September 1, 2006; Columbus, WI. - While Dean Schultz was winning his second feature in a row and all
but sewing up the late model championship, Rob Retallick was locking up the title in the Pepsi Triple 60 Series with his 8th place finish. Mike Taylor and Brent Knight made up the front row on the start of the 60 lap main event with Taylor grabbing the initial lead into turn one.

The inside lane followed Taylor to the point while Knight began falling back. Al Weishoff went to the high side of Jim Kruschke for second while the field behind them jockeyed for position. Weishoff made the pass for second and continued his charge pulling alongside the leader, Taylor. On lap 10, Weishoff made the pass for the lead as John Wasserburger followed him into second. After a caution on lap 19, Dean Schultz used the restart to pull up beside Weishoff and challenge for the lead. Schultz made quick work of the leader and took over the top spot. Schultz began to run away from the pack as he opened up a very healthy lead. The remaining 40 laps ran caution free and Schultz crossed the line in first followed by Weishoff, Ron Bishofberger, Wasserburger and Scott Patrick. With his eighth place finish, Rob Retallick finished five points ahead of Dean Schultz for the Pepsi Triple 60 Series title. Jerry Junget was third and John
Wasserburger fourth in the final standings. On the evening, Wasserburger set quick time for the late models with a lap of 13.414. Heat winners included Terry Sauer and Carey John.

Cambria's Dale Weatherwax won his first feature of the season in the 25 lap main event for the street stocks. Joe Roatch and Tylor Schultz led the field to green as Weatherwax began his quest from the inside of row five. Roatch took over the top spot on the second lap. Weatherwax entered the top five on lap four just as Grant Lindner began looking to the high line for third. Lindner was unable to hold his position as he fell back and Schultz took to the high side of the leader. Roatch and Schultz raced side by side for a couple laps until Schultz got extremely loose and the pack jumbled up behind him. This
allowed Weatherwax to charge into second and begin shadowing the leader. The first caution flew on lap 16 and Weatherwax used the restart to pull up beside Roatch for the lead. Weatherwax claimed the point a lap later and after surviving one more caution, Weatherwax was able to defend the top spot and bring home the checkers in first. Don
Trush, Kevin Anderson, Roatch and Schultz rounded out the top five.

Dan Schmidt was fast qualifier with a lap of 14.276 while heat winners were Roatch and Zeke Bishofberger.

Lincoln Keeser of Whitewater won an exciting finish to the 20 lap hobby stock feature event. Brian Piller and Travis Schneeberg paced the field at the start as Piller took the early lead into turn three of the first lap. Keeser followed into second and began looking for a way around the leader. That way opened up on lap seven as Piller got very loose in turn four, allowing Keeser to fly by for the lead with Andy Junget moving into second. Junget tailed the leader until lap 14
when he went to the outside of Keeser. The two competitors battled side by side for the remaining six laps. As they exited turn four on the final lap, they made heavy contact but were still able to maintain control. At the line, it was Keeser by a nose followed by Junget, Jim Tate, Alan Dorn and Andy Raley. Raley also set fast time on the evening with a lap of 15.228 while Piller won the heat race.

Stoughton's Kyle Watters got the evening sweep by winning the bandit feature while also winning his heat race and setting fast time in qualifying. Michael Heimann and Linda Carignan made up the first row for the 18 lap bandit feature. Carignan lead lap one as Kyle Klein charged into the top five and into second by lap four. Klein moved under Carignan for the lead on lap eight just as Watters entered the top five. Three laps later, Watters was in second and he immediately looked to the outside of Klein for the lead. Watters made the winning pass with three laps remaining and ran to the checkers. At the
stripe, it was Watters followed by Klein, Jake Vanoskey, Jake Wasserburger and Tim Bristol. As mentioned, Watters also held quick time with a lap of 16.019. Heat winners included Bud Reidner, Klein and Watters while Ashley Smith won the last chance race.

In wild and crazy back up action, Ryan Oetzel extended his point lead by winning the 8 lap feature. Andy Ward held the point while Oetzel shadowed him around the quarter mile oval. Ward spun on lap six, handing the lead over to Oetzel. Oetzel ran away with the win while Ward finished second followed by Rick Verdon in third.

Next Friday, Sept. 8 at Columbus 151 Speedway is Season Championship night as champions will be crowned in all divisions. There will be extended features in all divisions with a powder puff race and mechanics race to end the evening and wrap up the 2006 season. Time trials begin at 6:30 with racing at 8 pm. Visit www.racingonline.com/columbus151 for more information.

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