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Great Night One Action Sets Tone for Action-Packed Masters Weekend
June 16, 2005. New Richmond, WI. With Mother Nature finally
cooperating and providing an absolutely perfect evening for racing, Cedar Lake
opening up its 7th annual Masters event. A complete show for Wissota
Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, and Street Stocks combined with
practice for the NARA & WDRL late models brought out a good number of both
race cars and race fans. The four classes checked in with 118 race cars
and provided a number of great side by side heat races.
Wissota Midwest Mods were the first feature of the evening with Dan Wheeler
sitting on the pole and Lucus Hines on the outside of row one. Wheeler
moved to the front but a lap one caution brought the field to a restart.
On the restart, Wheeler wasted no time in again jumping to the point but was
receiving heavy pressure from Jeff Marshall in the 112 machine and Hines in
third. Jim Berglend was a hot shoes and he hit the fifth spot by lap
eight. A lap nine spin in turn four collected all three leaders in
Wheeler, Marshall, and Hines. Marshall sustained the most damage and was
unable to continue. The restart was very similar to the first with
Wheeler pulling away from the field. Dane Durbin made his presence known
but was unable to get past Hines and challenge Wheeler as he took the checkers
a couple car lengths ahead of Hines.
Wissota Modifieds were the next field up with Tyler Keyser and Jim Chyba
adorning the front row. Jason Miller used the top side to jump from the
fourth starting spot into the lead on lap one followed by Dave Cain.
Cain used the cushion to put pressure on Miller for the lead until a bad lap
three crash involving Steve Arpin and John Corell brought out the red
flag. Both drivers walked away from the incident but sustained heavy
damage to the machines. On the restart, Cain again used the top side to
drive around Miller into the lead and essentially left Miller and the field in
his dust. By lap nine, Thatcher had moved into third with Keyser holding
down a solid fourth spot. Cain came upon lapped traffic and calmly
sliced his way through and on to another feature win in 2005. The best
battle was for third as Thatcher edged out Keyser for the spot with Miller
easily coming home second.
Wissota Super Stocks took the green next as Dan Gullikson and Justin Dodge led
the field to the stripe. Gullikson darted to the front and Cory Davis
tucked in behind and Tim Borgerson came hard from the sixth starting spot into
third within the first few laps. A lap seven caution bunched the
competitive field with Gullikson using the low line to keep his lead as
Borgerson and Davis traded paint in turn two. Borgerson and Davis then
went three wide with Dan Carlson for second spot. Carlson slipped by and
began moving up on Gullikson. Back in the pack Rich Bishop came all the
way from last on the field to sixth with seven laps to go. Carlson used
the cushion to push Gullikson to his limit and eventually used momentum from
turn two to get by with four laps left. Bishop moved into the fourth
spot before a breakdown by Davis brought out the yellow with two laps
left. Carlson kept the lead initially but Bishop threw a great slide job
on Carlson coming out of turn four to take the checkers no more than three
feet ahead of Carlson. This was one of the best Super Stock races I have
seen in a while!
Wissota Street Stocks were the final event of he evening as Mark Froelich and
Jim Gullikson sat on the front row. Froelich took out into the lead but
had Gullikson literally glued to his rear bumper. By lap 10, Gullikson
had pulled even down the front stretch and got by in turn two for the
lead. But that lead was short lived as Gullikson lost the handle in turn
four and spun the 2 machine onto the infield. As Froelich regained the
lead, Jason Vandecamp pulled even with Froelich for the lead with a lap
left. Vandekamp and Froelich traded paint all through turns three and
four before Froelich edged ahead at the stripe to pick up the feature win.
Make sure you log on to www.cedarlakespeedway.com
to get a look at the complete schedule, ticket information, race recaps, and a
lot of other information about the high banked clay oval. NARA &
WDRL Late models run two complete shows Friday and Saturday in combination
with IRA Outlaw 410 Sprints following suit. Also call the toll free
information line for weather and schedule update at 866-4-CLSFUN. We
look forward to seeing you in the grandstands and pits next Saturday night at
the legendary Cedar Lake Speedway!
Results:
Wissota Street Stocks
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 21X Chris Peterson
Heat 2: 21 Jim Gullikson
Feature: Mark Froelich, Jason Vandekamp, Chris Peterson, Corey Crapser,
Jeff Nelson, Jimmy Randell, Jeff Heintz, Shawn Kammerud, Chris Keske, and Jim
Gullikson.
Wissota Midwest Modifieds
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 19D Dane Durbin
Heat 2: 55S Shawn Phillips
Heat 3: 00 Lucus Hines
Feature: Dan Wheeler, Lucus Hines, Erik Peterson, Dane Durbin, Tim
Brown, Doug Fredrick, Jim Siercks, Lonnie Louschke, and Shawn Phillips.
Sunoco Super Stocks
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 26 Mike Weber
Heat 2: B37 Tim Borgerson
Heat 3: 27 Jake Redetzke
Feature: Rich Bishop, Dan Carlson, Dan Gullikson, Tim Borgerson,
Danny Thomas, Mike Weber, Mike Loomis, Dave Mass, Greg Nippoldt, and Brandon
Jensen.
Polydome Modifieds
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 12M Jason Miller
Heat 2: 30L Brent Larson
Heat 3: 68 Doug Gustafson
Feature: Dave Cain, Jason Miller, Craig Thatcher, Tyler Keyser,
Brent Larson, Doug Gustafson, Dann Olson, Jamie Lemke, Darrel Nelson, and Jim
Chyba.
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