7/31/2023
Badger Midget Auto Racing Association
Waelti Battles Jones for Fourth Win of Season
Sun Prairie, WI (June 31st, 2023) - Brandon Waelti returned in a dramatic way, picking up his fourth win of the season. Waelti would have to battle rookie Parker Jones for countless laps in an all out war at Angell Park Speedway.
35 cars made the trip to Angell Park for the final race in July. Kyle Stark headlined as he looked to pick up his third feature win of the season, but drivers such as Todd Kluever, Adam Taylor, and Brandon Waelti looked to stop him.
FiveOne Motorsports single car qualifying session went to the rookie Parker Jones, whose 15.051 was fastest overall. Adam Taylor brought home the second best time with a 15.153. The rest of the top 5 consisted of Andy Baugh, Cody Weisensel, and Mike Stroik.
The Madison Extinguisher Service non-qualifier heat was the first racing action on track as the birthday boy Nick Kilian picked up the win as Jack Routson second and Trey Weishoff third. Auto Meter Heat 1 was taken by Todd Kluever with Daltyn England and Zach Boden behind him. Simpson Race Products and VMS Rod Ends Heat 2 would see Kyle Stark win the heat, while Adam Taylor and Aaron Muhle rounded out the top three. Behlings Heat 3 saw Brandon Waelti take the win with Parker Jones and Derek Doerr on the podium.
The High Performance Lubricants B-Main locked seven cars into the feature with Harrison Kleven starting from the pole and Mike Stroik alongside him. Andy Baugh walked away the winner of the B-Main. Harrison Kleven, Mike Stroik, Cody Weisensel, Jack Routson, Jordan Nelson, and Dave Collins Jr all made the A-Main as well.
The Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midgets A-Main rolled off with rookie Miles Doherty and Aaron Muhle on the front row. The green flag flew and fourth starting Brandon Waelti made a power move to the lead on the first lap. Todd Kluever moved into second and rookie Parker Jones into third. Waelti let second and third battle as he walked away from the field. Kluever and Jones battled for a set of laps before Jones made the move on lap eight into second. The caution would fly on lap ten, as a slow car slowed everyone down. The green came back out and Jones, having been closer to Waelti than ever before, made it count, passing Waelti for the lead momentarily before Waelti took it back. Adam Taylor moved into third past Kluever as the top two cars battled for the race lead. A yellow for debris came out on lap seventeen which gave Jones another chance to challenge for the lead. As the green came back out, Jones threw a monster slider on Waelti in turn one, capturing the lead but seeing Waelti drive right by him again. Waelti and Jones would swap the top spot back and forth for the remaining eight laps, throwing slider after slider on each other, before Jones hit the cushion just a bit too hard resulting in Waelti being able to get a gap. Waelti picked up his third feature win of the season at Angell Park Speedway and his fourth overall for the season. Parker Jones would come home a painful second with Adam Taylor joining them on the podium. Zach Boden and Todd Kluever rounded out the top five on the night, after a great battle.
The Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midgets will be in action next on August 5th, at Sycamore Speedway along with the MARA Midgets.
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Summary
35 Entries
A - Feature 25 Laps | 00:12:30.025 | Advanced Fastening Supply
- 3W-Brandon Waelti[4]; 2. 41-Parker Jones[7]; 3. 5X-Adam Taylor[6]; 4. 51-Zach Boden[3]; 5. 55-Todd Kluever[5]; 6. 38-Matt Rechek[8]; 7. 20D-Derek Doerr[10]; 8. 2-Kyle Stark[13]; 9. 3-Jack Routson[20]; 10. 10A-Tommy Colburn[11]; 11. 19E-Daltyn England[12]; 12. 53-Aaron Schuck[9]; 13. 24-Aaron Muhle[2]; 14. 53M-Miles Doherty[1]; 15. 7-Brian Peterson[14]; 16. 9S-Mike Stroik[18]; 17. 29-Harrison Kleven[17]; 18. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[22]; 19. 6B-Andy Baugh[16]; 20. 98-Jordan Nelson[21]; 21. 8-Jake Goeglein[15]; 22. 20-Cody Weisensel[19]
B - Feature 12 Laps | 00:06:46.147 | High Performance Lubricants
- 6B-Andy Baugh[7]; 2. 29-Harrison Kleven[1]; 3. 9S-Mike Stroik[2]; 4. 20-Cody Weisensel[4]; 5. 3-Jack Routson[9]; 6. 98-Jordan Nelson[3]; 7. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[13]; 8. 45-Trey Weishoff[10]; 9. 17-Nick Kilian[8]; 10. 95B-Colton Anderson[15]; 11. 59-Kyle Koch[11]; 12. 1W-Robby Wirth[14]; 13. 5K-Kevin Douglas[6]; 14. 57-Payton Jones[12]; 15. 56-Charles Rufi[5]; 16. (DNS) 11T-Tyler Baran; 17. (DNS) 44-Lamont Critchett; 18. (DNS) 6-Jeremy Douglas; 19. (DNS) 27-Charles Kunz; 20. (DNS) 40-Jace Sparks
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:02:41.000 | Behlings
- 3W-Brandon Waelti[6]; 2. 41-Parker Jones[8]; 3. 20D-Derek Doerr[3]; 4. 38-Matt Rechek[4]; 5. 8-Jake Goeglein[1]; 6. 29-Harrison Kleven[2]; 7. 20-Cody Weisensel[7]; 8. 56-Charles Rufi[9]; 9. 44-Lamont Critchett[5]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:09.000 | Simpson Race Products & VMS Rod Ends
- 2-Kyle Stark[1]; 2. 5X-Adam Taylor[8]; 3. 24-Aaron Muhle[5]; 4. 10A-Tommy Colburn[3]; 5. 53-Aaron Schuck[4]; 6. 9S-Mike Stroik[7]; 7. 11T-Tyler Baran[6]; 8. 5K-Kevin Douglas[2]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:20.000 | Auto Meter
- 55-Todd Kluever[7]; 2. 19E-Daltyn England[3]; 3. 51-Zach Boden[6]; 4. 53M-Miles Doherty[5]; 5. 7-Brian Peterson[1]; 6. 98-Jordan Nelson[2]; 7. 40-Jace Sparks[4]; 8. 6B-Andy Baugh[8]
Schoenfeld Qualifying 25 Laps | 00:00:30.000 | Five-One Motorsports Fast Time
- 41-Parker Jones, 00:15.051[2]; 2. 5X-Adam Taylor, 00:15.153[14]; 3. 6B-Andy Baugh, 00:15.202[6]; 4. 20-Cody Weisensel, 00:15.272[1]; 5. 9S-Mike Stroik, 00:15.291[10]; 6. 55-Todd Kluever, 00:15.316[24]; 7. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 00:15.359[28]; 8. 11T-Tyler Baran, 00:15.366[25]; 9. 51-Zach Boden, 00:15.382[30]; 10. 44-Lamont Critchett, 00:15.519[7]; 11. 24-Aaron Muhle, 00:15.529[11]; 12. 53M-Miles Doherty, 00:15.634[9]; 13. 38-Matt Rechek, 00:15.649[21]; 14. 53-Aaron Schuck, 00:15.665[26]; 15. 40-Jace Sparks, 00:15.737[5]; 16. 20D-Derek Doerr, 00:15.819[22]; 17. 10A-Tommy Colburn, 00:15.819[15]; 18. 19E-Daltyn England, 00:15.832[17]; 19. 29-Harrison Kleven, 00:15.851[12]; 20. 5K-Kevin Douglas, 00:15.955[19]; 21. 98-Jordan Nelson, 00:16.021[4]; 22. 56-Charles Rufi, 00:16.035[20]; 23. 2-Kyle Stark, 00:16.053[29]; 24. 7-Brian Peterson, 00:16.162[31]; 25. 8-Jake Goeglein, 00:16.248[16]; 26. 3-Jack Routson, 00:16.256[27]; 27. 95B-Colton Anderson, 00:16.390[8]; 28. 1W-Robby Wirth, 00:16.509[13]; 29. 6-Jeremy Douglas, 00:16.642[3]; 30. 59-Kyle Koch, 00:16.724[33]; 31. 45-Trey Weishoff, 00:16.903[34]; 32. 17-Nick Kilian, 00:16.956[32]; 33. 57-Payton Jones, 00:17.419; 34. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 08:55.087[23]; 35. (DNS) 27-Charles Kunz, 08:55.087
Non Qualifier 8 Laps | Madison Extinguisher Service
- 17-Nick Kilian[1]; 2. 3-Jack Routson[6]; 3. 45-Trey Weishoff[2]; 4. 6-Jeremy Douglas[4]; 5. 59-Kyle Koch[3]; 6. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[8]; 7. 1W-Robby Wirth[5]; 8. 95B-Colton Anderson[7]; 9. 57-Payton Jones[9]; 10. (DNS) 27-Charles Kunz
Race Awards:
FiveOne Motorsports QuickTime Award: Parker Jones
Cartopia Hard Luck Award: Charlie Kunz
Madison Extinguisher Non-Qualifier Winner: Nick Kilian
VMS Rod Ends Award: Kyle Stark
Oliver Motors Invert Draw Award: Parker Jones
Oliver Motors Last Place Bonus: Cody Weisensel
ASM Perform Hard Charger: Jack Rouson
Spankins Motorsports Rookie of the Race Award: Parker Jones
Article Credit: Zack Krueger
Submitted By: Zack Krueger
