Meidam and Kelly Victorious on Fan Appreciation Night

August 28, 2008
By: Sandy Shultz

(KAUKAUNA, WI) John Meidam of Appleton started the feature in third place, taking advantage of the second caution to pass Mark Schroeder for the lead on lap six. Meidam led the rest of the race, winning his first feature of the season on Valley Liquor/ Gene Frederickson Trucking Fan Appreciation Night. Lowell Bennett finished second, closely followed by Mike Gardner, the two racing side by side to the finish line. Terry Baldry and Tim Rothe completed the top five, while sixth place finisher and fast qualifier Jeff Van Oudenhoven celebrated his first championship.

The first caution of the 30-lap race was on lap two, when Robb Vanderloop and Kevin Eggert spun in turn two. On the restart, Schroeder maintained the lead, while Meidam moved to second position, after passing Brett Piontek. The caution flew again on lap six, when Nate VanWychen, Tom Gee Jr., and Gregg Haese got together in turn four. Meidam benefited from the restart, passing for the lead. The final caution of the race came on lap 25 when Maxwell Schultz and Eggert spun in turn two.

Van Oudenhoven won the points championship by 81 points over Rothe, the defending champion.

In limited late model action, Kris Kelly did everything he could to try and overtake Jim Duchow for the points championship, but even winning the feature and being the fast qualifier was not enough, as Duchow held on to win the championship by 21 points.

Todd Verhagen led the first five laps of the feature before Kelly dove inside him to take the lead on lap six. Kelly remained unchallenged for the lead after moving around Verhagen. The only caution of the race was on lap 13, and Kelly kept the lead on the restart. Kelly won his third limited late model feature of the season, while Duchow finished second. Brandon Conrad, Verhagen, and Gary Natrop completed the top five.

Jason Plutz of Appleton started on the pole of the 20-lap Sport Truck feature. Plutz led every lap of the race to win his second feature of the season. Josh Jeske finished second, followed by Taylor Vandermoss, Brandon Kucksdorf, and Reagan May.

Ron Magdanz was running in the third position as he took the white flag, but spun in turn two, finishing sixth, and won the points championship by 44 points over Kucksdorf.

Dylan Wenzel of Fremont won his third Super Stock feature of the season. Wenzel passed Donald Van Camp on lap nine to take the lead and never looked back, crossing the finish line ahead of Andy Casavant, Van Camp, Allen Trudell, and David Hoerning.

Andy Casavant and Greg Hauser combined to win the points championship by 9 points over Wenzel.

Scott Verboomen took the lead on lap two of the Sizzling 4’s feature and went on to win, his fourth of the season. Tom Schweitzer finished second, followed by Tim Richter, Derek Schmitt, and Andy Weise. Schweitzer was crowned the champion, winning by 2 points over Schmitt. The top four in the standings were separated by only 10 points.

Jared Baughman won his fourth Figure Eight feature of the season, but that was not enough to claim the championship. Jeff Wohlrabe won the points championship by 5 points over Baughmann.
 

Congratulations to the 2008 Fox River Racing Club Champions
Late Model: Jeff Van Oudenhoven
Limited Late Model: Jim Duchow
Sport Trucks: Ron Magdanz
Super Stocks: Andy Casavant and Greg Hauser
Sizzling 4’s: Tom Schweitzer
Figure 8’s: Jeff Wohlrabe

* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *

Average time of all qualifiers : 19.834

* * * HEAT RESULTS * * *

Number of Drivers in HEAT Races: 25

* * * Semi RESULTS * * *

Number of Drivers in Semi Races: 11

* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *