Manitowoc, WI – June 12, 2009 – The race night was sponsored by Lakeside Foods, Manitowoc and 2009 graduates were honored by EWSC. Trophy sponsor for the night was Mohs Home Service.

The 30 lap 360 Sprint Car A-Main got off to a slow start. Before a lap was complete the cars of Jeff Wilke (Genoa, IL), Randy Call (New Berlin) and Danny Schlaefer (Sussex), driving for Robbie Pribnow (Mayville), got together in turn 3 causing Wilke and Call to flip. Both drivers checked out to be fine but all cars involved were retired to the pits for the rest of the race. Getting the field relined up the green flag was shown only to be slowed again for the car of Russ Wetenkamp (Newton) facing the wrong way on the backstretch. Finally getting the race started, Wayne Modjeski (Oak Creek) jumped out to the lead from his fourth starting position. The field was slowed on lap 7 for the spinning car of Jason Lax (Kiel) in turn 4. On lap 9, the yellow was shown again for the car of Tim Haddy (Waupun) stopping in turn 2. Second place running Brian Portschy (Plymouth) also went to the pits on this yellow for mechanical reasons. By lap 10, Kurt Davis (Milwaukee), found himself in the top 5 after starting 15th. The caution came out on lap 12 for the car of Jay Riemer (Sheboygan Falls) stopping on the front stretch. Modjeski continued to set the pace for the field which was slowed again on lap 18 for the ride of Scott Mohs (Sheboygan Falls) stopping in turn 4. Lance Fassbender (Burnett) was now chasing Modjeski and with the time limit nearly expired, another caution came out on lap 21 for the car of Terry Marten (Sheboygan Falls) having mechanical problems and breaking on the backstretch. With the time limit now expired, Fassbender and Davis lined up right behind Modjeski for a green, white , checkered finish. Rounding out the top 5 were TJ Luedke (Plymouth) and Tony Wondra (Campbellsport).

The 15 lap Sprint Car B-Main went green to checkered with Mohs taking the lead from the outside of the front row. Ben Schmidt (Plymouth), who scratched from his heat race, started 9th and on lap 4 was in the top 5. Transferring to the A-Main were Mohs, Kevin Karnitz (West Bend), Schmidt, Scott Conger (Eagle), Shane Wenninger (Kewaskum) and Wilke.

Billy Rezutek (Big Bend) started on the pole of the 25 lap Late Model A-Main and took the lead at the drop of the green. Paul Parker (Appleton) stayed right on Rezutek’s bumper and on lap 7 made the pass to take the lead. On lap 8 Parker started to encounter lap cars. Smoothly making his way through the lapped traffic Parker led the rest of the race with no cautions. Crossing behind Parker was Rezutek, Turk Letizia (Milwaukee), Robert Cullen (Chilton) and Tom Naeyaert (Shawano).

In honor of 50 years of EWSC racing the Grand Nationals ran twin 25 feature races with the best average finisher from them declared the overall winner. Brian Gilles (Plymouth) led the entire first 25 lap Grand National feature with cautions on lap 4 for the cars of 93 and 42 spinning in turn 2. On lap 6, the car of Phil Mott (Two Rivers) brought out the yellow flag. Gilles crossed the line to claim the first 25 lap feature followed by Ben Stumpf (Brillion), Jason Winkler (New Holstein), Bob Peter (Howards Grove) and Jason Dyer (New Holstein).

After inverting all the cars on the lead lap from the first 25 lap feature, Jerry Brickner (Mishicot) and Paul Perronne (Sheboygan) lined up on the front row for the second 25 lap feature. Brickner took the lead for the first four laps. On lap 5, Mike Bastian (Manitowoc) crossed the line ahead of Brickner to be scored in first. Bastian led the rest of the way with no cautions to take home the win of the second 25 lap feature. Crossing behind Bastian were Stumpf, Randy Brunette (Chilton), Peter, and Dyer.

After tallying the average finishes of the drivers from the two feature races, Stumpf was declared the overall winner. Finishing behind Stumpf were Peter, Bastian, Winkler, and Dyer.

The 15 lap Hobby Stock feature went green to checkered. Ryan Minster (Sheboygan) led the race for the first lap. On lap 2, Jeff Leonhard (Sheboygan) passed Minster to take the lead. Bradley Ruh (Elkhart Lake), starting tenth, and Adam Krepline (Manitowoc), starting ninth, were in the top 5 on lap 5. On lap 11, Krepline passed Leonhard to take control of the race and take home the win. Finishing behind Krepline were Ruh, Leonhard, Matt McDonald (Manitowoc), and Kyle Resch (Manitowoc).

Join EWSC next Friday, June 19, for a Father’s Day special and autograph night. Stop in the pits after the races and get your favorite drivers autograph. Racing starts at 7:00.

Race Summary

360 Sprints:

Heat 1 (10 laps):1, Wayne Modjeski. 2, Travis Luedke. 3, Jason Lax. 4, Joe Wipperfurth. 5, Lance Fassbender. 6, Robbie Pribnow. 7, Scott Mohs. 8, Marlin Bowers. 9, Samantha Portschy.

Heat 2 (10 laps): 1, Tim Haddy. 2, Brian Portschy. 3, Russ Wetenkamp. 4, Jay Riemer. 5, Randy Call. 6, Jeremy Schultz. 7, Scotty Thiel. 8, Ben Schmidt. (DNS).9, Lance Thompson. (DNS).

Heat 3 (10 laps): 1, Paul Pokorski. 2, Tony Wondra. 3, Terry Marten. 4, Pete Ostrowski. 5, Kurt Davis. 6, Kevin Karnitz. 7, Scott Conger. 8, Shane Wenninger. 9, Jeff Wilke

B-Main (15 laps):1, Scott Mohs. 2, Kevin Karnitz. 3, Ben Schmidt. 4, Scott Conger. 5, Shane Wenninger. 6, Jeff Wilke. 7, Marlin Bowers. 8, Samantha Portschy. 9, Lance Thompson. 10, Jeremy Schultz. (DNS).11, Scotty Thiel. (DNS).

A-Main (30 laps): 1, Wayne Modjeski. 2, Lance Fassbender. 3, Kurt Davis. 4, Travis Luedke. 5, Tony Wondra. 6, Pete Ostrowski. 7, Paul Pokorski. 8, Joe Wipperfurth. 9, Tim Haddy. 10, Shane Wenninger. 11, Kevin Karnitz. 12, Scott Conger. 13, Jason Lax. 14, Jay Riemer. 15, Scott Mohs. 16, Terry Marten. 17, Ben Schmidt. 18, Brian Portschy. 19, Russ Wetenkamp. 20, Randy Call. 21, Robbie Pribnow. 22, Jeff Wilke

Late Models:

Heat 1 (10 laps):1, Russ Scheffler. 2, Rick Scheffler. 3, Paul Parker. 4, Turk Letizia. 5, Ron Stroika. 6, Tim Carman. 7, Jim Lavey. 8, Dave Haag.

Heat 2 (10 laps):1, Tim Buhler. 2, Gordie Seegert Jr. 3, Robert Cullen. 4, Randy Markwardt. 5, Eric Michaels. 6, Ron Berna. 7, Jim Rychtik.

Heat 3 (10 laps):  1, Craig Schueffner. 2, Kyle Odekirk. 3, Tom Naeyaert. 4, Billy Rezutek. 5, Jeff Sayler. 6, Scott Haugstad. 7, Ray Reiss.

A-Main (25 laps): 1, Paul Parker. 2, Billy Rezutek. 3, Turk Letizia. 4, Robert Cullen. 5, Tom Naeyaert. 6, Gordie Seegert Jr. 7, Rick Scheffler. 8, Russ Scheffler. 9, Craig Schueffner. 10, Tim Buhler. 11, Randy Markwardt. 12, Kyle Odekirk. 13, Tim Carman. 14, Jeff Sayler. 15, Jim Rychtik. 16. Scott Haugstad. 17, Dave Haag. 18, Ron Stroika. 19, Jim Lavey. 20, Eric Michaels. 21, Ron Berna. 22, Ray Reiss (DNS).

Grand Nationals:

Heat 1 (10 laps):1, Jason Dyer. 2, Bob Peter. 3, Daniel Schumacher. 4, Chris Baumann. 5, Randy Brunette. 6, Dale Damrow. 7, Jerry Brickner. 8, Kevin Damrow. 9, Paul Perronne. 10, Matt Jackson.

Heat 2 (10 laps):1, Jason Winkler. 2, Brad Lubach. 3, Don Bonlander. 4, Brian Gilles. 5, Chad Kistner. 6, Phil Mott. 7, Mike Bastian. 8, Ben Stumpf. 9, Keith Kellenbenz. 10, Chad Ninmer.

A -Main (20 laps):1, Ben Stumpf. 2, Bob Peter. 3, Mike Bastian. 4, Jason Winkler. 5, Jason Dyer. 6, Randy Brunette. 7, Chad Kistner. 8, Brian Gilles. 9, Kevin Damrow. 10, Matt Jackson. 11, Don Bonlander. 12, Jerry Brickner. 13, Brad Lubach. 14, Paul Perronne. 15, Daniel Schumacher. 16, Keith Kellenbenz. 17, Chris Baumann. 18, Phil Mott. 19, Damrow Bros.

Hobby Stocks:

Heat 1 (8 laps):1, Adam Krepline. 2, Kyle Resch. 3, Matt McDonald. 4, Jeff Leonhard. 5, Ryan Minster. 6, Jay Van Asten.

Heat 2 (8 laps): 1, Bradley Ruh. 2, Jeff Bender. 3, Pat Wazny. 4, Chris Gilson. 5, James Riske.

A-Main (15 laps): 1, Adam Krepline. 2, Bradley Ruh. 3, Jeff Leonhard. 4, Matt McDonald. 5, Kyle Resch. 6, Pat Wazny. 7, Chris Gilson. 8, Jeff Bender. 9, Jay Van Asten. 10, Ryan Minster. 11, James Riske.