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George Baumann
PLYMOUTH, Wisc. (July 12) - Plymouth Dirt Track Racing honored area firefighters and paramedics prior to the start of the nights program. Then the only heat of the night began on the race track with plenty of excitement.
Feature race wins went to Earl Possi in the Sprint division, Brad Dahmer in the Grand Nationals, Scott Specht in the Late Models and Jason Juech in the Outlaw Compacts.
Late Models took their turn and it would end in dramatic fashion. Scott Specht (Sheboygan Falls) passed race leader Rick Scheffler on the outside coming off turn four on the final lap after Scheffler who had lead the entire race got slowed down behind a car they were about to lap.
For Specht the 2005 track champion it was his first feature win of the season. In the early going Specht who started second, dropped back to fourth behind Kyle Odekirk (Waldo) and Turk Letizia (Milwaukee).
On lap twelve Specht was able to use the outside line to get past both Odekirk and Letizia setting his sights on Scheffler again. After it looked like Scheffler would prevail the patience of Specht paid off in a big way in the final turn on the final lap esxciting the large crowd.
Scheffler would finish just ahead of Odekirk, Letizia, and former track champion Dan Sorce (Franklin).
The B-main was won by rookie Brian Goetsch from Sheboygan with Jim Lavey (Sheboygan), Matt Buckmann (Sheboygan Falls) and R.W. Ashenbrenner Oneida transferring.
Heats were won points leader Randy Markwardt from Sheboygan with Sorce winning the second and Jim Schmidt (Cleveland) the third. The first heat saw Markwardt get by both Rick Scheffler and Specht for the lead. Three wide racing was featured numerous times in the three races.
Racing continues this coming Saturday at the Fair Park with the annual Hales Corners Reunion night. Late Models will race a 30-lap Feature with $1,200 going to the winner and bonus money down the line. Suburban Drywall ($1,000), Behling Racing ($500) and www.widirtlatemodels.com ($100) put bonus money into the purse. Racing will begin at 6:00 PM.
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