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2007 Season Champions
Crowned at Columbus 151
By Andrew
Schaller |
September 7, 2007; Columbus, WI. - Beaver
Dam's Aaron Falbe claimed his second feature win of the season in
the 50 lap season championship feature on Friday night at Columbus
151 Speedway. While Falbe was capturing the trophy, Dean Schultz of
Juneau was laying claim to his second straight late model
championship. Delbert Desjarles took the early lead on lap two and
started to pull away from the pack while the battle raged behind him
for second. John Acker held the spot while Steve Schlosser looked
to make the pass.
. The first of four cautions flew on lap 11, erasing Desjarles'
large lead. On the restart, Schlosser took over second and set his
sights on the leader. Caution number two flew on lap 16 as
Desjarles lost control of his mount in turn two and spun, handing
the lead over to Schlosser. The restart saw Falbe charge to the
outside of Schlosser looking to lead, but Schlosser reclaimed sole
possession of the top spot a lap later. Falbe continued to hound
the rear bumper of Schlosser until lap 27 when Schlosser opened up
the bottom lane and allowed Falbe to slide in and take over the
lead. Two laps later, Schlosser and Andy Tomlinson tangled bringing
out the third caution. As the green flag returned, Andy Wendt found
himself on the tail of Falbe, looking for a lane to pass. Wendt
stayed in Falbe's rear view mirror until lap 42 when debris caused
the final caution period of the event. Wendt was unable to avoid
the debris and was forced to the pit
area to inspect the damage. Don Gaserude was next in line to
challenge for the win, but as they cruised to the checkers, it was
Falbe out front followed by Gaserude, Jeff Falbe, Ron Bishofberger
and Al Weishoff. As mentioned, Dean Schultz was crowned track
champion having sewed up the title entering the night's events.
Setting the pace in qualifying was Steve Dobbratz with a lap of
13.200 while heat winners included Shaun Scheel, Greg Bowers and
Bobbi Bishofberger.
Chris Ehrhart of Deerfield lead every lap of the 35 lap street
stock feature en route to his victory in the event. Starting from
the outside of row one, Ehrhart took control on the first lap with
James Helmer sliding right behind into second. Ehrhart and Helmer
continued to run first and second through two cautions until lap 20
when Helmer got loose in turn four allowing Brandon Riedner to take
advantage to move into second. Helmer slid back to fourth behind
Bret Schmidt. The third and final caution flew with four laps to go,
putting Riedner right on the rear bumper of Ehrhart for the lead.
As the green
returned, Riedner put heavy pressure on Ehrhart, but was unable to
make a pass for the top spot. Crossing under the checkers first was
Ehrhart followed by Riedner, Schmidt, Helmer and Tylor Schultz.
Poynette's Tim Syvrud took home the 2007 street stock championship
with a 310 point advantage over last season's champion, Kevin
Anderson. Syvrud was also quick qualifier on the evening with a lap
of 13.950. Heat winners were Johnny Robinson and Tony Showers.
Gary Pashley of Marshall used his win in the 20 lap hobby stock
feature to vault himself to the 2007 track championship. Entering
the feature event, Pashley trailed Jim Tate by only 16 points for
the title. Starting from the outside of row two, Pashley found
himself in second behind leader Alan Dorn by lap four. By lap ten,
Tate was in fifth, needing two more positions to maintain his points
lead. Tate got underneath Kyle Stark for fourth on lap 14 while
Pashley continued to run in second. With three laps to go, Alan
Dorn opened up the bottom lane, allowing Pashley to drive under for
the lead, and forcing Tate to have to pass two more cars to claim
the title. A lap later, the caution flew and lined up the pack for
a two lap shootout. On the restart, Tate was able to wrestle third
away from Dustin Ward, leaving him one position shy of the title.
As they crossed the line, it was Pashley for the feature win as well
as the season championship. Rounding out the top five were Dorn,
Tate, Larry Moen, and Stark. Pashley took home the title by a mere
four points over Jim Tate. Kyle
Stark was fast qualifier on the night with a lap of 15.186 and Ward
took the heat race win.
Gary Stark of Waunakee sewed up his championship with a win in
the 20 lap bandit feature event. Starting from the inside of row
nine, Stark sliced through the pack and into the top five by lap
six. Meanwhile, Dan Ellis was pacing the field out front until the
only caution slowed the event. After the restart, Ellis lost
control and spun to the infield, just as Stark cleared for second.
This handed Stark the lead, and he never looked back as he cruised
to the win. Following Stark across the line were Kyle Watters,
Stephen Scheel, Carlyn Voigt and Jess Watters. As mentioned, Gary
Stark claimed the 2007 bandit track championship. Jake Wasserburger
set the pace in qualifying with a 15.841 second tour of the quarter
mile. In heat race action, winners were Jeff LeFave, Stark and
Wasserburger.
In wild and crazy back up action, Dave Moore of McFarland claimed
the win in the final feature event of the season while Bruce Havel
wrapped up the championship. Moore grabbed the lead entering turn
one of the first lap. Lap two saw George Wachuta spin while running
in second, spacing out the field considerably. But by lap six, the
pack was bunched up once again, as Andy Ward looked to lead. But
Moore was able to fend off the advances, taking the win followed by
Ward and Ryan Oetzel.
This concludes the 2007 season at Columbus 151 Speedway.
Congratulations to all our champions. We would like to thank all
the fans, drivers and sponsors for a great season and see you all
next year!
For complete results from the RACESTAT computer click here
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Tim Syvrud (#26) won the Street Stock division title at the
Columbus 151 Speedway.
Chris Ehrhart (#6) won the evening's Street Stock feature race.
A loose wheel leads to a big mix-up during the Street Stock
feature.
#20 Gary Pashley won the Hobby Stock feature, and in doing so,
captured the division title.
