|
Legends Night Features Solid Racing Action
By Mary Burbach
July 19, 2003- Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars honored the past Club
members of EWSC and the Milwaukee Stock Car Club for the dedication and hard
work that built the foundation of racing in Plymouth. Over 400 honorees
RSVP’d for the annual event held this Saturday. Restored early race
cars from the two Clubs were on display behind the grandstand and provided the
fans with a demonstration on the track.
After locking in the top four finishers from the three heats to the A-Main,
the Winged Super Modifieds hit the track for a fast 30-lap race.
Last week’s A-Main winner # 7 Pete Ostrowski of Milwaukee grabbed the early
lead over # 2 Billy Hafemann of Cedar Grove, who finished second last week
behind Ostrowski. As Hafemann stuck to him, Ostrowski began lapping cars
by lap five. Hafemann picked his way through the lapped traffic to stay
on Ostrowski’s bumper. Four-time A-Main winner # 4 Paul Pokorski of
West Bend raced in third. # 97 Tony Wondra of West Bend and # 42 Matt
Van Wyk of Sheboygan Falls maneuvered into the top five. As Hafemann,
Pokorski, Wondra and Van Wyk picked through the lapped cars lap after lap,
Ostrowski lapped another car. Hafemann never gave up and in lap ten, his
persistence paid off. Hafemann took control of the race in a swift move
passed Ostrowski. A lap later, Hafemann was continuing to lap cars. Just
as Hafemann was securing his lead, the first of only two yellow flags halted
the racing action on lap thirteen. With the lapped cars put to the back
of the restart line up, the race intensified with the cars on the lead lap
back together in the front of the race. As the green flag flew to
restart the race, Hafemann grabbed the lead again followed by Ostrowski and
Pokorski. Two laps later, in lap 16, Pokorski grabbed second from
Ostrowski and set his sights on the lead. By lap 20, Hafemann, Pokorski
and Ostrowski were joined in the front by # 55 Brian Portschy of Oostburg and
# 22 Barry Maas of Cascade. The lapping began again in lap 21 and before
Pokorski could pick through the lapped cars, Ostrowski maneuvered passed
Pokorski and two lapped cars on the backstretch to fall in behind leader
Hafemann. For five laps, Ostrowski battled to gain the lead from
Hafemann. In lap 29, just 1 lap from the end of the A-Main, a turn 4
incident caused a yellow flag and sent leader Hafemann into the pits.
Ostrowski lined up in front with Pokorski and Portschy directly behind
him. With a mad dash to the checkered, Ostrowski won his second A-Main
in 2003. Pokorski followed in second with # 99 Chuck Tuschl of
Reedsville, Portschy and # 3 Robert Enders of Kiel finishing as the only lead
lap cars. Enders earned the Meyer Motors Hard Charger for passing eight
cars.
After transferring through his heat race, front row starter # 71 Henry
Dickmann of Sheboygan grabbed the early lead over # 11 Howie Weiss of
Glenbeulah. Rookie # 27 Eric Baesemann of Elkhart Lake took the third
spot with # 65 Keith Borth of Sheboygan on his bumper. Dickmann
built up a solid cushion over Weiss and the field when a yellow flag stopped
the cars briefly and relined up leader Dickmann with the pack. At the
green, Baesemann wasted no time by passing Weiss for second. Borth and #
85 Tim Carman of Sheboygan Falls applied pressure to Weiss for third
place. When the only other yellow flag came out in lap 14, Weiss
maneuvered passed Baesemann and Dickmann to take control of the race. Dickmann
battled back but Weiss looked determined to win the race. At the
checkered flag, Weiss still had control and won his second A-Main of the 2003
season. Dickmann sat solidly in second with Baesemann, # 72 Chad Espen
of Kewaskum and # 77 Brian Cesar of Sheboygan rounding out the top five.
The Meyer Motors Hard Charger honors went to # 44 Jim Lavey of Sheboygan for
passing nine cars.
Without any yellow flags to slow up the racing action, the 20-lap Super Stock
A-Main lined up with # 74 Chad Ninmer of Cleveland and # 22 Jamie Gauger of
Sheboygan setting the pace in the front row. Ninmer took the lead on lap
one and motored out in front. Gauger moved into second and battled for
the lead. From the green flag, Friday night’s A-Main winner at the
Chilton point show # 80 Luke Scholten of Oostburg held the third spot behind
Ninmer and Gauger. As the field completed lap seven, Scholten passed
Gauger and moved into second behind Ninmer. Scholten charged at Ninmer
to try to take home two wins in as many nights. Ninmer would not give in
and took the checkered flag to win his first Super Stock A-Main of the 2003
season. Scholten followed in second with Gauger in third and # 35 Ben
Schmidt of Plymouth and # 98 John Dirks of Elkhart Lake rounding out the top
five. The Meyer Motors Hard Charger went to Dirks for passing five cars.
In the first of two All-American Mighty 4 A-Mains, # 17 Dave Dorzok of
Kewaskum grabbed the early lead with # 5 Duane Dippel of Plymouth on his
bumper. Dippel and Dorzok crossed the line side by side with Dippel
slightly ahead in lap four with # 20 Kevin Veldboom of Sheboygan on their
bumper. A lap later, Dorzok grabbed the lead but Dippel wanted it back
and recaptured the top spot in lap six. In lap ten, just five laps from
the end, Veldboom took over second but Dippel had quite a lead over the
field. At the checkered, Dippel won his second A-Main of the
season. In a last lap pass, # 42 Jason Juech of West Bend maneuvered
into second with Veldboom, # 9 Jason Voss of Glenbeulah and # 68 Joe Miller of
Plymouth rounding out the top five. The Meyer Motors Hard Charger went
to Juech for passing nine cars.
In the second of two A-Mains, last week’s second place finisher # 71 Tammy
Dickmann of Sheboygan grabbed the lead at the beginning with # 8 Ken Odekirk
of New Holstein and # 85 Vicky Milbrath of Howards Grove on her bumper. In lap
six, Odekirk retired to the pits not to return with # 33 Josh Long of Waldo
and # 88 Brian Gilles of Plymouth moving in behind Dickmann. A lap
later, Dickmann, Long and Gilles raced three abreast through turns three and
four and down the front stretch. As the three cars shook out in lap
eight, Long ended up in the top spot with Gilles in second. In lap ten,
Gilles edged out Long at the start/finish line by a bumper. The only
yellow came out in lap eleven and relined up the field for a four lap dash to
the end. Dickmann took advantage of the restart and maneuvered into
second behind Gilles. At the checkered, Gilles followed up last week’s
win with another one. Dickmann followed in second with Long, Milbrath
and # 13 Jason Vollrath of Sheboygan rounding out the top five. In
addition to adding another win to his resume, Gilles earned the Meyer Motors
Hard Charger Award for passing 11 cars.
Join Eastern Wisconsin next Saturday, July 26th when the Club celebrates
Christmas in July. The Marines will be collecting donations for the
“Toys for Tots” at each of the entrance gates. Fans who bring a
donation for this cause will receive a discount coupon off the admission to
the races that night.
Summary: Legends of EWSC / MSC Celebration
Winged Super Modified:
A-Main (30 laps): 1) Pete Ostrowski, Milwaukee; 2) Paul Pokorski,
West Bend; 3) Chuck Tuschl, Reedsville; 4) Brian Portschy, Oostburg; 5) Robert
Enders, Kiel; 6) Kenjay Fiedler, Sheboygan Falls; 7) Chad Kistner, New
Holstein; 8) Barry Maas, Cascade; 9) Kris Hansen, Manitowoc; 10) Billy
Hafemann, Cedar Grove;
B-Main (10 laps): 1) Tim McMullen, Plymouth; 2) Lee Mohs, Waldo; 3)
Enders; 4) Bob Brion, Plymouth; 5) Fiedler; 6) Craig Perko, Glenbeulah; 7)
Terry Marten, Sheboygan Falls; 8) Dave Becker, Greenbush;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Pokorski; 2) Hafemann; 3) Hansen;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Maas; 2) Ostrowski; 3) Tom Johnson, Slinger;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Tuschl; 2) Tony Wondra, West Bend; 3) Kistner;
Limited Late Model:
A-Main (25 laps): 1) Howie Weiss, Glenbeulah; 2) Henry Dickmann,
Sheboygan; 3) Eric Baesemann, Elkhart Lake; 4) Chad Espen, Kewaskum; 5) Brian
Cesar, Sheboygan; 6) Jim Pitzen, Plymouth; 7) Rick Thompson, Campbellsport; 8)
Keith Borth, Sheboygan; 9) Jim Lavey, Sheboygan; 10) Todd Jensema, Sheboygan
Falls;
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Pitzen; 2) Jensema; 3) Richard Hed, Sheboygan
Falls; 4) Melissa Singer, Waldo; 5) Mark Zimmermann, Kohler; 6) Terry Goetsch,
Sheboygan; 7) Lavey;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Borth; 2) Dickmann; 3) Baesemann; 4) Thompson;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Tim Carman, Sheboygan Falls; 2) Cesar; 3) Espen;
4) Brian Kessler, Plymouth;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Weiss; 2) Gregg Herr, Sheboygan; 3) Robert Grasse,
Plymouth; 4) Jim Schmidt, Cleveland;
Super Stock:
A-Main (20 laps): 1) Chad Ninmer, Cleveland; 2) Luke Scholten,
Oostburg; 3) Jamie Gauger, Sheboygan; 4) Ben Schmidt, Plymouth; 5) John Dirks,
Elkhart Lake; 6) Joe Schmidt, Plymouth; 7) Bradley Ruh, Elkhart Lake; 8) Doug
Teunissen, Sheboygan Falls; 9) Kyle Odekirk, Plymouth; 10) Donny Kulow,
Plymouth;
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Tony Miller, Random Lake; 2) Abe Meinnert, Elkhart
Lake; 3) Brian Goetsch, Sheboygan; 4) Paul Perronne, Plymouth; 5) Josh Gierke,
Kiel; 6) Corey Brasser, Plymouth;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Scholten; 2) Ben Schmidt; 3) Brian Kaat,
Plymouth;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Ruh; 2) Teunissen; 3) Odekirk;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Ninmer; 2) Dirks; 3) Joe Schmidt;
Heat # 4 (10 laps): 1) Gauger; 2) Kulow; 3) Kevin Zimbal, Sheboygan
Falls;
All American Mighty 4’s:
A-Main # 1 (15 laps): 1) Duane Dippel, Plymouth; 2) Jason Juech,
West Bend; 3) Kevin Veldbboom, Sheboygan; 4) Jason Voss, Glenbeulah; 5) Joe
Miller, Plymouth;
A-Main # 2 (15 laps): 1) Tim Sauter, Plymouth; 2) Tammy Dickmann, Sheboygan;
3) Josh Long, Waldo; 4) Vicky Milbrath, Howards Grove; 5) Jason Vollrath,
Sheboygan;
|
|
