Regular Season Opener at Powercom Park
Dennis Thompson
May 21, 2005

It was the regular weekly divisions season opener at The Raceway at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam, WI on Saturday night and one hundred and thirty eight cars jammed the pit area ready for action. 

Jay Schraufnagel of Beaver Dam jumped into the lead from the pole position and led the rest of the way in capturing the Shaver Builders & Home Improvement Modified 20-lap A-Main. It was no walk away for Schraufnagel, however, as a caution on lap sixteen bunched up the field. This put Russ Reinwald of Iron Ridge, who had moved up from his third row starting spot, into a position to challenge Schraufnagel for the lead. On the restart Schraufnagel continued to lead with Reinwald hanging tight. The two raced together and on the final lap as the pair exited turn four, Reinwald found some room on the inside and made his bid for the lead. In the drag to the checkered flag it was Schraufnagel who came across the line first to take the win. Frank Firari of Lowell moved up from the fifth row to finish in third. Larry Zirbel of Iron Ridge drove to fourth ahead of Eddie Lemay Jr. of Milwaukee. Race results for the modified A-Main were unofficial at the time of this press release due to a pending technical ruling. For any updates on the results, check the track website at www.wismotorsports.net. 

The Johnsonville Sausage Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association made their first of nine appearances at the raceway this season. Tim Lemirande of Verona grabbed the lead at the start of the 25-lap A-Main and was hotly pursued by Russ Scheffler of Pewaukee. After repeatedly trying to get by on the inside, Scheffler took to the high route to get around Lemirande on lap eleven and then pulled away for the win in the caution free event. Jim Zdroik of Big Bend drove to third. Scott Cramer of Random Lake came from the back of the pack to finish in fourth. Pete Parker of Kaukauna followed in fifth.

Tim Doehling of Winneconne out battled Don Source Jr. of West Allis to score the win in the Northwoods Paper Converting Grand Nationals division. Roger Lee of Wind Lake moved up to finish in third. Fourth place went to Troy Weich of Fond du Lac. Tommy Moore of Muskego followed in fifth. Tobey Britton of Slinger rolled his ride on lap eighteen of the event. 

In the Dodge Central Credit Union Stocks 20-lap A-Main, Don Vander Galien of Wautoma moved into the lead on lap seventeen and went onto score the win. Dan Troyan of Menomonie Falls picked his way up through traffic to finish in second. Nate Schepp of Beaver Dam also worked his way up to take third. Jasper Drengler of Shawano drove to fourth. Mike Murray of Beaver Dam, who led much of the way, finished in fifth. 

In action in the Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils division, Josh Schmitt of Juneau edged ahead of Roger Frank of Beaver Dam on lap fourteen to take over the lead. Schmitt then held off Frank to claim the win. Ron Koenig of Fox Lake, who led the opening lap, followed Schmitt and Frank across the line to finish in third. Tim Draheim of Beaver Dam came from the sixth row to take fourth ahead of Jeremy Schwoch of Waupun. 

The Gibbsville Cheese Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series A-Main saw Joel Wyttenbach of Sauk City charge from the sixth row and race to the win. Wyttenbach overtook Eric Barth of Sauk City on lap fourteen of the fifteen lap event. Warren Ropp of Kalona, IA moved up from row five to finish a strong third. Adam Reed of Slinger followed in fourth ahead of Aaron Rake of Beaver Dam.

Modified B-Main wins were claimed by Bill Tandetzke of Milwaukee and Dennis Haldemann of Randolph. Modified heat race victories were registered by Jay Schraufnagel, Russ Reinwald, Paul Parker of Kaukauna, Mike Sandholm of Oconomowoc and Frank Firari. Grand National heat race wins went to Dion Wahl of Omro and Steve Seitz of Beaver Dam. Stock heat race wins were recorded by Brent Lepple of Beaver Dam and Dan Troyan. Dirt Devils heat race action saw wins go to Tim Draheim, Mike Mueller of Waupun and Ron Koenig. Legend heat wins went to Eric Barth, Adam Reed and Keith Moline of Cedar Rapids, IA. Dave Schoenberger of Beaver Dam paced the late models in qualifying at 15.036.


Shaver Builders & Home Improvement Modifieds (Unofficial)
A-Main (1-10) – Jay Schraufnagel, Russ Reinwald, Frank Firari, Larry Zirbel, Eddie Lemay Jr., Paul Parker, Steve Kloehn, Brian Mullen, Andy Voigt, Rob Schmid (11-20) – Joey Jaeger, Bill Tandetzke, John Stanton, Dennis Haldemann, Dan Tafelski, Mike Sandholm, Joe McGrath, Steve Mueller, Brandon Czarapata, Chris Piquette (21) – Dannon Tessmer

B-Main 1 – Bill Tandetzke, B-Main 2 – Dennis Haldemann

Heat 1 – Jay Schraufnagel, Heat 2 – Russ Reinwald, Heat 3 – Paul Parker, Heat 4 – Mike Sandholm, Heat 5 – Frank Firari

Johnsonville Sausage W.D.L.M.A. Late Models
A-Main (1-10) – Russ Scheffler, Tim Lemirande, Jim Zdroik, Scott Cramer, Pete Parker, Rick Scheffler, Craig Priewe, Lonnie Hoeft, Ron Stroika, Al Atkinson (11-14) Dave Schoenberger, R.W. Aschenbrenner, Art Meinig, Like Roffers

Fast Time – Dave Schoenberger  15.036

Northwoods Paper Converting Grand Nationals
A-Main (1-10) – Tim Doehling, Don Sorce Jr., Roger Lee, Troy Weich, Tommy Moore, Steve Seitz, Dion Wahl, Russ Davison, Nick Schumacher, John Schultz III (11-19) – Dan Schumacher, Kevin Rank, Tobey Britton, Curt Beek, Nathan Persha, Dave Gorny, Tom Robbins, Craig Smith, Shane Heaney

Heat 1 – Dion Wahl, Heat 2 – Steve Seitz

Dodge Central Credit Union Stocks
A-Main (1-10) – Don Vander Galien, Dan Troyan, Nate Schepp, Jasper Drengler, Mike Murray, Matt Bedker, Jeff Hoerchner, Jeff Link, Chuck Hummelmeier, Mike Nehmer, (11-15) Ken Wendt, Aaron Streblow, Bent Lepple, Eric Grunst, Tim Montonati

Heat 1 – Brent Lepple, Heat 2 – Dan Troyan

Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils
A-Main (1-10) – Josh Schmitt, Roger Frank, Ron Koenig, Tim Draheim, Jeremy Schwoch, Tim Sheppard, Jolene Wille, Nate Gross, Nick Firari, Billy Lemay Jr., (11-20) – Mike Araco, Doug Draheim, Scott Baake, Dustin Schwandt, Kevin Allard, Jon Schultz, Mike Mueller, Ralph Higgins, Corey Stanton, Noah Schepp (21-24) – Jimmy Berkevich, Joe Brooke, Eddie Lemay III, Kevin Schutz

Heat 1 – Tim Draheim, Heat 2 – Mike Mueller, Heat 3 – Ron Koenig

Gibbsville Cheese Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series
A-Main (1-10) – Joel Wyttenbach, Eric Barth, Warren Ropp, Adam Reed, Aaron Rake, Kevin Brill, Joe Johnson, Greg Hartlaub, Ric Mattie, Bethany Wyttenbach (11-20) – Joe Surprise, Tom Henricks, Phil Van Tatenhove, Loren Zuhlke Jr. Steve Boelter, Mark McCallum, Don Gillham, Dan Neuman, Terry Walber, Darwin Banes (21-22) – Keith Moline, George Giesen

Heat 1 – Eric Barth, Heat 2 – Adam Reed, Heat 3 – Keith Moline


POINT STANDINGS
Shaver Builders Modifieds Division
Place  Car No  Driver's Name  Points  
1  10S  Schraufnagel, Jay  40  
2  25R  Reinwald, Russ  39  
3  27F  Firari, Frank  38  
4  93Z  Zirbel, Larry  37  
5  13L  Lemay, Eddie  36  
6  10P  Parker, Paul  35  
7  55K  Kloehn, Steve  34  
8  72M  Mullen, Brian  33  
9  03V  Voigt, Andy  32  
10  30S  Schmid, Rob  31  
11  31J  Jaeger, Joey  30  
12  1D  Tandetzke, Bill  29  
13  27S  Stern, Brian  28  
14  8H  Haldemann, Dennis  27  
15  50T  Tafelski, Dan  26  
16  6S  Sandhom, Mike  25  
17  10M  McGrath, Joe  24  
18  2M  Mueller, Steve  23  
19  33C  Czarapata, Brandon  22  
20  99P  Piquette, Chris  21  
21  00T  Tessmer, Dannon  20  
22  67M  Magsamen, Scott  16  
23  35G  Grotenhuis, Tom  16  
24  97B  Batisti, Jerry  15  
25  0R  Rechek, Matt  15  
26  56B  Bauer, Gary  14  
27  71H  Horst, Bruce  14  
28  1M  Mullen, Scott  13  
29  4S  Schneider, Ralph  13  
30  38X  Meeker, Michael  12  
31  12S  Strommen, Rick  12  
32  75C  Caswell, Marc  11  
33  21L  Lemay, Billy  11  
34  4X  Schneider, Dave  10  
35  14W  Walter Jr, Larry  10  
36  52M  McGuire, Brad  10  
37  53M  McGuire, Tony  10  
38  69W  Weber, Michael  10  
39  64B  Brunner, Mark  10  
40  3H  Hummelmeier, Chad  10  
41  47P  Priesgen, Ken  10  
42  15V  Voigt, Dave  10  
43  4K  Bentfield, Eddie  10  
44  27T  Peterson, Tony  10  

 
Northwoods Paper Gr. Nat. Division
Place  Car No  Driver's Name  Points  
1  5D  Doehling, Tim  40  
2  99S  Sorce Jr., Don  39  
3  10L  Lee, Roger  38  
4  45W  Weich, Troy D.  37  
5  2M  Moore, Tommy  36  
6  50S  Seitz, Steve  35  
7  77W  Wahl, Dion  34  
8  68D  Davison, Russ  33  
9  47S  Schumacher, Nick  32  
10  52S  Schultz III, John  31  
11  93S  Schumacher, Daniel  30  
12  8R  Rank, Kevin  29  
13  15B  Britton, Toby  28  
14  2B  Beek, Curt  27  
15  25P  Persha, Nathan  26  
16  55G  Gorny, Dave  25  
17  46RT  Robbins, Tom  24  
18  72S  Sancinati, Tony  23  
19  12H  Heaney, Shane  22  

 
Dodge Central CU Stocks Division
Place  Car No  Driver's Name  Points  
1  2V  VanderGalien, Don  40  
2  01T  Troyan, Daniel  39  
3  75S  Schepp, Nate  38  
4  01XD  Drengler, Jasper  37  
5  99M  Murray, Mike  36  
6  27B  Bedker, Matt  35  
7  60H  Hoerchner, Jeff  34  
8  55L  Link, Jeff  33  
9  53H  Hummelmeier, Chuck  32  
10  5N  Nehnmer, Mike  31  
11  7W  Wendt, Ken  30  
12  38S  Streblow, Aaron  29  
13  49L  Lepple, Brent  28  
14  65G  Grunst, Eric  27  
15  86M  Montonati, Tim  26  
 

Wally's Auto Dirt Devils Division
Place  Car No  Driver's Name  Points  
1  76S  Schmitt, Josh  40  
2  48F  Frank, Roger  39  
3  8K  Koenig, Ron  38  
4  74D  Draheim, Tim  37  
5  79S  Schwoch, Jeremy  36  
6  29S  Sheppard, Tim  35  
7  72W  Wille, Jolene Kay  34  
8  58G  Gross, Nate  33  
9  21F  Firari, Nick  32  
10  12L  Lemay Jr., Billy  31  
11  5A  Araco, Mike  30  
12  34D  Draheim, Doug  29  
13  18B  Baake, Scott  28  
14  26S  Schwandt, Dustin  27  
15  57A  Allard, Kevin  26  
16  11X  Schultz, Jon  25  
17  M00  Mueller, Mike  24  
18  25H  Higgins, Ralph  23  
19  47S  Stanton, Corey  22  
20  89S  Schepp, Noah  21  
21  19B  Berkevich, Jimmy  20  
22  7B  Brooke, Joe  19  
23  15L  Lemay III, Eddie  18  
24  33S  Schutz, Kevin  17  

Print This Page
<back to previous page>