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Ovadal Notches Another Late Model Win At Jefferson
Carson Scores First Sportsman Feature Win at Jefferson Speedway Summer Rumble
by Larry & Jeanne Starr
June 10, Jefferson WI -- John Ovadal Jr. of Watertown notched another win, in
the Papa Murphys Pizza 50 Lap Late Model feature.
Starting inside row 6, Ovadal headed toward the point, as Aaron Wilke claimed
the early lead. Wilke led the way for 45 laps as Ovadal worked his way
through traffic. Ovadal claimed the 2nd spot on lap 34, closing the gap
with Wilke. Wilke battled hard to keep the spot, holding off Ovadal for
11 laps, before surrendering the point, with 5 to go. At the stripe it
was Ovadal for the win, followed by Wilke, Jerry Eckhardt, Doug Hahn and Jason
Erickson.
In Sportsman action Eaan Carson, of Fort Atkinson, claimed his first feature
win in this division. Starting on the outside front row, Carson led the,
30 lap, feature flag to flag. Over the final 13 laps, Carson has fast
traffic on his back bumper, but managed to hold off all challengers, to hold
his claim to the top spot. At the stripe it was Carson for the win
followed by Don Trush, Jay Kalbus, Mark DePorter and Scott Chico
Riedner.
In International action Mark English of Janesville won top honors in the 20
lap Main event. Starting inside row 6 English headed to the point, as
Kyle Smith drove to the early lead. Smith lost the point, to Mike
Bingham, on lap 10, with English close behind to claim the 2nd spot.
Bingham held off English, for 2 laps. English moved under Bingham, on
lap 11, making the winning pass on lap 12. A pair of cars tangled,
spinning on the front stretch, on lap 15, bringing the only caution of the
race. At the finish it was English for the win, followed by Chris
Chenoweth, Scotty Hoeft, Bingham and Chris Gottschalk.
In Hobby Stock action Jim Robinson claimed top honors in the 20 lap main
event. Starting 5th, Robinson headed toward the front, as Lincoln Keeser
claimed the early lead. Keeser lost the lead, to Larry Moen on lap 10,
with Robinson up to the 3rd spot. Robinson motored past Keeser on lap
11, closing with Moen. Caution came on lap 15, for a spin in the 4th
turn, closing the field for a restart. Robinson dove to the inside, on
lap 16, to make the winning pass. As Robinson led the field to the
checkers, Brett Carson charged to the 2nd spot. As the took the checkers
it was Robinson for the win, followed by Carson, Moen, Keeser and Ken Au.
In Bandit action Bobby Selsing Jr. of Fort Atkinson notched the win, in the 20
lap feature. Starting inside row 6, Selsing started his drive to the
front, as Jake Wasserburger drove to the early lead. Wasserburger led
the way, for 13 laps. A competition caution was thrown on lap 10, to
reverse the fields direction of travel. On lap 14, the battle for
the lead, between Wasserburger and Rodney Mundt resulted in a spin, and a
caution. Selsing inherited the lead, on the restart, opening a dominant
lead on his way to the checkered flag. At the stripe it was Selsing, by
a huge margin over Kyle Watters. Rounding out the top 5 were Steve
Scheel, Zak Czeszynski, and Jeffery Lafave.
Tonight was round 1 of the Summer Rumble," due the last nights
rain out at Columbus 151 Speedway. The finale is at Columbus on Friday
June 16.
Nest week at Jefferson Speedway its Scout Night, featuring the
Rivers Edge Farm Market 50, lap Late Model feature, and a full
racing program in all Divisions. Rounding out the nights action
will be a Bubble Race."
Gates open at 2:00, with qualifying at 4:30 and racing at 7:00 sharp.
Jefferson Speedway is half way between Cambridge and Jefferson on Highway 18.
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Jefferson Speedway Race Summary
06/10/2006 Summer Rumble
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Late Model
Division
Feature Finish
1) 71 John Ovadal Jr
(Watertown) 2) 8 Aaren Wilke (Waterloo)
3) 61 Jerry Eckhart (Johnson Creek) 4) 53 Doug
Hahn (Whitewater)
5) 94 Jason
Erickson
6) 18 Andy Wendt
7) 33 Dylan Schuyler
(Jefferson) 8) 11 Timothy Petrie (Fort
Atkinson)
9) 97 Paul Kisow
(Cambridge) 10) 16 Luke
Westenberg (Watertown)
11) 16 Andy Tomlinson (Poynette)
12) 27 Tyler James (Oconomowoc)
13) 44 Roger Behlke
(Jefferson) 14) 32 Tony Koepke (Fort
Atkinson)
15) 81 Don Gaserude
16) 71 Tim Noble (Janesville)
17) 17 Noel Ramge (Helenville)
18) 95 Jason Thoma (Jefferson)
19) 79 Justin Schultz
(Rio) 20) 46
Nick Wendt
Fast Qualifier: 94 Jason
Erickson
: 14.256 seconds
Fast Dash: 71 John Ovadal Jr (Watertown)
Consi: 0 Scott Hayton, 23 Chris Koepke
LastChance: 27 Tyler James, 46 Nick Wendt, 79 Justin Schultz, 71 Tim
Noble
Heats: Qual1) 23 Chris Koepke, Qual3) 32 Tony Koepke, Qual2) 71 Tim
Noble
International
Division
Feature Finish
1) 57 Mark English
(Janesville) 2) 97 Chris Chenoweth
(Watertown)
3) 00 Scotty Hoeft
(Watertown) 4) 0 Mike Bingham
(Milton)
5) 61 Chris Gottschalk (Jefferson) 6) 90
Kyle Smith (Lake Mills)
Fast Qualifier: 4 Mark Joyner
(Elkhorn)
: 16.659 seconds
Fast Dash: 97 Chris Chenoweth (Watertown)
Heats: Qual1) 90 Kyle Smith, qual2) 97 Chris Chenoweth
Sportsman
Division
Feature Finish
1) 2 Eaan Carson (Fort
Atkinson) 2) 4 Donald Trush (Madison)
3) 27 Jay Kalbus
(Watertown) 4) 28
Mark DePorter
5) 26 Scott Riedner
(Waunakee) 6) 38 Brent Gergen
(Jefferson)
Fast Qualifier: 27 Jay Kalbus
(Watertown)
: 15.118 seconds
Fast Dash: 8 Michael Heelein (Fort Atkinson)
Consi: 82 Mike Acheson, 19 John Handeland
LastChance: 55 Terry Wangsness, 86 Tylor Schultz, 8 Shaun Scheel,
67 Tony
Showers
Heats: Qual1) 8 Shaun Scheel, qual3) 19 Dan Schmidt, qual2) 39 Ken Scott
Hobby Stock
Division
Feature Finish
1) 33 Jim
Robinson
2) 62 Bret Carson (Johnson Creek)
3) 10 Larry Moen
(Madison)
4) 99 Lincoln Keeser (Whitewater)
5) 31 Ken Au
(Jefferson)
6) 27 Jim Tate Jr (Watertown)
Fast Qualifier: 62 Bret Carson (Johnson
Creek) : 16.505 seconds
Fast Dash: 99 Johnny Robinson II (Beloit)
Consi: 41 Nick Newton, 5 Jon Bue Ira
LastChance: 7 Scott Carson, 30 Josh Carson, 89 Brian Pillar, 50 Jim
Schmidt
Heats: Qual1) 5 Jon Bue Ira, qual3) 67 Russell Nicholson, qual4) 10
Larry Moen,
qual2) 7 Scott Carson
Bandit
Division
Feature Finish
1) 42 Bobby Selsing
2) 7 Kyle Watters (Stoughton)
3) 4 Stephen Scheel (Lake
Mills) 4) 6 Zak Czeszynski (Oconomowoc)
5) 81 Jeffery Lefave Jr (Fort Atkins 6) 5 Casey
Johnson (Stoughton)
Fast Qualifier: 7 Kyle Watters
(Stoughton)
: 14.598 seconds
Fast Dash: 21 Rodney Mundt
Consi: 31 Michael Heimann, 29 Derek Childs
Consi: 77 Sean Watters, 9 Kevin Weaver
LastChance: 25 Darren Brown, 2 Ryan Hart, 22 Chris Hart, 73 Greg Ovadal
Heats: heat2) 77 Sean Watters, heat5) 27 James Bell, heat1) 31 Michael
Heimann,
heat3) 25 Darren Brown, heat4) 32
Jake Wasserburger
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Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Late Model Division
As of: 06/11/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
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1 71
Ovadal, John Jr
553
2 61
Eckhart,
Jerry 301
3 53
Hahn,
Doug
286
4 16
Westenberg, Luke 279
5 95
Thoma,
Jason
278
6 68
Olson,
Ken
262
7 44
Behlke,
Roger
248
8 94
Erickson, Jason
239
9 17
Ramge,
Noel
224
10 33
Schuyler, Dylan
218
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: International Division
As of: 06/11/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 00
Hoeft,
Scotty
372
2 57
English,
Mark
355
3
4 Joyner,
Mark
292
4 67
Cross,
Joe
277
5 97
Chenoweth, Chris 273
6 42
Sweeney,
Bill
239
7 61
Gottschalk, Chris 232
8 77
Winters,
Mike
214
9 05
Smith,
Ashley
154
10 90
Smith,
Kyle
146
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Sportsman Division
As of: 06/11/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
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1 26
Riedner,
Scott 342
2 28
DePorter,
Mark 341
3 27
Kalbus,
Jay
292
4
8 Heelein,
Michael 257
5
2 Carson, Eaan
248
6 31
Oswald,
David
233
7 19
Schmidt,
Dan
189
8
4 Padfield,
Luke 175
9
6 Ehrhart,
Chris 166
10 38
Gergen,
Brent
158
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Hobby Stock Division
As of: 06/11/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 62
Carson,
Bret
328
2 99
Robinson, Johnny II 319
3 10
Moen,
Larry
297
4 52
Elgas,
Peter
258
5 31
Au,
Ken
244
6 67
Nicholson, Russell 241
7 92
Stark,
Kyle
216
8 99
Keeser, Lincoln
204
9 33
Robinson,
Jim
196
10 60
Paffel, Chet
194
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Bandit Division
As of: 06/11/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1
7 Watters,
Kyle
393
2 4D
Riedner, Brandon 280
3 77
Watters,
Sean
258
4 21
Mundt,
Rodney
240
5
4 Scheel,
Stephen 231
6 42
Selsing,
Bobby 224
7
6 Czeszynski, Zak
222
8 86
Nelson,
Ron
201
9 25
Brown,
Darren
200
10 5
Johnson,
Casey 195
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