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A Brotherly Battle And The Johnsonville Brats Dirt Late Models Visit The Zone
by Dave Buss
On a perfect night for racing at the Powercom Speed Zone, the racing action
was fast and furious and lightning fast. The track prep crew did a great job
providing a track with two grooves equally as fast despite some equipment
problems earlier in the day. Scott Mullen, AJ Diemel, Terry Van Roy, Scott
Solomon and Jon Schultz would all find the track just perfect in picking up
wins in their respective features.
The Johnsonville Brats Dirt Late Models would take the track for the
evening’s first feature and it would be AJ Diemel leading the way. Diemel
would grab the lead on lap 4 diving underneath the cars of Curt Martin and
Eric Pember in corner two. Diemel would not look back despite having to
perform a great save while going through lap traffic and grab his second win
at the Zone in 2005. Nick Anvelink, the Fast Qualifier for the evening, would
show that his qualifying lap was not a fluke as he used the high side and low
side of the track as needed to work his way into the runner up position.
Rounding out the top five would be Terry Anvelink, Curt Martin, and Russ
Scheffler.
The Grand Nationals would once again prove why they are one of the most
exciting classes week in and week out when they took to the track for their
feature event. Steve Seitz would show the way early with Larry Richards, Tim
Doehling and Bob Cullen giving chase. But it was Terry Van Roy waiting in the
wings for the right opportunity to present itself to make his move. The
opportunity came when his car took a liking to the high groove and took off.
Lap by lap, Van Roy would make his way forward. After a caution Van Roy would
start second and make his move grabbing the lead bringing Cullen with him. The
cars of Van Roy, Cullen, Doehling, Troy Weich, and Richards would eventually
separate themselves from the rest of the field and cross the finish line in
that order. It would be Van Roy’s second trip to Victory Lane at the Zone
this year.
The Charter Communication Street Stock division would find its eventual victor
leading from the start. Scott Solomon used his outside pole position to grab
the early lead and never look back, that is until the last two laps that is.
Solomon’s dominating performance was almost ruined by Jerry Kope who has
been famous for grabbing late wins this year. On this night though, Solomon
would prove to be the best holding off the late charge of Kope. Tim
Reichenberger would come from the middle of the pack to grab third while Shawn
Haydon and Jerry Winkler would run up front all night settling for fourth and
fifth respectively.
The Budweiser Modifieds would come down to a battle between brothers as Scott
and Brian Mullen would battle it out for the final 7 laps until Scott
eventually won out grabbing his first win a the Zone this year. Shannon
Volkman would hold the early lead before relinquishing it to Jay Schraufnagel
on lap four. Schraufnagel would begin to feel heat from Scott Mullen and it
looked like a great battle was forth coming. But mechanical problems would
send Schraufnagel spinning and turn the lead over to Scott Mullen on the
restart. Scott Mullen would first have to hold off Eric Scribner’s hard
charge before going toe to toe with his brother. Scott would lead Brian across
the line with Mike Mashl, Brian Drexler, and Volkman following behind.
The Signmakers Dirt Devils would finish the nights events off with another
dominating performance turned in by Jon Schultz. Dustin Schwandt would take
the point for the early stages of the race but Schultz would eventually
overtake him for the lead and drive away. Schwandt would continue to a second
place finish by quite a distance himself with Mike Mueller, Ron Koenig and
Bryan Monday completing the top 5.
Johnsonville Brats Dirt Late Model Results
Fast Qualifier * Nick Anvelink
Dash Winner * N. Anvelink
A-Main Results 1. AJ Diemel, 2. N. Anvelink, 3. Terry Anvelink, 4. Curt
Martin, 5. Russ Scheffler, 6. Eric Pember, 7. Tom Naeyaert, 8. Kerry Hansen,
9. Tim Lemirande, 10. R.W. Aschenbrenner
Charter Communications Street Stock Results
Heat Winners * Scott Solomon, Jerry Kope, Shawn Haydon
A-Main Results 1. Solomon, 2. Kope, 3. Tim Reichenberger, 4. Haydon, 5. Jerry
Winkler, 6. Adam Pugh, 7. Gary Neau, 8. Jeff Jahnke, 9. Frank Formiller, 10.
Jasper Drengler
Budweiser Modified Results
Heat Winners *John Schultz, Ryan Besaw, Mike Mashl, Brian Drexler, Tim
VandeHei
A-Main Results 1. Scott Mullen, 2. Brian Mullen, 3. Mashl, 4. Drexler ,
5. Shannon Volkman, 6. Dennis Schultz, 7. Scott Lewis, 8. Paul Parker,
9.Travis Spaulding, 10. Ben Brinkman
Grand National Results
Heat Winners * Troy Weich, Larry Richards
A-Main Results 1. Terry Van Roy, 2. Bob Cullen, 3.Tim Doehling, 4. Weich, 5.
Richards, 6. Dean Stadler, 7. Thomas Robbins, 8. Curt Beek, 9. Steve Baker,
10. James Gilbertson
Signmakers Dirt Devil Results
Heat Winners * Ron Koenig, Dustin Schwandt
A-Main Results 1. Jon Schultz, 2. Schwandt, 3. Mike Mueller, 4. Ron Koenig, 5.
Bryan Monday, 6. Kip Klawitter, 7. Jeff Lemiesz, 8.,Dave Wilkens, 9. Nick
Boldt, 10. Kieth Schroeder
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