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Marshfield’s Rory Melbinger Wins Limited Late Model Special Event
Stratford Sign Night at the races hosted a special event, one of two, Limited
Late Model races this season. Plus CarQuest Super Stocks, the first
appearance of the Motorcycles this season, and Pure Stocks.
Rocky Breezer of Poynette claimed the limited late model fast time
honors. Brian Back would earn the super stock quickest lap. The
motorcycles, which don’t time trial, had exciting races with a different
winner in each of their races. The youngster from Rangeline, Kyle Genett,
would take another clean sweep of the pure stock events.
A very close battle ensued of the limited late model 35 lap feature
race. Driver raced side-by-side, door to door, lap after lap in a green
to checkered feature. Front row starters Derek Dombeck and Travis
Stebane battled back and forth over the lead. Tom McClintock battled in
the third spot with heat winner Eric Klawitter. Klawitter took the third
position on lap three. Dombeck eventually pulled ahead with Klawitter
moving up into the second spot and began pressuring Dombeck for the
lead. Meanwhile, Bret Widdis and Rory Melbinger worked their way through
the field to the front. Klawitter took the lead from Dombeck on lap 12,
but had to keep a close eye in his mirror on the hard charging Rory Melbinger,
who had his sites set on the lead. Fast timer Rocky Breezer, had gotten
held up in traffic, but was also making his way to the front. Melbinger
passed Klawitter on the outside for the lead on lap 19. As the laps
wound down, Breezer worked the inside lane to pass Widdis, in turn four.
He then began to chase down Klawitter and Melbinger, as they had been able to
stretch out a strong lead. With only five laps remaining, Breezer caught
Klawitter, taking to the outside this time. The white flag lap, on the
front stretch, racing to the line, Breezer overtook Klawitter for
second. Breezer was out of laps to chase down leader, Melbinger.
Melbinger took home his first limited late model checkers from
Marshfield. Breezer second, Klawitter third, Widdis fourth and
McClintock fifth.
Brian Weinfurter jumped to the lead of the CarQuest super stock feature.
Rick Grunden wasted no time getting up into the second position and
challenging for that lead. Rookie driver, Mike Gwidt, held strong in his
third position. Travis Zvolena began to work on Gwidt for that third
spot. Heat winner, Mark Langreck, raced in the fifth position, until
fast timer Brian Back claimed the spot. Several laps later, Back was
forced to retire his machine to the pits, with mechanical difficulties.
Randy Emmerich then moved up into the top five, claiming fifth. Grunden,
still working to take lead from Weinfuter on the outside, made contact with
the back of Weinfurter’s car in turn four. Turning Weinfurter
sideways, but he hung onto to it, and came back to go for the lead from
Grunden. Again the two made contact, bringing out the caution.
Grunden continued, but had to re-start at the rear. The damage to
Weinfurter’s car forced him to pit. Zvolena then assumed the lead for
the re-start. Zvolena had to hold off Emmerich and Gwidt for the
lead. Bo Bennish had raced up into the fourth position with Langreck
fifth. Grunden began to work his way back up to the front. With
only three to go he was pressuring Gwidt for the second spot. Zvolena
won, Grunden took second at the checkers, Gwidt third, Bennish fourth and
Langreck fifth. Zvolena’s win earned him the Kring’s Motorsports
feature win award and bonus money from RZ Builders. Bennish also won
bonus money, compliments of RZ Builders. See details for RZ Builders
bonus pay below.
Motorcycle action started out with a heat long battle between Hatley’s Steve
Kasten and Marshfield’s Cliff Eckes Jr. Kasten held the upper hand for
the first four laps while Eckes snuck by on the backstretch to lead the field
to the checkered flag.
Rib Lake’s Brad Seavers dominated the second heat with a flag to flag
victory over Lake Nebagamon fast guy Randy Ruffi to set the stage for the
final 10 laps.
Looking for a performance advantage, first heat winner Cliff Eckes Jr. mounted
a new rear tire, but it did not give him the traction he was looking for and
he paid the price with a mid pack finish; not his normal results. Up
front in the feature Steve Kasten put in a flawless performance on his SK
Service Yamaha to reach the checkered flag first. Brad Seavers shadowed
him the last five laps looking for an opportunity to pass which never
came. Marshfield’s Shawn Purkis brought his Honda through for an
impressive third place finish. The rest of the pack battled hard and
fierce for the whole race giving the fans a great show of speed and
skill. Look for another thrilling motorcycle event out here June
9th.
Results: 1.Steve Kasten YAM 2. Brad Seavers HON
3.Shawn Purkis HON 4.Danny Vrana HON 5. Randy Ruffi YAM
6.Troy Johnson ROT 7.Cliff Eckes Jr. YAM 8.Woody Eckes YAM
9. Craig Lewis YAM 10. Ted Strebe YAM 11.Lee Johnson YAM
Cycle story by Woody Eckes
Kyle Genett dominated the pure stock feature, taking the lead from Gary
Haarklau on lap two. Genett picked up his clean sweep, Haarklau second,
Ryan Mork third and Coletta Gomes fourth.
Next Saturday, May 19th is sponsored by Sternweis & Sons Conrete, Ready
Mix & Block Division. Red hot racing includes the return of the CarQuest
Super Late Models, CarQuest Super Stocks, 4-Cylinders and Junkyard
Warriors. 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 PT
Cruiser Convertible Pace Car.
May 19th Hometown Night At The Races for WI Rapids, Nekoosa, Port Edwards,
Babcock, Necedah, Tomah and Sparta, brought to you by Cellcom. Any race
fan from any town listed for May 19th, will be able to show their picture ID
that states they live in one of those towns, and receive FREE admission to
that night’s races.
$250.00
Additional prize money will be added to each of three super stock race nights
during the 2007 Marshfield Super Speedway race season compliments of RZ
Builders LLC of Loyal.
June 9th, July 21st, August 11th
Payout:
The top three eligible feature finishers will receive $50.00 in addition to
the payout. The race winner will then draw a number and that position
plus the three following will receive $25.00 in addition to the payout (these
drivers must also be eligible).
Eligibility:
Prior to the first Challenge night the driver must at least race one night at
Marshfield Super Speedway with the super stocks during the 2007 season.
Prior to the second Challenge night the driver must at least race two nights
at Marshfield Super Speedway with the super stocks during the 2007 season
(previous Challenge night does not count towards eligibility). Prior to
the third Challenge night the driver must at least race three nights at
Marshfield Super Speedway with the super stocks during the 2007 season.
Points:
All races will be CWSSA Sanctioned points races.
Point Fund:
There will be a point fund payout for the points accumulated for eligible
drivers on those nights. After the final Challenge night, the point fund
will payout: 1st - $200.00, 2nd $150.00, 3rd $100.00
In addition to the Triple Challenge, RZ Builders LLC is adding $50.00 to the
weekly payout. First place in the feature $25.00, then the winner will
draw a number and that position will receive the other $25.00.
Limited Late Model - Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 RORY MELBINGER9M
2 ROCKY BREEZER64B
3 ERIC KLAWITTER22K
4 BRET WIDDIS15W
5 TOM MCCLINTOCK 40M
6 DEREK DOMBECK94D
7 TRAVIS STEBANETV2
Limited Late Model - Heat
Pos Driver Car #
1 ERIC KLAWITTER22K
2 RORY MELBINGER9M
3 DEREK DOMBECK94D
4 BRET WIDDIS15W
5 TOM MCCLINTOCK 40M
6 ROCKY BREEZER64B
7 TRAVIS STEBANETV2
Limited Late Model - Qualifying
Pos Driver Car #
1 ROCKY BREEZER64B
2 BRET WIDDIS15W
3 RORY MELBINGER9M
4 ERIC KLAWITTER22K
5 TOM MCCLINTOCK 40M
6 DEREK DOMBECK94D
7 TRAVIS STEBANETV2
Pure Stocks - Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 KYLE GENETT16X
2 GARY HAARKLAU99H
3 RYAN MORK18M
4 COLETTA GOMES 9G
Pure Stocks - Heat
Pos Driver Car #
1 KYLE GENETT16X
2 GARY HAARKLAU99H
3 RYAN MORK18M
4 COLETTA GOMES 9G
Pure Stocks - Qualifying
Pos Driver Car #
1 KYLE GENETT16X
2 RYAN MORK18M
3 GARY HAARKLAU99H
4 COLETTA GOMES 9G
Super Stocks - Feature
Pos Driver Car #
1 TRAVIS ZVOLENA04Z
2 RICK GRUNDEN15G
3 MIKE GWIDT25G
4 BO BENNISH03B
5 MARK LANGRECK9L
6 BRUCE STANLEY 74S
7 GENO ECKES68G
8 ADAM ECKES71X
9 RANDY EMMERICH4E
10 BRIAN WEINFURTER24W
11 CHAD SCHOLL 44S
12 BRIAN BACK 71B
13 CHRIS LANGRECK02L
Super Stocks - Heat 1
Pos Driver Car #
1 MARK LANGRECK9L
2 CHAD SCHOLL 44S
3 BO BENNISH03B
4 BRUCE STANLEY 74S
5 ADAM ECKES71X
6 GENO ECKES68G
7 CHRIS LANGRECK02L
Super Stocks - Heat 2
Pos Driver Car #
1 BRIAN WEINFURTER24W
2 TRAVIS ZVOLENA04Z
3 RICK GRUNDEN15G
4 MIKE GWIDT25G
5 BRIAN BACK 71B
6 RANDY EMMERICH4E
Super Stocks - Qualifying
Pos Driver Car #
1 BRIAN BACK 71B
2 RICK GRUNDEN15G
3 RANDY EMMERICH4E
4 MIKE GWIDT25G
5 TRAVIS ZVOLENA04Z
6 BRIAN WEINFURTER24W
7 BO BENNISH03B
8 CHAD SCHOLL 44S
9 BRUCE STANLEY 74S
10 MARK LANGRECK9L
11 GENO ECKES68G
12 ADAM ECKES71X
13 THOMAS DOWE04D
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