May 31, 2003; Tomahawk, WI. - A yellow flag wasn't going to foil John Paszek's quest for a feature win at Pepsi
Raceway Park two weeks in a row. Last week, Paszek was battling back inside Lyle Nowak to regain a lead he had just lost in the Late Model feature when a yellow came out, relegating him to the second row behind Nowak on the restart and foiling his chances.

This week, Paszek got even, weathering a late restart to pick up his first feature of the year at PRP. The Tomahawk racer held off some furious challenges by Bo Bennish and Nowak to beat both by two car lengths
and become the first driver besides Nowak to win a Late Model feature in 2003. It was his second win of the evening, as he won his heat race earlier in the night.

Paszek made his pass for the lead on lap 12, getting by early pacesetter Larry Olson on the outside. He never got far away from the rest of the field, though, as Bennish followed him right to the front and then hounded the leader for much of the race. Nowak made a late charge through the pack to edge Bennish at the line for second. Olson settled for fourth, while Matt Schulz rounded out the top five.

Mark Listle smoked the field-literally-to win his first Bomber feature of the year. The Tripoli driver's car was smoking quite a bit for the final 20 laps of the 30-lap main, but not leaking anything to draw a black flag, He was able to hold off Tim Nawrocki and C.J. Hedges, Jr. for the win.

Listle started fourth in the feature but made it to first by lap 2, while Hedges made an even bigger charge, starting eighth and slashing his way to second on the same lap. He stayed right behind Listle the entire race and was joined by Nawrocki on lap 20, but neither could work by Listle or even each other until Nawrocki finally cleared Hedges for second on the
final lap.

In the final laps of the Street Stock Bandit feature, it appeared Cory Boykins and Lance Dehnel were holding a spirited battle for second, with Boykins holding off Dehnel at the finish. It turned out that battle was for the win, as Bob Schult crossed the finish line first but was penalized two spots for jumping an earlier restart. Schult started in the row behind
leader Boykins on a lap 9 restart, but drew even alongside Boykins at the green flag and penalized for the violation.

Jeff Swope of Merrill made his first appearance of the year in the Pro-Stock Bandit division pay off, winning both the second heat race and the feature. Swope finished ahead of Dan Schneider and Matt Troutman in the 15-lap feature event.

Racing continues next week at PRP with a full program including the Mini Cup cars. Time trials start at 5:30 p.m., with racing following at 7 p.m.

Results

Late Models
Fast Time: Lyle Nowak, Wausau, 13.781 sec.
Dash: Bo Bennish, Gleason; Rocky Carlson, Prentice; Nowak.
First Heat: John Paszek, Tomahawk; Nick Larson, Tomahawk; Larry Olson, Dorchester.
Second Heat: Carl Opper, Antigo; Bennish; Nowak.
Feature: Paszek; Nowak; Bennish; Olson; Matt Schulz, Wausau; Opper; Darrin Seubert, Marathon; Allen Brunker, Tripoli; Larson; Carlson.

Bombers
Fast Time: Tim Nawrocki, Wausau, 14.196.
Dash: Dustin Ochodnicky, Ogema; C.J. Hedges, Jr., Tomahawk; Brad Opper, Wausau.
First Heat: Jim Annala, Westboro; Mark Listle, Tripoli; Brad Weiss, Wausau.
Second Heat: Brian Bartelt, Rib Lake; Hedges, Tomahawk; B. Opper.
Feature: Listle; Nawrocki; Hedges; Annala; Bartelt; Ochodnicky; Mark Schoone, Gleason; Weiss; B. Opper; Robin Smith, Tomahawk.

Pro-Bandits
Fast Time: Bob Schult, Merrill, 14.953.
Dash: Bill Martin, Eagle River; Lance Dehnel, Mosinee; Schult.
First Heat: Phil Malouf, Manitowish Waters; Kevin Pophal, Merrill; Amanda Schara, Hamburg.
Second Heat: Nick Erickson, Jr., Schofield; Schult; Chris Boykins, Tomahawk.
Feature: Cory Boykins, Wausau; Dehnel; Schult; Martin; Ch. Boykins; Pophal; Joe Guthman, Merrill; A. Schara; Malouf; Bob Roberts, Wausau.

Street Bandits
Fast Time: Bill Powers, Merrill, 17.096.
First Heat: Elliott Marquardt, Merrill; Glenda Stevens, Tomahawk; Jim Schara, Hamburg.
Second Heat: Jeff Swope, Merrill; Keith Troutman, Tomahawk; Matt Troutman, Tomahawk.
Feature: Swope; Dan Schneider, Merrill; M. Troutman; Stevens; J. Schara..