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Friday, May 22nd, 2015, Manitowoc WI. – Eastern Wisconsin Stock Cars brought in some of the old along with the new to celebrate the 55th Anniversary. Vintage Modifieds and Sprints were on display and also part of the program.

PROFESSIONAL PLATING INC. GRAND NATIONALS
Chiltons Brad Juckem bolted to the lead of the Professional Plating Inc. Grand National Feature. Kevin Lubach (Elkhart Lake) and Plymouth’s Brian Gilles settled into a door to door battle behind him. Rim-riding on the extreme top, Juckem stretched out the lead until slowed by caution at Lap 5 when Campbellsport’s Justin Brown spun out in Turn 2. The black and green machine of Juckem leaped back to the high side on the restart, while Kevin Naidl (Cato) and Steven Weber (Plymouth) rolled in to challenge Lubach. Rolling through the mid point of the race, Juckem maintained a 3 length lead, while West Allis Charlie Sancinatti challenged Weber for a top 5 spot. A pair of cautions in the latter half the race kept the field tightly bunched. Gilles pushed forward, running door to door with Juckem, while Sancinatti jumped into third, looking for a mistake out of the leaders. Gilles got a huge drive off the bottom with 2 to go and forced the black machine into the lead for good. Juckem held off Sancinatti for the runner up spot, with Lubach and Naidl rounding out the top 5. Gilles picked up 8 spots during the event, while Sancinatti passed 7.

Heat 1 – 1, Kevin Naidl. 2, Charlie Sancinati. 3, Chad Ninmer 4, Chris Gilson. 5, Paul Perronne. 6, Brian Goetsch.
Heat 2 – 1, Kevin Lubach. 2, Brian Gilles. 3, Brad Juckem 4, Justin Brown. 5, Tim Simon. 6, Kodiak Wirtz.
Heat 3- 1, Steven Weber. 2, Matt Jackson. 3, Seth Hoeffner. 4, Glen Blanke. 5, Ryan Minster. 6, Jonathan Otte.
Feature – 1, Gilles. 2, Juckem. 3, Sancinati. 4, Lubach. 5, Naidl. 6, Matt Jackson (Sheboygan). 7, Weber. 8, Tim Simon (Fon du Lac). 9, Seth Hoeffner (Manitowoc). 10, Ryan Minster (Sheboygan). 11, Chad Ninmer (Cleveland). 12, Brown. 13, Glen Blanke (Sheboygan Falls). 14, Jonathan Otte (Cedar Grove). 15, Chris Gilson (Elkhart Lake). 16, Brian Goetsch (Sheboygan). 17, Paul Perronne (Plymouth). 18, Kodiak Wirtz (Menominee Falls).

PROFESSIONAL PLATING INC. SPORTMODS
Using the mindset of the divisions before them, Cody Eickberg of Plymouth and Appleton’s Robby Thiel shot to the top of the track off the green and took the top 2 spots at the start. Valders Chad Vetting roared through the center jumping into the chase. Thiel blasted around Eickberg a lap later, leaving the 34 to battle with Vetting. Eickberg kept his cool, and worked his way around Thiel and back into the lead at midway, while Vetting and Brandon Riedner of Waunakee worked each other over for 3rd. Lap 16 produced the first of 3 straight restarts, scrambling and bunching the field as each restart resulted in another. Eickberg lost the lead to Vetting with 2 to go, and spun in front of the field on the final lap producing the final yellow. Per rule, the finish was locked in at that point, with Vetting taking his first feature win of the year. Riedner picked up Hard Charger honors passing 7 cars.

Heat 1 – 1, Rick Kretschmann. 2, Michael Plate. 3, Cody Eickberg. 4, Cody Schroeder. 5, Tom Schnicke. 6, Larry Zirbel. 7, Brandon Knepprath.
Heat 2 – 1, Robby Thiel. 2, Brandon Riedner. 3, Chad Vetting. 4, Brandon Tegen. 5, Gary Glander. 6, Justin Bauer. 7, Jarred Rautmann.
Feature – 1, Vetting. 2, Riedner. 3, Rick Kretschmann (Sheboygan Falls) 4, Cody Schroeder (Manitowoc) 5, Michael Plate (Valders). 6, Thiel. 7, Gary Glander (Sheboygan Falls). 8, Larry Zirbel (Iron Ridge). 9, Justin Bauer (Sheboygan Falls). 10, Tom Schnicke (Howards Grove) 11, Brandon Tegen (Two Rivers). 12, Eickberg. 13, Brandon Knepprath (Two Rivers). 14, Jarred Rautmann (Sheboygan Falls)

BAILEIGH INDUSTRIAL LATE MODELS
While the Baileigh Industrial Late Models took their pace lap, defending champion Mitch McGrath (Waukesha) was unable to make the call with motor issues. Glenbuelah’s Tim Buhler rode the rim and shot into the lead and immediately stretched it out. Waukesha’s Russ Scheffler rocketed around Taylor Scheffler into 2nd, and started to chase Buhler. Buhler set a torrid pace, lapping cars before the midway point, while Justin Schmidt moved in to battle Jim Schmidt for 5th. Scheffler gave it everything his mount had, but could not chase down Buhler, who cruised across for his first win of the season. Justin Schmidt picked up Hard Charger honors picking up 4 spots.

Heat 1 – 1, Jim Schmidt. 2, Bill Rezutek. 3, Turk Letizia. 4, Tim Buhler. 5, Justin Schmidt. 6, Eric Michaels.
Heat 2 – 1, Rick Scheffler. 2, Justin Hirt. 3, Russ Scheffler. 4, Taylor Scheffler. 5, Ron Stroika. 6, Mitch McGrath.
Feature – 1, Buhler. 2, Russ Scheffler. 3, Taylor Scheffler. 4, Justin Schmidt. 5, Justin Hirt (Tigerton). 6, Jim Schmidt. 7, Bill Rezutek (Big Bend). 8, Eric Michaels (Cleveland). 9, Ron Stroika (Mukwonago). 10, Turk Letizia (Milwaukee). 11, Rick Scheffler (Waukesha). 12, Mitch McGrath (Waukesha DNS).

CALIBRE COATINGS UNLIMITED MODIFIEDS
RJ Gerber of Fox Lake spun in Turn 2 on the start of the Calibre Coatings Unlimited Modifieds feature, collecting Eric Mahlik of Green Bay, and the damage would send Mahlik to the trailer. On the restart Randy Markwardt Jr of Sheboygan jetted around everyone to the front, with Kyle Kudick (Mishicot) and Joel Crowbridge (Burlington) chasing him down. Mark Joski of Denmark leaped to 3rd from deep in the lineup 2 laps in and retired a lap later with mechanical issues. Seymour’s Jamie Schmidt flew past Kevin Baldry of Omro to challenge Kudick for second. Schmidt ran down Markwardt, and Kudick moved in to challenge the 3m for 2nd. Attrition was high in the feature as 4 drivers retired during the feature and Schmidt made the trip down from Seymour worthwhile picking up the win. Kudick bested Markwardt for runner-up.

Heat 1 – 1, Joel Crowbridge. 2, Joel Seegert. 3, Eric Mahlik. 4, Kevin Baldry. 5, Mark Joski. (DNS).
Heat 2 – 1, Kyle Kudick. 2, Randy Markwardt Jr. 3, RJ Gerber. 4, Kevin Reed. 5, Jamie Schmidt.
Feature – 1, Schmidt. 2, Kudick. 3, Markwardt Jr. 4, Joel Seegert (Sheboygan). 5, Crowbridge. 6, Kevin Reed. 7, Kevin Baldry (Omro). 8, Gerber. 9, Joski. 10, Mahlik.

SPORT FOURS
Mike Zitzer of Sheboygan grabbed the lead from pole, but was uprooted by Ben Meyerhofer of Menasha quickly. Zitzer then fell back to battle Steve VanOudenhoven (Two Rivers) for second, and lost the spot near the end. Meyerhofer had the field covered for the win.

Heat 1 – 1, Steve VanOudenhoven. 2, Ben Meyerhofer. 3, Mike Zitzer. 4, Matt DeWilde. 5, Kyle Dimmick. 6, Mike Meier.
Feature – 1, Meyerhofer. 2, VanOudenhoven. 3, Zitzer. 4, Matt DeWilde (Kaukauna). 5, Mike Meier (Chilton). 6, Kyle Dimmick (Two Rivers).

DEFAUT AUTO/NAPA AUTO CARE THUNDER TRUCKS
Heat – 1, John Rothmund. 2, Jon Hanson. 3, Craig Gessner.
Feature – 1, John Rothmund (Manitowoc). 2, Craig Gessner (Kewaskum) (DNS). 3, Jon Hanson (Manitowoc) (DQ)

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