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Riedner And Papini Score Career Firsts At Jefferson Speedway
by Larry & Jeanne Starr
July 1, Jefferson WI -- A good crowd was on had for the 4th of July
festivities at Wisconsin's Action Track. The early qualifying time
worked to make time for the kid's Stock Car rides. The infield was
aglow with young smiles as the drivers chauffeured the young ones around the
track. The races ran, without a hitch up to intermission. The
Big-Wheel races ran, for all the young competitors.
Alas, somewhere along the way, the threat of rain became a concern. The
show kept moving along, and the Fireworks were not, yet, ready to go.
There was a short rain delay, during the International feature, but that race
finished. With 3, of 5, feature races in the books, and the "Kearns Motor
Car Co. 50" taking to the track, the skies opened up, washing away any
hope of completing the program tonight.
In International action Brandon Riedner, of Waunakee notched his first feature
win, in the 20 lap main. Starting from the pole Riedner grabbed the
early lead and never looked back, guiding the field all the way to the
checkers. As they breezed past the finish it was Riedner for the win
followed by Chris Gottschalk, Scotty Hoeft, Mike Winters and Mark Joyner.
In Sportsman action Jay Kalbus of Oconomowoc scored top honors in the 30 lap
feature. Starting inside row 5, Kalbus started his drive to the point as
James Helmer claimed the early lead. Helmer surrendered the point to
Brent Gergen on lap 9, only to see Trent Erdman claim the top spot by the 10th
circuit. Erdman showed the way for 9 laps before succumbing to Kalbus.
With Kalbus at the point the battles raged, for position, behind him. At
the stripe it was Kalbus for the win followed by Mark DePorter, Erdman, Mike
Heelein, Dave Oswald and Gergen. Erdman had been shown the Black Flag,
for smoking, and was not scored on the final lap, dropping him to 13th in the
official finish.
In Hobby Stock action Alex Papini of Machesney Park IL scored his first
feature win, in the 20 lap main event. Starting outside row 2, Papini
snagged the lead on lap 1, guiding the field from there to the checkers.
The race slowed for 1 caution, for a crash coming off turn 4. Papini led
the restart, holding off the challenge of Lincoln Keeser. At the stripe
it was Papini for the win, followed by Keeser, Alan Dorn, Kyle Stark and Larry
Moen.
Next week Jefferson Speedway will start the program with the remainder of this
week's program, the "Kearns Motor Car Co. 50" and the Bandit
Feature. This will lead into the, regularly scheduled, "Miller
Lite 50" Late Model feature, highlighting a full racing program, in all
divisions. The Fireworks are rescheduled to next week as
well.
Also on tap, to end the night's activity is the latest addition to the arsenal
of "Stupid Human Automotive Tricks," with the "Ring Around the
Rosie" race. This race will involve some sort of water filled
obstacle on each straightway, that the cars must circle.
Gates open at 2:00 Qualifying at 4:30 and the first green flag at 7:00PM
sharp.
Jefferson Speedway is half way between Jefferson and Cambridge Wisconsin, on
highway 18. Find us on the World Wide Web at www.jeffersonspeedway.com.
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Jefferson Speedway Race Summary
07/01/2006 Independence Day Special
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Late Model Division
Fast Qualifier: 94 Jason
Erickson
: 14.485 seconds
Fast Dash: 33 Dylan Schuyler (Jefferson)
LastChance: 27 Tom Schuette, 12 Allen Petrie Jr, 68 Ken Olson,
32 Tony
Koepke
Heats: Qual1) 12 Allen Petrie Jr, Qual2) 71 John Ovadal Jr,
Qual3) 66 Curt Thompson
International Division
Feature Finish
1) 4D Brandon Riedner
(Waunakee) 2) 61 Chris Gottschalk
(Jefferson)
3) 00 Scotty Hoeft
(Watertown) 4) 77 Mike Winters
(Sun Prairie)
5) 4 Mark Joyner
(Elkhorn)
6) 42 Bill Sweeney (Janesville)
Fast Qualifier: 4 Mark Joyner
(Elkhorn)
: 16.788 seconds
Fast Dash: 77 Mike Winters (Sun Prairie)
LastChance: 27 James Bell, 05 Ashley Smith, 18 Adam Johnson, 98 John
Remsik
Heats: Qual1) 98 John Remsik, qual2) 57 Mark English, qual3) 4D Brandon
Riedner
Sportsman Division
Feature Finish
1) 27 Jay Kalbus
(Watertown) 2) 28
Mark DePorter
3) 11 Trent
Erdman
4) 8 Michael Heelein (Fort Atkinson)
5) 31 David Oswald (Cottage Grove) 6) 38
Brent Gergen (Jefferson)
Fast Qualifier: 26 Scott Riedner
(Waunakee) :
15.462 seconds
Fast Dash: 31 David Oswald (Cottage Grove)
Heats: Qual1) 55 Terry Wangsness, qual2) 27 Jay Kalbus, qual3) 28 Mark
DePorter
Hobby Stock Division
Feature Finish
1) 39 Alex Papini (Machesney Park, I 2) 99 Lincoln
Keeser (Whitewater)
3) 96 Alan Dorn
(Waterloo)
4) 92 Kyle Stark (Waterloo)
5) 10 Larry Moen
(Madison)
6) 52 Peter Elgas (Janesville)
Fast Qualifier: 33 Jim
Robinson
: 16.568 seconds
Fast Dash: 10 Larry Moen (Madison)
LastChance: 56 Randy Strassburg, 75 Travis Schneeberg, 5 Jon Bue Ira,
41 Nick
Newton
Heats: Qual1) 75 Travis Schneeberg, qual2) 62 Bret Carson, qual3) 52
Peter Elgas
Bandit Division
Fast Qualifier: 5 Casey Johnson
(Stoughton) :
14.694 seconds
Fast Dash: 5 Casey Johnson (Stoughton)
LastChance: 42 Bobby Selsing, 22 Brady Lilly, 7 Dennis Johnson Jr,
86 Jeff
Ciano
Heats: Qual1) 89 Chad Olds, qual2) 77 Sean Watters, qual3) 7 Kyle
Watters
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Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Late Model Division
As of: 07/01/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 71
Ovadal, John Jr
805
2 53
Hahn,
Doug
420
3 61
Eckhart,
Jerry 381
4 68
Olson,
Ken
370
5 33
Schuyler, Dylan
368
6 17
Ramge,
Noel
352
7 16
Westenberg, Luke 341
8 44
Behlke,
Roger
326
9 32
Koepke,
Tony
326
10 23
Koepke,
Chris
299
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: International Division
As of: 07/01/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 57
English,
Mark
587
2 00
Hoeft,
Scotty
564
3 67
Cross,
Joe
434
4
4 Joyner,
Mark
424
5 97
Chenoweth, Chris 412
6 61
Gottschalk, Chris 406
7 77
Winters,
Mike
372
8 42
Sweeney,
Bill
346
9
0 Bingham,
Mike
279
10 05
Smith,
Ashley
256
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Sportsman Division
As of: 07/01/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 28
DePorter,
Mark 567
2 27
Kalbus,
Jay
553
3 26
Riedner,
Scott 529
4 31
Oswald,
David
435
5
8 Heelein,
Michael 414
6
2 Carson, Eaan
374
7
4 Padfield,
Luke 319
8 19
Schmidt,
Dan
273
9 11
Erdman,
Trent
242
10 8
Scheel,
Shaun
239
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Hobby Stock Division
As of: 07/01/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1 62
Carson,
Bret
514
2 52
Elgas,
Peter
475
3 99
Robinson, Johnny II 431
4 10
Moen,
Larry
422
5 31
Au,
Ken
421
6 92
Stark,
Kyle
402
7 99
Keeser, Lincoln
349
8 60
Paffel, Chet
342
9 67
Nicholson, Russell 329
10 19
Schmidt, Dennis
263
Jefferson Speedway Point Standings (Top 10)
Division: Bandit Division
As of: 07/01/2006
Place Car
Driver's Name Points
----- ----- --------------------
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1
7 Watters,
Kyle
515
2 77
Watters,
Sean
416
3 42
Selsing,
Bobby 403
4 21
Mundt,
Rodney
386
5
4 Scheel,
Stephen 363
6
5 Johnson,
Casey 333
7 4D
Riedner, Brandon 316
8 71
Bristol,
Tim
270
9 81
Lefave, Jeffery Jr 267
10 6
Czeszynski, Zak
266
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