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Some Familiar Faces And Some New Faces Visit Victory Lane
By Dave Buss
The streak continued as the Powercom Speedzone was once again greeted with
great weather for racing. The fans responded to the great temperatures and
showed up in force with many of them donning DirtStripper Touchless car wash
t-shirts making them eligible for some great prizes. The racing action would
be fierce all night long and produced a few first time winners and a wild
quadruple barrel role accident on the front stretch. Rob Persha took that wild
ride and walked away uninjured; unfortunately the same could not be said for
his car.
The Golf Central/Jurrasic Dirt Devil division A-Main was jasper Drenglers
to lose from the third lap on as he was able to drive past the 11x of Jon
Schultz. The race would run caution free for almost the entire race with the
only real battle taking place for the fifth position between Mike Mueller,
Chris Cottrell and William Angermeyer with Cottrell eventually winning out and
continuing on towards the front. The outcome of the race seemed all but
secured as Drengler took the white flag, however going into corner one the 01
car would lose a tire and bring out the caution. With Drengler in the pit
area, Schultz would inherit the lead and hold onto it for a one lap dash to
the checkers. Cottrell, Angermeyer, Loren Rangeloff, and Mueller would round
out the top five spots.
The Quick Sign/Corporate Impressions Hobby Stock division would belong to Russ
Davison as he jumped out to an early lead on lap 1 and never let go. The race
would be slowed by three cautions with the scariest crash occurring on lap one
as Nate Persha went tumbling down the front stretch. After the caution and
ensuing clean up the battles began to heat up behind Davison as Frank
Calabrese began to make some noise. Calabrese would first beat out Rick Long
for third and then begin to work on Korey Krupp for second. Calabrese would
take the second spot and Long would follow right behind him to move into
third. With a couple laps to go, Long would move past Krupp and take Bob
Voight with him dropping Krupp to fifth. Davison had set sail and never look
back cruising to the victory. Calabrese, Long, Voight, and Krupp would
complete the top five.
The Grand National division A-Main would produce a first time winner at the
Powercom Speedzone as Jeremy Christians, visiting for the second time this
year, would drive to an impressive victory. With Christians driving away, the
56 of Schommer would give the fans some racing action to watch. Schommer would
first beat out Frank Formiller for third and then wrestle away second from Tim
Doehling. The 09 of Terry Van Roy would slide into the third spot while
Schommer tried with no success to track down Christians. In a battle for a top
five spot with the current season point leaders (Bob Cullen and Brian Gilles),
Formiller would go one for two as Cullen would beat him out for fifth
but he would hold off Gilles for the sixth spot. After a late caution bunching
things up, Christians picked up where left off and shot back to a commanding
lead and would hold it to the checkered flag. Schommer, Van Roy, Cullen and
Doehling would follow him across the line, respectively.
The American Auto Stocks division would bring a familiar face to Victory Lane
as Gary Neau would make another visit. Neau would not have the same smooth
sailing as many of the other winners on this night. Neau took the green flag
in the middle of the pack and worked his way forward. Adam Pugh would take the
lead away form Russ Dietzen when Dietzen would spin on his own in front of the
oncoming pack of cars. After the restart, Paul DeLap and Dietzen would battle
it out for the lead with Dietzen holding firm to the number one position.
Meanwhile, Neau was working his way forward and bringing Shawn Haydon with
him. After a couple of caution flags slowing the action, Dale Averkamp, who
had quietly moved to the front, stormed to the front of the pack. His lead
would be short lived as the 28 lost a tire going into corner 1. Keeping it in
the family after the caution, Dave Averkamp would assume the lead position
with Neau right behind him. On lap 14, Neau made his move and slipped past
Averkamp for the lead. Dave Averkamp, Adam Pugh, Jerry Kope, and Haydon would
complete the top five behind the 07 of Neau.
In a special consolation race for the Stock division Great Lakes Maintenance
Association put up prize money for the top five finishers. David Madell Jr
would beat out Eric Hawkins, Patty Winkler, Tim Montonati, and Charlie Rechek
for the win.
The Suburban Motors Harley Davidson/Buell Modified division would produce
first time visitor to Victory Lane. Not only was it the first visit to
Powercom Speedzones Victory Lane for Chad Rathke but the first time he ever
visited Victory Lane in the Modified division. Early in the race, Rathke would
win the battle for second against Victor Duket, Dennis Schultz, and Ben
Brinkman for the second spot behind Tim Van De Hei. The 10s of Jay
Schraufnagel battled into the third spot and began to pressure Van De Hei for
the lead with Rathke. The 10s and 9 would slip past the 59 of Van de Hei on
lap 5. Meanwhile, current points leader, Time Lemirande would make his way up
to the third spot and begin to challenge Rathke who had lost the lead to
Schraufnagel. On lap 10, Lemirande slipped past Schraufnagel but Schraufnagel
would not stand for it as he worked back past Lemirande. Rathke would remain
in third and get the break he was looking for when the 5 and 10s got together
causing a caution and sending both cars to the back of the pack. Caution would
fly with one lap remaining setting up a one lap shoot out. Rathke got the jump
at the drop of the flag and took Dennis Schultz, Scott Lewis, Chris Engels,
and Jay Schraufnagel with him to complete the top five.
The fans were treated to some special PowderPuff racing following regular
action and producing some excitement of their own. Victories would be secured
by Christina Messenger, Lauri Piper, Debbie King, and Amanda Cottrell.
The Regular season ends next week on August 26, 2003 with some great point
battles shaping up. On Monday, September 1st, the MSA Sprints and the Late
Models make their return for a special Twi-Light show at the Powercom
Speedzone. For more information on this show and other events at the Powercom
Speedzone and The Raceway at Powercom Park, check out www.wismotorsports.com
Suburban Motors Harley-Davidson/Buell Modifieds
A-Main (1-10) Chad Rathke, Dennis Schultz, Scott Lewis, Chris Engels, Jay
Schraufnagel, Travis Spaulding , John Schultz, Tim Lemirande, Brian Drexler,
Benjamin Brinkman
B-Main 1 Michael Plate B-Main 2
Steve Boelter
Heat 1 Schraufnagel, Heat 2 Brinkman, Heat 3 Schultz, Heat 4
Rathke
American Auto Sales Stocks
A-Main (1-10) Gary Neau, Dave Averkamp, Adam Pugh, Jerry Kope, Shawn
Haydon, Paul DeLap, DQ(position left open), Richard Amundson, Jr., Trevor
Schmidt, Ken Feavel
B-Main 1 Patty Winkler
Heat 1 Russ Dietzen, Heat 2 Kope, Heat 3 Jim Williams, Heat 4
Mark Schultz
Golf Central/Wingers/Jurassic Valley Dirt Devils
A-Main (1- 10) Jon Shultz, Chris Cottrell, William Angermeyer, Loren
Rangeloff, Mike Mueller, Amanda Rangeloff, Patrick Klawitter, Dustin Schwandt,
Jasper Drengler, Matt Hoge
Heat 1 Drengler
Grand Nationals Division
A-Main (1- 10) Jeremy Christians, Keith Schommer, Terry Van Roy, Robert
Cullen, Tim Doehling, Frank Formiller, Troy Weich, Brian Gilles, Andy Fuhrman,
Marc Marcille
Heat 1 Christians, Heat 2 Van Roy
Quick Signs/Corporate Impressions Hobby Stocks
A-Main (1-10) Russ Davison, Frank Calabrese, Rick Long, Bob Voight, Korey
Krupp, D.J. Rindt, Scott Deising, Lance Achterberg, Rich Wojahn, Nathan Persha
Heat 1 Davisson, Heat 2 Persha
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