August 17, 2007; Columbus, WI. - Waterloo's Greg Bowers owned all 50 laps of the Dick Moore Memorial
late model feature event at Columbus 151 Speedway on Friday night. Starting alongside Al Weishoff on the front row, Bowers took control of the top spot on the first lap while Weishoff pulled in behind him for second.  Bowers struggled with the handling for the first few laps until the car hooked up and he started to pull away slightly from the pack. 

Photo Highlights

The Late Models give the fans a 4-wide salute prior to their feature contest. Owner Shirley Moore presents Greg Bowers with the Late Model Feature trophy for the Dick Moore Memorial. #18 Andy Wendt tries to catch #12 Greg Bowers during the Late Model Feature. Shirley Moore presents Jim Rohrbeck with the Street Stock Feature trophy for the Dick Moore Memorial. This is Jim's first feature win this season. #26 Chico Reidner closes in on leader, #99 Jim Rohrbeck during the Street Stock feature. Owner Shirley Moore presents Jim Tate with the Hobby Stock Feature trophy for the Dick Moore Memorial. #20 Gary Pashley gets loose on the front straight away during the Hobby Stock Feature. Owner Shirley Moore presents Gary Stark with the Bandit Feature trophy for the Dick Moore Memorial. Owner Shirley Moore presents Bruce Havel with the Dick Moore Memorial trophy for the Back-Up Feature.

Current point leader Dean Schultz was shadowing the top five until mechanical problems forced him to retire on lap five.  Bowers continued to lead with Weishoff holding second and Jason Deppe right behind in third.  Caution flew over the speedway on lap 23 and the field was once again bunched up for the restart.  Andy Wendt used the cone on the restart to position himself into third behind Weishoff while Bowers once again opened up a healthy advantage.  Wendt tried several times to get by Weishoff, finally doing so on lap 38. 

With 12 laps remaining, Wendt began to run down the leader, Bowers.  Wendt finally caught Bowers with two laps to go, but was unable to make a winning pass as Bowers crossed under the checkers in first.  Wendt followed in second with Weishoff, Deppe and Jerry Eckhardt rounding out the top five.  Steve Dobbratz scored quick time on the night with
a lap of 13.465.  Jeff Falbe, Steve Schlosser and Jerry Auby secured heat race wins while Shaun Scheel took the semi feature victory.

Jim Rohrbeck of Portage led every lap en route to victory in the 30 lap street stock feature event.  Starting outside Derek Childs, Rohrbeck claimed the lead entering turn one of the first lap.  Dustin Ward followed Rohrbeck around the outside of Childs into second with Scott Riedner moving into third.  Rohrbeck immediately opened up a good lead as Riedner maneuvered past Ward into second on lap four. Riedner began his chase of Rohrbeck as they entered lapped traffic on lap ten.  Riedner followed the leader through heavy traffic, looking for an opening, but not finding any room.  With three laps remaining, the two leaders found some open track to race.  Riedner looked high and low for a lane to pass, but Rohrbeck managed to hold him off and take the win with Riedner a close second.  A great battle for third resulted in Ward claiming the spot followed by Dale Weatherwax and Tim Syvrud.  Bret Schmidt once again set fast time in qualifying with a lap of  13.948 while heat winners included Tylor Schultz, Riedner and Rohrbeck.

Watertown's Jim Tate charged through the field to claim his second win of the season in the 20 lap hobby stock feature.  Chester Williams and Terry Sauer paced the field to green with Williams grabbing the initial lead.  The inside line followed Williams as Sauer struggled to gain control of his machine.  Nick Newton moved to second with Willie Schreiber driving to third.  Tate moved into the top five just as the caution flew on lap seven.  On the restart, Tate slid into third and immediately looked to take second from Schreiber.  Schreiber peeked to the inside of Williams for the lead as the two made contact which allowed Tate to breeze by on the outside and take over the top position.It was over from there as Tate drove away to the win followed by Schreiber, Dustin Ward, Williams and Kyle Stark.  Stark set a new track record in qualifying with a lap of 15.051.  In heat race action, winners were Schreiber and Gerry Junget.

Waunakee's Gary Stark increased his point lead in the bandit division with his win in the 18 lap feature.  Stark began his trek to the front from the outside of row seven, entering the top five on lap four. Stark made quick work of the competitors, climbing to third on lap six and moving into second two laps later.  Stark set his sights on Kimberly Falk, the leader.  Falk surrendered the spot a lap later and Stark set sail on the field.  The pack slowed only once for caution with three laps to go, but Stark was never challenged for the win. Rounding out the top five were Carlyn Voigt, Kevin Kulka, Stephen Scheel and Jake Wasserburger.  Wasserburger also owned quick time on the night with a lap of  15.659.  Heat winners were Falk, Jess Watters and Matt Klenz while Mike Waddell claimed the semi feature.

In wild and crazy back up action, Bruce Havel of Deerfield took the win in the 8 lap event.  Dave Moore took the early lead until he found himself stuck behind a lapped car on lap four, handing the lead over to Havel.  Havel streaked to the win followed by Ryan Oetzel and Jug Hur.

Next Friday, August 24, is a full program of racing in all divisions.  The racing action is heating up with only three weeks left to lock up the championship.  Time trials begin at 6:30 with racing at 8 pm.  Please visit www.racingonline.com/columbus151 for more information.

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