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Kenseth takes the Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge 100 Carlson settles for second. Wilberg dominates ASA Midwest Sportsman Race By: Kari Shear-Carlson [VL Photos follow race report] OREGON, WI (Wednesday, June 30, 2010) The American Speed Association® Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment and grandstay.net completed the fifth event of the season tonight at Madison International Speedway with the “Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge 100” featuring Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart. Matt Kenseth made a last lap move to the inside of Steve Carlson for the victory. Jeff Storm and Nick Murgic, the 19 year old from Rosemount, MN, led the field to the green flag. Storm charged to take the lead on lap one only to have mechanical problems on lap four in turn three bringing out the first caution of the night. Murgic led the field to the restart and held on despite a hard-charging field including Ross Kenseth for the first 75 laps of the event. Fast-qualifier and fan-favorite, Matt Kenseth, started 14th after the invert. Current ASAMT point leader, Chris Wimmer, put up a hard fought battle with Kenseth for ninth position until Kenseth took the position on lap 14. Kenseth moved up to the fifth spot and settled in until the break at lap 75. Steve Carlson and Dan Fredrickson were battling it out just ahead of Kenseth for several laps. Carlson charged his way to the second spot with his eyes set on Murgic for the lead. On lap 69, Carlson was showing Murgic that he was there but settled back into the second spot. A fifteen minute break came at lap 75, with Murgic still leading, followed by Steve Carlson, Ross Kenseth, Dan Fredrickson, and Matt Kenseth. When the green flag flew with 25 to go, Carlson started setting his sights on Murgic again. On lap 82, Carlson moved to the inside and took the position going into turn three. After racing into the feature event, ASA Midwest Tour Swiss Colony Touring Star, Tim Schendel, spun in turn three after he and the 80 of Reffner made contact. Carlson was able to maintain his lead at the restart. Meanwhile, Matt Kenseth and son, Ross Kenseth battled side-by-side with father taking the second spot. Matt Kenseth then set his sights on Steve Carlson for the lead. Carlson was able to hold off several challenges by the 2003 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion. However, as the two headed into turns three and four on the final lap, Kenseth snuck to the inside and stole the victory from the 2009 defending ASAMT Champion. “We made a little contact on the backstretch. I wanted to make sure to get in there hard enough so he could not pinch me down on the flat. I knew that was my only chance to beat him to line,” Kenseth said. Carlson, known as a man of few words, only had this to say, “Well, that’s racing.” While Ross Kenseth would have loved to finish second behind his dad, he was happy with his third place finish. “Racing against my dad was fun, but it is really like racing against another driver. I’m glad he won the race. He had great car. We needed a good run tonight and that’s what we did,” added Ross. NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion, Tony Stewart finished 15th in the feature event. “I should have qualified better, then I might have been able to pass a few more cars. I’m better when it’s got dirt on it,” joked Stewart. “I appreciate all that the Pathfinder guys do. As long as you’ll keep having me, I’ll keep coming here.” The fans got to see a great race that kept them off their seat and on their feet all the way to the checkered flag. The ASA Midwest Tour has a little time off before they head to Shakopee, MN on Sunday, July 18th for the “Kwik Trip 125.” Swiss Colony All Star Challenge 100 Feature: 1 17K Matt Kenseth Cambridge, WI 2 66 Steve Carlson (TS) West Salem, WI 3 25K Ross Kenseth (R) Spring Valley, IL 4 36 Dan Fredrickson (TS) Lakeville, MN 5 97H Steve Holzhausen Nekoosa, WI 6 12 Nick Murgic (TS) Rosemount, MN 7 72 Jacob Goede (TS) Shakopee, MN 8 93 Dave Feiler Sun Prairie, WI 9 52 Chris Wimmer (TS) Wausau, WI 10 87 Nathan Haseleu (TS) Pardeeville, WI 11 4 Thor Anderson Bondurant, IA 12 77K Kris Kelly Norway, MI 13 80 Bryan Reffner Stevens Point, WI 14 39 Andrew Morrissey (TS) De Forest, WI 15 14S Tony Stewart Columbus, IN 16 21S Tim Schendel (TS) Sparta, WI 17 22 Nick Panitzke (TS) Sauk Centre, MN 18 28W Bobby Wilberg Stoughton, WI 19 71E Mark Eswein Wisconsin Rapids, WI 20 2 Michael Bilderback (R) Rockton, IL 21 71B Blake Brown (TS) Franskville, WI 22 55 Kelly Bires Mauston, WI 23 2W Chad Wood Madison, WI 24 25S Jeff Storm (TS) East Troy, WI 25 64 Griffin McGrath (R) Cedar Rapids, IA 26 63 Gary LaMonte (R) West Allis, WI 27 99FK Frank Kreyer Pardeeville, WI 28 5 Travis Sauter Necedah, WI 29 97I Jamie Iverson (TS) Escanaba, MI 30 61 Steve Rubeck Cherry Valley, IL ODD FAST DASH FINISH: 1 77K Kris Kelly Norway, MI 2 93 Dave Feiler Sun Prairie, WI 3 72 Jacob Goede (TS) Shakopee, MN 4 66 Steve Carlson (TS) West Salem, WI 5 71B Blake Brown (TS) Franskville, WI 6 25S Jeff Storm (TS) East Troy, WI 7 28W Bobby Wilberg Stoughton, WI 8 61 Steve Rubeck Charry Valley, IL 9 17K Matt Kenseth Cambridge, WI EVEN FAST DASH FINISH: 1 97H Steve Holzhausen Nekoosa, WI 2 25K Ross Kenseth (R) Spring Valley, IL 3 52 Chris Wimmer (TS) Wausau, WI 4 97I Jamie Iverson (TS) Escanaba, MI 5 87 Nathan Haseleu (TS) Pardeeville, WI 6 12 Nick Murgic (TS) Rosemount, MN 7 36 Dan Fredrickson (TS) Lakeville, MN 8 4 Thor Anderson Bondurant, IA 9 64 Griffin McGrath (R) Cedar Rapids, IA LAST CHANCE FINISH:1 39 Andrew Morrissey (TS) De Forest, WI 2 99FK Frank Kreyer Pardeeville, WI 3 80 Bryan Reffner Stevens Point, WI 4 71E Mark Eswein Wisconsin Rapids, WI 5 2W Chad Wood Madison, WI 6 21S Tim Schendel (TS) Sparta, WI 7 22 Nick Panitzke (TS) Sauk Centre, MN 8 2 Michael Bilderback (R) Rockton, IL 9 63 Gary LaMonte (R) West Allis, WI 10 34 Brandon Hill Genoa City, WI 11 50 Mike Carlson West Salem, WI 12 9K Mark Kraus (TS) Stratford, WI 13 14 Eugene Gregorich Jr Amhurst, WI 14 4G Michael Gunderson Waterford, WI 15 43P Paul Paine Mound, MN 16 14R Randy Rogers Milwaukee, WI 17 75 Joel Thiessen (R) Maple Grove, MN 18 55 Kelly Bires Mauston, WI 19 613 Michael Bachaus Milton, WI 20 5 Travis Sauter Necedah, WI 21 14S Tony Stewart Columbus, IN 22 90 Becca Kasten DNS 23 140 Curt TIllman DNS Qualifying Results: 1 17 Matt Kenseth Cambridge, WI 17.64 2 64 Griffin McGrath (R) Cedar Rapids, IA 17.701 3 61 Steve Rubeck Charry Valley, IL 17.748 4 52 Chris Wimmer (TS) Wausau, WI 17.752 5 71B Blake Brown (TS) Franskville, WI 17.765 6 4 Thor Anderson Bondurant, IA 17.769 7 66 Steve Carlson (TS) West Salem, WI 17.777 8 87 Nathan Haseleu (TS) Pardeeville, WI 17.781 9 72 Jacob Goede (TS) Shakopee, MN 17.787 10 36 Dan Fredrickson (TS) Lakeville, MN 17.8 11 93 Dave Feiler Sun Prairie, WI 17.8001 12 25k Ross Kenseth (R) Spring Valley, IL 17.809 13 25S Jeff Storm (TS) East Troy, WI 17.812 14 12 Nick Murgic (TS) Rosemount, MN 17.844 15 77k Kris Kelly Norway, MI 17.853 16 97H Steve Holzhausen Nekoosa, WI 17.859 17 28W Bobby Wilberg Stoughton, WI 17.87 18 97I Jamie Iverson (TS) Escanaba, MI 17.872 19 80 Bryan Reffner Stevens Point, WI 17.876 20 39 Andrew Morrissey (TS) De Forest, WI 17.877 21 99FK Frank Kreyer Pardeeville, WI 17.886 22 2W Chad Wood Madison, WI 17.889 23 5 Travis Sauter Necedah, WI 17.892 24 63 Gary LaMonte (R) West Allis, WI 17.894 25 71E Mark Eswein Wisconsin Rapids, WI 17.897 26 9k Mark Kraus (TS) Stratford, WI 17.904 27 22 Nick Panitzke (TS) Sauk Centre, MN 17.939 28 34 Brandon Hill Genoa City, WI 17.963 29 14S Tony Stewart Columbus, IN 17.97 30 21S Tim Schendel (TS) Sparta, WI 17.987 31 55 Kelly Bires Mauston, WI 17.992 32 613 Michael Bachaus Milton, WI 17.9921 33 43P Paul Paine Mound, MN 18.025 34 14 Eugene Gregorich Jr Amhurst, WI 18.051 35 75 Joel Thiessen (R) Maple Grove, MN 18.06 36 2 Michael Bilderback (R) Rockton, IL 18.072 37 50 Mike Carlson West Salem, WI 18.096 38 4G Michael Gunderson Waterford, WI 18.151 39 90 Becca Kaston Mequon, WI 18.245 40 14R Randy Rogers Milwaukee, WI 18.383 41 140 Curt Tillman Rockford, IL 18.576
“Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge 100” Wrap-Up Notes It isn't over until the checkered flag falls. By: Kari Shear-Carlson (Friday, July 2, 2010) The American Speed Association® Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment and grandstay.net returned to Madison International Speedway on Tuesday night for the “Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge” featuring Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart. This marked the fifth event on the ASAMT 2010 schedule. Kenseth and Kenseth take the podium 2009 ASA Midwest Tour defending Champion, Steve Carlson appeared to have the field covered on Tuesday night. The veteran driver kept leader Nick Murgic in his sights until lap 82 when he made his move to take over the top spot. Matt Kenseth started 14th and worked his way up to and settled into the fifth position for the middle portion of the race. After the break at lap 75, Kenseth did not waste any time and quickly caught Carlson. The two made some contact on the backstretch on the last lap which allowed Matt to get underneath Carlson and Kenseth powered off of turn four beating Carlson to the line. Ross Kenseth had also had a good run, sandwiching Carlson between the two Kenseths with his third place finish. Swiss Colony touring stars even out the field Six of the 14 ASA Midwest Tour Swiss Colony Touring Stars finished in the top ten. In addition to Steve Carlson's second place finish, Dan Fredrickson had another great run, finishing fourth. Nick Murgic who led a large portion ended his night in fifth followed by Jacob Goede. After four consecutive podium finishes, Chris Wimmer went home in the 9th spot with Nathan Haseleu rounding out the top-ten. Tony Stewart happy to return Tony Stewart returned once again for the “Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge” and finished in 15th. Stewart failed to qualify for the event and was placed in the field as a promoter's choice. Stewart was satisfied with his finish and added he probably would have been better if he had qualified better. Regardless, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion had fun and promises to return again next year. Points battle closes up With Steve Carlson's second place finish, and Chris Wimmer's ninth place finish, Carlson took the point lead by only one point over Wimmer. Carlson has won three of the first five events and Wimmer has finished in the top three in four of the first five events. Rookie of the Year contender, Ross Kenseth continues to hold on to the third spot ahead of ASAMT Swiss Colony Touring Stars Dan Fredrickson, Nathan Haseleu, Jacob Goede, Tim Schendel, and Jeff Storm. Rookie of the Year contender, Griffin McGrath is ninth while Touring Star Nick Murgic rounds out the top ten. Wilberg dominates ASA Midwest Sportsman Tour event Veteran driver, Bobby Wilberg set the pace for the “Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge” 35 lap sportsman event Tuesday night. After a lot of slicing and dicing, Scott Null, Chris Marek, Aaron Cain, and Mike Heelein rounded out the top five. The ASAMST will once again join the ASAMT on July 18th in Shakopee, MN. Another televised event for the ASA Midwest Tour The “Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge 100” will be aired on Saturday, July 10th at 11:30AM CDT on Fox Sports Wisconsin and Fox Sports North. The broadcast will include coverage from the 35 lap sportsman event as well. Please check your local listings for channel line up. The next event on tap for the ASA Midwest Tour is Sunday, July 18th in Shakopee, MN. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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