By Bryan Gapinski:  Brad Loyet scored his fourth straight Badger Midget Series victory, Sunday Night, capturing the 25-lap feature at Angell Park Speedway. It also marked the third straight runner-up finish for series points leader Scott Hatton. Bubba Altig led Hatton at the start, while Loyet passed three cars on the opening lap moving into fifth position. Altig, Hatton and Jerry Coons Jr. opened up an advantage over the field, when the caution was displayed on lap 9, when fast qualifier Kody Swanson stalled exiting the track. During the caution Coons pitted for wheel repairs and rejoined the field in last place. Loyet passed Hatton on a lap 10 restart for second place. Loyet pulled to Altig's rear bumper on lap 15, and drove under Altig to take the lead exiting Turn 4. Hatton took over second place, one lap later. The event was stopped on lap 20 when Chase Barber flipped several times entering Turn 1. Barber, alert and conscious, was transported to University Hospital-Madison for further observation. On the restart Loyet pulled to a three-car length advantage and held the distance over Hatton for the final five circuits...Hatton holds a 30-point lead over Loyet in series standings heading into the June 28 event at Angell Park Park. In the event Loyet will try to become the first driver to win five straight Badger features in over 30-years.

Lap Leaders: Altig 1-15, Loyet 16-25.

Live Updates

It looks like we have 23 Badger midgets and 17 IRS midgets

Californians Chase Barber and Kody Swanson are making their first visit of the year.

Kenny Biro is also here taking in the action tonight, it's good to see him here!

Badger Qualifying

1 Cody Swanson 14.579

2 Mike Hess 14.602

3 Kurt Mayhew 14.692

4 Brad Loyet 14.752

5 Brandon Waelti 14.766

6 David Budres 14.805

7 Jerry Coons Jr. 14.820

8 Chase Barber 14.898

9 Chad DeSelle 14.923

10 Aaron Fiscus 14.926

11 Scott Hatton 14.942

12 Bubba Altig 14.992

13 Brad Kuhn 15.041

14 Jim Fuerst 15.185

15 Matt Smith 15.205

16 Bob Shreffler 15.271

17 Jason Dull 15.424

18 Eric Johnson 15.549

19 Courtney Erfurth 15.657

20 Paul Perkins 15.785

21 Jason Therkelsen 17.067

22 Ken Drangmeister 17.597

23 Bryon Walters 0

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Heat 2 Starting Lineup

1. 63 Perkins

2. 56 Dull

3. 28 Fuerst

4. 15 Hatton

5. 5 Coons

6. 05 Loyet

7. 90 Barber

8. 5w Walters

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Heat 2 Results

1. 15 Scott Hatton

2. 05 Brad Loyet

3. 5 Jerry Coons Jr.

4. 90 Chase Barber

5. 56 Jason Dull

6. 28 Jim Fuerst

7. 63 Paul Perkins

8. 5w Bryon Walters

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Bryon Walters did not start

LAP 3 YELLOW for contact in turn 2 for Perkins and Fuerst

 

...IRS Heat 1 ... Jason Dull did not start

 

B-Main Starting Lineup

1. 21k Mayhew

2. 19 DeSelle

3. 41 Kuhn

4. 28 Fuerst

5. 13 Smith

6. 56 Dull

7. 82 Johnson

8. 25 Erfurth

9. 63 Perkins

10. 11 Therkelsen

11. 76 Drangmeister

12. 5w Walters

13. 7x Fiscus

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B-Main Results

1. 19 Chad DeSelle

2. 41 Brad Kuhn

3. 28 Jim Fuerst

4. 13 Matt Smith

5. 21k Kurt Mayhew

6. 7x Aaron Fiscus

7. 25 Courtney Erfurth

8. 63 Paul Perkins

9. 56 Jason Dull

10. 82 Eric Johnson

11. 76 Ken Drangmeister

12. 11 Jason Therkelsen

13. 5w Bryon Walters

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Bryon Walters did not start

Lap 5 YELLOW for Johnson who is stopped on the front stretch

DeSelle, Kuhn, Fuerst

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IRS Feature Lineup

1. 77 Critchett

2. 76 Drangmeister

3. 21k Mayhew

4. 0 Orseske

5. 31 Nitz

6. 39 Gillis

7. 56 Dull

8. 4 Koerner

9. 3 Drangmeister

10. 7 Holt

11. 17 Critchett

12. 2 Ohlendorf

13. 12 Wallace

14. 1 Dunning

15. 74 Deschaine

16. 11 Sauer

17. 21a Adams Jr.

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IRS Feature Results

1. 21k Kurt Mayhew

2. 39 Allen Gillis

3. 0 Doug Orseske

4. 77 Lamont Critchett

5. 2 Dave Ohlendorf

6. 4 Scott Koerner

7. 17 Loran Critchett Jr.

8. 74 Tyler Deschaine

9. 7 Charlie Holt

10. 1 Scott Dunning

11. 31 Eric Nitz

12. 76 Ken Drangmeister

13. 12 Mike Wallace

14. 3 Rich Drangmeister

15. 56 Jason Dull

16. 21a Mike Adams Jr.

17. 11 Eddie Sauer

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Eddie Sauer did not start

Lap 7 YELLOW for R Drangmeister; Mayhew, Gillis, K Drangmeister

Lap 8 RED for Mike Wallace who jumped the wheel of R Drangmeister in turn 4

Wallace is out of the car and walking to the ambulance

Mayhew, Gillis, K Drangmeister

Lap 11 RED for Eric Nitz who is upside down in turn 2; Eric is out of the car

Mayhew, Gillis, Orseske

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Feature Starting Lineup

1. 57 Altig

2. 15 Hatton

3. 19 DeSelle

4. 5 Coons Jr.

5. 31 Budres

6. 3 Waelti

7. 05 Loyet

8. 1 Hess

9. 90 Barber

10. 19k Swanson

11. 41 Kuhn

12. 28 Fuerst

13. 21s Shreffler

14. 13 Smith

15. 21k Mayhew

16. 7x Fiscus

17. 25 Erfurth

18. 63 Perkins

19. 56 Dull

20. 82 Johnson

21. 76 Drangmeister

22. 11 Walters

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Feature Results

1. 05 Brad Loyet

2. 15 Scott Hatton

3. 41 Brad Kuhn

4. 57 Bubba Altig

5. 3 Brandon Waelti

6. 19 Chad DeSelle

7. 5 Jerry Coons Jr.

8. 1 Mike Hess

9. 13 Matt Smith

10. 28 Jim Fuerst

11. 21s Bob Shreffler

12. 7x Aaron Fiscus

13. 63 Paul Perkins

14. 21k Kurt Mayhew

15. 25 Courtney Erfurth

16. 76 Ken Drangmeister

17. 11 Bryon Walters

18. 90 Chase Barber

19. 31 David Budres

20. 19k Kody Swanson

21. 56 Jason Dull

22. 82 Eric Johnson

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Bryon Walters replaces Jason Therkelsen in the #11

Eric Johnson did not start

BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF 6/21/09
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS

1 SCOTT HATTON 755 29 15 HUSTON SOLUTION RACING 755
2 BRAD LOYET 725 24 05 LOYET MOTORSPORTS 725
3 MIKE HESS 614 22 1 JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS 614
4 CHAD DESELLE 585 20 19 IMHOFF/DAVIS 585
5 BUBBA ALTIG 500 20 57 RAB RACING 500
6 BRAD KUHN 457 33 3 WAELTI-SCHULENBERG 441
7 BRANDON WAELTI 441 7 41 JONES MOTORSPORTS 402
8 AARON FISCUS 426 11 7 JIM FISCUS 390
9 DAVID BUDRES 363 5 31 MANIC RACING 363
10 BRYON WALTERS 359 7 21S BERNIE SHREFFLER 358
11 MATT SMITH 330 6 5W BILLINGS- WALTERS RACING 331
12 JERRY COONS 282 16 13 STEVE SMITH 330
13 COURTNEY ERFURTH 275 20 5 WILKE-PAK MOTORSPORTS 282
14 ERIC JOHNSON 265 6 25 JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS 275
15 BOB SHREFFLER 245 16 82 CHUCK JOHNSON 265
16 JASON DULL 237 8 56 JASON DULL 237
17 DAVEY RAY 217 6 28 JIM FUERST 163
18 JIM FUERST 163 4 33 DAN MECUM 161
19 KURT MAYHEW 157 9 21k KURT MAYHEW 157
20 ZACH DAUM 122 4 5D ZACH DAUM 122
21 TRACY HINES 104 14 24 TRACY HINES 104
22 PAUL PERKINS 90 0 11 ART WACHAL 99
23 DICK KAISER 87 4 63 PAUL PERKINS 90
24 JASON THERKELSON 84 1 17 DICK KAISER 87
25 JAKE SLOTTEN 78 0 87 ACCELERATION RACING 78
26 DARREN HAGEN 70 3 3H RFMS RACING 70
27 AUSTIN WEATLEY 67 0 73 SCOOTTER ELLIS 67
28 JOEL WYTTENBACH 67 8 38 TOM BONG 67
29 MARK BROWN 67 1 1X STEVE SMITH 67
30 JOEY MOUGHAN 45 4 55 JOEY MOUGHAN 45
31 DENE McALLAN 41 0 29 DENE McALLAN 41
32 BUDDY LUEBKE 0 0 7X JIM FISCUS 36
33       43 BULL DOG RACING 0

Pic below is from a decent heat race, before a turn one excursion of my own (should have been a flip...got away with just mud packed in RR) later in the A-main, spoiled our night.  Hopefully I will do a "blog" soon.

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Written by Ben Gillis:  Last night we had our second race up at The Prairie. The weather conditions weren't ideal but we still got everything in. We'd like to thank everyone for showing up. We got the full night in and it turned out to be some good racing...The first ADM Realty heat was action packed to say the least. Kurt Mayhew would work his way to the front within the first couple laps putting a slight lead on the field. Allen Gillis would get stuck in traffic while trying to follow Mayhew to the front. Eventually Gillis would run down Mayhew and pass him for the lead. At lap eight the caution would come out bunching up the field. After the restart Lamont Critchett and Doug Orseske would go side by side for position. In the end Mayhew couldn't get back into the lead and Gillis would drive to victory. The final order would be the 39 of Allen Gillis, 21 of Kurt Mayhew, 0 of Doug Orseske, 77 of Lamont Critchett, 76 of Ken Drangmeister, 74 of Tyler Deschaine, 31 of Eric Nitz, and the 4 of Scott Koerner...When we lined up for the Hero's West Feature, the 77 of Lamont Critchet would set the pace to the green. Ken Drangmeister would lead the first few laps. Then Kurt Mayhew would take the lead and continue to put some distance on the field. The rest of the field would stay bunched up, side by side, for a number of laps. Our fast qualifier, Allen Gillis, slowly worked his way to the front. Even when Gillis got into second it was apparent that no one was going to get around Mayhew. There were a few people fighting for position through the field. Most notably were the 31 of Scott Koerner with the 31 of Eric Nitz and the 77 of Lamont Critchett with the 0 of Doug Orseske. A caution came out on lap seven bringing the field together. After the restart the 12 of Mike Wallace would get together with the 3 of Richard Drangmeister off turn four. Mike Wallace would end up on his head up by the catch fence. On the restart Lamont Critchett and Doug Orseske would get back to fighting for position. Eventually Orseske would come out ahead. After a few green flag laps the 31 of Eric Nitz would turn around and go over after the left rear dug in, bringing out the red again. On the final restart Kurt Mayhew would put a couple car lengths on the field and head to victory. The results are the 21 of Kurt Mayhew in first, the 39 of Allen Gillis in second, the 0 of Doug Orseske in third, the 77 of Lamont Critchett, the 2 of Dave Ohlendorf, the 4 of Scott Koerner, the 17 of Lourne Critchett, the 74 of Tyler Deschaine, the 7 of Charlie Holt, the 1 of Scott Dunning, the 31 of Eric Nitz, the 76 of Ken Drangmeister, the 12 of Mike Wallace, the 3 of Richard Drangmeister, the 21a of Mike Adams, the 56 of Jason Dull...Both Mike Wallace and Eric Nitz were ok after each flip. Though the condition of their cars were questionable. Hopefully they can get them back together for our next race which will be back at Angell Park on July 5th. It would be nice to have another good car count.

 

From Doug and Diana Orseske:

Illini Midget Driver Points
 		 Track: Angell Park
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 		 Date: 6/21/09
 
 
 
 
 
Place Total Driver   Car #        QUL        HT 1        HT 2     
 		       SMI         FTR             TOTAL                for  Date
1 1171  Allen Gillis 39 1 1
 
 
 		 2 295
2 1033  Doug Orseske 0 5 3
 
 
 		 3 260
3 976  Lamont Critchett 77 7 4
 
 
 		 4 240
4 804  Eric Nitz 31 4 7
 
 
 		 11 205
5 791
 		 Ken Drangmeister 76 6 5
 
 
 		 12 200
6 783  Dave Ohlendorf 2 11
 		 3
 
 		 5 220
7 778
 		  Charlie Holt 7 13
 		 1
 
 		 9 200
8 771
 		 Scott Dunning 1 15
 		 5
 
 		 10 165
9 754
 		 Richard Drangmeister 3 10
 		 2
 
 		 14 185
10 701  Scott Koerner 4 8 8
 
 
 		 6 205
11 678 
 		 Loran Critchett 17 12
 		 4
 
 		 7 200
12 636 
 		 Freddy Teer 54
 
 
 
 
 
 		 0
13 580
 		  Kurt Mayhew 21K 3 2
 
 
 		 1 285
14 543  Tyler DeSchaine 74 9 6
 
 
 		 8 200
15 473
 		 Basil Hicks 88
 
 
 
 
 
 		 0
16 443  Sean Murphy 5
 
 
 
 
 
 		 0
17 436  Mike Wallace 12 16
 		 6
 
 		 13 140
18 390 
 		 Frank Reiss 51
 
 
 
 
 
 		 0
19 339  Eddie Sauer 11 17
 
 
 
 
 		 20
20 256 
 		 Jimmy Anderson 21
 
 
 
 
 
 		 0
21 215  Mike Adams 21 14
 
 
 
 		 15 65
22 143 
 		 Aaron Willis 81
 
 
 
 
 
 		 0
23 128   Mark Morey 3
 
 
 
 
 
 		 0
24 120  Jason Dull 56 2
 
 
 
 		 16 120