Hess scores last lap Badger Midget victory
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PHOTO BY JEFF ARNS |
By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., Aug. 3---Series points leader Mike Hess scored a dramatic last victory, capturing the 30-lap Badger Midget Series feature, Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway.
Davey Ray took the lead at the start, a close battle behind Ray settled down by lap 5, with Brandon Waelti, running in second place, followed by Hess. Waelti caught Ray on lap 9, and made a pass for the lead. Five laps later Hess took over the second position, trailing Waelti by nearly two seconds.
A four car accident on the next lap, erased Waelti's advantage. Waelti jumped to a four car length advantage on the restart. Waelti chose the bottom groove, while Hess ran the high line against the wall on a thin cushion. The next ten laps, Waelti's advantage remained around three car lengths as the pair pulled away from the field. Hess closed to Waelti's rear bumper with three laps remaining.
Hess got a great run off the cushion, coming for the white flag, and was the leader at the start/finish line by a few feet. Waelti regained the lead entering Turn 1. The leaders cleared a lapped car, and were even down the backstretch. Hess again had a great run off the cushion, as the pair exited Turn 4 and edged Waelti by a car-length at the finish. Trailing Hess who drove the Jerry Hardy owned Buzzard/Hawk Chevrolet No. 4 and Waelti were Bubba Altig, Ray, and Australian Matt Smith.
SUMMARY
30-lap Feature: 1. Mike Hess; 2. Brandon Waelti; 3. Bubba Altig; 4. Davey Ray; 5. Matt Smith; 6. Scott Hatton; 7. Joe Wipperfurth; 8. Adam Clarke; 9. Tim Noble; 10. Kurt Mayhew; 11. David Budres; 12. Jon LeJuene; 13. Aaron Fiscus; 14. David Gough; 15. Chad DeSelle; 16. Jim Fuerst; 17. Jason Dull; 18. Dick Kaiser; 19. Robbie Ray.
10-lap Semi Feature Winner: Waelti.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Hess, Altig, Clarke .
Fast Time: Clarke, 14.644 seconds.
Cars Present: 20 Feature Lap Leaders: D. Ray 1-9, Waelti 10-28, Hess 29-30.
| QUAL |
HT 1 |
B FEAT |
A FEAT |
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| 1 | 13 | CLARKE | 14.644 | 1 | HESS | 1 | WAELTI | 1 | HESS |
| 2 | 67 | ALTIG | 14.751 | 2 | NOBLE | 2 | GOUGH | 2 | WAELTI |
| 3 | 15 | HATTON | 14.796 | 3 | HATTON | 3 | BUDRES | 3 | ALTIG |
| 4 | 19 | WIPPERFURTH | 14.880 | 4 | GOUGH | 4 | LEJEUNE | 4 | D.RAY |
| 5 | 14AU | SMITH | 14.900 | 5 | DESELLE | 5 | FUERST | 5 | SMITH |
| 6 | 3 | WAELTI | 14.981 | HT 2 | 6 | KEELAN | 6 | HATTON | |
| 7 | 3R | R.RAY | 15.058 | 1 | ALTIG | 7 | WIPPERFURTH | ||
| 8 | 7 | FISCUS | 15.090 | 2 | FISCUS | 8 | CLARKE | ||
| 9 | 4 | HESS | 15.096 | 3 | SMITH | 9 | NOBLE | ||
| 10 | 41 | D.RAY | 15.100 | 4 | FUERST | 10 | MAYHEW | ||
| 11 | 34 | LEJEUNE | 15.141 | 5 | LEJEUNE | 11 | BUDRES | ||
| 12 | 14 | GOUGH | 15.186 | HT 3 | 12 | LEJEUNE | |||
| 13 | 21K | MAYHEW | 15.226 | 1 | CLARKE | 13 | FISCUS | ||
| 14 | 17 | KEELAN | 15.354 | 2 | D.RAY | 14 | GOUGH | ||
| 15 | 71 | NOBLE | 15.409 | 3 | WIPPERFURTH | 15 | DESELLE | ||
| 16 | 31 | BUDRES | 15.441 | 4 | R.RAY | 16 | FUERST | ||
| 17 | 57 | DESELLE | 15.840 | 5 | BUDRES | 17 | DULL | ||
| 18 | 28 | FUERST | 15.627 | 18 | KAISER | ||||
| 19 | 82 | KAISER | 16.776 | 19 | R.RAY | ||||
| 20 | 56 | DULL | NT | ||||||
| 21 | 7X | NT | |||||||
| 22 | 15X | NT | |||||||
BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF 8/03/08
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS
| 1 | MIKE HESS | 1319 | 73 | 4 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 1319 |
| 2 | BRANDON WAELTI | 1165 | 64 | 15 | HUSTON SOLUTION RACING | 1122 |
| 3 | SCOTT HATTON | 1122 | 31 | 3 | WAELTI-SCHULENBERG | 1006 |
| 4 | JERRY COONS JR | 944 | 36 | 2 | HANS LEIN | 975 |
| 5 | BUBBA ALTIG | 861 | 29 | 67 | DAN MECUM | 861 |
| 6 | AARON FISCUS | 853 | 58 | 7 | JIM FISCUS | 853 |
| 7 | JOE WIPPERFURTH | 797 | 33 | 19 | IMHOFF/DAVIS | 797 |
| 8 | DAVID GOUGH | 772 | 26 | 14 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 772 |
| 9 | DAVEY RAY | 752 | 15 | 71 | JIM FISCUS | 665 |
| 10 | CHAD DESELLE | 719 | 44 | 3R | MARK RAY | 598 |
| 11 | TIM NOBLE | 665 | 31 | 5 | WILKE PAK MOTORSPORTS | 580 |
| 12 | MICHAEL PICKENS | 651 | 40 | 14AU | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 580 |
| 13 | ROBBIE RAY | 598 | 19 | 57 | RAB RACING | 498 |
| 14 | MATT SMITH | 580 | 22 | 41 | JONES MOTORSPORTS | 498 |
| 15 | NICK LUNDGREEN | 560 | 24 | 43 | BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS | 451 |
| 16 | BUDDY LUEBKE | 451 | 14 | 21S | BERNIE SHREFFLER | 431 |
| 17 | A.J.FIKE | 411 | 43 | 69 | RFMS RACING | 411 |
| 18 | DAVID BUDRES | 350 | 13 | 11 | WILKE PAK MOTORSPORT | 364 |
| 19 | ROB KEELAN | 327 | 25 | 31 | MANIC RACING | 350 |
| 20 | JAKE SLOTTEN | 321 | 18 | 17 | ROB KEELAN | 327 |
| 21 | DAN MECUM * | 283 | 5 | 81 | DESELLE RACING | 304 |
| 22 | BRYON WALTERS | 278 | 0 | 8 | DAN MECUM | 283 |
| 23 | JASON DULL | 255 | 45 | 5W | BILLINGS- WALTERS RACING | 278 |
| 24 | KURT MAYHEW | 187 | 29 | 56 | KEN DULL | 255 |
| 25 | JON LEJEUNE | 181 | 3 | 87 | ACCELERATION RACING | 238 |
| 26 | KRIS HOEGSTED | 159 | 15 | 34 | JON LEJEUNE | 225 |
| 27 | ADAM CLARKE | 152 | 2 | 21K | KURT MAYHEW | 187 |
| 28 | JIM FUERST | 134 | 7 | 71X | NICK LUNDGREEN | 175 |
| 29 | BOB SHREFFLER | 82 | 3 | 63 | PAUL PERKINS | 174 |
| 30 | RIK FORBES | 23 | 0 | 7X | JIM FISCUS | 159 |
| 31 | 97 | MARY HOEGSTED | 159 | |||
| 32 | 13 | STEVE SMITH | 152 | |||
| 33 | 79 | RANDY POLEWCZYNSKI | 138 | |||
| 34 | 28 | JIM FUERST | 134 | |||
| 35 | 32 | RFMS RACING | 133 | |||
| 36 | 33 | DAN MECUM | 35 |