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OUTAGAMIE SPEEDWAY / EWSC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS By Edward Anschutz (Seymour, WI) 9/3/17 Outagamie Speedway powered by EWSC Race Report- A solid field of 114 cars checked in to do battle for the final points night of the 2017 season. There were 28 IMCA Sport Mods, 27 IMCA Stock Cars, 24 IMCA Modifieds, 19 Street Stocks and 16 IMCA Sport Compacts. In the highly contested IMCA Stock Car points battle, Chaz Van Ooyen came into the night with a 1 point lead over Jeremy Christians. That all changed on lap 5 of the feature as a huge crash collected Van Ooyen and Christians. Van Ooyen had front suspension damage but was able to continue while Christians bid for the title was over with a smashed radiator. Bob Czarapata paced the field until Travis Van Straten worked by on lap 8. Kyle Frederick made his presence felt, working into the runner up spot. Frederick set his sights on Van Straten, pulling along side for the lead with 2 laps remaining. Frederick took the top spot as the white flag flew and held off Van Straten for the win. Czarapata placed third, Phil Hiles was fourth and Justin Jacobson completed the top five. Chaz Van Ooyen took the championship. In IMCA Modified action Brian Mullen entered the night with a 51 point lead, giving him another track title. Paul Parker passed Eric Scribner on lap 3 and never looked back, scoring a clean sweep with his 3rd feature win of the season. Russ Reinwald took a solid second, Jason Czarapata placed third, fourth went to Brian Mullen and 2017 Wisconsin State Champ TJ Smith was fifth. Kyle Raddant worked around Dennis Miesler to take the lead of the IMCA Sport Mod feature on lap 5. Raddant led the remainder of the event to score the win. With a second place finish Travis Hansen earned the 2017 track title. Tailar Ness placed third, John Rothmund took fourth and Kevin Bethke rounded out the top five. A red flag came out midway through the Street Stock feature as leader Cory Wegner made contact with Derek Lecker Jr, Lecker’s machine spun and was hit by Josh Novak. Both drivers were ok but they’re cars were heavily damaged. Wegner suffered a flat tire. This handed the lead over to Mike Carter. Carter led the rest of the way. Gary Kasperek finished second, Harley Diedrick was third, Lexii Ashcraft placed fourth. Paul Ambrosius raced to a fifth placed finish, securing his first ever track title. Brian Johnson took home his first win of the season in the IMCA Sport Compacts. Mitch Mier placed second, taking the championship. Mike Mier was third, Lindsey Mullen took fourth and Mike Mier placed fifth. HEAT, LCQ & FEATURE RESULTS Budweiser IMCA MODIFIEDS: HEAT 1 - 1, Paul Parker. 2, TJ Smith. 3, Jay Matthias. 4, Brian Mullen. 5, RJ Gerber. 6, Joe Schwister. 7, Danny Walter. 8, Doyle Buzzell. HEAT 2 - 1, Jason Czarapata. 2, Brad Theys. 3, Adam Reed. 4, Eric Scribner. 5, Joey Taycher. 6, JJ Andersen. 7, Chase Parker. 8, Kelly Brown. HEAT 3 - 1, Russ Reinwald. 2, Benji LaCrosse. 3, Joel Jens. 4, Jamie Schmidt. 5, Joel Crowbridge. 6, Jeff Bodendorfer Jr. 7, Mark Schuenemann. 8, Brekken Kleinschmidt. B FEATURE - 1, JJ Andersen. 2, Kelly Brown. 3, Mark Schuenemann. 4, Jeff Bodendorfer Jr. 5, Chase Parker. 6, Joe Schwister. 7, Danny Walter. 8, Doyle Buzzell. 9, Brekken Kleinschmidt. A FEATURE - 1, Paul Parker. 2, Russ Reinwald. 3, Jason Czarapata. 4, Brian Mullen. 5, TJ Smith. 6, Benji LaCrosse. 7, Eric Scribner. 8, Joey Taycher. 9, Brad Theys. 10, Joel Jens. 11, JJ Andersen. 12, Jamie Schmidt. 13, RJ Gerber. 14, Mark Schuenemann. 15, Chase Parker. 16, Jeff Bodendorfr Jr. 17, Joel Crowbridge. 18, Adam Reed. 19, Jay Matthias. 20, Kelly Brown. IMCA STOCK CARS: HEAT 1 - 1, Trevor Howard. 2, Brandon Gagnon. 3, Kyle Frederick. 4, Chas VanOoyen. 5, Travis VanStraten. 6, Brian Ambrosius. 7, Vern Stedjee. 8, Brandon VanOoyen. 9, Aaron Karcz. HEAT 2 - 1, Kurt Olson. 2, Devin Snellenberger. 3, Barry Streck. 4, Jeremy Wiitala. 5, Kyle Szymanski. 6, Justin Jacobsen. 7, Jamie VanOoyen. 8, Jason Greenwood. 9, Tyler Wendt. HEAT 3 - 1, Barry VanStraten. 2, Eric Arneson. 3, Jeremy Christians. 4, Bob Czarapata. 5, Phil Hiles. 6, Josh Mroczhowski. 7, Harley Simon. 8, Russ Raddatz. 9, Chris Loewenhagen. B FEATURE - 1, Justin Jacobsen. 2, Vern Stedjee. 3, Harley Simon. 4, Josh Mroczhowski. 5, Chris Loewenhagen. 6, Jamie VanOoyen. 7, Aaron Karcz. 8, Brandon VanOoyen. 9, Jason Greenwood. 10, Russ Raddatz. 11, Tyler Wendt. 12, Brian Ambrosius. A FEATURE - 1, Kyle Frederick. 2, Travis VanStraten. 3, Bob Czarapata. 4, Phil Hiles. 5, Justin Jacobsen. 6, Devin Snellenberger. 7, Vern Stedjee. 8, Harley Simon. 9, Josh Mroczhowski. 10, Chas VanOoyen. 11, Chris Loewenhagen. 12, Jeremy Wiitala. 13, Barry Streck. 14, Trevor Howard. 15, Kurt Olson. 16, Jeremy Christians. 17, Kyle Szymanski. 18, Brandon Gagnon. 19, Eric Arneson. 20, Barry VanStraten. IMCA SPORT MODS: HEAT 1 - 1, John Rothmund. 2, Kyle Raddant. 3, Dennis Miesler. 4, Jordan Barkholtz. 5, Scott Besaw. 6, Rick Kretschmann. 7, Derek Fehling. HEAT 2 - 1, Travis Rhoades. 2, Kevin Bethke. 3, Tim Sheppard. 4, Jayden Schmidt. 5, Glen Blanke. 6, Bryce Clements. 7, Kaden Besaw. HEAT 3 - 1, Tailar Ness. 2, Justin Green. 3, Kelsey Hayes. 4, Kassi Krause. 5, Jordan Bartz. 6, Jason Ebert. 7, Shaun Johnston. HEAT 4 - 1, Chris Budzban. 2, Travis Hansen. 3, Kyle Domalick. 4, Spencer Long. 5, Karah Taycher. 6, Roger Braun. 7, Raymond Keyser. B FEATURE -1, Jordan Bartz. 2, Scott Besaw. 3, Rick Kretschmann. 4, Jason Ebert. 5, Karah Taycher. 6, Shaun Johnston. 7, Bryce Clements. 8, Derek Fehling. 9, Glen Blanke. 10, Roger Braun. 11, Kaden Besaw. 12, Raymond Keyser (DNS) A FEATURE - 1, Kyle Raddant. 2, Travis Hansen. 3, Tailar Ness. 4, John Rothmund. 5, Kevin Bethke. 6, Scott Besaw. 7, Justin Green. 8, Rick Kretschmann. 9, Chris Budzban. 10, Jayden Schmidt. 11, Travis Rhoades. 12, Kyle Domalick. 13, Spencer Long. 14, Dennis Miesler. 15, Jordan Barkholtz. 16, Jason Ebert. 17, Jordan Bartz. 18, Kassi Krause. 19, Kelsey Hayes. 20, Tim Sheppard. STREET STOCKS: HEAT 1 - 1, Cory Wegner. 2, Dylan Stedjee. 3, Paul Ambrosius. 4, Josh Novak. 5, Allan Schlueter. 6, Matt Warner. 7, Jeffery Dahley. HEAT 2 - 1, Mike Carter. 2, Gary Kasperek. 3, George Tabalske. 4, Eric Derks. 5, Dereck Lecker Jr. 6, Tim Tiedt. HEAT 3 - 1, Lexii Ashcraft. 2, Harley Diedrick. 3, Ethan Knutson. 4, Joe Minks. 5, Wayne Carter. 6, Logan Schmeck. A FEATURE - 1, Mike Carter. 2, Gary Kasperek. 3, Harley Diedrick. 4, Lexii Ashcraft. 5, Paul Ambrosius. 6, Dylan Stedjee. 7, Allan Schlueter. 8, Matt Warner. 9, George Tabalske. 10, Ethan Knutson. 11, Joe Minks. 12, Eric Derks. 13, Cory Wegner. 14, Josh Novak. 15, Jeffery Dahley. 16, Dereck Lecker Jr. 17, Logan Schmeck. 18, Wayne Carter. (DNS).19, Tim Tiedt. (DNS). IMCA SPORT COMPACTS: HEAT 1 - 1, Lindsey Mullen. 2, Ben Schulte. 3, Tony Fletcher. 4, Brian Johnson. 5, Mitchell Meier. 6, Nick Everard. 7, David Cox. 8, Trevor Vandehei. 9. Trevor Vandehei (DNS). HEAT 2 - 1, Michael Meier. 2, Tony Everard. 3, Dean Dekeyser. 4, Mike Zitzer. 5, James Bohm. 6, Kyle Walters. 7, Michael Donnelly. 8, Skyler Bork. A FEATURE - 1, Brian Johnson. 2, Mitchell Meier. 3, Michael Meier. 4, Lindsey Mullen. 5, Mike Zitzer. 6, Tony Fletcher. 7, Nick Everard. 8, Tony Everard. 9, Ben Schulte. 10, Trevor Vandehei. 11, Michael Donnelly. 12, Kyle Walters. 13, James Bohm. 14, Dean Dekeyser. 15, Skyler Bork. 16, David Cox. (DNS).

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