Results MSC race Aug. 22, 2009 Wilmot

Ten cars showed up at Wilmot for what turned out to be the MSC’s last race of the year. With rain outs and track closings, this was our last race for 2009. A very wet track set the schedule back more than a hour, while the IRA crew tried to grade it off and pack it in. We lost one car when the #55 car being driven by Roger Schmitz suffered a frozen rear axle in hot laps. The line up for the heat race was Alan Kautz on the pole with Doug Drews on the outside. The second row was Bill Behm and Bill Schmitz. The third row was Steve Muth and Pete Ostrowski in the #7 Bill Thompson car. The fourth row was Al Feller and Kent Rusk, with Dan Muth bringing up the rear. Being the first race of the night, the track was still pretty slick in places. After a few spinouts and a great duel between Bill Schmitz and Pete Ostrowski, the finish was : 1^st Bill Schmitz, 2^nd Pete Ostrowski, 3^rd Ron Feller, 4^th Steve Muth, 5^th Dan Muth, 6^th Kent Rusk, 7^th Alan Kautz, 8^th Doug Drews, and 9^th Bill Behm.

The line up for the feature race was an invert of the heat race finish. The track was now in great shape, with a lot of  bite. Pete , Steve, and Bill Schmitz found the track to their liking and flew to the front, with Al Feller chasing them. Al ‘s car developed steering problems. Doug Drews went into the infield with car problems. With a few laps to go, Steve Muth got too high coming out of the 4^th corner and hit the wall, flipping the car. Luckily Steve was alright, but his car was a mess. Pete and Bill put another good show on fighting for the lead, with Pete pulling out the win. The veteran driver had a big grin on his face when he came back to the pits after pictures and giving the trophy to a kid in the stands. Bill Schmitz finished 2^nd, Kent Rusk had another great race, finishing 3^rd.  After staying out of the way of spinning cars and not breaking, Bill Behm finished 4^th. 5^th was Alan Kautz, 6^th Roger Schmitz in Dan Muth’s car, 7^th Ron Feller, 8^th Steve Muth and 9^th Doug Drews.

Thanks to all the members of the MSC who made the sometimes long trips to our races this year. Also thanks to Terry Blanckaert and Tim Dessereau for doing the pit steward duties.   

Results from Chilton 7/12/2009

After racing on one of the slickest tracks at Plymouth, we found an almost perfect track at Chilton. It was the kind of track surface that the MSC cars are made for.

With nine cars on hand, one heat race was held. Corey Pieper drew the pole position with Bill Behm on the outside. Row two was Brian Titel and Alan Kautz. Row three Mike Araco and Jerry Bergdorf. Row four Terry Pulver and Bill Schmitz, with Bill Thompson bringing up the rear. Behm was able to take the lead on the outside groove which had more bite than the inside. On lap three the 16 car of Alan Kautz left the track with mechanical problems. Meanwhile, Bill Schmitz was making a run for the front in the 15 car with Bill Thompson right on his tail. Pieper was able to get to Behm’s rear tire, but could not make the pass. The finish was #75 Behm, #55 Pieper, #15 Schmitz, #7 Thompson, #5k Titel, #12 Bergdorf, #5 Pulver, #1 Araco, #16Kautz dnf.

The track was still in great shape for the feature race. With the invert from the heat, it was Araco on the pole with Kautz on the outside. Row two Pulver and Bergdorf. Row three Titel and Pieper. Row four Behm and Thompson. Row five Schmitz. The #1 car of Araco was able to keep the lead for three laps until Pulver was able to make the pass. Schmitz came from last to third by the fifth lap. On lap eight Schmitz passed Pulver for the lead and never looked back. Meanwhile, Pieper and Thompson were getting through traffic on their way to the front. Farther back in the pack Behm and Titel were dueling, with Behm finally getting by the K5 car. On lap 12, Jerry Bergdorf got up in the loose dirt and hit the wall, bringing out the yellow. After the restart Thompson got by Pulver for second and Pieper spun out in turn four. The finish was Schmitz, Thompson, Pulver, Araco, Behm, Titel, Kautz, Pieper and Bergdorf dnf.

Bill Schmitz gave the feature trophy to Kyle Meyer of Charlesburg, who came back to the pits after the races for a picture. We are all glad that Jerry Bergdorf was not hurt and hope that his car is not too badly damaged.