September 30
ABC Raceway,
Ashland, WI
Sanction: WISSOTA special events (non-touring) (Red Clay Classic) - $5,000
Information provided by: Track and team reports (last updated October 1, 2:34 pm)
Diemel rallies to win Red Clay Classic, $5,000
Red Clay Classic
- A.J. Diemel
- Marshall Fegers
- Harry Hanson
- Steve Laursen
- Rick Hanestad
- Jimmy Mars
- Lance Matthees
- John Kaanta
- Darrell Nelson
- Jake Redetzke
- Mike Prochnow
- Jeffrey Massingill
- James Giossi
- Jeff Provinzino
- Brett Swedberg
- Jesse Glenz
- Tim McMann
- Travis Budisalovich
- David Esse
- Buddy Hanestad
- John Toppozini
- Trevor Wilson
- Kyle Peterlin
- Cole Spacek
- Nick Anvelink
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A.J. Diemel (58) slips under Marshall Fegers (F19) to take the lead.
What won the race: Rallying from the fifth row, A.J. Diemel of Elk Mound, Wis., earned $5,000 Saturday in winning ABC Raceway's Red Clay Classic for the first time. Diemel took the checkers 2.4 seconds ahead of front-row starters Marshall Fegers and Nick Anvelink, but Anvelink was disqualified because his car lacked a muffler.
Key notes: Diemel took the lead from Marshall Fegers at on the 20th lap. ... Fegers led early; Nick Anvelink went ahead briefly before slipping back to third. ... Diemel has four special event victories over three straight weekends — two at Cedar Lake's Legendary 100 and Sept. 23 at Red Cedar Speedway's Punky Manor Challenge. ... ABC's feature was 55 laps in memory of Duane Mahder, of Eau Claire, Wis., the 1990 Red Clay Classic winner killed in a work accident shortly after last year’s event. … The track on Friday honored 2008 race winner Harry Hanson of Eveleth, Minn., who is closing out his 45th season of racing. Jimmy Mars won the Harry Hanson Lucky 7 Dash, but gave the $700 earnings to Hanson. ... Hanson ended up third in the Red Clay Classic main. ... Twenty-three of 25 starters were running at the finish.
On the move: Winner A.J. Diemel started 10th; Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., started 15th and finished sixth.
Winner's sponsors: Diemel's MB Customs Race Car is sponsored by Badger, Beltline Body Shop, Bobcat of Morris, Mars Race Cars, Deppe Enterprises, T.L. Sinz Plumbing, Schill Construction, Southworth Chevrolet and Prestige Custom Cabinetry.
Car count: 32
Polesitter: Nick Anvelink
Dash winner: Jimmy Mars
Heat race winners: Harry Hanson, Lance Matthees, Nick Anvelink, Marshall Fegers
Consolation race winners: Jake Redetzke
Editor's note: Corrects that Diemel won Red Clay Classic for first time.
