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BRAISON BENNETT SCORES FIRST WIR FEATURE FLAG OF ’21
Posted on: Thursday August 5, 2021
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BRAISON BENNETT COPS FIRST WIR FEATURE FLAG OF ‘21
(KAUKAUNA, WI) August 5 –Neenah’s Braison Bennett, who was leading the super late model feature with 22 laps completed, was declared the race winner after the contest was washed out at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna Thursday.
Freedom native Kyle Calmes sprinted into the lead at the drop of the green of the 35 lap contest until polesitter Bennett passed Calmes for the lead on lap five. Fast qualifier Maxwell Schultz wrestled the second spot away from Calmes two circuits later and the duo pulled away from the field. The big lead Bennett and Schultz had was erased when a caution flew on lap 22 when Lowell Bennett tagged the frontstretch wall.
The attempted restart was aborted coming out of turn four when the cars of Nick Van and Sawyer Effertz collided. The wreck also collected the cars driven by Alex Seidl, Brent Strelka, Corey Manders and Bobby Kendall.
After a cleanup the race remained red flagged as a light, persistent rain shower fell upon the raceway. Fox River Racing Club officials decided to cancel the balance of the race. With more than half of the race completed Bennett was declared the winner, his first feature while driving for Chase Motorsports.
Schultz took second and a lead in the division point standings. Andy Monday, Jeff Van Oudenhoven and Alex Stumpf placed third through fifth, respectively.
Hometown native Danny Gracyalny fought off a late race surge by Phil Lehl to capture the Stan Gracyalny Memorial race for super stocks. The race is held in honor of Gracyalny’s father, who competed at the track for more than 60 years.
Lehl settled for second place money at the pay window, followed by Andy Casavant, Dave Meyerhofer and Terry Van Roy. To cap off the evening Gracyalny would go on to win the Figure 8 feature.
Fremont’s Dylan Wenzel and Appleton Wayne Posselt split the ¼ mile late model features.
Denmark’s Bobby Wautier extended his point lead in the sport trucks with a last lap pass on fast qualifier Cody Vander Loop to win the division’s feature. Vander Loop also won his heat race earlier in the night.
Defending track champion Scott Wolf of Appleton passed Emery Beattie with three laps to go to win the Sizzlin’ 4 feature. The late model feature was rained out.
Next Thursday August 12 the third leg of the Red, White & Blue state championships – the “Blue Race” will be held. The racing program is presented by The Roundabout Bar and Marty’s Supper Club. The action gets underway at 6:30 p.m. You can check frrc.us for more information.
SUPER LATE MODEL FEATURE – Braison Bennett, Neenah; Maxwell Schultz, Reedsville; Andy Monday, Appleton; Jeff Van Ouden Hoven, Appleton; Alex Stumpf, Woodville; Kyle Calmes, Freedom; Taylor Vandermoss, Appleton; Nick Van, Greenville; Brady Baldry, Omro; Mike Anthony, Appleton; Randy Schuler, Mequon; Curt Tillman, Rockton, IL; Pete Vandermolen Jr, Oshkosh; Lowell Bennett, Neenah; Brent Strelka, Freedom; Alex Seidl, Appleton; Corey Manders, Hilbert; Sawyer Effertz, Darboy; Bobby Kendall, Montello; Grant Griesbach, Pewaukee
HEATS 1st) Seidl; Anthony 2nd) Effertz; Van
DASH – Stumpf
FAST TIME – Schultz, 19.301
LATE MODEL FEATURE – RAINED OUT
HEAT – Verhagen; Springstroh
DASH – Bryan Monday
FAST TIME – Brad Anthony, 20.384
¼ MILE LATE MODEL FEATURES 1) Wayne Posselt, Appleton; Tom Spierowski, Neenah; Jerry Schneider, Kaukauna; Bob Duchow, Appleton; Jeff Beschta, Appleton; Rick Spoo, Neenah 2) Dylan Wenzel, Fremont; Mike Reichenberger, Appleton; Wyatt Lemmers, Larsen; Tim Baumann, Neenah; Spoo
FAST TIME – Dylan Wenzel, Fremont 14.879
STAN GRACYALNY MEMORIAL SUPER STOCK FEATURE – Danny Gracyalny, Appleton; Phil Lehl, Appleton; Andy Casavant, Appleton; Dave Meyerhofer, Menasha; Terry Van Roy, Darboy; Ed Howard, Kaukauna; Trevor Howard, Kaukauna; Larry Raygo, Omro; Mitch Meyerhofer, Sherwood; Jimmy Wilson, Appleton
HEATS 1) Wilson; Ethan Beattie, Little Chute 2) Danny Gracyalny; Dave Meyerhofer 3) Van Roy; Raygo
FAST TIME – Randy Bruenig, Columbus, 15.665
SIZZLIN’ 4 FEATURE – Scott Wolf, Appleton; Ricky Kaufert, Appleton; Emery Beattie, Little Chute; Kaiden Volovsek, Freedom; Ethan Beattie, Little Chute
HEATS 1) Tyler Lind, Appleton; Mathias Hecker, Neenah 2) Evan Beattie; Volovsek
FAST TIME – Kaufert, 17.830
SPORT TRUCK FEATURE – Bobby Wautier, Denmark; Cody Vander Loop, Freedom; Kasey Vander Loop, Freedom; Jason Van Handel, Freedom; Landon Braatz, Clintonville
HEATS 1) Braatz; Marty Sokolik, Oakfield 2) Kasey Vander Loop; Cody Vander Loop
FAST TIME – Cody Vander Loop, 16.384
FIGURE 8 – Gracyalny