SUN PRAIRIE, WI (July 26, 1998) -- Scott Hatton plowed through the bumps on a heavy, physical track to win his second feature of the year in Badger Midget Auto Racing Association competition at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Sunday night.

Hatton, Roscoe, IL who started outside the second row collided with pole sitter Randy Koch, Monona, WI as the field took the green. During the incident Hatton lost several positions. Three laps later, Hatton slid beneath Randy Koch to move into second. On lap six, Hatton drove beneath Chris Maxson, McHenrey, IL in turn one. The two raced side by side through the corner before Hatton pulled ahead going down the back stretch.

"I watched him through the first couple of laps." Hatton said from victory lane. "It looked like he was popping the front end off (the ground). I figured I was catching him down low so I'll just stay there. As soon as I got next to him he popped the front end again and I went by him."

Hatton further commented on the difficulty that the rough track presented to the drivers " It was so rough coming out of four … it would throw the whole front end up in the air … there's a few times I almost hit the front stretch wall because of it."

Hatton's only serious challenge for the lead came on the twelfth lap when he hooked a large rut in turn two and lost momentum. Maxson drove off the second turn and was poised to make a challenge when the yellow flag flew for stalled car of Randy Fiscus, Madison, WI. On the ensuing re-start, Hatton's Wilke PAK Ellis / Gaerte powered away from Maxson and the field.

"He hooked something coming off two, the car went into a fishtail, he banged off the guardrail, I pulled up next to him." Maxson explained, "running on a track like the one we had tonight is a lot like a motocross … where you see guys gain and lose in big chunks. A lot depended on how you hit the ruts."

Maxson held on to second position until lap 17 when he was passed by Doug Schenck. Two laps later, Jerry Coons Jr., Tuscon, AZ moved around Maxson for third. Coons, Jr., who was the nights fast qualifier in his #V4 McNultey owned Outhouse / Esslinger, started the event from outside the sixth row. Coons, Jr. passed Schenck after the two bumped in turn four of lap 21. Coons made up ground on Hatton, but was still several car lengths behind at the checkered.

"When I got into second I couldn't see him at all." Coons Jr. said after the race. "and as he got into lapped traffic I could see him, but I was looking at the scoreboard and I realized that there was no way I'd be able to make up that much track in that many laps, I knew that I'd have to settle for second."

Schenck, who recorded his highest finish of the season at Angell Park Speedway, gave a great deal of credit for the success to his Scat V-4 motor. "The Scat is definitely helpful with a heavy track. The motor has so much torque that on a slick track it has a tendency to burn the tires right off, but a heavy track like this really helps."

July 26th 1998 - Angell Park Speedway

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