Meeuwsen, Anderson, Jewett, Scheid and Ensing all add to win totals
Marne, MI— It was a full night of feature racing with all five of Berlin’s local divisions taking the track. Taking home the trophies were Gabe Ensing (Young Gun), Jason Scheid (Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder), Weston Jewett (Kerkstra Services Pro Stock), Denny Anderson (Engine Pro Super Stock) and Ross Meeuwsen (Coors Light Late Model).
Kicking off the night were the cars of the Engine Pro Super Stock division; #18 Denny Anderson was on the pole and #55 Dave Lake was on his outside. Anderson picked up where he left off last week, leading the field while Lake was fending off #51 Justin Ryan. The first caution came out on lap 3, #8 Billy Eppink spun coming out of turn 2. Anderson was pulling away again after the restart and there was tight racing for positions two through six. On lap 9, the top two in points, #26 Chris Muyskens and #77 Andrew Nylaan were fighting for 5th. Nylaan was good in turns 1 & 2 while Muyskens was good in turns 3 & 4. The pair raced side by side until lap 16 until Nylaan cleared him. Back in the field, the battle for eighth was heating up with #F1 Randy Veldman, #1 Brian Wiersma, #13 James Haney and #98 Bob Bliss; Haney was the first car to break from that pack. The next battle for position was for 4th with between Lake and Nylaan, with five to go, Nylaan took the position. Ryan was catching up to Anderson, but he ran out of time to get there, Anderson got his fourth win by .501 seconds and the rest of the top ten were Ryan, #5 Ray VanAllsburg, Nylaan, #10 Bob Spencer, Lake, Muyskens, Haney, Wiersma and #15 Garison Jewett.
The Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder took the track next with #51 Mel Parsons and # 29 John Norder on the front row. Parsons took off with the lead, but caution was out on lap 2 for the #20 of Tyler Nawrocki, he went off of the backstretch. Before the cars completed a lap, caution was out again for #81 Mike Reavis spinning out of turn 4. On the restart, #01 Rob Shoemaker was challenging Parsons on the outside while #16 Ben Kleis made it three wide on the inside at the line. Shoemaker took the lead and from second on back, there was tight racing. Kleis lost some ground, but gathered it back and after splitting the #32 of Jim Woltanski with Shoemaker, Kleis took the lead and Shoemaker fell back. The #100 Jason Scheid was coming through the field fast, taking 2nd from #13 Dan Reimersma. Lap 11 saw the second caution of the night for the #62 Richard Church spinning. Kleis got a great restart and with five to go, Scheid was catching Kleis one tenth of a second per lap. The pair split the lapped car of Church, Scheid took the lead and went on the get his second win of the season. The rest of the top 10 were Kleis, #14 Jason DeVos, #9 Nick Curtis, Reimersma, #19 Dave Avink, #024 Cole Roelofs, #354 Chris McKinley, Shoemaker and Hastings.
Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks were up next for their 25 lap feature, #7 Kevin DeGood and #40 Dave Culter led the field to the green flag. DeGood was the early leader, but was being challenged early by #88 Tony Davis. Fast qualifier, #50 Justin Regnerus was coming though the field, joining the battle for the lead on lap 10, as did #51 Weston Jewett and #76 Brian Tillema. Three laps later, Jewett was the new leader and Regnerus was working on Tillema for 3rd. The battle for second got three-wide on the backstretch with Tillema on the outside, DeGood in the middle and Regnerus on the inside on lap 15; Regnerus backed off, Tillema got by DeGood and the field settled in to single-file racing. The first caution of the race happened on lap 21, the #36 of Ken Smith, Jr spun off of the front stretch. Jewett got a good restart and Tillema and Regnerus were fighting hard for second. With one lap to go, the #7 of Alan Fricke spun on the backstretch. That resulted in a green-white-checker and Jewett was able to hold off a hard-charging Tillema to get his second win of the season. Tillema got second, Regnerus third and the rest of the top ten were DeGood, Davis, Cutler, #20 Dave Hull, #78 Will Olmsted, #89 Kirk Meissner and #00 Dennis Mann.
The Coors Light Late Models took the track next, #27 Billy Shotko started on the pole with #28 Scott Thomas on his outside. Shotko retained his position and the field raced clean. On lap 24, Shotko was enjoying a 4.5 second lead over Scott Thomas. The first caution of the race came on lap 30 when the #54 of Chris Nash and #37 Terry Senneker wrecked coming out of turn 4. The race was red flagged for clean-up and then field was bunched back up for a double-file restart. Shotko was back to the lead and #32 Ross Meeuwsen was up to second. With 15 laps to go, Shotko had almost a two-second lead and with 11 to go, that went away. The #7 of Justin Claucherty spun on coming out of turn 4 after contact with Meeuwsen. This time, Meeuwsen got past Shotko and started to pull away to get his third win of the season. Shotko had to settle for second and the rest of the top ten were #21 Terry VanHaistma, #55 Chris Anthony, #82 Tom Thomas, Scott Thomas, #19 Nick Shotko, #61 Alec Carll, #222 Caleb Bisacky and #71 Kyle Ballard.
The Young Guns were the final feature of the night; #19 Dalton Haney and #18 Mitch Meppelink lead the field to the green flag. The #32 of Gabe Ensing took the lead and Haney had a flat tire. The #101 of Lauren Bush brought out the first and only caution of the race when she came to a stop in turn 4. Ensing continued to lead and the #16 of Kelsey Steele and #6 Brandon Hermiller traded spots twice and they raced the last six lap single file and spread-out. Ensing got his fourth win of the season and the rest of the finishing order was Steele, Hermiller, Meppelink, Bush and Haney.
Coming up at Berlin Raceway is a 2-day Championship Weekend. Friday night, September 25th, Berlin will play host to UMP Dirt Late Models and joining them will be the Engine Pro Super Stocks and Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks for their final races of the year. Tickets for Friday will be $10 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12. The first race will start at 6 p.m. We will be back at it on Saturday, September 26th with the Coors Light Late Models running the Chet 100, Young Guns, Auto Value Super Sprints and USAC/UMARA/WOMS Midgets; it’s also Championship Night for the Late Models. Tickets for Saturday are $15 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12 and free for kids five and under; the first race starts at 6 p.m. There is also a two-day ticket package available for just $22. For more information, please visit www.berlinraceway.com.
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Lisa Walker
Berlin Raceway
616-677-5000
lwalker@berlinraceway.com
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