September 8, 2001; Marshfield, WI: - Marshfield Super Speedway, Saturday, September 8th - One more time the weather threatened us all day, but we managed to get all of the events in. One of the biggest events of the evening was the giving away of the 2001 Dodge Dakota Sport Pace Truck. The truck, sponsored by V&H Inc., WDEZ 101.9/FM, CARQUEST, Monroe Truck Equip., Fire-Up Fireworks, Subway and The Home Front, was won by Karla Strebe of Marshfield. Out of seven pace vehicles we have given away here at the speedway, this was the first time someone from Marshfield has won.
As for the racing tonight, Dean LaPointe set fast time in the Super Late Model division, qualifying himself for the Race of Champions in two weeks. 2001 Super Late Model track champion, Jeff Weinfurter won the dash and feature events. Mark Mackesy and Pete Kempf each went home with a Super Late heat win. Andy Simonis was quick timer and feature winner in the CWSSA Super Stocks. Cale Laessig won the dash, and Jared Back and Justin Woller won their heats. Josh Schoenick was best in the Legends qualifying and he won the feature. Dave Keays won the dash and heat events. In the 1-Man Cruisers, each winner had only one win, Fran Esser with fast time, Josh Bell and Josh Elmhorst with heat wins, and Don Tieman Jr. won the feature. In the Super Late Model feature, Brian Back started outside pole of Kevin Baldry, and took the lead on the first lap. Back held on until two cautions on lap 13, when the race re-started, he lost the lead to Jeff Weinfurter. Weinfurter kept a strong hold on the lead while Back, Jay VanDerGeest, Mark Mackesy and Keith Bohmsach battled behind him. VanDerGeest took the second spot from Back a short two laps later. Lap 17, Pete Kempf passed Bohmsach for fifth. Just as the field came out of turn four for the checkered, Back drove to the outside and around VanDerGeest for second. Back wasn't the only one to make a last second dash, Dean LaPointe grabbed fifth from Kempf for the checkered. Weinfurter won, Back was second, VanDerGeest third, Mackesy fourth and LaPointe fifth. Chad Simone led the first six laps of the CWSSA Super Stock feature. Tim Plowman led the next two and then Andy Simonis took over for the win. Simonis however, did not runaway with the race as Plowman and Sankey both challenged him for the lead. Cale Laessig was fast, but field was so bunched up that he didn't break into the top five until lap 17. Lap 18, Merle Weinfurter and Laessig passed Plowman for third and fourth. The next lap Laessig got by Weinfurter, but never made it around Sankey. Simonis won, Sankey second, Laessig third, Weinfurter fourth and Plowman fifth. The first two laps of the Legends feature were led by Dan McGiveron. The next two, Greg Gress led and Josh Schoenick led the remainder. Phil Bickley who started on the inside of Schoenick followed him to the front and was second by lap six. He battled with Gress and quickly lost second to him. Russ Weiler worked his way through the field and up to fourth, but then lost that to Dave Keays. Schoenick won, Gress second, Bickley third, Keays fourth and Weiler fifth. Pat Bean took his YZ400 Yamaha to the front in both the heat and final from his back row starting position to take the checkers first in the motorcycle class tonight. Steve Kasten brought his SK Service 600 Yamaha home second, while last race winner Cliff Eckes of Marshfield claimed third on his Cliff's Cycle Service/ Ted Strebe YZ426 Yamaha after battling all race long with Ron Bean, father of winner Pat Bean. Lee Johnson of Big Falls put together a good heat race ride and looked to do the same in the main event when he crashed spectacularly in turn two, receiving minor injuries that turned him into a spectator instead of a racer. Results: 1.Pat Bean 2.Steve Kasten 3.Cliff Eckes 4.Ron Bean 5.Woody Eckes 6.Jim Czechy 7.Brad Severs 8.Lee Johnson Matt Nelles led the first lap of the 1-Man Cruiser feature. Josh Bell led four laps, and then lost the lead to Don Tieman Jr. Rob Detwiler worked his way up to second, only to lose it to Josh Elmhorst. Travis Zvolena and Rodney Feltz came through the field strong and held fourth and fifth. Tieman won, Elmhorst second, Fran Esser jumped to third on the checkered flag lap, Zvolena fourth and Feltz fifth. The winners of the 2-Man Cruiser race were Dewey Meyer and Rick Mason Sr. Second Jon Dupee Jr and John Brugh, and Jeff Gotter and Larry Scholl third. The winner of the Wal-Mart bicycle was Danielle Stockosk. Next Saturday's events are a 250-lap Mid-West Enduro race, plus 2-Man Cruisers. Grandstand gates open at 5 p.m., racing starts at 7 p.m. |
