VanOudenhoven and Duchow claim wins on Standard Electric Night
 

August 7, 2008

(KAUKAUNA, WI) Jeff VanOudenhoven claimed his third late model feature win of the season, after passing Kyle Calmes on lap seven for the lead. VanOudenhoven never looked back, leading the final 24 laps. The win increased VanOudenhoven’s lead in the point standings to 86 points over Terry Baldry.

Calmes jumped out to the early lead, after starting outside row one. Calmes and VanOudenhoven battled side by side for several laps before VanOudenhoven pulled away, shuffling Calmes to second place. As VanOudenhoven’s lead increased, fast-qualifier Tim Rothe was in pursuit of Calmes. On lap twelve, Rothe pulled alongside Calmes going into turn one to make the pass for second spot. Rothe went on to finish second, followed by Calmes, Eugene Gregorich, and Nate VanWychen. In the closing laps, Rothe put pressure on VanOudenhoven, but VanOudenhoven was able to prevail, crossing the line .221 seconds ahead of Rothe.

Jim Duchow also won his third feature of the season, winning the 20 lap limited late model feature. Duchow, who was also the fast-qualifier, started eighth. Jessie Van Roy led the first six laps, before getting passed on the restart, after a caution involving Brandon Conrad, who spun in turn two. Van Roy was not able to hold off Kris Kelly, falling to third place behind Duchow. Duchow and Kelly raced side-by-side before Duchow cleared Kelly going into turn two on lap eleven. Duchow pulled away from Kelly, who went on to finish second, followed by Van Roy, Gary Natrop, and Jack Pankratz. With his win, Duchow holds a 19 point lead over Kelly, with just three weeks of racing to go.

Dylan Wenzel of Fremont won the 30-lap Gandrud 141/FRRC Super Stock Series feature. Wenzel started third, taking the lead on lap seven from Dave Gauger Jr., who led from the start. Wenzel went on to lead the rest of the race, holding off a challenge in the final laps from Andy Casavant. Gauger Jr. finished third, followed by David Hoerning, and Donald VanCamp. Last week’s winner George Schwalbach had to race his way into the feature race, as he did not qualify by time. Schwalbach won the 12-lap semi-feature, starting the feature from the 14th position. Schwalbach finished sixth in the feature, which kept him 3rd in the point standings behind Greg Hauser/Casavant and Wenzel.

Brandon Klucksdorf of Green Bay led the final five laps to win his second Sport Truck feature of the season. Klucksdorf crossed the line 1.17 seconds ahead of Jeff VanHandel. Kyle Quella led the most laps, but spun after contact with Dan Vixmer on lap ten. Quella went on to finish ninth; Vixmer was black flagged for rough driving. Ron Magdanz finished third and remains atop the point standings, 36 points ahead of Klucksdorf.

Andy Wiese led all fifteen laps to win the Sizzling 4’s feature. Tim Richter finished second, followed by Derek Schmitt and Tom Schweitzer. Scott Verboomen still leads the point standings by three points over Schmitt.

Terry Van Roy led the final eleven laps of the Figure Eight feature, passing Willy Van Camp to win his second feature of the year. Jared Baughman leads the point standings, 10 points ahead of Jeff Wohlrabe.

Next week is the Budweiser/WAPL/Kurz Electric Triple Crown Finale, featuring Big Wheel races at 6:45 pm.