Melbinger scores sixth CWRA Late Model win of season!!

August 21, 1999; Marshfield, WI: -   Brian Back, Judd Brandl and Doug Becker set the pace for the night in their respective classes.

Gary Back beat out Brian in the dash and points leader Cale Laessig bested everyone in the Super Stock dash. 

Rory Melbinger (#88) scored his sixth CWRA Late Model feature triumph of the season at Marshfield Speedway.  With the victory Melbinger all but clinched his first title on Marshfield Speedway's asphalt.  He formerly won titles on the dirt surface before the track was paved in 1996. 82199c.jpg (20616 bytes)

John Frazier passed pole sitter Rocky Breezer for the initial lead in the CWRA Late Model feature. Breezer and Bobby Stolze were vying for position. Breezer was holding the inside lane with Stolze trying to get by on the outside. On lap 12 Breezer and Stolze switched lanes and got into a spin. Both cars went off the asphalt and ended up on the top of the embankment and taking them out of the race.

82199a.jpg (19281 bytes) Off track!  Bobby Stolze Jr. (#83) and Rocky Breezer (#64) found themselves off the raceway when the pair tangled while running for the lead.  Neither drivers was injured in the incident.

On the re-start, points leader Rory Melbinger took over the lead. Frazier fell into second followed by Mike Brahmstedt. Gary Back passed Brahmstedt for third on lap 16. On lap 21, car troubles took Back out of the race and Dean LaPointe moved into third. Melbinger won, Frazier second and LaPointe third.

Hot Rod Lincoln Strikes again!  Johnny Bell drove his Lincoln Continental bodied racecar to victory in the CWSSA Super Stock feature event.  Bell took over on lap six of the twenty lap event and took the checkered. 82199b.jpg (19793 bytes)

In the CWSSA Super Stock feature, Matt Wisz held the lead for the first six laps until John Bell took over. Merle Weinfurter made his way from an eighth place start into second on lap eight. Fast timer Judd Brandl passed Weinfurter for second on lap 15. On the checkered flag lap Cale Laessig passed Weinfurter, taking away with third. Bell won, Brandl second and Laessig third.

Robert Detwiler led laps one through five of the 1-Man Cruiser feature. Ric Anderson led the next two laps until Doug Becker took the lead for good. Becker won, Anderson second and Don Tieman third.  

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They've been here before!  Doug Becker (#77) had found the winners circle on numerous occasions in 1999 during 1-man Cruiser action, while Fran Esser and Rodney Feltz (#6) are equally adept at making their way to victory lane in two man Cruiser action.

The team of Fran Esser and Rodney Feltz took home the win once again after being out of the win for two weeks. Jon Vayda and Pete Stargardt placed second and Todd Neiter and Mike Gwidt third.

This Saturday is Wheeler Chev-Geo-Olds-Pontiac-Cadillac & Miller Beer Season Championships.  It will mark the final point night of the 1999 season at Marshfield Speedway. Racing includes CWRA Late Models, CWSSA Super Stock, Great North Legends, 1-Man Cruisers and 2- Man Cruisers. Time trials at 6 p.m., 7:30 racing.

Racing however will continue on September 4th, with the Carquest / WDEZ Race of Champions, and racing will again take place on September 11th with the CARQUEST Auto Parts inviatational.  On that veening the $22,000 Dodge Dakota Pace truck will be given away to some lucky winner!

Divisions racing are CWRA Late Models, CWSSA Super Stocks, 1- Man Cruisers and 2-Man Cruisers in each event. Time Trials at 6 p.m., racing 7:30 p.m.  Marshfield Super Speedway is a half-mile paved oval, located three miles west of Marshfield, WI on county hwy H. 

Race Results
CWRA Late Model Division

25 Lap Feature Event Time Trials
1. #88 Rory Melbinger

1. #61 Brian Back

 18.334 Seconds
2. #64 John Frazier 2. #26 Gary Back 18.438 Seconds
3. #15 Dean LaPointe 3. #15 Dean LaPointe  18.467 Seconds
4. #12 Mark Mackesy 4. #77 Joe Kryzkowski 18.501 Seconds
5. #18 Mike Brahmstedt 5. #97 Pete Kempf 18.506 Seconds
6. #28 Wayne Cottrell
7. #67 Keith Witt
8. #77 Joe Krzykowski
9. #88 Barid Reffner
10. #55 Mike Budleski

First Heat: 1.) Rocky Breezer; 2.) M. Mackesy; 3.) Reffner
Second Heat: 1.) Melbinger; 2.) Brahmstedt; 3.) Lapointe
Dash: 1.) G. Back; 2.) B. Back; 3.) Krzykowski

CWSSA Super Stock Division

20 Lap Feature Event Time Trials
1. #99 Johnny Bell

1. #27 Judd Brandl

20.547 Seconds
2. #27 Judd Brandl 2. #01 Cale Laessig 20.587 Seconds
3. #01 Cale Laessig 3. #62 Greg Back 20.657 Seconds
4. #24 Merle Weinfurter 4. #40 Shawn Stelzer  20.704 Seconds
5. # 7 Chad Brundidge 5. # 7 Chad Brundidge 20.777 Seconds
6. #62 Greg Back
7. #40 Shawn Stelzer
8. #80 Tim Plowman
9. #409 David Pagels
10. #17 Bernie Fritz Jr.

First Heat: 1.) Matt Wisz; 2.) Bell; 3.) Cary Lyons
Second Heat: 1.) Weinfurter; 2.) Stelzer; 3.) Plowman
Dash: 1.) Laessig; 2.) Brundidge; 3.) Stelzer

1-Man Cruiser

15 Lap Feature Event Time Trials
1. #77 Doug Becker

1. #77 Doug Becker

24.368 Seconds
2. #12 Ric Anderson 2. #99 Donald Tieman Jr. 24.603 Seconds
3. #99 Donald Tieman Jr. 3. # 7 Chad Simone 25.164 Seconds
4. #24 Randy Bargender 4. #10 Glen Bargender 25.206 Seconds
5. #10 Glen Bargender
6. #472 Robert Detwiler
7. #70 Matt Horn
8. #29 Robert Hainzsperger

First Heat: 1.) Duwayne Davis; 2.) Hainzspreger; 3.) Detwiler
Second Heat: 1.) Becker; 2.) Anderos; 3.) Simone

2-Man Cruisers

Feature: 1.) Fran Esser & Rodeney Feltz; 2.) John Vayda & Pete Stargardt; 3.) Todd Neiter & Mike Gwidt; 4.) MIchael McMurray & Scott Rueth; 5.) Brian Briski & Nate Briski;