1995 AC-DELCO CHALLENGE SERIES
American Speed Association
Championship Stock Car Racing

BADGERLAND 150
Milwaukee, Wis.

ALLEN WINS ASA "BADGERLAND 150" AT MILWAUKEE

West Allis, WIS -- SpeedNet -- Glen Allen Jr. gambled by making a pit
stop with 25 laps remaining and then held off a determined Mike Eddy to
win the American Speed Association's "Badgerland 150" Sunday on the
famed Milwaukee Mile.

Allen, driving the Eaglewood Construction/Conquest Pontiac was running
fifth with 26 laps remaining in the AC-Delco Challenge Series event and
decided if he didn't change tires, that was going to be the best he
could finish.

When the caution flag waved when rookie of the year contender J.D.
Sommers ran out of gas on the back stretch, Allen and Eddy were the only
cars among the leaders to stop for four fresh Goodyears.

At that point Tony Raines in the CITGO Petroleum/Clean Burn Pontiac was
out front, followed by Bryan Reffner, Matt Kenseth and pole sitter Bob
Senneker.

Allen rejoined the field in 18th position and Eddy in 20th.  But when
the green waived on lap 130, the two Pontiac drivers started a charge to
the front.

By lap 142 Raines continued out front, followed by Senneker in the
Johnsonville Foods/Lane Automotive Ford, Reffner in the Structural
Transport Ford, with Allen fourth and Eddy in sixth position.

Allen passed Senneker on lap 144 and Eddy had moved up to fourth.  Two
laps later Allen was in the lead chased by Eddy and Raines.

On the last lap the two Pontiac drivers went into the first turn side by
side, with Allen maintaining and advantage.  Coming off the fourth turn
Eddy took one last look to the low side, but Allen beat him to the
checkers by .090 seconds with Raines finishing third.  Senneker came
home fourth with Reffner rounding out the top five.

"If I knew we were stuck in fifth and not going to do any better when
the caution came," Allen said after pocketing $14,000 of the $151,848
purse.  "We decided to roll the dice and come in and get four fresh
tires.

"Once we started picking off cars, I ran as hard as I could," he said
following his sixth career ASA win and first on the "Milwaukee Mile."

Allen said he drove the last 25 laps like it was a sprint.

"I knew on the last lap we were both going to spin out or both going to
make it," he continued.  "I gave Mike (Eddy) just a little bit of room,
but not enough to get through.  We race real clean, my hat's off to
Mike."

Eddy, who started second in the 40-car field in GM Goodwrench
Service/HRE Pontiac, said his car was tight at the start of the race,
despite taking the lead.

"After we changed the first set of tires the car was good," he said.
"At the end I knew if we pitted we would make it back to the front, the
new tires make that much of a difference."

Commenting on the last lap spin that cost him and Brad Loney a possible
win earlier this year.  "I wanted to finish.  It's been a long time
since I'm happy with a second, but I'm happy."

Raines, who started fifth, said he considered pitting with 25 laps
remaining.

"We talked about pitting," he said, "but decided to stay out for the
track position.  I didn't think they could get through the field again
after pitting.

"At the end Glenn (Allen Jr.) was getting loose, " Raines said.
"Another 10 or 20 laps and I might have gotten around.  Our car ran
better on old tires."

Pontiac swept the top three positions, followed by two Ford
Thunderbird's.  The sweep at the Milwaukee Mile extended Pontiac's lead
in the Manufacturers Cup Standings over Ford to nine points.  Pontiac
leads with 32 points, Ford is second with 23 and Chevrolet is third with
17 points after 12 of 16 races.

The early stages of the "Badgerland 150" featured side by side racing as
Senneker and Reffner battled from lap 4 until pitting on lap 73.  After
the lead cars pitted Sommers went to the front, but was passed by
Raines, who stayed out front from lap 80 through 108, when Eddy moved
back into the lead.

NASCAR driver Ken Schrader in the AC-Delco Chevrolet started 21st and
was running as high as sixth after 100 laps when the engine went sour
after 133 laps.

Rounding out the top ten were: Matt Kenseth in the Nielson Racing
Chevrolet Racing Chevrolet; Mike Miller in the Funcoland/Atlanta
Communications Pontiac; Brad Loney in the Winnebago/Flexsteel/H&W
Chevrolet; Jay Sauter driving the LaFarve Racing Pontiac; and Joe Nott
in the Alan Nott/Valvoline/Raabe Ford Thunderbird.

Reffner increased his points lead in the AC-Delco Challenge Series
Hooters Super Cup standings over Scott Hansen in the AFCO
Racing/Milwaukee Metro Auto Auction Ford from 15 to 60 points with four
events remaining.

Hansen started 13th and finished 13th.

"This is the second week in a row we should have stopped for tires and
didn't," he said.  "I thought track position would mean more than new
tires."

The AC-Delco Challenge Series travels to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds
on Labor Day for the running of the "Miller Genuine Draft 300."  The
race will be broadcast on the American Racing Network.

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