Stapleman visits and wins CWRA Late Model main at Marshfield!

Stapleman visits and wins CWRA Late Model main at Marshfield!
Local racers Melbinger and Laessig score track titles!

August 28, 1999; Marshfield, WI: - The race was on for points tonight, being it was Season Championship for the Late Models, Super Stocks and Legends. Rory Melbinger won the points championship in the Late Models and Ben Pettis in the Legends. The closest points race was between Cale Laessig and Judd Brandl. At the start of the night they were only seven points apart. Both trying to best the other, Brandl won the dash and the feature but Laessig still took home his first Season Championship with only five points over Brandl.

In the CWRA Late Model feature, Mike Brahmstedt led the first five laps until Wayne Breitenfeldt took over. Todd Stapleman had followed Breitenfeldt to the top and was running second, with Brahmstedt falling back to third. Two cautions on lap six sent Brahmstedt and Joe Krzykowski to the back of the pack. Mark Eswein now moved into third on the re-start. On lap nine, Stapleman passed Breitenfeldt for the lead.

Eswein followed Stapleman and passed Breitenfeldt on lap ten. On lap 18, lapped traffic became a factor, but the top three held their positions. Stapleman won, Eswein second and Breitenfeldt third.

Cary Lyons held the lead, then passed it on to Tim Plowman in the CWSSA Super Stock feature. On lap ten, Judd Brandl passed Plowman for the lead. Chad Brundidge had made his way to third by lap 11. Lap 14, he moved into second. Cale Laessig was working through the field and on the checkered flag he got third from Plowman. Brandl won, Brundidge second and Laessig third.

Tom Schnitzler led the first three laps of the Legend feature. Lap four Ben Pettis grabbed it. Russ Weiler took second from Schnitzler on lap five, but the battle wasn't over. Schnitzler and Weiler went back and forth over the next four laps until Trent Snyder took third from Weiler. On lap 15, a spin involving Snyder and Pat Hinner sent both to the back. Dwayne Vetrone then filled the third spot. Paul Menard passed Vetrone and then passed Schnitzler to take over second. Pettis won, Menard second and Schnitzler third.


Something old something new! Glen Bargender (#10) was a new face in victory lane after winning the 1-man Cruiser feature, while Rodney Feltz and Fran Esser (#6) have visited the winner's circle before as a dominant team in the 2-man Cruiser division.

In the 1-Man Cruiser feature, Matt Horn led, then it was Chad Simone. A spin on lap two in turn two took both of them out of the race as well as Doug Becker, Mike Fitzgerald and Travis Zvolena. Glen Bargender then inherited the lead. Robert Hainzlsperger took it from Bargender on lap seven, but on the white flag lap Bargender grabbed it back. Bargender won, Duwayne Davis second, Hainzlsperger third.

The next event will be 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!

25 Lap Feature Event	Time Trials
1. #77 Todd Stapleman	1. #61 Brian Back	18.090 Seconds
2. #71 Mark Eswein	2. #26 Gary Back	18.102 Seconds
3. #14 Wayne Breitenfeldt	3. #71 Mark Eswein	18.266 Seconds
4. #26 Gary Back	4. #77 Todd Stapleman	18.291 Seconds
5. #61 Brian Back	5. #15 Dean LaPointe	18.426 Seconds
6. #88 Rory Melbinger
7. #28 Wayne Cottrell
8. #64 John Frazier
9. #77 Joe Krzykowski
10. #55 Mike Budleski

First Heat: 1.) Budleski; 2.) Rocky Breezer; 3.) Jesse Haase
Second Heat: 1.) Melbinger; 2.) Cottrell; 3.) Krzykowski
Third Heat: 1.) Eswein; 2.) Breitenfeldt; 3.) Stapleman
Dash: 1.) Stapleman; 2.) B. Back; 3.) G. Back

20 Lap Feature Event	Time Trials
1. #27 Judd Brandl	1. #01 Cale Laessig	20.408 Seconds
2. # 7 Chad Brundidge	2. #27 Judd Brandl	20.427 Seconds
3. #01 Cale Laessig	3. # 7 Chad Brundidge	20.521 Seconds
4. #80 Tim Plowman	4. #40 Shawn Stelzer	20.723 Seconds
5. # 8 Carl Saylor	5. #62 Greg Back	20.753 Seconds
6. #40 Shawn Stelzer
7. #62 Greg Back
8. #37 Matt Wisz
9. #409 David Pagels
10. #82 Cary Lyons

First Heat: 1.) Johnny Bell; 2.) Bernie Fritz Jr; 3.) Wisz
Second Heat: 1.) Merle Weinfurter; 2.) Plowman; 2.) Laessig
Dash: 1.) Brandl; 2.) Back; 3.) Laessig

20 Lap Feature Event	Time Trials
1. #28 Ben Pettis	1. #81 Paul Menard	21.454 Seconds
2. #81 Paul Menard	2. #28 Ben Pettis	21.587 Seconds
3. #53 Tom Schnitzler	3. #55 Dean Fisher	21.667 Seconds
4. # 9 Dwayne Vetrone	4. # 7 Scott Brandt	21.718 Seconds
5. #29 Paul Noskowiak	5. # 9 Dwayne Vetrone	21.718 Seconds
6. #18 Milt Kemp Jr.
7. # 6 Curt Gnatzig
8. #41 Adam Allpress

First Heat: 1.) Jeffrey Way; 2.) Paul Menard; 2.) Russ Weiler
Second Heat: 1.) T. Schnitzler; 2.) Fisher; 3.) Pat Hinner
Third Heat: 1.) Vetrone; 2.) Pettis; 3.) Gnatzig
Dash: 1.) Vetrone; 2.) Brandt; 3.) Fisher

15 Lap Feature Event	Time Trials
1. #10 Glen Bargender	1. #77 Doug Becker	24.105 Seconds
2. #11 Duwayne Davis	2. #99 Donald Tieman Jr.	24.896 Seconds
3. #29 Robert Hainzspreger	3. #10 Glen Bargender	25.266 Seconds
4. #370 Travis Hoff	4. #29 Robert Hainzspreger	25.330 Seconds
5. #70 Matt Horn
6. #13 Kevin Dupee
7. #99 Donald Tieman Jr.
8. #77 Doug Becker

First Heat: 1.) Chad Simone; 2.) K. Dupee; 3.) Davis
Second Heat: 1.) Becker; 2.) Tieman Jr.; 3.) G. Bargender

Feature: 1.) Fran Esser & Rodeney Feltz; 2.) Gary Schallock & Tim Dupee; 3.) Chuck Green & Chris Sternweis; 4.) Todd Neiter & Mike Gwidt; 5.) Brian Gabel & Brian Dupee