Columbus 151 Speedway Race Reports

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ASA Late Model Series Northern Division Invades Columbus 151
By Andrew Schaller

August 5, 2006; Columbus, WI. - Madison's Dave Klein scored the victory in the Wisconsin 151 presented by Sign-1-1 as the ASA Late Model Series Northern Division made their first visit to Columbus 151 Speedway this Saturday night. Klein dominated the event, taking over the lead on lap 12 and never relinquishing the position.

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Klein and Bob Varney led the 20 car field to the drop of the green and Varney held the initial lead on lap one. Klein used the restart after the first caution to power under Varney for the top spot as Varney dropped back to seventh. Klein opened up a healthy advantage over the field as the battle raged behind him. Ten different cautions would slow the pace of the event, each time erasing any lead Klein held over the pack. But each time Klein would drive out to a comfortable lead on the restart despite many challenges for the top spot. Fast qualifier Michael Annett would rebound from an early race incident to move into the second position on lap 110. He made several attempts at a winning pass, but Klein had just enough to hold him off. After 151 action packed laps, Klein saw the checkers first followed by Annett in second and Jason Setser in third. Jesse Smith was fourth and Eau Claire's Charlie Menard finished fifth. Rounding out the top ten were Jack Smith, Wes Griffith Jr, Derek Neville, Alison Quick and Mark Hartline. As mentioned, Michael Annett set fast time establishing a new track record with a lap of 13.118. Earlier in the evening, Mark Hartline bested the field in the GM Performance Parts Shootout.

Running in conjunction with ASA Late Model Series were the street stock division as well as the back up division. Scott Lawver of Roscoe, IL led all 25 laps of the street stock feature en route to the victory. Starting from the outside of row one, Lawver claimed the lead on the first lap and never looked back during the caution free race. Pole sitter Dan Gosda followed Lawver across the line in second with Tim Syvrud, Kevin Anderson and Grant Linder rounding out the top five. Syvrud set fast time for the street stocks with a 14.125 second tour of the quarter mile oval. Lawver and Lindner also claimed heat race wins.

In back up action, Ryan Oetzel took top honors, using the high groove all the way around the racetrack in his quest for the lead. Andy Ward and George Wachuta finished second and third respectively.

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