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REINKE WOWS PACKED IRA HOUSE AT SEYMOUR
Seymour, WI 9/2 A huge crowd welcomed back sprint car racing to the Seymour Speedway as a high-flying Mike Reinke captued the all green affair that was met with thunderous approval in victory lane. The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw 410 Sprints headlined event was the first time since 1989 that sprint cars took to the Seymour Speedway. The return of the IRA sprints on this night brought the largest crowd in memory to the first rate fairgrounds facility and those attending only have to wait til next year to the see the IRA at Seymour again.
The front-row tandem of John Haeni and Scotty Neitzel brought the field to the green with Haeni grabbibng the initial lead before Neitzel powered by on the outside. Fourth starting Reinke made his prowess known immediately as he grabbed the runnerup spot on lap two. Neitzel and Reinke ran nose to tail for several laps setting a blistering pace around the top of the sweepiing banked third-mile.
Reinke waited for the right moment and pulled off a perfect slider to take the lead and then set sail. Travis Whitney, Steve Meyer, Scott Young, and Haeni put on a great battle for top five positions throughout, while the rim-riding lead tandem of Reinke and Neitzrl were lapping at a tremendous pace.
Reinke began to open his lead while Whitney, Meyer, and Young began to reel in Neitzel in traffic. The battle for second had the large gathering on their feet as Whitney, and Meyer each spent time in the runner-up slot as the pack ran three wide numerous times.
With Meyer on the low side, Whitney in the middle, and Neitzel up on the fence and lapped cars everywhere in between the white flag waved. Reinke crossed the line eight car lengths ahead of the second place showdown which was claimed by Whitney at the line.. Neitzel edged Meyer, and Young to take third. Haeni, Brian Kristan, and Donny Goeden finished sixth through eighth as the only other cars finishing on the lead lap of the all green thirty lapper.
Whitney established a new track record in qualifying as he topped the twenty-eight car field. Scott Biertzer, Kristan, and Neitzel took heat wins while Scott Uttech edged Billy Balog in a very competitive all green B-main.
Reinke piloted Scott Cowman's Mike's Construction Maxim to the win and currently runs second to Whitney in the IRA point chase with seven races remaining. Neitzel holds third over Meyer, Goeden, and Haeni.
IRA heads north next weekend as they headlinre Superior Speedway's Northern Nationals on Friday Sept. 7th, and on the 8th take on the highbanked Cedar Lake Speedway for the popular Jerry Richert Memorial IRA/Knoxville/NOSA Challange.
IRA is an ASA affiliated series.
IRA A-Main Results, Seymour Speedway; 1. Mike Reinke, Travis Whitney, Scotty Neitzel, Steve Meyer, Scott Young, John Haeni, Brian Kristan, Donny Goeden, Scott Uttech, Kurt Winker, Billy Balog, Scott Biertzer, Todd King, Ryan Irwin, Andy Hunt, Joe Symoens, Wayne Modjeski, Bill Warren, Bill Wirth, Billy Hafemann, Johnny Fahl, Dave Uttech
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The Interstate Racing Association Outlaw Sprint Series
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