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Sullivan, Fassbender, Laubinger And Ramstock Outlast Others At Wilmot
Wilmot Speedway, July 7, 2005 - Mike Sullivan (Trevor, WI) ran a flawless race
to pick up his first feature victory in 2005 Saturday night at the Wilmot
Speedway. Sullivan started the event on the outside of row two but moved
to the top spot on lap two when he powered past Jimmy Muth Jr. (Greenfield,
WI). Scott Kuxhouse (Antioch, IL), who was racing in both the Modified
and the Midwest Sprint Car Association (MSA) divisions, took over the second
position from Muth on lap six and was the car to watch as Muth broke the left
front bringing out the yellow on lap eight. Current points leader Nick
Simons (Genoa City, WI) also a man on a mission and took over third on lap
ten. Kuxhouse worked his way past Sullivan on lap 16 to take the lead
and looked like he would run away with the event before being sidelined with
mechanical problems on lap 19. Sullivan was running second at the time
Kuxhouse exited from the speedway and never looked back. The Bodendorfer
boys, Jeff (Waterford, WI) and Mike (Muskego, WI) managed to avoid any major
contact and finished second and third respectively.
In a non-stop feature event in the Street Stock division, Bruce Laubinger
picked up his second feature victory in 2005 and closed the gap slightly on
points leader Jim Vandevere. Vandevere held the lead from lap 6 through
lap 14 when Laubinger used a brilliant move in turns three and four to make it
past for the lead. Laubinger went into the corner on the high side and
as Vandevere moved up to block, Laubinger dove to the bottom and powered off
the corner to take the lead going down the frontstretch. Laubinger and
Vandevere battled the final six laps but Laubinger picked up the win.
It took Brian Ramstock a while to get to the front, but once he got there he
never let it go. Ramstock started inside row two and took the lead on
lap eight. Ron Brannum was following Ramstock's exhaust and took third
just as the lead changed hands. Brannum moved past the number 12 car on
lap 12 and set his sights on Ramstock. Kurt Bores dropped the 12 another
position on lap 14 but left the speedway with problems on lap 17 giving third
back to the number 12. Ramstock was never seriously challenged and
pulled away for the win ending Brannum's two-week winning streak. John
Draper had a good night and finished fourth and Randy Reed rounded out the top
five.
Lance Fassbender really had his car hooked up at the Wilmot Speedway on
Saturday. Fassbender was never challenged as he picked up his first
feature win since September 21, 2002. On the opening lap of the Feature
the red flag waved as Joe Wipperfurth, Jerry Ski, Dale Bodden and Danny
Schlafer all tangled in turn two. None of the drivers were injured, but only
Schlafer was able to restart at the rear of the field. Troy Hepfner grabbed
the early restart lead with Fassbender giving chase. Fassbender slipped by
Hepfner with just three laps in the books and Scott Semmelmann had advanced to
third. By the fifth lap, Semmelmann moved up to second only to have Tim Haddy
charge past from his seventh row starting spot. Several mid-race cautions kept
the field bunched up. Rob Pribnow had a good run having moved up to the fourth
spot with Chris Wiser and Scott Kuxhouse giving chase. Lap 16 saw Haddy suffer
a rare spin that cost him his second place spot, moving Semmelmann, Pribnow,
Wiser and Schlafer into the top five. Semmelmann held on to the third spot,
Wiser slipped past Pribnow in the closing laps for the fourth spot.
Austin Semmelman - 11 (Brookfield, WI) was the Junior Fan of the Week.
This coming Saturday, July 9, the IRA Sprint Cars make their second of three
appearances at the Wilmot Speedway. They'll be joined by the IMCA
Modifieds and Street Stocks. For more information contact the track
office at 262-279-3892.
Modifieds
Feature - Sullivan, Jeff Bodendorfer, Mike Bodendorfer, Mike Simons, Larry
Surletta (Lake Villa, IL), Dave Holden (Pleasant Prairie, WI), Jason Hyerdall,
Jim Morrison (Antioch, IL), Eric Ade (Kansasville, WI), Kuxhouse
Heats - Morrison, Muth, Jeff Bodendorfer
Street Stocks
Feature - Laubinger, Vandervere, Kenny Netzel (Bristol, WI), Kevin Mueller
(Camp Lake, WI), Billy Combs, John Fletcher (McHenry, IL), Kelly Kufke, Gary
Foster (Kenosha, WI), James Coots Jr. (Trevor, WI), Dave Grenlund (Sharon, WI)
Heats - Grenlund
Mini-Sprints
Feature - Ramstock, Brannum, ??, Draper, Reed, Nick Sheridan, Jack Draper,
Jessica Brannum, Bores, Terry Ahern
Heats - Reed, Brannum
MSA
Feature - Fassbender, Danny Schlafer, Semmelmann, Wiser, Pribnow, Al Schlafer,
Olejnik, Craig Hemmen, Lukey, Kuxhouse
Heats - Hepfner, Semmelmann, Danny Schlafer
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