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Prestay
scores second Super Late Model win of season at Lake Geneva Raceway!
By Dale Erdmann |
July 28, 2001; Lake Geneva, WI. - With rain all around the area it wasnt the largest crowd of the season but
the non-stop super late model feature for 35 laps was an excellent contest on Saturday
night at Lake Geneva Raceway, as former champion Fran Prestay of Silver Lake jumped in
another race car and won his Second feature of the year. Jack Rubach of Burlington took
fast time for the thirteenth week in arrow and won his second straight 25 lap McHenry Limo
super stock feature. Mike Lange of Milwaukee won his third Performance Unlimited feature
this event was 28 laps on Avoco Oil night.
Rookie Jeff Way the 2000 Legends champion moved in front of the
field at the drop of the green flag with Joel Clossey the 1999 sportsman champion at his
side. It was tight behind the top two with Fran Prestay Jeff Lorenz the 2000 super stock
champion and Jerry Cowan next.Prestay crept into second on lap five with Way about three
cars ahead.It didnt take long before Prestay was trying to get under Way and on lap
nine the lead changed hands. Cowan was up to third with Billy baumeister Wayne Freimund
and Eddie May closing.
On lap thirteen Baumeister got wide and May moved under as Cowan slipped to fifth. The
second through eleventh position looked like a parade lap with no one giving an inch. May
gained third on lap sixteen as Prestay in the Jerry Straube mount was about three cars
ahead of Way. On lap twenty May inched ahead of Way.One lap later Brad Durbin starting to
move up fast overhauling Way on lap twenty two.May was within a cars length of the leader
by lap twenty five but the 1984 champion knew time was running out. On lap twenty eight
Freimund challenged Way for his spot. Two laps later Denny Hiffman, Baumeister and Cowan
made contact but everyone continued and everyone got through the melee.
The final three laps were close but the veteran Prestay won the contest over May, Durbin,
Way, as Jamie Wallace nipped Freimund for fifth.
The super stock feature was just three laps old when Tom Fay dumped liquid around the
surface bringing the race to a halt. Scott Eggebrecht who led the opening laps scooted in
front again with Trevor Mock and Mike Kooi fighting for second. Doug Peterson spun on lap
seven bringing out the next caution just as Kooi took over the lead. On the next green
Andy Szymanskyj picked the right lane on the cone restart and moved in on Kooi. Scott
Scholl was right on the former leader tail and Mock looked for an opening.
On lap twelve Szymanskyj could feel the pressure of Jack Rubach who slipped behind the
runner up. Three laps later Rubach was looking at the leader with a tight pack behind
him.Scholl had Dave Melahn all over him and his team partner Adam Regnier tried the inside
of the fourth place runner. Szymanskyj tried Rubach as they worked on the leader.Rubach
put the pressure on Kooi until lap nineteen thats when the lead changed. One lap
later rookie Mike Gunderson smashed into the wall bringing out the final caution.
On the restart second year driver Rubach walked Kooi and Melahn to the corner and never
looked back for his third win of the season. Melahn nipped Kooi for second with Regnier
fourth and Scholl fifth.
Dan Erickson charged in front of the sportsman feature with with
Mark Guess Jocko Terrault and rookie Ken Joosten all over the leader.There was some
shuffling on lap four and the lead changed two laps later as Terrault took over the top
spot.Guess spun on lap seven and out came the caution. When the green reappeared Terrault
had Denny Norton Jr. and point leader Mike Lange challenging for the lead.
Zac Deeringer joined the group one lap later with a tight battle ensuing. Lange moved
along side Terrault for the lead and on lap thirteen there was a new leader. Deeringer got
around Terrault two laps later ,with fast timer Jerry Freeman following three laps
later.Then Norton and Shawn Utphall moved around Terrault on lap nineteen. Lange hung on
for the win with Deeringer holding back Freeman as Norton Jr. and Utphall fifth.
This coming Saturday night August 4th. Hi Liter Graphics of Burlington will sponsor the
annual pit crew contest for the three divisions racing. Time trials begin at 6 pm. racing
at 7:30 p.m. sharp. Racing continues every Saturday night through October 6th.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS LAKE
GENEVA RACEWAY, LAKE GENEVA, WI. -- July 28, 2001
Super
Late Model 35 Lap Feature |
| 1 |
5 |
Fran Prestay |
Silver Lake |
| 2 |
2M |
Eddie May |
Crystal Lake, IL |
| 3 |
57 |
Brad Durbin |
Lyons, WI |
| 4 |
68 |
Jeff Way |
Burlington, WI |
| 5 |
87 |
Jamie Wallace Racing |
Pell Lake, WI |
| 6 |
44 |
Wayne Freimund |
West Allis, WI |
| 7 |
99 |
Landry Potter |
, |
| 8 |
41 |
Denny Hiffman |
River Forest, IL |
| 9 |
12 |
Billy Baumeister |
Janesville, WI |
| 10 |
0 |
driver unknown |
, |
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| Super
Late Model Semi Feature 11 Laps |
| 1 |
23 |
Brian Ulrich Racing |
Racine, WI |
| 2 |
3 |
Chuck Duncan |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 3 |
48 |
Mike Simon |
, |
| 4 |
77 |
Dave Martinson |
, |
| 5 |
88 |
Rick Corso |
Mchenry, IL |
| 6 |
9V |
Mike Vogt Jr Racing |
Greenfield, WI |
| 7 |
7 |
Jamie Artelt |
, |
|
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| Super
Late Model 10 Lap Heat #1 |
| 1 |
23 |
Brian Ulrich Racing |
Racine, WI |
| 2 |
3 |
Chuck Duncan |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 3 |
0 |
driver unknown |
, |
| 4 |
48 |
Mike Simon |
, |
| 5 |
62 |
Joel Clossey |
Beloit, WI |
| 6 |
9V |
Mike Vogt Jr Racing |
Greenfield, WI |
| 7 |
8 |
Ron Stoehr |
, |
| 8 |
77 |
Dave Martinson |
, |
| 9 |
88 |
Rick Corso |
Mchenry, IL |
| 10 |
7 |
Jamie Artelt |
, |
|
|
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|
| Super
Late Model 10 Lap Heat #2 |
| 1 |
5 |
Scott Poritz Racing |
Waterford, WI |
| 2 |
12 |
Billy Baumeister |
Janesville, WI |
| 3 |
68 |
Jeff Way |
Burlington, WI |
| 4 |
2M |
Eddie May |
Crystal Lake, IL |
| 5 |
44 |
Wayne Freimund |
West Allis, WI |
| 6 |
41 |
Denny Hiffman |
River Forest, IL |
| 7 |
25 |
Jeff Lorenz |
Lake Geneva, WI |
| 8 |
5 |
Terry Patnode |
South Milwaukee, WI |
| 9 |
67 |
Jerry Cowan |
Burlington, WI |
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| Super
Late Model Time Trials |
| 1 |
49 |
Jerry Mueller |
West Bend, WI |
| 2 |
2 |
Joe Fischer |
Mchenry, IL |
| 3 |
43 |
Matt Kocourek |
Racine, WI |
| 4 |
99 |
Landry Potter |
, |
| 5 |
57 |
Brad Durbin |
Lyons, WI |
| 6 |
87 |
Jamie Wallace Racing |
Pell Lake, WI |
| 7 |
2M |
Eddie May |
Crystal Lake, IL |
| 8 |
41 |
Denny Hiffman |
River Forest, IL |
| 9 |
44 |
Wayne Freimund |
West Allis, WI |
| 10 |
5 |
Terry Patnode |
South Milwaukee, WI |
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| Super
Late Model 6 Lap Dash |
| 1 |
49 |
Jerry Mueller |
West Bend, WI |
| 2 |
87 |
Jamie Wallace Racing |
Pell Lake, WI |
| 3 |
43 |
Matt Kocourek |
Racine, WI |
| 4 |
2 |
Joe Fischer |
Mchenry, IL |
| 5 |
57 |
Brad Durbin |
Lyons, WI |
| 6 |
99 |
Landry Potter |
, |
Sportsman 28 Lap Feature |
| 1 |
7 |
Michael Lange |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 2 |
2 |
Zac Deeringer |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 3 |
61 |
Jerry Freeman |
Burlington, WI |
| 4 |
96 |
Denny Norton |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 5 |
2 |
Shawn Utphall |
Racine, WI |
| 6 |
41 |
Dan Erickson |
Lyons, WI |
| 7 |
47 |
Ken Joosten |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 8 |
72p |
Mark Guess |
, |
| 9 |
91 |
Jacques Terrault Jr |
Ingleside, IL |
| 10 |
32 |
Brian Baker |
Springfield, WI |
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|
|
| Sportsman 10 Lap Heat |
| 1 |
32 |
Brian Baker |
Springfield, WI |
| 2 |
91 |
Jacques Terrault Jr |
Ingleside, IL |
| 3 |
41 |
Dan Erickson |
Lyons, WI |
| 4 |
72p |
Mark Guess |
, |
| 5 |
47 |
Ken Joosten |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 6 |
45 |
KEN SMART |
, |
| 7 |
33 |
Jeffrey Peterson |
Lombard, IL |
| 8 |
81 |
Terry Cooper |
, |
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|
|
| Sportsman Time Trials |
| 1 |
61 |
Jerry Freeman |
Burlington, WI |
| 2 |
2 |
Zac Deeringer |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 3 |
71 |
Terry Crowell |
North Prairie, Wi |
| 4 |
7 |
Michael Lange |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 5 |
2 |
Shawn Utphall |
Racine, WI |
| 6 |
96 |
Denny Norton |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 7 |
32 |
Brian Baker |
Springfield, WI |
| 8 |
91 |
Jacques Terrault Jr |
Ingleside, IL |
| 9 |
47 |
Ken Joosten |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 10 |
41 |
Dan Erickson |
Lyons, WI |
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|
|
|
| Sportsman 6 Lap Dash |
| 1 |
96 |
Denny Norton |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 2 |
7 |
Michael Lange |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 3 |
2 |
Shawn Utphall |
Racine, WI |
| 4 |
61 |
Jerry Freeman |
Burlington, WI |
| 5 |
71 |
Terry Crowell |
North Prairie, Wi |
| 6 |
2 |
Zac Deeringer |
Wonder Lake, IL |
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|
McHenry
Limo Super Stock 25 Lap Feature |
| 1 |
46 |
Jack Rubach |
Burlington, WI |
| 2 |
37 |
Dave Melahn |
Burlington, WI |
| 3 |
76 |
Mike Kooi |
Island Lake, IL |
| 4 |
73 |
Adam Regnier |
McHenry, IL |
| 5 |
30 |
Scott Scholl |
Oconomowoc, WI |
| 6 |
0 |
Andy Szymanskyj |
East Troy, WI |
| 7 |
63 |
Doug Peterson |
Antioch, IL |
| 8 |
38 |
Rob Summers |
Lake Geneva, WI |
| 9 |
3E |
Scott Eggebrecht |
, |
| 10 |
42 |
Craig Mertes |
, |
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| Super
Stock 5 Lap Semi-Feature |
| 1 |
39 |
Brad Spiniolos |
, |
| 2 |
28c |
Kyle Christensen |
, |
| 3 |
10 |
Tom Roney |
Crystal, IL |
| 4 |
8 |
Ron Benedict |
McHenry, IL |
| 5 |
16 |
Scott Peterson Racing |
Lake Geneva, WI |
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|
| Super
Stock 10 Lap Heat #1 |
| 1 |
8 |
Ron Benedict |
McHenry, IL |
| 2 |
39 |
Brad Spiniolos |
, |
| 3 |
99 |
Adam Mass |
Woodstock, IL |
| 4 |
16 |
Scott Peterson Racing |
Lake Geneva, WI |
| 5 |
1 |
Norm Paulsen |
Beach Park, IL |
| 6 |
10 |
Tom Roney |
Crystal, IL |
| 7 |
28c |
Kyle Christensen |
, |
| 8 |
21 |
Aaron Willms |
Burlington, WI |
| 9 |
1 |
Mike Bell |
Waukesha, WI |
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| Super
Stock 10 Lap Heat #2 |
| 1 |
29 |
Trevor Mock |
, |
| 2 |
3E |
Scott Eggebrecht |
, |
| 3 |
38 |
Rob Summers |
Lake Geneva, WI |
| 4 |
76 |
Mike Kooi |
Island Lake, IL |
| 5 |
0 |
Andy Szymanskyj |
East Troy, WI |
| 6 |
30 |
Scott Scholl |
Oconomowoc, WI |
| 7 |
66 |
Michael Olson |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 8 |
92 |
Tom Fay Racing |
Arlington Heights, IL |
| 9 |
21b |
Mike Gunderson |
, |
| 10 |
52 |
Jack Clark |
Delafield, WI |
|
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|
|
| Super
Stock Time Trials |
| 1 |
46 |
Jack Rubach |
Burlington, WI |
| 2 |
37 |
Dave Melahn |
Burlington, WI |
| 3 |
00O |
Pete Olson |
McHenry, IL |
| 4 |
42 |
Craig Mertes |
, |
| 5 |
73 |
Adam Regnier |
McHenry, IL |
| 6 |
63 |
Doug Peterson |
Antioch, IL |
| 7 |
66 |
Michael Olson |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 8 |
30 |
Scott Scholl |
Oconomowoc, WI |
| 9 |
38 |
Rob Summers |
Lake Geneva, WI |
| 10 |
0 |
Andy Szymanskyj |
East Troy, WI |
|
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|
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| Super
Stock 6 Lap Dash |
| 1 |
63 |
Doug Peterson |
Antioch, IL |
| 2 |
46 |
Jack Rubach |
Burlington, WI |
| 4 |
37 |
Dave Melahn |
Burlington, WI |
| 5 |
00O |
Pete Olson |
McHenry, IL |
| 6 |
42 |
Craig Mertes |
, |
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