August 11, 2006; Columbus, WI. - Current point leader Dean Schultz claimed his first feature win of the season on Friday night at Columbus 151 Speedway. Schultz came from deep in the field to grab the long awaited victory in the 2006 season.

Steve Schlosser and Duane Deppe led the field of 19 late models to the start with Schlosser taking the early lead out of turn two. Al Weishoff followed Schlosser under Deppe for second. Meanwhile Schultz, who started outside row six, was picking his way through the pack, entering the top five on lap 13. Two laps later, Schlosser got extremely loose exiting turn four and spun around on the front stretch. A four car pileup ensued including the machines of Gerry Junget, Aaron Wilke, Don Gaserude and Bill Retallick. The evening was over for all four cars as the race was red flagged to untangle the mess. When the race was finally restarted, Justin Schultz inherited the lead. Dean Schultz used the restart to charge alongside Justin Schultz for the top spot. The two raced side by side until another caution flew three laps later. Dean Schultz was credited with the lead and he decided to keep it. The remainder of the event saw three more cautions, and each time Dean Schultz would drive out to a commanding lead. At the checkers, it was Dean Schultz out front followed by John Wasserburger, Justin Schultz, Ron Bishofberger and Tim Woollen. Aaron Wilke set fast time on the evening with a lap of 13.436. Heat winners included Butch Mierendorf and Brent Knight.

Sun Prairie's Dan Gosda grabbed his first career street stock feature win at Columbus 151 coming from the pole to take the victory. Mike Amador joined Gosda in row one as Gosda owned the lead on the first lap. Tylor Schultz followed Gosda under Amador for second as Grant Lindner stayed in line for third. On lap three, Lindner went to the high side around Schultz and pulled up alongside Gosda. The two competitors waged an intense side by side battle over the next 15 laps until lap 20 when Lindner began losing grip on the outside. This handed the lead back over to Gosda as Lindner battled to stay strong on the high side. Gosda survived a late caution to take the checkers in first. Schultz, Bobbi Bishofberger, Dennis Schwark and Lindner rounded out the to five. Tim Syvrud set the mark in qualifying with a lap of 14.052 while heat winners included Gosda and Amador.

Andy Junget of Baraboo grabbed another feature win in the hobby stock division coming from the outside of row two to win the event. Brian Piller and Lincoln Keeser led the pack to green and Piller took the initial lead. Junget went to work in the outside groove as he drove by Keeser for second. Junget set his sights on Piller and two laps later pulled alongside him. Junget made quick work of the leader and charged out front in control of the race. Junget never looked back as he pulled out to a comfortable lead en route to the win. Piller was second followed by Alan Dorn, Keeser and Larry Moen. Fast time was held down by Kyle Stark with a lap of 15.190 while Gary Haarklau and Keeser took heat race wins.
The Watters brothers, Sean and Kyle, made it a one-two finish in the 18 lap bandit feature. The duo started alongside each other in row four and eventually met up again at the front of the pack. After a first lap melee, Casey Strese was the leader with Sean Watters pulling in right behind him. Two laps later, Watters went by the leader as his brother entered the top five. Kyle Watters made quick work of the rest of the top group and pulled up to the rear bumper of his brother half way through the race. The two raced nose to tail the remainder of the event with Sean Watters holding his younger brother at bay. As the checkered flag waved, it was Sean Watters followed by Kyle Watters with a big lead over Kyle Klein, Ashley Smith and Kyle Smith rounding out the top five. Rookie Jake Wasserburger set a new track record in qualifying with a lap of 15.900. Heat winners included Hunter Schultz, Tiffany Desjarles, Sean Watters and Jacob Vanoskey.

Also on hand for the evening's festivities was the Formula Indy Racing Association. Vern Brown continued his winning ways at Columbus 151 with another victory in the 20 lap feature. John Zeilinga and James Bass made up the front row on the start as Zeilinga grabbed the early lead. Lap two saw Brown enter the top five as he began to pick off cars a lap at a time. By lap eight, Brown had caught the leader Zeilinga, and after a one lap battle, Brown took control. Brown drove away to the feature win followed by Tim Roach in second and Zeilinga in third.

Rounding out the evenings events were the wild and crazy back up cars. Jim Remsik Jr and Wayne Hook lead the field on the start and Remsik immediately took the point and drove away with it. At the line, it was Remsik with a half track lead over George Wachuta and Dave Moore.

Next Friday, August 18, at Columbus 151 Speedway is the Columbus Fire Department Foam races including a gauntlet race. This is along with a full program of events in all divisions. Time trials begin at 6:30 with racing at 8 pm.

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