GOOD RUN FOR ROOKIE MCGRATH

By: Kari Shear-Carlson
(Saturday, August 14, 2010) The American Speed Association® Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment and grandstay.net made their eighth stop of the season at Dells Raceway Park tonight. A track known for its nose-to-tail racing was home to a new winner for the 2010 season. Tim Schendel took home his first victory in 2010. His last victory was in 2008 at Marshfield Speedway, which the ASAMT heads to next weekend.

“We’ve had a lot of bad luck this year. But we worked really hard for this race and no one has given up. It feels really good,” said a happy Schendel from victory lane. Dan Fredrickson took the early lead over pole sitter, Griffin McGrath. As the top four drivers were nose to tail, Chris Weinkauf tried the sometimes unforgiving high-line in an attempt to take over the third spot from Tim Schendel. He settled back into the fourth spot after several failed attempts.

ASA Midwest Tour Swiss Colony Touring Star, Blake Brown was hoping for a good run in honor of his last year’s crew chief, Howie Lettow who announced earlier this week that he has been battling cancer. After taking a provisional starting position, Brown’s night ended early only 15 laps into the event.

Griffin McGrath was not giving up and was all over the bumper of Fredrickson. He finally took the lead on lap 23 on the inside. Fredrickson had to settle for the top-grove and continued to drop back all the way to 10th before settling back in line. McGrath and Schendel continued to battle it out at the front of the field. McGrath held on for a few laps before Schendel made an inside move going in to turn one to take over the stop spot.

As they headed into lapped traffic Weinkauf was trying to use it to his advantage to take over the second spot. Meanwhile, Steve Carlson was quietly and patiently following in fourth. As Fredrickson was trying to make up some time, he and the 12 of Nick Murgic touched sending Murgic hard into the turn two wall, ending his night. At the restart, Schendel led McGrath, Weinkauf and Carlson. It was not long before Carlson was making a move on Weinkauf for third position. Andrew Morrisey was also having a great run, running in the top five most of the night.

As the top nine pulled away from the rest of the field by a straight-away, Goede and Paine were side-by-side fighting hard for the tenth spot, with Goede taking the position. Second-generation driver, Skylar Holzhausen was also having a great top-ten run ending his night in eighth. After making a pit stop during the caution, the #25 of Ross Kenseth was on the move. The #5 of Travis Sauter and Kenseth seemed to stuck together like glue most of the night finishing 12th and 13th respectively.

Last year’s victor and current point leader, Steve Carlson was trying to use lapped traffic to take the third spot away from Weinkauf. Weinkauf was doing the same on McGrath. As the leaders were putting the lapped cars down, the field tightened up. A competition yellow was thrown on lap 75 with Schendel still leading, followed by McGrath, Weinkauf, Carlson, and Andrew Morrisey.

With 25 to go, Schendel led them to the green. On lap 76, the #72 of Jacob Goede and #2 of Michael Bilderback made contact causing both to spin and were sent to the rear. At the restart, Schendel got a good restart while McGrath was getting pressure from Weinkauf. Carlson looked to the inside of Weinkauf while Morrisey was all over Carlson. The #52 of Chris Wimmer was patiently waiting for the veteran and the youngster to make a mistake.

Schendel was able to stretch out his lead to five car lengths. Carlson was all alone in fourth as the #21 of Weinkauf took the second spot over McGrath with three laps to go. Andrew Morrisey rounded out the top five.

The next event for the ASAMT is next Saturday, August 21st at Marshfield Speedway.

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Feature Results
# Driver Name Hometown
1 - 21S - Tim Schendel (TS) - Sparta, WI
2 - 121 - Chris Weinkauf - Dalton, WI
3 - 64 - Griffin McGrath (R) - Cedar Rapids, IA
4 - 66 - Steve Carlson (TS) - West Salem, WI
5 - 39 - Andrew Morrissey (TS) - De Forest, WI
6 - 52 - Chris Wimmer (TS) - Wausau, WI
7 - 87 - Nathan Haseleu (TS) - Pardeeville, WI
8 - 78 - Skylar Holzhausen - Nekoosa, WI
9 - 43P - Paul Paine - Mound, MN
10 - 4 - Thor Anderson - Bondurant, IA
11 - 22 - Nick Panitzke (TS) - Sauk Centre, MN
12 - 25K - Ross Kenseth (R) - Spring Valley, IL
13 - 5 - Travis Sauter - Necedah, WI
14 - 25S - Jeff Storm (TS) - East Troy, WI
15 - 2R - Kenny Reiser - Waukon, IA
16 - 97I - Jamie Iverson (TS) - Escanaba, MI
17 - 93 - Dave Feiler - Cottage Grove, WI
18 - 72 - Jacob Goede (TS) - Shakopee, MN
19 - 2 - Michael Bilderback (R) - Rockton, IL
20 - 9K - Mark Kraus (TS) - Stratford, WI
21 - 63 - Gary LaMonte (R) - West Allis, WI
22 - 43 - Matt Kocourek - Franklin, WI
23 - 14 - Eugene Gregorich Jr. - Kewaunee, WI
24 - 12 - Nick Murgic (TS) - Rosemount, MN
25 - 36 - Dan Fredrickson (TS) - Lakeville, MN
26 - 71B - Blake Brown (TS) - Franskville, WI

Dash / LC Results
ODD FAST DASH FINISH
# Driver Name Hometown
1 25K Ross Kenseth (R) Spring Valley, IL
2 5 Travis Sauter Necedah, WI
3 36 Dan Fredrickson (TS) Lakeville, MN
4 87 Nathan Haseleu (TS) Pardeeville, WI
5 52 Chris Wimmer (TS) Wausau, WI
6 4 Thor Anderson Bondurant, IA
7 43P Paul Paine Mound, MN
8 121 Chris Weinkauf Dalton, WI
9 12 Nick Murgic (TS) Rosemount, MN

EVEN FAST DASH FINISH
# Driver Name Hometown
1 78 Skylar Holzhausen Nekoosa, WI
2 21S Tim Schendel (TS) Sparta, WI
3 64 Griffin McGrath (R) Cedar Rapids, IA
4 66 Steve Carlson (TS) West Salem, WI
5 72 Jacob Goede (TS) Shakopee, MN
6 39 Andrew Morrissey (TS) De Forest, WI
7 22 Nick Panitzke (TS) Sauk Centre, MN
8 97I Jamie Iverson (TS) Escanaba, MI
9 2 Michael Bilderback (R) Rockton, IL

LAST CHANCE FINISH
# Driver Name Hometown
1 93 Dave Feiler Cottage Grove, WI
2 2R Kenny Reiser Waukon, IA
3 43 Matt Kocourek Franklin, WI
4 63 Gary LaMonte (R) West Allis, WI
5 71B Blake Brown (TS) Franskville, WI
6 9K Mark Kraus (TS) Stratford, WI
7 14 Eugene Gregorich Jr. Kewaunee, WI
8 4G Michael Gunderson Union Grove, WI
9 23 Tim Sauter Necedah, WI
10 8W Josh Wallace Pell Lake, WI
11 25S Jeff Storm (TS) East Troy, WI

Qualifying
# Driver Name Hometown Time
1 52 Chris Wimmer (TS) Wausau, WI 13.253
2 39 Andrew Morrissey (TS) De Forest, WI 13.341
3 12 Nick Murgic (TS) Rosemount, MN 13.36
4 66 Steve Carlson (TS) West Salem, WI 13.3601
5 43P Paul Paine Mound, MN 13.394
6 72 Jacob Goede (TS) Shakopee, MN 13.396
7 121 Chris Weinkauf Dalton, WI 13.416
8 21S Tim Schendel (TS) Sparta, WI 13.418
9 36 Dan Fredrickson (TS) Lakeville, MN 13.421
10 64 Griffin McGrath (R) Cedar Rapids, IA 13.425
11 87 Nathan Haseleu (TS) Pardeeville, WI 13.434
12 78 Skylar Holzhausen Nekoosa, WI 13.471
13 5 Travis Sauter Necedah, WI 13.475
14 2 Michael Bilderback (R) Rockton, IL 13.483
15 4 Thor Anderson Bondurant, IA 13.513
16 97I Jamie Iverson (TS) Escanaba, MI 13.534
17 25K Ross Kenseth (R) Spring Valley, IL 13.5341
18 22 Nick Panitzke (TS) Sauk Centre, MN 13.535
19 93 Dave Feiler Cottage Grove, WI 13.536
20 2R Kenny Reiser Waukon, IA 13.559
21 14 Eugene Gregorich Jr. Kewaunee, WI 13.56
22 4G Michael Gunderson Union Grove, WI 13.562
23 23 Tim Sauter Necedah, WI 13.579
24 63 Gary LaMonte (R) West Allis, WI 13.618
25 43 Matt Kocourek Franklin, WI 13.621
26 25S Jeff Storm (TS) East Troy, WI 13.651
27 9K Mark Kraus (TS) Stratford, WI 13.679
28 8W Josh Wallace Pell Lake, WI 13.681
29 71B Blake Brown (TS) Franskville, WI 13.72
30 75 Joel Theisen (R) Maple Grove, MN NO TIME
31 97H Steve Holzhausen Nekoosa, WI NO TIME

Practice #2
1 - 21S - Tim Schendel - 13.406
2 - 21W - Chris Weinkauf - 13.458
3 - 87 - Nate Haseleu - 13.495
4 - 72G - Jacob Goede - 13.510
5 - 36F - Dan Fredrickson - 13.512
6 - 66 - Steve Carlson - 13.539
7 - 12M - Nick Murgic - 13.548
8 - 5 - TRAVIS SAUTER - 13.557
9 - 52W - Chris Wimmer - 13.574
10 - 93F - Dave Feiler - 13.591
11 - 39 - Andrew Morrissey - 13.604
12 - 25 - Jeff Storm - 13.608
13 - 63L - Gary LaMonte - 13.636
14 - 71B - BLAKE BROWN - 13.648
15 - 43K - Matt Kocourek - 13.661
16 - 2B - Michael Bilderback - 13.671
17 - 4 - Thor Anderson - 13.673
18 - 78H - Skyler Holzhausen - 13.687
19 - 2R - Kenny Reiser - 13.743
20 - 4G - Mike Gunderson - 13.769
21 - 75 - Joel Theisen - 13.777
22 - 22 - Nick Panitzke - 13.788
23 - 14G - Eugene Gregorich - 13.800
24 - 8W - Josh Wallace - 13.848
25 - 97I - Jamie Iverson - 13.924

Practice #1
1 87 - Nate Haseleu - 13.600
2 66 - Steve Carlson - 13.617
3 21S - Tim Schendel - 13.683
4 39 - Andrew Morrissey - 13.702
5 2B - Michael Bilderback - 13.710
6 43 - Matt Kocourek - 13.715
7 43P - Paul Paine - 13.716
8 12M - Nick Murgic - 13.722
9 75 - Joel Theisen - 13.733
10 22 - Nick Panitzke - 13.756
11 36F - Dan Fredrickson - 13.764
12 4 - Thor Anderson - 13.798
13 72G - Jacob Goede - 13.834
14 4G - Mike Gunderson - 13.845
15 2R - Kenny Reiser - 13.853
16 25 - Jeff Storm - 13.959
17 97I - Jamie Iverson - 14.177