Hess increases Badger points lead with Angell Park win
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By Bryan Gapinskim Sun Prairie, Wis., July 20---Mike Hess increased his series points lead by capturing the 30-lap Badger Midget Series feature, Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway. The victory was his third of the season, in Badger competition.
Aaron Fiscus took the lead at the start, while Hess passed three cars in the opening lap advancing to fourth place. On the second lap a four car accident blocked the track forcing the event to be stopped. The restart saw Hess improve his position each lap, closing to Fiscus's rear bumper on lap 5.
Hess passed Fiscus for the lead on the backstretch on the next lap, and within three laps held a five-car advantage. A stalled car brought out the caution flagon lap 10. On the restart fast qualifier Michael Pickens moved into second place. Hess and Pickens both running on the cushion quickly pulled away from the field. Hess maintained a two-car length lead as the pair began lapping slower cars on lap 22.
Hess and Pickens held a straightaway lead over third place, when Pickens slowed and retired from the event with three laps remaining. Hess appeared headed for an easy victory when Bryon Walters hit the backstretch wall and flipped several times on lap 28. The two-lap shootout saw Hess take advantage of two lapped cars between himself and second place Scott Hatton on the restart.
Hess driving the Jerry Hardy owned Buzzard/Hawk Chevrolet#4 finished two-car lengths ahead of Hatton at the finish. Bubba Atig, Robbie Ray, and Brandon Waelti completed the top five. Hess currently leads Waelti by 133 points heading into the Aug. 3 event at Angell Park.
15-lap Semi Feature Winner: Pickens.
8-lap Heat race Winner:Altig .
10-lap Heat Race Winners:Waelti, Walters, Clarke .
Fast Time: Pickens, 14.719 seconds.
Cars Present: 19 Feature Lap Leaders: Fiscus 1-5, Hess 6-30.
*Walters flipped on lap 28 of feature, uninjured.
| QUAL | HT 1 |
B FEAT |
A FEAT |
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| 1 | 2 | PICKENS | 14.719 | 1 | WAELTI | 1 | PICKENS | 1 | HESS |
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2 |
67 | ALTIG | 14.872 | 2 | WIPPERFURTH | 2 | RAY | 2 | HATTON |
| 3 | 14AU | SMITH | 14.898 | 3 | KEELAN | 3 | SMITH | 3 | ALTIG |
| 4 | 13 | CLARKE | 14.950 | 4 | SMITH | 4 | NOBLE | 4 | RAY |
| 5 | 4 | HESS | 15.018 | 5 | RAY | 5 | DESELLE | 5 | WAELTI |
| 6 | 3R | RAY | 15.064 | HT 2 | 6 | MAYHEW | 6 | SMITH | |
| 7 | 1 | HATTON | 15.068 | 1 | WALTERS | 7 | BUDRES | 7 | NOBLE |
| 8 | 71 | NOBLE | 15.104 | 2 | FISCUS | 8 | MALONE | 8 | GOUGH |
| 9 | 19 | WIPPERFURTH | 15.124 | 3 | HESS | 9 | IRWIN | 9 | IRWIN |
| 10 | 14 | GOUGH | 15.129 | 4 | ALTIG | 10 | ALTIG | 10 | BUDRES |
| 11 | 7 | FISCUS | 15.151 | 5 | NOBLE | 11 | PICKENS | ||
| 12 | 21K | MAYHEW | 15.212 | HT 3 | 12 | FISCUS | |||
| 13 | 57 | DESELLE | 15.231 | 1 | CLARKE | 13 | WALTERS | ||
| 14 | 5W | WALTERS | 15.246 | 2 | HATTON | 14 | KEELAN | ||
| 15 | 3 | WAELTI | 15.293 | 3 | GOUGH | 15 | MALONE | ||
| 16 | 41 | MALONE | 15.296 | 4 | IRWIN | 16 | DESELLE | ||
| 17 | 31 | BUDRES | 15.376 | 5 | PICKENS | 17 | MAYHEW | ||
| 18 | 17 | KEELAN | 15.560 | HT 4 | 18 | WIPPERFURTH | |||
| 19 | 79 | IRWIN | NT | 1 | ALTIG | 19 | CLARKE | ||
| 20 | 15X | NT | 2 | RAY | |||||
| 3 | NOBLE | ||||||||
| 4 | MALONE | ||||||||
| 5 | SMITH | ||||||||
BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF 7/27/08
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS
| 1 | MIKE HESS | 1212 | 71 | 4 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 1212 |
| 2 | BRANDON WAELTI | 1079 | 61 | 15 | HUSTON SOLUTION RACING | 1056 |
| 3 | SCOTT HATTON | 1056 | 29 | 2 | HANS LEIN | 975 |
| 4 | JERRY COONS JR | 944 | 36 | 3 | WAELTI-SCHULENBERG | 920 |
| 5 | AARON FISCUS | 803 | 58 | 7 | JIM FISCUS | 803 |
| 6 | BUBBA ALTIG | 762 | 23 | 67 | DAN MECUM | 762 |
| 7 | JOE WIPPERFURTH | 734 | 33 | 19 | IMHOFF/DAVIS | 734 |
| 8 | DAVID GOUGH | 733 | 26 | 14 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 733 |
| 9 | CHAD DESELLE | 684 | 41 | 71 | JIM FISCUS | 611 |
| 10 | DAVEY RAY | 673 | 15 | 5 | WILKE PAK MOTORSPORTS | 580 |
| 11 | MICHAEL PICKENS | 651 | 40 | 3R | MARK RAY | 561 |
| 12 | TIM NOBLE | 611 | 29 | 14AU | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 509 |
| 13 | ROBBIE RAY | 561 | 19 | 57 | RAB RACING | 463 |
| 14 | NICK LUNDGREEN | 560 | 24 | 43 | BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS | 451 |
| 15 | MATT SMITH | 509 | 21 | 21S | BERNIE SHREFFLER | 431 |
| 16 | BUDDY LUEBKE | 451 | 14 | 41 | JONES MOTORSPORTS | 419 |
| 17 | A.J.FIKE | 411 | 43 | 69 | RFMS RACING | 411 |
| 18 | JAKE SLOTTEN | 321 | 18 | 11 | WILKE PAK MOTORSPORT | 364 |
| 19 | DAVID BUDRES | 307 | 12 | 31 | MANIC RACING | 307 |
| 20 | ROB KEELAN | 307 | 25 | 17 | ROB KEELAN | 307 |
| 21 | DAN MECUM * | 283 | 5 | 81 | DESELLE RACING | 304 |
| 22 | BRYON WALTERS | 278 | 0 | 8 | DAN MECUM | 283 |
| 23 | JASON DULL | 228 | 43 | 5W | BILLINGS- WALTERS RACING | 278 |
| 24 | KRIS HOEGSTED | 159 | 15 | 87 | ACCELERATION RACING | 238 |
| 25 | KURT MAYHEW | 147 | 23 | 56 | KEN DULL | 228 |
| 26 | JON LEJEUNE | 140 | 2 | 34 | JON LEJEUNE | 184 |
| 27 | JIM FUERST | 99 | 7 | 71X | NICK LUNDGREEN | 175 |
| 28 | BOB SHREFFLER | 82 | 3 | 63 | PAUL PERKINS | 174 |
| 29 | ADAM CLARKE | 82 | 0 | 7X | JIM FISCUS | 159 |
| 30 | RIK FORBES | 23 | 0 | 97 | MARY HOEGSTED | 159 |
| 31 | 21K | KURT MAYHEW | 147 | |||
| 32 | 79 | RANDY POLEWCZYNSKI | 138 | |||
| 33 | 32 | RFMS RACING | 133 | |||
| 34 | 28 | JIM FUERST | 99 | |||
| 35 | 13 | STEVE SMITH | 47 | |||
| 36 | 33 | DAN MECUM | 35 |