Uttech "Sweeps 'Em up" at Chilton
finale!
By Jeffrey Sachse
September 10, 1999, Chilton, WI - In WIMSA Mini-Sprint action, the point chase went down to the wire, as Scott Uttech completed a clean sweep with a win in the 20-lap headliner. The effort came up just short however as Scott Sippel who had a fourth place run, would earn the title by a slim 5 point margin. When the final point totals were in the books Sippel had accumulated 467 points to Uttech's 462.
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An outstanding performance in WIMSA Mini-Sprint action was turned in by Scott Uttech (#1). Uttech the defending champion of the WIMSA Mini-Sprint tour was hot on the heels of Randy Sippel in the standings at the Calumet County Fairgrounds Speedway. Uttech scored a clean sweep this evening setting quick time, winning his heat and the feature, but he still came up five points short for the track title. |
Russ Wetencamp paced the opening circuits of the Mini-Sprint feature with Mike Emme in two. Emme was attempting a pass when the first caution appeared on lap four as John Erdmann looped his ride off turn four.
| Scott Sippel (#5 - right) is congratulated by his brother Randy who built the championship winning ride. Scott Sippel had turned in dominating performances throughout the mid-portion of the season and came home the the track title in the WIMSA Mini-Sprint division here at Chilton. |  |
After a false start when a hard tagged the guardrail action again got underway and Emme sliced into the lead and began to pull away from Wetencamp. Wetencamp would bring out the next caution looping in turn four on the eighth circuit forcing the final caution. By this point Uttech, who had started ninth had worked into the runner-up spot and when the green reappeared he quickly challenged Emme for the top spot.
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Leading the way! Mike Emme (#88) paced the Mini-Sprint main event fending off the challenges of Scott Uttech (#1) until the pair encountered heavy lapped traffic. Uttech found the fast way past a pair of cars and went on for the win. Emme held tough to finish in the second spot. |
Emme managed to fend off those challenges until the lead duo got into heavy lapped traffic entering turns three and four on lap sixteen. Uttech dove to the bottom of the track to pass two lapped cars, while Emme went to the high side, and Uttech came away with the lead. Uttech then paced the remaining four laps to win the event over Emme, Bob Reichert, Sippel and Jeff Harder who rounded out the top five.
Results: Chilton, WI - September 10, 1999
WIMSA Mini-Sprints
20 Lap Feature: