by Erin Cechal
June 1, 2003
June brought thrills, spills, and several fast times to Badger Raceway this
weekend.
The day started out a bit rocky with a few bad red flag crashes in both the
Kid Kart and Senior Sportsman Heavy classes. Fortunately all the drivers
involved were able to walk away, and the day was clear of any other red flags.
During the Jr. Can feature race, Bianca Schreiber and Jacob Eggemeier had a
great battle for 2nd place. Once Schreiber got around Eggemeier
she set her sights on leader Grant Hoffmeister. The result was a photo
finish with Grant coming out on top by only 7 thousandths of a second.
Junior SSX can had an equally exciting finish when Kyle Gluth crossed the
finish line a mere 6 thousandths ahead of Jerry Girard to take 3rd.
2 Cycle Junior Sportsman had some intense opening laps. Thanks to a good
pace set by the front row the entire field of 17 karts made it through the
first turn side by side. The next couple of laps all kart were nose to
tail, but in the end it was Patrick Olsen on top.
Karts were moving fast all day. Fast times were set in Senior Sportsman Heavy
by Steve Mente, in Junior SSX by Joe Brenner, in Yamaha Lite by Matt Cota, in
Junior Briggs by Derek Crane and in Briggs Heavy by Mike Landeck.
Mike Mueller captured his first HPV feature win of the season this
weekend. Scott Kalish took second, but not without some pressure from
Nicole Baier who ended up 3rd.
Finally, it was a memorable day for Heather Sotelo who grabbed her first
feature win at Badger when she beat out the rest of the Senior Sportsman Lite
field. Congratulations Heather!
Results
Briggs Animal JuniorBriggs Animal SeniorJunior Can
1. Kelsey Bauer 1. James Wilhelm 1. Grant Hofmeister
2. Danny Corcoran 2. Don Mueller 2. Bianca Schreiber
3. Tabetha Schroeder 3. Todd Erickson 3. Derek Crane
Shifter Senior Sportsman Heavy HPV Senior
1. Brian Julien 1. Steve Mente 1. Mike Mueller
2. Brady Ingelse 2. Bob Ropke 2. Scott Kalish
3. Matt Mercier 3. Jeff Selz 3. Nicole Baier
HPV Junior Briggs Jr Sportsman Junior SSX Can
1. Zack Emmons 1. Tommy Anderson 1. Joe Brenner
2. Bryce Dunn 2. Vince Heywood 2. Cassidy Bigsby
3. Josh Nevels 3. Steven Wirtz 3. Kyle Gluth
Yamaha Heavy Sr Sportsman Lite Yamaha Lite
1. Mike Fuchs 1. Heather Sotelo 1. Matt Cota
2. Terry Thomas 2. Jeff Hanisch 2. Mark Heinert
3. Mark Baier 3. Nick Orth 3. Joel Steffen
Junior Briggs Briggs Heavy 2-Cycle Junior Sportsman
1. Derek Crane 1. Mike Landeck 1. Patrick Olsen
2. Joe Graf 2. Aron Scalissi 2. Ryan Schwister
3. Garret Wescott 3. Jeff Carter 3. Travis Kosik
