New Drivers – Portschy, Jessen and Teunissen – In Winner’s Circle
By Mary Burbach

June 26, 2004- The Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Club honored the American Cancer Society “Relay for Life” event being held at the Plymouth High School on Friday, July 9th beginning at 6 PM.  A number of racing families with EWSC participate yearly in the event and the Deicher, Erickson, Brasser and Kaat teams set up fundraisers at the Plymouth track Saturday night.  After tonight’s donations, the Deicher/Erickson/Brasser  team topped $ 20, 000 of funds raised for cancer research.

The Winged Super Modified A-Main race jumped off to a fast start with a solid 22-laps of racing action.  # 8 Kris Hansen of Manitowoc grabbed the early lead with Oostburg’s # 55 Brian Portschy on his bumper.  Glenbeulah’s # 62 Gary Laack, former track champion  # 7 Pete Ostrowski of Troy Center and # 26 Dave Deicher of Plymouth joined Portschy in a chase for the lead.  Building up a solid lead, Hansen motored out in front while Portschy held off the challengers through the mid-point in the 30-lap race.  Just a lap later, Portschy made his move and maneuvered around Hansen to take the lead.  In the same lap, Laack followed and passed Hansen for second.  Now Laack was in the challenge spot as leader Portschy began to lap cars.  Just as Portschy put a two lapped car cushion between his ride and Laack’s, the only yellow flag of the race came out and pulled all the lapped cars to the back of the line up.  After the green flag flew to restart the racing action, Portschy and Laack flew out in front alone with Hansen, Deicher and # 2 Billy Hafemann of Waldo moving into the top five.  As the laps wound down, Portschy held off Laack to win his first A-Main of the 2004 season.  Laack followed in second with Hansen, Hafemann and two-time A-Main winner # 98 Tim McMullen of Plymouth rounding out the top five.  The Meyer Motors Hard Charger award went to Hafemann for passing 7 cars.

In the first lap of the 25-lap Limited Late Model A-Main, Fredonia’s # 88 Dave Jessen shot out in front of the 18 car field with # 21 Mark Dingel of Sheboygan holding off # 57 John Scharenbroch of Sheboygan and # 38 Scott Haugstad of Plymouth.  By lap 7, Dingel was solidly in second but had close to a half track to make up to catch leader Jessen when the first and only yellow flag came out and pulled the field back together.  Jessen lined up out in front alone with Dingel and Scharenbroch in the second row and # 69 Brian Cesar of Sheboygan and former track champion # 8 Dan Dippel of Plymouth behind them.  A lap after the green flag restarted the race, Cesar jumped into third and then set his sights on second.  One lap later, Cesar was in second and chasing down leader Jessen.  By halfway through the race, Jessen began lapping cars.  As Jessen passed a lap car, Cesar maneuvered around them.  By lap 21, Cesar passed all 6 of the lapped cars that Jessen passed back to him and was now catching up to the leader.  So Jessen passed 3 more cars before taking the checkered flag to win his first A-Main of the  2004 season.  Cesar followed in second with Dingel, Scharenbroch and # 85 Tim Carman of Sheboygan Falls rounding out the top five.  Cesar and # 6 Richard Hed of Sheboygan Falls tied for the Meyer Motors Hard Charger honors by each passing 7 cars.

Returning driver # 80 Luke Scholten of Oostburg grabbed the lead in lap one of the 20-lap Super Stock A-Main race.  Last year’s track champion # 48 Doug Teunissen of Sheboygan Falls wasted no time in taking over control of the race when he passed Scholten in lap two.  As Teunissen charged out in front of the field, heat winner Scholten raced to catch him with Sheboygan Falls drivers # 87 Brian Genske and # 99 Rick Hed chasing him down.  Genske worked his way up to Scholten’s car and challenged him for second but Scholten found more power and pulled away from Genske.  Five laps from the end, Teunissen was dealing with lapped traffic in front of his car.  Teunissen charged through the lapped traffic to take the checkered flag to win his first A-Main in 2004.  Scholten followed in second with Genske, Hed and # 29 Jeremy Sauter of Plymouth rounding out the top five.  Meyer Motor Hard Charger honors went to the Damrow Brothers car # 2 and # 47 Paul Perronne of Plymouth for each passing five cars.

In the first of two All American Mighty 4 A-Main races, the Zimbal Racing car (# 04) grabbed the early lead in the 15-lap race with # 62 Eric Muehlbauer of  Kiel and # 14 Beckie Goetsch of Sheboygan on its bumper.  By lap six, # 15 Cory Edler of Cascade maneuvered into fourth.  Two laps later, Edler passed Goetsch to fall into third just before the only yellow flag of the race halted the racing action.  After the green flag flew, Edler jumped passed both Zimbal and Muehlbauer to take the lead.  # 71 Tammy Dickmann and # 91 Jay Riemer both of Sheboygan followed Edler and began chasing him down.  Edler stayed in the top spot and won his first A-Main of the season.  Dickmann followed in second with Riemer in third and two-time A-Main winner # 42 Jason Juech of West Bend in fourth.  The Meyer Motors Hard Charger award went to winner Kaat for passing 11 cars.

Sheboygan’s # 0 Tim Kaat grabbed the early lead in the second Mighty 4 A-Main race.  Kaat motored his car out in front of the field with # 94 Matt Weber and # 76 Aaron Hauck of Plymouth chasing him down.  By lap five, returning champion Tim Sauter driving the # 9 Voss car passed Hauck to take over third.  A lap later, Sauter passed Weber to pull into the challenge position.  Sauter had his work cut out for his as Kaat had built up a half-track lead over second place.  Each lap, Sauter made progress.  In lap 12, when Kaat made a very wide corner in turn 4, Sauter was there to take advantage of it and passed for the lead. A lap later, third place car # 85 Vicky Milbrath of Howards Grove passed Kaat to take over second.  At the checkered, Sauter won the second A-Main race with Milbrath in second. Kaat and # 03 Sandra Meyer of Plymouth rounded out the top four.  The Meyer Motors Hard Charger award went to Sauter for passing 11 cars to win.

Join Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars on Saturday, July 3rd for the Sheboygan Chevrolet Mid-Season Championship Fan Appreciation / Autograph Night at the Races.  The Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Club is offering a special for race fans with a “Buy One Get One FREE on grandstand admission” to the July 3rd show.  Special pricing for Saturday is 2 adult tickets for $ 9, 2 student (13-17 years) tickets for $ 6 and 2 child (7-12 years) tickets for $ 3. As usual, children 6 years and younger are admitted free. The Mid-Season race program will feature extended A-Mains for the Winged Super Modifieds, Limited Late Models, Super Stocks and All-American Mighty 4 divisions.                       


Summary:  EWSC Honors “Relay for Life”

Winged Super Modified:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier:  # 99 Chuck Tuschl, Reedsville – 13.372

A-Main (30 laps):  Brian Portschy, Oostburg; Gary Laack, Glenbeulah; Kris Hansen, Manitowoc; Billy Hafemann, Waldo; Tim McMullen, Plymouth; Dave Deicher, Plymouth; Barry Maas, Cascade; Paul Pokorski, West Bend; Bob Enders, Howards Grove; Chuck Tuschl, Reedsville;

B-Main (10 laps):  Butch Hafemann, Campbellsport; Craig Perko, Glenbeulah; Enders; Kenjay Fiedler, Sheboygan Falls; Dennis Klumb, Grafton; Lee Mohs, Waldo;

Heat # 1 (10 laps): Bob Brion, Plymouth; Dave Becker, Greenbush; Jon Schraufnagel, Lomira;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): Tony Wondra, Campbellsport; Pete Ostrowski, Troy Center; Hansen;
Heat # 3 (10 laps):  Pokorski; Butch Hafemann; Maas;

Limited Late Model:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier:  # 22 Charlie Schmidt, Oostburg – 15.407

A-Main (25 laps):  Dave Jessen, Fredonia; Brian Cesar, Sheboygan; Mark Dingel, Sheboygan; John Scharenbroch, Sheboygan Falls; Tim Carman, Sheboygan Falls; Richard Hed, Sheboygan Falls; Dan Dippel, Plymouth; Keith Borth, Sheboygan; Jim Schmidt, Cleveland; Charlie Schmidt, Oostburg;

B-Main (15 laps):  Hed; Mark Zimmermann, Kohler; Terry Goetsch, Sheboygan; Jim Schmidt; Dave Schaetzer, Sheboygan; Melissa Singer, Waldo;

Heat # 1 (10 laps):  Gary Glander, Sheboygan Falls; Matt Buckman, Plymouth; Singer;
Heat # 2 (10 laps):  Jessen; Goetsch; Todd Jensema, Sheboygan Falls;
Heat # 3 (10 laps):  Zimmermann; Charlie Schmidt; Hed;

Super Stock:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier:  # 84 Bradley Ruh, Elkhart Lake – 17.055

A-Main (20 laps):  Doug Teunissen, Sheboygan Falls; Luke Scholten, Oostburg; Brian Genske, Sheboygan Falls; Rick Hed, Sheboygan Falls; Jeremy Sauter, Plymouth; John Dirks, Elkhart Lake; Kevin Zimbal, Sheboygan Falls; Bradley Ruh, Elkhart Lake; Brian Kaat, Plymouth; Paul Dirks, Elkhart Lake;

B-Main (15 laps):  Kaat; Paul Dirks; Dave Haag, Plymouth; Damrow Bros, Sheboygan; Brian Goetsch, Sheboygan; Paul Perronne, Plymouth;

Heat # 1 (10 laps):  Jamie Gauger, Sheboygan; Ian Wallenberg, Waldo; Jeff Bergner, Valders;
Heat # 2 (10 laps):  Damrow; Phil Coppersmith, Plymouth; Donny Kulow, Plymouth;
Heat # 3 (10 laps):  Scholten; Genske; JJ Walvoord, Oostburg;
Heat # 4 (10 laps):  Haag; Teunissen; Zimbal;

All American Mighty 4’s:
A-Main # 1 (15 laps):  Cory Edler, Cascade; Tammy Dickmann, Sheboygan; Jay Riemer, Sheboygan; Jason Juech, West Bend; Scott Long, Waldo;

A-Main # 2 (15 laps):  Tim Sauter, Plymouth; Vicky Milbrath, Howards Grove; Tim Kaat, Sheboygan; Sandra Meyer, Plymouth; Aaron Hauck, Plymouth;