May 27, 2005; Columbus, WI. - Nick Wendt of Watertown and Waterloo’s Aaron Wilke paced the cars at the start of the 35-lap Late Model main event. Wendt took the early lead with Jim Syvrud following close on his tail. Aaron Wilke would fall into line in third place where he would fend off the charges of Bret Schmidt and Steve Dobratz of Rio.

Photo Highlights

Aaron Wilke (#8) grabbed the Late Model feature win after a late race caution for the former leaders.  He then held off Steve Dobbratz (#52) to earn his first Late Model feature checkered. This confrontation between leaders #46 Nick Wendt and #65 Jim Syvrud set the stage for #8 Aaron Wilke to capture his first Late Model Feature win. Kevin Anderson #42 overtakes #30 Grant Lindner during the last laps of the Street Stock feature to pick up his first win of the season. Gary Pashley #62 hangs on to the lead over #99 Lincoln Keeser to pick up his first Hobby Stock Feature win.

Foreshadowing of events to come would occur when Syvrud got into the back of Wendt in turn four. Wendt recovered down the front straight-away without losing the lead. Wilke made a bid for second but, was unable to take the position away from Jim Syvrud. The caution flag fell on lap 17 for #20 Bret Schmidt who spun in the middle of turns three and four. Nick Wendt would keep the lead on the restart and all the way to lap 30. Much like the earlier contact Syvrud made contact with the back of Wendt’s car with disastrous results for the only driver to lead a lap in the feature so far.

Both cars spun bringing out the second caution flag and subsequently going to the rear of the field. Third place Aaron Wilke then inherited the lead for the restart. At the end of the five-lap shootout Wilke was first to the line despite the attempts of Steve Dobratz, John Wasserburger of Poynette, Andy Wendt also of Watertown, and Jason Thoma who set quick time for the evening at 13.467. Rookie Tim Woollen of Sun Prairie picked up his first victory of the season in the first of two Late Model heat races, Tyler James out of Oconomowoc claimed the second.

In Street Stock racing action Grant Lindner and Bobbi Bishofberger lead the pack to the line for the feature event. The third generation driver, Bobbi Bishofberger, grabbed the early advantage on the outside but could not shake Lindner who battled back to take the lead on lap three. Kevin Anderson found the outside groove to his liking and rocketed up to fourth by lap eight. Just four laps later Anderson was challenging for the lead with Don Trush close behind. After a number of laps racing Lindner door-to-door Kevin Anderson took the lead and ran. When all was said and done the 6-car length lead was more than enough to beat Dustin Ward, Dan Schmidt to the line. Don Trush fought hard but was edged out at the line by Cambria’s Dale Weatherwax for the fourth spot.

Waunakee’s Brandon "Bud" Riedner picked up a heat race win as did Last week’s feature winner Dennis Schwark. The fastest qualifying lap in the street stock division was turned in by Kevin Anderson at 14.147 a mere three-thousandths of a second faster than Don Trush.

Jim Tate Jr. held fast time on the evening in the Hobby Stock Division at 15.479. Heat race victories were awarded to Orfordville’s Jim Robinson and Whitewater’s own Lincoln Keeser.

In Hobby Stock Feature action Gary Pashley of Marshall took advantage of his front row starting position. Pashley overtook rookie Mike Storkson on lap 1 and the race would never see another leader. Caution slowed the field on lap 3 for a spinning Tylor Schulz of Columbus. During the caution #8 Joe Destefano had a small fire begin in his engine bay and was unable to continue. The caution flew again on lap five when Kevin Zielski spun on the front straight and was run into by Alan Dorn. Once racing resumed defending champion Larry Moen and veteran Lincoln Keeser made there way to the front. Storkson held out as long as he could but, lost second place to Moen on lap 19. At the line it was Pashley followed by Moen, Alan Dorn, Mike Storkson and Lincoln Keeser.

Bryan Johnson of Stoughton nearly pulled out another clean sweep. After setting a new track record of 15.955 and winning his heat Johnson was beat to the line by Ryan Destefano who squeezed his nose to the inside and raced for a photo finish. Lapped traffic played a part in the end result. At the line after Destefano and Johnson were Ryan Hart of Edgerton, Steve Privett of Columbus and Sean Bailey’s CRX rounded out the top five.

In addition to Bryan Johnson, Nick Nolden of Lodi and Sean Watters of Sun Prairie picked up heat wins with the Semi-feature also going to Watters.

Wayne Hook lead the first lap of the Wild & Crazy Back-Up Race. He was overtaken on lap two by the dueling Dave Moore and Rick Verdon of Fitchburg. On lap 5 Verdon spun leaving only George Wachuta with a chance to challenge for the lead. Wachuta drove his #39 hard into the final corner and made contact with Dave Moore. Moore slowed and Wachuta recovered quicker to take the win.

On Tap: Friday June 3 - WJJO Night at the races. A live broadcast from the track will start at 7 and run to 8:30. Stick around after the racing for the Trailer Race!

Friday June 10 - Pepsi Triple 60’s Round Two

Friday June 17 - Summer Rumble. Two Tracks, Two Nights, One Winner!

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