Van Oudenhoven Wins Red Race

June 9, 2011

By: Sandy Shultz

(KAUKAUNA, WI)  Jeff Van Oudenhoven found himself in victory lane at the end of the 75-lap Red Race at Wisconsin International Raceway, sponsored by Budweiser/WAPL/L&S Electric.  Van Oudenhoven  started the race from 14^th position, while Ross Kenseth took the early lead.  Doug Mahlik followed in second position, while Lowell Bennett moved past Andy Monday and Nate Van Wychen to third spot.  Van Oudenhoven battled his way to fifth position by lap 24.  A competition yellow slowed the field, taking away Kenseth’s lead and allowing for a double file restart.  On the restart, Monday moved to third position and Bennett got shuffled back to fourth position for a few laps until Bennett moved to the inside of Monday on lap 46.  Van Oudenhoven followed Bennett, moving to fourth position, and bumped passed Bennett the next lap.  Terry Baldry started his move to the front, passing Van Wychen with just seventeen laps remaining.  Van Oudenhoven continued to work through the field, passing Mahlik with just 11 laps to go.  Caution slowed the field with five laps to go as Monday spun coming out of turn four on the front stretch after battling with Baldry for fifth position.  Van Oudenhoven took the lead on the restart, finishing .427 seconds ahead of Kenseth.  Bennett finished third, followed by Baldry and Mahlik.  VanOudenhoven’s second win in two weeks boosts his point lead to 20 points over Bennett in the championship standings.

Sawyer Effertz led all 20 laps of the limited late model feature to win his feature of the season.  Cory Kemkes finished second, followed by Gary Natrop, Brent Strelka and Todd Verhagen.  Natrop holds an 11 point lead over Kemkes in the championship point standings.

John Roeser won his third straight Sport Truck feature of the season.  Roeser took the lead from Dylan Ihde on lap six and never looked back, finishing 4.996 seconds ahead of Jason Plutz.  Ihde finished third, followed by Jacob Boldig, and Taylor Vandermoss.  Roeser leads the point standings by 33 points over Plutz.

Denny Crass led all 25 laps Super Stock feature, finishing .350 seconds ahead of Ed Howard.  Larry Raygo finished third, followed by Greg Hauser, who broke his own track record in qualifying.  Hauser and Andy Casavant hold a 7 point lead over Dylan Wenzel in the points standings.

Cody Kippenhan returned to victory lane in the Sizzlin’ 4 feature event.  Kippenhan passed Cody Huven on lap nine to take the lead.  With five laps remaining, the two were battling for the lead, but as the yellow came out, Kippenhan was ahead, and declared the winner.  Kippenhan holds a 14 point lead over Huven in the championship standings.

To end the night, Dan Gracyalny won the the 15-lap Figure Eight feature.  Gracyalny took the lead from Terry Van Roy with just two laps to go.  Craig VandeWettering finished second, followed by Van Roy, Jared Baughman, and Jeff Wohlrabe.  Gracyalny holds a 10 point lead over Wohlrabe in the championship standings. 

Racing continues next Thursday, June 16^th with racing sponsored by Werner Electric & Big Wheel Races.