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Racing Action Winding down In 05 At The Zone
by Dave Buss
8/16/05
Great, clean driving was the headline as the program at the Powercom Speed
Zone on Tuesday night flew by. In the end there were a lot of familiar faces
making their way to Victory land and one first time winner.
The Charter Communication Street Stock division would bring us familiar face
back to Victory Lane but also a first time winner in the class. Jasper
Drengler would hold off a hard charging Jerry Kope to pick up his first win at
the Powercom Speed Zone in a Street Stock after years in the Dirt Devil
division. Drengler grabbed the lead using the outside groove and quickly began
to pull away from the field but a caution near the mid point gave Kope the
break that he needed to catch back up. A strong restart by Drengler would give
him some breathing room but Kope slowly started to reel him in. When the white
flag flew the cars were bumper to bumper. But when the Checkered flag flew
they were side by side with Drengler winning by inches! The top five would be
completed by Tim Reichenberger, Mark Schultz and Adam Pugh.
So many times he was so close this year, but on this night Dion Wahl finished
in Victory Lane in the Grand Nationals division Wahl would grab the advantage
on lap three and then have to hold on as the event would go green to checkers
with no caution. Tim Doehling tried everything in his book to get to the back
bumper of Wahl but the 77 car was good in just about every groove on the
track. Wahl would lead Doehling to the line by three car lengths. Dan Wirl
would have a strong run grabbing third, while Terry Van Roy and Dan Schumacher
rounded out the top 5.
Jay Schraufnagel returned to his past form in the Budweiser Modified division
with a dominating victory. Brian Drexler was the man to beat early as he
weaved through traffic to grab the lead on lap four. Drexler’s lead
disappeared though when the caution flag was thrown a few short laps later and
Schraufnagel up to third. On the restart Schraufnagel would waste little time
grabbing second then first down the back stretch. From that point on there
would be no looking back as he would lead Russ Reinwald, Chris Engels, Travis
Spaulding and Larry Zirbel to the line.
“Someone finally beat him!” Those were the words of Ron Koenig as he
exited his car in Victory lane after claiming his first Signmakers Dirt Devil
A main win of the year. Koenig was referring to Jon Schultz who has been fast
all year at the Zone. Schultz’s luck would finally turn on him this week as
car problems sent him to the pits and left him two laps down after grabbing
the lead midway through the race. Koenig was complaining though and took full
advantage of the situation to turn in a much needed victory. Bryan Monday, who
also had a great run, made it interesting on the last lap as a move to the
outside came up a few feet short at the finish line. Mike Mueller, Dustin
Schwandt, and Gordon Lewis completed the top five.
Charter Communications Street Stock Results
Heat Winners * Tim Montonati, Tim Reichenberger, Jason Fisher
A-Main Results 1. Jasper Drengler, 2. Jerry Kope, 3. Reichenberger, 4. Mark
Schultz, 5. Adam Pugh, 6. Ken Feavel, 7. Frank Formiller, 8. Shawn Haydon, 9.
Gary Neau, 10. Montonati
Budweiser Modified Results
Heat Winners * Chris Engels, Mike Mullen, Brian Drexler, Russ Reinwald
A-Main Results 1. Jay Schraufnagel, 2. Reinwald, 3. Engels, 4. Travis
Spaulding, 5. Larry Zirbel, 6. Dennis Schultz, 7. Jerry Wilinski, 8. Brian
Stern, 9.Ryan Besaw, 10. Larry Walter Jr.
Grand National Results
Heat Winners * Dion Wahl, Tim Doehling
A-Main Results 1. Wahl, 2. Doehling, 3.Dan Wirl, 4. Terry Van Roy, 5. Dan
Schumacher, 6. Larry Richards, 7. Nick Schumacher, 8. Steve Seitz, 9. Troy
Weich, 10. James Gilbertson
Signmakers Dirt Devil Results
Heat Winners * John Hall, Bob Fahser
A-Main Results 1. Ron Koenig, 2. Bryan Monday, 3. Mike Mueller, 4. Dustin
Schwandt, 5. Gordon Lewis, 6. Dave Fisher, 7. Ron Paulick Jr, 8.,Herb Reinke,
9. Jon Schultz, 10. Michael Lemiesz
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