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Flaig And Reichenberger Join Winners List
By Scott Owen
Clintonville,WI,6/22--Justin Flaig and Brandon Reichenberger picked up their
first wins of the season at the GSR Kartway this week. Talon Laabs,
Parker May, Alex Stumpf, Brett Swedberg, Cheyenne Cameron, Johnny Whitman,
Kyle Lentz, and Shannon Peters also added to their win lists for the
season. The track was in excellent condition for two wide racing and the
weather was perfect. Eighty racers competed on Tires Plus night at the
races.
The angry swarm of bees, known as the kiddie kart class, kicked off the
feature racing. It proved to be an ultra competitive event. Kelin
Charles won both heat races for the class and started on the pole. Charles
jumped into the lead at the drop of the green flag. Behind Charles,
Talon Laabs began making his way through traffic. Laabs was able to pull
even with the leader on lap eight. On lap nine Laabs pulled to the high
side of the track entering turn one and was into the top spot by the time he
reached the back stretch. Charles would not give up the chase and
followed closely behind Laabs as the race wound down. Laabs was able to
fend off the charges of Charles to grab the win. Charles took second in
front of Skyler Woods and Cole Kuske. Brayden Litton rounded out the top five.
Next on the track was the box stock division. Parker May started on the
pole and lead the entire race. Mike Moeller worked his way up from his
fifth starting position to finish in the second spot. Hunter Parsons
finished in third. Casey Sommers was fourth, and Ricky Kalfert had a
very strong run to finish in the fifth spot. May, Moeller, and Nic Page
won the heat races.
Brandon Reichenberger was like butter, he was on roll, in the controlled stock
class. He picked up both heat race wins and was virtually unchallenged
in the feature event. The best battle on the track was for the second
spot. Ryan Hinner was tailed by Eric Klafka, who was within inches of
Hinner's rear bumper. Hinner ran a flawless race to finish in second,
just in front of Klafka. Ashlee Glocke and Hinner picked up the other
heat race wins.
In the junior one feature, Alex Stumpf wasted no time getting to the
front. Stumpf started in the third spot, and was the leader of the race
by the end of the first lap. Jesse Colwell jumped into the second spot
but would stay a few kart lengths behind Stumpf for the entire race.
Stumpf rolled to another feature win, Colwell held on to finish in
second, Darren Jackson took third. Jackson and Austin Breier won the
evenings heat races.
In the stock medium feature Joe Reuter, Jordan Reinke, and Brett Swedberg
fought for the win. Reuter was the early leader, but it didn't take
Swedberg long to grab the lead. Reinke and Reuter continued to battle
for second. Reinke's night came to an end on lap eleven as he was called
for his second caution of the race. Marcus Yarie capitalized on the
caution to jump into the second spot. Swedberg would get the win. Yarie
took second in front of Reuter. Reinke and Reuter won the heat races.
The junior two feature was once again the Cheyenne Cameron show, as she lead
for the entire race. Outside front row starter Dakota Quaintance got
crossed up on the start and fell back to the tenth spot on lap one. Josh
Long and Brandon Thurber were locked in a battle for second throughout the
race. Quaintance went to work, methodically passing karts, working his
way back to the front of the field. At the end Cameron coasted to
victory. Thurber finished in second, while Quaintance worked his way
back through the field to finish in third. Quaintance, Cameron, Long, and
Thurber won the heats.
In junior animal action, Ben Stumpf won both heat races and started on the
pole. Stumpf grabbed the lead at the start of the race and held the spot
until lap six when Johnny Whitman snuck by. Stumpf would not let Whitman
out of his sight but was not able to make a pass to take backe the lead.
Whitman was folled across the finish line by Stumpf, Aaron Milavitz, and
Justin Kraeger.
Brett Swedberg started on the pole and took the lead on lap one. He held
the spot until lap four when Cody Wunderlich took over the top spot.
Wunderlich would hold the lead for only one lap as Justin Flaig took the lead
over. At the time Swedberg also moved around Wunderlich for
second. Flaig led for the duration of the race to pick up his first win
of the year. Swedberg took second, Wunderlich finished in third.
Swedberg won both of the heat races run.
Justin Anthony was the early leader in the WKA animal class. Anthony was
pressured by brother Brad Anthony and Kyle Lentz in the early going.
Kyle Lentz took the lead on lap three only to have it taken away as a caution
came out. Justin Anthony restarted out front. Brad Anthony spun by
himself while running in second on the fourth lap. Finally, on lap seven,
Lentz took the lead from Justin Anthony. Lentz led the rest of the way
for the win. Justin Anthony took second in front of Jason Jach.
Justin Anthony and Lentz won the heat races.
Brian Peters set the pace early on in the lawnmower feature and looked to be
on his way to a victory when his machine died on lap four. Shannon
Peters took over the lead and never looked back. Peters finished in
front of Ty Rindt and Chad Peters.
Action will continue next Wednesday, June twenty ninth at seven o'clock.
The races will be followed by a fireworks display. The GSR Kartway is
located just west of Clintonville on highway forty five.
Feature Results
Kiddie kart: 1,Talon Laabs, Stensenville; 2,Kelin Charles, Green Bay;
3,Syler Woods, Beaver Dam; 4,Cole Kuske, Seymour; 5,Brayden Litton, Omro
Box stock: 1,Parker May, DePere; 2,Mike Moeller, Hortonville; 3,Hunter
Parsons, Green Bay; 4,Casey Sommers, Greenville; 5,Ricky Kalfert, Appleton
Controlled stock: 1,Brandon Reichenberger, Appleton; 2,Ryan Hinner,
Stevens Point; 3,Josh Long, Green Bay; 4,Nick Moeller, Hortonville; 5,Angie
Muenster, Green Bay
Junior one: 1,Alex Stumpf, Menasha; 2,Jesse Colwell, Sherwood; 3,Darren
Jackson, Wisconsin Rapids; 4,Reagan May, DePere; 5,Devin Snellenberger,
Pulaski
Stock medium: 1,Brett Swedberg, Shawano; 2,Marcus Yarie, Wausau; 3,Joe
Reuter, Shawano; 4,Zach Janke, New London; 5,Jordan Reinke, Shawano
Junior two: 1,Cheyenne Cameron, Birnamwood; 2,Brandon Thurber, Neenah;
3,Dakota Quaintance, New London; 4,Matthew Kretschmann, Shawano; 5,Alex Hock,
Seymour
Junior animal: 1,Johnny Whitman, DePere; 2,Ben Stumpf, Menasha; 3,Aaron
Milavitz, Shawano; 4,Justin Kraeger, Caroline; 5,Quintin Mory-Pagel, Seymour
Stock heavy: 1,Justin Flaig, Bonduel; 2,Brett Swedberg, Shawano; 3,Cody
Wunderlich, Hortonville; 4,Brian Page, Plover; 5,Justin Heiting, Appleton
WKA animal: 1,Kyle Lentz, Green Bay; 2,Justin Anthony, Appleton; 3,Jason
Jach, Pulaski; 4,Brad Anthony, Appleton; 5,Nathan Horsens, Shawano
Lawnmower: 1,Shannon Peters, Bear Creek; 2,Ty Rindt, Bear Creek; 3,Chad
Peters, Bear Creek
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