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Ed Reichert
MENOMONIE, Wisc. (May 22) - The Red Cedar Speedway held stock car racing Friday night after a two week, weather induced hiatus and there was action galore on the dirt track at the Dunn Co. Rec Park. Scott Gilberts, Ron Schreiner, Greg Nippoldt and Chaz Ducommun all visited victory lane for the first time at Red Cedar in '09 while Mike Anderson won for the second time in one of the two open wheel divisions that he competes in regularly.
It was also an important night as the first five members of the Red Cedar Speedway Hall of Fame were announced tonight. They are: Rich Creaser, Dean Lechler, Ben Mizer, Deb Weinfurtner and Roger Cummings. They will be officially inducted into the new Hall of Fame next Friday night.
Scott Gilberts finally got his new MasterSbilt from Mars Late Model sorted out and earned a hard fought victory in the nonstop Late Model headliner Friday night. He was pressured continuously however by Kerry Hanson who actually edged into the lead on a couple of occasions but was never able to finalize the move and secure the top spot.
They started side by side in the front row and spent the entire contest either racing side by side or nose to tail. Gilberts held the low line while Hanson worked the high side and every time it appeared that Kerry would slide back, he would hammer the cushion even harder and draw back up beside Gilberts.
While those two battled for the lead, Mike Prochnow and Cory Mahder had the same kind of battle for third before Cory took the spot and started to move in on the top runners. Hanson made an all out attempt on the final lap but when he slipped high out of the groove, Mahder snuck under him to earn the second spot as everyone chased Gilberts home. It took Pat Doar a long time to get free from traffic but when he finally did he made the most significant advance of the night, coming from fourteenth to round out the top five.
SUMMARY
Red Cedar Speedway
Menomonie WI
May 22, 2009
WISSOTA Late Models
20 lap Feature - Scott Gilberts, Menomonie; Cory Mahder, Elk Mound; Kerry Hanson, Baldwin; Mike Prochnow, Menomonie; Pat Doar, New Richmond; John Kaanta, Elk Mound; Joel Cryderman, Thunder Bay ON; Brent Larson, Lake Elmo MN; Jake Redetzke, Eau Claire; Ashley Anderson, Elk Mound; Chad Mahder, Marshfield; Keith Foss, Winona MN; Steve Laursen, Cumberland; Eric Breeschotten, Buffalo MN; Kevin Kuehn, Winona MN; Bob Slater, Thunder Bay ON; John Meeds, Spooner; Ronnie Rihn, Bloomer; Chris Oertel, Marshfield; Justin Sass, Rochester MN.
8 lap B Feature - Kuehn; Slater; Sass; Rihn; Meeds; Lucas Peterson; T.J. Adams; Jesse Redetzke.
8 lap Heat 1 - Kaanta; J. Redetzke; Prochnow; Foss; Ch. Mahder; Kuehn; Slater; Peterson.
Heat 2 - C. Mahder; Cryderman; Hanson; Oertel; Doar; Meeds; Adams; Rick Hanestad.
Heat 3 - Gilberts; Larson; Anderson; Breeschotten; Laursen; Je. Redetzke; Rihn; Sass.
WISSOTA Modifieds
15 lap Feature - Ron Schreiner, Hudson; Brent Prochnow, Colfax; Mark Hessler, Menomonie; Mike Anderson, Colfax; Robby Bunkelman, Abbotsford; Craig Thatcher, Knapp; Jay Richardson, Spring Valley; Mark Hanson, Chippewa Falls; Bryan Nayes, Chippewa Falls; Pat Doar, New Richmond; Rich Lofthus, Bloomer; Don Brightbill, Hudson; Cory Williams, Spring Valley.
8 lap Heat 1 - Thatcher; Prochnow; Anderson; Doar; Richardson; Brightbill; Steve Hallquist.
Heat 2 - Schreiner; Bunkelman; Nayes; Hanson; Lofthus; Hessler; Williams.
WISSOTA Super Stocks
15 lap Feature - Greg Nippoldt, Roberts; Aaron Wilson, Menomonie; Shawn Huse, Bloomer; Darrel Hazelton, Chippewa Falls; Mike Keller, Menomonie; Jason Forehand, Eau Claire; Shane Kisling, Sarona; Tom Karis, Menomonie; Jake Redetzke, Eau Claire; Ben Hillman, Menomonie; Charley Obermueller, Menomonie; Ryan Olson, Chippewa Falls; Bernie Christianson, Menomonie; Joe Rhead, Menomonie; Brad Johnson, Wilson; Rick Hallquist, Eau Claire; Ajay Christianson, Menomonie; Dan Arneson, Eleva.
8 lap Heat 1 - Hillman; Wilson; Karis; Hazelton; Olson; B. Christianson; Obermueller; Hallquist; A. Christianson.
Heat 2 - Huse; Kisling; Arneson; Nippoldt; Keller; Redetzke; Johnson; Rhead; Forehand.
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
15 lap Feature - Mike Anderson, Colfax; Jim Bourn, Menomonie; Shane Halopka, Eau Claire; Mark Gerth, Menomonie; Mark Thomas, Menomonie; Justin Supri, Eau Claire; Ronnie Rihn, Bloomer; Randy Smeltzer, Colfax; Jeremy Houle, Forest Lake MN; Kevin Smeltzer, Menomonie; Clark Swartz, Bloomer; Robby Johnson, Wilson; Frank Soucek, Chetek; Jason Swan, Chippewa Falls; Kevin Knudtson, Osseo; Barry Johnson, Nelson; Scott Erickson, Barron; Wayne Bignell, Menomonie; Gary Sorenson, Eau Claire.
8 lap Heat 1 - Anderson; Bourn; Erickson; R. Johnson; Houle; Sorenson; Cooper Dohms.
Heat 2 - Gerth; Supri; Rihn; Halopka; B. Johnson; Swan; Jesse Glenz.
Heat 3 - Swartz; K. Smeltzer; R. Smeltzer; Soucek; Knudtson; Bignell.
Pure Stocks
10 lap Feature - Chaz Ducommun, Chetek; Nick Field, Knapp; Tony Falkner, Menomonie; Lucas Plank, Eau Claire; Mike Harshman, Chippewa Falls; Chris Wert, Roberts; James Gregory, Baldwin; Mike Liphardt, Elk Mound; Willy Hughes, Arkansas; Eric Burton, Menomonie; Chad Tarvis, Chetek; Rob Lawrence, Eau Claire; Kory Hathaway, Elmwood; Brad Spence, Spring Valley; Ashley Husby, Menomonie; Nate Spence, Spring Valley; Ron Hoffman, Ridgeland.
6 lap Heat 1 - Plank; Wert; Gregory; Hoffman; Liphardt; Burton; Tarvis; B. Spence; Husby.
Heat 2 - Dusty Brown; Ducommun; Field; Falkner; N. Spence; Harshman; Hughes; Lawrence; Hathaway
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