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Modified Ostrowski And Mighty 4 Gilles Win 3 Mains In A Row
By Mary Burbach
July 26, 2003- With hot, humid weather on the outside and the Christmas
spirit on the inside, EWSC celebrated Christmas in July with Marines
collecting “Toys for Tots”, Santa and Mrs. Claus behind the grandstand,
reindeer selling tickets and race crews decorating their pit areas. Over
100 cars showed to compete in the thirteenth race program in the 2003 EWSC
schedule. With August around the corner and the points battle heating
up, the competitors are focused on winning and determined to race hard.
In lap 2 of
the Winged Super Modifieds 30-lap A-Main, # 98 Tim McMullen of Plymouth took
the lead of the 20-car field and set the pace for a fast-paced main
event. As McMullen settled into the lead, three time A-Main winner and
current point leader # 7 Pete Ostrowski of Milwaukee climbed from his ninth
place starting position into the top five. A lap later, McMullen sped
out in front and Ostrowski passed fourth place # 77 Terry Marten of Sheboygan
Falls. In lap four, Ostrowski passed both # 10 Chad Kistner of New
Holstein and # 2 Billy Hafemann of Cedar Grove to pull into second behind
McMullen. By lap five, McMullen, Ostrowski, Hafemann and Kistner raced
out in front of the pack. McMullen keptto the low groove as Ostrowski
drove high on the track. Two laps later, the high groove worked for
Ostrowski as he passed McMullen to take control of the race in lap
seven. As Ostrowski maneuvered in the lead, he raced up to the back of
the pack and began lapping traffic. Just before the mid-way point of the
race, the only yellow flag would be displayed for a spun car. On the
restart, Ostrowski held the top spot with McMullen and Hafemann directly
behind him. After joining the top five in lap seven, # 4 Paul Pokorski
of West Bend joined Kistner in the second full row behind leader Ostrowski.
After the green flag restarted the A-Main, Ostrowski grabbed the high groove
again to maintain control of the race and McMullen ducked low. Hafemann
followed Ostrowski to the high side of the track and passed McMullen to pull
into second in lap 16. McMullen battled back the next lap and retook
second place. As McMullen and Hafemann sorted out second place,
Ostrowski got further out in front of the field and Pokorski made his
move. In lap 18, Hafemann took back second. A lap later, Pokorski
maneuvered passed McMullen for third. In lap 20, Hafemann and Pokorski
were side-by-side at the line in a heated battle for second. As Hafemann
and Pokorski tried to gain control of the challenge spot, Ostrowski began
lapping cars again. In lap 23, Pokorski passed Hafemann and found three
lapped cars between his car and leader Ostrowski. Pokorski began
clicking off lapped cars as quickly as Ostrowski kept passing
more. In lap 27, McMullen made a new charge of his own by passing
Hafemann for third with lapped cars between him and second-place Pokorski.
At the white flag on lap 29, Pokorski passed all the lapped cars and pulled in
behind Ostrowski. With only one lap left, the chase for the win was
on. Three time winner Ostrowski and four time winner Pokorski battled to
the checkered. Ostrowski held off Pokorski for the second week in a row
to win his third A-Main in as many weeks. Pokorski followed in second
with McMullen, Hafemann and B-Main winner # 97 Tony Wondra of West Bend
rounding out the top five. The Meyer Motors Hard Charger was awarded to
# 95 Kenjay Fiedler of Sheboygan Falls for passing eight cars.
With only
one yellow flag on the initial start of the Limited Late Model A-Main, the
25-lap race was fast. Polesitter # 71 Henry Dickmann of Sheboygan
grabbed the early lead for the first two laps. Heat winner # 79 Jim
Schmidt of Cleveland passed Dickmann for control of the race in lap three and
never looked back. As Schmidt took the lead, another heat winner # 16
Brian Kessler of Plymouth moved into second. While he raced to catch
Schmidt, Kessler held off point leader # 89 Todd Jensema of Sheboygan Falls
now in third. Dickmann settled into fourth with last week’s A-Main
winner # 11 Howie Weiss of Glenbeulah racing in fifth. As lapped traffic
became a factor, Kessler caught up to challenge Schmidt for the lead. At
the line to complete lap 18, Schmidt and Kessler were almost dead even with
just a bumper keeping Schmidt in the top spot. The next lap, Schmidt and
Kessler once again crossed together at the start/finish line. In lap 20,
just 5 laps from the end, Schmidt maneuvered a lapped car between his car and
Kessler. Kessler passed that lapped car and Schmidt passed another
one. As the laps counted down, Kessler pulled in behind Schmidt to
pressure for the lead again but Schmidt was determined to win his second
A-Main. After his first main win at Manitowoc on Memorial Day weekend,
Schmidt maintained control to win the Limited Late Model A-Main. Kessler
followed in second with Dickmann, Weiss and two-time A-Main winner # 3 Jim
Pitzen of Plymouth rounding out the top five. The Meyer Motors Hard
Charger honors went to heat winner and B-Main transfer # 6 Richard Hed of
Sheboygan Falls after passing 8 cars to finish ninth.
Polesitter
# 89 Paul Dirks of Elkhart Lake wasted no time in taking control of the Super
Stock A-Main by motoring out in front in lap one. Two other Elkhart Lake
drivers, # 95 Donny Kulow and # 84 Bradley Ruh maneuvered into second and
third behind Dirks. In lap six, point leader # 48 Doug Teunissen of
Sheboygan Falls moved into fifth behind fourth place # 0 Mark Scholten of
Oostburg. Without a yellow flag to slow the racing action, Dirks was
poised to begin lapping cars in lap eight. By the mid-point of the
20-lap race, Dirks built almost a half track lead over the field as Kulow
passed the lapped cars separating him from the leader. In lap 11,
Teunissen passed Scholten for fourth and focused on Ruh in third. Ruh
and Teunissen battled for laps for control of the third spot. As this
battle continued, past track champion # 98 John Dirks of Elkhart Lake battled
first Scholten then # 35 Ben Schmidt of Plymouth for fifth. By lap
fifteen, Dirks secured fifth and snuck up on the Ruh-Teunissen
challenge. A lap later, a three way challenge began between, Ruh,
Teunissen and John Dirks. By this lap, Kulow had to battle through 2
lapped cars to catch leader Paul Dirks. After lapping one more car, Paul
Dirks took the checkered to win his first A-Main of the 2003
season. Kulow followed in second with heat winner Ruh and Miller
Lite Fast Qualifier Teunissen finished third and fourth respectively.
Heat winner and B-Main transfer car John Dirks won the Meyer Motors Hard
Charger Award for passing eight cars to finish in fifth.
After # 3
Jason Seehaver of Kiel rolled his car in turns one and two on the initial
start, the first Mighty 4 A-Main was re-started with # 68 Joe Miller of
Plymouth grabbing the early lead. Point leader # 88 Brian Gilles of
Plymouth was not far behind as he climbed through cars to pull behind leader
Miller by lap three. A lap later, Gilles took control of the race and
motored out in front. After a restart in lap five, # 8 Ken Odekirk of
New Holstein maneuvered into second behind Gilles followed by Miller.
Three laps later # 33 Josh Long of Waldo passed Miller to take over
third. Long challenged for second and passed Odekirk in lap 12 to pull
in behind Gilles. As the checkered flag flew, Gilles earned the fifth A-Main
win for the # 88 car with three wins in the last three races. Long
followed in second with Odekirk, Miller and # 28 Steve Boss of Waldo rounding
out the top five. The Meyer Motors Hard Charger went to race winner
Gilles for passing thirteen cars.
In the
second Mighty 4 A-Main, # 23 Jeremy Goetsch of Sheboygan took the lead from
early pacesetter # 17 Dave Dorzok of Kewaskum in lap three. A lap later,
# 85 Vicky Milbrath of Howards Grove moved into second behind Goetsch to
challenge for the lead. After the only yellow flag of the race in lap
six, # 03 Sandra Meyer of Plymouth pulled into third behind Goetsch and
Milbrath. Meyer continued to climb and passed Milbrath a lap later to
secure second. Meyer did not settle into second for long as she passed
leader Goetsch the next lap to take control of the race in lap nine.
Returning past track champion # 77 Rich Miske of Belgium joined the mix in
fourth with # 71 Tammy Dickmann of Sheboygan in fifth. In lap ten, just
five laps from the end of the race, Miske moved into third and second in
points # 5 Duane Dippel of Plymouth maneuvered into fifth. As Meyer
maintained her lead and held off Goetsch, Dippel moved up the field. At
the white flag, Dippel pulled into third. At the checkered, Meyer won
her second A-Main of the season. Dippel followed up last week’s main
win with second place. Goetsch, Dickmann and Dorzok rounded out the top
five. Dippel earned the Meyer Motors Hard Charger honors by passing
eleven cars.
Join
Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars for the Lake 98.1 FM Night at the Races on
Saturday August 2nd at the Sheboygan County Fair Park in Plymouth. Added
to the typical 10 heat races, 3 B-Mains and 5 A-Mains, the Winged Super
Modifieds will hold the division’s annual Mechanics Races at the end of the
race program. The Limited Late Model division also has a points show at
the Calumet County Race Association at the Chilton fairgrounds on Friday,
August 1st.
Summary: EWSC Christmas In July
Winged Super Modified:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 99 Chuck Tuschl of Reedsville - - 14.572
A-Main (30 laps): 1) Pete Ostrowski, Milwaukee; 2) Paul Pokorski, West
Bend; 3) Tim McMullen, Plymouth; 4) Billy Hafemann, Cedar Grove; 5) Tony
Wondra, West Bend; 6) Brian Portschy, Oostburg; 7) Gary Laack, Glenbeulah; 8)
Barry Maas, Cascade; 9) Kenjay Fiedler, Sheboygan Falls; 10) Chad Kistner, New
Holstein;
B-Main (10 laps): 1) Wondra; 2) Laack; 3) Robert Enders, Kiel; 4) Maas;
5) Craig Perko, Glenbeulah; 6) Fiedler; 7) Bob Brion, Plymouth; 8) Jon
Schraufnagel, Lomira;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Maas; 2) Perko; 3) Schraufnagel;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Enders; 2) Hafemann; 3) Matt VanWyk, Sheboygan Falls;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Laack; 2) McMullen; 3) Fiedler;
Limited Late Model:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 65 Keith Borth of Sheboygan - -
16.734
A-Main (25 laps): 1) Jim Schmidt, Cleveland; 2) Brian Kessler, Plymouth;
3) Henry Dickmann, Sheboygan; 4) Howie Weiss, Glenbeulah; 5) Jim Pitzen,
Plymouth; 6) Rick Thompson, Campbellsport; 7) Tim Carman, Sheboygan Falls; 8)
Chad Espen, Kewaskum; 9) Richard Hed, Sheboygan Falls; 10) Jon Scharenbroch,
Sheboygan Falls;
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Scharenbroch; 2) Eric Baesemann, Elkhart Lake; 3)
Hed; 4) Melissa Singer, Waldo;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Schmidt; 2) Thompson; 3) Terry Goetsch,
Sheboygan;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Kessler; 2) Dickmann; 3) Weiss;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Hed; 2) Baesemann; 3) Singer;
Super Stock:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 48 Doug Teunissen of Sheboygan Falls - -
19.010
A-Main (20 laps): 1) Paul Dirks, Elkhart Lake; 2) Donny Kulow, Plymouth;
3) Bradley Ruh, Elkhart Lake; 4) Doug Teunissen, Sheboygan Falls; 5) John
Dirks, Elkhart Lake; 6) Ben Schmidt, Plymouth; 7) Kyle Odekirk, Plymouth; 8)
Kevin Zimbal, Sheboygan Falls; 9) Jeremy Sauter, Sheboygan Falls; 10) Jamie
Theobald, Sheboygan;
B-Main (15 laps): 1) Sauter; 2) John Dirks; 3) Kulow; 4) Tony Miller,
Random Lake; 5) Dave Haag, Plymouth; 6) Mike Humphrey, Sheboygan;
C-Main (12 laps): 1) Corey Brasser, Plymouth; 2) Chad Ninmer, Cleveland;
3) Jeremy Bushman, Kiel;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): 1) Ruh; 2) Dean Horneck, Kiel; 3) Teunissen;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): 1) Bushman; 2) Jeff Leonhard, Sheboygan; 3) Joe
Schmidt, Plymouth;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): 1) Ben Schmidt; 2) Sauter; 3) Odekirk;
Heat # 4 (10 laps): 1) John Dirks; 2) Haag; 3) Humphrey
All American Mighty 4’s:
A-Main # 1 (15 laps): 1) Brian Gilles, Plymouth; 2) Josh Long, Waldo; 3)
Ken Odekirk, New Holstein; 4) Joe Miller, Plymouth; 5) Steve Boss, Waldo; 6)
Wesley Baumann, Elkhart Lake;
A-Main # 2 (15 laps): 1) Sandra Meyer, Plymouth; 2) Duane Dippel,
Plymouth; 3) Jeremy Goetsch, Sheboygan; 4) Tammy Dickmann, Sheboygan; 5) Dave
Dorzok, Kewaskum; 6) Rich Miske, Belgium;
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