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Ostrowski is Back in Town with Modified Win
By Mary Burbach
June 14, 2003 - One hundred and nine cars showed up to compete at the
“Flag Day” Races with the Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars program at the
Sheboygan County Fair Park in Plymouth. With the first
“non-weather-threatened” night of the season, the fans turned out for a
fast track, lots of competition and a full moon.
All three Modified heat winners lined up in the B-Main to qualify for the
final eight spots in the main event. Two of these heat winners, # 3
Robert Enders of Kiel and # 72 Dennis Klumb of Grafton, lined up in the front
to start the 15-lap race. Enders grabbed the early lead with Klumb
chasing him down. # 98 Tim McMullen of Plymouth, point leader from a
week ago, maneuvered into third behind Klumb. Just before the white flag
lap, Klumb passed Enders for the lead. Klumb held on to win the Modified
B-Main two weeks in a row. Enders held off McMullen for second.
As the top eight finishers in the B-Main tagged the back of the starting
lineup of the Modified A-Main, polesitter # 4 Paul Pokorski of West Bend set
the pace and took the early lead to begin the 30-lap race. Pokorski
began building a cushion out in front as # 62 Gary Laack of Glenbeulah
maneuvered into second. When the race was restarted on lap 9 after a
tire was kicked out onto the track, # 2 Billy Hafemann of Cedar Grove took the
lead from Pokorski. Hafemann’s lead was short lived as # 7 Pete
Ostrowski of Milwaukee, who was fifth on the restart, jumped passed 2 cars in
lap ten to take third behind Pokorski. The next lap, Ostrowski passed
both Pokorski and Hafemann to secure the lead in lap twelve. By lap 17,
Ostrowski began lapping cars with Pokorski chasing him down. In lap 19,
another yellow flag was displayed for another tire on the track. Miller
Lite Fast Qualifier # 95 Kenjay Fiedler of Sheboygan Falls used this restart
to move from sixth to third in one lap. By lap 20, Fiedler was trailing
Pokorski and pressuring for the second spot. A lap later, Fiedler passed
Pokorski to chase down the lead. For the final ten laps, Ostrowski and
Fiedler, two previous Modified track champions, charged out in front. At
the checkered, Ostrowski was the victor and after being the hard charger for
the last 2 A-Mains, Ostrowski’s hard charging racing style would put him in
the Miller Lite Winners’ Circle. Fiedler, tied for the Meyer Motors
Hard Charger honors, finished second with Pokorski, # 8 Kris Hansen of
Manitowoc and B-Main transfer McMullen rounded out the top five.
McMullen tied Fiedler for the Meyer Motors Hard Charger award with both
drivers passing 10 cars.
In the Limited Late Model B-Main, with four cars scheduled to transfer on, # 6
Richard Hed of Sheboygan Falls maneuvered his car to a half-track lead over
the other competitors to take home the checkered. # 44 Jim Lavey of
Sheboygan, # 21 Paul Dingel also of Sheboygan and # 12 Matt Buckman of
Plymouth won the transfers to the A-Main.
Front row starters, # 69 Rick Thompson of Campbellsport and # 79 Jim Schmidt
of Cleveland charged out in front of the 18-car field to secure first and
second early in the 25-lap Limited Late Model A-Main. By the halfway
point, # 52 Mark Zimmermann of Kohler, who had been missing from the track for
weeks with engine problems, maneuvered into third. # 77 Brian Cesar of
Sheboygan pulled in behind Zimmerman for fourth. As the laps clicked
off, both Thompson and Schmidt were trying to win their second A-Main in the
2003 season. Thompson held off Schmidt to take home the checkered flag
for the main event. Schmidt followed in second with
Zimmermann, Cesar and # 72 Chad Espen of Kewaskum rounding out the top five
point positions. The Meyer Motors Hard Charger Award went to B-Main
winner Hed after starting in the back of the lineup and passing 9 cars to
secure a sixth place finish.
With 33 competitors in the Super Stock division, the C-Main race transferred #
9 Tony Miller of Random Lake and # 8 Abe Meinnert of Elkhart Lake to the back
of the B-Main. Heat winner # 84 Bradley Ruh of Elkhart Lake took control
of the 15-lap race early on with # 0 Mark Scholten of Oostburg on his
bumper. As the white flag was displayed, Scholten and # 45 Joe
Schmidt of Plymouth crossed even at the line. With Scholten and Schmidt
battling, Ruh wins the Super Stock B-Main. A final lap spin in turn two
takes Scholten out of the transfers and placed Schmidt securely in
second. C-Main transfer Meinnert hard charged into third, with # 37 Jeff
Leonhard, # 2 Mike Damrow and # 72 Mike Humphrey all of Sheboygan earning
transfers to the A-Main.
# 4 Kevin Zimbal of Sheboygan Falls grabbed the early lead in the Super Stock
A-Main as polesitter # 85 Steve Schad of Cleveland secured second. With
the rest of the field tight together, Zimbal and Schad charged out in front
alone. As Schad began gaining on Zimbal, the only yellow flag of the
race came out in lap 13 to pull the leaders back in with the rest of the
field. Zimbal wasted no time on the restart to jump out in the lead
again with Schad back in second. Both Zimbal and Schad were vying for
their first A-Main win of the season. After the restart, two-time A-Main
winner # 98 John Dirks of Elkhart Lake pulled into third behind Zimbal and
Schad. As the 20-lap race came to the end, Zimbal would take the
checkered with Schad following in second. Dirks, rookie # 97 Bob Peter
of Howards Grove and point leader # 15 Brian Kaat of Plymouth finished in the
top five. After a last lap pass, Kaat earned the Meyer Motors Hard
Charger Award by passing six cars.
With the largest car count of the EWSC division’s 3-year history, 27
competitors divided into 2 All-American Mighty 4 A-Mains. In the first
15-lap event, # 9 Jason Voss of Glenbeulah grabbed the early lead and held off
a previous A-Main winner, # 5 Duane Dippel of Plymouth, for the win. First
night racer # 26 Kevin Ruh of Plymouth maneuvered into third by lap twelve and
held off the race’s Meyer Motors Hard Charger # 88 Tim Sauter of Plymouth.
In the second Mighty 4 A-Main, front row starters # 7 Wesley Baumann of
Elkhart Lake and # 23 Jeremy Goetsch of Sheboygan looked to have the top spots
locked up as Baumann and Goetsch were out in front by themselves. A
couple of yellow flags in laps 8 and 9 pulled the field together again.
On the first restart, # 67 Pete Mueller of Random Lake maneuvered around both
Baumann and Goetsch to secure the lead before the second yellow. On the
second restart, Baumann was forced into the pits with mechanical problems and
would not return. Mueller held onto the top spot to win his first A-Main
race. Goetsch, who was trying for a second A-Main win, followed in
second with # 71 Tammy Dickmann of Sheboygan, # 15 Cory Edler of Cascade
and # 85 Vicky Milbrath of Howards Grove rounding out the top five. The Meyer
Motors Hard Charger Award went to Mueller after starting in the back and
passing 11 cars to win the race.
Join the Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car drivers for another great night of
“Summer Time” racing on the first day of summer, Saturday, June 21st at
the Sheboygan County Fair Park in Plymouth. Qualifying begins at 5:45 pm
and racing follows.
Winged Super Modified:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 95 Kenjay Fiedler, Sheboygan
Falls 13.585
A-Main (30 laps): 1) Pete Ostrowski, Milwaukee; 2) Kenjay Fiedler,
Sheboygan Falls; 3) Paul
Pokorski, West Bend; 4) Kris Hansen, Manitowoc; 5) Tim McMullen, Plymouth; 6)
Dennis Klumb, Grafton; 7) Gary Laack, Glenbeulah; 8) Tony Wondra, West Bend;
9) Billy Hafemann, Cedar Grove; 10) Craig Perko, Glenbeulah;
B-Main (10 laps): 1) Klumb; 2) Robert Enders, Kiel; 3) McMullen; 4)
Wondra; 5) Matt VanWyk, Sheboygan Falls;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Tom Johnson, Slinger; 2) Wondra; 3) McMullen;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Klumb; 2) Hafemann; 3) Pokorski;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Enders; 2) Laack; 3) Fiedler;
Limited Late Model:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 85 Tim Carman, Sheboygan
Falls
15.378
A-Main (25 laps): 1) Rick Thompson, Campbellsport; 2) Jim Schmidt,
Cleveland; 3) Mark
Zimmermann, Kohler; 4) Brian Cesar, Sheboygan; 5) Chad Espen, Kewaskum; 6)
Richard Hed, Sheboygan Falls; 7) Scott Haugstad, Plymouth; 8) Todd Jensema,
Sheboygan Falls; 9) Jim Pitzen, Plymouth; 10) Paul Dingel, Sheboygan;
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Hed; 2) Jim Lavey, Sheboygan; 3) Dingel; 4) Matt
Buckman, Plymouth;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Pitzen; 2) Keith Borth, Sheboygan; 3) Cesar;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Hed; 2) Schmidt; 3) Espen;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Buckman; 2) Melissa Singer, Waldo; 3) Eric
Baesemann, Elkhart Lake;
Super Stock:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: Doug Teunissen, Sheboygan
Falls 17.116
A-Main (20 laps): 1) Kevin Zimbal, Sheboygan Falls; 2) Steve Schad,
Cleveland; 3) John Dirks,
Elkhart Lake; 4) Bob Peter, Howards Grove; 5) Brian Kaat, Plymouth; 6) Josh
Gierke, Kiel; 7) Kyle Odekirk, Plymouth; 8) Ben Schmidt, Plymouth; 9) Joe
Schmidt, Plymouth; 10) Brian Goetsch, Sheboygan;
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Bradley Ruh, Elkhart Lake; 2) Joe Schmidt; 3) Abe
Meinnert, Elkhart Lake;
4) Jeff Leonhard, Sheboygan; 5) Mike Damrow, Sheboygan; 6) Mike Humphrey,
Sheboygan;
C-Main (8 laps): 1) Miller; 2) Meinnert; 3) Jeremy Sauter, Sheboygan
Falls;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Teunissen; 2) Dean Horneck, Kiel; 3) Goetsch;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Ruh; 2) Zimbal; 3) Dirks;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Bob Duncan, Sheboygan; 2) Cory Brasser, Plymouth;
3) Leonhard;
Heat # 4 (10 laps): 1) Tony Miller, Random Lake; 2) Chad Ninmer,
Cleveland; 3) Meinnert;
All American Mighty 4’s:
A-Main1 (15 laps): 1) Jason Voss, Glenbeulah; 2) Duane Dippel,
Plymouth; 3) Kevin Ruh, Plymouth; 4) Tim Sauter, Plymouth; 5) Ken Odekirk, New
Holstein; 6) Jason Juech, West Bend;
A-Main2 (15 laps): 1) Pete Mueller, Random Lake; 2) Jeremy Goetsch,
Sheboygan; 3) Tammy Dickmann, Sheboygan; 4) Cory Edler, Cascade; 5) Vicky
Milbrath, Howards Grove; 6) Ryan Dunkleberger, Kewaskum;
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