Seegert Makes Last Lap Pass To Win WISSOTA Late Model Feature In Antigo
by Jennifer Jach

June 18, 2004; Antigo, Wisconsin; A full grandstand witnessed some great racing action at the Speedway on Friday night.  The track was a little rough from the previous week Off-Road races, but the drivers did their best as well as track personnel to make the show as smooth as possible.  Gordie Seegert Jr was the winner of an exciting Late Model Feature with Wade Schutt taking the IMCA Modified Feature.  Shannon Volkman was the winner of the IMCA Stock Car Feature with Gary Kasperek taking the win in the WISSOTA Street Stock Division.  And to finish out the night, Sean Thayer won the Truck Feature for the  fourth week in a row.

Todd Flannery jumped to the lead of the WISSOTA Late Model Feature with Gordie Seegert second, and M.J. Hintz in third.  Tim Buhler would take the inside line around Hintz for the third position.  The caution flag would fly and on the restart Flannery would take the lead with Gordie Seegert second and Buhler third.  Seegert would take the inside line around Flannery for the lead as the top four would pull away from the rest of the field.  Seegert would move to the outside of Seegert for the lead. Troy Springborn would take take the inside line around Buhler for the third position.  Seegert would make his move on Flannery when the white flag was shown.  Seegert would make the pass in corner two and take the win with Flannery coming in a close second and Springborn third.

The IMCA Modified Feature seen Craig Bartz take the lead with Scott Williams second and Jerry Muenster in the third spot.  Wade Schutt would take the outside line around Muenster for the third spot, and then take the inside line around Williams for the second spot.  The caution flag flew and on the restart, Bartz would take the lead with Schutt second and Tom Haferkorn third.  Bartz would slow dramatically and Haferkorn would take over second with Tom Schaal taking the third spot.  Schutt would pull away from the rest of the field, leaving the others to battle for position.  Schaal would take the inside groove around Haferkorn with only a handful of laps to go.  When the laps expired and the checkered flew, it was Schutt taking the win, Schaal second, and Haferkorn in third.

The IMCA Stock Car Feature seen Troy Jerovtz take the lead for half a lap when Greg Gutt would take over the lead for the other half.  Greg Giese would take the second spot with Jerovtz third.  Jeremy Christians would take the outside line around Jerovtz and Giese to take over second. Larry Karcz Jr. would take over the second spot with an inside pass on Christians.  The Cation flag flew and on the restart, Gutt would take the point with Karcz second and Christians third.  Shannon Volkman would take the inside of Christians for third, and then take the inside line around Karcz to take over the second spot.  Volkman would waste no time moving into the lead when the caution flag would fly.

On the restart, Volkman took the point, Karcz second and Gutt third.  Gutt would take the inside line around Karcz for the second spot, as Christians would take the inside line around Karcz and then Gutt to take over the second spot.  Karcz would then take the inside line around Gutt to take over third.  The caution flag would fly again and on this restart Volkman would take the lead with Christians second and Karcz third.  When the laps winded down, it was Volkman taking the win with Christians runner-up and Karcz in the third spot.

The WISSOTA Street Stock Feature seen Jeremy Wolfe jump to the lead with Gary Kasperek second and Brent Schultz in the third position.  The top two would pull away from the rest of the field by the fifth lap.  Kasperek would then take the outside line around Wolfe, but could not make it stick.  The caution flag would fly and on the restart, Wolfe would take the lead with Belland second and Kasperek third.  Kasperek would take the outside line wound Belland and Wolfe for the lead, as Belland would also pass Wolfe.  When the laps ran out it was Kasperek taking the win, Belland second and Wolfe in the third spot.

The Truck Feature seen Jeremy Dake take the lead with Forest Crandall second, and Mark Arrowood in the third spot.  Arrowood would take the inside line around Crandall for the second position as Thayer would take over the third spot with a pass on Crandall also.  Thayer would then take the inside line around Arrowood for the second position and then take the inside line around Dake for the lead.  When the checkers flew it was Thayer taking the win, Dake second, and Arrowood rounding out the top three.

SUMMARY
WISSOTA Late Models
FEATURE:Gordie Seegert, Todd Flannery, Troy Springborn, Tim Buhler, Mark Markquart, Nick Anvelink, Terry Anvelink, Greg Dhein
Heat #1: Flannery, Mitchell, Fleischman
Heat #2: Weisnicht, Dhein, Seegert
Heat #3: Buhler, Hintz, Springborn

IMCA Modified
FEATURE: Wade Schutt, Tom Schaal, Tom Haferkorn, Eric Scribner, Mike Wedelstadt, Julie McDermid, Ken Murray, Lance Arneson, Jeremy Hanson, Jerry Muenster
HEAT #1: Schutt, Schaal, Williams
HEAT #2: Murray, McDermid, Ploeckelman
HEAT #3: T.Haferkorn, WIld, Muenster
HEAT #4: Bartz, Scribner, Wedelstadt

IMCA Stock Cars
FEATURE: Shannon Volkman, Jeremy Christians, Larry Karcz Jr., Greg Gutt, Dan Michonski
HEAT #1: Jerovtz, Giese, Karcz
HEAT #2: Karcz, Christians, Gutt

WISSOTA Street Stock
FEATURE:Gary Kasperek, Bruce Belland, Jeremy Wolfe, Scott VanProoyen, Lee Christjohn
HEAT #1: Belland, Shawano, VanProoyen
HEAT #2: Raab, Schultz, Wolfe

ASCI Trucks
FEATURE: Sean Thayer, Jeremy Dake, Mark Arrowood, Forest Crandall
HEAT #1: Arrowood, Ney, P.Bostwick
HEAT #2: Thayer, Dake, Crandall


POINT STANDINGS
WISSOTA Late Model
1 24 Tim Buhler 213 
2 4 Gordie Seegert, Jr. 212 
3 81 Troy Springborn 205 
4 21 Luke Roffers 191 
5 444 Todd Flannery 188 
6 70 M.J. Hintz 169 
7 43 Chad Fleischman 161 
8 224 Gary Nelson 155 
9 1 Doug Blashe 143 
10 5 M.J. McBride 143 
11 77 Michelle Ploeckelman 134 
12 18 Mark Weisnicht 127 
13 94 Lee Thyes 123 
14 11 Curt Myers 120 
15 9 Tom Naeyaert 103 
16 58 A.J. Diemel 96 
17 15 Nick Anvelink 95 
18 3 Randy Markwardt 90 
19 57 Mark Mitchell 86 
20 61 Greg Dhein 86 
21 142 Jamie Schmidt 81 
22 121 Derek Kohn 74 
23 01 Bob Bennett 66 
24 42 Terry Casey 51 
25 10 Pete Parker 46 
26 32 Terry Anvelink 45 
27 101 Greg Haney 38 
28 2 Steve Crawford, Sr. 33 
29 7 Jerry Weigel 32 
30 36 R.W. Ashenbrenner 31 
31 69 Jon Olsen 27 
32 17 Cody Grosskreutz 15 

 
IMCA Modifieds
1 30 Wade Schutt 159 
2 77 Mike Wedelstadt 148 
3 1 Julie McDermid 143 
4 55 Tom Schaal 138 
5 60 Charlie Wild 135 
6 24 Tom Haferkorn 129 
7 49 Ken Murray 125 
8 7 Jeremy Hanson 117 
9 22 Joe Haferkorn 114 
10 41 Jerry Muenster 106 
11 14 Jim Hanson 105 
12 73 Scott Williams 99 
13 75 Eric Scribner 98 
14 4 Michael Bailey 82 
15 07 Jamie Dietsler 81 
16 113 Norman Walbruck, Jr. 77 
17 17 Al Paff 76 
18 21 Shawn Miller 71 
19 67 Mathew McDermid 67 
20 71 Paul Paff 65 
21 70 Mike Knapp 59 
22 78 Robert Ploeckelman 58 
23 12 Dave Diemel 55 
24 03 Brad Rohloff 49 
25 45 Todd Utke 46 
26 85 Craig Bartz 46 
27 5 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 42 
28 69 Steve Crawford, Jr 42 
29 4 Jimmy Barttelt 41 
30 51 Steve Price 39 
31 23 John Peters 38 
32 19 Jeremie Hedrick 34 
33 165 Dean Mauer 33 
34 175 Lance Arneson 33 
35 75 Eugene Shawano, Sr. 32 
36 631 Roger VanRay 30 
37 38 Greg Stelse 28 
38 65 Fred Shawano, Sr. 27 
39 44 Brian Holtger 27 
40 199 Rick Strong 25 
41 117 Chad Romenesko 25 
42 16 Larry Mendrzcki 24 
43 167 Jerry Marvin 24 
44 63 Kurt Waush 22 
45 6 Jake Barttelt 22 
46 99 Eric VanIten 21 
47 120 Joe Braatz 15 
48 39 Brandon Lrueger 15 
49 35 Trevor Schimke 14 
50 98 Tim Gardiner 12 
51 65 Fred Shawano, Jr. 12 

 
IMCA Stock Cars
1 36 Larry Karcz, Jr. 114 
2 21 Shannon Volkman 108 
3 40 Brian Karcz 108 
4 99 Jeremy Christians 107 
5 41 Michael Brott 100 
6 18 B.J. Giese 97 
7 66 Leslie Slater, Jr. 95 
8 14 Steve Kasting 92 
9 20 Greg Gutt 90 
10 1 Dan Michonski 76 
11 4 Jeremy Thiex 66 
12 03 Jon Courchaine 64 
13 3 Randy Rasmussen 60 
14 10 Rod Snellenberger 39 
15 2 Travis VanStraten 35 
16 43 Mike Brehmer 35 
17 50 Kyle Frederick 34 
18 7 Chris Born 31 
19 38 Gerold Mastey 30 
20 6 Michael Ashen Brenner 28 
21 01 Troy Jerovtz 26 
22 26 Jerry Schaalma 25 
23 33 Brandon Czarapata 24 

 
WISSOTA Street Stock
1 43 Scott VanProoyen 220 
2 2 Gary Kasparek 216 
3 22 Bruce Belland 213 
4 05 Keith Raab 194 
5 93 Lee Christjohn 189 
6 44 Brent Schultz 181 
7 1 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 177 
8 77 Chad Wield 162 
9 8 Bill Froehlich 162 
10 50 Jeremy Wolfe 160 
11 25 Junior Howard 146 
12 61 Jan Mytas 141 
13 771 Mark Bandt 132 
14 27 Dan Wanta 129 
15 10 Chip Dallen, Jr. 118 
16 83 Jason Bandt 116 
17 71 Ben Schlieve 95 
18 23 Kevin Maulson 83 
19 26 Bill George 82 
20 9 John VanOoyen 40 

 
Trucks
1 8 Sean Thayer 222 
2 53 Mark Arrowood 206 
3 38 Mike Bostwick 203 
4 36 Paul Bostwick 191 
5 15 Forrest Crandall 187 
6 71 Eric Ney 186 
7 20 Travis Widder 181 
8 88 Harold Harvey 169 
9 121 Steve Dake 166 
10 23 Bob Ney 164 
11 44 Jeff Becker 118 
12 42 Jeremy Dake 105 
13 3 Tim Rose 86 
14 441 Trac Fleischman 48 
15 96 Tim Yarie 45 
16 196 J.P. Remington 44 
17 41 Richard Ripley 41