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Cornelius Roars to Elko Win
By Jim Burns
Elko, MN September 6, 2003--Bloomington's Dean Cornelius followed up an early
evening Heat win by leading the final 35 laps to dominate the BUDWEISER 40
NASCAR Late Model feature Saturday September 6th at Elko Speedway, while point
leader Dan Fredrickson moved one step closer to his first Elko title by making
a late charge to finish second and head to the September 13th NASCAR
Championships with a 20 point lead over Rosemount's Steve Murgic. In other
NASCAR DODGE Weekly Series action, Hastings' Paul Neisius topped the MILLER
LITE Sportsman, Lakeville's Mark Storlie dominated the COCA-COLA Thunder Cars,
Prior Lake's Kerry Estes topped the Street Stocks and ASA award winning crew
chief Bond Suss topped the Hornet feature highlighting D R HORTON/WINDSOR
WINDOWS/GLYNN BUILDING PRODUCTS Night.
In the NASCAR Late Model main, Veseli's Rick Burns powered to the early lead,
with Cornelius able to motor by to the lead on a fifth lap restart following a
harrowing tangle that saw rookie Scott Brandt narrowly avoid severe contact
with the turn one wall. Once Cornelius put his Herman's Landscape Supply
Chevrolet at the front of the 21 car field, the only answer seemed to be his
margin of victory, but with two cautions and lapped traffic helping out, New
Germany's Jacob Goede made a strong run to second before point leader Dan
Fredrickson finished off a determined charge to wrestle the position away. In
the end, neither Fredrickson or Goede had anything to say as Cornelius posted
his second Elko win of 2003, with Fredrickson, Goede, Steve Murgic and Donny
Reuvers rounding out the top five.
In the MILLER LITE NASCAR Sportsman, Hastings' Paul Neisius edged away from
Lakeville's Greg Bieber early on and despite three late race cautions would
not be headed as he posted his divisional leading fifth feature win of 2003,
while Bieber held off Hampton's Jonathan Eilen to post a seasonal best
runnerup finish, with Rosemount's Duane Halvorson and Lakeville's Lynn
Peterson battling through the field to round out the top five.
In the COCA-COLA Thunder Cars, Lakeville's Mark Storlie knew the only way he
could keep his fading championship hopes alive would be to win the season's
final two points events and hope for some help along the way. Well, Storlie
took care of his end of the bargain as he took the lead on lap two of 25 and
then roared away to the win, giving himself a birthday present along the way.
Prior Lake's Brent Kane used a bit of the "chrome horn" to claim
second, with point leader and runnerup Conrad Jorgenson of Lakeville and Matt
Carlander of Faribault third and fourth and Dundas' Ted Reuvers racing home
fifth.
In the Street Stocks, Prior Lake's Kerry Estes followed her boyfriend
Storlie's lead as she raced out to the early advantage and then held off a
determined run by Eagan's Jeff Cook to score the win and present herself a
birthday present along the way. Following Estes and Cook, Webster's Clint
Grandal Jr. roared home third after receiving a pre-race public address e-mail
greeting from his girlfriend who was recently deployed with her Minnesota
National Guard unit to Bosnia, while Northfield's Josh Emerson and Apple
Valley's Chase Weber rounded out the top five.
Topping off the action, were 40 Hornet competitors and the four cylinder
wonders amazed the crowd with Lakeville's Bond Suss, who one week earlier had
led his GREAT CLIPS ASA pit crew to the National Championship title, taking a
night off to relax and he worked his way in around and through the field to
capture the checkers and put an exclamation point on the busy event.
The NASCAR DODGE Weekly Series action will continue at Elko Speedway on
Saturday September 13th as WYNN'S and KEYLAND HOMES present the NASCAR DODGE
Weekly Series Season Championships. Gates will open at 5:30pm, with WASTE
MANAGEMENT Qualifying at 6pm and green flag racing at 7pm. For ticket
information, directions or any other questions, call the Racing Office at
(952) 461-7223 or visit www.goelkospeedway.com.
Elko Speedway - 9/6/2003
Hornets
Heat 01 -- 1. Steve Swedin, Faribault; 2.
Travis Larson, Elko; 3. Aaron Hoheisel;; 4. Matt Wemand;; 5. N Erwall,
Lakeville; 6. Bill McGeough, Northfield; 7. Jeff Zeien, Lakeville; 8. Kyle
Bottlhe, Faribault; 9. Tammy Accobee, Elko; 10. Dale Novak, Veseli; 11. Robert
Stewart, Webster; 12. Darrell Jones, Northfield; 13. Jon Conklin, Dundas.
Heat 02 -- 1. Andy Anderson, Northfield; 2.
Dusty Parrott, Northfield; 3. Bond Suss, Lakeville; 4. Matt Paukert;; 5. Duane
Kawell, Faribault; 6. James Lindgren, Apple Valley; 7. Adam Duerr, Burnsville;
8. Tony Schmitz, Northfield; 9. Mark Pudil, Faribault; 10. Robert
Clingingsmith, Lakeville; 11. Kris Landen, Northfield; 12. Greg Kawell,
Faribault; 13. Joey Miller, Farmington.
Heat 03 -- 1. David Fredrickson, Lakeville; 2.
Brian Evgen, Cottage Grove; 3. Ron Churchill, Faribault; 4. Kevin Kawell,
Morristown; 5. Dustin Tuma, Lonsdale; 6. Jeremy Weckman, New Prague; 7. Andrew
Schmitz, Northfield; 8. Kyle Blaschko;; 9. Mike Anderson, Coon Rapids; 10.
Steve Goebel, Prior Lake; 11. Ryan Hausen, Northfield; 12. Cory Hoven,
Ellsworth, Wis; 13. Ben Olson, Montgomery; 14. Mike Turek, Mongomery.
NASCAR Late Models
A-Main 01 -- 1. Dean Cornelius,
Bloomington; 2. Danny Fredrickson, Elko; 3. Jacob Goede, New Germany; 4. Steve
Murgic, Rosemount; 5. Donny Reuvers, Dundas; 6. Brian Johnson, Lakeville; 7.
Jeffrey Martin, Webster; 8. Rick Burns, Veseli; 9. Steve Schultz, Webster; 10.
Mark Nesheim, Bloomington; 11. Steve Anderson, Lonsdale; 12. Steve Anderson,
Lakeville; 13. Jason Schneider, New Market; 14. Chris Hawkey, Maple Grove; 15.
Scotty Marschall, Elko; 16. Matt Kern, Bloomington; 17. Dan Ryan, Lakeville;
18. Harm Alken, Bloomington; 19. Scott Bradt;; 20. Jeff Partington,
Farmington.
Heat 01 -- 1. Dean Cornelius, Bloomington; 2.
Rick Burns, Veseli; 3. Steve Anderson, Lakeville; 4. Donny Reuvers, Dundas; 5.
Mark Nesheim, Bloomington; 6. Jeff Partington, Farmington; 7. Scott Bradt;.
Heat 02 -- 1. Dan Ryan, Lakeville; 2. Brian
Johnson, Lakeville; 3. Steve Anderson, Lonsdale; 4. Scotty Marschall, Elko; 5.
Chris Hawkey, Maple Grove; 6. Harm Alken, Bloomington; 7. Matt Kern,
Bloomington.
Time Trial -- 1. Danny Fredrickson, Elko; (
14.098) 2. Steve Murgic, Rosemount; 3. Jason Schneider, New Market; 4. Jacob
Goede, New Germany; 5. Jeffrey Martin, Webster; 6. Steve Schultz, Webster; 7.
Steve Anderson, Lakeville; 8. Brian Johnson, Lakeville; 9. Dean Cornelius,
Bloomington; 10. Dan Ryan, Lakeville; 11. Rick Burns, Veseli; 12. Steve
Anderson, Lonsdale;
13. Scott Bradt;; 14. Scotty Marschall, Elko; 15. Mark Nesheim, Bloomington;
16. Chris Hawkey, Maple Grove; 17. Jeff Partington, Farmington; 18. Harm Alken,
Bloomington; 19. Donny
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Jeffrey Martin, Webster;
2. Steve Schultz, Webster; 3. Jason Schneider, New Market; 4. Jacob Goede, New
Germany; 5. Danny Fredrickson, Elko; 6. Steve Murgic, Rosemount.
NASCAR Sportsmen
A-Main 01 -- 1. Paul Neisius, Hastings; 2.
Greg Bieber, Lakeville; 3. Jonathan Eilen, Hampton; 4. Duane Halvorson,
Rosemount; 5. Lynn Peterson, Lakeville; 6. Mikie Skaja, New Prague; 7. Andrew
Ruthenbeck, Virginia; 8. Matt Marschall, Northfield; 9. JERRY ANDERSON, PRIOR
LAKE; 10. Mike Felixberger, Hastings; 11. Amy Woodward;; 12. Danny
Johnson,
Rosemount; 13. Doug Brown, Savage; 14. Terry Moore, St Paul; 15. Dean Leffler,
Prior Lake.
Heat 01 -- 1. Jonathan Eilen, Hampton; 2. Mike
Felixberger, Hastings; 3. Andrew Ruthenbeck, Virginia; 4. Matt Marschall,
Northfield; 5. Terry Moore, St Paul; 6. Dean Leffler, Prior Lake; 7. Danny
Johnson, Rosemount; 8. JERRY ANDERSON, PRIOR LAKE; 9. Amy
Time Trial -- 1. Mikie Skaja, New
Prague;(14.829) 2. Paul Neisius, Hastings; 3. Lynn Peterson, Lakeville; 4.
Duane Halvorson, Rosemount; 5. Doug Brown, Savage; 6. Greg Bieber, Lakeville;
7. Jonathan Eilen, Hampton; 8. Amy Woodward;; 9. Mike Felixberger, Hastings;
10. Terry Moore, St Paul; 11. Andrew Ruthenbeck, Virginia; 12. Danny Johnson,
Rosemount; 13. Matt Marschall, Northfield; 14. Dean Leffler, Prior Lake; 15.
JERRY ANDERSON, PRIOR LAKE.
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Greg Bieber, Lakeville; 2.
Duane Halvorson, Rosemount; 3. Doug Brown, Savage; 4. Paul Neisius, Hastings;
5. Mikie Skaja, New Prague; 6. Lynn Peterson,
NASCAR Thunder Cars
A-Main 01 -- 1. Mark Storlie, Lakeville; 2.
Brent Kane, Prior Lake; 3. Conrad Jorgenson, Lakeville; 4. Matt Carlander,
Faribaullt; 5. Ted Reuvers, Dundas; 6. Dave Franek, Montgomery; 7. Jimmy
Welton, North Branch; 8. Kristopher Morelan, Nerstrand; 9. James Schuelke,
Rosemount; 10. Kevin Lutz, Lakeville; 11. Michael Crilly, Lake City; 12. Jerry
Thomsen, Cottage Grove; 13. Chris Cooley, Buffalo Lake; 14. Danny Weber, Elko;
15. Roger Meyer, New Prague; 16. Jeff Choban, Oakdale; 17. Mike Turek,
Mongomery; 18. Arlen Diercks, Red Wing; 19. James Weeks, St Paul; 20. David
Sellner Jr, Lakeville; 21. Dave Sorem JR, Northfield; 22. Nate Kane, Prior
Lake; 23. Raymond Sandgren, New Richmond, Wis.
Heat 01 -- 1. David Sellner Jr, Lakeville; 2.
Arlen Diercks, Red Wing; 3. Jimmy Welton, North Branch; 4. Danny Weber, Elko;
5. Conrad Jorgenson, Lakeville; 6. Brent Kane, Prior Lake; 7. Mike Turek,
Mongomery; 8. Dave Sorem JR, Northfield.
Heat 02 -- 1. Kevin Lutz, Lakeville; 2. Jeff
Choban, Oakdale; 3. Ted Reuvers, Dundas; 4. Matt Carlander, Faribaullt; 5.
Michael Crilly, Lake City; 6. Chris Cooley, Buffalo Lake; 7. Nate Kane, Prior
Lake; 8. Raymond Sandgren, New Richmond,Wis.
Heat 03 -- 1. Mark Storlie, Lakeville; 2. Dave
Franek, Montgomery; 3. James Schuelke, Rosemount; 4. Jerry Thomsen, Cottage
Grove; 5. Kristopher Morelan, Nerstrand; 6. Roger Meyer, New Prague; 7. James
Weeks, St Paul.
NASCAR Bombers
A-Main 01 -- 1. Kerry Estes, Prior Lake; 2.
Jeff Cook, Eagan; 3. Clinton Grandahl JR, Webster; 4. Josh Emerson,
Northfield; 5. Chase Weber, Apple Valley; 6. Robert Clingingsmith, Lakeville;
7. Brock Weber, Apple Valley; 8. Corey Butler Jr, Rosemount; 9. Bud Kane,
Morristown; 10. Timm Moravec, New Prague; 11. Tim Hollen, Richfield; 12. Joe
Fierst, Farbault;
13. Josh Gernentz, Red Wing; 14. Bob Oberaigner, Chaska; 15. Terry Nordwall,
Faribault; 16. Michael Meszaros, Rosemount; 17. Jason Novak, Lakeville; 18.
Dustin Mann, Welch; 19. Chad Tuma, Lonsdale; 20. Kevin Novotny, Mongomery; 21.
Richard Bowers, Elk River; 22. Kelly Wefel, Dundas; 23. Paul Bryce Lally,
Savage; 24. Jeff Bratland, Richfield; 25. Scott King, Lakeville; 26. Josh
Rauch, Lakeville; 27. Daniel Meszaros, Oakdale; 28. Kevin Priebe, New Prague;
29. Dan Johnson, Rosemount;
Heat 01 -- 1. Kelly Wefel, Dundas; 2. Robert
Clingingsmith, Lakeville; 3. Brock Weber, Apple Valley; 4. Josh Gernentz, Red
Wing; 5. Jason Novak, Lakeville; 6. Josh Rauch, Lakeville; 7. Dan Johnson,
Rosemount;
Heat 02 -- 1. Jeff Cook, Eagan; 2. Chase Weber,
Apple Valley; 3. Corey Butler Jr, Rosemount; 4. Paul Bryce Lally, Savage; 5.
Tim Hollen, Richfield; 6. Kevin Priebe, New Prague; 7. Richard Bowers, Elk
River; 8. Joe Fierst, Farbault.
Heat 03 -- 1. Clinton Grandahl JR, Webster; 2.
Josh Emerson, Northfield; 3. Daniel Meszaros, Oakdale; 4. Bud Kane,
Morristown; 5. Kevin Novotny, Mongomery; 6. Chad Tuma, Lonsdale; 7. Terry
Nordwall, Faribault.
Heat 04 -- 1. Kerry Estes, Prior Lake; 2. Scott
King, Lakeville; 3. Jeff Bratland, Richfield; 4. Timm Moravec, New Prague; 5.
Dustin Mann, Welch; 6. Bob Oberaigner, Chaska; 7. Michael Meszaros, Rosemount
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