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141 Speedway Wraps up the 2002 Racing Season
Francis Creek, WI.
Spetember 22, 2002
by Dan Deicher
The 5th season of racing action at the 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wisconsin came to a close Saturday night and once again Mother Nature did not want championship night part 2 to occur at the 141, but the early start to the Charter Communications 5th Annual Street Stock Supernationals and Hobby and Mini Stock Championships may have proven to be too much for the " Mother". The 2002 season wrapped up Saturday night in slow fashion as the Hobby Stock division ran most of their races in the rain, but in the end the 2002 141 Speedway Hobby Stock Champion is Crytal Koenig out of Denmark, WI. and the 2002 141 Speedway Mini-Stock Champion is Mat VanElzen of Menasha, WI.
Koenig and Maribel's Nathan Wegner went in to the night with less then 40 points seperating the two, but with a 3rd fast qualifying time, a second in her heat race and a 7th place finish in the feature event, Koenig beat out Wegner by 56 points for the championship. Two Rivers, Jolene Mueller, held the pole in the feature but quickly lost it to Maribel's Mat Crass and the "JO" car never looked back and Crass went on for the win. But the big story in the feature was the driving of Reedsville's Matt Reinke. The #99 driver grabbed one of two transfer spots out of the semi to the feature and had to start in the back of the pack. Reinke slowly, in the rain, picked off drivers one by one and at one point battled his way to second and had his sights set on winning the event. Crass was a little too fast and Reinke settled for a second place finish. 1st- Crass, 2nd- Reinke 3rd- Kyle Bauknecht Reedsville, WI., 4th- Kevin Wellner Whitelaw, WI., 5th- Greg Thompson Denmark WI.
As for Koenig, she wrapped a year which saw her not only race, dress and dance at a prom, and race again....all in the same night...she had a very consistent year, Koenig finished all of her races in the top ten, had 11 top 5's, 1 feature win, and qualified in the top 5 every night out. Koenig is hanging up the winning " Midnight Racing" 1975 Chevy Monte Carlo as she will jump up to the Super Stock division at the 141 Speedway next season. The 2002 141 Speedway Hobby Stock Rookie of the Year went to 14 year old Kyle Bauknecht. Though he missed the first 4 weeks of the racing season, this young rookie proved to many that he has what it takes to run laps for years to come at the 141. Bauknecht finished three times in the top 5, pulled down 1 feature win, won 6 heat races and qualified in the top 5 twice. Bauknecht finished 8th overall in points.
Menasha's, Mat VanElzen, may have come into championship night with a substantial points lead in the Mini Stock division, but Manitowoc's Randy Nething made sure he would not go out in style, as the driver of the Pontiac Fiero won the night's feature event. It looked as though it may have been a VanElzen brother one and two finish for a while as the 2002 Mini Stock Rookie of the Year, Greg VanElzen, made the race interesting. The Vanelzens ran hard behind Nething the entire race, but even through several minor cautionary periods, Nething, who picked up his first feature win of the season, had a little too many horses for any one to catch him. 1st- Nething, 2nd- G. VanElzen, 3rd-M. VamElzen, 4th- Jason Meulemans Kaukauna, WI., 5th- Corey Dallman Sherwood, WI. Mat VanElzen capped off a season in which he was pretty much unstoppable. The driver of the #10 Ford Mustang, finished with an astounding 5 feature wins, 12 top 5 finishes and top 5 finishes in qualifying 13 times. No word as to Mat's intentions for the 2003 racing season. Brother, Greg, had a very succesful year in the Mini-Stock division as well as the #93 Ford Mustang knocked down one feature win, 10 top 5's, 2 heat race wins and 9 qualifying times in the top five.
It was also the 5th annual running of the Super Stock Supernationals and here is the finishing order of both the Goodyear tire and Hoosier tire feature events.
Goodyear 30 lap Super Stock feature:
1) 15L Chris La Rocque Appelton, WI.
2) 26 Scott Riedner Waunakee, WI.
3) 4 Jimbo Schleis Manitowoc, WI.
4) 65 Daryl Gerke Mishicot, WI.
5) 25 Andy Casavant Two Rivers, WI. ( 2002 141 Speedway Super Stock Champ)
Hoosier 30 lap Super Stock feature:
1) 59 Jeff Boettcher Florence, WI. ( 2002 Norway, Michigan Speedway Champ)
2) 123 Jason Henrickson Two Rivers, WI.
3) 25 Andy Casavant Two Rivers, WI.
4) 24 Mark Bubloni Norway, MI.
5) 95 Ryan Windell Niagara, WI.
Next Saturday night, the 141 Speedway presents the 2002 Mayhem night of Thrills and Spills. The night will feature figure 8 School Bus Races, Monster Trucks, a steel wall crash, double o's, 2nd across the line race, spin to win and a burnout contest along with other thrills and spills. $10 advanced tickets are on sale with tickets $12 day of show. Also, it's time to inquire about the October 26th Creepy Classic Compact Car Enduro at the 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wisconsin. Check out
www.141speedway.com for more information.
141 Speedway Official Final Point Standings:
HOBBY STOCK
17,KOENIG ,CRYSTAL , 1705
50,WEGNER ,NATHAN , 1649
18,BEHNKE ,JASON , 1522
24,KOSTICHKA ,JASON , 1474
26,MUELLER ,JOLENE , 1444
7,TEAM: RABAS*2 , 1381
31,THOMPSON ,GREG , 1377
33,BAUKNECHT ,KYLE , 1345
27,RODEWALD ,TRAVIS , 1297
32,WOOD ,DON , 1235
99,REINKE ,MATT , 1047
5,WAACK ,ANDY , 1038
8,WELLNER ,KEVIN , 1038
024,KOSTICHKA ,KARI , 927
001,STANELLE ,BRIAN , 920
4,KUDICK ,KYLE , 903
01,BRICE ,JERRY , 895
88,GUEX ,BRIAN , 818
15,ROBINSON ,MICHAEL , 806
35,RATHE ,BRIAN , 775
51,TEAM: MULENIX/ZULEGR , 762
77,TEAM: BELONGIA/VOGEL , 737
1,WILDE ,MIKE , 728
JO,CRASS ,MAT , 684
20,KLESSIG ,SCOTT , 569
42,KUMBALEK ,PETER , 542
56,CALABRESE ,FRANK , 508
00,ENGELDINGER ,CARL , 363
19,JANDRIN ,ERIC , 311
96,RAHN ,RANDY , 292
JO3,CRASS ,DENNY , 277
12,TEAM PHILLIPS*2 , 277
08,WELLNER ,CHRIS , 256
52,VOIGT ,ROBERT , 166
5SC,SCHNEIDER ,JASON , 144
14,DYZBALYS ,DEAN , 124
71,POLLARD ,GREG , 59
18X,POLLARD ,ADAM , 58
8X,STANCHINA ,MIKE , 56
188,VERBA ,MARK , 54
48,GERMAIN ,JIM , 45
83,BEYER ,JOEL , 44
36,HENDRICKS ,DUANE , 42
15R,PHILLIPS ,EUGENE , 38
MID-AMERICAN
96,RAHN ,MICHAEL , 1240
33,TEAM: HAESE/BRICKER , 1189
79,HERRMANN ,GREG , 1153
49,MANTHEI ,RYAN , 1133
65,KERKHOFF ,JOE , 1131
7,RABAS ,DENNIS , 1036
B3,GROELLE ,TRAVIS , 984
B7,GERKE ,DARYL , 969
98,BLASHE ,BRANDON , 941
3,CASADONTE ,JOE , 745
42,KROLL ,BEN , 743
89,MAURER ,DAVE , 717
26,NELSON ,DAN , 714
12,DART ,ROD , 694
8,STROUF ,MONTE , 666
05,BAUER ,JOSH , 415
73,MOTT ,TODD , 368
06,FITZGERALD ,JOHN , 240
96X,RAHN ,RANDY , 160
8X,HAESE ,GREG , 113
5X,PRIETZEL ,BILL , 105
28,ASCHER ,SCOTT , 84
5,SVOBODA ,STEVE , 80
63,LAMONTE ,GARY , 80
10,GUTKNECHT ,BOBBY , 67
11,SCHMITZER ,TOM , 63
88,WINKLER ,JASON , 60
MINI STOCK
10,VANELZEN ,MAT , 1853
66,MEULEMANS ,JASON , 1661
62,MELICHAR ,TOM , 1632
72,SELNER ,TROY , 1616
93,VANELZEN ,GREG , 1578
13,NOVAK ,JASON , 1558
00,CHRISTENSEN ,MARK , 1556
21,TEAM: WUNROW/DALLMAN , 1470
4,SCHLEIS ,JIMBO , 1448
0,TODD ,DEANE , 1305
5,SENKBEIL ,DAVE , 1216
11,MECHA ,BILL , 1212
24,DILLON ,ALLEN , 1191
56,SAND ,JASON , 1162
18,TEAM: YERGES/SCHELEI , 1148
38,OSWALD ,MIKE , 1001
20,RIHA ,JASON , 985
7,FADROSKI ,MARK , 956
01,RAY ,PAUL , 924
86,PEROUTKA ,KEVIN , 913
6,LAMMERS ,JOSHUA , 874
8,BUCKLEY ,TODD , 846
40,SENKBEIL ,JOHN , 830
71,BAUER ,SCOTT , 676
81,TEAM: ROBBINS/MUELLR , 657
22,TEAM: NETHING/ZIMMRM , 638
74,TRUCKEY ,MARK , 571
90,TEAM: MCCRMICK/LINDL , 324
08,WELLNER ,CHRISTOPHR, 309
17,TEAM: FARRELL/REZEK , 298
29,TURNER ,ERIK , 263
008,KNAPP ,BUSTER , 247
2,OLM ,KEVIN , 220
24B,BREY ,JESSE , 201
14,DEGREEF ,ANDREW , 166
24X,WASURIK ,CHRIS , 160
07,GRAF ,CODY , 88
24G,GAUGER JR ,DAVE , 56
2T,TRUCKEY ,MARK , 48
91,BEHNKE ,JEFF , 39
17X,POLLARD ,RYAN , 39
117,FARRELL ,SEAN , 17
6X,DAHMER ,BRAD , 4
94,LISCHKA ,JON , 1
SUPER STOCK
25,CASAVANT ,ANDY , 1583
4,TEAM: BERRY/HAESE , 1566
49,GRACYALNY ,JESSIE , 1500
77,RABAS ,PAUL , 1291
65,SAND ,JOSH , 1276
2,ROSEK ,DEREK , 1244
26,ROBBINS ,RICK , 1181
A11,VANROY ,RANDY , 1148
65T,TREML ,JEFF , 1113
74,VANDEN HEUVEL ,JAY , 1099
123,HENRICKSON ,JASON , 1089
8G,GAST ,BILL , 1002
17,HACKER ,TODD , 960
JO,CRASS ,DENNY , 929
46,ROBBINS ,TOM , 923
45,ROBBINS ,TIMOTHY , 772
74W,WILSON ,JIMMY , 755
76,RETTLER ,JESSE , 703
3,TRUDELL ,ALLEN , 668
69C,CHARLES ,KEVIN , 664
21,HENRICKSON ,BRUCE , 623
12,MOTT ,RICK , 569
8,STROUF ,MONTE , 565
73,HARRELL ,CALLIN , 345
25S,SCHUH ,KEVIN , 153
27S,SALZMAN ,DOUG , 104
7,SCHNEIDER ,JESSIE , 83
00,VANLEISHOUT ,JR , 74
07,MILLER ,TERRY , 69
5,CARBON ,DALE , 65
23,DEGROOT ,TIM , 59
A76,ARNOLDUSSEN ,JOE , 55
16,HOPFENSPERGER ,ERIC , 49
174,VANHOUT ,JAMIE , 49
03,HALAJCSIK ,RICHARD , 45
18,VANGROLL ,MIKE , 45
94,SMITH ,CHAD , 13
002,FULLER ,JESSE , 2
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