Jans Jockeys To First
Career Super Stock Feature Victory!
Prepared by Chris Stepan - FYE Motorsports Promotions
(June 28th 2009)
A windy and sunny Sunday afternoon met the
drivers and fans of the Madison Speedway on Sunday, June 28th
as a regular racing program plus make up features for the Pure
Stocks from the rained out Memorial Day event were on the card.
Jordan Tollakson raced from the second row to win
the make up Pure Stock feature from the rained out Memorial Day
weekend event. Tollakson turned back a bid for the lead from Jesse
Timm and Maria Konold in the early stages of the event and went on
to win the event with ease.
After the make up feature was completed, the
Street Stocks took the track for their regularly scheduled main
event. After two tries to get it going, Justin Tammen took the lead
from the front row, as 6th starting Travis Berends
quickly dove to the inside and pulled alongside of Tammen for the
lead on the second circuit. Berends took the lead from Tammen on the
second restart and began to pull away out front, while Justin Vogel
and Mike Jans were swapping the runner up spot on multiple occasions
throughout the event. After several more cautions, Berends continued
to lead with Vogel and Jans still locked in a great battle for
second with Vogel using the middle groove to run down Berends toward
the end of the 20-lapper. Vogel was able to nearly pull alongside
Berends for the lead as the laps wound down, but Berends was able to
withstand the pressure and race to the win.
Marshall Tofte took the lead at the drop of the
green form the front row and immediately began to disappear into the
night, while Ryan Schmitt and Jason Anderson were in a great tussle
for second. Behind the leaders, Matt Suckow, Brian Haben and Ryan
Bjerkeset were racing hard for position as Tofte continued to run
away all alone out front. Tofte raced to the easy win with Suckow
winning the battle for second as he held off a charging Shayne Laske
for second at the line.
Jordan Tollakson was in search of his second Pure
Stock feature of the night as the regularly scheduled event rolled
out next and just as he had hoped, Tollakson jumped from 5th
to the lead on lap one and outran a great battle for second between
Jesse Timm, Marian Konold and Ross Bjerkeset. Tollakson capped off a
great night with his second Pure Stock win of the evening.
Steve Weber and Mike Jans paced the field to the
green as the Super Stocks took the track for their main event. Jans
got the jump and raced into the lead at the start of the race with
Cory Tammen settling into second early on as Bob Holtquist moved in
on Weber for third. The laps clipped off with Jans stretching his
advantage over Tammen, who had his hands full with a closing
Holtquist throughout the second half of the event. Jans raced
uncontested to his first career Super Stocks win with Holtquist
racing by Tammen into second on the final lap.
The Modified feature was by far the best race of
the night with Andy Gordon, JJ Schuelke and Nate Heinrich thrilling
the crowd in an incredible three-car battle for the lead for the
entire eighteen laps of the event. Mike Storck took the lead at the
start from the pole, but Gordon quickly pulled to the inside and
captured the lead on the second circuit. Once out front Gordon
opened up a bit of a lead, while Schuelke and Heinrich were side by
side for second. The duo began to close on Gordon throughout the mid
point of the race and with just a handful of laps to go Schuelke
blasted around the cushion and pulled even with Gordon as the white
flag flew. The duo drag raced into turn one and Schuelke used his
momentum to blast by Gordon into the lead, which he would hold off
of turn four to the checkered and the win.
The final event of the night was the WISSOTA Late
Model feature, which saw 7th starting Jeff Wildung pick
his way through the field and take the lead on lap seven. Once out
front, Wildung cruised to a dominating feature win, while Damin
Eilers and Josh Moen were side by side for second early on. Eilers
took the spot and tried to hang with Wildung, as Brian Buetler and
Moen began to battle for third as the laps wound down. Wildung had
the field covered en route to the win as Eilers ran a solid second
and held off Buetler at the line for second.
Madison Speedway kicks back into action on
Wednesday, July 8th with the annual Dart Late Model
Challenge Series event plus action for the Midwest Modifieds as part
of the Governor’s Ethanol Tour along with a regular program for
Super Stocks and Pure Stocks.
WISSOTA
Late Models
Feature: Jeff Wildung, Damin Eilers, Brian
Buetler, Corey Nelson, Josh Moen, Seth Brede, Brian Diede, Dustin
Virkis, Jeff Schommer, Kris Edwards
Heat 1: WIldung, Virkis,
Moen, Eilers, Schommer
Heat 2:
Nelson, Brede, Diede, Buetler, Edwards
WISSOTA
Modifieds
Feature: JJ Schuelke, Andy Gordon, Nate Heinrich,
Mike Storck, Scott Tofte, Kent Wilms, Rod Ehrp
Heat 1: Gordon,
Heinrich, Schuelke, Storck, Wilms, Tofte, Ehrp
WISSOTA
Super Stocks
Feature: Mike Jans, Bob Holtquist, Cory Tammen,
Jay Hedtke, Steve Weber, Jeremy Jerve, Jeremy North, Carl
Pulvermacher, Zach Schultz
Heat 1: Tammen, Schultz, North, Jans,
Weber, Holtquist, Jerve, Hedtke, Pulvermacher
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature: Marshall Tofte, Matt Suckow, Shayne
Laske, Ryan Schmitt, Brian Haben, Brandon Nelson, Austin Arneson, DJ
Tesch, Denver Nickeson, Ryan Bjerkeset, Jason Anderson, Dylan Croatt,
Gary Josephson, Brett Hoium
Heat 1: Suckow, Laske, Tesch, Dack,
Josephson, Croatt, Hoium
Heat 2: Haben, Schmitt, Arneson, Tofte,
Bjerkeset, Nelson, Nickeson
WISSOTA Street
Stocks
Feature: Travis Berends, Justin Vogel, Mike Jans,
Chad Willmott, Andre Bangsund, Justin Tammen, Darrin Landmark, Derek
Reick, Chris Ladwig, Tim Rhode, Cory Asmussen, Matt Grabow, Doug
Groenhoff, Jordan Tollakson, Russ Carlson, Kris Edwards
Heat 1:
Vogel, Jans, Berends, Tammen, Rhode, Asmussen, Reick, Ladwig
Heat
2: Tollakson, Bangsund, Groenhof, Landmark, Grabow, Willmott,
Edwards, Carlson
Madison
Pure Stocks
Feature: Jordan Tollakson, Jesse Timm, Maria
Konold, Ross Bjerkeset, Phil Fieber, Nathan Buer, Jake Houston,
Keith Konold, Randy Bjerkeset
Make up Feature: Tollackson, Randy
Bjerkeset, M. Konold, Timm, Ross Bjerkeset, K. Konold, Buer, George
Schrumpf
Heat 1: Tollackson, Timm, Randy Bjerkeset, Buer, K.
Konold, M. Konold, Houston, Ross Bjerkeset
