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New Faces In Victory Lane Adds Excitement To Great Feature Racing
New Richmond, WI; July 30, 2005. 118 race teams checked into the pit
gate all looking to not only take a shot at picking up an elusive feature win,
but also making final preparations for next weekend’s USA Nationals and
Pepsi Cup events. Next weekend promises to be a Late Model fans’ dream
weekend with the combination of the two events. The pre-registration for
the Pepsi Cup portion of the event has reached 50 cars, all which will then
receive two free Goodyear Racing Eagle tires. The World of Outlaw Late
Models and their famed “Dirty Dozen” all scheduled to enter the $40,000
to-win show. Several of the Dirty Dozen also reported to be climbing
behind the wheel of Super Late model machines in each of the two $5,000 to-win
Pepsi Cup shows. Wissota Streets, Supers, Midwest Mods, and Mods make up
Thursday’s opening night show; then Late Models take over the speedway for
the remainder of the weekend battling it out for over $175,000 in total prize
money!
Wissota Midwest Mods were the first feature of the evening as Carth Mitchell
and Dane Durbin redrew point positions. The field was slowed very early
as a large pileup coming out of turn two on the first lap wrecked several
cars. Durbin used the top side to jump out front early but was kept in
close check by Mitchell, Brandon Lampert, and Vince Corbin. As the laps
wound down, Durbin began adding to his lead until a caution for contact
between Justin Schill and Lampert sent Lampert spinning into the turn four
infield bringing out the caution. On the restart with two laps to go,
Durbin got a jump on the field and continued on to pick up his first ever
Cedar Lake feature victory! Congratulations to Dane and his racing team.
Wissota Street Stocks marched onto the speedway next with Scott Splitstoesser
and Chandra FjojrdenNord leading the pack to the green. FjojrdenNord
jumped out to the point early with Jim Gullikson applying heavy amounts of
pressure to her rear bumper. Chris Peterson joined the pair at the front
in an attempt to get around the hot shoe FjojrdenNord. A caution flew on
lap 11 as Jason Vandekamp spun the 6 machine in turn two. On the restart
Gullikson jumped all over the race leader FjojrdenNord but he couldn’t make
it stick. Your winner tonight might be the first female winner in the
history of the speedway, Chandra FjojrdenNord! Congratulations to
Chandra, her racing team and sponsors.
Wissota Modifieds took to the speedway next as Jason Schill and Scott
Splitstoesser lined the front row. A pileup coming out of turn three
brought the yellow out on lap one. On the second try Schill assumed
command but Dave Cain again showed his strength early as he powered into third
behind Schill and second place runner Tyler Keyser. Cain wound the 2
machine up on the outside as he made it three wide for the lead on lap
three. Cain used the topside momentum to power past the group and assume
command of the lead. Thatcher began his move as he slid into third and
began tracking down Keyser. Splitstoesser was running a strong fourth
with Schill and Larry Zeller in a tight battle for fifth. A yellow flew
on the speedway for debris on lap 12 bunching up the field behind Cain.
On the ensuing restart, Keyser and Thatcher went side-by-side for several laps
and in the process let Cain slip off into the night and pick up yet another
feature win. Thatcher held the advantage across the starting line to
take the second spot away from Keyser.
The Impact Printing Super Late Models came rolling out onto the speedway next
with Paul Brust and Joey Jensen the first to see the green flag fly from the
front row. Jensen drove to the cushion and was able to get past Brust
for the lead on lap number one. Joel Cryderman showed his hand early and
moved quickly into second spot with Jerry Redetzke and Ron Schreiner running
closely behind. But about this time Pat Doar found a quick line around
the speedway and began his charge to the front, moving into 5th by lap eight
and forth spot by lap 10. By this time, up front Cryderman had caught
the rookie Jensen and pulled even with him as the pair came across the stripe
dead even taking the halfway sticks. The pair stayed that way for
several laps until Jensen was able to again move past and resume
command. Behind the leaders yet another great battle was raging for the
third spot between Jerry Redetzke and hard charging Pat Doar. Brent
Larson made his way up into the fifth spot after coming all the way from the
tail of the field. As the laps wound down Jensen seemed to almost get
stronger yet as Cryderman couldn’t find the speed needed to get by the
leader and stay there. The Redetzke and Doar battle continued as Jensen
took the white flag and continued on to come across the checkers and pick up
his first Super Late Model feature victory! Congratulations to Joey, the
entire Jensen racing team and all their sponsors.
Wissota Super Stocks rounded out the evening with their feature as Joe Nelson
and Cory Davis lead the field to the green. Davis jumped out front early
but immediately felt heavy pressure from Dan Carlson and Greg Nippoldt.
Tony Gates slid into the fourth spot but was being tracked down by a three
wide battle for fifth as the field took the halfway mark. Using the top
side momentum, Carlson was able to drive around Davis and assume the
point. Davis kept digging and didn’t let Carlson get too far out
front. The yellow waived over the field as Ryan Wiome said hello to the
concrete in turn three. That gave Davis a shot at Carlson on the restart
with only 7 laps remaining. Carlson used the restart to his favor and he
was able to put a small 2 car length lead between him and Davis. Behind
the leaders the entire field was bunched up and slicing for positions all over
the race track. As the laps wound Davis closed the gap and tried diving
into turn three to pull even with Carlson on the last lap. A valiant
effort that came up a little short as Carlson was able to hold on for the
feature win with Davis coming home second and Cory Mahder in third.
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 update at
866-4-CLSFUN. Remember the Nationals are up next with the World of
Outlaw Late Models rolling into town along with over 50 Super Late Models all
competing for the huge prize money in the Pepsi Cup. We look forward to
seeing you in the grandstands and pits next weekend at the legendary Cedar
Lake Speedway!
Results:
Wissota Street Stocks
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 48 Keith Tourville
Heat 2: 11x Jeff Nelson
Feature: Chanda FjojrdenNord, Jim Gullikson, Chris Peterson, Mark
Froelich, Jeff Heintz, Jeff Nelson, Keith Tourville, Shawn Kammerud, Chris
Keske, and Scott Splitstoesser
Wissota Midwest Modifieds
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 01 Bryce Johnson
Heat 2: 11s Justin Schill
Heat 3: 21b Brandon Lampert
Feature: Dane Durbin, Carth Mitchell, Vince Corbin, Brandon Lampert, Jim
Schweitzer, Shawn Phillips, Mark Trog, Riley Matthews, and Paul Fontecchio.
Sunoco Super Stocks
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 55jr Cory Mahder
Heat 2: B96 Tom Crest
Heat 3: 26 Mike Weber
Feature: Dan Carlson, Cory Davis, Cory Mahder, Justin Dodge, Rich
Bishop, Greg Nippoldt, Tony Gates, Mike Weber, Joe Nelson, and Larry
Boumeister.
Polydome Modifieds
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: 50 Kevin Viebrock
Heat 2: 91 Craig Thatcher
Heat 3: 2c Dave Cain
Feature: Dave Cain, Craig Thatcher, Tyler Keyser, Scott
Splittstoesser, Jason Schill, Dann Olson, Larry Zeller, Brent Larson, Kevin
Viebrock, and Doug Gustafson.
Impact Printing Super Late Models
Heat Winners:
Heat 1: B1 Brent Larson
Heat 2: 51 Joel Cryderman
Heat 3: 11 Pat Doar
Feature: Joey Jensen, Joel Cryderman, Jerry Redetzke, Pat Doar,
Brent Larson, Brent Laursen, Steve Ron Schreiner, Mike Bear, and Kerry Hanson.
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