Scott Hansen
West Allis,
Wis. (May 14, 1989) - Scott Hansen of Green Bay, Wis., captured the Badgerland
150 at Wisconsin State Fair Park to become the first rookie to win an American
Speed Association event on Sunday.
Never before
in the history of ASA had a rookie won a race until the Wisconsin short track
veteran of seven years took the checkered flag in front of Canadian Junior
Hanley on the famed “Milwaukee Mile”.
Hansen drove
the Baker Motorsports Chevrolet, which is prepared only 10 blocks away from the
track, to the biggest win of his stock car racing career. The rookie of the
year contender became the second different winner in two ASA races.
Hansen
averaged 84.149 miles per hour and won $8,650 from a $83,600 purse.
In his first
full season with ASA and winning in only his 16th career start, Hansen said, “I
didn’t expect to win so quickly in ASA. This is my biggest win so far and it
means a lot to win here in Wisconsin.”
Hanley held
the lead for 26 laps before the first and only flurry of pit stops for the lead
pack on lap 66 and dropped to 10th before working his way through the field to
finish second.
Butch
Miller, the ASA point leader, was among the top-eight before making his
late-race charge from sixth and challenging Hanley side-by-side for several
laps. He would settle for third place.
Wisconsin
veteran Dick Trickle made his 1989 ASA debut and finish fourth while Mike Eddy,
driving a V6 Buick, rounded out the top five.
NASCAR
Winston Cup veteran and former ASA champions Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin did
not finish. Wallace grabbed the lead from Hansen on lap 12 and held it for 27
circuits before retiring with transmission issues. Martin’s return to Milwaukee
was marred by a broken axle sustained in a mishap on a restart.
Fifteen cars
completed the full 150-mile distance and 27 of the 41-car field were running at
the finish of the 18th ASA sanctioned race on the Milwaukee Mile since 1978.
Results –
1. Scott Hansen, Green Bay, Wis.
2. Junior Hanley, Oakville, Ontario,
Canada
3. Butch Miller, Coopersville, Mich.
4. Dick Trickle, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
5. Mike Eddy, Midland, Mich.
6. Bob Senneker, Dorr, Mich.
7. Joe Shear, Lake Villa, Ill.
8. Tom Jones. Northbrook, Ill.
9. Kent Stauffer, Elyria, Ohio
10. Steve
Seligman, Northbrook, Ill.
11. Ed
Howe, Beaverton, Mich.
12. Art
Sommer, Mt. Clemens, Mich.
13. Tony
Raines, LaPorte, Ind.
14. Jay
Sauter, Necedah, Wis.
15. John
Wilson, Springfield, Ohio
16. Gary
St. Amant, Columbus, Ohio
17. Mike
Wallace, Fenton, Mo.
18. Dick
Barker, Port Huron, Mich.
19. Glenn
Allen Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio
20. Doug
Drook, Cincinnati, Ohio
21. Jeff
Neal, Grayslake, Ill.
22. Robbie
Reiser, Allenton, Wis.
23. Kenny
Wallace, Valley Park, Mo.
24. Dennis
Vogel, Manitowoc, Wis.
25. Harold
Fair, Detroit, Mich.
26.
John
Olson, Stoughton, Wis.
27. Ray
Skillman, Greenwood, Ind.
28. Buddy
Schrock, Plain City, Ohio
29. Tom
Harrington, Hendersonville, Tenn.
30. Ted
Musgrave, Grand Marsh, Wis.
31. Mark
Martin, Batesville, Ark.
32. Bruce
VanderLaan, Grand Rapids, Mich.
33. Lonnie
Rush Jr., Pickerington, Ohio
34. John
Gerhart, Angola, Ind.
35. Ed
Evans, Dousman, Wis.
36. Dennis
Lampman, Oak Creek, Wis.
37. Rusty
Wallace, Charlotte, N.C.
38. Todd
Forbes, Bryan, Ohio
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