Wisconsin Dells WI-Brandon Birdsill scored his first Feature win of 2023 on Kalahari Resort and Convention Center Night at DRP. Mitch Lyden and Michael Giloman brought the beautiful field of UMA Sportsman to the line for their 25 Lap Feature. Lyden would jump out to the early lead and was challenged early for the lead by Mike Krueger Jr. the two would battle hard until Krueger would finally gain the advantage. Krueger’s time at the Front would be short lived as Nick Bruley would climb from his 7th starting spot to take the lead just past the half way mark. While the battles at the front raged on the trio of Brandon Birdsill , Chris Weber and points leader Dave Trute worked methodically through the field. Birdsill would get to the second spot and challenge for the lead. The late laps of the race would see a rash of cautions as it was an onslaught of restarts Bruley would have to endure. He was equal to the task for many but one last caution would fly with 4 to gowould be all the opening the defending champion Birdsill would need as he took the lead for the final time with a mere 3 laps to go. Birdsill walked away to the victory followed to the line by Chris Weber, Dave Trute Nick Bruley and Michael Gilomen. Brandon Birdsill would be fast qualifier with a lap of 14.839. Chris weber would Win the Fast Dash with Mike Krueger Jr. winning the heat race. The UMA Sportsman are next in action at DRP as part of the Pro Late Model Triple Crown Round 3 Presented by Brewster’s Lanes on August 19th.
Results for 7/29/2023 at Dells Raceway Park - Wisconsin Dells, WI
Sportsman
A Feature-1 25 Laps | 00:09:58.884 | Chasing Daylight Animal Shelter
6S-Derrin Salo[3]; 2. 2T-Dave Trute[7]; 3. 39V-Henry Vian[1]; 4. 23N-Nick Bruley[9]; 5. 23B-Brandon Birdsill[6]; 6. 34K-Mike Krueger[5]; 7. 97W-Chris Weber[10]; 8. 8D-Logan Delaney[4]; 9. 15G-Michael Gilomen[11]; 10. 21L-Mitch Lyden[2]; 11. 8Z-John Zuch[12]; 12. 51T-Bobby Turzinski JR[13]; 13. 24A-Bic Arendsee[8]; 14. 4M-Chris McQuality[14]
A Feature-2 25 Laps Kalahari Resorts
23B-Brandon Birdsill[9]; 2. 97W-Chris Weber[6]; 3. 2T-Dave Trute[8]; 4. 23N-Nick Bruley[7]; 5. 15G-Michael Gilomen[2]; 6. 8D-Logan Delaney[4]; 7. 24A-Bic Arendsee[13]; 8. 51T-Bobby Turzinski JR[12]; 9. 6S-Derrin Salo[10]; 10. 34K-Mike Krueger[3]; 11. 21L-Mitch Lyden[1]; 12. 39V-Henry Vian[5]; 13. 8Z-John Zuch[11]
Dash 6 Laps Incredible Cars of Cross Plains
97W-Chris Weber[2]; 2. 39V-Henry Vian[1]; 3. 23N-Nick Bruley[3]; 4. 23B-Brandon Birdsill[6]; 5. 2T-Dave Trute[5]; 6. 6S-Derrin Salo[4]
Heat 1 8 Laps Incredible Cars of Cross Plains
34K-Mike Krueger[7]; 2. 24A-Bic Arendsee[2]; 3. 15G-Michael Gilomen[6]; 4. 51T-Bobby Turzinski JR[3]; 5. 8D-Logan Delaney[8]; 6. 4M-Chris McQuality[1]; 7. 21L-Mitch Lyden[5]; 8. 8Z-John Zuch[4]
Qualifying 2 Laps Incredible Cars of Cross Plains
23B-Brandon Birdsill, 00:14.839[2]; 2. 2T-Dave Trute, 00:14.906[10]; 3. 6S-Derrin Salo, 00:14.914[9]; 4. 23N-Nick Bruley, 00:14.948[3]; 5. 97W-Chris Weber, 00:15.022[13]; 6. 39V-Henry Vian, 00:15.047[12]; 7. 8D-Logan Delaney, 00:15.091[4]; 8. 34K-Mike Krueger, 00:15.133[6]; 9. 15G-Michael Gilomen, 00:15.137[5]; 10. 21L-Mitch Lyden, 00:15.159[7]; 11. 8Z-John Zuch, 00:15.351[14]; 12. 51T-Bobby Turzinski JR, 00:15.369[11]; 13. 24A-Bic Arendsee, 00:15.672[1]; 14. 4M-Chris McQuality, 00:15.788[8]
Point Standings as of 7/29/2023
Sportsman 2023 - Dells Raceway Park Schedule
Pos # Competitor Hometown Points
1 2T Trute, Dave New Lisbon, WI 964
2 8D Delaney, Logan North Freedom, WI 867
3 6S* Salo, Derrin Tomah, WI 863
4 34K*Krueger, Mike Sparta, WI 736
5 39V Vian, Henry Sparta, WI 723
6 24A Arendsee, Bic Wisconsin Dells, WI 666
7 21L Lyden, Mitch WARRENS, WI 644
8 97W Weber, Chris Cashton, WI 596
9 8Z Zuch, John Baraboo, WI 588
10 2S Sillars, Carson Wausau, WI 539
11 15A Borntreger, Andrew Hillsboro, WI 496
12 13C Challet, Mark Sparta, WI 429
13 2M Moore, Thomas Muskego, WI 363
14 51T Turzinski JR, Bobby Mauston, WI 354
15 7H Hicks, Austin Richland Center, WI 350
16 15G Gilomen, Michael Faribault, MN 259
17 23B Birdsill, Brandon Reedsburg, WI 209
18 5BG Giers, Bobby Wonder Lake, IL 207
19 68O Olson, Ken Cambridge, WI 204
20 57P Potter, Cody Pell Lake, WI 200
21 15D Borntreger, David Wonewoc, WI 200
22 43J Janssen, Christian Lake Geneva, WI 200
23 35B Behnke, Brock Roscoe, IL 200
24 23N Bruley, Nick Watertown, WI 187
25 05D Dobbratz, Troy Elroy, WI 142
26 07S Sellner, Dillon Randolph, MN 100
27 13H Hurless, Kaleb Marshfield, WI 97
28 82S Smith, Chad Davis Junction, IL 92
29 4M McQuality, Chris Rockford, IL 68
30 360 Fish, Daron Wisconsin Dells, WI 66
31 18F Frye, Dan Kendall, WI 64
32 15B Borntreger, Mahlon Elroy, WI 5
Article Credit: Spike Storkson - Photo Deb Galston