OSHKOSH, WI - Jeremie Hedrick won a spirited battle over Brian
Mullen and Jay Schraufnagel to win the 20-lap modified feature at the Powercom
Speed Zone
Tuesday night. The victory for Hedrick was his first ever at the track and marked
the first time this season he had won a main event at any area track. Hedrick
was
stripped of a win earlier this season due to a post race infraction at the Shawano
Speedway. Bob Cullen won the 20-lap Grand National feature event while Tim
Reichenberger won the street stock main event.
A strong field showed up for the first event held at the track
after two straight rainouts. A total of 118 machines checked into the pit area
including a track record 49 modifieds.Scott Derenne took the lead at the drop
of the green flag in the 20-lap Budweiser modified feature over Jeremie Hedrick,
Brian Stern, and Russ Reinwald.
Derenne pulled away from the field and held the spot when the yellow flag waved
on lap three when Stern spun on the frontstretch and was collected by Travis
Spaulding. Derenne was able to hold off Hedrick and Reinwald for three laps
before Reinwald dove under both the first and second place cars and took the
lead.
Reinwald brought Hedrick to second with Brian Mullen moving into fourth. Reinwald
made contact with Sturm, who was being lapped, as the race neared the halfway
point. Reinwald’s car went airborne and ended up with a flat tire. Reinwald
would lose the lead as he stopped on the track and was forced to the pit area.
Hedrick inherited the top spot with Mullen, Schraufnagel, Larry Zirbel, and
Derenne following. Hedrick would pull Mullen and Schraufangel away from the
rest of the field.
Running the top side of the track Hedrick kept Mullen and Schraufnagel behind
over the last half of the race. Mullen dove low on the last lap but could not
get past Hedrick and settled for second. Mike Mashl and Scott Mullen completed
the top five.“Any time you have Mullen and Schraufnagel behind you it’s
going to be
tough but tonight it worked out for us,” said Hedrick. “The car was
great and the top of the track was the place to be.”
Steve Seitz led the first four laps of the Miller Lite Grand
National feature before Frank Formiller jumped into the lead. The yellow waved
for the first time on lap five when Bob Mann spun his car in turn two. Back
under green Terry Van Roy caught everyone’s attention as he moved from
the back into the top five by lap eight. Van Roy was on the charge and moved
to fourth a lap later as he chased Formiller, Seitz, and Cullen. Van Roy’s
charge came to a rest on lap 13 when he and Scott Sorhweide got hooked together
going down the backstretch. The yellow waved as both cars stopped in turn three.
Formiller remained in the lead as the green waved again with Cullen and Seitz
in tow. Cullen drove under Formiller for the lead in turn one and held it as
the field came back around for lap 14. Formiller then spun in turn two and was
forced to the back of the pack. Cullen would hold on to take the win over Seitz,
Bret Wenzel, Jeff Diedrick, and Van Roy.
Jerry Winkler led the opening two laps of the American Auto
Sales street stock feature before Dale Averkamp took the top spot. A pair of
early cautions, both of which saw two-time race winner Trevor Schmidt being
involved, slowed the action.Mark Schultz became the third leader as he took
the spot on lap six and then began to pull away from Averkamp. Reichenberger,
Jerry Kope, and Ken Feavel all gave chase. Reichenberger moved to second on
lap nine and then caught a yellow flag when Cory Friday spun his car and yellow
flag was back out again. Reichenberger moved to the inside on Schultz and became
the fourth leader on lap 11. Schultz didn’t give up as he drove right back
up on Reichenberger. The yellow would wave again as Jeff Jahnke spun in turn
two on the 14th lap. Reichenberger led the rest of the way to take the win over
Schultz, Kope, Feavel, and Winkler.
Drengler was the dominant car in the Dirt Devil feature event
as he drove away from the field to take the win. Mike Mueller finished in the
second spot followed by Dave Wilkins, Kip Klawitter and Derek Schwandt. Racing
action continues at the Speed Zone on Tuesday night, June 15th, with a full
racing program before taking a week off on June 22nd. The IRA Sprint Cars will
make their only 2004 appearance at the track on Tuesday night, June 29th.
The Powercom Speed Zone is located just off of Highway 41 on
Highway 76, north of Oshkosh, at the Sunnyview Expo Grounds. For more information
contact
the track office at (920) 887-1600 or www.wismotorsports.net.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS
BUDWEISER MODIFIEDS
20-LAP FEATURE - Jeremie Hedrick, Brian Mullen, Jay Schraufnagel, Mike Mashl,
Scott Mullen, Scott Lewis, Larry Zirbel, Nick Woods, Dennis Schultz, Steve
Mueller.
12-LAP CONSOLATION RACES - FIRST: Schraufnagel, Mueller, Besaw, John Schultz,
Steve Kloehn, Joe Jaeger, Chris Derenne, Brian Drexler, Steve Lurvey, Dave Schneider,
Bill Genz, Chris Engels. SECOND: Brinkman, Vandehei, Schoenberger, Bob Mann,
Chad Rathke, Mark Pownell, Shawn Froehlich, Joel McGrath, Brian Henry.
10-LAP HEATS - FIRST: B.Mullen, Stern, Hummelmeyer, Mueller, Vandehei, J.Schultz,
Brinkman, Ewald, Todd Ascherin. SECOND: Woods, S.Mullen, Lewis,
Pownell, Schraufnagel, Rathke, Schneider, Paulik, Brad Rohloff, Besaw. THIRD:
Hedrick, D.Schultz, Walter, Lurvey, 21k, Rick Robbins. FOURTH: Mashl, Zirbel,
Spaulding, Mann, Engels, C.Derenne, Froehlich, Genz, 21kd. FIFTH: Reinwald,
S.Derenne, Piquette, Kloehn, Schoenberger, Jaeger, Henry, McGrath, Chris Enoch.
AMERICAN AUTO SALES STREET STOCKS
20-LAP FEATURE - Tim Reichenberger, Mark Schultz, Jerry Kope, Ken Feavel, Jerry
Winkler, Dale Averkamp, Gary Neau, Mark Rauchel, Trevor Schmidt.
12-LAP CONSOLATION - Haydon, Madell, Friday, Rauchel, Solomon, Rich Garb, Ross
Losse, Brian Long, Jim Williams, Don Vandergailen.
10-LAP HEATS - FIRST: J. Winkler, Reichenberger, 9, Renn, Solomon, Montenade,
Williams, Hayden, Don Vandergailen. SECOND: Kope, Schultz, Jahnke, Derek Vandergailen,
P.Winkler, Kienast, Losse, Friday. THIRD: Averkamp, Neau, Feavel, Schmidt, Pugh,
Rauchell, Madell, Garb.
MILLER LITE GRAND NATIONALS
20-LAP FEATURE - Bob Cullen, Steve Seitz, Bret Wenzel, Jeff Diedrick, Terry
Van Roy, Dean Stadler, Brian Gilles, Scott Sohrweide, Bernie Schommer, Jerry
Kresbach.
10-LAP HEATS - FIRST: Sohrweide, Doehling, Diedrick. SECOND: Stadler, Formiller,
Cullen.
CORPORATE SIGNS DIRT DEVILS
20-LAP FEATURE - Jasper Drengler, Mike Mueller, Kip Klawitter, Dave Wilkins,
Derek Schwandt.