Hatton increases points lead with Dodge County victory
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Photo by Jeff Arns |
By Bryan Gapinski Beaver Dam, Wis. Sept.
4--Scott Hatton increased his series points lead Friday Night winning the 3rd annual Stan Fox Memorial 20-lap Badger Midget Series feature at Dodge County Fairgrounds.
Hatton jumped into the lead at the start, and quickly moved to a half straightaway lead, when the caution appeared for a stalled car. On the restart Shane Hmeil hit the wall and flipped, escaping injury. Hatton pulled away from second place Brad Loyet, and held a one second lead at the midway point. A torrid battle for third place between the cars of Josh Wise, Bryan Clauson, Tracy Hines, and Brad Kuhn drew the attention of the near-sellout crowd,with Hatton increasing his lead.
Hatton's advantage increased to over two seconds, when he began lapping slower cars with four laps remaining. Kuhn using the high groove broke free of the pack of cars, and moved pass Loyet for second place lap with two laps remaining. Hatton driving the Huston Solution owned Stealth/Mopar No. 15 finished 2.69 seconds ahead of Kuhn, Loyet, Wise and fast qualifier Clauson.
Jerry Coons Jr., who turned laps in practice under the existing track record, escaped injury after a wild series of flips entering Turn 1 during qualifying. Hatton now hold a 151-point lead over Hess with two events remaining.
8-lap Heat Race Winners: Hess, Kuhn.
Fast Time: Clauson, 20.898 seconds.
Cars Present: 20 Feature Lap Leaders: Hatton 1-20.
*Jerry Coons Jr. flipped in qualifying. Shane Hmeil flipped on lap 4 of feature. Both drivers uninjured.
| QUAL | HT 1 | A FEAT | |||||
| 1 | 39 | CLAUSEN | 20.898 | 1 | HESS | 1 | HATTON |
| 2 | 5 | WISE | 21.088 | 2 | LOYET | 2 | KUHN |
| 3 | 17B | KUHN | 21.124 | 3 | HMIEL | 3 | LOYET |
| 4 | O5 | LOYET | 21.207 | 4 | SHREFFLER | 4 | WISE |
| 5 | 57 | ALTIG | 21.241 | 5 | WISE | 5 | CLAUSEN |
| 6 | 56B | HMIEL | 21.385 | HT 2 | 6 | HINES | |
| 7 | 24 | HINES | 21.464 | 1 | KUHN | 7 | SMITH |
| 8 | 1 | HESS | 21.505 | 2 | CLAUSEN | 8 | HESS |
| 9 | 15 | HATTON | 21.550 | 3 | HINES | 9 | FISCUS |
| 10 | 56 | DULL | 21.658 | 4 | SMITH | 10 | DULL |
| 11 | 7X | NOBLE | 21.774 | 5 | BERRYHILL | 11 | BUDRES |
| 12 | 7 | FISCUS | 21.784 | 12 | SHREFFLER | ||
| 13 | 13 | SMITH | 21.845 | 13 | ERFURTH | ||
| 14 | 25 | ERFURTH | 21.894 | 14 | JOHNSON | ||
| 15 | 5W | WALTERS | 21.926 | 15 | WALTERS | ||
| 16 | 21S | SHREFFLER | 22.209 | 16 | HMIEL | ||
| 17 | 31 | BUDRES | 22.336 | 17 | ALTIG | ||
| 18 | 82 | JOHNSON | 22.913 | 18 | BERRYHILL | ||
| 19 | 19 | BERRYHILL | NT | 19 | NOBLE | ||
| 20 | 11 | COONS | NT | ||||
BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF 9/4/09
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS
| 1 | SCOTT HATTON | 1730 | 59 | 15 | HUSTON SOLUTION RACING | 1730 |
| 2 | MIKE HESS | 1589 | 60 | 1 | JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS | 1589 |
| 3 | BRAD LOYET | 1571 | 58 | o5 | LOYET MOTOR SPORTS | 1517 |
| 4 | BRAD KUHN | 1125 | 57 | 19 | IMHOFF-DAVIS | 1172 |
| 5 | CHAD DESELLE | 1086 | 32 | 13 | STEVE SMITH | 995 |
| 6 | AARON FISCUS | 1025 | 27 | 57 | RAB RACING | 991 |
| 7 | MATT SMITH | 995 | 24 | 7 | JIM FISCUS | 941 |
| 8 | BUBBA ALTIG | 991 | 34 | 41 | JONES MOTORSPORTS | 829 |
| 9 | BRANDON WAELTI | 795 | 23 | 21S | BERNIE SHREFFLER | 799 |
| 10 | COURTNEY ERFURTH | 747 | 25 | 25 | JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS | 747 |
| 11 | JASON DULL | 714 | 28 | 3 | WAELTI-SCHULENBERG | 731 |
| 12 | BOB SHREFFLER | 688 | 40 | 56 | JASON DULL | 714 |
| 13 | JERRY COONS | 676 | 40 | 5 | WILKE PAK | 693 |
| 14 | BRYON WALTERS | 626 | 16 | 5W | BRYON WALTERS | 598 |
| 15 | ERIC JOHNSON | 587 | 29 | 82 | CHUCK JOHNSON | 587 |
| 16 | KURT MAYHEW | 571 | 15 | 21K | KURT MAYHEW | 571 |
| 17 | DAVID BUDRES | 505 | 12 | 31 | MANIC RACING | 505 |
| 18 | DAVEY RAY | 361 | 10 | 33 | DAN MECUM | 305 |
| 19 | JAKE SLOTTEN | 278 | 5 | 24 | BOB PARKER | 253 |
| 20 | TRACY HINES | 253 | 19 | 28 | JIM FUERST | 239 |
| 21 | JIM FUERST | 239 | 7 | 87 | ACCELERATION RSCING | 223 |
| 22 | ZACH DAUM | 212 | 4 | 5D | DAN DAUM | 212 |
| 23 | PAUL PERKINS | 128 | 2 | 63 | PAUL PERKINS | 128 |
| 24 | JASON THERKELSEN | 117 | 5 | 11 | ART WACHAL | 117 |
| 25 | TIM NOBLE | 92 | 0 | 3H | RFMS RACING | 116 |
| 26 | DICK KAISER | 87 | 4 | 71 | JIM FISCUS | 115 |
| 27 | JOEL WYTTENBACH | 67 | 8 | 17 | DAN GEORGE | 87 |
| 28 | MARK BROWN | 67 | 1 | 1X | MIKE RINKIN | 67 |
| 29 | KEVIN OLSON | 47 | 2 | 38 | TOM & TAMMY BONG | 67 |
| 30 | JOEY MOUGHAN | 45 | 4 | 11 | WILKE PAK | 63 |
| 31 | A.J. FIKE | 42 | 0 | 7X | JIM FISCUS | 61 |
| 32 | DENE McALLAN | 41 | 0 | o5x | LOYET MOTOR SPORTS | 54 |
| 33 | BUDDY LUEBKE | 0 | 0 | 1H | JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS | 47 |
| 34 | DAVID GOUGH | 0 | 0 | 55 | JOEY MOUGHAN | 45 |
| 35 | 3A | RFMS RACING | 42 | |||
| 36 | 29 | JACK BERRY | 41 | |||
| 37 | 15x | HUSTON SOLUTION RACING | 3 | |||
| 38 | 43 | BULL DOG MOTORSPORTS | 0 | |||
| 39 | 99 | RAB RACING | 0 |