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Johnson Takes IRA Win At Cedar Lake
by Paul Pittman
New Richmond, WI (Jun 17, 2005): “The Masters!” The name
alone conjures up visions of good hard racing and that is exactly what the
fans got on Friday night at the Cedar Lake Speedway.
Beginning with time trial for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series,
Wayne Johnson signaled that he was there for business as he established the
time to beat with a lap of 11.530 seconds. Johnson would then go on to
win his heat race. Other heat race winners included Ricky Logan, Jim
Melis and Todd Hepfner. Joe Roe and Jerry Richert Jr both split the
twin-Bs.
Scott Young assumed the early command of the 25 lap A-Main, on a remarkably
smooth and racy track. Young would hold off a charging Scott Neitzel
until Young jumped the cushion between turns 3 and 4, opening up the door for
Neitzel. Taking advantage of the opening, Neitzel would continue to set
the pace until just passed half way, when Johnson, working through traffic and
searching the track for the fastest way around, finally managed to catch and
then pass Neitzel. Soon after encountering lapped traffic, an incident
involving Jerry Richert Jr and Scott Biertzer, Scott Young, and Joe Roe also
resulted in a flag fag when a helpless Kurt Davis encountered the melee,
slammed into Richert’s stranded #55 and rolled over. During the red,
Uttech was abloe to change a tire but was relegated to the tail of the
field. Of those involved, only Roe and Davis would fail to return.
The restart saw Johnson begin to put some distance between himself and Neitzel,
who found himself in a battle for third with Ricky Logan. Neitzel and
Logan would continue their battle into the waning laps with Logan finally
getting by Neitzel with two laps to go. Not giving up, Neitzel drove his
#2W deep into turn #1 and was able to pull back ahead of Logan approaching the
checkered flag.
The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series rolls back into action once
again as part of “the Masters on June 18th with a passing points system in
place and the Late Models qualifying.
Official Results:
TW Metals/All American Caps & Accessories Time Trials (37 cars)
Wayne Johnson (BRAL Restoration #14AJ) 11.530 seconds
WELD Racing Heat: Wayne Johnson (FATTFRO Motorsports #14AJ)
MPD Race Products Heat: Ricky Logan (Lucas Oils #10)
Lane Automotive Heat: Jim Melis (Sheboygan Chevrolet #51M)
VMAC Racing Heat: Todd Hepfner (Hepfner Racing Products #28)
Behling Race Parts B-Mains:
1 – Joe Roe (FATTFRO Racing/Velocity Wings #61)
2 – Jerry Richert Jr (Frattelone Excavating #55)
United Trailers A-Main (25 laps): Wayne Johnson (FATTFRO Motorsports
#14AJ), Scott Neitzel, Ricky Logan, Travis Whitney, Scott Young, Don Droud
Jr., Todd Hepfner, Kim Mock, Jim Melis, Matt Folstad, Mike Kertscher, Steve
Meyer, Billy Warren, Mike Stefka, Ty Bartz, Wayne Modjeski, Scott Uttech,
Scott Biertzer, Joe Roe, Jerry Richert Jr., Kurt Davis, K.J. Skelton
DMI Hard Charger: Matt Folstad (RJS Racing #1H +6)
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