Badger Updates??

Fred Zirzow · 5/18/09, 9:06 AM

By Bryan Gapinski
Sun Prairie, Wis., May 17---Jerry Coons Jr. scored an exciting late-race victory capturing Sunday Night's 25-lap Badger Midget Series feature at Angell Park Speedway. The event kicked off the 60th anniversary season of "racing under the lights" at the facility. Lights were installed at the start of the 1949 season,switching over to Sunday Night racing. Kelly Peters captured the first night race feature at the track on May 27, 1949.
Bubba Altig jumped into the lead at the start, while Davey Ray quickly moved from eighth to second place within the first three laps. Ray passed Altig for the lead exiting Turn 2 on the fifth lap. Ray increased his lead to over three seconds when only the only caution of the event appeared for a stalled car on lap 12.
Ray held the lead on the restart, while Coons restarted in fifth place. During the next two laps Coons improved his position one car per lap. Ray held a two-second advantage over Coons, when Coons moved into second place, with six-laps remaining. Coons cut into Ray's advantage each lap, and closed to Ray's rear bumper with two-laps remaining.
Coons passed Ray for the lead exiting Turn 4 as the white flag was displayed. Coons driving the Ralph Wilke owned Spike/Toyota#5 finished 0.88 seconds ahead of Ray for the victory. The victory marked the first ever feature victory at Angell Park, and in a Badger sanctioned event for Toyota which entered into midget auto racing in 2006. Altig, Brad Loyet, and Scott Hatton completed the top five. Tracy Hines placed sixth after starting last in the 21-car field. Series action continues at Angell Park on May 24, with the running of a 50-lap event.

SUMMARY
25-lap Feature: 1. Jerry Coons Jr.; 2. Davey Ray; 3. Bubba Altig; 4. Brad Loyet; 5. Scott Hatton; 6. Tracy Hines; 7. Darren Hagen; 8. Brad Kuhn; 9. Mike Hess; 10. Chad DeSelle; 11.Aaron Fiscus; 12.Matt Smith; 13. Jim Fuerst; 14. Bryon Walters; 15. Jason Dull; 16. Kurt Mayhew; 17. Eric Johnson; 18. Courtney Erfurth; 19. David Budres; 20. Jake Slotten; 21. Paul Perkins.

15-lap Semi Feature Winner: Kuhn.
4-lap Dash Winner: Loyet.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Ray, Walters, Hess.
Fast Time: Hagen, 14.489 second.
Cars Present: 24 Feature Lap Leaders: Altig 1-5, Ray 6-23, Coons 24-25.
*Brandon Waelti flipped in heat race three, uninjured.

5/18/09, 9:06 AM	#11 Re: Badger Updates??
Fred Zirzow Senior Member Race Count This Year: 65 Race Count Last Year: 49 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 955	By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., May 17---Jerry Coons Jr. scored an exciting late-race victory capturing Sunday Night's 25-lap Badger Midget Series feature at Angell Park Speedway. The event kicked off the 60th anniversary season of "racing under the lights" at the facility. Lights were installed at the start of the 1949 season,switching over to Sunday Night racing. Kelly Peters captured the first night race feature at the track on May 27, 1949. Bubba Altig jumped into the lead at the start, while Davey Ray quickly moved from eighth to second place within the first three laps. Ray passed Altig for the lead exiting Turn 2 on the fifth lap. Ray increased his lead to over three seconds when only the only caution of the event appeared for a stalled car on lap 12. Ray held the lead on the restart, while Coons restarted in fifth place. During the next two laps Coons improved his position one car per lap. Ray held a two-second advantage over Coons, when Coons moved into second place, with six-laps remaining. Coons cut into Ray's advantage each lap, and closed to Ray's rear bumper with two-laps remaining. Coons passed Ray for the lead exiting Turn 4 as the white flag was displayed. Coons driving the Ralph Wilke owned Spike/Toyota#5 finished 0.88 seconds ahead of Ray for the victory. The victory marked the first ever feature victory at Angell Park, and in a Badger sanctioned event for Toyota which entered into midget auto racing in 2006. Altig, Brad Loyet, and Scott Hatton completed the top five. Tracy Hines placed sixth after starting last in the 21-car field. Series action continues at Angell Park on May 24, with the running of a 50-lap event. SUMMARY 25-lap Feature: 1. Jerry Coons Jr.; 2. Davey Ray; 3. Bubba Altig; 4. Brad Loyet; 5. Scott Hatton; 6. Tracy Hines; 7. Darren Hagen; 8. Brad Kuhn; 9. Mike Hess; 10. Chad DeSelle; 11.Aaron Fiscus; 12.Matt Smith; 13. Jim Fuerst; 14. Bryon Walters; 15. Jason Dull; 16. Kurt Mayhew; 17. Eric Johnson; 18. Courtney Erfurth; 19. David Budres; 20. Jake Slotten; 21. Paul Perkins. 15-lap Semi Feature Winner: Kuhn. 4-lap Dash Winner: Loyet. 10-lap Heat Race Winners: Ray, Walters, Hess. Fast Time: Hagen, 14.489 second. Cars Present: 24 Feature Lap Leaders: Altig 1-5, Ray 6-23, Coons 24-25. *Brandon Waelti flipped in heat race three, uninjured. __________________ Fred Zirzow