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VanDerGeest Takes Super Late Checkers, Pyburn Best In Supers
By: Sara Johnson
Another cool night for race fans to struggle through, but the racing action
was hot for Stratford Sign Company night. Jeff Weinfurter topped the
super late model time trials. Matt Pyburn made it two nights in a row
for super stock fast timer and then followed up with the feature win.
Kyle Opelt, only his second race night at Marshfield Speedway beat the other
21 cars in the 4-Cylinder division to grab quick time. Wayne Dietz got
his first fast time of the season in the 1-Man Cruiser division.
The super late model feature would be an exciting 25-lap race with a
scary wreck. Troy Nelson and Kyle Davis started on the front row and
battled back and forth for the lead spot. With only five laps completed,
the first caution flew for the spun car of Rick Grunden. When the race
resumed the field doubled up for the only time, with the leader on the point
alone. Davis led the field through the re-start, but Nelson was right
there battling for the lead. Doug Drost, Jay VanDerGeest, Tim Hintz and
more hard chargers were all chasing the leader looking for their opportunity
to advance their position. Lap 12 the caution was out again, this time
for the spun car of Bob Danes. When the race re-started, single file,
Davis continued with his lead, but after lap 16 was completed, contact between
the leaders would end the race for Davis. His machine tipped up on its
side so that the whole underside of the car could be seen as he traveled down
the back-stretch. Fortunately he landed back on all four wheels and
Davis is okay. When the race re-started, VanDerGeest moved up to the
lead. Fast timer Jeff Weinfurter was right there ready to take it away,
and tried several times, but was unable to complete the pass. Drost and
Hintz raced hard behind the leaders. With eight laps to go, M.G.
Gajewski passed Eugene Gregorich Jr. for the fifth spot and kept it.
VanDerGeest won, Weinfurter second, Drost third, Hintz fourth and Gajewski
fifth.
Dean LaPointe led the first lap of the super late model semi-feature.
Pete Kempf then grabbed the lead for the next seven laps. With only
three laps remaining, Jason Weinkauf passed Kempf for the lead. Kempf
was able to hold off LaPointe and secure the last transfer spot.
Weinkauf won, Kempf second, both transferred to the feature race, LaPointe
third, John Frazier fourth and Eric Wisz fifth.
Larry Schultz led the first two laps of the 20 lap super stock feature.
Randy Meyer then took the lead on lap three with Bo Bennish racing hard behind
him and grabbing the second spot on lap four. Brian Weinfurter, Randy
Emmerich and fast timer Matt Pyburn were all on the fast track to the front of
the field. Lap 13, Travis Zvolena raced up into fifth to join the battle
between the top five. Wes Coon and Chad Scholl were also looking for a
top five finish and began the battle for that fifth spot. Lap 17, lapped
traffic became part of the equation. Bennish and Weinfurter were able to
work the lapped traffic to their advantage and moved up into the one and two
spots. Lap 18 the caution flew for the spun car of Randy Meyer.
Before another lap was completed, the caution was out again, this time for
Luke Bravener. With only two laps remaining, it was going to be a
green-white-checkered finish. Bennish led the field for the white flag
lap, but on the final lap, Pyburn took the checkers first, Bennish second,
Zvolena third, Weinfurter fourth and Scholl fifth.
Jeremiah Strauss led the first half of the 15-lap 4-Cylinder feature.
Lap two, the caution flew for spun cars on the back-stretch. There was
contact between Erin Schlough and Dan McGiveron who were racing second and
third. JJ Flick was collected up in the wreck and was the only one
unable to continue. On the re-start, Adam Krzykowski moved up into the
second spot. Steve Stewart raced from his tenth place starting spot up
to second, by lap four. Derk Hauser raced up behind Stewart and on lap
nine passed both Stewart and Strauss for the lead. Lap 10, Stewart
rallied back to take the lead. Derk’s dad, Steve Hauser was also
running fast tonight and worked his way up into the third spot. Stewart
won, Derk Hauser second, Steve Hauser third and Strauss fourth.
The 4-Cylinder semi-feature was a 10-lap contest with three lead
changes. Eric Haring led the first five laps. John Lietz passed
him to lead lap six. Greg Blount then took the lead for the remainder of
the race. Blount won, Lietz second, both transferred to the feature,
Dale Louze third, Don Elmhorst fourth and Haring fifth.
Travis Paul led eight laps of the 1-Man Cruiser feature. Fast timer Todd
Hoeper then took the lead for the win. Kyle Rasmussen was racing hard
against Justin Moore for the second spot, when as they came around the final
lap, Rasmussen’s car flew through the infield of turns three and four.
Moore then finished second, but Rasmussen was able hang on and take an
impressive third. Fast timer Wayne Dietz finished fourth and Pat Dickman
fifth.
Due to last weekend’s races cancellation from weather, some of the IMCA
Oldtimers wanted to have a race this weekend. Five full bodied cars came
to race. Unfortunately a wreck during the heat race narrowed the car
count to three for the feature. Chris Loberg and Mark May battled for
the win of the feature event, with Loberg taking home the win.
Next Saturday night, May 27th, is Buck Night, ALL grandstand admission just $1
per person. Racing includes CarQuest Super Late Models, CarQuest Super
Stocks, Motorcycles, 1-Man Cruisers and Junkyard Warriors. Pit gates
open at 3:30, practice at 4:30, grandstand gates open at 5 p.m., time trials
at 5:30 and racing at 7 p.m. Rain dated for Sunday, two hours
earlier. Marshfield Super Speedway is located 3.5 miles west of
Marshfield on County Road H.
Summary
Qualifying
Super Late Model: Jeff Weinfurter 17.982
Super Stock: Matt Pyburn 19.758
4-Cylinder: Kyle Opelt 22.380
1-Man Cruiser: Wayne Dietz 24.501
Heats
Super Late Model
Heat 1: Froehlich, Frazier, Wisz, LaPointe, D. Davis.
Heat 2: J. Weinkauf, Kraus, Nelson, Drost, Grunden.
Heat 3: Gregorich, Weiler, Gajewski, Weinfurter, C. Weinkauf.
Super Stock
Heat 1: Schultz, R. Meyer, Munthe, Stanley, Ochodnicky.
Heat 2: Bennish, Zvolena, Scholl, Pyburn, Weinfurter.
4-Cylinder
Heat 1: Lietz, Haring, Sischo, Elmhorst, Lueck.
Heat 2: Brandl, Strauss, McGiveron.
Heat 3: S. Hauser, Stewart, D. Hauser, Dunow, Krzykowski.
1-Man Cruiser
Heat 1: Paul, Hoeper, Moore, Dietz, P. Dickman.
Semi-Features
Super Late Model: J. Weinkauf, Kempf, LaPointe, Frazier, Wisz.
4-Cylinder: Blount, Lietz, Louze, Elmhorst, Haring.
Features
Super Late Model: VanDerGeest, Weinfurter, Drost, Hintz, Gajewski,
Gregorich, Weiler, C. Weinkauf, J. Weinkauf, Pettis.
Super Stock: Pyburn, Bennish, Zvolena, Weinfurter, Scholl, Coon,
Emmerich, Zakrezewski, R. Meyer, Schultz.
4-Cylinder: Stewart, D. Hauser, S. Hauser, Strauss, Krzykowski, Opelt,
Berg, McGiveron.
1-Man Cruiser: Hoeper, Moore, Rasmussen, Dietz, P. Dickman, Bender,
Kundinger, Denny, Paul, T. Dickman.
Point Standings As Of May 20, 2006
Super Late Models
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 3W WEINFURTER, JEFF 104
2 22G GAJEWSKI, M.G. 95
3 75W WEINKAUF, CHRIS 90
4 14G GREGORICH, EUGENE JR 89
5 01W WEILER, ELLIOTT 88
6 76W WEINKAUF, JASON 78
7 32D DROST, DOUG 76
8 1H HINTZ, TIM 76
9 23V VANDERGEEST, JAY 72
10 22P PETTIS, BEN 72
Super Stock
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 71P PYBURN, MATT 102
2 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN 92
3 51C COON, WES 90
4 4E EMMERICH, RANDY 88
5 44S SCHOLL, CHAD 85
6 04Z ZVOLENA, TRAVIS 85
7 28S SCHULTZ, LARRY 73
8 19Z ZAKRZEWSKI, DEAN 70
9 14M MUNTHE, ANDY 63
10 29O OCHODNICKY, DUSTIN 62
4-Cylinder
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 71P PYBURN, MATT 102
2 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN 92
3 51C COON, WES 90
4 4E EMMERICH, RANDY 88
5 44S SCHOLL, CHAD 85
6 04Z ZVOLENA, TRAVIS 85
7 28S SCHULTZ, LARRY 73
8 19Z ZAKRZEWSKI, DEAN 70
9 14M MUNTHE, ANDY 63
10 29O OCHODNICKY, DUSTIN 62
1-Man Cruiser
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 49H HOEPER, TODD 106
2 55D DIETZ, WAYNE 98
3 00R RASMUSSEN, KYLE 82
4 38P PAUL, TRAVIS 75
5 69D DENNY, MIKE 75
6 4M MOORE, JUSTIN 52
7 K15 KUEHN, LESTER 46
8 48L LEBLANC, BERRY 38
9 25C CARPENTER, SHAWN 37
10 01D DICKMAN, PAT 37
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