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Egersdorf and Pember Take CLS Mains!!
by Bob Peine
New Richmond, WI.- It was Tony Stewart "Doin' it On Dirt" Night at
Cedar Lake Speedway on Friday night. WISSOTA Late Models and Modifieds were on
hand and Stewart competed in both. The reigning NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
had the luck of the draw go in his favor and started in the front row in both
heat races. Stewart won both his Late Model and Modified heat races and looked
very impressive.
The first feature event of the evening was the WISSOTA Modified 25 lap main
event. Tony Stewart started on the pole, with Dave Cain to his outside.
Stewart grabbed the early lead, followed by Eric Pember and Dave Cain.
Pember immediately started to pressure Stewart for the lead, and would soon
have it. Stewart jumped the cushion in turn three, and Pember was there to
capitalize. Craig Thatcher was up to third, but would pull to the infield
shortly after with a flat tire. On lap 14, Tony Stewart also would suffer a
flat right rear tire, bringing out the caution. Stewart would be forced to
restart from the tail with 11 laps remaining. On the restart, it was
Pember, Cain, Rick Jacobson, Joey Jensen, and Mark Trautner rounding out the
top five. Joey Jensen dove to the inside of Jacobson to take over third when
racing resumed. The yellow flag waved again soon after when Thatcher, Scott
Schulte, and Paul Bruggeman got together in turn four. On the next restart,
Cain looked to the inside of Pember, but could not make the pass. Bob Timm
stormed in to the top five in the latter stages, and would get up to third
with a couple laps to go. Ron Schreiner qualified through the B-Feature and
had a very strong run going, making it all the way through the field, and up
to fifth. Bob Timm had an unfortunate ending to a very solid run, spinning to
the inside of the track exiting turn two on the white flag lap. Pember had the
field covered tonight and took the checkers first, followed by Cain, Jensen,
Jacobson, and Schreiner.
The WISSOTA Late Model feature was the final event of the evening and it was
Rick Egersdorf and Tony Stewart sharing row one. Egersdorf got the jump on
Stewart, but caution waved early for Tom Nesbitt coming to a stop in turn two.
Tony Stewart spun in turn four after the caution came out, and would have bad
luck strike early, as he exited the speedway, with a broken left rear shock.
The repair was made, and Stewart would rejoin the field in the 24th
position. On the restart, it was Egersdorf, Redetzke, and Jeff Patchen
leading the field to the cone. The caution came out again shortly after when
Andy Simonson, Tom Nesbitt, and Rick Hanestad got together in turn two. When
racing resumed, Steve Laursen made a strong move to take over third, while Pat
Doar jumped up to fourth. But all eyes seemed to be on Tony Stewart who was on
an absolute tear. On lap 10, Stewart was up to 13th, and was by far the
fastest car on the speedway. Redetzke was trying to reel in Egersdorf, and
Doar was up to third. Stewart was driving the wheels off of the Larry
Stockwell owned Mastersbilt by Mars, and was up to fifth on lap 17, after
restarting in 24th. Egersdorf continued to lead, followed by Redetzke and Doar.
Ryan Aho was on the move, and was very fast around the bottom and was reeling
in the leaders. Doar challenged Redetzke for second and would take over the
position on lap 23. The race got more interesting with each lap, as Doar
closed in on Egersdorf, and Aho had caught Redetzke, and Stewart was closing
in on everyone. On lap 25, Egersdorf went a little high in three and four, and
Doar was there to pounce on the lead. Ryan Aho took over third on lap 26, and
Stewart was rapidly closing on the leaders. As the white flag waved,
Stewart looked to the inside of Aho for third, with a lapped car to the
outside of Aho and Stewart. The three cars were in a tight pack coming off of
two and made some side by side contact which resulted in Tony Stewart spinning
to the inside of the track. Stewart would be done for the night, after putting
on an awesome display on the track, coming from 24th to battle in the top
three on the last lap.
When racing resumed, Doar led Egersdorf and Aho to the cone and it was Doar
leading going in to three, with Egersdorf going high, blasting off the cushion
while Aho got under Doar coming off of turn four. It was a three-car drag race
to the line, and Egersdorf had the momentum on the top side, beating Doar and
Aho by inches at the line. Aho came home second, Doar third, with Trent
Follmer and Jerry Redetzke rounding out the top five. Trent Follmer
started 18th on the grid and was very impressive again, scoring a top five.
A very exciting and eventful night once again at the Cedar Lake Speedway.
Racing resumes on Saturday, June 28th with the first of two Firecracker
specials with racing in all four divisions. If you need more information,
please call 1-866-4CLSFUN or visit our website at www.cedarlakespeedway.com.
Results
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature: Rick Egersdorf, Ryan Aho, Pat Doar, Trent Follmer, Jerry Redetzke,
Mark Chamernick, Jeff Patchen, Dave Cain, Bob Timm, Eric Pember
Heat 1: Tony Stewart, Steve Laursen, Jeff Patchen, Tom Nesbitt, Porky Brust
Heat 2: Rick Egersdorf, Justin Fegers, Chamernick, Toby Patchen, Pember
Heat 3: Redetzke, Cain, Doar, Aho, Timm
WISSOTA Modifieds
Feature: Eric Pember, Dave Cain, Joey Jensen, Rick Jacobson, Ron Schreiner,
Jamie Lemke, Mark Trautner, Derek Olson, Steve Arpin, Kevin Viebrock
Heat 1: Cain, Jacobson, Jason Thoennes, Bryce Bjerke
Heat 2: Tony Stewart, Bob Houston, Olson, Bob Gierke, Dustin Zieske
Heat 3: Craig Thatcher, Trautner, Jensen, Paul Bruggeman, Bob Timm
Heat 4: Pember, Doug Gustafson, Lemke, Dennis Bitzan, Kerry Hansen
B-Feature: Arpin, Schreiner, Viebrock, Scott Schulte, Mike Johnson
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