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Rossell Rocks At I-94 Raceway
By Dean Reller
(SAUK CENTRE, MN) August 16th--Stacy Rossell broke through for the first time
this season as he won the Meilke Oil ASA Late Model Feature at the I-94
Raceway in Sauk Centre. Points leader Trent Snyder took off from the pole as
he set the pace. Don Shaw followed a short distance behind in second. A pair
of cautions slowed the action near the midpoint of the race, but on each
restart, Snyder continued to show the way. Meanwhile, Rossell was slowly
working his way up and with eight laps left, he was in second. Snyder held
tough, but with three to go, he slid up the track just a bit in turn four.
This gave Rossell the opportunity and he snapped up the lead. Once in front,
Rossell put couple of car’s lengths between himself and Snyder as he took
the win.
Since hopping behind the wheel of a Modified midway through the season, Jon
Lewerer has been one tough customer and Lewerer showed his strength again as
he won the Modified Feature. Terry Merten took the lead on the opening lap,
but it was a short stay as Jerry Voigt shot past on lap two. Sixth starting
Lewerer blasted his way to the front and on lap four, he became the new race
leader. Only one caution, for debris, slowed the race and that played right
into Lewerer’s strategy as he tore off on the restart and never looked back
as he raced to the win.
Pat Henry made a late race charge as he won the Meilke Oil Super Stock
Feature. Rob Dubnecay, in search of his first win, took command of the race
from the start. Henry moved to second, with Molly Rhoads in third. The top
three would stay extremely close as Henry and Rhoads raced side-by-side.
Rhoads would take the spot, as she looked to make a move on Dubnecay. Henry
gathered things up and on lap 12, he moved from third to first. Rhoads would
also get by Dubnecay as the top three stayed right together to the very end,
with Henry holding on for the Victory.
Todd Tracy has been looking for a win at I-94 Raceway for a while and in one
of the closest races ever, Tracy finally took home the win in the Great North
Legends Feature. Jay "The Rocket" Rickert took the lead from the
pole and set a quick pace. Cory Lease got by Doug Petty for second as everyone
stayed close. This allowed Tracy to move from ninth to challenge Lease
briefly, before taking the spot. Rickert continued to show the way, but his
lead quickly dwindled as Tracy reeled him in. With eight laps remaining it was
Rickert and Tracy nose-to-tail for the lead. Tracy was able to get a good run
into turn one and four times out of the last five laps, he was the leader
through that corner, but each time the pair ran out of turn two, Rickert would
take the lead back. The final lap saw it as anyone’s race as the lead
changed hands four times on the last trip around the track. Coming off the
final turn, Tracy got just enough boost to put his car in front by just a few
inches to take the win in dramatic fashion.
Dirk Henry continued his strong season as he won the Meilke Oil Thunder Car
Feature. Matt Miller took the lead from the start, before Jerry Messer took
over shortly thereafter. Sixth starting Henry zeroed in on Messer and soon he
was the new guy out front. With the lead in hand, Henry continued to drive
hard, taking the win by a full straightaway over Messer.
Andy "Hot Rod" Heying drove a smooth race and came up with the win
in the UCAR Feature. Sam Hanson took the lead right away as Heying quickly
pulled in behind. Heying then moved alongside and was credited with the lead
on lap six. Hanson wasn’t through yet as he slipped by two laps later. The
front pair stayed no more than a car length apart as the race wore on. On the
final turn of the final lap, Heying got just enough grip as he reclaimed the
lead and sprinted to the finish line to take the win.
Darin Nelson backed up his win from a week earlier with another trip to the
Winner’s Circle in the TQ Stock Car Feature. Al Jacobsen took the lead from
the wave of the green as Chris Farnum jumped the start and moved to second.
Jacobsen ran strong for several laps, before Farnum took the lead. Farnum ran
away as he went unchallenged in the caution free race. However, he was
assessed a two position penalty for his jump at the start and without a
caution to impose the penalty, it was applied to the finish of the race. This
gave Nelson the win, with Steve Strandlund taking second and Farnum dropping
to third.
Following the races, Doug Rose in his Green Mamba Jet Car, melted a car in the
infield.
I-94 Raceway Results Aug. 16, 2003
ASA Late Models
First Heat
1.) John Paul Odegaard (Brooklyn Center) 2.) Bill Rhode 3.) Sam Gottwald
(Willmar) 4.) Brittany Fischer (Villard) 5.) Blake Bjorklund (Isanti) 6.)
Trent Snyder (Ironton) 7.) Jeff Lofquist (Fergus Falls) 8.) Chuck Minkel
(Olivia) 9.) Scott Bender (Aberdeen, SD)-DNF
Second Heat
1.) Don Shaw (Ham Lake) 2.) Rich Snyder (Alexandria) 3.) Stacy Rossell
(Atwater) 4.) Gary Mueller (Chisago) 5.) Eugene Dick (Watkins) 6.) Tim Olson
(Hamel) 7.) Bryan Roach (Becker) 8.) Todd Hansen (Minneapolis)-DNF
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Bryan Roach (17.13 sec.) 2.) Eugene Dick (17.27 sec.) 3.) Stacy Rossell
(17.41 sec.) 4.) Tim Olson (17.42 sec.) 5.) Rich Snyder (17.47 sec.) 6.) Gary
Mueller (17.50 sec.)
Feature
1.) Stacy Rossell 2.) Trent Snyder 3.) Gary Mueller 4.) Rich Snyder 5.) Eugene
Dick 6.) Don Shaw 7.) Tim Olson 8.) Bryan Roach 9.) Blake Bjorklund 10.) John
Paul Odegaard 11.) Scott Bender 12.) Bill Rhode 13.) Jeff Lofquist 14.) Sam
Hansen 15.) Chuck Minkel 16.) Brittany Fischer-DNF 17.) Todd Hansen-DNF
Modifieds
First Heat
1.) Dave Ostendorf (St. Cloud) 2.) Pat Hornick (Sauk Centre) 3.) Matt Anderson
(Atwater) 4.) Brady Barker (Grove City) 5.) Jon Olson (Hamel) 6.) John
Gottwald (Paynesville) 7.) Dave Schafer (Glenwood)
Second Heat
1.) Jeff Rohner (Willmar) 2.) Jon Lewerer (Coon Rapids) 3.) John Notch (St.
Cloud) 4.) Oren Hoeper (Dalton) 5.) Jerry Voigt (Cold Spring) 6.) Terry Merten
(Sauk Centre)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Jon Lewerer (17.81 sec.) 2.) John Notch (17.92 sec.) 3.) Jerry Voigt
(18.07 sec.) 4.) Oren Hoeper (18.09 sec.) 5.) Jeff Rohner (18.20 sec.) 6.)
Terry Merten (18.24 sec.)
Feature
1.) Jon Lewerer 2.) Jerry Voigt 3.) John Notch 4.) Oren Hoeper 5.) Jeff Rohner
6.) Terry Merten 7.) Matt Anderson 8.) Brady Barker 9.) Jon Olson 10.) Dave
Ostendorf 11.) Pat Hornick 12.) Dave Schafer 13.) John Gottwald
Super Stocks
Heat
1.) Molly Rhoads (Hastings) 2.) Gordy Mason (Excelsior) 3.) Pat Henry (Sauk
Centre) 4.) Paul Milford (Savage) 5.) Ritch Johnson (Monticello) 6.) Rick
Dubay (Maple Grove) 7.) Jason Martagon (Sauk Centre) 8.) Jim Larkin
(Monticello)
Feature
1.) Pat Henry 2.) Molly Rhoads 3.) Rob Dubnecay 4.) Gordy Mason 5.) Paul
Milford 6.) Ritch Johnson 7.) Jason Martagon-DNF 8.) Jim Larkin-DNF
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 2.) Cory Lease (Pierz) 3.) Andy Hanson (Ramsey)
4.) Stan Davis (Maple Grove) 5.) Jay Rickert (Brownton) 6.) Ed Velardi
(Northfield) 7.) Rollie Davidson (Burnsville) 8.) Dave Ewert (Fergus Falls)
Second Heat
1.) Rick Dubay (Coon Rapids) 2.) Jon Lewerer (Coon Rapids) 3.) Clint VanHeel
(Eden Prairie) 4.) Doug Petty (Oak Grove) 5.) Zac Davids (Apple Valley) 6.)
Greg Erhardt (Hugo) 7.) Matt Hendrickson 8.) Robin Fischer (Villard)
Feature
1.) Todd Tracy 2.) Jay Rickert 3.) Cory Lease 4.) Andy Hanson 5.) Jon Lewerer
6.) Doug Petty 7.) Clint VanHeel 8.) Stan Davis 9.) Rick Dubay 10.) Zac Davids
11.) Ed Velardi 12.) Rollie Davidson 13.) Matt Hendrickson 14.) Greg Erhardt
15.) Dave Ewert 16.) Robin Fischer
Thunder Cars
First Heat
1.) Pat Amelung (St. Joseph) 2.) Jonathan Olmscheid (Elrosa) 3.) Daryl Harth
(Glenwood) 4.) Lance Steuve (Greenwold) 5.) Doug Olmscheid (Elrosa) 6.) Andy
Ritter (Grey Eagle)-DNF
Second Heat
1.) Ace Valencour (Sauk Centre) 2.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre) 3.) Jerry Messer
(Sauk Centre) 4.) Matt Miller (Glenwood) 5.) Pat Rothfork (Melrose) 6.) Shawn
Robinson (Fergus Falls) 7.) AJ Rhoads (Hastings) 8.) Tim Wojtowicz
(Minneapolis)
Feature
1.) Dirk Henry 2.) Jerry Messer 3.) Ace Valencour 4.) Pat Amelung 5.) Daryl
Harth 6.) Shawn Robinson 7.) Jonathan Olmscheid 8.) Matt Miller 9.) Lance
Steuve 10.) Pat Rothfork 11.) AJ Rhoads 12.) Doug Olmscheid 13.) Tim Wojtowicz
14.) Andy Ritter
UCARs
First Heat
1.) Mike Megher (Long Prairie) 2.) Jim Dreger (Long Prairie) 3.) Billy Weyer
(Sartell) 4.) Kris Wensmann (Elmdale) 5.) Andy Mayavski (St. Cloud) 6.) Jay
Thompson
Second Heat
1.) Joe Karl (Osakis) 2.) Andy Heying (St. Cloud) 3.) Sam Hanson (Fergus
Falls) 4.) Tony Hallerman (Sauk Centre) 5.) Marc Rosenow (Grey Eagle) 6.)
Jamie Messer (Sauk Centre)
Feature
1.) Andy Heying 2.) Sam Hanson 3.) Joe Karl 4.) Mike Megher 5.) Tony Hallerman
6.) Billy Weyer 7.) Jim Dreger 8.) Marc Rosenow 9.) Kris Wensmann 10.) Jamie
Messer 11.) Andy Mayavski 12.) Jay Thompson
TQ Stock Cars
Heat
1.) Darin Nelson (Isanti) 2.) Steve Strandlund (Martin Lake) 3.) Chris Farnum
(Isanti) 4.) Leroy Nelson (Isanti) 5.) Nathan Johanneck (Hutchinson) 6.) Al
Jacobsen (Coon Rapids) 7.) Chuck Nelson (Isanti) 8.) Dana Nelson (Isanti) 9.)
John Bumgardner (Fridley)
Feature
1.) Darin Nelson 2.) Steve Strandlund 3.) Chris Farnum 4.) Al Jacobsen 5.)
Nathan Johanneck 6.) Leroy Nelson 7.) Chuck Nelson 8.) Dana Nelson 9.) John
Bumgardner
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