June 22, 2007; Columbus, WI. - Dean Schultz of Juneau effectively used the outside groove to win the Late Model main event after being edge at the line last week and settling for second.

14 year-old Ross Kenseth (#37) of Spring Valley, IL and former track champion Scott Patrick (#40) of Sullivan made up the front row of the 35-lap late model feature event. Patrick jumped out to nearly a full car-length before Kenseth gathered himself back up and briefly taking the lead.

Photo Highlights

Dean Schultz captured his first Late Model feature victory of the 2007 season atthe Columbus 151 Speedway. Don Trush picked up his first Street Stock Feature win of the season. Mike Storkson picks up the win for the Hobby Stock Feature. #9 Dustin Ward tried to chase down #94.1 Mike Storkson for the lead in the Hobby Stock Feature.   Gary Stark lead the way to a Bandit Feature Victory. Jim Remsik Jr makes it into victory lane after winning the Back-Up Feature.

The two touched as they battled for the lead on lap two and both slipped back into the field. Andy Tomlinson (Poynette) sitting in for John Wasserburger benefited as he was handed the lead. The caution flag fell on lap 6 when contact between Patrick and Jeff Falbe (Beaver Dam) in turns one and two caused the field to shuffle and eventually spit out Kurt Clapper (Dane) and Al Weishoff (Columbus). The green flag flew for merely one lap before Jerry Eckhardt (Johnson Creek) spun on the front straightaway with a little help. Tomlinson brought the field back up to speed on lap 7 with Schultz trying unsuccessfully to run the outside groove. The extended period of green flag racing and patience on Schultz part showed dividends on lap 22 as he began to work his way up on the outside. Steve Dobbratz (Rio) chased Schultz on the outside but got tangled with Jason Dunn (Sun Prairie) sending Dunn around on lap 33 drawing a caution flag. Schultz secured his win on the restart as they crossed the line he was followed by Tomlinson, Don Gaserude and Ron Bishofberger both of Fort Atkinson, and Falbe in fifith.

Jerry Junget of Rio, Rocky Breezer (Poynette) and Bill Gray (Waunakee) took home first place finishes in the 10-lap heat races. The semi-feature event sent winner Kurt Clapper and runner-up Bill Gray (Waunakee) to the Feature. Fast time was set by Steve Dobbratz of Rio with a 13.383 second lap.

Dennis Schwark of Sun Prairie and Don Trush of Fitchburg brought the field to the line for 30 laps of Street Stock feature action. Trush grabbed the whole shot from outside row one and never looked back. Kevin Anderson (Cottage Grove) found the outside groove but simply couldn't get around Schwark. Scott Lawver (Roscoe, IL) also found the outside as Zeke Bishofberger (Fort Atkinson) and Tim Syvrud (Poynette) made it three wide down the back straightaway, they made it through turns three and four before Lawver wisely tucked in behind them. As the field settled into single file Bret Schmidt (Watertown) tested the outside. Initially falling back with an inside challenge from Brandon Reidner (Waunakee) he would charge back by lap 27 to challenge for second place outside of Schwark. At the line Trush lead by more than a  quarter of a lap over Schmidt, Schwark and Reidner.

Johnny Robinson (Beloit) and Mike Amador (Mazomanie) each won their respective heat races and Bret Schmidt set fast time on the evening with a 14.009 second circuit.

Rookie Jamie Dunn (#71) of Sun Prairie and Jarrod Sutherland (Beloit) lead the 20-lap Hobby Stock Feature to the green flag. Dunn would hold the early advantage until lap 4 when #86 worked his way up on the outside and edge her out at the line. Alex Papini tried to split the leaders as they crossed the start/finish line on lap 7 and all three found themselves in the wall in the middle of turns one and two. Trying to avoid the situation landed three other cars, including Mike Storkson, tangled near the wall on the back straightaway. With the leaders either not able to continue or being sent to the rear Mike
Storkson was anointed the new leader. The lap 7 restart placed Storkson in control of his destiny as Dustin Ward (Beaver Dam) challenged but was unable to overtake the leader. Following Storkson and Ward across the line were Gary Pashley (Marshall), Andy Raley (Fall River), and Jim Tate of Watertown.

Jim Tate scored the lone heat race victory from the back of the pack of twelve cars after setting a quick time of 15.055.

A wild 18-lap Bandit ended after just 17 laps. As a sign of things to come caution fell on lap 1 as the field tried to go four-wide on the back straightaway and sent Kevin Kulka to the pits. On the restart the outside groove benefited from Kulka's absence as they moved up a position and Kulka rejoined the field as they took the green. Tiffany Desjarlais (Columbus) held the lead on lap one but relinquished it the following circuit to Scotty Hoeft. By lap 5 traffic began to get nasty with drivers pushing and shoving to get to the front, often moving the opposite direction. Gary Stark (Waunakee) used the high line effectively and earned the second position by lap 11 with Kyle Watters following closely. Brian Paulson (Edgerton) spun on lap 13 but corrected before a caution fell leaving him just in front of the leaders. Stark found an opening down low, taking the lead from Hoeft on lap 14 and never looking back. On lap 17 Hoeft and Watters made contact and Watters found himself pointed the wrong direction. Without a chance for a green, white, and checkered finish officials called the
order at lap #17 the final and ushered the cars off the track. Officially Stark was your winner followed by Kyle Watters, Nate Lecy (Monona), Steve Privitt (Fall River), and Stephen Scheel of Lake Mills.

Gary Stark, Kyle Watters, and Chester Ace (Oregon) captured victories in their heat races. Matt Reuter of Columbus and Scott Dolphin advanced on to the main event by finishing first and second in the Bandit semi-feature event. Gary Stark's fastest lap of 15.842 secured his clean sweep on the night.

Considered tame next to that Bandit Feature the 8-lap "Wild & Crazy" Back-up Feature was fronted by Wayne Hook of Oregon and Jim Remsik of De Forest. Halfway through lap 1 Remsik cleared Hook and never looked back. The top two in points Bruce Havel (Deerfield) and George Wachuta (Brooklyn) fought through traffic and a spinning Andy Ward (Madison) to take the second and third positions. Remsik finished first followed by Havel, Wachuta, Dave Moore (McFarland) and Jug Hur (Madison).

Next Friday, June 29 is a full program in all divisions including the Wild & Crazy Back-up Cars.

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