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On Top of the Pit Box

Welcome to “On Top of the Pit Box!†This is the page where the ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment teams share what is going on within their race teams. The teams sent their messages to be posted on this page. This page is updated every Friday with the latest news from the teams that submit their updates. Here is the latest…

From the Chris Wimmer Pits.. Wimmer Returns to MIS for the The Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge

June 29th, 2009 Wausau, WI: Chris Wimmer and his Wimmer Racing # 52 Chevrolet return to Madison International Speedway on Tuesday June 30th for The Swiss Colony Annual All-Star Challenge. The 100 lap race will feature NASCAR Stars Matt Kenseth & Tony Stewart.

Chris finished 7th last year in the All-Star Challenge after having contact with Tony Stewart with 20 laps to go and having to restart at the back of the field. “I’m really looking forward to racing again at MIS. It is a fun track to race at and there are 2 racing grooves. It’s fun to race against the NASCAR Stars There is always a stellar field here at Madison and the racing is really competitive.â€


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From the Tim Schendel Pits...SCHENDEL TO RACE AGAINST NASCAR STARS IN ALL-STAR CHALLENGE RACE AT MADISON INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart to be Schendelʼs competition on Tuesday
Sparta, WI, June 29, 2009 -- Tim Schendel and the Iron Eagle Racing team will be back
at the Madison International Speedway in Oregon, WI this week to take on NASCAR
Sprint Cup stars Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart in the Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge
Series on Tuesday, June 30. In addition to the NASCAR drivers, the 100-lap race will
also feature some of the best super late model drivers in the Midwest--Steve Carlson,
Nathan Haseleu, Bryan Reffner, and Jeremy Lepak, to name a few. It will be a very
competitive ï¬eld, but one Schendel has mastered before.

“I raced Matt and Tony last year in Madison in the All-Star Challenge and had alot of fun.
Itʼs always good to race to against these guys. They deï¬nitely push an already
competitive ï¬eld to another level.†Schendel, a Sparta, WI native, stated. “Itʼs a good
feeling knowing I can run with these guys and be competitive.â€


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From the Tim Schendel Pits... A TOUGH DAY FOR SCHENDEL AT ILLIANA MOTOR SPEEDWAY Motor problems lands Schendel a fourteenth place ï¬nish

Tim Schendel and the Iron Eagle Racing team had high
hopes going into the ï¬fth race on the ASA Midwest Tour schedule. He was racing on a
track he never raced before with a set up similar to his home track at the LaCrosse
Speedway. But, the result didnʼt turn out the way Schendel had hoped. He ï¬nished
fourteenth in the “Elmer Musgrave Memorial presented by Texas Corral Grill and
Saloon†on Saturday, June 20 at the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana.

“We were battling motor problems all day. I was able to win the heat race but qualifying
and the race were a struggle.†Schendel stated. “We have go back and take the car
apart and hopefully get it ï¬gured out before the next race.â€

The car handled well for Schendel in practice. Qualifying proved differently for the #21
TexPar Energy Chevrolet. Schendel qualiï¬ed in fourteenth place and started in
fourteenth. He was able to make his way to ninth place by lap ten. It was then that the


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From the Tim Schendel Pits... SCHENDEL TO RACE IN FIFTH RACE OF ASA MIDWEST TOUR Illiana Motor Speedway is a new track for Schendel and the ASA Midwest Tour

Coming off a second place ï¬nish in the Wisconsin Challenge Series in Marshï¬eld this past weekend, Sparta, WI native Tim Schendel and the Iron Eagle Racing team are heading to uncharted waters for the ï¬fth race on the ASA Midwest Tour schedule. Schendel and his team are bound for the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Indiana for the eighth annual “Elmer Musgrave Memorial presented by Texas Corral Grill and Saloon†on Saturday, June 20.

This the ï¬rst event that the ASA Midwest Tour has held in Schererville, IN and the ï¬rst
time Schendel and his crew has raced there. “The 1/2 mile oval in Schererville is kind
of like the LaCrosse Speedway track with flat turns. Iʼm excited to race somewhere I
havenʼt been and Iʼm hopeful the #21 Texpar Energy Chevrolet has a good run.â€
Schendel stated.

Schendel remains tied for third in points in the ASA Midwest Tour series with Steve
Carlson and Chris Wimmer. All three are only 67 points behind leader Nathan Haseleu.


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From the Chris Wimmer Pits.. Wimmer and ASAMT Return to Track Series First Trip to Illiana Motor Speedway

Wausau, WI June 16th, 2009 – After three weeks off, Chris Wimmer and the ASA Midwest Tour get set to return to the track. For the first time in Series’ history, the ASAMT heads to Illiana Motor Speedway and this marks Wimmer’s first trip in over eight years. “I raced there a long time ago, I think in 2000,†says Wimmer, “I honestly don’t remember it much. From what I’ve heard it’s a pretty flat track and some people have compared it to Marshfield.â€

After a mechanical problem at Wisconsin Dells in the last ASAMT race, Wimmer hopes to get back on track this weekend and bring home his 3rd top-ten finish of the season. “Dells was definitely disappointing,†says Wimmer, “But as they say, that’s racing. It was nice to have a little extra time to get everything fixed, but I’m excited for Illiana this weekend and to get back to racing.â€


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From the Kwik Trip Pits... Jenny from Kwik Trip here....I just wanted to let you know the KT Race Crew and I will not be in Indiana this weekend...but we are all thinking of you and wish you a lot of luck! Drive safe, take care and see you soon!


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From the Tim Schendel Pits... SCHENDEL TO RUN IN WISCONSIN CHALLENGE SERIES RACE THIS WEEKEND Schendel looking for repeat win after winning last year in Marshï¬eld.

Sparta, WI, June 11, 2009 --On a three week hiatus from his regular series, Tim
Schendel and his Iron Eagle Racing Team are setting their sights on the Wisconsin
Challenge Series this weekend. On Saturday, June 13, Schendel will attempt to qualify
and race the #21 TexPar Energy Chevrolet at the Marshï¬eld Motor Speedway half-mile
oval for the running of the “Nasonville Dairy/Weberʼs Farm Store†80-lap feature.

Marshï¬eld is not a new venue for Schendel. Last year, he raced there as part of the
ASA Midwest Tour schedule. Schendel went on to win the event. “Iʼm really looking
forward to going back to Marshï¬eld. We won there last year and Iʼm hoping that
experience will help us this year.†Schendel said.

Like the ASA Midwest Tour, the Wisconsin Challenge Series (WCS) is also a super late
model series with the same rules. And, like the ASA Midwest Tour, the WCS has a


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From the Chris Wimmer Pits... Another Tough Day for Wimmer But a Shift in the Overall Point Standings

June 2nd 2009, Wausau, WI – Chris Wimmer has had better day at Dells Raceway Park, but despite his 20th overall finish Saturday he moves up in to a tie for 3rd place in the ASA Midwest Tour points. “To me it’s kind of crazy,†says Wimmer, “I know a bunch of other guys has bad days too, but to move up a place in points when you have a bad day is not something that usually happens. That’s how close there points are though.â€

Wimmer qualified 16th for the ASAMT Race for the Bronze 125 and began the race from that starting spot. By lap 70 he’d worked his way up inside the top ten. But on lap 73 Wimmer’s #52 made contact with the #40 of Jeremy Lepak, bringing out a caution and sending both cars to the back of the field. “He was on the outside and I thought kind of chopped me off to try and get down to the bottom,†says Wimmer, “I checked up but couldn’t stop my momentum enough and got in to the back of him. I’m not sure I deserved to be sent to the back, but that’s how ASA has the rules.â€


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From the Dan Fredrickson Pits... Fredrickson Signs On for Thunderstruck 93 A race Worth Winning, Especially to Fredrickson

June 1st 2009, Lakeville, MN –Dan Fredrickson adds to his 2009 racing schedule and announces plans to race
in the first ever Thunderstruck 93, Saturday, June 27that Elko Speedway. While Fredrickson has raced
countless times at Elko and other tracks across the Midwest, no race has been as close to his heart as this
one. In memory of the late Dan Ryan, who died in early January from ALS, the Thunderstruck 93 is more than
just another race to Fredrickson and so many other drivers. “It’s definitely a race that is very special to me,â€
says Fredrickson, “The Ryan’s have always been great friends to me and my family. I knew Dan for a long
time, and his son Jake, and really the whole family. This is one race I’m really going to focus on and I know
other guys will too. There’s going to be some great drivers and we’ll put on a great show for the fans, we
want to be sure it’s a race Dan would be proud of.â€


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From the Tim Schendel Pits... A DISAPPOINTING WEEKEND AT THE DELLS FOR SCHENDEL After wrestling a hard handling car and an accident, Schendel ï¬nishes 21st

Sparta, WI, June 1, 2009 -- The fourth ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO
Outdoor Power Equipment race at the Dells Raceway Park in Wisconsin Dells did not
turn out the way Tim Schendel and his Iron Eagle Racing team had hoped. It took a lot
of preserverance and determination on Schendelʼs behalf to qualify and ï¬nish the race.
The day started out good with Schendel taking 8th in the ï¬rst of two practices. It was in
the second practice that Schendel started grappling with a car that seemed to “bottom
out†around the racetrack. The adjustments made prior to qualifying didnʼt help and
Schendel qualiï¬ed the #21 TexPar Energy Chevrolet in 27th place after having to
compete in and winning the last chance race. It was during this last chance race that
Schendelʼs car was hit causing some front end damage.

This bad luck followed Schendel into the feature race. During lap one in the ï¬rst corner,


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