by Jay Ohman

ARCADIA, Wis. (June 7, 2002) - Kurt Davis battled forward from the twelfth spot for the Midwest Sprintcar Association feature win Friday June 7th at Fox Ridge Speedway. It was the first trip for the MSA to the high-banked 3/8 mile with a full house on hand to watch the action.

In the Feature, Jerry Ski took the early lead from his front row starting spot until a lap 5 caution put Danny Schlafer on his rear bumper. With the return to action, Danny Schlafer worked his way past Ski and opened up an eight car lead. Defending points champion K.J. Skelton had advanced to the second spot with Davis up to third as the caution flew again on lap 12.

With the drop of the green, Danny Schlafer held off hard advances by Skelton and Davis as the top three battled wheel to wheel for several laps. Davis finally slipped past Danny Schlafer with 8 laps to go in the 25 lap race and would go unchallenged to the checker.

Danny Schlafer would finish second, but suffered a disqualification coming up a couple pounds light at the scale. That moved Skelton up to the second spot, and Ski would claim third. David O'Neal and Lance Fassbender advanced to the fourth and fifth spots. Michael Emme finished sixth, Al Schlafer was seventh, Frank Firari eighth, John Sauermilch advanced to the ninth spot and Scott Conger had an excellent run to cap the top ten.

Sauermilch jumped out from his front row start spot to win the Hepfner Race Products first heat, Danny Schlafer finished second. John Fahl picked up his first ever MSA checker winning the second heat sponsored by JB Enterprises, Emme followed in second.

The MPD third Heat had Dean Ehrfurth picking up the win, Keith Olejnik right behind with a strong run. Then in the B & B Oval Track Products Heat number 4, Davis battled by Jay Schneider to notch the victory, Schneider finished second.

Davis took the Wisconsin PC Fast Time Award with a fast lap of 16.018 establishing an MSA track record. For all of the latest standings, results, pictures and more, visit the MSA website at www.msasprints.com.

RESULTS

Feature: 1. Kurt Davis, West Allis, WI; 2. K. J. Skelton, Cascade, WI; 3. Jerry Ski, Milwaukee, WI; 4. David O'Neal, Greenfield, WI; 5. Lance Fassbender, Rubicon, WI; 6. Michael Emme, Manitowoc, WI; 7. Al Schlafer, Sussex, WI; 8. Frank Firari, Lowell, WI; 9. John Sauermilch Jr., Sheboygan, WI; 10. Scott Conger, Eagle, WI; 11. T.J. Luedke, Plymouth, WI; 12. John Fahl, Milwaukee, WI; 13. Lloyd Dykstra, Waupun, WI; 14. Joe Wipperfurth, Sun Prarie, WI; 15. Tim Haddy, Lomira, WI; 16. Andy Hunt, Randolph, WI; 17. Jeremie Hedrick, Shawano, WI; 18. J.J. Stefan, Hartford, WI; 19. Keith Olejnik, Sun Prarie, WI; 20. Dean Erfurth, Oregon, WI; 21. Doug Schenck, Madison, WI; 22. Chad Tessman, Jefferson, WI; 23. Aaron Shipper, Cascade, WI; 24. Bill Taylor, Cascade, WI; 25. Jay Schneider, West Bend, WI; DQ. Danny Schlafer, Sussex, WI.

First Heat: 1. Sauermilch; 2. Danny Schlafer; 3. Ski; 4. O'Neal; 5. Tessman; 6. Hunt; DNS Shipper.

Second Heat: 1. Fahl; 2. Emme; 3. Fassbender; 4. Al Schlafer; 5. Wipperfurth; 6. Taylor; DNS Alex Bliesner, Adell, WI.

Third Heat: 1. Erfurth; 2. Olejnik; 3. Firari; 4. Schenck; 5. Luedke; 6. Hedrick; DNS Scott Sippel.

Fourth Heat: 1. Davis; 2. Schneider; 3. Skelton; 4. Haddy; 5. Conger; 6. Stefan; 7. Dykstra; DNS Troy Hepfner, Hartland, WI.

Time Trials: 1. Davis, 16.018; 2. Schenck, 16.133; 3. Fassbender, 16.144; 4. Hunt, 16.163; 5. Stefan, 16.236; 6. Firari, 16.237; 7. Al Schlafer, 16.253; 8. O'Neal, 16.264; 9. Haddy, 16.270; 10. Luedke, 16.276; 11. Emme, 16.294; 12. Danny Schlafer, 16.326; 13. Skelton, 16.333; 14. Hedrick, 16.356; 15. Wipperfurth, 16.413; 16. Ski, 16.463; 17. Schneider, 16.570; 18. Erfurth, 16.612; 19. Fahl, 16.663; 20. Sauermilch, 16.724; 21. Dykstra, 16.852; 22. Hepfner, 16.877; 23. Olejnik, 16.919; 24. Taylor, 17.138; 25. Tessman, 17.241; 26. Conger, 17.311; 27. Sippel, DNS; 28. Bliesner, DNS; 29. Shipper, DNS.