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Firework Spectacular brings Big Crowd and Big Fun
By Cody Lewis
(FERGUS FALLS, MN) July 11th--The "Big Dawg" Bryan Roach hung around
near the front for most of the race and in the end, he came out on top of the
ASA Late Model Feature at the Fergus Falls Raceway. When the green flag
signaled the start of the Late Model Feature, it was AJ Rhoads that jumped out
to the early lead. Rhoads kept his lead until lap 22 when Roach took over the
race. Just behind the leaders, the action was happening as the battle was for
third between 17-year-old Blake Bjorklund and 19-year-old Trent Snyder. In the
end, it was Roach, followed by Rhoads, Snyder, and Bjorklund passing under the
checkers.
In the Modified Feature, John Notch showed the way to the checkers, though not
unchallenged. A spin on lap two brought out an early caution and almost
instantaneously after the restart, there was another spin as Matt Anderson,
slid down to the infield. Notch grabbed the lead on the restart and Hoeper
went into pursuit. The two leaders went around the track again and again, with
Hoeper trying everything to get by Notch. He went high, he went low, he
stopped nowhere, but Notch just wasn’t giving away his lead. Hoeper was
right on him to take second, while Jon Lewerer rolled in third.
Tim Brockhouse, driving his son Jaysen’s car, proved his mettle when he
found himself victorious in the Great North Legends Feature. Jon Lewerer took
the lead after the green waved and held on, gradually widening his lead until
Todd Tracy came to challenge. Tracy fell back after a loss of momentum, and
Lewerer once again was far out front until a caution brought the pack back
together. Lewerer didn’t let that stop him as he lengthened his lead again
after the restart. Brockhouse and Andy Hansen began a mêlée for second, with
position changes coming often. Brockhouse got past Hansen and started to chase
down Lewerer. Brockhouse got the job done around the halfway point, but it
wasn’t a one-man race. Five contenders near the front were chasing behind
Brockhouse, but no one was able to get by him as he raced to victory.
Rick Third dominated the caution-free UCAR feature, continually widening his
already large lead. Slammin’ Sammy Zender seemed to have been having
mechanical problems and was forced off the track shortly after the start of
the race. Also having to leave the track was Shawn Kugler, as Rick Third
continued to dominate and win for the first time ever at Fergus Falls Raceway.
The Thunder Cars also had a caution-free race with Shawn Robinson putting his
car in Victory Lane once more. Tom Weinhandl took the early lead, and on lap
two, he joined Jonathan Olmscheid and Mark Milbeck in a three-wide race around
the entire track. Weinhandl fell back and Robinson assumed the lead for the
remainder of the race to take the win.
Fergus Falls Raceway Results July 11, 2003
ASA Late Models
First Heat
1.) Rich Snyder (Alexandria) 2.) Trent Snyder (Ironton) 3.) Blake Bjorklund
(Isanti) 4.) AJ Rhoads (Hastings) 5.) Bryan Roach (Becker) 6.) Randin Olson
(Ottertail) 7.) Jeff Lofquist (Fergus Falls) 8.) Tim Olson (Hamel) 9.) Clay
Montella (Ottertail)
Second Heat
1.) Brittany Fischer (Villard) 2.) Mark Grewe (Fergus Falls) 3.) Molly Rhoads
(Hastings) 4.) Dan Darco (Fergus Falls) 5.) Matt Frietag (Fergus Falls) 6.)
Corey Pourrier (Erhard) 7.) Rick Harrig 8.) Chuck Thieschafer (Long Prairie)
9.) Harry Johnson (Breckenridge)
Feature
1.) Bryan Roach 2.) AJ Rhoads 3.) Trent Snyder 4.) Blake Bjorklund 5.) Rich
Snyder 6.) Molly Rhoads 7.) Dan Darco 8.) Mark Grewe 9.) Jeff Lofquist 10.)
Tim Olson 11.) Matt Frietag 12.) Clay Montella 13.) Chuck Thieschafer 14.)
Cory Pourier 15.) Harry Johnson-DNF 16.) Brittany Fischer-DNF 17.) Rick
Harig-DNF
Modifieds
First Heat
1.) John Notch (St. Cloud) 2.) Harlan Lysne (Fergus Falls) 3.) Chris Harig 4.)
Jeff Rohner (Willmar) 5.) Dave Ostendorf (St. Cloud) 6.) Jon Olson (Hamel) 7.)
Jay Karch (Fergus Falls)
Second Heat
1.) Oren Hoeper (Dalton) 2.) Jon Lewerer (Stillwater) 3.) Matt Anderson
(Atwater) 4.) Duane Werner (Breckenridge) 5.) Jason Hintermeister (Garfield)
6.) Michelle Stroud (Dalton)
Feature
1.) John Notch 2.) Oren Hoeper 3.) Jon Lewerer 4.) Jeff Rohner 5.) Jason
Hintermeister 6.) Jon Olson 7.) Matt Anderson 8.) Harlan Lysne 9.) Jay Karch
10.) Dave Ostendorf 11.) Chris Harig 12.) Michelle Stroud-DNF 13.) Duane
Werner-DNF
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Jay Rickert (Brownton) 2.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 3.) Cory Lease
(Pierz) 4.) Nick Velardi (Northfield) 5.) Ed Velardi (Northfield) 6.) Shimon
Casper (Cottage Grove)
Second Heat
1.) Andy Hansen (Ramsey) 2.) Tim Brockhouse (Prior Lake) 3.) Jon Lewerer
(Stillwater) 4.) Rick Dubay (Coon Rapids) 5.) Gary Oie (St. Paul) 6.) Rollie
Davidson (Burnsville) 7.) Robin Fischer (Villard)
Feature
1.) Tim Brockhouse 2.) Andy Hansen 3.) Jon Lewerer 4.) Todd Tracy 5.) Jay
Rickert 6.) Nick Velardi 7.) Cory Lease 8.) Rick Dubay 9.) Ed Velardi 10.)
Gary Oie 11.) Shimon Casper 12.) Rollie Davidson 13.) Robin Fischer-DNF
Thunder Cars
First Heat
1.) Shawn Robinson 2.) Cory Eggen 3.) Jonathan Olmscheid (Elrosa) 4.) Tom
Weinhandl (Henning) 5.) Rick Hoeper Jr. (Fergus Falls) 6.) Steve Devaney
(Fergus Falls) 7.) Darren Werner (Whapeton, ND)-DNF
Second Heat
1.) Jerry Messer (Sauk Centre) 2.) Todd Wiirre 3.) Kent Reisenauer 4.) Mark
Milbeck 5.) Doug Olmscheid (Elrosa) 6.) Jobie Gutzmer (Fergus Falls)
Feature
1.) Shawn Robinson 2.) Jonathan Olmscheid 3.) Mark Milbeck 4.) Todd Wiire 5.)
Tom Weinhandl 6.) Rick Hoeper Jr. 7.) Kent Reisenauer 8.) Jobie Gutzmer 9.)
Steve Devaney 10.) Doug Olmscheid 11.) Cory Eggen-DNF 12.) Jerry Messer-DNF
13.) Darren Werner-DNF
UCARs
First Heat
1.) Dan Bolstad (Fergus Falls) 2.) Sam Hanson (Fergus Falls) 3.) Matt Ness
(Fergus Falls) 4.) Doug Fick 5.) Shawn Kugler (Fergus Falls)
Second Heat
1.) Adam Fronning (Dalton) 2.) Sam Zender (Fergus Falls) 3.) Rick Third
(Alexandria) 4.) Craig Maack (Pelican Rapids) 5.) Adrian Kubitz-DNS 6.) David
Bolstad (Fergus Falls)-DNS
Feature
1.) Rick Third 2.) Sam Hanson 3.) Adam Fronning 4.) Dan Bolstad 5.) Craig
Maack 6.) Matt Ness 7.) David Bolstad 8.) Doug Fick 9.) Shawn Kugler-DNF 10.)
Sam Zender-DNF 11.) Adrian Kubitz-DNS
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