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Foggy EWSC Lakeside Foods Night at Manitowoc Expo Completed
By Mary Burbach
June 7, 2003- The Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car race program hit the
Manitowoc Expo for the second time in the 2003 Miller Lite Point Series.
The Lakeside Foods Night at the Races began with qualifying the self-starting
Winged Super Modifieds, Limited Late Models and Super Stock divisions to
determine the heat and main race line ups. About 90 Lakeside Foods
employees and their family and friends braved the “un-seasonal” race
weather to be honored at the EWSC program in Manitowoc. Rain seemed to
be the threat throughout the day but a strong showing in the grandstand meant
the fans were ready to see some racing.
On the start, front row started # 4 Jason Allen of Fredonia grabbed the early
lead over polesitter # 6 Richard Hed of Sheboygan Falls. With a long
track to race, Allen put distance between his car and Hed’s by lap
three. Hed began a three way “train” with heat winner # 72 Chad
Espen of Kewaskum and # 89 Todd Jensema of Sheboygan Falls to get behind Allen
to challenge for the lead. While they were battling it out for second,
Allen just kept getting further ahead in front of the field. In a
two-lap spurt of momentum, Jensema took over third from Espen in lap ten and
second from Hed in lap eleven. With lap traffic slowing down Allen just
a tad, Jensema set his sights on first. By lap fifteen, when Allen began
lapping cars, Jensema was right behind him to lap the same cars. On lap
seventeen, Allen and Jensema were even at the scoring line. In turns one
and two, Jensema grabbed the top spot, lapped a car and flew out in front of
the pack. With only five laps to go in lap twenty, Jensema had 4 lapped
cars running within the top five lead lap cars. Jensema never lost his
momentum and went to the Miller Lite Winner’s Circle for his second A-Main
win this season. Allen followed in second with Espen, heat winner # 11
Howie Weiss of Glenbeulah and Miller Lite Fast Qualifier # 3 Jim Pitzen of
Plymouth rounding out the top five. The Meyer Motors of Plymouth Hard
Charger award also goes to Pitzen after passing eight cars in the Lakeside
Foods Limited Late Model A-Main.
Earlier in the division racing, rookie # 27 Eric Baesemann of Elkhart Lake
motored his car out in front to win his second B-Main at the Manitowoc
Expo. Baesemann, who earlier won his heat race, held off the other
competitors to be one of four cars to transfer to the A-Main. # 16 Brian
Kessler of Plymouth grabbed second place in lap seven when Baesemann had a
quarter track lead over the field. Kessler was slowly reeling in the top
spot but without any yellows to pull the field back together, the race was
controlled by Baesemann. Kessler finished in second with # 88 Steve
Ziegelbauer and # 21 Paul Dingel, both of Sheboygan, earning the final
transfers.
In the Winged Super Modified division, the fifteen-lap B-Main was fast and
fierce as the drivers had one last chance to make it to the main event.
# 72 Dennis Klumb of Grafton and # 2 Billy Hafemann of Cedar Grove, who
battled earlier in the heat race, ran bumper to bumper out in front for laps
until Klumb pulled out securely in front. In the heat race, it was
Hafemann that took home the win but with the car looking hooked up on the
Manitowoc track, Klumb came for the checkered to win the Modified
B-Main. Hafemann followed in second with heat winner # 97 Tony Wondra of
West Bend following in third. Just as Klumb was coming around to enter
the pits, smoke billowed from his car and scratched him from transfering to
the A-Main.
In the Super Stock division, fifteen-lap B-Main field included three out of
the four heat race winners. Substitute driver # 95 Jeff Muehlbauer of
Elkhart Lake grabbed the early lead with brothers # 35 Ben Schmidt and # 45
Joe Schmidt, both of Plymouth, just behind him. Just after the only
yellow flag of the race in lap three, younger brother Joe took second away
from Ben. # 80 Luke Scholten of Oostburg maneuvered into third as Joe
set his sights on Muehlbauer. The next lap, Joe would be success at
taking the top spot. Joe Schmidt entered the Miller Lite Winners Circle
for the second time in the race program after winning his heat race
earlier. It was a night of seconds for Muehlbauer as he place second in
both his heat and the B-Main. Scholten followed in third with Ben
Schmidt and # 98 John Dirks of Elkhart Lake rounding out the top five.
The Modified A-Main took the track with twenty cars to present another fast
race for the fans in Manitowoc. Unfortunately, with only twelve of
thirty laps completed, the yellow flag came out for hazardous conditions on
the track as a thick wall of fog rolled onto the track at the Manitowoc
Expo. Track personnel and the racers on the track determined that the
conditions were such that drivers and safety personnel could not see well
enough to continue. The program was called complete as, per EWSC rules,
all the B-Main races were completed. Also, per EWSC rules, the Modified
A-Main would have had to run half of the scheduled laps to be given the
checkered flag so all drivers in the A-Main would be awarded average points
for that race. The Super Stock and Mighty 4 A-Mains would also not run
and the competitors would be awarded average points for the race program.
Join Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars when the self-starting Winged Super
Modifieds, Limited Late Models, Super Stocks and All-American Mighty 4’s
return to the Sheboygan County Fair Park in Plymouth for a full night of dirt
track racing on Saturday, June 14th .
Winged Super Modified:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 95 Kenjay Fiedler, Sheboygan
Falls 15.727
A-Main: 1) Cancelled due to foggy conditions.
B-Main (10 laps): 1) Dennis Klumb, Grafton; 2) Billy Hafemann, Cedar
Grove; 3) Tony Wondra, West Bend; 4) Matt VanWyk, Sheboygan Falls; 5) Adam
Brasser, Plymouth; 6) Terry Marten, Sheboygan Falls; 7) Tom Johnson, Slinger;
8) Jon Schraufnagel, Lomira;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Keith Anderson, Sheboygan; 2) Johnson; 3) Schraufnagel;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Wondra; 2) Barry Maas, Cascade; 3) Chad Kistner, New
Holstein;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Hafemann; 2) Dave Deicher, Plymouth; 3) Gary
Laack, Glenbeulah;
Limited Late Model:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 3 Jim Pitzen,
Plymouth 18.292
A-Main (25 laps): 1) Todd Jensema, Sheboygan Falls; 2) Jason Allen,
Fredonia; 3) Chad Espen, Kewaskum; 4) Howie Weiss, Glenbeulah; 5) Jim Pitzen,
Plymouth; 6) Jim Schmidt, Cleveland; 7) Rick Thompson, Campbellsport; 8) Scott
Haugstad, Plymouth; 9) Brian Kessler, Plymouth; 10) Brian Cesar, Plymouth;
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Eric Baesemann, Elkhart Lake; 2) Kessler; 3) Steve
Ziegelbauer, Sheboygan; 4) Paul Dingel, Sheboygan; 5) Melissa Singer, Waldo;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Espen; 2) Richard Hed, Sheboygan Falls; 3) John
Scharenbroch, Sheboygan Falls;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Weiss; 2) Allen; 3) Thompson;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Baesemann; 2) Kessler; 3) Singer;
Super Stock:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 91 Jamie Theobald, Sheboygan
21.401
A-Main : 1) Cancelled due to foggy conditions.
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Joe Schmidt, Plymouth; 2) Jeff Muehlbauer, Elkhart
Lake; 3) Luke Scholten, Oostburg; 4) Ben Schmidt, Plymouth; 5) John Dirks,
Elkhart Lake;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Ben Schmidt; 2) Bradley Ruh, Elkhart Lake; 3)
Jeff Leonhard, Sheboyga;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Joe Schmidt; 2) Muehlbauer; 3) Brian Kaat,
Plymouth;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Dale Damrow, Sheboygan; 2) Mike Humphrey,
Sheboygan; 3) Scholten;
Heat # 4 (10 laps): 1) Dean Horneck, Kiel; 2) Paul Perronne, Plymouth;
3) Bob Duncan, Sheboygan;
All American Mighty 4’s:
A-Main (15 laps): 1) Cancelled due to foggy conditions.
Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars Standings as of: June 7, 2003
Winged Super Modifieds
1 62 Gary Laack 401
2 95 Kenjay Fiedler 395
3 7 Pete Ostrowski 386
4 98 Tim McMullen 380
5 4 Paul Pokorski 376
6 97 Tony Wondra 349
7 55 Brian Portschy 312
8 2 Billy Hafemann 297
9 22 Barry Maas 264
10 42 Matt Van Wyk 260
11 26 Dave Deicher 256
12 99 Chuck Tuschl 242
13 3 Robert Enders 216
14 8 Kris Hansen 214
15 15 Jon Schraufnagel 189
16 10 Chad Kistner 175
17 68 Craig Perko 174
18 93 Keith Anderson 164
19 00 Adam Brasser 135
20 9 Lee Mohs 135
21 77 Terry Marten 127
22 88 Tom Johnson 126
23 19 Dave Becker 109
24 72 Dennis Klumb 90
25 20 Robert Lublow 23
Limited Late Models
1 89 Todd Jensema 231
2 77 Brian Cesar 223
3 79 Jim Schmidt 220
4 16 Brian Kessler 210
5 38 Scott Haugstad 205
6 72 Chad Espen 203
7 69 Rick Thompson 200
8 4 Jason Allen 194
9 21 Dingel Bros. 189
10 3 Jim Pitzen 186
11 11 Howie Weiss 182
12 65 Keith Borth 170
13 85 Tim Carmen 170
14 27 Eric Baesemann 162
15 189 6 Richard Hed 159
16 57 John Scharenbroch 153
17 5 Terry Goetsch 140
18 67 Melissa & Don Singer 133
19 71 Henry Dickmann 122
20 8 Dan Dippel 107
21 12 Matt Buckman 88
22 2 Gregg Herr 85
23 88 Steve Ziegelbauer 65
24 17 Brian Gilles 28
25 44 Jim Lavey 26
26 20 Layne Sours 23
27 52 Mark Zimmermann 19
28 53 Gary Glander 12
Super Stocks
1 15 Brian Kaat 457
2 48 Doug Teunissen 432
3 35 Ben Schmidt 428
4 98 John Dirks 411
5 4 Kevin Zimbal 381
6 95 Donny Kulow 360
7 37 Jeff Leonhard 349
8 84 Bradley Ruh 347
9 0 Mark Scholten 328
10 89 Paul Dirks 319
11 21 Kyle Odekirk 282
12 80 Luke Scholten 280
13 12 Brian Goetsch 261
14 85 Steve Schad/Dave Haag 245
15 67 Josh Gierke 242
16 45 Joe Schmidt 217
17 6 Bob Duncan 184
18 22 Jamie Gauger 179
19 91 Jamie Theobald 152
20 47 Paul Perronne 148
21 8 Abe Meinnert 146
22 3 Dean Horneck 142
23 97 Bob Peter 136
24 9 Tony Miller 132
25 2 Damrow Bros. 127
26 29 Jeremy Sauter 103
27 72 Mike Humphrey 90
28 13 Randy Ostermann Jr. 79
29 74 Chad Ninmer 79
30 00 Corey Brasser 65
31 58 Dave Holm 63
32 63 Scott Landgraf Sr. 41
33 71 Bob Albinger 15
34 99 Jesse Klein 11
All-American Mighty - 4's
1 88 Tim Sauter 373
2 5 Duane Dippel 322
3 23 Jeremy Goetsch 304
4 17 Dorzok/Dunkleberger 242
5 67 Bill Singer 239
6 9 Jason Voss 234
7 83 Tyler Elias 227
8 68 Joe Miller 182
9 42 Jason Juech 180
10 15 Cory Edler 175
11 8 Ken Odekirk 156
12 62 Eric Muehlbauer 151
13 71 Tammy Dickmann 139
14 13 Jason Vollrath 127
15 69 Veldboom/Herbst 125
16 7 Wesley Baumann 116
17 18 Jose Hernandez 107
18 21 Odekirk Racing 106
19 12 Tim Anderson 104
20 40 Chris Blanke 99
21 28 Terry McCoy 86
22 66 Travis Moehring 64
23 85 Vicky Milbrath 47
24 0 Tim Kaat 31
25 3 Jason Seehaver 31
26 03 Sandra Meyer 31
27 33 Josh Long 31
28 60 Fred Dekanich 31
29 89 Sauter Racing 16
30 48 Steve Weber 15
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