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Klumb Ends 13 Year Drought with EWSC Win
by Sara Brion
Manitowoc, WI, June 11, 2005 - Dennis “The Menace” Klumb, Grafton
campaigner, found his way back into victory lane at the Expo in grand style,
after a 13 year drought as the thunder of the engines returned to the Expo,
after a week off due to thunderstorms that forced the cancellation of the
races last weekend.
The EWSC Modified main event was full of excitement, and lots of thrill for
the fans. In the opening laps there was a tangled mess in between turns one
and two, which brought out the red flag when five cars were involved in a five
car pile-up, with two of the cars rolling over, involved in the melee it was
Reedsville’s Chuck Tuschl; Billy Hafemann, Waldo; along with West Bend’s,
Paul Pokorski, Campbellsport’s, Tony Wondra; and the night’s fast time
qualifier, with a time of 14.779 seconds, on the 1/3 mile Pete Ostwowski, of
Troy Center.
Wondra, and Tuschl, were able to make repairs, and resumed racing, when the
race went green again. Hafemann, was uninjured in the roll over, as was
Pokorski, while both cars had extensive damages.
Ostrowski, Wondra, and Pokorski would not resume racing until the final laps
finishing in 13th, 14, and 15th respectively. Hafemann who had the most
extensive damages, was not able to return to the track and was scored in last
place.
Prior to the restart of the race, Plymouth’s Dave Deicher, had to be towed
off the track, with mechanical problems, he finished the feature in 16th
place.
Racing resumed with Milwaukee campaigner, Brad Swendrowski, leading the pack,
followed by Lee Mohs of Waldo, and Klumb was third.
Wondra, racing without a wing, stalled as he was leaving the track, after the
restart with mechanical problems, and brought out the caution. This time it
was Klumb starting out in front by himself, with Swendrowski, and Chad Kistner
of New Holstein in the top three spots after 7 laps of racing. Swendrowski,
battled with Klumb, for the lead lap after lap, but on lap 26 with 4 laps left
Swendrowski, fell back, then there was another crash, and this time it was,
Plymouth’s Tim McMullen, who came around the corner, and spun into the
stalled car of Billy, Schmitz, EWSC Winged Super Modified Rookie of the Year
contender from Mukwonago.
In the final laps Klumb was able to hold off Tuschl, who had battled his was
to the front finishing in second place, passing 11 cars, Kistner in third,
Butch Hafemann, Campbellsport was 4th, and fifth place went to Manitowoc’s
Kris Hansen.
Point’s leader, Gary Laack, who was the second fastest qualifier, left the
track with transmission problems, during the first heat race, that kept him
from competing the remainder of the evening, Laack is currently still in first
place, with McMullen just twenty points behind him in second place.
Heat Results:
Heat
1
Heat 2
1. Billy Hafemann,
Waldo Pete
Ostrowski, Troy Center
2. Paul Pokorski, West Bend Chad Kistner, New Holstein
3. Tim McMullen, Plymouth Jon
Schraufnagel, Lomira
Limited Late Model action saw Plymouth’s, Scott Haugstad, taking home the
checkers, who was very impressive and had a commanding lead over the rest of
the field. Dan Dippel the current point’s division leader settled for
second place, after working his way through the field, Dippel, was the fastest
qualifier in the LLM’s with a 17.604 for an average speed of 76.8 miles per
hour on the third mile clay oval, Sheboygan native, Keith Borth took third
after holding off, Campbellsport’s Tim Thompson, who finished fourth,
followed by Paul Dingel.
Heat Results:
1. Tim Thompson, Campbellsport
2. Howie Weiss, Glen Beulah
3. Dan Dippel, Plymouth
Super Stock feature winner Brian Gilles of Plymouth, continues winning
features, taking home the win in the division’s main event, as well as fast
time of 19.562 seconds, and Bubba’s Place Hard Charger. Gillis took
second place in the heat race, and found he was not alone in the race car; he
found three newborn kittens in the car after the heat race, so the Got Milk?
question was even more appropriate, since the trophies for the night were
sponsored by the Manitowoc County Dairy Committee.
The race was a nail biter all the way to the end. Gilles who passed 11
cars for the win, had his hands full. To get the win, he had to go head
to head with Manitowoc’s local hometown favorite, Mike Bastian, who finished
in second place, and third place finisher Chad Ninmer, Cleveland, not to
mention the two Elkhart Lake Hot Shoe’s Brad Ruh and John Dirks who took
home fourth and fifth place honors.
Heat Race Results:
Heat
1.
Heat 2.
Ben Schmidt,
Plymouth
John Dirks, Elkhart Lake
Mike Bastian, Manitowoc
Brian Gillis, Plymouth
Gregg Hermann, Whitelaw Bradley Ruh, Elkhart
Lake
Eastern Eight’s Alex Rathsack of Kiel had a great night of
racing. He won both of the evenings Eastern 8’s events first taking
home the checkers in the 8 car heat race, then the trophy, and checkered flag
for the feature. Rathsack passed 5 cars for the win. Second place in
both events went to Chilton, campaigner, Gary VandenHouten, VandenHouten,
tried to get past Rathsack, after finishing behind him in the heat race, But
Rathsack was able to hold him off for the win. Jay VanAsten, also of Chilton,
was third, two campaigners from Manitowoc County, finished fourth, and fifth
respectively, Michael Robinson of Denmark, was fourth, while Manitowoc native,
Joshua Schroeder finished in fifth place.
Heat Results:
1. Alex Rathsack, Kiel
2. Gary VandenHouten, Chilton
3. Mike Kaufmann, Newton
The All American Mighty 4’s, Amber Rabe’s car was driven by Super Stock
Campaigner, Brian Gillis, of Plymouth, who beat out Mark Kuhfuss of Howards
Grove, following Kuhfuss, it was, another Plymouth area resident, Sandra
Meyer, in third place, the night’s heat race winner, Vicky Milbrath, of
Howards Grove, came in fourth, and Nic Schuette, of Glenbeulah, took fifth
place rounding out the top five.
Heat Race Results:
Heat Results:
1. Vicky Milbrath, Howards Grove
2. Brian Gillis, Plymouth
3. Sandra Meyer
BUBBA’S PLACE HARD CHARGERS:
DIVISIONS
DRIVER # OF CARS PASSED
Winged Super Modifieds Chuck Tuschl
11
Limited Late
Models
Dan Dippel
06
Super
Stocks
Brian
Gilles
11
Eastern
Eights
Alex Rathsack 05
All American Mighty 4’s Mark
Kuhfuss
08
Next Saturday Night racing resumes with qualifying at 6:00 PM, racing at 7:00
PM, at the Manitowoc Expo Speedway, 1/3 mile clay oval. June 18 is the
rescheduled Lakeside Foods “Welcome to Summer” Night at the
races. Special Fan Giveaway’s, to fan’s who bring items to
donate to Peter’s Pantry will receive tickets for special drawings.
For Club information, visit EWSC website at www.ewscracing.com
Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars
Point Standings as of June 11, 2005
Winged Super Modifieds
62 Gary Laack 301
98 Tim McMullen 281
7 Pete Ostrowski 235
8 Kris Hansen 233
4 Paul Pokorski 231
10 Chad Kistner 228
18 Butch Hafemann 224
2 Billy Hafemann 212
72 Dennis Klumb 199
26 Dave Deicher 169
24 Brad Swendrowski 153
99 Chuck Tuschl 137
68 Craig Perko 107
97 Tony Wondra 87
09 Scott Mohs 78
9 Lee Mohs 76
15 Bill Schmitz 45
75 Jon Schraufnagel 31
07 Steve Muth 21
53 Spyder Akright 3
Limited Late Models
8 Dan Dippel 411
11 Howie Weiss 320
65 Keith Borth 308
38 Scott Haugstad 287
21 Dingel Bros. 253
69 Tim Thompson 227
24 Dave Schaetzer 201
67 Melissa Singer 47
1 Layne Sours 22
Super Stocks
7 Brian Gilles 361
35 Ben Schmidt 318
66 Mike Bastian 291
84 Bradley Ruh 288
98 John Dirks 274
74 Chad Ninmer 221
85 Steve Schad-Dave Haag 204
5 Duane Dippel 187
79 Greg Herrmann 175
58 Dave Holm 157
2 Damrow Brothers 137
95 Donny Kulow 122
97 Bob Peter 103
59 Dan Holm 100
00 Seth Hoeffner 43
4 Kyle Kudick 40
36 Brian Rathe 21
03 Dennis Brede 17
17 Jeff Bergner 7
10 Charlie Jurvelin 5
All-American Mighty - 4's
77 Mark Kuhfuss 277
85 Vicky Milbrath 276
03 Sandra Meyer 267
06 Samantha Meyer 246
29 Nic Schuette 229
5 Amber Rabe 221
98 Steven Brion 164
27 Jeff & Greg Gierke 136
90 Bruce Sand 59
6 Chris Baumann 42
99 Roger Borth 37
9 Andy Ryan 30
10 John Morway 30
18 Tommy Franz 27
Eastern 8's
17 Alex Rathsack 279
38 Gary VandenHouten 254
15 Michael Robinson 250
51 Mike Wilde 239
40 Jay VanAsten 168
77 Mike Kaufmann 130
65 Bret Koehler 119
3 Joshua Schroeder 83
26 Dave Gauger Jr. 77
71 Greg Steffens 69
75 Paul Steffens 52
27 Andy Casavant 49
39 Pat Wazny 49
35 Brian Rathe 41
28 Chase Sours 39
2 Troy Bartel 34
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