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Schulte Outlast Korte For Highland Speedway Win
HIGHLAND, IL (April 10, 2011) - This past Saturday evening was a solemn
occasion for many of us that have called the Highland Speedway home for over
the last 50 years. One of the last active Racing Legends of The Speedway,
Chris Bargetzi, driver and of recent years owner of the 441 Late Model
succumbed to injuries he received on Friday while working on his property in
rural Madison County. A tribute was held before the races which included his
grandson driving the 441 around the speedway plus being the only car on the
track for the playing of the National Anthem. Chris’s family was on the
front straight away joined by all the Highland Officials.
Mike Schulte proved determination is what it takes to winning in racing as
he came from a second row starting position to catch and pass for UMP and
Highland Champion Randy “King Kong” Korte for his first win the Becker
Jewelers Late Model Division. Dan Jacober in Chris Bargetzi’s 441 was third,
heat winner Paul Bailey was fourth and Daniel Ripperda in the 51R rounded
out the top five.
In the Steve Schmitt UMP Modifieds it was a battle of nutrition, as several
of the front runners fell out of contention through the course of the race.
Dean Hoffman back behind the wheel of his own 1D Modified spun on lap 2.
Restarting on the tail of the field he slowly moved the yellow racer up
towards the front of the line. With 2 laps to go he caught and passed
leader, Chad Sellers in the E55.Sellers had been control of the lead for
almost half of the 20 lap feature. Just as Hoffman made his move around
Sellers the yellow flag came out and the lineup was reverted back to the
last completed lap. This put the Racing Realtor on the point with Hoffman at
his rear spoiler. The final two laps Sellers hit the after burners and held
on for the victory. Hoffman was second, Heat winner Jeremy Thole, was third,
Tyler Diebert followed in fourth and Darrell Hewlett rounded out the top
five. Scott Weber was the other heat winner.
In one of the closest races of the evening, Daniel Heck ran down the winner
of the second heat, the 36 of Dustin Korte and held off a hard charging Mark
Oller, the winner of the first heat, to win his first UMP Pro Late Models
Feature of 2011.. In a race won by inches, Heck had just enough as the 67 of
Oller fell short, Korte ran third, The Italian Stallion Bobby Martintoni was
4th and Jason Zobrist finished in 5th.
Next up at the Highland Speedway is the Larry Tires/WRP Speed Shop night. To
keep up with all the action of the Highland Speedway visit the tracks
website at Highlandspeedway.com or on Face Book at Facebook.com/HighlandSpeedway
Highland Speedway April 9th Top Ten
UMP Becker Jewelers Late Models - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 27 Mike Schulte
2 00K Randy Korte
3 441 Dan Jacober
4 81 Paul Bailey
5 51R Danny Ripperda
6 23B Mark Bohnenstiehl
7 1S Rick Salter
8 92K Brant Kehrer
9 78 Chad Zobrist
UMP Steve Schmitt Modified - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 E55 Chad Sellers
2 1D Dean Hoffman
3 14 Jeremy Thoele
4 84 Tyler Deibert
5 75 Darrell Hewlett
6 68 Andy Oswald
7 19 Jimmy Cummins
8 808 Kelby Simmons
9 38 Stephen Flannery, Jr
10 76 Eric Goetter
UMP Pro Late Model - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 55 Daniel Heck
2 67 Mark Oller
3 36 Dustin Korte
4 48 Bobby Martintoni
5 87 Jason Zobrist
6 59R Aaron Heck
7 18 Randy Myers
8 10C DJ Cygan
9 17X Matt Santel
10 30 Ryan Seger
UMP Sportsman - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 88 Rob Lee
2 3 Ryan Eilers
3 8E Russell Eilers
4 92J Rick Johnson
5 115 Aaron Melton
6 19S Nathan Schmitt
7 79 Jon Huegen
8 6 Justin Ketrow
9 1S Steve Stevenson
10 1G Len Garson
UMP Factory Stock - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 101 Jeff Buss
2 8T T J Eilers
3 6 Jake Hewitt
4 54 Shaun Hortsmann
5 6I Austin Isaak
6 15 Michael Ripperda, Jr
7 29 Stephen Fohne
8 9X Trevor Isaak
9 53 Justin Leichsenring
10 64 Brian Crawford
UMP Sport Compact - Feature
Finish Car No Driver
1 9X Trevor Isaak
2 45 Kyle McMahon
3 97 Bobby Funderburk
4 63 Brett Eilerman
5 11 Kyle Swip
6 47 Christian Lee
7 48 Joe Wagner
8 121V Rick Viviano
9 00 Ryan Emig
10 249X Justin Suhre
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