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Bauer Captures First Late Model Victory In PPC 70
By Dan Margetta
(Slinger, WI) July 30— The 2006 season at the Slinger Super Speedway
produced another first time winner Sunday night as rookie Josh Bauer held off
Lowell Bennett and David Prunty to score his first career late model feature
victory in the Professional Plumbing Contractors 70.
“This is amazingly exciting,” Bauer told the crowd from victory lane.
“To come back from last week when we wrecked and then Lowell (Bennett)
running me clean, it is just awesome.”
Fred Winn and Dennis Prunty began the race from the front row and Prunty used
the outside to take the lead at the start as Winn fell in line behind him.
Chad Barker moved into third place ahead of Tommy Pecaro and Nick Schumacher
while Bauer, Bennett, David Prunty, and Jeremy Lepak raced for track position
just outside the top five. The front four lined up and began to pull away just
before the first caution flag waved on lap 29 when Winn experienced mechanical
problems while running second and pulled off the speedway trailing liquid
behind him. Just as racing resumed, an accordion-like effect on the restart
resulted in numerous cars making contact, sending Schumacher spinning around
in turn four and clipping Conrad Morgan which sent Morgan across the track and
into the frontstretch wall. Lepak became another casualty of the incident as
he was forced to restart the race from the rear of the field.
Dennis Prunty chose the inside for the restart, leaving Barker to line up to
his outside. Barker was able to keep pace as racing resumed and he raced side
by side with Prunty for three laps before edging by on lap 32. Once out front,
Barker immediately dove to the inside while Bauer and Bennett both made they
way around Prunty. Bauer began to close in on Barker for the top spot with
Bennett also moving in while David Prunty charged forward as well. Bauer used
the high side to complete the pass for the lead on lap 40 and Bennett followed
suite a few laps later, advancing to second place. David Prunty worked his way
into third place by lap 51 and he along with Bauer and Bennett began to string
away from the rest of the field. With the front three racing single-file,
Lepak was the car on the move in the second half, launching his way from the
back all the way to sixth place by lap 60, just behind Dennis Prunty and Al
Schill. Bauer hit his marks over the final ten laps and drove to the win, just
ahead of Bennett and David Prunty. Lepak charged his way to fourth place at
the finish while Dennis Prunty rounded out the top five. Schill finished in
sixth place and Barker took the checkered flag in seventh. Travis Dassow, John
Mueller, and Brian Johnson Jr. completed the top ten finishers.
Josh Bauer won the late model fast dash and Jeremy Lepak was the fastest
qualifier after turning in a lap of 11.404 seconds.
Dave Thomas came from seemingly nowhere to win the 30-lap Midwest Sportsman
feature after last lap fireworks scrambled the field at the finish.
Jay Shambeau paced the beginning laps while Jeff Holtz used the bottom groove
to take second place by lap six while Dean Olla, Rob Braun, and Thomas
followed in the third through fifth spots respectively. Holtz and Braun
managed to work their way into second and third place by lap 20 and together
they tracked down Shambeau for the top spot. Holtz took to the top-side while
Shambeau held the bottom groove and they raced door to door with Braun glued
directly behind on the inside. Holtz eventually pulled off the pass with four
laps to go and Braun followed to take second place with three circuits
remaining. Braun looked to the inside of Holtz as the white flag unfurled and
just past the start-finish line, the leaders made contact which appeared to
damage the right front suspension on Braun’s car. The end result was both
cars making hard contact in turn one as both drivers skated up the race track
allowing third running Dave Thomas to sneak by on the inside. Thomas charged
on to take the win ahead of Shambeau, who crossed the stripe in second. Pat
McIntee finished third followed by Mike Borchardt and Dean Olla.
Mike Graczkowski raced to the win in the Midwest Sportsman Series fast dash
and Pat McIntee toured the speedway in 12.690 seconds to nail down fast time
honors on the night.
Dale Prunty used the outside groove to charge to the win in the 20-lap Midwest
Modified feature.
Joey Bentfield led the early laps before John Kruschel used the inside lane to
take command of the event on lap two. Prunty and Wes Biswell began to thread
their way forward and into the top five a few laps later while Steve Huelsbeck
and Jason Feyereisen followed. Prunty used the outside lane to track down
Kruschel for the lead, making his move down the backstretch on lap six.
Biswell worked his way into second place soon thereafter while Ron Schmitt
entered the battle for third with Feyereisen and Huelsbeck. Once out front,
Prunty was able to cruise to the win while Biswell took the checkered flag in
second place. Schmitt came out on top of the battle for third place at the
stripe ahead of Huelsbeck and Feyereisen.
Kruschel was the winner of the Midwest Modified fast dash and Biswell was the
fastest qualifier at 12.423 seconds.
Dustin Krebs held off a fast closing Al Stippich and Aaron Cain to take top
honors in the 17-lap Thunderstock feature. Brad Jakes finished fourth and
Jamie Vetter was fifth. Jake Vanosky and Travis Buchholtz were the winners of
the Complete Car Care Slinger Bees races. Wally Waters was the winner in the
Port-A-John Speedway Guest Car race and Troy Nicklaus won the Semi-Truck
elimination races. Bill Vorpagel was the winner of the Spectator Eliminator
races in his BMW and Donald Van Camp took top honors in the Figure 8
event.
Event: PPC Professional Plumbing Contractors
70
Date: July 30, 2006
Late Model Feature 70-laps
1. Josh Bauer (Random Lake) 15. Scott Schoeni
(Slinger)
2. Lowell Bennett (Neenah) 16. Colin Bamke
(Slinger)
3. David Prunty (Brownsville) 17. Mike Egan (Slinger)
4. Jeremy Lepak (Wausau) 18. Fred
Winn (Milwaukee)
5. Dennis Prunty (Lomira) 19. Nick
Schumacher (Hartford)
6. Al Schill (Franklin) 20.
Conrad Morgan (Waukesha)
7. Chad Barker (Franksville)
8. Travis Dassow (West Bend)
9. John Mueller (Hubertus)
10. Brian Johnson Jr. (Machesney Pk, IL)
11. Tommy Pecaro (Markesan)
12. Matt Kocourek (Franklin)
13. Mike Strupp (Theresa)
14. Rich Loch (Muskego)
Late Model Semi Feature- 30 lap
1. Scott Schoeni (Slinger) 4. Jim Schmittinger (West Bend)
2. Rich Loch (Muskego) 5. Tommy Hromadka
(Brookfield)
3. Race McComb (Jackson)
Late Model Fast Dash-Josh Bauer (Random Lake)
Late Model Fast Time- Jeremy Lepak (Wausau) 11.404 seconds
Midwest Modified Feature 20 laps
1. Dale Prunty (Allenton) 4. Steve Huelsbeck
(Milwaukee)
2. Wes Biswell (Sussex) 5. Jason Feyereisen
(Random Lake)
3. Ron Schmitt (Jackson)
Midwest Modified Fast Dash-John Kruschel (Sussex)
Midwest Modified Fast Time-Wes Biswell (Sussex) 12.423 seconds
Midwest Sportsman Feature 30 laps
1. Dave Thomas (Franklin) 4. Mike Borchardt
(Greenfield)
2. Jay Shambeau (Hubertus) 5. Dean Olla (Milwaukee)
3. Pat McIntee (West Bend)
Midwest Sportsman Fast Dash-Mike Graczkowski (Jackson)
Midwest Sportsman Fast Time-Pat McIntee (West Bend) 12.690 seconds
Thunderstocks Feature 15 laps
1. Dustin Krebs (Hartford) 4. Brad Jakes (Lannon)
2. Al Stippich (Kewaskum) 5. Jamie Vetter (Oak Creek)
3. Aaron Cain (Sussex)
Slinger Bees Heat #1 8 laps
1. Jake Vanoskey (Hartford) 4. Jason Hennes (Richfield)
2. Tom Berens (Slinger) 5. Justin
Poenitsch (Kewaskum)
3. Frank Verhunce (Mayville)
Slinger Bees Heat #2 8 laps
1. Travis Buchholtz (Hartland) 4. Steven Gilmeister (Cedarburg)
2. Matt Schatz (Hartford) 5. 94
3. Roman Blank (Allenton)
Port-A-John Guest Cars Winner-Wally Waters (Hubertus)
Spectator Elimination Winner- Bill Vorpagel
Figure 8 Winner- Donald Van Camp (Seymour)
Championship Points Standings
Late Model Point Standings
1. David Prunty Brownsville 749; 2. Al Schill Franklin 671; 3. Lowell Bennett
Neenah 629; 4. Josh Bauer Random Lake 570; 5. Dennis Prunty Lomira 535; 6.
Nick Schumacher Harford 470; 7. John Mueller Hubertus 433; 8. Fred Winn Sussex
399; 9. Travis Dassow West Bend 375; 10. Mike Egan Slinger 373; 11. Collin
Bamke Slinger 349; 12. Scott Schoeni Slinger 306; 13. Ken Wills Slinger 302;
14. Randy Schuler Mequon 299; 15. Tommy Pecaro Janesville 298; 16.
Jeremy Lepak Wausau 295; 17. Rich Loch Muskego 265; 18. Conrad Morgan
Wales 257; 19. Mike Strupp Theresa 248; 20. Tommy Hromadka Brookfield 241
Midwest Sportsman Point Standings
1. Brad Keith West Bend 677; 2. Mike Graczkowski Jackson
659; 3. Jay Shambeau Hubertus 581; 4. Jeff Holtz Muskego
574; 5. Pat McIntee West Bend 556; 6. Rob Braun Wales 546; 7. Mike Borchardt
Greenfield 496; 8. Scott Shambeau Milwaukee 458; 9. Dean Olla
Milwaukee 448; 10. Ryan Zielski Slinger 446;
Midwest Modified Point Standings
1. Steve Huelsbeck Milwaukee 1146; 2. Dale Prunty Allenton 1015; 3. Ron
Schmitt Jackson 1008; 4. Jason Feyereisen Random Lake 996; 5. Wes
Biswell Sussex 863; 6. Joe Houpt Mequon 575; 7. Eddie Bentfield Gerkes Corners
529; 8. Joey Bentfield Gerkes Corners 507; 9. John Kruschel Sussex 424; 10.
Matt Pate Menomonee Falls 403;
Figure 8 Point Standings
1. Donald VanCamp Jr Seymour 905; 2. Willie VanCamp Appleton 815; 3. Jeff
Wohlabe Appleton 780; 4. Scott Goetzke Iron Ridge 735; 5. Shane Becker
Hartford 645
Limited Late Model
1. Scott Nottestad Stoughton 313; 2. Andy Wendt Watertown 297; 3. Nick
Schumacher Hartford 290; 4. Jerry Eckhardt Johnson Creek 253; 5. Kris Kelly
Norway MI 237; 6. Jeff Steenbergen Waupun 226; 7. Nick Wendt Watertown 203; 8.
Chris Ratajiczyk West Bend 177; 9. Ryan DeStefano Cogate 169; 10. Dave Serchuk
Hartford 156
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