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Laack, Dippel Pick Up Back To Back Wins At Manitowoc Expo
by Sara Brion
Manitowoc, WI, May 21, 2005 - The Winged Super Modified feature saw Gary
“Drock” Laack, Glenbeulah, rocket to the finish line for the second time
in as many race nights, in front of a solid crowd at the 1/3 mile clay oval at
the EWSC Salute to the Armed Forces, in honor of National Armed Forces Day
local hometown hero, Jeff Uhlig, US Army, threw the green flag to start the
Winged Super Modified feature event. Jeff who returned in October 2004
from the fighting in Iraq was stationed with a transportation unit.
2004 EWSC Track Champion, Paul Pokorski, took the early lead at the start of
the race and held the lead until lap nine when the machine of 2nd place
challenger Dave Deicher, brought out the caution, Deicher left the track with
mechanical problems. The restart saw Pokorski, Laack, Pete Ostrowski,
Tim McMullen, and Billy “Bear” Hafemann in the top five. Laack chased
Pokorski, and on lap ten took the lead, however Pokorski would not give up
easily and the two battled back and forth for the lead, swapping the lead
several times each lap until lap 21 when the race was brought to a halt for
debris on the track, now it was Laack out front setting the pace for the
restart, with Pokorski, and McMullen side by side in row two. On the final
restart Laack, checked out leaving Pokorski, McMullen, and Ostrowski battling
for second. When the final flag flew following Laack to the finish line
it was McMullen in second place, followed by the night’s fast time qualifier
Ostrowski, Pokorski was fourth, and local hometown favorite, Chris Hanson of
Manitowoc, rounding out the top five finishers. Bubba’s Place Hard
Charger was a tie between Laack and Ostrowski each passing seven cars. Winged
Super Modified Heat Race Results:1st Heat: Tim Mc Mullen, Plymouth,
Billy Hafemann, Cedar Grove, Butch Hafemann Campbellsport. 2nd Heat: Chris
Hansen, Manitowoc; Paul Pokorski, West Bend; Pete Ostrowski, East Troy.
Limited Late Model campaigner, Dan “The Dude” Dippel, Plymouth, had a
clean sweep, and back to back feature wins. Dippel the second EWSC
driver to have clean sweep at the Expo this year is the only diver to do so
with back to back feature wins. The Limited Late Model main event
started with Super Stock campaigner, John Dirks, filling in for Howie Weiss,
battling with Sheboygan’s, Dave Schaetzer in the early going, but Dippel,
the nights fast time qualifier, worked his way through the field and was
quick to charge into second place, and on lap 12 of the 15 lap feature
event, Dippel took the lead on the front stretch and held on for the
win, Schaetzer was second followed by Scott Haugstad, Keith Borth,
Sheboygan; and Paul Dingel, Sheboygan, was fifth. Bubba’s Place
Hard Charger: Dan Dippel passed four race cars, and was the fastest qualifier
in the Limited Late Model Division. Limited Late Model Heat Race Results: Dan
Dippel; John Dirks, Elkhart Lake; Scott Haugstad, Plymouth.
Super Stocks main event winner saw a very familiar driver return to victory
lane, as Brad Ruh, Elkhart Lake, dominated the race. While John Dirks and
point’s leader Ben Schmidt did their best to pass him, Ruh would not turn
over the lead. Ruh took home the checkers, and hardware, while Dirks,
followed in second place, Dirks was third, Dave Haag/Steve Schad, was fourth,
and Damrow Bros, finished off the top five. Heat Race win #1 went to
Brian Gilles, followed by Dirks, and Damrow Bros. 2nd Heat: Bradley Ruh, Mike
Bastian, Bob Peter. Bubba’s Place Hard Charger was a three way tie
between, Dirks, Schmidt, and Dan Holm, with each driver passing 8 cars
each. Fast time in the Super Stocks went to Brian Gillis.
The All-American Mighty 4’s main event victory went to two year campaigner,
Mark Kuhfuss, Howards Grove, as he rode the high side of the track to victory
lane in the 12 lap feature. The race went from green to checkers
without a restart. Kuhfuss easily walked away with the win, in second
place it was Sandra Meyer, last weeks feature winner, Vicky Milbrath, took
third , Steven Brion was fourth, and fifth place went to Nic Schuette.
Bubba’s Place Hard Charger was Vicky Milbrath, passing six cars.
The Eastern 8’s had a rollover accident in the opening lap of the 9 car heat
race, when the #26 of Jolene Mueller, and #3 of Joshua
Schroeder, Manitowoc, collided, sending Schroeder to the hospital, once he was
extracted from his ride, where he was held for observation. When the
heat race resumed, it resulted in a win for Andy Casavant, Michael Robinson,
was second and third place went to Jay VanAsten.
The Eastern 8’s, feature win went to Jolene Mueller, who resumed racing
after the spectacular accident in the heat race, following her to the
checkered flag it was Gary VandenHouten, Michael Robinson, Jay VanAstin
and Mike Wilde was the 5th place finisher. Bubba’s Place Hard Charger
was Jay VanAsten who passed 4 cars.
EWSC returns to the Expo next Saturday night, and each Saturday from May
through September. For additional information, on the best in dirt track
racing, log on to www.ewscracing.com.
Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars
Point Standings as of May 21, 2005
Winged Super Modifieds
1 62 Gary Laack 185
2 98 Tim McMullen 161
3 2 Billy Hafemann 141
4 7 Pete Ostrowski 132
5 8 Kris Hansen 118
6 4 Paul Pokorski 115
7 72 Dennis Klumb 97
8 26 Dave Deicher 93
9 18 Butch Hafemann 91
10 97 Tony Wondra 84
11 10 Chad Kistner 79
12 24 Brad Swendrowski 79
13 68 Craig Perko 46
14 9 Lee Mohs 27
15 09 Scott Mohs 27
16 07 Steve Muth 21
17 99 Chuck Tuschl 6
18 53 Spyder Akright 3
Limited Late Models
8 Dan Dippel 221
65 Keith Borth 176
11 Howie Weiss 155
38 Scott Haugstad 135
21 Dingel Bros. 128
24 Dave Schaetzer 81
69 Tim Thompson 70
Super Stocks
35 Ben Schmidt 189
7 Brian Gilles 140
84 Bradley Ruh 135
66 Mike Bastian 131
85 Steve Schad-Dave Haag 122
98 John Dirks 121
58 Dave Holm 110
5 Duane Dippel 106
74 Chad Ninmer 89
95 Donny Kulow 86
2 Damrow Brothers 76
79 Greg Herrmann 55
59 Dan Holm 53
97 Bob Peter 52
4 Kyle Kudick 22
36 Brian Rathe 21
00 Seth Hoeffner 18
All-American Mighty - 4's
77 Mark Kuhfuss 174
85 Vicky Milbrath 148
03 Sandra Meyer 126
06 Samantha Meyer 115
29 Nic Schuette 96
98 Steven Brion 86
5 Amber Rabe 80
27 Jeff & Greg Gierke 72
90 Bruce Sand 59
99 Roger Borth 37
10 John Morway 30
Eastern 8's
51 Mike Wilde 146
38 Gary VandenHouten 137
15 Michael Robinson 132
17 Alex Rathsack 98
26 New Driver 77
65 Bret Koehler 70
40 Jay VanAsten 62
27 Andy Casavant 49
39 Pat Wazny 49
35 Brian Rathe 41
77 Mike Kaufmann 39
2 Troy Bartel 34
3 Joshua Schroeder 32
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