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Sonny Schoffen Scores Sweep in the Lusia's Pizzeria
Mini-Modifieds!
By Natasha Fabian and Dale R. Erdmann |
Tonight Schoffen got into “Doctor Tooth” Ken
Johnson’s car and took fast time,won the dash and survived the out of control 15 lap
feature, to take a clean sweep of mini
modified competition. Jeff Myers won his third
super mini cup 15 lap feature, of the season. Vincent Merry of Wadsworth,IL. ran away with
the Vazcom communications Midwest sport truck feature action. The Rolling services Basic
International feature ran clockwise on the small track and Todd Miller of Oak Creek won
the 15 lap feature. Brian Ulrich of Racine had a excellent night, by taking fast time and
on the last lap at the wire he scored his first feature victory of the season, in the
S&P motorsports 25 lap millennium late model feature.
The
mini modified feature didn’t even have three quarters of a lap in, when a three deep
situation turned ugly. Mike VanHouten, Gerardo Giuliano, Bill Trusky and Curt Thomazin got
together, causing the first Yellow Book USA caution
period. No one was injuried, but for those four the
evening was over.
Phil
Schultz led the first lap,but Glen Vernezze was the driver getting the breaks and flew
into the lead on lap two,in a race that would now go non stop. But just eight lap later,
Sonny Schoffen was a driver on a mission, securing the top spot and went on to win the
race over Vernezze, Schultz, Chris Thomazin, John DeMay and Hermie Schultz.
The
millennium late model feature started off with recent Union Grove High School graduate
Brad Kossow out front,right there were Bill Hobson,
Curt Thompson and Ryan Walsh in a very tight cluster. Hobson
managed to creep in front on lap four,but Kossow wasn’t giving up,leading parts of the next twelve laps,as the
field remained side by side.
Right
behind this group, Mike Held, Jeff Steenbergen and point leader
Mark Hartline started to move up. Steenbergen made the most those next ten laps, grabbing
the lead on lap fifteen. On lap nineteen Thompson and Held tangled in the heat of battle,
bringing this close event to a stop.
On the
restart Steenbergen charged right back in front, with Hobson, Hartline, Brian Ulrich and
Keith Tolf in a formation to close to call. With
five laps to go, it looked like the race would end that way, but just as the white flag
was displayed Hobson spun just before the start finish line, with everyone missing him and
out came the caution.
This
set up a green, white, checkered situation that would turn things around. Coming off turn
four Ulrich got inside Steenbergen, it was a dead heat in turns one and two, coming down
the back straightaway Ulrich inched ahead by about one foot. Then into three Steenbergen
held a small advantage, coming off four Ulrich gained some four inches as the drag race to
the wire ensued, Ulrich won by inches, Steenbergen was second, with Tolf next, Hartline
fourth, Paul Dygon fifth and Joe Rusciano sixth in one close race.
Next
Friday night two open wheel divisions will be here. The Formula
Indy cars and and the Rascal Outlaws join the regular classes of cars. Time trials begin
at 6pm. racing at 7:30 pm.
Basic Int'l
Cars
A-Main 01 -- 1. Todd Miller, Oak Creek, Wis; 2. James Raderschadt, Lake Geneva, Wis; 3.
Bob Koch, McHenry, Ill.; 4. Lenny Adams, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 5. Leo Bujak, Spring Grove,
Ill.; 6. Andy Portzen, Burlington, Wis; 7. Jack Rabey, Lake Villa, Ill.; 8. Russell Gest,
Elkhorn, Wis; 9. Rod Brossart, Fox Lake, Ill.; 10. Barry Trusky, Waukegan, Ill.; 11. Matt
Booker, Wonder Lake, Ill.; 12. Rob Schiebel, Ingleside, Ill.; 13. Lisa Waterman, Trevor,
Wis; 14. Chad Arterburn, Lake Geneva, Wis; 15. Steve Putman Jr., Beloit, Wis; 16. Reid
Kahrs Jr, West Allis, Wis; 17. Paula Emery, Delevan, Wis; 18. Vladi Vladimirov, Racine,
Wis; 19. Peter Olson Jr., Johnsburg, Ill.; 20. Shaun Deibert, Milwaukee, Wis.
B-Main 01 -- 1. Steve Putman Jr., Beloit, Wis; 2. Lisa Waterman, Trevor, Wis; 3. Scott
Kellermeier, East Troy, Wis; 4. David Emery Sr, Delevan, Wis; 5. Cindy Krause, Burlington,
Wis; 6. Tony Riek, Elkhorn, Wis.
Heat 01 -- 1. Paula Emery, Delevan, Wis; 2. Shaun Deibert, Milwaukee, Wis; 3. Steve Putman
Jr., Beloit, Wis; 4. Tony Riek, Elkhorn, Wis; 5. Chad Arterburn, Lake Geneva, Wis; 6.
Cindy Krause, Burlington, Wis; 7. Rob Schiebel, Ingleside, Ill.; 8. Lisa Waterman, Trevor,
Wis; 9. David Emery Sr, Delevan, Wis; 10. Scott Kellermeier, East Troy, Wis.
Heat 02 -- 1. Peter Olson Jr., Johnsburg, Ill.; 2. James Raderschadt, Lake Geneva, Wis; 3.
Leo Bujak, Spring Grove, Ill.; 4. Matt Booker, Wonder Lake, Ill.; 5. Rod Brossart, Fox
Lake, Ill.; 6. Russell Gest, Elkhorn, Wis; 7. Barry Trusky, Waukegan, Ill.; 8. Jack Rabey,
Lake Villa, Ill..
Time Trial -- 1. Bob Koch, McHenry, Ill.; 2. Vladi Vladimirov, Racine, Wis; 3. Lenny
Adams, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 4. Todd Miller, Oak Creek, Wis; 5. Andy Portzen, Burlington,
Wis; 6. Reid Kahrs Jr, West Allis, Wis; 7. James Raderschadt, Lake Geneva, Wis; 8. Rod
Brossart, Fox Lake, Ill.; 9. Leo Bujak, Spring Grove, Ill.; 10. Russell Gest, Elkhorn,
Wis; 11. Matt Booker, Wonder Lake, Ill.; 12. Peter Olson Jr., Johnsburg, Ill.; 13. Jack
Rabey, Lake Villa, Ill.; 14. Barry Trusky, Waukegan, Ill.; 15. Shaun Deibert, Milwaukee,
Wis; 16. Paula Emery, Delevan, Wis; 17. Rob Schiebel, Ingleside, Ill.; 18. Chad Arterburn,
Lake Geneva, Wis; 19. Lisa Waterman, Trevor, Wis; 20. Scott Kellermeier, East Troy, Wis;
21. Cindy Krause, Burlington, Wis; 22. Steve Putman Jr., Beloit, Wis; 23. David Emery Sr,
Delevan, Wis; 24. Tony Riek, Elkhorn, Wis.
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Bob Koch, McHenry, Ill.; 2. Lenny Adams, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 3. Vladi
Vladimirov, Racine, Wis; 4. Todd Miller, Oak Creek, Wis; 5. Andy Portzen, Burlington, Wis;
6. Reid Kahrs Jr, West Allis, Wis.
Limited (Millenium) Late Models
A-Main 01 -- 1. Brian Ulrich (t), Racine, Wis; 2. Jeff Steenbergen, Waupun, Wis; 3. Keith
Tolf, Union Grove, Wis; 4. Mark Hartline, Gilberts, Ill.; 5. Paul Dygon, Wind Lake, Wis;
6. Joe Rusciano, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 7. Mike Held, West Bend, Wis; 8. Curt Thompson, Fort
Atkinson, Wis; 9. Josh Wallace, Pell Lake, Wis; 10. Brad Kossow, Union Grove, Wis; 11.
Ryan Walsh (t), Woodstock, Ill.; 12. Paul Edmundson, Whitewater, Wis; 13. Carrie Dygon,
Racine, Wis; 14. Bill Hobson, Roscoe, Ill.; 15. Ken Jones, Lombard, Ill.; 16. J.D.
Leonard, Brodhead, Wis; 17. Dylan Schuyler, Dousman, Wis.
Heat 01 -- 1. Paul Edmundson, Whitewater, Wis; 2. Bill Hobson, Roscoe, Ill.; 3. Carrie
Dygon, Racine, Wis; 4. Curt Thompson, Fort Atkinson, Wis; 5. Dylan Schuyler, Dousman, Wis;
6. Ryan Walsh (t), Woodstock, Ill.; 7. J.D. Leonard, Brodhead, Wis; 8. Brad Kossow, Union
Grove, Wis; 9. Josh Wallace, Pell Lake, Wis; 10. Monty Coffman, Algonquin, Ill.; 11. Ken
Jones, Lombard, Ill.; 12. Joe Rusciano, Crystal Lake, Ill..
Time Trial -- 1. Brian Ulrich (t), Racine, Wis; 2. Paul Dygon, Wind Lake, Wis; 3. Mark
Hartline, Gilberts, Ill.; 4. Jeff Steenbergen, Waupun, Wis; 5. Keith Tolf, Union Grove,
Wis; 6. Mike Held, West Bend, Wis; 7. Dylan Schuyler, Dousman, Wis; 8. Curt Thompson, Fort
Atkinson, Wis; 9. Monty Coffman, Algonquin, Ill.; 10. Bill Hobson, Roscoe, Ill.; 11. Ryan
Walsh (t), Woodstock, Ill.; 12. Ken Jones, Lombard, Ill.; 13. Brad Kossow, Union Grove,
Wis; 14. Josh Wallace, Pell Lake, Wis; 15. J.D. Leonard, Brodhead, Wis; 16. Carrie Dygon,
Racine, Wis; 17. Paul Edmundson, Whitewater, Wis.
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Mike Held, West Bend, Wis; 2. Jeff Steenbergen, Waupun, Wis; 3. Keith
Tolf, Union Grove, Wis; 4. Mark Hartline, Gilberts, Ill.; 5. Brian Ulrich (t), Racine,
Wis; 6. Paul Dygon, Wind Lake, Wis.
Mini-Modifieds
A-Main 01 -- 1.Sonny Schoffen,Crystal Lake, Ill.; 2. Glen Vernezze, Salem, Wis; 3. Phil
Schultz, Silver Lake, Wis; 4. Chris Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis; 5. John DeMay, Lake Villa,
Ill.; 6. Hermie Schultz, Silver Lake, Wis; 7. Scott McCarthy, Antioch, Ill.; 8. Bill
Trusky, Silverlake, Wis; 9. Andy Krueger, Lake Geneva, Wis; 10. Gerardo Giuliano,
Schaumburg,, Ill.; 11. Mike Van Houten, Cary, Ill.; 12. Curt Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis.
Heat 01 -- 1. Andy Krueger, Lake Geneva, Wis; 2. Mike Van Houten, Cary, Ill.; 3. Chris
Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis; 4. Hermie Schultz, Silver Lake, Wis; 5. Gerardo Giuliano,
Schaumburg,, Ill.; 6. Scott McCarthy, Antioch, Ill.; 7. Bill Trusky, Silverlake, Wis; 8.
John DeMay, Lake Villa, Ill..
Time Trial -- 1.Sonny Schoffen,Crystal Lake, Ill.; 2. Glen Vernezze, Salem, Wis; 3. Phil
Schultz, Silver Lake, Wis; 4. Curt Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis; 5. Gerardo Giuliano,
Schaumburg,, Ill.; 6. Chris Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis; 7. Andy Krueger, Lake Geneva, Wis; 8.
Hermie Schultz, Silver Lake, Wis; 9. John DeMay, Lake Villa, Ill.; 10. Bill Trusky,
Silverlake, Wis; 11. Scott McCarthy, Antioch, Ill.; 12. Mike Van Houten, Cary, Ill..
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1.Sonny Schoffen,Crystal Lake, Ill.; 2. Phil Schultz, Silver Lake, Wis;
3. Glen Vernezze, Salem, Wis; 4. Curt Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis.
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