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Badger Experiences Double-tragedy
June 5, 2005
Dousman, WI
Story by Mike Weaver
During the past week and a half, the Badger Kart Club lost 2 of its members.
Scott "Scooter" Schmitt was shot to death in his Milwaukee east-side
apartment during a burglary attempt and Dan Delfosse was killed instantly in a
single-vehicle traffic accident. Both Schmitt and Delfosse have been
members for the past five or so years. Dan Delfosse was actually on his
way to Badger Raceway on an off-day to install a door for the club.
The Badger Kart Club took a moment at the beginning of the features to honor
and remember their fallen friends with a small prayer and a moment of
silence. Additionally, a pack of drivers slowly drove around the track
during the national anthem in the "missing man" formation.
On a brighter note, the club was also honored by the presence of David Hobbs,
who has a nephew running in the Briggs Jr. Sportsman class. Mr. Hobbs treated
the fans by doing play-by-plan and color over the PA during a few races.
Additionally, Mr. Hobbs graciously donated the use of two brand new pick-up
trucks for use this coming weekend at Road America for Badger's Road America
Supernationals.
As other areas around the state were getting pelted by severe storms, the sun
never stopped shining in Dousman. The hot, sticky air reeked havoc for many of
the top drivers and played right into the hands of others. Charlene Jung
managed to take the checkers in Yamaha Lite over husband Mark. Although Mark
had passed Charlene halfway through the race, his bobble in Badger's famous
"boot" section allowed the missus back into the lead, this time for
good!
It was the Ladies taking one and two in the Briggs Animal Lite feature. Kelsey
Bauer managed to hold off Heidi Olsen to take another win for the season. Zach
Hawley must have loved the hot, humid air, as he not only went on to capture
his first feature win of the year, but he also managed to lay down the
season's fast time in that class.
Justin Sund had a banner day in Jr. Can, winning the first heat and taking the
feature by a mere half-second over Alex Eichorst. Eichorst had his hands
full with Jason Foley who just couldn't manage to get around him. Ryan McNeil
was another first-timer in Victory Lane taking the checkers in HPV Heavy by
over 1.5 seconds to Ryan Graham. McNeil looked to be a strong contender for
the championship until he destroyed his primary chassis back at the Briggs
Motorplex race a month ago.
Also add Jordan Nelson to the first-time winners as Nelson scored a big
feature win over Andrew Kiedrowski and Christian Beassie. And not to be
outdone, Jacob Feder adapted to the crazy track conditions to score his first
feature win in HPV Jr. by besting TJ Koyen, who also ran one of his best HPV
races of the year. Lastly, Kyle Gluth dominated SSX Jr. to take his first ever
feature win.
The Badger Kart Club takes a week off of its regular schedule to host the
Dunlop Tire Road America Supernationals this coming weekend up in Elkhart
Lake, WI. Boasting over 1,000 entries each year over the past several years,
this major karting "enduro" event brings in race teams from all the
corners of North America to see who's "the best of the best".
Briggs Animal Lite
1. Kelsey Bauer
2. Heidi Olsen
3. Aron Scalissi
HPV Sr. Lite
1. Zack Emmons
2. Nicole Baier
3. Jon Ellingham
Briggs 4-cycle Sr.
1. Joe Schaffer Sr.
2. Lonny Roy
3. Rob Leichtfuss
HPV Jr.
1. Jacob Feder
2. TJ Koyen
3. Travis Kosik
Jr. SSX Can
1. Kyle Gluth
2. Patrick Olsen
3. TJ Koyen
Briggs Animal Jr.
1. Gavin Hallman
2. Steven Wirtz
3. Derek Crane
Yamaha Heavy
1. Jim Larson
2. Wayne Johnson
3. George Myers
Yamaha Lite
1. Charlene Jung
2. Mark Jung
3. Ryan Rutzinski
Briggs Animal Heavy
1. Aron Scalissi
2. Vince Bartolotta
3. Kelsey Bauer
Junior Can
1. Justin Sund
2. Alex Eichorst
3. Jason Foley
HPV Jr. Sportsman
1. Tommy Anderson
2. James Bennett
3. Eric Sutcliffe
2-cycle Jr. Sportsman
1. Jordon Nelson
2. Andrew Kiedrowski
3. Christian Beassie
Briggs Animal Jr. Sportsman
1. Robby Mueller
2. Kodiak Wirtz
3. Nicholas Strobbe
Sr. Sportsman Heavy
1. Scott Adler
2. Dennis Foley
3. Rob Szemborski
Briggs Jr. Sportsman
1. Zach Hawley
2. Pete Koostra
3. Alex Rosenquist
HPV Sr. Heavy
1. Ryan McNeil
2. Ryan Graham
3. Mark Baier
Sr. Sportsman Lite
1. Joe Brenner
2. Dave Skaggs
3. Ryan Dow
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