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INEX Legends Add To Another Week Of Exciting Racing Week 9
August 6th, 2003
By: Cresta Buss
For the third time this season at The PowerCom Speedzone in Oshkosh, WI, the
INEX Legends made an appearance. The Legends and the other five classes
of racing had a very fast race track and some treacherous corners during the
night. Victor Duket went for a wild ride in his heat in the Modified
division, rolling his car and landing on the roof going into turn 1. He
crawled out of his car in good condition but his car had extensive
damage. He, however, made it into the B-Main event after some major work
in the pits. The 37 car of Bill Genz also went on a wild ride. After
spinning in turn 2 in the American Auto Stocks Feature event, Genz was unable
to steer the car and ended in the turn 3 wall causing heavy damage to his car
and to the wall, breaking it in half. Genz emerged from his car unhurt
and did not return to the race.
The first feature of the night was the INEX Legends. When the green flag
dropped, Aaron Rake took the lead. Keith Moline, Lane Swearinger, Chris
Springer and Warren Ropp all battled it out in a cluster down the back stretch
for the second position. Moline finally emerged and made his way to the
front to overtake Rake for the first position out of turn 4 on the third
lap. Eric Barth was on the move as he made his way to front to battle
for the fourth position. Springer was on the move near the front as he
and Rake made there way into turn 2 and went side by side for the second
position. Springer was the victor in that battle and maintained that
position throughout the race. Half way through the race, Barth stretched
his lead to half the track and would coast to the first position as the
checkered flag dropped. Springer held on to second, Moline placed third,
Ropp was fourth and Falcon Smith moved up to take the fifth position at the
checkered flag.
In the Grand National division, Andy Fuhrmann took the lead out of the shoot
but Tom Robbins was right behind eying up the first position. Robert
Cullen took the second position from Robbins in turn 4 of lap 2 and moved on
to battle with Fuhrmann for the first position. In the middle of the
pack, Tim Doehling was having a three way battle with Brian Gilles and Keith
Schommer for the third position. Cullen and Fuhrmann continued to battle
throughout the race when Fuhrmann got underneath the Doehling once again for
the second position. At the halfway point in the race, Cullen went to
the outside of Fuhrmann and took over the lead on the front stretch.
With one lap to go, Cullen and Fuhrmann were side by side all the way around
the track until turn 4 when Cullen took the lead by a bumper. At the
checkered flag, Cullen placed first, Fuhrmann second, Doehling third, Schommer
fourth and Brian Gilles rounded out the fifth position.
In the Hobby Stock division, Bob Voight got out to an early lead but
relinquished his lead on lap six to Nathan Persha. Persha was second
until lap six following behind Voight for most of the race. Korey Krupp
and Lance Achterberg fought for the third position with Rick Long, splitting
Long on the inside and outside on turn 2. Persha coasted his way to the
first position as the checkered fell with Voight right behind in second, Krupp
placing third, Achterberg in fourth and Ross Losse rounding out the fifth
position.
In the American Auto Sales Stocks division, David Madell Jr. took the lead
with Cory Friday right beside him around turns 1 and 2. Madell emerged
as the leader in that battle. Jason Kienast was in third with a clump of
drivers, Mike Rauchle, Adam Pugh and Scott Solomon, on his tail. Near the
front of the pack, there were many battles going on for various positions
throughout the night. Dave Averkamp was making his way to the lead
battling it out with Dale Averkamp for the fifth position. On lap 4,
Cory Friday worked his way to become the new leader with Pugh following behind
for the third position. A long caution on the track would allow some
drivers to gain their composer and be ready to once again battle there way to
the lead. Friday would again stay the leader when the green flag fell
once again but Madell wanted the first position and tried to work down low
around turn 2. Friday maintained the lead. Another caution on the
track would once again bring a restart and would allow Madell to take over the
lead. Dave Averkamp made his way to second on the restart and would then
battle with Madell for the lead. Dave Averkamp emerged the leader and
Dale Averkamp would make his way into the second position passing Madell and
Friday. As the checkered flag fell, Dave Averkamp took the first place
position, Madell regained second, Dale Averkamp placed third, Frank Foremiller
made his way from the middle of the pack to place fourth and Cory Friday fell
to fifth position.
In the Dirt Devil A-Main event, Loren Rangeloff led the race throughout the
night but felt heat all the way through the race and held off other contenders
for the first position. Chris Cottrell moved up from the tenth position
to take the third place position in just one lap. He could not however,
gain the first position. Amanda Rangeloff, Dustin Schwandt and Mike
Mueller battled in the middle of the pack for the fourth position.
Schwandt was the victor in that battle. After some bumping and banging,
Amanda Rangeloff had some bad luck with her car as she came to stop on the
front stretch causing a caution. After the race restarted, Loren
Rangeloff emerged still in first with Cottrell hot on his trail. Nick
Rennhack moved up some positions to place third and battled it out with
Cottrell for the second position as the checkered flag fell. Loren
Rangeloff placed first, Nick Rennhack battled to second, Cottrell placed
third, Matt Hoge finished fourth and Dustin Schwandt rounded out the fifth
position.
In the Suburban Motors Harley Davidson/Buell Modified Division, Dave Schneider
took the lead as the green flag fell. Brad Rohloff was right behind hot
on Schneiders trail. There was a four way battle taking place right
behind between Chad Rathke, Russell Reinwald, Nick Woods and Brian Drexler.
Nick Woods was the victor in that battle but right behind him came Travis
Spaulding, who waited patiently for those four to battle and found an opening
to move up to the third position from his starting tenth position.
Reinwald eventually moved up into the second position past Woods and Spaulding
for the second position and then battled it out with Schneider, who was in the
lead. After a caution for debris on the track, Reinwald gained the first
position and Nick Woods moved into second. In the middle of the pack,
half way through the race, Scott Mullen worked his way through to move into
the fifth position from his twelfth position start. Tim Lemirande
eventually made his way through the pack as well and battled it out for the
second position with Spaulding on lap fourteen. As the checkered flag
dropped, Reinwald was able to hold off the current points leader, Tim
Lemirande, who placed second. Travis Spaulding worked into third
position, Scott Mullen ended with fourth and Jay Schraufnagel maneuvered his
way into the fifth position.
For more racing fun, check out the upcoming specials at The PowerCom Speedzone
in Oshkosh, WI and
The Raceway@Powercom Park in Beaver Dam, WI. On August 23rd, 2003 in
Beaver Dam, the IRA Outlaw Sprints/Badger Midgets & Modifieds will be
Returning for the Triple Crown. On August 26th, 2003 its final points
night at The PowerCom Speedzone in Oshkosh, WI. Be sure to check out all
the featured racing events and upcoming specials at both tracks. To find
out more information, visit WWW.WISMOTORSPORTS.COM.
Summary of Events:
Suburban Motors Harley Davidson/Buell Modified Division
A-Main (1-10) Russell Reinwald, Tim Lemirande, Travis Spaulding, Scott Mullen,
Jay Schraufnagel, Brian Drexler, Dave Schneider, Brian Henry, Scott Lewis,
Brad Rohloff
B-Main 1 Rick Robbins B-Main 2 Steve Domalick
Heat 1 Chad Rathke, Heat 2 Brian Drexler, Heat 3 Russell Reinwald,
Heat 4 Nick Woods
Quick Sign/Corporate Impressions Hobby Division
A-Main (1-8) Nathan Persha, Bob Voight, Korey Krupp, Lance Achterberg, Ross
Losse, Rich Wojahn, Rick Long, Lance Zuleger
Heat 1 Nathan Persha
Golf Central/Jurassic Park Dirt Devil Division
A-Main (1-10) Loren Rangeloff, Nick Rennhack, Chris Cottrell, Matt Hoge,
Dustin Schwandt, Mike Mueller, Brandon Rennhack, David Fischer, William
Angermeyer, Patrick Klawitter
Heat 1 Loren Rangeloff, Heat 2 Matt Hoge
American Auto Stocks Division
A-Main (1-10) Dave Averkamp, David Madell Jr., Dale Averkamp, Frank Foremiller,
Cory Friday, Ken Feavel, Mike Rauchle, Shawn Frelich, Rich Garb, Jeff Jahnke
B-Main 1 Richard Amundson Jr.
Heat 1 Cory Friday, Heat 2 David Madell Jr., Heat 3 Jason Kienast
Grand National Division
A-Main (1-10) Robert Cullen, Andy Fuhrmann, Tim Doehling, Keith Schommer,
Brian Gilles, Tom Polzin, Tom Robbins, Kevin Rank, Rex Karner, Troy Weich
Heat 1 Robert Cullen, Heat 2 Keith Schommer
INEX Legends Division
A-Main (1-10) Eric Barth, Chris Springer, Keith Moline, Warren Ropp, Falcon
Smith, Lane Swearinger, Aaron Rake, Jacob Slotten, Kevin Brill, George Giesen
Heat 1 Warren Ropp, Heat 2 Eric Barth
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