Spacek brothers pace action at MHR!
By Janis Weigel

June 2, 2000; Unity, WI. - Friday night racing action at MHR was sponsored by Mark Mitchell of Mac Tools.

Randy Specek (#22) took over the top spot in WISSOTA Super Stock action with four laps left in the event to score the win.

Paul Lieders grabbed the early lead in the WISSOTA Super Stock Feature followed by Scott Geiger, Rich Bishop, Lance Leu and Randy Spacek  A caution in the fourth lap was held when contact was made between Bill Schwantes and Lonnie Leu, who got turned around in corner three.  As racing resumed, within a span of six laps Bishop, Spacek and Lonnie had positioned themselves behind Lieders and the battle for the lead began.

Bishop and Spacek both used the high groove as they drove into corner one, passing Lieders with Bishop in control of the lead, he was able to hold off Spacek's constant pressure for five laps, until Spacek edged past him to take over the lead with four laps remaining. 

Schwantes had his night  of racing action cut short after being called on a second caution in the next lap.  Andy  Nezworski used the restart to his advantage, as he bolted past Stender and Lieders for fourth.  A fast  paced race to the end was held, as Spacek held on for his first feature win of the season, Bishop second, Leu third, Nezworski fourth and Lieders in fifth.

A front row starting berth gave Kevin "Buzzy" Adams (#40)  a fairly easy victory in WISSOTA Street Stock feature action as he paced the event the entire distance.

A front row start was all that would be needed for Kevin Adams, who controlled the WISSOTA Street Stock Feature from start to finish Friday night at MHR. Rod  Herman was struck with a flat tire in lap four, giving up his fifth position.  Brent Mindock ran a strong second position for five laps, when smoke began to roll out from underneath the hood, ending his race night early as he headed for the pits.  Kirk Bogdanovic moved past Teatz for second after the restart, while Chris Oertel closed in on Teatz.   Oertel used a high banked, corner three manuever in the tenth lap, passing Teatz for third.  With a substantial lead, Adams cruised past the checkered flag for the win, Bogdanovic second, Oertel third, Teatz fourth and Steve  Surprenant in fifth.

Another Spacek wins! Jeff Specek (#22) matched his brother this evening by taking a feature win. Jeff's came in the WISSOTA Modified main event.

Roger Andres held the early lead in the WISSOTA Modified Feature, followed by Tim Isenberg, Jeff Spacek, Jerry Weigel and Scott Duval.  As Spacek moved into the lead in the second lap, Weigel and Duval were charging forward, moving into second and third in lap six.  Troy Kuyoth made his way through traffic after a sixth row start, to position himself behind Duval one lap later.

Duval dove low underneath Weigel in lap nine. As Weigel continued running the outside groove, trying to regain his second position from Duval, Kuyoth tucked in directly behind Duval for third. Spacek, Duval and Kuyoth ran a tight race upfront for four straight laps, before contact was made between Kuyoth and Duval, resulting in Kuyoth spinning toward the infield. Under a  lengthy caution, Kuyoth showed his displeasure after an official call pointed him to the back  An  altercation erupted, forcing Kuyoth to leave the track under a black flag.  With seven laps remaining,  Hintz edged his way past Weigel for the third position.  Spacek held the lead for his first "2000"  feature win at MHR, Duval second, Hintz third, Weigel fourth and newcomer Bob Sammann from Winona, finishing in fifth.

A-Modified action!  It was a contrast of success for these two drivers this evening.   In the left photo, Luke Lobacz (#11) had an encounter will the wall during heat action ending his night.  In the right photo Craig Leiders (#57), who scored his first career feature victory last week in A-Mod action backed that up with a third place run this week.

Scott Anderson grabbed the quick lead in the A-Mod Feature with Rob Genett close behind.   Amazingly, Shane Halopka made it back out on the track for the A-Mod Feature after his car burst into flames in the first lap of the A-Mod heat race when contact was made by Luke Lobacz, whos car made a direct bee-line crashing into the back wall.  Lobacz's car was badly damaged and both drivers were unharmed. In lap two, Genett used the low inside groove in corner four to pass  Anderson for the lead and continued to put distance between him and the rest of the field throughout
the race to take his first feature win, Anderson second, Craig Lieders third, Halopka fourth and Jeff
Wilczek in fifth.

Results

Super Stock:
Heat 1: #57 Paul Lieders, #77 Bill Schwantes, #10 Rich Bishop, #14L Lance Leu, #47 Tad Schoonover, #77 Jim Willner, #33 Mike Paul
Heat 2: #27 Mark Stender, #17 Terry Gorst, #7 Andy Nezworski, #3 Mike Bauer, #97 Eric Bolosky, #30 Jerome Kowalski, #14z Lonnie Leu
Heat 3: #22 Randy Spacek, #8 Scott Johnson, #75 Scott Geiger, #24 Butch Kummer, #63 Ron Sischo
Feature: Spacek, Bishop, Lonnie Leu, Nezworski, Lieders, Stender, Bauer, Kummer, Willner, Schoonover, Johnson, Paul, Kowalski, Geiger, Schwantes, Geiger, Lance Leu, Gorst, Sischo, Erikson

Street Stock:
Heat 1: #6 Steve Surprenant, #41 Chris Lindner, #14 Scott Krause, #21 Larry Dassow,
#32 James Bandow, #77 Jason Kellner
Heat 2: #40 Kevin Adams, #71R Rod Herman, #36 Dave Teatz, #28 Matt Theisen, #37 Chad Schneider, #81 Dominic Giacomino
Heat 3: #82 Kirk Bogdanovic, #51 Chris Oertel, #57 Brent Mindock, #99 Ralph Stark,
#35 Ken Heser
Feature: Adams, Bogdanovic, Oertel, Teatz, Surprenant, Theisen, Krause, Kellner,
Bandow, Schneider, Lindner, Herman, Heser, Dassow, Mindock, Giacomino, Stark

Modified:
Heat 1: #59 Bob Sammann, #94 Tim Isenberg, #9I Steve Isenberg, #35 David Baxter, #25 Daniel Konrardy, #31 Butch Steckbauer, #37 Robert Root, #22B Mark Baxter.
Heat 2: #7w Jerry Weigel, #22 Jeff Spacek, #31 Steve Kuester, #2 Roger Andres, #00 Robby Bunkelman, #61 Ray Karl Jr., #33 Jed Moore, #16 Larry Mendrzycki
Heat 3: #80 Troy Kuyoth, #1 Tim Hintz, #17 Scott Duval, #43 Luke Schilling, #51 Butch
Oertel, #151 Lance Burt, #24 Kevin Rogers, #42 Kim Mendrzycki
Feature: Spacek, Duval, Hintz, Weigel, Sammann, Andres, Oertel, Schilling, Rogers, Root, Karl, T. Isenberg, K. Mendrzycki, Moore, Kuyoth, Burt, Kuester, M. Baxter, D. Baxter, Bunkelman, Steckbauer, Konrardy, S. Isenberg, L. Mendrzycki

A-Mod:
Heat: #16 Rob Genett, #27 Scott Anderson, #57 Craig Lieders, #66 Jeff
Wilczek, #3Jr. Shane Halopka, #11 Luke Lobacz
Feature: Genett, Anderson, Lieders, Halopka, Wilczek