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Woollen Victorious At
Columbus 151 Speedway
By Jim Remsik |
July 22, 2005; Columbus, WI. - Mike Taylor of
Stoughton and Tim Woollen from Sun Prairie brought the 35-lap Late Model feature to the
line on Auto Armor night at Columbus 151 Speedway. As the green fell Taylor had the early
advantage with Woollen sliding back on the outside. With a couple laps in Woollen began to
earn back that real
estate from Taylor and would officially lead lap five.
The side-by-side action continued until caution slowed the race on lap eight as
Aaron Wilke (Waterloo) spun into the infield tires effectively ending his evening. With a
slight lead on the last fully completed lap Mike Taylor led the restart over Woollen, Kurt
Clapper (Dane), Dean Schultz (Juneau), and Bill Retallick (Marshall). Woollen jumped right
back to the outside and made it work finally clearing Taylor on lap thirteen. With open
track Woollen gained enough separation to pick up the win. Clapper, Retallick, Schultz and
Taylor followed Woollen across the line at lap thirty-five.
Woollen also picked up his heat race and missed the clean sweep when Aaron Wilke turned a
13.494 second lap setting fast time. In other heat race action Allen Petrie (Sun Prairie)
and Dean Schultz scored victories.
Jimmie Pankow (Jefferson) and Ken Morris (Madison) brought the 25-lap Street Stock feature
up to speed. Morris raced hard to get the early lead and the inside groove away from
Pankow. Pankow, making his first appearance this season, slid up the track and fell to the
rear on lap two. Bobbi Bishofberger (Fort Atkinson) inherited the second position. Dan
Schmidt (Watertown) tried the outside groove but couldn't make it work. Lap nine saw the
caution flag as Rikki Bishofberger (Fort
Atkinson) checked up coming out of turn four. With nowhere to go the field behind her
accordioned , Dale Weatherwax (Columbus) was unfortunate enough to be the driver just
behind Bishofberger and was sent to the rear for the contact that caused Bishofberger to
go around. Morris retained the lead on the restart. Kevin Anderson (Cottage Grove) made a
move to the outside of Dan Schmidt but, couldn't get the job done before a lap eleven
caution. The rest of the field avoided contact when Morris and Bobbi Bishofberger touched
with Morris spinning as the field came out of turn two. During the caution Dustin Ward
(Beaver Dam) experienced gearbox failure and again accordioned the field. On the restart
Schmidt would be the new leader. Anderson would try the outside again officially taking
the lead on lap sixteen. As the checkers flew Anderson was chased by Schmidt, Jim Rohrbeck
(Portage), Brandon Riedner (Waunakee), and Grant Lindner
(Poynette).
Kevin Anderson also set fast time in the Street Stock division with a lap time of 14.180
seconds. Dustin Ward and Bobbi Bishofberger each registered heat race victories.
Colletta Gomas (Sun Prairie) and Nick Newton (Jefferson) led the Hobby Stock feature out
onto the track for the 20-lap main event. Newton grabbed the early lead. Gomas fell off
the pace on lap two and shuffled back through the middle of the field. Roger Stephenson
(Cambridge) took the second position away from Travis Schneeberg on lap eight. Meanwhile
back in the pack Tylor Schultz was creeping up in the third groove. Caution slowed the
field on lap thirteen as Gary Haarklau (Madison) lost his left rear tire on the front
straightaway. Newton continued his reign over the field on the restart. Lincoln Keeser
(Whitewater) challenged for the lead on lap eighteen. It would be too little; too late as
Newton beat Keeser at the line by less than half a car-length with Larry Moen (Madison),
Jim Tate Jr. (Watertown) and Stephenson in close pursuit.
Andy Raley (Fall River) and Roger Stephenson registered heat race victories. Fast time in
the Hobby Stock division was a 15.228 second circuit completed by Jim Tate Jr.
The 18-lap Bandit main event was paced by Linda Carignan (Poynette) and Kyle Padfield
(Stoughton). Carignan jumped out to the early lead. Rodney Mundt (Johnson Creek) and Mark
Balis (Edgerton) battled for the second position. By lap five Kyle Riedner (Waunakee) and
Richard Boyce (Marshall) caught the lead group. Boyce tried the outside around Balis
and Mundt, contact sent all three scrambling and the caution fell sending all three to the
rear. Carignan led Riedner to the restart but broke a rotor before finishing another lap
nearly striking the turn-four retaining wall. Riedner brought the field back up to
speed and held off the advances of Ryan Hart (Edgerton) and Ryan DeStefano (Colgate) to
pick up his first career feature win.
The Bandit Semi Feature victory was awarded to Dustin Oostburg (Slinger), he along with
Ben Reuter (Columbus) transferred to the main event. Scott Bundy (Peshtigo) picked up a
win the Consolation race. Heat race victories were recorded by Ricky Strait (Columbus),
Ryan Oetzel (Brodhead), Linda Carignan, and Rory Padfield (Stoughton). Fast
time was set by Ryan DeStefano at 16.420.
Dave Moore picked up a win in the 8-Lap Wild & Cray Back-Up feature followed by a
hard-charging George Wachuta (Brooklyn), Ryan Oetzel, Wayne Hook (Oregon), and Scott Hart
(Madison).
On Tap:
July 29 MILLER 50; 50 Lap Late Model Feature; ROLL OVER CONTEST; Toy Toss at
intermission
August 5 DICK MOORE MEMORIAL RACE; 50 lap Late Model Feature; 30 lapStreet Stock Feature;
25 lap Hobby Stock Feature; Book night give away
August 7 Sunday Afternoon! LIONS CLUB SPECIAL EVENT RACE; RACE @ 1pm
BACK UP RACES
For complete results from the RACESTAT computer click here
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