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Miller Time Again At Milwaukee In Governor's Cup MARS Race
Trickle Started 2nd, Broken Sway Bar Drops Wisconsin
Racing Legend To 16th
Milwaukee, Wis. (August 28, 2005) - Jeremy Miller won the caution-free
Governor’s Cup MARS Super Late Model race at the Milwaukee Mile Sunday
afternoon, picking up his second win of the weekend.
The Rockton, IL native started fourth and had grabbed the lead on lap 23,
pulling away to a commanding win in the 50 lap event. Putting the
knowledge learned from Saturday’s Governor’s Cup Stock Car race victory to
good use, Miller was able to beat some of the biggest names in Midwest racing.
“Yesterday I found a line we could use out here when the car tightened up a
bit,” explained Miller. “You run up in the center of the turn and
get a good bite coming off the corner. I was doing that at the end of
the race, especially off of (turns) 1 and 2.”
“Dick Trickle, Erik Darnell, Steve Carlson…I never thought I could run
with these guys,” a respectful Miller commented in victory lane. “We
were decent when we unloaded. (Chassis specialist) Joe Wood kept working
on the car all weekend and it was pretty flawless for the first forty
laps. The car got a little loose at the end but that was probably me
over driving it.”
The excitement and thrill of winning two races at the historic Milwaukee Mile
has the 25 year-old old energized for more big wins in his young career.
“Were going to win some more races, I’m ready,” he exclaimed when asked
about his future plans.
After giving the command for the racers to start their engines, Trickle jumped
from his outside row one starting position to the front and led the initial
laps of the race, much to the delight of the partisan fans, some of
undoubtedly witnessed Trickle’s ‘Mile debut in a 1968 USAC Stock Car
race. Unfortunately, a broken sway bar plagued the fan favorite from lap
five on, as the Wisconsin stock car legend finished a disappointed sixteenth.
As Trickle began his descent, Darnell grabbed the lead and held on for the
next twenty laps. The car faded a bit for the third-generation Beach
Park, IL racer, allowing Miller to work past. Darnell, a finalist in the
Roush Racing “Race For The Ride” NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver
competition, held on to finish the race in seventh place.
Chicagoland standout Eddie Hoffman moved up from the eighth starting spot to
hold back the repeated attempts by 2004 NASCAR Midwest Series champion Justin
Diercks for second place. The two stock car veterans battled for the final
five laps, racing side by side, bouncing off each other on one occasion down
the front straight of the historic mile oval. With a lap to go Diercks
tried the outside line off the fourth turn but Hoffman slammed the door and
held on to the spot.
New track record holder Tim Schendel advanced from 14th to fourth, with
Minnesota hotshoe Todd Hansen completing the top five.
GOVERNOR’S CUP MARS SUPER LATE MODEL 50
Sunday, August 28, 2005
1. 5 Jeremy Miller
2. 8 Eddie Hoffman
3. 29 Justin Dierks
4. 21 Tim Schendel
5. 25 Todd Hansen
6. 9 Dean Cornelius
7. 23 Erik Darnell
8. 21 Ryan Matthews
9. 66 Steve Carlson
10. 88 Trent Snyder
11. 91 Trevor Stewart
12. 8 Jeff Van Oudenhoven
13. 40 Jeremy Lepak
14. 25 Dexter Bean
15. 77 Jonathan Eilen
16. 99 Dick Trickle
17. 17 Charlie Menard
18. 25 Jeff Storm
19. 42 Andy Hanson
20. 55 Rich Loch
21. 77 Todd Staleman
22. 53 Rod Brewe
23. 3 John Meidam
24. 53 Boris Jurkovic
25. 11 Chris Grimes
26. 93 Jared Ziegler
27. 16 Nick Schumacher
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