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VanDerGeest Takes Super
Late Checkers, Pyburn Best In Supers
By Sara Johnson |
May 21, 2006;
Marshfield, WI: - Another cool night for race fans to
struggle through, but the racing action was hot for Stratford
Sign Company night. Jeff Weinfurter topped the super late model
time trials. Matt Pyburn made it two nights in a row for super
stock fast timer and then followed up with the feature win. Kyle
Opelt, only his second race night at Marshfield Speedway beat
the other 21 cars in the 4-Cylinder division to grab quick time.
Wayne Dietz got his first fast time of the season in the 1-Man
Cruiser division.
The super late model feature would be an exciting
25-lap race with a scary wreck. Troy Nelson and Kyle Davis
started on the front row and battled back and forth for the lead
spot. With only five laps completed, the first caution flew for
the spun car of Rick Grunden. When the race resumed the field
doubled up for the only time, with the leader on the point
alone. Davis led the field through the re-start, but Nelson was
right there battling for the lead. Doug Drost, Jay VanDerGeest,
Tim Hintz and more hard chargers were all chasing the leader
looking for their opportunity to advance their position. Lap 12
the caution was out again, this time for the spun car of Bob
Danes. When the race re-started, single file, Davis continued
with his lead, but after lap 16 was completed, contact between
the leaders would end the race for Davis. His machine tipped up
on its side so that the whole underside of the car could be seen
as he traveled down the back-stretch. Fortunately he landed back
on all four wheels and Davis is okay. When the race re-started,
VanDerGeest moved up to the lead. Fast timer Jeff Weinfurter was
right there ready to take it away, and tried several times, but
was unable to complete the pass. Drost and Hintz raced hard
behind the leaders. With eight laps to go, M.G. Gajewski passed
Eugene Gregorich Jr. for the fifth spot and kept it. VanDerGeest
won, Weinfurter second, Drost third, Hintz fourth and Gajewski
fifth.
Dean LaPointe led the first lap of the super late model
semi-feature. Pete Kempf then grabbed the lead for the next
seven laps. With only three laps remaining, Jason Weinkauf
passed Kempf for the lead. Kempf was able to hold off LaPointe
and secure the last transfer spot. Weinkauf won, Kempf second,
both transferred to the feature race, LaPointe third, John
Frazier fourth and Eric Wisz fifth.
Larry Schultz led the first two laps of the 20 lap super stock
feature. Randy Meyer then took the lead on lap three with Bo
Bennish racing hard behind him and grabbing the second spot on
lap four. Brian Weinfurter, Randy Emmerich and fast timer Matt
Pyburn were all on the fast track to the front of the field. Lap
13, Travis Zvolena raced up into fifth to join the battle
between the top five. Wes Coon and Chad Scholl were also looking
for a top five finish and began the battle for that fifth spot.
Lap 17, lapped traffic became part of the equation. Bennish and
Weinfurter were able to work the lapped traffic to their
advantage and moved up into the one and two spots. Lap 18 the
caution flew for the spun car of Randy Meyer. Before another lap
was completed, the caution was out again, this time for Luke
Bravener. With only two laps remaining, it was going to be a
green-white-checkered finish. Bennish led the field for the
white flag lap, but on the final lap, Pyburn took the checkers
first, Bennish second, Zvolena third, Weinfurter fourth and
Scholl fifth.
Jeremiah Strauss led the first half of the 15-lap 4-Cylinder
feature. Lap two, the caution flew for spun cars on the
back-stretch. There was contact between Erin Schlough and Dan
McGiveron who were racing second and third. JJ Flick was
collected up in the wreck and was the only one unable to
continue. On the re-start, Adam Krzykowski moved up into the
second spot. Steve Stewart raced from his tenth place starting
spot up to second, by lap four. Derk Hauser raced up behind
Stewart and on lap nine passed both Stewart and Strauss for the
lead. Lap 10, Stewart rallied back to take the lead. Derk’s dad,
Steve Hauser was also running fast tonight and worked his way up
into the third spot. Stewart won, Derk Hauser second, Steve
Hauser third and Strauss fourth.
The 4-Cylinder semi-feature was a 10-lap contest with three lead
changes. Eric Haring led the first five laps. John Lietz passed
him to lead lap six. Greg Blount then took the lead for the
remainder of the race. Blount won, Lietz second, both
transferred to the feature, Dale Louze third, Don Elmhorst
fourth and Haring fifth.
Travis Paul led eight laps of the 1-Man Cruiser feature. Fast
timer Todd Hoeper then took the lead for the win. Kyle Rasmussen
was racing hard against Justin Moore for the second spot, when
as they came around the final lap, Rasmussen’s car flew through
the infield of turns three and four. Moore then finished second,
but Rasmussen was able hang on and take an impressive third.
Fast timer Wayne Dietz finished fourth and Pat Dickman fifth.
Due to last weekend’s races cancellation from weather, some of
the IMCA Oldtimers wanted to have a race this weekend. Five full
bodied cars came to race. Unfortunately a wreck during the heat
race narrowed the car count to three for the feature. Chris
Loberg and Mark May battled for the win of the feature event,
with Loberg taking home the win.
Next Saturday night, May 27th, is Buck Night, ALL grandstand
admission just $1 per person. Racing includes CarQuest Super
Late Models, CarQuest Super Stocks, Motorcycles, 1-Man Cruisers
and Junkyard Warriors. Pit gates open at 3:30, practice at 4:30,
grandstand gates open at 5 p.m., time trials at 5:30 and racing
at 7 p.m. Rain dated for Sunday, two hours earlier. Marshfield
Super Speedway is located 3.5 miles west of Marshfield on County
Road H.
For
complete RACESTAT Computer Results Click Here
Summary
Qualifying
Super Late Model: Jeff Weinfurter 17.982
Super Stock: Matt Pyburn 19.758
4-Cylinder: Kyle Opelt 22.380
1-Man Cruiser: Wayne Dietz 24.501
Heats
Super Late Model
Heat 1: Froehlich, Frazier, Wisz, LaPointe, D. Davis.
Heat 2: J. Weinkauf, Kraus, Nelson, Drost, Grunden.
Heat 3: Gregorich, Weiler, Gajewski, Weinfurter, C. Weinkauf.
Super Stock
Heat 1: Schultz, R. Meyer, Munthe, Stanley, Ochodnicky.
Heat 2: Bennish, Zvolena, Scholl, Pyburn, Weinfurter.
4-Cylinder
Heat 1: Lietz, Haring, Sischo, Elmhorst, Lueck.
Heat 2: Brandl, Strauss, McGiveron.
Heat 3: S. Hauser, Stewart, D. Hauser, Dunow, Krzykowski.
1-Man Cruiser
Heat 1: Paul, Hoeper, Moore, Dietz, P. Dickman.
Semi-Features
Super Late Model: J. Weinkauf, Kempf, LaPointe, Frazier, Wisz.
4-Cylinder: Blount, Lietz, Louze, Elmhorst, Haring.
Features
Super Late Model: VanDerGeest, Weinfurter, Drost, Hintz,
Gajewski, Gregorich, Weiler, C. Weinkauf, J. Weinkauf, Pettis.
Super Stock: Pyburn, Bennish, Zvolena, Weinfurter, Scholl, Coon,
Emmerich, Zakrezewski, R. Meyer, Schultz.
4-Cylinder: Stewart, D. Hauser, S. Hauser, Strauss, Krzykowski,
Opelt, Berg, McGiveron.
1-Man Cruiser: Hoeper, Moore, Rasmussen, Dietz, P. Dickman,
Bender, Kundinger, Denny, Paul, T. Dickman.
Summary
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