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Pokorski Tops Modified Twin with Dippel, Sohrweide, Jorgenson & Krepline Winners | |||||||||||||
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Manitowoc, WI.; August 19, 2006 - With only four championship point races left after this weekend, the annual Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars “Back to School” Night was a hit on and off the track. Off the track, all student and children ticket holders received “back to school” supplies donated by race crews and sponsors. On the track, a fast track and close point battles set the tone for the hard-charging racing action at the Manitowoc County Expo. |
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In the first 20-lap Twin A-Main in the Winged Super Modifieds, Scott Mohs of Plymouth jumped into the early lead with Jeremy Mullenbach and Butch Hafemann of Campbellsport on his bumper. By the fourth lap, six-time feature winner Paul Pokorski of West Bend charged into second and began reeling leader Mohs in. Two laps later, Pokorski tucked his car to the inside of the leader to cross the line with Mohs still in the lead by just a couple inches. Mohs and Pokorski charged around the Manitowoc track side by side with Pokorski changing grooves to pass Mohs on the outside to take over the lead in lap seven. In the same lap, last years track champion Tim McMullen of Plymouth charged into third behind the battling duo. As leader Pokorski began lapping cars at the mid-point of the race, McMullen passed Mohs to take up the challenge spot. Pokorski and McMullen weaved their cars through the lapped traffic but time was not on McMullen’s side. Pokorski charged through the checkered to win the first half of the Modified Twin Challenge. McMullen followed in second with Brad Swendrowski of Milwaukee making a last lap pass to finish third. Mohs and Kris Hansen of Manitowoc rounded out the top five. An incident on the backstretch between leader Thompson and Bastian sent Thompson spinning into the infield and sent both drivers to the pit area a lap later not to return. After the top two left, Wenzel charged out in front with Sohrweide throwing his car to the outside to take over second and Schmidt following in third. Side by side the top competitors charged around the track with Sohrweide racing outside Wenzel to take over the lead in lap ten. With half the race to go, the top five, Sohrweide, Wenzel, Schmidt, Gilles and Peter, charged tightly packed together three abreast to battle for the win. In lap twelve, Gilles slid inside passed Schmidt to take over third by inches but Schmidt, charging on the high side, raced passed Gilles the next lap to secure third again. |
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Schmidt continued his charge on the outside to pass Wenzel for second in lap fourteen. Wenzel stuck to the inside and charged back into second the next lap to chase down leader Sohrweide. Schmidt and Gilles again battled for control of third as the two charged almost even around the track. When the white flag flew, Gilles took over third and charged after Sohrweide and Wenzel for the final lap. As the checkered flag flew, heat winner Sohrweide won his first A-Main of the season. Wenzel followed in second with Gilles, heat winner Schmidt, and fast qualifier Jason Winkler of New Holstein rounding out the top five. |
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