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Ovadal Sweeps Double 50s at Jefferson Speedway
by Larry & Jeanne Starr
May 27, Jefferson WI It was a double night of racing at Jefferson
Speedway, with the second half of last week's, rained out, program on tap,
along with the "Memorial Day Special" full racing program.
John Ovadal Jr. of Watertown continued his winning ways on "Wisconsin's Action
Track," claiming victory in both the "Mountain Dew 50," that was
rescheduled from last week, and the "Star Packaging 50," Late Model,
feature event of the "Memorial Day Special."
Starting the "Mountain Dew 50" outside row 7, Ovadal started his drive to
the front as Jerry Eckhardt claimed the early lead. Eckhardt surrendered
the point to Ken Olson, on lap 11. Ovadal made his way to the 3rd spot,
before the first caution, on lap 12, for a spin on the front stretch. On
the restart, Ovadal moved to the inside of Eckhardt, claiming the 2nd spot, as
they exited turn 2. Moving to the inside of Olson on lap 15, Ovadal made
the winning pass, before Olson spun on the back stretch, collecting Noel Ramge,
to bring out the second caution. On the restart Ovadal pulled ahead,
building a strong lead, as the battles raged behind him. At the stripe
it was Ovadal for the win followed by Jason Thoma, Roger Behlke, Paul Kisow
and Tim Noble.
Ovadal started the "Star Packaging 50" in the 14th spot, again watching
Eckhardt claim the early lead. Caution came on the 2nd lap, for a wreck
in turn 4, with Eckhardt leading the restart. Ovadal made his way to the
3rd spot before the 2nd caution, on lap 24, when a car hit the turn 1
wall. Claiming 2nd by lap 30, Ovadal closed with Eckhardt. Moving
to the inside on lap 31, Ovadal motored to the front, showing the way to the
checkered flag. At the finish it was Ovadal for the win, followed by
Eckhardt, Jason Thoma, Jason Erickson and Luke Westenberg.
In Sportsman action, Mark DePorter claimed top honors in the first feature of
the evening. Starting outside row 4, DePorter started his journey to the
checkers, as Mike Heelein took the early lead. Heelein opened up a sizable
lead, as DePorter worked his way through traffic. Moving into 2nd, on
lap 14, DePorter worked to close the gap with Heelein. Heeleins' lead
vaporized, on lap 18, when a spin in turn 1 brought out the first
caution. On the restart, DePorter moved to the inside of Heelein, and
the pair battled side-by-side for the top spot, all the way to the white
flag. On lap 29, Heelein slipped just enough for DePorter to claim the
top spot. As they blazed past the checkers it was DePorter for the win,
followed by Heelein, Scott "Chico" Riedner, Dave Oswald and Tom Reents.
Mike Heelein of Fort Atkinson fared, one position, better in the second
Sportsman feature. Starting outside row 2, Heelein headed for the point
as Dan Schmidt claimed the early lead. Heelein closed with Schmidt
by lap 4, working the inside groove for 3 laps, before making the winning
pass. The Red flag flew, on lap 17, as Dave Oswald took a wild ride into
turn 3, going up and over, and tearing down a stretch of the catch
fence. Oswald walked away, apparently, unharmed but his racing was
finished for the night. There was less than an hour delay as the fence was
repaired. When the race, finally, restarted Heelein pulled ahead of the
field, as Jay Kalbus charged through traffic. Kalbus claimed 2nd, on lap
27, closing the gap with Heelein, but it was too little and too late as
Heelein led the way to the checkered, followed by Kalbus, Trent Erdman,
Schmidt and DePorter.
In International action Chris Gottschalk of Jefferson turned a 6th place
start, into a feature win, in the first, of two, main events of the
night. As Gottschalk started his drive to the point, Bill Sweeney
claimed the early lead, following a first lap caution, for a spin in turn
1. Gottschalk drove to 2nd, by lap 2, making his way past Sweeney by lap
4. The drive to the checkers was interrupted by 2 more cautions, on lap
9 and lap 12. At the stripe it was Gottschalk for the win followed by Mark
English, Mark Joyner, Mike Winters and Sweeney.
Scotty Hoeft of Watertown turned a 9th place start into a win in the
final International main event. Hoeft wound his way through the field,
to be first at the checkers, followed by Joe Cross, Bill Sweeney, Bill
Sweeney, Mark Joyner and Chris Chenoweth.
In Hobby Stock action Steve Sauer of Waterloo claimed top honors in the first
feature of the night. Starting outside the front row, Sauer took the
early lead and never looked back, showing the way to the checkers. At
the finish it was Sauer for the win, followed by Pete Elgas, Bret Carson, Russ
Nicholson and Larry Moen.
Larry Moen of Madison claimed victory in the final Hobby Stock feature of the
night. Starting inside row 5, Moen started his drive to the checkered as
Kyle Stark grabbed the early lead. Stark led the way for 6 laps, before
surrendering the point to Johnny Robinson. Robinson led the way, as Moen
made his way to 2nd, by lap 9, launch his bid for the lead, on the 15th
circuit. The pair battled door to door, for 4 laps, with
Moen edging ahead as they came to the white flag. At the stripe it was
Moen for the win, followed by Robinson, Ken Au, Bret Carson, and Pete Elgas.
In Bandit action, Zak Czeszynski of Oconomowoc claimed victory in the first
feature. Starting from the pole, Czeszynski grabbed the early lead,
guiding the way to the checkered flag, holding off a late race challenge by
Kyle Watters. At the stripe it was Czeszynski for the win, followed by
Watters, Jeffery Lafave, Brandon Riedner and Steve Scheel.
Steve Scheel of Lake Mills notched the win, in the final Bandit event of
the night. Starting from the pole, Scheel led every lap, on his way to
victory lane. John Remsik drove up to challenge for the top spot,
keeping the pressure high all the way to the finish. As they flew past
the checkered flag it was Scheel for the win, followed by Remsik, Sean
Watters, Kyle Watters and Tom Bleecker.
Mother nature threw a monkey wrench into the, well oiled, gears early, with a
rain delay after the Bandit division finished qualifying. This forced
officials to create starting lineups, based on prior week qualifying averages,
for all but the Bandit division.
Next week Jefferson Speedway hosts the "Goodyear Racing Tire 50," with a
50 lap Late Model feature and a full racing program, in all divisions.
As an added attraction the final event of the evening will be the "Jim Blucher
Memorial Trailer Race."
Gates open at 2:00PM, with qualifying at 4:30 and Racing at 7:00 sharp.
Jefferson Speedway is half way between Jefferson and Cambridge Wisconsin, on
Highway 18.
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Jefferson Speedway Race Summary
05/20/2006 Mountain Dew 50 (Feature events completed 5/27/2006)
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Late Model
Division
Feature Finish
1) 71 John Ovadal Jr
(Watertown) 2) 95 Jason Thoma (Jefferson)
3) 44 Roger Behlke
(Jefferson) 4) 97 Paul Kisow
(Cambridge)
5) 71 Tim Noble
(Janesville) 6) 33
Dylan Schuyler (Jefferson)
7) 68 Ken Olson (Fort
Atkinson) 8) 53 Doug Hahn
(Whitewater)
9) 61 Jerry Eckhart (Johnson Creek) 10) 11 Timothy
Petrie (Fort Atkinson)
11) 32 Don Mattrisch (Whitewater) 12) 16
Luke Westenberg (Watertown)
13) 52 April Reimer
(Beloit) 14) 23
Chris Koepke (Jefferson)
15) 12 Allen Petrie Jr (Sun Prairie) 16) 27 Tyler James
(Oconomowoc)
17) 17 Duane Deppe
(Waterloo) 18) 17 Noel
Ramge (Helenville)
Fast Qualifier: 95 Jason Thoma
(Jefferson)
: 14.396 seconds
Fast Dash: 71 John Ovadal Jr (Watertown)
LastChance: 17 Duane Deppe, 52 April Reimer, 16 Luke Westenberg,
12 Allen
Petrie Jr
Heats: Qual1) 17 Duane Deppe, Qual3) 27 Tyler James, Qual2) 71 John
Ovadal Jr
International
Division
Feature Finish
1) 61 Chris Gottschalk (Jefferson) 2) 57
Mark English (Janesville)
3) 4 Mark Joyner
(Elkhorn)
4) 77 Mike Winters (Sun Prairie)
5) 42 Bill Sweeney
(Janesville) 6) 00 Scotty Hoeft
(Watertown)
Fast Qualifier: 4 Mark Joyner
(Elkhorn)
: 16.507 seconds
Fast Dash: 57 Mark English (Janesville)
Heats: Qual1) 5 Mike Bingham, qual2) 67 Joe Cross
Sportsman
Division
Feature Finish
1) 28 Mark DePorter
2) 8 Michael Heelein (Fort Atkinson)
3) 26 Scott Riedner
(Waunakee) 4) 31 David Oswald
(Cottage Grove)
5) 42 Tom Reents
(Janesville) 6) 2 Eaan
Carson (Fort Atkinson)
Fast Qualifier: 26 Scott Riedner
(Waunakee) :
15.202 seconds
Fast Dash: 28 Mark DePorter
LastChance: 6 Chris Ehrhart, 17 Bill Bush, 39 Ken Scott, 82 Mike Acheson
Heats: Qual1) 8 Michael Heelein, qual2) 31 David Oswald
Hobby Stock
Division
Feature Finish
1) 11 Steven Sauer
(Waterloo) 2) 52 Peter
Elgas (Janesville)
3) 62 Bret Carson (Johnson Creek)
4) 67 Russell Nicholson (Stoughton)
5) 10 Larry Moen
(Madison)
6) 92 Kyle Stark (Waterloo)
Fast Qualifier: 31 Ken Au
(Jefferson)
: 16.647 seconds
Fast Dash: 62 Bret Carson (Johnson Creek)
Consi: 50 Jim Schmidt, 41 Nick Newton
LastChance: 49 Buck Stults, 99 Lincoln Keeser, 5 Jon Bue Ira,
75 Travis
Schneeberg
Heats: Qual1) 5 Jon Bue Ira, qual3) 7 Scott Carson, qual2) 60 Chet
Paffel
Bandit
Division
Feature Finish
1) 6 Zak Czeszynski
(Oconomowoc) 2) 7 Kyle Watters (Stoughton)
3) 81 Jeffery Lefave Jr (Fort Atkins 4) 4D Brandon
Riedner (Waunakee)
5) 4 Stephen Scheel (Lake
Mills) 6) 86 Ron Nelson (Utica)
Fast Qualifier: 7 Kyle Watters
(Stoughton)
: 14.703 seconds
Fast Dash: 4D Brandon Riedner (Waunakee)
LastChance: 29 Brad Knapp, 32 Cody Strese, 25 Darren Brown, 89 Chad Olds
Heats: Qual1) 21 Peter Shelley, qual3) 25 Darren Brown, qual2) 32 Cody
Strese
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Jefferson Speedway Race Summary
05/27/2006 MD Spec. Star Pkging 50
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Late Model
Division
Feature Finish
1) 71 John Ovadal Jr
(Watertown) 2) 61 Jerry Eckhart (Johnson
Creek)
3) 95 Jason Thoma
(Jefferson) 4) 94 Jason
Erickson
5) 16 Luke Westenberg (Watertown)
6) 53 Doug Hahn (Whitewater)
7) 11 Timothy Petrie (Fort Atkinson) 8) 68 Ken Olson
(Fort Atkinson)
9) 71 Tim Noble
(Janesville) 10) 17 Noel
Ramge (Helenville)
11) 4 Chris Quam
(Stoughton) 12) 27
Tyler James (Oconomowoc)
13) 44 Roger Behlke
(Jefferson) 14) 23 Chris Koepke
(Jefferson)
15) 33 Dylan Schuyler (Jefferson) 16) 32
Tony Koepke (Fort Atkinson)
17) 17 Duane Deppe
(Waterloo) 18) 97 Paul
Kisow (Cambridge)
Fast Dash: 71 Tim Noble (Janesville)
LastChance: 16 Luke Westenberg, 17 Duane Deppe, 23 Chris Koepke,
32 Tony
Koepke
Heats: Qual1) 53 Doug Hahn, Qual3) 11 Timothy Petrie, Qual2) 16 Luke
Westenberg
International
Division
Feature Finish
1) 00 Scotty Hoeft
(Watertown) 2) 67 Joe Cross
(Sun Prairie)
3) 42 Bill Sweeney
(Janesville) 4) 4 Mark Joyner
(Elkhorn)
5) 97 Chris Chenoweth (Watertown)
6) 77 Mike Winters (Sun Prairie)
Fast Dash: 4 Mark Joyner (Elkhorn)
Heats: Qual1) 42 Bill Sweeney, qual2) 4 Mark Joyner
Sportsman
Division
Feature Finish
1) 8 Michael Heelein (Fort Atkinson) 2) 27 Jay Kalbus
(Watertown)
3) 11 Trent
Erdman
4) 19 Dan Schmidt (Watertown)
5) 28 Mark DePorter
6) 26 Scott Riedner (Waunakee)
Fast Dash: 31 David Oswald (Cottage Grove)
LastChance: 6 Chris Ehrhart, 20 Randy Padfield, 8 Shaun Scheel,
20 Kody
Hubred
Heats: Qual1) 6 Chris Ehrhart, qual3) 19 Dan Schmidt, qual2) 31 David
Oswald
Hobby Stock
Division
Feature Finish
1) 10 Larry Moen
(Madison)
2) 99 Johnny Robinson II (Beloit)
3) 31 Ken Au
(Jefferson)
4) 62 Bret Carson (Johnson Creek)
5) 52 Peter Elgas
(Janesville) 6) 67 Russell
Nicholson (Stoughton)
Fast Dash: 62 Bret Carson (Johnson Creek)
Consi: 41 Nick Newton, 5 Jon Bue Ira
LastChance: 125 Craig Henning, 60 Chet Paffel, 75 Travis Schneeberg,
29 Mike
Manley
Heats: Qual1) 50 Jim Schmidt, qual3) 92 Kyle Stark, qual4) 67 Russell
Nicholson,
qual2) 125 Craig Henning
Bandit
Division
Feature Finish
1) 4 Stephen Scheel (Lake
Mills) 2) 98 John Remsik (Watertown)
3) 77 Sean Watters (Sun
Prairie) 4) 7 Kyle Watters (Stoughton)
5) 98 Tom Bleecker
(Watertown) 6) 25 Darren Brown
(Jefferson)
Fast Qualifier: 86 Ron Nelson
(Utica)
: 14.686 seconds
Fast Dash: 42 Bobby Selsing
LastChance: 92 Marc Balis, 89 Chad Olds, 21 Peter Shelley, 6 Zak
Czeszynski
Heats: Qual1) 7 Dennis Johnson Jr, qual3) 4D Brandon Riedner,
qual2) 98 Tom Bleecker
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Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Late Model Division
As of: 05/28/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
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1 71
Ovadal, John Jr
336
2 68
Olson,
Ken
203
3 95
Thoma,
Jason
194
4 71
Noble,
Tim
170
5 44
Behlke,
Roger
159
6 94
Erickson, Jason
158
7 97
Kisow,
Paul
143
8 17
Ramge,
Noel
134
9 53
Hahn,
Doug
134
10 61
Eckhart,
Jerry 134
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: International Division
As of: 05/28/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 57
English,
Mark
229
2 00
Hoeft,
Scotty
212
3
4 Joyner,
Mark
204
4 77
Winters,
Mike
160
5 61
Gottschalk, Chris 151
6 67
Cross,
Joe
148
7 42
Sweeney,
Bill
145
8 97
Chenoweth, Chris 125
9 62
Braun,
Charlie
91
10 05
Smith,
Ashley
70
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Sportsman Division
As of: 05/28/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
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1 28
DePorter,
Mark 227
2 26
Riedner,
Scott 217
3 27
Kalbus,
Jay
179
4
8 Heelein,
Michael 164
5 31
Oswald,
David
160
6 11
Erdman,
Trent
133
7
2 Carson, Eaan
132
8 19
Schmidt,
Dan
126
9
6 Ehrhart,
Chris 105
10 7
Helmer,
James
94
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Hobby Stock Division
As of: 05/28/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
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1 62
Carson,
Bret
205
2 99
Robinson, Johnny II 201
3 52
Elgas,
Peter
182
4 67
Nicholson, Russell 175
5 10
Moen,
Larry
170
6 11
Sauer,
Steven
146
7 31
Au,
Ken
135
8 99
Keeser, Lincoln
122
9 60
Paffel, Chet
120
10 92
Stark,
Kyle
114
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Bandit Division
As of: 05/28/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
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1
7 Watters,
Kyle
230
2 4D
Riedner, Brandon 191
3 86
Nelson,
Ron
157
4
6 Czeszynski, Zak
153
5 77
Watters,
Sean
152
6
4 Scheel,
Stephen 149
7 98
Remsik,
John
140
8 25
Brown,
Darren
137
9 98
Bleecker,
Tom
134
10 81
Lefave, Jeffery Jr 108
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