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School Bus Races Highlight Action At Cedar Lake
New Richmond, WI - May 20, 2006 - You’re usually safe to assume that the
sight of a school bus causes most kids to frown and maybe even run the other
way. But that’s certainly not the case this past Saturday night as
Cedar Lake held its second annual School Bus Showdown along with four regular
classes or racing. Osceola, New Richmond, St. Croix Central, and
Baldwin/Woodville High Schools each entered a bus into competition and brought
a large number of students to cheer on their respective school’s bus driven
by their favorite teacher. DTRA Super Late Models, Super Stocks, Street
Stocks, and Midwest Mods combined for 87 cars to complete the program.
DTRA Street Stocks were the first feature of the evening after the first round
of the School Bus Derby. Brian Loss and Mark Froehlich redrew front row
starting positions and lead the field to the green. Keith Tourville
started in the fifth spot and wasted no time moving the 111 machine to the
front. After passing Froehlich for the lead early on, Tourville put it
on cruise control and walked away with the feature victory. Jason
Vandekamp and Chris Gullikson tried to run down Tourville but to no avail as
Tourville was the class of the field on this night.
DTRA Midwest Mods were the next feature on tap with Greg Chelsey and Dave Lear
brining the field to the green. Lear looked strong from the green as
head held off the charge from Chelsey and company early on. A lap five
caution brought the field to a halt with Lear leading Chelsey and Brandon
Lampert. On the restart Lear again held strong despite charges again
from Chelsey and Shawn Phillips. Just as Lear thought he was on his way
to the checkers, the dreaded yellow flew on the last lap and forced the field
into a green-white-checkered restart. On the restart Lear stayed in the
middle with Chelsey diving low and getting a run on the leader down the
backstretch. The pair went side by side for the white lap until Lear
edged ahead by the nose of the racecar to take the checkers literally by three
feet in front of Chelsey. A great finish to an action packed race;
congrats to both Lear and Chelsey on terrific runs.
DTRA Super Stocks were the third feature of the evening with Dan Carlson and
Justin Pogones out front. Heading into the first turn Larry Boumeister
got crossed up and that started a multi-car wreck that brought the field under
caution. On the second try the field got through turns one and two
before Ryan Wiome spun in turn three bring out the caution. On the third
try, Kevin Ayotte lost the handle in turn three on the first lap bringing out
yet another caution. A successful fourth try led to Carlson holding onto
the lead on the inside but a high flying Matt Sinna rim riding around the
cushion. A few more cautions into the event, the field was closing in on
the time limit when Sinna blew past Carlson for the lead on lap six.
With Carlson digging hard to regain the lead he lost the grip and spun the 24
machine coming out of turn two. Sinna took control of the event and
didn’t have much trouble holding on to lead as he absolutely powered around
the high side of the racetrack. After a total of eight cautions the race
was shortened due to the time limit being reached. Sinna walked to the
victory with Mike Loomis and Pogones coming home second and third
respectively.
Super Late Models were up next with Brent Laursen and Trent Follmer showing
the way. Follmer used the high side to take an early lead with Laursen
and Brent Larson chasing closely behind. Brent Larson soon got around
the other Brent Laursen and began closing the gap between him and Follmer out
front. Soon Pat Doar found his way first into fourth then by Laursen for
third and began his march to catch the leaders. Next it was Joey Jensen
getting past the pack and charging toward now Doar, Larson and leader Follmer.
Before long Follmer began encountering lapped traffic on the dry, slick,
smooth racing surface. At the halfway mark Follmer was still trying to
outrun the hungry pack of Larson, Doar, Jensen, and now Joel Cryderman.
As Follmer held steadfast out front, the race for second was the focus of the
grandstands. Doar, Larson and Jensen all traded the position several
times each over several laps. This remained the best race on the track
until the rocket ship painted like Terry Casey’s machine blew past all three
and into the second position. With Follmer taking the two-to-go sticks,
Casey used the cushion and that ultra-fast top groove to blow past Follmer on
the last lap and take the checkers in an absolutely unbelievable race!
Congratulations to Terry Casey and team on their first ever feature win at
Cedar Lake. An awesome race to say the least!
School buses took to the track to conclude the evening with the second part of
their School Bus Showdown. The field was inverted for this second race
which meant heat one winner and defending race champ, Brian Meyer from Osceola
High School forced to start at the rear of the field. With bus
parts scattered all over the race track, the six buses put on a fantastic show
as they bumped and banged for ten laps around the high banked oval. The
action was so rough it ended in St. Croix Central’s Bill Emery getting
flipped over on the back straightaway. Bill was OK to the delight of the
crowd. In the end it was the fan favorite of Brian Meyer and team
Osceola coming home with the checkers to make him a perfect two-for-two in the
School Bus Showdowns here at Cedar Lake Speedway. Congratulations to all
of school bus participants and all those who helped prepare the buses.
We hope to see all you fans back at next year’s third annual School Bus
Showdown or hopefully sooner.
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: 111 Keith Tourville
Heat 2 winner: 57 Jeff Heintz
Feature: Keith Tourville, Jason Vandekamp, Chris Gullikson, Mark
Froehlich, Jeff Heintz, Shawn Kammerud, Melvin Raska, Scott Splittstoesser,
Brian Loss, Matt Raboin, Delmar Clapp, and Mark Larson.
DTRA Midwest Mods
Heat 1 winner: 27 Jason Miller
Heat 2 winner: 39 Clark Perry
Heat 3 winner: 55S Shawn Phillips
Feature: Dave Lear, Greg Chelsey, Shawn Phillips, Jason Miller, Clark
Perry, Willy Thompson, Brandon Lambert, Jason Gross, Jim Schweitzer, and Bryan
Siercks.
DTRA Super Stocks
Heat 1 winner: 17W Ryan Wiome
Heat 2 winner: B37 Tim Borgeson
Heat 3 winner: 26 Mike Weber
Feature: Matt Sinna, Mike Loomis, Justin Pogones, Dale Gangl, Rich
Bishop, Chris Gorka, Brent Mueller, Tim Borgeson, Jeff Pellersells, and
Chuckie DeSmith.
DTRA Super Late Models
Heat 1 winner: Q Joey Jensen
Heat 2 winner: 25X Jeff Patchen
Heat 3 winner: 21B Brandon Jensen
Feature: Terry Casey, Trent Follmer, Joey Jensen, Pat Doar, Steve
Laursen, Joel Cryderman, Brent Larson, Jeff Patchen, Eric Breeschoten, and
Brandon Jensen.
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