(Racing Every Saturday Night)
Race Results
July 24, 1999
By Rob Ristesund
In spite of the fact that it was the eleventh night of racing at Lake County Speedway this year, three drivers found themselves taking feature wins for the first time at the track this year in racing action Saturday night.
Curt Bauman, a driver who dominated the hobby stock class the last several years, made the big jump to late model stock cars this year and garnered his first feature win in a thrilling feature event. Bauman led the entire distance but had to fend off a furious late-race challenge by defending champion Brad Wollman for the victory. Wollman came from the fifth row to take second from Kent Plimpton with five laps to go in the fifteen lap event, and then found himself on Bauman’s back bumper on the next lap following a caution. Wollman stayed right behind Bauman on the restart as the race wound down, and when Bauman slid a bit high in turn two on the final lap, Wollman was able to pull alongside as the pair battled down the backstretch. Coming out of the final turn they were still door-to-door but Bauman had just a little more momentum and he edged Wollman by a couple of feet at the checkered. Scott Freet drove a steady race to take second ahead of Todd Sterzinger and Larry Dixon. Sterzinger’s fourth place finish was a victory in itself as he and his crew frantically worked most of the evening to change engines in his car after losing his original powerplant in his heat race. Sterzinger rewarded his crew for their efforts with an excellent run as he came all the way from the seventh row to take fourth.
Brad Nelson found himself with the lead when early leader Brian Baker’s engine went sour with four laps to go and went on to take his second Pam Oil/Valvoline/AC Delco/Lewis Drug 360 sprint feature win of the year. Chuck McGillivray was in second when his motor expired on the final lap, giving the runner-up spot to Mike Ellingson followed by Kim Muntefering, Gary Johnson, and Steve Haman.
Jeff Hertel scored his first feature win of the year as he topped the field in a wild Nordstrom’s Sportsmen “A” feature. Hertel came from the fifth row to pass leader Darin Duffy following a restart on the fifth lap of the twelve lap event and led the rest of the way. Second went to Russ Peterson followed by Duffy, Rick Goth and Mike Husman. Three-time feature winner and runner-up in points J.J. Zebell was suspended from the track following his dispute with officials after being black-flagged on the last lap.
Dan Doyle showed what a difference a week can make after he captured his first hobby stock feature win ever at the track. Doyle, whose car sustained heavy damage in a roll-over last week, was rewarded for his hard work during the week as he led wire-to-wire to take the win. Curt Ottoson was right behind Doyle at the finish while Jeff Beck came all the way from the sixth row to take third ahead of Justin Selken and Dale Tomes.
In the Deuces Wild front-wheel drives, it was the team of Fedeler and Tooker taking their second feature win in a row as they held off the point leaders Schmidt and Grayson.
360 Sprint Cars
FIRST HEAT: 1. Brian Baker, Rock Rapids, Iowa; 2. Chuck McGillivray, Madison; 3. Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls; 4. Gary Johnson, Madison; 5. Matt Garner, Sioux Falls.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Brad Nelson, Brookings; 2. Mike Ellingson, Dell Rapids; 3. Steve Haman, Egan; 4. Kim Muntefering, Mitchell; 5. Lee Goos, Sioux Falls.
FEATURE: 1. Nelson; 2. Ellingson; 3. Muntefering; 4. Johnson; 5. Haman; 6. Goos; 7. McGillivray; 8. Baker; 9. Meyer.
Late Model Stock Cars
FIRST HEAT: 1. Rob Anderson, Chester; 2. Brad Wollman, Bridgewater; 3. Dale Furby, Sioux Falls; 4. Scott Freet, Madison; 5. Don Bickett, Ramona.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Curt Bauman, Brookings; 2. Kent Plimpton, Lennox; 3. Perry Tschetter, Bridgewater; 4. Rick Eich, Colman; 5. Larry Dixon, Ramona.
FEATURE: 1. Bauman; 2. Wollman; 3. Freet; 4. Todd Sterzinger, Colman; 5. Larry Dixon; 6. Plimpton; 7. Anderson; 8. Eich; 9. Gus Clark, Sioux Falls; 10. Bickett; 11. Ross Dixon, Ramona; 12. Furby; 13. Tschetter.
Nordstrom's Sportsman
FIRST HEAT: 1. Darin Duffy, Dell Rapids; 2. Chris Ellingson, Madison; 3. Kenny Berens, Marion; 4. Russ Peterson, Sioux Falls.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Brad Haas, Sioux Falls; 2. Mike Husman, Madison; 3. Jeff Wittrock, Sioux Falls; 4. J.J. Zebell, Parker.
THIRD HEAT: 1. Tony Callies, Wentworth; 2. Ryan Nelson, Madison; 3. Jeff Hertel, Parker; 4. Richard Holbrook, Sioux Falls.
FOURTH HEAT: 1. Al Barnhart, Madison; 2. Rick Goth, Madison; 3. Russ Englund, Hartford; 4. Gary Gonyo, Madison.
B FEATURE: 1. Zebell; 2. Peterson; 3. Josh Tangen, Bruce; 4. Matt Steuerwald, Madison; 5. Holbrook.
A FEATURE: 1. Hertel; 2. Peterson; 3. Duffy; 4. Goth; 5. Husman; 6. Steuerwald; 7. Wittrock.
I.M.C.A Hobby Stocks
FIRST HEAT: 1. Dan Doyle, Flandreau; 2. Dean Dunkelberger, Hartford; 3. Dale Tomes, Dell Rapids; 4. Tim Dann, Tea.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Mark Janke, Madison; 2. Steve Carmody, Ramona; 3. Josh Schmidt, Marion; 4. Jeff Beck, Winfred.
THIRD HEAT: 1. Jason Armstrong, Flandreau; 2. Doug Van Liere, Madison; 3. Justin Selken, Hartford; 4. Curt Ottoson, Madison.
FEATURE: 1. Doyle; 2. Ottoson; 3. Beck; 4. Selken; 5. Tomes; 6. Dunkelberger; 7. Dean Schoenwald, Madison; 8. Dann; 9. Armstrong; 10. Schmidt; 11. Janke.
Front Wheel Drives
FIRST HEAT: 1. Paugh/McGillivray, Madison; 2. Willmott/Insley, White; 3. Fedeler/Tooker; Nunda.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Rose/Dafoe, Sioux Falls; 2. Olson/Gluhn, Madison; 3. Schmidt/Grayson, Brookings.
THIRD HEAT: 1. Haynes/Walter, Bridgewater; 2. Boatright/Gross, Hartford; 3. Anderson/Michelke, Madison.
FIRST B FEATURE: 1. Harmon/Ludwig, Canton; 2. Fuller/Parish, Sioux Falls; 3. Larson/Ryan, Madison
SECOND B FEATURE: 1. Sampson/Tieszen, Canistota; 2. Harney/Lien, Brandon; 3. Bender/Nielson, Madison.
A FEATURE: 1. Fedeler/Tooker; 2. Schmidt/Grayson, Brookings; 3. Willmott/Insley; 4. Boatright/Gross; 5. Haynes/Walter; 6. Rose/Dafoe; 7. Sampson/Tieszen.