Knight captures Late Model main at
Columbus 151, Riedner back in victory lane in Street Stocks! June 22, 2001; Columbus, WI. - Brent Knight lead all thirty-five laps in the Late Model Main event Friday evening. Knight becomes the seventh different driver to take home top honors in the seven events run this season.
The race was slowed three times as the caution flag fell. As the field raced to complete lap one of thirty-five Tim Noble (#71) of Janesville spun in turn four. Gerry Junget (#71) of Rio proved it was not a good night to be running the number 71 as he also spun drawing the caution on lap eleven. Al Weishoff (#46) of Columbus worked his way into the second position
by lap twenty-five. Will Godding (#67) of Cross Plains and Dean Schultz (#34) of Juneau
combined to bring out the third caution of the race on lap twenty-nine. After two
attempted restarts the third try was the charm and the race was back to green. They
crossed the finish line for an official order of Knight, Weishoff, Rick Coppernoll of
Marshall, Jeff Falbe of Beaver Dam and Russ Goodwin of Beloit rounded out the top
five. Note: Last week it was
reported that eventual Late Model Feature winner Greg Bowers (#12) was involved in early
contact with Dean Schultz. The contact involved Schultz and Butch Mierendorf (#12) of
Waterloo. Scott “Chico” Riedner found victory lane again in the
street stock division feature. Ken Scott of Rio apparently thought he had cleared Tom
Collins of Lake Mills; Scott made a move to the low groove and was sent broadside through
the corner on lap two. Although there was plenty of action, only one caution flew during
the street stock main event as Calvin Kreger spun in turns one and two of lap sixteen.
Riedner had taken over the top spot by lap eighteen and at the finish had built up a lead
of nearly straightaway. The top five at the line were Riedner, R.C. Coppernoll of Bristol,
Dan Schmidt of Watertown, Tom Collins, and Bret Schmidt of Watertown. In Hobby stock action Dennis Gaserude of Arena found his way to the checkers first. In sharp contrast to last weeks Hobby Stock feature there was only one caution period coming on lap eleven of the twenty-lap event. Lincoln Keeser of Milton lead sixteen laps until Gaserude moved to the high side. With Keeser's attention focused on Gaserude, Jerry Chapman of Juneau
pressured the inside groove. As they came out of the fourth corner to take the checkered
flag Chapman worked his nose up a half car-length on Keeser but was unable to earn the
second position. Gaserude finished first followed by Keeser, Chapman, Jim Rohrbeck of
Portage and Ernie Witte. Steve Oetzel of Marshall jumped ahead of Wayne Hook of Oregon near the start of the Back-up Division feature. Oetzel lead a good portion of the race until Bruce Havel of Deerfield stole the lead on lap seven. Following in third was Mark Remsik of Madison in the borrowed vehicle of Rick Verdon. As they crossed the Line Havel beat out Oetzel and Mark Remsik, followed by Dave Moore of McFarland, and Jim Remsik of Deforest. Brent Knight and Bruce Havel Of Deerfield registered late model heat race wins. Ken Scott and Tom Collins of Lake Mills were victorious in the street stock heats. Ernie Witte and Lincoln Keeser recorded wins in the hobby stock heats. Dean Schultz of Juneau posted fast time in the Late Model division. Scott Riedner nearly made the sweep with a time of 14.576 to top the Street Stock Division though he dropped out of his heat race. In the Hobby Stocks Justin Schultz of Columbus posted a time 15.644. Coming Up: June 29 - Mountain Dew Code Red Cherrybomb 50 - A complete program: 50 Lap Late Model main; 30 Lap Street Stock main; 25 Lap Hobby Stock main plus Pepsi stuff give away. |
