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“RAY & MOPAR SCORE FIRST WINS IN BADGER OPENER”
By Bryan Gapinski
SUN PRAIRIE,WI May 27----Davey Ray edged Dan Boorse by one car length to
win the thrilling Badger Midget Series Season Opener, Sunday Night at Angell
Park Speedway. The first was the first ever feature win for Ray, and for a Mopar
powered midget.
The feature got off to a rocky start with a three car tangle on the opening lap,
resulting in Kevin Olson flipping. Olson escaped injury. Aaron Fiscus jumped
into the lead, while Ray quickly moved from his eighth place starting position
and into the leadon the second lap.
Ray ran comfortably in the lead as three different drivers occupied second
position before Boorse took over the spot on the 22nd lap. Kevin Eggert stalled
on the 32nd lap bunching up the field. The final eighteen laps saw Boorse run on
Ray’s bumper as the pair easily pulled away from the field and staged a great
wheel to wheel battle. Ray held off Boorse’s last lap charge to score a .14
second victory driving the Harlan Kittleson Beast-
Mopar#2. Following Ray, and Boorse were: Matt Westfall, Chad DeSelle, and Mike
Hess.
Five drivers escaped injury in separate preliminary race flips, including 2000
series champion Scott Hatton. Rob Keelan established a new eight lap track
record in winning the C-Main, besting Billy Johnson’s 50 year old track
record.
The series visits the Hales Corners Speedway(Franklin, WI) on Friday Night June
1 for the running of the fourth annual Milwaukee Cup Midget Classic, before
returning to Angell Park on Sunday June 3 for a regular program.
| QUAL |
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HT
1 |
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B-FT |
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A-FT |
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| 1 |
3 |
WAELTI |
14.226 |
1 |
JONES |
1 |
WAELTI |
1 |
RAY |
| 2 |
88 |
BOORSE |
14.749 |
2 |
LUNDGREEN |
2 |
BARTZ |
2 |
BOORSE |
| 3 |
7 |
MALONE |
14.884 |
3 |
TERRY |
3 |
LABROSSE |
3 |
WESTFALL |
| 4 |
2 |
RAY |
14.915 |
4 |
ESTEP |
4 |
FREDENBERG |
4 |
DESELLE |
| 5 |
11 |
DOTY |
14.925 |
5 |
SHILKUSKI |
5 |
TERRY |
5 |
HESS |
| 6 |
30 |
CAREY |
14.936 |
HT 2 |
|
6 |
ESTEP |
6 |
WAELTI |
| 7 |
1 |
HATTON |
14.946 |
1 |
KOCH |
7 |
KOMPPA |
7 |
CAREY |
| 8 |
87 |
OLSON |
15.037 |
2 |
EGGERT |
8 |
KEELAN |
8 |
KOCH |
| 9 |
98 |
EGGERT |
15.04 |
3 |
ERFURTH |
9 |
GRANATH |
9 |
MILLER |
| 10 |
10 |
CALVERT |
15.048 |
4 |
HESS |
10 |
JONES |
10 |
CALVERT |
| 11 |
7 |
A.FISCUS |
15.055 |
5 |
CAREY |
11 |
IMHOFF |
11 |
ESTEP |
| 12 |
51 |
HESS |
15.078 |
HT 3 |
|
12 |
SHILKUSKI |
12 |
LABROSSE |
| 13 |
54 |
WESTFALL |
15.151 |
1 |
DOTY |
13 |
STROEHLE |
13 |
TERRY |
| 14 |
12 |
KOMPPA |
15.176 |
2 |
R.FISCUS |
14 |
DULL |
14 |
R.FISCUS |
| 15 |
8 |
KOCH |
15.315 |
3 |
OLSON |
15 |
ZANE |
15 |
EGGERT |
| 16 |
81 |
DESELLE |
15.34 |
4 |
BOORSE |
16 |
LUNDGREEN |
16 |
FREDENBERG |
| 17 |
93 |
LABROSSE |
15.355 |
5 |
A.FISCUS |
17 |
ALTMANN |
17 |
DOTY |
| 18 |
39 |
BARTZ |
15.407 |
HT 4 |
|
18 |
HOEGSTED |
18 |
A.FISCUS |
| 19 |
75 |
MILLER |
15.424 |
1 |
RAY |
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19 |
BARTZ |
| 20 |
45 |
FREDENBERG |
15.447 |
2 |
WESTFALL |
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20 |
OLSON |
| 21 |
79 |
ERFURTH |
15.448 |
3 |
MILLER |
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21 |
ERFURTH |
| 22 |
96 |
BILLINGS |
15.491 |
4 |
DESELLE |
C-FT |
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22 |
KOMPPA |
| 23 |
6 |
R.FISCUS |
15.503 |
5 |
CALVERT |
1 |
KEELAN |
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| 24 |
24 |
GRANATH |
15.512 |
DASH |
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2 |
ALTMANN |
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| 25 |
40 |
CARNER |
15.619 |
1 |
BOORSE |
3 |
IMHOFF |
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| 26 |
21 |
JONES |
15.703 |
2 |
DOTY |
4 |
STROEHLE |
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| 27 |
23 |
SHILKUSKI |
15.851 |
3 |
WAELTI |
5 |
DULL |
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| 28 |
69 |
TERRY |
15.861 |
4 |
CAREY |
6 |
ZANE |
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| 29 |
22 |
MUELLER |
15.867 |
5 |
RAY |
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| 30 |
99 |
LUNDGREEN |
15.885 |
6 |
MALONE |
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| 31 |
87 |
ESTEP |
16.046 |
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| 32 |
97 |
HOEGSTED |
16.437 |
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| 33 |
19 |
IMHOFF |
16.467 |
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| 34 |
1 |
STROEHLE |
16.663 |
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| 35 |
8 |
ALTMANN |
17.054 |
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| 36 |
77 |
ZANE |
17.25 |
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| 37 |
17 |
KEELAN |
17.391 |
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| 38 |
56 |
DULL |
17.483 |
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| 39 |
3 |
BRANSON |
NT |
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| 40 |
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| BMARA
POINTS STANDINGS AS OF 5/27/2001 |
| POSITION, |
DRIVER, |
POINTS, |
PASS PTS, |
CAR #, |
OWNER, |
POINTS |
| 1 |
DAVE RAY |
117 |
7 |
2 |
HARLIN KITTLESON |
117 |
| 2 |
DAN BOORSE |
109 |
7 |
88 |
DON BOORSE |
109 |
| 3 |
BRANDON WAELTI |
67 |
4 |
3 |
LEROY WEALTI |
67 |
| 4 |
CHAD DESELLE |
66 |
9 |
81 |
JIM RAMOS |
66 |
| 5 |
MIKE HESS |
56 |
0 |
51 |
MIKE HESS |
56 |
| 6 |
CRAIG CAREY |
56 |
0 |
30 |
CAREY-KING MOTORSPORTS |
56 |
| 7 |
RANDY KOCH |
51 |
4 |
8 |
JIM FISCUS |
51 |
| 8 |
KEVIN DOTY |
50 |
0 |
11 |
WILKE-PAK |
50 |
| 9 |
ROGER MILLER |
44 |
7 |
75 |
SPEED QUIP.MOTORSPORTS |
44 |
| 10 |
KEVIN EGGERT |
39 |
0 |
10 |
DARWIN WOLFGRAM |
39 |
| 11 |
BOYD CALVERT |
39 |
0 |
98 |
DAVID EGGERT |
39 |
| 12 |
MATT ESTEP |
38 |
10 |
87 |
MATT ESTEP |
38 |
| 13 |
BRIAN TERRY |
36 |
7 |
69 |
TOM BONG |
36 |
| 14 |
RANDY FISCUS |
35 |
5 |
6 |
JIM FISCUS |
35 |
| 15 |
RICK LABROSSE |
30 |
2 |
93 |
RICK LABROSSE |
30 |
| 16 |
KEVIN OLSON |
29 |
0 |
87 |
JOHN SLOTTEN |
29 |
| 17 |
RON FREDENBERG |
22 |
1 |
45 |
BARB FREDENBERG |
22 |
| 18 |
JOHN JONES |
21 |
0 |
21 |
JOHN JONES |
21 |
| 19 |
DEAN ERFURTH |
21 |
0 |
79 |
RANDY POLEWCZYNSKI |
21 |
| 20 |
ROB KEELAN |
19 |
7 |
17 |
ROB KEELAN |
19 |
| 21 |
AARON FISCUS |
18 |
0 |
7 |
JIM FISCUS |
18 |
| 22 |
TOM BARTZ |
16 |
0 |
39 |
TOM BARTZ |
16 |
| 23 |
JOHNNY KOMPPA |
12 |
0 |
99 |
BUTCH DAHLKE |
12 |
| 24 |
NICK LUNDGREEN |
12 |
0 |
12 |
JOHNNY KOMPPA |
12 |
| 25 |
GREG GRANATH |
10 |
0 |
24 |
GREG GRANATH |
10 |
| 26 |
SCOTT HATTON |
8 |
0 |
1 |
DWIGHT HUSTON |
8 |
| 27 |
LANCE ALTMAN |
8 |
0 |
8 |
LANCE ALTMAN |
8 |
| 28 |
RICK IMHOFF |
8 |
2 |
19 |
RICK IMHOFF |
8 |
| 29 |
TOM SHULLINSKI |
7 |
2 |
23 |
TOM SHULLINSKI |
7 |
| 30 |
KEN DULL |
5 |
2 |
56 |
KEN DULL |
5 |
| 31 |
SCOTT ZANE |
4 |
1 |
77 |
SCOTT ZANE |
4 |
| 32 |
KRIS HOEGSTED |
1 |
0 |
97 |
MARY HOEGSTED |
1 |
| 33 |
ROGER BRANSON |
0 |
0 |
3 |
ROGER BRANSON |
0 |
| 34 |
RICK MUELER |
0 |
0 |
22 |
RICK MUELLER |
0 |
| 35 |
WES CARNER |
0 |
0 |
40 |
WES CARNER |
0 |
| 36 |
BRIAN BILLINGS |
0 |
0 |
96 |
BRIAN BILLINGS |
0 |
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