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Noble Wins 599th Career Feature
By Bill Nelson
August 5, 2006 - After a couple early day showers the afternoon and evening
were perfect for racing in Southern Minnesota with a good field of cars on
hand for the racing action.
Dan Holland paced the Sunplace Tanning WISSOTA Street Stocks for the first lap
with Allen Gessell Jr. quickly moving into the second spot on the opening
lap. Danny Hanson moved into the fourth spot on lap two as Scott Olson
moved alongside of Gessell Jr. for the second position. Gessell was
working the bottom side of the speedway while Olson ran the momentum line up
high . Gessell was making the bottom work and moved alongside of Holland
for the top spot with four completed. Eleven to go and Olson joined into
a three wide race for the lead. Gessell dropped back slightly on the
next lap with Hanson moving up to race with him. Hanson was flying
around the top and moved from the fourth spot and into the lead on lap eight
and slowly pulled away from the field. Gessell held the second spot
while Olson and Holland were still working for the third spot. With five
to go Gessell lost the handle on his machine allowing Holland into second and
Olson third. Chuck Nerland and Jim Gustafson continued their race long
battle for position until three to go when Gustafson took over the fourth
position. Hanson pulled out to a good lead and cruised home with the
victory over Holland and Olson.
Adrian Noble led out of turn two during the opening lap of the Dirt Doctor
Trucking WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature event with a huge pack of cars
charging behind him. Jerry Young quickly moved into second while Mike
Sorensen, Joe Bunne and Craig Bentzin were three wide for the third
position. Bentzin took control of the spot on the third circuit while
young tried to gain ground on Noble up front. Thirteen to go and Noble
was slowly pulling away from the field. Bunne was busy putting moves on
Bentzin for the third spot while Kenny Wytaske moved into the top five.
A caution with eight to go was not what Noble wanted to see. On the
restart both Young and Bentzin worked past Noble to take over the top two
spots respectively. Another restart two laps later saw Wytaske move into
the third spot as the top two pulled out to a good advantage over the rest of
the field. Young was the class of the field slowly pulling out to a six
car length advantage and taking his first win of the season and the first win
at the speedway in a couple years. Bentzin came home second with Wytaske
third.
Jared Boumeester looked to be shot out of a canon as he exited turn two during
the start of the Sunplace Tanning WISSOTA Super Stock feature while the rest
of the field searched the track for their preferred line. Two and three
wide battles were the norm through the field for the first three laps of
racing action as Boumeester pulled out to a three quarter straight away
lead. Ryan Siegle eventually took control of second with Dustin Nelson
running on his inside rear quarter in third. Tim Johnson moved inside of
the top five with five laps completed. Twelve laps left and Boumeester
was still hauling the mail out front with a commanding lead while the second
through fifth positions were running in single file formation behind
him. A caution with nine to go allowed Nelson to work past Siegle into
the second spot. Tim Johnson quickly moved into third with Steve Thomas
following him through into fourth. Nelson continued to put pressure on
the leader as the final caution flew with three to go. On the restart
Boumeester continued to control the field with Nelson working to his low
side. On the white flag lap Nelson got the run he wanted out of two and
took a slight lead into turn three. Exiting turn four the two were
virtually dead locked as they flew down the straight to the flag mans
checkers. Boumeester was credited with the win by about 1foot with
Nelson and Johnson rounding out the top three.
Paul Novotny led lap one of the Kramer Motorsports WISSOTA Late Model action
with Ben Mattick close behind in second. Mike Prochnow quickly moved
from sixth to third on the opening lap with Adam Hensel and Jay Irhke racing
for the fourth spot. Three laps into the event Mattick moved around
Novonty for the lead and would never be headed again. Prochnow and
Hensel also move around Novotny for the second and third spots. Six
completed and Hensel was trying to work Prochnow on the bottom side of the
track. Ihrke now sat solidly in the fourth position as everyone was watching
the second place battle. This battle ended with nine to go as Hensel
dived under Prochnow but lost control of his car spinning in turn four and
bringing out the only caution of the event. Mattick cruised to his
second win of the season followed by Prochnow and Ihrke.
The Bigelow Homes USRA Modifieds had a tough time getting started tonight with
only one lap complete the first caution flew. On the restart the leader
of lap one Jay Ihrke slowed suddenly on the front stretch but was able to
coast around to the infield as Todd Scharkey and Mark Noble battled for the
lead. The second caution came out with four completed. Noble led
the charge into corner one while Bob Timm dove to his bottom exiting turn two
and took the lead. Noble kept the pressure on for two more laps until
Timm took control of the race. Eighteen to go and Scharkey moved up
alongside of Noble as the two ran side by side for second. Some big
charges were going on further back as Mike Sorensen, Tim Donlinger and Steve
Arpin were all coming to the front after starting towards the back of the
field. Sixteen to go and nineteenth starting Aprin moved into the
fifth spot. Noble and Scharkey continued to swap positions as they raced
for second. Noble finally took control again with fifteen to go as Brad
Waits moved up to race with Scharkey for third with Arpin in fourth.
Arpin cleared and then moved up to race with Waits for third as Noble gained
ground on Timm again. The final caution came with five to go as Mike
Spaulding laid fluid around the top side of the speedway. Arpins run
came to an end as he pulled to the infield overheating. On the restart
Timm led into one as Noble shot by in the corner. Thirteenth starting
Donlinger was now working on Scharkey for the third spot with Sorensen looking
to their inside. Donlinger and Sorensen both cleared Scharkey. On
the last lap Donlinger moved past Timm to take the second spot while Noble
cruised on for the win. The feature win was Nobles career 599th
feature win.
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Mark Noble, Tim Donlinger, Bob Timm, Mike Sorensen, Todd Scharkey,
Nate Wasmund, Brad Waits, Doug Hillson, Hank Rollinger Jr., Tom Paulson, Terry
Timmerman, Dain Schultz, Eric Thiesse, Matt Aarsvold, Bobby Sorensen, Brian
Shaw, Chad Vaith, Jeff Schluetter, Mike Budensiek, Steve Arpin, Joe Wernecke,
Mike Spaulding, Jay Ihrke, Neil Eckhart, Bob Fisher
Heat 1-Noble, Schutlz, Pualson, Shaw, Donlinger, Schluetter, Arpin, Rollinger
Jr., Budensiek
Heat 2 Waits, Hillson, Scharkey, Vaith, Timmerman, Eckhart, Fisher,
Wernecke
Heat 3 Ihrke, Timm, Wasmund, Thiesse, Spaulding, M. Sorensen, B. Sorensen,
Aarsvold
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Ben Mattick, Mike Prochnow, Jay Ihrke, Mark Teske, Barry Underdahl,
Doug Herrick, Paul Novotny, Jerry Bloom, Kevin Keuhn, Dennis Hillson, Roger
Herrick, Troy Brand, Joe Ludemann, Adam Hensel, Nick Kramer, Nick Herrick
Heat 1 D. Herrick, Teske, Novotny, Hensel, Ludemann, Brand
Heat 2 Prochnow, Hillson, R. Herrick, Underdahl, Kramer
Heat 3 Bloom, Ihrke, Mattick, Keuhn, N. Herrick
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature Jerry Young, Craig Bentzin, Kenny Wytaske, Joe Bunne, Bryan
Hernandez, Jeff Brauer, Bryan Hernandez, Jeff Brauer, Adam Stowell, Jeremy
Laures, Joel Alberts, Sam Siskow, Andrew Wiste, Brent Podein, Gregory Jensen,
Adrian Noble, Harlan Morehart, Johnny Magnum, Mike Paulson, Bryce Struckmann,
Tim Siskow, Colby Showers, Mike Sorensen, Bob Bunne, Ron Houdek, Mike
Budensiek
Heat 1 Young, Noble, Stowell, Alberts, Brauer, Wiste, Magnum, Showers
Heat 2 Sorensen, Hernandez, Pualson, Podein, T. Siskow, Struckmann, B.
Bunne, S. Siskow
Heat 3 Bentzin, j. Bunne, Wytaske, Houdek, Morehart, Jensen, Laures,
Budensiek
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Danny Hanson, Dan Holland, Scott Olson, Jim Gustafson, Chuck Nerland,
Tony Horsman, Ryan Goergen, Ernie Kramer, Fred Prudoehl, Allen Gessell Jr.,
Joe Sattre, Lane Hall
Heat 1 Gessell Jr., Hanosn, Holland, Nerland, Goergen, Horsman
Heat 2 Olson, Gustafson, Kramer, Sattre, Hall, Prudoehl
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Jared Boumeester, Dustin Nelson, Tim Johnson, Steve Thomas, Ryan
Siegle,, Chris Klinger, Tyler Rubin, Chris Groth, Brian Fetting, Dave Haberman,
Chris Quast, Cole Queensland, Ed Sanders, Lucas Peterson, Jesse Phelps, Kurt
Kromschroeder, Tom McEldowney, Josh Bartel, Luke Standlund, Jim Urseth,
Ryamond Rehbein, Bobby Sorensen, Kevin Hager
Heat 1 Haberman, Klinger, Phelps, Strandlund, Urseth, Bartel, Quast, Groth
Heat 2 Thomas, Boumeester, Fetting, Rubin, Kromschroeder, Sanders, Hager,
Rehbein
Heat 3 Nelson, Johnson, Siegle, Peterson, Swanson, Queensland, McEldowney
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