HIGHLAND SPEEDWAY
MAY 7, 2011
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Korte's mission to crush Late Model competition at Highland Speedway



Highland Speedway
HIGHLAND, Ill (May 7) - Changes were made this week to the Highland Speedway racing lineup. The Dash in the Becker Jewelers Late Models was added after a several year absence. The changes proved worthy of the addition as the fans were on their feet cheering on the six fastest drivers.

In the Becker Jewelers Late Models heat winners Chad Zobrist, Randy “King Kong” Korte, and Fast Frankie along with runners up Nick “At Night” Lyons, Brian Wolfmeier and Kerry Gaultney. The Highland Bull Dog Chad Zobrist pulled the number one pill and sat on the pole. Zobrist last years points Champion looked like the “Bulldog” of old and took the checker flag guaranteeing him a pole start in the Becker Jewelers Late Models Feature, Wolfmeier finished second and Korte third.



The start of the feature had Zobrist and Wolfmeier side by side. After only two laps in the feature unfortunately a yellow flag came out for the 23 of Mark Bohnenstiehl, aligning the field into single file on the restart. By lap 4 the 00 of Korte starting from the third spot on the restart made the pass for the lead, looking to avenge his second and third place finishes of the first three weeks of the season. The Highland veteran was on a mission. By lap six the leaders were catching the back of the field. Korte put on a driving show as he was slicing and dicing around the back markers. On lap 12 all alone running in second, something went wrong with the 78 of Zobrist, resulting in a single car spin in turn two. The restart had the 00 of Korte in the lead with several lap cars between him and the second place car of Wolfmeier and the balance of the field. “King Kong” immediately jumped out to a sizable lead and lasted several late lap cautions and restarts to bring the Double 0 into the Casey’s General Stores Victory Lane for the first time in 2011. “Fast” Frankie Martin, Matt Weidner, Wolfmeier, and Gaultney finished second through fifth respectfully

A-Main
1 3 00K Randy Korte Highland, Il 75.00
2 6 25 Frankie Martin Duquoin, Il 70.00
3 8 R1 Matt Weidner Highland, Il 65.00
4 2 37 Brian Wolfmeier House Springs, Mo 60.00
5 4 21 Kerry Gaultney Collinsville, Il 55.00
6 9 51 Mark Faust Breese, Il 50.00
7 1 78 Chad Zobrist Highland, Il 48.00
8 10 81 Paul Bailey Pocahontas, Il 46.00
9 7 27S Mike Schulte Summerfield, Il 44.00
10 13 51R Danny Ripperda Highland , Il 42.00
11 15 12T Dave Thornton Trenton , Il 40.00
12 17 25X Dan Jacober Highland, Il 39.00
13 12 92K Brant Kehrer New Memphis, Il 38.00
14 11 1S Rick Salter Albers, Il 37.00
15 14 24T Dick Taylor Springfield, Il 36.00
16 18 11K Shannon Kuhn - 35.00
17 5 2X Nick Lyons Centralia, Il 34.00
18 16 23B Mark Bohnenstiehl Edwardsville, Il 33.00

Dash
1 1 78 Chad Zobrist Highland, Il 0.00
2 4 37 Brian Wolfmeier House Springs, Mo 0.00
3 2 00K Randy Korte Highland, Il 0.00
4 5 21 Kerry Gaultney Collinsville, Il 0.00
5 6 2X Nick Lyons Centralia, Il 0.00
6 3 25 Frankie Martin Duquoin, Il 0.00

Heat #1
1 1 78 Chad Zobrist Highland, Il 4.00
2 2 37 Brian Wolfmeier House Springs, Mo 3.00
3 3 27S Mike Schulte Summerfield, Il 2.00
4 5 81 Paul Bailey Pocahontas, Il 1.00
5 6 51R Danny Ripperda Highland, Il 0.00
6 4 23B Mark Bohnenstiehl Edwardsville, Il 0.00

Heat #2
1 3 00K Randy Korte Highland, Il 4.00
2 1 21 Kerry Gaultney Collinsville, Il 3.00
3 5 R1 Matt Weidner Highland, Il 2.00
4 4 1S Rick Salter Albers, Il 1.00
5 2 24T Dick Taylor Springfield, Il 0.00
6 6 25X Dan Jacober Highland, Il 0.00

Heat #3
1 3 25 Frankie Martin Duquoin, Il 4.00
2 2 2X Nick Lyons Centralia, Il 3.00
3 4 51 Mark Faust Breese, Il 2.00
4 6 92K Brant Kehrer New Memphis, Il 1.00
5 5 12T Dave Thornton Trenton, Il 0.00
6 1 11K Shannon Kuhn - 0.00 DNS