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McMullen And Teunissen Win 4th EWSC Main Of 2004
By Mary Burbach
August 21, 2004- Glenbeulah’s # 68 Craig Perko got the jump on the
early lead in the Winged Super Modified A-Main feature event over three time
A-Main winner # 98 Tim McMullen of Plymouth. For the first five laps,
Perko drove the high groove while McMullen dove to the inside attempting to
pass for the lead but Perko pulled the lead each time as they charged of turn
four. In lap six at the start/finish line, McMullen took the lead by a
bumper but a lap later, Perko was back in the lead and tried to pull away from
McMullen. Past track champion # 7 Pete Ostrowski passed McMullen for
second in lap eight. When the only yellow flag appeared in lap nine,
Perko lined up in front alone with Ostrowski inside and McMullen outside the
next row. Behind them was last week’s A-Main winner # 22 Barry Maas of
Cascade and another track champion # 4 Paul Pokorski of West Bend. The
deck was stacked as the green flag restarted the race. When lap 10
completed, McMullen took over the top spot in the race with Perko chasing him
down. By the mid-point of the race, McMullen began pulling away from the
rest of the field. In lap fifteen, a four car battle for the challenge
spot was brewing with Ostrowski now in second, Perko, Pokorski and Maas.
When this battle shook out, Ostrowski began reeling in leader McMullen from
second place, Pokorski moved into third with Maas on his bumper and fast
qualifier # 62 Gary Laack of Glenbeulah raced into fifth. Lapped traffic
became a factor as leader McMullen charged around the track staying ahead of
Ostrowski. Ten laps from the end, two time A-Main winner Pokorski
charged around Ostrowski to take over second. Now it was Pokorski’s
job to reel in McMullen but McMullen began lapping traffic at the back of the
field to distance his car out in front. McMullen dove to the high side
of the traffic to make sure he did not get stuck behind lapped cars on the
inside of the track. In lap 27, just as Pokorski, Ostrowski and Laack
cleared the lapped cars between their cars and leader McMullen’s, McMullen
lapped another car to try to cushion the lead. Coming across for the checkered
flag, McMullen dove back to his inside groove to win his fourth Modified
A-Main of the 2004 season. Point leader Pokorski followed in second with
Ostrowski, Maas and Laack rounding out the top five. Pokorski and # 97
Tony Wondra of Campbellsport both passed 7 cars to win the Meyer Motors Hard
Charger award for the Modified race.
In the Limited Late Model A-Main feature race, Waldo’s # 67 Melissa Singer
grabbed the early lead and began her multi-lap battle with # 21 Mark Dingel of
Sheboygan. By lap five, Plymouth’s # 38 Scott Haugstad pulled into
third with # 85 Tim Carman of Sheboygan Falls behind him in fourth. In
lap 13, Singer had built a healthy lead over the field with Dingel and
Haugstad side by side to determine second. In the same lap, Carman and
point leader # 69 Brian Cesar of Sheboygan battled for fourth just before the
first yellow flag halted the racing action. When the green flag flew to
restart the race, Singer once again took the top spot with Dingel behind
her. Cesar jumped into third with Haugstad on his bumper. Second
in points # 8 Dan Dippel of Plymouth moved into the top five and passed
Haugstad the next lap to take over fourth just before the final yellow flag of
the race appeared. When the green flag flew again to restart this race,
Cesar used the outside groove to jump into the lead with Singer, Dingel,
Dippel and Carman chasing him down. Cesar wasted no time in distancing
his car out in front trying to secure another A-Main win while Dippel started
passing cars to pull into second on lap 22. With the healthy lead and
only three laps to go, Dippel could not catch leader Cesar and at the
checkered, Cesar won his second Limited Late Model A-Main of the 2004
season. Dippel followed in second with Singer, Dingel and Carman
rounding out the top five. Cesar also won the Meyer Motors Hard Charger
Award for passing 10 cars to win the A-Main.
Last week’s Super Stock A-Main winner # 48 Doug Teunissen of Sheboygan Falls
grabbed the lead in this week’s A-Main holding off two-time A-Main winner #
84 Bradley Ruh of Elkhart Lake. As the field completed lap two, Plymouth
drivers, track record holder # 29 Jeremy Sauter, # 15 Brian Kaat and # 19 Phil
Coppersmith, raced three abreast for third place. Two laps later, as
leader Teunissen charged out in front, second place Ruh had Kaat on his
bumper. The only yellow flag of the 20-lap race came in lap 18.
Teunissen, who had built a healthy lead, was pulled back to the rest of the
field on the restart. With two laps to go, Ruh lined up inside Kaat in
the next row with #4 Kevin Zimbal of Sheboygan Falls and fast qualifier # 35
Ben Schmidt of Plymouth behind them. At the white flag, Teunissen
charged out in front of Ruh and Kaat again while Zimbal held off heat winner #
7 Brian Gilles of Plymouth who moved into fifth. At the checkered flag,
Teunissen won his fourth Super Stock A-Main of the season. Ruh followed
in second with Kaat, Zimbal and Gilles rounding out the top five. Zimbal,
Schmidt and # 89 Paul Dirks of Elkhart Lake shared Meyer Motor Hard Charger
honors as each driver passed 6 cars.
In the first Mighty 4 A-Main race, # 53 Andrew Rein grabbed the early
lead until lap six when # 91 Jay Riemer of Sheboygan took the lead briefly. A
lap later, two time A-Main winner # 33 Josh Long of Waldo took over the top
spot and began lapping cars. In lap ten, Rein and # 19 Kurt Jakubowski
of Sheboygan maneuvered around lapped traffic to try to get within striking
distance of leader Long. Two laps from the end, three time A-Main winner
# 42 Jason Juech of West Bend pulled in behind Jakubowski for third. At
the checkered, Long won his third Mighty 4 A-Main in 2004. Jakubowski
followed in second with Juech in third. Even though winner Long passed
12 cars to win the race, the Meyer Motors Hard Charger Award went to Juech for
passing 14 cars.
In the second Mighty 4 main race, # 39 Mike Olson of Plymouth not only jumped
out early but charged out in front with a huge lead from the first lap.
Unfortunately for Olson, the only yellow flag appeared in lap three and pulled
him back to the field. When the green flag flew to restart the racing
action, Olson again grabbed the lead with # 76 Aaron Hauck also of Plymouth
and # 85 Vicky Milbrath of Howards Grove behind him. A lap later,
Milbrath passed Hauck for second and set her sights on Olson. Milbrath
continued her charge passed Olson for the lead in lap five. Milbrath
maintained control of the race and took the checkered flag to win her first
A-Main of the 2004 season. Olson followed in second with # 7 Wesley
Baumann of Elkhart Lake finishing in third. The Meyer Motors Hard
Charger Award went to # 69 Peter Konen for passing 10 cars to finish sixth.
Join Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars on Saturday, August 21st for the EWSC End of
Summer Race at the Sheboygan County Fair Park in Plymouth when the Winged
Super Modifieds, Limited Late Models, Super Stocks and All-American Mighty
4’s host the INEX Legend Cars. Fans will be eligible for over 100
giveaways during the race program. Before the races, the annual EWSC
Junior Fan Club Picnic will be held from 2 – 4 pm at the fair park with EWSC
drivers and lots of food, fun and prizes for Fan Club members.
Summary: August Autograph Night
Winged Super Modified:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 62 Gary Laack – Glenbeulah
13.198
A-Main (30 laps): Tim McMullen, Plymouth; Paul Pokorski, West Bend; Pete
Ostrowski, Troy Center; Barry Maas, Cascade; Gary Laack, Glenbeulah; Kris
Hansen, Manitowoc; Chuck Tuschl, Reedsville; Matt VanWyk, Sheboygan Falls;
Robert Enders, Howards Grove; Craig Perko, Glenbeulah;
B-Main (10 laps): Dennis Klumb, Grafton; VanWyk; Dave Becker, Greenbush;
Enders; Doug Wondra, Campbellsport;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): Becker; Jon Schraufnagel, Lomira; Bob Brion, Plymouth;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): Tony Wondra, Campbellsport; Ostrowski; Hansen;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): Enders; Klumb; Laack;
Limited Late Model:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 22 Charlie Schmidt –
Oostburg 15.182
A-Main (25 laps): Brian Cesar, Sheboygan; Dan Dippel, Plymouth; Melissa
Singer, Waldo; Mark Dingel, Sheboygan; Tim Carman, Sheboygan Falls; Charlie
Schmidt, Oostburg; Scott Haugstad, Plymouth; John Scharenbroch, Sheboygan
Falls; Richard Hed, Sheboygan Falls; Jim Schmidt, Cleveland;
B-Main (15 laps): Jim Schmidt; Henry Dickmann, Sheboygan; Hed; Brian
Kessler, Plymouth;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): Gregg Herr, Sheboygan; Matt Buckman, Plymouth; Hed;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): Kessler; Cesar; Dippel;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): Jim Schmidt; Scharenbroch; Todd Jensema, Sheboygan
Falls;
Super Stock:
Miller Lite Fast Qualifier: # 35 Ben Schmidt – Plymouth
16.700
A-Main (20 laps): Doug Teunissen, Sheboygan Falls; Bradley Ruh, Elkhart
Lake; Brian Kaat, Plymouth; Kevin Zimbal, Sheboygan Falls; Brian Gilles,
Plymouth; Ben Schmidt, Plymouth; Jeremy Sauter, Plymouth; Paul Dirks, Elkhart
Lake; Phil Coppersmith, Plymouth; John DIrks, Elkhart Lake;
B-Main (15 laps): Brian Goetsch, Sheboygan; Paul DIrks; John DIrks;
Donny Kulow, Plymouth; Tim Anderson, Sheboygan; Tony Miller, Random
Lake;
Heat # 1 (10 laps): Troy Theobald, Sheboygan Falls; Paul Perronne,
Plymouth; Duane Dippel, Plymouth;
Heat # 2 (10 laps): Kulow; Miller; Damrow Bros., Sheboygan;
Heat # 3 (10 laps): Gilles; Ruh; Bob Peter, Howards Grove;
Heat # 4 (10 laps): Paul Dirks; Kaat; Zimbal;
All American Mighty 4’s:
A-Main # 1 (15 laps): Josh Long, Waldo; Kurt Jakubowski, Sheboygan
Falls; Jason Juech, West Bend; Jason Seehaver, Kiel; Tammy Dickmann,
Sheboygan; Joe Miller, Plymouth;
A-Main # 2 (15 laps): Vicky Milbrath, Howards Grove; Mike Olson,
Plymouth; Wesley Baumann, Elkhart Lake; Steven Ruh, Elkhart Lake; Angie
Dutton, Sheboygan; Peter Konen;
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