6/12/2023
Badger Midget Auto Racing Association
Taylor Tops Norm Nelson Classic
Sun Prairie, WI (June 11th, 2023) - Adam Taylor found himself in victory lane once again as he soared to victory in the Norm Nelson Classic. The win marked Taylor’s third win of the season and helped him gain ground on Todd Kluever at the top of the point standings.
Thirty-one cars filled the pits for the second night of racing for the AFS Badger Midget Series with previous nights winner Todd Kluever, Friday nights MARA winner Andy Baugh, and winners Adam Taylor, Brandon Waelti, and Jace Sparks all checked in.
The night’s first event was qualifying sponsored by FiveOne Motorsports. Fast time went to Adam Taylor with a time of 14.893 followed by Waelti, Kyle Stark, Mark McMahill, and Parker Jones.
Auto Meter Heat 1 was the first race on track and it was Aaron Schuck on top of the heat race with Derek Doerr second and Kyle Stark third. Simpson Race Products & VMS Rod Ends Heat 2 went to Daltyn England as Brandon Waelti and Ronnie Gardner followed him to the checkered. Behlings Heat Race 3 was won by Adam Taylor as Todd Kluever and Dave Collins JR rounded out the top three in the heat.
The High Performance Lubricants B-Main locked seven cars into the feature with RJ Corson starting from the pole and Tommy Colburn alongside him. Colburn walked away from the field as he won the B-Main. Corson, Jake Dohner, Jake Goeglein, Eric Blumer, Kyle Koch, and Mike Stroik all made the A-Main as well.
With the AFS 25 lap A-Main looming, the pressure was on as the night prior's winner Todd Kluever on the pole and Aaron Schuck sharing the front row. Kluever took advantage of the starting position and led early but Schuck stayed with him as the pair made their way around the tricky 1/3 mile for the first few circuits. Waelti began making his way through the pack and on lap six he made his way past Schuck for second. The #53 of Schuck, the #5X of Taylor, and #57 of Gardner had a short battle for the third place spot. Taylor came out on top before the only yellow of the race flew for the #10A of Tommy Colburn. Once the green came back out you could put a blanket over the top three of Kluever, Waelti, and Taylor. Kluever started to fall down the order as Waelti passed him on lap thirteen and Taylor slipped by a lap later. Waelti and Taylor would fight through the lapped traffic but a slider from Taylor sealed the deal for the #5X as he ran off into the sunset to pick up his third feature win of the season. Waelti came home second, Gardner third, Baugh fourth, and Kluever rounded out the top five.
A northern doubleheader awaits the Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midgets next weekend with Friday the 16th at Gravity Park in Chilton, WI, and Saturday at the Plymouth Dirt Track.
To learn more about the Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midget Auto Racing Association visit BMARA.com or the BMARA Racing Facebook Page today.
Summary
31 Entries
Lap Leaders: Todd Kluever 1-12, Brandon Waelti 13-16, Adam Taylor 17-25
A - Feature 25 Laps | 00:09:03.515 | Advanced Fastening Supply
- 5X-Adam Taylor[9]; 2. 3W-Brandon Waelti[8]; 3. 57A-Ronnie Gardner[3]; 4. 6B-Andy Baugh[4]; 5. 55-Todd Kluever[1]; 6. 41-Parker Jones[5]; 7. 19E-Daltyn England[11]; 8. 53-Aaron Schuck[2]; 9. 2-Kyle Stark[7]; 10. 10C-Mark McMahill[6]; 11. 20-Cody Weisensel[10]; 12. 87-Jake Dohner[18]; 13. 68-Eric Blumer[20]; 14. 8-Jake Goeglein[19]; 15. 53M-Miles Doherty[15]; 16. 9S-Mike Stroik[22]; 17. 59-Kyle Koch[21]; 18. 10A-Tommy Colburn[16]; 19. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[14]; 20. 15C-RJ Corson[17]; 21. 20D-Derek Doerr[12]; 22. (DNS) 18-Tyler Roth
B - Feature 10 Laps - High Performance Lubricants
- 10A-Tommy Colburn[2]; 2. 15C-RJ Corson[1]; 3. 87-Jake Dohner[9]; 4. 8-Jake Goeglein[8]; 5. 68-Eric Blumer[6]; 6. 59-Kyle Koch[3]; 7. 9S-Mike Stroik[5]; 8. 5K-Kevin Douglas[12]; 9. 29-Harrison Kleven[4]; 10. 45-Trey Weishoff[7]; 11. 17-Nicholas Klein[10]; 12. 76-Tyler Wians[11]; 13. (DNS) 51-Zach Boden
Heat 3 8 Laps - Behlings
- 5X-Adam Taylor[8]; 2. 55-Todd Kluever[5]; 3. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[2]; 4. 10C-Mark McMahill[7]; 5. 20-Cody Weisensel[4]; 6. 15C-RJ Corson[3]; 7. 29-Harrison Kleven[1]; 8. 45-Trey Weishoff[9]; 9. (DNS) 51-Zach Boden
Heat 2 8 Laps - Simpson Race Products & VMS Rod Ends
- 19E-Daltyn England[4]; 2. 3W-Brandon Waelti[8]; 3. 57A-Ronnie Gardner[6]; 4. 53M-Miles Doherty[2]; 5. 41-Parker Jones[7]; 6. 10A-Tommy Colburn[3]; 7. 9S-Mike Stroik[5]; 8. 8-Jake Goeglein[1]; 9. 17-Nicholas Klein[9]
Heat 1 8 Laps - Auto Meter
- 53-Aaron Schuck[6]; 2. 20D-Derek Doerr[4]; 3. 2-Kyle Stark[8]; 4. 6B-Andy Baugh[7]; 5. 18-Tyler Roth[3]; 6. 59-Kyle Koch[1]; 7. 68-Eric Blumer[2]; 8. 87-Jake Dohner[5]; 9. 76-Tyler Wians[9]; 10. (DNS) 5K-Kevin Douglas
Schoenfeld Qualifying - Five-One Motorsports Fast Time
- 5X-Adam Taylor, 00:14.893[20]; 2. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 00:14.955[12]; 3. 2-Kyle Stark, 00:15.103[18]; 4. 10C-Mark McMahill, 00:15.220[4]; 5. 41-Parker Jones, 00:15.225[11]; 6. 6B-Andy Baugh, 00:15.255[28]; 7. 51-Zach Boden, 00:15.269[1]; 8. 57A-Ronnie Gardner, 00:15.272[23]; 9. 53-Aaron Schuck, 00:15.328[27]; 10. 55-Todd Kluever, 00:15.435[29]; 11. 9S-Mike Stroik, 00:15.492[14]; 12. 87-Jake Dohner, 00:15.534[9]; 13. 20-Cody Weisensel, 00:15.562[25]; 14. 19E-Daltyn England, 00:15.642[16]; 15. 20D-Derek Doerr, 00:15.642[17]; 16. 15C-RJ Corson, 00:15.825[31]; 17. 10A-Tommy Colburn, 00:15.868[24]; 18. 18-Tyler Roth, 00:15.884[5]; 19. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 00:15.932[10]; 20. 53M-Miles Doherty, 00:16.104[2]; 21. 68-Eric Blumer, 00:16.148[15]; 22. 29-Harrison Kleven, 00:16.349[3]; 23. 8-Jake Goeglein, 00:16.394[22]; 24. 59-Kyle Koch, 00:16.430[19]; 25. 45-Trey Weishoff, 00:16.537[8]; 26. 17-Nicholas Klein, 00:16.541[6]; 27. 76-Tyler Wians, 00:17.988[30]; 28. (DNF) 40-Jace Sparks, 00:15.440[7]; 29. (DNF) 38-Matt Rechek, 00:15.561[13]; 30. (DNF) 21K-Kurt Mayhew, 00:16.249[26]; 31. (DNS) 5K-Kevin Douglas, 00:17.988
Race Awards:
FiveOne Motorsports QuickTime Award: Adam Taylor
Cartopia Hard Luck Award: Jace Sparks
VMS Rod Ends Award: Daltyn England
Oliver Motors Invert Draw Award: Adam Taylor
Oliver Motors Last Place Bonus: Tyler Roth
ASM Perform Hard Charger: Adam Taylor
Spankins Motorsports Rookie of the Race Award: Parker Jones
Article Credit: Zack Krueger
