Kreyer cruises
Photo by Jeff Blaser
Wisconsin Dells’ Frank Kreyer led the last 117 laps of Saturday night’s American Speed Association Midwest Tour Race for the Gold Silver 125 at Dells Raceway Park, in Wisconsin Dells. But it was anything but smooth sailing for Kreyer, who held off a pair of strong challengers for his first ASAMT win. West Salem native Steve Carlson continuously pushed Kreyer for the top spot throughout most of the race before contact with another car sent him to the pits with four laps to go. "I have raced with Steve for a long time and the guy has beaten me every single time I have raced against them," Kreyer said after the race. "But I will tell you what, I never had a guy like Carlson rough me up, he gives me a lot of respect and I like them guys. They were in my bumper and they would do what they had to do. I was cool with what he was doing and he was letting me know he was there." Nekoosa’s Steve Holzhausen, who moved from fourth to second when Carlson went to the pits and Chris Wimmer was sent to the back following their crash, couldn’t make a move to pass Kreyer the rest of the way. "I was faster but I couldn’t work the outside," Holzhausen said. July 18, 2009 ASAMT 1 - 199 - Frank Kreyer - Wisconsin Dells 2 - 97 - Steve Holzhausen - Neekosa 3 - 171 - Mark Eswein - Wisconsin Rapids 4 - 87 - Nathan Haseleu (TS) - Pardeeville 5 - 5 - Travis Sauter - Necedah 6 - 71 - Blake Brown (R) - Franskville 7 - 18 - Dan Lensing - Roscoe, Ill. 8 - 36 - Dan Fredrickson (TS) - Lakeville 9 - 000 - Jeff Kendell - Montello 10 - 25 - Jeff Storm (TS) - East Troy 11 - 02 - Kenny Reiser - Waukon, Iowa 12 - 80 - Bryan Reffner - Stevens Point 13 - 75 - Blake Hortsman (TS) - Bangor 14 - 9 - Kyle Calmes (TS) - Freedom 15 - 32 - Nick Neville (R) (TS) - Mackinaw, Ill. 16 - 52 - Chris Wimmer (TS) - Wausau 17 - 66 - Steve Carlson - West Salem 18 - 97i - Jamie Iverson (TS) - Escanaba, Mich. 19 - 12 - Nick Murgic (TS) - Rosemount, Minn. 20 - 21 - Tim Schendel (TS) - Sparta 21 - 7T - Don Turner - LaCrosse 22 - 9k - Mark Kraus (TS) - Stratford 23 - 22 - Nick Panitzke (R) (TS) - Sauk Centre, Minn. 24 - 72 - Jacob Goede (R) - Shakopee, Minn. 25 - 77E - Jonathan Eilen (TS) - Hampon, Minn. 26 - 4 - Mike Gunderson - Union Grove Limited Late Model
Feature 1. Corey Jankowski (Tomah), 2. Shayne Poehnelt (Sun Prairie), 3. Steve Lichtfeld (Portage), 4. Rocky Breezer (Portage), 5. Rich Schumann Jr. (Wisconsin), 6. Skylar Holzhausen (Bangor), 7. Joel Soenksen (Baraboo), 8. Cardell Potter (Camp Douglas), 9. Aaron Falbe (Beaver Dam), 10. Robert Kendall (Montello), 11. Kevin Seidler (Adams), 12. Mark Brooner (Warrens), 13. Michael Bachaus (Milton) Heat Winners – Fastest Qualifier –
Feature 1. Adam Johnson (Grand Marsh), 2. Brad Luck (Prairie du Sac), 3. William Schreiber (Baraboo), 4. Ronald Grabarski (Grand Marsh), 5. Rebecca Grabarski (Grand Marsh), 6. Troy Yohn (Waterloo), 7. Brent Weiland (Wautoma), 8. Kevin Gilding (Prairie du Sac), 9. Eric Buchholz (Wautoma), 10. John Zuch (Baraboo), 11. Daron Fish (Wisconsin Dells), 12. Bill Zeman (Baraboo), 13. William Devine (Baraboo), 14. Alan Dorn (Waterloo), 15. Sandy Cook (Wisconsin Dells), 16. Don Fassett (Wisconsin Dells), 17. Mark Hohl (Baraboo), 18. Durand Larsen (Lodi), 19. Joseph Stuchlak (Grand Marsh), 20. Jason Deppe (Waterloo), 21. Dave Trute (Mauston) Heat Winners – Fastest Qualifier –