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Rabas Repeats In MidAmerican Series Headliner
FRANCIS CREEK, WI: Proving the first time was no fluke, Dennis Rabas captured
his second straight Yellow Book USA MidAmerican Series feature win Saturday
night at the 141 Speedway in Francis Creek.
As the traveling series winds its way through the MidWest, they often
encounter their toughest local competition at 141. Rabas proved that to be
true again, backing up a feature win in June with his second series win
Saturday night.
First task at hand for Rabas was to secure the lead from polesitter and series
regular Bobby Gutknecht. Taking command of the inside line, Rabas moved to the
point on the 8th lap with Greg Haese in tow. Gutknecht regained the inside
after the two local racers got by. And that's exactly where the top three
stayed for the duration of the event.
Unable to establish bite on the high line, Haese followed directly Rabas' tire
tracks until the checkers flew. One tense moment came on the 24th lap as Haese
tried to dig to extreme low line. He tapped Rabas sending him into a near
spin. But Haese backed off, and Rabas made a sliding save through the fourth
corner. By the time they were headed down the frontstretch, Rabas had control
again and was on his way to the trophy.
The feature was nearly incident free, with all only two minor cautions halting
action. On the second lap, fast qualifier Brett Piontek has his hood pop
free on the frontstretch, forcing him to pull to the infield. Ten laps
later, Jonathan Eilen made an attempt at the outside, but got caught in the
marbles, sending him into a slide in the fourth turn.
From that point it was nose to tail racing for the duration, with Rabas, Haese
and Gutknecht followed by Josh Bauer, Jeremy Spoonmore, Peter Hernandex,
Jeremy Miller and Greg Herrrmann. Hernandez was able to coax the inside
line from Bauer and Spoonmore, with Miller in tow, over the course of the
final nine laps, advancing to fourth in the process.
Feature: 1) #7 Dennis Rabas, Maribel, WI 2) #B7 Gregg Haese, Two
Rivers, WI 3) #10 Bobby Gutknecht, Oak Creek , WI 4) #66H Peter
Hernadez, Mokena, IL 5) #5M Jeremy Miller, Rockton, IL 6) #71B
Josh Bauer Random Lake, WI 7) #22 Jeremy Spoonmore, Somonauk, IL 8) #79
Greg Herrmann, Branch, WI 9) #32 Lyle Nowak, Wausau, WI 10) #11
Tom Schmitzer, Chilton, WI 11) #8 Monte Strouf, Menchalville, WI 12) #05
Bobby Hacker, Loves Park, IL 13) #31 Jeff Tisler, Reedsville, WI 14) #77
Jonathan Eilen, Hampton, MN 15) #84 Brett Piontek, Green Bay, WI 16) #73 Todd
Mott, Two Rivers, WI 17) #23 Thomas Garbacz, Schaumburg, IL 18) #71L
Josh Larsen, Glencoe, MN
Semi-Feature: 1) #31 Jeff Tisler 2) #05 Hacker 3) #73 Mott 4) #99 Jim
Thorson, Sugar Grove, IL 5) #50 Gary Tisler, Cato, WI 6) #62 Scott Null, Lake
Mills, WI 7) #38 Mike Oswald, Manitowoc, WI 8) #48 Brad Keith,
West Bend, WI
Heat 1: 1) Null 2) Jeff Tisler
Heat 2: 1) Hacker 2) Rabas
Heat 3: 1) Keith 2) Hernandez
Fast Time: Piontek 12.399
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