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Cam Schafer wins the checkered at CLS Legendary Opener 2025

New Richmond, WI, April 19th, 2025

The Pirtek Renegades filled the pits on Saturday with the Winged Sprints out for the first time in 2025, joining the Traditional Sprints at Cedar Lake Speedway’s Legendary Opener Day 2. Day 1 was cancelled due to the weather. Sixteen Traditional and Twenty Winged teams checked in the back gate.

Traditionals qualified first, sponsored by The Post Bar & Grill and James Ackerley Construction. The best lap time was achieved by the 54 car, driver Cam Schafer at 15.151 seconds.

Traditionals Qualifying(2 Laps): 1. 54-Cam Schafer, 00:15.151[3]; 2. 7-Scott Brandt, 00:15.199[9]; 3. 10Z-Zach Widdes, 00:15.365[10]; 4. 2C-Brad Cunningham, 00:15.374[6]; 5. 46H-Ken Hron, 00:15.413[7]; 6. 99-Bryan Roach, 00:15.482[11]; 7. 76-Edison Aldrich, 00:15.489[4]; 8. 5J-Chris Lewis, 00:15.512[8]; 9. 19B-Jack Berger, 00:15.532[12]; 10. 25A-Ashley Williams, 00:15.789[2]; 11. 7X-Dan Atchison, 00:15.864[1]; 12. 55-Joseph Kouba, 00:15.974[14]; 13. 95-John Vaillancourt, 00:16.042[16]; 14. 28-Westen Johnson, 00:16.399[13]; 15. 6-Mark Martin, 00:16.705[15]; 16. 5-Kierston Coss, 00:17.632[5]

The top 5 qualifiers were Schafer, Brandt, Widdes, Cunningham and Hron, who set the pace for the 18 lap Traditional Sprints Feature, sponsored by Pirtek and Hoosier Tire North. Brandt jumped to the early lead and paced the field for much of the feature. Schafer kept Brandt in tow until 2 to go and was able to make the pass in lap traffic to go on to victory. Following behind Schafer at the checkered flag, it was Brandt, Lewis, Widdes, and Roach to round out the nights podium. Cam Schafer, Scott Brandt, Chris Lewis, Zach Widdes, Bryan Roach
Chris Lewis was tonight's hard charger Sponsored by EJ’s Bar and Bottle Shop, moving up 5 positions from 8th starting position.

Traditional Feature Results (18 Laps): 1. 54-Cam Schafer[1]; 2. 7-Scott Brandt[2]; 3. 5J-Chris Lewis[8]; 4. 10Z-Zach Widdes[3]; 5. 99-Bryan Roach[6]; 6. 46H-Ken Hron[5]; 7. 25A-Ashley Williams[10]; 8. 76-Edison Aldrich[7]; 9. 55-Joseph Kouba[12]; 10. 95-John Vaillancourt[13]; 11. 6-Mark Martin[14]; 12. 28-Westen Johnson[15]; 13. (DNF) 7X-Dan Atchison[11]; 14. (DNF) 2C-Brad Cunningham[4]; 15. (DNS) 19B-Jack Berger; 16. (DNS) 5-Kierston Coss

By: Sherri Murawski and Tim Hunt
Photo Credit: High Side Race Shots

The Pirtek Renegades next event will be Saturday, April 26th, 2025 when the Traditional Sprints return to CLS for another night of regular season racing. More information on upcoming events for the Pirtek Renegades, as well as links to other Renegades series, can be found at www.umsprints.com, or on facebook.

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