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Manitowoc, WI – May 8, 2009 – Russ Wetenkamp of Manitowoc put his ride in high gear and jumped out to the lead of the 30 lap Sprint Car A-Main at the Manitowoc County Expo Speedway. The field came to a stop for the car of Mukwonago’s Mark Wernes Jr. flipping in turn two and collecting the cars of Tony Wondra, Campbellsport, and Jeff Wilke of Genoa, IL. Wetenkamp paced the pack at the drop of the green and encountered lap traffic on lap 11. On lap 12, Plymouth’s Ben Schmidt took control of the race. Paul Pokorski of West Bend started 16th and weaved his way through traffic to chase down Schmidt and second place Wayne Modjeski of Oak Creek. Modjeski and Pokorski ran out of laps and Schmidt led the way to the checkered followed by Modjeski, Pokorski, Plymouth’s TJ Luedke, and Wetenkamp.
360 Sprints:
Heat 1 (10 laps): 1. Scott Conger (Eagle) 2. Lance Fassbender (Burnett) 3. Brian Kristan (Zion, IL)
Heat 2 (10 laps): 1. Wilke 2. Wetenkamp 3. Luedke
Heat 3 (10 laps): 1. Modjeski 2. Tim Haddy (Waupun) 3. Schmidt
B-Main (15 laps): 1. Wernes Jr. 2. Terry Marten (Sheboygan Falls) 3. Allen Schlafer (Sussex) 4. Scotty Thiel (Sheboygan) 5. Kevin Karnitz (West Bend)
A-Main (30 laps): 1. Schmidt 2. Modjeski 3. Pokorski 4. Luedke 5. Wetenkamp 6. Shane Wenninger (Kewauskum) 7. Haddy 8. Fassbender 9. Jason Lax (Kiel) 10. Jeremy Schultz (Beaver Dam)
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