Stratton closes Badger Midget season with victory
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By Bryan Gapinski
Beaver Dam,Wis., Sep. 9--Danny Stratton closed out the Badger Midget Series season the way he opened the season in victory lane. The California driver captured the final round of "The Duel at the Dam" 30-lap feature Saturday Night at The Raceway at Powercom Park. Stratton who finished third in series points this season won the season opening event on April 22 at Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway.
Doug Schenck jumped into the lead at the start closely followed by teammate Brandon Waelti. Stratton moved into third place on the sixth circuit, closely followed by Nick Lundgreen who worked his way to fourth place after starting eleventh. One lap later the caution was displayed for a stalled car.
On the restart Waelti passed Schenck for the lead while Stratton moved into second position. Stratton and Waelti exchanged the lead on the next lap with Waelti again regaining the position before reaching the start/finish line. Third place Lundgreen slowed one lap later causing a chain reaction accident which sidelined fourth place Scott Hatton. Brad Weber escaped injury on the ensuing restart when he flipped on the front stretch.
After the restart Waelti paced one more lap, before Stratton moved in front exiting turn four. The pair pulled away from the field as Stratton began increasing his lead each lap. On lap 18 Stratton began lapping slower cars and enjoyed a two-plus second lead.
Despite running in heavy lapped traffic the final five laps of the event, Stratton driving the Hans Lein owned Spike- Esslinger finished 2.94 seconds ahead of Waelti. Rookie Joe Wipperfurth, Aaron Fiscus and former series champion Dean Erfurth completed the top five.
The victory was worth $3,000 for Stratton who also emerged as the overall champion of the four race mini-series held at the track this season. Stratton finished 23 points ahead of
Hatton, with Aaron Fiscus placing third.
| QUAL | HT 1 | B-FT | A-FT | ||||||
| 1 | 15 | HATTON | 16.262 | 1 | FISCUS | 1 | WAELTI | 1 | STRATTON |
| 2 | 99X | WEBER | 16.926 | 2 | STRATTON | 2 | FUERST | 2 | WAELTI |
| 3 | 2 | STRATTON | 16.340 | 3 | WALTERS | 3 | FORBES | 3 | WIPPERFURTH |
| 4 | 4 | HESS | 16.354 | 4 | DESELLE | 4 | DREHER | 4 | FISCUS |
| 5 | 17 | KEELAN | 16.378 | 5 | WYTTENBACH | 5 | DULL | 5 | ERFURTH |
| 6 | 6 | DESELLE | 16.401 | HT 2 | 6 | SHEFFLER | 6 | LUEBKE | |
| 7 | 28 | FUERST | 16.405 | 1 | WIPPERFURTH | 7 | WEINKE | 7 | SCHENCK |
| 8 | 3 | WAELTI | 16.462 | 2 | SCHENCK | 8 | THERKELSON | 8 | DREHER |
| 9 | 5 | WALTERS | 16.501 | 3 | LUEBKE | 9 | TAYLOR | 9 | FUERST |
| 10 | 14 | ERFURTH | 16.507 | 4 | WEBER | 10 | BUDZINSKY | 10 | WYTTENBACH |
| 11 | 3W | SCHENCK | 16.558 | 5 | LUNDGREEN | 11 | BECKWITH | ||
| 12 | 95 | FORBES | 16.562 | HT 3 | 12 | DESELLE | |||
| 13 | 69 | DREHER | 16.612 | 1 | HATTON | 13 | DULL | ||
| 14 | 41 | LUNDGREEN | 16.669 | 2 | ERFURTH | 14 | WALTERS | ||
| 15 | 7 | FISCUS | 16.776 | 3 | HESS | 15 | WEINKE | ||
| 16 | 02 | RAMSTACK | 16.811 | 4 | RAMSTACK | 16 | FORBES | ||
| 17 | 99 | WIPPERFURTH | 16.969 | 5 | BECKWITH | 17 | WEBER | ||
| 18 | 8 | WYTTENBACH | 17.055 | 18 | LUNGREEN | ||||
| 19 | 39 | BECKWITH | 17.085 | DASH | 19 | HATTON | |||
| 20 | 56 | DULL | 17.184 | 1 | HESS | 20 | RAMSTACK | ||
| 21 | 97 | HOEGSTED | 17.203 | 2 | STRATTON | 21 | HESS | ||
| 22 | 57 | WIENKE | 17.231 | 3 | HATTON | 22 | SHREFFLER | ||
| 23 | 43 | LUEBKE | 17.304 | 4 | WEBER | ||||
| 24 | 11 | THERKELSON | 17.843 | 5 | FUERST | ||||
| 25 | 21S | SHREFFLER | 17.884 | 6 | DESELLE | ||||
| 26 | 34 | TAYLOR | 18.341 |
Duel at the Dam
Four race series, final points
| 1 | 4 | DANNY STRATTON | 360 |
| 2 | 4 | SCOTT HATTON | 343 |
| 3 | 4 | AARON FISCUS | 276 |
| 4 | 4 | BRANDON WAELTI | 255 |
| 5 | 4 | MIKE HESS | 254 |
| 6 | 2 | BRAD KUHN | 234 |
| 7 | 4 | JOE WIPPERFRTH** | 217 |
| 8 | 4 | CHAD DESELLE | 210 |
| 9 | 4 | BUDDY LUEBKE | 158 |
| 10 | 3 | DOUG SCHENCK | 156 |
| 11 | 4 | DEAN ERFURTH | 156 |
| 12 | 4 | NICK LUNDGREEN | 135 |
| 13 | 4 | BRYON WALTERS | 131 |
| 14 | 4 | JIM FUERST** | 130 |
| 15 | 2 | RYAN DURST | 129 |
| 16 | 2 | DAVEY RAY | 108 |
| 17 | 3 | JIMI QUIN | 105 |
| 18 | 2 | JEFF FLESHER | 104 |
| 19 | 4 | BOB SHREFFLER | 99 |
| 20 | 4 | BRIAN RAMSTACK | 99 |
| 21 | 1 | ADAM CLARKE | 84 |
| 22 | 3 | JASON DULL | 73 |
| 23 | 2 | HARLEY SLOTTEN | 66 |
| 31 | 3 | ROB KEELAN | 58 |
| 33 | 2 | LEE BECKWITH | 57 |
| 25 | 2 | CHAD DREHER | 44 |
| 30 | 2 | KENNY ADAMS | 36 |
| 26 | 2 | JASON THERKELSEN** | 35 |
| 27 | 1 | STEVIE WALSH | 34 |
| 28 | 1 | CODY WEISENSEL | 30 |
| 29 | 1 | KURT MAYHEW | 30 |
| 32 | 1 | MATT SMITH | 16 |
| 33 | 2 | TUCKER CAVEN** | 13 |
Note: 9-9-06 race points add to total for point fund but standings were
unchanged after labor day weekend
BMARA POINTS AS OF 9/09/06
POSITION, DRIVER, POINTS, PASS PTS, CAR #, OWNER, POINTS
| 1 | BRAD KUHN | 1521 | 68 | 74 | KUHN MOTORSPORTS | 1618 |
| 2 | SCOTT HATTON | 1443 | 40 | 15 | HUSTON SOLUTION RACING | 1443 |
| 3 | DANNY STRATTON | 1411 | 60 | 2 | HANS LEIN | 1411 |
| 4 | BRANDON WAELTI | 1273 | 60 | 3 | WAELTI-SCHULENBERG | 1273 |
| 5 | AARON FISCUS | 1112 | 39 | 7 | JIM FISCUS | 1112 |
| 6 | CHAD DESELLE | 979 | 99 | 4 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 993 |
| 7 | DAVEY RAY | 908 | 33 | 43 | MICHAEL QUIN | 850 |
| 8 | JIMI QUIN | 889 | 13 | 6 | JIM FISCUS | 883 |
| 9 | DEAN ERFURTH | 833 | 50 | 14 | JERRYATRIC MOTORSPORTS | 833 |
| 10 | DOUG SCHENCK | 781 | 10 | 19 | RICK IMHOFF-JOE WELKE | 723 |
| 11 | MIKE HESS | 726 | 51 | 41 | JONES MOTORSPORTS | 675 |
| 12 | NICK LUNDGREEN | 675 | 35 | 1AU | STEVE SMITH | 630 |
| 13 | ROB KEELAN | 605 | 34 | 17 | ROB KEELAN | 621 |
| 14 | JOE WIPPERFURTH** | 616 | 64 | 33 | DAVE RAY | 543 |
| 15 | HARLEY SLOTTEN | 509 | 19 | 5 | RAJO WILKE PAK | 531 |
| 16 | BRIAN RAMSTACK | 514 | 20 | 99 | BUTCH DAHLKE | 616 |
| 17 | BUDDY LUEBKE | 520 | 36 | 02 | BRIAN RAMSTACK | 514 |
| 18 | RYAN DURST | 460 | 17 | 43 | BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS | 520 |
| 19 | ADAM CLARKE | 459 | 32 | 91 | KASEY KAHNE MOTORSPORTS | 450 |
| 20 | BOB SHREFFLER | 424 | 30 | 21s | BERNIE SHREFFLER | 424 |
| 21 | MATT SMITH** | 374 | 24 | 13 | STEVE SMITH | 374 |
| 22 | BRYON WALTERS | 407 | 0 | 12 | ACCELERATION RACING | 371 |
| 23 | KURT MAYHEW | 266 | 26 | 5 | BRYON WALTERS | 407 |
| 24 | CHAD DREHER | 302 | 34 | 8 | JIM FISCUS | 269 |
| 25 | JEFF FLESHER | 231 | 13 | 21K | KURT MAYHEW | 266 |
| 26 | JIM FUERST** | 276 | 15 | 69 | BILL DREHER | 302 |
| 27 | JASON DULL | 256 | 17 | 57 | RAB RACING | 281 |
| 28 | DAVID GOUGH | 217 | 20 | 56 | JASON DULL | 283 |
| 29 | DOUG JORDAN | 207 | 8 | 59 | KELLY JORDAN | 243 |
| 30 | JON LEJEUNE | 190 | 4 | 23 | KARL WARNKE | 230 |
| 31 | KENNY ADAMS | 177 | 1 | 28 | JIM FUERST | 276 |
| 32 | KEVIN OLSON | 176 | 3 | 8 | DOUG JORDAN | 207 |
| 33 | PATRICK JONES | 161 | 9 | 34 | JON LEJEUNE | 208 |
| 34 | TUCKER CAVEN** | 127 | 3 | 17 | MIKE ADAMS | 177 |
| 35 | KRIS HOEGSTED | 116 | 14 | 29 | PATRICK JONES | 161 |
| 36 | CODY WEISENSEL | 103 | 7 | 87 | TOM BONG | 127 |
| 37 | LEE BECKWITH | 130 | 10 | 82 | A&G MOTORSPORTS | 124 |
| 38 | STEVIE WALSH | 81 | 1 | 97 | KRIS HOEGSTED | 116 |
| 39 | JASON THERKELSEN** | 91 | 13 | 20 | KEVIN WEISENSEL | 103 |
| 40 | MIKE STROEHLE | 31 | 0 | 39 | LEE BECKWITH | 130 |
| 41 | KEN DULL | 27 | 5 | 79 | RANDY POLEWCZYNSKI | 81 |
| 42 | CRAIG CAREY | 26 | 0 | 11 | ART WACHAL | 91 |
| 43 | TOM BIGELOW | 12 | 1 | 16 | BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS | 69 |
| 44 | MIKE DIBART | 9 | 0 | 9 | JIM FISCUS | 49 |
| 45 | 57k | RAB RACING | 42 | |||
| 46 | 43NX | JIMI QUIN | 39 | |||
| 47 | 74X | KUHN MOTORSPORTS | 37 | |||
| 48 | 6X | JIM FISCUS | 20 | |||
| 49 | 5x | CRAIG CAREY | 14 | |||
| 50 | 66 | Greg Nlson | 10 | |||
| 51 | 23 | STEPHANIE MEENTS | 9 | |||
| 52 | 99X | BUTCH DAHLKE | 49 | |||
| 53 | 3w | WAELTI-SCHULENBERG | 46 | |||
| Note: 9-9-06 race points add to total for point fund but standings were unchanged after labor day weekend | ||||||