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Goldesberry Triumphs in Plymouth Thriller

By Madeline “Chatty Madi” Schultz

When the field of 24 sprints took the green, fans thought it would be a race-long battle between the 35 of Zach Hampton and the 2-time champion Jake Blackhurst. The North Pole Nightmare, Bill Balog would stalk the prey of the two as four laps ticked by. By lap four, the nightmare would make the pass on Blackhurst. Balog would continue to lead but had Blackhurst constantly in striking distance. Caution would arise for Ion Steer and Tyler Tischendorf. Balog would try to get a good jump on the restart, but Blackhurst and Goldesberry would have lassoed onto his tail. The two would reel in the Nightmare and the defending 2022 Champion Jordan Goldesberry would exchange for the lead.
In thrilling fashion; Goldesberry, Balog, and Blackhurst would exchange the lead every lap. The white would fly for the 2022 champion, Balog threw everything he had at the Rockstar Energy Drink/Rhine Auto 65 and would tap the wall while Goldesberry took the checkered. The ‘Lightning Leprechaun’ Russel Borland out of Kewaskum, WI takes second. Rookie of the Year contender, Brenham Couch, would round out the podium.

The weekend isn’t over yet! Tonight the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series concludes the weekend at Angell Park Speedway for their 2023 Season Opener. Pits Open - at 1:30 pm, Fan Gates - at 4:00 pm, Hot Laps - at 5:00 pm, and Racing Begins - 6:00 pm.

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Photos by Emily Schwanke

410 Sprints - Winged 31 Entries
A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:17:37.316

1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[8]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch[3]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 6. 35-Zach Hampton[2]; 7. 3N-Jake Neuman[13]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann[9]; 9. 10W-Mike Reinke[7]; 10. 79-Blake Nimee[12]; 11. 10V-Kurt Davis[17]; 12. 9K-Kyle Schuett[16]; 13. U2-Jack Vanderboom[10]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz[14]; 15. 21-Will Gerrits[18]; 16. 88-Christopher Flick[20]; 17. 16-Anthony Knierim[19]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer[24]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech[22]; 20. 25-Danny Schlafer[15]; 21. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 22. 19CW-Ion Stear[23]; 23. 49-Josh Schneiderman[11]; 24. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[21]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:08:21.457

1. 16-Anthony Knierim[1]; 2. 88-Christopher Flick[4]; 3. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[5]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 5. 19CW-Ion Stear[10]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[2]; 7. 99-Tyler Brabant[7]; 8. 3B-Shelby Bosie[13]; 9. 25T-Travis Arenz[12]; 10. 26R-Preston Ruh[6]; 11. 24-Scott Conger[8]; 12. 39V-William Huck[9]; 13. (DNS) 47-Todd King

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:02:26.665

1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[3]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]; 5. 87A-Austin Hartmann[4]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:48.886

1. 35-Zach Hampton[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 5. U2-Jack Vanderboom[5]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:05:04.964

1. 1-Brenham Crouch[2]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett[9]; 6. 10V-Kurt Davis[7]; 7. 16-Anthony Knierim[1]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 9. 24-Scott Conger[8]; 10. 19CW-Ion Stear[10]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:45.305

1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 49-Josh Schneiderman[1]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 6. 35-Zach Hampton[4]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 8. 26R-Preston Ruh[8]; 9. 39V-William Huck[9]; 10. (DNF) 47-Todd King[10]; 11. (DNS) 3B-Shelby Bosie

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:10:59.493

1. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 2. U2-Jack Vanderboom[3]; 3. 87A-Austin Hartmann[2]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 6. 21-Will Gerrits[7]; 7. 88-Christopher Flick[9]; 8. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[8]; 9. (DNF) 25T-Travis Arenz[10]; 10. (DNF) 99-Tyler Brabant[6]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:23.830

1. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:11.695[3]; 2. 35-Zach Hampton, 00:11.791[6]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.879[1]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.944[5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:11.948[19]; 6. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:12.058[10]; 7. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.123[4]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.135[29]; 9. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.140[9]; 10. 16-Anthony Knierim, 00:12.216[14]; 11. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.234[16]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.287[7]; 13. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.320[2]; 14. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.357[15]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.367[25]; 16. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.417[24]; 17. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.486[27]; 18. 99-Tyler Brabant, 00:12.528[13]; 19. 10V-Kurt Davis, 00:12.529[11]; 20. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.562[22]; 21. 21-Will Gerrits, 00:12.689[12]; 22. 24-Scott Conger, 00:12.767[17]; 23. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 00:12.840[8]; 24. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:12.842[28]; 25. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.011[26]; 26. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:13.182[18]; 27. 88-Christopher Flick, 00:13.224[23]; 28. 19CW-Ion Stear, 00:13.367[21]; 29. 39V-William Huck, 00:14.031[31]; 30. 25T-Travis Arenz[20]; 31. 47-Todd King[30]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:03:09.323

1. 17B-Bill Balog[29]; 2. 35-Zach Hampton[6]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[26]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 5. 49-Josh Schneiderman[16]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann[9]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[19]; 10. 3B-Shelby Bosie[8]; 11. 23-Russel Borland[7]; 12. 10W-Mike Reinke[3]; 13. 3N-Jake Neuman[15]; 14. 47-Todd King[30]; 15. 16-Anthony Knierim[14]; 16. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[28]; 17. 19CW-Ion Stear[21]; 18. 79-Blake Nimee[27]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz[25]; 20. 25-Danny Schlafer[24]; 21. 68-Dave Uttech[22]; 22. 10V-Kurt Davis[11]; 23. U2-Jack Vanderboom[10]; 24. 99-Tyler Brabant[13]; 25. 29-Hunter Custer[2]; 26. 24-Scott Conger[17]; 27. 21-Will Gerrits[12]; 28. 26R-Preston Ruh[18]; 29. 88-Christopher Flick[23]; 30. 39V-William Huck[31]; 31. 25T-Travis Arenz[20]

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Media Results for 5/20/2023 at Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheboygan Co Fair - Plymouth, WI
360 Sprints - Winged 27 Entries
A Feature 1 25 Laps | 00:19:13.410

1. 7-Lance Fassbender[1]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt[3]; 3. 2-Christopher Clayton[7]; 4. 63K-Kevin Karnitz[4]; 5. 98-Brandon McMullen[8]; 6. 11-Tony Wondra[10]; 7. 30-Doug Wondra[6]; 8. 66-Nick Daywalt[11]; 9. 53-Shane Wenninger[17]; 10. 22B-Brandon Berth[9]; 11. 69S-TJ Smith[18]; 12. 69-Bill Taylor[21]; 13. 85J-Logan Julien[13]; 14. 4-Alex Pokorski[5]; 15. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach[19]; 16. 51-Chris Larson[20]; 17. 54G-Scott Grissom[14]; 18. 53A-Spyder Akright[15]; 19. 6K-Kurt Davis[2]; 20. (DNF) 3-Justin Erickson[12]; 21. (DNF) 21H-TJ Haddy[22]; 22. (DNF) 25T-Travis Arenz[16]

B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:14:52.521

1. 25T-Travis Arenz[10]; 2. 53-Shane Wenninger[6]; 3. 69S-TJ Smith[3]; 4. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach[1]; 5. 51-Chris Larson[2]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor[8]; 7. 1-Tommy Colburn[9]; 8. 5-Kevin Seidler[4]; 9. 66T-Tristan Koenings[7]; 10. 54-Randy Post[5]; 11. (DNS) 12P-JJ Pagel

Heat 1 | 00:02:20.000

1. 98-Brandon McMullen[3]; 2. 7-Lance Fassbender[1]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt[4]; 4. 11-Tony Wondra[5]; 5. 3-Justin Erickson[7]; 6. 53-Shane Wenninger[2]; 7. 69S-TJ Smith[8]; 8. 69-Bill Taylor[6]; 9. 66T-Tristan Koenings[9]

Heat 2 | 00:06:13.000

1. 30-Doug Wondra[1]; 2. 63K-Kevin Karnitz[2]; 3. 22B-Brandon Berth[3]; 4. 85J-Logan Julien[4]; 5. 66-Nick Daywalt[7]; 6. 51-Chris Larson[6]; 7. 5-Kevin Seidler[8]; 8. 1-Tommy Colburn[5]; 9. (DNS) 25T-Travis Arenz

Heat 3 | 00:10:27.000

1. 2-Christopher Clayton[1]; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski[3]; 3. 6K-Kurt Davis[4]; 4. 53A-Spyder Akright[2]; 5. 54G-Scott Grissom[5]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach[6]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy[9]; 8. 54-Randy Post[8]; 9. (DNF) 12P-JJ Pagel[7]

Qualifying 1 10 Laps | 01:25:07.000

1. 35-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.331[1]; 2. 98-Brandon McMullen, 00:13.376[7]; 3. 53-Shane Wenninger, 00:13.780[4]; 4. 7-Lance Fassbender, 00:13.789[5]; 5. 11-Tony Wondra, 00:13.813[8]; 6. 69-Bill Taylor, 00:13.847[3]; 7. 3-Justin Erickson, 00:13.879[9]; 8. 69S-TJ Smith, 00:14.641[6]; 9. 66T-Tristan Koenings, 00:14.733[2]

Qualifying 2 10 Laps | 00:02:21.000

1. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:13.343[6]; 2. 22B-Brandon Berth, 00:13.527[5]; 3. 63K-Kevin Karnitz, 00:13.630[1]; 4. 30-Doug Wondra, 00:13.678[7]; 5. 85J-Logan Julien, 00:13.795[3]; 6. 1-Tommy Colburn, 00:13.955[8]; 7. 51-Chris Larson, 00:14.088[4]; 8. 66-Nick Daywalt, 00:14.417[2]; 9. 5-Kevin Seidler, 00:14.672[9]

Qualifying 3 10 Laps | 00:01:44.000

1. 6K-Kurt Davis, 00:13.349[1]; 2. 4-Alex Pokorski, 00:13.540[5]; 3. 53A-Spyder Akright, 00:13.992[7]; 4. 2-Christopher Clayton, 00:14.378[4]; 5. 54G-Scott Grissom, 00:14.385[8]; 6. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 00:14.431[3]; 7. 21H-TJ Haddy, 00:14.790[9]; 8. 12P-JJ Pagel, 00:14.793[2]; 9. 54-Randy Post, 00:14.901[6]

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Media Results for 5/20/2023 at Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheboygan Co Fair - Plymouth, WI
Badger Midgets 31 Entries
AFS A Feature 25 Laps | 00:12:06.726 | Advanced Fastening Supply

1. 40-Jace Sparks[1]; 2. 20-Cody Weisensel[4]; 3. 55-Todd Kluever[6]; 4. 19E-Daltyn England[9]; 5. 2-Kyle Stark[7]; 6. 9S-Mike Stroik[2]; 7. 57-Daniel Robinson[3]; 8. 3W-Brandon Waelti[5]; 9. 36-Chris Baue[17]; 10. 5K-Kevin Douglas[8]; 11. 15C-RJ Corson[16]; 12. 28-Jim Fuerst[22]; 13. 29-Harrison Kleven[19]; 14. 7-Brian Peterson[13]; 15. 87-Jake Dohner[18]; 16. 10A-Tommy Colburn[11]; 17. 68-Eric Blumer[21]; 18. 8-Jake Goeglein[15]; 19. 53M-Miles Doherty[20]; 20. 59-Kyle Koch[12]; 21. (DNF) 56-Charles Rufi[10]; 22. (DNF) 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[14]

High Performance Lubricants B 12 Laps | 00:04:58.372 | High Performance Lubricants

1. 15C-RJ Corson[3]; 2. 36-Chris Baue[5]; 3. 87-Jake Dohner[4]; 4. 29-Harrison Kleven[7]; 5. 53M-Miles Doherty[9]; 6. 68-Eric Blumer[11]; 7. 28-Jim Fuerst[6]; 8. 31-Shay Sassano[1]; 9. 1W-Robby Wirth[13]; 10. 45-Trey Weishoff[2]; 11. 10-Denny Smith[8]; 12. 17-Nick Kilian[10]; 13. (DNF) 41-Parker Jones[12]

Behlings Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:19:23.000 | Behlings

1. 55-Todd Kluever[8]; 2. 19E-Daltyn England[3]; 3. 40-Jace Sparks[5]; 4. 7-Brian Peterson[1]; 5. 10A-Tommy Colburn[2]; 6. 31-Shay Sassano[4]; 7. (DNF) 5X-Adam Taylor[6]; 8. (DNS) 38-Matt Rechek

Simpson Race Products Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:09:08.000 | Simpson Race Products

1. 2-Kyle Stark[4]; 2. 57-Daniel Robinson[5]; 3. 3W-Brandon Waelti[7]; 4. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr[1]; 5. 59-Kyle Koch[2]; 6. 53M-Miles Doherty[8]; 7. 15C-RJ Corson[3]; 8. (DNF) 6B-Mitchell Davis[6]

Auto Meter Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:05:43.000 | Auto Meter

1. 5K-Kevin Douglas[5]; 2. 20-Cody Weisensel[7]; 3. 9S-Mike Stroik[6]; 4. 56-Charles Rufi[3]; 5. 8-Jake Goeglein[1]; 6. 45-Trey Weishoff[2]; 7. (DNS) 87-Jake Dohner; 8. (DQ) 36-Chris Baue[8]

Qualifying 1 25 Laps | 00:04:01.000 | Five-One Motorsports Fast Time

1. 55-Todd Kluever, 00:14.017[14]; 2. 3W-Brandon Waelti, 00:14.061[15]; 3. 36-Chris Baue, 00:14.191[9]; 4. 38-Matt Rechek, 00:14.218[18]; 5. 6B-Mitchell Davis, 00:14.289[28]; 6. 20-Cody Weisensel, 00:14.460[17]; 7. 5X-Adam Taylor, 00:14.536[4]; 8. 57-Daniel Robinson, 00:14.560[21]; 9. 9S-Mike Stroik, 00:14.628[23]; 10. 40-Jace Sparks, 00:14.913[30]; 11. 2-Kyle Stark, 00:14.920[5]; 12. 5K-Kevin Douglas, 00:14.999[25]; 13. 31-Shay Sassano, 00:15.048[13]; 14. 53M-Miles Doherty, 00:15.133[20]; 15. 87-Jake Dohner, 00:15.138[6]; 16. 19E-Daltyn England, 00:15.190[11]; 17. 15C-RJ Corson, 00:15.225[2]; 18. 56-Charles Rufi, 00:15.250[12]; 19. 10A-Tommy Colburn, 00:15.251[19]; 20. 59-Kyle Koch, 00:15.261[16]; 21. 45-Trey Weishoff, 00:15.308[31]; 22. 7-Brian Peterson, 00:15.338[22]; 23. 40JR-Dave Collins Jr, 00:15.649[1]; 24. 8-Jake Goeglein, 00:15.776[29]; 25. 10-Denny Smith, 00:15.856[24]; 26. 29-Harrison Kleven, 00:15.860[3]; 27. 28-Jim Fuerst, 00:15.894[26]; 28. 41-Parker Jones, 00:15.982[7]; 29. 1W-Robby Wirth, 00:16.472[27]; 30. 68-Eric Blumer, 00:16.857[8]; 31. (DNS) 17-Nick Kilian, 00:16.857

Non Qualifier 8 Laps | 00:05:04.000 | Madison Extinguisher Service

1. 28-Jim Fuerst[1]; 2. 68-Eric Blumer[5]; 3. 41-Parker Jones[6]; 4. 29-Harrison Kleven[2]; 5. 10-Denny Smith[3]; 6. 1W-Robby Wirth[4]; 7. 17-Nick Kilian[7]

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• Madeline Schultz on May 21, 2023
• Article Date: 5/21/2023 by Madeline "Chatty Madi" Schultz