Larry Karcz Jr. Wins Exciting IMCA Stock Car Feature
By Jennifer Jach

June 24, 2004; Antigo, Wisconsin; After a couple showers slowed the program down on Friday night, the Feature Events were run on a smooth and very fast track.  On hand were 27 WISSOTA Late Models, the biggest car count for that class this season!  Gordie Seegert Jr. would come out the winner for the WISSOTA Late Model Feature, with Wade Schutt taking the top spot in the IMCA Modifieds.  Larry Karcz Jr. would win an exciting IMCA Stock Car Feature Event, and Bruce Belland would take top honors in the WISSOTA Street Stocks.  Sean Thayer would once again be the winner of the Truck Feature on Advantage Realty Night at the Races!

Tom Naeyaert took the green flag in the WISSOTA Late Model Feature with Mark Mitchell second and Todd Flannery third.  Todd Flannery would take over the second position from Mitchell as Gordie Seegert would take third away from Mitchell in the same corner.  Seegert would then look to the inside of Flannery for the second spot.  Seegert would make his move at about the half way mark to take over the top position and would never look back.  A.J. Diemel would look to the inside of Flannery for the third spot.  When the 20 laps ran out, it was Seegert taking the back-to-back Feature win, Naeyaert second and Diemel third.

The IMCA Modifieds started the race with the famous four wide salute to the fans on the parade lap.  When the green flag fell it was Scott Williams taking the point, Dave Diemel second, and Eric Scribner in third.  The caution flag would fly for the first time during the night an on the restart, Williams would take the pint with Scribner second and Diemel third.  Schutt would take the inside line around Diemel for the third spot as the caution flag would fly again.  Williams would once again take the point, Schutt would move to the second spot and Scribner third.

Schutt would take over the lead with an inside pass around Williams and would immediately pull away from the field.  The caution flag would fly for the third time and on this restart, Schutt would take the point, Scribner second, and Williams third.  Williams would take over the second spot with an inside pass on Scribner.  When the checkers flew it was Schutt taking the win, Williams second, and Scribner rounding out the top three.

The IMCA Stock Cars seen Troy Jervotz take the green with Leslie Slater second and Jeremy Christians in the third spot.  Christians would immediately look to the inside of Slater for the second spot.  Dan Michonski would take the inside line around Slater for the fourth spot as Larry Karcz Jr. would go to the inside of Slater and Michonski to make it three wide on the backstretch.  Karcz would take over the third spot, with Michonski in the fourth position. Karcz would not settle for third and would take second away from Jervotz, and would look to the inside of Christians for the lead.  Shannon Volkman would take over the third spot with a pass on Michonski and Jervotz, and the top three would start to pull away from the field.  When the laps expired, it was Karcz taking the win with Christians second and Volkman in third.

Gary Kasperek took the lead from his outside starting spot of the WISSOTA Street Stock Feature, with Jeremy Wolfe in a close second and Scott VanProoyen third.  The top three would pull slightly away from the field as the caution flag would fly.  On the restart it was Kasperek taking the point, Belland second and Bob Ney third.  Lee Christjohn would take the inside line around Ney for the third spot, as Belland would look to the outside of Kasperek.  Kasperek and Belland would race wheel to wheel for about two laps before Belland was able  to pull away from Kasperek and take the lead.  When the checkers flew it was Belland taking the win, Kasperek second and Christjohn rounding out the top three.

The Truck Feature seen Jeremy Dake take the lead with J.P. Remington in the runner up spot, and Travis Widder third.  Sean Thayer would take over the third spot from Widder as would Paul Bostwick, moving Widder to fifth.  Thayer would get a run off the corner and would take the inside line around Remington and then around Dake for the lead.  Dake would then spin in turn four, and Remington would take second and Mark Arrowood third.  Arrowood would take the inside line around Remington as would Mike Bostwick.  When the laps expired it was Thayer taking the win, Arrowood second, and Mike Bostwick third.

Racing will resume next Friday night.  Racing begins at 7:15.  The regular show includes, WISSOTA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, WISSOTA Street Stocks, and the ASCI Trucks.  Langlade County Speedway is located on the north side of Antigo, just off of Highway 45 at the Langlade County Fairgrounds.  For more information please contact the track at (715) 623-3584 or visit the track website at www.langladespeedway.com. 

SUMMARY
WISSOTA Late Models
FEATURE:   Gordie Seegert Jr., Tom Naeyaert, A.J. Diemel, Todd Flannery, Nick Anvelink, Terry Anvelink, M.J. McBride, Troy Springborn

HEAT 1: Mitchell, Seegert, Springborn
HEAT 2: Naeyaert, N. Anvelink, Nelson
HEAT 3: McBride, Diemel, Roffers
HEAT 4: Flannery, T. Anvelink, Buhler

CONSI 1: Weigel, Dhein, Schmidt
CONSI 2: Parker, Fleischman, Kincaid

IMCA Modifieds
FEATURE: Wade Schutt, Scott Williams, Eric Scribner, Dave Diemel, Ken Murray, Tom Haferkorn, Joe Haferkorn, Julie McDermid

HEAT 1: Diemel, Scribner, VanRay
HEAT 2: Wedelstadt, Williams, Wild
HEAT 3: T. Haferkorn, Schutt, Schaal

Consi 1: Peters, Miller, Knapp
Consi2: Jeremy Hanson, A. Paff, S. Paff

IMCA Stock Cars
FEATURE: Larry Karcz Jr., Jeremy Christians, Shannon Volkman, Dan Michonski, Brian Karcz, Troy Jervotz, Michael Brott, Leslie Slater Jr.

HEAT 1: Karcz, Volkman, Jervotz
HEAT 2: Christians, Michonski, Doxtator

WISSOTA Street Stocks
FEATURE: Bruce Belland, Gary Kasperek, Lee Christjohn, Scott VanProoyen

HEAT 1: Christjohn, Belland, Maulson
HEAT 2: VanProoyen, Kasperek, Wolfe

ASCI Trucks
FEATURE: Sean Thayer, Mark Arrowood, Mike Bostwick, J.P Remington, Paul Bostwick, Forest Crandall, Jeremy Dake

HEAT 1: Dake, P. Bostwick, Arrowood
HEAT 2: Thayer, M. Bostwick, Crandall

POINT STANDINGS
WISSOTA Late Model
1 4 Gordie Seegert, Jr. 268 
2 81 Troy Springborn 252 
3 24 Tim Buhler 248 
4 444 Todd Flannery 241 
5 21 Luke Roffers 235 
6 43 Chad Fleischman 200 
7 224 Gary Nelson 197 
8 5 M.J. McBride 193 
9 70 M.J. Hintz 187 
10 1 Doug Blashe 162 
11 9 Tom Naeyaert 158 
12 11 Curt Myers 156 
13 77 Michelle Ploeckelman 150 
14 58 A.J. Diemel 149 
15 15 Nick Anvelink 145 
16 57 Mark Mitchell 134 
17 18 Mark Weisnicht 127 
18 61 Greg Dhein 124 
19 94 Lee Thyes 123 
20 142 Jamie Schmidt 116 
21 32 Terry Anvelink 95 
22 3 Randy Markwardt 90 
23 10 Pete Parker 90 
24 01 Bob Bennett 83 
25 121 Derek Kohn 74 
26 7 Jerry Weigel 73 
27 42 Terry Casey 68 
28 101 Greg Haney 55 
29 17 Cody Grosskreutz 52 
30 2 Steve Crawford, Sr. 49 
31 44 Ken Kincaid 34 
32 36 R.W. Ashenbrenner 31 
33 69 Jon Olsen 27 

IMCA Modified
1 30 Wade Schutt 199 
2 1 Julie McDermid 176 
3 77 Mike Wedelstadt 169 
4 55 Tom Schaal 169 
5 60 Charlie Wild 167 
6 24 Tom Haferkorn 164 
7 49 Ken Murray 161 
8 22 Joe Haferkorn 148 
9 7 Jeremy Hanson 146 
10 73 Scott Williams 138 
11 41 Jerry Muenster 136 
12 75 Eric Scribner 136 
13 14 Jim Hanson 125 
14 4 Michael Bailey 107 
15 17 Al Paff 100 
16 21 Shawn Miller 99 
17 12 Dave Diemel 92 
18 70 Mike Knapp 85 
19 07 Jamie Dietsler 81 
20 71 Paul Paff 80 
21 113 Norman Walbruck, Jr. 77 
22 78 Robert Ploeckelman 73 
23 67 Mathew McDermid 67 
24 23 John Peters 65 
25 51 Steve Price 61 
26 45 Todd Utke 60 
27 69 Steve Crawford, Jr 58 
28 5 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 56 
29 631 Roger VanRay 53 
30 03 Brad Rohloff 49 
31 85 Craig Bartz 46 
32 75 Eugene Shawano, Sr. 45 
33 4 Jimmy Barttelt 41 
34 16 Larry Mendrzcki 40 
35 19 Jeremie Hedrick 34 
36 165 Dean Mauer 33 
37 175 Lance Arneson 33 
38 38 Greg Stelse 28 
39 65 Fred Shawano, Sr. 27 
40 44 Brian Holtger 27 
41 199 Rick Strong 25 
42 117 Chad Romenesko 25 
43 167 Jerry Marvin 24 
44 65 Fred Shawano, Jr. 24 
45 63 Kurt Waush 22 
46 6 Jake Barttelt 22 
47 99 Eric VanIten 21 
48 120 Joe Braatz 15 
49 39 Brandon Lrueger 15 
50 35 Trevor Schimke 14 
51 39 Brandon Krueger 13 
52 98 Tim Gardiner 12 
 
IMCA Stock Cars
1 36 Larry Karcz, Jr. 192 
2 21 Shannon Volkman 186 
3 99 Jeremy Christians 185 
4 40 Brian Karcz 169 
5 41 Michael Brott 163 
6 20 Greg Gutt 159 
7 18 B.J. Giese 158 
8 66 Leslie Slater, Jr. 156 
9 14 Steve Kasting 154 
10 1 Dan Michonski 149 
11 4 Jeremy Thiex 122 
12 3 Randy Rasmussen 119 
13 01 Troy Jerovtz 96 
14 43 Mike Brehmer 67 
15 03 Jon Courchaine 64 
16 38 Gerold Mastey 58 
17 7 Chris Born 57 
18 10 Rod Snellenberger 39 
19 2 Travis VanStraten 35 
20 50 Kyle Frederick 34 
21 16 Asa Doxtator 30 
22 6 Michael Ashen Brenner 28 
23 26 Jerry Schaalma 25 
24 33 Brandon Czarapata 24 
 
WISSOTA Steet Stocks
1 43 Scott VanProoyen 273 
2 2 Gary Kasparek 270 
3 22 Bruce Belland 269 
4 93 Lee Christjohn 243 
5 05 Keith Raab 234 
6 1 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 223 
7 44 Brent Schultz 222 
8 50 Jeremy Wolfe 209 
9 8 Bill Froehlich 199 
10 77 Chad Wield 195 
11 25 Junior Howard 192 
12 61 Jan Mytas 179 
13 27 Dan Wanta 171 
14 10 Chip Dallen, Jr. 153 
15 23 Kevin Maulson 133 
16 771 Mark Bandt 132 
17 71 Ben Schlieve 129 
18 83 Jason Bandt 116 
19 26 Bill George 82 
20 19 Carl Opper 44 
21 9 John VanOoyen 40 
 
Trucks
1 8 Sean Thayer 278 
2 53 Mark Arrowood 258 
3 38 Mike Bostwick 255 
4 36 Paul Bostwick 241 
5 15 Forrest Crandall 235 
6 20 Travis Widder 223 
7 88 Harold Harvey 214 
8 121 Steve Dake 208 
9 71 Eric Ney 186 
10 23 Bob Ney 164 
11 42 Jeremy Dake 154 
12 3 Tim Rose 127 
13 44 Jeff Becker 118 
14 196 J.P. Remington 93 
15 441 Trac Fleischman 48 
16 96 Tim Yarie 45 
17 41 Richard Ripley 41