Cota wins with pair of deuces Story by Mike Weaver DOUSMAN, WI (September 15, 2002) - Matt Cota decided to campaign two classes this weekend and it was definitely the right move. Cota spent the entire day patiently moving up through heat races to land the pole spot for both the Yamaha Lite and Yamaha Sr. Sportsman Lite features. This paid off, as Cota was able to go wire-to-wire in both features to capture the double-decker. Tylor Wolfert and Garrett Goth put on a clinic of racing all day long in Briggs Lite. The two came up against each other again and again throughout all the heats and the feature. In the end, it was Wolfert as Goth came up less than a tenth of a second short in the feature in a race that saw the two never more than a yard apart. Running at the same time was the Briggs Heavy class. Mike Landeck and Aron Scalissi were side-by-side for the first couple of laps of the feature. On lap 3, Landeck got a head of Scalissi by just a bit and the two went nose-to-tail for the remainder of the feature. On lap 7, as Scalissi tried to close the gap between him and Landeck, Scalissi managed to pull off fast time for the year with a 44.451. In the "who dominated who" division, Forrest Biersach won 2-cycle Jr. Sportsman by almost 5 seconds over second place Pat Olsen. Jerry Kindler did the same in Yamaha Heavy and Mike Mueller notched a great feature win over Dennis Borchardt in HPV Heavy by over 3 seconds. Joe Hartmann romped the field in Briggs Jr. Stock. After taking over first on lap two, Hartmann just kept pulling away from the field until the checkers flew. And finally, Erick Heling takes top honors in domination by winning over the rest of the Briggs Animal Sr. field by over nine seconds. This would also give him the new track record for this class. David Koeferl was on him early, but around lap 6 he lost a tire going into turn one and crashed into the hay bails. Nick Gillette ran an excellent race in HPV Jr. as he passed Bryce Dunn on lap 2 of the feature and never looked back. Dunn got the jump at the start but the hard-charging Gillette managed to overcome him on lap 3. In Jr. SSX Can, Jesse Schwabe got an excellent start over apparent class-champion Jeff Funk Jr. However, on lap 4, Funk managed to slip past Schwabe and went on to take yet another feature win in his career. RESULTS (Top 3 - (FT) denotes Fast Time): 2-Cycle Jr. Sportsman: 1.) Forrest Biersach, 2.) Patrick Olsen, 3.) Travis Kosik Yamaha Lite: 1.) Matt Cota, 2.) Mark Heinert, 3.) Erin Cechal Junior Briggs: 1.) Derek Crane, 2.) Joe Graf, 3.) Michael Schumacher Briggs Jr. Sportsman: bye week Yamaha Heavy: 1.) Jerry Kindler, 2.) Mark Baier, 3.) Andy Braun Briggs Jr. Stock: 1.) Joe Hartmann, 2.) Alex Stauber, 3.) Shelly Krzewinski Jr. Can: 1.) Ronny Graham, 2.) Bianca Schreiber , 3.) T.J. Nevels 125cc Shifter: 1.) Matt Mercier , 2.) Alex Scheuerell, 3.) Randy Reichardt Jr. SSX: 1.) Jeff Funk Jr., 2.) Jesse Schwabe, 3.) Tyler Wojtal HPV Sr.: 1.) Mike Mueller, 2.) Dennis Borchardt, 3.) Matt Mercier Sr. Sportsman Lite: 1.) Matt Cota, 2.) Jon Ellingham, 3.) Jill Rubenzer Sr. Sportsman Heavy: 1.) Steve Mente, 2.) Brian James, 3.) Howard Hanisch Briggs Heavy: 1.) Mike Landeck Jr, 2.) Aron Scalissi, 3.) Rachel Neitzel Briggs Lite: 1.) Tylor Wolfert, 2.) Garrett Goth, 3.) David Storm HPV Jr.: 1.) Nick Gillette, 2.) Bryce Dunn, 3.) Josh Nevels Briggs Animal Sr.: 1.) Erick Heling, 2.) William Huck, 3.) Rachel Neitzel Briggs Animal Jr.: 1.) Danny Corcoran, 2.) Mike Gahagan, 3.) Catlin Tannis Expert: 1.) Jim Tannis Visit Badger Kart Club's website Here!