July 8, 2000; Marshfield, WI -   It was an overcast night of racing for the Copps Food Center, WDLB & WOSQ Mid-Season Championship. Mark Mackesy took home his fifth feature win in the CARQUEST Super Late Models. Cale Laessig grabbed the top spot in the CARQUEST Super Stock feature. In the 1-Man Cruisers Glen Bargender took the checkered.

Mark Mackesy (#12) continues to have a lock on victory lane as he scoed his fifth Super Late Model win of the 2000 season.

Mike Brahmstedt jumped into the lead from outside the pole at the start of the Super Late Model feature. Rick Grunden held second spot for three laps until sixth place starter Mark Mackesy passed Grunden. Grunden fell back to third, and then to fourth when Judd Brandl grabbed third.

Lap 13 Mackesy got by Brahmstedt for the lead and three laps later Brandl passed Brahmstedt for third. The next lap Gary Back passed Brahmstedt for third. Chris Wimmer was quickly moving from the back of the pack to the front and broke into the top five on lap 19. Several laps later Wimmer passed Brahmstedt for fourth. Brandl and Back were battling for second and lap 23 Back got the position. Mackesy won, Back second, Brandl third, Wimmer fourth and Jeff Weinfurter fifth.

The first two laps of the Super Stock feature were led by Brian Stroik. Newcomer Dave Lawrence led the next four laps. Points leader Cale Laessig who started on the outside of the second to last row took over the lead on lap seven.

Cale Laessig (#01) has had the hot hand in Super Sotck action this season.  The hometown racers had his sights second on a second straight Super Stock title and appeares to be on his way to earning it.

Lawrence continued to run in second and Allan Sankey and Merle Weinfurter battled back and forth over third. Sankey got ahead of Weinfurter and then passed Lawrence for second. The next lap Weinfurter got by Lawrence for third. Laessig won, Sankey second, Weinfurter third, Shawn Stelzer fourth and Johnny Bell fifth.

Glen Bargender (#10) put his 1-man Crusier in victory lane after topping the feature event.	A couple new faces were in victory lane as Kurt and Brad Grulaski (#007) topped the 2-man Crusier main event.

In the 1-Man Cruiser race, Scott Rueth led the first two laps until Matt Horn took the lead. Lap six the new leader was Glen Bargender with Rob Detwiler in second. Bargender won, Detwiler second, Dale Koplien third, Duwayne Davis fourth and Horn fifth.

Perhaps the bravest man at the track, Steve Kastern racked up another Motorcycle main event win.

Wisconsin Rapid’s Pat Bean made his return from injury a triumphant one with a heat race win in front of eleven other cycles. Hatley’s Steve Kasten came from the back row in the six lap heat to place second on his SK Service Yamaha 600. For the ten lap final Bean led the first five laps with Kasten taking over the top spot on lap six, just as Big Fall’s Lee Johnson fell by himself in turn three. The race was stopped and it became a four-lap shootout with the single file restart. Kasten held onto the top spot, while Beaver Dam’s Eric Mischler shot through the pack to take second place. Appleton’s Shannon Reimer jockeyed his 250 Kawasaki into third place.

Results: 1. Steve Kasten 2. Eric Mischler 3. Shannon Reimer 4. Scott Winkler 5. Pat Bean 6. Brad Seavers 7. Lee Johnson 8. T.J. Zeidler 9. Cliff Eckes 10. John Mischler 11. Woody Eckes 12. Chad Miller

Tonight’s Wal-Mart bicycle winner was Jim Can from Stratford. Next week Scotties Pizza & Chicken will sponsor the events. We will be running a full show plus the Legends will be back. Gates open at 5 p.m., qualifying at 6 p.m., and racing at 7:30.

Summary:

CARQUEST Super Late Models:
Freature: 1.) Mark Mackesy; 2.) Gary Back; 3.) Judd Brandl; 4.) Chris Wimmer; 5.) Jeff Weinfurter; 6.) Mike Brahmstedt; 7.) Scott Field; 8.) Dean Lapointe; 9.) Scott Brandt; 10.) Monte Gress; 11.) Tim Jackson; 12.) Rick Gruden
Heat 1: 1.) Jay Vandergeest; 2.) Mackesy; 3.) Brahmstedt
Heat 2: 1.) Brandl; 2.) Back; 3.) Wimmer
Dash: 1.) Field; 2.) Brandl; 3.) Back
Fast Qualifier: 1.) Field, 17.987 Seconds; 2.) Wimmer, 18.057 Seconds; 3.) Back, 18.152 Seconds

CARQUEST Super Stocks:
Freature:1.) Cale Laessig; 2.) Alan Sankey; 3.) Merle Weinfurter; 4.) Shawn Stelzer; 5.) Johnny Bell; 6.) Brian Stroik; 7.) Cary Lyons; 8.) Paul Meronk
Heat: 1.) Sankey; 2.) Weinfurter; 3.) Laessig
Dash: 1.)  Weinfurter; 2.) Stelzer; 3.) Laessig
Fast Qualifier: 1.) Stelzer, 20.268 Seconds; 2.) Laessig, 20.368 Seconds; 3.) Bell, 20.504 Seconds

1-Man Cruisers:
Freature:1.) Glen Bargender; 2.) Robert Detwiler; 3.) Dale Koplein; 4.) Duwayne Davis; 5.) Matt Horn; 6.) Darrell Paschel; 7.) Chad Scholl; 8.) Travis Zvolena
Heat 1: 1.) Scholl; 2.) Horn; 3.) Koplein
Heat 2: 1.) Becker; 2.) Kuehn; 3.) G. Bargender
Fast Qualifier:  1.) Becker, 23.318 Seconds; 2.) Davis, 23.613 Seconds; 3.) Kuehn, 24.290 Seconds

CARQUEST 2-Man Cruisers:
Freature: 1.) Kurt Guralski & Brad Guralski; 2.) Wayne Meyer & Dave Hasenhorl; 3.) Tim Firkus & Greg Firkus; 4.) Paul Hasenhorl & Scott Streigel; 5.) Jeff Gotter & Larry Scholl; 6.) Rich Woodkey & Damon Schumacher