Manitowoc, WI – August 21, 2009 – It was back to school night for the kids at the races. All students in attendance were treated with some back to school items. The trophy sponsor was Riverside Deer Processing of Plymouth.

The 360 MSA Sprint Car, presented by Image 1 Motorsports, 30 lap A-Main got off to a slow start. Before a circuit was completed, Ben Schmidt (Plymouth) flipped in turn four. Schmidt checked out fine but retired to the pits for the remainder of the night. When the green flag flew to start the race, the cars of Jeff Wilke (Genoa, IL) and Dave Lisowe (Chilton) got together in turn three prior to a lap being completed. Thinking the third time would be a charm to get the race underway, the ride of Paul Pokorski (West Bend) stopped high in turn two. Pokorski got a push to restart and joined the back of the field. The rest of the race went uninterrupted. Todd King, driving for Russ Wetenkamp (Newton), grabbed the lead from the pole position. Scotty Thiel (Sheboygan) claimed second until lap four when Jeremy Schultz (Beaver Dam) passed him. Schultz’s claim on second was short lived. On lap six, TJ Luedke (Plymouth) passed Schultz and was now running down King. As the cars crossed the line to be scored on lap 17, Luedke crossed the line first to be scored as the leader. Luedke paced the field to the checkered flag followed by Wayne Modjeski (Oak Creek), Kurt Davis (Milwaukee), Schultz, and Lance Fassbender (Burnett).

Gordie Seegert, Jr. (Oostburg) jumped out to the lead from the outside pole position in the 25 lap Late Model feature. The race was slowed on lap one for the car of Scott Haugstad (Plymouth) spinning in turn one. Tim Buhler (Glenbeulah) and Russ Scheffler (Pewaukee) ran side by side for several laps. The race was slowed on lap 5 for the car of Ray Reiss (Kiel) spinning in turn four. On the next lap, the race was slowed for the car of Chris Carlson (Union Grove) spinning on the backstretch. Buhler claimed second until Scheffler passed him on lap 10. Scheffler was now working on Seegert. Lapped traffic came into play on lap 14. Seegert patiently made his way through the traffic. As the white flag flew for Seegert, the car of Jim Lavey (Sheboygan) spun in turn two. The yellow came out and as the yellow came out, Seegert made contact with Lavey. Since Lavey was the yellow flag car, Seegert was declared the winner. Following Seegert to the line was Scheffler, Buhler, Pete Parker (Kaukauna), and Robert Cullen (Chilton).

The 20 lap Krajnik Chevrolet Grand National feature saw Ben Stumpf (Brillion) take the lead for at the drop of the green flag. Randy Brunette (Chilton) chased Stumpf for the first five laps. On lap six, Brian Gilles (Plymouth) passed Brunette for second. Gilles now had his sights on Stumpf. Gilles passed Stumpf on lap 12 for the lead. The only caution of the race came on lap 13 for the car of Paul Perronne (Sheboygan) spinning in turn one. Gilles showed the way to the checkers followed by Stumpf, Jason Dyer (New Holstein), Jason Winkler (New Holstein), and Matt Yancey (Sheboygan).

Mike Kaufmann (Newton) took the lead of the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature and didn’t look back. The field was slowed on lap one for the car of Ray Fuller (Manitowoc) spinning in turn four. Kaufmann set the pace and on lap four the race was slowed once again for the car of Ryan Minster (Sheboygan) spinning in turn two. Kaufmann took the green while Bradley Ruh (Elkhart Lake) and Kyle Resch (Manitowoc) were jockeying for second behind him. Ruh claimed second with Resch falling into third. Finishing out the top five were Jeff Bender (Plymouth), and Adam Krepline (Manitowoc)

EWSC will be racing on Wednesday, August 26, as part of the Manitowoc County Fair. The cost is $10.00 to get into the fair which includes your admission to the grandstands. Come early and enjoy the fair. Racing starts at 7:00 PM.

Race Summary

360 Sprints:

Heat 1: 1, Shane Wenninger. 2, Robbie Pribnow. 3, Lance Thompson. 4, Lance Fassbender. 5, Tim Haddy. 6, Tony Wondra. 7, Samantha Portschy. 8, Brandon Thone. (DNS).

Heat 2: 1, Travis Luedke. 2, Scotty Thiel. 3, Wayne Modjeski. 4, Jeremy Schultz. 5, Jeff Wilke. 6, Scott Conger. 7, Jay Riemer. 8, Scott Mohs.

Heat 3: 1, Ben Schmidt. 2, Kurt Davis. 3, Russ Wetenkamp. 4, Paul Pokorski. 5, Terry Marten. 6, Dave Lisowe. 7, Jason Lax. 8, Leroy Ostrowski.

A-Main: 1, Travis Luedke. 2, Wayne Modjeski. 3, Kurt Davis. 4, Jeremy Schultz. 5, Lance Fassbender. 6, Russ Wetenkamp. 7, Shane Wenninger. 8, Robbie Pribnow. 9, Scotty Thiel. 10, Scott Conger. 11, Tony Wondra. 12, Paul Pokorski. 13, Tim Haddy. 14, Jeff Wilke. 15,Lance Thompson.16,Leroy Ostrowski. 17, Brandon Thone.18,Jay Riemer., 19, Scott Mohs. 20,Terry Marten. 21, Samantha Portschy. 22, Dave Lisowe. 23, Ben Schmidt. 24, Jason Lax (DNS).

Late Models:

Heat 1: 1, Tim Buhler. 2, Craig Schueffner. 3, Dan Sorce. 4, Rick Scheffler. 5, Chris Carlson. 6, Ray Reiss. 7, Tom Naeyaert.

Heat 2: 1, Pete Parker. 2, Gordie Seegert Jr. 3, Kyle Odekirk. 4, Robert Cullen. 5, Jeff Sayler. 6, Scott Haugstad. 7, Jim Lavey.

Heat 3: 1, Randy Markwardt. 2, Russ Scheffler. 3, Billy Rezutek. 4, George Scheffler. 5, Dave Haag. 6, Eric Michaels. 7, Dingel Bros.

A-Main: 1, Gordie Seegert Jr. 2, Russ Scheffler. 3, Tim Buhler. 4, Pete Parker. 5, Robert Cullen. 6, Dan Sorce. 7, Tom Naeyaert. 8, Craig Schueffner. 9, Rick Scheffler. 10, Chris Carlson. 11, Randy Markwardt. 12, Billy Rezutek. 13, Jeff Sayler. 14, George Scheffler. 15, Eric Michaels. 16,Dingel Bros. 17,Dave Haag. 18, Scott Haugstad 19, Jim Lavey. 20, Ray Reiss. 21, Kyle Odekirk

Grand Nationals:

Heat 1: 1, Jestin Danes. 2, Ben Stumpf. 3, Jason Winkler. 4, Paul Perronne. 5, Kevin Damrow. 6, Don Bonlander. 7, Keith Kellenbenz. 8, Brian Rathe.

Heat 2: 1, Bob Peter. 2, Brian Gilles. 3, Randy Brunette. 4, Scott Houpt. 5, Jerry Brickner. 6, Todd Jensema. 7, Chris Baumann.

Heat 3: 1, Matt Yancey. 2, Jason Dyer. 3, Matt Jackson. 4, Chad Ninmer. 5, Brad Juckem. 6, Mike Bastian. 7, Mike Schultz.

A -Main: 1, Brian Gilles. 2, Ben Stumpf. 3, Jason Dyer. 4, Jason Winkler. 5, Matt Yancey. 6, Bob Peter. 7, Jestin Danes. 8, Matt Jackson. 9, Randy Brunette. 10, Don Bonlander. 11, Kevin Damrow. 12, Chad Ninmer. 13, Paul Perronne. 14, Jerry Brickner. 15, Todd Jensema. 16, Brian Rathe. 17, Keith Kellenbenz. 18, Chris Baumann. 19, Brad Juckem. 20, Scott Houpt. 21, Mike Bastian. 22, Mike Schultz (DNS).

Hobby Stocks:

Heat 1: 1, Adam Krepline. 2, Jeff Leonhard. 3, Kyle Resch. 4, Ray Fuller. 5, Robert Hensel. 6, Jay Van Asten. 7, Chris Gilson. 8, Kevin Damrow.

Heat 2: 1, Mike Kaufmann. 2, Jeff Bender. 3, Bradley Ruh. 4, Ryan Minster. 5, Pat Wazny. 6, Michael Meier. 7, James Riske. 8, Kraig Koehler.

A-Main: 1, Mike Kaufmann. 2, Bradley Ruh. 3, Kyle Resch. 4, Jeff Bender. 5, Adam Krepline. 6, Chris Gilson. 7, Ryan Minster. 8, Jeff Leonhard. 9, Kraig Koehler. 10, Ray Fuller. 11, Jay Van Asten. 12, James Riske. (DNS).13, Pat Wazny. (DNS).14, Michael Meier. (DNS) 15, Robert Hensel (DNS). 16, Greg Herrmann (DNS).