Troy Nelson tops Mark Eswein in CWRA Late Model feature action!

April 24, 1999; Marshfield, WI: - The beautiful weather brought out 26 Great North Legends tonight, it was the first time the division ran this season. Matt Kocourek of Racine set fast time. Brian Back set the pace for the CWRA Late Models and Cale Laessig was the quick timer for the CWSSA Super Stocks.

Troy Nelson kept his car heading the right way and avoided the accidents which eliminated many of his competitors in the CWRA Late Model feature race at Marshfield Super Speedway. The win was Nelson's first of the 1999 racing season at the half-mile paved oval.

Rocky Breezer and Pete Kempf fought for the lead of the CWRA Late Model feature the first six laps. By lap seven Breezer had two new competitors challenging him for the top spot, as Jeff Weinfurter and Rory Melbinger gave chase.

Last season's CWRA Rookie of the Year Brian Back wound up making an off track excursion during the feature race. In all six drivers were eliminated in accidents during the main event of tonight's program!

Two accidents on lap nine took out six drivers from the feature event. Weinfurter took the lead on the restart. Troy Nelson moved to the front and grabbed the lead on lap 18. Nelson was followed by Mark Eswein, Tom Reffner and Wayne Breitenfeldt. The top five held their positions to the checkered flag.

Defending Super Stock champ, Merle Weinfurter (#24) took home the win in the evenings feature event for the class. The race finished under caution one lap short of the scheduled distance.

John Bell held the lead of the CWSSA Super Stock feature for 12 laps but couldn't hold off Merle Weinfurter, Cale Laessig, Judd Brandl, Jason Kirsling and Shawn Stelzer. Weinfurter took the lead on lap 13. As the top five changed positions each lap, and accident on lap 19 ended the race on the white flag lap. Weinfuter won, Laessig, Brandl, Kirsling and Stelzer rounding out the top five.

Scott Brandt bested a huge field of 26 Great North Legends in the feature race. A late race caution kept the pack tight with the lead group crossing the line in close formation. Brandt was out front of that pack when the checkered flag fell.

The Legend feature's first leader was Milt Kemp Jr.. The lead changed to Scott Brandt on lap four. Pat Hinner, Kemp, Paul Menard and Curt Gnatzig followed. By lap ten, lapped cars were a factor in the feature. Brandt held on, Charlie Menard had moved into second and Paul Menard ran third.

On lap 15, Aaron Soderberg moved into third and on lap 18 he took over second as Matt Kocourek made his move into the third position on lap18 behind Brandt and Soderberg.

Brandt held on to win the race with Soderberg second, Kocourek third, Paul Menard fourth and Charlie Manard fifth.

Darrell Paschel won the 1-main Cruiser feature followed by Glen Bargender, Chad Simone and Doug Becker.

The 2-Main Cruiser event was won by John Kampert Jr., and John Kampert Sr., besting Scott Voda and Gary Schallock. Third place went to Jim Hansen and Tim Gulden.

Next weeks Saturday night racing prougram will be run in memory of Jake Schoenfuss. Time trials are at 5:00 p.m. and racing begins at 6:30 p.m. Divisions racing next week are CWRA Carquest Late Models, CWSSA Carquest Super Stocks, 1-Man Cruisers, Great North Legends and 2-Man Cruisers.

	Cruiser cars come in two varieties this year. The one man version replaces the pure stocks of last year and Darrell Paschell (#35) came home the winner in the feature race.
The "Team" or 2-man Cruiser class continues to be popular with fans and drivers and this weeks main event was won by the team of John Kampert Sr. and his son John Kampert Jr. (#01)

For addition information on Marshfield Speedway please call (715) 387-2717 or (715) 384-8325. Marshfield Speedway is located three miles west of Marshfield Wisconsin on County Highway H.

20 Lap Feature Event	Time Trials
1. #66 Troy Nelson	1. #61 Brian Back	18.129 Secs.
2. #71 Mark Eswein	2. #66 Troy Nelson	18.354 Secs.
3. #88 Tom Reffner	3. #88 Rory Melbinger	18.357 Secs.
4. #64 Rocky Breezer	4. #26 Gary Back	18.371 Secs.
5. #14 Wayne Breitenfeldt	5. # 1 Brian Seubert	18.464 Secs.
6. #15 Dean LaPointe
7. #64 John Frazier
8. #26 Gary Back
9. # 3 Jeff Weinfurter
10. #28 Wayne Cottrell

First Heat: 1.) Joe Krzykowski; 2.) Breezer; 3.) Cottrell
Second Heat: 1.) Breitenfeldt; 2.) Eswein; 3.) G. Back
Dash: 1.) Melbinger; 2.) Nelson; 3.) B. Back

Feature Event	Time Trials
1. #24 Merle Weinfurter	1. #01 Cale Laessig	20.638 Secs.
2. #01 Cale Laessig	2. #40 Shawn Stelzer	20.657 Secs.
3. #27 Judd Brandl	3. #24 Merle Weinfurter	20.883 Secs.
4. #99 Jason Kirsling	4. #27 Judd Brandl	21.086 Secs.
5. #40 Shawn Stelzer	5. #99 Jason Kirsling	21.087 Secs.
6. #99 Johnny Bell
7. #17 Jason Szymkowiak
8. # 3 Allan Sansky
9. #78 Scott Hamel
10. #409 David Pagels

First Heat: 1.) Bell; 2.) Sansky; 3.) Pagels
Second Heat: 1.) Kirsling; 2.) Weinfurter; 3.) Laessig
Dash: 1.) Kirsling; 2.) Laessig; 3.) Brandl

Feature Event	Time Trials
1. #78 Scott Brandt	1. #43 Matt Kocourek	21.389 Secs.
2. # 8 Aaron Soderberg	2. #27 Charlie Menard	21.589 Secs.
3. #43 Matt Kocourek	3. # 9 Dwayne Vetrone	21.658 Secs.
4. #81 Paul Menard	4. # 8 Aaron Soderberg	21.878 Secs.
5. #27 Charlie Menard	5. # 2 Dave Keays	21.888 Secs.
6. # 9 Dwayne Vetrone
7. #18 Mile Kemp Jr.
8. #78 Hermann Greinig

First Heat: 1.) Dan O'Connell; 2.) Wayne Cottrell; 3.) Ben Pettis
Second Heat: 1.) Greinig; 2.) Pat Hinner; 3.) Kemp Jr.
Third Heat: 1.) Paul Menard; 2.) Soderberg; 3.) Dean Fischer
Dash: 1.) Soderberg; 2.) Charlie Manard; 3.) Kocourek

Feature: 1.)Darrell Paschel; 2.) Glen Bargender; 3.) Chad Simone; 4.) Doug Becker
Heat: 1.) Bargender; 2.) Simone; 3.) Becker; 4.) Paschel

Feature: 1.) John Kampert Jr./John Kampert Sr. 2.) Scott Voda/Gary Schallock 3.) Jim Hansen/ Tim Gulden.