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Cywinski Powers To Win At I-94 Raceway
By Dean Reller
(SAUK CENTRE, MN) August 9th--Kevin Cywinski, the current ASA Racing Series
National Points leader put a brand new car through it’s paces as he won the
Bernick’s Pepsi ASA Late Model Feature at the I-94 Raceway in Sauk Centre.
Todd Hansen took the lead from the start. Cywinski started dead last in the 30
lap event, but it didn’t take long for him to work his way to the front.
Kurt Danko brought out the second of two cautions in the race, when he tagged
the backstretch wall, spun and collected Joey Miller in the process. Both cars
were done for the night. Hansen controlled the restart, but had a pack of fast
cars on his rear bumper. On lap 15, Cywinski took the lead from Hansen and
never looked back as he cruised to the win, beating Hansen to the line by
better than a full straightaway.
Oren "The Wild Child" Hoeper was in top gear as he won the Modified
Feature. Hoeper jumped into the lead from the start and pulled away from the
others as the race wore on. The battle for second was a heated one as Jeff
Rohner held off John Notch and Jon Lewerer.
Jay "The Rocket" Rickert launched his way into the lead midway
through the Bernick’s Pepsi Great North Legends Feature and that's where he
stayed for the remainder, as he came home with the win. Clint VanHeel, Stan
Davis and Cory Lease each took a turn leading the race. Rickert moved by Lease
on lap eight to take the lead and moved to a slight lead as he completed the
distance. Lease held his ground and came home with a second place run. Right
behind him, Jon Lewerer, Todd Tracy and Davis followed in close quarters.
Pat Henry showed patience and that was rewarded with a win in the Super Stock
Feature. DJ Dondelinger and Rob Dubnecay staged a fierce side-by-side battle
in the opening laps. Henry followed close behind and when the opportunity came
about, Henry worked his way past both on his way to taking the win. Molly
Rhoads put on a late race rally, but ran out of time as she chased Henry to
the finish line.
Tony "The Tiger" Hallerman’s dedication and hard work finally
reached it’s pay day as Hallerman won his first career UCAR Feature. Jim
Drager took the lead from the start as Dan Bolstad moved to second. The two
leaders would make contact with each other on lap six, allowing Hallerman the
chance of a lifetime. Hallerman pounced on the throttle and took over the top
spot. Joe Karl charged his way through the field and came up a couple of
car’s lengths short as he chased Hallerman to the win.
Pat Amelung plastered his foot to the floorboards as he won his first career
Thunder Car Feature. Smoke Jackson showed his years of racing experience as he
surged into the lead. Sixth starting Amelung made his presence known as he
moved by Jackson to take the lead on lap three. The cautionless race played
right into Amelung’s favor as he extended lead to a full straightaway by the
time the checkered flag waved. Ace Valencour took second, while Shawn Robinson
finished third.
Darin Nelson got the monkey off his back as he returned to Victory Lane in the
TQ Stock Car Feature. Steve Strandlund led the opening laps, but contact with
Chris Farnum sent his car into the turn three wall, subsequently ending his
night. Nelson inherited the lead on the restart and never looked back as he
pulled away from the others as he cruised to the win. Farnum worked his way
back up front, but Nelson’s lead was too great to do anything with as he had
to settle for second.
I-94 Raceway Results August 9, 2003
ASA Late Models
First Heat
1.) Blake Bjorklund (Isanti) 2.) Rich Snyder (Alexandria) 3.) Stacy Rossell
(Atwater) 4.) Tim Olson (Hamel) 5.) Joey Miller (Lakeville) 6.) Jeff Lofquist
(Fergus Falls) 7.) Bob White (Spring Lake Park) 8.) Brittany Fischer (Villard)
Second Heat
1.) Kevin Cywinski (Lakeville) 2.) Bryan Roach (Becker) 3.) Kurt Danko (Lakeville)
4.) Trent Snyder (Ironton) 5.) Gary Mueller (Chisago) 6.) Eugene Dick
(Watkins) 7.) Todd Hansen (Minneapolis)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Kevin Cywinski (17.05 sec.) 2.) Todd Hansen (17.17 sec.) 3.) Gary Mueller
(17.30 sec.) 4.) Eugene Dick (17.31 sec.) 5.) Bryan Roach (17.31 sec.) 6.)
Trent Snyder (17.33 sec.)
Feature
1.) Kevin Cywinski 2.) Todd Hansen 3.) Bryan Roach 4.) Trent Snyder 5.) Gary
Mueller 6.) Eugene Dick 7.) Rich Snyder 8.) Stacy Rossell 9.) Bob White 10.)
Blake Bjorklund 11.) Tim Olson 12.) Jeff Lofquist-DNF 13.) Joey Miller-DNF
14.) Kurt Danko-DNF 15.) Brittany Fischer-DNF
Modifieds
First Heat
1.) John Notch (St. Cloud) 2.) Jon Lewerer (Coon Rapids) 3.) Brady Barker
(Grove City) 4.) Matt Anderson (Atwater) 5.) Dave Ostendorf (St. Cloud) 6.)
Dave Schafer (Glenwood) 7.) Pat Hornick (Sauk Centre)
Second Heat
1.) Jeff Rohner (Willmar) 2.) Oren Hoeper (Dalton) 3.) Jerry Voigt (Cold
Spring) 4.) Terry Merten (Sauk Centre) 5.) Jon Olson (Hamel) 6.) George
Sniezek (St. Joseph)
Feature
1.) Oren Hoeper 2.) Jeff Rohner 3.) John Notch 4.) Jon Lewerer 5.) Brady
Barker 6.) Matt Anderson 7.) Jerry Voigt 8.) George Sniezek 9.) Dave Ostendorf
10.) Jon Olson 11.) Dave Schafer 12.) Pat Hornick 13.) Terry Merten
Super Stocks
First Heat
1.) Pat Henry (Sauk Centre) 2.) Jim Larkin (Monticello) 3.) DJ Dondelinger (Brainerd)
4.) Gordy Mason (Excelsior) 5.) Richard Thompson (Watertown) 6.) Jason
Martagon (Sauk Centre)
Second Heat
1.) Molly Rhoads (Hastings) 2.) Paul Milford (Savage) 3.) Rob Dubnecay (Maple
Grove) 4.) Joe Caudill (Fridley) 5.) Pat Maloney (Alexandria) 6.) Tim Sweet (Brainerd)
Feature
1.) Pat Henry 2.) Molly Rhoads 3.) DJ Dondelinger 4.) Jim Larkin 5.) Gordy
Mason 6.) Rob Dubnecay 7.) Pat Maloney 8.) Paul Milford 9.) Richard Thompson
10.) Tim Sweet-DNF 11.) Jason Martagon 12.) Joe Caudill-DNF
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Nick Velardi (Northfield) 2.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre) 3.) Lew Lunsman (Centuria,
WI) 4.) Pete Kvein (Bismarck, ND) 5.) Rollie Davidson (Burnsville) 6.) Zac
Davids (Apple Valley) 7.) Rick Dubay (Coon Rapids) 8.) Clint VanHeel (Eden
Prairie) 9.) Matt Hendrickson 10.) Brittany Fischer (Villard)
Second Heat
1.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 2.) Jon Lewerer (Coon Rapids) 3.) Stan Davis
(Maple Grove) 4.) Cory Lease (Pierz) 5.) Jay Rickert (Brownton) 6.) Andy
Hansen (Ramsey) 7.) Ed Velardi (Northfield)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Todd Tracy (18.74 sec.) 2.) Jay Rickert (18.94 sec.) 3.) Jon Lewerer
(18.99 sec.) 4.) Andy Hansen (19.06 sec.) 5.) Cory Lease (19.20 sec.) 6.) Ed
Velardi (19.43 sec.)
Feature
1.) Jay Rickert 2.) Cory Lease 3.) Jon Lewerer 4.) Todd Tracy 5.) Stan Davis
6.) Andy Hansen 7.) Clint VanHeel 8.) Rick Dubay 9.) Lew Lunsman 10.) Nick
Velardi 11.) Ed Velardi 12.) Dirk Henry 13.) Rollie Davidson 14.) Zac Davids
15.) Pete Kvein 16.) Matt Hendrickson 17.) Brittany Fischer
Thunder Cars
First Heat
1.) Jerry Messer (Sauk Centre) 2.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre) 3.) Ace Valencour
(Sauk Centre) 4.) Pat Rothfork (Melrose) 5.) Matt Miller (Glenwood) 6.) Tim
Wojtowicz (Minneapolis) 7.) Jonathan Olmscheid (Elrosa)-DNF
Second Heat
1.) Shawn Robinson (Fergus Falls) 2.) Daryl Harth (Glenwood) 3.) Pat Amelung
(St. Joseph) 4.) Lance Steuve (Greenwald) 5.) Smoke Jackson (Rice) 6.) Keith
Nohner (Grey Eagle) 7.) Doug Olmschied (Elrosa) 8.) Andy Ritter (Grey Eagle)
Feature
1.) Pat Amelung 2.) Ace Valencour 3.) Shawn Robinson 4.) Pat Rothfork 5.)
Jerry Messer 6.) Smoke Jackson 7.) Dirk Henry 8.) Jonathan Olmscheid 9.) Matt
Miller 10.) Lance Steuve 11.) Tim Wojtowicz 12.) Keith Nohner 13.) Doug
Olmscheid 14.) Daryl Harth-DNF 15.) Andy Ritter-DNF
UCARs
First Heat
1.) Tony Hallerman (Sauk Centre) 2.) Marc Rosenow (Grey Eagle) 3.) Kevin
Messer (Sauk Centre) 4.) Alan Thompson (Waite Park) 5.) Jim Dreger (Long
Prairie) 6.) Andy Mayavski (St. Cloud)
Second Heat
1.) Dan Bolstad (Fergus Falls) 2.) Joe Karl (Osakis) 3.) Leroy Ahrens (Grey
Eagle) 4.) Kris Wensmann (Elmdale) 5.) Jamie Messer (Sauk Centre) 6.)
Patientce Larcen (Pierz)
Feature
1.) Tony Hallerman 2.) Joe Karl 3.) Jim Dreger 4.) Dan Bolstad 5.) Marc
Rosenow 6.) Leroy Ahrens 7.) Jamie Messer 8.) Andy Mayavski 9.) Patientce
Larcen 10.) Alan Thompson-DNF 11.) Kevin Messer-DNF 12.) Kris Wensmann-DNS
TQ Stock Cars
Heat
1.) Chris Farnum (Isanti) 2.) Leroy Nelson (Isanti) 3.) Darin Nelson (Isanti)
4.) Al Jacobsen (Coon Rapids) 5.) Steve Strandlund (Martin Lake) 6.) Josh
Farnum (St. Francis) 7.) Mike Farnum (Isanti) 8.) Nathan Johanneck
(Hutchinson) 9.) Chuck Nelson (Isanti) 10.) Jim Beck Jr. (Elk River)
Feature
1.) Darin Nelson 2.) Chris Farnum 3.) Leroy Nelson 4.) Al Jacobsen 5.) Mike
Farnum 6.) Chuck Nelson 7.) Jim Beck Jr. 8.) Nathan Johanneck 9.) Josh
Farnum-DNF 10.) Steve Strandlund-DNF
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