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Gregorich Wins Super Lates, Meyer Wins First Super Feature
By: Mae Schultz & Woody Eckes
Aggressive racing caused some nail-biter finishes at the CarQuest Night at
Marshfield Super Speedway. Feature winners were Eugene Gregorich in the Super
Late Model Division, Randy Meyer in the Super Stock Division, and Troy Engman
in the 1-Man Cruiser Division.
Early in the Super Late Model Feature, John Totzke charged from his
fifth-place start to take the lead. Later, with 19 laps to go, he started to
pull away from the rest of the pack. But a caution took away his advantage. At
the restart, he remained in first place, but second-place Jeff Weinfurter and
third-place Gregorich managed to keep close to him. In the next laps,
Weinfurter, Gregorich and Jason Weinkauf raced hard against each other in the
front of the pack. With five laps to go, Weinfurter was working the inside
groove hard to overtake Totzke. At the same time, Gregorich worked the
outside to steal third and then second place. Gregorich was pressuring Totzke
for the lead. It looked like Totzke was going to hold him off to get his
first Super Late Model Feature win, but he was denied when Gregorich forced
through on the outside and took the lead and the checkered flag. Totzke had to
settle for second, Weinkauf took third, Weinfurter fourth, and points leader
Ben Pettis took fifth. Jeremy Lepak had the fast qualifying time.
In the Super Stock Feature, there were no cautions to change the fate of the
race. Leader Randy Meyer was able to hold off Andy Simonis and Travis Zvolena
to nab his first Super Stock Feature win. With 12 laps to go, Zvolena took
second place on the outside. He held it for most of the race, until Andy
Simonis charged from the outside with two laps to go and forced Zvolena back
to third. By this point in the race, the top three had pulled away from the
rest of the pack. Meyer took first, points leader Simonis took second,
Zvolena third, Brian Weinfurter, who had the fast qualifying time, took
fourth, and Cale Laessig fifth.
MOTORCYCLE RACES BY WOODY ECKES
Fourteen two wheelers ripped up the blacktop tonight. In the first heat
Craig Nigh from Bancroft paced the field for the first two laps, but Randy
Ruffi from Lake Nebagamon would not be denied and led the final four laps for
his first ever heat race win here. Ron Bean from Wisconsin Rapids edged
out Spencer’s Woody Eckes for the last front row transfer spot. In
heat two Mark Ziedler from Ringle split on the pack at the green flag for the
victory, while Cliff Eckes Jr. from Marshfield worked his way up from sixth to
a fourth place finish for the final spot on the front row for the
feature. Junction City’s Brad Seavers held off Steve Kasten in a race
long battle over second and third.
All fourteen riders lined up and were introduced for the ten lap main
event. Eighty-one year old Cliff Eckes Sr. came down from the stands to
be introduced with his racing sons; Cliff Jr. and Woody Eckes, much to the
delight of the crowd. After a few laps to inspect the track and warm up
their tires all the cyclists readied for the green flag. Brad Seavers
got the hole shot off the line but Mark Zeidler swept past the three
front-runners entering turn one to steal the lead down the backstretch.
Steve Kasten also fought his way past Seavers to chase his neighbor and good
buddy Mark Zeidler. In a high-speed game of cat and mouse Zeidler and
Kasten dueled each other for the lead; which changed sometimes three times a
lap. Zeidler had corner entry speed while Kasten would retaliate exiting
the turns with a better drive to thrust ahead onto the straightaway only to
have Zeidler zip back by diving into the turns. Marshfield’s Cliff
Eckes Jr. emerged from the pack and started to chase down the front running
twosome, but the leaders intensified their feud; both riders smoking and
abusing their rear tires coming off the turns; further gapping the pack.
On the white flag lap; lap nine both leaders encountered lapped traffic with
Kasten squeezing out a slim margin over Zeidler that he held onto for the
win. All fourteen riders finished the race on two wheels, in a personal
victory over the blacktop lady of speed, Marshfield Super Speedway.
RESULTS.
1. Steve Kasten YAM 2.Mark Zeidler HON 3.Cliff Eckes Jr. YAM 4. TJ
Zeidler YAM 5.Brad Seavers HON 6.Randy Ruffi YAM 7.Dan Vrana
HON 8 Woody Eckes YAM 9.Craig Lewis YAM 10.Jake Seavers
HON 11.Ron Bean YAM 12.Craig Nigh HON 13.Adam Zwaschka
YAM 14.Duwayne Montgomery ROT
Aggressive racing in the 1-Man Cruiser Feature gave race fans an exciting race
to watch. A couple of cautions early on slowed down the pace of the race. But
with seven laps to go, David Knauf and Cody Meyer were racing hard for
first. Eventually, Knauf won the struggle and had first place. That
didn’t last long because with two laps to go, Meyer was challenging him from
the outside, and Troy Engman was doing the same thing from the inside. With
one lap to go, Engman snatched first. Some issues on the backstretch between
Knauf and Meyer allowed some other cars to slip through to the other top
spots. Engman, who was the fast qualifier, was the winner, Wayne Dietz placed
second, Tim Dickman third, Knauf fourth and points leader Meyer finished
fifth.
Last week, Tim Cox, who drove a Hoosier Outlaw Sprint series car in an
exhibition event shattered the record time for fastest lap ever at Marshfield
Super Speedway. His record-setting time was 15.11 seconds for a turn around
the track.
Next Saturday is the Marshfield News-Herald nigh. The race program
includes CarQuest Super Lates, CarQuest Super Stocks, 4-Cylinders, 1-Man
Cruisers and Powder Puff racing. Pits open at 3:30, time trials at 6
p.m., racing at 7:30. Rain dated for Sunday, two hours earlier.
Marshfield Super Speedway is located 3.5 miles west of Marshfield on County
Road H with weekly Saturday night stock car racing April through
September. Adult grandstand admission $10.00, Students ages 10-15 yrs.
$5.00 and under 10 yrs FREE with a parent. Family Ticket is $25.00
(includes 2 adult tickets + unlimited students & children).
Everyone 16 yrs and older may sign up FREE every race night to win the 2005
Ford Mustang Pace Car!
Summary
Super Late Models
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 40L LEPAK, JEREMY WAUSAU DODGE 17.853
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 7 43D DAVIS, KYLE HEAT1 MARSHFIELD CHEVY
2 4 1H HINTZ, TIM (R) HEAT1 NEKOOSA FORD
3 3 92.7 GRESS, DAREK HEAT1 NEILLSVILLE CHEVY
4 1 31S SIEVERS, MIKE HEAT1 WI RAPIDS PONTIAC
5 5 23V VANDERGEEST, JAY HEAT1 MERRILL CHEVY
1 3 76W WEINKAUF, JASON HEAT2 MERRILL - - -
2 2 22P PETTIS, BEN HEAT2 EAU CLAIRE CHEVY
3 5 14G GREGORICH, EUGENE JR HEAT2 KEWAUNEE CHEVY
4 4 3W WEINFURTER, JEFF HEAT2 WISCONSIN RAPIDS PONTIAC
5 7 62B BACK, GREG HEAT2 VESPER FORD
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 8 14G GREGORICH, EUGENE JR FEAT KEWAUNEE CHEVY
2 5 8T TOTZKE, JOHN JR FEAT WISCONSIN RAPIDS MONTE CARL
3 6 76W WEINKAUF, JASON FEAT MERRILL - - -
4 7 3W WEINFURTER, JEFF FEAT WISCONSIN RAPIDS PONTIAC
5 13 22P PETTIS, BEN FEAT EAU CLAIRE CHEVY
6 14 40L LEPAK, JEREMY FEAT WAUSAU DODGE
7 9 75W WEINKAUF, CHRIS FEAT MERRILL DODGE
8 1 1H HINTZ, TIM (R) FEAT NEKOOSA FORD
9 4 43D DAVIS, KYLE FEAT MARSHFIELD CHEVY
10 15 31S SIEVERS, MIKE FEAT WI RAPIDS PONTIAC
Super Stocks
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN WI RAPIDS GRAND PRIX 20.083
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 2 6X MEYER, RANDY HEAT1 COLBY PONTIAC
2 3 23S STANCZYK, ROGER HEAT1 CUSTER PONTIAC
3 4 44S SCHOLL, CHAD HEAT1 MARSHFIELD FORD
4 6 04Z ZVOLENA, TRAVIS HEAT1 MARSHFIELD CHEVY
5 5 4E EMMERICH, RANDY HEAT1 WESTON PONTIAC
1 1 91S SIMONIS, ANDY HEAT2 MOSINEE CHEVY
2 5 01L LAESSIG, CALE HEAT2 MARSHFIELD CHEVY
3 6 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN HEAT2 WI RAPIDS GRAND PRIX
4 3 80P PLOWMAN, TIM HEAT2 WI RAPIDS PONTIAC
5 2 71P PYBURN, MATT HEAT2 WI RAPIDS CHEVY
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 1 6X MEYER, RANDY FEAT COLBY PONTIAC
2 6 91S SIMONIS, ANDY FEAT MOSINEE CHEVY
3 5 04Z ZVOLENA, TRAVIS FEAT MARSHFIELD CHEVY
4 12 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN FEAT WI RAPIDS GRAND PRIX
5 10 01L LAESSIG, CALE FEAT MARSHFIELD CHEVY
6 8 80P PLOWMAN, TIM FEAT WI RAPIDS PONTIAC
7 3 44S SCHOLL, CHAD FEAT MARSHFIELD FORD
8 9 51C COON, WES FEAT NEKOOSA CHEVY
9 7 71P PYBURN, MATT FEAT WI RAPIDS CHEVY
10 4 4E EMMERICH, RANDY FEAT WESTON PONTIAC
1-Man Cruisers
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 99E ENGMAN, TROY WAUSAU FORD 23.237
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 7 99E ENGMAN, TROY HEAT1 WAUSAU FORD
2 5 33M MEYER, CODY HEAT1 COLBY OLDS
3 6 31K KNAUF, DAVID HEAT1 MARSHFIELD FORD
4 3 55D DIETZ, WAYNE HEAT1 PITTSVILLE OLDS
5 4 01D DICKMAN, TIM HEAT1 GRANTON DODGE
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 6 99E ENGMAN, TROY FEAT WAUSAU FORD
2 3 55D DIETZ, WAYNE FEAT PITTSVILLE OLDS
3 4 01D DICKMAN, TIM FEAT GRANTON DODGE
4 7 31K KNAUF, DAVID FEAT MARSHFIELD FORD
5 5 33M MEYER, CODY FEAT COLBY OLDS
6 2 07A ANDERSON, CHRIS FEAT GRANTON PONTIAC
7 1 053B BALDWIN, MARC FEAT - - - - - -
Point Standings As Of August 6, 2005
CARQUEST Super Late Models
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 22P PETTIS, BEN 593
2 14G GREGORICH, EUGENE JR 453
3 3W WEINFURTER, JEFF 445
4 23V VANDERGEEST, JAY 444
5 1H HINTZ, TIM (R) 399
6 8T TOTZKE, JOHN JR 383
7 92.7 GRESS, DAREK 367
8 15G GRUNDEN, RICK 336
9 01W WEILER, ELLIOTT 284
10 64F FRAZIER, JOHN 253
CARQUEST CWSSA Super Stocks
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 91S SIMONIS, ANDY 697
2 03B BENNISH, BO 601
3 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN 588
4 04Z ZVOLENA, TRAVIS 573
5 01L LAESSIG, CALE 565
6 4E EMMERICH, RANDY 547
7 6X MEYER, RANDY 530
8 51C COON, WES 437
9 71P PYBURN, MATT 435
10 7C COURNOYER, MATT (R) 319
1-Man Cruisers
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 33M MEYER, CODY 746
2 31K KNAUF, DAVID 615
3 01D DICKMAN, TIM 539
4 55D DIETZ, WAYNE 513
5 69D DENNY, MIKE 183
6 07A ANDERSON, CHRIS 162
7 49H HOEPER, TODD 134
8 05D DICKMAN, PAT 132
9 053B BALDWIN, MARC 121
10 99E ENGMAN, TROY 112
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