(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 26, 2022 – Two-time Plymouth Dirt Track Racing champion and four-time Midwest Sprint Car Association champ Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh moved to the top of the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main winners list by notching his second straight 25-lap main event victory at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Friday, Aug. 26.
In the 25-lap Kristine Hartmann Pleasantview Realty 360 Sprint Car A main, 2008 PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender of Burnett grabbed the lead on the opening lap from the pole position as outside front row starter Brandon McMullen settled into second.
By lap 6, the leaders caught the rear of the field and began to weave their way through lapped traffic. On lap 8, McMullen worked lapped traffic to his advantage to bolt underneath Fassbender, who was held up behind a slower car, exiting turn two.
Once again, McMullen set a blistering pace was he skillfully maneuvered his way through thick lapped traffic throughout the remainder of the race, even going three-wide to pass a group of slower cars on one occasion.
As the laps wound down, McMullen built up a full-straightaway lead over Fassbender en route to his second straight PDTR 360 Sprint Car A-main to vault into sole possession of first place on the all-time PDTR 360 Sprint A-main victory list with his 26th career A-main triumph at The Plymouth Dirt Track. The win was also McMullen’s 36th career A-main victory in Midwest Sprint Car Association competition.
Fassbender placed second, fourth starter Shane Wenninger of Kewaskum came home third, third starter Tim Haddy of Waupun placed fourth and defending PDTR 360 Sprint Car champion and current point leader Travis Arenz of Sheboygan charged from the 14th starting spot to place fifth in the caution-free race.
Lance Fassbender earned PDTR 360 Sprint Car overall fast qualifier honors with a lap of 12.542 seconds.
The 11th full PDTR racing program of the 2022 season, which was sponsored by Hidden Dreams Livestock, drew 24 PDTR 360 Sprint Cars.
PDTR 360 Sprint Car action resumes Saturday, Sept. 3 during the 2022 Sheboygan County Fair with an all-Sprint Car program featuring the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Cars and PDTR 360 Sprint Cars with on-track action slated to start at 5 p.m.
The new book “Racing Recollections – Plymouth Racetrack Fans & Drivers 1950-2021” by Dennis Darovich of Sheboygan, George Baumann of Waupun and Verla Peichl of Sheboygan Falls will be available for purchase at every race during the 2022 PDTR season, as well as at the Sheboygan County Fair office during regular business hours and online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com.
The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds is located at 229 Fairview Drive in Plymouth, Wis. For more information, visit www.plymouthdtr.com or check out Plymouth Dirt Track Racing on Facebook.
KRISTINE HARTMANN PLEASANT VIEW REALTY 360 SPRINT CARS
QUALIFYING
1, Lance Fassbender 12.542 2, Katelyn Krebsbach 12.554 3, Shane Wenninger 12.584 4, Brandon McMullen 12.689 5, Justin Miller 12.697 6, Bill Taylor 12.737 7, Blake Wondra 12.871 8, Tim Haddy 12.873 9, Nick Daywalt 12.875 10, Tony Wondra 12.962 11, Mike Decker 13.024 12, Cole Possi 13.041 13, Ben Schmidt 13.046 14, Travis Arenz 13.251 15, Will Gerrits 13.288 16, Chris Larson 13.387 17, Chris Clayton 13.395 18, Randy Post 13.404 19, Eric Wilke 13.465 20, Doug Wondra 13.717 21, Justin Erickson 13.763 22, Alex Pokorski 13.841 23, J.J. Pagel 13.934 24, Brandon Berth no time.
HEAT 1
1, Will Gerrits 2, Ben Schmidt 3, Chris Clayton 4, Travis Arenz 5, Justin Erickson 6, Alex Pokorski 7, Doug Wondra 8, J.J. Pagel.
HEAT 2
1, Nick Daywalt 2, Tim Haddy 3, Brandon McMullen 4, Tony Wondra 5, Blake Wondra 6, Cole Possi 7, Chris Larson 8, Randy Post.
HEAT 3
1, Justin Miller 2, Shane Wenninger 3, Lance Fassbender 4, Bill Taylor 5, Katelyn Krebsbach 6, Brandon Berth 7, Mike Decker 8, Eric Wilke.
A MAIN
1, Brandon McMullen 2, Lance Fassbender 3, Shane Wenninger 4, Tim Haddy 5, Travis Arenz 6, Nick Daywalt 7, Ben Schmidt 8, Justin Miller 9, Bill Taylor 10, Will Gerrits 11, Cole Possi 12, Brandon Berth 13, Justin Erickson 14, Chris Clayton 15, Tony Wondra 16, Alex Pokorski 17, Blake Wondra 18, Chris Larson 19, Katelyn Krebsbach 20, Mike Decker 21, J.J. Pagel 22, Eric Wilke 23, Randy Post 24, Doug Wondra.