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Fast Track And Warm Weather Lead To Hot Start To Masters Weekend
New Richmond, WI. June 15, 2006. With the temperatures running in
the mid 80’s, DTRA Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks, and
Modifieds as well as a handful of Lucas Oil and local Late Models drivers made
their way for a rare Thursday night race at the legendary Cedar Lake
Speedway. With nearly 100 cars here between the Street Stocks, Midwest
Modifieds, Super Stocks, and Modifieds, the fields were set for some great
racing action. The handful of Late Models were able turn some laps in
preparation for this weekends Masters weekend races. Some very quick and
fast heats got us ready for some great feature action.
The first feature to roll out onto the track was the DTRA Street Stocks.
Jeff Heintz and Chris Peterson led from the front row, and Peterson took
advantage off the front row starting spot as he quickly jumped out into the
lead. Heintz ducked into second and was followed by Mark Froelich and
Chris Gullikson from the second row. A lap 3 caution flew for debris on
the speedway, but Peterson continued to lead out front after and was followed
closely by Froelich who jumped into second. Keith Tourville soon jumped
into fourth and took advantage on Heintz’s slip in turn 4 to climb into
third. A lap 7 caution once again proved to be no help to Froelich or
Tourville as Peterson once again took of into the lead until he lost the
handle on his race car and spun in turn 3 and brought out our third caution on
lap 11. Froelich took over the lead after the Peterson spin and used the
restart to his advantage and quickly jumped into the lead and that was all he
needed as he led the last four laps to take the checkered. However,
after the race, Froelich was found to have been missing his muffler and was
disqualified, making Keith Tourville the race winner.
The next feature that found its way to the track was the DTRA Midwest
Modifieds. Justin Schill and Lonnie Louschke led the field to the green
form row number 1. Dan Wheeler quickly jumped from his second row
starting spot to make it 3-wide into turn 1, but he made contact with Schill
and damaged his car and brought out the caution as he hit the wall in turn 2.
A complete restart once again proved to be no good as Bryce Johnson got loose
down the back stretch and a large pile-up followed. After a long
clean-up, a third restart once again was no good as a spin in turn 2 by Wayne
Troseth brought out a third caution. The fourth restart proved to be the
charm and Schill was able to get out to a big quick lead over Bryan Siercks
and Vince Corbin. It did not take Schill long to check out on the field,
leaving Alan Bohman and Siercks to do battle for second behind him.
Bohman was able to get by Siercks with three to go and finished off his good
evening with a second place finish as he was not able to even make a challenge
to the very fast Justin Schill as he took the checkered flag.
The third feature to head on out the speedway the DTRA Super Stocks. Dan
Gullikson and Mike Loomis took the green from the front row. Gullikson
took the early lead over Loomis and Tim Borgeson before a lap 2 caution flew
as Ryan Aho spun from the seventh position. Gullikson once again found
the lead over Loomis after the restart and it was not long after the Borgeson
was able to get by Loomis for second. A caution on lap 5 caused our
second caution flag to fly and that allowed Borgeson to pull up to the rear
bumper of Gullikson. Things did not change much up front after the
restart as Gullikson took of into a couple car length lead over Borgeson.
The big mover was Dan Carlson as he was able to work his way from the 14th
starting spot all the way to second as he got by Borgeson on lap 8. The
caution was not what Gullikson wanted as he got heavy pressure from Carlson
soon after the restart and on lap 12, Carlson took the lead from Gullikson as
they went side by side at the start/finish line. Borgeson was able to
get a great view of this as he followed the leader very closely in
third. In the closing laps, Carlson, Gullikson, and Borgeson all battled
for positions with Carlson finish off his excellent run from 14th to take the
checkered flag.
The final feature to roll out onto the race track for the evening was the DTRA
Modifieds. Dave Lear and Jason Miller took their fast hot rods to the
front row and led the field to the green. Lear jumped out front to lead
lap 1 but that did not last for long as Miller took the lead on lap 2.
Dave Cain quickly moved his machine into the second position after starting
from the second row. Brent Larson and Craig Thatcher followed Cain in
third and fourth as Miller continued to cruise out front. Larson then
caught Cain and began to battle with him for second until a lap 9 caution
flew. Cain used the restart to his advantage as he got a great jump on
Miller and they went side by side the next lap as Cain eventually took the
lead. Larson and Thatcher followed as they too were able to get by
Miller, and did battle for the second position behind Cain. Ron
Schreiner was on the move behind the top four as he went from starting
eleventh to the fifth position. Thatcher was finally able to get by
Larson for second as the white flag flew and quickly closed in on the rear
bumper of Cain. As they came out of turn 4, Thatcher gave Cain a great
run but it wasn’t enough as Cain took the checkered flag ahead of Thatcher,
Larson, Miller, and Schreiner.
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: 99K Shawn Kammerud
Heat 2 winner: 21X Chris Peterson
Feature: Keith Tourville, Jeff Heintz, Jason Vandekamp, Chris Gullikson,
Shawn Kammerud, Chris Peterson, Melvin Raska, Scott Splittstoesser, Delmar
Clapp, and Brian Loss.
DTRA Midwest Mods
Heat 1 winner: 53V Vince Corbin
Heat 2 winner: 47 Wayne Troseth
Heat 3 winner: 22 Alan Bohman
Feature: Justin Schill, Alan Bohman, Bryan Siercks, Greg Chesley, Vince
Corbin, Dane Durbin, Lonnie Louschke, Andy Jones, Carth Mitchell, and Shawn
Phillips.
DTRA Super Stocks
Heat 1 winner: 20 Cory Davis
Heat 2 winner: 55JR Cory Mahder
Heat 3 winner: 71A Ryan Aho
Feature: Dan Carlson, Dan Gullikson, Tim Borgeson, Larry Boumeester,
Dale Gangl, Greg Nippoldt, Rich Bishop, Chuckie DeSmith, Mike Loomis, and
Chris Gorka.
DTRA Modifieds
Heat 1 winner: 66 Dave Lear
Heat 2 winner: 2C Dave Cain
Heat 3 winner: 12M Jason Miller
Feature: Dave Cain, Craig Thatcher, Brent Larson, Jason Miller, Ron Schreiner,
Larry Zeller, Dave Lear, Shaun Kelley, Jake Hartung, and Tyler Keyser.
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