SUN PRAIRIE, WI (June 7, 1998) -- Dan Boorse (Whitefish Bay, WI) had his #88 Gaerte / Stealth working exceptionally well through both of the two grooves that formed at the dry-slick Angell Park Speedway track during Sunday nights Badgerland 25 lap A-Feature event here in Sun Prairie, WI. The win marked the third trip to victory circle for Boorse in Badger Midget Auto Racing Association competition this season.

Although the track seemed to deteriorate before the heat races, two distinct grooves developed as the night's racing progressed, which lead to intense side by side racing in the main events.

"I really wanted to get the holeshot," said Boorse of the opening lap, "because I knew it would be tough to pass out there tonight."

But it was Boyd Calvert (Mt. Horeb, WI) who jumped his #23 Fontana / Stealth into the early lead.

A third lap incident involving Racine's Marty Davis in turn one brought out the event's first caution.

Calvert continued to hold the top spot until lap four, when Boorse slid beneath him in turn one. The two ran high and low, side by side, exchanging lines several times until Jerry Coons, Jr. (Tucson, AZ), last week's feature winner, slowed on the front stretch with a handling problem which forced the event's second caution.

On the ensuing restart, Kevin Doty blasted the #11 Wilke PAK Gaerte / Ellis around the top side in turn three and four, his momentum carrying him past Kevin Koch's (Cottage Grove, WI) Gaerte / Beast and into third place.

While Calvert continued to chase Boorse, Doty and Koch picked up a spirited battle for the third position, with Doty running extremely close to the wall and Koch sticking to the bottom like glue.

Calvert made his last serious challenge to Boorse on lap 12 when he slid beneath the leader in turn one. However, Calvert couldn't gain enough bite off turn two to hold the position.

Five laps later Doty lost speed when he banged the cushion in turn one, which was enough for Koch to get by along the guardrail and set his sights on Calvert.

Koch edged past Calvert for second place as the white flag came out. At the checkered it was Boorse, Koch, Calvert, Doty and defending BMARA champ Kevin Olson (Machesney Park, IL)

Koch, who has struggled so far this season, commented, "The car was pretty tight, which allowed me to stay on the bottom, and that's right where I wanted to be … I had checked out both lines and I definitely felt more comfortable on the rail tonight." Then added, "This team has just been awesome through the bad luck that we've had … I think we've got this thing turned around."

"I trust Dan," said Calvert, of his battle with Boorse, "He's a good clean racer who is really fun to race hard with."

In other action during the night, Davis made a last lap pass on Donnie Lehman on the last lap of the B-main. The drivers had run side by side throughout much of the event.

BMARA is set to go again this Sunday night for the Snap-On Tools / Flag Day 25 at Angell Park Speedway.

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ADDITIONAL NOTES:

G'Day, Mate !!! Australians Adam Clarke and Steven Graham have made their presence known in Badger competition. Last week, the 23 year-old Clarke, a native of Newcastle, Australia, who has only been running midgets for thee years, ran as high as third in the A-main, before power steering problems sent him back to 8^th. Clarke recently won 12 of the 28 events in the Australian midget championship. This week, newcomer Graham, who is 29 and has 11 years experience on the Australian Midget scene, won the first heat race he ever ran at Angell Park. Both will be stateside for another month. Look for these two blokes in a victory lane near you.

Big Cars: There has been a recent invasion of Badger drivers into the sprint car ranks. Kevin Doty is currently in the top ten in the United States Auto Club National Sprint Car Division, John Calahan, founder of Buzzard Chassis and builder of cars #71 & #3 in BMARA competition, has been dialing in the #8H sprinter in weekly competition at Wilmot and Beaver Dam and Chad Deselle had his winged car in front of the Angell Park grandstand last night.

Accolades !!! BMARA regular, Brandon Waelti, who in his second season of midget competition has finally achieved something that many of his peers did a long time ago. The 18 year old Waelti graduated from Sun Prairie High School on Sunday. Waelti is planning to enroll in a tool-making program this fall at the Madison Area Technical College.

BOWLING, INC: Is where Stan Fox headed on Monday to try to STRIKE a deal to continue his promotional relationship with the organization. Stan feels better every day and was cutting up with his old buddies on the infield at Sun Prairie last night.

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