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Wilberg And Lawver Best At MIS
by John Wells
Friday, June 9, 2006 (Oregon, WI) - Bobby Wilberg and Scott Lawver picked up
feature wins as part of a rain-shortened night at Madison International
Speedway as part of Oregon Night / All Faiths Night. The rain forced the
cancellation of the Roto Rooter Bandit and Rockweiler Insulation Limited Late
Model features. Bill Bartz of the Monona Oaks Community Church won the
Faster Pastor Race.
Defending Weaver Auto Parts ASA Late Model track champion Bobby Wilberg of
Orfordville waited until the final lap to pick up his first feature win of the
season.
Dan Harris and Scott Broughton led the field of twenty four Weaver Auto Parts
ASA Late Models to the stripe in their forty lap feature event with Broughton
grabbing the early lead.
Nick Hammer quickly moved up to challenge and on lap four passed Broughton on
the inside for the top spot with Jason Tyler right behind. Moving up to
challenge the leaders were Jesse Saunders, Bobby Wilberg, and Brian Hoppe with
Nate Haseleu close behind.
With Hammer and Tyler putting on a good show out front, the first caution of
the race came on lap thirteen for a spin in turn four that the field narrowly
escaped getting caught up in.
The lead belonged to Hammer after the restart with Wilberg pulling to the
inside of Saunders for third before the second caution flag was displayed on
lap eighteen for a spin in turn two.
Another caution and another restart found Hammer in thje lead until Tyler made
an inside pass on lap twenty to take the lead with Saunders up to second and
Wilberg third one lap later. On lap twenty two Hoppe had moved past
Hammer for fourth with Haseleu up to fifth one lap later.
Wilberg and Hoppe were both able to overtake Saunders on lap thirty with
Wilberg quickly up to challenge the leader. Tyler was able to hold off
the hard charging Wilberg and Hoppe and looked like he was headed for victory
lane when the caution flag waved on lap thirty seven for a car into the wall
in turn three.
All the ingredients were now in place for another classic Weaver Auto Parts
ASA Late Model finish.
Tyler maintained his lead for one lap before the caution flag came out again
for a spin that occurred behind the leaders just as Wilberg was looking to
pass Tyler going into turn three. This time there would be three laps to
go.
Tyler was able to keep his advantage over Wilberg until the defending champion
got by him with a thrilling pass going into turn three on the final lap and
pick up his first victory of the 2006 season. Tyler would hang on for second
followed by Hoppe, Haseleu, and Saunders.
Heat races were won by Minor, Brett Piontek, and Chad Stevens. Minor
also won the semi-feature.
Scott Lawver of Roscoe, Illinois, won the twenty lap feature for the Bryden
Motors Area Sportsman.
Randy Padfield and Lawver started on the first row of the twelve car feature
event. Padfield held down the top spot for the first two laps before
drifting up the track coming out of turn four on the third lap which opened
the door for Lawver. Lawver wasted no time in jumping to the lead and
quickly built a three car advantage over Padfield and James Hellmer.
With three laps to go Mike Heelein and Padfield had made up the ground on
Lawver but in the end it was all Lawver. Finishing second was Padfield
followed by Scott Riedner, who had come through the field from his tenth
starting position, Casey Burns, and
Heat races were won by Riedner and Casey Burns.
Just as the twenty Roto Rooter Bandits were lining up for their feature the
skies opened up and the remainder of the racing schedule would be rained out
including the feature for the Rockweiler Insulation Limited Late Models.
The evening's racing program also featured the first ever running of the
"Faster Pastor" race which had drawn national attention. Eight
drivers got behind the wheel of some of the Roto Rooter Bandit cars for a ten
lap race with Bill Bartz of Monona Oaks Community Church in Madison coming
home victorious. Other competitors included Robert Carlson of New Life
Church in Madison, Todd Christopherson, track chaplain at MIS, Tim Erickson of
Bethel Baptist Church in Janesville, Dan Harper of Harvest Community Church in
DeForest, Shane Holden of Mad City Church in Madison, Dan Pierce of Faith
Community Church in Fort Atkinson, and Tom Thorpe of Trinity Baptist Church in
Reedsburg. The event was sponsored by Life 102.5 (WNWC) from Madison.
Racing continues next week when the Hoosier Outlaw Sprint Series (HOSS) and
USAC Ford Focus Midgets come to town with their high flying open wheel
action. Also in action on the quarter mile will be the Bryden Motors
Area Sportsman, Club La Mark Hobby Stocks, and Roto Rooter Bandits all in
action.
Pit gates open at 3:30, hot laps at 4:45, qualifying at 6:45 with racing at
7:30.
Results
Weaver Auto Parts ASA Late Models (40 laps)
Feature: (1-10) Bobby Wilberg- Orfordville, Jason Tyler- Stoughton,
Brian Hoppe- Madison, Nathan Haseleu- Pardeeville, Jesse Saunders- Janesville,
Travis Sauter- Necedah, Dan Lensing- Rockford, IL, Tom Gille- Winnebago, IL,
Nathan Oppliger- Oregon, Beau Bavery- Oregon
(11-20) Scott Broughton- Stoughton, Jim Dragich- Germantown, Troy Hintzsche-
Malta, IL, Kevin Kneuse- Milwaukee, Shane Morrissey- Cuba City, Jaime Dorsey-
Stillman Valley, IL, Todd Schmitz- Verona, Nick Hammer- Sun Prairie, Allen
Petrie Jr.- Sun Prairie, Brent Brevak- Ashland
(21-24) Chad Stevens- Orfordville, Brett Piontek- Green Bay, Jon Minor-
Stoughton, Dan Harris- Madison
Fast Qualifier: Travis Sauter- Necedah 18.000 (100 mph)
Heat One: Jon Minor- Stoughton
Heat Two: Brett Piontek- Green Bay
Heat Three: Chad Stevens- Orfordville
Semi Feature: Minor
Rockweiler Insulation Limited Late Models
Feature: Rained Out
Fast Qualifier: Jerry Gille- Rockford, IL 18.841 (95.536 mph)
Heat One: Bill Baumeister- Janesville
Heat Two: Brady Liddle- Oregon
Bryden Motors Area Sportsman (20 laps)
Feature: (1-10) Scott Lawver- Roscoe, IL, Randy Padfield- Stoughton, Scott
Riedner- Waunakee, Casey Burns- Edgerton, Mike Heelein- Fort Atkinson, Ryan
Goldade- Stoughton, Jim Burns- Janesville, Carey Hensel- Stoughton, Shaun
Scheel- Lake Mills, Mike Amador- Mazomanie
(11-12) Brian Paulson- Edgerton, James Helmer- Helenville
Heat One: Scott Riedner- Waunakee
Heat Two: Casey Burns- Edgerton
Roto Rooter Bandits
Feature: Rained Out
Heat One: Rodney Mundt- Johnson Creek
Heat Two: Brandon Riedner- Waunakee
Faster Pastor Race
Feature Winner: Bill Bartz (Monona Oaks Community Church)
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