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TJ’s Auto & 8th
Street Auto Race Night Almost Washed Out!
By Mary Langreck |
June 4, 2005; Marshfield, WI: - Marshfield Super Speedway extends a “Big Thank You” to
all the races, fans and families that stuck it out through the inclement weather this
Saturday.
The TJ’s Auto and 8th Street Auto Merle Weinfurter
Memorial got under way with a very late start. Rain showers from Mother Nature caused
practice and qualifying to be washed out and an extensive drying period. A short practice
session commenced with only Super Lates and Super Stocks qualifying. 4-Cylinder and 1-Man
Cruiser races were lined-up by average times. Ben Pettis scored his first fast time of the
2005 season in the Super Late Models and Andy Simonis took the top in the Super Stocks.
An excellent field of CARQUEST Super Late Models came to race with rookie Tim Hintz and
John Totzke Jr. grabbing the top spots in the semi-feature and earning starting positions
in the feature race. The first three laps of the feature were led by John Frazier. Jeff
Weinfurter quickly moved past him to take the lead. The first caution flew on lap five as
Eugene Gregorich Jr.’s car spun coming out of turn four. Gregorich was holding the
third spot and spun in front of the field which attempted to miss him, but several cars
sustained damage with Elliott Weiler and Eric Wisz forced to end their competition for the
night. Weinfurter continued his lead for the restart with Chris Weinkauf, Frazier, Dean
LaPointe and Rick Grunden all vying for the top spots. Fast timer Ben Pettis made his move
into the top five on lap seven. Pettis began to chase LaPointe for the fourth position and
pulled up along side of him and inched ahead to take over fourth. With only four laps
remaining, the caution was thrown putting Weinfurter back two spots for a pick a lane.
Weinkauf then took the lead. Weinfurter rallied back after the restart to take second.
Weinkauf took the win with Weinfurter second, Mark Eswein made a phenomenal return after
having to pit from damaged caused at the first caution to take home third. John Frazier
took fourth and Pettis fifth. The pick a lane call was later reviewed and reversed with
the win declared a tie between Weinkauf and Weinfurter.
The Super Stocks put an exciting show for the fans in their 24 lap feature race in honor
of Merle’s race number 24. Randy Emmerich took the early lead from his pole position
start. Denny Jo Crass held strong in second, but Wes Coon wasted no time working by him
grabbing second on lap four. Emmerich stretched out his lead as Travis Zvolena, Bo
Bennish, Coon and Colin Wilcott all fought for the second position. The caution flew on
lap 11 for a spin involving Crass and Matt Raykowski. When the race resumed, Emmerich had
lost his sizeable lead allowing Bennish and Cale Laessig to challenge him for the lead.
Both got by him and began battling for that top spot. With nine laps remaining Laessig
pulled ahead of Bennish to be scored the leader. Meanwhile fast timer Simonis had moved up
into third. Wilcott had been working on Emmerich for fourth and moved to the inside of him
entering turn one. Wilcott took the spot for the next circuit. Zvolena was then able to
move up to take fifth from Emmerich. Bennish tried, but was unable to retake the lead.
Laessig scored another checkered, Bennish second, Simonis third, Wilcott fourth and
Zvolena fifth.
The 23 four-cylinder cars that came to race put on another great feature too. Newcomer
Dale Robinson won the semi-feature and Brad Lueck took second to earn their starts in the
feature. Derk Hauser led the first seven laps of the feature until Steve Stewart passed
him for the lead. Lots of three and sometimes four wide racing throughout the entire
feature. The father-son team of Kevin and Adam Eckes battled over the fourth spot. Stewart
held out for the win, Derk Hauser took second, his father Steve Hauser raced up to third,
Adam Eckes fourth and JJ Flick moved up to take fifth.
The 1-Man Cruiser feature was dominated by Cody Meyer with Dave Knauf coming in a close
second, Justin Moore third and Wayne Dietz fifth.
Next Saturday is The Mid-States Hydraulics, Equip., Inc. and Meyer’s Mfg. Night at
the races. Pits open at 3:30, stands 5 p.m., qualifying 6 p.m. and racing 7:30. Race
divisions include Super Late Models, Super Stocks, Motorcycles, and 1-Man Cruisers. Rain
dated for Sunday, two hours earlier. Marshfield Super Speedway is located 3.5 miles west
of Marshfield on County Road H with weekly Saturday night stock car racing April through
September. Adult grandstand admission $10.00, Students ages 10-15 yrs. $5.00 and under 10
yrs FREE with a parent. Family Ticket is $25.00 (includes 2 adult tickets + unlimited
students & children).
Everyone 16 yrs and older may sign up FREE every race night to win the 2005 Ford Mustang
Pace Car!
Next Saturday is also the premier of the Race Fan Contest where each fan will vote for the
driver they came to watch race. The driver that earns the most votes will get two FREE pit
passes for the next week. Plus for every 20 votes a drivers gets he will receive a coupon
for “Buy 1 grandstand ticket Get 1 FREE,” to give out to fans. Come out and
support your favorite race car driver!
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