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Stratton Gains Point Lead With Victory
by Bryan Gapinski
Sun Prairie, Wis., July 10-Danny Stratton scored a one car-length victory
Sunday Night capturing the 25-lap Badger Midget Series feature at Angell Park
Speedway. The win was Stratton's third in the past four events, and moved him
into the series point lead.
Nick Lundgreen jumped into the lead at the start, while Stratton passed four
cars on the opening lap. By the fourth lap Stratton moved into third, and one
lap later was in second place. Rookie driver Chad Deher flipped hard in turn
four bringing out the red flag on the ninth lap. Deher was uninjured in the
incident which destroyed his car.
On the restart Stratton used the inside groove passing Lundgreen for the lead.
Two laps later Lundgreen began falling off the leaders pace. Jerry Coons
Jr. moved into second followed closely by Scott Hatton. The final seven
laps saw the trio run through lapped traffic, several times Coons pulled
to Stratton's bumper but couldn't pull off a pass for the lead. Stratton
finished one car length ahead of Coons, with Hatton an additional car length
behind in third place. Brandon Waelti, and Chad DeSelle completed the top
five.
Davey Ray entered the event as the series point leader but suffered engine
problems in the trophy dash sidelining him for the evening. Stratton now holds
a 14-point lead over Waelti heading into the July 16 event at The Raceway at
PowerCom Park (Beaver Dam, Wis.), before heading back to Angell Park on July
17.Both events will be co-sanctioned with the Gateway Midget Series.
SUMMARY
25-lap Feature: 1. Danny Stratton; 2. Jerry Coons, Jr.; 3. Scott Hatton; 4.
Brandon Waelti; 5. Chad DeSelle; 6. Jeff Flesher; 7. Kevin Olson; 8. Jimmy
Quinn; 9. Aaron Fiscus; 10. Bob Schreffler; 11. Nick Lundgreen; 12. Kurt
Mayhew; 13. Rick LaBrosse; 14. Rob Keelan; 15. Brian Ramstack; 16. Al Cole;
17. Harley Slotten; 18. Buddy Luebke; 19. Jon LeJuene; 20. Chad Deher; 21.
Rick Mueller; 22. Kris Hoegsted.
15-lap Semi Feature Winner: Keelan.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: DeSelle, Waelti, Hatton.
6-lap Dash Winner: Coons.
Fast Time: Hatton, 14.687 seconds.
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