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Reinke Roars To Richert Win At Cedar Lake
New Richmond, WI (Sep 9, 2006): The Jerry Richert Sr. Memorial at the
Cedar Lake Speedway has traditionally provided more than a fair share of
surprises and enough thrills to satisfy an out of work Hollywood stunt
man. The 6th Annual installation of the event would be no different as
unexpected teams showed up, new faces asserted themselves as contenders and
yet another heart stopping ending that seemed to be scripted as a
movie.
Taking a break from touring on the national level, Kerry Madsen climbed back
into familiar territory to pilot the T.K. Concrete #55 to the night’s
quickest lap, touring the 3/8 mile high banks at Cedar Lake in just 10.943
seconds. The four heat races ran relatively unscathed with the exception of a
short red when John Haeni’s #21J bicycled in the forth heat and went
over. Although not a hard roll over, the damage was enough to force him
to the B-Main. Heat race winners included Jason Johnson, Ryan Irwin,
Mike Reinke and Donny Goeden. Haeni recovered to win the B-Main which
saw the red flag wave once for Duane Olson after his #16 made contact with the
backstretch retaining wall and careened to the inside concrete, rolled
and came to rest on top of the inside wall.
The 4-abreast “Missing-Man” formation in honor of Jerry Richert Sr. saw
none other than his son, Jerry Richert Jr., on the front row of the parade lap
among the fireworks. On the opening lap, pole sitter Donny
Goeden got the jump on 2nd place starter Mike Reinke. Exiting turn two,
Reinke used the cushion to out power Goeden however, the start was called back
after Dusty Zomer came to a stop in the turn two area with damage to his
#1Z. On the restart, Goeden tried to hold Reinke from repeating his
initial start, but Reinke dove under Goeden in turn three, taking the lead in
turn four and never looking back. Lap five saw the red stop the racing
action when Kerry Madsen took a hard ride into turn three while challenging
for third. Reinke assumed control again on the restart and by lap ten,
was in lapped traffic but his effort was slowed again when the red flag came
out again for Jerry Richert Jr., whose Joe Kouba owned brand new #55 took a
hard ride down the backstretch. Reinke was not about to give up his lead
without a fight and by lap twenty, had once again built up a straightaway lead
over second place Donny Goeden, Mark Dobmier and Kaley Gharst. Gharst
and Travis Whitney were in a heated battle for forth when Gharst slipped over
the cushion in turn two. Whitney attempted to capitalize but Gharst was
able to recover and hold on to forth while Dobmier challenged for
second. Lap number twenty-eight saw action halted for the final time
after Steve Myer took an end over end tumble down the front stretch which
ended with his #85M upside-down, setting up a green-white-checkered finish
with all five of the top cars running nose to tail. Reinke was able to
hold on for the final two laps for the win, picking up an additional $300
bonus in lap money in the process, picking up the entire $10/lap put up by
Thrivent Financial. Dobmier managed to get by Goeden for second at the
line while Gharst and Whitney rounded out the top five.
The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series roars back into action on
Saturday night, September 16th when they return to the Dodge County
Fairgrounds for the 2nd annual Dick Witt Checkered Classic. After that,
it’s off to the Oshkosh Speedzone for a makeup date on Sept 22nd, followed
up with a visit by the World of Outlaws to the Wilmot Speedway on Sept
23rd. For specific race information, contact each individual
track.
OFFICIAL RESULTS: Cedar Lake Speedway – September 9, 2006
Gillund Enterprises Time Trials (36 cars): Kerry Madsen (T.K.
Concrete #55) 10.941 seconds
Boyd Family/Northern Tools Heat: Jason Johnson (Johnson Bros #44)
Silver Shear/Northern Tools Heat: Ryan Irwin (Road Rage Designs #49)
Poppens Family/Northern Tools Heat: Mike Reinke (Mike’s Construction/Gibbsville
Cheese #02)
Brammer Family/Northern Tools Heat: Donny Goeden (The Grand Larsony #78)
Behling Race Equipment B-Main: John Haeni (Jim’s Welding Repair #21J)
6th Annual Jerry Richert Sr. Memorial (30 laps): Mike Reinke
(Velocity Wings #02), Mark Dobmier, Donny Goeden, Kaley Gharst, Travis
Whitney, Wade Nygaard, Billy Alley, Scotty Neitzel, Todd King, Dave Uttech,
John Haeni, Billy Balog, Ryan Irwin, Jason Johnson, Bill Warren, Kim Mock,
Steve Meyer, Jake Peters, Jerry Richert Jr., Wayne Modjeski, Kerry Madsen,
Dusty Zomer
Lap Leaders: Mike Reinke 1-30 ($10/lap from Thrivent Financial)
GRP Motorsports Hard Chargers:
- IRA Scotty Neitzel (T&D Jewelry #2W): Started: 18 –
Finish: 8
- Knoxville: Billy Alley (Minuteman Printing #17G) Start: 14th -
Finish: 7th
- N.O.S.A.: Mark Dobmier (Senske & Sons Transfer #13) Start:
15th – Finish: 2nd
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