NOTE: TRADITIONALS
*NOT* RACING AT
CLS 6/10/23!

New Richmond, WI, June 3, 2023

The traditional sprints of the Pirtek Renegades were back home at Cedar Lake Speedway for CLS Dash Race #5 on Saturday. Nineteen sprinters checked in on a sweltering early summer evening, with heat race wins going to the pole starters.

Jake Kouba carded the win in Pirtek heat race 1, while Cam Schafer grabbed checkers in RTS Podcast heat two. The red hot Nick DaRonco moved up from sixth to second in heat two to lead all drivers with 141 passing points.

The heat race winners redrew the front row for the finale, with Kouba on the pole for the 20-lapper. Coming to green, Kouba lost power, necessitating a criss-crossing of the field and a restart. Once the racing was under way, Schafer surprised no one in staking an early claim to the lead, chased by third-starting DaRonco and Scott Brandt. With seven laps scored, DaRonco’s very low groove proved to have enough speed to overtake the top spot, at which point Schafer headed up to his familiar haunts and started throttle stomping the cushion. By the crossed flags, Schafer was back in the lead. Schafer’s high groove proved faster in turns one and two, while DaRonco’s #8 was faster down low through turns three and four. That set up a dynamic resulting in five lead changes in five laps as the duo deftly worked their respective lines. With a handful of laps remaining, DaRonco had just enough contact with a lapped car to upset the handling on his hot rod, allowing Schafer to start pulling a gap. Schafer cruised to the win in his 2023 Renegade debut, while DaRonco masterfully muscled his ill-handling mount to hold on to the runner-up spot. Brandt rode home in third in front of Zach Widdes and hard charging Erik Bjorklund, who gained a field best six positions to round out the top five.

The Pirtek Renegades of the winged variety return to Cedar Lake next Saturday, June 10, as part of CLS’s Kids Night celebration. More information on upcoming events for the Pirtek Renegades, as well as links to other Renegades series, can be found at www.umsprints.com, or on facebook.

RESULTS: Pirtek Feature: (20 Laps): 1. 54-Cam Schafer[2] 2. 8-Nick DaRonco[4] 3. 7-Scott Brandt[3] 4. 10Z-Zach Widdes[8] 5. 17-Erik Bjorklund[11] 6. 11J-Jori Hughes[5] 7. 99-Bryan Roach[12] 8. 2C-Brad Cunningham[10] 9. 20L-Lucas Logue[9] 10. 57-Ryan Buck[13] 11. 25A-Ashley Williams[16] 12. 7A-Dan Atchison[17] 13. 135-Joshua Hulberg[7] 14. 04-Ayden Trembath[19] 15. 47X-Tim Lynch[15] 16. (DNF) 95-Tony Gernert[18] 17. (DNF) 93-Brad Peterson[6] 18. (DNF) C4-Carl Wade[14] 19. (DNF) 6-Jake Kouba[1]

Pirtek Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Jake Kouba[1] 2. 93-Brad Peterson[3] 3. 135-Joshua Hulberg[5] 4. 20L-Lucas Logue[4] 5. 11J-Jori Hughes[7] 6. 99-Bryan Roach[2] 7. 95-Tony Gernert[10] 8. C4-Carl Wade[6] 9. (DNS) 7A-Dan Atchison

RTS Podcast Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Cam Schafer[1] 2. 8-Nick DaRonco[6] 3. 7-Scott Brandt[2] 4. 10Z-Zach Widdes[7] 5. 2C-Brad Cunningham[4] 6. 17-Erik Bjorklund[5] 7. 57-Ryan Buck[3] 8. 25A-Ashley Williams[9] 9. 7A-Dan Atchison 10. 47X-Tim Lynch 11. 04-Ayden Trembath[8]

Ashland, WI and New Richmond, WI, May 27, 2023

The Pirtek Renegades traveled divergent paths on Saturday, as the winged sprints traveled north to Ashland, WI, while the traditional sprints headed to their home track of Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond for their second event in as many days in observance of the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

At ABC Raceway, Chase Viebrock and John Breitenfeldt scored the heat race wins, while Johnny Parsons III and Brad Cunningham won their respective qualifiers at Cedar Lake. In feature competition for the wings, Jamey Ogston and Mike Mueller paced the field to green and prior champ Mueller showed the fast way around the ⅜ mile red clay, ahead of a field full of slicing and dicing.

Friday night winner Mark Chevalier was charging up from fifth while Patrick Heikkinen was working the field from his fifth row spot. After a restart on lap 13, Viebrock got alongside Mueller and the pair dueled for a lap before “The New Richmond Nightmare” wrested the lead away from Mueller. Viebrock raced on to his second win of the season in front of Mueller, Chevalier, Eric Wilke, and Heikkinen.

Meanwhile, back at the home front, the heat race winners redrew the front of the 14-car field for the main event with Parsons setting the pace early in front of Cunningham, Nick DaRonco, and Lucas Logue. With five laps in the books, DaRonco worked under Cunningham, and a few laps later swept around Parsons to take over the point. Zach Widdes was making hay, as well, leaving his early battle with Brad Peterson and methodically slicing forward.

As impressive as Widdes’ march forward was, there was no catching DaRonco who eventually won by a straightaway over Widdes, Parsons, Logue, and Peterson.

The Pirtek Renegades are back in action on Saturday, June 3, when the traditionals return to CLS. The wings and traditionals pair up again the following Saturday, June 10, also at Cedar Lake. More information on upcoming events for the Pirtek Renegades, as well as links to other Renegades series, can be found at www.umsprints.com, or on Facebook.

RESULTS: WINGS - A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 50-Chase Viebrock[4] 2. 61-Mike Mueller[3] 3. P1-Mark Chevalier[6] 4. 24-Eric Wilke[7] 5. 13-Patrick Heikkinen[11] 6. 03-Jamey Ogston[1] 7. 42X-Brett Peterson[9] 8. 17-Austin Phillips[10] 9. 95-Tony Gernert[8] 10. 9C-Cole Stella[13] 11. 609-Casey Lang[5] 12. 4-Mitch Hagen[12] 13. (DNS) 28-John Breitenfeldt 14. (DNS) 34DD-Brady Donnohue

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Chase Viebrock[6] 2. 03-Jamey Ogston[1] 3. 609-Casey Lang[4] 4. 61-Mike Mueller[2] 5. 42X-Brett Peterson[3] 6. 13-Patrick Heikkinen[5] 7. 9C-Cole Stella[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-John Breitenfeldt[5] 2. P1-Mark Chevalier[3] 3. 95-Tony Gernert[7] 4. 24-Eric Wilke[4] 5. 17-Austin Phillips[2] 6. 4-Mitch Hagen[1] 7. (DNS) 34DD-Brady Donnohue

TRADITIONALS - A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8-Nick DaRonco[6] 2. 10Z-Zach Widdes[5] 3. 12-Johnny Parsons III[2] 4. 20L-Lucas Logue[4] 5. 93-Brad Peterson[3] 6. 2C-Brad Cunningham[1] 7. 55-Joseph Kouba[7] 8. 7-Dan Atchison[13] 9. 57-Ryan Buck[9] 10. 25A-Ashley Williams[14] 11. 04-Ayden Trembath[15] 12. (DNF) 17-Erik Bjorklund[8] 13. (DNF) 135-Joshua Hulberg[10] 14. (DNF) C4-Carl Wade[12] 15. (DNS) 11J-Jori Hughes

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Johnny Parsons III[1] 2. 10Z-Zach Widdes[3] 3. 93-Brad Peterson[4] 4. 55-Joseph Kouba[5] 5. 57-Ryan Buck[2] 6. 25A-Ashley Williams[7] 7. 04-Ayden Trembath[8] 8. (DNF) C4-Carl Wade[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Brad Cunningham[1] 2. 8-Nick DaRonco[5] 3. 20L-Lucas Logue[3] 4. 17-Erik Bjorklund[4] 5. 7-Dan Atchison[7] 6. 135-Joshua Hulberg[2] 7. (DNF) 11J-Jori Hughes[6]

Jim Falls, WI, May 26, 2023

The Pirtek Renegades kicked off their observance of Memorial Day weekend at Eagle Valley Speedway on Friday, with ten traditional sprints and 16 winged racers making the tow east to Jim Falls, WI. Nick DaRonco started the event with a win in the first heat of the night for the traditionals, while Rice Lake hot shoe Zach Widdes snared the win in heat two. DaRonco was top passing points earner with 138. On the winged side, Patrick Heikkinen and Brady Donnohue scored the heat wins, with Donnohue besting the field amassing 143 passing points. Feature racing kicked off with Mike Mueller redrawing the pole for the traditionals and Widdes to his outside.

Right from the get-go, the sixth starting Britt, MN chauffeur, Nick DaRonco, smashed the loud pedal and marched forward. DaRonco wasted little time in getting to the front and cruised home for the clean-sweep win. Widdes rode home in second, ahead of Mueller, Brad Cunningham, and Joshua Hulberg.

After a rough start to his season a week ago, Mark Chevalier started the winged feature from the catbird’s seat with Heikkinen to his right flank. At the drop of the green, Chevalier shot his #P1 mount to the point, while sixth starting Jack Berger and eighth starting Chase Viebrock began their charges forward.

At the double checkers, it was a flag-to-flag win for Chevalier, chased by Berger, Viebrock, Heikkinen, and Donnohue. The Pirtek Renegades part ways for Saturday, with the wings heading north to ABC Raceway in Ashland, WI, while the traditionals head to Cedar Lake for their home opener. More information on upcoming events for the Pirtek Renegades, as well as links to other Renegades series, can be found at www.umsprints.com, or on Facebook.

RESULTS: Traditional: A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8-Nick DaRonco[6] 2. 10Z-Zach Widdes[2] 3. 87-Mike Mueller[1] 4. 2C-Brad Cunningham[5] 5. 135-Joshua Hulberg[4] 6. 20L-Lucas Logue[3] 7. 7-Dan Atchison[9] 8. 47X-Tim Lynch[7] 9. (DNF) P1-Mark Chevalier[8] 10. (DNF) 25A-Ashley Williams[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Nick DaRonco[3] 2. 2C-Brad Cunningham[4] 3. 20L-Lucas Logue[1] 4. 7-Dan Atchison[5] 5. P1-Mark Chevalier[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10Z-Zach Widdes[2] 2. 87-Mike Mueller[1] 3. 135-Joshua Hulberg[3] 4. 47X-Tim Lynch[4] 5. (DNF) 25A-Ashley Williams[5]

Wing: A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. P1-Mark Chevalier[1] 2. 19B-Jack Berger[6] 3. 50-Chase Viebrock[8] 4. 13-Patrick Heikkinen[2] 5. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[7] 6. 61-Mike Mueller[4] 7. 03-Jamey Ogston[3] 8. 28-John Breitenfeldt[5] 9. 609-Casey Lang[12] 10. 42X-Brett Peterson[9] 11. 4-Mitch Hagen[11] 12. 85-Matthew Jasper[14] 13. 9C-Cole Stella[13] 14. 17-Austin Phillips[10] 15. 95-Tony Gernert[16] 16. (DNS) 12-Jason Flohrs

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Patrick Heikkinen[1] 2. 50-Chase Viebrock[3] 3. 61-Mike Mueller[2] 4. 28-John Breitenfeldt[4] 5. 42X-Brett Peterson[6] 6. 9C-Cole Stella[8] 7. 95-Tony Gernert[7] 8. (DNF) 609-Casey Lang[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34DD-Brady Donnohue[4] 2. P1-Mark Chevalier[1] 3. 03-Jamey Ogston[3] 4. 19B-Jack Berger[5] 5. 17-Austin Phillips[2] 6. 85-Matthew Jasper[7] 7. (DNF) 4-Mitch Hagen[6] 8. (DNF) 12-Jason Flohrs[8]