Farrell edges Piontek in Yellow Book USA 40 at Elkhart Lake's Road America Sunday


ELKHART LAKE, WI--Jamie Farrell of New Prague, MN won the 40-mile Yellow Book USA Mid-American Stock Car and Super Truck race on the four-mile road racing course at Road America in Elkhart Lake Sunday. Farrell, driving a 2004 Ford super truck, won by four seconds over Brett Piontek of Green Bay in a 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo stock car. Farrell broke Dick Trickle's one-lap qualifying record the day before with a lap of 2:29.388 in a field of 31 cars and trucks. He started 11th on the grid as the lineup was partially inverted. John Froelich held back Bobby Gutknecht and Peter Hernandez for the opening three rounds, Froelich, of Chippewa Falls, exited the race with a flat tire. Jeff Steenbergen then took over the top spot for a lap in his Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The 2002 Road America winner, however, received the black flag for leaking oil. Farrell took the lead as Steenbergen went to the sidelines. "We've been fast here before, but minor mechanical things held us back at the end," Farrell said. Piontek said his brakes faded somewhat at the end of the forty mile race. "We could catch him coming off the corner and down the straights, but he had the edge going in," Piontek said.

The Yellow Book USA Mid-Am stock cars and super trucks both head to The Milwaukee Mile Saturday, August 29 for separate events.

40-Mile Feature (top 10): 1. Jamie Farrell, New Prague, MN; 2. Brett Piontek, Green Bay; 3. Jonathan Eilen, Hampton, MN; 4. Peter Hernandez, Mokena, IL; 5. Jeremy Miller, Rockton, IL; 6. Bobby Gutknecht, Oak Creek, WI; 7. Andy Jirik, Lonsdale, MN; 8. Bill Prietzel, Franklin; 9. Tom Schmitzer, Chilton; 10. Weston Griffith, Frankfort, IL.

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