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Coons captures 75th Anniversary Race at Angell Park


Kuhn takes Badger point lead; Win #92 for Wilke at APS

Kuhn win
By Bryan Gapinski

Sun Prairie, Wis., July 17---Jerry Coons Jr. captured the "75th Anniversary Night" 30-lap feature Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned by the Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series and POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series. The race capped off a doubleheader weekend and special off-track activites celebrating Badger's 75-years of sanctioning midget auto racing.
Pole sitter Davey Ray jumped into the lead at the start. Coons made a major position advancement on Lap 4 passing three cars moving into four place. One lap later Coons took over third, and on Lap 7 moved into the runner-up position behind Ray. Brad Kuhn looking for his fourth straight Badger victory, passed nine cars in the first ten laps, after starting in the 17th position.
Coons closed onto the rear bumper of Ray and took the lead on Lap 12, however the caution appeared before the lap was completed putting Ray back into the top position. On the restart Scott Hatton and Chet Gehrke tangled, with an additional five cars being involved in the accident. The race was red flagged to allow safety equipment to remove the cars from the track.
Ray held off Coons on the restart,while Kuhn continued his march through the field into the top five on the restart. Coons made a run on "the cushion" on Lap 17 and took the lead from Ray exiting Turn 2. Coons then increased his lead over Ray, and began lapping the tail of the field with seven laps remaining. Kuhn took over second position, with the caution appearing for a stalled car with four laps remaining.
Coons pulled to a three-car length lead on the restart, and led the final four laps unchallenged driving the Ralph Wilke owned Spike/Toyota No. 5 finishing ahead of Kuhn, fast qualifier Darren Hagen, Ray and Brad Loyet. "The different types of track conditions is what makes Angell Park such a challenge and fun place to race at" commented Coons after the victory.
For the Wilke team it marked their 92nd feature victory at the track. Chad Bogar captured the Badger 600 Micro Series feature. Kuhn now holds a 14-point lead over Bubba Altig heading into the July 24 event at Angell Park.

NOTES:

---Forty-six retired drivers, numerous past car owners crew members, and officials attended the reception in the track's pavillion before the racing began. The group included past Badger Driver Champions: Keith Thomas, Owen Snyder, Jim McClean, and John Hartwig. Two-time Car Owner Champion Walter Whitehorse ('61, '63) was also in attendance.
---Frank Burany was at the event. Burany competed in the first ever Badger race on June 4, 1936 at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway.
---Seven drivers competed at AngellPark Speedway for the first time in their career. daniel Adler finished the best among the group placing eleventh in the feature.
---Thirteen different drivers have won for the Wilke team at Angell Park Speedway, totaling 92 feature victories.
---Tom Venturini from the ARCA team Venturini Motorsports was in attendance watching his first ever dirt midget race.

QUALIFY       HT 1     B FEAT   A FEAT  
1 3H HAGEN 14.957 1 FUERST   1 KUHN 1 COONS
2 3 R.RAY 15.135 2 NEAL   2 ANDERSON 2 KUHN
3 11A ANDERSON 15.145 3 GALBRATH   3 WAELTI 3 HAGEN
4 17 KUHN 15.176 4 FELKER   4 ARMSTRONG 4 D.RAY
5 15 HATTON 15.223 5 ARMSTRONG   5 BUDRES 5 LOYET
6 5 COONS 15.274 HT 2     6 A.BROWN 6 ALTIG
7 55F FERNS 15.305 1 HESS   7 FERNS 7 HESS
8 7A ARMSTRONG 15.355 2 ADLER   8 JOHNSON 8 HATTON
9 31 BUDRES 15.408 3 KNEPPER   9 K.BROWN 9 BUDRES
10 19 ALTIG 15.422 4 WALTERS   10 FELKER
11 55 N.KNIPPER 15.460 5 ANDERSON   11 ADLER
12 11F FELKER 15.483 HT 3   12 WALTERS
13 7 A.BROWN 15.507 1 GEHRKE   13 GEHRKE
14 41 WAELTI 15.517 2 COONS   14 ANDERSON
15 1 HESS 15.542 3 ALTIG   15 GALBRATH
16 28 FUERST 15.551 4 R.RAY   16 FUERST
17 2 D.RAY 15.568 5 K.BROWN     17 WAELTI
18 11C GEHRKE 15.624 HT 4   18 KNEPPER
19 5W WALTERS 15.634 1 LOYET   19 R.RAY
20 98G GALBRAITH 15.646 2 HAGEN   20 A.BROWN
21 o5 LOYET 15.815 3 D.RAY   21 NEAL
22 7B K.BROWN 15.872 4 HATTON   22 ARMSTRONG
23 15S ADLER 15.877 5 A.BROWN  
24 38 NEAL 15.881    
25 82 JOHNSON 16.019      
26 57 ROBINSON 16.892    
27 19C CAMBPELL NT    
28 20 EWISENSEL NT      

 

POSITION DRIVER POINTS PASS PTS CAR # OWNER POINTS
1 BRAD KUHN 608 34 57 RWB MOTOR SPORT 608
2 BUBBA ALTIG 594 28 19 IMHOFF-DAVIS 594
3 MIKE HESS 573 10 1H JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS 573
4 SCOTT HATTON 422 15 15 HUSTON SOLUTION RACING 422
5 DAVEY RAY 341 6 3 MARK RAY 325
6 ROBBIE RAY 325 1 2 DAVEY RAY 322
7 DAVID BUDRES 308 29 57 RAB RACING 301
8 DANIEL ROBINSON 301 10 5 BRYON WALTERS 298
9 BRYON WALTERS 298 15 31 MANIC RACING 250
10 BRANDON WAELTI 271 9 5 WILKE PAK 214
11 JERRY COONS 214 9 20 KEVIN WEISENSEL 208
12 CODY WEISENSEL 208 13 13 STEVE SMITH 200
13 MATT SMITH 200 11 41 JONES MOTORSPORTS 198
14 ERIC JOHNSON 166 8 82 CHUCK JOHNSON 166
15 KURT MAYHEW 141 16 21k KURT MAYHEW 141
16 COURTNEY ERFURTH 122 21 25 JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS 122
17 MATT JACKSON 101 0 6 MANIC RACING 116
18 KEVIN OLSON 100 11 97au MATT JACKSON 101
19 TRAVIS BERRYHILL 73 4 1o JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS 100
20 JIM FUERST 73 0 15X HUSTON SOLUTION RACING 73
21 DERICK GOUGH 58 4 28 JIM FUERST 73
22 BOB SHREFFLER 57 0 21 BERNIE SHREFFLER 57
23 BILLY BAYLOG 47 0 57X RAB RACING 47
24 JASON DULL 38 4 56 JASON DULL 38
25 TROY DeCLAIRE 0 0 19T IMHOFF-DAVIS 12