Kuhn remains perfect in Badger Midgets
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PHOTO BY JEFF ARNS |
By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., June 9---Brad Kuhn won his fourth
straight Badger Midget Series Sunday Night, capturing the 30-lap feature at
Angell Park Speedway. A feature victory next Sunday at the track would tie him
with John Hartwig for the most consecutive wins to start a season in the
organization's 71-year history. Hartwig set the mark during his 1973
championship season.
Jake Slotten flipped on the opening lap of the feature escaping injury, causing
a complete restart. Mike Hess jumped into the lead, with Kuhn moving into fourth
place on the second circuit. The caution was displayed twice during the next two
laps when the
top five running cars of Danny Stratton and Scott Hatton both stopped on the
track.
On the fifth lap Kuhn moved into second place, the pair pulled away from the
field. Kuhn pulled to Hess's back bumper on the tenth lap, and took the lead
when the pair crossed the start/finish line on the 12th lap. At the midway point
Kuhn began lapping slower cars.
The events final caution came two laps later for a stalled car. On the restart
Kuhn quickly pulled away from the field increasing
his lead each lap. Despite running in heavy lapped traffic the final five laps,
Kuhn driving the Michael Quin owned Stealth-Mopar
finished 6.16 seconds ahead of Hess at the finish. Completing the top five were:
Brandon Waelti, Hatton who restarted 20th on the fourth lap, and fast qualifier
Davey Ray.
| QUAL | HT 1 | B-FT | A-FT | ||||||
| 1 | 33 | D.RAY | 14.926 | 1 | RAMSTACK | 1 | WAELTI | 1 | KUHN |
| 2 | 15 | HATTON | 14.932 | 2 | STRATTON | 2 | WIPPERFURTH | 2 | HESS |
| 3 | 19 | SCHENCK | 14.954 | 3 | KUHN | 3 | LUEBKE | 3 | WAELTI |
| 4 | 43NZ | KUHN | 15.14 | 4 | SMITH | 4 | NOBLE | 4 | HATTON |
| 5 | 3 | WAELTI | 15.175 | 5 | GOUGH | 5 | KEELAN | 5 | D.RAY |
| 6 | 4 | WIPPERFURTH | 15.228 | HT 2 | 6 | LUNDGREEN | 6 | DESELLE | |
| 7 | 6 | DESELLE | 15.235 | 1 | SHREFFLER | 7 | GOUGH | 7 | SCHENCK |
| 8 | 2 | STRATTON | 15.256 | 2 | SCHENCK | 8 | DULL | 8 | SMITH |
| 9 | 44 | HESS | 15.270 | 3 | MAYHEW | 9 | JORDAN | 9 | KEELAN |
| 10 | 17 | KEELAN | 15.278 | 4 | DESELLE | 10 | WYTTENBACH | 10 | LUNDGREEN |
| 11 | 21S | SHREFFLER | 15.302 | 5 | NOBLE | 11 | BUDRES | 11 | LUEBKE |
| 12 | 13 | SMITH | 15.354 | HT 3 | 12 | RAMSTACK | |||
| 13 | 43 | LUEBKE | 15.363 | 1 | HATTON | 13 | R.RAY | ||
| 14 | 7 | FISCUS | 15.393 | 2 | FISCUS | 14 | GOUGH | ||
| 15 | 14 | MAYHEW | 15.550 | 3 | MECUM | 15 | SHREFFLER | ||
| 16 | 12 | SLOTTEN | 15.603 | 4 | WALTERS | 16 | MAYHEW | ||
| 17 | 02 | RAMSTACK | 15.625 | 5 | WIPPERFURTH | 17 | MECUM | ||
| 18 | 2X | MESSERAULL | 15.630 | HT 4 | 18 | FISCUS | |||
| 19 | 5W | WALTERS | 15.643 | 1 | SLOTTEN | 19 | WALTERS | ||
| 20 | 9 | NOBLE | 15.650 | 2 | R.RAY | 20 | STRATTON | ||
| 21 | 57 | GOUGH | 15.790 | 3 | D.RAY | 21 | WIPPERFURTH | ||
| 22 | 3R | R.RAY | 15.938 | 4 | HESS | 22 | SLOTTEN | ||
| 23 | 8M | MECUM | 15.964 | 5 | LUEBKE | ||||
| 24 | 56 | DULL | 16.038 | ||||||
| 25 | 28 | FUERST | 16.070 | ||||||
| 26 | 8 | JORDAN | 16.134 | ||||||
| 27 | 38 | WITTENBACH | 16.214 | ||||||
| 28 | 31 | BUDRES | 16.811 | ||||||
| 29 | 41 | LUNDGREEN | 16.908 | ||||||
| 30 | 12X | SLOTTEN | NT | ||||||
| 31 | 3W | NT |
BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF6/10/07
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS
| 1 | BRAD KUHN | 428 | 16 | 43x | MICHAEL QUIN | 428 |
| 2 | MIKE HESS | 268 | 7 | 44 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 268 |
| 3 | JERRY COONS JR | 265 | 26 | 2 | HANS LEIN | 264 |
| 4 | DANNY STRATTON | 264 | 26 | 33 | DAN MECUM | 236 |
| 5 | DAVEY RAY | 236 | 14 | 3 | WAELTI-SCHULENBERG | 233 |
| 6 | BRANDON WAELTI | 233 | 7 | 19 | RICK IMHOFF | 231 |
| 7 | DOUG SCHENCK | 231 | 1 | 7 | JIM FISCUS | 229 |
| 8 | AARON FISCUS | 229 | 4 | 15 | HUSTON SOLUTION RACING | 228 |
| 9 | SCOTT HATTON | 228 | 5 | 6 | JIM FISCUS | 177 |
| 10 | CHAD DESELLE | 177 | 17 | 02 | BRIAN RAMSTACK | 166 |
| 11 | BRIAN RAMSTACK | 166 | 19 | 5 | RAJO WILKE PAK MOTORSPORT | 159 |
| 12 | JOE WIPPERFURTH | 159 | 5 | 4 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 159 |
| 13 | JAKE SLOTTEN | 159 | 0 | 41 | JONES MOTORSPORTS | 154 |
| 14 | NICK LUNDGREEN | 154 | 9 | 5 | JOE LOYET | 137 |
| 15 | BRAD LOYET | 137 | 6 | 57 | RAB RACING | 128 |
| 16 | DAVID GOUGH | 128 | 25 | 3R | MARK RAY | 124 |
| 17 | ROBBIE RAY * | 124 | 24 | 12 | ACCELERATION RACING | 123 |
| 18 | BUDDY LUEBKE | 121 | 0 | 43 | BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS | 121 |
| 19 | BRYON WALTERS | 112 | 4 | 5 | BILLINGS- WALTERS RACING | 112 |
| 20 | DAN MECUM * | 108 | 12 | 8 | DAN MECUM | 108 |
| 21 | ROB KEELAN | 108 | 6 | 17 | ROB KEELAN | 108 |
| 22 | BOB SHREFFLER | 102 | 3 | 11 | RAJO WILKE PAK MOTORSPORT | 106 |
| 23 | KURT MAYHEW | 94 | 3 | 14 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 105 |
| 24 | TIM NOBLE * | 88 | 16 | 21s | BERNIE SHREFFLER | 102 |
| 25 | A.J. FIKE | 83 | 0 | 32 | RFMS RACING | 99 |
| 26 | JASON DULL | 64 | 2 | 69 | RFMS RACING | 83 |
| 27 | MATT SMITH | 51 | 4 | 56 | JASON-KEN DULL | 64 |
| 28 | MICHAEL PICKENS | 46 | 0 | 9 | JIM FISCUS | 57 |
| 29 | RYAN DURST | 46 | 0 | 13 | STEVE SMITH | 51 |
| 30 | JIM FUERST | 45 | 0 | 1AU | STEVE SMITH | 46 |
| 31 | JOEL WYTTENBACH * | 42 | 1 | 91 | AUTO AUCTIONS LTD | 46 |
| 32 | DOUG JORDAN | 41 | 0 | 28 | JIM FUERST | 45 |
| 33 | DAVID BUDRES | 14 | 0 | 38 | TOM - TAMMY BONG | 42 |
| 34 | KEVIN OLSON | 11 | 0 | 8 | JIM FISCUS | 41 |
| 35 | CHAD DREHER | 0 | 0 | 8 | DOUG JORDAN | 41 |
| 36 | CODY WEISENSEL | 0 | 0 | 31 | MANIC RACING | 14 |
| 37 | CHASE SCOTT | 0 | 0 | 69 | BILL DREHER | 0 |
| 38 | KEVIN EGGERT | 0 | 0 | 20 | KEVIN WEISENSEL | 0 |
| 39 | THOMAS MESSERAUL | 0 | 0 | 14 | RYAN SCOTT | 0 |
| 40 | 2X | MARK BUSH | 0 | |||
| 41 | 98 | KEVIN EGGERT | 0 |