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Darnell Tops Wisconsin Challenge Series at Jefferson Speedway
by Larry & Jeanne Starr
May 21, Jefferson WI -- Erik Darnell of Beach Park IL claimed top honors in
the Wisconsin Challenge Series, Super Late Model, "Star Packaging
100." Starting 7th Darnell stayed near the front for the entire
race. Frank Kreyer claimed the lead at the green flag, holding the point
for 6 laps, before he was overtaken by Kevin Tunks. Tunks pulled ahead
as Darnell battled through traffic. Tunks led most of the race, holding
nearly a half lap lead at one point. On the restart, following the 5th
caution of the race, on lap 83, Tunks dropped from the field, leaving the top
spot to Darnell. As Darnell led the way to the checkered flag, Nathan
Haseleu kept the pressure on, working the inside, lap after lap. At the finish
it was Darnell, by a fender over Haseleu. Followed by Jeremy Lepak, Ken
Reiser and Brian Johnson Jr.
Tunks night had ended due to a failure of his Oil Pump belt.
The race was slowed by 8 caution flags, on laps 10, 21, 25, 27, 83, 85 and 90.
Also on hand were Jefferson Speedway's own Sportsman, International, Hobby
Stock and Bandit divisions.
In Sportsman division action Steve Seals of Janesville notched the win, in the
30 lap main event. Starting 4th, Seals watch Tom Rents claim the early
lead. Seals made his way to the 2nd spot, by lap 5, closing the gap with
Rents. Caution came on lap 6, for a spinning car, closing the field for
a restart. Seals worked the inside of Rents, finding his way to the
front on lap 10. Curt Thompson made his way to the 2nd spot, by lap 13,
closing with Seals and making his bid for the lead. Seals proved up tot
he challenge, holding off Thompson all the way to the checkers. At the
stripe it was Seals for the win, followed by Thompson, Trent Erdman, Scott
'Chico' Riedner and Terry Wangsness.
In International action Mark English of Edgerton claimed top honors in the 15
lap feature. Starting 7th, English began his trek to the checkers, as
Scotty Hoeft jumped to the early lead. English claimed the 2nd spot on
lap 6, closing with Hoeft. Making the winning pass, on lap 8, English
showed the way from there to the checkers. At the stripe it was English
followed by Chris Nelson, Hoeft, mark Joyner and Mike Winters.
In Hobby Stock action Eaan Carson led the field flag-to-flag, claiming victory
in the 20 lap feature. Starting from the pole, Carson took the early
lead and never looked back. At the finish it was Carson followed by
Larry Moen, Jim Williams, Ken Au and Pete Elgas.
Shaun Scheel, of Johnson Creek, won the Bandit feature. Starting from
the pole, Scheel took the lead at the green flag, guiding the field to the
checkers. At the finish it was Scheel for the win, followed by Brandon
Riedner, Tom Bleecker, Allen Petrie Jr and Tyler White.
Next week the action continues at Jefferson Speedway with the "Star
Packaging 50," 50 lap Late Model feature, and a full racing program in
all divisions.
Gates open at 2:00PM, qualifying starts at 4:30PM and racing starts at 7:00PM.
Jefferson Speedway is half way between Cambridge and Jefferson Wisconsin, on
Highway 18.
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Jefferson Speedway Race Summary
05/21/2005 Star Packaging 100
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Wisconsin Challenge Division
Feature Finish
1) 23 Erik Darnell (Beach Park
Il) 2) 87 Nathan Haseleu
(Marshall)
3) 40 Jeremy Lepak
(Wausau)
4) 2 Ken Reiser (Waukon, IA)
5) 38 Brian Johnson Jr. (Roscoe, IL) 6) 9 Kenny
Richards (Montello)
7) 75 Chris Weinkauf
(Merrill)
8) 44 John Zimmerman (Markesan)
9) 41 Van Terry Roy
(Appleton)
10) 96 Terry Baldry (Omro)
11) 22 M Gajewski.G.
(Wausau) 12) 17 Charlie
Menard (EauClaire)
13) 89 Adam Royale (Farmington, MN) 14) 25 Dexter
Bean (Westby)
15) 1 Kevin Tunks
(Edgerton) 16) 3
Jeff Weinfurter (Wisconsin Rapi
17) 76 Jason Weinkauf
(Merrill) 18) 97 Jimmy Jarlsberg
(Cambridge)
19) 99 Frank Kreyer (Pardeeville) 20) 5
Jim Sauter (Tomah)
21) 94 Jason Erickson (Cambridge) 22) 21
Ryan Mathews
23) 37 Jason Schuler (Cambridge)
Fast Qualifier: 87 Nathan Haseleu
(Marshall) :
13.465 seconds
Heats: Qual1) 94 Jason Erickson, Qual2) 89 Adam Royale
International Division
Feature Finish
1) 57 Mark
English
2) 73 Chris Nelson (Cottage Grove)
3) 00 Scotty Hoeft
(Watertown) 4) 4 Mark Joyner
(Palmyra)
5) 12 Mike Winters (Sun
Prairie) 6) 2 Brandon Kozak (Whitewater)
Fast Qualifier: 73 Chris Nelson (Cottage
Grove) : 16.625 seconds
Heats: Dash) 57 Mark English, Qual1) 4 Mark Joyner
Sportsman Division
Feature Finish
1) 36 Steve Seales
(Janesville) 2) 3 Curt Thompson
(Fort Atkinson)
3) 11 Trent Erdman (Fort Atkinson) 4) 26
Scott Riedner (Waunakee)
5) 55 Terry Wangsness
(Delavan) 6) 28 Mark DePorter (Fort
Atkinson)
Fast Qualifier: 42 Jason Thoma (New Track
Record) : 15.060 seconds
Heats: Dash) 3 Curt Thompson, Qual1) 42 Tom Rents, qual2) 38 Brent
Gergen
Hobby Stock Division
Feature Finish
1) 2 Eaan
Carson
2) 10 Larry Moen (Madison)
3) J10 Jim Williams
(Milton) 4) 31 Ken
Au (Jefferson)
5) 52 Pete Elgas
(Janesville) 6) 19
Dennis Schmidt (Johnson Creek)
Fast Qualifier: 31 Ken Au
(Jefferson)
: 16.632 seconds
Last Chance: 25 Jim Lampen, 56 Randy Strasburg, 21 Dan Gosda,
94.1 Mike
Storkson
Heats: Dash) 99 Johnny Robinson, Qual1) 2 Eaan Carson, qual2) 50 Jim
Schmidt
Bandit Division
Feature Finish
1) 8 Shaun Scheel (Johnson Creek)
2) 4D Brandon Riedner (Waunakee)
3) 98 Tom Bleecker
(Watertown) 4) 10 Allen Petrie
Jr. (Sun Prairie)
5) 24 Tyler White (Ft.
Atkinson) 6) 42 Bobby Selsing Jr (Fort
Atkinso
Fast Qualifier: 42 Bobby Selsing Jr (Fort
Atkinson) : 15.778 seconds
Last Chance: 9 Kevin Weaver, 21 Rodney Mundt, 24 Tyler White, 45 Nick
Balis
Heats: Dash) 92 Andy Bauler, Qual1) 98 Tom Bleecker, qual2) 8 Shaun
Scheel
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Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Late Model Division
As of: 05/22/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
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1 94
Jason
Erickson 258
2 71
Tim
Noble
198
3 16
Luke Westenberg
188
4
4 Chris Quam
187
5 19
Chad
Reimer
186
6 87
Kyle Jarlsberg
164
7
6 Ken Piotrowski
156
8 33
Dylan
Schuyler 148
9 46
Nick
Wendt
144
10 44 Roger
Behlke
139
Division: International Division
As of: 05/22/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
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1 73
Chris
Nelson
346
2 57
Mark
English
323
3
4 Mark
Joyner
241
4 00
Scotty Hoeft
234
5 97
Chris Chenoweth
219
6 12
Mike
Winters
175
7
2 Brandon Kozak
151
8 61
Chris Gottschalk 113
9 42
Bill
Sweeney
111
10 02
Michelle Heimann
96
Division: Sportsman Division
As of: 05/22/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 11
Trent
Erdman
290
2 26
Scott Riedner
270
3
3 Curt
Thompson
228
4 28
Mark DePorter
221
5 31
David
Oswald
187
6
7 James Helmer
157
7 42
Tom
Rents
149
8 39
Ryan Goldade
144
9
4 Luke Padfield
138
10 87 Ed
Jackson
130
Division: Hobby Stock Division
As of: 05/22/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1
2 Eaan
Carson
299
2 31
Ken
Au
227
3 52
Pete Elgas
214
4 J10 Jim
Williams
202
5 38
Bryon Grassl
169
6
7 Scott
Carson
157
7 10
Larry
Moen
152
8 67
Russ
Nicholson
150
9 27
Jim Tate Jr
147
10 33 Jim
Robinson
135
Division: Bandit Division
As of: 05/22/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1
8 Shaun Scheel
274
2 42
Bobby Selsing Jr 249
3 41
Brian
Paulson
210
4 4D
Brandon Riedner
203
5 92
Marc W. Balis
186
6 92
Kyle
Stark
138
7 98
Tom Bleecker
137
8 22
Chris
Hart
133
9
9 Kevin
Weaver
127
10 27 Tom
Schuette
124
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