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Piotrowski Notches First Feature At Jefferson Speedway
by Larry & Jeanne Starr
May 28, Jefferson WI -- Ken Piotrowski of Janesville has raced, for years, in
the Late Model division without a feature win. That long dry spell ended
tonight as Piotrowski claimed top honors in the "Star Packaging
50." Starting from the outside of row 1, Piotrowski took the early
lead, guiding the field over the entire 50 laps. On his way to victory
Piotrowski held off strong challenges by Jason Erickson and Doug Hahn.
Erickson closed with Piotrowski on lap 33 moving to the inside. The pair
raced side-by-side for 5 laps, with Erickson pulling even, on several
occasions, but never able to make it to the front. That battle ended on
lap 38, when Erickson went into to turn 1 a bit too hot, slid up the track and
spun. Hahn was in the second spot for the restart, looking for a way
past Piotrowski. Hahn came within inches of the lead on lap 39, but
couldnt, quite, pull ahead. Calamity struck on lap 43 when Mike
Taylor and Roger Behlke made contact on the back stretch, sending Taylor up
the back stretch wall. Tailor tore down about 20 yards of fence and
brought out the red flag. The race stopped, for nearly an hour, as
repairs were made to the fence. Fortunately Taylor emerged uninjured
from the incident. Piotrowski led he final restart, making his way to
victory lane. Rounding out the top 5 were Hahn, Dylan Schuyler, Steve
Dobbratz and Bret Schmidt.
In Sportsman division action Jason Thoma charged, from an 11th place start to
win the 30 lap main event. At the green flat it was Curt Thompson to the
early lead with Larry Moen running 2nd. Thoma was running 5th when
caution came, for fluid on the track, on lap 13. Luke
Padfield made his way past Thompson, on lap 19, for the lead, with Trent
Erdman joining the battle for 2nd and Thoma close behind in 4th.
Rounding turn 2, on lap 28, Padfield and Erdman made contact, sending Padfield
sideways, as Thoma flew past on the high side. Padfield recovered,
losing only 1 position. At the stripe it was Thoma for the win, followed
by Padfield, Erdman, Thompson and Mike Heelein.
In International action Chris Nelson of Sun Prairie notched another feature
win, in the 20 lap main event. Starting 5th in the field, Nelson headed
toward the front as Mike Winters took the early lead. Nelson closed with
Winters on lap 6, moved to the inside on lap 7 and made the winning pass on
lap 8. At the stripe it was Nelson for the win followed by Mark English,
Winters, Brandon Kozak and Chris Gottschalk.
In Hobby Stock action Jesse Ayers of Stoughton won the 20 lap feature.
Starting from the pole, Ayers claimed the lead on lap 1 and never looked back
guiding the field all the way to the checkers. As Ayers led the way Pete
Elgas made his way from 11th to the second spot. At the finish it was
Ayers followed by Elgas, Dan Gosda, Jim Williams and Ken Au.
In Bandit Action Kyle Padfield of Stoughton notched the feature win.
Starting from the pole, Padfield led the entire 18 laps to the checkered flag
as Brandon Riedner made his way from 9th to the second spot. At the
finish it was Padfield at the point followed by Riedner, Tom Schuette, Bobby
Selsing and Rory Padfield.
Next week is "Bittner Heating & Cooling Night" at Jefferson
Speedway, featuring the "Mountain Dew 50" at Jefferson Speedway.
Gates Open at 2:00, qualifying begins at 4:30 and racing starts at 7:00PM.
Jefferson Speedway is half way between Jefferson and Cambridge Wisconsin, on
Highway 18.
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Jefferson Speedway Race Summary
05/28/2005 Star Packaging 50
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Late Model Division
Feature Finish
1) 6 Ken Piotrowski
(Janesville) 2) 99 Doug Hahn (Whitewater)
3) 33 Dylan
Schuyler
4) 52 Steve Dobbratz (Rio)
5) 20 Bret Schmidt (watertown)
6) 2 Matt Frey
7) 4 Chris Quam
(Stoughton)
8) 16 Luke Westenberg (Watertown)
9) 71 Tim Noble
(Janesville) 10) 94
Jason Erickson
11) 82 Chad Stevens (Orfordville) 12) 19
Randy Breunig (Columbus)
13) 87 Kyle Jarlsberg (Cambridge) 14) 22
Jasper Gronert (Ft. Atkinson)
15) 79 Justin Schultz
(Rio) 16) 68
Ken Olson (Ft. Atkinson)
17) 41 Mike Taylor
(Stoughton) 18) 44 Roger
Behlke
19) 71 John Ovadal
20) 71 Jason Deppe (Waterloo)
Fast Qualifier: 99 Doug Hahn
(Whitewater)
: 14.313 seconds
Last Chance: 20 Bret Schmidt, 41 Mike Taylor, 68 Ken Olson,
52 Steve
Dobbratz
Heats: Dash) 94 Jason Erickson, Qual1) 6 Ken Piotrowski, Qual2) 22
Jasper Gronert
International Division
Feature Finish
1) 73 Chris Nelson (Cottage Grove) 2) 57
Mark English
3) 12 Mike Winters (Sun
Prairie) 4) 2 Brandon Kozak (Whitewater)
5) 61 Chris Gottschalk (Jefferson) 6) 02
Michelle Heimann (Madison)
Fast Qualifier: 73 Chris Nelson (Cottage
Grove) : 16.504 seconds
Heats: Dash) 73 Chris Nelson, Qual1) 12 Mike Winters
Sportsman Division
Feature Finish
1) 42 Jason Thoma
2) 4 Luke Padfield (Jeffersonm)
3) 11 Trent Erdman (Fort Atkinson) 4) 3
Curt Thompson (Fort Atkinson)
5) 8 Mike Heelein
(Oregon)
6) 26 Scott Riedner (Waunakee)
Fast Qualifier: 42 Jason Thoma
: 15.083 seconds
Heats: Dash) 26 Scott Riedner, Qual1) 3 Curt Thompson, qual2) 10 Larry
Moen
Hobby Stock Division
Feature Finish
1) 44 Jesse Ayers
(Stoughton) 2) 52 Pete
Elgas (Janesville)
3) 21 Dan Gosda
4) J10 Jim Williams (Milton)
5) 31 Ken Au
(Jefferson)
6) 2 Eaan Carson
Fast Qualifier: 31 Ken Au
(Jefferson)
: 16.747 seconds
Last Chance: 50 Jim Schmidt, 99 Lincoln Keeser, 25 Jim Lampen,
29 Ryan
Oldenhoff
Heats: Dash) 99 Johnny Robinson, Qual1) 44 Jesse Ayers, qual2) 41 Nick
Newton
Bandit Division
Feature Finish
1) 27 Kyle Padfield
(Stoughton) 2) 4D Brandon Riedner
(Waunakee)
3) 27 Tom Schuette (Fort Atkinson) 4) 42
Bobby Selsing Jr (Fort Atkinso
5) 3 Rory Padfield
(Stoughton) 6) 98 Tom Bleecker
(Watertown)
Fast Qualifier: 3 Rory Padfield
(Stoughton
: 0.000 seconds
Consi: 92 Andy Bauler, 2 David Krull
Last Chance: 24 Tyler White, 5 Peter Shelley, 22 Chris Hart, 92 Andy
Bauler
Heats: Dash) 4D Brandon Riedner, Qual1) 3D Jeramy Hayton, qual2) 27 Kyle
Padfield
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Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Late Model Division
As of: 05/29/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 94
Jason
Erickson 308
2
6 Ken Piotrowski
266
3 71
Tim
Noble
251
4
4 Chris Quam
239
5 16
Luke Westenberg
235
6 33
Dylan
Schuyler 231
7 99
Doug
Hahn
222
8 87
Kyle Jarlsberg
196
9 19
Chad
Reimer
186
10 52 Steve
Dobbratz 186
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: International Division
As of: 05/29/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 73
Chris
Nelson
446
2 57
Mark
English
405
3
4 Mark
Joyner
274
4 97
Chris Chenoweth
260
5 12
Mike
Winters
249
6 00
Scotty Hoeft
234
7
2 Brandon Kozak
211
8 61
Chris Gottschalk 155
9 42
Bill
Sweeney
150
10 02
Michelle Heimann 134
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Sportsman Division
As of: 05/29/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 11
Trent
Erdman
360
2 26
Scott Riedner
321
3
3 Curt
Thompson
292
4
4 Luke Padfield
221
5 28
Mark DePorter
221
6 42
Jason Thoma
189
7 31
David
Oswald
187
8
7 James Helmer
183
9 87
Ed
Jackson
161
10 19 Dan
Schmidt
159
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Hobby Stock Division
As of: 05/29/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1
2 Eaan
Carson
340
2 52
Pete Elgas
294
3 31
Ken
Au
277
4 J10 Jim
Williams
256
5 44
Jesse
Ayers
217
6 38
Bryon Grassl
209
7
7 Scott
Carson
183
8 67
Russ
Nicholson
178
9 10
Larry
Moen
152
10 25 Jim
Lampen
148
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Bandit Division
As of: 05/29/2005
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 42
Bobby Selsing Jr 307
2 4D
Brandon Riedner
279
3
8 Shaun Scheel
273
4 92
Marc W. Balis
213
5 41
Brian
Paulson
210
6 27
Tom Schuette
194
7 92
Kyle
Stark
174
8 98
Tom Bleecker
170
9
3 Rory Padfield
170
10 9
Kevin
Weaver
166
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