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Fall Spectacular Super
Lates Won By Holzhausen!
By Mary Langreck, Brian Back and Woody Eckes |
September 16, 2006;
Marshfield, WI: - First of all, the Langreck’s, Steve
Parsons and the Marshfield Super Speedway staff would like to
send out a big thank you to all the sponsors, race teams, fans
and every person that attended the 2006 Fall Spectacular weekend
Race Against Cancer. Mother Nature wasn’t very cooperative, but
once we were able to be underway, there was great racing action
to be seen.
Friday’s events were cancelled due to inclement weather. The
super stock and motorcycle portion of the program was added to
Saturday. Saturday’s program was also affected when rain stopped
racing around 8 p.m. The remaining part of the program was
completed on Sunday afternoon.
All qualifying was completed on Saturday, with
Mark Eswein tearing up the track, turning a 17.623 in his super
late. His roll of six with the dice would place him starting
14th on the 100-lap feature grid in memory of Duwayne Voelz.
Kevin Nuttleman made his first appearance at Marshfield with his
limited late. The LaCrosse Speedway champ is no stranger to
speed as he took the limited late fast time honors. Matt Pyburn
took the super stock fast time honors, starting him 12th in the
memorial feature for his father, Gary Pyburn. Jeremiah Strauss
picked up another 4-cylinder fast time, earning him a 12th place
start for the Bill Dunow Memorial 25. Larry Moen of Madison was
the quickest pure stock, but was unable to return to race the
feature on Sunday. Tim Syvrud took the Street Stock fast time.
The 100-Lap Duwayne Voelz Memorial super late model feature saw
Allen Check take the lead from his pole position start. Steve
Holzhausen and Jason Weinkauf followed Check into turn one,
Holzhausen took the high side entering turn three on lap two.
Holzhausen pulled up even with Check and took the lead in turn
three for lap three. Jason Weinkauf followed suit, passing
Holzhausen for second on the next lap. Chris Weinkauf and Neil
Knoblock were right behind waiting to make their move. A spin on
lap five would send Charlie Menard to the rear, he would
capitalize on the 95 laps remaining for his comeback. Holzhausen
led the restart with Jason Weinkauf in pressuring for the lead.
Fast timer Mark Eswein, starting 14th, moved to the inside of
Jay VanDerGeest in turn one to take seventh on lap seven. Chris
Weinkauf passed Check on the outside for third.
A new leader emerged as Jason Weinkauf pulled
ahead of Holzhausen. Todd Stapleman would take over fourth on
the outside from Check, as Eswein followed. Knoblock looked to
the outside of Check on lap 11, but was unable to complete the
pass. Eswein began to challenge Stapleman for fourth on the
inside, he earned the spot on lap 14. Holzhausen would comeback
to the inside of Jason Weinkauf to reclaim the lead on lap 14.
The next lap, Knoblock completed his pass on Check. Eugene
Gregorich Jr. was working into the top ten, passing on the high
side of Ben Pettis. Eswein dove to the inside of Chris Weinkauf
for third on lap 18. Stapleman followed Eswein through on the
bottom, passing Chris Weinkauf for fourth. Menard passed to the
inside of Keith Romenesko for 14th already on lap 20. Holzhausen
and Jason Weinkauf had stretched out their lead to a
straightaway ahead of Eswein in third. Knoblock made his move
into the top five on lap 22 on the inside of Chris Weinkauf. Lap
24, lapped traffic first became a factor. Gregorich Jr. had been
working his way forward and up to eighth by lap 25. Pettis and
Menard closed up the gap between them and VanDerGeest. Pettis
tried to pass VanDerGeest to the inside, but VanDerGeest held
him off. Menard then took to the outside, passing Pettis and
then VanDerGeest on lap 32. Menard challenged to the inside of
Gregorich Jr in turn one. The two were even as they entered turn
three, Menard pulled past Gregorich Jr as they exited turn two
on lap 44. The action heated up as the race closed in on the
mandatory caution on lap 50. Jason Weinkauf closed in on
Holzhausen and took the low line under him to challenge for the
lead taking it for lap 50.
The caution was out, allowing each driver to
pit. Chris Weinkauf with very disappointing engine trouble that
would not allow him to resume the race. Knoblock returned to the
pits before the race resumed also with engine trouble that would
end his day. Jason Weinkauf led the field to the restart. Eswein
quickly moved past the three lapped cars to stay with the
leaders. Holzhausen closed in on the leader on lap 56. Meanwhile
Menard continued his chase to the front working the inside of
Tim Rothe for fifth. Gregorich Jr kept working the outside lane,
passing Check and then Rothe for sixth. Menard overtook
Stapleman on the inside of turn three on lap 62. Eswein was
steadily closing the gap on the battling pair of Holzhausen and
Weinkauf. Pettis challenged Rothe for seventh on the inside
entering turn three on lap 69. Eswein was now only two car
lengths behind the leaders. Gregorich Jr moved to the inside to
pass Stapleman as they exited turn four, completing the pass for
fifth in turn three.
Lapped traffic allowed the leaders to stretch
out their lead over Eswein to ten car lengths by lap 84. Eswein
chased back closing the gap again in two laps. Pettis worked the
inside lane past Stapleman for sixth. Menard began to close in
on the top three, running out of laps. Eswein drove to the
outside of Holzhausen with only ten to go. Eswein was a little
loose coming out of turn four and unable to complete the pass.
Holzhausen then went inside of Weinkauf as they exited turn four
on lap 92. Holzhausen past him for the lead entering turn one,
as Eswein followed. Weinkauf battled back to retain second.
Holzhausen stretched out his lead, as it was a mad dash to the
checkered for second. Eswein went low of Weinkauf entering turn
three, taking the second for lap 98. Weinkauf crossed over
trying to regain the spot as they exited turn four for the
checkered, but Eswein held on. Holzhausen won, Eswein second,
Jason Weinkauf third, Menard fourth and Gregorich Jr fifth.
Cale Laessig with an impressive run won the 30 lap B feature,
several car lengths over Brian Back, finishing second. Mark
Mackesy third, Bruce Bill fourth and Elliott Weiler fifth.
A handful of cautions plagued the limited late model feature.
Brandon Conrad led the first circuit. Mike Merriam then took the
lead for the next ten laps. Kurt Clapper took charge of the lead
for nine laps. Doug Mahlik took over the leader position for the
second half of the race. Clapper was soon challenged for his
second spot by the young Skylar Holzhausen. Holzhausen was
making his first race here at Marshfield field, battling door to
door with Clapper for many laps. Adam Degenhardt with double
duty racing both late model divisions, started sixth and raced
back and forth in the top five for most of the feature. Bret
Widdis raced close behind Degenhardt, while Merriam held onto
the fourth position. Mahlik won, Holzhausen won the battle for
second, Clapper third, Merriam fourth and Widdis fifth.
Larry Schultz took the early lead for the super stock feature.
Corey Jankowski then took charge on lap nine. Tim Plowman and
Matt Pyburn worked their way from deep in the field to the front
by the mid-way point. Plowman moved up into the second spot,
pressuring Jankowski for the lead. Pyburn was quickly catching
up passing for third on lap 22. The caution flew on lap 24 and
again on lap 26, tightening up the field. Plowman and Pyburn now
both challenging Jankowski for the lead. Both pulled ahead of
Jankowski for lap 28, Plowman leading. Pyburn now pushed his
machine to the limit trying to find a way past Plowman, but
would run out of laps. Plowman won, Pyburn second, Jankowski
third, Wes Coon fourth and Brian Weinfurter fifth.
A very exciting 4-cylinder feature saw Ron Sischo lead the field
for the first four laps. JJ Flick had wasted no time racing to
the front passing cars on the outside of the track. Keith Wirtz
followed Flick through the field. Wirtz passed on the high side
of Ricky Brandl for fourth in turn three. Kyle Opelt sliced from
the bottom to the top of the track to follow Wirtz. Flick took
the lead on the outside of Sischo. Six laps later, Wirtz was the
new leader, passing Flick on the inside of turn three. Opelt
closed in on the leaders diving to the inside of Wirtz and
taking the lead on lap 19. Chad Dietsche picked up several spots
on the inside and was challenging Wirtz for third at the end of
the race. Opelt won, Flick second, Dietsche third, Wirtz fourth
and fast timer Jeremiah Strauss fifth.
Motorcycle results By: Woody Eckes
A dozen daring cyclists put on their final race of the season at
Marshfield Super Speedway at the Fall Spectacular. The first
heat had to be restarted twice with spills by Troy Johnson of
Big Falls and Randy Ruffi of Duluth in the same corner. After a
search for a slippery area on the track, it was concluded that
both riders were just trying to hard and put themselves down.
Mark Zeidler of Ringle overtook Steve Kasten of Hatley for the
lead on lap two and fended off a late race challenge by newcomer
Kyle Meiers of Escanaba for the win. Heat two saw Lee Johnson of
Big Falls lead from green to checkered flag. All twelve riders
lined up for the fifteen lap feature. The cagey old veteran
Steve Kasten shot into the lead until lap four when Mark Zeidler
squeezed past at the line; but Kasten was not done in front,
retaking first back for two laps, then Zeidler repaid the favor
with a high/low move for the point coming out of turn four on
lap seven. All the while this dogfight was going on, closer and
closer came Kyle Meiers, looking for a way past both the
leaders. On lap twelve Zeidler assumed the lead for good and
Meiers pressed past Kasten for second. Kasten fought back but
Meiers held on to finish second. This victory was Mark Zeidlers
third victory in a row in the motorcycle feature event.
Results: 1.Mark Zeidler 2.Kyle Meiers 3.Steve Kasten 4. Cliff
Eckes Jr. 5.Troy Johnson 6.Randy Ruffi 7. Clay Johnson 8.Craig
Lewis 9. Woody Eckes 10. Lee Johnson 11. Craig Nigh 12. Ted
Strebe
The first lap of the pure stock feature was led by Kyle Genett.
Mike Gwidt then took charge of the lead. Mike Kasperak raced in
a close second with Troy Engman third. Mike Lichtfeld passed
Engman for third on lap eight, as lapped traffic became a
factor. Steve Lichtfeld was close behind passing Engman for
fourth a couple laps later. Mike Lichtfeld passed Kasperak for
second on lap 11. Steve Lichtfeld passed Kasperak for third the
following lap. Todd Showers broke into the top five with only
three laps to go. Gwidt won, Mike Lichtfeld second, Steve
Lichtfeld third, Showers taking fourth away from Engman at the
checkered.
Tony Showers led the first lap of the street stock feature. Tim
Syvrud led the next three, until AJ Kania took over for the win.
Syvrud finished second, Showers third, Jim Annala fourth and
Derek Childs fifth.
The oldtimers that raced on Saturday were unable to stay and
race on Sunday. Darrel Bassuener won the heat race on Saturday
night. The two racers on Sunday came all the way from Minnesota,
Denny Schott won, Bobby Steier second.
The FASTLANE JONNY attempted several times, but was unable to
complete it with his school bus.
Next Saturday, September 30th is the final event of the 2006
season. The Eve of Destruction registration will begin at Noon
and end at 3 p.m. Grandstand gates open at 2 p.m. with the show
starting at 4 p.m. Adult grandstand admission 16 years and older
is $10.00, students 10-15 years old is $5.00 and 9 years and
younger is free. The program includes the Green Mamba Jet car
burning up a limo, fireworks, “Hot Rod” Rodney will jump his bus
over six cars and thru a motorhome. Plus burn out contest, whip
around race, trailer race and much, much more!
Marshfield Super Speedway is located 3.5 miles west of
Marshfield, WI on Highway H. Stock car racing Saturday nights
April through September.
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