An eventful night at PDTR including: driver introductions, extended features and a larger Late Model Purse.
Nick Melis and Travis Luedke led the Aldog-Honald Mechanical Sprint field to the green. Coming to lap 1 Luedke clipped a tire ending his night and Doug Wondra slid past Melis for the lead. Randy Sippel and Brandon McMullen battled over fourth place. Wondra silently slipped farther and farther from second place Melis. Paul Pokorski and Jason Johnson fought to settle 8 place. First caution was Mitchell Yurmanovich who spun in turn 2. Sippel passed McMullen on the restart, then Justin Miller on the high side a lap later. A caution for Jason Johnson and Ken Jay Fiedler waved. Wondra had company, Sippel was on the outside. Sippel fought high and low to pass Wondra. Wondra drove with meaning not allowing himself to mess-up. When the double checkers flew it was Sippel (Elkhart Lake) second to an overly excited first time feature winner Doug Wondra (Oakfield). Third went to Justin Miller (Plymouth) followed by Jim Melis (Glenbeulah) and Brandon McMullen (Plymouth). Hard charger passing 15 cars was Jim Melis.
Heat Winners: Kyle Marten (Sheboygan Falls), Scott Conger (Eagle) and Josh Walter (Plymouth)
Johnsonville Sausage Late Model feature rolled trackside next, Justin Schmidt and Russ Scheffler made up the front row. Schmidt jumped out to lead over Scheffler, by lap 2 Brad Mueller was closing in. Schmidt drove almost perfect laps making it very difficult for Mueller to successfully pass. Dave Thomas, Billy Resutek and Tim Buhler scuffle amongst themselves for eighth position. Lap 12 Mueller slid past Schmidt and put the hammer down. Lap 13 Mueller was maneuvering around lapped traffic. Schmidt had some work to do to keep Scheffler and Mitch McGrath behind. Mueller was continually gaining ground on the field placing more and more lapped cars between himself and new second place driver Scheffler. Checkers waved after a caution free race for Mueller (Random Lake) with a straightaway lead over second Scheffler (Waukesha), followed by McGrath (Waukesha), Justin Schmidt (Cleveland) and Rick Scheffler (Waukesha). Brad Mueller set a new 30 lap track record of 7:48. Hard charger was Jim Schmidt passing 7 cars.
Heat Winners: Jim Letizia (Milwaukee), Mitch McGrath (Waukesha) and Mark Rose (Elcho)
Feldman Sales and Service Grand Nationals were up next with Scott Houpt and Don Sorce Jr. guiding the field to the green. Sorce controlled the field on lap 1 with Houpt close behind. Sorce was lapping traffic on lap 8 already and had a front stretch lead. Matt Loehr black flagged mechanical. Halfway through Aaron Stolp lost second to Barry Maas. Brian Vinney Jr. broke bringing out our first caution. After the restart a driver spun in turn 2 resulting in mayhem, five drivers involved. Maas was hoping Sorce would make a slip up allowing him an opportunity to pass. Fifth place Jeff Lammers tried to hold off competition. Sorce Jr. (West Allis) had a few car lengths lead on Maas (Cascade) as he crossed the checkers. Third went to James Pagel (St. Cloud) contested by Lammers (Plymouth) and Stolp (Milwaukee). Hard charger passing 13 cars was Jeff Lammers.
Heat Winners: James Pagel (St. Cloud), Aaron Stolp (Milwaukee) and Scott Houpt (Begium)
Tyler Fisher and James Johnson set the pace for Outlaw Compacts feature. Cars were four wide going into turn 3 for the first lap. Jon Hitsman gained control of the field with Patrick Ciske closing in. First caution was for Johnson and Scott Schlafke tangling in turn 2. Jonathon Otte took control until two more quick cautions resulted in James Rautmann going to the attention of his crew and Ciske retiring to the pits. Otte regained control until Schlafke passed him followed by Brody Rivst. Schlafke came upon lapped traffic on lap 13, almost allowing Rivst to get past. When the checkers flew it was Schlafke (Cleveland), Rivst (Sheboygan), Otte (Cedar Grove), Brian Chiminatti (Manitowac) and Justin Erickson (Plymouth). Hard chargers were Scott Schlafke and Brody Rivst both passing 8 cars.
Heat Winner: Brody Rivest (Sheboygan)
Super Mods were last for the evening with Johnny Fahl and Leroy Ostrowski pacing the field. Fahl jumped out to lead over Ostrowski. Dennis Klumb slid past Ostrwoski to take over second. Dan Kruschke passed Butchie Hafemann after he got high in turn 1. Double checkers waved for Fahl (Brown Deer), followed by Klumb (Adell), Ostrowski, Kruschke, Hafemann (Campbellsport) and Lemkuil (Adell).
Heat Winner: Johnny Fahl (Brown Deer)
Special thank you to RC Custom Design for being the evening trophy sponsor. Please join us next week for a full PDTR program and extra purse for the outlaw compacts. For more information please check out our website at www.plymouthpdtr.com.
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