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Nathan Crane Takes Win at Wilmot

Leading every lap of the AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint 20-lap feature, Crane ended a 16-year drought of all types of racing by winning his first ever non-wing sprint car main event ever at Wilmot Raceway.
"This is unbelieveable," said Crane, joined in victory lane by his brother, Derek, who ironically was the first alternate into the feature out of the record setting 37-car field and had to watch from the pits. "I knew Matt(Vandervere) was coming on at the end, and Tim (Cox) was right there for a while, along with Natalie (Klemko) who started along side me in the front row. I have to thank my family, sponsors, the fans, everyone associated with Wilmot Raceway. This is awesome."
A series of late race cautions kept erasing Crane's early lead, but each time the former go-kart and speed skater racer was up to the challenge. Matt Vanderver of Zion, Illinois charged from 13th starting spot to finish runner-up. Trevor's Chris Dodd was third. Tim Cox of Park City, Illinois took fourth. Jake Kouba of Minneapolis, Minnesota completed the top five.

A Feature 1 20 laps | 00:00:00

1. 97-Nathan Crane, [1]; 2. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [13]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, [6]; 4. 40-Tim Cox, [8]; 5. 6-Jake Kouba, [3]; 6. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [5]; 7. 20-Natalie Klemko, [2]; 8. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [7]; 9. 71S-Doug Schenck, [9]; 10. 2-Jordan Mattson, [16]; 11. 70-Chris Klemko, [15]; 12. 18-Nick Petska, [21]; 13. 9-Greg Olsen, [14]; 14. 7C-Rusty Egan, [20]; 15. 38-Allen Hafford, [18]; 16. 5-Garrett Deieso, [17]; 17. 21-Ryan Zielski, [4]; 18. 93-Travis Mahoney, [22]; 19. 12-Shawn Swim, [19]; 20. 77-James Walldan, [11]; 21. (DNF) 10-Mitchell Davis, [10]; 22. (DNF) 1-Rod Colburn, [12]
   B Feature 1 10 laps | 00:00:00
2. 5-Garrett Deieso, [2]; 2. 12-Shawn Swim, [3]; 3. 18-Nick Petska, [5]; 4. 7S-Craig Campton, [1]; 5. 52-Craig Lager, [4]; 6. 23Z-Zach Raidart, [7]; 7. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [6]; 8. 00-Paul Shaffer, [9]; 9. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [8]; 10. 39-William Huck, [10]; (DNS) 54-Scott Grissom,
   B Feature 2 10 laps | 00:00:00
3. 38-Allen Hafford, [1]; 2. 7C-Rusty Egan, [2]; 3. 93-Travis Mahoney, [4]; 4. 19K-Derek Crane, [3]; 5. 29-Randy Stanford, [5]; 6. 0-John Fahl, [6]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [8]; 8. 29OG-Tom Eller, [7]; 9. 94-Jim Wehrman, [9]; 10. 7-Steve Clott, [10]
   Heat 1 8 laps | 00:00:00
4. 6-Jake Kouba, [1]; 2. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [2]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, [3]; 4. 10-Mitchell Davis, [4]; 5. 5-Garrett Deieso, [6]; 6. 19K-Derek Crane, [5]; 7. 29-Randy Stanford, [7]; 8. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [8]; 9. 00-Paul Shaffer, [9]; 10. 54-Scott Grissom, [10]
   Heat 2 8 laps | 00:00:00
5. 71S-Doug Schenck, [4]; 2. 77-James Walldan, [1]; 3. 21-Ryan Zielski, [2]; 4. 2-Jordan Mattson, [7]; 5. 7S-Craig Campton, [3]; 6. 52-Craig Lager, [6]; 7. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [8]; 8. 23Z-Zach Raidart, [5]; 9. 94-Jim Wehrman, [9]
   Heat 3 8 laps | 00:00:00
6. 20-Natalie Klemko, [1]; 2. 40-Tim Cox, [4]; 3. 1-Rod Colburn, [5]; 4. 9-Greg Olsen, [2]; 5. 38-Allen Hafford, [3]; 6. 93-Travis Mahoney, [7]; 7. 0-John Fahl, [8]; 8. 29OG-Tom Eller, [6]; 9. 39-William Huck, [9]
   Heat 4 8 laps | 00:00:00
7. 97-Nathan Crane, [1]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [4]; 3. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [5]; 4. 70-Chris Klemko, [6]; 5. 7C-Rusty Egan, [7]; 6. 12-Shawn Swim, [2]; 7. 18-Nick Petska, [3]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz, [8]; 9. 7-Steve Clott, [9]
   Qualifying 1 00:00:00
8. 10-Mitchell Davis, 00:15.073[25]; 2. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:15.397[11]; 3. 40-Tim Cox, 00:15.496[32]; 4. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:15.512[34]; 5. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:15.543[5]; 6. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:15.561[23]; 7. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:15.573[6]; 8. 18-Nick Petska, 00:15.678[31]; 9. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 00:15.699[17]; 10. 21-Ryan Zielski, 00:15.716[22]; 11. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:15.725[30]; 12. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:15.792[19]; 13. 6-Jake Kouba, 00:15.802[21]; 14. 77-James Walldan, 00:15.809[7]; 15. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:15.830[18]; 16. 97-Nathan Crane, 00:15.883[8]; 17. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:15.920[33]; 18. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 00:15.936[28]; 19. 1-Rod Colburn, 00:15.937[15]; 20. 15V-Matt VandeVere, 00:15.955[3]; 21. 5-Garrett Deieso, 00:15.955[1]; 22. 52-Craig Lager, 00:16.088[12]; 23. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:16.123[9]; 24. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:16.196[27]; 25. 29-Randy Stanford, 00:16.201[26]; 26. 2-Jordan Mattson, 00:16.235[2]; 27. 93-Travis Mahoney, 00:16.288[16]; 28. 7C-Rusty Egan, 00:16.297[35]; 29. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:16.313[4]; 30. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:16.315[20]; 31. 0-John Fahl, 00:16.381[10]; 32. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:16.454[37]; 33. 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:16.617[36]; 34. 94-Jim Wehrman, 00:17.229[14]; 35. 39-William Huck, 00:17.644[13]; 36. 7-Steve Clott, 00:18.003[24]; (DNS) 54-Scott Grissom,

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