7/25/2014
Caho Races To Fifth TSCS Win With SCVR Victory July 25
The Upper Midwest Sprintcar Series (UMSS) winged sprint cars invaded the St. Croix Valley Raceway on Friday night for the Dan Grams memorial. Brooke Tatnell became the first repeat winner in the winged sprint cars at The Valley this season, while Steven Johnson, Ben Kaphing, Greg Gunderson and Rob Caho Jr. all made return visits to victory lane as well. Ryan Olson picked up his first SCVR win of the season in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified division.
Another #78 sprinter sat in Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup victory lane at the conclusion of the UMSS Traditional Sprint Car Series (TSCS) feature, when Rob Caho Jr. nabbed his second win in three weeks. Second heat race winner Mike Mueller led the first half in a terrific battle for top honors. In what seems to be turning into a weekly event, the TSCS racers put on yet another other-worldly display of intense competition for the race win. While Mueller was leading, Caho and Cam Schafer were putting on a driving clinic behind him as the pair endlessly swapped lines and strategies trying to solve the Mueller puzzle why simultaneously measuring each other’s moves. The dam finally broke when Caho muscled under Mueller and into the lead just past the race’s midpoint. With a clean track, Caho stretched the lead to a near comfortable margin, leaving Schafer and Mueller locked in a dual for the remainder of the race. Johnny Parsons III had the best seat in the house, running fourth behind all the action until late in the race when he brought his #12 into the melee making it a three car tussle. At the double checkers, Caho claimed his series best fifth bottle of Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup over Mueller, Schafer, Parsons and Jimmy Kouba in another 25-lap nonstop thrill-fest. For the time being, Caho recaptured the Series point lead over Schafer. Those two drivers continue to swap the top spot in the standing back and forth on a nightly basis.
RACE RESULTS
UMSS Traditional Sprints:
Feature (25 laps) – Rob Caho Jr., Mike Mueller, Cam Shafer, Johnny Parsons, Jimmy Kouba, Jon Lewerer, Mike Haseltine, Chase Viebrock, Kevin Bradwell, Jake Kouba, Mike Walters, Brian VanMeveren, Jake Hendrickson, Alex Peper (DNF), D Taubert (DNF).
Heat 1 (10 laps) – Caho Jr., Parsons, VanMeveren, Jimmy Kouba, Jake Kouba, Bradwell, Walters, Taubert.
Heat 2 (10 laps) – Mueller, Shafer, Lewerer, Haseltine, Viebrock, Hendrickson, Peper.
Lap Leaders: Mueller 1-14, Caho 15-25.
No Cautions!
Article Credit: Terry Lehnertz
