Priewe Gets First Mod Win At Powercom Park
The Raceway at Powercom Park
June 17, 2006 
Dennis Thompson

Craig Priewe of Beaver Dam picked up his first win of the season as he drove to victory in the 20-lap Johnsonville Brats Modified A-Main on Coca-Cola Bottling of Wisconsin Night at The Raceway at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam, WI on Saturday night. Priewe made his move on lap sixteen when he was able to get to the inside and slip past Dave Schoenberger of Beaver Dam to take over the lead and race to the win. Jay Schraufnagel of Beaver Dam moved up through the field to finish in second. Schoenberger, who led the first fifteen circuits, finished his strong run in third. Steve Mueller of Mukwonago drove to fourth ahead of Mike Sandholm of Oconomowoc.

Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis took over the point lead when he captured the 20-lap Northwoods Paper Converting Grand Nationals A-Main. It was the second win of the season for Sorce. Roger Lee of Wind Lake closed in on Sorce with four laps remaining, but was unable to get by and crossed the line in second. Scott Houpt of Belgium made his first appearance of the season and drove to third. Tommy Moore of Muskego followed in fourth. Dion Wahl of Omro was fifth.

In the 20-lap Dodge Central Credit Union Stocks A-Main, Chuck Hummelmeier of Friesland dove inside Jerry Winkler of Oshkosh as the pair exited turn two on lap thirteen and took over the lead. Hummelmeier remained out in front the rest of the way to pick up his second consecutive win and move into the lead in the point standings. Winkler finished second ahead of Dan Troyan of Menomonee Falls. Barry Cates of Greenfield followed in fourth. Craig Lepple of Beaver Dam was fifth.

In the thrilling 20-lap Gibbsville Cheese INEX Legends/Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series A-Main, Joel Wyttenbach of Sauk City picked up his second win of the season. The win did not come easy as Wyttenbach had to hold off the challenges of Brad Weber of Rolling Prairie. Point leader Eric Barth of Sauk City followed Wyttenbach and Weber across the line to take third. Greg Hartlaub of Sheboygan Falls raced to fourth ahead of Adam Reed of Beaver Dam.

In the closest finish of the evening, Andy Sullivan of Horicon edged out Jeremy Schwoch of Waupun to claim his first win in the 20-lap Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils A-Main. Sullivan and Schwoch swapped the lead a couple of times before the sprint out of turn four that saw the two trade a little paint as they raced side by side to the checkered flag. Tim Sheppard of Beaver Dam followed in third ahead of Eddie Lemay III of Milwaukee and Aaron Stolp of West Allis. Lemay and Stolp are now tied for the point lead in the division. 

In action earlier in the evening, Mike Sandholm and Jeremy Christians picked up wins in modified B-Main events. Heat wins went to Rob Schmid of Burnett, Frank Firari of Lowell, Russ Reinwald of Iron Ridge, Craig Priewe, Aaron Rake of Beaver Dam and John Stanton of Reeseville.

Grand National heat race victories went to Tommy Moore and Dan Schumacher of Milwaukee. Stock heat wins were registered by Craig Lepple and Jerry Winkler. Legends heat wins were recorded by Joel Wyttenbach and Eric Barth. Dirt devils heat race action saw Kevin Schutz of Madison, Jeremy Schwoch and Kevin Allard of Brandon race to wins. 

The stocks division ran a special Fathers Day heat in which fathers of drivers competed. Those racing were not allowed to have previous race experience. Jeff Schepp of Beaver Dam picked up the win in the 5-lap event.

Johnsonville Brats Modifieds
A-Main (1-10) – Craig Priewe, Jay Schraufnagel, Dave Schoenberger, Steve Mueller, Mike Sandholm, Brian Crapser, Larry Zirbel, Rob Schmid, Mike Meeker, Jeremy Christians, (11-20) – Russ Reinwald, Larry Walter Jr., Brad McGuire, Dennis Krause, Dylan Koltz, Aaron Rake, Dan Tafelski, Don Scheffler, Eddie Lemay Jr., John Stanton, (21-22) – Frank Firari, Matt Rechek

B-Main 1 – Mike Sandholm, B-Main 2 – Jeremy Christians

Heat 1 – Rob Schmid, Heat 2 – Frank Firari, Heat 3 – Russ Reinwald, Heat 4 – Craig Priewe, Heat 5 – Aaron Rake, Heat 6 – John Stanton

Northwoods Paper Converting Grand Nationals
A-Main (1-10) – Don Sorce Jr., Roger Lee, Scott Houpt, Tommy Moore, Dion Wahl, Kevin Rank, Nick Schumacher, Dan Schumacher, Andy Bolstad, Craig Smith, (11-18) – Curt Beek, Eric Grunst, Corey Stanton, Brian Gerber, Steve Seitz, Toby Britton, Will Schumacher, Dan Jung

Heat 1 – Tommy Moore, Heat 2 – Dan Schumacher

Dodge Central Credit Union Stocks
A-Main (1-10) – Chuck Hummelmeier, Jerry Winkler, Dan Troyan, Barry Cates, Craig Lepple, Ken Wendt, Aaron Streblow, JR Madell, Matt Bedker, Bruce Troesch, (11-19) – Don Vander Galien, Ron Koenig, Jon Schultz, Gordon Schultz, Jeff Hoerchner, Noah Schepp, Tom Grotenhuis, Justin Bader, Jimmy Berkevich

Heat 1 – Craig Lepple, Heat 2 – Jerry Winkler

Gibbsville Cheese INEX Legends/Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series
A-Main (1-10) – Joel Wyttenbach, Brad Weber, Eric Barth, Greg Hartlaub, Adam Reed, Bethany Wyttenbach, Phil Van Tatenhove, Kevin Brill, Joey Johnson, Loren Zuhlke Jr., (11-17) – George Giesen, Ric Mattie, Ed Surprise, Tom Hunter, Steve Boelter, Terry Walber, Mike Mueller

Heat 1 – Joel Wyttenbach, Heat 2 – Eric Barth

Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils
A-Main (1-10) – Andy Sullivan, Jeremy Schwoch, Tim Sheppard, Eddie Lemay III, Aaron Stolp, Roger Frank, Doug Draheim, Cody Allard, Tim Draheim, Kevin Allard, (11-20) – Chris Berkevich, Brian Budde, Mitch Drunasky, Kevin Schutz, Kevin Moran, Tom Berkevich, Ed Dahnert, Ralph Higgins, Stephen Lemay, Scott Baake 

Heat 1- Kevin Schutz, Heat 2 - Jeremy Schwoch, Heat 3 - Kevin Allard      

  


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