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No Shortage Of Action For MIS Season Opener
By John Wells
Sunday, May 7, 2006 (Oregon, WI) - All of the ingredients were in place for a
great afternoon of racing for the Miller Classic season opener at Madison
International Speedway. A near record setting car count for the
Wisconsin Challenge series, a full field of Big Eight Series cars, and twenty
Roto Rooter bandits were on hand to entertain the large crowd. Throw in
an absolutely beautiful day weather-wise and the stage was set.
When all was said and done it was Dave Feiler of Sun Prairie winning the
Miller Classic 100 for the Wisconsin Challenge Series, Jeremy Miller of
Rockton, Illinois, taking top honors in the Big Eight Series, and Tyler Kelley
of Oregon winning the first-ever race on the quarter-mile for the Bandits.
Jason Weinkauf of Merrill and Kenny Richards of Montello paced the field of
twenty eight Wisconsin Challenge Series super late models to the green
flag. Richards claimed the top spot after the first lap and held the
point for the first six circuits until Steve Rubeck powered by him for the
lead.
Working their way up through the field were Dean Cornelius and Nate Haseleu
who were third and fourth respectively by lap ten. On lap 16 Cornelius
passed Rubeck for second and four laps later it was Haseleu moving into the
third spot.
The first caution of the race came out on lap 23 when Weinkauf suffered
mechanical problems and slowed on the track. Shortly after the restart,
Andrew Morrissey passed Richards for fourth before another caution flag came
out for Jeremy LePak when he stalled on the front stretch.
Lap 37 brought out another caution when Haseleu suffered mechanical problems
that ended his afternoon. After the restart, Cornelius moved up to
challenge Rubeck for the lead and exciting side by side battle ensued with
Morrissey joining the mix. Cornelius took the lead on lap 43 getting by
Rubeck with Morrissey doing the same one lap later.
Meanwhile back in the field, Dave Feiler was quickly moving his way up to
seventh by the break.
After lap 50 the competition yellow came out for a ten minute break with the
top five being Cornelius, Morrissey, Rubeck, Jeff Kendall, and Richards.
Total mayhem occurred on lap 52 when Cornelius and Morrissey made contact
causing a chain reaction behind them that forced Rubeck hard into the wall and
sending him onto his roof. This brought out the red flag and sent the
top four all to the pits with only Cornelius and Kendall able to continue but
at the end of the field.
With Cornelius, Morrissey, and Kendall all going to the pits, Richards
inherited the lead followed by Mark Eswein, Dave Feiler, Josh Vadnais, and
Frank Kreyer.
After the restart, Richards was able to increase his lead with Feiler quickly
moving up to second. On lap 60 Steve Carlson worked his way past Kreyer
for fifth with Andy Monday moving into sixth.
Richards maintained his lead but Feiler was closing the gap on each
lap…seemingly biding his time and waiting for the right moment. The
caution flew on lap 86 for a spin in turn four and took away Richards two car
length advantage.
On the restart, Richards got a great jump and parlayed it to a three car
length lead over Feiler only to be negated for a three car incident on lap 90.
Richards gave Feiler just enough room coming out of turn two and the Sun
Prairie driver vaulted to the lead and never looked back. Richards held
on for second followed at the line by Eswein, Vadnais, and Monday.
Morrissey set fast time with a lap of 17.558 or 102.52 mph. Qualifying
races were won by Steve Carlson, Jeremy Miller, and Feiler.
Jeremy Miller of Rockton, Illinois, was victorious in the 38 lap feature for
the Big Eight Limited Late Model Series. Dennis Schmidt looked strong
early on until Brady Liddle took over the lead on lap seventeen. Two
laps later Miller powered by Liddle and cruised to victory. Rounding out
the top five were Ricky Bilderback, Liddle, Chad Stevens, and Kris Kelly.
Bobby Wilberg set fast time with a lap of 18.905 or 95.21 mph.
Qualifying races were won by Jason Thoma of Watertown and Ryan Carlson of
Loves Park, Illinois.
The Roto Rooter Bandits put on a great show in their debut at MIS as
Oregon’s Tyler Kelley edged out Brandon Riedner at the line to pick up the
victory. Shaun Scheel grabbed the early lead before relinquishing it to
Kyle Riedner. Riedner was forced to the pits shortly after taking the
lead when it was discovered he was leaking fuel.
Bandit heat races were won by Kyle Riedner and Kelley.
Racing continues on Friday night May 12 when all five weekly divisions will be
in action. See the Weaver Auto Parts ASA Late Models and Rockweiler
Insulation Limited Late Models on the half-mile with the Bryden Motors Area
Sportsman, Club LaMark Hobby Stocks, and Roto Rooter Bandits all on the
quarter-mile.
Results
Wisconsin Challenge Series
Feature: 1-10 Dave Feiler (Sun Prairie), Kenny Richards (Montello), Mark
Eswein (Wisconsin Rapids), Josh Vadnais (White Bear Lake, MN), Andy Monday
(Appleton), Steve Holzhausen (LaCrosse), Steve Carlson (West Salem), Erik
Darnell (Beach Park, IL), Scott Ollerman (Sun Prairie), Jeff Kendall
(Montello)
11-20 Tim Schendel (Sparta), Jonathan Eilen (Elko, MN), Jason Tyler
(Stoughton), Jeremy Miller (Rockton, IL), John Zimmerman (Markesan), Jason
Weinkauf (Merrill), Bryan Roach (Goodhue, MN), Frank Kreyer (Pardeeville),
Trent Snyder (Ironton, MN), Adam Royle (Farmington, MN)
21-28 Chris Weinkauf (Merrill), Dean Cornelius (Chaska, MN), Andrew
Morrissey (DeForest), Steve Rubeck (Cherry Valley, IL), Nathan Haseleu
(Pardeeville), Brian Johnson Jr. (Roscoe, IL), Jeremy LePak (Wausau), Dale
Nottestad (Cambridge)
Fast Qualifier: Andrew Morrissey – DeForest 17.558 (102.52 mph)
Qualifying Race #1: Steve Carlson- West Salem
Qualifying Race #2: Jeremy Miller- Rockton, IL
Qualifying Race #3: Dave Feiler- Sun Prairie
B Feature: Jeff Storm- Waterford
Big Eight Series
Feature: 1-10 Jeremy Miller (Rockton, IL), Ricky Bilderback
(Rockford, IL), Brady Liddle (Oregon), Chad Stevens (Orfordville), Kris Kelly
(Norway, MI), Beau Sanden (Janesville), Dennis Schmidt (Juneau), Mark Miller
(Columbus), Jerry Gille (Rockford, IL), Mike Beyer (Machesney Park, IL)
11-20 Jason Thoma (Watertown), Kyle Bauknecht (Reedsville), Isaak Owen (LaCrosse),
Mike Ehde (Prairie du Chien), Sonny Schoffen (Crystal Lake, IL), Scott
Nottestad (Stoughton), Jeff Falbe (Beaver Dam), Chris Quam (Stoughton), Lorin
Kurth (Waukon, IA), Ryan Carlson (Loves Park, IL)
21-24 Billy Baumeister (Janesville), Bobby Wilberg (Orfordville), Keith
Tolf (Union Grove), David Naumann (Waunakee)
Fast Qualifier: Bobby Wilberg- Orfordville 18.905 (95.21 mph)
Heat One: Jason Thoma – Watertown
Heat Two: Ryan Carlson- Loves Park, IL
Roto Rooter Bandits
Feature: 1-10 Tyler Kelley (Oregon), Brandon Riedner (Waunakee),
Shaun Scheel (Lake Mills), Stephen Scheel (Lake Mills), Rory Padfield
(Stoughton), Ashley Smith (Lake Mills), Kyle Smith (Lake Mills), Stephen
Dickson (Rockton, IL), Ryan Hart (Edgerton), Chris Hart (Edgerton)
11-18 Kyle Padfield (Stoughton), Alex Jones (Middleton), Jody Krueger
(Edgerton), Brent Bergholz (Cambridge), Jim Moe (DeForest), Michael Heimann
(Waunakee), Kyle Riedner (Waunakee), Brandon Skolaski (Fitchburg)
Heat One: Tyler Kelly- Oregon
Heat Two: Kyle Riedner- Waunakee
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