Root, Sweeney, Meeuwsen, Hamm and Myers victorious
Debut of 4-Cylinder division pleases fans

Marne, MI-- After battling with the weather for the past month, it was finally a beautiful night for racing at Berlin Raceway. De-Jay Slick Truck Pro Stock Driver Scott Root got the win along with Tim Sweeney of the Engine Pro Super Stock division, Ross Meeuwsen of the Coors Light Late Models and winning the first Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder race of the season was Ryan Hamm in the “A” Feature and Ron Myers in the “B” Feature.

Rolling off the grid first was the De-Jay Slick Truck Pro Stock division; #15 Scott Root and #17 Ryan Meldrum leading the way. Root capitalized on his starting position by jumping out to the lead. The race for second was on between Meldrum, #20 Dave Hull, #76 Brian Tillema and #50 Justin Regnerus. By lap 7, Regnerus had cleared the fray first and attempted to gain ground on the leader; Tillema was second to clear that battle and he took off after Regnerus. The big battle for second allowed Root to drive away from the field. Lap 13 saw another battle for second between Regnerus and Tillema and after a three-lap side-by-side battle, Tillema broke free and slowly began chopping in to Root's lead. There were enough laps to catch Root, but not enough to pass him; Root won by .124 seconds over Tillema. The rest of the top ten were Regnerus, Meldrum, #11 Nick Bonstell, #76 Ryan Gruppen, #20 Dave Hull, #15 Garison Jewett, #51 Weston Jewett, and #97.9 Ryan Schnabel.

The Engine Pro Super Stocks were next, # 71 Kyle Ballard and #88 Tim Sweeney were on the front row. Sweeny was quick to take the lead while Ballard was fading. #18 Denny Anderson shot to second by the end of the first lap and the top three were evenly spaced out until the first caution came out on lap 6; #26 Chris Muyskens looped his car around on the frontstretch. After getting the cars in order, Sweeney got a great restart and the field picked up where they left off. Great battles for positions were going on throughout the field while Anderson began reeling in Sweeney. Caution was out again on lap 16; #5 Ray VanAllsburg spun his car on the frontstretch. On that restart, Anderson didn't let Sweeney get too far ahead of him and the battle was on for third between #10 Bob Spencer, #1 Brian Wiersma and #77 Andrew Nylaan. With five laps to go, Anderson looked like he was reeling in Sweeney, but he didn't have enough laps. Sweeney went on to score his first win of the season and Anderson, Spencer, Wiersma, A. Nylaan, #X Ray Clay, #12 Josh Slade, Ballard, #3 Travis Nylaan and #98 Bob Bliss completed the top ten.

Twenty-seven Coors Light Late Models came out Berlin Raceway and #21 Terry VanHaitsma and #32 Ross Meeuwsen lead the field to the green flag; VanHaitsma had a great start, but caution was out early. #37 Jordan Dahlke spun going into turn 1. After the restart, VanHaitsma continued to lead and the rest of the field were all spread out. Fast qualifier, #12 Tim DeVos, was on the move, but a caution on lap 5 for the #8 car of Dakota Carlson halted his progress. Once the field was restarted, #222 Caleb Bisacky and Meeuwsen had a good battle going on for 2nd, but that also let VanHaitsma pull away. Also moving through the field were the cars of #82 Tom Thomas and #10 Johnny Benson. After the first few cautions, the racing calmed down and by lap 22, the leader was already lapping cars. With one lap and one corner to go, a lapped car gave an opportunity to Meeuwsen to take the lead. Meeuwsen went on to win by .100 seconds over VanHaitsma; Bisacky, #1 Randy Sweet, T. Thomas, Benson, #88 Tim Yonker, #28 Scott Thomas, #55 Chris Anthony and #15 Brian Maxim rounded out the top ten.

In the debut of the Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinder, 46 drivers turned out to race! The field had to be split in to “A” and “B” Features. In the “A” Feature, #550 Dave Lynema and #77 Gerry Shepard landed on the front row and right from the drop of the green flag, the racers were three and four wide going in to turn 1. Lap 3 saw #26 Chad Wittingen slap the wall between turns 3 and 4, but he was able to bring his car back to the pits without bringing out the caution. A change for the lead happened on lap 4, #7 Ryan Hamm too the spot from #76 Mike Speet. The first caution came out a few laps later when #2 Denny Holtzlander slammed the wall coming out of turn 4. Once the cars were restarted, there was no touching Hamm. He won the first 4-Cylinder race of the season by a dominating 4.504 seconds over #14 Jason DeVos. Speet, #354 Chris McKinley, #00 Robin Maley, #00 Mike Dutcher, #550 Dave Lynema, #7 Jake Loesch, #77 Garry Shepard and #77 John Elam completed the top ten. The “B” Feature also saw great racing action and #4 Ron Myers took home the trophy and the top five consisted of #72 Brad Currier, #024 Cole Roelofs, #42 Joe Norder and #9 Matt Holcomb.

Berlin Raceway is back in action next Saturday, May 17, for Schools, Scouts & Speed! The evening will feature the Engine Pro Super Stocks (75 Laps), De-Jay Slick Truck Pro Stocks, Instant Cash Advance Sportsman and Burnips Equipment 4-Cylinders. It’s Girl Scout Night and Reading Club Night. Also on the card are School Bus Races and an Electric Car Race. Tickets are $12 for adult general admission, $6 for kids 6 to 12 and free for kids 5 and under. Pit passes for those 14 and over are $25. Gates open at 12:15 p.m. and the first race begins at 7 p.m.