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Pokorski, Pitzen and Teunissen Win Big A-Main Races
By Mary Burbach
July 5, 2003- Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars celebrated the Sheboygan Chevrolet
Mid-Season Championship races at the Sheboygan County Fair Park in Plymouth
after the Club’s first rainout a week prior on Saturday, June 28th.
Nine full EWSC race shows ran prior to the mid-season point of the schedule
with extra point shows for the Limited Late Models and Super Stocks at the
Chilton track. The point standings from these races determined the
lineups for the Sheboygan Chevrolet race.
With the top 12 in the point standings locked into the Winged Super Modified
A-Main, eight cars transferred from the B-Main to the back of the line up for
the extended 40-lap race. As the race started, front-row starters # 8
Kris Hansen of Manitowoc and # 99 Chuck Tuschl of Reedsville jumped to the
early lead with # 22 Barry Maas of Cascade and # 2 Billy Hafemann of Cedar
Grove on their bumpers. By lap five, Hansen distanced himself out in
front alone and began lapping cars. Just as Hansen’s lead looked
secure, the first yellow flag caution on lap eleven pulled the field back
together and placed Tuschl and Maas directly behind Hansen. Five laps
later, Hansen was again out in front with Tuschl maneuvering to catch
him. In lap 17, # 62 Gary Laack of Glenbeulah jumped briefly into third
behind Tuschl. A lap later, fifth place runner Hafemann took over third with
Maas on his bumper. By the mid-way point, in lap 20, Maas moved passed
Hafemann to fall in behind Hansen and Tuschl. # 98 Tim McMullen of
Plymouth joined the top five in his climb from his ninth place starting
position. Just as Hansen had built just under a half track lead, the
second yellow flag flew in lap 24. Past track champion # 7 Pete
Ostrowski of Milwaukee took advantage of the restart and his outside line up
position to jump from seventh to fourth in the next lap. The assent to
the top was swift for Ostrowski as he passed Hansen and pulled into the top
spot in lap 28. Hansen stuck to Ostrowski’s bumper as the two
competitors flew around the track. As Ostrowski and Hansen battled out
in front, # 97 Tony Wondra and # 4 Paul Pokorski, both of West Bend, climbed
into third and fourth. Ostrowski began clicking off lapped cars as
Pokorski maneuvered around the traffic until in lap 35 when the lapped cars
were put to the back on a restart. As the field was lined back up with
Ostrowski at the helm, mechanical problems plagued Ostrowski and sent his car
to the pits. Inheriting the lead, Pokorski lined up in front of the pack
with Wondra and McMullen in the second row. The race was restarted with
five laps to go but was halted again as # 68 Craig Perko of Glenbeulah rolled
his car in turn 4 in lap 37. The cars were once again lined up and as
the field attempted to complete another lap, rookie # 00 Adam Brasser of
Plymouth flipped his car in turn one. When the cars were relined up, the
race would conclude with a green-green-white-checkered flag sequence with
Pokorski, McMullen, Wondra, Tuschl and now fifth place # 95 Kenjay Fiedler of
Sheboygan Falls. Pokorski took no chances of losing the lead as he
motored out in front of the field at the green. Wondra maneuvered around
McMullen at the white. Pokorski held off the field and took the
checkered flag to win his fourth A-Main this season. Wondra was trying
for his second win but would settle for second. After a last lap
incident, Laack maneuvered to finish in third with Fiedler and # 72 Dennis
Klumb of Grafton rounding out the top five. Pokorski’s win moved him
into the division point lead. After passing 10 cars each, Pokorski and
Klumb tied for the nightly Meyer Motors Hard Changer Award.
In a scheduled 30-lap Limited Late Model A-Main, nineteen competitors lined up
to take the green flag with # 57 John Scharenbroch of Sheboygan Falls and # 11
Howie Weiss of Glenbeulah setting the pace. Weiss, the A-Main winner
from 2 days earlier at the EWSC Independence Eve show at the Manitowoc Expo,
jumped ahead and took the lead from the start. Scharenbroch held on
through a yellow flag restart but two laps later # 65 Keith Borth of Sheboygan
maneuvered in behind Weiss to take over second. As Borth was challenging
for the lead, previous track champion # 3 Jim Pitzen of Plymouth climbed from
fourth in the restart on lap six to second a lap later. As Pitzen built
momentum, he took over the lead from Weiss a lap later. As the field was
pulled back together again in lap twelve, Pitzen lined up in the front but had
some sheet metal resting on his right rear tire. As the race was
restarted, # 6 Richard Hed of Sheboygan Falls moved into third to challenge
Pitzen and Weiss. Just before another yellow was displayed in lap
fifteen, point leader # 89 Todd Jensema of Sheboygan Falls pulled into the top
five. The race restarted and was halted for the final time in lap
eighteen. Hed maneuvered on the restart to take over second behind
Pitzen as the time limit on the race expired. At the checkered, Pitzen
won his second Limited Late Model A-Main of the 2003 season. Hed
followed in second with Borth, # 16 Brian Kessler of Plymouth and # 69 Rick
Thompson of Campbellsport taking the top five positions. The Meyer
Motors Hard Charger Award went to # 71 Henry Dickmann of Sheboygan for passing
nine cars.
In the Super Stock 25-lap A-Main, after a first lap multi-car pile up, the
race restarted with # 12 Brian Goetsch of Sheboygan setting the pace in the
lead with # 48 Doug Teunissen of Sheboygan Falls on his bumper. Two laps
later, Teunissen took the lead from Goetsch and fast qualifier # 21 Kyle
Odekirk of Plymouth pulled into second. As Teunissen and Odekirk began
distancing their cars out in front, a yellow flag halted the racing action in
lap nine and pulled the leaders back to the field. Goetsch took
advantage of the opportuntity to jump into second over Odekirk. When a
restart occurred again in lap eleven, it was Odekirk who took advantage of the
restart to take back second. Not settling for second, Odekirk pushed the
envelope and raced Teunissen to the line. Coming out of turn four to
complete lap 13, Odekirk took the lead slightly at the line and raced
forward. In turn 4 again, completing the next lap, Teunissen retook the
lead. Teunissen and Odekirk again battled out in front by
themselves. In lap twenty, just five laps from the end of the race, # 98
John Dirks of Elkhart Lake climbed into third and started chasing down the
leaders. By lap 23, Dirks caught up to Teunissen and Odekirk as division
point leader # 15 Brian Kaat of Plymouth moved into the top five. As
Teunissen, Odekirk and Dirks raced through the corner to take the white flag,
Odekirk took the high groove to Teunissen and Dirks low route. At the
checkered flag, Teunissen won his first A-Main this season. Odekirk
followed in second with Goetsch, who won the last Super Stock A-Main at the
Plymouth track, in third. Passing two cars in the final lap, rookie # 45
Joe Schmidt of Plymouth maneuvered to finish fourth with point leader Kaat in
fifth. The Meyer Motors Hard Charger Award went to Schmidt for passing
an impressive 12 cars.
In the first of two 15-lap All-American Mighty 4 A-Mains, polesitter # 66
Travis Moehring of Sheboygan grabbed the early lead with first # 85 Vicky
Milbrath of Howards Grove and by lap 3, # 17 Dave Dorzok of Kewaskum on his
bumper. The next lap, Moehring and Dorzok were side by side at the
start/finish line. As the two battled for control of the race, Dorzok
pulled into the lead in lap five. Two laps later, one of two yellow
flags relined back up the race just as Milbrath regrouped and took back the
second spot. After the restart, Milbrath grabbed the lead and never
looked back. Dorzok held onto second for three more laps until # 67 Dale
Singer of Waldo maneuvered around Dorzok to pull up to Milbrath. At the
white flag, # 26 Kevin Ruh of Plymouth moved into third behind Milbrath and
Singer. At the checkered, Milbrath won her first A-Main. Singer
finished in second with Ruh, Dorzok and second in points # 5 Duane Dippel of
Plymouth rounding out the top five. The Meyer Motors Hard Charger Award
went to Ruh for passing eight cars.
In the second Mighty 4 A-Main, # 9 Jason Voss of Glenbeulah took the early
lead in lap one with # 21 Matt Kroeplian in the Odekirk Racing car in
second. Climbing up the field, # 71 Tammy Dickmann of Sheboygan
maneuvered into second in lap three and began chasing down leader Voss.
As the leaders held on through a couple yellow flags, the race restarted after
lap eight and ran until the checkered. After this restart, # 33 Josh
Long of Waldo fell in behind leader Voss and Dickmann. In lap thirteen,
# 03 Sandra Meyer of Plymouth chased down Long and took over the third
spot. As Voss began lapping cars, the laps clicked off and Voss took the
checkered flag to win his second A-Main of the season. Dickmann followed
in second with Meyer, Long and # 15 Cory Edler of Cascade rounding out the top
five. The second Meyer Motors Mighty 4 Hard Charger was awarded to Meyer
for passing seven cars.
Join Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car races on Saturday, July 12th for the Sargento
Foods Pat Rand Memorial Race. The race program also features race crews
participating in the American Cancer Relay for Life. The first annual
Autograph Night will be held for fans wishing to meet their favorite drivers
in the pits after the races.
Summary: Sheboygan Chevrolet Mid-Season Championships
Winged Super Modified:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 2 Billy Hafemann, Cedar Grove –
13.830
A-Main (40 laps): 1) Paul Pokorski, West Bend; 2) Tony Wondra, West
Bend; 3) Gary Laack, Glenbeulha; 4) Kenjay Fiedler, Sheboygan Falls; 5) Dennis
Klumb, Grafton; 6) Barry Maas, Cascade; 7) Chuck Tuschl, Reedsville; 8) Tim
McMullen, Plymouth; 9) Robert Enders, Kiel; 10) Tom Johnson, Slinger;
B-Main (10 laps): 1) Enders; 2) Craig Perko, Glenbeulah; 3) Klumb; 4)
Adam Brasser, Plymouth; 5) Johnson; 6) Jon Schraufnagel, Lomira; 7) Dave
Becker, Greenbush; 8) Butch Hafemann, Campbellsport;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Johnson; 2) Kris Hansen, Manitowoc; 3) Matt VanWyk,
Sheboygan Falls;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Laack; 2) Portschy; 3) Klumb;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Maas; 2) Pokorski; 3) Billy Hafemann, Cedar
Grove;
Limited Late Model:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 89 Todd Jensema, Sheboygan Falls
–15.572
A-Main (21 laps): 1) Jim Pitzen, Plymouth; 2) Richard Hed, Sheboygan
Falls; 3) Keith Borth, Sheboygan; 4) Brian Kessler, Plymouth; 5) Rick
Thompson, Campbellsport; 6) Brian Cedar, Sheboygan; 7) Tim Carman, Sheboygan
Falls; 8) Henry Dickmann, Sheboygan; 9) Melissa Singer, Waldo; 10) Todd
Jensema, Sheboygan Falls;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Chad Espen, Kewaskum; 2) Mark Zimmermann, Kohler;
3) Hed;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Jim Schmidt, Cleveland; 2) Jensema; 3) Borth;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Scott Haugstad, Plymouth; 2) Eric Baesemann,
Elkhart Lake; 3) Gregg Herr, Sheboygan;
Super Stock:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 21 Kyle Odekirk, Plymouth – 17.338
A-Main (25 laps): 1) Doug Teunissen, Sheboygan Falls; 2) Kyle Odekirk,
Plymouth; 3) Brian Goetsch, Sheboygan; 4) Joe Schmidt, Plymouth; 5) Brian Kaat,
Plymouth; 6) Bradley Ruh, Elkhart Lake; 7) Donny Kulow, Plymouth; 8) Steve
Schad, Cleveland; 9) Jamie Theobald, Sheboygan; 10) Jamie Gauger, Sheboygan;
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Paul Dirks, Elkhart Lake; 2) Luke Scholten,
Oostburg; 3) Mark Scholten, Oostburg; 4) Schmidt; 5) Gauger; 6) Theobald;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Luke Scholten; 2) Chad Ninmer, Cleveland; 3)
Kevin Zimbal, Sheboygan Falls;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Jeff Leonhard, Sheboygan; 2) Teunissen; 3) Schad;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Josh Gierke, Kiel; 2) Ruh; 3) Dirks;
Heat # 4 (10 laps): 1) Tony Miller, Random Lake; 2) Bob Duncan,
Sheboygan; 3) Mike Humphrey, Sheboygan;
All American Mighty 4’s:
A-Main # 1 (15 laps): 1) Vicky Milbrath, Howards Grove; 2) Pete
Mueller, Random Lake; 3) Kevin Ruh, Plymouth; 4) Dave Dorzok, Kewaskum;
5) Duane Dippel, Plymouth; 6) Jason Juech, West Bend;
A-Main # 2 (15 laps): 1) Jason Voss, Glenbeulah; 2) Tammy Dickmann, Sheboygan;
3) Sandra Meyer, Plymouth; 4) Josh Long, Waldo; 5) Cory Edler, Cascade; 6)
Kevin Veldboom, Sheboygan;
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