May 16, 2004; Seymour, WI - After a week of rain, a nice night greeted fans to a big night of racing Sunday at the Seymour Tri Oval Raceway. A field of 129 cars put on a good show on Kelsey Coatings night.
The Streets took the track first with Troy Wilson jumping into the early lead and built a lead before spinning in turn one on lap 8 to bring out the first caution of the race. Jeremy Wiitila inherited the top spot followed by Mike Pierrard, Darren Otto, Brian Koch, Shawn Van Ooyen and Rick Naparalla. Pierrard took the top spot for 2 laps before Wiitila regained control on lap 10. Pierrard, Otto and Naparalla ran tight with Wiitila over the final half of the race and despite one more caution, Wiitila was able to hold the lead to collect his first career Tri Oval feature win. Naparalla nipped Otto for the runner up finish with Koch in fourth. Jamie Van Ooyen snuck into the mix after the final caution to finish fifth and Pierrard made his best run yet to finish sixth. A field of 20 cars in the tough Bay-Tek IMCA Stock Car main saw Shawn Kilgore jump into the lead at the start, and proceeded to pull away from the field early, and with out a caution in the race, was able to negotiate late race lapped cars for his first feature win of the year. The race was for second, and a good one it was. Shawn Wagner, Jason Czarapata, Chaz Van Ooyen, Travis Van Straten, Jamie Colwell and Brandon Czarapata battled for much of the race and by the mid point, Wagner was still holding onto second with Brandon Czarapata, Jason Czarapata, Van Straten and Jeremy Christians behind. On lap 13, Brandon moved into second and began to chase down the leader. He was able to close some, but Kilgore took the fairly easy win with Brandon second. Wagner, Van Straten, Christians and Jason Czarapata round out the top six. R.M. Van Pay started the Budweiser IMCA Mod main on the pole and took the lead at the start. Eric Scribner and Jerry Wilinski pulled with him while the cars from mid pack quickly moved toward the front. Scott Mullen led the charge with Mike Wedelstadt, Brad Rohloff, Dean Maurer and Brian Mullen in pursuit. By the mid point, Van Pay was still in command with Mullen now in second with Wilinski, Rohloff. Benji LaCrosse was up to fifth after starting 16th and, Brian Mullen. The battle for the top spot was tough with Mullen working the outside and Van Pay holding the inside line. Wilinski, Rohloff, LaCrosse and Brian M<ullen were together waiting for a break in front of them. On lap 13, Scott pulled into the lead and was able to settle into the front and pull a slight lead. Despite a couple cautions over the final 5 laps, Scott was able to hold off Van Pay for his second win of the year. Van Pay took second with Rohloff holding the edge for third over LaCrosse and Wilinski, dean Maurer rounded out the top six. A field of 22 Maplewood Shell WISSOTA Late Models took the track for their feature and clicked off 20 non-stop laps. A.J. Diemel was able to do what Shawn Kilgore did in the Stock Car main, that was to pounce on the lead and open up a huge lead. Doug Klemp Terry Anvelink, Luke Roffers, Randy Markwardt and Tim Buhler dropped in behind. With Diemel pulling away at the front, the battle was for second. Roffers and Anvelink were joined by Troy Springborn by the mid point. They battle for second while Klemp, Buhler, Pete Parker and Terry Casey battled for fifth. Lapped traffic came into play over the final 5 laps and spread the field, but Diemel cruised to his first feature win of the season. Springborn ended his strong run with a second place finish over Roffers and Anvelink. Klemp, after picking up his first career late model win in his heat race, ended the feature holding onto fifth place over Buhler and Parker. Jasper Drengler made his way through traffic to take the lead in the 4 cylinder feature five laps from the end to win his second feature of the season. A caution with 2 laps left for a Matt DeWilde roll over in the tri oval bunched the field for a dash to the win. Drengler held off Ben Daoust and Tom Schmidt for the win. With D.J. Jorgensen, Rick Cleven and Eric Mullen rounding out the top six. DeWilde was no injured in the roll. In the Flintstone Race, the Street Stock division proved to be the best peddlers taking the second annual event. The fans will run on July 25 and the two winners will compete in a championship race on the final night. SUMMARY |
