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Kalbus, Stippich And Malouf All Winners In The Future's Event At Slinger
By Dan Margetta
(Slinger, WI) September 24—Jay Kalbus captured the win in the 50-lap Area
Sportsman feature Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Super Speedway while Al
Stippich and Phil Malouf each scored wins in the Hobby Stock and Four Cylinder
main events during the Future’s Event.
Kalbus survived an early incident to dominate the 50-lap Area Sportsman
feature, taking the victory with the back deck lid pushed straight up.
“We’re going to say it must have helped us,” Kalbus joked afterwards
about the damaged deck lid. “It must have given us some extra downforce.”
Dale Weatherwax led the opening laps as Kalbus worked his way forward through
the tightly bunched field. The action started early on lap three as Eaan
Carson and Curt Naddel made contact exiting turn four while battling for third
place, sending Carson spinning to the inside where he was first slightly
tagged by Brent Gergen and then hit much harder by James Helmer. The second
collision sent Carson spinning back across the frontstretch where he was
impacted by Naddel and three other cars. Kalbus made his way through the
incident but suffered some damage to the rear of his car.
As racing resumed, Kalbus advanced his way forward, working his way into the
lead by passing Weatherwax while Gergen and Mike Meyerhofer raced for third
place. As Kalbus extended his lead, Meyerhofer and Weatherwax began to work
lapped traffic while battling over second place. As the worked the traffic,
they raced three-wide around a lapped car which ended up clipping
Meyerhofer’s back end, sending him spinning around in turn four to produce
the second caution flag on lap 20.
As the green flag appeared again, Kalbus once again stretched his lead while
Weatherwax, Gergen, and Andy Casavant all fought for position as further back,
Errol Berry and fast qualfier Chico Reidner disputed the fifth spot. As Berry
and Reidner charged down the backstretch, they became hooked together on lap
31 and both cars slid through the infield before coming to rest in turn three,
producing another caution flag. This time on the restart, Weatherwax was able
to keep up with Kalbus for a few laps but eventually Kalbus was able to extend
his lead once again.
The final caution flag of the race occurred on lap 35 when Meyerhofer
experienced a mechanical problem, sending him spinning hard into the turn one
wall. Reidner and John Henning were racing directly behind Meyerhofer
and both became caught up in the fluid laid down from Meyerhofer’s car and
both also hit the turn one wall. Once again Weatherwax was able to keep pace
with Kalbus for a few laps, but as the circuits wound down, Kalbus pulled away
and drove to the win. Weatherwax finished in second place ahead of Gergen and
Casavant. Adam Pontzlaff moved up late in the event to finish fifth.
Al Stippich won the 35-lap Hobby Stock feature in exciting fashion, edging
Paul Konieczny for the win by about a half car length.
Brad Joeckes paced the beginning laps over Justin Okruhlica and Steven Sauer
while Stippich began to slice his way forward after starting tenth. On lap
two, Okruhlica spun in turn one and impacted the turn one wall hard, forcing
him to retire to the pits as the race remained under the green flag. Stippich,
Mark Kissinger, and Ken Au all worked the outside to advance forward into the
top five. With Joeckes out front, the leaders began to work lapped traffic and
Stippich moved his way into third place, directly behind Sauer. Sauer and
Stippich raced three-wide to split a lapped car and as they exited turn four
side-by-side, Sauer spun into the infield as Kissinger and Au raced by.
Once into second place, Stippich tracked down Joeckes and took command of the
race on lap 22 while Paul Konieczny joined Kissinger and Au in the top five.
Konieczny began to move ahead, taking over second place late in the event as
he began to close on Stippich in traffic. Konieczny made an attempt to get the
lead, using the outside lane on the final lap but came up about a half car
length short at the stripe as Stippich took the win. Kissinger finished in
third place ahead of Au and Brad Norgaard.
Jamie Vetter won the Hobby Stock semi-feature over Jim Bentzler and Crystal
Koenig while Norgaard was the fastest qualifier of the afternoon.
Phil Malouf drove to the win in the 30-lap Four Cylinder feature, using the
outside lane to score the convincing victory.
Trevor Howard led the first eleven laps as Malouf took to the extreme outside
groove to move forward from his starting spot deep in the field. Malouf
continued his outside charge, eventually tracking down Howard to take the lead
on lap 12. Behind the leader, Kyle Watters charged into second place after
battling Bobby Selsing for the spot. Selsing then raced hard with Matt Booker
and Kyle Smith over third place while Malouf extended his lead. Malouf took
the checkered flag nearly a half-lap ahead of Watters, who finished a
strong second. Selsing finished third while Smith nipped Booker to finish in
the fourth spot.
Shawn Scheel won the Four Cylinder semi-feature over Jason Hennes and Shane
Becker. Roman Blank and Tim Kirchner completed the top five. Malouf was also
the fastest qualifier for the afternoon.
Donald Van Camp closed out the afternoon and the season with a victory in an
exciting 25-lap Figure 8 event. Scott Goetzke finished in second place and
Paul Williams was third. Grant Greenwald and Justin Poenitsch completed the
top five.
Event: The Future’s
Date: September 24, 2006
Area Sportsman Feature 50-laps
1. Jay Kalbus
(Watertown)
4. Andy Casavant (Two Rivers)
2. Dale Weatherwax (Cambridge) 5. Adam Pontzlaff (Maribel)
3. Brent Gergen (Fort Atkinson)
Area Sportsman Fast Time- Scott “Chico” Reidner (Waunakee) 13.471
seconds
Hobby Stock Feature 35-laps
1. Al Stippich (West
Bend)
4. Ken Au (Jefferson)
2. Paul Konieczny (Oconomowoc) 5. Brad Norgaard (Pell Lake)
3. Mark Kissinger (West Bend)
Hobby Stock Semi- Feature- 30 laps
1. Jamie Vetter (Oak Creek) 4. 27
2. Jim Bentzler (West Bend) 5. 01
3. Crystal Koenig (Mischicot)
Hobby Stock Fast Time- Brad Nogaard (Pell Lake) seconds
Four Cylinder Feature 30-laps
1. Phil Malouf
(Wausau)
4. Kyle Smith (Lake Mills)
2. Kyle Watters
(Stoughton) 5. Matt
Booker (Wonder Lake, IL)
3. Bobby Selsing (Fort Atkinson)
Four Cylinder Semi- Feature- 30 laps
1. Shawn Scheel (Lake Mills) 4. Roman Blank
(Hartford)
2. Jason Hennes (Richfield) 5. Tim
Kirchner (Menasha)
3. Shane Becker (Iron Ridge)
Four Cylinder Fast Time- Phil Malouf (Wausau) seconds
Figure 8 Feature 25-laps
1. Donald Van Camp (Seymour) 6. Grant Greenwald
2. Scott Goetzke (Iron
Ridge) 7. Justin
Poenitsch (Kewaskum)
3. Paul Williams (Hartford)
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