Rick Coppernoll of Marshall drove to his first win of the season in the twenty-five lap street stock feature. Ron Preskar of Juneau worked his way up from the seventh row to take second. Noel Ramge of Helenville followed in third ahead of Curt Thompson of Palmyra. Bob Jacobs of DeForest, who led early in the event, was fifth.

Veteran campaigner Rick Coppernoll (#75) earned his first Street Stock feature win of the season at Columbus 151 Speedway.  Coppernoll has been racing at the track for almost 20 years.

Jason Hibner of Pardeeville took over the lead on lap eleven and went on to his first win of the season in the twenty lap hobby stock feature. Jim Rohrbeck of Portage moved up well and finished in second. Ken Scott of Rio came from the ninth row to cross the line in third. Jerry Chapman of Juneau was fourth. Dennis Gaserude of Oregon was fifth.

Jason Hibner (#26) continued the theme of first time winners this season at Columbus 151 Speedway.  Hibner powered home to his first main event checkered of the season in Hobby Stock action.

Rick Verdon of Fitchburg captured his first win of the season in the back up division taking the win over Dave Moore of McFarland and Ron Schneidewind of Madison.

Jamie Moll of Madison was victorious in the fifteen lap Junior Motorsports feature. Denver Lapacek of Madison drove to second. Third went to Ben Kreyer of Poynette. Ray Kreyer of Poynette followed in fourth. Nick Maerz of Arena was fifth.

Due to heavy rain during the week, time trials were delayed while water was pumped from the track and infield. The late model division was the only division to qualify. Dean Schultz led the field with a time of 13.873.

Late model heat race wins were registered by Terry Sauer, Don Gaserude and Rich Schumann Jr. of Portage. Ron Schmitt of Jackson and Rick Coppernoll were victorious in the street stock heats. Chris Matz of Watertown and Jerry Chapman recorded wins in the hobby stock heats. The Junior Motorsports dash was claimed by Nick Maerz. Heat wins went to Ray Kreyer and Ben Kreyer.

John Acker of Spring Green outraced Scott Nottestad of Cambridge and Rich Schumann Jr. to win the late model semi-feature.

Racing action continues this Friday night at the Columbus 151 Speedway with Round One of the Pepsi Triple 60’s Challenge Series. The late model division will race the first 60 lap feature of the three race series. A special photo/autograph session has been scheduled for the evening. For more on the Columbus 151 Speedway visit www.racingonline.com/columbus151.

RESULTS

LATE MODEL:
FEATURE: 1.) Don Gaserude, Fort Atkinson; 2.) Russ Goodwin, Beloit; 3.) Andy Tomlinson, Poynette; 4.) Jeff Falbe, Beaver Dam; 5.) Dennis Schultz, Juneau; 6.) Butch Mierendorf, Lake Mills; 7.) Bob Retallick, Marshall; 8.) Terry Sauer, Waterloo; 9.) Randy Breunig, Columbus; 10.) Andy Wendt, Watertown
SEMI-FEATURE: 1.) John Acker, Spring Green; 2.) Scott Nottestad, Cambridge; 3.) Rich Schumann Jr., Portage
FIRST HEAT: 1.) Terry Sauer, Waterloo
SECOND HEAT: 1.) Don Gaserude, Waterloo
THIRD HEAT: 1.) Rich Schumann Jr., Portage
FAST QUALIFIER: #34 Dean Schultz, Juneau,.............13.873 Seconds

STREET STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) Rick Coppernoll, Marshall; 2.) Ron Preskar, Juneau; 3.) Noel Ramge, Helenville; 4.) Curt Thompson, Palmyra; 5.) Bob Jacobs, DeForest
FIRST HEAT: 1.) Ron Schmitt, Jackson
SECOND HEAT: 1.) Rick Coppernoll, Marshall
FAST QUALIFIER: Not held this evening.

HOBBY STOCKS:
FEATURE: 1.) Jason Hibner, Pardeeville; 2.) Jim Rohrbeck, Portage; 3.) Ken Scott, Rio; 4.) Jerry Chapman, Juneau; 5.) Dennis Gaserude, Oregon
FIRST HEAT: 1) Chris Matz, Watertown
SECOND HEAT: 1) Jerry Chapman, Juneau
FAST QUALIFIER: Not held this evening.

JUNIOR MOTORSPORTS:
FEATURE: 1.) Jamie Moll, Madison; 2.) Denver Lapacek, Madison; 3.) Ben Kreyer, Poynette; 4.) Ray Kreyer, Poynette; 5.) Nick Maerz, Arena
FIRST HEAT: 1) Ray Kreyer, Poynette
SECOND HEAT: 1.) Ben Kreyer, Poynette;
FAST QUALIFIER: Not held this evening

BACK-UPS:
FEATURE: 1.) Rick Verdon, Fitchburg; 2.) Dave Moore, McFarland; 3.) Ron Schneidewind, Madison