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Vandekamp, Chesley, Davis, Cain, And Doar Pick Up Features At Cedar Lake
New Richmond, WI - 7/16/2006 - With the mercury about ready to pop the top
right off the thermometer, fans at Cedar Lake were in for a cool treat this
past Saturday night with 109 DTRA racing machines flingin’ dirt, tradin’
paint and bendin’ sheet metal over an evening of racing. Some
surrounding speedways cancelled their respective race programs due to the
abnormally hot weather, but not the dedicated drivers, fans and staff at Cedar
Lake. Instead of turning down the lights for the night, the action
heated up on the track with a basket of great heat races in all five classes
and five features that kept fans on the edge of their seats.
DTRA Street Stocks were the first feature of the evening with Mike Kalkbrenner
and Shawn Kammerud redrawing front row spots. Kalkbrenner moved out
front early ahead of Kammerud until a lap three caution slowed the
field. On the restart Kalkbrenner held strong but this time had a new
challenger in Mark Froehlich. Kalkbrenner held firm on the field over
the majority of the event. The majority up until lap 12 that is as
Kalkbrenner lost the handle on the 29 machine exiting turn two making contact
with second place runner Froehlich and eventually ending up on the
infield. Kalkbrenner was tagged with the caution and sent to the back
handing the lead to Froehlich. On the restart Froehlich quickly was
passed by Jason Vandekamp and Butch Madsen among others. Vandekamp only
had to hold on to the lead for two laps as he walked away with the feature
victory.
DTRA Midwest Mods took the green next with Justin Schill and Mark Trog leading
the field to the green. Schill powered out front early on ahead of Alan
Bohlman and Lonnie Louschke until a lap three caution slowed the field.
On the restart it was Schill holding onto the lead but now had a rearview
mirror full of Greg Chesley. Chesley quickly drove around Schill to
assume command just about the time a second caution flew for debris on the
speedway. On the restart Chesley held tough out front until third place
runner Alan Bohlman spun the 22 machine bringing out another yellow.
Chesley bolted on to a 10 car length lead on the field after the restart with
Schill and now Trog trying to reel him back in. As the laps wound on,
Schill tried to catch the leader but it didn’t look like it was going to
happen until a lap 13 caution bunched up the field for a green-white-checkered
restart. Chesley handled the pressure without much trouble as he held
off Schill and company and pick up the feature win.
DTRA Super Stocks rolled out next with Mike Weber and Joel Collins lining the
front row. Weber got an early jump on the field with Cory Davis
following in behind and Greg Nippoldt finding the third spot. At the
halfway point it was Weber by a slim margin over Davis as the two began a good
multi-lap battle for the lead. Behind them Nippoldt had third spot
nailed with JB Storts and Tim Borgeson rounding out the top five. On lap
12 that battle for the lead ended ad Davis threw a great move on Weber coming
out off turn four to take the point. As Davis began pulling away a
yellow flag flew for a Justin Dodge breakdown and that bunched the field
putting Weber right on the rear bumper of leader Davis for a restart with six
laps left. On the restart Davis held off a Weber slide job and began
putting some distance between himself and the field. At the stripe it
was Davis by ten car lengths ahead of Weber and Storts in third to pick up his
first ever feature win at Cedar Lake.
DTRA Modifieds pulled out next with Chris Magistad and Ryan Olson showing the
way to the green. The field immediately three wide in several spot
including the front row with Magistad going three wide with Dave Cain and
Brent Larson. Cain won the initial battle and assumed the lead with
Larson finding second and very quickly twelfth place start Craig Thatcher
moving into the third spot. Once out front Cain literally put a
straightaway between himself and Larson before Thatcher moved past and took
control of the second spot behind the rocket ship of Cain. That huge
lead that Cain built up was erased in the blink of an eye as the caution flew
for a Jason Miler spin in turn three on lap 11. On the restart Cain led
Thatcher, Larson, Darrell Nelson and Ron Schreiner to the line. Cain and
Thatcher distanced themselves from the field as the Cain then proceeded to put
distance between himself and Thatcher. As the laps wound on Cain had no
difficulty out front with Thatcher holding down second and now Schreiner,
Larson and Nelson all battling hard for the third spot. At the checkers
it was Cain leading Thatcher and company across to pick up the win.
DTRA Late Models thundered out next for the final event of the evening with
Brandon Jensen and Bryan Wennen manning front row duties. Jensen jumped
out front early with Wennen holding second. On lap two Eric Breeschoten
used the low groove to motor past the top two and take the lead away from
Jensen. A lap three caution flew for a Mike Bear spin in turn two.
On the restart it was Breeschoten holding off Jensen who soon but soon had Pat
Doar knocking on his door. The caution flew a lap later for a Mike
Nutzmann breakdown. Breeschoten led the field to the restart and held on
to the lead with Doar banging on his bumper. Tom Nesbitt quietly moved
into the third spot behind Doar and Breeschoten as the field hit the halfway
mark. Breeschoten and Doar were trading the lead at the stripe almost
every other lap. Brent Larson moved past Nesbitt for third and tried
running down the lead pair. With 10 laps to go Larson had come all the
way from the 11th starting spot to catch the leaders and make it a three car
battle for the lead. A quick battle it was a Larson drove right on past
the two and took control of the event with nine laps remaining. It
stayed that way until second place runner Breeschoten had a breakdown brining
out the caution and retiring him from the event. The restart with three
laps remaining showed Doar pull even with Larson at the white flag. Doar
found the cushion to his liking and got a terrific run off turn two to motor
past Larson down the backstretch and collect a feature win at the
stripe.
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: 5 Chanda Fijorden-Nord
Heat 2 winner: 94 Butch Madsen
Feature: Jason Vandekamp, Butch Madsen, Keith Tourville, Chris Peterson,
Shawn Kammerud, Chanda Fjorden-Nord, Jeff Heintz, Mark Froehlich, Scott
Splittstoesser, and Don Craig.
DTRA Midwest Mods
Heat 1 winner: 1 Dan Wheeler
Heat 2 winner: 11S Justin Schill
Heat 3 winner: 97 Greg Chesley
Feature: Greg Chesley, Justin Schill, Dan Wheeler, Jason Gross, Dane
Durbin, Mark Trog, Shawn Phillips, Alan Bohman, Andy Jones, and Mike Yerigan.
DTRA Super Stocks
Heat 1 winner: 26 Mike Weber
Heat 2 winner: 4 Larry Boumeester
Heat 3 winner: 20 Cory Davis
Feature: Cory Davis, Mike Weber, JB Storts, Greg Nippoldt, Larry
Boumeester, Tim Borgeson, Dan Carlson, Ryan Wiome, Joel Collins and Rich
Bishop.
DTRA Modifieds
Heat 1 winner: 12 Jason Miller
Heat 2 winner: 7K Tyler Keyser
Heat 3 winner: 91 Craig Thatcher
Feature: Dave Cain, Craig Thatcher, Ron Schreiner, Brent Larson, Darrell
Nelson, Joey Jensen, Shawn Polonoski, Ryan Olson, Riley Matthews, and Shaun
Kelley.
DTRA Super Late Models
Heat 1 winner: 24 Mike Bear
Heat 2 winner: 40 Bryan Wennen
Heat 3 winner: 21B Brandon Jensen
Feature: Pat Doar, Brent Larson, Tom Nesbitt, Darrell Nelson, Ron
Schreiner, Paul Brust, Brandon Jensen, Paul Hipsag, Toby Patchen, and Jeff
Patchen.
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