1) Bolt falls out of rear end.

2) Sheared off a set of quick change gears? This was a first for us.

3) Engine Blows up, Dropped a valve. On friday practice. Drove to Tomcats on friday night, got back to rockford 4 in the morning.

4) Master Cylinder bleeding by. Install New front master.

5) Bolts shear off of rear end brackets. Rear end rolls up under car.

6) Drive shaft Bent and Broken. Installed new one ....Thanks LEFTHANDER!!!

7) Broken shock on right rear.

8) Broken Ear on transmission. Leaking grease.

9) Master cylinder leaking. Changed out brass fitting.

10) Water Pump Belt broke off. Replaced belt

This all in one weekend!

Qualified with a 14.4 sec lap which put us 13th out of 34 cars. Not bad for not being able to work on the car all weekend.

Started 7th row inside for the feature. Mike drove a smart race and the car ran very well. We finished 10th in the feature. Not a bad weekend all things considered. Next weekend we are off to the Dells Motor Speedway.

Mike Ehde Wraps Up Season at Dells With A Win!

By Mike Olson

September 10, 2005; Wisconsin Dells, WI - Racing season is winding down at the Dells Motor Speedway. One more week will decide some very close point’s battles as the speedway is ready to crown the 2005 champions.

  The Limited Late Model division had Beau Sanden, of Janesville, the R.A.CE.S. Poll Award winner with his time of 14.577 seconds. Larry Devito, of Camp Douglas, closed out the prior week with a checkered flag in the feature. Larry picked up where he left off, with a checkered flag, in the Supreme Awards Fast Heat. Carey John, of Montello, headed to victory lane in Heat #1.

  The Limited Late Model feature had Joel Willman and Mike Ehde sitting on the pole. Ehde quickly shot out to the lead. Right after the first lap was completed, Jim Dunn got loose coming out of turn four. He slide sideways and found Rich Schumann tagging his car to straighten him out. Cars then scattered to avoid any further destruction. Eric Klawitter found himself pinned between others and lost the front of his machine. After some cleanup and realignment, it was back to racing.

  Mike Ehde immediately pulled away from the field. Joel Willman, in second place, tried to keep up but he was about to become busy with the cars behind him. Kurt Clapper worked around Steve Morgan for third, then started to reel in Willman. Ehde, meanwhile, was flying around the track and starting to put the tail of the field down a lap.

  A caution flag on lap fourteen for debris slowed the action. Mike Ehde had past four slower cars, which now sit between him and second place runner, Joel Willman.

  Ehde again had no problem pulling away from the pack at the green flag. Willman led the contingent around the lapped cars as they tried everything to close on the leader. A caution flag on lap nineteen, for a looping Ted Griffith, helped the cause. Mike Ehde continued to show his dominance when the green flag waved. Kurt Clapper worked around Joel Willman for second, but ran out of laps as Mike Ehde won feature number two. At the post race interview, Mike said that he would not be able to attend the final week of racing and thanked the race fans for a fun year at the Dells speedway. Kurt Clapper, of Dane, finished second and is now within thirty-nine point’s of Beau Sanden for the season championship next Saturday. Joel Willman, of Adams was third with, Steve Morgan, of Mazomanie, fourth, and Joel Soenksen, of Baraboo, completing the top five.

* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *

Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model

1 2 18E MIKE EHDE FEAT - - - CHEVY

2 5 7C KURT CLAPPER FEAT - - - CHEVY

3 1 91W JOEL WILLMAN* FEAT ADAMS PONTIAC

4 3 29M STEVE MORGAN FEAT MAZOMANIE PONTIAC

5 9 53S JOEL SOENKSEN FEAT BARABOO PONTIAC

6 8 31T ANDY TOMLINSON FEAT POYNETTE CHEVY

7 12 19D LARRY DEVITO FEAT CAMP DOUGLAS DODGE

8 13 66J CAREY JOHN FEAT MONTELLO CHEVY

9 6 54S RICH SCHUMANN FEAT PORTAGE FORD

10 7 22K ERIC KLAWITTER FEAT MONTELLO CHEVY

11 14 33F BERNIE FRITZ FEAT WESTFIELD CHEVY

12 15 15S MARK SMILEY FEAT HANCOCK CHEVY

13 16 59G TED GRIFFITH FEAT FRIENDSHIP CHEVY

14 4 71JD JIM DUNN FEAT - - - - - -

15 10 11S BEAU SANDEN FEAT JANESVILLE CHEVY

16 11 97M TOM MCLINTOCK FEAT ONALASKA CHEVY

Number of Drivers in FEATURE Races: 16

LIMITED LATE MODEL Division

Place Car No Driver's Name Points

1 11S BEAU SANDEN 1614

2 7C KURT CLAPPER 1585

3 54S RICH SCHUMANN 1555

4 66J CAREY JOHN 1494

5 29M STEVE MORGAN 1336

6 18E MIKE EHDE 1302

7 33F BERNIE FRITZ 1278

8 91W JOEL WILLMAN* 1221

9 53S JOEL SOENKSEN 1161

10 71D JASON DUNN 935

11 59G TED GRIFFITH 806

12 15S MARK SMILEY 709

13 26P DOUG PAUL 696

14 19D LARRY DEVITO 613

15 71JD JIM DUNN 597

16 13W ED WOLFF III 509

17 81Q NICK QUINNELL* 445

18 31T ANDY TOMLINSON 439

19 1B GENO BROESCH* 365

20 11L MARK LISIUS 352

21 9R KENNY RICHARDS 340

22 19M MARK MILLER 323

23 72H MIKE HELD 314

24 14N SCOTT NOTTESTAD 312

25 9JR JEFF RICHARDS 299

26 1H DAN HOWARD 295

27 97M TOM MCLINTOCK 274

28 76S JEFF STEENBERGEN 213

29 87F AARON FALBE 203

30 19B RANDY BREUNIG 192

31 22K ERIC KLAWITTER 189

32 12B GREG BOWERS 187

33 29T MATTHEW TOMAS* 175

34 16W LUKE WESTENBERG 115

35 21R CHRIS RATAJCZYK 99

36 31J COREY JANKOWSKI 95

37 15B DICK BREUNIG* 91

38 19R CHAD REIMER 90

39 95.3 JEFF FALBE 90

40 9K ERIC KLAWITTER 88

41 6B TUFFY BURKE 40

Updated on Sunday September 11, 2005