Berlin Raceway Storyline: July 18th

Anthony and Anderson get their first wins of the season

Regnerus and Ensing add to win totals

Marne, MI-- It was a perfect night for racing at Berlin Raceway and the fans on hand were treated to an action-packed night. Coors Light Late Model Driver Chris Anthony and Engine Pro Super Stock driver Denny Anderson broke in to Victory Lane for the first time this season while Kerkstra Services Pro Stock driver Justin Regnerus and Young Gun driver Gabe Ensing got their fourth and third wins, respectively.

The first division to hit the track was the 30-lap Engine Pro Super Stock with #15 Mat McClarren and #12 Josh Slade on the front row. On the start, McClarren was falling back and Slade and 31 Brian Wiersma were out front. Lap two saw the first caution of the night; the #13 of James Haney blew up coming across the start/finish line. After a red flag for clean-up, the race resumed with Slade leading the pack, but he was overtaken by Wiersma on lap 6. Caution was out again for the spinning car of #8 Billy Eppink on lap 13. The #18 of Denny Anderson went to the point on the restart and started to pull away, but by lap 21, Wiersma started to reel him in and dove to the inside going in to turn 1. Anderson was strong on the outside and held him off. On lap 23, the pair was side by side at the start/finish line, but Wiersma was unable to get around him. They crossed the line just .071 seconds apart and Anderson getting his first win of the season. Wiersma, #5 Ray VanAllsburg, #55 Dave Lake, #77 Andrew Nylaan, #10 Bob Spencer, #51 Justin Ryan, #26 Chris Muyskens, #98 Bob Bliss and McClarren.

Up next were the cars of the Young Gun division; #32 Gabe Ensing and #6 Brandon Hermiller led the field to the green flag. On the start, Hermiller fell back to third and Ensing took off with the lead. After a few laps, Hermiller caught the #16 of Kelsey Steele to challenge her for second. With five laps to go, Ensing was enjoying a 1.5 second lead, but with one lap to go, caution was out for the #18 of Mitch Meppelink. The green and white flew together and Ensing held on for the final lap to get his third win of the season. The rest of the finishing order was Steele, Hermiller, #101 Lauren Bush, Meppelink and #19 Dalton Haney.

The #1 of Randy Sweet started the 60-lap Coors Light Late Model feature on the pole with #6 Dave Zagaiski on his outside and before a lap was completed, there was trouble on the track. Sweet spun and collected #32 Ross Meeuwsen. Since the race was not started, Sweet got his spot back and took off with the lead. Not far behind him was the #55 of Chris Anthony; he was side by side with Sweet on lap 4 and grabbed the lead on the backstretch. Once he had the lead, he pulled away from the field. The car to watch was the fast qualifier, #21 Terry VanHaitsma. He was coming through the field in a hurry; up to 4th on lap 10 and just seven laps later, he was reeling in Zagaiski for second. On lap 26, Sweet and #82 Tom Thomas were beating and banging for fourth, Thomas took it just as VanHaitsma caught Zagaiski. The first caution of the night came out on lap 39 when VanHaistma spun coming out of turn 4. On the restart, Anthony took off again while #12 Tim DeVos and Thomas battled for second. With ten laps to go, the top 6 were single-file and spread out and there was no catching Anthony, he was absolutely dominant, taking his first win of the season by 2.883 seconds. The rest of the top ten were T. Thomas, #27 Billy Shotko, DeVos, #28 Scott Thomas, #19 Nick Shotko, VanHaitsma, Sweet, #4 Joel Baker and #71 Kyle Ballard.

The Kerkstra Services Pro Stocks provided the finale with their 25-lap feature with #33 Jerry Groeneveld and #20 Dave Hull leading the field. Hull took off with the lead and the rest of the field was stacking up behind Groeneveld, #50 Justin Regnerus, #76 Brian Tillema and #76 Ryan Gruppen were all trying to get around him. The first caution of the race came out on lap 12 after the Gruppen and #7 Kevin DeGood wrecked on the frontstretch. After a red flag for clean-up, the race resumed and Hull continued to lead, but lurking behind him were the cars of Tillema and Regnerus. With five laps to go, Tillema took the lead, but Regnerus was right on his bumper. He pulled even with Tillema on lap 22 and cleared him on lap 23. Tillema made a last lap charge on the outside, but Regnerus held him off to get his fourth win of the season by .117 seconds over Tillema. Completing the top ten were Hull, Groeneveld, #51 Weston Jewett, #88 Tony Davis, #78 Will Olmsted, #36 Ken Smith, Jr., 340 Dave Cutler and #00 Dennis Mann.

Next Saturday, July 25, the ARCA RE/MAX Series will return to Berlin Raceway for the Wolverine Power Systems 200 presented by Generac. They will be going for 200 laps and will be joined by the Kerkstra Services Pro Stock division. Advanced tickets for adults are $20 and tickets on the day of the event are $25, kids 6-12 are $5 and 5 and under are free. Pit passes for those 14 and older are $30 and the first race starts at 7 p.m. For more information, please visit www.berlinraceway.com

Thunderbird Raceway Winners Circle: July 18th

Unofficial Results
Modifieds:
Feature:1st #43 Mark Anderson 2nd #27 John McCaul 3rd #82 Jacob Poel
Heat Race One: #82 Jacob Poel
Heat Race Two: #88 Greg Smith
Heat Race Three: #78 Dean Wilkerson
Mini Stocks:
Feature: 1st #28 CJ Rector 2nd #6 Mark Farber 3rd #55 Brian Sanford
Heat Race One: #6 Mark Farber
Bombers:
Feature: 1st #44 Justin Schuler 2nd # 26 Paul TenBrink 3rd #393 Loren Peterson
Heat Race One: #11 Joe Carmean
Heat Race Two: #26 Paul Tenbrink
Sportsman:
Feature: 1st #10 Matt Sprague 2nd #16 Cody Weisner 3rd #42 Brian Williams
Heat Race One: #20 Chad Weinrick
Factory Stock:
Feature (Claude Rainbolt Memorial) 40 Laps
1st #57 Dan Wilson 2nd #83 Josh Sternberg 3rd #22 Dean Rake
Heat Race One: #83 Josh Sternberg
Heat Race Two: #21 Tony Weinrick
Heat Race Three: #36 Bruce Norwick
Warriors:
Feature: 1st #88 Wilbur Farkle 2nd #3r Randy Whitten 3rd #58 Harley Farkle
Heat Race One: #3r Randy Whitten
Heat Race Two: #88 Wilbur Farkle

Winston Speedway Winners Circle: July 17th

Feature Winners

Modifieds :#27 John McCaul
Sportsman:#42 Brian Williams
Factory Stock: Feature #1) #57 Dan Wilson
Feature #2) #22 Paul Tenbrink
Bombers: #44 Justin Schuler
Mini Stock #02 April Spriggs
Warriors: #69 Jim Perry
Push Me Race: Mike Pickard & Matt Pickard
Rollover Contest: Brian Carson
Train Race: Steve Dejohn and Frank Harris

Complete Results: http://www.winstonspeedway.net/Results/2009/7_17_09.pdf

Fan Free Nights at Orleans Raceway in July

Friday, July 17th

Race Times
Gates Open 5pm, Hot Laps 6:30 to 7:30 Racing 8pm

4 Cylinder Mini-Stock

4cyl front wheel drive Mini-Stock

Hobby Stock

Open Modifieds

Pro Stock

Full Show

SPECIAL NOTE:

During the month of July 2009

Admission to the Grandstands on Friday Nights is FREE!

Phone # (616) 794-2810

Berlin Raceway Fair Week Events

154th Berlin Fair - July 12-18 week details

DATE EVENT GATES ADULT GA CHILD GA
Tues. 14 Demo Derby/4C 5:30 $10.00 $5.00
Wed. 15 Bus Mania 6:00 $8.00 $4.00
Thurs. 16 Monster Trucks 6:00 $10.00 $5.00
Fri. 17 Jesse McCartney 5:30 $20.00 ----
Sat. 18 Auto Racing 1:00 $10.00 Free

ALL grandstand events will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Child tickets are for ages 6-12; 5-under free

All prices are in addition to $3 gate admission for the fair