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Plymouth, WI [July 21, 2012]
On a hot and humid Saturday evening, Brandon Frank, Kyle Marten, & Brad Mueller win their first A-mains of the season at PDTR.
With the cancellation due to rain last week, the Outlaw Compact A-main was up first. Using his outside pole starting position, Brandon Frank
took the lead and would go unchallenged to win his first feature of the season. Travis Arenz, Sheboygan, would battle his way through the field to finish second after starting last in the twelve car field. Donnie Welch, Saukville, finished third followed by Josh Pierce, Fredonia; and Brian Chiminatti, Manitowoc. Heat race winners were Welch and Patrick Ciske, Sheboygan Falls.
The 21H of Tim Haddy, Waupun, and the 99 of Kyle Marten, Sheboygan Falls, led the twenty-three car field to the green flag of the Sprint car A-main. Marten took the lead only to be slowed by caution on lap two for a car stopped in turn two. With the field reset, Marten continued to lead followed by Haddy, Josh Krebsbach, Cascade, and Kurt Davis, West Allis. A red flag stopped the race on lap nine for the 22 car of Dale Peters, Plymouth, who rolled hard after coming in contact with the front stretch wall. Peters was not injured and, following the removal of his car, the race continued. Marten, once again, jumped into the lead. Davis challenged Haddy for second place and would take the position on lap seventeen. Davis closed in on Marten and, using lap traffic to his advantage, took the lead in turn two on lap twenty-three. Marten battled back for the first position but the two would make contact in turn four causing Davis’ car to roll. Damage would retire Davis to the pits. With only two laps remaining in the race, Marten restarted at the point with Haddy and Ken Jay Fiedler, Sheboygan Falls, lined up behind him. Marten would go on to finish first followed by Fiedler and Haddy. Ben Schmidt, Howards Grove finished fourth after starting fifteenth. Travis Luedke, Plymouth, rounded out the top five. Brandon McMullen, Plymouth won the Sprint car B-main. Mark Krueger, Green Bay; Davis; and Luedke were heat race winners.
Following the Sprint car feature was the Grand National A-main. Paul Perronne, Plymouth, took the early lead over the Plymouth drivers Donny Kulow and Kevin Lubach. Dick Hed, Plymouth, using the outside groove of the track, moved into the second position on lap eight. Continuing his run on the high side, Hed began challenging Perronne for the lead. Hed successfully took the lead on lap eleven. Hed and Perronne began pulling away from the rest of the field only to be slowed by caution on lap sixteen. Hed would line up with the rest of the field double file behind him for the restart. Using the low grove, Brad Lubach, Kiel, took the lead from Hed on lap seventeen. Another caution for a car facing the wrong way in turn four on lap twenty-two would, again, slow the field. On the restart, Brad Lubach would continue to lead as Hed and Perronne battled for second. At the checkers it was Brad Lubach followed by Perronne, Hed, Kulow, and Kevin Lubach. Winning the Grand National heats were: Matt Yancey, Sheboygan, and Tyler Kulow, New Holstein.
Rounding out the evening was the Late Model A-main. Brad Mueller, Random Lake, led all twenty-five laps of the late model feature event, surviving two cautions. Rick Scheffler, Waukesha, and Kyle Odekirk, Plymouth were locked in a heated battle for second place. In the end, it was Mueller who took the win followed by Odekirk, Rick Scheffler, Jim Schmidt, Cleveland; and Russ Scheffler, Waukesha. Late model heat race winners were: Turk Letizia, Milwaukee and Tim Buhler, Glenbeulah.