1999 Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Champion - #40 Scott Patrick - Dousman, WI |
Sauer takes Pepsi Challenge Series final
round!
Patrick overall series winner!
By Dennis Thompson
August 20, 1999; Columbus, WI. - The late model Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Series Championship Round sixty lap feature at the Columbus 151 Speedway proved up to its billing as the competition was as close and exciting as the whole season has been at the speedway. Emotions ran high as both Terry Sauer of Waterloo and Scott Patrick of Dousman had reason to celebrate while Bruce Havel of Deerfield ended his night with a huge disappointment.
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Scott Patrick (#40) put the finishing touches on his second straight Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Championship, with a second place finish in this evenings main event. Patrick is also attempting to win his second straight Columbus 151 Speedway Late Model title. | |
Bruce Havel jumped into the lead at the start of the event from the pole position. Randy Breunig of Columbus, who was tied for the Pepsi series lead going into the final round, brought out the first caution of the event on lap three when he spun in turn one.
Following the restart the race settled down with Havel in the lead and the drivers in the back working their way through the traffic. The second caution of the event occurred on lap twenty-two when Andy Tomlinson of Poynette drove a little to hard into turn one and made heavy contact with Mark Miller of Columbus.
Havel continued to lead on the restart only to have the caution slow the event for a third time on lap thirty-one for a spin by Bill Retallick of Marshall.
| Terry Sauer (#13) would score his biggest win of the 1999 season when he came home the winner in the final event of this year's Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge. Sauer held back the charge of Scott Patrick for the victory. |  |
As racing resumed Havel continued to lead and Terry Sauer began to mount a strong challenge for the top spot. Sauer worked on Havel lap after lap trying to find a way to move out in front. Charging from back in the pack Scott Patrick and Dean Schultz of Juneau were making steady progress to the front. As Havel and Sauer battled fiercely for the lead, the pair came up on John Ovadahl of Johnson Creek who was running on the tail of the lead lap. As the three raced side by side down the front straight, Ovadahl made contact with Havel that sent Havel into a spin and into the first turn wall with just three laps to go.
With Havel out of the race, the field readied for the restart with Sauer out in front followed by Scott Patrick and Dean Schultz. The three lap dash to the finish saw the trio race under a blanket. Patrick tried the outside while Schultz pressured down low. As they raced to the checkered flag out of turn four it was Sauer who held on for the win over Patrick and Schultz.
With his second place finish, Scott Patrick clinched the Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Series for the second year in a row. He joins Pete Moore of McFarland as a two time winner of the series. Patrick used finishes of second in round one, third in round two and second in round three to capture the title. He also moved past Mike Langsdorf of Doylestown to take over the lead in the season point standings by twenty-two points.
Andy Tomlinson recovered from the early race incident to finish fourth in the Pepsi championship feature. Tom Lorenz of Madison drove a strong race to take fifth. Finishing in sixth through tenth were John Lamberty of Verona, John Ovadahl Jr. of Johnson Creek, Bill Retallick, Don Gaserude of Fort Atkinson and Randy Breunig. Breunig tied for the Pepsi series lead going into the night wound up third in the series standings.
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Time to celebrate! Ron Schmitt (#6) scored his second Street Stock feature win of the 1999 season. Schmitt charged from the sixth row to score the victory. |  |
Ron Schmitt of Jackson moved up from the sixth row and raced to his second win of the season in the twenty-five lap street stock feature. Dan Howard of Baraboo moved back into the lead in the season point standings by a forty-two point margin following his second place finish. Jay Spahn of Middleton drove to third followed by Dennis Schmidt of Beaver Dam and Jeni Westergaard of Columbus.
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Another second time winner! Jason Hibner (#26) gained his second Hobby Stock feature victory of the 1999 racing season on the quarter-mile paved oval here at Columbus 151 Speedway! |
Jason Hibner of Pardeeville captured his second win of the season in the twenty lap hobby stock feature. Dennis Gaserude of Oregon came across the line in second. Andy Junget of Rio followed in third. Jim Rohrbeck of Portage was fourth. Ken Scott of Rio was fifth.
Bruce Havel captured his eighth win of the season in the back up division. Mark Remsik of Deerfield came on strong and finished in second. Jim Remsik of Madison took third.
| The backup king! Bruce Havel (#15) has been a dominating force in this years backup races. The defending class champion earned his eighth victory of the 1999 season tonight. |  |
Ben Kreyer of Poynette held off Ray Kreyer of Poynette to register the win in the Junior Motorsports fifteen lap feature. Steve Hustad of Arlington ran up near the front and finished in third. Brian Schonasky of Wyocena drove to fourth ahead of Jim Long of Rio. Marc Kleist of Poynette flipped his ride on the front straight. Kleist escaped serious injury but may have sustained an arm injury.
Fast times for the evening were turned in by Andy Tomlinson in the late models at 13.587 seconds, Dennis Schmidt in the street stocks at 14.195 seconds and Jim Rohrbeck in the hobby stocks at 15.526 seconds. Jamie Moll of Madison set a new track record in the Junior Motorsports at 16.559.
Late model heat race victories were recorded by Mike Kolb of Wauwatosa, Bruce Havel and John Ovadahl Jr.
Street stock heat race action saw Ken Morris of Madison, Fred Strobel of Hartford, Jay Spahn and Ron Preskar of Juneau race to wins. Dan Schmidt of Watertown and Eric Severson of Rio were victorious in the hobby stock heats. Ray Kreyer won the Junior Motorsports dash with heat wins going to Ben Kreyer and Ray Kreyer.
Duane Deppe of Waterloo beat Mike Kolb and Patrick Dwyer of Monona to win the late model semi-feature. Clayton Broesch Jr. of Rio won the street stock semi-feature. Joe Roatch of Stoughton was second. Bob Jacobs of DeForest took third.
Next week is WIBA FM Radio Night at the races here at Columbus 151 Speedway time trials are set to begin at 6:30 p.m. with the first race slated for 7:45 p.m. 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:
50 LAP FEATURE: 1.) #13 Terry Sauer, Waterloo; 2.) #40 Scott Patrick, Dousman; 3.) #34
Dean Schultz, Juneau; 4.) Andy Tomlinson, Poynette; 5.) #39 Tom Lorenz, Madison; 6.) #18
John Lamberty, Verona; 7.) #07 John Ovadahl Jr., Johnson Creek; 8.) # 9 Bill Retallick,
Marshall; 9.) #81 Don Gaserude, Fort Atkinson; 10.) Randy Breunig, Columbus
15 LAP SEMI-FEATURE: 1.) #17 Duane Deppe, Waterloo; 2.) #22 Mike Kolb, Waukesha; 3.) #94
Patrick Dwyer, Monona
FIRST HEAT: 1.) #22 Mike Kolb, Waukesha
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #15 Bruce Havel, Deerfield
THIRD HEAT: 1.) #07 John Ovadahl Jr., Johnson Creek
FAST QUALIFIER: #31 Andy Tomlinson, Poynette,..........13.587
Seconds
STREET STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) # 6 Ron Schmitt,
Jackson; 2.) #25 Dan Howard, Baraboo; 3.) #13 Jay Spahn, Middelton; 4.) #51 Dennis
Schmidt, Beaver Dam; 5.) #91 Jeni Westergaard, Columbus
SEMI-FEATURE: 1.) #28 Clayton Boersch Jr., Rio; 2.)
#43 Joe Roatch, Stoughton; 3.) #23 Bob Jacobs, DeForest
FIRST HEAT: 1.) #78 Ken Morris, Madison
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #15 Fred Strobel, Hartford
THIRD HEAT: 1.) #13 Jay Spahn, Middelton
FOURTH HEAT: 1.) #71 Ron Preskar, Juneau
FAST QUALIFIER: #51 Dennis Schmidt, Beaver Dam,.........14.195
Seconds
HOBBY STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) #26 Jason Hibner, Pardeeville; 2.) #18 Dennis
Gaserude; 3.) #70 Andy Junget, Rio; 4.) #99 Jim Rohrbeck, Portage; 5.) #39 Ken Scott, Rio
FIRST HEAT: 1) #19 Dan Schmidt, Watertown
SECOND HEAT: 1) #27 Eric Severson, Rio
FAST QUALIFIER: #99 Jim Rohrbeck, Portage,.........15.526 Seconds
BACK-UPS:
FEATURE: 1.) #15 Bruce Havel,
Deerfield; 2.) #84 Mark Remsik, Deerfield; 3.) #88 Jim Remsik, Madison
JUNIOR MOTORSPORTS:
FEATURE: 1.) #95 Ben Kreyer, Poynette; 2.) #99 Ray Kreyer,
Poynette; 3.) #28 Steve Hustad, Arlington
FIRST HEAT: 1) ##95 Ben Kreyer, Poyneette
SECOND HEAT: 1) #99 Ray Kreyer, Poynette
FAST QUALIFIER: #6 Jamie Moll, Madison,.........16.559 Seconds (New track Record)