Marten and Utter Beat Curfew at PDTR

Plymouth Dirt Track worked vigorously on track preparation with all the resent rain. Vietnam War Era American Huey Air Ambulance landed in the infield during opening ceremonies. As a result of a generous donation from PDTR, 12 children from local Boys & Girls Clubs and Big Brothers & Big Sisters had the opportunity to ride aboard the Helicopter. Johnsonville Sausage Late Models and Corn Belt Series combined for this evening’s late model program.

Jason Johnson and Lance Fassbender made up the front row as the Aldog-Honald Mechanical Sprints took the green flag.
Johnson jumped out to the lead with Fassbender, Danny Schlafer and Justin Miller succeeding. Johnson remained in control as he encountered lapped traffic on lap 5 on this extremely fast track. Lap 6 Danny Schlafer caught the infield tires causing him to break and retire to the pits for the evening during the only caution. Justin Miller and Kyle Marten passed Lance Fassbender on the restart. Lap 12 Johnson amongst lapped traffic again and Kyle Marten was closing in. Eighth and ninth place drivers Jim Melis and Donny Goeden were battling their way through traffic. Marten slid past Johnson to take control of the field, only lasted three laps until Johnson got him back. Marten regained control of the field with Johnson and Shane Wenninger close behind. Kyle Marten (Sheboygan Falls) maneuvering around more lapped traffic helped separate him from fellow drivers as he crossed the checkers first followed by Jason Johnson (Campbellsport), Shane Wenninger (Kewaskum), Justin Miller (Plymouth) and John Krebsbach (Casacade).
B-Main Winner was Tim Melis (Plymouth) and remaining transfer cars were Scott Conger (Eagle), Nick Melis (Plymouth), Al Schlaefer (Sussex), Paul Pokorski (West Bend), Robbie Pribnow (Knowles) and alternate Samantha Portschy (Plymouth). Four drivers tied for hard charger passing seven cars each: Kyle Marten (Sheboygan Falls), Jim Melis (Glenbeulah), Brandon McMullen (Plymouth) and Al Schlafer (Sussex).
Heat Winners: John Krebsbach (Cascasde), Danny Schlafer (Sussex) and Justin Miller (Plymouth)

This evening’s main feature was the Corn Belt Clash Late Model race where the winner took home $3,000. Front row consisted of Jake Redetzke and Spenser Diercks leading the field to the green. Diercks jumped out to an early lead over Jason Utter. Caution on lap 3 for Random Lakes Brad Mueller after lift bar damage causing him to retire to the pits earlier than expected. Lap 4 was caution stricken with three separate cautions resulting in four drivers seeking the attention of their crews including Billy Rezitek and Tim Buhler. Restart results in Diercks still in control of the field until a three way battle occurred sending Diercks back to third place. Mitch McGrath and Jason Rauen stick to their goal of winning slowly picking off cars every few laps on their search for the leaders. New leader Utter was closely shadowed by Chris Simpson. Lap 14 Simpson and Utter touch as they battle for the lead sending Simpson to spin bringing out another caution. On the restart Mark Rose got a little sideways shooting through the infield corner hopping the tires and getting stuck in the mud. Utter controlled the field on the restart and continued with the lead for a few laps until Chad Simpson notified Utter that he was there touching and almost swapping positions. Utter motored back and kept the field under his control, catching lapped traffic as well. Jason Utter (Columbus Junction, IA) crosses the double checkers first trailed by Chad Simpson (Mt. Verna, IA), Jake Redetzke (Eau Claire, WI), Spenser Diercks (Davenport, IA) and Lance Matthees (Winona, MN).
Corn Belt Clash Late Models raced two B-Mains and a six lap/six car dash to determine the field for the feature. Dash was won by Spencer Diercks just eighteen years old (Davenport, IA). B-Main 1 winner: Dave Eckrich (Oxford, IA) and transfer cars were: Paul Parker and Mike Fryer (Freeport, IL). B-Main 2 winner: Bobby Smith and transfer cars were Turk Letizia (Milwaukee) and Tim Buhler (Glenbeulah).
Heat Winners: Jason Utter (Columbus Junction, IA), Spenser Diercks (Davenport, IA), Jake Redetske (Eau Claire, WI) and Chris Simpson (Oxford, IA).

Running extremely close to curfew, Mark Fieber and Tim Simon led the Feldmann Sales and Service Grand Nationals to the green flag. Lap one brought out an immediate caution for a car spinning, a restart resulted in another caution. PDTR determined that curfew was met and equal pay and points went to all feature participating drivers.
Heat Winners: Don Sorce Jr. (West Allis), Matt Yancey (Sheboygan), and James Pagel (St. Cloud)

Outlaw Compacts were unable to race this evening with curfew met. Equal pay and points were given to drivers.
Heat Winners: Ben Meyerhofer (Menasha), Chris Maas (Oakfield)

Special thanks to evening sponsor Van Der Vaart Concrete Products and evening trophy sponsor Collins State Bank.
Please join us next Friday for the IRA show during the Sheboygan County Fair, for more information visit www.plymouthdtr.com.

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