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Whitney Brings Masters Home At Cedar Lake
New Richmond, WI (Jun 16, 2006): After loosing the first night of “The
Masters” to rain, everyone was determined to get the Saturday nigh portion
of the show in. With rain forecasted once again, they would be
tested. It was a test they would pass, with flying colors.
Travis Whitney did record the fastest lap in time trials in Friday night’s
portion of the show, only to see it washed away with the heavy rain.
Saturday night’s show would be a passing point system, sharing the bill with
the Late Models. With weather threatening, all heats were run at a
blistering pace, with Steve Meyer, Scotty Neitzel, Donny Goeden and Billy
Warren gathering heat race wins. Travis Whitney would have to settle for
a win in the B main after having to get off the throttle on two separate
occasions in his heat race to avoid accidents.
Billy Warren took control of the 30 lap A-Main at the drop of the green from
his 4th place starting position, and looked to be running his own race in the
early stages, using the cushion to build momentum. Third starting Brian
Kristan stayed committed to the bottom and found himself running second
early. Lap six saw defending Masters Champion Scotty Neitzel starting
the prowl as he moved his #2W up to forth. By lap seven, the leaders
were beginning to encounter lapped traffic. Lap ten saw Neitzel
challenging for Kristan for second place when the caution flew for Dave Uttech
and Howie Gleason, sitting helplessly in turn three. The restart did not
fair well for Tommy Sexton who jumped the cushion in turn two and did a series
of end over end rolls that destroyed his #83D sprinter. Sexton wasn’t
the only victim of turn two as Kim Mock also jumped the cushion and nailed the
wall n turn two a few laps later, reverting his #1M sprinter to scrap.
Meanwhile, Whitney was moving his #9 into contention and on the restart
following Mock’s flip, was moving into contention. Lap #17 saw Warren
also flirting with disaster when he too jumped the cushion. While
watching Warren wrestle the car from the wall, Neitzel took advantage and
sailed to the lead, looking for his first win of 2006. As laps wound
down, Neitzel seemed on his way but a second place running Whitney was closing
the gap and as the duo exited the forth turn on the final lap, Whitney was
able to cut down and it became a drag race to the checkered flag. At the
stripe, Whitney inched by Neitzel, becoming the first repeat winner in IRA
competition in 2006. Warren fought back and would settle for third with
Kristan and 14th starting Mike Reinke following.
The series flies back into action on Sunday, June 25th when the series brings
it’s high horse-powered action to the Eagle Valley Raceway in Jim Falls (WI)
for the very first time. Fans will want to be sure to experience this
inaugural event that will see a drivers meeting at 5pm with racing to follow
shortly. Jim Falls is located North-East of Chippewa Falls, WI.
For complete scheduling information, contact the track.
OFFICIAL RESULTS: (Passing Point qualifying system)
WELD Racing Heat: Steve Meyer (Steve Meyer Electric #85M)
Lane Automotive Heat: Scotty Neitzel (R&H Enterprises/Velocity Wings
#2W)
MPD Race Products Heat: Donny Goeden (Walldan/Ptasienski Racing #78)
VMAC Racing Heat: Billy Warren (Bob Warren Automotive #95)
Behling Race Equipment B-Main: Travis Whitney (Powder Coating Technologies #9)
O’Riley Auto Parts A-Main: Travis Whitney (Powdercoating Technologies
#9), Scotty Neitzel, Billy Warren, Brian Kristan, Mike Reinke, Jerry Richert
Jr., Scott Biertzer, Billy Balog, K.J. Skelton, Steve Meyer, Donny Goeden, Joe
Symoens, Howie Gleason, Bill Wirth, John Haeni, Ty Bartz, Jason Johnson, Kim
Mock, Dave Uttech, Tommy Sexton, Wayne Modjeski, John Sernett
DMI Hard Charger: Travis Whitney (+16 spots)
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