by Kurt Gilhart
Beaver Dam Raceway held its 2011 Season Championship races Saturday night. A total of 102 races cars filled the pits, even with the threat of rain in the area. Tony Peterson picked up his first A Main of the season in the Weld Specialty Supply Modifieds. Nick Firari led the first two laps, before Dan Tafelski got by to take the top spot. His lead lasted just one lap as Peterson got by Tafelski on the low side. A lap eight restart almost saw Peterson lose the lead as he made contact with Don Scheffler on the front stretch, but he held on while Scheffler fell back to the fourth position. From there Peterson would lead the rest of the way, but a hard fought battle was going on behind him. When the dust settled, it was Scheffler back up to second, Chris Piquette finishing third, Eddie Lemay Jr. fourth and Tafelski in fifth.
The 2011 Weld Specialty Supply Modified Champion is Jeremy Christians.
The Choice Insurance Legend cars had a season high 21 cars on hand. The Main started with Mike Mueller grabbing the top spot from his fourth starting position. He led until lap five, when Eric Barth slipped by on the inside to take over the lead. A good battle developed for the lead with Barth running down low and Joel Wyttenbach running the high side. They would race side by side for several laps before Wyttenbach edged ahead on lap 14. Barth took the lead back one lap later, only to surrender the lead back the next time around. The rest of the way Wyttenbach went on to take the checkered, Barth ended up second, Ethan Ross made a charge from eighteenth to finish third, followed by Mueller and Joe Johnson rounded out the top five.
The 2011 Choice Insurance Legend Champion is Eric Barth
The Piggly Wiggly Grand Nationals had a field of 24 cars. The main started with Nick Strobbe taking the lead from the pole position. Strobbe, led until lap 8 when Jim Rhode got by on the inside of turn 2. Rhode would survive four cautions to take the victory. A hard fought battle for second saw Todd Ascherien take the spot over Kenny Richards and Strobbe, with Nick Schumacher coming home fifth, followed by Don Sorce Jr. who started 23rd on the field.
The 2011 Piggly Wiggly Grand National Champion is Kenny Richards
The Performance Motorsports Sport Mods saw Zeke Bishofberger get back to his winning ways. Bishofberger would use the middle lane and go three wide with Kevin Reed and Jesse Brey on lap 10 to take the lead. He would go on from there to win his 12th A Main of the season. Jon Schultz slipped by Reed with two laps to go to take the number two spot. Reed came home third, followed by Brey and Randy Krueger.
The 2011 Performance Motorsports Sport Mod Champion is Zeke Bishofberger
The NAPA Street Stocks saw Joel Brenner grab the top spot from the front row. His lead lasted one lap, as Mark Baker got by on the inside to take the lead. With Baker in the lead, the cars of Jerry Winkler and Brandon Riedner worked there way to the front from the sixth row. On lap 8 Winkler got past Riedner for second, and then four laps later, he got by Baker on the high side for the lead. Riedner passed Baker on lap 17 for the second spot. In the end it was Winkler with the win, followed by Riedner, Baker, Tim Draheim, and Trevor Schmidt.
The 2011 NAPA Street Stock Champion is Brandon Riedner
The Beaver Dam Raceway would like to thank all of the drivers, sponsors, crew, and fans for a successful 2011, and look forward to the 2012 racing season. The awards banquet is set for December 3rd, at the Camelot Golf Course in Lomira.
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