor’s Cup At I-94 Raceway
By Dean Reller
(SAUK CENTRE, MN) July 26th--Jeff Van Oudenhoven had never seen the I-94
Raceway before, but he proved to be a quick study and even quicker on the
racetrack as he won the 100 lap Yellow Book USA MARS Late Model Governor’s
Cup, presented by Miller Lite. Twenty-four cars competed in the 10th annual
event and pole sitter Bob Dannes took the lead from the start. Fellow front
row starter Todd Hansen pulled alongside and took over on lap two. Dave
Lawrence followed Hansen and took over second. The pair raced side-by-side for
several laps, but Hansen maintained his lead throughout. On lap 32, Lawrence
squeezed ahead while in heavy lapped traffic. Meanwhile, eleventh starting Van
Oudenhoven was coming to life as he picked off cars on the bottom of the
track. Van Oudenhoven moved by Hansen on lap 42 and the next lap, he drove
under Lawrence and took the lead. Once in front, Van Oudenhoven pulled to a
full straightaway advantage as Lawrence’s engine began to sputter.
The only caution of the event happened on lap 65, when Jamie Iverson spun in
turn four. The restart saw seventh starting Ryan Mathews now in second, right
behind his teammate Van Oudenhoven. When the green waved, the front pair
quickly distanced themselves from the others as they ran nose-to-tail through
traffic. Van Oudenhoven stretched things out in the final few laps to
comfortably take the win. Mathews, the race’s defending champ, finished
second, while Mark Schroeder came to life at the end to round out the top
three.
The Yellow USA Super Trucks returned for another visit and Andy Jirik captured
the win in the 40 lap event. John Froelich led the field to the line, but Tony
Holm moved by and took charge of the race. John Vig Jr. ran down Holm and the
two raced alongside one-another out front. On lap 19, the pair made contact in
turn three and Vig moved by to become the new race leader. Jirik used that
battle to catch up and soon was running hard with Holm for second. That race
was short lived as Jirik then set his sights on Vig. With 11 laps to go, Jirik
drove by Vig to take the lead. In the final few laps, Jirik stretched things
out by just enough to safely claim the win.
Jon Lewerer took winning to new heights after winning the Miller Lite Modified
Feature. Terry Merten showed the way early on as he took his ride to the
front. Seventh starting John Notch was in a hurry as he muscled his way to the
front. Notch took the lead on lap five, bringing Lewerer in his draft. The top
two ran bumper-to-bumper, before Lewerer pulled off the pass with six laps
left. Lewerer held his ground and kept Notch in his shadow as he completed the
distance to take the win. After the race, Lewerer jumped from his car and
climbed the front stretch fence to salute the fans.
Pat Henry turned in his most dominant run of the season as he won the Super
Stock Feature. Henry took the lead from the start, but polesitter Molly Rhoads
stayed with him. Rhoads pulled alongside a couple of times, but couldn’t
make the pass. Paul Milford’s spin brought out the only yellow of the race
when he spun on lap 15. When the action picked back up again, Henry snuck away
to garner the win. Rhoads held off Jim Larkin to maintain a second place run.
Jay "The Rocket" Rickert launched his car on a successful mission as
he shot to the win in the Great North Legends Feature. Lew Lunsman led the
pack as everyone roared to life. Cory Lease took a turn in front on lap four,
before Jon Lewerer took over on the next lap. The race’s only caution
happened the next time around, jumbling up several cars. When the field
reassembled, Rickert was the new leader, with Tim Brockhouse right behind.
Brockhouse and Rickert touched bumpers several times as they led the charge up
front. The contact didn’t upset either car as Rickert held on the rest of
the way to touchdown in Victory Lane.
In the Thunder Car Feature, Ace Valencour’s hard work on and off the track
were rewarded with a win. Daryl Harth and Pat Amelung each had a turn in the
lead, before Dirk Henry came flying by, just before the half-way point of the
race. Valencour caught Henry and the two raced hard, before Valenour took the
lead with four laps to go. The win was a special one for Valencour, after
destroying his car a few weeks ago, fellow racer Todd Maciey gave him his car
and Valencour returned the favor by driving it to the win.
Several weeks ago, Joe Karl’s night ended when he rolled his car several
times down the front stretch. With his car rebuilt, Karl showed the way in the
UCAR feature. Marc Rosenow put his truck into the lead from the start. Slowly
his ride, moved higher on the track and that opened the door for Karl to drive
under and snatch the lead away. Karl walked away to a slight advantage, but
that quickly disappeared as Andy Heying came on strong in the final few laps.
Heying pulled to Karl’s rear bumper, but that was all he had time to do as
Karl showed he was back on track as he took home the win.
I-94 Raceway Results July 26, 2003
Yellow Book USA MARS Late Models
First Heat
1.) Jamie Iverson (Escanaba, MI) 2.) Dave Lawrence (Baraboo, WI) 3.) Ryan
Mathews (Lake Geneva, WI) 4.) Jeff Van Oudenhoven (Kimberly, WI) 5.) Mark
Schroeder (Green Bay, WI) 6.) Gordie Sannes Jr. (De Pere, WI) 7.) Justin Hirt
(Tigerton, WI) 8.) Scott Brandt (Olivia)
Second Heat
1.) Rich Snyder (Alexandria) 2.) Bob Dannes (New Holstein, WI) 3.) Gary
Mueller (Chisago) 4.) Trent Snyder (Ironton) 5.) Trevor Stewart (St. Cloud)
6.) Todd Hansen (Minneapolis) 7.) Tim Olson (Hamel) 8.) Blake Bjorklund
(Isanti)
Third Heat
1.) Don Shaw (Ham Lake) 2.) Clay Montella (Ottertail) 3.) Rod Brewe (Kaukauna,
WI) 4.) Jeff Lofquist (Fergus Falls) 5.) Bob White (Spring Lake Park) 6.) Sam
Gottwald (Willmar) 7.) Tony Grams (Zimmerman) 8.) Stacy Rossell (Atwater)-DNS
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Jeff Van Oudenhoven (16.76 sec.) 2.) Justin Hirt (16.84 sec.) 3.) Mark
Schroeder (16.92 sec.) 4.) Gordie Sannes (17.03 sec.) 5.) Ryan Mathews (17.06
sec.) 6.) Scott Brandt (17.07 sec.)
Feature
1.) Jeff Van Oudenhoven 2.) Ryan Mathews 3.) Mark Schroeder 4.) Dave Lawrence
5.) Scott Brandt 6.) Gordie Sannes 7.) Jamie Iverson 8.) Justin Hirt 9.) Todd
Hansen 10.) Tim Olson 11.) Gary Mueller 12.) Rich Snyder 13.) Bob Dannes 14.)
Don Shaw 15.) Blake Bjorklund 16.) Clay Montella 17.) Trent Snyder 18.) Rod
Brewe 19.) Bob White 20.) Sam Gottwald-DNF 21.) Tony Grams-DNF 22.) Jeff
Lofquist-DNF 23.) Stacy Rossell-DNF 24.) Trevor Stewart-DNS
Yellow Book USA Super Trucks
First Heat
1.) John Vig Jr. (Shakoppe) 2.) Donnie Woller (Merrill, WI) 3.) Bill Prietzel
(West Allis, WI) 4.) John Froelich (Chippewa Falls, WI) 5.) Larry Fitzsimmons
(Farmington)-DNF
Second Heat
1.) Tony Holm (Prior Lake) 2.) Brad Blenker (Shakopee) 3.) Anthony Brewer
(Shakopee) 4.) Michael Schmitz (Northfield) 5.) Andy Jirik (Lonsdale) 6.) Gary
Fredrickson (Northfield)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Andy Jirik (18.06 sec.) 2.) Donnie Woller (18.18 sec.) 3.) Brad Blenker
(18.23 sec.) 4.) John Vig Jr. (18.33 sec.) 5.) Gary Fredrickson (18.45 sec.)
6.) Larry Fitzsimmons (18.46 sec.)
Feature
1.) Andy Jirik 2.) John Vig Jr. 3.) Brad Blenker 4.) Gary Fredrickson 5.) Tony
Holm 6.) John Froelich 7.) Bill Prietzel 8.) Larry Fitzsimmons 9.) Michael
Schmitz 10.) Anthony Brewer 11.) Donnie Woller-DNF
Modifieds
First Heat
1.) John Notch (St. Cloud) 2.) Jon Lewerer (Coon Rapids) 3.) Brady Barker
(Grove City) 4.) Terry Merten (Sauk Centre) 5.) Oren Hoeper (Dalton) 6.) John
Gottwald (Paynesville) 7.) Matt Anderson (Atwater)
Second Heat
1.) Dave Schafer (Glenwood) 2.) Jerry Voigt (Cold Spring) 3.) Al Stewart (St.
Cloud) 4.) Jeff Rohner (Willmar) 5.) Pat Hornick (Sauk Centre) 6.) Nick Olson
(Burnsville) 7.) Dave Ostendorf (St. Cloud) 8.) Jon Olson (Hamel
Feature
1.) Jon Lewerer 2.) John Notch 3.) Jeff Rohner 4.) Brady Barker 5.) Terry
Merten 6.) Jerry Voigt 7.) Oren Hoeper 8.) Dave Ostendorf 9.) Matt Anderson
10.) Dave Schafer 11.) Jon Olson 12.) Pat Hornick 13.) John Gottwald 14.) Nick
Olson 15.) Al Stewart-DNF
Super Stocks
Feature
1.) Pat Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Molly Rhoads (Hastings) 3.) Jim Larkin
(Monticello) 4.) Rob Dubnecay (Maple Grove) 5.) Larry Fitzsimmons (Farmington)
6.) Bill Prietzel (West Allis, WI) 7.) Gordy Mason (Excelsior) 8.) Todd Rizer
(Garrison) 9.) Pat Maloney (Alexandria) 10.) Paul Milford (Savage) 11.) Ritch
Johnson (Monticello)-DNF 12.) Jason Martagon (Sauk Centre)-DNF
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Tim Brockhouse (Prior Lake) 2.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 3.) Cory Lease
(Pierz) 4.) Ed Velardi (Northfield) 5.) Jaysen Brockhouse (Prior Lake) 6.) Lew
Lunsman (Centuria, WI) 7.) Rollie Davidson (Burnsville) 8.) Andy Hansen
(Ramsey) 9.) Bruce Allen (Chanhassen)
Second Heat
1.) Jon Lewerer (Coon Rapids) 2.) Clint Van Heel (Eden Prairie) 3.) Jay
Rickert (Brownton) 4.) Rick Dubay (Coon Rapids) 5.) Nick Velardi (Northfield)
6.) Doug Petty (Oak Grove) 7.) Tom Hall (Plymouth) 8.) Gary Oie (St. Paul)
Feature
1.) Jay Rickert 2.) Tim Brockhouse 3.) Jon Lewerer 4.) Todd Tracy 5.) Clint
Van Heel 6.) Doug Petty 7.) Cory Lease 8.) Andy Hansen 9.) Rick Dubay 10.)
Gary Oie 11.) Ed Velardi 12.) Bruce Allen 13.) Tom Hall 14.) Rollie Davidson
15.) Jaysen Brockhouse-DNF 16.) Nick Velardi-DNF 17.) Lew Lunsman-DNF
Thunder Cars
First Heat
1.) Jonathan Olmscheid (Elrosa) 2.) Jerry Messer (Sauk Centre) 3.) Matt Miller
(Glenwood) 4.) Tim Wojtowicz (Minneapolis) 5.) Lance Steuve (Greenwald) 6.)
Steve Long (Greenwald)
Second Heat
1.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Ace Valencour (Sauk Centre) 3.) Pat Amelung
(St. Joseph) 4.) Daryl Harth (Glenwood) 5.) Doug Olmscheid (Elrosa) 6.) Rick
Hoeper Jr. (Fergus Falls)
Feature
1.) Ace Valencour 2.) Dirk Henry 3.) Pat Amelung 4.) Daryl Harth 5.) Jerry
Messer 6.) Jonathan Olmscheid 7.) Matt Miller 8.) Lance Stueve 9.) Tim
Wojtowicz 10.) Rick Hoeper Jr. 11.) Doug Olmscheid 12.) Steve Long
UCARs
First Heat
1.) Tony Hallerman (Sauk Centre) 2.) Joe Karl (Osakis) 3.) Dan Bolstad (Fergus
Falls) 4.) Cory Anderson 5.) Billy Weyer (Sartell) 6.) Jim Dreger (Long
Prairie) 7.) Ben Mayers (Sauk Centre) 8.) Craig Maack (Pelican Rapids)
Second Heat
1.) Andy Heying (St. Cloud) 2.) Mike Megher (Long Prairie) 3.) Alan Thompson
(Waite Park) 4.) Marc Rosenow (Grey Eagle) 5.) Kris Wensmann (Elmdale) 6.)
Kevin Messer (Sauk Centre) 7.) Jamie Messer (Sauk Centre)
Feature
1.) Joe Karl 2.) Andy Heying 3.) Mike Megher 4.) Tony Hallerman 5.) Marc
Rosenow 6.) Billy Weyer 7.) Alan Thompson 8.) Jim Dreger 9.) Kris Wensmann
10.) Kevin Messer 11.) Ben Mayers 12.) Craig Maack 13.) Dan Bolstad 14.) Jamie
Messer-DNF 15.) Cory Anderson-DNF
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