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Rickert Takes Legends National Qualifier At Fergus Falls Raceway
By Cody Lewis
(FERGUS FALLS, MN) August 1st--Jay "The Rocket" Rickert only led one
lap, but it was the most important one of the race as Rickert won the Great
North Legends National Qualifying Race at the Fergus Falls Raceway. At the
wave of the green, Lew Lunsman launched into the lead as Todd Tracy slipped
into second. Within a full lap, Tracy took over the lead, putting his blue and
orange number 76 car out front. Not long after, the caution flew for a stalled
car on the track. On the restart, Cory Lease was in front, with Tracy and Jon
Lewerer behind. Lease continued to lead until around lap 15, when Rick Dubay
brought out the yellow. On the restart, Lease continued to show the way, but
now had Tim Brockhouse behind him in second. Some laps later, Brockhouse went
into a spin in a failed attempt to invade the top spot. On the restart, Tracy
took back the lead. Tracy led the next couple of laps, before he got loose out
of turn four on the last lap, thus allowing Rickert to slip by and pass under
the checkers first for an unexpected win.
Oren "The Wild Child" Hoeper returned to Victory Lane in the
Modified Feature. The start of the race saw cars run 4-wide twice in the first
lap. No heavy contact was made as everything sorted out. Hoeper sprang from
second to take the lead, with Jason Hintermeister close behind. Jon Lewerer
ran in third to cap off the leading trio. Hoeper seemed to have found his
groove as he continued to lead lap after lap of the caution-free race to take
home the win. Hintermeister and Lewerer followed close to round out the top
three.
Blake Bjorklund took his second win of the season by making a late race move
in the ASA Late Model Feature. Jeff Lofquist was leader after the green flag
waved to start the main event. As Lofquist continued to lead, Trent Snyder and
Bryan "The Big Dawg" Roach were gaining on him. Lofquist was able to
hold them off for a couple of laps, before giving up the position. Snyder and
Roach raced side-by-side for the lead. As Roach made a move to take over the
lead, contact was made and Roach hammered the backstretch wall, flattening the
nose of his car. Roach ducked into the pits and was out fast enough to
continue the race. Both Snyder and Roach were forced to the back of the lead
lap drivers in the lineup. On the restart, Bjorklund took the lead, with Rich
Snyder now in second. Snyder kept his car close to Bjorklund, but couldn’t
find how to get by, allowing 17-year-old Bjorkland to take his second win in
his rookie season.
The UCAR Feature event was dominated by Sam Hanson from start to finish, as
Hanson generated a large, comfortable lead on his way to the win. Dan Bolstad
brought out the only caution of the race, as his car went straight into the
turn one wall, but was able to continue race after the pack was reset. Hanson
continued to lead after the caution and he kept on going to bring home the
spoils of victory.
Cory Eggen turned a great start into a great finish in the Thunder Car
Feature. At the start of the race, Eggen went out to the lead after most the
others up front made contact and lost momentum. Mark Milbeck settled into
second with Kent Reisenauer and Shawn Robinson both wanting to take it away,
making it a three-way battle for the runner-up position. Meanwhile up front,
Eggen continued to lead the rest of the way to score the win. Reisenauer made
the move to second, while Milbeck hung on to third and Robinson completed the
top four.
Fergus Falls Raceway Results August 1, 2003
ASA Late Models
First Heat
1.) Bryan Roach (Becker) 2.) Tim Olson (Hamel) 3.) Trent Snyder (Ironton) 4.)
Blake Bjorklund (Isanti) 5.) Jeff Lofquist (Fergus Falls) 6.) Rich Snyder
(Alexandria) 7.) Molly Rhoads (Hastings) 8.) Matt Freitag (Fergus Falls)
Second Heat
1.) Cory Pourrier (Erhard) 2.) Brittany Fischer (Villard) 3.) Dan Darco (Fergus
Falls) 4.) Rick Harig (Fergus Falls) 5.) DJ Dondelinger (Brainerd) 6.) Mark
Grewe (Fergus Falls) 7.) Randin Olson (Ottertail) 8.) Jason Rund 9.) Bjorn
Ringdahl (Fergus Falls)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Bryan Roach (16.67 sec.) 2.) Blake Bjorklund (17.00 sec.) 3.) Rich Snyder
(17.12 sec.) 4.) Trent Snyder (17.13 sec.) 5.) Tim Olson (17.42 sec.) 6.)
Molly Rhoads (17.52 sec.)
Feature
1.) Blake Bjorklund 2.) Rich Snyder 3.) Tim Olson 4.) Jeff Lofquist 5.) Molly
Rhoads 6.) Trent Snyder 7.) Mark Grewe 8.) Randin Olson 9.) Dan Darco 10.)
Bryan Roach 11.) Matt Freitag 12.) DJ Dondelinger 13.) Jason Rund 14.) Cory
Pourrier 15.) Bjorn Ringdahl-DNF 16.) Brittany Fischer-DNF 17.) Rick Harig-DNF
Modifieds
Heat
1.) Harlan Lysne (Fergus Falls) 2.) Jon Olson (Hamel) 3.) Oren Hoeper (Dalton)
4.) Chris Harig (Fergus Falls) 5.) Dave Ostendorf (St. Cloud) 6.) Brady Barker
(Grove City) 7.) Jason Hintermeister (Garfield) 8.) John Samuelson (Dalton)
9.) Cory Pourrier (Erhard) 10.) Jay Karch (Fergus Falls) 11.) Jon Lewerer
(Coon Rapids)
Feature
1.) Oren Hoeper 2.) Jason Hintermeister 3.) Jon Lewerer 4.) Jon Olson 5.) Dave
Ostendorf 6.) Brady Barker 7.) Chris Harig 8.) Harlan Lysne 9.) John Samuelson
10.) Jay Karch 11.) Cory Pourrier
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Lew Lunsman (Centuria, WI) 2.) Ed Velardi (Northfield) 3.) Rollie Davidson
(Burnsville) 4.) Nick Velardi (Northfield) 5.) Pete Kvein (Bismarck, ND) 6.)
Gary Oie (St. Paul) 7.) Dave Ewert (Fergus Falls) 8.) Rick Fischer (Villard)
Second Heat
1.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 2.) Cory Lease (Pierz) 3.) Jay Rickert (Brownton)
4.) Tim Brockhouse (Prior Lake) 5.) Andy Hansen (Ramsey) 6.) Jon Lewerer (Coon
Rapids) 7.) Kim Kraus (Prior Lake) 8.) Rick Dubay (Coon Rapids)
Fast Qualifiers
1.) Jay Rickert (18.86 sec.) 2.) Tim Brockhouse (18.98 sec.) 3.) Cory Lease
(19.12 sec.) 4.) Andy Hansen (19.12 sec.) 5.) Jon Lewerer (19.35 sec.) 6.) Kim
Kraus (19.35 sec.)
National Qualifying Feature
1.) Jay Rickert 2.) Todd Tracy 3.) Jon Lewerer 4.) Andy Hansen 5.) Kim Kraus
6.) Nick Velardi 7.) Tim Brockhouse 8.) Rick Dubay 9.) Lew Lunsman 10.) Ed
Velardi 11.) Pete Kvein 12.) Rollie Davidson 13.) Gary Oie 14.) Dave Ewert
15.) Cory Lease-DNF 16.) Rick Fischer-DNF
Thunder Cars
Heat
1.) Kent Reisenauer 2.) Shawn Robinson 3.) Mark Milbeck 4.) Tom Weinhandl (Henning)
5.) Cory Eggen 6.) Rick Hoeper Jr. (Fergus Falls) 7.) Jobie Gutzmer (Fergus
Falls) 8.) Steve Devaney (Fergus Falls) 9.) Darren Werner (Wahpeton, ND) 10.)
Harry Johnson (Breckenridge)
Feature
1.) Cory Eggen 2.) Kent Reisenauer 3.) Mark Milbeck 4.) Shawn Robinson 5.) Tom
Weinhandl 6.) Harry Johnson 7.) Rick Hoeper Jr. 8.) Darren Werner 9.) Jobie
Gutzmer 10.) Steve Devaney-DNF
UCARs
First Heat
1.) Dan Bolstad (Fergus Falls) 2.) Sam Hanson (Fergus Falls) 3.) Craig Maack
(Pelican Rapids) 4.) Adam Fronning (Dalton) 5.) Jay Gronewold 6.) Adrian
Kubitz (Fergus Falls)
Second Heat
1.) Sam Zender (Fergus Falls) 2.) Ryan Ness (Fergus Falls) 3.) Darrin Kummrow
(Fergus Falls) 4.) Shawn Kugler (Fergus Falls) 5.) Doug Fick
Feature
1.) Sam Hanson 2.) Ryan Ness 3.) Darrin Kummrow 4.) Sam Zender 5.) Adam
Fronning 6.) Shawn Kugler 7.) Doug Fick 8.) Dan Bolstad 9.) Jay Gronewold 10.)
Craig Maack 11.) Adrian Kubitz-DNF
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