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Friday, June 13th, 2014, Manitowoc WI. – The combination of Friday the 13th and a full moon led to some action packed racing throughout the entire show, as the stars and cars of EWSC Racing put on a outstanding show for those in attendance.

GRAND NATIONALS
The Grand National field thundered to the track, preceded by thumping entrace music courtesy of the substitute announcer Bill Rood. The white 37 Ryan Minster (Sheboygan) and 44 Ben Konen (Richfield) had earned front row starting positions, with Minster jumping out to the lead after the first lap was in the books. And out front was the place to be during this main event as the first of many cautions flew on Lap 3 for the 81n of Zach Axlen spinning out low in Turn 2. Minster led 7 Brian Gilles (Plymouth), 8x Brad Juckem (Chilton), 7s Tim Simon (Fon du Lac), and 21 Kevin Lubach (Elkhart Lake) out of Turn 4 to the green for the restart. Simon moved around Juckem for 3rd, while 37l Brad Lubach slid in to challenge his brother for 5th. Kevin Lubach produced the next caution on Lap 9 as he collected several corner markers in Turn 2, causing quite a bit of damage to his car, and a visit to the pits. Minster led the field back to green, only to be slowed by a yellow for 89 Matt Loehr (Plymouth) and Konen after a spin high in Turn 2, 54 Matt Yancey (Sheboygan) and 98 Kevin Naidl (Cato) ducked into the pits with Yancey able to return immediately while Naidl lost a lap changing a tire, Loehr was finished for the evening. The field was only able to complete 1 lap before the next caution came out for a wreck involving both the Lubachs, Konen, and Simon, which left both Kevin and Brad unable to continue. Minster again brought the field down to the green with Gilles and Juckem battling behind him, and 13 Josh Pierce (Fredonia) and Yancey in the top 5. Lap 18 produced the final caution for Pierce spinning in Turn 1 and collecting Axlen and Simon. The race reached its time limit producing a green, white, checkered finish, with Minster collecting the win, followed by Gilles, Juckem, Yancey and Pierce. Hard Charger award to Yancey picking up 14 positions.

HEAT 1 – 1, Brad Lubach. 2, Kevin Lubach. 3, Josh Pierce. 4, Brad Juckem. 5, Steven Weber. 6, Ben Konen. 7, Glen Blanke. 8, Travis Moehring.
HEAT 2 – 1, Kevin Naidl. 2, Matt Jackson. 3, Matt Loehr. 4, Tim Simon. 5, Brian Gilles. 6, Ryan Minster. 7, Zach Axlen. 8, Matt Yancey.
A FEATURE – 1, Ryan Minster. 2, Brian Gilles. 3, Brad Juckem. 4, Matt Yancey. 5, Josh Pierce. 6, Steven Weber. 7, Travis Moehring. 8, Kevin Naidl. 9, Tim Simon. 10, Zach Axlen. 11, Ben Konen. 12, Brad Lubach. 13, Kevin Lubach. 14, Matt Loehr. 15, Matt Jackson(DNS). 16, Glen Blanke (DNS).

BAILEIGH INDUSTRIAL LATE MODELS
With 3 cars dropping out with damage after a an incident in the heat race, the Baileigh Industrial Late Models rolled in for the feature 21 strong, with 21sr Ted Dolhoun Sr (Franklin) and 6 Tony Peterson (Big Bend) on the front row. The second row was anchored by 75 TJ Dolhoun (Milwaukee) and 74m Mitch McGrath, and on the green Peterson ran out to the early lead, with McGrath and TJ Dolhoun in tow. Dolhoun Sr. was sliding back as 97 Justin Schmidt (Cleveland) made a big move around him and rolled into 3rd, while last weeks feature winner 79 Jim Schmidt (Cleveland) was making huge progress from 11th on the grid. Yellow flew for the only time on Lap 6 for debris on the track, with 2 Wyatt Block (Tigerton) and 29 Rob Krull (Briarton) heading to the pits, Block was the only one to return to action. Peterson led McGrath, 97 Schmidt, 75 Dolhoun, and 15s Rick Scheffler (Waukesha). McGrath got the best on Peterson and moved into the lead, with Schmidt and Scheffler following him through. Dolhoun was being challenged heavily for the top 5 as d1 Turk Letizia (Milwaukee) pushed him hard as the leaders moved into lapped traffic. The top 10 at the crossed flags were McGrath, Schmidt, Scheffler, Peterson, Dolhoun, Letizia, 19 Eric Van Iten (Green Bay), 79 Schmidt, 7b Tim Buhler (Glenbeulah), and 21k Kyle Odekirk (Plymouth). Rolling through 5 to go, it was McGrath in the lead, while teammate Scheffler finally got around Schmidt for 2nd, Peterson with his best race of the year in 4th, and TJ Dolhoun. McGrath continued to stretch the lead through traffic taking the win, followed by Scheffler, 97 Schmidt, Peterson, Dolhoun, and Buhler. Hard Charger honors to 1 Doug Blashe (Marion) picking up 7 spots on his way to 13th.

HEAT 1 – 1, James Letizia. 2, Eric Van Iten. 3, Ted Dolhun Sr.. 4, Dave Thomas. 5, Jim Schmidt. 6, Eric Michaels. 7, Jim Juneau. 8, Nick Cochart.
HEAT 2 – 1, Justin Schmidt. 2, TJ Dolhun. 3, Mitch McGrath. 4, Tim Buhler. 5, Kyle Odekirk. 6, Tom Naeyaert. 7, Ron Stroika. 8, Scott Haugstad.
HEAT 3 – 1, Rick Scheffler. 2, Tony Peterson. 3, Bill Rezutek. 4, Turk Letizia. 5, Wyatt Block. 6, Rob Krull. 7, Doug Blashe. 8, Joel Bennett.
A FEATURE – 1, Mitch McGrath. 2, Rick Scheffler. 3, Justin Schmidt. 4, Tony Peterson. 5, TJ Dolhun. 6, Tim Buhler. 7, Turk Letizia. 8, Jim Schmidt. 9, Eric Van Iten. 10, Kyle Odekirk. 11, Tom Naeyaert. 12, Bill Rezutek. 13, Doug Blashe. 14, Ron Stroika. 15, Ted Dolhun Sr.. 16, Dave Thomas. 17, Wyatt Block. 18, Scott Haugstad. 19, James Letizia. 20, Rob Krull. 21, Jim Juneau. 22, Nick Cochart (DNS). 23, Eric Michaels (DNS). 24, Joel Bennett (DNS).

DEFAUT AUTO SPORTMODS
With the Defaut Auto Sportmods about to leave staging, polesitter 17 Rick Otte (Cedar Grove) was forced to withdraw with a mechanical issue, putting 53b Brian Reif (Mishicot) on the pole and 20 Cody Schroeder (Manitowoc) outside of him. Schroeder jumped out to the first lap lead, but on Lap 2 coasted to the infield finished for the night with catastrophic motor failure. The next driver on the point was 63b Jesse Brey (Two Rivers), but it was short lived as a lap later 94 JJ Anderson (Pulaski) moved to the top spot. Lap 6 brought out the yellow for 34 Cody Eickberg (Plymouth) whose car died on the backstretch and required a tow truck ride to the pits. Anderson led Brey, a11 Robby Thiel (Appleton), 25 Travis Arenz (Sheboygan), and Reif back to the green, with Thiel getting a better jump getting around Brey on the next lap. At the mid race point it was still Anderson, Thiel, Brey, Arenz, and 2jr Wyatt Block (Tigerton) into the top 5, battling with Reif and 22b Brandon Berth (Cascade). The next caution came out at Lap 13 for 77 Bill Edler (Howards Grove) spinning out in Turn 2, setting up a final 7 lap dash to the checkers. Anderson led the field back to full speed again, with Thiel, Arenz, and Brey in a tight battle for 2nd, while Block waited just behind them for someone to slip up. Flashing under the flagstand it was Anderson for the win, with Thiel edging Brey and Arenz, Block and Berth in the top 6. Hard Charger goes to Block, after jumping out of his Late Model into the Sportmod to pick up 9 positions.

HEAT 1 – 1, JJ Andersen. 2, Jesse Brey. 3, Brian Reif. 4, Brandon Berth. 5, Cody Eickberg. 6, Bill Edler. 7, Jason Schilling. 8, Wyatt Block.
HEAT 2 – 1, Robby Thiel. 2, Cody Schroeder. 3, Travis Arenz. 4, Rick Otte. 5, Rick Kretschmann. 6, Bradley Ruh. 7, Michael Plate.
A FEATURE – 1, JJ Andersen. 2, Robby Thiel. 3, Jesse Brey. 4, Travis Arenz. 5, Wyatt Block. 6, Brandon Berth. 7, Brian Reif. 8, Bradley Ruh. 9, Rick Kretschmann. 10, Bill Edler. 11, Jason Schilling. 12, Cody Eickberg. 13, Cody Schroeder. 14, Michael Plate (DNS). 15, Rick Otte (DNS).

PROFESSIONAL PLATING INC. 360 SPRINTCARS
The Professional Plating Inc 360’s were pushed out on to the track, and once the field was started and rolling, 53 Shane Wenninger (Kewaskum) and 4 Paul Pokorski (West Bend) sat on the front row, with 23z Zach Raidart (Gurnee) and 6k Kurt Davis (West Allis) making up the second. Before a lap could be completed, Pokorski, 2c Chris Clayton (Waldo), and 25 Danny Schlafer (Sussex) had stopped on the track and would all head to the pits, finished for the evening. With Pokorski out, the outside row moved forward for the start, putting Davis on the outside pole, and he would go on to lead the first lap followed by Wenninger and 21t TJ Luedke. A group of drivers were quickly making their way through the pack as 21h Tim Haddy (Waupan) slid into 4th to battle Luedke, 99 Kyle Marten (Sheboygan Falls) moved up from 12th on the grid into 4th and 15m Justin Miller (Plymouth) hounded Marten for 4th. As Davis moved into lapped traffic, he passed 42 Matt VanWyk (Waldo) on Lap 11, but a lap later Davis died on the front stretch and VanWyk was able to earn his lap back as he was ahead of the next in line for the lead. Davis brought out the yellow, as both he and Wenninger had to pit, but both returned and joined the rear of the field. This put Haddy on point for the restart, with Luedke, Marten, Miller, and 24 Scott Conger (Eagle) in the top 5. Haddy led at the halfway point, as Raidart retired his car for the evening, and 39 Randy Sippel (Elkhart Lake) rolled into the top 5. Luedke finally was able to make a pass stick on Lap 20 and took over the lead while Conger made a solid pass of Sippel to grab back a spot in the top 5. Flashing under the checkers it was Luedke taking the win, with Haddy, Marten, Miller, Conger, and Wenninger coming all the way back to 6th. Marten earned the Hard Charger honors picking up 9 positions.

HEAT 1 – 1, Tim Haddy. 2, Travis Luedke. 3, Zach Raidart. 4, Kurt Davis. 5, Danny Schlafer. 6, Kyle Marten. 7, Randy Sippel. 8, Matt VanWyk.
HEAT 2 – 1, Justin Miller. 2, Al Schlafer. 3, Paul Pokorski. 4, Shane Wenninger. 5, Spyder Akright. 6, Scott Conger. 7, Kevin Seidler. 8, Chris Clayton.
A FEATURE – 1, Travis Luedke. 2, Tim Haddy. 3, Kyle Marten. 4, Justin Miller. 5, Scott Conger. 6, Shane Wenninger. 7, Randy Sippel. 8, Kurt Davis. 9, Matt VanWyk. 10, Al Schlafer. 11, Spyder Akright. 12, Zach Raidart. 13, Kevin Seidler. 14, Paul Pokorski. 15, Danny Schlafer. 16, Chris Clayton.

SPORT 4’S
With a late scratch and a line-up change, 3 Justin Erickson (Plymouth) and 6 Jonathon Otte (Cedar Grove) led the Sport 4’s to the green flag for their feature event. Erickson took the top spot and held it until Lap 3 when 76 Mike Montie (Abrams) went around him for the top spot. The challengers for Erickson did not stop coming as the 07m Ben Meyerhofer (Menasha) and 146 Brody Rivest (Sheboygan) moved in to fight for 2nd. Otte and 22jr Ralph Liegeois Jr (Oconto) joined the battle at the front as you could throw a blanket over the front 6 cars. At the halfway mark it was still Montie out front, followed by Meyerhofer, Liegeois, Rivest, Erickson, Otte, and 3g Brandon Goeser (Chilton). The only caution of the event flew on Lap 11 as the 8 of Mike Meier (Chilton) lost a wheel and was out for the evening. Montie led the crew back to green, while Liegeois got the better of Meyerhofer rolling into 2nd. Montie cruised under checkers for the win, with Liegeois, Meyerhofer, Rivest, Erickson, and Goeser rounding out the top 6. Liegeois picked up hard charger passing 12 to finish 2nd.

HEAT 1 – 1, Ralph Liegeois Jr. 2, Ben Meyerhofer. 3, Mike Montie. 4, Branden Goeser. 5, Justin Erickson. 6, Brody Rivest. 7, Ben Mullard. 8, Tyler Fischer.
HEAT 2 – 1, Brandon Kaye. 2, Mike Meier. 3, Randy Ostermann Jr.. 4, Brad Prahl. 5, Jonathan Otte. 6, Jeff/Scott Brendel. 7, Melissa Clark.
A FEATURE – 1, Mike Montie. 2, Ralph Liegeois Jr. 3, Ben Meyerhofer. 4, Brody Rivest. 5, Justin Erickson. 6, Branden Goeser. 7, Jonathan Otte. 8, Brandon Kaye. 9, Randy Ostermann Jr.. 10, Jeff/Scott Brendel. 11, Melissa Clark. 12, Mike Meier. 13, Ben Mullard. 14, Tyler Fischer. 15, Brad Prahl (DNS).

Join us Friday June 20th for the $1500 to win Late Model June Invitational. $175 to start, $150 to non transfers. No Entry Fee. Pit Pass $25, General Admission $11. Racing at 7pm.
Also: Grand Nationals, Sportmods, and Sport 4’s

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