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Kristan takes Feature for MSA at Wilmot Speedway
Friday, June 10th, 2005
By Jay Ohman
Wilmot, WI - Restarts were the name of the game Friday as Brian Kristan picked
up his first Midwest Sprintcar Association Feature win at Wilmot Speedway.
Brian Portschy continues to be the early season points leader adding slightly
to his narrow lead in the standings.
In the feature, rookie Craig Scheffner jumped out to the early lead and did an
impressive job of holding off the charge of Troy Hepfner. The yellow
flag waved as Hepfner suffered night ending damage to his car on the third
lap. With the return to green Scheffner attempted to hold off Kristan,
but was unable to do so as Kristan bonzied around the top of turn one.
K.J. Skelton had quickly moved forward from his sixth row starting spot and by
lap seven had worked his way up to third. An unsuccessful attempt to
pass Scheffner in the low groove caused contact between the two and ended
Skelton's evening bringing out the yellow on the seventh lap. The
restart had Fassbender jumping out to the lead with Al Schlafer in tow as
Kristan's car seemed to stumble pacing the field into turn four, Fassbender
quickly opened up a lead.
The next restart for a lap ten debris on the track yellow was a spectacular
battle for the lead as Al Schlafer swung around the outside of Fassbender
while Kristan threw his mount past both Fassbender then Schlafer going in to
turn one. In the meantime, Scheffner, David O'Neal, Mike Kirtscher
then Danny Schlafer were forced to the pits early with damage to their cars.
Kristan would go on to win the time shortened Feature with seventeen laps in
the books, Fassbender would charge back to the second spot and Al Schlafer
followed in third. Scott Semmelman and Tim Haddy both did a great job of
patiently picking their way forward from deep in the field to round out the
top five.
Finishing sixth was Scott Kuxhouse, followed by Chris Wiser, John Fahl and Joe
Pantley. Mark Schleicher picked up the KSE Hard Charger Award advancing
ten spots to finish tenth. The finish closed up the points chase battle
with just 36 points separating the top four in the standings.
In the Triton Trailers B-Main, the red flag was waving with just two laps in
for Tony Wondra as his car clipped another in tight traffic. Wondra's
car cartwheeled about three times before coming to a stop in turn two, Wondra
was not injured. With the return to action it looked as though 2004 MSA
Rookie Of the Year Rob Pribnow would hold off the hard charge of Al Schlafer,
but Pribnow suffered a nose wing problem that sent him to the pits on lap six.
Al Schlafer would go on to win the B-Main. Hepfner, after suffering front axle
damage in his heat race, picked his way from deep in the field to finish
second. Rounding out the top six advancing to the A-Main were Mark
Wernes Jr., Schleicher, Chad Tessman, and Jim Lukey.
In the Hepfner Race Products first heat, Fassbender quickly advanced from deep
in the field to comfortably take his first Heat win of the season. Haddy
crossed the line second. The second heat, sponsored by JB Enterprises,
had Kenny Griffey holding off the charge of Semmelman to take the checkers,
Semmelman finished second.
Skelton handily won the MPD Racing Products third heat with Wiser giving
chase.
The Racing Optics sponsored fourth heat was green to checker O'Neal with
Kristan taking the runner up spot.
Kristan established a Wilmot Speedway record for the MSA and took fast time
with a lap of 14.653 seconds. Next week Saturday June 18th, the MSA will
appear at Sheboygan County Fairpark. For all of the latest standings,
results, pictures and more, visit the MSA website at www.msasprints.com.
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Midwest Sprintcar Association - Results for Jun 10, 2005
Feature -- 1. Brian Kristan, Beack Park, IL; 2. Lance Fassbender, Burnett, WI;
3. Al Schlafer, Sussex, WI; 4. Scott Semmelmann, Brookfield, WI; 5. Tim Haddy,
Lomira, WI; 6. Scott Kuxhouse, Antioch, IL; 7. Chris Wiser, Neosho, WI; 8.
John Fahl, Brown Deer, WI; 9. Joe Pantely, Beaver Dam, WI; 10. Mark Schleicher,
West Allis, WI; 11. Jerry Ski, Milwaukee, WI; 12. Brian Portschy, Oostburg,
WI; 13. Mark Wernes Jr., West Allis, WI; 14. Danny Schlafer, Sussex, WI; 15.
Jim Lukey, Harvard, IL; 16. Kenny Griffey; 17. Chad Tessman, Jefferson, WI;
18. Mike Kertscher, Fredonia, WI; 19. David O'Neal, Milwaukee, WI; 20. Craig
Scheffner; 21. K. J. Skelton, Cascade, WI; 22. Troy Hepfner, Hartland, WI.
B-Main Feature -- 1. Al Schlafer; 2. Hepfner; 3. Wernes; 4. Schleicher; 5.
Chad Tessman; 6. Lukey; 7. Dale Bodden, Muskego, WI; 8. Keith Olejnik, Sun
Prarie, WI; 9. Brian Johnson, Milwaukee, WI; 10. Keith Fellner, Sturtevant,
WI; 11. Bill Taylor, Cascade, WI; 12. Ryan Tessman, Watertown, WI; 13. Bryan
Mislich, Port Barrington, IL; 14. Rob Pribnow, Lomira, WI; 15. Tony Wondra,
Campbellsport, WI; 16. Dan Lauer, Sussex, WI.
Heat Race -- First: 1. Fassbender; 2. Haddy; 3. Scheffner; 4. Pantely;
5. Pribnow; 6. Chad Tessman; 7. Fellner; 8. Mislich.
Second: 1. Griffey; 2. Semmelmann; 3. Kuxhouse; 4. Fahl; 5. Wernes; 6. Ryan
Tessman; 7. Johnson; 8. Hepfner.
Third: 1. Skelton; 2. Wiser; 3. Ski; 4. Danny Schlafer; 5. Al Schlafer; 6.
Lukey; 7. Taylor; 8. Lauer.
Fourth: 1. O'Neal; 2. Kristan; 3. Portschy; 4. Kertscher; 5. Wondra; 6.
Schleicher; 7. Olejnik; 8. Bodden.
Time Trials - 1. Kristan, 14.653; 2. Ski, 14.668; 3. Hepfner, 14.771; 4.
Fassbender, 14.859; 5. Kertscher, 15.010; 6. Al Schlafer, 15.037; 7. Fahl,
15.154; 8. Portschy, 15.290; 9. Scheffner, 15.290; 10. Danny Schlafer, 15.294;
11. Wernes, 15.346; 12. Mislich, 15.358; 13. Olejnik, 15.390; 14. Skelton,
15.404; 15. Semmelmann, 15.553; 16. Pribnow, 15.625; 17. Wondra, 15.644; 18.
Lukey, 15.680; 19. Kuxhouse, 15.713; 20. Haddy, 15.721; 21. O'Neal, 15.729;
22. Wiser, 15.817; 23. Griffey, 15.821; 24. Pantely, 16.075; 25. Chad Tessman,
16.445; 26. Ryan Tessman, 16.537; 27. Taylor, 16.588; 28. Schleicher, 16.596;
29. Fellner, 16.695; 30. Johnson, 16.703; 31. Lauer, 16.872; 32. Bodden,
17.001.
Midwest Sprintcar Association
Standings as of Jun 10, 2005
1. Brian Portschy
351
2. Danny Schlafer
335
3. Al Schlafer
331
4. Lance Fassbender
315
5. Scott Semmelmann
286
6. Chris
Wiser
278
7. Jerry
Ski
275
8. John Fahl
270
9. Tim Haddy
252
10. Mark Wernes
Jr.
239
11. Barry
Maas
231
12. Bill
Taylor
227
13. Brian Kristan
206
14. Keith Olejnik
199
15. Chad Tessman
185
16. Kenny Griffey
184
17. Rob Pribnow
172
18. Troy Wondra
171
19. David
O'Neal
162
20. Ryan Tessman
160
21. K. J. Skelton
151
22. Keith Fellner
137
23. Joe Pantely
136
24. Shane Wenninger
135
25. Bryan Mislich
132
26. Jim Lukey
116
27. Tony Wondra
110
28. Scott Kuxhouse
108
29. John Sauermilch
Jr.
100
30. Dale Bodden
99
31. Mike Kertscher
97
32. Craig Hemmen
96
33. Joe Wipperfurth
88
Troy Hepfner
88
35. Todd Hepfner
78
36. Brian
Johnson
68
37. Craig Scheffner
63
38. Mark Schleicher
62
39. Leroy Ostrowski
54
40. Kurt
Davis
47
41. Dan
Lauer
30
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