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Waldvogel Dominates Super Stock in Crandon!
June 25, 2007 (Fond du Lac, WI) The Forest County Potawatomi Brush Run
was held over the past weekend at the “Big House” of off-road racing,
Crandon International Off-Road Raceway. Hundreds of race teams and
thousands of fans visit this small northern Wisconsin town every year in
June, marking the beginning of the summer off-road racing season with
the roar of raw horsepower.
The Waldvogel Off-Road Racing team came to Crandon with high hopes,
after a fair showing in Owatonna, Minnesota back in May. The truck had
been serviced from top to bottom. A new power plant from Wolverine
Performance and a new transmission from J&H Performance Transmission had
been installed in preparation for Crandon, which is known for its
high-speed straights and technical turns.
On Saturday, driver Dave Waldvogel pulled the Bendix® Brakes/Toyo Tires
truck up to the line for the famous land rush start. At the green flag,
all that preparation and setup work led to a killer hole shot, with the
Toyo Open Country M/T tires launching the Bendix Brakes truck into the
lead going into turn one. Dave held the lead over former champion and
current points leader Ben Wandahsega. Dave aired it out lap after lap
over the Boss Snowplow jump, wowing the crowd while nearly breaking the
long jump record of 165’ with one attempt. At about the midpoint of the
race, lapped traffic started to come into play, and Ben was able to pull
up to Dave’s bumper with only two laps to go. Dave was able to dig down
and find just a little more speed during the last two laps, and brought
home his first career win in the Super Stock Truck class in only his
third race in the division. To say that there was excitement in the
Waldvogel cheering section is an understatement.
Saturday’s win was a huge step for the entire team, but there was
 another
race to be held on Sunday and the Waldvogel crew worked diligently to
prepare the truck for round four. At the start, the Bendix Brakes/Toyo
Tires truck again launched down the straight, this time pulling into
second position behind Don Williams, another cagey veteran of the Super
Stock class. Dave did not waste time when Don made a slip on lap one in
the gravel pit turn, quickly ducking to the inside and claiming the lead
while launching over the Boss Snowplow jump. Again, Ben Wandahsega
pulled into second place behind Dave, but on this day Dave was smooth as
silk, never making that mistake that would allow Ben to make his move.
Dave eventually put a small lead on Ben and finished easily in the first
position for a weekend sweep of the Super Stock Truck points races in
Crandon. It was the first time in Dave’s entire career that he had swept
a weekend of racing, in only his second weekend ever competing in the
Super Stock Truck division. Dave competed in the Stock Truck class from
2003-2006, accumulating nine wins, with seven of those wins coming in
the past two seasons.
On Sunday afternoon, after all the WSORR points races were complete, the
14th annual Forest County Potawatomi Chairman’s Cup race was held. This
is a big-money shootout race between the Pro-4wd, Pro-2wd, and Super
Stock Truck’s. The Pro-2wd and Super Stock Trucks (also two-wheel drive)
get a handicap start over the Pro-4wd Trucks. Dave entered this race for
the first time in his career in a field of seventeen trucks. A missed
shift at the green flag kept Dave toward the back of the 2-wheel drive
competitors in the beginning of the race. Even with the poor start, Dave
soldiered on to an eighth place finish, the last truck on the lead lap.
This was good enough for second place among the Super Stock Truck
division competitors. Powerhouse driver Carl Renezeder took the win in
his Pro-4wd Truck with an exciting last lap pass over Pro-2wd racer Mike
Oberg.
After the dust settled, Dave finds himself in the second position in the
2007 WSORR Super Stock Truck season points’ battle, a mere eight points
out of first place. The next two rounds of racing will bring the WSORR
series to the Bark River Off-Road Raceway in Bark River, Michigan on
July 14th & 15th. Bark River has a history of making or breaking
championship hopes, and finishing races will be the first order of
business for the Waldvogel Off-Road Racing team. Come out and see if
rookie Super Stock driver Dave Waldvogel can keep his winning streak
alive in Bark River!
Waldvogel Racing is sponsored by Bendix by Honeywell, a division of
Honeywell International. The Bendix brand has been a leader in
automotive braking technology since 1924.
For the latest information on Bendix brake products and where to
purchase, visit
www.bendixbrakes.com
Other sponsors of Waldvogel Racing
include Toyo Tires, Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants, Fox Racing Shocks,
Allied Wheel Components, MSD Ignition, Phlox Auto, Fram, Prestone, and
Autolite.
For more information, photos, race schedules and reports, visit
www.waldvogelracing.com
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