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Records Fall Like Dominos At Badger Raceway
Badger Kart Club Results
June 29, 2003
Cooler dry air and a good build-up of rubber on the track surface, combined
to make the Badger Raceway lightening fast for Race #8 in the BKC
Bridgestone Tire Championship points series. The near-perfect conditions
clobbered the fast times and track records in 8 different classes.
In Briggs Jr. Sportsman, Tommy Anderson just pulled away from the field
right from the green flag. In doing so, he managed to grab the track record
for the class. Steven Wirtz, who finished second, appeared to be reeling
Anderson in near the end, but Anderson was so strong, he couldn't come
close.
In the always-exciting 125cc Shifter Feature, Brian Julien would again be
"king of the starts". Just as the flagman twitched, Julien rocketed his BRM
chassis to the front and seemed to be unstoppable. However, as the race
wore on, Jesse Schwabe, new to shifter ranks, began pulling Julien back in.
With 2 laps to go, Julien bobbled in Badger's "Sweeper" and Schwabe grabbed
the top spot. Schwabe went on for his first feature win in Badger's premier
class with Julien settling for second.
Besides the Shifter race, the race to watch was the 2-cycle Jr. Sportsman
feature. Ryan Schwister jumped out to a huge lead and looked unbeatable.
However, TJ Koyen was coming up through the pack due to a couple bad heat
races. Koyen just kept picking off drivers until Schwister was in his
sites. Within 2 laps, Koyen managed to run down Schwister and pass him on
the OUTSIDE of the straightaway and Turn 1.
In HPV Jr., Zack Emmons jumped out to a good lead and managed to capture the
track record. Mike Landeck Jr. again dominated Briggs Heavy and captured
another fast time for 2003. Joe Brenner also dominated his class all day
and took home a fast time in Yamaha Jr. SSX Can.
The Badger Kart Club will be off for the holiday weekend. However, when
racing resumes the following weekend, they will be at the legendary
Blackhawk Farms raceway in northern Illinois. This marks only the second
time in 20 years that the Badger Kart Club has traveled for a point race.
Additionally, another date at the Briggs and Stratton Motorplex has been set
for a BKC race in 2003. Details to come later.
Results
2 Cycle Jr. Sport
1 TJ Koyen
2 Ryan Schwister
3 Pat Olsen
Yamaha Heavy
1 Mike Fuchs*
2 Mark Baier
3 Matt Sriver
Briggs Heavy
1 Mike Landeck *
2 Joe Schaffer
3 Aron Scalisi
Briggs Jr. Sport
1 Tommy Anderson (TR)
2 Steven Wirtz
3 Vince Heywood
Briggs Lite
1 Tyler Wolfert*
2 Heidi Olsen
3 Alex Stauber
Jr Can
1 Derek Crane
2 Nick Johnrud
3 Jacob Eggeneier
Yamaha Lite
1 Matt Cota
2 Joel Steffen
3 Mark Heinert
HPV Sr.
1 Scott Kalish
2 Jesse Schwabe*
3 Jon Ellingham
HPV Jr.
1 Zack Emmons (TR)
2 TJ Nevels
3 Bryce Dunn
Jr. SSX Can
1 Joe Brenner*
2 Spencer Polacek
3 Caitlin Tanis
125cc Shifter
1 Jesse Schwabe
2 Brian Julien
3 Bradly Ingelse
Sr. Sportsman Lite
1 Ryan Lemmer
2 Melissa Mente
3 Jeff Hanisch
Sr. Sportsman Heavy
1 Howard Hanisch
2 Shawn Cambell
3 Bob Ropke
Jr. Briggs
1 Derek Crane*
2 Garret Wescott
3 Joe Graff
* = Fast Time for 2003 TR = Track Record
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