Siddons, Spacek, Dean and Nosser
Grab Cash at "Monster Mash"!
By Matt Bablick
August 22-23, 2003; Unity, WI. - This past Friday and
Saturday night the Monster Hall Raceway in Unity held it’s annual Monster Mash
invitational to put a close to one of the most action packed season’s in the
track’s history. The heats and Dash for Cash races were held on Friday while the
feature races were run on Saturday. The two day show also boasted an increased purse with
the Wissota Modifieds racing for a $2,500 dollar first place check.
Once the racing program came to a close Saturday night the feature winners
included Todd Siddons in the Modifieds, Randy Spacek in the Super Stocks, Wayne Dean in
the Street Stocks, and Mickey Nosser in the Midwest Modifieds.
The Midwest Modifieds were the first to pull trackside to contest their feature race. Jim
Poyda and Mickey Nosser led the field around the track to start the race. Mickey Nosser
pulled into the early lead ahead of Poyda and Halopka. The caution waved for the first
time on lap two for a spin in turn four. Nosser continued to lead after the restart ahead
of Halopka and Jack Larson who quickly made his way through the field after starting
ninth. Chris Oertl was beginning to catch Larson while Bargender, Geboy, and Heser battled
each other for the fifth position with Geboy eventually getting the spot. Nosser continued
to hold his lead ahead of a close race for second as Larson ran the low groove while Oertl
worked the high line until back to back cautions flew on lap 16. Nosser retained his lead
after the restart and went on to pick up a decisive win after leading the entire event.
Jack Larson made an early charge from the fifth row and finished second ahead of Duane
Geboy who also had to pass a number of cars on his way to a third place finish. Shane
Halopka came across the line fourth ahead of Jim Poyda.
The Wissota Street Stocks came out next with Steve Bangart and Ryan Lindner filling out
the front row. On the start Wayne Dean got a good run from the second row and shot into
the in turn three but a caution resulted in a complete restart. After the restart Bangart
and Lindner ran door to door for several laps ahead of Wayne Dean and Brock Wright.
Lindner pulled into the lead on lap four just before the caution flew on lap five for a
spin on the backstretch. Lindner stayed in first after the restart while Dean got around
Bangart for second. Dean put heavy pressure on Lindner as both cars fought to stay on the
bottom of the track. Bangart ran in third while Chris Schloer worked his way around Butch
Kummer for fifth, Schloer then reeled in Wright and the two cars battled for fourth with
Kummer right behind making it an exciting three car race for fourth. Dean finally
completed the pass on Lindner for the lead on lap 19 just before the caution flew on lap
21 setting up sprint to the checkers. Dean held on to his lead in the remaining laps and
went on to pick up the win in an exciting 25 lap feature. Lindner finished second after
leading the first half of the race. Butch Kummer came across third after starting near the
tail of the field. Steve Bangart had a nice run in fourth place. Wright finished in fifth
after holding off some heavy pressure from Chris Schloer who has become a real hard
charger at several area tracks.
Next up were the Wissota Super Stocks with Lance Leu starting from the pole alongside Ken
Davis. Davis claimed the early lead ahead of Paul Erickson, Lance Leu, and Randy Spacek.
The first of two cautions flew on lap three for a spin in turn four. Davis continued to
lead after the restart while Randy Spacek worked his way around Erickson for second and
began to reel in Davis. Davis began to receive pressure from Spacek on lap 14 with Spacek
choosing the low line and Davis running a slightly higher line. Meanwhile, Erickson ran in
third with Curt Meyers right on his bumper looking for an opening to make the pass. On lap
18 Spacek finally got a run underneath Davis and took over the lead. Davis settled in to
second ahead of Erickson and a good battle for fifth between Meyers and Jerry Stanton.
Spacek survived a late race incident with a lapped car and went on to win the race. Ken
Davis finished in second after holding the lead for over half the race. Paul Erickson had
another strong finish coming home third ahead of Meyers and Jerry Stanton.
Next up was the 40 lap main in the Wissota Modifieds with Todd Siddons and Wayne Engen
setting the pace for the start. Siddons took the early lead ahead of Engen and Dave
Baxter. Siddons kept the lead after a caution on lap two for a spin in turns one and two.
Siddons stretched his lead out early in the race while Engen received heavy pressure from
Scott Duval for second. A lap 14 caution for a spin on the backstretch erased the lead
Siddons had built up and put several heavy hitters on his back bumper. Siddons once again
pulled out to a healthy lead over a side by side battle for second between Engen and
Duval.
Dave Baxter ran in fourth ahead of Mike Bauer. Luke Schilling was on the move at the
halfway point as he worked his way around both Bauer and Baxter to pull into fourth. The
caution then flew twice on lap 28 which bunched up the field for the restart with 12 laps
to go. Siddons held on to his lead for the remaining laps on his way to victory lane and a
$2,500 check. Scott Duval used a late race pass to take home second place ahead of Wayne
Engen. Luke Schilling had a strong run finishing in fourth ahead of Mike Anderson who
pulled double duty for the evening as he also competed with his Super Stock. Dan Schloer
was the man on the move in the Modifieds as he picked up ten spots while coming from 17th
to finish in the seventh position.
Monster Hall Raceway would like to thank everyone who came out to support the track this
season and they hope to see you all back in the Spring for what is sure to be the biggest
and best season of racing action in the track’s history.
Wissota Modifieds
40 lap feature- Todd Siddons, Scott Duval, Wayne Engen, Luke Schilling, Mike Anderson,
Jerry Campbell, Dan Schloer, Mark Baxter, Ray Karl Jr., Jed Moore
Heat 1- Anderson, Dave Baxter, Campbell, Kent Baxter
Heat 2- Engen, Duval, Moore, Andrew Baxter
Heat 3- Schilling, Mark Baxter, Siddons, Mike Bauer
Dash for Cash- Schilling, Engen, Dave Baxter, Duval
Wissota Super Stocks
30 lap feature- Randy Spacek, Ken Davis, Paul Erickson, Curt Meyers, Jerry Stanton, Lance
Leu, Terry Kroening, Scott Johnson, Jamie Strebig, John Feirn
Heat 1- Anderson, Feirn, Leu, Stanton
Heat 2- Spacek, Davis, Meyers, Strebig
Dash for Cash- Anderson, Spacek, Leu, Davis
Wissota Street Stocks
25 lap feature- Wayne Dean, Ryan Lindner, Butch Kummer, Steve Bangart, Brock Wright, Chris
Schloer, Jim Uptagraw, Jim Marshall, Scott Krause, Lee Christjohn
Heat 1- Wright, Dean, Schloer, Lindner
Heat 2- Kummer, Mike Stangl, Bangart, Marshall
Dash for Cash- Stangl, Lindner, Kummer, Dean
Wissota Midwest Modifieds
feature- Mickey Nosser, Jack Larson, Duane Geboy, Shane Halopka, Jim Poyda, Randy
Bargender, Ken Heser, Ben Mann
Heat 1- Halopka, Chris Oertl, Nosser, Larson
Heat 2- Poyda, Bargender, Geboy, Mann
Dash for Cash- Halopka, Larson, Poyda, Oertl |
