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Warren Wins Wilmot's Wayne Daun Memorial
by Paul Pittman
Wilmot, WI Bill Warren won the rain shortened Bumper to Bumper /
United Trailers IRA Outlaw Sprints Wayne Daun Memorial at the Wilmot Speedway
after 23 of the scheduled 30 laps had been completed. Warren piloted the Bob
Warren Automotive / Hoosier / Maxim to the win.
From the time of the very first heat race, sprinkles and dark clouds hit the
speedway, but on lap 23 the caution flew for just the second time during the
A, however the rain picked up at that time forcing the event to be deemed
complete with Warren picking up a well deserved victory.
The first eight laps of the A looked more like a past MSA 360 show up front,
than a IRA Outlaw 410 race as past MSA champions KJ Skelton and Warren, now
both full time IRA competitors, ran first and second. Donny Goeden & Mike
Reinke joined the lead pair as the foursome pulled away slightly from the rest
of the field. Both Warren and Goeden slipped past Skelton by lap twelve and
the two battled hard for the lead for the next few circuits until Goeden in an
effort to slip under Warren hit the infield tire barrier in turn four breaking
his front-end and ending his night.
Warren moved out to nearly a straight-a-way lead as Skelton, Reinke, and Dave
Mouils entertained the crowd as they raced thru a steady drizzle in a battle
for the runnerup spot. By lap nineteen Reinke took command of the position and
set sail after the leader on the high-side. Skelton continued in third as
Moulis, Todd Hepfner, Scott Biertzer, and Tommy Sexton waged war for top five
positions.
By lap twenty-two Reinke was noticably closing the gap as Warren began
encountering lapped traffic. Skelton was now in a contest for third with a
hard charging Todd Hepfner, with Biertzer roaring past Moulis for fifth.
With the rain beginning to pick-up Rick Kelsey who was in a battle for a top
ten position made contact with the infamous turn four inside barraier breaking
his front-end, coming to rest on the track and forcing a yellow. During the
yellow, the rain picked up even more and before the the green would wave again
the damage had been done to the speedway forcing what was looking to be a
thriller to be cut seven laps short. Warren was thrown the yellow/checkered at
9:20 pm.
Goeden paced the 42 car field in time trials. Heat race wins went to Goeden,
Skelton, Moulis, and Sexton. Travis Whitney and Steve Meyer both claimed
B-main wins.
IRA Wayne Daun Memorial Finish, after 23 completed laps.
1. Bill Warren 2. Mike Reinke 3. KJ Skelton 4. Todd Hepner
5. Scott Biertzer 6. Dave Moulis 7. Tommy Sexton 8. Kim Mock
9. Scotty Neitzel 10. Travis Whitney 11. Scott Uttech 12.
Steve Meyer 13. Kurt Winker 14. Brian Kristan 15. Tim Vandevere
16. Darrell Dodd 17. Bill Wirth 18. Dave Uttech 19. John
Haeni 20. Rick Kelsey 21. Donny Goeden 22. Mike Stefka
IRA's Next Events; Fri May 26 Superior WI, Sat May 27 Deer Creek MN
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