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Don “Thunder” Turner Wins First Marshfield Feature This Season
By: Brian Back
The WGLX and CarQuest week of racing came to a conclusion at the Marshfield
Super Speedway. The Super Bikes began the day with an early practice
followed by six laps of qualifying. The show continued at regular
schedule for the stock program. Eugene Gregorich Jr. took home his first
fast time of the season in the CarQuest Super Lates. Super Stock driver
Matt Pyburn set yet another quick time. Kyle Opelt also scored another
4-Cylinder fast time.
The CarQuest super late model feature saw its share of three-wide racing as
Elliott Weiler dove to the inside of pole sitters Don Turner and Ben Pettis
entering turn one. His efforts went unrewarded, as Eric Wisz and Rick
Grunden brought out the first caution before completing the first lap.
As they retook the green, Turner shot into the lead with a half car length
advantage over Pettis entering turn one. He took the outright lead
entering turn three, with Weiler closely following. The pace was slowed
by caution on lap three as Jim Cormack slowed to a stop on the
backstretch. Turner again gained a big lead on the restart as they
retook the green, while Pettis dove low of Jay VanDerGeest exiting turn two to
take away third on lap four. Troy Nelson began a charge on the high side
overtaking Dean LaPointe for fifth on lap five. Pettis made his move to
the bottom on lap six, as Weiler slipped up in turn one. Weiler battled
back trying to retake the position, but eventually slipped to fourth as Pettis
and VanDerGeest motored past. Jason and Chris Weinkauf hooked up in the
high line, passing John Froelich on lap eight for seventh and eighth
place. Chris then moved high of brother Jason Weinkauf, pulling along
side before running off the backstretch on lap ten. Taking advantage,
Eugene Gregorich charged past the recovering Chris Weinkauf, and rolled past
Jason Weinkauf on the high side on lap 13. He then followed Nelson past
Weiler, and immediately sliced to the low side, sliding into the fourth
position on lap 18. The brothers Weinkauf followed, with Jason
challenging low of Nelson and Chris latched to his bumper. Weiler began
to fade late, as LaPointe, Froelich, and Frazier passed him by with five to
go. Nelson’s determination was rewarded with four laps to go, as he
held onto fifth over Jason Weinkauf when the caution flew for the spinning
Larry Schotten. Turner’s experience paid dividends as he stretched a
huge lead at the restart. Gregorich made a bold move low in turn one,
taking away third from VanDerGeest with three to go. He then moved to
the high side of second place Pettis, and overtook him as they took the white
flag. Turner’s restarts turned out to be the final difference
maker. Gregorich closed to his rear bumper cover entering turn three,
and looked high exiting turn four. The aggressive move was not enough to
overtake Turner, as Gregorich made contact with the front stretch wall and
slid to a stop, receiving an ovation from the crowd for his failed attempt at
victory. Third place went to Pettis, followed by VanDerGeest and Jason
Weinkauf.
The CarQuest Super Stock feature was lead by polesitter Andy Munthe on lap
one. Outside polesitter Matt Raykowski overtook the lead on lap two, and
would hold it until a caution on lap five between Munthe and Randy Meyer on
the backstretch. The restart saw Travis Zvolena challenge newcomer
Travis Hancock to the inside to take over the second position on lap
seven. He then over took the leader Raykowski on the low side one lap
later. Corey Jankowski followed Zvolena, showing impressive speed on his
first visit to the speedway this season. Jankowski passed Zvolena for
the lead on lap 11, followed by Brian Weinfurter and Wes Coon by lap 13.
Matt Pyburn began to close on the lead group, as he passed Hancock and Zvolena
to take over fourth on lap 15. Weinfurter began to challenge Jankowski
to the low side late in the race, allowing Coon and Pyburn to close in on the
lead pair. Jankowski slowed to protect the bottom, and Coon seized the
opportunity, charging by both Weinfurter and Jankowski on the high side on lap
18. He led the field to the finish, followed by Jankowski, Weinfurter,
Pyburn, and Zvolena.
Jason Ferrel of Oshkosh took fast time in the Super Bike qualifying and then
went on to win the main contest. Shawn Purkis of Marshfield was able to
secure the second quick and second in the feature. John Smarek of Elk
Mound did not make it in time for qualifying, however was able to race up into
a third place finish. Bill Larson of Ripon took fourth in the feature
followed by Brian Frank of Omro in fifth.
The 4-cylinder feature went quickly to caution, due to a multiple car crash in
turn two on the first lap. Erin Schlough wasted no time taking the lead,
passing pole sitter Ron Sischo as racing resumed. As the field completed
lap one, Paul Berg, Dan McGiveron, and Steve Stewart entered turn one
three-wide. The track proved to be too narrow, as Stewart and McGiveron
spun, sending both to the rear. As the racing restarted, it was again
slowed by caution. Three-wide racing between Eric Haring, Stewart, and
Don Elmhorst send Elmhorst up the track, stopping inches from the turn two
wall. Don Dunow used the caution to his advantage, quickly passing Berg
and Kyle Opelt on the high side for the fourth position. On lap three,
Derk Hauser moved inside of Steve Hauser taking the second position. One
lap later, he looked inside of leader Schlough to take the first position,
followed by Steve Hauser. Flick began to charge toward the front diving
under Schlough on lap five and Steve Hauser on lap six followed closely by
Opelt. Tire problems on the Berg machine brought out another caution on
lap eight. As racing resumed, Jeremiah Strauss overtook the fourth
position from Dunow entering turn one. Flick also powered to the high
side of Derk Hauser pulling nose to nose with the leader entering turn one of
lap nine. Opelt moved low of the lead pair entering turn three, but
wisely backed out as the opening closed. Flick completed the pass of the
persistant Derk Hauser on lap ten with Opelt following closely. Opelt
closed to within a half a car length of Flick, only to end up three car
lengths back as Flick took command by the checkered. The top five
crossed with Flick the victor, Opelt, Derk Hauser, Strauss, and Steve Hauser
rounding out the top five.
Next Saturday, August 12th is sponsored by WYTE 106.5FM and the Marshfield
News-Herald. Racing includes CarQuest Super Late Models, CarQuest Super
Stocks, Motorcycles, 1-Man Cruisers, Junkyard Warriors, and Pure Stocks.
Plus Powder Puff races! Pit gates open at 3:30, grandstand gates open at
5 p.m., Miller Lite time trials at 5:30, racing starts at 7 p.m.
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 is $10.00, Students ages 10-15
yrs. $5.00 and under 10 yrs FREE with a parent. Rain date for Sunday two
hours earlier.
Everyone 16 yrs and older may sign up FREE every race night to win the 2006
Dodge Charger Pace Car.
Summary
CarQuest Super Late Models
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 14G GREGORICH, EUGENE JR KEWAUNEE CHEVY 18.164
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 2 64F FRAZIER, JOHN HEAT1 MERRILL CHEVY
2 6 7T TURNER, DON HEAT1 LACROSSE CHEVY
3 1 17W WISZ, ERIC HEAT1 MOSINEE DODGE
4 8 01W WEILER, ELLIOTT HEAT1 MARSHFIELD CHEVY
5 7 22P PETTIS, BEN HEAT1 ELK MOUND CHEVY
1 2 23V VANDERGEEST, JAY HEAT2 MERRILL CHEVY
2 9 14G GREGORICH, EUGENE JR HEAT2 KEWAUNEE CHEVY
3 4 1H HINTZ, TIM HEAT2 NEKOOSA FORD
4 1 15L LAPOINTE, DEAN HEAT2 MARSHFIELD FORD
5 6 76W WEINKAUF, JASON HEAT2 MERRILL CHEVY
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 1 7T TURNER, DON FEAT LACROSSE CHEVY
2 14 14G GREGORICH, EUGENE JR FEAT KEWAUNEE CHEVY
3 2 22P PETTIS, BEN FEAT ELK MOUND CHEVY
4 5 23V VANDERGEEST, JAY FEAT MERRILL CHEVY
5 9 76W WEINKAUF, JASON FEAT MERRILL CHEVY
6 8 66N NELSON, TROY FEAT ANTIGO CHEVY
7 11 75W WEINKAUF, CHRIS FEAT MERRILL DODGE
8 4 15L LAPOINTE, DEAN FEAT MARSHFIELD FORD
9 6 41F FROELICH, JOHN FEAT CHIPPEWA FALLS CHEVY
10 16 64F FRAZIER, JOHN FEAT MERRILL CHEVY
CarQuest Super Stocks
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 71P PYBURN, MATT WI RAPIDS CHEVY 20.080
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 7 44S SCHOLL, CHAD HEAT1 MARSHFIELD FORD
2 9 14M MUNTHE, ANDY HEAT1 ELK MOUND MONTE CARL
3 10 6R RAYKOWSKI, MATT HEAT1 STEVENS POINT FORD
4 8 74S STANLEY, BRUCE HEAT1 MARSHFIELD MONTE CARL
5 4 22B BRAVENER, LUKE HEAT1 MARSHFIELD PONTIAC
1 4 6X MEYER, RANDY HEAT2 COLBY PONTIAC
2 8 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN HEAT2 WI RAPIDS PONTIAC
3 6 4E EMMERICH, RANDY HEAT2 WESTON PONTIAC
4 7 51C COON, WES HEAT2 NEKOOSA CHEVY
5 10 71P PYBURN, MATT HEAT2 WI RAPIDS CHEVY
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 10 51C COON, WES FEAT NEKOOSA CHEVY
2 12 31J JANKOWSKI, COREY FEAT TOMAH - - -
3 11 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN FEAT WI RAPIDS PONTIAC
4 14 71P PYBURN, MATT FEAT WI RAPIDS CHEVY
5 8 04Z ZVOLENA, TRAVIS FEAT MARSHFIELD CHEVY
6 6 62H HANCOCK, TRAVIS FEAT MAUSTON - - -
7 9 4E EMMERICH, RANDY FEAT WESTON PONTIAC
8 4 90C CRASS, DENNY FEAT MARIBEL CHEVY
9 13 44S SCHOLL, CHAD FEAT MARSHFIELD FORD
10 5 28S SCHULTZ, LARRY FEAT MARSHFIELD CHEVY
4-Cylinders
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 23O OPELT, KYLE GREENWOOD SATURN 22.230
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 10 45S SCHLOUGH, ERIN HEAT1 GREENWOOD FORD
2 5 81H HARING, ERIC HEAT1 WAUSAU FORD
3 7 88E ELMHORST, WAYNE HEAT1 NEILLSVILLE DODGE
4 9 17E ELMHORST, DON HEAT1 NEILLSVILLE FORD
5 3 81M METZLER, CLINTON HEAT1 GILMAN FORD
1 2 9H HAUSER, STEVE HEAT2 GILMAN DODGE
2 4 01B BERG, PAUL HEAT2 EAU CLAIRE FORD
3 8 13S STEWART, STEVE HEAT2 MARSHFIELD SATURN
4 5 43B BRANDL, RICKY HEAT2 MILLADORE DODGE
5 10 23O OPELT, KYLE HEAT2 GREENWOOD SATURN
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 12 99F FLICK, JJ FEAT WI RAPIDS FORD
2 14 23O OPELT, KYLE FEAT GREENWOOD SATURN
3 6 19H HAUSER, DERK FEAT GILMAN DODGE
4 10 79S STRAUSS, JEREMIAH FEAT NEILLSVILLE DODGE
5 5 9H HAUSER, STEVE FEAT GILMAN DODGE
6 15 4Q2 ECKES, GENO FEAT AUBURNDALE SATURN
7 13 88E ELMHORST, WAYNE FEAT NEILLSVILLE DODGE
8 16 81H HARING, ERIC FEAT WAUSAU FORD
9 11 13S STEWART, STEVE FEAT MARSHFIELD SATURN
10 18 81M METZLER, CLINTON FEAT GILMAN FORD
Point Standings As Of August 5, 2006
Super Late Models
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 75W WEINKAUF, CHRIS 473
2 14G GREGORICH, EUGENE JR 470
3 1H HINTZ, TIM 409
4 76W WEINKAUF, JASON 399
5 22P PETTIS, BEN 381
6 23V VANDERGEEST, JAY 368
7 3W WEINFURTER, JEFF 343
8 01W WEILER, ELLIOTT 316
9 66N NELSON, TROY 289
10 711 DROST, DOUG 281
Super Stocks
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 71P PYBURN, MATT 438
2 24W WEINFURTER, BRIAN 437
3 51C COON, WES 432
4 44S SCHOLL, CHAD 372
5 4E EMMERICH, RANDY 371
6 04Z ZVOLENA, TRAVIS 363
7 28S SCHULTZ, LARRY 311
8 6X MEYER, RANDY 303
9 22B BRAVENER, LUKE 253
10 14M MUNTHE, ANDY 236
4-Cylinders
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 13S STEWART, STEVE 529
2 23O OPELT, KYLE 518
3 99F FLICK, JJ 470
4 79S STRAUSS, JEREMIAH 461
5 9H HAUSER, STEVE 448
6 73D DUNOW, DON 440
7 43B BRANDL, RICKY 376
8 19H HAUSER, DERK 365
9 14X MCGIVERON, DAN 358
10 45S SCHLOUGH, ERIN 315
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