[New Richmond, WI] - - John Kaanta took the World Dirt Racing League win at Cedar lake Speedway on July 31, 2008. Jimmy Mars and Darren Miller pressured Kaanta late, but could not complete the pass.
John Kaanta (Elk Mound, WI) chased early race leader Adam Hensel (Barron, WI) until the two squared off for a side-by-side battle for the lead. The lead duo battled for several laps until Kaanta was able to take over the top spot. Kaanta began cutting through lapped traffic at the midway point when a yellow flag was thrown.
"I was worried every time the yellow (flag) came out," Kaanta admitted in victory lane. "I was sure how good our car really was. I saw the scoreboard, and I knew there were some good cars behind me." Despite those caution flags, Kaanta was able to keep some hard chargers at bay racing to the win and adding to his point lead.
"I really can't believe this," Kaanta said about the win. "The car was great. Things are going this well. I don't really watch the points. We just try to take it one race at a time. There are still lot of races left, and there are some tough competitors racing with the WDRL."
Jimmy Mars (Elk Mound, WI) started eleventh for the fifty-lap A-Main, but moved quickly towards the front. Mars waged several door-to-door battles as he worked his way through the top five. A caution with nine laps remaining put him on the back bumper of Kaanta, but Mars was not able to find away to get around him and settled for second.
Darren "The Thriller" Miller (Chadwick, IL) was one of Mars' fiercest competitors. The two battle for several laps trying to decide who would control second. Miller would see Mars slipped by in the closing laps leaving Miller with a third place finish.
Ashley Anderson (Elk Mound, WI) raced into the top five late in the race, and Jack Sullivan (Greenbrier, AR) found himself in the top five for the entire race. Anderson and Sullivan duked it out for fourth as the laps wound down. Anderson would edge out Sullivan as the checkered flag fell. Sullivan rounded out the top five.
Next up for the WDRL Late Model Series is the make "Masters" A-Main that was rained out back on Father's Day weekend. Then the tour will beat the heat of the summer with a few weeks of as they prepare for a Labor Day Weekend double-header. On Saturday, the cars and stars on the WDRL Late Model Series visit the Deer Creek Speedway (Spring Valley, MN). The next night the tour hits the Quad City Speedway (East Moline, IL).
NASCAR fans heading to Kansas Speedway at the end of September, make plans to join the WDRL Friday, September 26 and 27 at Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS). It's just a short ten minute trip from Kansas Speedway.
The WORLD Dirt Racing League wishes to thank these series sponsors: Hoosier Racing Tires, Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, CrashedToys.com, Chase Signs and Graphics, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Hooker Harness, Fast Shafts, Lincoln Electric, Performance Bodies, QA-1 Motorsports, The Brake Man and Wyman Ford.
RACE RESULTS
Cedar Lake Speedway
New Richmond, WI
July 31, 2008
IOWA-ILLINOIS GROUP QUALIFYING: Top 10
1. Scott Gilberts 13.975; 2. Eric Pember 14.044; 3. Chris Simpson 14.072; 4. Justin Fegers 14.080; 5. Adam Hensel 14.082; 6. Rick Hanestad 14.133; 7. Brian Birkhofer 14.228; 8. Ashley Anderson 14.238; 9. Frank Heckenast Jr 14.286; 10. Jeremy Grady 14.317.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 1: 10 Laps
1. Adam Hensel, 2. John Kaanta, 3. Jeremy Grady, 4. Will Vaught, 5. Matt Miller, 6. Mike Nutzmann, 7. Tim Isneberg, 8. Pete Parker, 9. Tom Nesbitt, 10. Scott Bloomquist.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 2:
1. Brady Smith, 2. Curt Martin, 3. Darren Miller, 4. Frank Heckenast Jr 5. Justin Fegers, 6. Bryan Wennen, 7. Matt Fruman, 8. Chad Simpson, 9. Andrew McKay, 10. Steve Hucovski.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 3:
1. Ashley Anderson, 2. Keith Foss, 3. Jeff Provinzino, 4. Kevin Weaver, 5. Chris Simpson, 6. Rob Moss, 7. Jason Utter, 8. Billy Moyer, 9. Darin Duffy, 10. Nick Avelink.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 4:
1. Jake Redetzke, 2. Joey Jensen, 3. Jimmy Mars, 4. Brian Birkhofer, 5. Lance Mathees, 6. Wendell Wallace, 7. Eric Pember, 8. Ron Schreiner, 9. Dave Eckrich, 10. Dustin Hapka.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 5:
1. Denny Eckrich, 2. James Ward, 3. Scott Gilberts, 4. Jack Sullivan, 5. Chris Wall, 6. Rick Hanestad, 7. Kerry Hansen, 8. Pat Doar, 9. Greg Hill, DNS-Tim McCreadie.
QA-! MOTOR SPORTS PASSING POINTS: Top 18 / A-Main Qualifiers
1. Denny Eckrich 72.50; 2. John Kaanta 66.75; 3. Adam Hansel 66.75; 4. Ashley Anderson 63.50; 5. Curt Martin 62.25; 6. Keith Foss 62.25; 7. Jack Sullivan 62.00; 8. Jake Redetzke 61.25, 9. Brady Smith 61.25; 10. Darren Miller 58.75; 11. Jimmy Mars 56.50; 12. James Ward 55.50; 13. Joey Jensen 55.50; 14. Scott Gilberts 54.25; 15. Lance Matthees 54.00; 16. Kevin Weaver 53.00; 17. Jeremy Grady 52.00; Jeff Provinizino 52.00.
IOWA-ILLINOS TAYLOR INSULTATION POLE DASH: 6 Laps
1. Adam Hensel, 2. Denny Eckrich, 3. John Kaanta, 4. Jack Sullivan, 5. Curt Martin, 6. Keith Foss, 7. Jake Redetzke, 8. Ashley Anderson.
B-MAIN 1: 12 Laps / Top 3 Transfer
1. Justin Fegers, 2. Frank Heckenast, 3. Chris Wall, 4. Rick Hanestad, 5. Rob Moss, 6. Billy Moyer, 7. Scott Bloomquist, 8. Chad Simpson, 9. Dave Eckrich, 10. Tim Nesbitt, 11. Tim Isenberg, 12. Greg Hill, 13. Kerry Hansen, 14. Matt Furman, 15. Bryan Wennen, DNS-Dustin Hapka.
B-MAIN 2: 12 Laps / Top 3 Transfer
1. Brian Birkhofer, 2. Will Vaught, 3. Chris Simpson, 4. Matt Miller, 5. Wendell Wallace, 6. Eric Pember, 7. Pat Doar, 8. Jason Utter, 9. Mike Nutzman, 10. Nick Avelink, 11. Pete Parker, 12. Darin Duffy, 13. Ron Schreiner, 14. Andrew McKay, DNS-Steve Hucovski, DNS-Tim McCreadie.
WDRL FEATURE EVENT: 50 Laps
1. John Kaanta, 2. Jimmy Mars, 3. Darren Miller, 4. Ashley Anderson, 5. Jack Sullivan, 6. Denny Eckrich, 7. Brian Birkhofer, 8. Keith Foss, 9. Adam Hensel, 10. Jake Redetzke, 11. Joey Jensen, 12. Lance Matthees, 13. Will Vaught, 14. Eric Pember, 15. Curt Martin, 16. Scott Gilberts, 17. Frank Heckenast Jr, 18. Chad Simpson, 19. James Ward, 20. Chris Wall, 21. Chris Simpson, 22. Justin Fegers, 23. Jeremy Grady, 24. Kevin Weaver, 25. Brady Smith, 26. Jeff Provinzino.
WDRL CONTIGENCY AWARDS:
IOWA-ILLINOIS TAYLOR INSULATION POLE DASH: Adam Hansel, Denny Eckrich, John Kaanta
QA-1 MOTORSPORTS PASSING POINTS: Denny Eckrich
CHASE HARD LUCK AWARD: Rick Hanestad
DESIGN 500: Rob Moss, Eric Pember
BRAKE MAN: Jimmy Mars
CHAMP PANS: Darren Miller
PERFORMANCE BODIES: Denny Eckrich
BSB MANUFACTORING: Curt Martin
FAST SHAFTS: Frank Heckenast Jr
HOOKER HARNESS: Chad Simpson
WDRL PROVISIONALS: Chad Simpson, Eric Pember
CHASE SIGNS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Frank Heckenast Jr, Jeremy Grady
CHASSIS: MasterSbilt, Rocket
John Kaanta (Elk Mound, WI) chased early race leader Adam Hensel (Barron, WI) until the two squared off for a side-by-side battle for the lead. The lead duo battled for several laps until Kaanta was able to take over the top spot. Kaanta began cutting through lapped traffic at the midway point when a yellow flag was thrown.
"I was worried every time the yellow (flag) came out," Kaanta admitted in victory lane. "I was sure how good our car really was. I saw the scoreboard, and I knew there were some good cars behind me." Despite those caution flags, Kaanta was able to keep some hard chargers at bay racing to the win and adding to his point lead.
"I really can't believe this," Kaanta said about the win. "The car was great. Things are going this well. I don't really watch the points. We just try to take it one race at a time. There are still lot of races left, and there are some tough competitors racing with the WDRL."
Jimmy Mars (Elk Mound, WI) started eleventh for the fifty-lap A-Main, but moved quickly towards the front. Mars waged several door-to-door battles as he worked his way through the top five. A caution with nine laps remaining put him on the back bumper of Kaanta, but Mars was not able to find away to get around him and settled for second.
Darren "The Thriller" Miller (Chadwick, IL) was one of Mars' fiercest competitors. The two battle for several laps trying to decide who would control second. Miller would see Mars slipped by in the closing laps leaving Miller with a third place finish.
Ashley Anderson (Elk Mound, WI) raced into the top five late in the race, and Jack Sullivan (Greenbrier, AR) found himself in the top five for the entire race. Anderson and Sullivan duked it out for fourth as the laps wound down. Anderson would edge out Sullivan as the checkered flag fell. Sullivan rounded out the top five.
Next up for the WDRL Late Model Series is the make "Masters" A-Main that was rained out back on Father's Day weekend. Then the tour will beat the heat of the summer with a few weeks of as they prepare for a Labor Day Weekend double-header. On Saturday, the cars and stars on the WDRL Late Model Series visit the Deer Creek Speedway (Spring Valley, MN). The next night the tour hits the Quad City Speedway (East Moline, IL).
NASCAR fans heading to Kansas Speedway at the end of September, make plans to join the WDRL Friday, September 26 and 27 at Lakeside Speedway (Kansas City, KS). It's just a short ten minute trip from Kansas Speedway.
The WORLD Dirt Racing League wishes to thank these series sponsors: Hoosier Racing Tires, Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, CrashedToys.com, Chase Signs and Graphics, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Hooker Harness, Fast Shafts, Lincoln Electric, Performance Bodies, QA-1 Motorsports, The Brake Man and Wyman Ford.
RACE RESULTS
Cedar Lake Speedway
New Richmond, WI
July 31, 2008
IOWA-ILLINOIS GROUP QUALIFYING: Top 10
1. Scott Gilberts 13.975; 2. Eric Pember 14.044; 3. Chris Simpson 14.072; 4. Justin Fegers 14.080; 5. Adam Hensel 14.082; 6. Rick Hanestad 14.133; 7. Brian Birkhofer 14.228; 8. Ashley Anderson 14.238; 9. Frank Heckenast Jr 14.286; 10. Jeremy Grady 14.317.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 1: 10 Laps
1. Adam Hensel, 2. John Kaanta, 3. Jeremy Grady, 4. Will Vaught, 5. Matt Miller, 6. Mike Nutzmann, 7. Tim Isneberg, 8. Pete Parker, 9. Tom Nesbitt, 10. Scott Bloomquist.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 2:
1. Brady Smith, 2. Curt Martin, 3. Darren Miller, 4. Frank Heckenast Jr 5. Justin Fegers, 6. Bryan Wennen, 7. Matt Fruman, 8. Chad Simpson, 9. Andrew McKay, 10. Steve Hucovski.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 3:
1. Ashley Anderson, 2. Keith Foss, 3. Jeff Provinzino, 4. Kevin Weaver, 5. Chris Simpson, 6. Rob Moss, 7. Jason Utter, 8. Billy Moyer, 9. Darin Duffy, 10. Nick Avelink.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 4:
1. Jake Redetzke, 2. Joey Jensen, 3. Jimmy Mars, 4. Brian Birkhofer, 5. Lance Mathees, 6. Wendell Wallace, 7. Eric Pember, 8. Ron Schreiner, 9. Dave Eckrich, 10. Dustin Hapka.
CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFIER 5:
1. Denny Eckrich, 2. James Ward, 3. Scott Gilberts, 4. Jack Sullivan, 5. Chris Wall, 6. Rick Hanestad, 7. Kerry Hansen, 8. Pat Doar, 9. Greg Hill, DNS-Tim McCreadie.
QA-! MOTOR SPORTS PASSING POINTS: Top 18 / A-Main Qualifiers
1. Denny Eckrich 72.50; 2. John Kaanta 66.75; 3. Adam Hansel 66.75; 4. Ashley Anderson 63.50; 5. Curt Martin 62.25; 6. Keith Foss 62.25; 7. Jack Sullivan 62.00; 8. Jake Redetzke 61.25, 9. Brady Smith 61.25; 10. Darren Miller 58.75; 11. Jimmy Mars 56.50; 12. James Ward 55.50; 13. Joey Jensen 55.50; 14. Scott Gilberts 54.25; 15. Lance Matthees 54.00; 16. Kevin Weaver 53.00; 17. Jeremy Grady 52.00; Jeff Provinizino 52.00.
IOWA-ILLINOS TAYLOR INSULTATION POLE DASH: 6 Laps
1. Adam Hensel, 2. Denny Eckrich, 3. John Kaanta, 4. Jack Sullivan, 5. Curt Martin, 6. Keith Foss, 7. Jake Redetzke, 8. Ashley Anderson.
B-MAIN 1: 12 Laps / Top 3 Transfer
1. Justin Fegers, 2. Frank Heckenast, 3. Chris Wall, 4. Rick Hanestad, 5. Rob Moss, 6. Billy Moyer, 7. Scott Bloomquist, 8. Chad Simpson, 9. Dave Eckrich, 10. Tim Nesbitt, 11. Tim Isenberg, 12. Greg Hill, 13. Kerry Hansen, 14. Matt Furman, 15. Bryan Wennen, DNS-Dustin Hapka.
B-MAIN 2: 12 Laps / Top 3 Transfer
1. Brian Birkhofer, 2. Will Vaught, 3. Chris Simpson, 4. Matt Miller, 5. Wendell Wallace, 6. Eric Pember, 7. Pat Doar, 8. Jason Utter, 9. Mike Nutzman, 10. Nick Avelink, 11. Pete Parker, 12. Darin Duffy, 13. Ron Schreiner, 14. Andrew McKay, DNS-Steve Hucovski, DNS-Tim McCreadie.
WDRL FEATURE EVENT: 50 Laps
1. John Kaanta, 2. Jimmy Mars, 3. Darren Miller, 4. Ashley Anderson, 5. Jack Sullivan, 6. Denny Eckrich, 7. Brian Birkhofer, 8. Keith Foss, 9. Adam Hensel, 10. Jake Redetzke, 11. Joey Jensen, 12. Lance Matthees, 13. Will Vaught, 14. Eric Pember, 15. Curt Martin, 16. Scott Gilberts, 17. Frank Heckenast Jr, 18. Chad Simpson, 19. James Ward, 20. Chris Wall, 21. Chris Simpson, 22. Justin Fegers, 23. Jeremy Grady, 24. Kevin Weaver, 25. Brady Smith, 26. Jeff Provinzino.
WDRL CONTIGENCY AWARDS:
IOWA-ILLINOIS TAYLOR INSULATION POLE DASH: Adam Hansel, Denny Eckrich, John Kaanta
QA-1 MOTORSPORTS PASSING POINTS: Denny Eckrich
CHASE HARD LUCK AWARD: Rick Hanestad
DESIGN 500: Rob Moss, Eric Pember
BRAKE MAN: Jimmy Mars
CHAMP PANS: Darren Miller
PERFORMANCE BODIES: Denny Eckrich
BSB MANUFACTORING: Curt Martin
FAST SHAFTS: Frank Heckenast Jr
HOOKER HARNESS: Chad Simpson
WDRL PROVISIONALS: Chad Simpson, Eric Pember
CHASE SIGNS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Frank Heckenast Jr, Jeremy Grady
CHASSIS: MasterSbilt, Rocket
