Altig Scores First Angell Park Win 

PHOTO BY JEFF ARNS

By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., June 29---Gary "Bubba" Altig rebounded from a few tough weeks of racing to capture the 30-lap Badger Midget Series feature victory at Angell Park Speedway on Sunday Night. It was the second career midget feature victory for the Mechanicsburg, Ill. driver.
Polesitter Aaron Fiscus paced the initial two laps, before Brandon Waelti took over the top position. Davey Ray passed Waelti for the lead on the lap 6, one lap later the caution appeared for a stalled car. On the restart Altig moved into second place and one lap later passed Ray for the lead. Altig increased his lead each lap, and began lapping slower cars, two laps before the midway point.
Fast qualifier Michael Pickens moved into second place on lap 18, and began cutting into Altig's straightaway lead. Pickens and a lapped car made contact on lap 22, causing Pickens to spin. Dan Mecum, Altig's car owner driving the second team car made contact with Pickens stopped car, and flipped, escaping injury.
On the restart, Altig had two lapped cars between himself and second place Brandon Waelti. Altig quickly moved away from Waelti and finished 2.23 second ahead of Waelti, driving the Mecum High Performance Auto Auctions sponsored Stealth/Fontana #67. Completing the top five were: Scott Hatton, Mike Hess and Ray. Pickens who restarted last with eight laps remaining, finished in sixth place. Hess regained the series points lead and now leads Jerry Coons Jr., by two points heading into the July 6 event at Angell Park.

QUAL HT 1

B FEAT

A FEAT
1 2 P1CKENS 14.655 1 WAELTI 1 HATTON 1 ALTIG
2 69 FIKE 15.019 2 WIPPERFURTH 2 HESS 2 WAELTI
3 15 HATTON 15.057 3 D.RAY 3 SMITH 3 HATTON
4 3R R.RAY 15.106 4 HATTON 4 LUNDGREEN 4 HESS
5 71X LUNDGREEN 15.122 5 SMITH 5 LUEBKE 5 D.RAY
6 19 WIPPERFURTH 15.184 HT 2 6 MECUM 6 P1CKENS
7 14 GOUGH 15.186 1 ALTIG 7 KEELAN 7 SMITH
8 4 HESS 15.193 2 FISCUS 8 DULL 8 LUNDGREEN
9 21S D.RAY 15.223 3 FIKE 9 IRWIN 9 FIKE
10 43 LUEBKE 15.248 4 HESS 10 BUDRES 10 WIPPERFURTH
11 67 ALTIG 15.261 5 IRWIN 11 GOUGH 11 FISCUS
12 3 WAELTI 15.278 HT 3   12 DESELLE 12 LUEBKE
13 21K MAYHEW 15.384 1 P1CKENS 13 MAYHEW 13 GOUGH
14 7 FISCUS 15.406 2 NOBLE     14 NOBLE
15 14AU SMITH 14.450 3 R.RAY     15 KEELAN
16 87 SLOTEN 15.497 4 LUEBKE     16 MAYHEW
17 17 KEELAN 15.691 5 GOUGH     17 MECUM
18 8 MECUM 15.710       18 IRWIN
19 71N NOBLE 15.768         19 DULL
20 56 DULL 15.775         20 BUDRES
21 31 BUDRES 15.817         21 DESELLE
22 57 DESELLE 15.851         22 R.RAY
23 79 IRWIN 15.943            

 

BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF 6/29/08
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS

1 MIKE HESS 778 34 4 JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS 778
2 JERRY COONS JR 776 27 2 HANS LEIN 759
3 SCOTT HATTON 642 18 15 HUSTON SOLUTION RACING 642
4 BRANDON WAELTI 640 39 7 JIM FISCUS 578
5 DAVEY RAY 585 15 67 DAN MECUM 520
6 AARON FISCUS 578 44 14 JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS 510
7 BUBBA ALTIG 520 5 3 WAELTI-SCHULENBERG 481
8 DAVID GOUGH 510 12 5 WILKE PAK MOTORSPORTS 466
9 JOE WIPPERFURTH 457 15 19 IMHOFF/DAVIS 457
10 CHAD DESELLE 450 34 71 JIM FISCUS 417
11 NICK LUNDGREEN 440 20 41 JONES MOTORSPORTS 389
12 MICHAEL PICKENS 435 40 43 BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS 381
13 TIM NOBLE 417 15 21S BERNIE SHREFFLER 343
14 BUDDY LUEBKE 381 6 11 WILKE PAK MOTORSPORT 310
15 A.J.FIKE 305 27 69 RFMS RACING 305
16 ROBBIE RAY 260 5 81 DESELLE RACING 304
17 DAN MECUM * 255 5 3R MARK RAY 260
18 DAVID BUDRES 241 8 8 DAN MECUM 255
19 JAKE SLOTTEN 174 18 31 MANIC RACING 241
20 ROB KEELAN 153 6 57 RAB RACING 229
21 MATT SMITH 150 2 34 JON LEJEUNE 184
22 JON LEJEUNE 140 2 63 PAUL PERKINS 174
23 JASON DULL 137 23 7X JIM FISCUS 159
24 BRYON WALTERS 122 0 17 ROB KEELAN 153
25 BOB SHREFFLER 82 3 14AU MATT SMITH 150
26 KRIS HOEGSTED 81 1 56 KEN DULL 137
27 KURT MAYHEW 54 6 32 RFMS RACING 133
28 RIK FORBES 23 0 5W BILLINGS- WALTERS RACING 122
29       87 ACCELERATION RACING 91
30       97 MARY HOEGSTED 81
31       71X NICK LUNDGREEN 55
32       21K KURT MAYHEW 54
33       79 RANDY POLEWCZYNSKI 54
        33 DAN MECUM 0
 

[Home] [2008 Stats] [Rules] [Photos] [Classified]
[Past Results] [Timeline] [History] [Past Champions, Point Standings]
[Links] Contact Badger: bmara-AT-charter.net ( replace -AT- with @ )