June 29, 2007; Columbus, WI. - After experiencing a three year drought in the win column, Mike Taylor of Stoughton has won two features in three weeks at Columbus 151 Speedway. Taylor won his second of the season on Friday night in
the 35 lap late model main event. Rookie Shaun Scheel and Delbert Desjarles paced the field to the drop of the green flag.
Conspicuously absent from the pack was point leader Steve Dobbratz after he was caught up in an accident earlier in the evening during one of the heat races.

Photo Highlights

#41 Mike Taylor makes it across the finish line ahead of #87 Aaron Falbe only by inches to win his 2nd Late Model Feature this season. #8 Shaun Scheel watches as #87 Aaron Falbe slides by him to take over 2nd place during the Late Model Feature. #52 Steve Dobbratz waits for a tow while #01 Bobbi Bishofberger gets turned right side up after being involved in an incident during the Late Model Heat race. Ed Jackson is joined by wife Bambi to celebrate his Street Stock Feature win. #87 Ed Jackson tries to keep #4D Bud Riedner at bay during the Street Stock Feature. Dustin Ward picks up his first Hobby Stock feature win of the 2007 season at Columbus 151 Speedway.   Kyle Watters picks up another Bandit Feature win. #32 Jake Wasserburger turns up the heat on #7 Kyle Watters during the Bandit Feature. Jim Remsik Jr grabs another Back-Up Feature win.

Scheel grabbed the initial lead as they crossed the line to complete lap one. Before they could finish a second lap, the only caution of the race slowed the field. Desjarles lined up behind Scheel on the restart with Mike Taylor to the high side. On the restart, Taylor remained in the outside groove as he began to look to make a pass on Scheel, while Desjarles and Jeff Falbe battled for third. The majority of the pack raced side by side over the next few laps. Taylor finally pulled even with Scheel on lap seven. Three laps later, Taylor took sole possession of the top spot while Scheel dropped into second with Desjarles in third.

On lap 20, Aaron Falbe maneuvered into fifth and began his trek to the front. Falbe moved into fourth around Al Weishoff and immediately dove inside Desjarles for third. With ten laps remaining, Falbe charged to the outside of Scheel for second. After making quick work of Scheel, Falbe set his sights on the leader, Taylor. Each lap saw Falbe reel in the leader a little more and with four laps to go, Falbe was on the rear bumper of Taylor. On lap 33, Falbe pulled alongside Taylor for the lead. The two competitors battled side by side over the final two laps with Taylor nipping Falbe at the line by just inches to take the victory. Rounding out the top five were Al Weishoff, Dean Schultz and Scheel. Dobbratz took quick time on the evening with a lap of 13.530 while heat winners included Jeff Falbe and Ron Bishofberger.

Madison's Ed Jackson claimed his third feature win of the season by winning the 30 lap street stock main event. Starting alongside Johnny Robinson on the front row, Jackson took control of race on the first lap and never relinquished his lead. Chris Ehrhart followed Jackson under Robinson with Brandon Riedner in third. Ehrhart immediately began working on the leader, looking for a lane to pass. On lap eight, Ehrhart looked to the high side allowing Riedner to slip underneath for second. Reidner took his turn trying to pass Jackson for the lead, trying every lane possible. The field was slowed for
the only caution of the race on lap 23. Upon the restart, Riedner went back to work on Jackson looking for a pass. But Jackson hadjust enough to stay out front as he crossed under the checkers in first followed by Riedner, Jim Rohrbeck, Dan Schmidt and Scott Lawver. Bret Schmidt paced the field in qualifying with a lap of 14.103. Taking wins in heat race action were Ehrhart, Tony Showers and Dennis Schwark.

Dustin Ward of Beaver Dam dominated the 20 lap hobby stock feature en route to his first win of the season. Ward and Alex Papini made up row one on the start. At the drop of the green, Ward and Papini made contact several times before Ward claimed the lead on lap two. Jimmy Robinson followed into second with Gary Pashley in third while Papini
dropped back into the pack. Ward increased his lead over the field during the caution free event as he was never challenged for the win. Following Ward across the line were Robinson, Pashley, Kyle Stark and Larry Moen. Ward also claimed the heat race win while Jim Tate set fast time with a lap of 15.126.

Kyle Watters of Stoughton won his third feature of the season after taking the victory in the 18 lap bandit main event. Tiffany Desjarles and Matt Reuter traded the lead on lap one while Scott Dolphin trailed them both. Reuter took control as Dolphin moved into second. Sean Watters entered the top five and charged into third on lap four just as Dolphin gained the lead from Reuter. A lap later, Sean Watters flew by Dolphin into the lead with Jake Wasserburger and Kyle Watters
in tow. Gary Stark also followed into fourth as the top four ran nose to tail and began to pull away from the rest of the pack. On lap ten, Wasserburger tried the high groove to get around the leader which allowed Kyle Watters to slide into second behind his brother Sean. Lapped traffic on lap 12 allowed Kyle to get inside Sean and take over the top spot. Kyle Watters survived a late race caution and a challenge by Wasserburger to take the win. Rounding out the top five were Wasserburger, Sean Watters, Josh Bisbee and Stephen Scheel. Gary Stark owned quick time on the night with a lap of 15.813. Taking honors in the heats were Stark and Sean Watters.

In wild and crazy back up action, Jim Remsik of DeForest won his second feature in a row in the 8 lap event. Wayne Hook grabbed the early lead with Remsik in tow for second. On lap two, Remsik charged around Hook for the top position as Bruce Havel followed. Havel spent the next six laps trying to run down the leader. But Remsik proved too strong as he crossed the line in first followed by Havel and Andy Ward.

Next Friday, July 6, is a full program in all divisions highlighted by the Cherry Bomb 50 lap feature for the late models as well as extended features for the street stock and hobby stock divisions. The evenings festivities will be capped off by a fireworks display. Time trials begin at 6:30 with racing at 8 pm. For more information visit www.racingonline.com/columbus151.

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