June 16, 2006; Columbus, WI. - After finishing fifth in the Johnson's Sausage Shoppe 50 lap feature, Aaron Wilke of Waterloo captured the Summer Rumble title at Columbus 151 Speedway. Wilke combined his finish with the second place run at Jefferson Speedway the week before to take the overall title ahead of John Ovadal, Jr. Dane's Kurt Clapper took home the trophy as the top finisher in the 50 lap event.

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Aaron Wilke (#8) captured the overall Summer Rumble Late Model title, earning the most points in the series events held at Columbus 151 Speedway and Jefferson Speedway. Kurt Clapper (#7) grabbed the Late Model feature victory this evening at the Columbus 151 Speedway's Summer Rumble. Don Trush (#4) was the overall champion in the Street Stock division during the Summer Rumble series.  He finished second in the main events at both Jefferson and Columbus 151 Speedways. James Helmer (#7) topped the evenings Street Stock feature here at Columbus 151 Speedway. A bit of a scramble ensued during the Super Stock feature contest. Lincoln Keeser (#99) topped the evening's Hobby Stock feature race. Jim Robinson (#33) was the overall champion in the Hobby Stock division of the Summer Rumble Series. Kyle Watters (#77) was victorious in the evening's Bandit feature contest. Sean Watters (#7) was the overall Summer Rumble champion in the Bandit class. The "chain races" always provide plenty of action at the Columbus 151 Speedway.

Clapper and Clayton Braaksma led the 20 car field to the start. Clapper owned the top spot out of turn two on the first lap and held on to it for every lap. Jeff Steenbergen followed Clapper into second as Wilke and Ovadal began trying to work through traffic to the front. By lap five, Ovadal was shadowing the top five with Wilke in tow. The leaders ran nose to tail till lap 19 when caution flew over the speedway. Newly instituted under caution a commitment cone is utilized and drivers are allowed to move up into the outside lane to challenge for positions, with the leader remaining unchallenged. Wilke used this policy to his advantage moving into the top five. With ten laps remaining, Dean Schultz began passing cars on the outside and moving into the top five. At the stripe, it was Clapper out front followed by Steenbergen, Don Gaserude, Schultz and Wilke. Ron Bishofberger set fast time for the late models with a lap of 13.429. Heat winners included Brent Knight, Ken Olson and Tyler James. Andy Wendt claimed the 25 lap last chance event.

James Helmer of Oconomowoc grabbed the lead on lap seven under caution and brought home the victory in the 30 lap street stock feature event. Madison's Don Trush combined two second place finishes to capture the Summer Rumble title in the division. A strong field of racers came to green as Tylor Schultz took the initial lead. Meanwhile, Trush was mired in heavy traffic deep in the field while Summer Rumble leader Eaan Carson ran third. The caution flew on lap seven, and it was determined that the leader Schultz was leaking fuel which handed the lead over to Helmer. Also under the same caution, Carson was relegated to the pit area to fix body damage acquired in the events leading to the yellow flag. After two cautions on consecutive laps, Terry Wangsness tailed the leader in second followed by Trush in third. Trush was able to use the restart policy to come from outside the top ten to race with the leaders. With five laps remaining, Wangsness began showing heavy smoke and was forced to retire, handing over second position to Trush. Helmer ran unchallenged to the checkers from there followed by Trush, Dale Weatherwax, Dan Schmidt and Tim Syvrud. Helmer also claimed the top spot in his heat race along with other winners Brian Paulson and Ken Scott. Kevin Anderson owned quick time with a lap of 14.072.

Lincoln Keeser did all he could to win the Summer Rumble for the hobby stocks by winning the 20 lap feature event, but it wasn't enough as Jim Robinson finished second to claim the overall title. Jim Lampen grabbed the early lead and held it until the only caution of the race on lap eight. On the restart, Keeser came from third to the outside and immediately passed second place Andrew Junget and began working on Lampen. Three laps later, Keeser was out front. Meanwhile, Robinson was working his way through the field and by lap 13 was in fourth only needing to pass one more car to claim the Summer Rumble title. A lap later, he got his wish and moved into third around Junget. With five to go, Lampen lost control into the infield handing second to Robinson. At the checkered flag, it was Keeser in front followed by Robinson, Junget, Alan Dorn and Jim Tate. Quick qualifier was Larry Moen and heat winners were Lampen and Dustin Ward.

The Watters boys showed their strength in the bandit division as Kyle took top honors in the 18 lap feature while brother Sean won the overall Summer Rumble title. Sean combined a third at Columbus with a second at Jefferson to take the trophy. Casey Strese and Zak Czeszynski led the field to green and Strese took the early lead into the first turn. The only caution of the event flew on the first lap putting Kyle Watters on the rear bumper of the leader Strese. On the restart, Strese floated a little high in turn four and Watters seized the opportunity to take the lead. Watters never looked back en route to the checkered flag for the win. Rounding out the top five were Nate Lacey, Sean Watters, Tom Bleecker and Bud Riedner. Greg Ovadal took honors in qualifying with a 16.063 second tour of the quarter mile. Jacob Vanoskey won the last chance race while Ryan Oetzel claimed the consolation. Heat winners included Tom Bleecker, Kyle Klein, Ben Monday and brothers Ben and Matt Reuter.

In crazy back up division action, Ryan Oetzel took the early lead and drove away from the field to win the feature. He was followed by George Wachuta in second and Jug Her in third.

Next Friday at Columbus 151 Speedway is Brothers of the Third World night including a roll over contest following the night's regular schedule of events. Time trials are at 6:30 with racing at 8 pm.

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