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Dan Boorse in victory lane after winning
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April 18, 1998 DAN BOORSE WINS BADGER/NAMARS OPENER By LES MESZAROS QUINCY, MI – Saturday night Dan Boorse of Whitefish Bay, WI christened the 1998 NAMARS Auto Value and Badger midget seasons by winning the 20-lap feature at the Butler Battlegrounds Speedway in Quincy, MI. This was Boorse's first ever NAMARS win. Boorse managed to beat a huge field of 54 midgets on opening night before a full grandstands and 100 race cars in the pits. Boorse started on the front row and immediately shot into the lead ahead of Ricky Shelton. Over the first 9 laps Shelton did his best to try to get by Boorse on the inside and pulled up along side Boorse several times but Boorse would always battle right back and hold Shelton. On lap 9 Shelton was involved in a caution and pitted out of the race. On the restart Boyd Calvert was now second but managed to hold that position for only 3 laps before Kevin Olson charged past to take second. Olson followed Boorse every where the last 8 laps but was unable to challenge for the lead. Boorse led Olson, Boyd Calvert, Scott Hatton and Kevin Koch to the checkered flag. Setting fast time and winning $100 from Painter Motorsports Group was Ricky Shelton. Heat race victories went to Bill Berg, Dan Boorse, Scott Hatton, Kevin Olson and Kevin Doty. Semi feature wins went to Marty Davis and Randy Koch. NAMARS NOTES…Opening night anxiousness caused the entire show to run late but all of the officials, drivers, pit crews and fans hung in there and all of the events were completed…Nokie Fornoro flipped coming off turn two and down the backstretch off the speedway on the first lap of the first heat. The front end of the car was severely damaged ending Nokie's night. Fortunately all Nokie had to show for it was a sore thumb…Six new Rally Trucks were on hand and gave a spirited exhibition race with Denny Donaldson, track owner, finishing second.
Official Results:
Qualifications: 1. Ricky Shelton, 71, 15.972; 2. Jeff Flesher, 72, 16.002; 3. Boyd Calvert, 23, 16.021; 4. Kevin Olson, 1, 16.056; 5. Kevin Doty, 11, 16.106; 6. Doug Schenck, 71, 16.147; 7. Dan Boorse, 88, 16.169; 8. Bryon Walter, 5, 16.300, 9. Roger Corrigan, 65, 16.301; 10. Randy Fiscus, 6, 16.320; 11. Bill Berg, 3, 16.385; 12. Dean Erfurth, V4, 16.478; 13. Dean Billings, 96, 16.512; 14. Randy Koch, 2, 16.613; 15. Marty Davis, 76, 16.633; 16. Kevin Koch, 41, 16.662; 17. Quinn McCabe, 51, 16.729; 18. Brad Weber, 9, 16.767; 19. Chris Maxson, 69, 16.800; 20. Aaron Fiscus, 16, 16.825; 21. Nick Fornoro, 2, 16.840; 22. Jerry Nemire, 16, 16.960; 23. Kevin Newton, 14, 16.988; 24. Matt Westfall, 54, 17.029; 25. John Jones, 21, 17.157; 26. A.J. Fike, 69, 17.229; 27. Rick Mueller, 10, 17.292; 28. Scott Hatton, 57, 17.446; 29. Don Lehman, 31, 17.492; 30. A.J. Davis, 28, 17.535; 31. J.D. Turner, 53, 17.667; 32. Kevin Besecker, 3, 17.673; 33. Wayne Chinn, 71, 17.693; 34. Mike Bramblett, 40, 17.775; 35. Dennis Miller, 88, 17.821; 36. Dean Franklin, 42, 17.840; 37. Brett Houston, 15, 17.999; 38. Dave Baumgartner, 99, 18.001; 39. Jim Sawyer, 59, 18.132; 40. Jim McCune, 2, 18.138; 41.Kevin Myers, 45, 18.288; 42. John Lucas, 5, 18.328; 43. Mike Roselli, 75, 18.411; 44. Dick Osborn, 69, 18.426; 45. Ken Drangmeister, 76, 18.508; 46. Mike Astraukas, 3, 18.685; 47. Chad Davenport, 43, 19.008; 48. Brain Martin, 93, 19.718; 49. Greg Granath, 7, 20.483; 50. Pam Drangmeister, 78, 20.495; 51. Mike Cox, 46, NT; 52. Jim Elliott, 57, NT; 53. T.R. Barker, 77, NT; 54. Jason Setser, 11, NT.
First Heat (10 laps): Berg, Shelton, Schenck, Fike, Myers, Turner, Astrauskas, Franklin, K. Koch, Fornoro.
Second Heat (10 laps): Boorse, Erfurth, Flesher, Nemire, Mueller, Besecker, Houston, P. Drangmeister, Lucas.
Third Heat (10 laps): Hatton, Calvert, Walter, Newton, Weber, Baumgartner, Chinn, Granath, Roselli, Billings.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Olson, Westfall, Corrigan, Osborne, Bramblett, Martin, Maxson, Sawyer, Koch, Lehman.
Fifth Heat (10 laps): Doty, A. Fiscus, R. Fiscus, A.J. Davis, Miller, Jones, K. Drangmeister, R. Koch, T.R. Barker, Davenport, M. Davis.
First Semi-feature (12 laps): M. Davis, Nemire, McCune, A.J. Davis, Baumgartner, Franklin, Osborne, Besecker, Garnath, Billings, Weber, Astrauskas.
Second Semi-feature (12 laps): R. Koch, K. Koch, Maxson, Lehman, Myers, Sawyer, Chinn, Turner, K. Drangmeister, Miller, Huston, Martin, Roselli.
Feature (20 laps) (Finishing position, starting position, name, hometown): 1. (3) Dan Boorse, Whitefish Bay, WI; 2. (7) Kevin Olson, Rockford, IL; 3. (8) Boyd Calvert, Mount Horeb, WI; 4. (19) Scott Hatton, Madison, WI; 5. (15) Kevin Koch, Cottage Grove, WI; 6. (11) Bill Berg, Arlington, WI; 7. (20) Jimmy McCune, Sylvania, OH; 8. (14) Marty Davis, Racine, WI; 9. (16) Chris Maxson, McHenry, IL; 10. (10) Rick Shelton, Huntington Beach, CA; 11. (12) Dean Erfurth, Oregon, WI; 12. (18) Jerry Nemire, Erie, MI; 13. (17) Aaron Fiscus, Madison, WI; 14. (6) Kevin Doty, Milan, IL; 15. (1) Randy Fiscus, Monona, WI; 16. (5) Doug Schenck, Madison, WI; 17. (9) Jeff Flesher, Gridly, IL; 18. (21) Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 19. ( 2) Roger Corrigan, Loves Park, IL; 20. ( 3) Bryon Walter, Beaver Dam, WI; 21. (13) Randy Koch, Oregon, Wi.
Bosewell results and current point standings