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Selle, Nowack, Post 1st Wins, Conant & Anderson repeat at Golden Sands July 9
By: Mike Barrett
Brandon Selle put the power to the field Friday night at Golden Sands Speedway to take the feature event in the Super Late Model class. His impressive pass around Jason Weinkauf in the first 10 laps of racing showed a lot of talent in the still-young driver as he led nearly the entire race, taking the checkered flag far ahead of 2nd place finisher Jeremy Lepak. The start of the feature was a nightmare of tangled race cars, after a couple of racers in the front got together, and spinning cars in the front were hit by accelerating cars coming for the green. Several top runners were heavily damaged, most notably Fast Qualifier Chris Weinkauf, and 2nd fastest timer Frank Nitzke. Nitzke's car was hit repeatedly, once so hard the car was tipped sideways into the front straight barrels. Frank remarked afterwards "all the right stuff broke off" to keep him safe. Dave Neitzke, Bernie Fritz Sr., and Mark Mackesy all suffered damage, as well as several other cars in the 19 car field. Lap 8 was a quick restart after Jim Duchow and Monte Gress brought out the yellow, and on lap 17 Gress and Rene Sheinoha were the reason for the final caution. The 23 remaining laps were all Selle, with some hard racing from Lepak, Jason Weinkauf, Jim Sauter Jr., and Jeff Weinfurter re-establishing positions in the top 5. 2nd through 5th changed hands, with Sauter fading a bit, and Lepak taking 2nd away early, but failing to catch the speeding Selle.
Super Stocks began the features, with Roger Peterson and John Zuch in the front row, and fast qualifier Colin Reffner starting 8th. The track seemed to get away from many, but not Lyle Nowak, who brought his considerable experience in the Martinson Racing car to bear when he simply drove around the front starters and into the lead by lap 5. As Nowak waltzed along out front, John Zuch enjoyed the fortune of his good starting spot and stayed in 2nd until Brian Weinfurter closed in on and passed him with a few laps to go. Roger Peterson maintained 4th, and Kyle Andrich backed up his 2nd place qualifying time with a top 5. It is already starting to look like a 2 car race between Colin Reffner and Brian Weinfurter as they enjoy a big point lead on the rest of the Super Stock class so far.
4 Cylinder Stock racers again put 20 cars on track for a feature, and lots of passing and 3 wide action behind front row starter Adam Skibicki was the norm for the 1st half of the race. Fast Qualifier Corey Stevens and Joachim Mangen along with Kelly Sankey raced their way to the top 5, with a caution brought out by Travis Lepak and Kevin Burris on lap 11. That allowed Tim anderson to get past Skibicki, with Stevens, Sankey amd Lucas Betro following in the top 5. Joachim Mangen's broken right front after the leaders took the white ended the race with Anderson winning his 2nd of the year.
The 4 Cylinder Mods are picking up steam, and Adam Eckes again posted Fast Time. Brad Conant was the first to get out front, and it proved the key to a win as he fended off a heavy challenge from both Eckes and Malouf, followed by Dale Robinson and Brad Scholze. Perennial front-runner Scott Sholze suffered a broken wheel, and a points hit as well. Racing will continue next week with Boat Races, SLM, SS, PS, Sport Trucks, and Cruisers.
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