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Marshfield Super Speedway
Marshfield, WI, July 5, 2003 - The Weinfurter Racing Family was out in full
force in honor of The Merle Weinfurter Memorial Mid-Season Championship
sponsored by Copps Food Store, Coca-Cola and WDLB/WOSQ. Jeff and Greg
Weinfurter both came to race their Super Lates and Brian Weinfurter raced
Merle's car in the Super Stocks.
After winning the feature four times this season, point leader Doug Drost set
his first fast time in the Super Late Models. Super Stock point leader
Tim Plowman was fast timer and Randy Meyer was quick timer in the 1-Man
Cruisers.
The 30 lap Super Late Model feature was first led by Eugene Gregorich
Jr. Three cautions plagued the first five laps of the contest which
caused enough damage to both Gary Back's and Brian Back's cars that they were
unable to continue. By lap seven, Jeff Weinfurter took the lead from
Gregorich. Rory Melbinger grabbed second from Gregorich for a couple of
laps but Gregorich battle back for the position and reclaimed in on lap
nine. Gregorich continued to hold onto second until he couldn't fend off
Judd Brandl. As Brandl tried to catch Weinfurter for the lead, Melbinger
and Doug Drost found their way around Gregorich for the third and fourth
positions. On the white flag lap, Drost passed Melbinger for the third
spot. At the checkered, it was Weinfurter first, Brandl second, Drost
third, Melbinger fourth and Troy Nelson taking the fifth position.
Weinfurter celebrated winning the feature on this special night in memory of
his father Merle Weinfurter, by spinning doughnuts on the front stretch and
making a Polish Victory lap.
The Super Stock feature was extended to a 24 lap contest in honor of Merle
Weinfurter, his car number was 24. Matt Raykowski led the field for the
first 13 laps. Larry Schultz, Brian Schmutzer, Randy Emmerich and Tim
Hintz weren't far behind, all ready to take over the lead. Keith
Bohmsach was also working towards the front and broke into the top five on lap
13. Lap 14, Schultz passed Raykowski for the lead. Fast timer and
point leader Tim Plowman moved into the fifth spot on lap 15, and Bohmsach
passed Hintz and Schmutzer to take third. Bohmsach didn't waste any
time, lap 17 he took second and lap 18 he was the new leader. Schultz
held second until Plowman moved up and took it from him on lap 20. On
the white flag lap, Hintz passed Schultz for third and Kyle Davis was running
fifth. Just as the cars came out of turn four, a spin involving Hintz
and Davis occurred. Since the white flag lap had already been completed,
the race was considered complete as of the white flag lap. Both Hintz
and Davis would be scored to the back, but Davis took the blame for the
incident, giving Hintz his position back in third. Bohmsach won, Plowman
second, Hintz third, Schultz fourth and Brian Weinfurter fifth.
The Super Stock Semi-Feature was won by Ken Soyka. He advanced to the
feature event as well as second place finisher, Scott Havlicek.
Eleven dirt trackers and one sport bike battled it out in the motorcycle class
tonight. Big Falls Troy Johnson held off Hatley's Steve Kasten for the
first heat win, while Edgar's' Jake Knetter ran away with heat two over Randy
Ruffi while Ron Bean and Lee Johnson were involved in a last lap last corner
crash that sent Bean to the hospital and Johnson to his back up bike for the
feature race. Troy Johnson, Jake Knetter and Marshfield's Cliff Eckes
Jr. waged a two wheeled battle up front while back row starter Steve Kasten
bellowed towards the front on his SK Service 600 Yamaha, doing the impossible,
passing three riders battling for position in turn three. His swift
progress brought him into second place by lap five, but Jake Knetter held on
to the point until the start of the last lap when Kasten swept by going into
turn one. Knetter answered back by turning on the gas quicker entering
the backstretch, retaking the lead. Entering turn three side by side,
neither rider giving an inch, Knetter and Kasten hurled out of turn four
towards the checkered flag where Kasten claimed victory by a half of wheel
over Knetter. Brothers Troy and Lee Johnson came in third and forth.
RESULTS:
1. Steven Kasten YAM 2. Jake Knetter YAM 3. Troy Johnson
YAM 4.Lee Johnson YAM 5.Cliff Eckes Jr. YAM 6.Danny Vrana
HON 7. Brad Seavers HON 8.Randy Ruffi YAM 9. Woody Eckes YAM
10. David Edblom YAM 11.Adam Zwashka YAM
Travis Zvolena led the entire 1-Man Cruiser feature. Chad Kissner held
second for the first lap, then Pat Dickman raced second until Randy Meyer took
the spot on lap six. Zvolena won, Meyer second, Dickman third, Nick
Klimpke fourth and Kissner fifth.
The Mid-Season trophies were awarded to first, second and third in each
division by the number of points earned just tonight. Judd Brandl taking
that honor for the Super Lates, with Doug Drost second and Jeff Weinfurter
third. Tim Plowman won the Super Stocks, Keith Bohmsach second and Tim
Hintz third. Travis Zvolena first in the 1-Man Cruisers, Randy Meyer
second and Nick Klimpke third.
The winner of the Wal-Mart bicycle was Bryce Purkett of Owen.
Join us again next Saturday for The Bill Sherman Memorial. Grandstand
gates open at 5 p.m., Miller Time Trials at 6 p.m. and racing starts at
7:30. Next Saturday's events are sponsored by V&H Inc. and The
Dental Clinic of Marshfield featuring CARQUEST Super Late Models, CARQUEST
& Coca-Cola Super Stocks, Legends and 1-Man Cruisers. Marshfield
Super Speedway is located 3.5 miles West of Marshfield on County Trunk H.
Qualifying
Super Late Models: Doug Drost 18.237
Super Stocks: Tim Plowman 20.289
1-Man Cruisers: Randy Meyer 23.107
Dashes
Super Late Model: Brandl, Drost, Gary Back, Melbinger, LaPointe.
Super Stock: Davis, Simonis, Plowman, Brooks, Hintz.
Heats
CARQUEST Super Late Model
Heat 1: Cabelka, W. Mackesy, Davis, Schultz, Weiler.
Heat 2: Heinritz, Nelson, Gregorich, Brandl, Melbinger.
CARQUEST & Coca-Cola Super Stock
Heat 1: Havlicek, Klueckman, Meyer, Osowski, Stanley.
Heat 2: Raykowski, Schmutzer, Soyka, Schultz, Scholze.
Heat 3: Bohmsach, Davis, Plowman, Tieman, Weinfurter.
1-Man Cruisers
Heat 1: Zvolena, Bores, Klimpke, Meyer, Sudduth.
Features
CARQUEST Super Late Model: J. Weinfurter, Brandl, Drost, Melbinger,
Nelson, Gregorich, LaPointe, Heinritz, Kempf, G. Weinfurter.
CARQUEST & Coca-Cola Super Stock: Bohmsach, Plowman, Hintz, Schultz,
Weinfurter, Raykowski, Emmerich, Schmutzer, Brooks, Simonis.
Super Stock Semi-Feature: Soyka, Havlicek, Meyer, Klueckman, Hansen,
Stanley, Osowski, Robinson, Hetzel, Munthe.
1-Man Cruiser: Zvolena, Meyer, Dickman, Klimpke, Kissner, Sudduth,
Bores.
Point Standings as of July 5, 2003
CARQUEST Super Late Model
1. #32 Doug Drost379
2. #27 Judd Brandl376
3. #95 Danny Heinritz285
4. #15 Dean LaPointe277
5. #97 Pete Kempf252
6. #81 Russ Weiler244
7. #88 Rory Melbinger237
8. #11 DuWayne Davis 229
9. #94 Dave Cabelka228
10. #17 Eric Wisz227
CARQUEST Super Stock
1. #80 Tim Plowman 343
2. #28 Larry Schultz 336
3. #1 Tim Hintz318
4. #6 Matt Raykowski314
5. #43 Kyle Davis 301
6. #4 Randy Emmerich243
7. #99 Don Tieman Jr. 239
8. #66 Brendan Klueckman230
9. #74 Bruce Stanley 227
10. #24x Keith Bohmsach227
1-Man Cruiser
1. #6 Randy Meyer 286
2. #04 Travis Zvolena285
3. #21k Nick Klimpke205
4. #83 Sam Sudduth175
5. #02 Pat Dickman170
6. #55 Mike Dodson162
7. #99 Nathan Briski161
8. #21k Steve Bores 144
9. #Z2 Rodney Feltz59
10. #33 Ken Meyer 54
4-Cylinder
1. #0 Keith Wirtz156
2. #01 Paul Berg 135
3. #64 Robert Dalsky115
4. #19 Steve Hauser112
5. #43 Torey Nitzsche105
6. #15 Deven Adams 104
7. #4Q Stephen Stewart 98
8. #88 Wayne Elmhorst98
9. #45 Erin Schlough97
10. #15 Doug Adams 79
Legend
1. #01 Elliott Weiler114
2. #8 Eric Lokemoen114
3. #2x Dave Keays102
4. #44 Josh Schoenick98
5. #6 Curt Gnatzig97
6. #81 Russ Weiler79
7. #14xDan McGiveron76
8. #36 Mike Bula74
9. #13 Tim Brockhouse46
10. #7 Bryan Cataldi42
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