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Young Wins Wild Oshkosh IRA Go
by Paul Pittman
Oshkosh, WI Scott Young's win was overshadowed by a wild night of
racing at the fast, circular Powercom SpeedZone in Oshkosh Wisconsin which
hosted the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Tuesday night.
Thirty-nine cars signed in with Randy Hannagan setting fast time over the
field. Heat race wins went to Hannagan, Mike Stefka, Kurt Winker, and Young.
Past IRA Champions John Haeni and Joe Roe captured the twin B's.
The heat races were fierce with four cars transferring from each, and 3 also
being added from each B creating a 22 car A.
The A-main got off on a bad note as heat race winner and eighth starting
Stefka spun exiting turn four on the initial lap triggering a multi-car melee
which involved Roe, Haeni, Steve Meyer, Charley Osborn, Rick Kelsey, Mike
Kertscher, and Donny Goeden with several getting upside down. Only Kelsey,
Kertscher, and Goeden would restart.
As action finally got underway, KJ Skelton would lead followed by a good
battle between Neitzel, Hannagan, Young, Todd Hepfner, and Mike Reinke.
Eventually Hannagan would take over second and began the chase of Skelton,
though Skelton was up for the challenge.
Despite a restart with Hannagan right on his bumper, Skelton would stay in
control, fighting off a Hannagan slide job and actually pulling away from the
outlaw star. Winker joined the battle for third with Neitzel, Young, Hepfner,
and Reinke as the group swapped spots nearly every lap.
Hannagan's bid would end as he exploded a right rear, possibly from picking up
debris from the earlier wreck, the damage from the blown tire damaging the car
enough to force his retirement.
On the restart, Skelton made his only mistake of the race as he stumbled
approaching the cone allowing Young a run, resulting in a Young slide job
which took the IRA point contender to victory. Skelton and current IRA point
leader Neitzel would follow.
Andy Hunt, Tim Haddy, and Billy Balog took nasty rides during hotly contested
heat race action, while Ryan Irwin found himself upside down in during a B
start.
OFFICIAL RESULTS:
TW Metals Time Trials: Randy Hannagan (THR Motorsports #1X)
12.365 sec
WELD Racing Heat: Randy Hannagan (THR Motorsports #1X)
MPD Race Products Heat: Mike Stefka (Specialty Repair &
Finishing #35S)
Lane Automotive Heat: Kurt Winker (Hartnell Motorsports #48H)
VMAC Racing Heat: Scott Young (Young Autosports/Espizito's Bar
#3)
Behling Race Equipment B-Mains:
1: John Haeni (Jim's Welding & Repair #21J)
2: Joe Roe (FATTFRO Motorsports/Roe Automotive #61)
United Trailers A-Main: Scott Young (Young Autosports/Espizito's
Bar #3), K.J. Skelton, Scotty Neitzel, Todd Hepfner, Kurt Winker, Mike Reinke,
Billy Warren, Kim Mock, Jim Melis, Donny Goeden, Scott Uttech, Joe Symoens,
Randy Hannagan, Brian Kristan, Mike Kertscher, Rick Kelsey, Dave Uttech, Mike
Stefka, Joe Roe, Steve Meyer, John Haeni, Charley Osborn
DMI Hard Charger: Donny Goeden (TAW Excavating #78) +12
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