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COLUMBUS, WISCONSIN AUGUST 11, 2006
Excerpt from Columbus 151 speedway,
August 11, 2006; Columbus, WI. Report.
By Andrew Schaller
Also on hand for the evening's festivities was the
Formula Indy Racing Association. Vern Brown continued his winning ways at
Columbus 151 with another victory in the 20 lap feature. John Zeilinga and James
Bass made up the front row on the start as Zeilinga grabbed the early lead. Lap
two saw Brown enter the top five as he began to pick off cars a lap at a time.
By lap eight, Brown had caught the leader Zeilinga, and after a one lap battle,
Brown took control. Brown drove away to the feature win followed by Tim Roach in
second and Zeilinga in third.
FIRA Report; Vern Brown clinched his fourth FIRA championship in
a row by sweeping at Columbus 151
WebMaster NT
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| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | 13.233 | Vern Brown | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | John Zeilinga | 13.616 | John Zeilinga | 2 | John Zeilinga |
| 3 | Jim Bass | 13.667 | Jim Bass | 3 | Tim Roach |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | 14.280 | Gary Cooper | 4 | Jim Bass |
| 5 | Tim Roach | 14.288 | Tim Roach | 5 | Pete Mueller |
| 6 | Pete Mueller | 14.536 | Pete Mueller | 6 | Dick Heath |
| 7 | Kenny Marcellis | 14.730 | Dick Heath | 7 | Gary Cooper DNF |
| 8 | Dick Heath |
15.382 |
Kenny Marcellis | 8 | Kenny Marcellis DNF |
| 9 | Grant Greenfield DNQ mech. |
DNQ |
0 | 9 | 0 |
ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY AUGUST 2, 2006
Track report; N/A
FIRA Report; N/A
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| P= |
Heat |
Feature |
| 1 | John Zeilinga | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Vern Brown | John Zeilinga |
| 3 | Kai McNulty | Kai McNulty |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | Lyle Phillips |
| 5 | Jim Bass | Tim Roach |
| 6 | Tim Roach | Jim Bass DNF |
| 7 | Lyle Phillips | Kenny Marcellis DNF |
| 8 | Kenny Marcellis DNF | Gary Cooper DNF |
COLUMBUS,
WISCONSIN JULY 28, 2006
Track report; N/A
FIRA Report; N/A
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| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Jim Bass | 13.496 | Vern Brown | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | 13.740 | Kai McNulty | 2 | Kai McNulty |
| 3 | Vern Brown | 13.758 | John Zeilinga | 3 | Grant Greenfield |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | 13.833 | Jim Bass | 4 | John Zeilinga |
| 5 | John Zeilinga | 13.835 | Gary Cooper | 5 | Jim Bass |
| 6 | Kai McNulty | 13.833 | Grant Greenfield | 6 | Gary Cooper |
| 7 | Tim Roach | 14.358 | Kurt Williams | 7 | Tim Roach |
| 8 | Lyle Phillips |
14.710 |
Tim Roach | 8 | Lyle Phillips |
| 9 | Kurt Williams |
17.359 |
Lyle Phillips | 9 | Kurt Williams |
DELLS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, WISCONSIN JULY 15, 2006
Dells
Motor Speedway Reports:
By Heather Helgeson
< Link to full report.
The FIRA feature was up next for their 10-lap feature. #99 James Bass tried to
get the lead from #37, but the top four spots were up for grabs. The checkered
flag came out for #99 Bass, followed by #37 and #58 John Zeilinga.
Heat 1:#1 Vernon Brown, #58 John Zeilinga, #99 James Bass
FIRA Report; N/A
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| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Jim Bass | 14.099 | Vern Brown | 1 | Jim Bass |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | 14.127 | John Zeilinga | 2 | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Vern Brown | 14.294 | Jim Bass | 3 | John Zeilinga |
| 4 | John Zeilinga | 14.308 | Grant Greenfield | 4 | Vern Brown |
| 5 | Tim Roach | 14.721 | Tim Roach | 5 | Tim Roach |
| 6 | Gary Cooper | 14.777 | Gary Cooper | 6 | Lyle Phillips |
| 7 | Pete Mueller | 15.026 | Kenny Marcellis | 7 | Kenny Marcellis |
| 8 | Lyle Phillips |
15.558 |
Pete Mueller | 8 | Gary Cooper DNS. |
| 9 | Kenny Marcellis |
19.022 |
Lyle Phillips | 9 | Pete Mueller DNS. |
LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN JULY 7, 2006
Lake
Geneva Raceway Race Reports:
By Dale R. Erdmann
< Link to full report.
Excerpt:
It was a great night for racing in the family fun
night weekly action at Lake Geneva Raceway,Friday night went into the record
books,with close finishes and exciting racing.
63 year old Vern Brown of Waunakee showed that age did not make a difference.
Brown’s sweep came in the open wheel formula indy race cars, as he took fast
time, won the heat on the last turn and ran tough in the 15 lap feature that he
won.
John Zalinga ( Neal Gillentine driving ) looked
like a sure winner taking the lead at the off set of the formula indy
feature, leading the first seven laps. Vern Brown was running a distant was now
the leader, as Zalinga ( Neal Gillentine ) dropped
out (engine failure). The fast time qualifier held
on for the win, despite numerous challenges from Grant Greenfield, who had Kai
McNulty right there. Second generation driver Lyle Phillips was next and Gary
Cooper was sixth.
Vern Brown won the Formula Indy
feature,
then invited a lucky fan from
the stands to
join him in Victory Lane.
Picture on Lake Geneva Raceway web site, use the link above.
FIRA Report; N/A
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| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | 16.708 | Vern Brown | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | 17.097 | Neal Gillentine | 2 | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Neal Gillentine | 17.213 | Grant Greenfield | 3 | Kai McNulty |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | 17.229 | Kai McNulty | 4 | Lyle Phillips |
| 5 | Kai McNulty | 17.328 | Gary Cooper | 5 | Gary Cooper DNF mech. |
| 6 | Mike Del Favero | 17.417 | Mike Del Favero | 6 | Mike Del Favero DNF mech. |
| 7 | Lyle Phillips | 18.435 | Pete Mueller | 7 | Pete Mueller DNF mech. |
| 8 | Pete Mueller |
16DNQ.3 |
Lyle Phillips | 8 | Neal Gillentine DNF mech. |
ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY JUNE 24, 2006
Rockford Speedway report
By: Kevin Ramsell.
Brown held off Neal Gillentine to win the 20-lap FIRA feature race.
Grant Greenfield grabbed the early lead and held on to it until lap 3 when
Gillentine took over the top spot. Brown
started fifth and challenged Gillentine for the lead on lap 8. Brown dove
to the inside of Gillentine for the lead going into turn one and didn’t give up
the spot.
The only caution came on lap 17 when Tim Roach hit the wall hard in turns one
and two. He was able to walk away. At the finish, Gillentine made
one last attempt but Brown was able to hold him off by half a car length at the
line.
FIRA Report; A great night of racing followed a rain delay Saturday night at Rockford. Nine cars made it for the show. The eight lap heat race was incident free and was won by Grant Greenfield, Vern Brown came in second with Neil Gillentine third.
Rookies Tim Roach and Kenny Marcellis lost their rookie ribbons before the racing began. Congratulation to Tim and Kenny!!!
The twenty lap feature race was won by Vern Brown followed by Neil Gillentine
driving John Zeilinga’s car, third place was taken by Grant Greenfield.
FIRA Race
Report & Results by
Gary Cooper
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| P= |
Heat |
Feature |
| 1 | Grant Greenfield | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Vern Brown | Neal Gillentine |
| 3 | Neal Gillentine | Grant Greenfield |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | Kai McNulty |
| 5 | Kai McNulty | Gary Cooper |
| 6 | Tim Roach | Mike Del Favero |
| 7 | Mike Del Favero | Kenny Marcellis |
| 8 | Kenny Marcellis | NLyle PhillipsS |
| 9 | Lyle Phillips | Tim Roach DNF crash |
LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN JUNE 17, 2006
Track report; N/A
FIRA Report; N/A
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| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Neal Gillentine | 16.398 | Neal Gillentine | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | 17.059 | Vern Brown | 2 | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Gary Cooper | 17.658 | Grant Greenfield | 3 | Gary Cooper |
| 4 | Tim Roach | 18.509 | Gary Cooper | 4 | Tim Roach |
| 5 | Kenny Marcellis | 19.075 | Kenny Marcellis | 5 | Kenny Marcellis |
| 6 | Lyle Phillips | 19.165 | Tim Roach | 6 | Lyle Phillips |
| 7 | Dick Heath | 19.829 | Dick Heath | 7 | Dick Heath |
| 8 | Vern Brown |
16DNQ.3 |
Lyle Phillips | 8 | Neal Gillentine DNF mech. |
DELLS MOTOR SPEEDWAY JUNE 10, 2006
Track report; N/A
FIRA Report; N/A
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| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | 13.8 | Vern Brown | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Deron DeBoer | 13.9 | Deron DeBoer | 2 | Deron DeBoer |
| 3 | John Zeilinga | 14.1 | John Zeilinga | 3 | John Zeilinga |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | 14.9 | Gary Cooper | 4 | Gary Cooper |
| 5 | Tim Roach | 15.9 | Kenny Marcellis | 5 | Kenny Marcellis |
| 6 | Jim Bass | 16.0 | Tim Roach | 6 | Tim Roach |
| 7 | Kenny Marcellis |
16.3 |
Jim Bass DNF mech. | 7 | Jim Bass DNF mech. |
ROCKFORD SPEEDWAY MAY 27, 2006
Rockford Speedway Race Report
By: Kevin
Ramsell
< LINK.
Neal Gillentine led wire-to-wire to capture the 15-lap FIRA feature.
Gillentine held off (Grant Greenfield and) Kenny Marcellis
for the win.
FIRA Report; N/A
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| P= |
Heat |
Feature |
| 1 | Grant Greenfield | Neal Gillentine |
| 2 | Neal Gillentine | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Gary Cooper | Kenny Marcellis |
| 4 | Tim Roach | Tim Roach |
| 5 | Mike Del Favero | Gary Cooper DNF mech. |
| 6 | Deron DeBoer DNF crash | Mike Del Favero DNS |
| 7 | Vern Brown DNF crash | |
| 8 | Kenny Marcellis DNF mech. | NS |
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COLUMBUS, WISCONSIN MAY 19, 2006
Report; N/A
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| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | 12.914 | Vern Brown | 1 | Vern Brown |
| 2 | Grant Greenfield | 13.423 | Grant Greenfield | 2 | Grant Greenfield |
| 3 | Tim Roach | 14.960 | Jim Bass | 3 | Jim Bass |
| 4 | Kenny Marcellis | 15.040 | Kenny Marcellis | 4 | Tim Roach |
| 5 | Jim Bass | 15.212 | Tim Roach | 5 | Kenny Marcellis |
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LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN MAY 5, 2006
FIRA report; The night started out cold but it got HOTTER!!!! Seven cars were on hand to race at Lake Geneva Friday night. Three of the seven cars were driven by rookie drivers Tim Roach (car #17), Kenny Marcellis (car #61) and Gary Cooper (car - #44). The other four cars were driven by veteran drivers Kai McNulty (car #14), Deron DeBoer (ca r #11), Vernon Brown (car #1 ), and Neal Gillentine (car #58 ) driving John Zeilinga’s car.
Kai McNulty (car #14) had a good first lap in the two lap qualification run, but the fourth turn marbles, barrels, and wall reached out and grabbed him. Luckily, Kai was not hurt. However, the “Kaiod Kar" suffered damage to the right side and Kai was unfortunately done for the night. The rest of qualifications went without any further incidents.
The heat race was seven laps of incident free racing fun!! However, the fourteen lap feature race was marred by an incident involving two front running cars.
Deron DeBoer (car #11) won the heat race with Vernon Brown (car #1 - 2nd
place) and Neal Gillentine (car #58 - 3rd place) close behind. The
feature race started out clean and all cars began to fall into a rhythm when the
mechanical gremlin latched onto Vernon Brown (car #1) and he lost his gearbox.
Deron DeBoer (car #11) and Vern tangled in the front straightaway and both cars
were sidelined for the rest of the race. Neal Gillentine (car #58) showed his
professional level driving skills and ability to win races while helping the
rookie drivers reach a new level of competition. Neal had the race easily won,
but slowed and showed rookie drivers Tim Roach (car #17), Kenny Marcellis (car
#61), and Gary Cooper (car #44) the correct racing line, braking points, and
acceleration control. Neal’s efforts helped Tim, Kenny, and Gary drive faster
and really made the race GREAT FUN!!! Thanks Neal, you are GREAT!!! Of course
Neal, the natural born race driver, put the pedal to the metal in the last lap
and won the feature race handily.
Race
Report & Results supplied by
Gary Cooper
Track report; N/A
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| P= |
Time Trials |
Time |
Heat |
P= |
Feature |
| 1 | Vern Brown | 16.670 | Deron DeBoer | 1 | Neal Gillentine |
| 2 | Neal Gillentine | 16.722 | Vern Brown | 2 | Gary Cooper |
| 3 | Deron DeBoer | 17.159 | Neal Gillentine | 3 | Tim Roach |
| 4 | Gary Cooper | 17.736 | Gary Cooper | 4 | Kenny Marcellis |
| 5 | Kai McNulty | 18.251 | Tim Roach | 5 | Vern Brown DNF |
| 6 | Tim Roach | 19.309 | Kenny Marcellis | 6 | Deron DeBoer DNF |
| 7 | Kenny Marcellis |
20.390 |
Kai McNulty DNS | 7 | Kai McNulty DNS |
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Rookie and Practice Day Report &
Photos
A great success!
As usual, the day proved beneficial for all members who took advantage of this open practice at Rockford Speedway.
Those who attended thoroughly enjoyed the day. Slightly overcast, the temperature was perfect for the cars and drivers…easy on equipment.
Veterans tuned and the rookies got their feet wet. Hot laps were performed one car at a time and later, Neal, Deron and others played the rabbit to allow the newer drivers to find the groove. Just as expected, when out by themselves, rookies did well. When they chased a rabbit, a couple spun out…fun.
The 12 cars that attended were all well prepared and pristine…all went through the day with minimal mechanical woes indicating that the cars were in good tune. With the exception of two wall contacts, there were no problems. Older members offered advice and we asked Neal to put on an exhibition in Pres John’s car and he nearly got it into the 12 second range. The rooks all did fine lap times, some just missing the 14s. The season should prove enjoyable for all. Lets all come out and support our club…. We’re Racin!
PR announced that new FIRA sunglasses have been ordered and should be in soon and can be obtained at the track or mailed. Prices to come soon. Also, Frisbees are also coming. If you have a local car show, Email Pgroebe@aol.com and we will try to get some club participation.
All Photos supplied by and Thanks goes to Gary Cooper (FIRA
#44)
>Click to enlarge any photo<
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