4/22/2019
IRA Interstate Racing Association
Balog Continues Dominance at Beaver Dam Raceway
Bill Balog who had just stood victorious over the field of Badger Midgets, charged from his 10th place starting spot to win over Scotty Neitzel and Indiana’s Brandon Wimmer.
25 teams signed in to compete at Beaver Dam Raceway on a beautiful April day. Bill Balog set quick time in Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifications. Defending champion Jake Blackhurst timed in 2nd quick over Ben Schmidt. Mike Reinke qualified his yellow 02 in 4th, and Brandon Wimmer was 5th.
Steve Meyer would power past Dave Uttech to take the lead of heat race 1. Mike Reinke moved into 2nd and would reel Meyer in. The pair battled for the lead, allowing Bill Balog to catch them and make it a 3 car battle for the lead. Mike Reinke would snag the win over Meyer and Balog. Dave Uttech came home in 4th with Scott Biertzer in 5th.
Heat 2 was dominated by Jeremy Schultz who lead all 10 laps. Brandon Wimmer would bring his 7tw car home in 2nd followed by defending champion Jake Blackhurst. Josh Walter would finish in 4th and Jereme Schroeder would rebound for a first lap issue to finish 5th.
Heat 3 was picked up by former two time champion Scotty Neitzel. Scotty Thiel brought his Professional Plating 64 home in 2nd ahead of Ben Schmidt and Russel Borland. Kris Spitz would cross in 5th behind the wheel of his red #4k.
Steve Meyer took the early lead in the A main, but soon faced a challenge from Scotty Neitzel. Neitzel would take the lead and set sail into lapped traffic but a caution near the halfway point would bunch the field back up and put defending champion Jake Blackhurst and eight time champion Bill Balog on Neitzel's tail. Neitzel would once again take off from the field and into lapped traffic, but as the race neared it’s conclusion Bill Balog who started in 10 place used the high side in turns 3 and 4 to power past Neitzel's orange 2w and into the lead. Balog would pick up the win over Scotty Neitzel. Brandon Wimmer who was 6th with 3 laps to go charged to 3rd followed by Jeremy Schultz and Jake Blackhurst.
A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:25:21.038
- 17B-Bill Balog, 25:21.038[9]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 25:22.539[3]; 3. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 25:23.184[7]; 4. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 25:23.411[6]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 25:24.108[2]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, 25:24.579[8]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, 25:25.658[5]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, 25:25.950[1]; 9. 15M-Justin Miller, 25:27.633[19]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, 25:28.739[10]; 11. 12W-Josh Walter, 25:29.019[13]; 12. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 25:29.683[14]; 13. 7-Zane Devault, 25:30.050[11]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 25:30.867[15]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 25:31.523[16]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 25:31.234[12]; 17. 8-Jack Croaker, 25:32.242[22]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 25:32.601[24]; 19. 24M-Adam Miller, 25:33.160[18]; 20. 20A-Jordan Adams, 25:33.703[23]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 25:35.913[21]; 22. 45-Matt Wiese, 25:37.162[17]; 23. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, 20:50.372[20]; 24. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, 07:06.407[4]; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tiscchendorf, 07:06.407
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:09:06.736 Presented by Weld Wheels / EMI - 02-Mike Reinke, 09:06.736[3]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, 09:08.816[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 09:09.506[4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 09:14.890[1]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 09:14.900[5]; 6. 24M-Adam Miller, 09:17.236[8]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer, 09:18.762[7]; 8. 8-Jack Croaker, 09:18.962[6]; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tiscchendorf, 09:18.962
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:09:19.095 Presented by All Star Performance / AutoMeter - 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 09:19.095[1]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 09:20.535[3]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 09:21.579[4]; 4. 12W-Josh Walter, 09:24.604[7]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 09:25.910[5]; 6. 15M-Justin Miller, 09:26.552[8]; 7. 7-Zane Devault, 09:27.170[2]; 8. 20A-Jordan Adams, 09:30.712[6]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:04:44.398 Presented by Behling Racing - 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:44.398[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:49.164[2]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 04:49.834[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 04:51.925[3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, 04:54.559[5]; 6. 45-Matt Wiese, 04:49.089[7]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 04:50.605[8]; 8. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 03:56.274[6]
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:00:25 Presented by Osborn and Sons Trucking - 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.015[13]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.028[4]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.071[5]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.168[18]; 5. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.180[14]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.304[19]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.338[6]; 8. 7-Zane Devault, 00:12.338[10]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.369[15]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.384[11]; 11. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.465[9]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.532[1]; 13. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.589[7]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.694[23]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.705[17]; 16. 8-Jack Croaker, 00:13.000[24]; 17. 20A-Jordan Adams, 00:13.111[8]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.175[21]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.252[16]; 20. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:13.442[25]; 21. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.654[2]; 22. 24M-Adam Miller, 00:13.911[3]; 23. 15M-Justin Miller, 00:13.975[12]; 24. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:14.100[22]; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tiscchendorf, 00:09.999
Hotlaps 1 00:15:17 - 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.402[15]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.551[18]; 3. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.658[14]; 4. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.827[9]; 5. 7-Zane Devault, 00:12.854[10]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.860[13]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.935[21]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.940[17]; 9. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.101[19]; 10. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.153[5]; 11. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.276[23]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.406[1]; 13. 8-Jack Croaker, 00:13.414[24]; 14. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.432[6]; 15. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:13.643[25]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.646[11]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.708[16]; 18. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.844[4]; 19. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.937[22]; 20. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:14.044[7]; 21. 15M-Justin Miller, 00:14.211[12]; 22. 24M-Adam Miller, 00:14.241[3]; 23. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:14.517[2]; 24. 20A-Jordan Adams, 00:09.999[8]; 25. 26T-Tyler Tiscchendorf, 00:09.999[20]
Submitted By: Kim Tennyson
