Hatton increases point lead with Angell Park Win
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photo by Jeff Arns |
By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., May 31---Three-time series champion Scott Hatton increased his points lead by capturing the 25-lap Badger Midget Series feature Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway.
Hatton quickly moved from the third row to second position on the opening lap. One lap later Hatton passed Bob Schreffler for the lead. Matt Smith was involved in a multi-car accident on lap 5, causing him to flip. Smith escaped injury. Hatton again pulled away easily from the field on the restart. Hatton began lapping slower cars at the midway point, leading Chad DeSelle, and Mike Hess.
Hatton continued posting fast laps, when fourth place Zach Daum spun, forcing a caution, with three laps remaining. Hatton executed a perfect restart, and cruised unchallenged to victory driving the Huston Solution Stealth/Mopar No. 15. DeSelle placed second, followed by defending series champion Hess, Brad Kuhn, and Aaron Fiscus. Australia's Mark Brown escaped injury during qualifying, after hitting the frontstretch wall, and flipping several times.Hatton holds a 69-point advantage over Hess heading into the next series event on June 7 at Angell Park Speedway.
SUMMARY
25-lap Feature: 1. Scott Hatton; 2. Chad DeSelle; 3. Mike Hess; 4. Brad Kuhn; 5. Aaron Fiscus; 6. Brandon Waelti; 7. Bubba Altig; 8. David Budres; 9. Bryon Walters; 10. Joel Wyttenbach; 11. Bob Schreffler; 12. Courtney Erfurth; 13. Eric Johnson; 14. Zach Daum; 15. Matt Smith; 16. Ken Drangmeister; 17. Brad Loyet; 18. Jim Fuerst.
12-lap Semi Feature Winner: Altig.
4-lap Qualifying race Winner: Schreffler.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Kuhn, Hess, Hatton.
Fast Time: Walters, 15.073 seconds.
Cars Present: 22 Feature Lap Leaders: Schreffler 1-2, Hatton 3-25.
* Wyttenbach, Mark Brown flipped during qualifying. Smith flipped on lap 5 of feature. All drivers uninjured.
Current Badger Midget Series Points: 1. Scott Hatton 352; 2. Mike Hess 313; 3. Brad Kuhn 288; 4. Chad DeSelle 284; 5. Brad Loyet 283; 6. Brandon Waelti 229; 7. Jerry Coons Jr. 223; 8. Bubba Altig 221; 9. Davey Ray 217; 10. Matt Smith 216.
| QUAL | HT 1 |
B FEAT |
A FEAT |
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| 1 | 5W | WALTERS | 15.073 | 1 | KUHN | 1 | ALTIG | 1 | HATTON |
| 2 | 19 | DESELLE | 15.135 | 2 | LOYET | 2 | DAUM | 2 | DESELLE |
| 3 | o5 | LOYET | 15.162 | 3 | SMITH | 3 | BUDRES | 3 | HESS |
| 4 | 15 | HATTON | 15.192 | 4 | DAUM | 4 | FUERST | 4 | KUHN |
| 5 | 1 | HESS | 15.234 | 5 | ALTIG | 5 | ERFURTH | 5 | FISCUS |
| 6 | 13 | SMITH | 15.270 | HT 2 | 6 | JOHNSON | 6 | WAELTI | |
| 7 | 3 | WAELTI | 15.365 | 1 | HESS | 7 | R.DRANGMEISTER | 7 | ALTIG |
| 8 | 31 | BUDRES | 15.511 | 2 | DESELLE | 8 | K.DRANGMEISTER | 8 | BUDRES |
| 9 | 5D | DAUM | 15.555 | 3 | FISCUS | 9 | WALTERS | ||
| 10 | 21S | SHREFFLER | 15.619 | 4 | BUDRES | 10 | WYTTEMBACH | ||
| 11 | 7 | FISCUS | 15.641 | 5 | K.DRANGMEISTER | 11 | SHREFFLER | ||
| 12 | 41 | KUHN | 15.671 | HT 3 | 12 | ERFURTH | |||
| 13 | 28 | FUERST | 15.840 | 1 | HATTON | 13 | JOHNSON | ||
| 14 | 21K | MAYHEW | 16.072 | 2 | WAELTI | 14 | DAUM | ||
| 15 | 82 | JOHNSON | 16.332 | 3 | WALTERS | 15 | SMITH | ||
| 16 | 38 | WYTTENBACH | 16.438 | 4 | SHREFFLER | 16 | K.DRANGMEISTER | ||
| 17 | 1X | BROWN | 16.667 | 5 | FUERST | 17 | LOYET | ||
| 18 | 25 | ERFURTH | 17.076 | DASH | 18 | FUERST | |||
| 19 | 76 | K.DRANGMEISTER | 17.630 | 1 | SHREFFLER | ||||
| 20 | 57 | ALTIG | NT | 2 | DAUM | ||||
| 21 | 3D | R.DRANGMEITER | NT | 3 | BUDRES | ||||
| 4 | FUERST | ||||||||
BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF 5/31/09
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS
| 1 | SCOTT HATTON | 352 | 9 | 15 | HUSTON SOLUTION RACING | 352 |
| 2 | MIKE HESS | 313 | 10 | 1 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 316 |
| 3 | BRAD KUHN | 288 | 25 | 05 | LOYET MOTORSPORTS | 287 |
| 4 | BRAD LOYET | 287 | 6 | 19 | IMHOFF/DAVIS | 284 |
| 5 | CHAD DESELLE | 284 | 11 | 41 | JONES MOTORSPORTS | 233 |
| 6 | BRANDON WAELTI | 229 | 1 | 3 | WAELTI-SCHULENBERG | 229 |
| 7 | JERRY COONS | 223 | 16 | 5 | WILKE-PAK MOTORSPORTS | 223 |
| 8 | BUBBA ALTIG | 221 | 19 | 57 | RAB RACING | 221 |
| 9 | DAVEY RAY | 217 | 6 | 13 | STEVE SMITH | 216 |
| 10 | MATT SMITH | 216 | 1 | 7 | JIM FISCUS | 200 |
| 11 | AARON FISCUS | 200 | 10 | 5W | BILLINGS- WALTERS RACING | 199 |
| 12 | BRYON WALTERS | 199 | 3 | 21S | BERNIE SHREFFLER | 176 |
| 13 | DAVID BUDRES | 175 | 5 | 31 | MANIC RACING | 175 |
| 14 | ERIC JOHNSON | 132 | 3 | 33 | DAN MECUM | 161 |
| 15 | COURTNEY ERFURTH | 129 | 11 | 82 | CHUCK JOHNSON | 132 |
| 16 | JIM FUERST | 123 | 2 | 25 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 129 |
| 17 | TRACY HINES | 104 | 14 | 28 | JIM FUERST | 123 |
| 18 | JASON DULL | 89 | 7 | 24 | TRACY HINES | 104 |
| 19 | JAKE SLOTTEN | 78 | 0 | 56 | JASON DULL | 89 |
| 20 | KURT MAYHEW | 74 | 2 | 87 | ACCELERATION RACING | 78 |
| 21 | DARREN HAGEN | 70 | 3 | 21k | KURT MAYHEW | 74 |
| 22 | AUSTIN WEATLEY | 67 | 0 | 3H | RFMS RACING | 70 |
| 23 | BOB SHREFFLER | 65 | 0 | 73 | SCOOTTER ELLIS | 67 |
| 24 | ZACH DAUM | 48 | 0 | 55 | JOEY MOUGHAN | 45 |
| 25 | JOEY MOUGHAN | 45 | 4 | 38 | TOM BONG | 40 |
| 26 | JOEL WYTTENBACH | 40 | 8 | 63 | PAUL PERKINS | 28 |
| 27 | PAUL PERKINS | 28 | 0 | 43 | BULL DOG RACING | 0 |
| 28 | BUDDY LUEBKE | 0 | 0 | 1X | STEVE SMITH | 0 |
| 29 | MARK BROWN | 0 | 0 |