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Fireworks In The Sky And On The Track At Cedar Lake Speedway
July 2, 2005; New Richmond, WI. The Cedar Lake Speedway
Firecracker special is upon us with a bang. Fireworks lit the sky and
provided the perfect backdrop for action packed racing on the track
below. With 117 cars checked into the pits between Super Late Models,
Wissota Streets, Supers, and Midwest Mods, the competition was even more
intense than usual. An absolutely perfect day set the stage for the
great crowd who came to watch both the action on and off the track.
Wissota Modifieds had the night off but will be back in action with the
legendary World of Outlaws sprint car series Monday night, July 4th for the
second half of the Firecracker weekend.
Wissota Midwest Mods were the first feature of the evening as Dan Wheeler and
Carth Mitchell lined the front row. Wheeler found the fast line and
jumped out to an early lead with Erik Peterson and Mitchell holding down the
next two spots. A pair of restarts early bunched the field up as the
track was just graded and came up exceptionally smooth and fast for the four
features this evening. Wheeler held strong through a challenge from
Peterson on lap five as the pair battled for several laps. Behind them,
Mitchell was running a strong third holding off Ryan Olson and Dane
Durbin. Another caution on lap 11 brought out the yellow as points
leader Shawn Phillips made an early exit for the pits creating an excellent
point opportunity for race leader Wheeler. On the restart, Peterson
tried the high side around Wheeler but to no avail as Wheeler held on for a
strong feature win tonight.
Wissota Street Stocks were up next as Rod Debernardeaux and Corey Rosen redrew
the front row for their feature. Debernardeaux used the low side to hang
on to the point as Jim Gullikson was close in toe and pulled even as the pair
took the halfway mark. A yellow flew for a spin in turn two that set up
a six lap dash to the finish with Debernardeaux trying to hold off hard
chargers Gullikson, Chris Peterson, and Rosen all running side-by-side for
second. As those three battled it out for second, it let Debernardeaux
slip away into the night. Just as Debernardeaux thought he had it
wrapped up, the dreaded caution flew with two laps left. On the restart,
Gullikson threw everything but the kitchen sink at Debernardeaux to get by,
but just couldn’t make it stick as the X3 machine and Debernardeaux cruised
of to a great feature win! Congrats to Rod and his racing team.
Wissota Super Stocks thrilled the crowd next with Ryan Wiome and Chris Gorka
leading the field to the green. The track at this point was smooth,
fast, and extremely racy as the CLS track crew did a first rate job of
mid-race prep after a rainy week of weather. Gorka used the top side to
jump of to the point early but had immediate pressure from Mike Loomis and
Ashley Anderson. Gorka jumped the cushion in turn two and that let both
Loomis and Anderson get by. Anderson then went right to work on Loomis,
using the low side to pull even with the leader and eventually drive past on
lap 10. A great battle behind those two with Wiome, Dan Carlson, and Tom
Crest all trading paint for the third spot until a yellow came out with 10
laps in and 10 to go. Loomis was given the point for the restart and
that battle with Anderson quickly resumed with Loomis motoring up top and
Anderson digging hard down low. Carlson assumed command of that third
spot with Wiome and Rick Simpson setting into fifth. Anderson finally
got enough of a run to slide past Loomis and took the lead on lap 15.
That was all he needed as he got into that clean air and drove off to another
fast feature win in 2005.
Impact Printing Super Late Models were the last event of the evening with
Steve Laursen and Super Stock feature winner Ashley Anderson redrawing the
front row. Rapid Ron Schreiner was the man on the move driving out to
the point with Joel Cryderman, Pat Doar, and Anderson all chasing him
down. A bad pileup in turn two brought out the caution with several fast
cars not being able to continue. Schreiner resumed command of the race
on the restart but did not get out front very far as Cryderman and Doar set up
camp right on his rear bumper. Behind them Brent Larson and Steve
Laursen were going at it hard for the fourth spot at the halfway mark.
On lap 17 Cryderman threw a mean slide job on Schreiner coming out of turn
four to assume command of the lead. Schreiner did not go far and he
fought right back to battle with Doar for the second spot. A caution
flew on lap 19 and created an 11 lap dash to the checkers and an extra big
payday thanks to Semple Building movers and Lou Fegers Racing who each added
significant cash to the purse for the late models. Cryderman showed just
how strong he was on the restart as he jumped out to a several car advantage
on both Schreiner and Doar. Brent Larson and Anderson again were
battling for the fourth spot as Mike Chamernick spun up in turn three bring
out the yellow with only three laps left. Fans were given a slip when
they came in the gates asking them to pick tonight’s Trifecta for the late
model feature. If anyone could pick the top three finishers, in order,
of the late model feature, they win $250! Anyone who picked Cryderman,
Schreiner, and Doar was literally pulling their hair out at this point.
On the restart, Doar drove to the inside of Schreiner for second, but that let
Cryderman slip off into the night to pick up the feature win and nice
payday. The track remained racy throughout the entire race which
provided for great racing from front to back. Congrats to Joel on the
win and extension of the points lead.
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. Also call the
toll free information line for weather and schedule updates 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: 48 Keith Tourville
Heat 2: 21 Jim Gullikson
Feature: Rob Debernardeaux, Jason Vandekamp, Charlie Novak, Jim
Gullikson, Corey Rosen, Mark Froelich, Mike Conrad, Kevin Schmidt, Shawn
Kammerud, and Jeff Heintz.
Wissota Midwest Modifieds
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 38 Carth Mitchell
Heat 2: 21B Brandon Lambert
Heat 3: 34 Erik Peterson
Feature: Dan Wheeler, Erik Peterson, Carth Mitchell, Brandon Lambert,
Dain Durbin, Jim Schweitzer, Jason Wendlandt, Dustin Johanneck, Mark Thomas,
and Tim Swanson.
Sunoco Super Stocks
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 29A Ashley Anderson
Heat 2: 70K Rick Simpson
Heat 3: 17 Mike Loomis
Feature: Ashley Anderson, Mike Loomis, Dan Carlson, Ryan Wiome,
Rick Simpson, Mike Weber, Tom Crest, Rich Bishop, Brent Mueller, and Tim
Borgeson.
Impact Printing Super Late Models
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 19 Steve Laursen
Heat 2: 81 Ashley Anderson
Heat 3: 11 Pat Doar
Feature: Joel Cryderman, Pat Doar, Ron Schreiner, Ashley Anderson,
Brent Larson, Steve Laursen, Jeff Patchen, Don Shaw, Paul Brust, and Steve
Hucovski
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