[Fred Zirzow]

"Hatton increases points lead with Dodge County victory"

By Bryan Gapinski
Beaver Dam, Wis. Sept. 4--Scott Hatton increased his series points lead Friday Night winning the 3rd annual Stan Fox Memorial 20-lap Badger Midget Series feature at Dodge County Fairgrounds.
Hatton jumped into the lead at the start, and quickly moved to a half straightaway lead, when the caution appeared for a stalled car. On the restart Shane Hmeil hit the wall and flipped, escaping injury. Hatton pulled away from second place Brad Loyet, and held a one second lead at the midway point. A torrid battle for third place between the cars of Josh Wise, Bryan Clauson, Tracy Hines, and Brad Kuhn drew the attention of the near-sellout crowd,with Hatton increasing his lead.
Hatton's advantage increased to over two seconds, when he began lapping slower cars with four laps remaining. Kuhn using the high groove broke free of the pack of cars, and moved pass Loyet for second place lap with two laps remaining. Hatton driving the Huston Solution owned Stealth/Mopar No. 15 finished 2.69 seconds ahead of Kuhn, Loyet, Wise and fast qualifier Clauson.
Jerry Coons Jr., who turned laps in practice under the existing track record, escaped injury after a wild series of flips entering Turn 1 during qualifying. Hatton now hold a 151-point lead over Hess with two events remaining.

SUMMARY
20-lap Feature: 1. Scott Hatton; 2. Brad Kuhn; 3.Brad Loyet; 4. Josh Wise; 5.Bryan Clauson; 6.Tracy Hines; 7. Matt Smith; 8.Mike Hess; 9.Aaron Fiscus;10. Jason Dull; 11. David Budres; 12. Bob Schreffler; 13.Courtney Efurth; 14. Eric Johnson;15. Bryon Walters; 16. Shane Hmeil; 17. Bubba Altig; 18. Travis Berryhill; 19. Tim Noble.

8-lap Heat Race Winners: Hess, Kuhn.
Fast Time: Clauson, 20.898 seconds.
Cars Present: 20 Feature Lap Leaders: Hatton 1-20.
*Jerry Coons Jr. flipped in qualifying. Shane Hmeil flipped on lap 4 of feature. Both drivers uninjured.

Current Badger Midget Series points: 1. Scott Hatton 1740; 2. Mike Hess 1589; 3. Brad Loyet 1571; 4. Brad Kuhn 1125; 5. Chad DeSelle 1086; 6. Aaron Fiscus 1025; 7. Matt Smith 995; 8. Bubba Altig 991; 9. Brandon Waelti 795; 10. Courtney Erfurth 713.