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Berger Collects His Fourth AST Feature Win At Rockford
By: Kevin Ramsell
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 (Loves Park, IL) – Matt Berger, Linnea Weerda,
Morgan Schissel, Nick Lasher and Robert Stoltz took home feature wins on Back
to School Night at the Rockford Speedway. It was the final Wednesday
night program of the 2006 season.
Berger collected his fourth feature win of the year in the Budweiser American
Short Tracker feature event.
Steve Allman and David Cooter put on a great side by side battle in the early
part of the 25-lap event. It wasn’t until lap 5 when Cooter would pull
out and take the outright lead.
Berger started tenth and patiently worked his way to the front. He was
up to fourth by lap 6. With 10 laps to go, Berger created a lane between
Tim Melvin and Allman and got himself up to the second spot.
The caution flew on lap 21 when Tim Harder and Jonathan Carsey spun in turns
one and two. On the re-start, Berger would get on the inside of Cooter.
With three laps to go, Berger would get by Cooter for the lead.
Berger would go on to the win holding off a late charge from George Sparkman
to take the win. Cooter would finish third with Melvin in fourth.
Aaron Rude would round out the top five.
Weerda won the first of two Winged Women on Wheels feature events.
Elizabeth Weigelt grabbed the early lead in the first 15-lap feature
event. On lap 2, Weerda moved up from her third starting position to the
outside of Weigelt and take over the top spot.
Weerda would spend the rest of the event holding off Tammy Hawkins for the
win. Sabrina Castillo would come home third.
Amy Flippo jumped to an early lead in the second WWOW feature event.
Flippo would hold on to the lead until three laps to go when Elizabeth Weigelt
went by on Flippo on the outside to take the lead.
Weigelt would go on to win her first ever WWOW feature event. Flippo
would hold off Weerda for second. Weerda’s first place and third place
finish would give her the overall win.
Schissel took home the SuperCup Kids feature.
Cody Lipstreuer took the early lead in the 12-lap feature event. At the
halfway mark, Schissel went to the inside of Lipstreuer coming off turn two
and took over the top spot.
The 9-year-old pilot would go on to the feature win with Camden Murphy in
second. Greg Ballard would come home third with Lipstreuer in
fourth. Kelsie Dunlap would finish fifth.
Lasher drove away to take the Stanley Steemer Hornet feature win.
Alan Bekielewski took the early lead in the 13-lap feature event. But
the lead didn’t last long as Lasher went to the outside of Bekielewski on
lap 6 to take over the top spot.
Lasher would pull away to the win with Roger Schultz coming through the field
to finish second. Vinny Mangiaracina finished third. Bekielewski
finished fourth. Mangiaracina failed post race inspection and was
disqualified for the evening.
Robert Stoltz would hold off Chris Gantz to take home his first Figure 8
feature win of the year. Stoltz grabbed the lead at the start and would
off challenges from Lloyd Hawkins and Gantz for the win.
This Saturday night its Snap-On Tools Night at the Races. The NASCAR
Dodge weekly Series will be in action with the NASCAR Late Models, Grand
Nationals, Coca-Cola RoadRunners, and Allison Legacy cars. Fans are
encouraged to arrive early and participate in an on-track Autograph
session. Practice will start at 5:00 p.m. with qualifying at 5:45
p.m. The autograph session will take place from 6:20-6:50 p.m. The
racing action will get underway at 7:07 p.m.
Mark your calendars to be a part of the 41st Annual Chicago International
Trucks National Short Track Championships on September 22-24th. Get your
tickets now to be a part of “One Great Racing Weekend.” Ticket order
forms are available at www.rockfordspeedway.com
or at www.tix.com. 10 divisions
will be competing with 689 laps of feature racing.
For more information, please call the track office at (815) 633-1500 or
visiting the track’s website at www.rockfordspeedway.com.
8/16/2006 - Rockford Speedway Results
NASCAR American Short Trackers
A-Main 01 -- 1. Matt Berger, Loves Park; 2. George Sparkman, Loves Park;
3. David Cooter (r), Loves Park; 4. Tim Melvin, Machesney Park; 5. Aaron Rude,
Cambridge, Wis; 6. Justin Scott (r), Loves Park; 7. Nick Cina, Jr, Machesney
Park; 8. Steven Allman (r), Oconomowoc, Wis; 9. Jason Bragg, Rockford; 10.
Brian Harder, Davis; 11. Jonathan Carsey (r), Rockford; 12. Pat Lawlor,
Marengo; 13. Jack Atchison, Stillman Valley; 14. Alex Papini, Machesney Park.
Heat 01 -- 1. David Cooter (r), Loves Park; 2. Jason Bragg, Rockford; 3.
Jonathan Carsey (r), Rockford; 4. Brian Harder, Davis; 5. Steven Allman (r),
Oconomowoc, Wis; 6. Pat Lawlor, Marengo; 7. Jack Atchison, Stillman Valley.
Heat 02 -- 1. Nick Cina, Jr, Machesney Park; 2. George Sparkman, Loves
Park; 3. Aaron Rude, Cambridge, Wis; 4. Matt Berger, Loves Park; 5. Alex
Papini, Machesney Park; 6. Justin Scott (r), Loves Park; 7. Tim Melvin,
Machesney Park.
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Matt Berger, Loves Park; 2. George Sparkman, Loves
Park; 3. Nick Cina, Jr, Machesney Park; 4. Alex Papini, Machesney Park; 5.
Justin Scott (r), Loves Park; 6. Aaron Rude, Cambridge, Wis.
Hornets
A-Main 01 -- 1. Nick Lasher, Machesney Park; 2. Roger Schultz, Machesney
Park; 3. Alan Bekielewski, Roscoe; 4. Michael Stratton, Beloit, Wis; 5. Erik
Knodle, Rockton; 6. Randy Reynolds, Rockford; 7. Steve McBride, Rockton; 8.
Chad Peavy, Machesney Park; 9. Jason Davenport, Machesney Park; 10. Brandon
Hawkins, Machesney Park; 11. Patrick Wolf, Rockford; 12. Solomon Barker, South
Beloit; 13. Joe Rupp, Rockford; 14. Mark Vicencio, Rockford; 15. Brian Jacobs,
Rockford; 16. Ryan Johnson, Poplar Grove; 17. Camron Frederick, Belvidere; 18.
David Russell, Rockford; 19. Vinny Mangiaracina, Rockford.
Heat 01 -- 1. David Russell, Rockford; 2. Steve McBride, Rockton; 3.
Alan Bekielewski, Roscoe; 4. Ryan Johnson, Poplar Grove; 5. Brandon Hawkins,
Machesney Park; 6. Solomon Barker, South Beloit; 7. Joe Rupp, Rockford; 8.
Patrick Wolf, Rockford; 9. Brian Jacobs, Rockford.
Heat 02 -- 1. Nick Lasher, Machesney Park; 2. Roger Schultz, Machesney
Park; 3. Michael Stratton, Beloit, Wis; 4. Erik Knodle, Rockton; 5. Camron
Frederick, Belvidere; 6. Mark Vicencio, Rockford; 7. Randy Reynolds, Rockford;
8. Harvey Foster, Machesney Park; 9. Jason Davenport, Machesney Park; 10.
Vinny Mangiaracina, Rockford.
Challenge 01 -- 1. Roger Schultz, Machesney Park; 2. Steve McBride,
Rockton; 3. Nick Lasher, Machesney Park; 4. Mark Vicencio, Rockford; 5. Randy
Reynolds, Rockford; 6. Mark Bielefeldt, Loves Park.
National Figure 8 League
A-Main 01 -- 1. Robert Stoltz, Rockford; 2. Chris Gantz, Rockford; 3.
Lloyd Hawkins, Machesney Park; 4. Pat Smith, Loves Park; 5. Robert Bielefeldt,
Machesney Park; 6. Dan Carlson, Rockford.
Winged Women on Wheels
A-Main 01 -- 1. Linnea Weerda, Rockford; 2. Elizabeth Weigelt, Rockford;
3. Tammy Hawkins, Machesney Park; 4. Amy Flippo, Rockford; 5. Sabrina
Castillo, Rockford; 6. Amanda Maxwell, Rockford.
Heat 01 -- 1. Linnea Weerda, Rockford; 2. Tammy Hawkins, Machesney Park;
3. Sabrina Castillo, Rockford; 4. Elizabeth Weigelt, Rockford; 5. Amanda
Maxwell, Rockford; 6. Amy Flippo, Rockford.
Heat 02 -- 1. Elizabeth Weigelt, Rockford; 2. Amy Flippo, Rockford; 3.
Linnea Weerda, Rockford; 4. Tammy Hawkins, Machesney Park; 5. Amanda Maxwell,
Rockford; 6. Sabrina Castillo, Rockford.
Super-Cup
A-Main 01 -- 1. Morgan Schissel, Marshal, Wis; 2. Camden Murphy, Itasca;
3. Greg Ballard, Rockford; 4. Cody Lipstreuer, Genoa City, Wis; 5. Kelsie
Dunlap;; 6. Skyler Murphy, Itasca; 7. Cheyenne Ballard, Rockford.
Heat 01 -- 1. Camden Murphy, Itasca; 2. Cody Lipstreuer, Genoa City, Wis;
3. Greg Ballard, Rockford; 4. Morgan Schissel, Marshal, Wis; 5. Skyler Murphy,
Itasca; 6. Kelsie Dunlap;.
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