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Springborn
continues Seymour win skein!
By Dave Panske |
July
29, 2001; Seymour, WI - A field of 105 cars on hand used the
fast, smooth tri oval to put on an excellent program Sunday night at Seymour on Budweiser
night. A pair of drivers found victory lane for the first time as feature winners and the
other two were repeat winners for the fourth time.
The Streets started out the feature portion of the program with Bob White
slipping into the top spot at the start with Tim Cayemberg, Darren Otto, Charlie Van Ooyen
and David Charles behind. A flat tire took Cayemberg out of the hunt early, allowing Otto
to move up and into the lead on lap 5. Otto started to build on a lead while the race for
the runner up spot heated up. White had his hands full as Van Ooyen, Charles, point
leader, Jamie Colwell, David Hoerning and Dean Kellner bunched up behind.
A caution on lap 14 closed up the entire field but Otto was able to pull away on the
restart and drove to his first feature at the Tri Oval since Aug 15, 1999. White held off
all challengers to take the runner up finish, Van Ooyen took third with Colwell fourth.
Kellner picked up fifth with Jason Czarapata rounding out the top six in his first run in
the Street Stock this season.
Mike Franzke led the opening lap of the Stock Car main with Kyle Fredrick taking over the
top spot on the second circuit. Jay Matthias moved into the runner up spot behind Fredrick
and pressured the leader until lap 8, when he was able to slip into the lead. Brandon
Czarapata moved into second on lap 11 and began to close on the leader.
Lapped traffic came into play over the final laps as Czarapata tried to work to the
inside of the leader. Matthias was able to hold back each attempt and took the white flag
while running up behind a group of five cars.
The group did move wide to open the inside line for the leader and out of the tri-oval
for the final time, Czarapata tried to sneak inside, but traction was at a premium down
low and he finished ½ a length back with Matthias winning his first career tri oval
feature. Fredrick held back Travis Van Straten, Jerry Wilinski and Tim Van De Hei to
finish third in the non stop feature event.
Following an opening lap caution, the Wissota Late Models clicked off a non stop feature
once again. Nick Anvelink led the opening laps with Tim Bennett, Mark Mitchell, Mike
Babino and Doug Klemp behind. Point leader, Troy Springborn started to move to the front,
passing Pete Parker for fourth on lap 3 and moving into the runner up spot by lap 6. It
took 2 more laps to move into the top spot, and once in command, drove off to win his
third straight and fourth feature of the season. Parker moved into the second spot on lap
11 and Terry Casey moved into third on lap 14 but neither driver could close on the
leader.
Babino ran to his best finish of the season taking a strong fourth place finish. Doug
Blashe, making his first run of the season here, took fifth, and Anvelink rounded out the
top six.
Another opening lap mix up shuffled the Modified line up with Mike Kudick setting the pace
for the first pair of laps before point leader, Brian Mullen, moved ahead and took off to
hide from the field. Scott Mullen, came from the rear of the field to move into the runner
up spot on lap 5 and started to close on his brother. A caution on lap 9 brought the field
together and point leader, R.M. Van Pay, was now running in third, right with the leaders.
With the green out for the final time, Brian Mullen pulled away again to hold a several
length lead over Scott to the finish line. Van Pay finished third. Russ Huxford picked up
his best finish of the season holding on for the top four finish. Bill Lemmens and Tim
Lemirande rounded out the top six spots.
SUMMARY
IMCA MODIFIED
20 Lap Feature l. Brian Mullen, Seymour 2. Scott Mullen, Seymour 3. R.M.
Van Pay, Green Bay 4 , Russ Huxford, Green Bay 5. Bill Lemmens, Green Bay 6. Tim
Lemirande, Sun Prairie
12 Lap Consy First l. Scott Mullen 2. Mike Wedelstadt, Hortonville 3. Bob
Zegers, Green Bay 4. Jeremie Hedrick, Lena
Second l. Craig Bartz, Shawano 2. Chris Derenne, Luxemburg 3. Mike
Broekman, Green Bay 4. Brad Rohloff, Pulaski
10 Lap Heats First l. Lemirande 2. Jamie Schmidt, Black Creek
Second l. Huxford 2. Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski
Third l. Mike Kudick, Mishicot 2. Eddie Muenster, Green Bay
Fourth l. Brian Mullen 2. Lemmens
WISSOTA LATE MODEL
20 Lap Feature l. Troy Springborn, Shawano 2. Pete Parker, Kaukauna 3.
Terry Casey, New London 4. Mike Babino, Jr, Shawano 5. Doug Blashe, Marion 6. Nick
Anvelink, Navarino
8 Lap Heats First l. Springborn 2. Casey
Second l. Anvelink 2. Mark Mitchell, Shawano
STREET STOCK
20 Lap feature l. Darren Otto, Pulaski 2. Bob White, Green Bay 3. Charlie
Van Ooyen, Sr, Appleton 4. Jamie Colwell, Greenleaf 5. Dean Kellner, Green Bay 6. Jason
Czarapata, Pulaski
12 Lap Consy l. Phil Hiles, Appleton 2. Dave Drawenek, Green Bay 3. Brian
Kock, Green Bay 4. Dave Verhagen, Green Bay
8 Lap Heats First l. David Hoerning, Appleton 2. Tim Cayemberg, Appleton
Second l. Otto 2. Colwell
Third l. White 2. Lance Arneson, Oconto
IMCA STOCK CAR
20 Lap Feature l. Jay Matthias, Green Bay 2. Brandon Czarapata, Pulaski
3. Kyle Fredrick, Cecil 4. Travis Van Straten, Hortonville 5. Jerry Wilinski, Seymour 6.
Tim Van De Hei, Green Bay
12 Lap Consy l. Van De Hei 2. Jon Wolf, Green Bay 3. Pat Davister,
Luxemburg 4. Chad Wilcox, Pulaski
8 Lap Heats First l. Matthias 2. Mike Franzke, Appleton
Second l. Greg Gretz, Kewaunee 2. Wilinski
Third l. Czarapata 2. Jeremy Christians, Horicon |
