August 2, Plymouth, WI.
Billy Kreutz of Kiel executed a daring final lap pass to collect his first victory of the season in spectacular fashion during the 30-lap Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Winged Super Modified main event Saturday night at the Sheboygan County Fair Park on Tuschl Septic Systems Night at the races.
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Bill Kreutz earned
his first Winged Super Modified feature victory of the
season in dramatic fashion. Going into the final lap
Kreutz powered around the outside of Ken Jay Fielder to
snatch the lead and the victory. Kreutz celebrates in victory lane with EWSC trophy queen Haley Ditter after the thrilling finish. |
Craig Schueffner of Sheboygan Falls bolted into the lead on the drop of the green flag from his pole position. On lap three, the red flag appeared for an eight car incident in turn four. The accident forced Randy Butler of Juneau, Dave Enders of Kiel and Jim DePagter of Sheboygan Falls to drop out of the race.
On the restart, third starter Ken Jay Fiedler of Sheboygan Falls used the outside groove to power around Schueffner exiting turn four. However, Schueffner returned the favor one lap later as he battled back along the low line to retake the lead in the fourth corner of the third-mile clay oval.
Schueffner maintained the top spot during the middle stages of the race until lap 20 when the rim riding Fiedler moved in to mount another challenge for the lead. Following a heated five lap side-by-side battle, Fiedler finally powered pas Schueffner to assume the lead exiting turn four on lap 25.
As Fiedler moved down to the low groove to protect his lead in the closing laps, fifth starting Kreutz ventured up to the outside groove to join Fiedler and Schueffner in a three car duel with two laps remaining in the event.
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| With the crowd on their feet, Bill Kreutz (#3) takes the win over Ken Jay Fielder (orange car). Kerutz had just pulled off a daring pass in the final turns to grab the win. |
On the last lap of the race, Kreutz powered around Fiedler and Schueffner with an impressive three wide maneuver in turn three. The fifth year Winged Super Modified competitor then held on to earn his third career triumph by less that a half car length at the finish line.
"I am really happy to get this victory," Kreutz said. "After that big accident in the early going, I knew that not too many of the guys would try to run the top right away. I decided to stay on the bottom and wait for and opening. The I saw Fiedler go up high and pass Schueffner for the lead near the end and I just followed him. I figured I would either win the race or finish third and luckily things worked out for us. Our team had a rough start to the year, but we've been having a lot of fun lately."
Schueffner wound up second, Fiedler fell back to third on the final lap, outside front row starter Kevin Schnell of Kiel took fourth and Chuck Melis of Plymouth moved up from the fourth row to place fifth.
After enduring a frustrating season, 1993 Limited Late Model champion Randy Markwardt of Sheboygan picked up his first victory of the season in the 25 lap Limited Late Model feature event.
| Randy Markwardt the
1993 Limited Late Model champion is all smiles after
picking up his first Limited Late Model feature of the
season. Markwardt came from deep in the field and held off a late race charge by Dick Hed to win the event. |
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Polesitter Dale Bauer grabbed the lead in turn two on the opening lap. On the next circuit, fourth starter Jeff Fechter of West Bend worked his way into the lead exiting turn two.
Fechter held the top spot until a seven car mishap along the front straightaway brought out the red flag on lap five. The incident knocked fast qualifier Randy Harshbarger of Campbellsport out of the race. Following the restart, Fechter began to feel heavy pressure from inside fifth row starter Henry Dickmann of Sheboygan and Markwardt, who started 16th.
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Out front! Randy Markwardt (#7) uses the low line to get by early race leader Henry Dickman (#71). Markwardt was able to pace the remained of the event to earn his first feature win of the season. Dickman faded to a sixth place finish. |
Dickmann used the outside groove to take over the top spot on lap nine before Markwardt moved underneath Dickmann to assume command of the lead in turn four on lap 11. Two laps later, the second red flag of the event flew for a spin on the backstretch involving Mark Zimmermann of Kohler.
When the race resumed, 1966 Limited Late Model champion Dick Hed of Plymouth charged from his 18th place starting spot to challenge Markwardt along the high line starting on lap 18. He continued to pressure Markwardt over the final seven circuits as the two 20 year veterans weaved their way through lapped traffic, but Markwardt fended off Hed down the stretch to record a two car length victory.
Hed was second, Dave Jessen of Fredonia came up from his eighth row starting spot to place third, Rick Thompson of Campbellsport finished fourth and Mark Dingel of Sheboygan ended up fifth after starting 12th.
Dean Goesse of Howards Grove earned a flag-to-flag victory in the 20 lap Super Stock feature.
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Super Stock feature winner Dean Gosse lead the entire feature race. Taking the lead at the drop of the green, Gosse held off a late charge by Dave Horneck to secure the win. |
Gosse started on the pole and immediately took the lead on the initial lap of the race. The third year Super Stock competitor held down the top spot throughout the race with fellow front row starter Dave Horneck of Greenleaf and fifth starter Jim Bailey of Oostburg in close pursuit.
Goesse turned back late race charges from Horneck and Bailey during the final 10 laps to capture his second feature victory of the season in the non-stop race.
Horneck was second, Bailey took third, Mike Anderson of Sheboygan finished fourth and Sheboygan's Brian Genske placed fifth.
Gary Laack of Glenbuelah won the 15 lap Winged Super Modified "B" semi-feature, while Eddie Staehler of Kewaskum was victorious in the 8 lap Winged Super Modified "C" semi-feature. Kiel's Jeremy Becker took the checkered flag in the 15 lap Limited Late Model semi-feature. Jerry Gilson of Elkhart Lake won the 15 lap Super Stock semi-feature.
The membership of Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car has voted to extend the season by one week to help make up for the four rained out programs earlier this year. The annual End-of-Season Championship night of racing will now mark the close of the 1997 EWSC racing season on Saturday, September 13th, 1997.
Next week is Winner Circle of St. Cloud Night at the races. Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car competes every Saturday Night at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds located in Plymouth, WI. Gates open at 5:00 P.M. with Time Trials at 6:00 P.M.
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The first race of the evening starts at 7:00 PM. Action takes place in the Winged Super Modified, Limited Late Model and Super Stock divisions. Over 110 cars compete nightly!!
Winged Super Modifieds
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FAST QUALIFIER: #99 Chuck Tuschl, Cato,....13.427 seconds.
Limited Late Models
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FAST QUALIFIER: # 7 Randy Harshbarger, Campbellsort,.... 15.311 Seconds
Super Stocks
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FAST QUALIFIER: #85 Dave Haag, Plymouth...NO TIME AVAILABLE