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Tim Haddy Takes Powercom Park Checkers
Midwest Sprintcar Association
August 19, 2004
By George Baumann
Beaver Dam, WI - Tim Haddy won the 20-lap Midwest Sprintcar
Association A-Main after passing Lance Fassbender on the 11th lap and
finishing strong.
For Haddy who started inside of row two, it marked his 30th career MSA win and
sixth career sprint A-Main win.
Fassbender started on the pole and quickly established a nice lead after a lap
two yellow.
Series points leader Doug Schenck started eighth and moved ahead to sixth in
two laps right behind Danny Schlafer who continues to chase the Madison driver
for the points lead.
Troy Hepfner, who started in the eighth row steadily moved ahead and was 10th
after five laps. Haddy at the same time was in third just ahead of Troy
Wondra.
By the 10th lap Haddy had erased Fassbender's lead and was ready to move to
the front a lap later. On lap 12, Alex Crimmings who had charged from
his 17th starting spot was up to 10th, but when his car stopped on the
track he was finished.
Schenck as usual continued forward and was fourth on lap 12, and a lap later
moved into third. Two laps later he caught Fassbender and moved into the
second spot with Schlafer not far behind.
K.J. Skelton would pass Wondra for fifth on lap fifteen, and later passed
Fassbender for fourth where he would finish. In the closing laps Haddy
started lapping cars before seeing the checkered flag ahead of Schenck,
Schlafer, Skelton and Fassbender.
David O'Neal who started 20th charged ahead and would finish ninth giving him
the KSE Hard Charger Award for passing 11 cars. Hepfner passed eight
cars as did Dean Erfurth who started 22nd after getting the final transfer
spot in the B.
The B-Main was easily won by Crimmings who started on the pole and shot out to
a big lead early. Gary Laack finished in second after passing Chad
Tessman late in the race. Tessman held on to the third spot ahead of
O'Neal who had started ninth. Also transferring to the A-Main were
Scott Conger and Erfurth.
The first heat race was won by Hepfner from the pole. The race went
yellow on the second lap after the cars of O'Neal and Bill Taylor stopped on
the race track. On the restart Haddy slipped past Crimmings to claim the
fourth and final transfer spot. Rookies Robbie Pribnow and Shane
Wenninger both ran well finishing in second and third.
K.J. Skelton won the second heat race after passing Al Schlafer on the low
side in turn four on the fifth lap. Wondra and Joe Wipperfurth also
grabbed transfer spots. The race was stopped on the second lap when
Keith Fellner flipped after getting sideways in turn three.
The third heat race went to Fassbender after several yellow flag situations
slowed the pace. Dean Erfurth who was running close behind Fassbender
broke on the fifth lap sending him to the B-Main. A lap later the yellow
waved again when Jim Lukey spun. Mark Wernes Jr., Danny Schlafer and
T..J. Luedke also transferred.
The fourth heat race was stopped after Ryan Tessman flipped several times in
turn one on the second lap. Scott Conger lead until he spun in
turn one on lap five. Johnny Fahl then assumed the lead and stayed
in front getting the win. Chris Wiser, Schenck and Semmelmann
claimed transfers spots.
In Qualifying Schenck turned the fast lap ahead of Gary Laack who was making
his sprint car debut.
Snoway of Hartford, the manufacturer of ice and snow removal equipment,
sponsored the races. The MSA will have a week off before returning to
the Calumet County Fairgrounds in Chilton on Friday August 27th.
Unofficial Results
A-Main: 1) Tim Haddy, 2) Doug Schenck, 3) Danny Schlafer,
4) K.J. Skelton, 5) Lance Fassbender, 6) Troy Wondra, 7)
Chris Wiser, 8) Troy Hepfner, 9) David O'Neal, 10) Joe
Wipperfurth, 11) Johnny Fahl, 12) Al Schlafer, 13) T.J.
Luedke, 14) Dean Erfurth, 15) Shane Wenninger, 16) Mark
Wernes Jr., 17) Gary Laack, 18) Robbie Pribnow, 19)
Scott Conger, 20) Alex Crimmings, 21) Chad Tessman, 22) Scott
Semmelmann.
Triton Trailers/Racing Optics B-Main: 1) Alex Crimmings,
2) Gary Laack, 3) Chad Tessman, 4) David O'Neal, 5)
Scott Conger, 6) Dean Erfurth, 7) Bill Taylor, 8) Joe
Pantley, 9) Karl Dietzel, 10) Jim Lukey, 11) Ryan
Tessman, 12) Keith Fellner DNS, 13) Mike Henkel DNS.
HRP Racing Products First Heat: 1) Troy Hepfner, 2) Robbie
Pribnow, 3) Shane Wenninger, 4) Tim Haddy, 5) Alex Crimmings,
6) Karl Dietzel, 7) David O'Neal, 8) Bill Taylor.
JB Enterprise Second Heat: 1) K.J. Skelton, 2) Al Schlafer,
3) Troy Wondra, 4) Joe Wipperfurth, 5) Chad Tessman, 6) Joe
Pantley, 7) Keith Fellner.
MPD Racing Products Third Heat: 1) Lance Fassbender, 2) Mark
Wernes Jr., 3) Danny Schlafer, 4) T.J. Luedke, 5) Gary Laack,
6) Jim Lukey, 7) Dean Erfurth.
B&B Oval Products Fourth Heat: 1) Johnny Fahl, 2) Chris
Wiser, 3) Chad Tessman, 4) Scott Semmelmann, 5) Scott
Conger, 6) Ryan Tessman, 7) Mike Henkel DNS.
Wisconsin PC Qualifying: 1) Doug Schenck 13.205, 2) Gary Laack
13.592, 3) K.J. Skelton 13.613, 4) Alex Crimmings 13.667, 5)
Scott Semmelmann 13.693, 6) Danny Schlafer 13.768, 7) Troy Wondra
13.768, 8) Tim Haddy 13.777, 9) Chris Wiser 13.815, 10)
Lance Fassbender 13.881, 11) Joe Wipperfurth 13.885, 12) David
O'Neal 13.917, 13) Johnny Fahl 13.974, 14) T.J. Luedke
13.979, 15) Al Schlafer 13.994, 16) Shane Wenninger 13.995,
17) Scott Conger 14.002, 18) Mark Wernes Jr. 14.111, 19) Keith
Fellner 14.206, 20) Robbie Pribnow 14.295, 21) Ryan Tessman
14.325, 22) Dean Erfurth 14.347, 23) Chad Tessman 14.424, 24) Troy
Hepfner 14.431, 25) Bill Taylor 14.506, 26) Joe Pantley 14.525,
27) Jim Lukey 14.598, 28) Mike Henkel 14.725, 29) Karl Dietzel
15.445.
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