Nolden Drives for 5 in Historic Auto 50

Wisc Dells WI 8-12-17 -Nick Nolden from Sun Prairie WI, over took race leader Chad Miller with 15 laps to go Saturday night at Dells Raceway Park for his fifth late model feature win of the year in the Historic Auto Attractions 50. Pole sitter Kelsey Schultz of Mauston took the lead from the start and held the point for the first ten circuits until Miller worked his way thru traffic and passed Schultz for the top spot. Miller looked strong building a five car length lead until caution would restart the field and by the half way point of the race Miller had current DRP point leader and defending track champion Nolden and WIR Blue race champion Jesse Bernhagen filling his mirrors. Miller, Nolden and Bernhagen would do battle until the end with Nolden taking the lead for good with 15 laps to go leaving Miller to battle Bernhagen for second and at the line Bernhagen would nip Miller by a nose for second with Miller finishing third with last weeks winner Jake Zellmer grabbing fourth and Larry Schotten of Mauston rounding out the top five. Earlier in the evening Nolden was fastest in qualifying with a 14.003 and Kyle Kirberger from Ramsey MN would capture the Late Model fast dash, with Burlington's Chris Storey winning the heat race.

Late Model Historic Auto Attractions 50

1 67 Nick Nolden

2 28 Jesse Bernhagen

3 55 Chad Miller

4 99 Jake Zellmer

5 31L Larry Schotten

6 7 Kurt Clapper

7 66 Chris Storey

8 31K Kelsey Schultz

9 8 Mahlon Borntreger

10 2T Tod Stenson

11 2K Kyle Kirberger

12 37 Kevin Brescia

13 14 Hanna Raley

14 46 Matt Herrington

Zellmer Captures Performance Parts Supply 50

Wisc Dells WI 8/05/17 - Jake Zellmer from New Berlin WI picked up his second feature win of the year at Dells Raceway Park Saturday Night over DRP point leader Nick Nolden while Jesse Bernhagen finished third, Kurt Clapper fourth and Kyle Wolosek rounded out the top five. Zellmer was also the evening fast qualifier with a lap of 14.073 while Nick Nolden won the fast dash and heat winners were Rich Schumann Jr. and Brad Hetzel.

Nolden Nabs Another

Wisc Dells WI 7/29/17-Current Dells Raceway Park Late Model Points leader Nick Nolden nabbed his fourth feature win of the season by holding off the evenings fast qualifier Jesse Bernhagen in the 50 lap Josh Blum Memorial Saturday night. Former Track Champion Rich Schumann Jr and one of the top Club LaMark rookie of the year contenders Tod Stenson brought the field to green and it was Schumann taking the early lead followed by Tomah driver Thayran Rezin. Rezin would apply the pressure early and often to the leader as Nolden, Bernhagen and last weeks feature winner Jake Zellmer worked their way thru traffic. Lap 16 would change things up as Rezin would leave the speedway with a flat tire leaving a straight path for Nolden and Bernhagen to Schumann's bumper. By the half way mark Shumann's car was getting too loose to hold off the pressure as the pair of Nolden and Berhagen would take over the top two spots leaving Schumann in third now battling with a pair of veteran Kurt Clapper and Brady Liddle. As the laps wound down it would Nolden holding onto the top spot followed by Bernhagen, Schumann, Clapper and Brady Liddle posting a top five on his first visit to the speedway this year. In earlier action it was Thayran Rezin picking up the fast dash, while Chad Miller and Matt Lundberg would win the late model heat races. The Late Models will be back in action this Saturday night Aug 5th for autograph night with Time Trials at 5:30, and on track autograph session from 6:15-6:45 and first race at 7pm.

Josh Blum Memorial 50 A-Main

1 67 Nick Nolden

2 28 Jesse Bernhagen

3 88 Rich Schumman Jr

4 7 Kurt Clapper

5 18 Brady Liddle

6 99 Jake Zellmer

7 78 Matt Lundberg

8 10 Nick Beaver

9 31L Larry Schotten

10 55 Chad Miller

11 31K Kelsey Schultz

12 37 Kevin Brescia

13 25 Allen Borntreger

14 8 Mahlon Borntreger

15 46 Mat Herrington

16 2 Tod Stenson

17 80 Ken Jacoby

18 63 Thayran Rezin

19 14 Hanna Raley

Zellmer Winner in a Thriller

Wisc Dells WI 7/22/17-Fast Qualifier Jake Zellmer won his first feature event of the season Saturday Night at Dells Raceway Park over current Late Model Point Leader Nick Nolden while Kurt Clapper came home in third with Thayran Rezin and Larry Schotten rounding out the top five. The race was brought to green by Thayran Rezin and Shane Morrissey with Rezin taking the early lead. On lap 7 Morrissey had the air up in his tires and made a charge back for the lead and grabbed it from Rezin with Jesse Bernhagen, Nick Nolden and Larry Schotten all in tow. At the mid way point of the 40 lap event Morrissey was still outfront with Bernhagen and fast qualifier Jake Zellmer filling his mirrors. As the race wound to the closing laps, it was Bernhagen making a late charge on the high side of Morrissey as the two battle side by side and trading some paint as the white flag was in the air. As the pair enter turn three on the final lap it was anybody's race with Zellmer in their tracks, On the exit of turn four Morrissey and Bernhagen again touched as the pair slid up the track and into the outside wall allowing Zellmer the bottom lane and the victory. Kelsey Schultz won the Fast Dash and the heat races were captured by Allen Borntreger and Shane Morrissey