June 16, 2001; Marshfield, WI: - The action was delayed a short time for Thomas Electric night here at the races, as Mother Nature doused us with a rain shower just before qualifying was scheduled to begin. We waited it out, dried off the track and were able to start racing only 15 minutes late.
No one went home with fast time since we were unable to hold Miller Time Trials, but Jeff Weinfurter won the Coors Light Dash for Cash and his heat race in the Super Late Models. Ben Pettis won the other Super Late Model heat race. In the CWSSA Super Stocks, Cale Laessig went home with the dash win, Matt Raykowski and Andy Simonis, each with a heat win. Rob Detwiler won the 1-Man Cruiser heat race. If you weren't here for the Super Late Model feature, you missed some great action. Ben Pettis led the first three laps. As the field came out of turn four, Mark Mackesy dove to the inside of Pettis and Jay VanDerGeest jumped to the outside of him. Both cleanly passed him as they made it three wide coming out of the corner. Mackesy took the lead, VanDerGeest second, and Jeff Weinfurter third. Weinfurter then passed VanDerGeest on the outside for second. Jim Sauter Jr. and Judd Brandl weaved through the field quickly and both passed VanDerGeest on lap six. Sauter had his sites set on the lead and worked his way in front of Weinfurter for lap 20. Sauter made a couple of runs for the lead, but Mackesy held the position. Judd Brandl took third from Weinfurter as the white flag flew. Mackesy won, Sauter second, Brandl third, Weinfurter fourth and VanDerGeest fifth. Matt Wisz led the first six laps of the CWSSA Super Stock feature. Larry Schultz quickly drove through the field and into the lead on lap seven. Matt Raykowski was right behind also passing Wisz, pushing him back to third. Tim Hintz was racing in fourth and Duwayne Davis fifth. Lap ten, Allan Sankey moved into the fifth spot. Sankey then took fourth from Hintz on lap 14 and third from Wisz on lap 18. They finished accordingly, Schultz, Raykowski, Sankey, Hintz, Wisz. In Motorcycle action, heat winner Cliff Eckes of Marshfield brought the crowd to their feet on the 2nd lap of the 10 lap final when he slid down in turn one, with fortunately minimal injury. He restarted at the back of the pack and worked his way up to 5th at the end. Meanwhile Lee Johnson of Shawano and Eric Mischler of Beaver Dam fought tooth and nail for the lead, while previous winner Steve Kasten ran down the leaders on the last lap and squeaked out the victory by the width of a wheel. RESULTS: 1.STEVE KASTEN 2.ERIC MISCHLER 3.LEE JOHNSON 4.PAT BEAN 5.CLIFF ECKES 6.RON BEAN 7.WOODY ECKES 8. BRAD SEAVERS 9. ZEB BOGE 10.JIM LEWIS 11.GARRETT DURST Matt Nelles led the first lap of the 1-Man Cruiser feature event. When Glen Bargender took the lead for lap two, Nelles fell to second, Travis Zvolena third, Don Tieman fourth and Josh Elmhorst fifth. Lap four, Zvolena, Tieman, and Detwiler all passed Nelles, placing him fifth. Zvolena began to chase down Bargender for the lead. Meanwhile, Detwiler passed Tieman for third and Elmhorst passed Nelles for fifth. Elmhorst went on to take fourth from Tieman. Zvolena finally got ahead of Bargender for the lead on the white flag lap. Zvolena won, Bargender second, Detwiler third, Elmhorst fourth and Tieman fifth. The team of Jon Dupee Jr. and John Brugh won the 2-Man Cruiser race. Jason Kay and Cory Steczynski went home with second. Third spot was Mike Dodson and Luke Hall. The winner of the Wal-Mart bicycle was Rhys "Budger" Wahleithner from Auburndale. Next Saturday's events are sponsored by Dental Clinic of Marshfield. There will also be Stock Car rides for the kids. Grandstand gates open at 5 p.m., qualifying at 6 p.m. and racing starts at 7:30. Divisions racing are Super Late Models, CWSSA Super Stocks, Legends, 1-Man Cruisers and 2-Man Cruisers. Click here for complete results from the RACESTAT computer Firecracker 100 for McLeodUSA MARS cars on July 3 includes $1,000 lucky dog draw! Special; Marshfield, WI --
One of the late model competitors at the Marshfield Speedway on Tuesday night, July 3 will
receive a $1,000 lucky dog draw bonus. The McLeodUSA Midwest AllStar
late models will take to the Marshfield The $1,000 lucky dog bonus will be paid by drawing to a late model driverr who competes Tuesday, July 3 and also raced in the Spring Shootout 100 at the track in April. It will be possible for one driver to win nearly $3,000 during the evening. Eric Fransen of West Bend, who beat out seven-time Wisconsin International Raceway champion Terry Baldry of Omro, in the Spring Shootout 100 is expected to be one of the top contenders Tuesday, July 3. Other top runners will be Gary Back of Vesper, the fastest qualifier for the Spring Shootout 100, and Mark Eswein of Wisconsin Rapids, who won three McLeodUSA MARS races in 2000 and has won back-to-back track titles at the Golden Sands Speedway. Drivers from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan are slated to challenge the regulars in the McLeodUSA MARS late model series along with the Marshfield Speedway regular competitors in the Firecracker 100 holiday special. Free overnight camping is offered for fans. The raceway is located on County Trunk H, some three miles northwest of Marshfield. Call the series office at 920-849-4551 for more details. |
