Baldry wins 12th Championship on Fan Appreciation Night

By: Sandy Shultz
September 2, 2010

(KAUKAUNA, WI) Terry Baldry held onto the lead in the late model standings and won his 12th championship of his career. As rain and severe weather threatened the finale of the 2010 Fox River Racing Club season, track crews worked to keep the track dry and officials decided the late model feature would be the first event of the night. Andy Monday started on the pole of the 35-lap race, but John Meidam took the lead and led every lap on the way to his first victory of the season. Baldry started the race in third position and held a seven point lead in the standings over Lowell Bennett, who started just behind him in fourth position. Tim Rothe finished second in the feature, passing both Bennett and Baldry. Baldry held on to finish third, with Bennett in fourth and Mark Schroeder rounded out the top five. Baldry finished just 9 points ahead of Bennett in the point standings, and Jeff Van Oudenhoven finished third, 19 points behind.
Andrew Kluck started on the pole of the limited late model feature and led all 20 laps to win his second feature of the season. Gary Natrop finished second, followed by Brad Anthony, Tanner Bohlen and Donald Van Camp. In battling for the championship, Brandon Conrad was the fast qualifier and started from the ninth position in the feature, while Bohlen started tenth. Conrad had worked his way to fourth position as he spun coming out of turn two. Bohlen was in sixth place when the caution came out and worked his way to the fourth position, winning his first limited late model championship. Conrad restarted from the tail end of the field, finishing twelfth in the feature and 29 points behind Bohlen for the championship.
Reagan May won her second feature in the Sport Truck division, finishing 4.612 seconds ahead of Jason Plutz. May passed Jacob Boldig on lap twelve and with four laps to go and Plutz overtook Boldig for second position. Boldig held on to finish third, followed by Dan Vixmer and Ron Champeau. Plutz was crowned the champion, finishing 38 points ahead of Champeau.
Johnny Van started on the pole of the Super Stock feature, passing Brandon Wittmann for the lead on lap three. Van led until lap nine when Denny Crass passed him for the lead. Crass led until he and Dylan Wenzel spun in turn two. Vans regained the lead, finishing .946 seconds ahead of Larry Raygo. Terry Van Roy finished third, followed by Tim Lowe and Ed Howard. Greg Hauser and Andy Casavant were crowed the champions, finishing 66 points ahead of Wenzel.
Cody Kippenhan took the lead of the 15-lap Sizzling Four feature with just two laps to go and held off Braison Bennett to win his second feature of the season. Tim Ritcher finished third, followed by Cory Romenesko and Wayne Sonkowsky. Sonkowsky was crowned the champion, finishing 42 points ahead of Kyle Fink.
Craig VandeWettering returned to victory lane in the Figure 8 division, winning his third feature of the season. Jeff Wohlrabe finished second, followed by Dan Gracyalny, Christopher Price and Willy Van Camp. Gracyalny was crowned the 2010 champion, finishing five points ahead of Wohlrabe and 15 points ahead of VandeWettering.
 

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