Tomlinson edges out Sauer by inches to take Late Model victory!
By Dennis Thompson

June 4, 1999; Columbus, WI. -  A near photo finish brought fans to their feet as Andy Tomlinson of Poynette edged out Terry Sauer of Waterloo at the line as the checkered flag waved in the thirty-five lap late model feature at the Columbus 151 Speedway on Friday night. Sauer had taken over the lead after leaders Mike Dolphin of Portland and Mike Kolb of Wauwatosa tangled as they came out of turn two to bring out the second caution of the event with only five laps to go.

Andy Tomlinson (#31) edged out rival Terry Sauer by a matter of inches to win this evenings Late Model feature race at Columbus 151 Speedway.

Tomlinson, who had started the race from the eighth row, began to work on Sauer on the restart. Battling side by side over the last couple of laps, Tomlinson worked on the outside to win the drag out of turn four on the final lap and capture his second win of the season. By virtue of his victory, Tomlinson vaulted into the lead in the point standings. Bill Retallick of Marshall moved up through traffic to finish in third. Dean Schultz of Juneau steadily worked his way up, after starting alongside Tomlinson in row eight, and drove to a fourth place finish. Fifth went to Mike Langsdorf of Doylestown.

Dan Kreuger (#49) dueled with fellow front row started Kevin Anderson for much of the Street Stock feature race.  The win for Kreuger was his first career feature win in the class at Columbus 151 Speedway.

Dan Krueger of Columbus and Kevin Anderson of Madison dueled side by side for most of the street stock feature. Krueger and Anderson exchanged the lead nine times before Krueger fmally took command on lap eighteen. Krueger then held on to take the win as Jay Spahn of Middleton challenged for the lead on the final lap. Krueger, in winning his first career feature, becomes the fifth different winner in the five events raced. Finishing third in the caution free event was Kale Peterman of Juneau. Jeni Westergaard of Columbus took fourth ahead of Kevin Anderson.

John Hibner (#68) took the lead in the Hobby Stock main event early in the race and cruised to a comfortable win in feature action.

John Hibner of Pardeeville took over the lead on lap four and cruised to the victory in the twenty lap hobby stock feature. Lincoln Keeser of Jefferson drove to second. Mark Hohl of Baraboo crossed the line in third ahead of Grant Lindner of Poynette. Fifth went to Mike Goeman Jr. of Hartford.

Bruce Havel of Deerfield raced to his third win of the season in the back up race. Ron Schneidewind of Madison followed in second. Dave Moore of McFarland was third.

Jamie Moll of Madison reeled in race leader Ben Kreyer of Poynette and won the race to the checkered flag on the fmal lap in capturing the Junior Motorsports t~ature. Ray Kreyer of Poynette drove to third. Scott Kleist of Poynette followed in fourth. Reed Powers of Poynette was fifth.

Fast times for the evening were turned in by Andy Tomlinson in the late models at 13.605, Ron Preskar of Juneau in the street stocks at 14.217, Gerry Junget of Rio in the hobby stocks at 15.523 and Ray Kreyer in the Junior Motorsports at 17.210.

Late Model heat race wins were recorded by Butch Mierendorf of Lake Mills, Mike Kolb and Mike Dolphin. Street stock heat race wins went to Scott Dolphin of Madison, Ken Morris of Madison, Dennis Schmidt of Beaver Dam and Kevin Anderson. Hobby stock heat race action saw John Hibner and Mike Goeman Jr. race to wins. Jamie Moll was victorious in the Junior Motorsports dash while heat race wins were registered by Chris Weiss of Waterford and Denver Lapacek of Madison. 

Ken Morris beat Bob Jacobs of DeForest and Clayton Broesch Jr. to post the semi-feature win in the street stock division.

Scott Hatton of Beaver Dam took top honors in the B.J.'s Roadside rollover contest.

Racing action continues this Friday night at the Columbus 151 Speedway with round one of the late model Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Series. The sixty lap late model event will highlight the program. The Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Chapter Five Color Guard will also be in attendance.

Special; Columbus, WI. - Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Series this coming Friday!

The first major special of the season, the late model Pepsi Triple 60's Challenge Series Round One, will take place at the Columbus 151 Speedway this Friday night. Each round features a sixty lap main event with points accumulated from all three races to determine the series champion. Round two will take place July 16 with the championship round scheduled for August 20.

The drive to the series championship will no doubt be a very competitive one. Past winners of the series include Scott Wimmer, Pete Moore, Chris Weinkauf, Mike Langsdorf, and Scott Patrick. Moore is the only driver to win the series twice. In action so far this season at the speedway there have been four different feature winners with Andy Tomlinson the oniy driver to have two wins. Tomlinson currently leads the season point standings following his win last Friday night. Dean Schultz of Juneau has recorded one win this season and has been running strong through the first part of the season.

Mike Langsdorf dropped to third in the season point standings after occupying the top spot and will be looking to pick up his first win of the season. Terry Sauer of Waterloo was edged at the line by Tondinson in last Friday night's feature and is determined to come back strong for the series. Randy Breunig has been consistent all season long and that could prove to be a major factor over the three race series. Breunig finished in a tie with Jason Erickson for second in the series last year. Defending track and series champion Scott Patrick will also be returning to the field this week after taking last week off to get married.

Time trials are set to begin at 6:15 p.m. with the first race of the evening scheduled for 7:45. The Columbus 151 Speedway is located halfway between Sun Prairie and Columbus on Hwy. 151 at the 111 exit.

RESULTS

LATE MODEL:
FEATURE: 1.) #31 Andy Tomlinson, Poynette; 2.) #13 Terry Sauer, Waterloo; 3.) # 9 Bill Retallick, Marshall; 4.) #34 Dean Schultz, Juneau; 5.) #96 Mike Langsdorf, Doylestown
FIRST HEAT: 1.) # 5 Butch Mierendorf, Lake Mills
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #22 Mike Kolb, Wauwatosa
THIRD HEAT: 1.) # 9 Mike Dolphin, Portland
FAST QUALIFIER: #31 Andy Tomlinson, Poynette,.........13.605 Seconds

STREET STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) #49 Dan Kreuger, Columbus; 2.) #13 Jay Spahn, Middelton; 3.) #08 Kyle Peterman, Juneau; 4.) #91 Jeni Westergaard, Columbus; 5.) #42 Kevin Anderson, Madison
SEMI-FEATURE: 1.) #78 Ken Morris, Madison; 3.) #23 Bob Jacobs, Deforest; 3.) #28 Clayton Boersch Jr., Rio
FIRST HEAT: 1.) #00 Scott Dolphin, Madison
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #78 Ken Morris, Madison
THIRD HEAT: 1) #51 Dennis Schmidt, Beaver Dam
FOURTH HEAT: 1) #42 Kevin Andeson, Madison
FAST QUALIFIER: #71 Ron Preskar, Juneau,......14.217 Seconds

HOBBY STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) #68 John Hibner, Pardeville; 2.) #99 Lincoln Keeser, Jefferson; 3.) #85 Mark Hohl, Baraboo; 4.) #30 Dennis Catencamp, Marshall; 5.) Mike Goeman Jr., Hartford
FIRST HEAT: 1) #68 John Hibner, Pardeville
SECOND HEAT: 1) #80 Mike Goeman Jr., Hartford
FAST QUALIFIER: #71 Gerry Junget, Rio...... 15.523 Seconds

JUNIOR MOTORSPORTS:
FEATURE: 1.) # 6 Jamie Moll, Madison; 2.) #95 Ben Kreyer, Poynette; 3.) #99 Ray Kreyer, Poynette
FIRST HEAT: 1.) # 7 Chris Weiss, Waterford
SECOND HEAT: 1.) #94 Denver Lapacek, Madison
DASH: 1) # 6 Jamie Moll, Madison
FAST QUALIFIER: #99 Ray Kreyer, Poynette,.......17.21 Seconds

BACK-UPS:
FEATURE: 1.) #15 Bruce Havel, Deerfirld; 2.) Ron Schneidwind, Madison; 3.) #11 Dave Moore, McFarland