Beaver Dam, WI – August 2, 2008.
A field of 34 World of Outlaw Sprint cars were
joined by a full field of INEX Legend cars Saturday night at Charter
Raceway Park and put on a fantastic show for the huge crowd that was
in attendance. Setting fast time with a time of 11.561 seconds
(103.693 mph), Steve Kinser gave the crowd a preview of what was to
come in the A-Main 40 lap event. Kinser was just one of 16 drivers
to qualify with sub-12 second laps on a beautifully prepared
racetrack.
Early in the A-Main, it looked as if Jason Meyers would be the one
to beat and he was. Starting on the pole after winning the Crane
Cams Dash, Meyers looked to set the pace at the drop of the green.
However, it took two times to get the event started as Billy
Hafemann rolled his 2B car with just one lap scored complete. On the
restart, Meyers led Kerry Madsen and Kinser around the speedway and
by lap four the leaders started lapping the slower cars. Craig
Dollansky held down the fourth spot with Donny Schatz in the fifth
position as the laps rolled by. Meyers was able to work around lap
traffic over the next 10 laps with the battle raging on behind him.
Kinser was able to slingshot past Madsen on lap 15 to take over the
second position just before the red came out for the second time for
Paul McMahon going up and over on the main straight. The field would
get in just 2 more laps before the yellow came out for debris, the
front wing of one of the cars, in turn three. The final caution,
another red, came out on lap 24 when Shane Stewart and Kriag Kinser
got together and rolled their mounts just out of turn four. Lap 33
proved to be the lap that changed the race as Kinser was able to use
lap traffic to his advantage and, with the crowd on their feet, get
past Meyers to take away the top spot for the first time in the
event. Kinser was able hold off Meyers as they completed the final
seven laps and picked up his 548th win. Meyers finished second and
Madsen third.
The INEX Legend feature event started off with Jeff Steenbergen
leading lap number one all the way up from his sixth starting
position. However, the lead was short-lived as Tom Fraser took back
the lead on lap number two. Joe Johnson came to a halt in turn two
before the field could complete lap three bringing out the first of
two cautions in the event. Following the restart, Eric Barth
patiently worked his way up through traffic and took the lead for
good on lap nine as he took the inside line past Steenbergen. Joel
Wyttenbach, looking for his third straight feature win, also worked
past Steenbergen and was running second as the field hit the halfway
mark on lap 10. Wyttenbach spun himself out five laps later coming
to a halt on the inside portion of the racetrack bringing out the
yellow and setting up a 5 lap shootout between Barth, Weber and
Steenbergen. Barth was able to open up a bit of room between him and
Weber on the restart and never looked back. Weber finished second
and Steenbergen third.
Next week, Charter Raceway Park will have all 5 regular divisions
competing. Pits open at 3:30 and the main gates open at 4:30. Racing
is scheduled to start promptly at 6:30. Contact the track office for
more information at 920-382-7858.
World of Outlaw Sprints
HEATS Donny Schatz, Terry McCarl, Craig Dollansky, Kerry Madsen
DASH Jason Meyers
B MAIN 1 Mike Kertscher, Brian Kristan, Tim Vandervere, Kris Spitz,
Phillip Mock
A MAIN Steve Kinser, Jason Meyers, Kerry Madsen, Craig Dollansky,
Donny Schatz, Terry McCarl, Joey Saldana, Daryn Pittman, Jason
Sides, Jac Haudenschild
LEGENDS
HEATS Eric Barth, Warren Ropp, Joel Wyttenbach, Tom Fraser
B Main Brad Weber, Bud Stoudt, Greg Harlaub, Phil Van Tatenhove,
Eric Meyer
A MAIN Eric Barth, Brad Weber, Jeff Steenbergen, Kevin Brill, Tom
Fraser, Brian Peterson, Mike Mueller, Aaron Muhle, Luke Polzin,
Warren Ropp
