Gibbsville Cheese INEX Legends/Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series 

7-29-06

Dennis Thompson

It was a tough night for the Gibbsville Cheese INEX Legends/Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series at the Raceway at Powercom Park on Saturday night. The crash filled A-Main event was shortened to 10 laps when the race exceeded its time limit.

The first incident occurred on the opening lap when Steve Boelter of Verona spun in turn four. While the field scrambled to avoid Boelter, Mike Mueller of Waupun was not as fortunate as the others as he made contact that would cause damage severe enough to sideline Boelter. Mueller, fortunately, did not receive heavy damage and was able to continue. The field lined up for a complete restart and when the green flag waved, Phil Van Tatenhove of Sheboygan Falls grabbed the lead. However, the caution flag waved again with only one lap complete for a four  car incident in turn four involving Joey Johnson of Slinger, Eric Barth of Sauk City, Warren Ropp of Kalona, IA and Greg Hartlaub of Sheboygan Falls. Only Ropp was able to rejoin the field for the restart. Back under green, Van Tatenhove led while the rest of the field battled for position. Brian Peterson of Mukwonago was tagged by another car on lap three and spun to bring out the caution for a third time. Phil Van Tatenhove led once again on the restart, but now Joel Wyttenbach of Sauk City was moving up quickly using the outside groove. On lap six, Wyttenbach powered his way by Van Tatenhove to take over the lead. Terry Walber of Sheboygan and Nic Savaglio of Machesney Park, IL brought out the caution for the fourth time in turn four. That incident was followed by a spin in turn two that brought out the caution and the checkered flag because the event had exceeded the allotted time for the race. Joel Wyttenbach recorded his fourth win of the season. Phil Van Tatenhove took second ahead of Adam Reed of Beaver Dam and Bethany Wyttenbach of Plain. Warren Ropp recovered from the first lap incident to finish in fifth.

Phil Van Tatenhove and Warren Ropp were victorious in heat race action earlier in the evening.

 Gibbsville Cheese INEX Legends/Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series

A-Main (1-10) – Joel Wyttenbach, Phil Van Tatenhove, Adam Reed, Bethany Wyttenbach, Warren Ropp, Brian Peterson, Kevin Brill, Tom Hunter, Kyle LaPier, Brad Weber, (11-19) – Mike Mueller, Don Gillham, Nic Savaglio, Terry Walber, Ed Surprise, Joey Johnson, Eric Barth, Greg Hartlaub, Steve Boelter

Heat 1 – Phil Van Tatenhove, Adam Reed, Eric Barth, Brad Weber, Brian Peterson, Greg Hartlaub, Ed Surprise, Tom Hunter, Mike Mueller, Kyle LaPier

Heat 2 – Warren Ropp, Joel Wyttenbach, Bethany Wyttenbach, Joey Johnson, Steve Boelter, Kevin Brill, Terry Walber, Don Gillham, Nic Savaglio