By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 14, 2021 – As the 2021 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing campaign took a turn down the home stretch, the on-track action was hot and heavy with point championships hanging in the balance in all four divisions at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 14.

Two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion and current point leader Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh used a late-race charge in dense lapped traffic to notch his fourth A-main victory of the 2021 campaign in the 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car main event.

Four-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake made a triumphant return from a wicked accident in his last appearance at The Plymouth Dirt Track on June 25 to notch his first victory of the 2021 PDTR season in the 25-lap Sheboygan’s Country B93.7 Late Model A main.

Luke Scholten of Oostburg posted a commanding flag-to-flag victory in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A main to post his second main event triumph of the 2021 PDTR season.

Sheboygan’s Trevor Frank notched his first career A-main victory in the 25-lap Cellcom B Mod A main.

Polesitter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend jumped into the lead on the drop of the green flag with outside front row starter Tyler Tischendorf of Waupaca taking second. On lap 3, Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls, who started fifth, seized second.

Two laps later, Arenz slipped past Karnitz to take over the top spot in turn four. Meanwhile, Brandon McMullen, who started 10^th, charged his way into third on lap nine just before the lone caution of the race appeared later on lap nine when Adam Miller of Plymouth spun in turn four.

On the restart, Karnitz used a big move to slide in front of Arenz and regain the lead in turn two with Tischendorf and McMullen in tow as Arenz fell back in the field along the cushion. On lap 14, McMullen worked the high groove to move past Tischendorf and gain second in the running order.

As the laps wound down, Karnitz caught the rear of the field on lap 21 with McMullen trailing close behind. On lap 24, Karnitz bobbled along the cushion in heavy lapped traffic, which allowed McMullen to take over the lead in turn four.

Arenz rebounded in the closing laps to assume second, while McMullen held on to secure his 24^th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 34^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association main event win.

The victory pushed McMullen past two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Danny Schlafer of Sussex into second place on the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory list and moved him just one win behind two-time PDTR 360 Sprint champ Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee, who currently sits atop the main event victory list with 25.

Arenz rallied to finish second, Tischendorf placed a career-best third, 13^th starter Tim Haddy of Waupun charged up through the field to finish fourth and Karnitz rounded out the top five.

Outside front row starter Jayme Zidar of Greenfield outpowered polesitter Justin Ritchie of New London to grab the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap Late Model A main with third starter Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove moving past Ritchie into second.

As Zidar led, Ritchie used the high groove of the smooth, two-groove track surface to take second from Schmidt on lap 8 just before the first of three caution flags appeared on lap 8 when Sawyer Specht of Sheboygan Falls spun into the infield in turn four.

On the restart, contact resulted in a five-car mishap along the frontstretch involving Justin Richie, Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha, Bill Edler of Howards Grove, Eric Michaels of Cleveland and Jake Van Engen of Howards Grove. Edler and Michaels could not continue, while the other drivers involved in the incident were able to restart the race.

In addition, the leading car of Zidar was sent to the rear of the field on the restart for his involvement in the incident.

When the race resumed, Charlie Schmidt paced the field before fourth starter Turk Letizia of Milwaukee dove low to seize the lead in turn two on lap nine. By lap 15, Letizia had bolted out to a full straightaway lead over Charlie Schmidt.

On lap 16, sixth starter Brad Mueller worked the high groove to move into third. Six laps later, the third caution flag of the event was displayed when Zidar stopped in turn four.

Following the restart, Mueller flexed his muscle in a big way along the high groove to pull even with the low-riding Letizia on lap 22. The two veteran drivers dueled side by side over the next three laps before Mueller surged ahead coming to the white flag.

Mueller fended off Letizia on the final lap to earn his 22^nd career PDTR Late Model A-main victory in his first appearance at The Plymouth Dirt Track since a vicious rollover accident while leading the Russ Scheffler Tribute Race on June 25.

Letizia finished second, three-time and defending champion and current Late Model point leader Justin Schmidt of Cleveland finished third after starting fifth, ninth starter Jim Schmidt of Cleveland wound up fourth and rookie Justin Green of Sheboygan Falls moved up from his 11^th starting spot to place fifth.

Justin Schmidt heads into the final Late Model points event of the 2021 PDTR season on Saturday, Aug. 21 with a 26-point lead over Turk Letizia and a 46-point cushion over Charlie Schmidt in his quest for a fourth consecutive division points title.

Polesitter Luke Scholten took the lead on the opening lap of the Grand National A main with second starter Steven Weber of Plymouth in tow. Scholten wasted no time in building up a full straightaway cushion over Weber by lap 6.

On lap 8, two-time PDTR Grand National champ Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis passed fifth starter Dick Hed of Plymouth to take over third, As Scholten raced out to a half-lap cushion over Weber, 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Plymouth, who started eighth, moved into third on lap 7, following a side-by-side duel with Sorce Jr.

The lone caution of the race appeared on lap 24 when Steven Ruh of New Holstein spun the Bender Racing 89 car in turn one. On the restart, Scholten again pulled away from the field as Tyler Kulow dove low to slide into second on the final lap.

Scholten went on to notch his 15^th career PDTR Grand National A-main win to move into sole possession of second place on the division’s all-time main event victory list.

Kulow finished second, Weber wound up third, Sorce Jr. was fourth and Hed rounded out the top five.

After the first of six caution flags was displayed for a two-car incident in turn two on the initial start of the 25-lap B Mod A main, outside front row starter Donny Singer of Random Lake led the opening lap. On lap 2, third starter Brandon Knepprath of Boltonville moved past polesitter Patrick Hanson of Sheboygan Falls to take over second.

Following the second caution flag appeared for a one-car spin in turn two on lap 5, Singer continued to lead as fourth starter Justin Bauer of Sheboygan Falls advanced to second on lap 7.

Two laps later, Bauer closed in to challenge Singer for the top spot. On lap 10, Bauer pounced as he used the low line to assume the lead in turn three.

Two more caution flags were displayed on lap 2 for separate single-car incidents, which bunched up the field behind the lead car of Justin Bauer.

On lap 4, Trevor Frank, who started eighth, worked the high line to power around sixth starter Shane Long of Sheboygan Falls into second. One lap later, Frank pressured the low-riding Bauer along the outside groove.

The two drivers, who are also dueling for the PDTR B Mod points championship this year, battled side by side over the next three laps with Frank finally wrestling the top spot away from B Mod point leader Bauer in turn four on lap 18.

Two more cautions came out for single-car incidents on lap 20 and lap 23, but they did not deter Frank as he fended off Bauer to record his first career PDTR B Mod A main victory in his second season of racing action.

Bauer wound up second, Shane Long placed third, seventh starter Barry Maas of Cascade, who was making his first PDTR appearance of the 2021 season, placed fourth and ninth starter Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls rounded out the top five.

Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee won the 15-lap PDTR 360 Sprint B main.

The 15^th PDTR program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by JDL Automotive, drew 76 total cars, including 32 360 Sprint Cars, 17 Late Models, 16 B Mods and 11 Grand Nationals.

PDTR action featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Grand Nationals and B Mods is scheduled to resume on Saturday, Aug. 21 with Autograph Night as the first 200 kids will receive free checkered flags and backpacks courtesy of Hopf Farms and Kids Night featuring a candy drop and glow stick giveaways.

Spectator gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Bill Taylor 2, Dylan Winkel 3, Tim Haddy 4, Chris Clayton 5, Kurt Davis 6, Lance Fassbender 7, Matt Rechek 8, Katelyn Krebsbach.

HEAT 2

1, Jeremy Schultz 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Josh Teunissen 4, Brandon Berth 5, Chris Larson 6, Will Gerrits 7, Cole Possi 8, Austin Hartmann.

HEAT 3

1, Doug Wondra 2, Tyler Tischendorf 3, Justin Miller 4, Justin Erickson 5, Tyler Brabant 6, Adam Miller 7, Tyler Davis 8, Tommy Colburn (DNS).

HEAT 4

1, Alex Pokorski 2, Travis Arenz 3, Ben Schmidt 4, Kevin Karnitz 5, Preston Ruh 6, Scott Conger 7, Anthony Knierim 8, Blake Wondra.

B MAIN

1, Kurt Davis 2, Brandon Berth 3, Will Gerrits 4, Adam Miller 5, Lance Fassbender 6, Anthony Knierim 7, Chris Larson 8, Tyler Davis 9, Blake Wondra 10, Scott Conger 11, Matt Rechek 12, Preston Ruh 13, Cole Possi 14, Katelyn Krebsbach 15, Austin Hartmann 16, Tommy Colburn.

A MAIN

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Travis Arenz 3, Tyler Tischendorf 4, Tim Haddy 5, Kevin Karnitz 6, Bill Taylor 7, Chris Clayton 8, Jeremy Schultz 9, Ben Schmidt 10, Justin Erickson 11, Doug Wondra 13, Lance Fassbender 14, Will Gerrits 15, Dylan Winkel 16, Kurt Davis 17, Brandon Berth 18, Adam Miller 19, Alex Pokorski 20, Anthony Knierim 21, Josh Teunissen 22, Tyler Brabant.

SHEBOYGAN’S  COUNTRY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Bill Edler 2, Joe Bongiorno 3, Jim Schmidt 4, Justin Schmidt 5, Justin Green 6, Sawyer Specht 7, Jake Van Engen 8, Donny Singer 9, Wayne Freimund.

HEAT 2

1, Taylor Scheffler 2, Brad Mueller 3, Charlie Schmidt 4, Turk Letizia 5, Justin Ritchie 6, Jayme Zidar 7, Billy Rezutek 8, Eric Michaels.

A MAIN

1, Brad Mueller 2, Turk Letizia 3, Justin Schmidt 4, Jim Schmidt 5, Justin Green 6, Jon Bongiorno 7, Justin Ritchie 8, Wayne Freimund 9, Jake Van Engen 10, Sawyer Specht 11, Donny Singer 12, Jayme Zidar 13, Charlie Schmidt 14, Taylor Scheffler 15, Bill Edler 16, Billy Rezutek 17, Eric Michaels.

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

HEAT 1

1, Jonathan Otte 2, Dick Hed 3, Mavrick Ruh 4, Derek Kaat 5, Steven Ruh 6, Andy Singer.

HEAT 2

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Tyler Kulow 3, Steven Weber 4, Luke Scholten 5, Donny Kulow.

A MAIN

1, Luke Scholten 2, Tyler Kulow 3, Steven Weber 4, Don Sorce Jr. 5, Dick Hed 6, Donny Kulow 7, Jonathan Otte 8, Mavrick Ruh 9, Derek Kaat 10, Andy Singer 11, Steven Ruh.

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Barry Maas 2, Rick Kretschmann 3, Shane Long 4, Donny Singer 5, Gary Glander 6, Rory Welch 7, Jim Fischer 8, Christopher Gilson.

HEAT 2

1, Trevor Frank 2, Brandon Knepprath 3, Justin Bauer 4, Spencer Long 5, Patrick Hanson 6, Phil Campanella 7, Steven Lorier 8, Matthew Roehl.

A MAIN

1, Trevor Frank 2, Justin Bauer 3, Shane Long 4, Barry Maas 5, Spencer Long 6, Steve Lorier 7, Donny Singer 8, Rory Welch 9, Brandon Knepprath 10, Patrick Hanson 11, Gary Glander 12, Matthew Roehl 13, Rick Kretschmann 14, Phil Campanella 15, Jim Fischer 16, Christopher Gilson.

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 31, 2021 – Three of the region’s premier open wheel series were front and center on the same track on the same night for the only time during the 2021 season as Plymouth Dirt Track Racing hosted the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Cars, Plymouth Dirt Track Racing-Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Cars and Badger Midget Auto Racing Association at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, July 31.

In the 25^th annual 30-lap IRA Sprint Car Frank Filskov Memorial A main, Jordan Goldesberry of Springfield, Ill. claimed his first IRA main event victory of the 2021 season following a thrilling duel with two-time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel of Beaver Dam in the 410 Sprint Car headliner.

2011 PDTR and MSA 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth worked the outside groove and lapped traffic to perfection in the closing laps to secure his third 25-lap PDTR A-main victory of the 2021 campaign.

Two-time defending champion and current Badger Midgets point leader Chase McDermand of Springfield, Ill. racked up his fifth A-main victory of the 2021 season in the 25-lap main event.

Polesitter Josh Walter of Plymouth grabbed the lead on the drop of the green flag of the IRA Frank Filskov Memorial A main with third starter Scotty Neitzel in tow. As Walter rode the cushion of the wide, smooth and slick racing surface, Neitzel worked the low line to challenge for the lead beginning on lap 6.

Two laps later, Neitzel powered into the lead after Walter jumped the cushion in turn two. On lap 11, Neitzel caught the rear of the 20-car field and set forth on the task of weaving his way through lapped traffic.

On lap 14 the lone caution flag of the race appeared when IRA rookie Bailey Goldesberry of Springfield, Ill. spun in turn two.

On the restart, Blake Nimee of Oswego, Ill., who started fifth, pulled off a slide job to steal second from Walter. One lap later, Jordan Goldesberry, who started second, followed Nimee into third.

Nimee and Goldesberry then proceeded to engage in heated duel for second starting on lap 19 with Goldesberry eventually securing the position on lap 24. One lap later, Goldesberry utilized the inside lane to challenge the high-riding Neitzel for the lead.

On lap 16, Goldesberry pulled off a slide job entering turn three to secure the top spot from Neitzel. As Goldesberry opened up a lead while negotiating heavy lapped traffic, eighth starter Scotty Thiel of Sheboygan working the high line to vault his way into second.

Goldesberry held off Thiel’s late-race charge to wrap up his fifth career IRA A-main victory. Thiel finished second, Neitzel wound up third, Nimee placed fourth and 2016 IRA champion Jeremy Schultz of Beaver Dam, who started fourth, placed fifth.

“These races are tough to win and it feels good to get one tonight,” Goldesberry said. “We didn’t start off that good tonight, but we kept working on it throughout the night. I don’t think we were necessarily the best car out there in the beginning of the race, but we just got better and better and it all came together at the end.”

The initial start of the PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main was called back when point leader Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls stopped in turn two. After a complete restart, second-year driver Alex Pokorski of West Bend, who started on the pole, outpowered two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee, who started second, to lead the opening lap.

As Pokorski ran smooth laps along the low groove in the early stages of the race, Davis cut the gap to move within striking distance on lap 12. On lap 14, Pokorski caught the back of the field and encountered slower cars dueling side by side for position.

Meanwhile, seventh starter Ben Schmidt had moved his way into second and was quickly closing in on Pokorski for the lead. On lap 18, Schmidt used the outside groove to power around Pokorski and into the lead in turn two.

Two laps later, Davis ducked underneath Pokorski to secure second as Schmidt built up a full-straightaway cushion at the front of the field. Schmidt skillfully worked his way through lapped traffic over the final five laps to post his 13^th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory, 30^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association main event triumph and fourth overall Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main win of the 2021 season.

Davis placed second, fourth starter Bill Taylor of Boltonville finished third, Justin Erickson of Plymouth, who started fifth, took fourth and Pokorski secured a career-best fifth-place showing.

Outside front row starter Jack Routson of Waterman, Ill., who started second, jumped into the lead in turn one of the opening lap of the Badger Midgets A main.

By lap 5, Routson, who won the last Badger Midgets A main contested at The Plymouth Dirt Track in 2019, quickly bolted away to a half-lap lead over polesitter Ken Hanson of Vinton, Iowa.

On lap 9, seventh starter Chase McDermand secured second and set his sights on the leader. Six laps later, Routson began to negotiate heavy lapped traffic, which allowed McDermand to close the gap significantly.

On lap 20, McDermand began to hound Routson for the top spot in thick lapped traffic before using a high move in turn two on lap 22 to take over the lead. On lap 24, the lone caution flag of the race was displayed when Lamont Critchett of Demotte, Ind. stopped in turn two.

McDermand commanded the green, white, checkered flag restart to notch his fifth Badger Midgets A-main victory of the 2021 campaign. Routson had to settle for second, third starter Kyle Stark of of Marshall finished third, Cody Weisensel of Sun Prairie placed fourth after starting eighth and fifth starter Todd Kluever of Sun Prairie rounded out the top five.

In IRA 410 Sprint Car Series qualifying, Scotty Thiel broke his own track record, which he set earlier this season on July 1, with a lap of 11.047 seconds.

2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender of Burnett won the 15-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car B main.

The 14^th PDTR program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Jensen Sales & Service, drew 75 total cars, including 28 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 25 Badger Midgets and 22 IRA 410 Sprint Cars.

PDTR action featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Late Models, Grand Nationals and B Mods is scheduled to resume on Saturday, Aug. 7 with Autograph Night as the first 200 kids will receive free checkered flags and backpacks courtesy of Hopf Farms.

Spectator gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CARS

QUALIFYING

1, Scotty Thiel 11.047 2, Jake Blackhurst 11.279 3, Scotty Neitzel 11.338 4, Mike Reinke 11.382 5, Danny Schlafer 11.390 6, Jeremy Schultz 11.417 7, Blake Nimee 11.485 8, Jordan Goldesberry 11.523 9, Josh Walter 11.582 10, Russel Borland 11.601 11, Dave Uttech 11.659 12, Jack Vanderboom 11.665 13, Steve Meyer 11.683 14, Jereme Schroeder 11.702 15, Kris Spitz 11.829 16, Hunter Custer 12.020 17, Bailey Goldesberry 12.057 18, John Fahl 12.083 19, Scott Conger 12.659 20, Preston Ruh 13.151 21, Al Schlafer (No time) 22, Robbie Pribnow (No time).

HEAT 1

1, Blake Nimee 2, Russel Borland 3, Mike Reinke 4, Scotty Thiel 5, Steve Meyer 6, Hunter Custer 7, Scott Conger.

HEAT 2

1, Dave Uttech 2, Jordan Goldesberry 3, Jereme Schroeder 4, Jake Blackhurst 5, Danny Schlafer 6, Bailey Goldesberry 7, Preston Ruh.

HEAT 3

1, Scotty Neitzel 2, Jack Vanderboom 3, Kris Spitz 4, Jeremy Schultz 5, John Fahl 6, Josh Walter.

DASH 1

1, Josh Walter 2, Scotty Neitzel 3, Blake Nimee 4, Danny Schlafer 5, Mike Reinke.

DASH 2

1, Jordan Goldesberry 2, Jeremy Schultz 3, Jake Blackhurst 4, Scotty Thiel 5, Dave Uttech.

A MAIN

1, Jordan Goldesberry 2, Scotty Thiel 3, Scotty Neitzel 4, Blake Nimee 5, Jeremy Schultz 6, Russel Borland 7, Steve Meyer 8, Jake Blackhurst 9, Josh Walter 10, Danny Schlafer 11, Mike Reinke 12, Jeremy Schroeder 13, John Fahl 14, Preston Ruh 15, Dave Uttech 16, Kris Spitz 17, Hunter Custer 18, Jack Vanderboom 19, Scott Conger 20, Bailey Goldesberry – Al Schlafer (DNS), Robbie Pribnow (DNS).

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Tim Haddy 2, Tyler Davis 3, Bill Taylor 4, Doug Wondra 5, Tyler Tischendorf 6, Kevin Karnitz 7, Matt Rechek.

HEAT 2

1, Kurt Davis 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Tony Wondra 4, Brandon McMullen 5, Lance Fassbender 6, Tyler Brabant 7, Jack Vanderboom.

HEAT 3

1, Alex Pokorski 2, Brandon Berth 3, Chris Clayton 4, Adam Miller 5, Austin Hartmann 6, Dylan Winkel 7, Travis Arenz.

HEAT 4

1, Justin Erickson 2, Will Gerrits 3, Justin Miller 4, Josh Teunissen 5, Katelyn Krebsbach 6, Blake Wondra 7, Tristan Koenings.

B MAIN

1, Lance Fassbender 2, Adam Miller 3, Josh Teunissen 4, Kevin Karnitz 5, Travis Arenz 6, Tyler Brabant 7, Austin Hartmann 8, Blake Wondra 9, Jack Vanderboom 10, Dylan Winkel 11, Tristan Koenings 12, Matt Rechek.

A MAIN

1, Ben Schmidt 2, Kurt Davis 3, Bill Taylor 4, Justin Erickson 5, Alex Pokorski 6, Brandon McMullen 7, Chris Clayton 8, Justin Miller 9, Brandon Berth 10, Lance Fassbender 11, Will Gerrits 12, Tyler Davis 13, Doug Wondra 14, Tyler Tischendorf 15, Kevin Karnitz 16, Travis Arenz 17, Tim Haddy 18, Adam Miller 19, Tony Wondra 20, Josh Teunissen 21, Tyler Brabant 22, Katelyn Krebsbach.

BADGER MIDGET AUTO RACING ASSOCIATION

QUALIFYING

1, Adam Taylor  13.791 2, Chase McDermand 13.826 3, Zach Boden 13.914 4, Todd Kluever 14.186 5, Kevin Olson 14.215 6, Andy Baugh 14.261 7, Kyle Stark 14.317 8, Lamont Critchett 14.384 9, Jack Routson 14.393 10, Kyle Koch 14.502 11, Aaron Muhle 14.513 12, Ken Hanson 14.536 13, Cody Weisensel 14.542 14, Mike Stroik 14.710 15, Jeremy Douglas 14.719 16, Kevin Douglas 14.734 17, Jordan Nelson 14.914 18, Jim Fuerst 14.944 19, Jake Goeglein 14.986 20, Charlie Spoonmore 15.164 21, Charles Kunz 15.203 22, Shay Sassano 15.265 23, Harrison Kleven 15.277 24, Peter Dempsey 16.010 25, Matt Rechek 18.999.

NON-QUALIFIER

1, Charlie Spoonmore 2, Jim Fuerst 3, Shay Sassano 4, Jordan Nelson 5, Harrison Kleven 6, Peter Dempsey 7, Jake Goeglein 8, Charles Kunz 9, Matt Rechek.

HEAT 1

1, Todd Kluever 2, Andy Baugh 3, Ken Hanson 4, Kevin Douglas 5, Chas McDermand 6, Mike Stroik 7, Kyle Koch 8, Lamont Critchett.

HEAT 2

1, Jack Routson 2, Zach Boden 3, Cody Weisensel 4, Kyle Stark 5, Jeremy Douglas 6, Adam Taylor 7, Kevin Olson 8, Aaron Muhle.

A MAIN

1, Chase McDermand 2, Jack Routson 3, Kyle Stark 4, Cody Weisensel 5, Todd Kluever 6, Zach Boden 7, Jeremy Douglas 8, Adam Taylor 9, Kevin Douglas 10, Mike Stroik 11, Ken Hanson 12, Kevin Olson 13, Jim Fuerst 14, Andy Baugh 15, Kyle Koch 16, Jake Goeglein 17, Harrison Kleven 18, Peter Dempsey 19, Charlie Spoonmore 20, Jordan Nelson 21, Shay Sassano 22, Lamont Critchett 23, Charles Kunz – Matt Rechek (DNS), Aaron Muhle (DNS).

By Jeff Pederson, Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 24, 2021 – On a night honoring one of the most beloved former racers and flagmen in the 71-year history of The Plymouth Dirt Track, Plymouth Dirt Track Racing put on a show in every sense of the word highlighted by thrilling finishes, special tributes, impromptu reunions and a post-race party on Dave Deicher Tribute Night at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, July 24.

In the 360 Sprint Car A main, two-time PDTR division champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh collected his third overall and second consecutive Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car main event victory of the 2021 campaign.

Three-time and defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland notched his third consecutive and fifth overall Sheboygan’s County 93.7 Late Model A-main victory of the 2021 season.

2019 PDTR Grand National champ Tyler Kulow of Plymouth earned his second A-main victory of the 2021 campaign in the Oostburg Automotive A main and Travis Schmidt of Plymouth notched his second Cellcom B Mod A main victory of the 2021 season.

Two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee grabbed the lead on the drop of the green flag on the opening lap of the special 26-lap A main run in honor the No. 26 that Deicher carried for many years on his Winged Super Modified.

On lap 5, outside front row starter Tyler Brabant of Waupun worked the outside groove of the wide, smooth and slick race surface to pressure Davis for the top spot. After Davis used the low line to pull away from Brabant, fourth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend charged in to take over second in the running order on lap 11.

Four laps later, the lone caution flag of the race appeared on lap 15 when Brabant spun in turn two. Following the restart, Davis maintained the top spot with Karnitz in tow, while the seventh starting Brandon McMullen moved into third along the middle groove.

On lap 21, McMullen worked around Karnitz to take second and quickly closed the gap on Davis. With one lap to go, McMullen ducked under Davis along the inside groove exiting turn four on lap 25.

Davis battled back on the final lap to pull even with McMullen in turn one. The former champions dueled side by side to the finish with McMullen nipping Davis by a narrow margin to collect his 23rd career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 33rd overall Midwest Sprint Car Association main event win.

McMullen’s victory moved him into a tie for second place on the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory list with two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Danny Schlafer of Sussex.

Davis had to settle for second, Karnitz finished third, point leader Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls moved up from his 12th starting spot to finish fourth and third starter Tim Haddy of Waupun rounded out the top five.

Joe Bongiorno of Milwaukee bolted into the lead on the opening lap of the 26-lap Late Model A main from the pole position before the lone caution flag of the race appeared on lap 2 when Donny Singer of Random Lake and Chad Ludwigson of Sheboygan Falls got stuck together and stopped exiting turn four.

Following the restart, third starter Bill Edler of Howards Grove, who was making his debut behind the wheel of a Late Model, worked his way into second. On lap 5, seventh starter Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha began his charge to the front of the pack as he moved into fourth.

While Bongiorno built up a full straightaway cushion over Edler at the front of the field, Scheffler used the outside groove to power around sixth starter Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove into third on lap 11 and Edler into second on lap 12.

By lap 16, Scheffler had closed the gap on Bongiorno, while eighth starter Justin Schmidt worked his way into third.

As Bongiorno hit lapped traffic, Scheffler rode the high line into the lead in turn three on lap 19, while Justin Schmidt assumed second on lap 22.

One lap later, Schmidt cut the gap significantly on Scheffler before shooting into the lead with a low move in turn four on lap 24 in heavy lapped traffic. Scheffler powered back to the cushion to duel side-by-side with Justin Schmidt to the finish line.

However, it was not quite enough as Justin Schmidt held on to secure his 18th career PDTR A-main victory and fifth A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track in the last six main event races.

Scheffler placed a close second, Bongiorno held on for a PDTR Late Model career-best third-place showing, Edler posted a career-best PDTR Late Model fourth-place-finish in his division debut and Charlie Schmidt rounded out the top five.

Polesitter Dick Hed of Plymouth took the lead in turn one of the opening lap of the 26-lap Grand National A main with third starter Tyler Kulow moving into second.

The first of four caution flags was displayed on lap 3 when Andy Singer spun in turn one. On lap later, Andy Singer spun again in turn three to bring out the second caution flag of the race.

On the restart, 2018 PDTR Grand National champ Matt Loehr of Dotyville worked up from the 11th starting spot to make it a three-way duel for the lead with Hed and two-time PDTR Grand National champion Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis, who started sixth.

However, Hed and Sorce Jr. made contact in turn three on lap 6 to send Sorce Jr. spinning in turn four, which brought out the third caution flag of the race. Hed and Sorce Jr. were each sent to the rear of the field following the incident.

Kulow controlled the restart, while Loehr moved in to challenge for the top spot on lap 9. Loehr closed up to within inches of Kulow’s bumper before rookie Mavrick Ruh of Sheboygan Falls spun in turn one to bring out the fourth and final caution flag of the race on lap 24.

Kulow held strong on the final single-file restart as he secured his 10th career PDTR Grand National A-main victory. Loehr finished second, fifth starter Luke Scholten of Oostburg placed third, Donny Kulow of Elkhart Lake, who started seventh, finished fourth and Sorce Jr. rallied from his lap 6 incident to place fifth.

After a spin involving Donny Singer brought out the first of five caution flags to negate the initial start, outside front row starter Kyle Odekirk of Plymouth outdueled polesitter Justin Bauer of Sheboygan Falls to grab the lead on lap 2.

The second caution flag appeared on lap 2 when Phil Campanella of Sheboygan Falls spun in turn three. After the restart, Odekirk held down the top spot as Bauer held second and fourth starter Trevor Frank of Sheboygan moved into third.

The third caution was displayed when rookie Vince Jung spun in turn four on lap 6 right before the fourth caution flag appeared when two-time PDTR B Mod champion Tim Warner of Fond du Lac hit the turn two wall.

On the restart, 10th starter Travis Schmidt began to make his presence felt as he maneuvered his way into third. As Odekirk remained in front by a full straightaway, Schmidt assumed second with a high move past Bauer in turn four on lap 14.

Meanwhile, Odekirk held a commanding full straightaway lead on lap 15. On lap 19, Frank worked past Bauer to take over third on lap 20. Just as Odekirk appeared headed to the victory, Schmidt caught a break when Matthew Roehl spun in turn four to bring out the fifth and final caution flag.

Following a single-file restart, Schmidt drove hard along the low groove to slip underneath Odekirk in turn four on lap 25 and held on over the final circuit to earn his fifth career PDTR A-main victory.

Odekirk placed second, Frank wound up third, Bauer finished fourth and seventh starter Gary Glander of Sheboygan Falls rounded out the top five.

Charlie Bergdorf was victorious in the special 12-lap Vintage Modified A main.

Adam Miller of Plymouth captured the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.

As a special tribute to Dave Deicher, who served as a flagman at The Plymouth Dirt Track from 1989 through 2020 and passed away in May 2021, several former flagmen at The Plymouth Dirt Track were on hand during a special pre-race ceremony to honor Deicher and to share in trading off flagging duties for heat race action.

Among the former and current Plymouth flagmen on hand in Deicher’s memory were Bill Krueger, Larry Palm, Roger Mueller, Eric Mueller, Bill Lubach and Steve Crass.

After the racing program, PDTR and the Deicher family sponsored a post-race party featuring free pizza and beer for those in attendance.

The 13h PDTR program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Butch and Blondie Hafemann, drew 86 total cars, including 25 360 Sprint Cars, 23 B Mods, 14 Late Models, 12 Grand Nationals and 12 Vintage Modifieds.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, July 31 with a special all-open wheel  event featuring the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series, the PDTR 360 Sprint Cars and Badger Midgets.

Spectator gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1
1, Kevin Karnitz 2, Chris Clayton 3, Lance Fassbender 4, Will Gerrits 5, Travis Arenz 6, Justin Miller 7, Austin Hartmann 8, Bill Taylor.

HEAT 2
1, Tim Haddy 2, Kurt Davis 3, Josh Teunissen 4, Alex Pokorski 5, Cole Possi 6, Preston Ruh 7, Katelyn Krebsbach 8, Ben Schmidt.

HEAT 3
1, Tyler Brabant 2, Justin Erickson 3, Jack Vanderboom 4, Brandon McMullen 5, Steve Meyer 6, Doug Wondra 7, Tyler Tischendorf 8, Chris Larson.

HEAT 4

B MAIN
1, Adam Miller 2, Tyler Tischendorf 3, Doug Wondra 4, Justin Miller 5, Katelyn Krebsbach 6, Bill Taylor 7, Ben Schmidt 8, Austin Hartmann 9, Chris Larson.

A MAIN
1, Brandon McMullen 2, Kurt Davis 3, Kevin Karnitz 4, Travis Arenz 5, Tim Haddy 6, Justin Erickson 7, Jack Vanderboom 8, Chris Clayton 9, Alex Pokorski 10, Ben Schmidt 11, Will Gerrits 12, Lance Fassbender 13, Justin Miller 14, Preston Ruh 15, Steve Meyer 16, Cole Possi 17, Adam Miller 18, Bill Taylor 19, Tyler Tischendorf 20, Tyler Brabant 21, Josh Teunissen 22, Katelyn Krebsbach, Doug Wondra (DNS).

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1
1, Justin Schmidt 2, Jayme Zidar 3, Turk Letizia 4, Justin Green 5, Brian Konitzer 6, Chad Ludwigson 7, Donny Singer.

HEAT 2
1, Tayler Scheffler 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Joe Bongiorno 4, Bill Edler 5, Sawyer Specht 6, Jake Van Engen 7, Jim Schmidt.

A MAIN
1, Justin Schmidt 2, Taylor Scheffler 3, Jon Bongiorno 4, Bill Edler 5, Charlie Schmidt 6, Justin Green 7, Turk Letizia 8, Jayme Zidar 9, Jim Schmidt 10, Brian Konitzer 11, Sawyer Specht 12, Jake Van Engen 13, Donny Singer 14, Chad Ludwigson.

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

HEAT 1’
1, Luke Scholten 2, Tyler Kulow 3, Donny Kulow 4, Darren Meyer 5, Mavrick Ruh 6, Matt Loehr.

HEAT 2
1, Steven Weber 2, Derek Kaat 3, Dick Hed 4, Don Sorce Jr. 5, Andy Singer 6, Kirby Post.

A MAIN
1, Tyler Kulow 2, Matt Loehr 3, Luke Scholten 4, Donny Kulow 5, Don Sorce Jr. 6, Dick Hed 7, Derek Kaat 8, Darren Meyer 9, Mavrick Ruh 10, Andy Singer 11, Kirby Post 12, Steven Weber.

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1
1, Jonathan Hitsman 2, Travis Schmidt 3, Kyle Odekirk 4, Phil Campanella 5, Patrick Hanson 6, Donny Singer 7, Vince Jung 8, Shane Long.

HEAT 2
1, Steve Lorier 2, Brandon Knepprath 3, Justin Bauer 4, Spencer Long 5, Mathew Roehl 6, Brendan Ostrowski 7, Michael Strean 8, Andy Welter.

HEAT 3
1, Tim Warner 2, Trevor Frank 3, Gary Glander 4, Rory Welch 5, Mark Hoeppner 6, Jim Fischer 7, Craig Gessner.

A MAIN
1, Travis Schmidt 2, Kyle Odekirk 3, Trevor Frank 4, Justin Bauer 5, Gary Glander 6, Andy Welter 7, Brandon Knepprath 8, Mark Hoeppner 9, Steve Lorier 10, Rory Welch 11, Spencer Long 12, Brendan Ostrowski 13, Donny Singer 14, Matthew Roehl 15, Patrick Hanson 16, Shane Long 17, Vince Jung 18, Phil Campanella 19, Craig Gessner 20, Tim Warner 21, Jonathan Hitsman 21, Jim Fischer (DNS) 22, Michael Strean (DNS).

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 17, 2021 – The cream rose to the top as former Plymouth Dirt Track Racing division champions swept all four A-main races Saturday, July 17 at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.

In the PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main, two-time division champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh notched his second 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car A-main victory of the 2021 campaign.

Three-time and defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland notched his second consecutive and fourth overall 25-lap Sheboygan’s County 93.7 Late Model A-main victory of the 2021 season.

Two-time PDTR Grand National champ Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis rolled to his first A-main triumph of 2021, while 2017 PDTR B Mod champion Justin Green of Sheboygan Falls made the most of a fill-in driving opportunity behind the wheel of Spencer Long’s 59s machine to earn the victory in the 25-lap B Mod main event.

Polesitter Will Gerrits of Waupun grabbed the lead in turn one of the opening lap of the 360 Sprint Car A main with 2018 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Justin Miller of Plymouth, who started second, and 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender of Burnett, who started fifth, moving into third.

The first of four caution flags appeared on lap 5 when Fassbender spun in turn three. On the restart, Brandon McMullen, who started seventh, used the outside groove to move into second on lap 6.

Five laps later, McMullen powered around Gerrits and into the top spot along the outside line of the wide, smooth and slick racing surface exiting turn four.

On lap 13, point leader Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls stalled in turn four to bring out the second caution flag. Another caution flag appeared on the ensuing restart as Chris Clayton of Waldo, Doug Wondra of Lomira and Tyler Brabant of Waupun collided along the backstretch.

McMullen controlled the next restart with Gerrits in second and 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Ben Schmidt of Plymouth, who started ninth, in third.

The fourth and final caution flag was displayed on lap 14 when Justin Erickson of Plymouth, Blake Wondra of Fond du Lac and Tyler Brabant made contact in turn four.

Following the restart, Schmidt slipped past Gerrits into second, while McMullen bolted away from the field along the cushion. McMullen pulled away from the pack over the final 10 laps en route to his 22^nd career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 32^nd career Midwest Sprint Car Association main event win.

The victory pushed McMullen past Donny Goeden into sole possession of third place on the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main win list.

Schmidt placed second, 18^th starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend charged up to finish third, Gerrits took fourth and Tim Haddy of Waupun worked his way up from his 13^th starting spot to finish fifth.

After a false start, outside front row starter Jayme Zidar of Greenfield led the opening lap of the 25-lap Late Model A main before the first of seven caution flags appeared on lap 3 for an incident involving Dan White and Turk Letizia of Milwaukee.

On the restart, Charlie Schmidt of Oostburg, who started sixth, worked the outside groove to power into the lead exiting turn two. The second caution flag appeared on lap 4 for a spin involving Brian Gerber. Another caution flag was displayed on the restart when Jayme Zidar spun in turn two.

On the ensuing restart, Justin Schmidt, who started ninth, flexed his muscle along the high groove to power his way into third on lap 6. The race was slowed for the fourth time on lap 7 when Wayne Freimund stopped in turn four.

Justin Schmidt utilized the high line on the restart to seize second entering turn one on lap 8 before Wayne Freimund brought out another caution flag on lap 9 when he stalled in turn one.

Two more caution flags followed in quick succession as Donny Singer of Random Lake and Chad Ludwigson of Sheboygan Falls collided in turn four and Jim Schmidt of Cleveland hit the turn one wall.

Justin Schmidt turned it up following the final restart to challenge Charlie Schmidt for the lead beginning on lap 12. Slower traffic allowed Justin Schmidt to move within striking distance on lap 19 and four laps later, he powered into the lead in turn two in heavy lapped traffic.

Justin Schmidt pulled away over the final two laps to secure his 17^th career PDTR Late Model A-main victory to break a tie with his father Jim and move into sole possession of third place on the all-time PDTR Late Model A-main victory list.

The win was also Justin Schmidt’s fourth in the last five PDTR Late Model A main events.

Justin Ritchie, who started fifth, finished second, Charlie Schmidt placed third, 2008 PDTR Late Model champion Billy Rezutek of Big Bend, who started seventh, placed fourth and fourth starter Turk Letizia recovered from an early-race incident to place fifth.

Steven Ruh of New Holstein, who started second, jumped into the lead in turn two of the opening lap of the 25-lap Grand National A main behind the wheel of the Bender Racing No. 89 machine before polesitter Luke Scholten of Oostburg gained the lead in turn four to lead the first lap.

Ruh battled back to seize the lead in turn two on lap 2 before Scholten again wrestled away the lead in turn four to take over the top spot. The first of three caution flags appeared on lap five when Derek Kaat of Howards Groove spun in turn two.

On the restart, Don Sorce Jr., who started sixth, seized second lap 9. Four laps later, Scholten made contact with the lapped car of Darren Meyer, which produced the second caution flag when Meyer spun in turn three on lap 13.

On the restart, Ruh batted back to assume the top spot along the high groove on lap 14 just behind the third and final caution flag came out for Ryan Falk in turn two.

After the final restart, Scholten and Ruh engaged in a heated side-by-side duel before Ruh surged ahead. Meanwhile, Sorce Jr. moved into second and quickly moved in to pressure Ruh for the top spot.

On lap 18, Sorce Jr. ducked low to take over the lead in turn four. Sorce Jr. went on to notch his 14^th career PDTR Grand National A-main triumph. 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Plymouth placed second after starting fifth, Ruh wound up third, seventh starter Donny Kulow of Elkhart Lake placed fourth and third starter Steven Weber of Plymouth rounded out the top five.

Jim Fischer of Oostburg grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap B Mod A main from his outside front row starting spot with third starter Justin Green sliding into second in Spencer Long’s 59s car.

On lap 2, Green shot underneath Fischer to take the lead in turn four. The first of three caution flags appeared on lap 3 when Phil Campanella of Sheboygan Falls spun in turn four.

On the restart, fourth starter Steve Lorier of Sheboygan moved into second while Shane Long of Sheboygan Falls, who started fifth, took third. As Green pulled out to a sizable lead at the front of the field, Lorier brought out the second caution flag when he slowed to a stop along the backstretch on lap 8.

Green drove away from the field on the ensuing restart while eighth starter Trevor Frank of Sheboygan seized third on lap 9. By lap 13, Green had built up a full-straightaway lead over Shane Long before the third and final caution flag was displayed on lap 16 for a spin in turn two involving Michael Strean of Sheboygan.

Frank used a strong restart to take over the second spot before setting his sights on Green. Frank was able to cut into Green’s advantage over the final nine laps, however, he was unable to wrestle the lead away from Green, who went on to notch his division-leading eighth career PDTR B Mod A-main victory.

Frank finished second, Shane Long took third, seventh starter Justin Bauer of Sheboygan Falls placed fourth and Rory Welch of Grafton charged from his 12^th starting spot to finish fifth.

Brandon Berth of Cascade won the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B Main.

The 12^th PDTR program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Cupcake Wonders, drew 75 total cars, including 30 360 Sprint Cars, 18 Late Models, 16 B Mods and 11 Grand Nationals.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, July 24 with action in the 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions on Dave Deicher Tribute Night, which will also feature an appearance by the Vintage Modified division.

Spectator gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Lance Fassbender 2, Chris Clayton 3, Will Gerrits 4, Blake Wondra 5, Justin Erickson 6, Kurt Davis 7, Matt Rechek 8, Katelyn Krebsbach.

HEAT 2

1, Jack Vanderboom 2, Preston Ruh 3, Tyler Tischendorf 4, Alex Pokorski 5, Brandon Berth 6, Adam Miller 7, Scott Conger 8, Josh Teunissen.

HEAT 3

1, Bill Taylor 2, Tony Wondra 3, Tyler Brabant 4, Tim Haddy 5, Dylan Winkel 6, Tyler Davis 7, Tom Kreutz.

HEAT 4

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Travis Arenz 3, Ben Schmidt 4, Justin Miller 5, Kevin Karnitz 6, Doug Wondra 7, Austin Hartmann.

B MAIN

1, Brandon Berth 2, Kevin Karnitz 3, Kurt Davis 4, Justin Erickson 5, Doug Wondra 6, Matt Rechek 7, Tyler Davis 8, Scott Conger 9, Josh Teunissen 10, Austin Hartmann 11, Katelyn Krebsbach 12, Dylan Winkel 13, Adam Miller 14, Tom Kreutz.

A MAIN

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Kevin Karnitz 4, Will Gerrits 5, Tim Haddy 6, Kurt Davis 7, Lance Fassbender 8, Jack Vanderboom 9, Justin Miller 10, Travis Arenz 11, Matt Rechek 12, Bill Taylor 13, Brandon Berth 14, Tyler Brabant 15, Justin Erickson 16, Alex Pokorski 17, Tyler Tischendorf 18, Tony Wondra 19, Blake Wondra 20, Preston Ruh 21, Chris Clayton 22, Doug Wondra.

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Jim Schmidt 2, Billy Rezutek 3, Dan White 4, Justin Schmidt 5, Ron Stroika 6, Eric Michaels.

HEAT 2

1, Turk Letizia 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Wayne Freimund 4, Donny Singer 5, Chad Ludwigson 6, Brian Konitzer.

HEAT 3

1, Jayme Zidar 2, Justin Ritchie 3, Justin Green 4, Sawyer Specht 5, Jake Van Engen 6, Brian Gerber.

A MAIN

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Justin Ritchie 3, Charlie Schmidt 4, Billy Rezutek 5, Turk Letizia 6, Justin Green 7, Jayme Zidar 8, Ron Stroika 9, Eric Michaels 10, Jake Van Engen 11, Dan White 12, Brian Konitzer 13, Donny Singer 14, Wayne Freimund 15, Jim Schmidt 16, Chad Ludwigson 17, Sawyer Specht 18, Brian Gerber.

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

HEAT 1’

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Steven Ruh 3, Dick Hed 4, Donny Kulow 5, Mavrick Ruh 6, Darren Meyer.

HEAT 2

1, Tyler Kulow, 2, Luke Scholten 3, Steven Weber 4, Derek Kaat 5, Ryan Falk.

A MAIN

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Tyler Kulow 3, Steven Ruh 4, Donny Kulow 5, Steven Weber 6, Dick Hed 7, Luke Scholten 8, Mavrick Ruh 9, Darren Meyer 10, Derek Kaat 11, Ryan Falk.

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Craig Gessner 2, Donny Singer 3, Justin Bauer 4, Shane Long 5, Patrick Hanson 6, Jim Fischer 7, Gary Glander 8, Mark Hoeppner.

HEAT 2

1, Trevor Frank 2, Rick Kretschmann 3, Justin Green 4, Steven Lorier 5, Christopher Gilson 6, Rory Welch 7, Phil Campanella 8, Michael Strean.

A MAIN

1, Justin Green 2, Trevor Frank 3, Shane Long 4, Justin Bauer 5, Rory Welch 6, Mark Hoeppner 7, Donny Singer 8, Rick Kretschmann 9, Craig Gessner 10, Patrick Hanson 11, Gary Glander 12, Michael Strean 13, Jim Fischer 14, Steve Lorier 15, Christopher Gilson 16, Phil Campanella.

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 10, 2021 – As the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing season eclipsed the half-way point, three drivers added to their 2021 A-main victory tallies, while another visited victory lane for the first time this year in main-event competition at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, July 10.

In the PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main, Waupun’s Will Gerrits earned his first 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car A-main victory of the 2021 campaign.

Three-time and defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland notched his third 25-lap Sheboygan’s County 93.7 Late Model A-main victory of 2021.

2018 PDTR Grand National champion Matt Loehr of Dotyville claimed his second 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National main-event win of the 2021 season, while Jonathan Hitsman of Sheboygan rolled to his second Cellcom B Mod A-main triumph of the year.

On the drop of the green flag of the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A main, 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Lance Fassbender of Burnett jumped into the lead from the pole position.

On lap 2, lone caution flag of the race appeared when PDTR 360 Sprint Car rookie Matt Rechek of Beaver Dam spun on the backstretch after making contact with Alex Pokorski of West Bend. Rechek was done for the night, while Pokorski went to the work area for repairs before returning to restart at the rear of the field.

Fassbender controlled the restart as Will Gerrits worked the high line to move up to second from his sixth starting spot on lap 3. Meanwhile, ninth starter Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls also rode the high groove of the smooth and slick track surface to seize third on lap 4.

On lap 6, Gerrits powered around Fassbender to take over the top spot exiting turn four, while Arenz slipped into second one lap later. As Arenz tested the high, middle and low lines in an attempt to close the gap on Gerrits, the leaders caught the rear of the field on lap 15.

Three laps later, Arenz moved in to challenge Gerrits for the lead with a daring low move in turn two. However, Gerrits successfully fended off Arenz’s spirited charge to maintain the top spot.

On lap 20, Arenz nearly lost control as his car spun sideways along the outside groove in turn four, which allowed the low-riding Fassbender to regain second. Meanwhile, out in front of the field, Gerrits skillfully maneuvered through lapped traffic to nail down his third career PDTR and Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car A-main victory.

Fassbender held on to finish second, Arenz was third, fourth starter Jack Vanderboom of Dousman took fourth and second starter Tyler Tischendorf of Waupaca rounded out the top five.

Justin Schmidt used his outside front row starting spot to outpower Late Model rookie Justin Green of Sheboygan Falls, who started on the pole, to grab the lead in turn one of the opening lap of the 25-lap PDTR Late Model A main.

The first of two caution flags appeared on lap 2 when 2016 PDTR Late Model champ Tim Buhler of Greenbush made contract with the turn four wall.

Schmidt bolted out into the lead on the restarter with Green and seventh starter Justin Ritchie of New London in tow. The second and final caution flag flew on lap 10 when Jayme Zidar of Greenfield spun in turn one.

On the restart, Schmidt bolted away again while Ritchie moved past Green into second and fifth starter Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove claimed third in the running order.

Justin Schmidt held firm control of the lead along the extreme inside groove of the third-mile clay oval until he got hung up behind a slower car for several laps, which allowed Ritchie to cut the gap significantly.

Ritchie closed to within striking distance on lap 22 before Schmidt maneuvered around the lapped car and extended his lead over the final three laps en route to his 16^th career PDTR Late Model A-main win.

Ritchie had to settle for second, Green posted a career-best third place showing, Charlie Schmidt placed fourth and Turk Letizia of Milwaukee, who started eighth, finished fifth.

Polesitter Steven Weber of Plymouth grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap PDTR B Mod A main, while second starter Dick Hed of Plymouth and Matt Loehr, who started sixth, dueled for second in the early going.

Loehr moved into second on lap 2 before setting his sights firmly on the lead. On lap 3, Loehr used the high line to shoot past Weber into the lead in turn four.

Five laps later, 2019 PDTR Grand National champ Tyler Kulow of Plymouth moved up from his eighth starting spot to take second.

The first of two caution flags appeared on lap 8 when Derek Kaat of Plymouth spun in turn one. On the restart, two-time PDTR Grand National champ Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis used the high groove to move past Kulow into second from his seventh starting spot.

Kulow battled back to mount a spirited duel with the high-riding Sorce Jr. for the runner-up spot starting on lap 10 before the second and final caution flag appeared on lap 13 for a debris.

Kulow and Sorce Jr. reengaged in their heated duel for second following the restart as the tandem moved in to pressure Loehr for the season over the final 12 circuits.

In the closing laps, Loehr held strong to secure his eighth career PDTR Grand National A-main victory. Sorce Jr. finished second, Tyler Kulow placed third, Donny Kulow of Elkhart Lake, who started fifth, placed fourth and 10^th starter Luke Scholten of Oostburg rounded out the top five.

Steve Lorier of Sheboygan Falls jumped into the lead of the 25-lap PDTR B Mod A main from the pole as Boltonville’s Brandon Knepprath, who started second, dueled with Grafton’s Rory Welch, who started third, for the runner-up spot.

Just as sixth starter Jonathan Hitsman was making his presence felt at the front of the field, the first of seven caution flags appeared on lap 4 for debris. Another caution flag was displayed on the ensuing restart for a five-car incident in turn two.

On the restart, Lorier maintained control of the lead as Welch and fifth starter Shane Long of Sheboygan Falls dueled for second starting on lap 4. The third caution flag was thrown on lap 6 for a two-car incident in turn four.

Following the restart, Hitsman made his march to the front primarily utilizing the outside groove. Hitsman worked his way into third on lap 8 before moving into second lap 11 and eventually powering around Lorier and into the lead on lap 14 exiting turn four.

After the fourth caution flag appeared on lap 17 for a two-car incident, Hitsman bolted out to a full-straightaway lead while ninth starter Gary Glander of Sheboygan Falls moved into second.

The fifth caution flag came out on lap 21 for a single-car spin and on the restart it was Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls, who started 16^th, who was turning heads and he seized second on lap 21.

The sixth caution period appeared on lap 22, which set up a battle between Spencer Long and Glander for second in the closing laps.

However, no one had anything for Hitsman as he pulled away to notch his second career PDTR B Mod A-main victory in a race that was flagged as complete following the seventh caution flag of the race for a single-car spin on the 25^th and final lap.

Glander finished second, Spencer Long was third, Shane Long placed fourth and eighth starter Rick Kretschmann of Sheboygan Falls placed fifth.

Adam Miller of Plymouth won the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.

The 11^th PDTR program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Jensen Sales and Service, drew 71 total cars, including 31 360 Sprint Cars, 17 B Mods, 13 Late Models and 10 Grand Nationals.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, July 17 with action in the 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions.

Spectator gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Travis Arenz 2, Tyler Tischendorf 3, Kevin Karnitz 4, Kurt Davis 5, Chris Clayton 6, Austin Hartmann 7, Chris Larson 8, Nick Daywalt (DNS).

HEAT 2

1, Matt Rechek 2, Justin Miller 3, Will Gerrits 4, Josh Teunissen 5, Tim Haddy 6, Ben Schmidt 7, Tyler Brabant 8, Cole Possi.

HEAT 3

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Tony Wondra 4, Justin Erickson 5, Blake Wondra 6, Tom Kreutz 7, Katelyn Krebsbach 8, Dylan Winkel.

HEAT 4

1, Alex Pokorski 2, Jack Vanderboom 3, Doug Wondra 4, Bill Taylor 5, Adam Miller 6, Tyler Davis 7, Preston Ruh.

B MAIN

1, Adam Miller 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Tyler Davis 4, Justin Erickson 5, Josh Teunissen 6, Chris Clayton 7, Austin Hartmann 8, Tyler Brabant 9, Preston Ruh 10, Katelyn Krebsbach 11, Tom Kreutz 12, Chris Larson 13, Dylan Winkel 14, Cole Possi 15, Nick Daywalt (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Will Gerrits 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Travis Arenz 4, Jack Vanderboom 5, Tyler Tischendorf 6, Kevin Karnitz 7, Brandon McMullen 8, Kurt Davis 9, Justin Miller 10, Adam Miller 11, Tony Wondra 12, Doug Wondra 13, Bill Taylor 14, Chris Clayton 15, Blake Wondra 16, Justin Erickson 17, Ben Schmidt 18, Tyler Davis 19, Josh Teunissen 20, Alex Pokorski 21, Tim Haddy 22, Matt Rechek.

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Turk Letizia 2, Justin Ritchie 3, Justin Green 4, Ron Stroika 5, Jayme Zidar 6, Chad Ludwigson 7, Donny Singer.

HEAT 2

1, Jim Schimdt 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Tim Buhler 4, Justin Schmidt 5, Sawyer Specht 6, Jake Van Engen.

A MAIN

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Justin Ritchie 3, Justin Green 4, Charlie Schmidt 5, Turk Letizia 6, Ron Stroika 7, Jim Schmidt 8, Jake Van Engen 9, Chad Ludwigson 10, Sawyer Specht 11, Donny Singer 12, Jayme Zidar 13, Tim Buhler.

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

HEAT 1’

1, Tyler Kulow 2, Donny Kulow 3, Derek Kaat 4, Dylan Struve 5, Mavrick Ruh.

HEAT 2

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Matt Loehr 3, Dick Hed 4, Steven Weber 5, Luke Scholten.

A MAIN

1, Matt Loehr 2, Don Sorce Jr. 3, Tyler Kulow 4, Donny Kulow 5, Luke Scholten 6, Steven Weber 7, Derek Kaat 8, Dick Hed 9, Mavrick Ruh 10, Dylan Struve.

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Jonathan Hitsman 2, Trevor Frank 3, Steve Lorier 4, Donny Singer 5, Brandon Knepprath 6, Jim Fischer 7, Patrick Hanson 8, Craig Gessner 9, Phil Campanella.

HEAT 2

1, Rick Kretschmann 2, Justin Bauer 3, Shane Long 4, Rory Welch 5, Gary Glander 6, Matthew Roehl 7, Glen Blanke 8, Spencer Long.

A MAIN

1, Jonathan Hitsman 2, Gary Glander 3, Spencer Long 4, Shane Long 5, Rick Kretschmann 6, Trevor Frank 7, Rory Welch 8, Justin Bauer 9, Donny Singer 10, Brandon Knepprath 11, Matthew Roehl 12, Steve Lorier 13, Patrick Hanson 14, Craig Gessner 15, Jim Fischer 16, Phil Campanella 17, Glen Blanke.

Arenz storms to fourth PDTR 360 Sprint Car victory of 2021

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 1, 2021 – Nearly one month after claiming his first career FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobil 1 A-main victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis., 10-time Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series champion Bill Balog of Hartland continued his winning ways at the third-mile clay oval by bagging the special 30-lap Road America NASCAR Weekend Kickoff IRA main event before a huge crowd of spectators on Thursday, July 1.

In the 25-lap Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car A main, point leader Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls rolled to his fourth PDTR A-main victory of the 2021 season.

After the initial start of the 30-lap IRA A main was erased when Mike Reinke of Howards Grove spun in turn three, visiting NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe of Mitchell, Ind. bolted into the lead from the pole position with Bill Balog, who started fifth, sliding into second.

Briscoe, who was making his first Winged Sprint Car start since 2018, caught the rear of the field on lap 5, which allowed Balog to close the gap significantly. On lap 6, Balog swept past Briscoe in heavy lapped traffic to take over the lead in turn three.

The second of eight yellow/red flag periods appeared on lap 8 when Briscoe spun Paul May’s 71M car in turn 3 before being collected by Scotty Thiel of Sheboygan, who had been running third.

Following the restart, two-time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel of Beaver Dam, who started fourth, charged in to briefly pressure Balog for the lead as the leaders weaved their way through slower traffic.

On lap 14, 2018 IRA champion Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, Ill., who started seventh, worked past Neitzel to seize second. A red flag was displayed on lap 15 when Russel Borland of Kewaskum flipped along the back stretch.

Shortly after, Briscoe brought out another caution flag when he spun in turn two on lap 16. On the restart, Danny Schlafer of Sussex slowed to a stop in turn four to bring out the fifth stoppage of the race.

After the restart, Blackhurst turned up the heat to close in on Balog in lapped traffic on lap 20. However, Blackhurst’s progress was slowed by three more caution flags over the next five laps for the stalled car of Scotty Neitzel on lap 22, an infield tire on the track on lap 24 and a flip involving Dave Uttech of Kenosha in turn two on lap 24.

Uttech’s flip prompted an open red period to allow pit crews to add fuel to help each team get their cars to the end of the lengthy race.

When the race resumed, Balog flexed his muscle once again to pull away from Blackhurst over the final six laps en route to his 132^nd career IRA A-main victory, fifth overall A-main win of the 2021 campaign, third IRA main event victory of the season and fourth straight main event victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Blackhurst had to settle for second, 2016 IRA champ Jeremy Schultz of Beaver Dam finished third after starting ninth, Jordan Goldesberry of Springfield, Ill. placed fourth after starting eighth and 14^th starter Josh Schneiderman of West Burlington, Iowa rounded out the top five.

Outside front row starter Adam Miller of Plymouth grabbed the lead on the drop of the green field of the 25-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main with fourth starter Jack Vanderboom of Dousman following in second.

As Miller paced the field, the first of three caution flags appeared on lap 5 when Justin Erickson of Plymouth and Tony Wondra of Campbellsport collided in turn two.

Following the restart, 2018 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Justin Miller of Plymouth moved in from his sixth starting spot to pressure his brother, Adam, for the lead on lap 7. Adam fended off Justin in the battle of the Miller brothers to maintain the top spot before Travis Arenz, who started ninth, began to make his presence felt at the front of the field.

After moving into third on lap 14 on the lightning fast track surface, Arenz worked around Justin Miller to take second on lap 15.

One lap later, Arenz powered past Adam Miller and into the lead exiting turn four and quickly built up a sizeable cushion. The second caution flag appeared on lap 18 when Will Gerrits of Waupun stopped in turn four.

Arenz bolted away from the pack on the restart and held a half-lap lead when Austin Hartmann of Sheboygan Falls flipped on the back stretch on lap 24 to bring out a red flag and set up a green-white-checkered flag finish.

On the restart, Arenz again wired the field as he pulled away from Adam Miller to notch his eighth career PDTR 360 Sprint Car main event win, 18^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main victory and fourth feature victory of the 2021 season at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

Adam Miller placed second, two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee, who started third, finished third, Justin Miller was fourth and two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh finished fifth after starting eighth.

Tony Wondra captured the 15-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car B main.

In time trials, Scotty Thiel set a new track record with a lap of 11.300 to earn the IRA fast qualifier award.

Chase Briscoe and Scotty Thiel earned IRA dash victories.

The all-Sprint Car event, which was sponsored by Jensen Sales and Service, drew a total of 54 Sprint Cars, including 24 IRA 410 Sprint Cars and 30 PDTR 360 Sprint Cars.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, July 10 with action in the PDTR 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

As an addition to last week’s race report, four new race track records were set in PDTR action on Friday, June 25.

Lance Fassbender of Burnett set a new 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main track record with a time of three minutes and 12 seconds. Justin Schmidt of Cleveland established a new 12-lap Late Model B main track record in two minutes and 40 seconds.

Brad Mueller of Random Lake tied Waukesha’s Taylor Scheffler for the 10-lap Late Model heat race track record in two minutes and 12 seconds, while Tim Sheppard of Beaver Dam and Craig Gessner of Beechwood tied Nick Schultz of Beaver Dam by completing 10-lap B Mod heat races in a track record time of two minutes and 32 seconds.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CARS

Qualifying

1, Scotty Thiel 11.300 2, Dave Uttech 11.589 3, Bill Balog 11.590 4, Jake Blackhurst 11.619 5, Chase Briscoe 11.630 6, Scott Neitzel 11.649 7, Mike Reinke 11.718 8, Jordan Goldesberry 11.730 9, Kyle Schuett 11.735 10, Jeremy Schultz 11.809 11, Kris Spitz 11.897 12, Robbie Pribnow 11.898 13, Josh Schneiderman 11.946 14, Josh Walter 11.978 15, Hunter Custer 11.978 16, Danny Schlafer 11.983 17, Jack Berger 12.039 18, Russel Borland 12.054 19, Wayne Modjeski 12.115 20, John Fahl 12.306 21, Andy Rein 12.411 22, Ben Schmidt 12.464 23, Scott Conger 12.524 24, Jordan Paulsen 12.581.

HEAT 1

1, Jeremy Schultz 2, Mike Reinke 3, Scotty Thiel 4, Jake Blackhurst 5, Josh Schneiderman 6, Danny Schlafer 7, Wayne Modjeski 8, Ben Schmidt.

HEAT 2

1, Jordan Goldesberry 2, Chase Briscoe 3, Kris Spitz 4, Josh Walter 5, Dave Uttech 6, Jack Berger 7, Scott Conger 8, John Fahl.

HEAT 3

1, Bill Balog 2, Robbie Pribnow 3, Scotty Neitzel 4, Russel Borland 5, Hunter Custer 6, Jordan Paulsen 7, Andy Rein 8, Kyle Schuett.

DASH 1

1, Chase Briscoe 2, Mike Reinke 3, Bill Balog 4, Jake Blackhurst 5, Jeremy Schultz.

DASH 2

1, Scotty Thiel 2, Scotty Neitzel 3, Dave Uttech 4, Jordan Goldesberry 5, Kris Spitz.

A MAIN

1, Bill Balog 2, Jake Blackhurst 3, Jeremy Schultz 4, Jordan Goldesberry 5, Josh Schneiderman 6, Josh Walter 7, Scotty Thiel 8, Mike Reinke 9, Robbie Pribnow 10, Kris Spitz 11, Wayne Modjeski 12, Jordan Paulsen 13, Hunter Custer 14, John Fahl 15, Ben Schmidt 16, Dave Uttech 17, Scotty Neitzel 18, Andy Rein 19, Chase Briscoe 20, Danny Schlafer 21, Scott Conger 22, Russel Borland 23, Jack Berger 24, Kyle Schuett (DNS).

 

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Tom Kreutz 2, Chris Larson 3, Tyler Tischendorf 4, Brandon McMullen 5, Kevin Karnitz 6, Bill Taylor 7, Alex Pokorski 8, Josh Teunissen.

HEAT 2

1, Jack Vanderboom 2, Tim Haddy 3, Ben Schmidt 4, Travis Arenz 5, Tony Wondra 6, Chris Clayton 7, Blake Wondra 8, Cole Possi.

HEAT 3

1, Kurt Davis 2, Austin Hartmann 3, Will Gerrits 4, Nick Daywalt 5, Justin Erickson 6, Brandon Berth 7, Dylan Winkel.

HEAT 4

1, Adam Miller 2, Matt Rechek 3, Justin Miller 4, Tyler Brabant 5, Lance Fassbender 6, Preston Ruh 7, Katelyn Krebsbach.

B MAIN

1, Tony Wondra 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Brandon Berth 4, Justin Erickson 5, Kevin Karnitz 6, Alex Pokorski 7, Chris Clayton 8, Bill Taylor 9, Blake Wondra 10, Preston Ruh 11, Josh Teunissen 12, Cole Possi 13, Dylan Winkel 14, Katelyn Krebsbach.

A MAIN

1, Travis Arenz 2, Adam Miller 3, Kurt Davis 4, Justin Miller 5, Brandon McMullen 6, Jack Vanderboom 7, Lance Fassbender 8, Ben Schmidt 9, Brandon Berth 10, Tim Haddy 11, Alex Pokorski 12, Tyler Brabant 13, Kevin Karnitz 14, Matt Rechek 15, Tyler Tischendorf 16, Tony Wondra 17, Chris Larson 18, Tom Kreutz 19, Austin Hartmann 20, Nick Daywalt 21, Will Gerrits 22, Justin Erickson.

Arenz, Sorce, Schmidt notch PDTR A-main wins

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 25, 2021 – On a night when Plymouth Dirt Track Racing honored its winningest driver, Ron Berna of Abrams scored his very first PDTR Late Model main event win in the fourth and final 30-lap Russ Scheffler Tribute Night Presented by KSI Construction Late Model A main at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Friday, June 25.

Berna’s initial PDTR Late Model A-main victory was worth a cool $2,874 in honor of Scheffler, who raced the No. 74 Late Model with PDTR for 12 years, while earning 92 overall race victories and 45 A-main wins, which both still stand as PDTR records far surpassing any other driver in all four regular divisions. Scheffler, who last competed at the Plymouth Dirt Track in 2016 and earned the PDTR Late Model championship in 2007, passed away in September 2017 at the age of 54.

In the PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main, point leader Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls continued his recent hot streak by storming to his third PDTR Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car main event win and sixth overall Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main triumph of the 2021 season in the 25-lap headliner.

Will Sorce of Franklin earned his third Oostburg Automotive 25-lap Grand National A-main triumph in just his fourth Plymouth start of the 2021 campaign and Waldo’s Travis Schmidt claimed his first Cellcom B Mod A-main victory of the 2021 PDTR season.

After an aborted initial start during which a spin by Jayme Zidar of Greenfield triggered contact with Adam Janke of Bear Creek, Jim Schmidt of Cleveland and Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha, Ron Berna jumped into the lead on the opening lap from his outside front row starting spot.

By lap five, Berna had built up a half-straightaway lead over polesitter Tom Naeyaert of Shawano on the lightning fast and narrow racing surface.

On lap 8, Berna caught the rear of the field and began to work his way through slower traffic. Two laps later, four-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake, who started third, slipped past Naeyaert to take over second in the running order.

On lap 12, Mueller moved in to pressure Berna for the top spot in heavy lapped traffic. After hounding Berna for four laps, Mueller pounced on lap 16 to seize the lead entering turn one.

Mueller began to pull away from Berna in dense lapped traffic before disaster struck on lap 19 when Mueller made contact with a lapped car along the backstretch, which sent his car into a series of hard flips before coming to rest against the turn three wall. Despite the severity of the incident, Mueller emerged from his battered machine uninjured.

On the restart, fifth starter Nick Anvelink of Navarino moved in to mount a challenge for the top spot before a caution flag appeared on lap 21 for a two-car incident involving Adam Janke and Kyle Raddant of Shawano.

Anvelink stayed glued to the low groove to again challenge Berna for the lead following the final restart. However, Berna held strong to fend off Anvelink’s advances and pull away over the final three laps en route to his first career PDTR Sheboygan’s County B93.7 Late Model A-main victory in the final running of the Russ Scheffler Tribute Race.

Anvelink had to settle for second, seventh starter Justin Ritchie of New London placed third, fourth starter Jayme Zidar wound up fourth and Naeyaert rounded out the top five in an attrition-filled race that saw just nine of the 20 starters complete the full 30 laps.

“In lapped traffic, I kind of lost my groove for a while and feel asleep a bit I guess and Brad [Mueller] got by,” Berna said in victory lane. “Then Brad rolled, which was really bad. I hope he is okay. When we started up again, I got up on the wheel and turned some good laps and it turned out well for us.”

Outside front row starter Blake Wondra of Fond du Lac grabbed the lead of the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A main on the opening lap and paced the field for the first four circuits.

On lap five, third starter Travis Arenz powered in to seize the top spot from Wondra in turn four. Arenz wasted no time in throttling the field as he built up a half-lap cushion before he entered lapped traffic on lap 11.

On lap 14, Adam Miller of Plymouth, who was running second after starting fourth, flipped his machine in turn two to bring out the red flag, which turned out to be the only stoppage of the race. Miller was able to emerge from his car without serious injury.

Arenz lined up for the restart with five lapped cars placed between his machine and the second-place car of polesitter Justin Erickson of Plymouth. With an ample cushion to work with, Arenz bolted away from the field to again run away and hide from the pack.

On lap 16, two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, who started 10^th, moved into second and began to trim away at Arenz’s lead. However, Arenz continued to set a frantic pace at the front of the field over the final 10 laps en route to his seventh career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 17^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association main-event triumph.

McMullen finished second, 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Plymouth finished third after starting sixth, two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee finished fourth after starting ninth and Erickson rounded out the top five.

Outside front row starter Luke Scholten of Oostburg jumped out to the early lead in the 25-lap Grand National main event with fourth starter Will Sorce sliding into second.

The first of two caution flags appeared on lap 3 when Collin Skindzelewski of West Allis spun in turn four. Following the restart, Sorce made his presence felt as he powered in to pressure Scholten for the lead.

The second and final caution flag was displayed on lap 7 for a spin involving Jacob Falk of Fond du Lac. Sorce flexed his muscle on the ensuing restart before slipping past Scholten to assume the lead on lap 11.

By lap 20, Sorce had built up a full straightaway cushion over Scholten as he went on to post his fourth career PDTR Grand National A-main victory, including his third win in four starts at The Plymouth Dirt Track this year.

Scholten finished second, seventh starter Chad Espen of West Bend finished third, Derek Kaat of Plymouth, who started 10^th, finished fourth and 2018 PDTR Grand National champ Matt Loehr of Dotyville, who started eighth, rounded out the top five.

Travis Schmidt, who started third, worked his way past front row starters Michael Gilson of Manitowoc and Dustin Wudstrack of Tigerton to seize the lead in turn one of the opening lap of the 25-lap B Mod A main.

The first of three caution flags was thrown on lap 2 for debris along the front strech. On the restart, Schmidt took control again as sixth starter Nick Schultz of Beaver Dam powered into second and began to close in on the leader.

By lap 13, Schmidt and Schultz began to work their way through slower traffic before the second caution flag flew on lap 14 for a spin in turn four involving Phil Campanella of Sheboygan Falls.

Another third caution flag was displayed on lap 16 for a four-car incident in turn four before Schmidt again showed his strength following the final restart.

Schmidt went on to post his fourth career PDTR B Mod A-main victory as Schultz wound up second. Fourth starter Kyle Odekirk of Plymouth finished third, Gary Glander of Sheboygan Falls placed fourth after starting ninth and seventh starter Brian Wieland of Sheboygan Falls rounded out the top five.

Three-time and defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland won the 12-lap Late Model B main and 2005 PDTR Late Model champ Scott Specht of Sheboygan Falls returned to action at Plymouth after a lengthy absence to win the five-lap Late Model non-qualifiers dash.

2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender of Burnett won the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.

The ninth PDTR program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by KSI Construction and Cellcom, drew 89 total cars, including 29 360 Sprint Cars, 26 Late Models, 18 B Mods and 16 Grand Nationals.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Thursday, July 1 with a special all-Sprint Car program featuring a $5,000-to-win Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Cars, along with the PDTR 360 Sprint Car.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe will compete with the IRA Sprint Car Series in the NASCAR Kickoff event that will be held in conjunction with the NASCAR Cup Series weekend at nearby Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. July 2-4.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Tom Naeyaert 2, Adam Janke 3, Justin Green 4, Ron Stroika 5, Tim Buhler 6, Jim Schmidt 7, Lukas Postl 8, Jake Van Engen 9, Brett Swedberg.

HEAT 2

1, Ron Berna 2, Jayme Zidar 3, Troy Springborn 4, Justin Ritchie 5, Turk Letizia 6, Chris Engels 7, Taylor Scheffler 8, Chad Ludwigson 9, Joe Bongiorno.

HEAT 3

1, Brad Mueller 2, Joel Bennett 3, Nick Anvelink 4, Charlie Schmidt 5, Scott Specht 6, Justin Schmidt 7, Kyle Raddant 8, Billy Rezutek 9, Donny Singer.

B MAIN

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Taylor Scheffler 3, Kyle Raddant 4, Lukas Postl 5, Scott Specht 6, Jake Van Engen 7, Donny Singer 8, Billy Rezutek 9, Brett Swedberg (DNS) 10, Chad Ludwigson (DNS) 11, Joe Bongiorno (DNS).

NON-QUALIFIERS DASH

1, Scott Specht 2, Jake Van Engen 3, Donny Singer 4, Billy Rezutek.

A MAIN

1, Ron Berna 2, Nick Anvelink 3, Justin Ritchie 4, Jayme Zidar 5, Tom Naeyaert 6, Justin Schmidt 7, Troy Springborn 8, Turk Letizia 9, Ron Stroika 10, Justin Green 11, Charlie Schmidt 12, Tim Buhler 13, Kyle Raddant 14, Adam Janke 15, Brad Mueller 16, Jim Schmidt 17, Joel Bennett 18, Lukas Postl 19, Chris Engels 20, Taylor Scheffler.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Travis Arenz 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Tyler Brabant 4, Bill Taylor 5, Tyler Davis 6, Scott Conger 7, Paul Pokorski 8, Tom Kreutz.

HEAT 2

1, Kevin Karnitz 2, Kurt Davis 3, Brandon McMullen 4, Will Gerrits 5, Tony Wondra 6, Preston Ruh 7, Tyler Tischendorf.

HEAT 3

1, Adam Miller 2, Doug Wondra 3, Tim Haddy 4, Brandon Berth 5, Lance Fassbender 6, Justin Miller 7, Chris Clayton.

HEAT 4

1, Blake Wondra 2, Justin Erickson 3, Jack Vanderboom 4, Austin Hartmann 5, Dylan Winkel 6, Katelyn Krebsbach 7, Jordan Paulsen.

B MAIN

1, Lance Fassbender 2, Brandon Berth 3, Preston Ruh 4, Justin Miller 5, Chris Clayton 6, Paul Pokorski 7, Katelyn Krebsbach 8, Scott Conger 9, Tyler Tischendorf 10, Tom Kreutz 11, Jordan Paulsen 12, Dylan Winkel 13, Doug Wondra (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Travis Arenz 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Ben Schmidt 4, Kurt Davis 5, Justin Erickson 6, Kevin Karnitz 7, Jack Vanderboom 8, Justin Miller 9, Tim Haddy 10, Lance Fassbender 11, Tyler Brabant 12, Chris Clayton 13, Will Gerrits 14, Preston Ruh 15, Blake Wondra 16, Tyler Davis 17, Paul Pokorski 18, Austin Hartmann 19, Bill Taylor 20, Tony Wondra 21, Adam Miller 22, Brandon Berth.

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS 

HEAT 1

1, Nick Schumacher 2, Chad Espen 3, Seth Westimayer 4, Nicholas Goeman 5, Matt Loehr 6, Steven Weber 7, Maverick Ruh 8, Jacob Falk.

HEAT 2

1, Kyle Caswell 2, Will Sorce 3, Marc Caswell 4, Luke Scholten 5, Alex Lester 6, Derek Kaat 7, Collin Skindzelewski 8, Randy Post.

A MAIN

1, Will Sorce 2, Luke Scholten 3, Chad Espen 4, Derek Kaat 5, Matt Loehr 6, Alex Lester 7, Steven Weber 8, Collin Skindzelewski 9, Seth Westimayer 10, Marc Caswell 11, Kyle Caswell 12, Randy Post 13, Nick Schumacher 14, Jacob Falk 15, Maverick Ruh 16, Nicholas Goeman (DNS).

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Tim Sheppard 2, Nick Schultz 3, Gary Glander 4, Travis Schmidt 5, Dustin Wudstrack 6, Rory Welch 7, Michael Gilson 8, Andy Singer 9, Michael Bailey.

HEAT 2

1, Craig Gessner 2, Rick Kretschmann 3, Brian Wieland 4, Kyle Odekirk 5, Ryan Mech 6, Brendan Ostrowski 7, Phil Campanella 8, Jerry Duggan 9, Patrick Hanson.

A MAIN

1, Travis Schmidt 2, Nick Schultz 3, Kyle Odekirk 4, Gary Glander 5, Brian Wieland 6, Rick Kretschmann 7, Tim Sheppard 8, Dustin Wudstrack 9, Craig Gessner 10, Jerry Duggan 11, Michael Bailey 12, Andy Singer 13, Phil Campanella 14, Patrick Hanson 15, Ryan Mech 16, Brandon Ostrowski 17, Michael Gilson, Rory Welch (DQ).

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 19, 2021 – Three drivers took their first trip to Kunes RV victory lane of the 2021 season, while a three-time and defending track champion returned to the winner’s circle for the second straight week, as Plymouth Dirt Track Racing staged its eighth consecutive program of the 2021 campaign at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, June 19.

After a two-year absence, Kevin Karnitz of West Bend returned to victory lane in the 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car main event.

Following a string of early-season struggles, three-time and defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland continued to recapture his title-winning form by notching his second consecutive 25-lap Sheboygan’s Country B93.7 Late Model main event victory of 2021

22-year veteran Luke Scholten of Oostburg snapped a two-year winless drought by claiming the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A-main, while Beaver Dam’s Elijah Koenig made a rare PDTR appearance count by storming to victory in the time-shortened, incident-plagued 21-lap Cellcom B Mod A main.

In the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A main, a red flag and caution flag flew before the first lap of the race was completed. The red flag appeared on the initial start when Nick Daywalt of Hubertus flipped exiting turn two on the opening lap.

On the ensuing start attempt, 2018 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Justin Miller of Plymouth got sideways while running second in turn four and collected two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh. McMullen retired from the race with heavy front-end damage, while Miller was able to continue.

When the race finally got underway, Kevin Karnitz bolted into the lead from the pole position with Justin Miller, who started second, falling into second in the running order.

By lap 6, Karnitz had built up a full straightaway lead over Miller. Three laps later Karnitz encountered heavy lapped traffic. However, Karnitz dispatched the slower cars in quick order to maintain a solid cushion over the field.

On lap 20, Tyler Tischendorf of Waupaca and Scott Conger of Eagle collided in turn four, which also collected Justin Miller and 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt, who started sixth and was running fifth. Schmidt was able to continue after going to the work area, while Miller was done for the night.

Following the single-file restart, Karnitz was firmly in control as he pulled away from seventh starter Will Gerrits of Waupun, who was running second.

Karnitz went on to notch his fifth career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and seventh Midwest Sprint Car Association main event triumph, while notching his first victory at Plymouth since June 1, 2019.

Gerrits finished second, 16^th starter Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls charged up to finish third, 13^th starter Brandon Berth of Cascade placed fourth and Tyler Brabant of Waupun, who started third, rounded out the top five.

Outside front row starter Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove jumped into the lead on the drop of the green field of the 25-lap Late Model A main with fourth starter Joe Bongiorno of Milwaukee following in second and four-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake, who started sixth, moving into third in his second appearance of the  2021 season with PDTR.

As Schmidt paced the field, the lone caution of the event appeared on lap 9 when Justin Ritchie of New London stopped in turn four on lap 9. On the restart, Mueller used the preferred outside groove to power around Bongiorno into second.

On lap 12, Mueller moved in to pressure Schmidt for the lead along the fast and often treacherous cushion. While Schmidt held Mueller at bay, 2016 PDTR Late Model champion Tim Buhler of Greenbush ducked low to briefly take third after starting fifth on lap 19.

One lap later, third starter Justin Schmidt following suit along in the inside line to duck under Buhler to secure third on lap 20 and second in lap 21. On lap 22, Justin Schmidt surged past Charlie Schmidt into the lead in turn one with Mueller in tow as the leader worked through slower traffic.

Justin Schmidt held on over the final three laps to wrap up his 15^th career PDTR Late Model A-main victory. Mueller placed second, Charlie Schmidt finished third, Buhler wound up fourth and Bongiorno rounded out the top five.

Luke Scholten started the accident-marred 25-lap Grand National A main from the pole and quickly took over the top spot on the opening lap with second starter Dick Hed of Plymouth following in second.

The first of four caution flags appeared on lap 3 for a two-car incident in turn four. On the restart, Dustin Weiss of Iron Ridge, who started fourth, worked the outside groove to challenge Hed for second.

The second caution flag appeared on lap 6 when Steven Weber of Plymouth spun on lap 6. Dustin Weiss followed off a nifty high move on the restart to secure second on lap 7.

The third caution was displayed on lap 9 for a four-car incident in turn four. On the restart, Hed and Weiss continued to mount an epic duel for the runner-up spot. The fourth and final caution came out for a single-car spin on lap 12.

Weiss bolted around Hed on the restart before moving in to pressure Scholten for the lead. However, Scholten proved to be too strong as he fended off Weiss’ advances to notch his 14^th career PDTR Grand National A-main victory to move into second on the all-time PDTR Grand National A-main victory list. It was Scholten first PDTR Grand National A-main win since July 29, 2019.

Weiss placed second, Nick Schumacher of Eagle placed third after starting 10^th, two-time PDTR Grand National champion Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis finished fourth after starting ninth and fifth starter Donny Kulow of Elkhart Lake finished fifth.

Justin Bauer of Sheboygan Falls jumped into the lead on the drop of the green flag of the time shortened 21-lap B Mod A main from the pole.

The first of six caution flags appeared on lap four when Nick Schultz of Beaver Dam spun in turn four. Following the restart, fifth starter Elijah Koenig of Beaver Dam charged up to challenge Bauer for the top spot.

On lap 9, Koenig surged past Bauer and into the lead along the high groove. By lap 12, Koenig had already built up a full straightaway cushion over Bauer.

The final 13 laps of the race featured Koenig pulling away from the field in between stoppages in the racing action for four additional caution flags.

Koenig held a healthy lead over Bauer when the sixth and final caution flag was displayed on lap 22 to bring the race to an early end due to the time limit. Koenig earned his second career PDTR B Mod A-main victory, while Bauer placed second, 10^th starter Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls finished third, Mark Hoeppner of Rubicon, who started second, placed fourth and fourth starter Rick Kretschmann of Sheboygan Falls rounded out the top five.

Bill Taylor of Boltonville won the first 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.

The eighth PDTR program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Frank Motorsports Professional Services, drew 81 total cars, including 29 360 Sprint Cars, 20 B Mods, 15 Late Models and 17 Grand Nationals.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Friday, June 25 with the final edition of the Russ Scheffler Tribute Race honoring the winningest driver in PDTR history.

Racing is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. with action in the 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

 

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

 

HEAT 1

1, Jack Vanderboom 2, Blake Wondra 3, Jordan Paulsen 4, Kevin Karnitz 5, Nick Daywalt 6, Justin Erickson 7, Alex Pokorski 8, Adam Miller.

 

HEAT 2

1, Tyler Brabant 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Scott Conger 4, Tony Wondra 5, Tim Haddy 6, Chris Clayton 7, Doug Wondra.

 

HEAT 3

1, Ben Schmidt 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Tyler Tischendorf 4, Brandon Berth 5, Katelyn Krebsbach 6, Josh Teunissen 7, Dylan Winkel.

 

HEAT 4

1, Justin Miller 2, Will Gerrits 3, Preston Ruh 4, Bill Taylor 5, Travis Arenz 6, Matt Rechek 7, Cole Possi.

 

B MAIN

1, Bill Taylor 2, Nick Daywalt 3, Chris Clayton 4, Tim Haddy 5, Alex Pokorski 6, Adam Miller 7, Matt Rechek 8, Katelyn Krebsbach 9, Dylan Winkel 10, Cole Possi 11, Justin Erickson 12, Josh Teunissen 13, Doug Wondra.

 

A MAIN

1, Kevin Karnitz 2, Will Gerrits 3, Travis Arenz 4, Brandon Berth 5, Tyler Brabant 6, Lance Fassbender 7, Jack Vanderboom 8, Jordan Paulsen 9, Bill Taylor 10, Adam Miller 11, Alex Pokorski 12, Ben Schmidt 13, Tony Wondra 14, Tyler Tischendorf 15, Chris Clayton 16, Tim Haddy 17, Preston Ruh 18, Scott Conger 19, Justin Miller 20, Blake Wondra 21, Brandon McMullen 22, Nick Daywalt.

 

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTY B93.7 LATE MODELS

 

HEAT 1

1, Turk Letizia 2, Justin Schmidt 3, Justin Green 4, Joe Bongiorno 5, Eric Michaels 6, Sawyer Specht 7, Jake Van Engen 8, Billy Rezutek (DNS).

 

HEAT 2

1, Tim Buhler 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Chris Engels 4, Brad Mueller 5, Justin Ritchie 6, Jim Schmidt 7, Donny Singer.

 

A MAIN

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Brad Mueller 3, Charlie Schmidt 4, Tim Buhler 5, Joe Bongiorno 6, Chris Engels 7, Billy Rezutek 8, Justin Green 9, Jim Schmidt 10, Jake Van Engen 11, Sawyer Specht 12, Eric Michaels 13, Justin Ritchie 14, Donny Singer 15, Turk Letizia.

 

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

 

HEAT 1

1, Brad Weiss 2, Dustin Weiss 3, Luke Scholten 4, Dick Hed 5, Don Sorce Jr. 6, Maverick Ruh 7, Jacob Falk 8, Chad Espen 9, Dylan Struve

 

HEAT 2

1, Donny Kulow 2, Derek Kaat 3, Matt Yancey 4, Tyler Kulow 5, Nick Schumacher 6, Steven Weber 7, J.J. Pagel 8, Jason Schilling.

 

A MAIN

1 Luke Scholten 2, Dustin Weiss 3, Nick Schumacher 4, Don Sorce Jr. 5, Donny Kulow 6, Tyler Kulow 7, Dick Hed 8, Chad Espen 9, Steven Weber 10, Maverick Ruh 12, Jacob Falk 13, Brad Weiss 14, Derek Kaat 15, Matt Yancey 16, Jason Schilling 17, J.J. Pagel 18, Dylan Struve (DNS).

 

CELLCOM B MOD

 

HEAT 1

1, Trevor Frank 2, Nick Schultz 3, Phil Campanella 4, Justin Bauer 5, Shane Long 6, Christopher Gilson 7, Brady Harshbarger.

 

HEAT 2

1, Matthew Roehl 2, Tim Thrun 3, Rick Kretschmann 4, Donny Singer 5, Patrick Hanson 6, Michael Strean 7, Rory Welch.

 

HEAT 3

1, Elijah Koenig 2, Mark Hoeppner 3, Gary Glander 4, Spencer Long 5, Brendan Ostrowski 6, Steve Lorier.

 

A MAIN

1, Elijah Koenig 2, Justin Bauer 3, Spencer Long 4, Mark Hoeppner 5, Rick Kretschmann 6, Shane Long 7, Nick Schultz 8, Patrick Hanson 9, Phil Campanella 10, Rory Welch 11, Trevor Frank 12, Tim Thrun 13, Brendan Ostrowski 14, Steve Lorier 15, Gary Glander 16, Donny Singer 17, Matthew Roehl 18, Christopher Gilson 19, Michael Strean (DNS) 20, Brady Harshbarger (DNS).

 

 

 

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 12, 2021 – The seventh Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program of the 2021 season produced plenty of action at the front of the field with three drivers visiting the Kunes RV Winners Circle in A-main action for the first time in 2021 and another earning back-to-back main event victories Saturday, June 12 at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.

In A-main action, Travis Arenz of Sheboygan stormed to his second consecutive A-main victory of the 2021 campaign in the 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car headliner.

Three-time and defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland shook off an uncharacteristically slow start to the season by claiming his first 25-lap Sheboygan’s Country B93.7 Late Model main event victory of 2021.

2018 PDTR Grand National champion Matt Loehr of Dotyville notched his initial triumph of the 2021 season in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A main.

Sheboygan’s Steve Lorier was another 2021 first-time winner in the 25-lap PDTR B Mod A main.

In the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A main, third starter Will Gerrits of Waupun bolted past polesitter Mike Yurmanovich of Cascade and outside front row starter Justin Erickson of Plymouth to take the lead in turn two of the opening lap.

On lap three, Travis Arenz, who started seventh, used the high groove to power his way into second. One lap later, Arenz swept past Gerrits to take over the top spot and he immediately proceeded to leave the field in his dust.

Starting on lap 11, Arenz found himself negotiating heavy lapped traffic on the dry slick third-mile track surface. As Arenz enjoyed a comfortable half-lap lead, two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion and current point leader Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, who started eighth, worked his way into the runner-up spot.

As the laps wound down, McMullen was able to close the gap slightly, but it was all Arenz at the front of the field as he cruised to his sixth career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and second straight main event win at the Plymouth track in the caution-free event.

McMullen had to settle for second, Gerrits wound up third, Erickson placed fourth and 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove charged up to finish fifth after starting 16^th.

Polesitter Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove grabbed the lead at the drop of the green flag of the 25-lap Late Model A main with 2016 PDTR Late Model champ Tim Buhler of Greenbush in tow.

On lap 3, Justin Schmidt used the cushion to shoot into third in the running order. The first of two caution flags appeared on lap 4 when Donny Singer of Random Lake spun in turn four.

Following the restart, Justin Schmidt used the high line to move around Buhler into second on lap 5 before the second and final caution flag flew on lap 6 for a spin in turn four involving Sawyer Specht of Sheboygan Falls.

When the race resumed, Justin Schmidt continued to stalk the low-riding Charlie Schmidt along the outside groove. On lap 12, Justin Schmidt assumed the lead utilizing the high line in turn four.

After switching to the low line, Justin Schmidt went on to build up a comfortable cushion in the closing laps en route to his 14th career PDTR Late Model A-main victory by a half-lap margin.

Charlie Schmidt finished second, Buhler placed third, fifth starter Turk Letizia of Milwaukee placed fourth and sixth starter Justin Ritchie of New London rounded out the top five.

The 25-lap Grand National A main got off to a rousing start as octogenarian polesitter Dick Hed of Plymouth dueled side by side with outside front row starter Matt Loehr for the first six laps of the race.

On lap 7, the cushion-pounding Loehr finally surged ahead of the low-riding Hed in turn four. The lone caution of the race appeared one lap later for a spin involving rookie Jacob Falk.

Loehr used a strong restart to pull away to a commanding full-straightaway lead over third starting Donny Kulow of Elkhart Lake over the final 18 laps of the race on the way to his seventh career PDTR Grand National A main victory.

Donny Kulow came home second, two-time PDTR Grand National champion Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis finished third after starting sixth, 2019 PDTR Grand national champ Tyler Kulow of Plymouth placed fourth after starting seventh and Hed rounded out the top five.

Polesitter Justin Bauer of Sheboygan Falls seized the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap B Mod as third starter Jonathon Baumann of Sheboygan moved into second on lap 3.

The first of three caution flags appeared on lap 7 when Travis Schmidt of Waldo spun in turn four after contact with Sheboygan’s Trevor Frank, which sent Frank to the rear of the field.

On the restart, Frank, James Fischer of Oostburg and Patrick Hanson of Sheboygan Falls collided in turn two to bring out the second caution flag. Following the restart, Baumann flexed his muscle along the high groove to take over the top spot on lap 9 in turn two.

The third and final caution flag appeared on lap 12 when Jonathan Hitsman of Sheboygan and Gary Glander of Sheboygan Falls made contact in turn four. Fifth starter Steve Lorier used a nifty low move on the restart to steal the lead away from Baumann in turn two on lap 13.

However, Baumann battled back on the cushion to pull even with Lorier three laps later with the two drivers dueling side by side over the next three laps before Lorier finally surged ahead for good on lap 18 along the inside groove.

Lorier went on to claim his third career PDTR B Mod A-main victory by a five-car margin over Baumann, who placed second. Bauer finished third, Rory Welch of Grafton, who started second, finished fourth and 12^th starter Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls came home fifth.

Jack Vanderboom of Dousman won the first 12-lap 360 Sprint Car B main and Adam Miller of Plymouth claimed the victory in the second 12-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.

The seventh PDTR program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Josfo Electric, drew 79 total cars, including 35 360 Sprint Cars, 18 B Mods, 15 Late Models and 11 Grand Nationals.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, June 19 with action in the 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions.

Spectator gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

 

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Lance Fassbender 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Bill Taylor 4, Kevin Karnitz 5, Austin Hartmann 6, Tom Kreutz 7, Tyler Brabant 8, Tyler Davis 9, Tim Haddy.

HEAT 2

1, Tony Wondra 2, Mike Yurmanovich 3, Katelyn Krebsbach 4, Blake Wondra 5, Ben Schmidt 6, Chris Larson 7, Chris Clayton 8, Josh Teunissen 9, Tyler Tischendorf.

HEAT 3

1, Travis Arenz 2, Justin Miller 3, Justin Erickson 4, Anthony Knierim 5, Preston Ruh 6, Alex Pokorski 7, Dylan Winkel 8, Cole Possi 9, Tommy Colburn (DNS).

HEAT 4

1, Will Gerrits 2, Brandon Berth 3, Matt Rechek 4, Jack Vanderboom 5, Nick Daywalt 6, Kurt Davis 7, Doug Wondra 8, Adam Miller.

B MAIN 1

1, Jack Vanderboom 2, Kurt Davis 3, Doug Wondra 4,  Tim Haddy 5, Nick Daywalt 6, Tom Kreutz 7, Dylan Winkel 8, Josh Teunissen 9, Tyler Davis (DNS).

B MAIN 1

1, Adam Miller 2, Austin Hartmann 3, Preston Ruh 4, Tyler Tischendorf 5, Alex Pokorski 6, Chris Clayton 7, Chris Larson 8, Tyler Brabant 9, Cole Possi 10, Tommy Colburn (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Travis Arenz 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Will Gerrits 4, Justin Erickson 5, Ben Schmidt 6, Kevin Karnitz 7, Lance Fassbender 8, Mike Yurmanovich 9, Matt Rechek 10, Anthony Knierim 11, Bill Taylor 12, Adam Miller 13, Doug Wondra 14, Preston Ruh 15, Kurt Davis 16, Jack Vanderboom 17, Tony Wondra 18, Blake Wondra 19, Austin Hartmann 20, Katelyn Krebsbach 21, Brandon Berth 22, Justin Miller.

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Justin Ritchie 2, Turk Letizia 3, Tim Buhler 4, Brian Konitzer 5, Donny Singer 6, Eric Michaels 7, Joe Bongiorno 8, Chad Ludwigson (DNS).

HEAT 2

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Jim Schmidt 3, Justin Green 4, Charlie Schmidt 5, Ron Stroika 6, Sawyer Specht 7, Jake Van Engen.

A MAIN

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Tim Buhler 4, Turk Letizia 5, Justin Ritchie 6, Jim Schmidt 7, Justin Green 8, Joe Bongiorno 9, Ron Stroika 10, Eric Michaels 11, Sawyer Specht 12, Chad Ludwigson 13, Donny Singer 14, Jake Van Engen 15, Brian Konitzer.

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONALS

HEAT 1

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Luke Scholten 3, Dick Hed 4, Tyler Kulow 5, Jacob Falk 6, Steven Weber.

HEAT 2

1, Matt Yancey 2, Donny Kulow 3, Matt Loehr 4, Derek Kaat 5, Maverick Ruh.

A MAIN

1, Matt Loehr 2, Donny Kulow 3, Don Sorce Jr. 4, Tyler Kulow 5, Dick Hed 6, Derek Kaat 7, Luke Scholten 8, Matt Yancey 9, Jacob Falk 10, Maverick Ruh 11, Steven Weber.

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Trevor Frank 2, Steve Lorier 3, Jonathan Hitsman 4, Justin Bauer 5, Patrick Hanson 6, Gary Glander.

HEAT 2

1, Shane Long 2, Glen Blanke 3, Matthew Roehl 4, Spencer Long 5, Will Garceau 6, Christopher Gilson.

HEAT 3

1, Travis Schmidt 2, Jonathon Baumann 3, Rory Welch 4, Donny Singer 5, Jim Fischer 6, Phil Campanella.

A MAIN

1, Steve Lorier 2, Jonathon Baumann 3, Justin Bauer 4, Rory Welch 5, Spencer Long 6, Will Garceau 7, Matthew Roehl 8, Donny Singer 9, Shane Long 10, Patrick Hanson 11, Phil Campanella 12, Jonathan Hitsman 13, Glen Blanke 14, Travis Schmidt 15, Gary Glander 16, Trevor Frank 17, Jim Fischer 18, Christopher Gilson.

Arenz posts first PDTR 360 Sprint Car triumph of 2021

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 5, 2021 – With temperatures soaring into the mid-90s, the action at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. was equally hot and heavy during an all-Sprint Car evening of competition featuring the national-touring FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobil 1 410 Sprint Car Series in conjunction with the regional Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association Series on Saturday June 5.

In the 30-lap All Star-IRA headliner, 10-time IRA champion Bill Balog of Hartland turned in an exemplary performance en route to his first career All Star Circuit of Champions A-main victory on what he has described as one of his favorite tracks in the country.

Travis Arenz of Sheboygan cruised to his first Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car A-main triumph of the 2021 campaign in the 25-lap main event.

After earning All Star-IRA fast qualifier honors with a top lap of 11.357 seconds and winning the first All Star-IRA four-lap dash, Bill Balog earned the pole position for the evening’s 30-lap headline event.

On the drop of the green flag, second starter Ian Madsen of St. Mary’s New South Wales, Australia bolted into the lead with Balog settling in second. On lap 3, Balog attempted a slide job in turn two, but Madsen fended off the 128-time IRA A-main winner’s initial challenge.

Two laps later, Balog came back with the same move in turn two and made it stick to take over the top spot. The North Pole, Alaska native then proceeded to run away and hide from the field as he built up a half-lap cushion over Madsen by lap 13.

As Balog skillfully sliced his way through heavy lapped traffic, third starter Spencer Bayston of Lebanon, Ind., who was filling in for the injured Justin Peck behind the wheel of the No. 13 Buch Motorsports car, moved in to challenge Madsen for second beginning on lap 21.

One lap later, Bayston worked around Madsen to seize second. However, Madsen regained the spot on lap 24 before Madsen took it back on lap 27. On lap 18, eighth starter Rico Abreu of St. Helena, Calif. moved in to pressure Madsen for the runner-up spot.

With Balog cruising at the front of the field, Madsen and Abreu waged an epic duel for second over the final two circuits.

Balog, who is competing in his first full season as an All Star Circuit of Champions regular this year, held on to collect his first career All Star Circuit of Champions A-main victory and 129th career IRA main event triumph by a comfortable six-second margin in the caution-free race to claim the $6,000 winner’s prize.

Madsen nipped Abreu for second, Abreu took third, Bayston wound up fourth and All Star Circuit of Champions point leader Tyler Courtney of Indianapolis, Ind., who started sixth, came home fifth.

“I would like to thank everybody who supports this team,” Balog said in victory lane. “We put this deal together to run with the All Stars late last fall and into the winter. This is unbelievable. I was scared that I was going to get passed in lapped traffic. I got behind someone that almost spun once and I was getting a little tight running the cushion through traffic.

“It was a good kind of tight though as I was able to stick it through the middle and slide guys in to get through the lapped traffic,” he said. “The guys have been working on this car to make it better and it is really running awesome right now.”

Madsen was pleased with his second-place run, but remains eager to earn his first All Star Circuit of Champions victory of the 2021 season.

“Bill [Balog] did an awesome job tonight,” Madsen said. “He just spanked us. I have to thank my team for giving me a great car. I am thankful to have such a great team behind me. We have been consistent with a lot of good finishes this year. Hopefully, we can break through and get a win soon.”

Abreu was satisfied with his podium effort in his first official A-main start at The Plymouth Dirt Track.

“My guys have been working on the car hard and it has been getting better and better lately,” Abreu said. “All of their hard work is leading us in a better direction. The track crew gave us a nice track to run on tonight and I am thankful for that and all of the support from the fans here tonight.”

In the 25-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main, polesitter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend grabbed the lead on the opening lap with outside front row starter Tony Wondra of Campbellsport sliding into second in the early going.

On lap 4, fourth starter Travis Arenz used the outside groove to bolt his way into second. Two laps later, Arenz shot past the low-riding Karnitz with a high move in turn four. Karnitz briefly battled back in an effort to regain the top spot. However, Arenz held off Karnitz’s surge and quickly pulled away.

On lap 14, two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, who started 10^th, moved into fourth as Arenz began to weave his way through slower traffic. On lap 21, McMullen moved into second and was quickly closing on Arenz as the race wound down.

Arenz held on to claim his fifth career PDTR 360 Sprint Car main event triumph and 14^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main victory in the non-stop event. McMullen placed second, 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove, who started eighth, finished third, Karnitz wound up fourth and Wondra rounded out the top five.

Jordan Goldesberry of Springfield, Ill. won the 12-lap All Star-IRA B main and Will Gerrits of Waupun captured the 15-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car B main.

The all-Sprint Car event, which was sponsored by JDL Automotive, drew a near capacity crowd of spectators, along with a total of 68 Sprint Cars, including 36 All Star-IRA 410 Sprint Cars and 32 PDTR 360 Sprint Cars.

During pre-race opening ceremonies, PDTR honored Dave Deicher, who raced at The Plymouth Dirt Track and other area tracks for 30 years before serving as the flagman for PDTR for many years. Deicher passed away on Sunday, May 30 at the age of 69.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, June 12 with action in the PDTR 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

FLORACING ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS-BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CARS

Qualifying

1, Bill Balog 13.357 2, Kyle Reinhardt 11.469 3, Cap Henry 11.488 4, Zeb Wise 11.536 5, Carson Short 11.536 6, Rico Abreu 11.672 7, Ian Madsen 11.680 8, Jake Blackhurst 11.696 9, Paul McMahan 11.701 10, Tyler Courtney 11.729 11, Jeremy Schultz 11.737 12, Spencer Bayston 11.741 13, Scotty Thiel 11.764 14, Sean Rayhall 11.784 15, Josh Schneiderman 11.815 16, Scotty Neitzel 11.819 17, T.J. Michael 11.845 18, Joe B. Miller 11.881 19, Robbie Pribnow 11.906, 20, Hunter Schuerenberg 11.913 21, Kyle Schuett 11.954 22, Jordan Goldesberry 12.002 23, Dave Uttech 12.029 24, Cory Eliason 12.037 25, Skylar Gee 12.047 26, Kris Spitz 12.106 27, Russel Borland 12.172 28, Blake Nimee 12.201 29, Hunter Custer 12.211 30, Greg Wilson 12.229 31, Danny Schlafer 12.314 32, Brian Kristan 12.359 33, Josh Walter 12.380 34, Jereme Schroeder 12.649 35, Bryce Schmitt 12.733 36, Andy Rein 13.480.

HEAT 1

1, Cap Henry 2, Zeb Wise 3, Bill Balog 4, Carson Short 5, Kyle Reinhardt 6, Dave Uttech 7, Hunter Custer 8, Sean Rayhall 9, Scott Neitzel (DNS).

HEAT 2

1, Joe B. Miller 2, Rico Abreu 3, Robbie Pribnow 4, Cory Eliason 5, Jake Blackhurst 6, Jordan Goldesberry 7, Josh Walter 8, Jeremy Schroeder 9, Andy Rein.

HEAT 3

1, Spencer Bayston 2, Jeremy Schultz 3, Hunter Schuerenberg 4, Josh Schneiderman 5, Paul McMahan 6, Russel Borland 7, Kris Spitz 8, Bryce Schmitt 9, Greg Wilson.

HEAT 4

1, Tyler Courtney 2, Ian Madsen 3, T.J. Michael 4, Kyle Schuett 5, Skylar Gee 6, Danny Schlafer 7, Brian Kristan 8, Blake Nimee 9, Scott Thiel.

DASH 1

1, Bill Balog 2, Spencer Bayston 3, Kyle Reinhardt 4, Zeb Wise 5, Joe B. Miller.

DASH 2

1, Ian Madsen 2, Paul McMahan 3, Tyler Courtney 4, Rico Abreu 5, Cap Henry.

B MAIN

1, Jordan Goldesberry 2, Hunter Custer 3, Greg Wilson 4, Dave Uttech 5, Russel Borland 6, Kris Spitz 7, Jereme Schroeder 8, Josh Walter 9, Blake Nimee 10, Scotty Neitzel 11, Brian Kristan 12, Bryce Schmitt 13, Andy Rein 14, Sean Rayhall 15, Danny Schlafer 16, Scotty Thiel (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Bill Balog 2, Ian Madsen 3, Rico Abreu 4, Spencer Bayston 5, Tyler Courtney 6, Paul McMahan 7, Cory Eliason 8, Kyle Reinhardt 9, Cap Henry 10, Hunter Schuerenberg 11, Zeb Wise 12, Joe B. Miller 13, Carson Short 14, Jeremy Schultz 15, Jordan Goldesberry 16, Robbie Pribnow 17, T.J. Michael 18, Jake Blackhurst 19, Greg Wilson 20, Skylar Gee 21, Josh Schneiderman 22, Kyle Schuett 23, Dave Uttech 24, Hunter Custer.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Justin Erickson 2, Matt Rechek 3, Doug Wondra 4, Tyler Brabant 5, Brandon Berth 6, Katelyn Krebsbach 7, Tom Kreutz 8, Mike Yurmanovich.

HEAT 2

1, Chris Clayton 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Adam Miller 4, Preston Ruh 5, Tim Haddy 6, Tyler Davis 7, Jack Vanderboom 8, Josh Teunissen.

HEAT 3

1, Tony Wondra 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Kurt Davis 4, Blake Wondra 5, Austin Hartmann 6, Chris Larson 7, Jordan Paulsen 8, Scott Conger.

HEAT 4

1, Justin Miller 2, Travis Arenz 3, Kevin Karnitz 4, Bill Taylor 5, Alex Pokorski 6, Will Gerrits 7, Lance Fassbender 8, Dylan Winkel.

B MAIN

1, Will Gerrits 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Blake Wondra 4, Preston Ruh 5, Bill Taylor 6, Tyler Davis 7, Scott Conger 8, Jordan Paulsen 9, Tom Kreutz 10, Jack Vanderboom 11, Austin Hartmann 12, Katelyn Krebsbach 13, Josh Teunissen 14, Chris Larson 15, Dylan Winkel 16, Mike Yurmanovich (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Travis Arenz 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Ben Schmidt 4, Kevin Karnitz 5, Tony Wondra 6, Justin Miller 7, Justin Erickson 8, Matt Rechek 9, Chris Clayton 10, Kurt Davis 11, Adam Miller 12, Brandon Berth 13, Doug Wondra 14, Tyler Brabant 15, Lance Fassbender 16, Alex Pokorski 17, Will Gerrits 18, Preston Ruh 19, Bill Taylor 20, Tyler Davis 21, Tim Haddy 22, Blake Wondra.

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 22, 2021 – On a beautiful early summer evening for racing, the fourth Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program of the 2021 season saw three familiar faces make their initial appearance of the 2021 campaign in victory lane and another racked up his second A-main triumph of the 2021 campaign on Saturday, May 22 at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.

In A-main action, two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh led flag-to-flag to earn his first A-main triumph of the 2021 season in the 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car headliner.

Veteran Jim Schmidt of Cleveland survived an incident-plagued Sheboygan’s Country B93.7 Late Model main event to claim his first A-main victory of the season in a time-shortened 12-lap race. Will Sorce of Franklin worked the high groove to perfection to rack up his second 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A-main victory of the 2021 campaign and Jesse Cullen of Chilton rolled to his first A-main tally of the season in the 25-lap Cellcom B Mod main event.

Brandon McMullen outpowered polesitter Tim Haddy of Waupun to seize the lead on in turn one of the opening lap of the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car main event from his outside front row starting position as third starting Adam Miller of Plymouth slipped into second.

On lap 3, the first of three caution flags appeared after two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee clipped the turn two water barrel, which resulted in water leaking onto the track.

Following the restart, Haddy and Miller dueled side by side for second before Miller assumed the spot. By lap 4, McMullen had built up a sizeable half-straightaway cushion over Miller at the front of the field.

On lap 8, McMullen caught the back of the field and began working through heavy lapped traffic. McMullen expertly sliced his way through the slower cars to maintain a comfortable lead over Miller.

With seven laps to go, Miller and Haddy made contact entering turn one, which resulted in race-ending damage to Haddy’s car. Miller was able to continue, while the fourth-place car of Sheboygan’s Travis Arenz, who started fifth, had to pay a visit to the work area after suffering a flat tire.

The third caution flag flew for a four-car incident in turn one on the ensuing restart.

With two lapped cars between himself and the second-place car of ninth starter Justin Miller of Plymouth, who had moved up to second, McMullen bolted away from the field on the final restart, while 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove, who started 17^th, worked his way past Miller into second on lap 19.

Mullen pulled away in the closing laps to seal his 21^st career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 31^st career Midwest Sprint Car Association main event triumph by a full-straightaway margin over Schmidt, who came home second.

Justin Miller finished third, sixth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend placed fourth and Tyler Tischendorf of Waupaca, who started fourth, came home fifth.

The time-shortened 12-lap Late Model A main was plagued by seven caution flags, including two before the first official lap of the race could be completed.

When the race finally got underway, outside front row starter Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove grabbed the lead from polesitter Joe Bongiorno of Milwaukee in turn four of the opening lap. On lap 2, back-to-back caution flags again slowed the pace and resulted in single-file restarts as the norm for the remainder of the race.

On lap 3, three-time defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt, moved up from the third starting spot to pressure Charlie Schmidt for the lead before the fifth caution of the race appeared on lap four for a three-car incident along the backstretch.

When the race resumed, Justin Schmidt continued to hound Charlie Schmidt for the top spot. On lap 5, Justin Schmidt spun in turn four while challenging for the lead to bring out the sixth caution of the race. During the yellow flag period, Charlie Schmidt went to the pit area to change a flat tire, which handed the lead over to 11^th starter Turk Letizia of Milwaukee.

Following the restart, sixth starter Jim Schmidt mounted a challenge for the lead along the high line. Three laps later, Jim Schmidt powered around Letizia to take over the top spot in turn two.

Jim Schmidt maintained the lead until the seventh caution was displayed on lap 12 for a two-car incident in turn two, which brought the race to an early end after reaching the time limit.

Jim Schmidt earned his 16^th career PDTR Late Model A-main victory with Letizia second, 2016 PDTR Late Model champion Tim Buhler of Greenbush placed third after starting eighth, seventh starter Justin Ritchie of New London finished fourth and Justin Schmidt recovered from his early-race spin to place fifth.

Polesitter Donny Kulow of Elkhart Lake led the opening lap of the 25-lap Grand National A main before outside front row starter Luke Scholten of Oostburg worked the high groove to take over the lead in turn four on lap 2.

The lone caution flag of the race was displayed on lap 9 for debris in turn two.

Following the restart, two-time PDTR Grand National champion Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis, who started fourth, and Donny Kulow dueled side by side for second beginning on lap 12 with Kulow eventually maintaining second on lap 13.

On lap 18, fifth starter Will Sorce began to make his presence felt as he moved up to the outside line to gain third. One lap later, Sorce powered around Kulow to take over second and quickly set his sights on Scholten.

Sorce and Scholten battled door to door on lap 21 before Sorce surged past Scholten and into the lead.

Sorce pulled away over the final four laps to earn his third career PDTR Grand National A-main victory. Donny Kulow finished second, Don Sorce Jr. placed third, 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow finished fourth after starting third and 2018 PDTR Grand National champ Matt Loehr of Dotyville wound up fifth after starting seventh.

Polesitter Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls grabbed the lead on the drop of the green flag of the 25-lap B Mod A main.

As Long led, fourth starter Jesse Cullen slipped past outside front row starter Trevor Frank of Sheboygan to gain second place in the running order. The first of four caution flags appeared on lap 7 for a three-car incident in turn two.

On the restart, Long drifted high in turn two, which allowed Cullen to power into the lead on lap 8 with Frank in tow. After a pair of caution flags ensued on lap 11 and lap 13 for multi-car incidents, Cullen bolted out to a quarter-straightaway lead over Frank by lap 16.

The fourth and final caution flag appeared on lap 20 when Long made contact with the turn three wall. When race resumed, Cullen pulled away over the final five laps to secure his fourth career PDTR B Mod A-main victory by a half-straightaway margin over Frank, who had to settle for second.

Third starter Shane Long of Sheboygan Falls finished third, Rory Welch of Grafton moved up from his 11^th starting spot to place fourth and eighth starter Jonathan Hitsman of Plymouth placed fifth.

Doug Wondra of Lomira claimed the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.

The fourth PDTR racing program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Pit Stop Pizza, drew a total of 87 cars, including 31 360 Sprint Cars, 16 Late Models, 20 Grand Nationals and 20 B Mods.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, May 29 with action in the 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions. The Military Night program will offer free admission to all members of the U.S. armed forces with a valid I.D.

Grandstand gates open at 3:30 p.m. with hot laps at 4:30 p.m. racing at 5 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

 

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Tyler Tischendorf 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Tony Wondra 4, Justin Miller 5, Jack Vanderboom 6, Ben Schmidt 7, Matt Rechek 8, Tom Kreutz.

HEAT 2

1, Adam Miller 2, Travis Arenz 3, Mike Yurmanovich 4, Josh Teunissen 5, Tyler Brabant 6, Will Gerrits 7, Chris Clayton 8, Austin Hartmann.

HEAT 3

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Kurt Davis 3, Chris Larson 4, Nick Daywalt 5, Justin Erickson 6, Alex Pokorski 7, Katelyn Krebsbach 8, Dylan Winkel.

HEAT 4

1, Tim Haddy 2, Kevin Karnitz 3, Tyler Davis 4, Brandon Berth 5, Doug Wondra 6, Blake Wondra 7, Bill Taylor.

B MAIN

1, Doug Wondra 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Justin Erickson 4, Austin Hartmann 5, Will Gerrits 6, Chris Clayton 7, Josh Teunissen 8, Matt Rechek 9, Alex Pokorski 10, Katelyn Krebsbach 11, Dylan Winkel 12, Tom Kreutz 13, Tyler Brabant (DNS) 14, Blake Wondra (DNS) 15, Bill Taylor (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Justin Miller 4, Kevin Karnitz 5, Tyler Tischendorf 6, Justin Erickson 7, Travis Arenz 8, Will Gerrits 9, Tony Wondra 10, Adam Miller 11, Nick Daywalt 12, Lance Fassbender 13, Tyler Davis 14, Austin Hartmann 15, Chris Clayton 16, Doug Wondra 17, Chris Larson 18, Jack Vanderboom 19, Mike Yurmanovich 20, Tim Haddy 21, Kurt Davis 22, Josh Teunissen 23, Brandon Berth (DNS).

 

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTRY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Jim Schmidt 2, Tim Buhler 3, Justin Schmidt 4, Brian Konitzer 5, Eric Michaels 6, Sawyer Specht 7, Chad Ludwigson 8, Donny Singer.

HEAT 2

1, Greg Cantrell 2, Justin Ritchie 3, Joe Bongiorno 4, Charlie Schmidt 5, Turk Letizia 6, Justin Green 7, Jacob Van Engen 8, Billy Rezutek (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Jim Schmidt 2, Turk Letizia 3, Tim Buhler 4, Justin Ritchie 5, Justin Schmidt 6, Jon Bongiorno 7, Sawyer Specht 8, Jacob Van Engen 9, Charlie Schmidt 10, Donny Singer 11, Greg Cantrell 12, Eric Michaels 13, Justin Green 14, Brian Konitzer 15, Chad Ludwigson 16, Billy Rezutek (DNS).

 

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONAL

HEAT 1

1, Will Sorce 2, Tyler Kulow 3, Dick Hed 4, Dave Holm 5, Dylan May 6, Dylan Struve 7, Seth Westimayer.

HEAT 2

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Luke Scholten 3, Matt Loehr 4, Dustin Weiss 5, Justin Pearson 6, Nick Schumacher 7, Alex Lester.

HEAT 3

1, Steven Weber 2, Donny Kulow 3, Chad Espen 4, Derek Kaat 5, Nate Ruh 6, Collin Skindzelewski.

A MAIN

1, Will Sorce 2, Donny Kulow 3, Don Sorce Jr. 4, Tyler Kulow 5, Matt Loehr 6, Luke Scholten 7, Steven Weber 8, Dustin Weiss 9, Chad Espen 10, Justin Pearson 11, Nate Ruh 12, Dave Holm 13, Nick Schumacher 14, Dick Hed 15, Seth Westimayer 16, Derek Kaat 17, Collin Skindzelewski 18, Alex Lester 19, Dylan Struve 20, Dylan May.

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Trevor Frank 2, Shane Long 3, Travis Kleindl 4, Christopher Gilson 5, Patrick Hanson 76, Jim Fischer 7, Brendan Ostrowski.

HEAT 2

1, Jesse Cullen 2, Steve Lorier 3, Donny Singer 4, Jonathan Hitsman 5, Rory Welch 6, Gary Glander 7, Craig Gessner.

HEAT 3

1, Justin Bauer 2, Spencer Long 3, Rick Kretschmann 4, Phil Campanella 5, Randy Theys 6, Andy Welter.

A MAIN

1, Jesse Cullen 2, Trevor Frank 3, Shane Long 4, Rory Welch 5, Jonathan Hitsman 6, Justin Bauer 7, Rick Kretschmann 8, Steve Lorier 9, Andy Welter 10, Donny Singer 11, Patrick Hanson 12, Spencer Long 13, Craig Gessner 14, Travis Kleindl 15, Gary Glander 16, Randy Theys 17, Phil Campanella 18, Christopher Gilson 19, Jim Fischer 20, Brendan Ostrowski.

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 15, 2021 – With cool temperatures and persistent rain showers lingering throughout the evening, the third Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program of the 2021 season produced lightning fast track conditions and saw three veteran drivers post A-main victories in their respective divisions with a fourth falling victim to rain and two new track records set Saturday, May 15 at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.

In A-main action, 2018 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Justin Miller of Plymouth outdueled two-time PDTR 360 Sprint champ Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh through heavy lapped traffic to claim the A-main victory in the 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car main event, while establishing a new track record pace in the process.

Former PDTR Late Model champion Tim Buhler of Greenbush scored a wire-to-wire win in the 25-lap Sheboygan’s Country B93.7 Late Model main event, while Steven Weber of Plymouth led from start to finish in the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A main. The Cellcom B Mod A main fell victim to wet track conditions following steady rain showers.

After Justin Miller led the 22-car 360 Sprint Car A-main field to the green flag from the pole position, outside front row starter Brandon McMullen powered around Miller to take the lead in turn two of the opening circuit along the high groove.

McMullen paced the field with Miller second, fourth starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend in third and two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee, who started third, in fourth in the early stages of the race. The leaders hit lapped traffic on lap 7, which allowed Miller to cut the gap.

On lap 17, Miller ducked low to seize the top spot from McMullen in dense lapped traffic. Three laps later, Miller made slight contact with a lapped car in turn four, which allowed McMullen to regain the lead briefly along the inside groove.

However, Miller battled back to regain the top spot with a low move in turn three on lap 22 and fended off McMullen over the final three laps to secure his fourth career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and sixth overall Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main triumph in the caution-free race.

Miller completed the non-stop A-main race in five minutes and 31 seconds to set a new 25-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main track record. The previous record was set in 2016 by Kurt Davis.

McMullen finished second, Karnitz placed third, Davis was fourth and Travis Arenz of Sheboygan charged from the 16^th starting spot to place fifth.

Polesitter Tim Buhler led the opening lap of the Late Model A main with three-time defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland, who started second, in tow.

On lap 3, fifth starter Justin Ritchie of New London and third starter Jim Schmidt of Cleveland joined Justin Schmidt in a three-wide duel for second. One lap later, Justin Schmidt secured the second spot before the first of two caution flags flew on lap 5 for Chad Ludwigson of Sheboygan Falls and Joe Bongiorno of Milwaukee, who spun in turn three.

Another caution appeared on lap 6 when Turk Letizia of Milwaukee spun in turn two and was collected by Justin Ritchie.

After the restart, Buhler retained control of the top spot with Justin Schmidt trailing. On lap 10, Justin Schmidt pulled his smoking car off the track and into the infield while running second. By lap 12, Buhler had built up a full straightaway cushion over fourth starter Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove.

Buhler cruised over the final 13 laps to collect his 13^th career PDTR Late Model A-main victory. Jim Schmidt finished second, Charlie Schmidt came home third, Letizia recovered from his lap 6 spin to place fourth and Ritchie charged back through the field after going to the pits following contact with Letizia on lap 6 to finish fifth.

Steven Weber seized the lead on the drop of the green field of the Grand National A main from the pole. On lap 2, outside front row starter Brad Weiss of West Bend pulled even with the low-riding Weber along the high groove and the two drivers dueled side by side over the next two circuits before Weber gained control of the top spot.

On lap 5, 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Plymouth, who started third, slipped past Weiss to take second. On lap 8, Kulow closed in on Weber and continued to hound the leader throughout the remainder of the race.

Kulow stayed within striking distance in the closing laps. However, he was unable to wrestle the top spot away from the smooth and steady Weber, who went on to earn his third career PDTR Grand National A-main victory in the non-stop race.

Kulow finished second, fifth starter Chad Espen of West Bend placed third, two-time PDTR Grand National champ Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis, who started fourth, finished fourth and Dustin Weiss of Iron Ridge placed fifth after starting seventh.

The scheduled 25-lap Cellcom B Mod A main was cancelled due to rain with equal points granted to all drivers.

2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove won the first 12-lap 360 Sprint Car B main and 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Lance Fassbender of Burnett was victorious in the second 12-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car B main.

Nick Schultz of Beaver Dam set a new 10-lap PDTR B Mod heat race track record in the first B Mod heat race of the night with a time of two minutes and 32 seconds, which topped the previous track record by five seconds.

After the checkered flag flew in the 360 Sprint Car A main, Paul Pokorski of West Bend, in his first night behind the wheel of Spyder Akright’s 53A car, made hard contact with the turn one wall in an attempt to avoid contact with a rapidly slowly car directly ahead of him. Pokorski emerged from the badly damaged car uninjured.

The third PDTR racing program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by the city of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department and honored police, fire and EMS personnel with free admission, drew a total of 87 cars, including 34 360 Sprint Cars, 14 Late Models, 19 Grand Nationals and 20 B Mods.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, May 22 with action in the 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions

Grandstand gates open at 3:30 p.m. with hot laps at 4:30 p.m. racing at 5 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

 

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Kurt Davis 2, Blake Wondra 3, Tim Haddy 4, Mike Yurmanovich 5, Travis Arenz 6, Lance Fassbender 7, Doug Wondra 8, Josh Teunissen 9, Tyler Brabant.

HEAT 2

1, Brandon Berth 2, Justin Erickson 3, Tyler Tischendorf 4, Tony Wondra 5, Bill Taylor 6, Austin Hartmann 7, Tom Kreutz 8, Katelyn Krebsbach 9, Adam Miller.

HEAT 3

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Cole Possi 3, Preston Ruh 4, Paul Pokorski 5, Ben Schmidt 6, Matt

Rechek 7, Will Gerrits 8, Jack Vanderboom.

HEAT 4

1, Justin Miller 2, Kevin Karnitz 3, Tyler Davis 4, Scott Conger 5, Nick Daywalt 6, Jason Johnson 7, Ken Schmick 8, Alex Pokorski.

B MAIN 1

1, Ben Schmidt 2, Will Gerrits 3, Scott Conger 4, Matt Rechek 5, Jack Vanderboom 6, Mike Yurmanovich 7, Jason Johnson 8, Ken Schmick 9, Josh Teunissen.

B Main 2

1, Lance Fassbender 2, Bill Taylor 3, Austin Hartmann 4, Tyler Brabant 5, Doug Wondra 6, Adam Miller 7, Alex Pokorski 8, Katelyn Krebsbach 9, Tom Kreutz.

A MAIN

1, Justin Miller 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Kevin Karnitz 4, Kurt Davis 5, Travis Arenz 6, Brandon Berth 7, Justin Erickson 8, Tyler Tischendorf 9, Lance Fassbender 10, Tyler Davis 11, Tony Wondra 12, Ben Schmidt 13, Blake Wondra 14, Tim Haddy 15, Paul Pokorski 16, Will Gerrits 17, Cole Possi 18, Nick Daywalt 19, Bill Taylor 20, Preston Ruh 21, Austin Hartmann 22, Scott Conger.

 

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTRY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Jim Schmidt 2, Justin Ritchie 3, Justin Schmidt 4, Justin Green 5, Eric Michaels 6, Jacob Van Engen 7, Sawyer Specht.

HEAT 2

1, Turk Letizia 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Tim Buhler 4, Chad Ludwigson 5, Billy Rezutek 6, Donny Singer 7, Joe Bongiorno.

A MAIN

1, Tim Buhler 2, Jim Schmidt 3, Charlie Schmidt 4, Turk Letizia 5, Justin Ritchie 6, Justin Green 7, Jacob Van Engen 8, Eric Michaels 9, Donny Singer 10, Justin Schmidt 11, Billy Rezutek 12, Joe Bongiorno 13, Chad Ludwigson 14, Sawyer Specht (DNS).

 

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONAL

HEAT 1

1, Brad Weiss 2, Dustin Weiss 3, Steven Weber 4, J.J. Pagel 5, Luke Scholten 6, Dylan Struve 7, Justin Pearson.

HEAT 2

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Tyler Kulow 3, Derek Kaat 4, Will Sorce 5, Donny Kulow 6, Maverick Ruh.

HEAT 3

1, Chad Espen 2, Dick Hed 3, Seth Westimayer 4, Alex Lester 5, Dylan May 6, Andy Singer.

A MAIN

1, Steven Weber 2, Tyler Kulow 3, Chad Espen 4, Don Sorce Jr. 5, Dustin Weiss 6, Dick Hed 7, Luke Scholten 8, Will Sorce 9, Donny Kulow 10, Derk Kaat 11, J.J. Pagel 12, Justin Pearson 13, Seth Westimayer 14, Dylan May 15, Brad Weiss 16, Maverick Ruh 17, Alex Lester 18, Dylan Struve 19, Andy Singer (DNS).

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Nick Schultz 2, Trevor Frank 3, Elijah Koenig 4, Jonathan Hitsman 5, Craig Gessner 6, Brendan Ostrowski 7, Christopher Gilson.

HEAT 2

1, Justin Bauer 2, Phil Campanella 3, Jim Fischer 4, Andy Welter 5, Gary Glander 6, Spencer Long 7, Ryan Pafford 8, Tim Thrun.

HEAT 3

1, Steve Lorier 2, Shane Long 3, Rory Welch 4, Donny Singer 5, Patrick Hanson.

A MAIN

Cancelled due to rain with equal points granted to all drivers.

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 8, 2021 – On a frigid evening for racing, the red hot A-main action featured several impressive runs from deep in the field, along with spirited battles and position swaps at the front of the pack, during the second Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program of the 2021 season Saturday, May 8 at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.

In A-main competition, two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee added to his record-setting main event victory tally with a hard-earned triumph over two-time PDTR 360 champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh and Travis Arenz of Sheboygan in the 25-lap 360 Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty Sprint Car headliner.

Justin Ritchie of New London scored his second straight win in the 25-lap Sheboygan’s Country B93.7 Late Model main event, while Will Sorce of West Allis claimed the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National A-main victory and Jonathan Hitsman of Plymouth scored his first career PDTR Cellcom B Mod A main triumph.

Polesitter Will Gerrits of Waupun jumped into the lead on the drop of the green flag of the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A main with outside front row stater Justin Erickson of Plymouth settling into second.

On lap three, the red flag appeared when Tim Haddy of Waupun flipped in turn two after contact with another car.

On the restart, sixth starter Kurt Davis bolted into second with a daring move on the outside groove in turn two as 2018 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Justin Miller of Plymouth, who started third, settled into third.

Three laps later, Sheboygan’s Travis Arenz, who started 12^th, burst into fourth and then stole third away from Miller on lap 7.

The leaders began to encounter lapped traffic on lap 10, which changed the complexion of the race significantly. As Gerrits negotiated his way through lapped cars, Brandon McMullen, who started 17^th, broke into the top five on lap 13.

Four laps later, Davis powered around Gerrits along the high grove in turn four to assume the top spot just before Gerrits made contact with a slower car, which allowed Arenz to move into second and McMullen into third.

On lap 17, McMullen drove around Arenz to assume second in turn two before the yellow flag appeared on lap 22 for the stalled car of Josh Teunissen of Belgium in near the exit of turn two.

Following a single-file restart with less than five laps to go, Davis bolted away from McMullen and Arenz over the final three laps to secure his division-leading 25^th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and series-leading 63^rd career Midwest Sprint Car Association main event win.

McMullen, who had to qualify for the A main through the B main, finished second, Arenz was third, Erickson claimed fourth and Miller rounded out the top five.

In the 25-lap Late Model A main, 40-year veteran Ron Stroika of Mukwonago jumped into the lead on the drop of the green flag from the outside front row starting position as three-time defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland moved into second, after starting fourth, with sixth starter Justin Ritchie in tow.

On lap five, Ritchie ducked under Schmidt to take second in turn one before a series of three consecutive caution flags for single-car spins slowed the pace on laps 7, 8 and 9.

When the race resumed, Ritchie flexed his muscle to wrestle the lead away from Stroika in turn three on lap 11. Richie then proceeded to pull away from the field as it built up a full-straightaway cushion over Stroika on lap 21.

The fourth and final caution flag of the race was displayed on lap 22 when Charlie Schmidt spun in turn four. Meanwhile, Ritchie extended his lead in the closing laps en route to his second straight PDTR Late Model A-main victory and fourth career PDTR Late Model main event win.

Justin Schmidt was second, Stroika wound up third, Letizia placed fourth and 2016 PDTR Late Model champion Tim Buhler of Greenbush placed fifth after starting seventh.

In the Grand National headliner, polesitter Chad Espen of West Bend assumed the lead in turn one of the opening lap. After a pair of consecutive single-car spins brought out two caution flags in the first two laps, outside front row starter Steven Weber of Plymouth dueled side by side for second with 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Plymouth, who started third.

On lap six, Weber finally cleared Kulow to secure second place before eighth starter Will Sorce used the outside groove to challenge Weber for the runner-up spot.

Six laps later, Sorce moved into second with a high move in turn four before pressuring Espen for the lead starting on lap 16. Three laps later, Espen got hung up behind a lapped car, which allowed Sorce to use the high line to take over the lead in turn three on lap 19 with Weber following in second.

On lap 22, 2018 PDTR Grand National champion Matt Loehr of Dotyville used a low move in turn four to take second, while Sorce remain strong at the front of the field and went on to earn his second career PDTR Grand National A-main victory by a full straightaway margin over Loehr.

Weber finished third, Espen was fourth and two-time PDTR Grand National champ Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis placed fifth after starting fourth.

Polesitter Kyle Odekirk of Plymouth led the opening lap of the B Mod A main before fourth starter Trevor Frank of Sheboygan spun in turn two on lap 2 to bring out the first of three caution flags.

On the restart, eighth starter Brendan Ostrowski of Milwaukee used the outside groove to take second and quickly moved in to challenge Odekirk for the top spot on lap six.

After another caution flag was displayed for the stalled car of Ryan Mech of Oak Creek in turn two on lap 6, second starter Gary Glander of Sheboygan Falls worked the high line to challenge Odekirk for the lead. Glander gained the top spot on lap 9 and paced the field for two laps before Odekirk battled back along the low groove to regain the lead.

The third and final caution flag was displayed on lap 12 when Ostrowski spun in turn two. On the restart, Jonathan Hitsman, who started third, secured second and four laps later moved past Odekirk into the lead.

Hitsman quickly bolted away from the field, while Travis Schmidt of Waldo, who started 16^th, raced in second on lap 17. Hitsman cruised over the final eight laps en route to his first career PDTR B Mod A-main victory.

Schmidt placed second, Glander finished third, Frank rebounded from his early-race spin to charge back up to fourth and sixth starter Rick Kretschmann of Sheboygan Falls finished fifth.

Brandon McMullen won the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main and Will Garceau of Francis Creek captured the 12-lap B Mod B Main.

The second PDTR racing program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Collins State Bank, drew a total of 85 cars, including 31 360 Sprint Cars, 13 Late Models, 16 Grand Nationals and 25 B Mods.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, May 15 with action in the 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions

Grandstand gates open at 3:30 p.m. with hot laps at 4:30 p.m. racing at 5 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Blake Wondra 2, Justin Erickson 3, Travis Arenz 4, Preston Ruh 5, Jason Johnson 6, Katelyn Krebsbach 7, Tyler Brabant 8, Alex Pokorski.

HEAT 2

1, Will Gerrits 2, Kurt Davis 3, Lance Fassbender 4, Tyler Tischendorf 5, Matt Rechek 6, Tyler Davis 7, Chris Larson 8, Ben Schmidt.

HEAT 3

1, Justin Miller 2, Josh Teunissen 3, Kevin Karnitz 4, Bill Taylor 5, Tony Wondra 6, Tom Kreutz 7, Cole Possi 8, Jack Vanderboom (DNS).

HEAT 4

1, Tim Haddy 2, Doug Wondra 3, Adam Miller 4, Brandon McMullen 5, Brandon Berth 6, Mike Yurmanovich 7, Austin Hartmann.

B MAIN

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Jason Johnson 3, Preston Ruh 4, Austin Hartmann 5, Tyler Davis 6, Tony Wondra 7, Ben Schmidt 8, Alex Pokorski 9, Mike Yurmanovich 10, Katelyn Krebsbach 11, Tyler Brabant 12, Tom Kreutz 13, Cole Possi 14, Chris Larson 15, Jack Vanderboom (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Kurt Davis 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Travis Arenz 4, Justin Erickson 5, Justin Miller 6, Ben Schmidt 7, Lance Fassbender 8, Doug Wondra 9, Will Gerrits 10, Kevin Karnitz 11, Brandon Berth 12, Adam Miller 13, Blake Wondra 14, Matt Rechek 15, Bill Taylor 16, Tyler Tischendorf 17, Tony Wondra 18, Austin Hartmann 19, Tyler Davis 20, Preston Ruh 21, Josh Teunissen 22, Tim Haddy. 23, Jason Johnson (DNS).

 

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTRY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Turk Letizia 2, Tim Buhler 3, Justin Ritchie 4, Joe Bongiorno 5, Ron Stroika 6, Ted Dolhun Sr. 7, Jacob Van Engen.

HEAT 2

1, Jim Schmidt 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Eric Michaels 4, Justin Schmidt 5, Donny Singer 6, Chad Ludwigson.

A MAIN

1, Justin Ritchie 2, Justin Schmidt 3, Ron Stroika 4, Turk Letizia 5, Tim Buhler 6, Joe Bongiorno 7, Jim Schmidt 8, Jacob Van Engen 9, Charlie Schmidt 10, Ted Dolhun Sr. 11, Eric Michaels 12, Donny Singer 13, Chad Ludwigson (DNS).

 

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONAL

HEAT 1

1, Chad Espen 2, Don Sorce 3, Donny Kulow 4, Dylan Struve 5, Dick Hed 6, Derek Kaat 7, Luke Scholten 8, Collin Skindzelewski (DNS).

HEAT 2

1, Tyler Kulow 2, Steven Weber 3, Will Sorce 4, Matt Loehr 5, Nate Ruh 6, Dave Holm 7, Randy Post 8, Alex Lester.

A MAIN

1, Will Sorce 2, Matt Loehr 3, Steven Weber 4, Chad Espen 5, Don Sorce Jr. 6, Tyler Kulow 7, Donny Kulow 8, Derek Kaat 9, Dick Hed 10, Luke Scholten 11, Dylan Struve 12, Alex Lester 13, Randy Post 14, Nate Ruh 15, Dave Holm 16, Collin Skindzelewski.

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Rick Kretschmann 2, Steve Lorier 3, Jonathan Hitsman 4, Justin Bauer 5, Travis Schmidt 6, Will Garceau 7, Donny Singer 8, Patrick Hanson 9, Matthew Roehl (DNS).

HEAT 2

1, Phil Campanella 2, Gary Glander 3, Spencer Long 4, Ryan Mech 5, Craig Gessner 6, Lonnie Dalgord 7, Glen Blanke 8, Shane Long.

HEAT 3

1, Trevor Frank 2, Brendan Ostrowski 3, Kyle Odekirk 4, Dustin Wudstrack 5, John Fleury 6, Christopher Gilson 8, Jim Fischer.

B MAIN

1, Will Garceau 2, Nick Schultz 3, Shane Long 4, Glen Blanke 5, Donny Singer 6, Matthew Roehl 7, Patrick Hanson 8, Jim Fischer 9, Christopher Gilson.

A MAIN

1, Jonathan Hitsman 2, Travis Schmidt 3, Gary Glander 4, Trevor Frank 5, Rick Kretschmann 6, Justin Bauer 7, Spencer Long 8, Will Garceau 9, Craig Gessner 10, Nick Schultz 11, Dustin Wudstrack 12, Brendan Ostrowski 13, John Fleury 14, Glen Blanke 15, Kyle Odekirk 16, Shane Long 17, Lonnie Dalgord 18, Phil Campanella 19, Steve Lorier 20, Ryan Mech.

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 1, 2021 – With unseasonably balmy temperatures greeting a strong contingent of racing-hungry fans and competitors, Plymouth Dirt Track Racing kicked off its 17^th season of sanctioning weekly racing action at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, May 1.

In A-main competition, 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove held off the hard-charging duo of Travis Arenz of Sheboygan and two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, while skillfully working through heavy lapped traffic in the closing laps to capture the 25-lap 360 Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty Sprint Car headliner.

Justin Richie of New London led flag-to-flag en route to victory in the 25-lap Sheboygan’s Country B93.7 Late Model main event, while Donny Kulow of Elkhart Lake endured six caution flags to claim the A-main win the 25-lap Oostburg Automotive Grand National main event and Kyle Odekirk of Plymouth captured the caution-filled, time-shortened 17-lap PDTR Cellcom B Mod A main.

Ben Schmidt seized the lead on the drop of the green flag of the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A main from the pole before 2018 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Justin Miller of Plymouth, who started second, used the high groove to power into the lead on lap 2.

Two laps later, Schmidt rebounded to regain the top spot with a nifty low move in turn two. On lap 6, Schmidt caught the back of the field and was poised to negotiate heavy lapped traffic when the lone caution flag of the race appeared on lap 8 after Blake Wondra of Fond du Lac spun in turn two.

On the restart, Schmidt powered away from Miller and eighth starter Travis Arenz, who had worked his way into third. On lap 10, Arenz pulled off a slide job on the dry slick track surface to secure the runner-up spot.

Three laps later, Schmidt hit slower traffic, which allowed Arenz and 10^th starter Brandon McMullen, who had worked his way up to third, to close rapidly on the leader.

Dense lapped traffic proved to be challenging for the leaders over the second half of the race as Schmidt, Arenz and McMullen diced their way skillfully through the rear of the field in close quarters.

On lap 20, Arenz dove low in turn three to pull even with Schmidt for the top spot, however, the 21-year veteran refused to be denied as he fended off Arenz, while weaving his way through lapped cars over the final five laps en route to his 11^th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main victory and 28^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association main event triumph.

Arenz had to settle for second, McMullen finished a close third, Miller placed fourth and Waupun’s Will Gerrits, worked his way up from the 13th starting spot, to place fifth.

After a complete restart following a spin involving Turk Letizia of Milwaukee and Sawyer Specht of Sheboygan Falls on the initial start, Justin Ritchie led the 17-car Late Model A-main field to the green flag from the pole and quickly outpowered outside front row starter Dan Schlieper of Milwaukee, who was in the seat of the late Jim Letizia’s D7 car, to take the lead in turn one of the opening lap.

Ritchie wasted little time in building up a solid cushion over third starter Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha on lap 2. Two laps later, Charlie Schmidt of Cedar Grove, who started fifth, flexed his muscle by bolting past Scheffler to seize second in turn two.

On lap 5, the second and final caution flag appeared for Jacob Van Engen of Howards Grove, who spun in turn two. After the restart, Ritchie built up a big lead over Schmidt in the final 20 laps and never looked back en route to his third career PDTR Late Model A-main victory by a half-lap margin.

Schmidt finished a strong second, Scheffler placed third, four-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake finished fourth after starting eighth and three-time defending PDTR Late Model champion Justin Schmidt of Cleveland, who started sixth, rounded out the top five.

After a caution on the opening lap of the 25-lap Grand National A main for Dave Holm of Chilton and Jeff Muehlbauer of Elkhart Lake, Donny Kulow, who started on the pole and 82-year-old Dick Hed of Plymouth, who started second, dueled side by side over the first two laps before Kulow surged ahead along the low groove on lap 3.

On lap 5, fourth starter J.J. Pagel of Mount Calvary in the Bender Racing No. 89 entry worked past Hed to take second before the second caution flag appeared for a spin involving Maverick Ruh of Sheboygan Falls.

After another caution was displayed on lap 7 for a spin involving Derek Kaat of Plymouth, Pagel and Hed waged a heated battle for second before Pagel gained the spot and moved in two pressure Kulow for the lead on lap 10.

The fourth yellow came out on lap 13 when Derek Kaat spun along the front stretch. When the race resume, Pagel and Hed continued their battle for second with Pagel again surging ahead on lap 17.

Three laps later, 2019 PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Plymouth spun in turn four after contact with Hed, who was sent to the rear of field for the altercation.

Following the restart, seventh starter Luke Scholten of Oostburg charged in along the outside groove to pressure Pagel for second before the sixth and final caution was displayed on lap 23 when Jacob Muehlbauer of Elkhart Lake made contact with the front  stretch wall.

When the race resumed, Kulow maintained the top spot by holding firm to the low line on the way to his second career PDTR Grand National A-main victory.

Pagel finished second, Jeff Muehlbauer recovered from an opening lap spin to finish third, Scholten placed fourth and two-time PDTR Grand National champion Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis placed fifth after starting ninth.

After a five-car incident brought out the first of six caution flags on the opening lap, polesitter Kyle Odekirk raced into the lead on the drop of the green flag with second starter Shane Long of Sheboygan Falls and Jesse Cullen of Chilton, who started sixth, in tow.

The second yellow flag appeared on lap 3 when Patrick Hanson of Sheboygan Falls stalled near the turn three pit exit. On the restart, fifth starter Trevor Frank of Sheboygan began to make his presence felt as he slipped into third place. On lap 9, Cullen worked his way into second with a strong move along the cushion before back-to-back cautions for debris and a three-car incident in turn two on lap 11 slowed the pace again.

On the restart, Cullen and Frank waged an epic duel for second with Frank running low and Cullen sticking to the high line. The fifth caution appeared on lap 14 as the race neared the 25-minute time limit. On what proved to the final restart, Kulow again held is own by staying smooth down low, while Cullen fended off Frank for second before the race ended on lap 17 when the sixth yellow flag was displayed for a spin involving Rick Kretschmann of Sheboygan Falls in turn one.

Odekirk, who owns a pair of PDTR Late Model victories, earned his first career PDTR B Mod A-main win with Cullen placing second, Frank taking third, Shane Long finishing fourth and Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls, who started 17^th, placing fifth.

Brandon Berth of Cascade was victorious in the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B Main and Spencer Long won the 12-lap B Mod B Main.

The season-opening PDTR racing program of the 2021 season, which was sponsored by Mayer Automotive, drew a total of 87 cars, including 31 360 Sprint Cars, 17 Late Models, 15 Grand Nationals and 24 B Mods.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Saturday, May 8 with action in the 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod divisions

Grandstand gates open at 3:30 p.m. with hot laps at 4:30 p.m. racing at 5 p.m.

The new book “70 Years of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan and George Baumann of Waupun, covering every season of racing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. from 1950 to 2020 will be available for purchase at every race during the 2021 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.

 

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Kurt Davis 2, Bill Taylor 3, Justin Miller 4, Tyler Tischendorf 5, Matt Rechek 6, Tony Wondra 7, Preston Ruh 8, Scott Conger (DNS).

HEAT 2

1, Kevin Karnitz 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Will Gerrits 4, Brandon McMullen 5, Cole Possi 6, Spyder Akright 7, Mike Yurmanovich 8, Chris Larson (DNS).

HEAT 3

1, Travis Arenz 2, Paul Pokorski 3, Justin Erickson 4, Jack Vanderboom 5, Blake Wondra 6, Tyler Brabant 7, Josh Teunissen 8, Katelyn Krebsbach.

HEAT 4

1, Tyler Davis 2, Tim Haddy 3, Austin Hartmann 4, Adam Miller 5, Lance Fassbender 6, Brandon Berth 7, Tommy Colburn (DNS).

B MAIN

1, Brandon Berth 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Tyler Brabant 4, Matt Recheck 5, Scott Conger 6, Blake Wondra 7, Spyder Akright 8, Cole Possi 9, Mike Yurmanovich 10, Tony Wondra 11, Josh Teunissen 12, Katelyn Krebsbach 13, Tommy Colburn 14, Preston Ruh 15, Chris Larson (DNS).

A MAIN

1, Ben Schmidt 2, Travis Arenz 3, Brandon McMullen 4, Justin Miller 5, Will Gerrits 6, Kevin Karnitz 7, Tim Haddy 8, Jack Vanderboom 9, Kurt Davis 10, Adam Miller 11, Justin Erickson 12, Lance Fassbender 13, Brandon Berth 14, Scott Conger 15, Austin Hartmann 16, Tyler Brabant 17, Matt Recheck 18, Bill Taylor 19, Tyler Davis 20, Blake Wondra 21, Tyler Tischendorf 22, Paul Pokorski.

 

SHEBOYGAN’S COUNTRY B93.7 LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Dan Schlieper 4, Taylor Scheffler 5, Tim Buhler 6, Ron Stroika 7, Jon Bongiorno 8, Jim Schmidt 9, Chad Ludwigson.

HEAT 2

1, Brad Mueller 2, Sawyer Specht 3, Turk Letizia 4, Justin Ritchie 5, Brian Konitzer 6, Dan White 7, Jacob Van Engen 8, Donny Singer.

A MAIN

1, Justin Ritchie 2, Charlie Schmidt 3, Taylor Scheffler 4, Brad Mueller 5, Justin Schmidt 6, Tim Buhler 7, Joe Bongiorno 8, Jim Schmidt 9, Turk Letizia 10, Dan Schlieper 11, Dan White 12, Jacob Van Engen 13, Ron Stroika 14, Chad Ludwigson 15, Donny Singer 16, Brian Konitzer 17, Sawyer Specht.

 

OOSTBURG AUTOMOTIVE GRAND NATIONAL

HEAT 1

1, Tyler Kulow 2, Brad Weiss. 3, J.J. Pagel 4, Dylan Struve 5, Dick Hed 6, Jeff Muehlbauer 7, Maverick Ruh 8, Jacob Muehlbauer.

HEAT 2

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Luke Scholten 3, Dave Holm 4, Derek Kaat 5, Donny Kulow 6, Steven Weber 7, Daryl Traber.

A MAIN

1, Donny Kulow 2, J.J. Pagel 3, Jeff Muehlbauer 4, Luke Scholten 5, Don Sorce Jr. 6, Steven Weber 7, Tyler Kulow 8, Brad Weiss 9, Dick Hed 10, Derek Kaat 11, Maverick Ruh 12, Dave Holm 13, Jacob Muehlbauer 14, Dylan Struve 15, Daryl Traber.

 

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Craig Gessner 2, Matthew Roehl 3, Rick Kretschmann 4, Gary Glander 5, Rory Welch 6, Patrick Hanson 7, Michael Gilson 8, Spencer Long 9, Christopher Gilson (DNS).

HEAT 2

1, Shane Long 2, Jesse Cullen 3, Phil Campanella 4, Will Garceau 5, Brendon Ostrowski 6, Justin Bauer 7, Logan See 8, Donny Singer.

HEAT 3

1, Kyle Odekirk 2, Steve Lorier 3, Trevor Frank 4, Dustin Wudstrack 5, Mark Hoeppner 6, Jon Fleury 7, Conrad Kaufert 8, Jim Fischer.

B MAIN

1, Spencer Long 2, Donny Singer 3, Jim Fischer 4, Patrick Hanson 5, Logan See 6, Christopher Gilson 7, Michael Gilson 8, Rory Welch 9, Conrad Kaufert.

A MAIN

1, Kyle Odekirk 2, Jesse Cullen 3, Trevor Frank 4, Shane Long 5, Spencer Long 6, Justin Bauer 7, Gary Glander 8, Will Garceau 9, Steve Lorier 10, Brendan Ostrowski 11, Donny Singer 12, Dustin Wudstrack 13, Jim Fischer 14, Rick Kretschmann 15, Mark Hoeppner 16, Matthew Roehl 17, Patrick Hanson 18, Craig Gessner 19, Phil Campanella  20. John Fleury (DQ).

McMullen wraps up second PDTR 360 Sprint Car crown

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 26, 2020 – On a night when Sprint Cars were king, four champions were crowned in five different open wheel touring series during the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Sept. 26.

In the headlining Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series, Bill Balog of Hartland captured his 12^th IRA A-main victory of the year in the 30-lap main event en route to nailing down his record 10^th IRA title.

Will Gerrits of Waupun led flag to flag to earn his first Plymouth Dirt Track Racing-Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car main event victory of the 2020 season.

In addition, Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh secured his second Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car championship, while also claiming his fourth Midwest Sprint Car Association crown.

Tim Cox of Park City, Ill. notched his first A-main victory of the season in the 20-lap Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Car Series main event, while Jimmy Sivia of Winthrop Harbor, Ill. earned his first career AutoMeter Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Car championship.

C.J. Malueg of Johnsburg, Ill. earned the 20-lap IRA Lightning Sprints A-main victory in a photo finish on the way to the 2020 IRA Lightning Sprints title.

The initial start of the 30-lap IRA 410 Sprint Car Series A main was aborted when Todd Daun of Pleasant Prairie stopped near the turn two wall to bring out the first of six caution flags.

Following a complete restart, Bill Balog jumped out to the lead from the pole position  with third starter Scotty Thiel of Sheboygan surging into second along the low groove.

The second caution was displayed on lap 2 when Hunter Custer of Chippewa Falls stopped in turn four. Following the restart, Balog held strong at the front of the field with Thiel in tow before the lead duo hit lapped traffic on lap 5, which provided Thiel with an opportunity to pounce.

On lap 6, Thiel ducked low to pull even with Balog. The two Sprint Car standouts dueled side by side over the next two circuits before Thiel surged into the lead in turn four on lap 8.

The third caution flag appeared on lap 11 when Robbie Pribnow of Lomira stopped along the frontstretch. Thiel pulled away from Balog on the restart before traffic again made things interesting beginning on lap 15.

One lap later, Balog used the outside groove to power around Thiel into the lead on lap 16. On the next circuit, Jordan Goldesberrry of Springfield, Ill. spun in turn one before collecting Kris Spitz of Salem.

Balog controlled the ensuing restart before the fifth caution flew on lap 22 when Blake Nimee of Oswego, Ill. stopped in turn three on lap 22. On the ensuing restart, Balog again powered away to a full-straightaway advantage on lap 25.

As Balog hit lapped traffic one final time, Balog closed the gap dramatically on lap 28. With Thiel gaining quickly on Balog entering the final two turns, Scott Biertzer of West Bend slowed in turn three, which caused Kris Spitz to spin just in front of Thiel, who was collected in the incident to bring out the sixth caution of the race.

Thiel was able to continue in the race at the rear of the field in a green-white-checkered flag finish. Balog powered away from former IRA champion Jake Blackburst of Hanna City, Ill. on the restart and held onto post is 12^th IRA A-main victory of the season, record a season sweep of the three 2020 IRA A-main events at Plymouth and rack up his 125^th career IRA A-main triumph.

“We had a great battle with Scotty [Thiel] for a while there,” Balog said. “Then the spin happened on the last lap with Scotty. After that, I think Jake [Blackhurst] was behind us. I didn’t know how close Blackhurst was during the lap few laps. I was a little worried because I bobbled and jumped the cushion at the end.”

Blackhurst, who started fourth, came home a strong second.

“It’s great to have this car turned around and consistently running toward the front now,” Blackhurst said. “Congratulations to Bill and his team on the victory and championship. Man, he is good.”

Mike Reinke of Howards Grove finished third in the Bob Hood 10W entry, after starting sixth.

“It looked like we were going to be a fourth or fifth-place car tonight,” Reinke said. “We were not as fast as the top three guys in open air then some things happened near the end that ended up putting us on the podium. I’m happy with a podium finish to close out the year. This will help in building some momentum into the offseason and into 2021.”

Outside front row starter Joey Moughan of Springfield, Ill. finished fourth and former IRA champion Jeremy Schultz of Beaver Dam placed fifth after starting 11^th.

Outside front row starter Will Gerrits grabbed the lead of the 25-lap PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car A main with polesitter Chris Clayton of Waldo sliding into second. By lap 5, Gerrits had bolted out to a full straightaway lead over Clayton.

On lap 10, 2011 PDTR and MSA champion Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove moved in from his sixth starting spot to work around Clayton for second on lap 10.

The leaders hit lapped traffic on lap 13 before Travis Arenz of Sheboygan used a slide job to clear Schmidt and take second in turn two on lap 14. Schmidt battled back to regain second lap 16. However, Arenz regained the spot in turn three on lap 17.

Arenz was closing rapidly on Gerrits for the lead in dense lapped traffic before the lone caution flag of the race was displayed on lap 17 when 2018 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Justin Miller of Plymouth spun in turn two.

Following the restart, Gerrits again opened up a sizable gap when Arenz and Schmidt dueled back and forth for second with Arenz eventually maintaining the spot on lap 18.

Arenz worked the high groove throughout the majority of the final seven circuits, but was unable to reel in Gerrits, who secured his first A-main victory of the 2020 season and his second career PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Car A-main victory.

“This certainly makes up for the god-awful year we’ve had,” Gerrits said. “I have to thank everyone in the pits that helps out on this car.”

Arenz finished second, Schmidt placed third, third starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend ended up fourth and Clayton rounded out the top five.

Vince Bartolotta of Muskego grabbed the lead of the 20-lap Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Car A main from the pole with outside front row starter Tim Cox settling into second.

On lap 6, Ryan Marshall of Kansasville, who started fifth, moved in to challenge the high-riding Cox along the high groove, but Cox prevailed before moving in to pressure Bartolotta for the top spot on lap 8.

One lap later, Cox powered around Bartolotta along the outside groove to seize the top spot. On lap 11, Marshall slipped underneath Bartolotta to take over second before the first of two caution flags was displayed on lap 16 when Chris Klemko of Bristol, who entered the race with a 10-point lead over Jimmy Sivia in the chase for the 2020 Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Car Series title, had nowhere to go and was collected after Jake Kouba of Minneapolis, Minn. spun along the frontstretch.

The incident effectively dashed Klemko’s championship hopes as he was forced to restart the race at the rear of the field.

On lap 18, Marshall moved in to pressure Cox for the lead along the inside groove before 11^th starter Nathan Crane of Waukegan assumed third from Marshall on lap 19.

The second caution of the race was then displayed on lap 19 when Brian Strane of Paris spun in turn two. On the restart, third starter Derek Crane of Waukegan, Ill. moved in to assume second as Cox cruised to his first Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Car Series A-main victory of the 2020 season.

Derek Crane finished second, Nathan Crane was third, Marshall wound up fourth and Rusty Egan of Burlington finished fifth after starting 12^th.

“It took us the whole summer to get here,” Cox said. “We crashed badly and missed a few races. I turned 60 this year and it is great to get a win. I want to say ‘congratulations’ to Jimmy Sivia on the championship.”

Sivia was delighted to earn his first career AutoMeter Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Car Series title under the IRA banner.

“I’m feeling a lot of emotions right now,” Sivia said. “I have grown up traveling around with the IRA and now it feels great that now I can call myself an IRA champion.”

In the 20-lap IRA Lightning Sprints A main, Mark Heinert of Oak Creek took the lead from the outside front row starting position. The first of three cautions was displayed on lap 8 when Chris Quillman of Delevan stopped near the turn three pit exit.

Following the restart, the fourth starting C.J. Malueg moved into second from his third starting spot.

After two more caution flags, the table was set for a thrilling finish. On lap 18, Malueg powered in to challenge Heinert.

On the final circuit, Malueg used a huge run of off turn four to pull even with Heinert as the two drivers dueled to the checkered flag with Malueg prevailing at the finish line by four one-thousands of a second.

Heinert placed second, Ron Brannam of Barrington, Ill. finished third after starting fifth, 10^th starter Nick Petska of Spring Grove, Ill. took fourth and polesitter Jeff Schmidt of Slinger placed fifth.

Jake Blackhurst turned the fastest IRA 410 Sprint Car Series qualifying lap of the evening by touring the third-mile clay oval in 11.932 seconds.

The IRA B main went to Blake Ninmee. Blake Wondra of Fond du Lac won the MSA B main. Jim Wehrman of Kansasville captured the Wisconsin Wingless B main.

The all-Sprint Car program, which featured a total of 105 cars, included 29 IRA 410 Sprint Cars and 31 PDTR-MSA 360 Sprint Cars, 28 Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Cars and 17 IRA Lightning Sprints.

Collins State Bank and RC Custom Design were the trophy sponsors for the evening.

Plymouth Dirt Track Racing will honor 2020 division champions Brandon McMullen (360 Sprint Car), Justin Schmidt (Late Model), Aaron Stolp (Grand National) and Tim Warner (B Mod), while also giving out special recognition, during the annual PDTR Awards Presentation at Racers Hall in Plymouth on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m.

There is no charge to attend the event and those that attend may order food off the menu if they desire.

Awards include trophies for the top three in points in each division, rookie of year, most improved and the Dedication to Dirt Award.

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION 410 SPRINT CARS

QUALIFYING

1, Jake Blackhurst 11.932 2, Scotty Thiel 11.944 3, Scott Biertzer 11.984 4, Bill Balog 12.029 5, Mike Reinke 12.061 6, Scotty Neitzel 12.063 7, Joey Moughan 12.087 8, Austin Deblauw 12.095 9, Jeremy Schultz 12.135 10, Kyle Schuett 12.146 11, Dave Uttech 12.156 12, Josh Walter 12.176 13, Sean Rayhall 12.190 14, Danny Schlafer 12.237 15, Russel Borland 12.258 16, Hunter Custer 12.262 17, Blake Nimee 12.261 18, Todd King 12.278 19, Jordan Goldesberry 12.278 20, John Fahl 12.349 21, Robbie Pribnow 12.358 22, Kurt Davis 12.361 23, Todd Daun 12.389 24, Jack Routson 12.406 25, Jereme Schroeder 12.485 26, Scott Uttech 12.529 27, Kris Spitz 12.530 28, Bailey Goldesberry 12.582 29, Travis Arenz 12.716.

HEAT 1

1, Bill Balog 2, Kyle Schuett 3, Joey Moughan 4, Jake Blackhurst 5, Sean Rayhall 6, Jordan Goldesberry 7, Blake Nimee 8, Jereme Schroeder 9, Kurt Davis 10, Baily Goldesberry.

HEAT 2

1, Dave Uttech 2, Mike Reinke 3, Scotty Thiel 4, Danny Schlafer 5, Austin Deblauw 6, Travis Arenz 7, John Fahl 8, Scott Uttech 9, Hunter Custer 10, Todd Daun.

HEAT 3

1, Josh Walter 2, Jeremy Schultz 3, Scotty Neitzel 4, Russel Borland 5, Scott Biertzer 6, Robbie Pribnow 7, Jack Routson 8, Kris Spitz 9, Todd King

DASH 1

1, Bill Balog 2, Scotty Thiel 3, Josh Walter 4, Dave Uttech 5, Scott Biertzer.

DASH 2

1, Joey Moughan 2, Jake Blackhurst 3, Mike Reinke 4, Scotty Neitzel 5, Austin Deblauw.

B MAIN

1, Blake Nimee 2, Hunter Custer 3, John Fahl 4, Jack Routson 5, Todd Daun 6, Kris Spitz 7, Jereme Schroeder 8, Kurt Davis 9, Scott Uttech 10, Todd King 11, Bailey Goldesberry.

A MAIN

1, Bill Balog 2, Jake Blackhurst 3, Mike Reinke 4, Joey Moughan 5, Jeremy Schultz 6, Scotty Neitzel 7, Travis Arenz 8, Josh Walter 9, Russel Borland 10, Austin Deblauw 11, John Fahl 12, Robbie Pribnow 13, Jordan Goldesberry 14, Kyle Schuett 15, Sean Rayhall 16, Scotty Thiel 17, Kris Spitz 18, Dave Uttech 19, Jereme Schroeder 20, Hunter Custer 21, Scott Biertzer 22, Blake Nimee 23, Jack Routson 24, Todd Daun.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Scott Conger 2, Kurt Davis 3, Tyler Brabant 4, Blake Wondra 5, Justin Erickson 6, Paul Pokorski 7, Bill Taylor 8, Chris Larson.

HEAT 2

1, Ben Schmidt 2, Kevin Karnitz 3, Brandon Berth 4, Lance Fassbender 5, Tyler Davis 6, Shane Wenninger 7, Tony Wondra 8, Brady Portschy.

HEAT 3

1, Justin Miller 2, Travis Arenz 3, Anthony Knierim 4, Brandon McMullen 5, Tim Haddy 6, Preston Ruh 7, Josh Teunissen 8, Ken Schmick.

HEAT 4

1, Jack Vanderboom 2, Chris Clayton 3, Alex Pokorski 4, Will Gerrits 5, Doug Wondra 6, Tyler Tischendorf 7, Austin Hartmann.

B MAIN

1, Blake Wondra 2, Shane Wenninger 3, Doug Wondra 4, Lance Fassbender 5, Tyler Davis 6, Paul Pokorski 7, Preston Ruh 8, Tony Wondra 9, Josh Teunissen 10, Austin Hartmann 11, Chris Larson 12, Ken Schmick 13, Brady Portschy 14, Bill Taylor 15, Tyler Tischendorf.

A MAIN

1, Will Gerrits 2, Travis Arenz 3, Ben Schmidt 4, Kevin Karnitz 5, Chris Clayton 6, Scott Conger 7, Tim Haddy 8, Lance Fassbender 9, Jack Vanderboom 10, Brandon Berth 11, Brandon McMullen 12, Justin Erickson 13, Anthony Knierim 14, Doug Wondra 15, Paul Pokorski 16, Justin Miller 17, Shane Wenninger 18, Tyler Brabant 19, Blake Wondra 20, Alex Pokorski 21, Tyler Davis 22, Kurt Davis.

AUTOMETER WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINT CAR SERIES

HEAT 1

1, Nathan Crane 2, Zach Hansen 3, Jake Kouba 4, Dennis Spitz 5, Tommy Colburn 6, Jim Wehrman 7, Shawn Swim 8, Paul Shaffer 9, George Gaertner III.

HEAT 2

1, Rusty Egan 2, Chris Dodd 3, T.J. Smith 4, William Huck 5, Tom Eller 6, Seth Johnson 7, Clayton Rossmann 8, George Gaertner Jr. 9, Daniel Walldan.

B MAIN

1, Jim Wehrman 2, George Gaertner Jr. 3, Georg Gaertner III 4, Seth Johnson 5, Shawn Swim 6, Paul Shaffer 7, Clayton Rossman 8, Daniel Walldan.

A MAIN

1, Tim Cox 2, Derek Crane 3, Nathan Crane 4, Ryan Marshall 5, Rusty Egan 6, Chris Dodd 7, Allen Hafford 8, Vince Bartolotta 9, T.J. Smith 10, Jimmy Sivia 11, Natalie Klemko 12, Dennis Spitz 13, Tommy Colburn 14, Jordan Paulsen 15, Zach Hansen 16, George Gaertner Jr. 17, Jim Wehrman 18, Chris Klemko 19, William Huck 20, Seth Johnson 21, Tom Eller 22, Brian Strane 23, Jake Kouba 24, George Gaertner III.

INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION LIGHTNING SPRINTS

QUALIFYING

1, Ion Stear 14.020 2, Ron Brannam 14,077 3, C.J. Malueg 14.155 4, Mike Neau 14.173 5, Mike Heinert 14.289 6, Jeff Schmidt 14.362 7, Nick Petska 14.426 8, Josh Rehberg 14.597 9, Shawn McGill 14.727 10, Bob Jeziorski 14.882 11, Mike Unger 14.887 12, Jonathan Smith 15.070 13, 15.080 14, Phil Brannam 15.126 15, Chris Quillman 15.415 16, Andrew Kiedrowski 15.503 17, Carl Sturt.

HEAT 1

1, Nick Petska 2, Mark Heinert 3, C.J. Malueg 4, Ion Stear 5, Shawn McGill 6, Mike Unger 7, Max Brannam, 8, Chris Quillman 9, Carl Sturt.

HEAT 2

1, Jeff Schmidt 2, Josh Rehberg 3, Ron Brannam 4, Mike Neau 5, Bob Jeziorski 6, Andrew Kiedrowski 7, Jonathan Smith 8, Phil Brannam.

A MAIN

1, C.J. Malueg 2, Mark Heinert 3, Ron Brannam 4, Mike Neau 5, Nick Petska 6, Jeff Schmidt 7, Bob Jeziorski 8, Mike Unger 9, Shawn McGill 10, Max Brannam 11, Andrew Kiedrowski 12, Jonathan Smith 13, Car; Sturt 14, Ion Stear 15, Chris Quillman 16, Josh Rehberg – Phil Brannam (DNS).

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 5, 2020 – As multiple-time champions and the clear-cut favorites to add another title to their resumes in their respective divisions in 2020, nine-time Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association champion Bill Balog of Hartland and 2017 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing and three-time Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh put their considerable driving prowess on full display by picking up A-main victories, during an all-Sprint Car program at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Sept. 5.

In the 30-lap IRA 410 Sprint Series headliner, Balog outdueled Josh Schneiderman of West Burlington, Iowa in the closing laps to claim his 10^th IRA A-main victory of the 2020 season.

McMullen snuck past early race leader Will Gerrits of Waupun at the mid-way point to claim his third PDTR A-main victory of the 2020 campaign and sixth overall MSA main event win of the 2020 campaign.

Balog started on the pole of the 30-lap IRA main event and quickly outpowered outside front row starter Scotty Thiel of Sheboygan to lead the opening circuit. On lap 3, Joey Moughan of Springfield, Ill., who started fifth, dipped under the high-riding Thiel to take second.

On lap 6, Balog began to negotiate heavy lapped traffic on the multi-groove track surface, which allowed Moughan to close the gap slightly. On lap 8, Schneiderman, who started seventh, dove low to take third from Thiel before passing Moughan for second on lap 12.

Two laps later, 11^th starter Travis Arenz of Sheboygan, who was making his 410 Sprint Car debut driving for Ozzie Motorsports, flipped in turn four after clipping an infield tire. Arenz was uninjured, but unable to return to the race.

On the restart, Balog pulled away from Schneiderman before Moughan got sideways in turn four and collected Thiel, which resulted in both drivers flipping their machines hard on lap 15. Both drivers were uninjured, but done for the night.

Balog felt pressure from Schneiderman following the ensuing restart with Schneiderman closing the gap along the low groove, while Balog rode the cushion.

The race was slowed for the third time on lap 19 when a yellow flag was displayed for former IRA champion Jack Blackhurst of Hanna City, Ill., who stopped in turn four.

On the restart, Schneiderman stayed dedicated to the inside line, while Balog moved up high. On lap 23, Schneiderman used a big run along the low groove to wrestle the lead away from Balog exiting turn four.

Schneiderman maintained the top spot over the next six laps when lapped traffic became a factor. On lap 29, Balog dove low in turn three to sneak past Schneiderman in dense lapped traffic.

Sixth starter Scott Biertzer of West Bend followed Balog into second on lap 29 with Schneiderman dropping to third.

Balog then cruised over the final lap en route to his 10^th IRA victory of the 2020 season, second IRA triumph of the season at The Plymouth Dirt Track and 123^rd career IRA A-main victory.

Biertzer recorded a strong second-place finish, Schneiderman placed third, 15^th starter Jordan Goldesberry of Springfield, Ill. finished fourth and Mike Reinke of Howards Grove, who started fourth, placed fifth.

In victory lane, Balog was thankful to have the opportunity to regain the lead, after losing the top spot to Schneiderman with just seven laps to go.

“I think I went upstairs too early, but I felt I was slowing down on the bottom too long,’ Balog said. “The track was good and you really had to drive your car to find the right groove. I’m happy to get this win because for a while there it looked like we were going to get beat.”

Biertzer was thrilled with his second-place run.

“It feels awesome to be here with a second-place result tonight,” Biertzer said. “I have to thank my crew for giving me a good car as well as all my sponsors for their support. We couldn’t be here without them.”

Knoxville Raceway regular Schneiderman, who was making his first career appearance at The Plymouth Dirt Track, was dejected in victory lane, after falling from first to third in the span of two laps.

“I’m pretty disgusted with the result,” Schneiderman said. “I’m upset at myself. Bill is a great race car driver, but we came here to win. My crew worked hard to give us the chance to win after we encountered motor problems last night at Dodge County.”

In the 25-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car headliner, polesitter Will Gerrits of Waupun jumped into the lead on the drop of the green flag, while third starter Brandon McMullen snuck under 2018 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Justin Miller of Plymouth, who started on the outside of the front row.

The first of two cautions came out on lap 3 when Blake Wondra of Fond du Lac spun in turn four. Gerrits bolted away from McMullen on the restart and held a solid cushion until lap 7 when Plymouth’s Adam Miller flipped in turn four.

Gerrits commanded the ensuing restart as the leaders began to work their way through lapped traffic on lap 10. Two laps later, McMullen dove low to slip past Gerrits for the top spot in turn four on lap 12.

McMullen held his own along the preferred inside lane around the increasingly one-groove racing surface. On lap 24, Justin Miller worked past Gerrits to take over second with two laps to go.

McMullen pulled away in the waning laps to notch his 20th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A main triumph and his 29^th career MSA A main victory.

Justin Miller placed second, Gerrits wound up third, 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender, who started fourth, finished fourth and Jack Vanderboom of Dousman charged up from the 11^th starting spot to place fifth.

Ryan Ruhl of Coldwater, Mich. was the fastest IRA qualifier with a lap of 11.767 seconds around the third-mile clay oval. Sean Rayhall of Woodstock, Ga. won the 15-lap IRA B main.

Kevin Karnitz of West Bend claimed the 15-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car B main.

The all-Sprint Car program, which featured a total of 59 cars, included 30 IRA 410 Sprint Cars and 29 PDTR 360 Sprint Cars. Cupcake Wonders was the trophy sponsor for the evening.

The next event at The Plymouth Dirt Track will take place next Saturday, Sept. 12 with the PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, Grand Nationals and B Mods, along with a special appearance from the Badger Midgets. The Sept. 12 event will be the final points event of the season for the PDTR Grand National and B Mod divisions.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

For all remaining 2020 PDTR races, Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan will have his new book “RPM – The Golden Era of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” for sale under the grandstand for $10.

A portion of the money collected from the sale of the book will be donated to Plymouth Dirt Track Racing.

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION

QUALIFYING

1, Ryan Ruhl 11.767, 2, Joey Moughan 11.777, 3, Bill Balog 11.813, 4, Mike Reinke 11.991, 5, Scotty Thiel 12.018, 6, Scott Biertzer 12.095, 7, Kyle Schuett 12.146, 8, Jake Blackhurst 12.151, 9, Scotty Neitzel 12.195, 10, Travis Arenz 12.216, 11, Danny Schlafer 12.236, 12, Josh Schneiderman, 12.257 13, Russel Borland 12.299, 14, Scott Uttech 12.317, 15, Jeremy Schultz 12.343, 16, Jordan Goldesberry 12.356, 17, Robbie Pribnow 12.372, 18, Dave Uttech 12.398,19, Sean Rayhall, 20, Johnny Fahl 12.486, 21, Jereme Schroeder 12.577, 22, Kris Spitz 12.609, 23, Hunter Custer 12.630, 24, Dan McCarron 12.660, 25, Bailey Goldesberry 12.667, 26, Jack Routson 12.703, 27, Wayne Modjeski 12.811, 28, Bryce Schmitt 13.050, 29, Kevin Seidler 12.314 30, Blake Nimee (DQ).

HEAT 1

1, Kyle Schuett 2, Travis Arenz 3, Mike Reinke 4, Russel Borland 5, Jordan Goldesberry 6, Ryan Ruhl 7, Sean Rayhall 8, Bailey Goldesberry 9, Kris Spitz 10, Bryce Schmitt.

HEAT 2

1, Danny Schlafer 2, Scotty Thiel 3, Jake Blackhurst 4, Joey Moughan 5, Rrobbie Pribnow 6, Jack Routson 7, Johnny Fahl 8, Hunter Custer 9, Scott Uttech 10, Kevin Seidler.

HEAT 3

1, Josh Schneiderman 2, Scott Biertzer 3, Scotty Neitzel 4, Bill Balog 5, Jeremy Schultz 6, Jereme Schroeder 7, Dan McCarron 8, Wayne Modjeski 9, Blake Nimee 10, Dave Uttech.

DASH 1

1, Bill Balog 2, Ryan Ruhl 3, Joey Moughan 4, Josh Schneiderman 5, Kyle Schuett.

DASH 2

1, Scotty Thiel 2, Mike Reinke 3, Scott Biertzer 4, Jake Blackhurst 5, Danny Schlafer (DNS).

B MAIN

1, Sean Rayhall 2, Blake Nimee 3, Dan McCarron 4, Dave Uttech 5, Wayne Modjeski 6, Johnny Fahl 7, Hunter Custer 8, Kris Spitz 9, Bailey Goldesberry 10, Bryce Schmitt 11, Scott Uttech.

A MAIN

1, Bill Balog 2, Scott Biertzer 3, Josh Schneiderman 4, Jordan Goldesberry 5, Mike Reinke 6, Russel Borland 7, Ryan Ruhl 8, Robbie Pribnow 9, Scotty Neitzel 10, Wayne Modjeski 11, Dan McCarron 12, Jack Routson 13, Sean Rayhall 14, Kyle Schuett 15, Dave Uttech 16, Jeremy Schultz 17, Blake Nimee 18, Johnny Fahl 19, Jeremy Schroder 20, Jake Blackhurst 21, Joey Moughan 22, Scotty Thiel 23, Travis Arenz 24, Danny Schlafer.

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Bill Taylor 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Anthony Knierim 4, Chris Larson 5, Blake Wondra 6, Tim Haddy 7, Scott Conger 8, Brady Portschy.

HEAT 2

1, Justin Miller 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Adam Miller 4, Kurt Davis 5, Doug Wondra 6, Austin Hartmann 7, Mike MacFarlane.

HEAT 3

1, Will Gerrits 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Jack Vanderboom 4, Tyler Davis 5, Nich Melis 6, Preston Ruh 7, Josh Teunissen.

HEAT 4

1, Tyler Brabant 2, Tony Wondra 3, Justin Erickson 4, Brandon Berth 5, Kevin Karnitz 6, Shane Wenninger 7, Paul Pokorski.

B MAIN

1, Kevin Karnitz 2, Tim Haddy 3, Blake Wondra 4, Shane Wenninger 5, Scott Conger 6, Paul Pokorski 7, Josh Teunissen 8, Preston Ruh 9, Austin Hartmann 10, Chris Larson 11, Tyler Davis 12, Brady Portschy 13, Mike MacFarlane.

A MAIN

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Justin Miller 3, Will Gerrits 4, Lance Fassbender 5, Jack Vanderboom 6, Anthony Knierim 7, Bill Taylor 8, Kevin Karnitz 9, Brandon Berth 10, Justin Erickson 11, Tim Haddy 12, Paul Pokorski 13, Tony Wondra 14, Nich Melis 15, Shane Wenninger 16, Blake Wondra 17, Doug Wondra 18, Tyler Brabant 19, Kurt Davis 20, Scott Conger 21, Ben Schmidt 22, Adam Miller.

 

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 27, 2020 – After dodging surrounding rain showers throughout the day and early evening, the third annual Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Russ Scheffler Tribute Night program began on a promising note with a season-high total of 101 cars checked into the pit area in four divisions, including a stellar field of 30 Late Models, on Thursday, Aug. 27 at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.

However, the rain finally hit the third-mile clay oval at the conclusion of the Late Model non-qualifiers race to wash out the remainder of the program, including all four A-main events on an evening honoring the late Russ Scheffler, who stands as the winningest driver in PDTR history with 92 overall race victories, including 45 Late Model A-main triumphs.

The event was considered a complete program as all heat races and two of the three scheduled B main races, as well as the Late Model non-qualifiers race were contested before the rain came.

Russ Scheffler Tribute Night Late Model heat race winners were Tony Peterson of Big Bend, Brett Swedberg of Shawano, Justin Reed of Camp Point, Ill. and Tom Naeyaert of Shawano.

Kristine Hartmann Pleasant View Realty 360 Sprint Car heat race winners were Doug Wondra of Lomira, Scott Conger of Eagle, Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee and Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh.

Klips N Tips Grand National heat race winners included Chad Espen of West Bend and Nick Schumacher of Eagle. Cellcom B Mod heat race winners were Jason Schilling of Greenfield, Will Garceau of Mishicot and Travis Schmidt of Waldo.

Jim Schmidt of Cleveland captured the 15-lap Late Model B main and Lance Fassbender of Burnett won the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.

Greg Cantrell of DeKalb, Ill. won the 5-lap Late Model non-qualifiers race.

The 11th PDTR racing program of the 2020 season, which was sponsored by KSI Supply and Cupcake Wonders, drew a total of 101 cars, including 30 Late Models, 29 360 Sprint Cars, 17 Grand Nationals and 25 B Mods.

PDTR action is scheduled to resume on Friday, Aug. 28 with the Dirt Kings Late Model Tour returns for the Mueller Sales and Service 30 presented by Specht Electric and Communications. The evening also includes a full points program for the PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, as well as non-points programs for the Grand National and B Mod divisions.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with racing at 6:30 p.m.

On Saturday, Sept. 5, PDTR will host the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series, along with the PDTR 360 Sprint Cars.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with racing at 6 p.m.

For all remaining 2020 PDTR races, Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan will have his new book “RPM – The Golden Era of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” for sale under the grandstand for $10.

A portion of the money collected from the sale of the book will be donated to Plymouth Dirt Track Racing.

 

RUSS SCHEFFLER TRIBUTE NIGHT LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Tony Peterson 2, Justin Ritchie 3, Aaron Wickersheim 4, Kyle Raddant 5, Chris Engels 6, Adam Janke 7, Jake Van Engen 8, Justin Green.

HEAT 2

1, Brett Swedberg 2, Tim Buhler 3, Brad Mueller 4, Jim Schmidt 5, Derek Janke 6, Billy Rezutek 7, Chad Ludwigson 8, Zack Kessler.

HEAT 3

1, Justin Reed 2, Justin Schmidt 3, Charlie Schmidt 4, Mike Mullen 5, Ron Berna 6, Greg Cantrell 7, Mark Rose.

HEAT 4

1, Tom Naeyeart 2, Nick Anvelink 3, Taylor Scheffler 4, Turk Letizia 5, Joel Bennett 6, Jim Letizia 7, Kevin Baldry.

B MAIN

1, Jim Schmidt 2, Ron Berna 3, Chris Engels 4, Joel Bennett 5, Billy Rezutek 6, Kevin Baldry 7, Greg Cantrell 8, Jim Letizia 9, Adam Janke 10, Chad Ludwigson 11, Zack Kessler 12, Justin Green 13, Jake Van Engen 14, Mark Rose (DNS).

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE

1, Greg Cantrell 2, Kevin Baldry 3, Jim Letizia 4, Adam Janke 5, Zack Kessler 6, Chad Ludwigson 7, Jake Van Engen.

A MAIN

Rained out

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Doug Wondra 2, Justin Erickson 3, Bill Taylor 4, Will Gerrits 5, Nich Melis 6, Lance Fassbender 7, Blake Wondra 8, Preston Ruh.

HEAT 2

1, Scott Conger 2, Tyler Davis 3, Kevin Karnitz 4, Adam Miller 5, Paul Pokorski 6, Tony Wondra 7, Austin Hartmann.

HEAT 3

1, Kurt Davis 2, Tyler Brabant 3, Tim Haddy 4, Brandon Berth 5, Ben Schmidt 6, Shane Wenninger 7, Chris Clayton.

HEAT 4

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Tyler Tischendorf 3, Anthony Knierim 4, Justin Miller 5, Travis Arenz 6, Jack Vanderboom 7, Sean Rayhall (DNS).

B MAIN

1, Lance Fassbender 2, Travis Arenz 3, Nich Melis 4, Justin Miller 5, Paul Pokorski 6, Shane Wenninger 7, Tony Wondra 8, Jack Vanderboom 9, Blake Wondra 10, Austin Hartmann 11, Chris Clayton 12, Preston Ruh 13, Sean Rayhall (DNS).

A MAIN

Rained out

KLIPS N TIPS GRAND NATIONAL

HEAT 1

1, Chad Espen 2, Don Sorce Jr. 3, Derek Kaat 4, Dick Hed 5, Tyler Kulow 6, Dylan May 7, Luke Scholten 8, Steven Weber 9, Matt Yancey.

HEAT 2

1, Nick Schumacher 2, Aaron Stolp 3, Steven Wirtz 4, Brett Sievert 5, Paul Todd 6, J.J. Pagel 7, David Holm 8, Donny Kulow.

A MAIN

Rained out

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Jason Schilling 2, Matthew Roehl 3, Trevor Frank 4, Andy Singer 5, Tim Lange 6, Phil Campanella 7, Conrad Kaufert 8, Barry Maas 9, Jonathan Hitsman.

HEAT 2

1, Will Garceau 2, Elijah Koenig 3, Justin Bauer 4, Brendan Ostrowski 5, Brandon Knepprath 6, Patrick Hanson 7, Ryan Mech 8, Rory Welch.

HEAT 3

1, Travis Schmidt 2, Steve Lorier 3, Jesse Cullen 4, Tim Warner 5, Kyle Odekirk 6, Brady Harshbarger 7, Gary Glander 8, Brian Wieland.

B MAIN

Rained out

A MAIN

Rained out

Justin Schmidt secures third straight PDTR Late Model title

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 22, 2020 – The 10^th Plymouth Dirt Track Racing program of the 2020 season featured a little bit of everything on Saturday, Aug. 22 at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis, including a newly crowned three-time repeat Late Model champion, a first-time B Mod A-main winner, a photo finish in the Grand National main event and the first A-main victory of the year for a former Sprint Car champion plagued by bad luck for much of the 2020 season.

In the 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasant View Realty 360 Sprint Car A main, 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove got his incident-plagued 2020 season back on track by notching his first A-main victory of the 2020 season. Justin Schmidt of Cleveland tallied his third 25-lap A-main victory of the season to clinch his third straight PDTR Gasroots Project Late Model title by a slim two-point margin over Turk Letizia of Waukesha. PDTR Klips N Tips Grand National point leader Aaron Stolp of Milwaukee pulled off a last lap pass to post his third 25-lap A-main win of the season by just .03 seconds. Brian Wieland of Sheboygan Falls collected his first career PDTR Cellcom B Mod A-main victory in the 25-lap A main.

In the 25-lap 360 Sprint Car A main, Ben Schmidt vaulted into the lead in the first turn of the opening lap from the pole position as outside front row starter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend settled into second.

By lap 4, Schmidt had opened up a full straightaway cushion over Karnitz on the slick and smooth track surface. Three laps later, Schmidt began to work his way through heavy lapped traffic, which allowed Karnitz to close the gap.

On lap 13, the first of two caution flags appeared when Waupun’s Tim Haddy spun in turn two. Schmidt again bolted out to a commanding lead on the restart utilizing the preferred outside groove. By lap 21, Schmidt had again built up a full-straightaway lead as point leader Travis Arenz of Sheboygan, who started 12^th, and 2017 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, who started seventh, traded slide jobs for fifth on lap 22.

The second and final caution appeared on lap 24 when Anthony Knierim of Franksville spun in turn four to set up a single-file green, white, checkered flag finish. On the restart, Schmidt again charged away from Karnitz, while Arenz made a daring move to sweep past two-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car champ Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee, who started fifth, and Shane Wenninger of Kewaskum, who started fourth, to move from fifth to third on the final lap.

Schmidt, who suffered a series of motor failures and a hard crash at Beaver Dam Raceway early in the season, pulled away to secure his 10^th career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory and 26^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association main event triumph.

Karnitz finished second, Arenz placed third, Wenninger was fourth and Davis rounded out the top five.

The 25-lap PDTR Late Model points season-ending A-main got off to a rough start when rookie Justin Green of Sheboygan Falls, who started second, spun in turn two on the opening lap to bring out the first of two caution flags.

Following a complete restart, third starter Joe Bongiorno of Milwaukee grabbed the lead in turn one, while fifth starter Charlie Schmidt of Oostburg slipped into second. On lap 4, Schmidt ducked under Bongiorno to take over the top spot in turn three.

One lap later, Schmidt spun into the infield in turn two, which gave the lead back to Bongiorno. On lap 6, the battle for the lead really heated up when 2016 PDTR Late Model champion Tim Buhler of Greenbush, who started seventh, fourth starter Justin Ritchie of New London and Justin Schmidt, who started eighth, bolted in to challenge Bongiorno for the top spot.

Using the high groove, Justin Schmidt emerged from a wild four-wide duel to take over the top spot in turn four on lap 6 with Ritchie moving into second. Four laps later, the second and final caution flag appeared on lap 10 when 2008 PDTR Late Model champ Billy Rezutek of Big Bend spun in turn two.

On the restart, Schmidt pulled away from Ritchie while ninth starter Turk Letizia of Waukesha, who came into the race with a four-point lead over Schmidt in the chase for the PDTR Late Model title, moved past four-time PDTR Late Model champion Brad Mueller of Random Lake, who started 10^th, to take fourth on lap 12.

Schmidt cruised over the final 10 laps to secure his 13^th career PDTR Late Model A-main victory and wrap up his third consecutive track title by two points over Letizia. Ritchie placed second, Buhler was third, Letizia placed fourth and Mueller rounded out the top five.

Two-time PDTR Grand National champion Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis took the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap Grand National A main from the pole with second starter Jonathan Otte of Cedar Grove seizing second.

The first of three caution flags appeared on lap 5 when Derek Kaat of Plymouth stopped in turn three. On the restart, Sorce Jr. pulled away, while third starter Dick Hed of Plymouth and fourth starter Luke Scholten of Oostburg dueled side by side for second before Scholten assumed the runner-up spot on lap 7.

The second caution appeared on lap 8 when Dylan Struve of Plymouth spun in turn two. Following the restart, Aaron Stolp charged in from his seventh starting spot to move into fourth on lap 10 along the cushion. Three laps later Stolp worked around Hed to take third and three laps later, he rode the high groove past Scholten for second.

The third and final caution was displayed on lap 18 when Josh Pierce of Fredonia spun in turn two. On the restart, Stolp worked the high groove to perfection to pressure Sorce Jr. for the top spot. The high-riding Stolp pulled even with the low-riding Sorce Jr. on lap 20 and the two dueled side by side over the final five laps to set up a thrilling finish.

On the final lap, Stolp pounded the cushion and used a huge run off of turn four to nip Sorce. Jr. at the finish line by just .03 seconds en route to his third career PDTR Grand National A-main victory. Sorce. Jr. had to settle for second, Scholten placed third, fifth starter Steven Weber of Plymouth finished fourth and defending PDTR Grand National champ Tyler Kulow of Plymouth placed fifth after starting ninth.

After an incident involving Barry Maas of Cascade, Spencer Long of Sheboygan Falls, Will Garceau of Mishicot and Conrad Kaufert of Random Lake on the initial start, polesitter Brian Wieland grabbed the lead on the drop of the green flag with outside front row starter Steve Lorier of Sheboygan sliding into second.

On lap 2, fourth starter Jesse Cullen of Chilton moved in second while 10^th starter Jason Schilling of Greenfield rode the high groove into fourth on lap 3 before moving into third on lap 4.

By lap 9, Wieland had built up a half-straightaway cushion at the front of the field. Two laps later, the second caution appeared on lap 11 when Rory Welch of Grafton spun against the frontstrech wall.

On the restart, Will Garceau and Jonathan Hitsman of Plymouth spun in turn two. Lorier battled back to take second lap 12, while Waldo’s Travis Schmidt, who started sixth, worked the high line into third on the following lap before taking second from Lorier on lap 13.

On lap 19, rookie Trevor Frank of Sheboygan, who started third, flexed his muscle to work underneath Schmidt into second. Five laps later, defending PDTR B Mod champ and current point leader Tim Warner of Fond du Lac moved up from his 12^th starting spot to take third with a nifty move in turn four.

Wieland remained smooth at the front of the field in the final circuits on the way to his first career PDTR B Mod victory in flag-to-flag fashion. Frank recorded a career-best second-place finish, Warner placed third, Schmidt wound up fourth and Jerry Duggan of Manitowoc worked his way up from his ninth starting spot to take fifth.

Lance Fassbender of Burnett won the 15-lap 360 Sprint Car B main.

The 10th PDTR racing program of the 2020 season, which was sponsored by the city of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department, drew a total of 82 cars, including 28 PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, 15 Late Models, 15 Grand Nationals and 24 B Mods.

PDTR action will resume on Thursday, Aug. 27 with the third annual Russ Scheffler Tribute Night event featuring an added purse for the Late Model division, including a full points night for the PDTR 360 Sprint Car, Grand National and B Mod divisions.

On Friday, Aug. 28, PDTR will host the Dirt Kings Late Model Tour for the Mueller Sales and Service 30. The evening also includes a full points program for the PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, as well as non-points programs for the Grand National and B Mod divisions.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6:30 p.m. on both nights.

For all remaining 2020 PDTR races, Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan will have his new book “RPM – The Golden Era of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” for sale under the grandstand.

A portion of the money collected from the sale of the book will be donated to Plymouth Dirt Track Racing.

 

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Shane Wenninger 2, Kurt Davis 3, Bill Taylor 4, Lance Fassbender 5, Tyler Davis 6, Austin Hartmann 7, Kevin Seidler.

HEAT 2

1, Justin Erickson 2, Doug Wondra 3, Brandon McMullen 4, Travis Arenz 5, Brandon Berth 6, Scott Conger 7, Tony Wondra.

HEAT 3

1, Kevin Karnitz 2, Chris Clayton 3, Justin Miller 4, Anthony Knierim 5, Preston Ruh 6, Will Gerrits 7, Blake Wondra.

HEAT 4

1, Ben Schmidt 2, Tyler Tischendorf 3, Tim Haddy 4, Tyler Brabant 5, Jack Vanderboom 6, Adam Miller 7, Josh Teunissen.

B MAIN

1, Lance Fassbender 2, Will Gerrits 3, Adam Miller 4, Tyler Davis 5, Tony Wondra 6, Scott Conger 7, Austin Hartmann 8, Blake Wondra 9, Josh Teunissen 10, Kevin Seidler 11, Preston Ruh 12, Brandon Berth.

A MAIN

1, Ben Schmidt 2, Kevin Karnitz 3, Travis Arenz 4, Shane Wenninger 5, Kurt Davis 6, Brandon McMullen 7, Justin Miller 8, Tyler Tischendorf 9, Justin Erickson 10, Doug Wondra 11, Lance Fassbender 12, Will Gerrits 13, Chris Clayton 14, Jack Vanderboom 15, Adam Miller 16, Anthony Knierim 17, Tyler Brabant 18, Scott Conger 19, Bill Taylor 20, Tony Wondra 21, Tim Haddy 22, Tyler Davis.

 

GASROOT PROJECT LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Tim Buhler 2, Justin Schmidt 3, Justin Ritchie 4, Charlie Schmidt 5, Joe Bongiorno 6, Chad Ludwigson 7, Sawyer Specht 8, Jim Schmidt.

HEAT 2

1, Turk Letizia 2, Brad Mueller 3, Billy Rezutek 4, Justin Green 5, Jim Letizia 6, Donny Singer 7, Eric Michaels.

A MAIN’

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Justin Ritchie 3, Tim Buhler 4, Turk Letizia 5, Brad Mueller 6, Joe Bongiorno 7, Jim Schmidt 8, Charlie Schmidt 9, Billy Rezutek 10, Justin Green 11, Jim Letizia 12, Chad Ludwigson 13, Sawyer Specht 14, Eric Michaels 15, Donny Singer.

 

KLIPS N TIPS GRAND NATIONAL

HEAT 1

1, Jonathan Otte 2, Matt Yancey 3, Steven Weber 4, Aaron Stolp 5, Darryl Traber 6, Tyler Kulow 7, Donny Kulow 8, Eric Lingford.

HEAT 2

1, Luke Scholten 2, Dick Hed 3, Don Sorce Jr. 4, Josh Pierce 5, Brad Weiss 6, Dylan Struve 7, Derek Kaat.

A MAIN

1, Aaron Stolp 2, Don Sorce Jr. 3, Luke Scholten 4, Steven Weber 5, Tyler Kulow 6, Dick Hed 7, Brad Weiss 8, Matt Yancey 9, Jonathan Otte 10, Darryl Traber 11, Donny Kulow 12, Eric Lingford 13, Dylan Struve 14, Josh Pierce 15, Derek Kaat.

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Jason Schilling 2, Steve Lorier 3, Spencer Long 4, Gary Glander 5, Rory Welch 6, Matthew Roehl 7, Patrick Hanson 8, Donny Singer.

HEAT 2

1, Travis Schmidt 2, Jesse Cullen 3, Barry Maas 4, Tim Warner 5, Brian Wieland 6, James Rautmann 7, Brandon Knepprath 8, Will Garceau.

HEAT 3

1, Shane Long 2, Trevor Frank 3, Jerry Duggan 4, Jonathan Hitsman 5, Brendan Ostrowski 6, Phil Campanella 7, Conrad Kaufert 8, Jim Fischer.

A MAIN

1, Brian Wieland 2, Trevor Frank 3, Tim Warner 4, Travis Schmidt 5, Jerry Duggan 6, Gary Glander 7, Jason Schilling 8, Steve Lorier 9, Brandon Knepprath 10, James Rautmann 11, Shane Long 12, Brendan Ostrowski 13, Jonathan Hitsman 14, Donny Singer 15, Will Garceau 16, Rory Welch 17, Patrick Hanson 18, Phil Campanella 19, Jesse Cullen 20, Matthew Roehl 21, Jim Fischer 22 Conrad Kaufert 23, Barry Maas 24, Spencer Long.

By Jeff Pederson-Pedal Down Promotions

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 15, 2020 – The second night of a Plymouth Dirt Track Racing doubleheader weekend saw some familiar faces park their machines in A-main victory lane Saturday, Aug. 15 at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.

PDTR 360 Sprint Car point leader Travis Arenz of Sheboygan notched his third 25-lap A-main victory of the 2020 season. Two-time defending PDTR Late Model champ Justin Schmidt of Cleveland notched his second 25-lap main event win of the season. Defending PDTR Grand National champion Tyler Kulow of Plymouth collected his first main event win of 2020, while defending PDTR B Mod champ Tim Warner of Fond du Lac claimed his third A-main triumph of the 2020 campaign.

In the 25-lap PDTR Sprint Car headliner, 28-year veteran Tony Wondra of Campbellsport jumped out to the early lead from the pole position while 2017 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh grabbed second on the opening lap.

On lap 6, McMullen ventured up the high groove of the dry slick racing surface to wrestle the top spot away from Wondra. Two laps later, Arenz who started fifth, dove under Wondra to take second.

As the leaders encountered lapped traffic on lap 14, Arenz rapidly closed the gap on McMullen before pouncing with a low move in turn one on lap 15 to take the top spot from the high-riding McMullen.

Once in front, Arenz extended his lead steadily, while skillfully maneuvering his way through lapped traffic to collect his fourth career PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main victory, 10^th career Midwest Sprint Car Association main event triumph and third A-main win of the 2020 season in the non-stop, caution-free race.

McMullen had to settle for second, outside front row starter Justin Erickson of Plymouth finished third, 2011 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove, who started eighth, placed fourth and Wondra rounded out the top five.

PDTR Late Model point leader Turk Letizia of Waukesha grabbed the lead of the 25-lap A main from the pole on the opening circuit with 2016 PDTR Late Model champion and second starter Tim Buhler of Greenbush second and fourth starter Mark Rose of Dorchester in third.

The lone caution flag of the race appeared on lap 3 after rookie Sawyer Specht of Sheboygan Falls spun in turn three. On the restart, Justin Schmidt moved up from his third starting spot to challenge Rose for third.

Schmidt secured the third spot on lap 4, while Justin Reed of Camp Point, Ill., who started sixth, followed in fourth on lap 6. As the laps wound down with Letizia still leading, Schmidt hit his stride using the high groove to power around Buhler into second on lap 21 in heavy lapped traffic.

With Letizia boxed in behind the slower car of Ted Dolhun Sr. of Franklin on lap 22, Schmidt worked the high line past Letizia into the lead. Once in the lead, Schmidt continued to deal with dense lapped traffic, which allowed Buhler to close slightly over the final circuits.

However, Schmidt held on to notch his 12^th career PDTR Late Model A-main victory. Buhler placed second, Letizia finished third, Reed wound up fourth and fifth starter Taylor Scheffler of Waukesha was fifth.

Polesitter Tyler Kulow and outside front row starter Brad Weiss of West Bend dueled side-by-side for the lead during the first two laps of the 25-lap PDTR Grand National A main before Kulow finally surged ahead around the inside groove exiting turn four on lap 2.

On lap 5, fourth starter Luke Scholten of Oostburg and two-time PDTR Grand National champion Don Sorce Jr. of West Allis battled for third in close quarters before Sorce Jr. gained the top with a high move in turn two on lap 7.

Four laps later, eighth starter Aaron Stolp of Milwaukee slipped into third, while Sorce Jr. cut the lead cap on Kulow on lap 16. On lap 23, Stolp took second and pushed hard for the lead over the final two seconds.

Kulow held on to secure his eighth PDTR Grand National A-main victory by a slim one-car length margin over the hard-charging Stolp, who placed second. Sorce Jr. finished third, third starter Steven Weber of Plymouth placed fourth and 81-year-old Dick Hed of Plymouth, who started sixth, finished fifth in the non-stop race.

Polesitter Brandon Knepprath of Kewaskum led the first four laps of the 25-lap B Mod A main before defending PDTR B mod champion Tim Warner of Fond du Lac moved in from his sixth starting spot to pressure Knepprath from the top spot.

On lap 5, Warner worked the high groove to bolt past the low-riding Knepprath in turn four. With Warner in the lead, the action was hot and heavy behind him as eighth starter Barry Maas of Cascade, Brendon Ostrowski of Milwaukee, who starter second, and Justin Bauer of Sheboygan Falls, who started fourth, waged a three-wide duel for third on lap 8.

Bauer emerged with the third position along the inside line before the first of four caution flags appeared on lap 9 for a spin in turn three involving rookie Trevor Frank of Sheboygan.

On the restart, Bauer vaulted his way into second with the high-riding Maas following into third. The second caution was displayed on lap 15 when rookie Jim Fischer of Oostburg spun in turn four.

Bauer and Maas engaged in a spirited battle for second starting on lap 15, which lasted for most of the remainder of the race with Bauer working the low groove and Maas riding the outside lane.

Two more caution flags appeared on lap 18 for a spin involving Phil Campanella of Sheboygan Falls and Rory Welch of Grafton on lap 21.

With less than five laps to go, the final restart the lined up single file per PDTR rules with Bauer surging ahead of Maas for second on lap 21. As the laps wound down, Bauer cut the gap on Warner.  However, Warner proved to be too tough as he cruised to his sixth career PDTR B Mod A-main victory.

Bauer placed second, Maas wound up third, Knepprath took fourth and seventh starter Steve Lorier of Sheboygan placed fifth.

Adam Miller of Plymouth won the 15-lap PDTR 360 Sprint Car B main.

The ninth PDTR racing program of the 2020 season, which was sponsored by Hidden Dreams Livestock, drew a total of 74 cars, including 30 PDTR 360 Sprint Cars, 15 Late Models, 14 Grand Nationals and 15 B Mods.

PDTR will resume on Saturday, Aug. 22 with 360 Sprint Car, Late Model, Grand National and B Mod action at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.

Grandstand gates open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m.

For all remaining 2020 PDTR races, Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan Falls will have his new book “RPM – The Golden Era of Plymouth Dirt Track Racing” for sale under the grandstand.

A portion of the money collected from the sale of the book will be donated to Plymouth Dirt Track Racing.

 

KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANTVIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS

HEAT 1

1, Tyler Tischendorf 2, Tony Wondra 3, Justin Erickson 4, Brandon Berth 5, Josh Teunissen 6, Paul Pokorski 7, Doug Wondra 8, Jordan Paulsen.

HEAT 2

1, Brandon McMullen 2, Kurt Davis 3, Travis Arenz 4, Anthony Knierim 5, Blake Wondra 6, Chris Clayton 7, Scott Conger 8, Andy Glewen.

HEAT 3

1, Jack Vanderboom 2, Nick Daywalt 3, Tyler Brabant 4, Kevin Karnitz 5, Justin Miller 6, Bill Taylor 7, Chris Larson.

HEAT 4

1, Ben Schmidt 2, Tim Haddy 3, Lance Fassbender 4, Adam Miller 5, Preston Ruh 6, Austin Hartmann 7, Mike MacFarlane.

B MAIN

1, Adam Miller 2, Blake Wondra 3, Paul Pokorski 4, Chris Clayton 5, Josh Teunissen 6, Bill Taylor 7, Preston Ruh 8, Scott Conger 9, Jordan Paulsen 10, Chris Larson 11, Doug Wondra 12, Mike MacFarlane 13, Austin Hartmann 14, Andy Glewen.

A MAIN

1, Travis Arenz 2, Brandon McMullen 3, Justin Erickson 4, Ben Schmidt 5, Tony Wondra 6, Tim Haddy 7, Lance Fassbender 8, Kurt Davis 9, Jack Vanderboom 10, Kevin Karnitz 11, Justin Miller 12, Adam Miller 13, Tyler Tischendorf 14, Brandon Berth 15, Anthony Knierim 16, Tyler Brabant 17, Paul Pokorski 18, Nick Daywalt 19, Blake Wondra 20, Bill Taylor 21, Chris Clayton 22, Josh Teunissen.

 

GASROOT PROJECT LATE MODELS

HEAT 1

1, Justin Reed 2, Tim Buhler 3, Justin Schmidt 4, Charlie Schmidt 5, Eric Michaels 6, Jim Schmidt 7, Donny Singer 8, Sawyer Specht.

HEAT 2

1, Taylor Scheffler 2, Turk Letizia 3, Mark Rose 4, Jim Letizia 5, Ted Dolhun Sr. 6, Justin Green 7, Chad Ludwigson.

A MAIN’

1, Justin Schmidt 2, Tim Buhler 3, Turk Letizia 4, Justin Reed 5, Taylor Scheffler 6, Mark Rose 7, Jim Schmidt 8, Charlie Schmidt, 9, Justin Green 10, Jim Letizia 11, Eric Michaels 12, Ted Dolhun Sr. 13, Chad Ludwigson 14, Sawyer Specht 15, Donny Singer

 

KLIPS N TIPS GRAND NATIONAL

HEAT 1

1, Aaron Stolp 2, Luke Scholten 3, Tyler Kulow 4, Brad Weiss 5, Donny Kulow 6, Paul Perronne 7, Derek Kaat.

HEAT 2

1, Don Sorce Jr. 2, Dick Hed 3, Steven Weber 4, Jeff Muehlbauer 5, Eric Lingford 6, Darryl Traber 7, Joe Brenner.

A MAIN

1, Tyler Kulow 2, Aaron Stolp 3, Don Sorce Jr. 4, Steven Weber 5, Dick Hed 6, Luke Scholten 7, Brad Weiss 8, Donny Kulow 9, Darryl Traber 10, Eric Lingford 11, Paul Perronne 12, Jeff Muehlbauer 13, Derek Kaat 15, Joe Brenner.

 

CELLCOM B MOD

HEAT 1

1, Craig Gessner 2, Barry Maas 3, Justin Bauer 4, Brandon Knepprath 5, Brendan Ostrowski 6, Trevor Fank 7, Jonathan Hitsman 8, Rory Welch.

HEAT 2

1, Tim Warner 2, Steve Lorier 3, Patrick Hanson 4, Jim Fischer 5, Gary Glander 6, Donny Singer 7, Phil Campanella.

A MAIN

1, Tim Warner 2, Justin Bauer 3, Barry Maas 4, Brandon Knepprath 5, Steve Lorier 6, Gary Glander 7, Jonathan Histman 8, Trevor Frank 9, Craig Gessner 10, Donny Singer 11, Jim Fischer 12, Phil Campanella 13, Patrick Hanson 14, Rory Welch 15, Brendon Ostrowski.