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Tolf and Cooter Make It Two In a Row;
Bilderback Wins Second Legends Main!
By Dale R. Erdmann |
feature.
Vincent Merry the defending Vazcom communications sport truck
champion
started outside pole and led every lap of the feature race and rookie driver Michael
Bilderback of South Beloit,IL. got to the track to late to hot lap, but started second row
outside and went on to win his second 20 lap Perfection Auto Body legends feature of the
season. Earlier Bilderback broke his own one lap qualifying mark in the bandolero cars,
turning in a time of 19.392 seconds for the third mile.
The Rascal outlaw feature got off to a bad start,the field was given
the green but as the pack entered turn four, Steve Kreft spun, with the majority of the
cars getting around him. Mark Finley was inside and Dale Olson outside, as the pair veered
around the spun mount,contact was made,causing Olson to fly off the pavement, then headed
straight towards the wall, hitting it with high impact, a few feet ahead of Olson, Findley
hit the protection barrels. Findley was not hurt, but Olson was in his car, complaining of
neck and back painwith the safety team helping him and the EMT’s calling for a
transport. Olson a rookie in 2002,was taken to a hospital in McHenry,IL.by his own
request. His condition at the time of this release was not known.
When the feature resumed Marc Adams shot back in front, with Dave Shine,Lee Halverson,
John Benkert and fast timer Jeff LeSage very close. The field remained tight,but by the
half way mark Halverson was second and Kip Novotny glued to his rear bumper in third. With
the white flag out it looked like it would come down to the wire and that it did. First
coming into turn two, it was a dead heat, into three Adams inched ahead, but coming off of
turn four, Halverson moved ahead, scoring
the thrilling win. Adams was second with Novotny, Butch Torkelson, rookie Keith
Christopherson and Benkert under a blanket.
The visiting Great Lakes Allison legacy feature looked like it would be all Justin
Claucherty the fast timer qualifier who moved in front at the get go.Second place was the
big show as Mark Hayes, then Doug Della fought numerous challenges from the field behind
them.On lap twelve Halverson and Della made contact, with Della spinning. When the race
resumed Claucherty led the race until the final few inches, when Dawson nipped him at the
wire.Matt Byrne was third, with Steven Brooks,Mason Hadley and Mike Springer rounding out
the top six.
Rookie Ralph Gentile grabbed the lead in the millennium late model feature with another
rookie Josh Wallace second and Paul Dygon third, before moving into second laps seven
through nine,before Wallace moved back into that position on lap ten. Right behind them
,Keith Tolf, point leader Brian Ulrich and quick timer Bill Hobson were looking for a
opening. The see/saw battle for second continued until lap eighteen when Gentile drifted
high before turn three and made contact with Wallace. Gentile went up onto the wall,
nearly rolling, before bringing the mount down with body parts flying everywhere. The
mount came to rest off the track in turn three.Gentile escaped injury, but his quest for
the feature win, would have to wait for another night.
On the restart Dygon crept in front,but one lap later Tolf slipped in front and went on to
win the race over Dygon, Joe Rusciano,another rookie Ryan Walsh, Hobson and Brad Kossow.
The bandolero feature was close as Kyle LaPier quickly moved from his second row starting
spot and into the lead even before the first lap was complete. Michael Cooter, Kyle Jusits
and Dwight Dunlap were in a tight formation behind the leader.
On lap six, LaPier went around in turn two, bringing out a Yellow Book USA Caution period.
With the green back out, Michael Cooter charged in front and never looked back for the
win.LaPier was second,Jusits third, Bobby Yonkee fourth, Dunlap fifth and Steve
Arnson.Point leader Michael Bilderback broke a chain on the parade lap then
watched the race from the pit area and was credited with seventh place.
The legends feature got off to a rocky start,as rookie Don Schaal and Dave Cooter Sr.
tangled before the drop of the green.When the action finally happened Michael Bilderback
charged from the second row gaining the lead before the lap
could be completed. Another rookie Ernie Schaal was second, with Garrett Will, Hermann
Greinig and Kyle LaPier chasing the leader. Lap four points leader Curt Gnatzig and
Garrett Will made contact. This caused Gnatzig to fly head on into
the back straight away wall, then flipping hard some four times, coming to rest in the
infield near turn three. Gnatzig wasn’t injured,but his race car was totally
demolished.
On the restart Bilderback led just one more lap before veteran driver Clayton Kruse inched
ahead for three laps. Bilderback got his second wind, moving back In front on lap nine and
ten.Kruse led the next lap, as the pair raced side by side dicing for the top spot, which
Bilerback took again, going on to win the race over Greinig, Nick Shutkas, Kruse, fast
qualifier Larry Will and Steve Licht.
Earlier in the evening during the running of the Rascal outlaw heat number one, John
LeSage flipped three times after contact with another car. The driver was not hurt, but
his race car was extremely damaged.
The second to the last Friday night show, to be held next week, will bring in the super
mini cups and the open wheel formula indy cars besides the regular divisions. Time
trials begin at 6pm.racing at 7:30.
INEX Legends
A-Main 01 -- 1. Michael Bilderback (y), S. Beloit, Ill.; 2. Hermann Greinig, Addison,
Ill.; 3. Nick Shutkas, Caledonia, Ill.; 4. Clayton Kruse, Burlington, Wis; 5. Larry Will,
Batavia, Ill.; 6. Steve Licht, Burlington, Wis; 7. Garrett Will, Batavia, Ill.; 8. Ernie
Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.; 9. Tom Palma, Delavan, Wis; 10. Kyle La Pier (y);; 11. Curt
Gnatzig, Hartford, Wis; 12. Dave Cooter Sr. (o),
Loves Park, Ill.; 13. Don Schaal, Wauconda, Ill..
Heat 01 -- 1. Garrett Will, Batavia, Ill.;
2. Steve Licht, Burlington, Wis; 3. Tom Palma, Delavan, Wis; 4. Michael Bilderback (y), S.
Beloit, Ill.; 5. Kyle La Pier (y);; 6. Don Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.; 7. Dave Cooter Sr. (o),
Loves Park, Ill.; 8. Lyle Kuklinski, New Berlin, Wis.
Time Trial -- 1. Larry Will, Batavia, Ill.;
2. Curt Gnatzig, Hartford, Wis; 3. Nick Shutkas, Caledonia, Ill.; 4. Hermann Greinig,
Addison, Ill.; 5. Clayton Kruse, Burlington, Wis; 6. Ernie Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.; 7.
Steve Licht, Burlington, Wis; 8. Michael Bilderback (y), S. Beloit, Ill.; 9. Garrett Will,
Batavia, Ill.; 10. Dave Cooter Sr. (o), Loves Park, Ill.; 11. Kyle La Pier (y);; 12. Lyle
Kuklinski, New Berlin, Wis; 13. Tom Palma, Delavan, Wis; 14. Don Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.;
15. Joe Scala, Fox River Grove, Ill..
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Clayton Kruse,
Burlington, Wis; 2. Larry Will, Batavia, Ill.; 3. Curt Gnatzig, Hartford, Wis; 4. Ernie
Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.; 5. Nick Shutkas, Caledonia, Ill.; 6. Hermann Greinig, Addison,
Ill..
Limited
(Millenium) Late Models
A-Main 01 -- 1. Keith Tolf, Union Grove, Wis; 2. Paul Dygon, Wind Lake, Wis; 3. Joe
Rusciano, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 4. Ryan Walsh (t), Woodstock, Ill.; 5. Bill Hobson, Roscoe,
Ill.; 6. Brad Kossow, Union Grove, Wis; 7. Carrie Dygon, Racine, Wis; 8. Paul Edmundson,
Whitewater, Wis; 9. Ralph Gentile, Racine, Wis; 10. Josh Wallace, Pell Lake, Wis; 11.
Brian Ulrich (t), Racine, Wis; 12. Dan Baschal, Racine, Wis.
Heat 01 -- 1. Joe Rusciano, Crystal Lake,
Ill.; 2. Ralph Gentile, Racine, Wis; 3. Carrie Dygon, Racine, Wis; 4. Brad Kossow, Union
Grove, Wis; 5. Ryan Walsh (t), Woodstock, Ill.; 6. Josh Wallace, Pell Lake, Wis; 7. Paul
Edmundson, Whitewater, Wis; 8. Dan Baschal, Racine, Wis.
Time Trial -- 1. Bill Hobson, Roscoe, Ill.;
2. Keith Tolf, Union Grove, Wis; 3. Brian Ulrich (t), Racine, Wis; 4. Paul Dygon, Wind
Lake, Wis; 5. Joe Rusciano, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 6. Josh Wallace,Pell Lake, Wis; 7. Ryan
Walsh (t), Woodstock, Ill.; 8. Ralph Gentile, Racine, Wis; 9. Paul Edmundson, Whitewater,
Wis; 10. Carrie Dygon, Racine, Wis; 11. Dan Baschal, Racine, Wis;
12. Monty Coffman, Algonquin, Ill.; 13. Brad Kossow, Union Grove, Wis.
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Brian Ulrich (t),
Racine, Wis; 2. Paul Dygon, Wind Lake, Wis; 3. Bill Hobson, Roscoe, Ill.; 4. Keith Tolf,
Union Grove, Wis.
Bandoleros
A-Main 01 -- 1. Michael Cooter (y);; 2. Kyle La Pier (y);; 3. Kyle Jusits (y);; 4. Bobby
Yonkee (b), Willowbrook, Ill.; 5. Dwight Dunlap (o), Machesney Park, Ill.; 6. Steve
Aronson;; 7. Michael Bilderback (y), S. Beloit, Ill..
Heat 01 -- 1. Michael Cooter (y);; 2.
Michael Bilderback (y), S. Beloit, Ill.; 3. Kyle La Pier (y);; 4. Steve Aronson;; 5.
Dwight Dunlap (o), Machesney Park, Ill.; 6. Kyle Jusits (y);; 7. Bobby Yonkee (b),
Willowbrook, Ill..
Time Trial -- 1. Michael Bilderback (y), S.
Beloit, Ill.; 2. Michael Cooter (y);; 3. Kyle La Pier (y);; 4. Bobby Yonkee (b),
Willowbrook, Ill.; 5. Kyle Jusits (y);; 6. Steve Aronson;; 7. Dwight Dunlap (o), Machesney
Park, Ill..
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