Steve Kaminski
Grand Rapids
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Berlin Raceway Action for September 25th & 26th
Friday & Saturday, September 25th & 26th
Another exciting 2-day weekend is on tap for this weekend at Berlin Raceway!
Friday, September 25, Berlin will play host to the UMP Dirt Late Models and the response has been great from teams; it will be exciting to see the dirt cars take the track. It is also Championship Night for the Engine Pro Super Stocks and Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks. The points in both divisions are so tight, there is no room for error this weekend. In the Super Stock division, leader Chris Muyskens is holding on to the top spot by 16 points over Ray VanAllsburg and just 23 points ahead of Andrew Nylaan. The Pro Stocks also have a close race going on with Brian Tillema on top by 39 points. Both races are sure to come down to the final lap.
Be sure to come back on Saturday, September 26 for another action-packed night! The Auto Value Super Sprints will be back to settle their points championship and take a crack at the track record! The Wolverine Outlaw Midgets will also be back and the car count is expected to be around 20! The Young Guns are on the schedule as is The Chet 100 for the Coors Light Late Models. Just 29 points separate point leader Ross Meeuwsen from second place Terry VanHaitsma and sitting in third is defending champion Tom Thomas, 116 points back. This is sure to be a thrilling night of racing!
Adult tickets are $10 for Friday and $15 for Saturday. There is a 2-day package available for $22. Kids 6-12 are $5 and, as always, five and under are free.
Another exciting 2-day weekend is on tap for this weekend at Berlin Raceway!
Friday, September 25, Berlin will play host to the UMP Dirt Late Models and the response has been great from teams; it will be exciting to see the dirt cars take the track. It is also Championship Night for the Engine Pro Super Stocks and Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks. The points in both divisions are so tight, there is no room for error this weekend. In the Super Stock division, leader Chris Muyskens is holding on to the top spot by 16 points over Ray VanAllsburg and just 23 points ahead of Andrew Nylaan. The Pro Stocks also have a close race going on with Brian Tillema on top by 39 points. Both races are sure to come down to the final lap.
Be sure to come back on Saturday, September 26 for another action-packed night! The Auto Value Super Sprints will be back to settle their points championship and take a crack at the track record! The Wolverine Outlaw Midgets will also be back and the car count is expected to be around 20! The Young Guns are on the schedule as is The Chet 100 for the Coors Light Late Models. Just 29 points separate point leader Ross Meeuwsen from second place Terry VanHaitsma and sitting in third is defending champion Tom Thomas, 116 points back. This is sure to be a thrilling night of racing!
Adult tickets are $10 for Friday and $15 for Saturday. There is a 2-day package available for $22. Kids 6-12 are $5 and, as always, five and under are free.
Thunderbird Raceway: September 26th
Saturday September 26th!
-UMP Late Models! - UMP Points - $800/win
1. 800 2. 600 3. 400 4. 300 5. 250 6. 220 7. 200 8. 190 9. 180 10. 170 11. 160 12. 150 13. 150 14. 150 15. 150 16. 150
-Run What Ya Brung! Anything goes as long as your on an 8" tire. Car can only run in 1 class. - $250/win
-MORA Mini Champs!
-UMP Factory Stocks - UMP Points - $200/win
-UMP Bombers - UMP Points - $150/win
-UMP Warriors - UMP Points - $125/win
West Michigan Off Road Cars Make Their Final Appearance of 2009 This Saturday as Well!!
-UMP Late Models! - UMP Points - $800/win
1. 800 2. 600 3. 400 4. 300 5. 250 6. 220 7. 200 8. 190 9. 180 10. 170 11. 160 12. 150 13. 150 14. 150 15. 150 16. 150
-Run What Ya Brung! Anything goes as long as your on an 8" tire. Car can only run in 1 class. - $250/win
-MORA Mini Champs!
-UMP Factory Stocks - UMP Points - $200/win
-UMP Bombers - UMP Points - $150/win
-UMP Warriors - UMP Points - $125/win
West Michigan Off Road Cars Make Their Final Appearance of 2009 This Saturday as Well!!
ALS Benefit: Thank You
On behalf of ALS ( Michigan Chapter), Ed Falbe, Rick Huisken, and especially the Chichester family we would like to personally thank everyone for attending the Throwin Dirt Shootout to benefit ALS (Lou Gerigs disease). The show was a success and the donations were generous. We hope everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves. There was many people who made this happen and if you are not thanked in this letter we hope that we thanked you several times in person. These are a few of the buisinesses and people that really helped us:
Winston Speedway (Thanks a million Tom and family for supporting us and making it all possible)
Advanced Tooling Systems
AAA Lawncare
Redline Graphix
Fricanos pizza ( And all the Alpine Ave.Tuesday Night Cruisers)
Gresham Driving Aids
K+M Northfield Dodge
Port City Racing
Carl Juusola
Stewart/ Haas Racing Team
Jeff Gordon Racing Team
Angel Care Inc.
The Racing Show
West Michigan Racing.com
Steve Kaminski
The Grand Rapids Press
The Muskegon Chronicle
Andy O’Riley
Napa 4 mile
To all the individual donors that helped us out with raffle tickets sales, buying the decals, and auction items, I do not know what to say, but you are special people, for stepping up in this bad economy. With the help of all we were able to purchase a handicap equipped van to aid the Chichester family and other families stricken with ALS plus make a sizable donation to aid in research to find a cure for ALS.
When we think we have it bad, there are stories out there that make us appreciate how good we have it. We realized this weekend that Ryan and Kyle Hamm need our thoughts and prayers. Their mother is in a battle with this terrible disease alongside the Chichesters. Another family we need to remember is the Tenbrinks. Most of us found out this weekend that Sandy will have to battle Cancer.
Please remember that if you have an avenue to help someone please do so because every little bit matters against the fight of these horrible diseases. Anytime an effort is put forth it does make a difference.
Sincerely,
Rick Huisken
Ed Falbe
On behalf of ALS and the Chichester family
Winston Speedway (Thanks a million Tom and family for supporting us and making it all possible)
Advanced Tooling Systems
AAA Lawncare
Redline Graphix
Fricanos pizza ( And all the Alpine Ave.Tuesday Night Cruisers)
Gresham Driving Aids
K+M Northfield Dodge
Port City Racing
Carl Juusola
Stewart/ Haas Racing Team
Jeff Gordon Racing Team
Angel Care Inc.
The Racing Show
West Michigan Racing.com
Steve Kaminski
The Grand Rapids Press
The Muskegon Chronicle
Andy O’Riley
Napa 4 mile
To all the individual donors that helped us out with raffle tickets sales, buying the decals, and auction items, I do not know what to say, but you are special people, for stepping up in this bad economy. With the help of all we were able to purchase a handicap equipped van to aid the Chichester family and other families stricken with ALS plus make a sizable donation to aid in research to find a cure for ALS.
When we think we have it bad, there are stories out there that make us appreciate how good we have it. We realized this weekend that Ryan and Kyle Hamm need our thoughts and prayers. Their mother is in a battle with this terrible disease alongside the Chichesters. Another family we need to remember is the Tenbrinks. Most of us found out this weekend that Sandy will have to battle Cancer.
Please remember that if you have an avenue to help someone please do so because every little bit matters against the fight of these horrible diseases. Anytime an effort is put forth it does make a difference.
Sincerely,
Rick Huisken
Ed Falbe
On behalf of ALS and the Chichester family
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Great Lakes Nationals: Crystal Motor Speedway
September 19th Results!
Saturday night at Crystal Motor Speedway was the final event of the season with the running of the 17th annual Great Lakes Nationals. Approximately 188 cars and a full grandstand of fans were on hand to watch spectacular racing that is expected at this event. The race was sponsored by Victor Reinz Gaskets, Engine Pro, and Mellings Engine Parts.
The first feature was the Port City Pro Stock division. Mike Husted got out front early and looked smooth. Ryan Kent, Chris Rinard, Jimmy Hale Jr, and Chaney Newland all were tight to his bumper, but unable to get around the leader. Hale fell back but then mounted another charge forward and was able to thread his way to the front to take home the win over Rinard, Newland, Vern Buskirk, Josh Frye, Kent, Nate Jones, Jeff Gibson, Renton Hurley, and Keith Gentz. Brent Hollenbeck won the B Main with heats falling to Newland, Kent, and Rinard.
The Michigan Traditional Sprints were up next as they ended their season and the championship was at stake. After a pretty bad looking wreck in the first lap of the feature that brought a red for about 20 minutes, Joe Bares worked his way to the lead and then took off to beat back Mike Galajda to take the win. Steve Irwin pocketed the season championship and came home in fifth tonight after an outstanding season run.
Jeff Loomis took the early lead in the Smokers Club of Mt Pleasant Street Stocks but Will Stanley began to challenge with Robb Sternberg soon joining the fray to make it three wide for the lead but Loomis was able to hold everyone back. Stanley suffered a flat tire that took him out of the race after a good run and season. Loomis and Sternberg battled all race long, as they had to dice through heavy lapped traffic as they fought for the lead. A caution tightened the field right at the half way point with Sternberg out front on the restart. After a great fight Robb Sternberg held on to win with Ralph Sternberg grabbing second, followed by Dan Hersey, Kevin Rohn, Kyle Prochazka, Joseph Pomeroy, James Billett, Bobby Lynn, Loomis, and, Randy Radabaugh. Ryan Lewis scored the B Main win with heat gold going to Loomis, Rohn, and Robb Sternberg.
Tim Sooy jumped out front of the Port City Pro Trucks for a couple of laps but it didn't take too long and Chris Verhaar to over take him. Sooy caught the wall, bringing out the caution and bunching the field. With about five to go, Kevin Deal began to challenge Verhaar but had to fall back when he suffered a flat tire. Ian Knodertzek came up late to challenge but Verhaar held on to win over Knodertzek, Ashlee Scott, Scott Nieman, Brent Neverth, Dave Peters, Jason Parkhurst, Joe Nieman, Eugene Decker, and Gordon Snyder. Verhaar and Knodertzek took home heat wins.
Richard Melton grabbed the lead in the Races On The Web Flinn Stock event with Rob Nieman and Charles Petersen second and third. Melton and Petersen began to move through heavy traffic as Nieman fell back with a soft tire. Melton got behind lapped traffic and Petersen grabbed the lead, only to lose it half a lap later in traffic. A car in the wall bunched the field with just two short laps to go. When the green fell for the last time, Melton jumped out front but scrubbed the wall as he came in for the white. Petersen took the lead and then the win with Nieman second and then Melton, Tyler McGhan, Lee Zahm, Austin Bean, Bob Whitcomb, Randall Stevens, Chase Roberts, and Neil Zeigler. Bob Whitcomb and Gavin Parks scored heat wins.
The Kentucky Fried Chicken Late Model race was a 40 lap affair and the early lead went to Carl Ries, Andy Sprague and Jay Van Dyke. Ries pulled out to a comfortable lead while Van Dyke and Sprague battled for second. A caution at lap ten bunched the field but Ries jumped back out front with Sprague and Dona Marcoullier making up the top three. Marcoullier made it to second and began to slowly move to the front with Sprague and Van Dyke just behind. Marcoullier gave Ries everything he could but Ries was able to hold on to take the win over Marcoullier, Sprague, Van Dyke, Brian Nickerson, Steve Fairbanks, Scott Baker, Zack Olger, Kyle Borgman, and Scott Haney. Baker and Dusen won B Main features with Tim Stott, Kevin Nelson Jr, Rich Neiser, and Zach Olger taking heat wins.
The final event of 2009 was the Engine Pro IMCA Modified feature and the opening lap was a wild one when Toby Steele did a wild flip and ended up on his roof. Steele was unhurt but unable to continue. Joe Fowler grabbed the early lead with Brennan Bowen close behind. Chad Maurer started to the rear of the field and began his attempt to secure the track championship. Maurer had to keep Bowen within five positions to bring home the title as he slowly began his climb forward. Don Rohn was running toward the front pack but he dropped a driveshaft, taking him out after a good run. The restart found Fowler and Josh Borton out front. The caution waved once again as Maurer slowed and then pulled to the infield with mechanical problems, leaving the field and the door open for Bowen to win the championship with Bowen having to stay five positions ahead of Maurer. Myron DeYoung also had a great run going, moving up to third only to blow an engine and falling out of the race. Fowler ran a rock solid line for the remaining laps and held on to win over Borton, Bowen, Greg Wiles, Brody Bowser, Aaron Raby, Chad Wernette, Rusty Zeigler, Jason Maurer, and Rich White. Unofficially, Bowen claimed the Engine Pro IMCA Modified title. Jerry Hunt and Chad Maurer won B main events with heats going to Cliff Denman, Bowser, Wiles, and J.R. Schmid.
This event ends the 2009 season for Crystal Motor Speedway and the promoters and employees of the track wish to thank everyone who supported them through some tough economic times. Full pits and grandstands were the norm this season and the CMS family thanks everyone for their support. The 2009/2010 banquet will be held in mid January. Details will be available on the website crystalmotorspeedway.com or further information can be obtained by calling the track at 989.235.5200.
Flinn Stocks - A Feature
Finish Car No Driver 1 12 Charles Peterson II 2 28 Rob Nieman 3 35 Richard Melton 4 81M Tyler McGhan 5 48 Lee Zahm 6 77B Austin Bean 7 5 Bob Whitcomb 8 6 Randall Stevens 9 00 Chase Roberts 10 776 Neil Zeigler 11 30 Alex Bulson 12 25 Brandon Kohn 13 27 Justin Proctor 14 776K Ken Zeigler 15 412 Ryan Brady 16 93H Brady Hollenbeck 17 8 Kory Maurice 18 37 Gavin Parks 19 06 Ryan Paradise 20 32V Lanny VanderVeen II
Flinn Stocks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 5 Bob Whitcomb 2 12 Charles Peterson II 3 35 Richard Melton 4 28 Rob Nieman 5 776 Neil Zeigler 6 6 Randall Stevens 7 06 Ryan Paradise 8 27 Justin Proctor 9 30 Alex Bulson 10 32V Lanny VanderVeen II
Flinn Stocks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 37 Gavin Parks 2 77B Austin Bean 3 81M Tyler McGhan 4 8 Kory Maurice 5 48 Lee Zahm 6 25 Brandon Kohn 7 776K Ken Zeigler 8 412 Ryan Brady 9 00 Chase Roberts 10 93H Brady Hollenbeck
Late Models - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 11S Tim Stott 2 6M Dona Marcoullier 3 23V Ryan VanderVeen 4 18Rusty Seaver 5 09 Brock Cogswell 6 13 Scott Baker 7 91 Adam Thrush 8 99 Kurt Mesman 9 25JB James Billett
Late Models - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 0 Kevin Nelson, Jr. 2 77V Jay Van Dyke 3 15M Justin McNeill 4 10 Tom Dusen 5 85 Mark Andersen 6 6DM Don Marcoullier 7 H2 John Hoard 8 42 Mickey Carman, Jr. 9 55 Matt Pickard
Late Models - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver 1 0X Zack Olger 2 25 Kevin Nelson, Sr. 3 1S Andrew Sprague 4 88F Bob Finlay 5 72 Kyle Borgman 6 24 Joseph Pomeroy 7 9 Dean Huizenga 8 38 James Neff 9 58 Renton Hurley
Late Models - Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver 1 87 Richard Neiser 2 6R Carl Ries 3 21N Brian Nickerson 4 14 Scott Haney 5 05 Steve Fairbanks 6 20 Bill Beardslee 7 79S Butch Strait 8 58N Nathan Hurley
Late Models - LM Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 6R Carl Ries 2 6M Dona Marcoullier 3 1S Andrew Sprague 4 77V Jay Van Dyke 5 21N Brian Nickerson 6 05 Steve Fairbanks 7 13 Scott Baker 8 0X Zack Olger 9 72 Kyle Borgman 10 14 Scott Haney 11 91 Adam Thrush 12 25 Kevin Nelson, Sr. 13 87 Richard Neiser 14 23V Ryan VanderVeen 15 10 Tom Dusen 16 15M Justin McNeill 17 0 Kevin Nelson, Jr. 18 11S Tim Stott
Late Models - LM Great B 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 13 Scott Baker 2 72 Kyle Borgman 3 91 Adam Thrush 4 88F Bob Finlay 5 9 Dean Huizenga 6 99 Kurt Mesman 7 38 James Neff 8 25JB James Billett 9 58 Renton Hurley 10 24 Joseph Pomeroy 11 09 Brock Cogswell 12 18 Rusty Seaver
Late Models - LM Great B 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 10 Tom Dusen 2 05 Steve Fairbanks 3 14 Scott Haney 4 H2 John Hoard 5 85 Mark Andersen 6 58N Nathan Hurley 7 79S Butch Strait 8 20 Bill Beardslee 96DM Don Marcoullier 10 42 Mickey Carman, Jr. 11 55 Matt Pickard
Modifieds - IMCA Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 19F Joe Fowler 2 111 Josh Borton 3 B1 Brennan Bowen 4 76 Greg Wiles 5 7X Brody Bowser 6 4 Aaron Raby 7 615 Chad Wernette 8 776 Rusty Zeigler 9 54 Jason Maurer 10 27 Rich White 11 17 Brad Roberts 12 54M Chad Maurer 13 7D Myron DeYoung 14 0M Milt Montgomery 15 13 Paul Grosnickle 16 0 Zack Olger 17 24 Clifford Denman 18 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 19 65 Don Rohn 20 8 Jerry Hunt 21 11W Dan Wiggins II 22 4S Toby Steele, Sr. 23 31J J.R. Schmid 24 22 Roger Flinn III
Modifieds - IMCA Great B 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 8 Jerry Hunt 2 17 Brad Roberts 3 22 Roger Flinn III 4 0 Zack Olger 5 7D Myron DeYoung 6 776 Rusty Zeigler 7 19L Buzz Lawrence 8 12K Rodney King 9 96 Michael Smith 10 1F Travis Fisher 11 1 Carl Thayer 12 15M Jay McClain 13 55M John Row
Modifieds - IMCA Great B 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 54M Chad Maurer 2 13 Paul Grosnickle 3 11W Dan Wiggins II 4 615 Chad Wernette 5 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 6 4 Aaron Raby 7 XL Todd Cowan 8 55 Armond Holley 9 K9 Chad Precord 10 112 Jason Borton 11 42T Terry Shank 12 10W Dan Wiggins, Sr. 13 157 Gene Henrickson
Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 24 Clifford Denman 2 65 Don Rohn 3 19F Joe Fowler 4 8 Jerry Hunt 5 22 Roger Flinn III 6 96 Michael Smith 7 1F Travis Fisher 8 15M Jay McClain 9 55M John Row 10 7D Myron DeYoung
Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 7X Brody Bowser 2 0M Milt Montgomery 3 54 Jason Maurer 4 55 Armond Holley 5 112 Jason Borton 6 615 Chad Wernette 7 4 Aaron Raby 8 K9 Chad Precord 9 157 Gene Henrickson 10 XL Todd Cowan
Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver 1 76 Greg Wiles 2 B1 Brennan Bowen 3 4S Toby Steele, Sr. 4 1 Carl Thayer 5 17 Brad Roberts 6 0 Zack Olger 7 12K Rodney King 8 19L Buzz Lawrence 9 776 Rusty Zeigler
Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver 1 31J J.R. Schmid 2 111 Josh Borton 3 27 Rich White 4 13 Paul Grosnickle 5 11W Dan Wiggins II 6 54M Chad Maurer 7 42T Terry Shank 8 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 9 10W Dan Wiggins, Sr.
Pro Stocks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 54 Chaney Newland 2 3H Rodney Heikkila 3 88P Steve Puvalowski 4 25 Jacob Headley 5 33 James McKeown 6 21 Kyle Shattuck 7 24 Steve Denman 8 65 Don Rohn
Pro Stocks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 52K Ryan Kent 2 45 Mike Husted 3 58 Renton Hurley 4 66L Jimmy Hale, Jr. 5 17D Derek Schestag 6 77H Brett Hollenbeck 7 66T Rick Trewartha 8 16G Jeff Gibson
Pro Stocks - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver 1 26 Chris Rinard 2 66PW Derrick Dennis 3 39 Josh Frye 4 79 Nate Jones 5 64 Keith Gentz 6 2 Rick Edmister 7 B76 Vern Buskirk
Pro Stocks - PS/T Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 66L Jimmy Hale, Jr. 2 26 Chris Rinard 3 54 Chaney Newland 4 B76 Vern Buskirk 5 39 Josh Frye 6 52K Ryan Kent 7 79 Nate Jones 8 16G Jeff Gibson 9 58Renton Hurley 10 64 Keith Gentz 11 45 Mike Husted 12 88P Steve Puvalowski 13 77H Brett Hollenbeck 14 17D Derek Schestag 15 66PW Derrick Dennis 16 3H Rodney Heikkila 17 24 Steve Denman 18 66T Rick Trewartha 19 25 Jacob Headley 20 33 James McKeown
Pro Stocks - PS/T Great B
Finish Car No Driver 1 77H Brett Hollenbeck 2 24 Steve Denman 3 B76 Vern Buskirk 4 66T Rick Trewartha 5 16G Jeff Gibson 6 2 Rick Edmister 7 65 Don Rohn 8 21 Kyle Shattuck
Pro Trucks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 14 Chris Verhaar 2 10 Tim Sooy 3 5 Gary Dancer 4 24D Kevin Deal 5 80 Jeramie Raby 6 13 Eugene Decker 7 12 Joe Nieman 8 72 Scott Nieman
Pro Trucks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 7X Ian Knodertzek 2 55 Dave Peters 3 42 JT Anderson 4 38X Jason Parkhurst 5 7S Ashlee Scott 6 3 Gordon Snyder 7 30 Brent Neverth
Pro Trucks - PT Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 14 Chris Verhaar 2 7X Ian Knodertzek 3 7S Ashlee Scott 4 72 Scott Nieman 5 30 Brent Neverth 6 55 Dave Peters 7 38X Jason Parkhurst 8 12 Joe Nieman 9 13 Eugene Decker 10 3 Gordon Snyder 11 80 Jeramie Raby 12 24D Kevin Deal 13 5 Gary Dancer 14 42 JT Anderson 15 10 Tim Sooy
Street Stocks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 11L Josh Loomis 2 02 Will Stanley 3 29H Dan Hersey 4 96P Kyle Prochazka 5 47 Bryan Craigmyle 6 22 Ron Forist 7 36 Tim Buskirk 8 310 Bobby Lynn 9 10Richard Meekma 10 799 Mike Corder
Street Stocks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 63 Kevin Rohn 2 25JB James Billett 3 73S Ralph Sternberg 4 73JR Robbie Sternberg 5 21W George Wease 6 55 Joseph Pomeroy 7 04 Ryan Lewis 8 54 Joel Hummel II 9 M2 Mike Pashak 10 26 Mike Vandermark, Jr. 11 09 Mike Wiseman
Street Stocks - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver 1 37S Robb Sternberg 2 01X Randy Radabaugh 3 3 Gary Buskirk 4 83Josh Sternberg 5 72 Brad Metzer 6 19S Cortland Skoog 7 V6 John Harp 8 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 9 5 David Pellerito 10 III Larry Bulson 11 31H Mark Howie
Street Stocks - SS Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 37S Robb Sternberg 2 73S Ralph Sternberg 3 29H Dan Hersey 4 63Kevin Rohn 5 96P Kyle Prochazka 6 55 Joseph Pomeroy 7 25JB James Billett 8 310 Bobby Lynn 9 11L Josh Loomis 10 01X Randy Radabaugh 11 72 Brad Metzer 12 19S Cortland Skoog 13 799 Mike Corder 14 36 Tim Buskirk 15 47 Bryan Craigmyle 16 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 17 M2 Mike Pashak 18 21W George Wease 19 22 Ron Forist 20 54 Joel Hummel II 21 III Larry Bulson 22 3 Gary Buskirk 23 04 Ryan Lewis 24 73JR Robbie Sternberg 25 83 Josh Sternberg 26 02 Will Stanley 27 31H Mark Howie 28 V6 John Harp
Street Stocks - SS Great B
Finish Car No Driver
1 04 Ryan Lewis 2 799 Mike Corder 3 310 Bobby Lynn 4 36 Tim Buskirk 5 III Larry Bulson 6 31H Mark Howie 7 54 Joel Hummel II 8 M2 Mike Pashak 9 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 10V6 John Harp 11 10 Richard Meekma 12 5 David Pellerito 13 26 Mike Vandermark, Jr. 14 09 Mike Wiseman
Saturday night at Crystal Motor Speedway was the final event of the season with the running of the 17th annual Great Lakes Nationals. Approximately 188 cars and a full grandstand of fans were on hand to watch spectacular racing that is expected at this event. The race was sponsored by Victor Reinz Gaskets, Engine Pro, and Mellings Engine Parts.
The first feature was the Port City Pro Stock division. Mike Husted got out front early and looked smooth. Ryan Kent, Chris Rinard, Jimmy Hale Jr, and Chaney Newland all were tight to his bumper, but unable to get around the leader. Hale fell back but then mounted another charge forward and was able to thread his way to the front to take home the win over Rinard, Newland, Vern Buskirk, Josh Frye, Kent, Nate Jones, Jeff Gibson, Renton Hurley, and Keith Gentz. Brent Hollenbeck won the B Main with heats falling to Newland, Kent, and Rinard.
The Michigan Traditional Sprints were up next as they ended their season and the championship was at stake. After a pretty bad looking wreck in the first lap of the feature that brought a red for about 20 minutes, Joe Bares worked his way to the lead and then took off to beat back Mike Galajda to take the win. Steve Irwin pocketed the season championship and came home in fifth tonight after an outstanding season run.
Jeff Loomis took the early lead in the Smokers Club of Mt Pleasant Street Stocks but Will Stanley began to challenge with Robb Sternberg soon joining the fray to make it three wide for the lead but Loomis was able to hold everyone back. Stanley suffered a flat tire that took him out of the race after a good run and season. Loomis and Sternberg battled all race long, as they had to dice through heavy lapped traffic as they fought for the lead. A caution tightened the field right at the half way point with Sternberg out front on the restart. After a great fight Robb Sternberg held on to win with Ralph Sternberg grabbing second, followed by Dan Hersey, Kevin Rohn, Kyle Prochazka, Joseph Pomeroy, James Billett, Bobby Lynn, Loomis, and, Randy Radabaugh. Ryan Lewis scored the B Main win with heat gold going to Loomis, Rohn, and Robb Sternberg.
Tim Sooy jumped out front of the Port City Pro Trucks for a couple of laps but it didn't take too long and Chris Verhaar to over take him. Sooy caught the wall, bringing out the caution and bunching the field. With about five to go, Kevin Deal began to challenge Verhaar but had to fall back when he suffered a flat tire. Ian Knodertzek came up late to challenge but Verhaar held on to win over Knodertzek, Ashlee Scott, Scott Nieman, Brent Neverth, Dave Peters, Jason Parkhurst, Joe Nieman, Eugene Decker, and Gordon Snyder. Verhaar and Knodertzek took home heat wins.
Richard Melton grabbed the lead in the Races On The Web Flinn Stock event with Rob Nieman and Charles Petersen second and third. Melton and Petersen began to move through heavy traffic as Nieman fell back with a soft tire. Melton got behind lapped traffic and Petersen grabbed the lead, only to lose it half a lap later in traffic. A car in the wall bunched the field with just two short laps to go. When the green fell for the last time, Melton jumped out front but scrubbed the wall as he came in for the white. Petersen took the lead and then the win with Nieman second and then Melton, Tyler McGhan, Lee Zahm, Austin Bean, Bob Whitcomb, Randall Stevens, Chase Roberts, and Neil Zeigler. Bob Whitcomb and Gavin Parks scored heat wins.
The Kentucky Fried Chicken Late Model race was a 40 lap affair and the early lead went to Carl Ries, Andy Sprague and Jay Van Dyke. Ries pulled out to a comfortable lead while Van Dyke and Sprague battled for second. A caution at lap ten bunched the field but Ries jumped back out front with Sprague and Dona Marcoullier making up the top three. Marcoullier made it to second and began to slowly move to the front with Sprague and Van Dyke just behind. Marcoullier gave Ries everything he could but Ries was able to hold on to take the win over Marcoullier, Sprague, Van Dyke, Brian Nickerson, Steve Fairbanks, Scott Baker, Zack Olger, Kyle Borgman, and Scott Haney. Baker and Dusen won B Main features with Tim Stott, Kevin Nelson Jr, Rich Neiser, and Zach Olger taking heat wins.
The final event of 2009 was the Engine Pro IMCA Modified feature and the opening lap was a wild one when Toby Steele did a wild flip and ended up on his roof. Steele was unhurt but unable to continue. Joe Fowler grabbed the early lead with Brennan Bowen close behind. Chad Maurer started to the rear of the field and began his attempt to secure the track championship. Maurer had to keep Bowen within five positions to bring home the title as he slowly began his climb forward. Don Rohn was running toward the front pack but he dropped a driveshaft, taking him out after a good run. The restart found Fowler and Josh Borton out front. The caution waved once again as Maurer slowed and then pulled to the infield with mechanical problems, leaving the field and the door open for Bowen to win the championship with Bowen having to stay five positions ahead of Maurer. Myron DeYoung also had a great run going, moving up to third only to blow an engine and falling out of the race. Fowler ran a rock solid line for the remaining laps and held on to win over Borton, Bowen, Greg Wiles, Brody Bowser, Aaron Raby, Chad Wernette, Rusty Zeigler, Jason Maurer, and Rich White. Unofficially, Bowen claimed the Engine Pro IMCA Modified title. Jerry Hunt and Chad Maurer won B main events with heats going to Cliff Denman, Bowser, Wiles, and J.R. Schmid.
This event ends the 2009 season for Crystal Motor Speedway and the promoters and employees of the track wish to thank everyone who supported them through some tough economic times. Full pits and grandstands were the norm this season and the CMS family thanks everyone for their support. The 2009/2010 banquet will be held in mid January. Details will be available on the website crystalmotorspeedway.com or further information can be obtained by calling the track at 989.235.5200.
Flinn Stocks - A Feature
Finish Car No Driver 1 12 Charles Peterson II 2 28 Rob Nieman 3 35 Richard Melton 4 81M Tyler McGhan 5 48 Lee Zahm 6 77B Austin Bean 7 5 Bob Whitcomb 8 6 Randall Stevens 9 00 Chase Roberts 10 776 Neil Zeigler 11 30 Alex Bulson 12 25 Brandon Kohn 13 27 Justin Proctor 14 776K Ken Zeigler 15 412 Ryan Brady 16 93H Brady Hollenbeck 17 8 Kory Maurice 18 37 Gavin Parks 19 06 Ryan Paradise 20 32V Lanny VanderVeen II
Flinn Stocks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 5 Bob Whitcomb 2 12 Charles Peterson II 3 35 Richard Melton 4 28 Rob Nieman 5 776 Neil Zeigler 6 6 Randall Stevens 7 06 Ryan Paradise 8 27 Justin Proctor 9 30 Alex Bulson 10 32V Lanny VanderVeen II
Flinn Stocks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 37 Gavin Parks 2 77B Austin Bean 3 81M Tyler McGhan 4 8 Kory Maurice 5 48 Lee Zahm 6 25 Brandon Kohn 7 776K Ken Zeigler 8 412 Ryan Brady 9 00 Chase Roberts 10 93H Brady Hollenbeck
Late Models - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 11S Tim Stott 2 6M Dona Marcoullier 3 23V Ryan VanderVeen 4 18Rusty Seaver 5 09 Brock Cogswell 6 13 Scott Baker 7 91 Adam Thrush 8 99 Kurt Mesman 9 25JB James Billett
Late Models - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 0 Kevin Nelson, Jr. 2 77V Jay Van Dyke 3 15M Justin McNeill 4 10 Tom Dusen 5 85 Mark Andersen 6 6DM Don Marcoullier 7 H2 John Hoard 8 42 Mickey Carman, Jr. 9 55 Matt Pickard
Late Models - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver 1 0X Zack Olger 2 25 Kevin Nelson, Sr. 3 1S Andrew Sprague 4 88F Bob Finlay 5 72 Kyle Borgman 6 24 Joseph Pomeroy 7 9 Dean Huizenga 8 38 James Neff 9 58 Renton Hurley
Late Models - Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver 1 87 Richard Neiser 2 6R Carl Ries 3 21N Brian Nickerson 4 14 Scott Haney 5 05 Steve Fairbanks 6 20 Bill Beardslee 7 79S Butch Strait 8 58N Nathan Hurley
Late Models - LM Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 6R Carl Ries 2 6M Dona Marcoullier 3 1S Andrew Sprague 4 77V Jay Van Dyke 5 21N Brian Nickerson 6 05 Steve Fairbanks 7 13 Scott Baker 8 0X Zack Olger 9 72 Kyle Borgman 10 14 Scott Haney 11 91 Adam Thrush 12 25 Kevin Nelson, Sr. 13 87 Richard Neiser 14 23V Ryan VanderVeen 15 10 Tom Dusen 16 15M Justin McNeill 17 0 Kevin Nelson, Jr. 18 11S Tim Stott
Late Models - LM Great B 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 13 Scott Baker 2 72 Kyle Borgman 3 91 Adam Thrush 4 88F Bob Finlay 5 9 Dean Huizenga 6 99 Kurt Mesman 7 38 James Neff 8 25JB James Billett 9 58 Renton Hurley 10 24 Joseph Pomeroy 11 09 Brock Cogswell 12 18 Rusty Seaver
Late Models - LM Great B 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 10 Tom Dusen 2 05 Steve Fairbanks 3 14 Scott Haney 4 H2 John Hoard 5 85 Mark Andersen 6 58N Nathan Hurley 7 79S Butch Strait 8 20 Bill Beardslee 96DM Don Marcoullier 10 42 Mickey Carman, Jr. 11 55 Matt Pickard
Modifieds - IMCA Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 19F Joe Fowler 2 111 Josh Borton 3 B1 Brennan Bowen 4 76 Greg Wiles 5 7X Brody Bowser 6 4 Aaron Raby 7 615 Chad Wernette 8 776 Rusty Zeigler 9 54 Jason Maurer 10 27 Rich White 11 17 Brad Roberts 12 54M Chad Maurer 13 7D Myron DeYoung 14 0M Milt Montgomery 15 13 Paul Grosnickle 16 0 Zack Olger 17 24 Clifford Denman 18 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 19 65 Don Rohn 20 8 Jerry Hunt 21 11W Dan Wiggins II 22 4S Toby Steele, Sr. 23 31J J.R. Schmid 24 22 Roger Flinn III
Modifieds - IMCA Great B 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 8 Jerry Hunt 2 17 Brad Roberts 3 22 Roger Flinn III 4 0 Zack Olger 5 7D Myron DeYoung 6 776 Rusty Zeigler 7 19L Buzz Lawrence 8 12K Rodney King 9 96 Michael Smith 10 1F Travis Fisher 11 1 Carl Thayer 12 15M Jay McClain 13 55M John Row
Modifieds - IMCA Great B 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 54M Chad Maurer 2 13 Paul Grosnickle 3 11W Dan Wiggins II 4 615 Chad Wernette 5 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 6 4 Aaron Raby 7 XL Todd Cowan 8 55 Armond Holley 9 K9 Chad Precord 10 112 Jason Borton 11 42T Terry Shank 12 10W Dan Wiggins, Sr. 13 157 Gene Henrickson
Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 24 Clifford Denman 2 65 Don Rohn 3 19F Joe Fowler 4 8 Jerry Hunt 5 22 Roger Flinn III 6 96 Michael Smith 7 1F Travis Fisher 8 15M Jay McClain 9 55M John Row 10 7D Myron DeYoung
Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 7X Brody Bowser 2 0M Milt Montgomery 3 54 Jason Maurer 4 55 Armond Holley 5 112 Jason Borton 6 615 Chad Wernette 7 4 Aaron Raby 8 K9 Chad Precord 9 157 Gene Henrickson 10 XL Todd Cowan
Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver 1 76 Greg Wiles 2 B1 Brennan Bowen 3 4S Toby Steele, Sr. 4 1 Carl Thayer 5 17 Brad Roberts 6 0 Zack Olger 7 12K Rodney King 8 19L Buzz Lawrence 9 776 Rusty Zeigler
Modifieds - IMCA Great Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver 1 31J J.R. Schmid 2 111 Josh Borton 3 27 Rich White 4 13 Paul Grosnickle 5 11W Dan Wiggins II 6 54M Chad Maurer 7 42T Terry Shank 8 7M Jimmy Hale, Jr. 9 10W Dan Wiggins, Sr.
Pro Stocks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 54 Chaney Newland 2 3H Rodney Heikkila 3 88P Steve Puvalowski 4 25 Jacob Headley 5 33 James McKeown 6 21 Kyle Shattuck 7 24 Steve Denman 8 65 Don Rohn
Pro Stocks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 52K Ryan Kent 2 45 Mike Husted 3 58 Renton Hurley 4 66L Jimmy Hale, Jr. 5 17D Derek Schestag 6 77H Brett Hollenbeck 7 66T Rick Trewartha 8 16G Jeff Gibson
Pro Stocks - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver 1 26 Chris Rinard 2 66PW Derrick Dennis 3 39 Josh Frye 4 79 Nate Jones 5 64 Keith Gentz 6 2 Rick Edmister 7 B76 Vern Buskirk
Pro Stocks - PS/T Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 66L Jimmy Hale, Jr. 2 26 Chris Rinard 3 54 Chaney Newland 4 B76 Vern Buskirk 5 39 Josh Frye 6 52K Ryan Kent 7 79 Nate Jones 8 16G Jeff Gibson 9 58Renton Hurley 10 64 Keith Gentz 11 45 Mike Husted 12 88P Steve Puvalowski 13 77H Brett Hollenbeck 14 17D Derek Schestag 15 66PW Derrick Dennis 16 3H Rodney Heikkila 17 24 Steve Denman 18 66T Rick Trewartha 19 25 Jacob Headley 20 33 James McKeown
Pro Stocks - PS/T Great B
Finish Car No Driver 1 77H Brett Hollenbeck 2 24 Steve Denman 3 B76 Vern Buskirk 4 66T Rick Trewartha 5 16G Jeff Gibson 6 2 Rick Edmister 7 65 Don Rohn 8 21 Kyle Shattuck
Pro Trucks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 14 Chris Verhaar 2 10 Tim Sooy 3 5 Gary Dancer 4 24D Kevin Deal 5 80 Jeramie Raby 6 13 Eugene Decker 7 12 Joe Nieman 8 72 Scott Nieman
Pro Trucks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 7X Ian Knodertzek 2 55 Dave Peters 3 42 JT Anderson 4 38X Jason Parkhurst 5 7S Ashlee Scott 6 3 Gordon Snyder 7 30 Brent Neverth
Pro Trucks - PT Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 14 Chris Verhaar 2 7X Ian Knodertzek 3 7S Ashlee Scott 4 72 Scott Nieman 5 30 Brent Neverth 6 55 Dave Peters 7 38X Jason Parkhurst 8 12 Joe Nieman 9 13 Eugene Decker 10 3 Gordon Snyder 11 80 Jeramie Raby 12 24D Kevin Deal 13 5 Gary Dancer 14 42 JT Anderson 15 10 Tim Sooy
Street Stocks - Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver 1 11L Josh Loomis 2 02 Will Stanley 3 29H Dan Hersey 4 96P Kyle Prochazka 5 47 Bryan Craigmyle 6 22 Ron Forist 7 36 Tim Buskirk 8 310 Bobby Lynn 9 10Richard Meekma 10 799 Mike Corder
Street Stocks - Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver 1 63 Kevin Rohn 2 25JB James Billett 3 73S Ralph Sternberg 4 73JR Robbie Sternberg 5 21W George Wease 6 55 Joseph Pomeroy 7 04 Ryan Lewis 8 54 Joel Hummel II 9 M2 Mike Pashak 10 26 Mike Vandermark, Jr. 11 09 Mike Wiseman
Street Stocks - Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver 1 37S Robb Sternberg 2 01X Randy Radabaugh 3 3 Gary Buskirk 4 83Josh Sternberg 5 72 Brad Metzer 6 19S Cortland Skoog 7 V6 John Harp 8 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 9 5 David Pellerito 10 III Larry Bulson 11 31H Mark Howie
Street Stocks - SS Great A
Finish Car No Driver 1 37S Robb Sternberg 2 73S Ralph Sternberg 3 29H Dan Hersey 4 63Kevin Rohn 5 96P Kyle Prochazka 6 55 Joseph Pomeroy 7 25JB James Billett 8 310 Bobby Lynn 9 11L Josh Loomis 10 01X Randy Radabaugh 11 72 Brad Metzer 12 19S Cortland Skoog 13 799 Mike Corder 14 36 Tim Buskirk 15 47 Bryan Craigmyle 16 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 17 M2 Mike Pashak 18 21W George Wease 19 22 Ron Forist 20 54 Joel Hummel II 21 III Larry Bulson 22 3 Gary Buskirk 23 04 Ryan Lewis 24 73JR Robbie Sternberg 25 83 Josh Sternberg 26 02 Will Stanley 27 31H Mark Howie 28 V6 John Harp
Street Stocks - SS Great B
Finish Car No Driver
1 04 Ryan Lewis 2 799 Mike Corder 3 310 Bobby Lynn 4 36 Tim Buskirk 5 III Larry Bulson 6 31H Mark Howie 7 54 Joel Hummel II 8 M2 Mike Pashak 9 73G Rick Gokee, Sr. 10V6 John Harp 11 10 Richard Meekma 12 5 David Pellerito 13 26 Mike Vandermark, Jr. 14 09 Mike Wiseman
MTS Sprint Results
Joe Bares wins at Crystal - Steve Irwin takes Championship
22 cars signed in for a big championship night at Crystal Motor Speedway. After Steve Irwin took his competition green flag on Saturday night he clinched his second MTS Sprint series championship in 3 years. The rest of the contenders had to battle it out for a close point race behind Irwin. At the start of the Feature the large crowd was wowed with a two car flip involving Jerry Evilsizer and rookie driver Randy Kreple. The nasty crash would result in Kreple taking a ambulance ride with a head injury. After clean up took place the feature was once again under way with Mike Galadja Taking the lead from outside pole position. it would only be a few laps into the feature when Blake Nimee made an outside move around Galajda. only a few laps later Blake lost it in turn one falling of the edge of the banking bringing out the caution flag. Mike Galadja would lead until about half way when in lapped traffic Joe Bares made his moved and took over the lead from Galadja. Defending champ Galadja tried to make a charge to challenge Bares and could not close the gap, Bares took his first nonwing feature win with the MTS sprints and Galadja finished second. Ernie Kuehneman, Nick Landon and Steve Irwin rounded the top 5.
Heat 1
1-Blake Nimee, 2-John Lowe, 3-Nick Landon, 4-John Watson, 5-Tim Evilsizer, 6-Don Proctor, 7-Gary Hatward 8-Keith Love
Heat 2
1-Mark Broughman, 2-Steve Irwin, 3-Ernie Kuehneman, 4-Mike Astrauskas, 5-Mark Strpko, 6-Jerry Evilsizer, 7-Ryan Davis
heat 3
1- Joe Bares, 2-Mike Galajda, 3-Jim Girard, 4-Mark Irwin, 5-Roger Hunyady, 6-Randy Kreple, 7-Chris Pobanz
Amain
1- Joe Bares, 2-Mike Galadja, 3-Ernie Kuehneman, 4-Nick Landon, 5-Steve Irwin, 6-John Lowe, 7-John Watson, 8-Tim Evilsizer , 9-Don Proctor, 10- Keith Love, 11-Jim Girard, 12- Mike Astrauskas, 13- Ryan Davis, 14- Mark Irwin, 15-Roger Hunyady, 16- Blake Nimee, 17-Gary Hayward, 18-Mark Strpko, 19- Mark Broughman, 20- Jerry Evilsizer, 21- Randy Kreple, 22- Chris Pobanz
22 cars signed in for a big championship night at Crystal Motor Speedway. After Steve Irwin took his competition green flag on Saturday night he clinched his second MTS Sprint series championship in 3 years. The rest of the contenders had to battle it out for a close point race behind Irwin. At the start of the Feature the large crowd was wowed with a two car flip involving Jerry Evilsizer and rookie driver Randy Kreple. The nasty crash would result in Kreple taking a ambulance ride with a head injury. After clean up took place the feature was once again under way with Mike Galadja Taking the lead from outside pole position. it would only be a few laps into the feature when Blake Nimee made an outside move around Galajda. only a few laps later Blake lost it in turn one falling of the edge of the banking bringing out the caution flag. Mike Galadja would lead until about half way when in lapped traffic Joe Bares made his moved and took over the lead from Galadja. Defending champ Galadja tried to make a charge to challenge Bares and could not close the gap, Bares took his first nonwing feature win with the MTS sprints and Galadja finished second. Ernie Kuehneman, Nick Landon and Steve Irwin rounded the top 5.
Heat 1
1-Blake Nimee, 2-John Lowe, 3-Nick Landon, 4-John Watson, 5-Tim Evilsizer, 6-Don Proctor, 7-Gary Hatward 8-Keith Love
Heat 2
1-Mark Broughman, 2-Steve Irwin, 3-Ernie Kuehneman, 4-Mike Astrauskas, 5-Mark Strpko, 6-Jerry Evilsizer, 7-Ryan Davis
heat 3
1- Joe Bares, 2-Mike Galajda, 3-Jim Girard, 4-Mark Irwin, 5-Roger Hunyady, 6-Randy Kreple, 7-Chris Pobanz
Amain
1- Joe Bares, 2-Mike Galadja, 3-Ernie Kuehneman, 4-Nick Landon, 5-Steve Irwin, 6-John Lowe, 7-John Watson, 8-Tim Evilsizer , 9-Don Proctor, 10- Keith Love, 11-Jim Girard, 12- Mike Astrauskas, 13- Ryan Davis, 14- Mark Irwin, 15-Roger Hunyady, 16- Blake Nimee, 17-Gary Hayward, 18-Mark Strpko, 19- Mark Broughman, 20- Jerry Evilsizer, 21- Randy Kreple, 22- Chris Pobanz
Berlin Raceway Storyline: September 19th
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
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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