Pepsi - Triple 60's Round #1 Winner - #76 Randy Breunig - Columbis, WI |
Breunig takes Pepsi Triple 60's Round Number
One!!
By Dennis Thompson
July 9, 1999; Columbus, WI. - Randy Breunig of Columbus drove to his first win of the season as he captured the sixty lap late model Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Series Round One feature at the Columbus 151 Speedway on Friday night.
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So close! Randy Breunig (#76) finds himself just a half car length ahead of Scott Patrick (#40) at the finish of the 60 Lap Late Model feature. The event was the first of three rounds to the Pepsi Challenge Series. | |
Breunig jumped into the lead at the start of the event from his outside front row starting position only to relinquish the top spot on lap two to John Ovadahlof Johnson Creek. The first caution of the race occurred on lap four when Charlie Yelk of Lake Mills had trouble in turn two. Breunig challenged Ovadahl following the restart and moved back in front on lap six. Steve Dobbratz of Rio then moved into second and began to pressure Breunig for the lead. As the pair battled for the top spot they pulled away form the rest of the field and built up a sizable lead.
The second caution flag waved on lap twenty-four when Mark Miller of Columbus spun in turn one. When racing resumed Breunig and Dobbratz again raced in a tight battle up front. On lap thirty-eight Al Weishoff of Otsego and Bill Retallick of Marshall tangled while battling for the third position to bring out the final caution.
With the green flag out for the restart, Scott Patrick of Dousman, who had started in the sixth row, moved up on the outside to take over the second spot. Patrick moved in on Breunig on the closing
lap but it was Breunig out in front as the checkered flag waved. Breunig is the eighth different driver to win a feature in the division this season. Patrick finished a close second. Third went to Steve Dobbratz. Mike Langsdorf of Doylestown drove to fourth. Dean Schultz of Juneau came from the seventh row to finish in fifth. Sixth through tenth positions went to Bruce Havel of Deerfield, Nick Wendt of Watertown, Terry Sauer of Waterloo, Don Gaserude of Fort Atkinson and Bill Retallick.
| A banner year! Dan Howard (#25) of Baraboo, WI. , is having a great season at Columbus 151 Speedway. He currently leads the Street Stock point standings and is sitting atop the "Hard Charger" standings as well. Tonight he won his second feature event of the year. |  |
Dan Howard of Baraboo raced to his second win of the season in the twenty-five lap street stock feature. Will Godding of Cross Plains had another impressive run as he drove from the seventh row to finish in second. Dennis Schmidt of Beaver Dam also ran well and finished in the third position. Richard Colvin of Poynette followed in fourth. Ron Schmitt of Jackson was fifth.
Dennis Gaserude of Oregon recorded his second win of the season in the twenty lap street stock feature. Jason Hibner of Pardeeville crossed the line in second. Gerry Junget of Rio moved up through the pack to finish in third. Grant Lindner of Poynette raced to fourth. Ken Scott of Rio was fifth. The race was run without a caution.
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It doesn't get much closer than this! In a caution free event Dennis Gaserude (#81) edged out Jason Hibner by a couple inches to score his second Hobby Stock feature win of the year. |
Mark Remsik of Deerfield lead from start to finish to capture his second win of the season in the back up division. Bruce Havel closed in fast at the end and claimed the second position. Dan Sheldon of Madison was third.
| The Junior Motorsports cars, were on hand and Ray Kreyer (#99) was the man to beat setting fast time, winning the dash and then coming from the back of the back to score the feature victory! |  |
Ray Kreyer of Poynette took over the lead on lap nine from Chris Wiess of Waterford and went on to win the fifteen lap Junior Motorsports feature. Ben Kreyer of Poynette followed in second ahead of Jim Long of Rio. Denver Lapacek of Madison was fourth. Steve Hustad of Arlington took fifth. Paul Schmudlach of Cross Plains escaped injury when he flipped his ride on lap six.
Dirk Wilker of Madison was victorious in the Formula Indy Racing Association fifteen lap feature for the Pro division. Jim Chapley of Northbrook IL. raced with Wilker the entire distance enroute to a second place finish. Vern Brown of Waunakee followed in third ahead of Jim Bass of Madison and Ken Losch Jr. of Lake Villa, Il. Neal Gillentine of Sugar Grove IL. won the Pro-Am division feature.
Fast times for the evening were turned in by Dean Schultz in the late models at 13.573 seconds, Ron Preskar of Juneau in the street stocks at 14.180, Gerry Junget in the hobby stocks at 15.450, Ray Kreyer in the Junior Motorsports at 16.936 and Vern Brown in the Formula Indy cars at 13.811.
Late model heat race wins were recorded by John Acker of Spring Green, Mark Miller, John Ovadahl and Randy Breunig. Street stock heat race action saw Clayton Broesch Jr. of Rio, Jay Spahn of Middleton and John Schafer of Monona take wins. Dennis Gaserude and Gerry Junget won the hobby stock heats. Junior Motorsports heat wins were registered by Chris Wiess and Steve Hustad. Neal Gillentine and Jim Chapley were victorious in the Formula Indy heats.
Ray Kreyer won the Junior Motorsports dash.
Clayton Broesch Jr. beat Linus Hellenbrand of Verona and Joe Roatch of Stoughton to take the win in the street stock semi-feature. Mark Miller posted the win in the late model semi-feature. John Acker was second. Tom Lorenz of Madison took third.
Racing action will continue this Friday night at the Columbus 151 Speedway with the Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Series Round Two. The late model division will run the second sixty lap feature of the three race Pepsi Series. The Formula Racing Association will also be in action.
RESULTS
LATE MODEL:
60 LAP FEATURE: 1.) #76 Randy Breunig, Columbus; 2.) #40
Scott Patrick, Dousman; 3.) Steve Dobbratz, Rio; 4.) Mike Langsdorf, Doylestown; 5.) Dean
Schultz, Juneau; 6.) #15 Bruce Havel, Deerfield; 7.) #46 Nick Wendt, Watertown; 8.) Terry
Sauer, Waterloo; 9.) Don Gaserude, Fort Atkinson; 10.) # 9 Bill Retallick, Madison
FIRST HEAT: 1.) #77 John Acker, Spring Green
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #24 Mark Miller, Columbus
THIRD HEAT: 1.) #71 John Ovadahl, Johnson Creek
FOURTH HEAT: 1.) #76 Randy Breunig, Columbus
FAST QUALIFIER: #34 Dean Schultz, Juneau,........13.573 Seconds
STREET STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) #25 Dan Howard, Baraboo; 2.) #67 Will Gooding,
Cross Plains; 3.) #51 Dennis Schmidt, Beaver Dam; 4.) #47 Richard Colvin, Poynette; 5.)
Ron Schmitt, Jackson
SEMI-FEATURE: 1.) #28 Clayton Broesch Jr., Rio; 2.) Linus Hellenbrand, Verona; 3.)
Joe Roatch, Stoughton
FIRST HEAT: 1.) #28 Clayton Boersch Jr, Rio
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #67 Linus Hellenbrand, Verona
THIRD HEAT: 1) # 4 John Schafer, Monona
FAST QUALIFIER: #71 Ron Preskar, Juneau,........14.18 Seconds
HOBBY STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) #18 Dennis Gaserude, Oregon; 2.) #26 Jason Hibner,
Pardeeville; 3.) Gerry Junget, Roi; 4.) Grant Lindner, Poynette; 5.) #39 Ken Scott
FIRST HEAT: 1) #81 Dennis Gaserude, Oregon
SECOND HEAT: 1) #71 Gerry Junget, Rio
FAST QUALIFIER: #71 Gerry Junget, Rio...... 15.45 Seconds
BACK-UPS:
FEATURE: 1.) #84 Mark Remsik, Deerfield; 2.) #15 Brauce Havel,
Deerfield; 3.) #21 Dan Sheldon, Madison
FORMULA INDY RACING ASSOCIATION:
FEATURE: 1.) Dirk Wilker, Madison; 2.) Jim Chapley,
Northbrook IL; 3.) Vern Brown, Waunakee; 4.) Jim Bass, Madison; 5.) Ken Losch Jr, Lake
Villa, IL
FIRST HEAT: 1) Neal Gillentine, Sugar Grove IL
SECOND HEAT: 1) Jim Chapley, Northbrook, IL
FAST QUALIFIER: Jim Chapley, Northbrook, IL,.........13.811
Seconds
JUNIOR MOTORSPORTS:
FEATURE: 1.) Ray Kreyer, Poynette; 2.) Ben Kreyer,
Poynette; 3.) Jim Long, Rio; 4.) Denver Lapacek, Madison; 5.) Steve Hustad, Arlington
FIRST HEAT: 1) Chris Weiss, Waterford
SECOND HEAT: 1) Steve Hustad, Arlington
DASH: 1) Ray Kreyer, Poynette
FAST QUALIFIER: Ray Kreyer, Poynette,.........15.936 Seconds