The Raceway at Powercom Park 6-05-04
Dennis Thompson 608-839-1735 denlt@verizon.net

One hundred and thirty-nine cars filled the pits at the Raceway at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam, WI on Saturday night.

In the action packed Suburban Motors Harley-Davidson/Buell Modified 20-lap A-Main, Nick Woods of Beaver Dam grabbed the lead at the start. One lap later, Jim Zdroik of Big Bend wrestled his way into the top spot. With the rest of the field dicing it out for position, Brian Mullen of Seymour picked his way up through the pack from his seventh row starting position. Following a caution on lap fourteen, Mullen lined up behind Zdroik for the restart. Mullen wasted no time once the green flag waved as he shot past Zdroik to take over the lead. Zdroik battled back however and retook the top spot a lap later. A determined Mullen surged back out in front on lap eighteen and went on to score his first win of the season at the raceway. Mullen is the third different winner in as many events this season. Steve Mueller of Mukwonago followed Mullen and Zdroik across the line for third. Point leader Andy Voigt of Beaver Dam drove to fourth. Chris Piquette of Random Lake ran strong and finished in fifth.

Roger Lee of Wind Lake held off Tim Doehling of Winneconne on the final lap to record the victory in the 20-lap Northwoods Paper Converting Grand Nationals A-Main. Steve Seitz of Beaver Dam worked his way up from the back after an incident just before the halfway point and finished the race in third. Thomas O’Rourke of Sun Prairie, who led early in the event, crossed the line in fourth. F.W. Formiller of Oshkosh drove to fifth. Lee is the third different winner in the three events held this season. Doehling and Formiller are now tied for the point lead in the division.

In the Dodge Central Credit Union Stocks 20-lapA-Main, Nate Schepp of Beaver Dam edged out Trevor Schmidt of Hartford by inches at the line as the checkered flag waved. Point leader Jerry Kope of Oshkosh drove to third and remains on top of the standings in the division. Mike Murray of Beaver Dam raced to fourth while Brent Lepple, also of Beaver Dam, claimed the fifth spot.

Kevin Brill of Oostburg inherited the lead with four laps remaining when Greg Hartlaub of Sheboygan Falls and Eddie Mecum of Machesney Park, IL got together and spun while fighting it out for the lead. Brill went on to record his first win of the season in the 20-lap Gibbsville Cheese INEX Legends A-Main. Adam Reed of Slinger finished in second and now trails Eric Barth of Sauk City by one point in the division standings. George Giesen of Neenah ran well and finished the main event in third. Darwin Banes of Beaver Dam followed in fourth. Craig Boettcher of Reeseville was fifth.

Nick Rennhack of Juneau led from start to finish in recording his first win of the season in the Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils A-Main. Point leader Jon Schultz of Belleville raced to second. Jasper Drengler of Shawano drove to third. Mike Mueller of Waupun came from the back of the pack to finish in fourth. Brandon Rennhack of Juneau took fifth.

In preliminary action, modified B-Main events were won by Dan Tafelski of West Allis and Steve Kloehn of Waukau. Heat race victories were registered by Nick Woods, Chris Piquette, Andy Voigt, Jim Zdroik and Jay Schraufnagel of Beaver Dam. Grand National heat race wins went to Steve Seitz and Troy Lauersdorf of Waterloo. Nate Schepp and Tim Fletcher of Burnett were victorious in the stock heats. Warren Ropp of Kalona, IA and Kevin Brill took home wins in the legends heats. Mike Klawitter of Berlin raced to the win in the dirt devils B-Main. Heat race wins were recorded by Brandon Rennhack, Nick Rennhack, Jon Schultz and Allan Schmitt of Columbus.

Racing action continues this Saturday night at The Raceway at Powercom Park when the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars invade the fast 1/3 mile high banked clay oval. Gates open at 3:00 p.m. with racing scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.

For more information log onto the track website at www.wismotorsports.net.

Suburban Motors Harley-Davidson/Buell Modifieds
A-Main (1-10) – Brian Mullen, Jim Zdroik, Steve Mueller, Andy Voigt, Chris Piquette, Jay Schraufnagel, Larry Zirbel, Jeremie Hedrick, Todd Ascherien, Dennis Schultz

B-Main 1 – Dan Tafelski, Matt Streekstra, Jeremie Hedrick

B-Main 2 – Steve Kloehn, Ken Priesgen, Dennis Krause

Heat 1 – Nick Woods, Heat 2 – Chris Piquette, Heat 3 – Andy Voigt, Heat 4 – Jim Zdroik, Heat 5 – Jay Schraufnagel

Northwoods Paper Converting Grand Nationals
A-Main (1-10) – Roger Lee, Tim Doehling, Steve Seitz, Thomas O’Rourke, F.W. Formiller, Troy Weich, John Schultz III, Pat Tanner, Josh Borden, Tom Robbins

Heat 1 – Steve Seitz, Heat 2 – Troy Lauersdorf

Dodge Central Credit Union Stocks
A-Main (1-10) – Nate Schepp, Trevor Schmidt, Jerry Kope, Mike Murray, Brent Lepple, Mike Nehmer, Dan Troyan, Tom Grotenhuis, Mark Lighty, Eric Grunst

Heat 1 – Nate Schepp, Heat 2 – Tim Fletcher

Gibbsville Chesse INEX Legends
A-Main (1-10) – Kevin Brill, Adam Reed, George Giesen, Darwin Banes, Craig Boettcher, Aaron Rake, Joe Johnson, Jim Bailey, Joel Wyttenbach, Eric Barth

Heat 1 – Warren Ropp, Heat 2 – Kevin Brill

Wally’s Auto Dirt Devils
A-Main (1-10) – Nick Rennhack, Jon Schultz, Jasper Drengler, Mike Mueller, Brandon Rennhack, Dustin Schwandt, J.R. Gutmann, Tim Jahns, Tim Thrun, Cody Allard

B-Main – Mike Klawitter, Mike Mueller, Patrick Klawitter

Heat 1 – Brandon Rennhack, Heat 2 – Nick Rennhack, Heat 3 – Jon Schultz, Heat 4 - Allan Schmitt