Modified Special Day 2 At The Raceway At Powercom Park
Dennis Thompson
August 12, 2006

Saturday night was Day 2 of the Modified Special at The Raceway at Powercom Park. The Johnsonville Brats Modifieds were joined by the Gibbsville Cheese INEX Legends/Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series and the Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils divisions to provide an action packed night of racing.

Jay Schraufnagel of Beaver Dam took over the lead from Dan Tafelski of West Allis on lap five of the 25-lap Johnsonville Brats Modified A-Main and remained out in front the rest of the way to claim his third win of the season. Point leader Craig Priewe of Beaver Dam was able to close in behind Schraufnagel following a caution on lap fifteen, but had to settle for second as Schraufnagel pulled away after the restart. Frank Firari of Lowell moved up from the fifth row to finish in third. Mike Sandholm of Oconomowoc, who started the event next to Firari, followed in fourth. Dennis Krause of Oconomowoc had his best run of the season with a fifth place finish. Aaron Rake of Beaver Dam, in his rookie season in the modifieds, also had his best race of the season crossing the line in sixth. Larry Zirbel of Iron Ridge drove to seventh ahead of Eddie Lemay Jr. of Milwaukee and Jim Zdroik of Big Bend. Brian Crapser of Brookfield was tenth.

In the special Prestige Custom Cabinetry 21-lap non-qualifiers A-Main that involved drivers who did not make the A-Mains on both Friday and Saturday nights, Steve Mueller of Mukwonago battled to the win over Don Scheffler of Wauwatosa. Tony Peterson of Big Bend followed in third ahead of Jeff Owens of Randolph and Dave Voigt of Beaver Dam.

Joel Wyttenbach of Sauk City added to his point lead in the Gibbsville Cheese INEX Legends/Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series as he drove to victory in the 20-lap A-Main. Wyttenbach started the event in the fifth row and used the outside groove to move to the front and record his fifth win of the season. Joey Johnson of Slinger ran well as he raced to third ahead of Eric Barth of Sauk City. Brad Weber of Rolling Prairie followed in fifth. 

Aaron Stolp of West Allis came from far back in the pack to take over the lead on lap eight and go onto score his second win of the season in the 20-lap Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils A-Main. Shawn Klapps Jr. of Mauston led the first seven laps and finished in second. Doug Draheim of Brookfield came from the back of the pack to finish in third. Tim Sheppard of Beaver Dam drove to the fourth position. Andrew Araco of New Berlin raced to his best finish of the season by taking fifth.  

Modified B-Main wins were registered by John Stanton of Reeseville, Jeremy Christians of Horicon, and Chad Hummelmeier of Beaver Dam. Aaron Stolp was victorious in the dirt devils B-Main.

Modified heat race wins were recorded by Dan Tafelski, Craig Priewe, Dennis Krause, Jay Schraufnagel, Mike Sandholm, and Eddie Lemay Jr. Joel Wyttenbach and Adam Reed captured the legends heat race wins. The dirt devils heat race wins went to Kevin Allard of Brandon, Mike Klawitter of Berlin, and Doug Draheim.

Johnsonville Brats Modifieds
A-Main (1-10) – Jay Schraufnagel, Craig Priewe, Frank Firari, Mike Sandholm, Dennis Krause, Aaron Rake, Larry Zirbel, Eddie Lemay Jr., Jim Zdroik, Brian Crapser, (11-20) – Andy Voigt, Chris Piquette, Jeremy Christians, Dan Tafelski, Joey Jaeger, Mitch McGrath, John Stanton, Russ Reinwald, Matt Rechek, Rob Schmid, (21) – Chad Hummelmeier

Non-Qualifiers A-Main (top 5) – Steve Mueller, Don Scheffler, Tony Peterson, Jeff Owens, Dave Voigt

B-Main 1 – John Stanton, B-Main 2 – Jeremy Christians, B-Main 3 – Chad Hummelmeier

Heat 1 – Dan Tafelski, Heat 2 – Craig Priewe, Heat 3 – Dennis Krause, Heat 4 – Jay Schraufnagel, Heat 5 – Mike Sandholm, Heat 6 – Eddie Lemay Jr.

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

Heat 1 – Joel Wyttenbach, Heat 2 – Adam Reed

Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils
A-Main (1-10) – Aaron Stolp. Shawn Klapps Jr., Doug Draheim, Tim Sheppard, Andrew Araco, Jeremy Schwoch, Roger Frank, Kevin Allard, Kip Klawitter, Eddie Lemay III, (11-20) – Brandon Bobholz, Tim Draheim, Matthew Janke, Brian Budde, Kevin Schutz, Tom Berkevich, Jeff Stange, Mike Klawitter, Patrick Klawitter, Andy Sullivan

B-Main – Aaron Stolp

Heat 1 – Kevin Allard, Heat 2 – Mike Klawitter, Heat 3 – Doug Draheim 

  


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