CRESCO, Ia. (July 7, 2002) - Computer Professionals Unlimited of Cresco, Iowa sponsored tonight's Mid Season Championship races at the Cresco Speedway. Things were run a little differently this year than in the past, in that the heat races did matter for these championships. Following a top four finish in the heat, the top twelve drivers drew for a starting position in the feature instead of starting in the same position you were sitting in for the point standings. This made the heat races a lot more exciting as well as the feature races.

Starting the night's heat races were the Modifieds with heat wins going to Chuck Stanton, Brian Schrage, and Darin Duffy. The Hobby Stock heat wins went to Jeremy Moellers, Darin Walch, and Kevin Donlan.

Lynn Panos and Marinus Mlady picked up the heat wins in the Stock Car class and the Hornet heat win went to Jason Lindvig.

The Cash Dash was held once again tonight featuring the top two finishers from the heat races. Chuck Stanton picked up the win in the Modifieds, Darin Walch in the Hobby Stock, and Lynn Panos in the Stock Car. Walch then went ahead and accepted the Gordy's A Challenge, which put him at the end of the pack of the feature race.

All Steve Dweyer was looking to do in the Hornet feature was to finish a race. Tonight was his fourth time to the track and the last three times he has been unable to finish the feature. Tonight was his night though, as he started third and moved up to the top spot on lap one. Dweyer never gave up that spot, pulling away from the pack and picking up the checkered flag 1/4 of a lap in front of the second place car. Gary Gulrud finished second, followed by Scott Spilde and Jason Lindvig.

The Factory Stock feature was next to take the track. Jimmy Broszirt was sitting second in points and looking to pick up the win tonight. He would have to do that in a substitute car though, as he wrecked his own car the other night. The substite car did not slow him down at all and Broszirt picked up the Mid Season Championship trophy. Robert Malli, Jeremy Oakes, and Dave Lickteig rounded out the top four.

Darin Duffy was leading the Modified points division heading into tonight's race. Unfortunately, on the opening lap, he ran into a tire, breaking the steering in the front of the car, sending him to the infield. It was then a race for the top and Chuck Stanton was looking to pick up his second feature win of the year. He took over the lead, but a strong Schaufenbuel was coming after him. Schaufenbuel started 13th, and made it up to second, but Stanton was just to much for him to catch. Stanton crossed the finish line first, followed by Schaufenbuel, Tim Heins, and Josh Secor.

Darin Walch took Gordy's A Challenge for the second time this year, putting him at the end of the pack and looking for the lead. Kevin Donlan, Jeremy Moellers, Tory Reicks, and Dan Christopher were battling for the lead from lap one and continued battling until the checkered flag was thrown. No one was able to catch those four, as Donlan picked up his second feature win in a row, followed by Christopher, Reicks, and Moellers. Walch ended up in sixth.

Lynn Panos is currently sitting third in the Stock Car point standings and was able to pick up the pole position for tonight's feature race. Panos battled early on with Marinus Mlady and then Jeff Schluetter, but then pulled away and lead all laps to pick up the win. Schluetter finished second, followed by Mlady and Scott Bauer.

Join us next week as Squier Distributing and K & S Wheel sponsor Fan Appreciation Night at the Cresco Speedway.

Racing Results

*Heats

MODIFIED

Heat 1 - Chuck Stanton, Larry Schmidt, Kerry Ledebuhr, Todd Kelley, Ron Konkel, Dick Brummond

Heat 2 - Brian Schrage, Josh Secor, Jeff Friederick, Tim Heins, Tommy Belmer, Todd Schaufenbuel

Heat 3 - Darin Duffy, Todd Suhr, Dan Bohr, Terry Quam, John Grube

HOBBY STOCK

Heat 1 - Jeremy Moellers, Paul Malli, Steve Holthaus,

Rick Byrnes, Patty Fosaaen, Bob Praska

Heat 2 - Darin Walch, Jason Schlangen, Jeff Larson,

Tim Gebel, Pat O'Neill, Jeremy Schaufenbuel

Heat 3 - Kevin Donlan, Dan Christopher, Tory Reicks,

Carl Calsch, Tracy Quigely

STOCK CAR

Heat 1 - Lynn Panos, Scott Bauer, Kevin Bidne, Rodney Zubrod, Mike Kelly, Jeff Vsetecka, Laine Riha, Jim Conway

Heat 2 - Marinus Mlady, Brian Tank, Mike Bergan, Kenneth Even, Jeff Schluetter, Jim Peter, Jay Schwamman, Rick Stockman

HORNETS

Heat 1 - Jason Lindvig, Adam Ewing, Gary Gulrud, Andy Stinson, Steve Dweyer, Jeremy Cornwell, Scott Spilde, Russell Einck, Nathan Cahoon, Jeff Klein, Eric Kottschade, Randy Koshatka, Brian Balk

*Cash Dash

MODIFIED - Chuck Stanton, Todd Suhr, Darin Duffy, Larry Schmidt, Brian Schrage, Josh Secor

HOBBY STOCK - Darin Walch, Kevin Donlan, Dan Christopher, Jeremy Moellers, Paul Malli, Jason Schlangen

STOCK CAR - Lynn Panos, Scott Bauer, Kevin Bidne, Marinus Mlady, Brian Tank, Mike Bergan

*Features

HORNET - Steve Dweyer, Gary Gulrud, Scott Spilde, Jason Lindvig, Randy Koshatka, Eric Kottschade, Nathan Cahoon, Adam Ewing, Russell Einck, Andy Stinson, Jeff Klein, Jeremy Cornwell

FACTORY STOCK - Jimmy Broszirt, Robert Malli, Jeremy Oakes, Dave Lickteig, Lee Nuehring, Terry Nicoll, Keith Eischens, Matt Edwards

MODIFIED - Chuck Stanton, Todd Schaufenbuel, Tim Heins, Josh Secor, Larry Schmidt, Todd Suhr, Ron Konkel, Tommy Belmer, Terry Quam, John Grube, Dick Brummond, Brian Schrage, Dan Bohr, Todd Kelley, Kerry Ledebuhr, Jeff Friederick, Darin Duffy

HOBBY STOCK - Kevin Donlan, Dan Christopher, Tory Reicks, Jeremy Moellers, Steve Holthaus, Darin Walch, Jason Schlangen, Rick Byrnes, Carl Calsch, Paul Malli, Bob Praska, Patty Fosaaen, Tracy Quigely, Tim Gebel, Jeff Larson

STOCK CAR - Lynn Panos, Jeff Schluetter, Marinus Mlady, Scott Bauer, Kevin Bidne, Brian Tank, Jeff Vsetecka, Kenneth Even, Rodney Zubrod, Jim Peter, Jay Schwaumman, Jim Conway, Laine Riha, Mike Kelly, Mike Bergan