ASA: Minnesota Senneker report and standings

• bluebird84@wingsbbs.com (Joe Ruch)
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Wed Sep 4 23:13:37 EDT 1996

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   

LANE AUTOMOTIVE - JR AUTOMATION - MR GASKET FORD THUNDERBIRD

SENNEKER STRUGGLES TO 23RD AT MINNESOTA STATE FAIR
        
September 2, 1996         
Minnesota State Fairgrounds Speedway, Minneapolis 
Finished:  23rd                  Started: 3rd  (20.008 seconds)

During practice Bob had the 25th quickest time at 20.463, but when it time 
to qualify, he was the 13th car on the track and ran a quick time of 20.008 
to post fast time until Mike Miller and Carl Miskotten  knocked him off 
later in the round. At the start of the race, the Bluebird maintained his 
position until he moved into the 2nd place at lap 19. Bob runs in 2nd behind 
leader Mike Miller, until lap 48 when Trickle and Raines passed him for 4th. 
Bob got 3rd back at lap 57 and 2nd at lap 69. Miller has an 1.945 second 
lead over Bob, but the the car feels "Ok". At lap 108, the lead is cut to 
.777 seconds, the 3rd caution waves at lap 111, Bob comes into the pits for 
right side rubber and fuel; he comes in 2nd and goes out 2nd. Right sides 
show lots of wear, the green waves on lap 120 with the #84 running 2nd. The 
4th caution waves at lap 131 and Bob dives down pit road for fresh left side 
rubber, when the green flies at lap 136, Bob is 7th as some of the leaders 
did not pit. At lap 138, he reports  that he smells smoke and comes into the 
pits. The crew springs into action under the rear end of the car as it is 
determined that the rear end gears are stripped and need to be replaced. The 
crew  replaces the gears losing 19 laps in the pits then send Bob back out 
into the race running 29th. The rear end gears consist of a pair; a large 
and small gear, the small gear had the teeth stripped off smooth. Bob is 
running as fast as the leaders on the track, at lap 184 he makes up one lap 
on the track. Rain wets the track twice between laps 176 and 200 for two 
cautions. When the 8th and final caution waves at lap 243, Bob gets fresh 
right side rubber. As more competitors run into misfortune, Bob continues to 
climb in the standings and finishes 23rd at the checkers. The winner is 
Miller, Ted Smokstad, Tony Raines, Steve Holzhausen and Brett Bell. "The car 
was fast and racy before and after we had the rear end problems", said 
Senneker. "We were fortunate to lose only one spot in the points, but we 
need to finish these races up front to keep up in the points ."
Senneker dropped from 3rd to 4th in the ASA points 88 behind the leader St. 
Amant. The next race for the AC Delco Challenge Series is Sunday at the 
Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna (WI) for the Wisconsin 300. The 
race will be televised live at 2 p.m. (EDT) on the Prime Sports Network



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AC Delco Challenge Series Points (After 14 events)
1. Gary St Amant	      2218 	  11.Mike Eddy	              1762
2. Scott Hansen	              2217	  12. Ted Smokstad            1719
3. Tony Raines	              2189        13.  Tom Jones	      1523
4. BOB SENNEKER               2130        14. Harold Fair	      1512
5. Dave Sensiba        	      2106	  15. Bill Baird	      1502
6. Joe Nott                   2043        16. Carl Miskotten   (R)    1491
7. Kevin Cywinski (R)         2037	  17. Jack Landis  (R)        1406
8. Mike Miller	              1995        18. Yale Conley             1370
9. Brad Loney                 1885        19. Brett Bell (R)          1332
10. Tony Roper	              1767        20. Brandon Sperling        1326
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Remaining ASA AC Delco Challenge Series events

August 10       "Berlin 300"                             Steve Holzhausen    
               
                       Berlin Raceway; Grand Rapids, MI
August 17       "Anderson-Weidner 400"                   Kevin Cywinski
                Anderson(IN) Speedway           
August 25       "Badgerland 150"                         Kevin Cywinski
                Milwaukee Mile Speedway
September 2     "Miller 300"                                  Mike Miller
                Minnesota St. Fair Speedway, Minneapolis, MN
September 8     "Wisconsin 300"                 PRIME   4pm
                Wisconsin Int'l Raceway; Kaukauna, WI
September 21    "Hawkeye Downs 300"             TNN     2pm
                Hawkeye Downs Speedway; Cedar Rapids, IA
September 29    "Toledo 400"                    TNN     1pm             
                Toledo(OH) Speedway
October 6       "Midwest 300"                   TNN     3pm
                Salem(IN) Super Speedway                
October 13      "Jennerstown 400"               PRIME   2pm
                Jennerstown(PA) Speedway        
November 17     "ASA 300"                       TNN     1pm
                Southern National Speedway; Kenly, NC
All times eastern, TNN (The Nashville Network)

 

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Joe Ruch
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