May 17, 2008; Columbus, WI. - Fort Atkinson's Ron Bishofberger took the lead with ten laps to go on his way to winning his second 35 lap late model feature event of the season. Starting alongside Delbert Desjarles on the front row, Tylor Schultz grabbed the early lead on the opening lap exiting turn two. The inside line followed Schultz under Desjarles with Steve Schlosser moving into second and Al Weishoff in third.

Photo Highlights

Ron Bishofberger makes it #2 this yr as he grabs the Late Model Feature win. #86 Tylor Schultz tries to hold onto the lead as #61 Jerry Eckhardt goes to the inside & #76 Ron Bishofberger takes to the outside during the Late Model Feature. Chico Riedner won the Sportsman Feature. It was a " Weatherwax " sandwich, as #26 Chico Riedner & #42 Kevin Anderson (outside) try to overtake leader Dale Weatherwax, making it 3-wide during the Sportsman Feature. Kyle Riedner takes to the door after winning his first career Hobby Stock Feature. #14 Andy Raley & # 20 Gary Pashley try to catch #1 Kyle Riedner during the Hobby Stock Feature but Kyle got a big lead and never looked back. #9 Dustin Ward flies by #22 Chester Williams on his way to a Hobby Stock Feature win.   Kyle Padfield wins the Bandit Feature. (blue) #27 James Junget tries to hold off a hard charging #7 Kyle Watters, while #27 Kyle Padfield sneaks by on the outside, on his way to his first Columbus 151 Bandit Feature. Ryan Oetzel won the Back-Up Feature. #22 Wayne Hook tries to keep up with #87 Ryan Oetzel but can't seem to do it, as Ryan flies past Wayne on his way to a Back-Up Feature win.

The first of multiple cautions flew on lap 13 when Andy Wendt and Jerry Eckhart tangled in turns three and four. After the restart, Schultz watched Schlosser and Weishoff battle for second in his rearview mirror as he pulled out to a sizeable lead. On lap 18, Weishoff cleared for second with Bishofberger sliding into third. Bishofberger used the restart after another caution to move around Weishoff for second and begin to challenge Schultz for the top spot.

On lap 25, Schultz got loose exiting turn two and slid up the track allowing Bishofberger to charge by on the inside to take the lead. Bishofberger immediately began to pull away from the pack, but another caution on lap 33 erased his lead
and set up a green/white/checker finish. But Bishofberger survived the restart to take the checkers for the second time in the young season. Rounding out the top five were Eckhart, Wendt, Justin Schultz
and Aaron Wilke.

Wilke also set the pace in qualifying with a lap of 13.379 while heat winners included Desjarles and Tylor Schultz.

Scott Reidner of Waunakee laid claim to his first feature win of the 2008 season in an exciting finish to the 30 lap sportsman feature event. Tiffany Desjarles took the lead after a brief battle with fellow front row starter Ed Jackson with Dale Weatherwax following into second. By lap five, Riedner was already threatening to move into the top five, doing so a lap later. Lap eight saw the leaders begin to bunch up behind Desjarles the leader. Weatherwax was taking a look to the outside of the leader while Dan Gosda was peeking to the inside.

On lap 17, Gosda and Desjarles made contact entering turn one and the two spun to bring out the caution. Weatherwax inherited the lead with Riedner on his rear bumper, looking for a way to get by. After another caution, Kevin Anderson joined the fight for the lead, making it a three way battle. With five laps remaining, Weatherwax floated high out of turn two and Riedner went low while Anderson went high. The three competitors drove three wide into turn three with Riedner coming up on top and Weatherwax sliding back into the pack. Riedner cruised to the line to take the win followed by Tony Showers, Anderson, Dennis Schwark and Jake Wasserburger. In qualifying, Bret Schmidt set a new track record with a lap of 13.733. Heat winners included Weatherwax and Brandon Riedner.

Waunakee's Kyle Riedner lead every lap of the hobby stock feature on his way to his first career win in the division. Riedner took the lead on the first lap with Andy Raley following into second. Riedner opened up a healthy advantage until caution flew on lap 11, erasing his lead. But after the restart, Riedner again moved out to a comfortable lead as he raced to the checkers. Rounding out the top five were Raley, Dustin Ward, Gary Pashley and Lincoln Keeser. Larry Moen owned quick time with a 15.237 second tour of the quarter mile while Pashley won the heat race.

Kyle Padfield of Stoughton took the win in the 18 lap bandit feature event. Daniel Ellis took the initial lead on the first lap as things behind him began to heat up immediately. Mike Waddell, Jimmy Junget and Michael Clapper battled each other for second until lap seven when Waddell and Clapper made contact, bringing out the caution and sending the two to the rear. Junget lined up in second with Padfield third for the restart.

As the green returned, Ellis floated way high in turn two allowing Junget and Padfield past. Padfield grabbed the lead
on lap ten as Chester Ace joined the fray. Ace moved into second, but Padfield proved to be too strong as he flew to the checkers with Ace coming home second. Steve Privett, Junget and David Schmidt rounded out the top five.

Ace also claimed quick time while heat winners were Padfield, Junget and Michael Heimann.

In wild and crazy back up action, Brodhead's Ryan Oetzel claimed the 8 lap feature event. Oetzel took the lead from Wayne Hook on lap two and never looked back, surviving two separate challenges from George Wachuta and Andy Ward. Oetzel took the win followed across the line by Ward in second and Wachuta in third.

Next week, May 23, is full program in all five divisions including a visit from the Midwest Stock Car Classics. Time trials begin at 6:30 with racing at 8 pm.

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