July 26, 2009 Live Updates from Sun Prairie:

Race Lineups and Results

 
15 Badger Midgets and 20 WMSA Mini Sprints here tonight.

Brandon Waelti is in the Jones Motorsports #41 tonight

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Badger Qualifying

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Position Name Time

13 Matt Smith 14.795

19 Chad DeSelle 14.898

05 Brad Loyet 14.913

21s Bob Shreffler 14.920

1 Mike Hess 14.945

21k Kurt Mayhew 14.978

15 Scott Hatton 14.983

5 Bryon Walters 14.990

7 Aaron Fiscus 14.999

57 Bubba Altig 15.005

41 Brandon Waelti 15.044

25 Courtney Erfurth 15.104

87 Jake Slotten 15.177

82 Eric Johnson 15.351

56 Jason Dull 15.568

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Badger Heat 1  Start/ Finish/ Car #/ Driver

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3 1 57 Bubba Altig

6 2 21s Bob Shreffler

4 3 5 Bryon Walters

2 4 25 Courtney Erfurth

7 5 19 Chad DeSelle

5 6 21k Kurt Mayhew

1 7 56 Jason Dull

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Lap 4 YELLOW for Jason Dull whose car quit on him while leading Altig, Shreffler, Erfurth

Badger Semi...Jason Dull pulls in before the start

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...WMSA feature, shortened by rain

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Badger Feature Starting Lineup

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41 Brandon Waelti

57 Bubba Altig

7 Aaron Fiscus

5 Bryon Walters

15 Scott Hatton

1 Mike Hess

21s Bob Shreffler

05 Brad Loyet

19 Chad DeSelle

13 Matt Smith

25 Courtney Erfurth

87 Jake Slotten

21k Kurt Mayhew

82 Eric Johnson

56 Jason Dull

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Badger Feature Results...RAINED OUT

JD - Still no real leaks or anything!  Was leading heat (not "slow" race either - both broke up EVEN on times...just got lucky no Hatton or Loyet...about the first time all year) mid-race when cam spud (that I thought of replacing Thursday...would have had to pay NDA to guarantee anything at that point) rounded out!  All that didn't matter though, as no trophy for heat win and all points and money split after it started raining before feature.  Should be one spot out of 10th now...Wished we'd known it was going to rain out!  Could have actually "run" the Rockford IRS show...although still not sure about this restrictor deal anyway...and no real time to set it up and all for pavement...Anyway car "took off" good (like last week too...without restrictors...) and (also like last week) did not let the #25 car get a jump on me at start.  (Thanks Tom Casper for picture).

As soon as it seemed clear, I went up towards the higher groove .  RR felt "soft" going into one couple times, but it did not seem to get worse.  Think I took it in ok at least the last time through.  Was still upset over lifting in qualifying (guess that was due to bad lines) and being slowest car in field.  Am certain if Altig did get around, we could have still managed at least top three finish and not have had to run B-main again.

 

From Bill Blumer (just posted):  All but the Badger feature were completed on Sunday as the midgets shared the stage with the Wisconsin Illinois Mini-Sprints on Sunday. Scattered showers looked like they’d hold off early in the program, but as the evening went on it looked like the edge of a storm might touch the area. Australian Matt Smith took qualifying honors for Badger, in an event that saw over half the field in the 14 second range. Jason Dull looked strong in the first heat as he led the first four rounds before his car expired. Bubba Altig took the point from there and sailed to the win. In the second heat, Jake Slotten looked strong early. Brad Kuhn caught him on lap-four and the two made contact. From there Kuhn took the checkers. Chad DeSelle won the Badger semi. A Rick Corso won for the first time in his career on dirt as he took the lead early in the first mini-sprint heat. In that race, Todd Lehr had a brief interview with the ambulance crew before being released, after he hit the turn-one wall head-on...The rains cut the mini-sprint feature short...This week Angell Park hosts the Badger Midgets in the Racer’s Memorial 25 sponsored by Pizza Hut and Pepsi (IRS too - JD).

 

BMARA POINTS STANDINGS AS OF 7/26/09
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS

1 SCOTT HATTON 1335 48 15 HUSTON SOLUTION RACING 1335
2 BRAD LOYET 1214 39 1 JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS 1197
3 MIKE HESS 1197 39 o5 LOYET MOTOR SPORTS 1160
4 CHAD DESELLE 998 32 19 IMHOFF-DAVIS 998
5 AARON FISCUS 791 16 57 RAB RACING 762
6 BUBBA ALTIG 762 26 7 JIM FISCUS 755
7 MATT SMITH 755 12 13 STEVE SMITH 755
8 BRAD KUHN 708 40 41 JONES MOTORSPORTS 717
9 BRANDON WAELTI 577 7 21S BERNIE SHREFFLER 606
10 COURTNEY ERFURTH 567 22 25 JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS 567
11 JASON DULL 514 11 56 JASON DULL 514
12 BOB SHREFFLER 495 29 3 WAELTI-SCHULENBERG 513
13 BRYON WALTERS 471 12 31 MANIC RACING 467
14 DAVID BUDRES 467 5 5W BRYON WALTERS 443
15 ERIC JOHNSON 422 8 82 CHUCK JOHNSON 422
16 KURT MAYHEW 409 11 21K KURT MAYHEW 409
17 JERRY COONS 383 22 5 WILKE PAK 383
18 JIM FUERST 239 7 28 JIM FUERST 239
19 DAVEY RAY 217 6 5D DAN DAUM 178
20 ZACH DAUM 178 4 87 ACCELERATION RSCING 177
21 JAKE SLOTTEN 177 0 33 DAN MECUM 161
22 TRACY HINES 159 19 24 BOB PARKER 159
23 PAUL PERKINS 128 2 63 PAUL PERKINS 128
24 JASON THERKELSEN 117 5 11 ART WACHAL 117
25 DARREN HAGEN 116 3 3H RFMS RACING 116
26 DICK KAISER 87 4 17 DAN GEORGE 87
27 JOEL WYTTENBACH 67 8 1X MIKE RINKIN 67
28 MARK BROWN 67 1 73 SCOOTER ELLIS 67
29 AUSTIN WHEATLEY 67 0 71 JIM FISCUS 67
30 TIM NOBLE 67 0 38 TOM & TAMMY  BONG 67
31 KEVIN OLSON 47 2 o5x LOYET MOTOR SPORTS 54
32 JOEY MOUGHAN 45 4 1H JERRYATRIC MOTOR SPORTS 47
33 A.J. FIKE 42 0 55 JOEY MOUGHAN 45
34 DENE McALLAN 41 0 3A RFMS RACING 42
35 BUDDY LUEBKE 0 0 29 JACK BERRY 41
36 DAVID GOUGH 0 0 7X JIM FISCUS 36
37       43 BULL DOG MOTORSPORTS 0
38       99 RAB RACING 0

(MAN, if Waelti had not picked up the #41 ride, we would be right on him!  Imagine Kuhn will be back, and do not know if 131 is enough on Coons.  Hopefully they won't come back until the USAC weekends? - JD)