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Follmer, Splittstoesser, Carlson, Chesley, And Vandekamp Pick Up Feature Wins At CLS
New Richmond, WI - May 6, 2006 - As summer fast approaches and these race
teams get more races under their belt and laps on their machines, it means one
thing, the teams are getting their cars dialed into midseason form which
translates to intense side-by-side racing on the race track. Many teams
come equipped with new cars, motors, setups, and especially tires as four of
the five classes moved up to Goodyear Racing Eagles tires this
season. It often takes a few races to get the bugs worked out and
drivers comfortable in their equipment and with the racetrack. Once that
happens it makes for some great action, especially at fast, high-baked tracks
like Cedar Lake. Mother Nature unfortunately didn’t cooperate last
weekend as we endured nearly four straight days of rain. But with the
sun out and a chilly spring breeze blowing, the night was heated up with 131
cars signing into the pit gate ready to do battle.
After some just excellent heat races, the fields were set for feature action
with the DTRA Street Stocks as usual leading the way. Jason Vandekamp
and Scott Splittstoesser redrew the front row in what looked like would be a
caution filled race as the field fell under two cautions in the first three
laps. Vandekamp maintained the early lead followed by Keith Tourville
and Splittstoesser in third. The battle was up front all race long as
Tourville and Vandekamp traded the lead multiple times throughout the entire
race. Tourville had the lead as the pair took the two-to-go sticks;
Vandekamp had it at the white flag, and the pair got tangled heading down the
backstretch on the final lap. Tourville tasted a little concrete after
contact with Vandekamp and that allowed Vandekamp to beat Tourville back to
the line to claim the victory. Exciting race as the pair definitely put
on a great show.
DTRA Midwest Mods marched onto the racing surface next with Greg Chesley and
Shawn Phillips showing the way to the green. Chesley used the bottom to
hold off the herd of challengers behind him led by Dan Wheeler. As
Wheeler closed in on Chesley, the field went down under green for a multi-car
spin in turn three. After a series of restarts due to multiple incidents
over the next few laps, Chesley persistently held off the charges from Wheeler
in second and Phillips in third. The time limit rule was rapidly
approaching due to a four car pileup on the backstretch on lap six.
Chesley maintained the lead at the two-to-go sticks and was able to hold off a
last lap charge from Wheeler to take the checkers. Chesley off to a fast
start in 2006 after picking up his second feature win of the season.
DTRA Modifieds were the next crew up with Troy Girolamo and Scott
Splittstoesser sharing the front row. Splittstoesser powered past
Girolamo for the lead and the field bunched up behind. With
Splittstoesser setting sail up front, the field literally went two and three
wide the entire way through the field. After a few laps Craig Thatcher
and Dave Lear emerged from the field in second and third respectively and set
their sights on Splittstoesser up front. Splittstoesser saw his lead
instantaneously erased with a caution flag on lap seven as Clint Larson lost
the wheel in turn two the grew a pair of eyes and much to the crowd delight
rolled itself directly into the pond at the center of the speedway. With
the dreaded black 91 of Thatcher on him bumper, Splittstoesser took off into
the lead on the restart. Dave Cain running in the fourth sport had a
breakdown on the backstretch and was not able to make it to the pits, bringing
out the caution on lap eight. Thatcher tried the low side this time on
Splittstoesser heading into turn one and made it work as he pulled even, but
Splittstoesser had to much momentum as he powered by heading into turn
three. A few laps later Ron Schreiner and Jason Miller got tangled
heading down the front stretch sending Schreiner headlong into the turn one
wall ending his event. Soon Splittstoesser had a new challenger in Joey
Jensen as he found his way past Thatcher and soon was putting pressure on the
leader. Jensen tried high and low to get around the leader over multiple
laps until the caution flew yet again for Owen Grube eating a little concrete
over in turn two. After yet another restart, Splittstoesser held on
claim the victory over hard charging Jensen and Thatcher.
Congratulations to Scott and his team on what we believe to be their first
feature victory!
DTRA Super Late models thundered onto the speedway next with hot-shoes Trent
Follmer and Caley Emerson on the front row. Follmer burst out into the
lead with Joel Cryderman giving all Emerson he could handle on the low side of
the track. Behind them it was Ashley Anderson and Mike Nutzmann battling
for the fourth spot. Meanwhile up front Follmer put the 31T machine into
overdrive and walked way from the field like they were standing still.
But the big lead was erased with a Tom Nesbitt breakdown in turn four on lap
five. On the restart it was all Follmer again but now the battle was for
second with Cryderman, Steve Laursen and Emerson all vying for the spot.
Cryderman emerged with the spot after a few laps and set his sights on Follmer
for the lead. As the laps fly by it was still all Follmer up front as
Cryderman didn’t have the muscle to mount any kind of challenge.
Behind them it was Laursen, Anderson and now Terry Casey battling for top five
spots. A 20 lap stretch of green flag racing spread the field out and
created a pile of lapped traffic for the leaders to elude. A great
battle shaped up between Laursen and Cryderman for the second spot with six
laps to go. Cryderman won the battle but that allowed Anderson to sneak
by Laursen for the third spot. In the end it was all Trent Follmer
tonight as had was the class of the event and walked home to the checkers
ahead of Cryderman, Anderson, Laursen, and Casey for the first ever DTRA Super
Late model victory.
DTRA Super Stocks were the finale of the evening with Tim Borgeson and Dan
Carlson handling the front row. Borgeson handled the challenge for the
first lap but lost the battle on the second as Carlson used the top side to
drive past for the lead. Carlson used the clean air and drove away from
the field as Borgeson and now Dale Gangl battled hard for the second
spot. Behind those two it was Chuckie DeSmith and Rich Bishop trading
punches for the fourth spot until DeSmith broke in turn four brining out the
caution on lap 12. On the restart DeSmith made a great move and was able
to put pressure on the leader Carlson. Kelly Anderson found himself
solidly in the third spot as the field took the two laps to go sticks.
Up front Carlson had a side-by-side battle with Gangl cooking as the pair took
the white flag. Over the final circuit Carlson had just too much for
Gangl and motored home to pick up the checkers to round out the night of
racing.
Check out the website www.cedarlakespeedway.com for track information,
upcoming events, news and results. Also call the toll free number
866-4CLSFUN for directions or race information. We look forward to
seeing you in the grandstand for the next race at the legendary Cedar Lake
Speedway.
Results:
DTRA Street Stocks
Heat 1 winner: 16 Jason Vandekamp
Heat 2 winner: 99K Shawn Kammerud
Feature: Jason Vandekamp, Keith Tourville, Mark Froelich, Jeff Heintz,
Scott Splittstoesser, Melvin Raska, Mark Larson, Delmar Clapp, Shawn Kammerud,
and Matt Raboin.
DTRA Midwest Mods
Heat 1 winner: 38 Carth Mitchell
Heat 2 winner: 112 Jeff Marshall
Heat 3 winner: R1 Dan Wheeler
Heat 4 winner: 11T Willy Thompson
Feature: Greg Chesley, Dan Wheeler, Shawn Phillips, Nick Lavato, Dane
Durbin, Jim Berglend, Willy Thompson, Trevor Alms, Andy Jones, and Brandon
Lampert.
DTRA Super Stocks
Heat 1 winner: 26W Charlie Weber
Heat 2 winner: 26 Mike Weber
Heat 3 winner: 24 Dan Carlson
Feature: Dan Carlson, Dale Gangl, Kelly Anderson, Rich Bishop, Timothy
Borgeson, Charlie Weber, Mike Weber, Justin Dodge, Justin Pogones, Chris Gorka.
DTRA Modifieds
Heat 1 winner: V2 Joey Jensen
Heat 2 winner: 2C Dave Cain
Heat 3 winner: 30L Brent Larson
Heat 4 winner: 66 Dave Lear
Feature: Scott Splittstoesser, Joey Jensen, Craig Thatcher, Darrell
Nelson, Jason Miller, Dave Lear, Brent Larson, Ryan Olson, Kevin Montieth, and
Rick Friendt.
DTRA Super Late Models
Heat 1 winner: 44 Darrell Nelson
Heat 2 winner: Q Joey Jensen
Heat 3 winner: 19 Steve Laursen
Heat 4 winner: 21E Caley Emerson
Feature: Trent Follmer, Joel Cryderman, Ashley Anderson, Steve Laursen,
Terry Casey, Joey Jensen, Caley Emerson, Brent Larson, Ron Schreiner, and Mike
Nutzmann.
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