MUELLER GETS SECOND VICTORY OF THE SEASON IN BOB FISH 100!!

By Dan Margetta

           Slinger, Wis., Aug.31—Brad Mueller survived an intense battle with Collin Bamke and then held off Mike Strupp to drive to victory in the Bob Fish 100 Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway for his second late model feature triumph of the season.

        “It’s crazy and to win on Bob Fish night means more to me than you can ever imagine,” an excited Mueller stated from victory lane. “Bamke ran me really, really hard and we got together a couple times but it was more of a racing deal than anything and kudos to him. He ran a great race.”

        Dan Jung led the opening laps over Brad Dahmer and Matt Kocourek while Mueller and Strupp slotted into fourth and fifth respectively. Dale Prunty and Lowell Bennett made contact entering turn three and as their cars became stuck together nose to tail, they came to a halt in turn four to draw the caution flag on lap 14 with Jung leading over Dahmer and Mueller. Jung chose the inside line for the restart and continued to lead over Mueller and Dahmer as racing resumed as Mike Strupp, Dennis Prunty, and Bamke began to move up. The yellow flag waved soon thereafter on lap 19 as Strupp spun in turn one with assistance from the car behind him, resulting in a chain-reaction crash that swept up the cars of Dennis Prunty, Mike Meyerhofer, Tommy Hromadka, Mike Egan, and Jamie Wallace. All cars with the exception of Meyerhofer’s were able to continue and on the restart, Mueller used the outside groove to outgun Jung for the lead on lap 20 while Josh Bauer and Bamke raced into third and fourth. Bamke worked his way into second place a few laps later and began to pressure Mueller for the lead, using the inside lane to charge into a side by side tussle for the lead. With Bamke stuck to the inside and Mueller working well in the high groove the two put on a door to door show for the top spot with Mueller edging Bamke at the stripe just before another caution flag slowdown occurred on lap 25 when Pete Wiedmeyer spun in turn one.

        This time Bamke held the outside line as racing resumed and he used it to shoot around Mueller and into the lead on lap 26 while Bauer held the third spot ahead of Jung and David Prunty. The battle between Jung and Prunty over fourth became intense on lap 34 and contact between the two produced an accordion-like effect on the cars behind them and before things could be sorted out, Prunty’s car spun wildly into the infield as the race remained under green. Prunty was able to rejoin the race, but fell a lap down as Bamke continued to hold off Mueller for the lead. Another multi-car incident in turn three on lap 38 involving Randy Schuler, Mike Egan, Jamie Wallace, Al Schill, and Dennis Prunty resulted in the fourth caution flag of the event. Bamke chose the inside lane for the restart and with Mueller alongside, the two renewed their fight for the lead and once again the outside proved to be the place to be as Mueller used it to clear his way to the lead on lap 39 as Bauer began to close in from third. With Mueller maintaining the point over Bamke and Bauer, Mike Strupp was the man on move in the second half as he broke into the top five by lap 60, just behind Dale Prunty who had worked his way to fourth. Conrad Morgan spun while racing for position with Jung on lap 65 to bring out the final caution flag of the event.

        Mueller held onto the lead on the restart as Strupp resumed his march forward, moving into third place a few laps later. As Mueller extended his lead, Strupp wasn’t finished as he caught Bamke for second place, completing the pass in the final ten laps. As fast as Strupp was however, Mueller was not to be challenged and he charged to the victory for his second late model feature win of the season. Strupp had to settle for second while Bamke crossed the line with a strong third place finish. Bauer and Dale Prunty rounded out the top five while Al Schill and Brad Dahmer finished sixth and seventh respectively. Jamie Wallace rebounded for an eighth place result while Matt Kocourek and Conrad Morgan completed the top ten.

        Randy Schuler won the 30-lap late model semi-feature over Pete Wiedmeyer and Jeff Way. Ron Ragan and Jerry Eckhardt finished fourth and fifth. Brad Mueller scored the win in the late model fast dash and David Prunty set fast time at 11.436 seconds.

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