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Greg Parent
NEW RICHMOND, Wisc. (May 16) - The 5th Annual School Bus Race Night once again proved to be a gigantic success at the Cedar Lake Speedway with the largest crowd of the season on hand along with season-high turnouts in the NASCAR late model and midwest modified divisions on Saturday May 16. The much anticipated return of the winged outlaw modifieds was also a success, as one of the larger crowds in the history of the track filled the popular western Wisconsin facility to near capacity on a cool spring evening. Jason Miller had a memorable night, as he subbed for Sam Nelson in the NASCAR midwest modified division and showed the 38 car field the quick way around the 3/8 high-banked oval for his first 2009 victory in that division. Coming off a win the previous week in the modified class, Miller donned a wing on his mod and topped a talented field of winged outlaw modifieds in the return of that division after a 17 year absence at the track which made the class famous. Jimmy Mars raced to victory over a season-high stellar field of 33 NASCAR late models. In the always popular school bus races, the feature event saw the Baldwin-Woodville bus narrowly defeat the Osceola bus in a slam-bang race filled with excitement.
The final event of the evening featured the ground-pounding action of the NASCAR late model division. The weekly car counts have been strong all season long in the late model division at CLS, but tonight would see the largest turnout so far with a tremendous field of 33 cars on hand. Rick Egersdorf, Lance Mathees, Pat Doar and Ashley Anderson topped heat race action. Most weekly tracks do not have enough cars to run a B Main for the late models, but on occasion CLS needs to do so. Tonight was such an occasion. Doug Herrick bested Jake Redetzke, Keith Foss, and Don Copp for the four transfer positions into the 30 lap feature race. With the starting field determined, Rick Egersdorf and Jimmy Mars brought the field to life as track announcer Chris Stepan pumped up the crowd. Jimmy Mars is certainly no stranger to the Cedar Lake Speedway having won a track point title, Masters championship, and USA Nationals event to his credit amongst numerous other victories. Mars wasted little time in showing the field the quick way around with Egersdorf and Eric Breeschoten the top trio. Making his first appearance of the season, Ashley Anderson began working his way forward from his 8th starting spot. Anderson moved to fourth on lap five and engaged in a very good battle with Breeschoten for several laps. While the race remained under green, Anderson moved past Breeschoten for third on lap 13 as the leaders began to encounter lapped traffic. A couple of laps later, Lance Mathees moved past Steve Laursen for fifth. With Egersdorf quickly closing the gap on Mars in traffic, the lone caution of the race blinked on. Unfortunately it was for third place runner Ashley Anderson. Anderson jumped the cushion entering turn one and contacted the concrete wall. His night ended with a ride on the wrecker. The race then ran 13 laps nonstop to the finish with Mathees getting by Breeschoten for third a couple laps after the green replaced the yellow. In his second appearance of the season, Jimmy Mars recorded his first NASCAR late model victory. Another strong performance saw Rick Egersdorf in the runnerup position. Overcoming some bad luck from a few weeks ago at CLS, Lance Mathees ran a solid third. Eric Breeschoten and Steve Laursen completed the top five. Rounding out the top ten was Pat Doar, Jesse Redetzke, Brent Larson, Rick Hanestad, and last week's winner Darrell Nelson.
NASCAR Impact Printing Late Models (33 Cars)
Heat 1- Rick Egersdorf, Jeff Martire, Eric Breeschoten, Rick Hanestad, Adam Hensel, Doug Herrick, Jake Redetzke, Toby Patchen, Dave Friendt
Heat 2- Lance Mathees, Steve Laursen, Brent Larson, Darrell Nelson, Chuckie DeSmith, Paul Brust, Mike Nutzmann, Jake Hiatt
Heat 3- Pat Doar, Cory Mahder, Jesse Redetzke, Jake Hartung, Jim Carlson, Brent Mueller, Roger Herrick, Bryan Wennen
Heat 4- Ashley Anderson, Jimmy Mars, John Kaanta, Kelly Anderson, Mike Bear, Keith Foss, Don Copp, Mike Raboin
B Main- D Herrick, Redetzke, Foss, Copp, Mueller, Friendt, R Herrick, Wennen, Patchen, Brust, Raboin
A Main- Mars, Egersdorf, Mathees, Breeschoten, Laursen, Doar, Jesse Redetzke, Larson, Hanestad, Nelson, Mahder, Anderson, Kaanta, Foss, DeSmith, Hartung, Jake Redetzke, Carlson, Copp, Martire, Bear, D Herrick, Anderson, Hensel
Winged Outlaw Modifieds (11 Cars)
Heat 1- Rick Kobs, Brad Waits, Mike Kelley, Les Duellman, Scott Gilbertson, Lonnie Louschke
Heat 2- Jason Gross, Jason Miller, Mike Nutzmann, Shaun Kelley, David Lear
A Main- Miller, Kobs, Waits, Gross, Gilbertson, Nutzmann, Lear, Louschke, Duellman, Kelley
NASCAR Grand Casino Midwest Modifieds (38 Cars)
Heat 1- Kyle Jumbeck, Shawn Phillips, Bob Smith, Mike Gibson, Dave Siercks, Eric Herbison, Chad Patterson, Josh Bazey, Kevin Newgard, Clayton Wagamon
Heat 2- Clark Perry, Taylor Leuthner, Wayne Troseth, Alex Gerlach, EJ
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