ASA: Kaukana Senneker report

• bluebird84@wingsbbs.com (Joe Ruch)
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Tue Sep 10 22:01:21 EDT 1996

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   

LANE AUTOMOTIVE - JR AUTOMATION - MR GASKET FORD THUNDERBIRD

SENNEKER  TAKES 3RD AT KAUKAUNA
        
September 8, 1996         
Wisconsin International Raceway; Kaukauna, Wisconsin 
Finished:  3rd                  Started: 7th  (20.059, 96.914 mph)

After posting the fastest time in practice with a 19.854, as well as the 
fourth quickest time, the Senneker crew knew they would have a good weekend. 
In qualifying however, Bob was just 7th fast. At the start of the Wisconsin 
300, Bob knew survival would be the key to gaining points on the leaders in 
front of him, by lap 27 we were up to 6th and the car "felt real good" as 
the crew talked during the 2nd caution. On the restart at lap 32, Mike 
Miller who was running 4th right ahead of Bob got into a lapped car and as 
he spun Bob clipped him with the left front fender, severely damaging it. 
During the 3rd caution, the crew made the necessary repairs during many 
stops under the caution flag removing the fender completely and securing the 
hood and remaining "fender particles" with bungee cords and 200 mph  tape. 
Suspension parts were not damaged it was just cosmetic and aerodynamics that 
were "challenged". When the race restarted at lap 41, Senneker was running 
on the lead lap in 18th. During the next stretch of green flag run, Bob said 
the car didn't feel "too bad", the toe-in wasn't really affected. When the 
leaders pit we stay out to gain track position, running in 6th. During the 
5th caution, we pitted for right side tires and fuel, we come out of the 
pits running 13th. When the the 6th caution flies at lap 100, we pit for 
left side rubber and to further survey the damage done on the left front, 
everything is ok, when the race resumes at lap 105, we are running 13th. By 
lap 117 we are 7th, 5th at lap 118 and 4th by lap 128. As the race continues 
under green, Bob slides back  to 6th at the 150 lap mark and rain starts to 
sprinkle the track. The 9th caution waves at lap 195, as the leaders pit 
along with Senneker we come out running 3rd. The green waves at lap 200 Bob 
battles back and forth with Cywinski and Kenseth over the next 22 laps, 
settling into 2nd place at lap 222. Bob maintains 2nd until Cywinski passes 
him at lap 262, Bob is able to hold off a charging Mike Miller over the last 
40 laps to salvage a great 3rd place finish, which is where he finished a 
year ago in the inaugural ASA race at Kaukauna. Sprinkles were felt over the 
last 150 laps, but  it was never a factor until the crews started to load 
their haulers, then the rains came, after the checkered flag. "The car was 
pretty good even after we bent up the left front", said Senneker. "Once 
again the crew did a super job fixing the car without losing any laps, were 
vary happy with 3rd". Although Senneker finished ahead of all the point 
leaders, he still sits in the 4th place, but gained crowd on all the leaders 
with 5 races to go. After a week off, the ASA cars return to action at 
Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Saturday September 21, the 
race will be broadcast at  2 pm (est).

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AC Delco Challenge Series Points (After 15 events)
1. Scott Hansen	      2372 	  11. Ted Smokstad	              1879
2. Tony Raines              2336	  12. Mike Eddy                     1843
3. Gary St. Amant          2312         13.  Harold Fair 	              1652
4. BOB SENNEKER      2305          14. Carl Miskotten (R)         1608
5. Dave Sensiba            2242	  
6. Kevin Cywinski (R)    2236     
7. Mike Miller                 2175	 
8. Joe Nott     	      2163
9. Brad Loney                2035
10. Tony Roper	       1932
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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"                         Kevin Cywinski
                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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