Kuhn takes advantage of Coons misfortune for sixth Badger Midget win

PHOTO BY JEFF ARNS

By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., July 22---Brad Kuhn led the final three laps to win the 30-lap Badger Midget Series Feature, Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway. 
Nick Lundgreen jumped into the lead at the start, while Jerry Coons Jr. passed four cars on the opening lap, moving into second place. One lap later Coons passed Lundgreen for the lead, with Kuhn moving into third place after starting in seventh position. Kuhn took over the runner-up position from Lundgreen on the third lap. 
Coons and Kuhn pulled away from the field. Coons began lapping the tail of the field on the 12th lap, while Kuhn closed to Coons rear bumper. Coons saw his two second lead erased on the 18th lap when Michael Pickens stalled. On the restart Coons and Kuhn again pulled away from the field. The events final caution came out three laps later for a spun car.
During the caution Coons' car began smoking on the restart Coons again held his advantage over Kuhn. With five laps remaining Coons' car began smoking more heavily. Exiting turn four on the 27th lap, Coons suffered engine failure coasting into the pits, giving Kuhn the lead. 
Kuhn driving the Michael Quin/Quin Buildings/Stealth-Mopar finished 1.23 seconds ahead of fast qualifier Scott Hatton for his sixth series feature victory of the season. Justin Allgaier, Davey Ray and Brandon Waelti completed the top five, which saw only two fail to finish the feature event. Kuhn holds a 195 point lead over Scott Hatton heading into the next series event on July 29 at Angell Park Speedway. 

15-lap Semi Feature Winner: Wipperfurth.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Kuhn, Allgaier, Ray, Coons.
Fast Time: Hatton, 14.788 seconds.
Cars Present: 29 Feature Lap Leaders: Lundgreen 1-2, Coons 3-27, Kuhn 28-30.

QUAL HT 1 B-FT A-FT
1 15 HATTON 14.788 1 KUHN 1 WIPPERFUTH 1 KUHN
2 33 D.RAY 14.819 2 R.RAY 2 PICKENS 2 HATTON
3 86 ALLGAIER 14.967 3 STRATTON 3 LUNDGREEN 3 ALLGAIER
4 43NZ KUHN 14.983 4 FISCUS 4 SHREFFLER 4 D.RAY
5 11 COONS 15.011 5 PICKENS 5 WYTTENBACH 5 B.WAELTI
6 3 B.WAELTI 15.146 HT 2 6 MAYHEW 6 STRATTON
7 13 SMITH 15.156 1 ALLGAIER 7 FUERST 7 HESS
8 8 PICKENS 15.182 2 DREHER 8 HOEGSTED 8 MASSERALL
9 44 HESS 15.209 3 SMITH 9 MOUNCE 9 FISCUS
10 41 LUNDGREEN 15.254 4 MASSERALL 10 L.WAELTI 10 DESELLE
11 2X MASSERALL 15.289 5 FUERST 11 NOBLE 11 R.RAY
12 7 FISCUS 15.299 HT 3       12 SMITH
13 4 WIPPERFURTH 15.369 1 D.RAY     13 SCHENCK
14 6 DESELLE 15.370 2 B.WAELTI     14 PICKENS
15 21K MAYHEW 15.389 3 DESELLE     15 WIPPERFURTH
16 2 STRATTON 15.400 4 KEELAN     16 LUNDGREEN
17 9 NOBLE 15.447 5 LUNDGREEN     17 KEELAN
18 17 KEELAN 15.586 HT 4     18 SHREFFLER
19 69 DREHER 15.637 1 COONS     19 MAYHEW
20 3R R.RAY 15.684 2 SCHENCK     20 DREHER
21 38 WYTTENBACH 15.805 3 HATTON     21 COONS
22 97 HOEGSTED 15.931 4 HESS     22 WYTTENBACH
23 28 FUERST 16.026 5 WIPPERFURTH        
24 12J MOUNCE 16.446      
25 19 SCHENCK 16.452      
26 7X L.WAELTI 17.984        
27 21S SHREFFLER NT        
28 02 RAMSTCK NT        
29 5W WALTERS NT        

 

BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF7/22/07
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS

1 BRAD KUHN 1149 62 43NZ MICHAEL QUIN 1149
2 SCOTT HATTON 954 42 15 HUSTON SOLUTION RACING 954
3 DAVEY RAY 952 41 3 WAELTI-SCHULENBERG 852
4 BRANDON WAELTI 852 21 44 JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS 815
5 DANNY STRATTON 846 76 2 HANS LEIN 773
6 MIKE HESS 815 30 33 DAN MECUM 767
7 JERRY COONS JR 758 43 19 RICK IMHOFF 715
8 DOUG SCHENCK 715 22 6 JIM FISCUS 584
9 AARON FISCUS 619 31 7 JIM FISCUS 579
10 CHAD DESELLE 584 37 41 JONES MOTORSPORTS 528
11 NICK LUNDGREEN 528 28 5 RAJO WILKE PAK MOTORSPORT 492
12 JOE WIPPERFURTH 476 20 4 JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS 476
13 MATT SMITH 452 12 14 JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS 448
14 ROBBIE RAY * 434 75 3R MARK RAY 434
15 BRIAN RAMSTACK   392 39 02 BRIAN RAMSTACK 392
16 TIM NOBLE * 354 35 17 ROB KEELAN 349
17 ROB KEELAN 349 27 9 JIM FISCUS 323
18 RYAN DURST 327 1 8 JIM FISCUS 322
19 JAKE SLOTTEN 322 6 57 RAB RACING 291
20 BRADY BACON 287 21 21s BERNIE SHREFFLER 278
21 BOB SHREFFLER 278 9 11 RAJO WILKE PAK MOTORSPORT 266
22 BUDDY LUEBKE 243 8 5 BILLINGS- WALTERS RACING 228
23 BRYON WALTERS 228 7 91 AUTO AUCTIONS LTD 218
24 KURT MAYHEW 225 16 13 STEVE SMITH 202
25 JOEL WYTTENBACH * 170 10 43 BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS 198
26 DAN MECUM * 169 20 38 TOM - TAMMY BONG 170
27 BRAD LOYET 164 6 8 DAN MECUM 169
28 JIM FUERST 136 11 2B HANS LEIN 168
29 BUBBA ALTIG 134 11 5 JOE LOYET 164
30 JASON DULL 130 4 28 JIM FUERST 136
31 DAVID GOUGH 128 25 32 RFMS RACING 135
32 CHAD DREHER 111 5 67X ALTIG MOTORSPORTS 134
33 KRIS HOEGSTED 107 11 21K KURT MAYHEW 131
34 A.J. FIKE 83 0 56 JASON-KEN  DULL 130
35 MICHAEL PICKENS 83 0 12 ACCELERATION RACING 123
36 DOUG JORDAN 76 2 69 BILL DREHER 111
37 KEVIN EGGERT 70 5 51 AUTO AUCTIONS LTD 109
38 CHASE SCOTT 68 0 97 MARY HOEGSTED 107
39 KEVIN OLSON 56 1 69 RFMS RACING 83
40 DAVID BUDRES 53 0 8 DOUG JORDAN 76
41 THOMAS MESSERAUL 51 3 98 DAVE EGGERT 70
42 LEROY WAELTI 30 1 14 REAL RACE CARS 68
43 CODY WEISENSEL 0 0 31 MANIC RACING 53
44           2X MARK BUSH 51
45   1AU STEVE SMITH 46
46       12X ACCELERATION RACING 36
47       7X LAW MOTORSPORTS 30
48       20 KEVIN WEISENSEL 0
49 67 BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS 0
 

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