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Dhein Takes
First Tri-Oval Late Model Feature Checkered!
By Dave Panske |
July
28, 2002; Seymour, WI - And yet another hot night for racing
in Seymour. Plenty of action in all divisions produced four first time winners and one
repeater Sunday night at the Tri Oval.
Greg Dhein started the WISSOTA Late Model feature on the pole and quickly settled into the
lead followed by Tim Buhler, Randy Markwardt, T.J. White and Tom Naeyaert. Buhler
pressured the leader for several laps, but as the non-stop race erased laps, Dhein was
able to start to pull away from the field. Naeyaert caught and moved by Markwardt into
third on lap16 and started to close on Buhler.
Dhein, hot off a first career feature win Saturday night at Shawano, came through
to pick up his first ever here at Seymour. Buhler held off Naeyaert to take the runner up
finish with Naeyaert taking third. Naeyaert collected enough points to move into a tie for
second place in the points with Terry Casey, only 11 behind leader, Troy Springborn. A.J.
Diemel, Pete Parker and Troy Springborn rounded out the top six,
The IMCA Stock Cars took the track next with Chaz Van Ooyen grabbing the lead at the start
followed by Jason Czarapata, Chad Wilcox, Brian Karcz and Shawn Kilgore. Czarapata moved
inside Van Ooyen and for the next 5 laps ran door to door for the top spot. Czarapata
finally pulled into the lead on lap 6 with Wilcox moving into the second spot 1 lap later
and Kilgore, running the outside line, moved into third.
On lap k9, one of the wildest crashes ever took place on the back chute. Several cars got
together out of turn 2 and when the dirt settled, Larry Karcz, Jr, was off the back chute
on his roof, with the front end of Benji LaCrosse’ car on top of Karcz’. The
back wheels were still on the high side of the track. The cars of Tim Van De Hei and Jesse
Cullen were together in the middle of the track.
Of those involved, LaCrosse and Karcz had enough time to make quick repairs and rejoin the
field before the restart.
Czarapata set the pace when racing resumed with Kilgore staying on the high side and
working alongside, taking over the top spot on lap 12. John Heinz moved into third and
Greg Gretz moved into fourth. As the field was coming in for the white flag, Kilgore took
the flag and a bunch up out of the tri oval, brought out the caution, ending the race a
lap early. Kilgore, picked up his second feature win in as many nights, after taking the
main at the Door County Speedway Saturday night. Heinz took the second place finish with
Czarapata taking third followed by point leader, Jeremy Christians, Wilcox and Benji
LaCrosse in sixth.
Dave Hansen took charge of the Street Stock feature for the opening lap, before Darren
Otto powered into the lead and started to pull away from the field. Jamie Van Ooyen,
Charlie Van Ooyen, Bob White, Dean Kellner and Keith Kickbush set out after the leader. By
the mid point of the race, Otto had things well in hand with Kellner moving into the
runner up spot. Point leader, Mike Coel, moved into third with last weeks winner, Lance
Arneson, fourth. Jamie and Charlie Van Ooyen were right behind.
Arneson lost a motor on lap 12, brining out the caution for the first time, which erased
Otto’s huge lead. On the restart, Charlie Van Ooyen got wide out of the tri oval and
into the front fence, keeping the caution out. Coel sprinted to the outside on the restart
and after a couple laps, took over the lead. Coel held on to claim his first feature win
of the year, which follows taking over the point lead after last week. Otto took the
runner up spot with point contender, Jeff Treml taking third. Kickbush and Jeremy Wiitila
round out the top six.
The Mods took the track next with Mike Broekman taking the lead followed by Jared Siefert,
Russ Huxford, Art Siefert and Brian Mullen. Jared Siefert moved into the lead on lap 2 and
started to pull away from the pack. Jay Schraufnagel, moved past Broekman for second and
set out after the leader on lap 6. The race changed on lap 9 for an incident in turns one
and two.
On the restart, Schraufnagel took over the top spot and one lap later, point leader, Brian
Mullen found himself in third place. Schraufnagel proved why he has over 20 feature win
this season, by pulling away over the final laps from Brian Mullen. Siefert held onto
third to the finish with Scott Mullen taking fourth. Travis Spaulding was fifth and
Huxford sixth.
The win for Schraufnagel was his fifth of the season here on Sunday nights.
The 4 Bangers closed the show and after several tries to get a lap in, spiced by a
rollover, and several crashes, Dan Anderson took the lead and ran to his first win of the
season.
SUMMARY
IMCA MODIFIED
20 Lap feature l. Jay Schraufnagel, Beaver Dam 2, Brian Mullen, Seymour
3, Jared Siefert, Green Bay 4. Scott Mullen, Seymour 5. Travis Spaulding, Greenville 6.
Russ Huxford, Green Bay
12 Lap Consy l. Dennis Young, Seymour 2. Brad Rohloff, Pulaski 3. Scott
Mullen 4. Jesse Colwell, Greenleaf
10 Lap Heats First l. Brian Mullen 2. Mike Cole, Baileys Harbor
Second l. Sean Jerovetz, Little Suamico 2. Joel Schmit, Green Bay
Third l. Jared Siefert 2. Schraufnagel
WISSOTA LATE MODEL
20 Lap Feature l. Greg Dhein, Waupaca 2. Tim Buhler, Glenbulah 3. Tom
Naeyaert, Shawano 4. A.J. Diemel, Bonduel 5. Pete Parker, Kaukauna 6. Troy Springborn,
Shawano
8 Lap Heats First l. Terry Casey, New London 2. Randy Markwardt,
Sheboygan
Second l. Dhein 2. Naeyaert
STREET STOCK
20 Lap Feature l. Mike Coel, Green Bay 2. Darren Otto, Pulaski 3. Jeff
Treml, Greenleaf 4. Keith Kickbush, Kewaunee 5. Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay 6. Darci
Czarapata, Pulaski
12 Lap Consy l. Phil Hiles, Appleton 2. Joe Van Ooyen, Appleton 3. Chris
Lange, Appleton 4. Daron Maves, Appleton
8 Lap Heats First l. Rick Naparalla, Pulaski 2. Coel
Second l. Lance Arneson, Oconto 2. Otto
Third l. Wiitala 2. Dean Kellner, Green Bay
IMCA STOCK CAR
20 Lap Feature l. Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee 2. John Heinz, Green Bay 3.
Jason Czarapata, Pulaski 4. Jeremy Christians, Horicon 5. Chad Wilcox, Pulaski 6. Benji
LaCrosse, Luxemburg
8 Lap Heats First l. Wilcox 2. Kilgore
Second l. Jesse Cullen, Chilton 2. Brian Karcz, Pulaski
Third l. Czarapata 2. Chaz Van Ooyen, Appleton
4 BANGER
15 Lap Feature l. Dan Anderson, Seymour 2. Mike Kempka, Iola |
