Havel "doubles" in hot Columbus 151 Speedway action!!
By Dennis Thompson

July 30, 1999; Columbus, WI. -  Bruce Havel of Deerfield overcame the challenges of John Ovadahl of Johnson Creek, several caution flags and the heat to race to his first win of the season in the thirty-five lap late model feature on Burger King Night at the Columbus 151 Speedway.

Bruce Havel doubles in feature race action!!
	On an evening with temperatures still near 90 degrees, Bruce Havel proved to be a true iron man.  First he won the 35 lap Late Model feature and then he jumped in his "Backup" racecar and won that event.   After a little breather he was ready to celebrate in victory lane.

Havel moved into the lead from his outside front row starting position. John Ovadahl quickly moved up to battle with Havel for the top spot. The two raced side by side with Ovadahl taking over the lead on lap fifteen. Havel fought back on the inside groove and retook the lead on the next lap. Three caution flags slowed the event in the remaining laps but Havel was strong on the restarts and went on to the victory.

Havel, despite showing effects of the high temperatures and humidity, celebrated becoming the ninth different driver to win a feature in the division this season. Butch Mierendorf of Lake Mills followed Havel across the line for second. Mike Langsdorf of Doylestown drove to third ahead of Terry Sauer of Waterloo. Dean Schultz of Juneau moved up from the seventh row to finish in fifth.

Feature win number one!!  Karl Walhgren (#36) became the 10th different winner in Street Stock action this season staying ahead of Jeni Westergaard.  The win was his first of the season.

Karl Wahlgren of Cross Plains captured his first win of the season in the twenty-five lap street stock feature. Wahlgren is the tenth different feature winner in the division this season. Jeni Westergaard drove a strong race to finish in second. Dennis Schmidt of Beaver Dam came from the sLxth row to cross the line in third. Kale Peterman of Juneau followed in fourth. Ron Preskar of Juneau moved up from the seventh row to take fifth.

Current Hobby Stock hard charger point leader Gerry Junget (#71) motored through the pack to record his second victory of the 1999 racing here here on the quarter-mile paved oval.  Junget is currently second to Dennis Gaserude in the overall standings

Gerry Junget of Rio moved into the lead on lap fifteen and went on to record his second win of the season in the twenty lap hobby stock feature. Dan Schmidt of Watertown, who led most of the way, finished in second. Ken Scott of Rio drove well on his way to a third place finish. Jerry Chapman of Juneau was fourth. Jim Rohrbeck of Portage ended up in fifth. Bruce Havel drove to his sixth win of the season in the back up division. Mark Remsik of Deerfield came on strong at the end to finish in second. Dan Sheldon of Madison was third.

Randy Breunig of Columbus paced the late model field in time trials turning a lap in 13.688. Ron Preskar led the street stock division at 14.331. Gerry Junget was quick in the hobby stocks at 15.696.

Mike Kolb of Wauwatosa and Jim Doe of Columbus were victorious in the late model heat races. Street stock heat race wins went to Fred Strobel of Hartford, Clayton Broesch Jr. of Rio and Jay Spahn of Middleton. Dennis Gaserude of Oregon and Lincoln Keeser of Jefferson recorded wins in the hobby stock heats. Eric Langfeldt of Columbus registered the street stock semi-feature win. Fred Strobel followed in second. Ed Jackson of Madison was third.

Joe Wipperfurth of Marshall won the four cylinder Ad World spectator race. Richard Hunt of Madison took top honors in the eight cylinder division. In the big wheel races held at intermission, Gabriel Rayner of Madison won the 3-4 age group. T.J. Houghton of Madison was the victor in the 5-6 age group. The 7-8 age group win went to Austin Dahnke of Poynette.

Racing action continues this Friday night at the Columbus 151 Speedway with the Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Series Round Two.  The late model division will race a sixty lap feature event.  The Formula Indy Racing Association will also be in action.   The final event of the evening will be the B.J.'s Roadside Rollover Contest.

Columbus 151 Speedway is a quarter-mile paved oval located on Highway 151, between the towns of Columbus and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Take Exit 111 of Highway 151 just south of Columbus.

RESULTS

LATE MODEL:
35 LAP FEATURE: 1.) #15 Bruce Havel, Deerfield; 2.) # 5 Butch Mierendorf, Lake Mills; 3.) #96 Mike Langsdorf, Doylestown; 4.) # 9 Bill Retallick, Marshall; 5.) Terry Sauer, Waterloo
FIRST HEAT: 1.) #22 Mike Kolb, Wauwautosa
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #00 Jim Doe, Columbus
FAST QUALIFIER: #76 Randy Breunig, Columbus,........13.688 Seconds

STREET STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) #36 Karl Wahlgren, Cross Plains; 2.) #91 Jeni Westergaard; 3.) #51 Dennis Schmidt, Beaver Dam; 4.) #08 Kale Peterman, Juneau; 5.) #71 Ron Preskar, Juneau
SEMI-FEATURE: 1. # 0 Eric Langfeldt, Columbus; 2.) #15 Fred Strobel, Hartford; 3.) Ed Jackson, Madison
FIRST HEAT: 1.) #15 Fred Strobel, Hartford
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #28 Clayton Boersch Jr., Hartford
THIRD HEAT: 1) #13 Jay Spahn, Middelton
FAST QUALIFIER: #71 Ron Preskar, Juneau,.........14.331 Seconds

HOBBY STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) #71 Gerry Junget, Rio; 2.) #19 Dan Schmidt, Watertown; 3.) #39 Ken Scott, Rio; 4.) # 7 Jerry Chapman, Juneau; 5.) #99 Jim Rohrbeck, Portage
FIRST HEAT: 1) #18 Dennis Gaserude, Oregon
SECOND HEAT: 1) #99 Lincoln Keeser, Jefferson
FAST QUALIFIER: #71 Gerry Junget, Rio.........15.696 Seconds

BACK-UPS:
FEATURE: 1.) #15 Bruce Havel, Deerfield; 2.) #84 Mark Remsik, Deerfield; 3.) #21 Dan Sheldon, Madison