August 6, 2004; Unity, WI. - WDEZ and
Pamida Pharmacy of Abbotsford sponsored this week's racing program at the high banks of
the Monster Hall Raceway. Jeff Spacek made his second trip to victory lane in as many
weeks in his WISSOTA Modified after starting from the fourth row. Adam Hensel made short
work of his fellow WISSOTA Super Stock competitors by leading the entire 20 lap distance.
Ryan Lindner capitalized on a front row starting spot by staying out front to collect his
first feature win of the season in his WISSOTA Streets Stock. Shane Halopka had the car to
beat in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and led every lap on his way to victory lane.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds kicked off the night's feature action with Jerome
Kowalski and Shane Halopka on the front row. Halopka used the outside groove to get out
front to lead the first lap while Kowalski, Bob Richardson, and Joe Bablick ran nose to
tail behind him. Cautions on laps three, five and six slowed the pace and bunched everyone
up behind Halopka for the restart. Halopka pulled out front by several car lengths after
the restart, while Bablick
maneuvered the outside groove to pass Kowalski and Richardson to take over the second
position. Nosser was also on the move as he worked his way through traffic to challenge
Bablick at the halfway mark. Nosser chose the low line and ran side by side with Bablick
for several laps before completing the pass with four laps to go. Behind them, Richardson
held on to fourth ahead of a back and forth battle between Jim Poyda and Rod Ryba. Out
front, Halopka stretched his
lead to five car lengths as he passed the checkered flag. Nosser wasn't able to catch
Halopka in the closing laps but still finished with a comfortable second place finish.
Bablick was the top finishing rookie, after coming from the fourth row to finish third.
Richardson challenged for the lead in the early laps and held on for a solid fourth place
finish ahead of Ryba and Poyda.
Ryan Lindner shot out front from the pole to take the early lead of the WISSOTA Street
Stock feature ahead of a tight battle for second between Paul Lieders, Dave Teatz, Scott
Miller and Jared Loos. The man on the move however, was Roger Walker who worked his way
from the sixth row to use the high side to pass Loos for fifth. Lindner maintained a car
length lead over Lieders while Walker passed both Miller and Teatz to find himself in
third behind Lieders with six laps to go. Lieders wasn't able to hold off Walker and fell
back to third just ahead of a good battle between Teatz and Miller. Meanwhile, Lindner
held on to the lead while Walker ran alongside him on the outside groove. The two cars
battled for the lead for several laps until Walker had a rear tire go flat allowing
Lindner to pull away and take the win. Walker picked up ten positions after coming from
the sixth row to finish second. Lieders had an impressive run, coming across the line
third. Miller used a late race pass to get by Teatz for fourth at the line.
Adam Hensel blasted from outside the front row to take control of the WISSOTA Super
Stock Feature. Hensel immediately put three car lengths between himself and the second
place car of Mark Stender. Terry Gorst worked his way past several cars to get into the
third position and begin to chase down Stender. Gorst was able to catch Stender near the
halfway mark and completed the pass down low after running side by side for a number of
laps. This allowed Hensel to build his lead to nearly a straightaway in the closing laps.
Gorst ran all by himself in second while Stender, Jim Willner, Paul Erickson and Randy
Spacek had a fierce battle for the third and fourth positions. Erickson came out on top of
the struggle, but had mechanical trouble on the last lap which ended a top three run.
Hensel was able to run uncontested in the final laps to pick up his Feature win of the
season. Gorst scored a heat win earlier in the night and then finished strong with an
impressive second place run in the Feature. Willner fought his way from the fifth row to
finish third ahead of Stender and Spacek.
Rob Genett and Luke Schilling led the field of WISSOTA Modifieds around to take the
green flag. Schilling got the jump at the start of the race and used the high side to get
out front and take the early lead. Several early cautions prevented Schilling from getting
any kind of rhythm going. Jeff Spacek quickly moved from the fourth row into the second
position
after a lap five caution. When the green flag waved, Spacek dove to the inside of
Schilling in turn one and came out of turn two with the lead. Schilling battled right back
however, pulling to the inside of Spacek. It took several laps, but Spacek eventually
began pulling away from Schilling. Meanwhile, Chris Oertel maneuvered his way around Scott
Duval and Dan Konrardy but didn't have enough time to chase down Schilling. Spacek found
the fastest line around the track and held on to win by a comfortable margin. Schilling
came across the line in second just ahead of point leader, Oertel. Duval held off a late
race charge from Konrardy to finish fourth.
The final race of the Evening was in the Two-Man Cruiser division. Schubert/Delis shot
to the front from the second row to lead the first lap until Davis/Miller used the low
groove to take the lead. Davis/Miller quickly drove away from the field and held on for
the win. Ron/John Kunninger tried running down the leaders late in the race but ran out of
laps and had to settle for second. Schubert/Delis came across the line in third.
Racing resumes at Monster Hall Raceway on Friday Night August, 13th for a regular race
program plus the always exciting mechanic's races.
Summary
WISSOTA Modifieds:
Feature - Jeff Spacek, Luke Schilling, Chris Oertel, Scott Duval, Dan Konrardy, Jason
Nordhougen, Dave Baxter, Kent Baxter, Scott Vesley, Roger Andres
Heat 1 - Schilling, Vesley, Rogers, D. Baxter
Heat 2 - Duval, Spacek, Bauer, K. Baxter
Heat 3 - Oertel, Konrardy, Nordhougen, Genett
WISSOTA Super Stocks:
Feature - Adam Hensel, Terry Gorst, Jim Willner, Randy Spacek, Mark Stender, Scott
Johnson, Scott Geiger, Brian Rau, Terry Kroening, Lance Leu
Heat 1 - Erickson, Willner, Stender, Sischo
Heat 2 - Johnson, Hensel, Spacek, Rau
Heat 3 - Gorst, Leu, Geiger, Schwantes
WISSOTA Street Stocks:
Feature - Ryan Lindner, Roger Walker, Paul Lieders, Scott Miller, Dave Teatz, Jared Loos,
Cory Crapser, Brock Wright, Zack Kauth, Curtis Andres
Heat 1 - Wright, Walker, Crapser, Loos
Heat 2 - Kauth, Lieders, Miller, Marshall
Heat 3 - Lindner, Stark, Teatz, Andres
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:
Feature - Shane Halopka, Mickey Nosser, Joe Bablick, Bob Richardson, Jim Poyda, Rod Ryba,
Dave Salzman, John Kowalski, Scott Williams, Brandon Bowe
Heat 1 - Nosser, Richardson, Salzman, Poyda
Heat 2 - Halopka, Bablick, Kowalski, Mann
Two-Man Cruisers:
Feature - Davis/Miller, Ron/John Kunninger,Schubert/Delis, Lindner/Wilke, Wolf/Maurer
Heat 1 - Davis/Miller, Lindner/Wilke, Wolf/Maurer,Schubert/Delis, Schmidt/Podratz |
