| xc | Johnny B Races to Victory Lane at MIS
John Wells May.28.2012 It’s a Hot Time at MIS as Johnny B Races to Victory Lane John Baumeister Jr, Robert Hansberry Jr., and Andy Jones were the big winners on Salute to Public Safety Day and the weekly racing season opener at Madison International Speedway. With record setting temperatures greeting fans and drivers it made for some very interesting on-track action today. Baumeister Jr. Proves the Safest Place to Be is Out Front John Baumeister Jr. won the 40 lap feature for the Rockweiler Insulation Late Models. Bill Baumeister and Jason Hicks brought the field to the green flag. The two would race side by side trading the lead back and forth. Behind the leaders Chuck Garetson and John Baumeister Jr. were doing the same thing for third place. Finally on lap 7, Baumeister had gained the advantage over Hicks just before the caution flag came out for a spin back in the field. The restart cone would come out for the first time with Baumeister choosing the inside, Hicks the outside followed by Baumeister Jr. and Shane Morrissey in row two. Baumeister Jr. would move his way inside Baumeister and take the lead before the caution flag came out on lap 10 for another spin. While the race was under caution Baumeister and Morrissey made contact sending Baumeister to the pits with damage and Morrissey to the back of the field. On the restart Baumeister Jr. would take the inside with Casey Johnson moving up to the outside of row one. Baumeister Jr. would regain his lead after a couple of side by side laps with Johnson before the caution flag waved again for a spin on lap 13. Another restart meant another visit from the cone and this time Baumeister Jr. would take the inside with Zack Riddle moving up to the outside of the first row. However, Riddle would not be able to keep up on the outside and Johnson would move back to second. Quietly working their way through the field, Bobby Wilberg and Dale Nottestad found themselves in third and fourth place by lap 15. The caution flag came out again on lap 20 when Chad Stevens and Riddle got together on the front stretch sending both to the tail of the field. Wilberg would elect to move up to the outside of the first row on the restart to challenge the Baumeister Jr. Baumeister Jr. would be able to maintain the lead with Johnson and Nottestad moving by Wilberg for second and third. Baumeister Jr. continued to lead with a one car length advantage over Johnson and Nottestad. It seemed like only a matter of time before the next caution came out and it did on lap 28 for a spin in turn four. Now the question for Johnson was choosing to start behind Baumeister Jr. or outside him. Both Johnson and Nottestad chose to follow the leader while Wilberg gladly took the position outside Baumeister Jr. in the front row. When the green flag waved things would get interesting going into turn one with Johnson and Kevin Knuese making heavy contact by the time they came out of turn two ending their afternoon. Wilberg would go to the back of the field for his involvement in the incident. Baumeister Jr. would continue to lead after the restart with Jason Hicks, Andy Evraets, and Nate Oppliger fighting for second place. Hicks would keep the advantage before his car slowed which meant Evraets would take second and Wilberg who had just gone to the back was up to third. Baumeister Jr. would easily pick up the win followed by Evraets, Wilberg, Stevens, and Morrissey. “That thing was fast all day,” said Baumeister Jr. from victory lane. “I kind of coasted the last twelve laps,” he added. He also alluded to how being out front was the right place to be considering the number of cautions. Baumeister Jr. won the Morrison’s Auto Parts Fast Dash. The Morrison’s Auto Parts Dash is a six lap event with separate points and point fund money. Andy Evraets and Kevin Knuese won the two qualifying races. In the first fifteen lap qualifying race, Andy Evraets jumped out to the early lead closely followed Bobby Wilberg and Dale Nottestad. Nottestad would challenge the leader late in the race but would have enough as Evraets proved to be too strong and drove his way to victory lane followed by Nottestad, Nate Oppliger, Wilberg, and Chad Stevens. Casey Johnson broke away from the pack early in the second, twelve lap qualifying race and led for the first twelve laps before Kevin Knuese took over the lead on the backstretch. Zack Riddle would pass Johnson on the final lap but wouldn’t have enough for the quick Knuese who picked up the checkered flag. Riddle was the fastest qualifier with a lap of 18.635 (96.592 mph) followed by Nottestad at 18.696 and Baumeister Jr. at 18.709. Rockweiler Insulation Late Models 40 Lap Feature:1. John Baumeister Jr. (Lake Geneva, WI), 2. Andy Evraets (Hartland, WI), 3. Bobby Wilberg (Beloit, WI), 4. Chad Stevens (Orfordville, WI), 5. Shane Morrissey (Cuba City, WI), 6. Jason Hicks (Elkhorn, WI), 7. Chuck Garetson (Albany, WI), 8. Zack Riddle (Brooklyn, WI), 9. Nathan Oppliger (Oregon, WI), 10. Casey Johnson (Stoughton, WI), 11. Dale Nottestad (Cambridge, WI), 12. Kevin Knuese (Waukesha, WI), 13. Steve Rubeck (Monroe Center, IL), 14. Bill Baumeister (Janesville, WI), 15. Don Wickstrum (Monroe, WI), Morrisons Auto Parts Dash:1. John Baumeister Jr. (Lake Geneva, WI), 2. Zack Riddle (Brooklyn, WI), 3. Dale Nottestad (Cambridge, WI), 4. Kevin Knuese (Waukesha, WI), 5. Steve Rubeck (Monroe Center, IL), 6. Nathan Oppliger (Oregon, WI), Qualifying:1. Zack Riddle (Brooklyn, WI), 2. Dale Nottestad (Cambridge, WI), 3. John Baumeister Jr. (Lake Geneva, WI), 4. Nathan Oppliger (Oregon, WI), 5. Kevin Knuese (Waukesha, WI), 6. Steve Rubeck (Monroe Center, IL), 7. Casey Johnson (Stoughton, WI), 8. Bobby Wilberg (Beloit, WI), 9. Chuck Garetson (Albany, WI), 10. Andy Evraets (Hartland, WI), 11. Shane Morrissey (Cuba City, WI), 12. Jason Hicks (Elkhorn, WI), 13. Bill Baumeister (Janesville, WI), 14. Chad Stevens (Orfordville, WI), 15. Don Wickstrum (Monroe, WI), Qualifying Race 1:1. Andy Evraets (Hartland, WI), 2. Dale Nottestad (Cambridge, WI), 3. Nathan Oppliger (Oregon, WI), 4. Bobby Wilberg (Beloit, WI), 5. Chad Stevens (Orfordville, WI), 6. Jason Hicks (Elkhorn, WI), 7. Steve Rubeck (Monroe Center, IL), Qualifying Race 2:1. Kevin Knuese (Waukesha, WI), 2. Zack Riddle (Brooklyn, WI), 3. Casey Johnson (Stoughton, WI), 4. John Baumeister Jr. (Lake Geneva, WI), 5. Shane Morrissey (Cuba City, WI), 6. Chuck Garetson (Albany, WI), 7. Bill Baumeister (Janesville, WI), 8. Don Wickstrum (Monroe, WI), |
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