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Sean Thayer Undefeated in ASCI Truck Features
By Jennifer Jach
July 2, 2004; Antigo, Wisconsin; The beginning of the fourth of July weekend
started in Antigo on Friday night. The grandstands were standing room
only and the pits were filled as well on Fire-up Smokeshop and Fireworks
night. Tim Buhler was the winner of the WISSOTA Late Model Feature. Mike
Wedelstadt made a last lap pass to win the IMCA Modified Feature, and Larry
Karcz Jr. fought his way to the front of the IMCA Stock Car Feature.
Gary Kasperek took the checkers in the WISSOTA Street Stock Feature, and Sean
Thayer remains undefeated in the ASCI Truck Feature Events.
The WISSOTA Late Model Feature seen M.J. McBride take the green flag first
with Doug Blashe second and Nick Anvelink third. Blashe would take the
inside line around McBride for the lead but he could not make it work.
The caution flag would make an appearance and on the restart McBride would
take the point with Blashe second and Flannery third. Flannery would
take the outside line around Blashe for the second spot, as Buhler would take
the inside line around Blashe for the third spot.
McBride would pull away from the field a little more each lap. Buhler
would take the inside line around Flannery to take over the runner up spot,
and would gradually real in the leader of McBride. Buhler was able to
pull up to the backside of McBride and would follow a few laps before making
his move to the inside of McBride. The caution flag would fly but this
time it would be green, white checkered. Buhler would take the point,
second to Flannery and third to McBride, they would also end this way when the
checkers flew.
The Modified Feature started with Craig Bartz taking the lead, Dave Diemel
second and Jerry Muenster third. Scott Williams would nudge to the
inside of Muenster for the third spot. The caution flag would almost
immediately fly and on the restart, Bartz would take the lead with Diemel
second and Joe Haferkorn third. The caution flag would fly again and on
this restart Bartz would take the point, Diemel second and Tom Haferkorn
third. Mike Wedelstadt would take the outside line around Haferkorn, and
then the outside line around Diemel to take over the second spot. When
the white flag flew, Wedelstadt made his move on Bartz. When they came
around for the checkered it was Wedelstadt taking the win with Bartz second
and Diemel third.
Jeremy Thiex grabbed the lead of the IMCA Stock Car Feature event with Greg
Gutt second and Brian Karcz third. Gutt would take the inside line
around Thiex for the lead, as Larry Karcz Jr. would take the inside line
around Brian Karcz and Thiex to take over the second spot. The caution
flag would fly and on the restart Thiex would take the point with Gutt second
and Troy Jerovtz third. Gutt would again take the inside line around
Thiex for the lead, and Karcz would follow.
The caution flag made another appearance and on this restart Gutt would take
the point, Karcz second and Thiex third. Dan Michonski would take third
away from Thiex with an inside pass. Karcz would take the inside line
around Gutt to take over the lead. Dan Michonski would follow after
going four wide in turns three and four. When they crossed the start
finish line with the checkers waiving, it was Karcz first, Michonski second
and Gutt in the third spot.
The Street Stocks seen Jeremy Wolfe take the point, Gary Kasperek second and
Scott VanProoyen third. Kasperek would take the outside line around
Wolfe for the lead and VanProoyen would take over the second spot from
Wolfe. Lee Christjohn would take the inside line around Wolfe for the
third spot. That would not last long as Bruce Belland would take over
the third spot with an outside pass on Christjohn. Christjohn would
almost immediately take over the third spot again with and inside pass on
Belland.
The caution flag would fly and on the restart Kasperek would take the lead
with VanProoyen second and Belland third. Belland would take the outside
line around VanProoyen, Christjohn would then take the inside line around
VanProoyen, and Belland would make a move to the outside of Kasperek for the
lead. Kasperek would fight back on the inside of Belland and regain the
lead. When the checkers flew it was Kasperek taking the win by a nose
over Belland, and Christjohn in the third spot.
The Truck Feature seen Sean Thayer take the lead with J.P. Remington second,
and Mark Arrowood third. Arrowood would take the outside line around
Remington for the second spot as the caution flag flew. On the restart,
Arrowood would take the point with Thayer second but Thayer would not settle
for second. The caution flag would once again fly and on the restart
Thayer would take the point with Arrowood second and Remington
third.
Arrowood did not like the second spot and would move to the inside of Thayer,
racing wheel to wheel for the next couple of laps. Thayer would be able
to pull ahead as the caution flag would fly again. This restart seen
Thayer take the lead with Arrowood second and Remington third. Arrowood
would slide high and loose some positions, and the chance at breaking
Thayer’s winning streak. When the checkered flag flew it was Thayer
taking the win, Remington second and 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: Tim Buhler, Todd Flannery, M.J. McBride, Doug Blashe,
Gordie Seegert, Troy Springborn, Terry Anvelink, Luke Roffers
HEAT 1: Karcz, Gutt, B. Karcz
HEAT 2: Seegert, Naeyaert, N. Anvelink
HEAT 3: Mitchell, Springborn, McBride
IMCA Modifieds
FEATURE: Mike Wedelstadt, Craig Bartz, Dave Diemel, Tom Haferkorn, Joe
Haferkorn, Jerry Muenster, Lance Arneson, Ken Murray
HEAT 1: Bartz, Arneson, Scribner
HEAT 2: Diemel, J. Haferkorn, McDermid
HEAT 3: Schutt, Murray, Muenster
HEAT 4: T. Haferkorn, Wedelstadt, Williams
Consi 1: Hanson, Frelich, Diestler
Consi 2: Jim Hanson, Romenesko, Odekirk
IMCA Stock Cars
FEATURE: Larry Karcz Jr., Dan Michonski, Greg Gutt, Jeremy Christians, Shannon
Volkman, Michael Brott, Jeremy Thiex, Brian Karcz
HEAT 1: Karcz Jr., Gutt, B. Karcz
HEAT 2: Michonski, Jervotz, Brehmer
WISSOTA Street Stocks
FEATURE: Gary Kasperek, Bruce Belland, Lee Christjohn, Scott VanProoyen, Kevin
Maulson, Brent Schultz, Junior Howard, Dan Wanta
HEAT 1: Kasperek, Wolfe, Bandt
HEAT 2: VanProoyen, Christjohn, Belland
ASCI Trucks
FEATURE: Sean Thayer, JP Remington, Mike Bostwick, Paul Bostwick, Travis
Widder, Mark Arrowood, Eric Ney, Harold Harvey
HEAT 1: Widder, P. Bostwick, Ney
HEAT 2: Arrowood, Thayer, Remington
POINT STANDINGS
WISSOTA Late Models
1 4 Gordie Seegert, Jr. 320
2 24 Tim Buhler 303
3 81 Troy Springborn 302
4 444 Todd Flannery 295
5 21 Luke Roffers 281
6 5 M.J. McBride 245
7 224 Gary Nelson 236
8 43 Chad Fleischman 233
9 1 Doug Blashe 215
10 70 M.J. Hintz 206
11 9 Tom Naeyaert 194
12 58 A.J. Diemel 193
13 77 Michelle Ploeckelman 185
14 15 Nick Anvelink 182
15 57 Mark Mitchell 179
16 18 Mark Weisnicht 169
17 61 Greg Dhein 163
18 94 Lee Thyes 159
19 11 Curt Myers 156
20 32 Terry Anvelink 142
21 10 Pete Parker 132
22 3 Randy Markwardt 118
23 142 Jamie Schmidt 116
24 42 Terry Casey 98
25 01 Bob Bennett 83
26 2 Steve Crawford, Sr. 82
27 121 Derek Kohn 74
28 7 Jerry Weigel 73
29 36 R.W. Ashenbrenner 58
30 101 Greg Haney 55
31 17 Cody Grosskreutz 52
32 44 Ken Kincaid 34
33 69 Jon Olsen 27
IMCA Modifieds
1 30 Wade Schutt 224
2 77 Mike Wedelstadt 209
3 1 Julie McDermid 207
4 24 Tom Haferkorn 200
5 49 Ken Murray 194
6 60 Charlie Wild 190
7 22 Joe Haferkorn 185
8 55 Tom Schaal 182
9 7 Jeremy Hanson 174
10 41 Jerry Muenster 171
11 14 Jim Hanson 152
12 73 Scott Williams 143
13 75 Eric Scribner 141
14 12 Dave Diemel 130
15 4 Michael Bailey 118
16 70 Mike Knapp 115
17 17 Al Paff 112
18 21 Shawn Miller 99
19 07 Jamie Dietsler 97
20 67 Mathew McDermid 96
21 71 Paul Paff 91
22 78 Robert Ploeckelman 88
23 85 Craig Bartz 85
24 23 John Peters 79
25 113 Norman Walbruck, Jr. 77
26 51 Steve Price 73
27 69 Steve Crawford, Jr 69
28 5 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 69
29 175 Lance Arneson 67
30 165 Dean Mauer 65
31 631 Roger VanRay 64
32 45 Todd Utke 60
33 16 Larry Mendrzcki 51
34 03 Brad Rohloff 49
35 117 Chad Romenesko 49
36 75 Eugene Shawano, Sr. 45
37 4 Jimmy Barttelt 41
38 65 Fred Shawano, Jr. 39
39 44 Brian Holtger 38
40 19 Jeremie Hedrick 34
41 38 Greg Stelse 28
42 65 Fred Shawano, Sr. 27
43 88 Shawn Frelich 26
44 199 Rick Strong 25
45 167 Jerry Marvin 24
46 63 Kurt Waush 22
47 6 Jake Barttelt 22
48 99 Eric VanIten 21
49 121 Kyle Odekirk 16
50 120 Joe Braatz 15
51 39 Brandon Lrueger 15
52 35 Trevor Schimke 14
53 97 Keith Meyers 14
54 39 Brandon Krueger 13
55 98 Tim Gardiner 12
IMCA Stock Cars
1 36 Larry Karcz, Jr. 232
2 21 Shannon Volkman 222
3 99 Jeremy Christians 222
4 40 Brian Karcz 202
5 41 Michael Brott 198
6 20 Greg Gutt 197
7 18 B.J. Giese 190
8 1 Dan Michonski 188
9 66 Leslie Slater, Jr. 187
10 14 Steve Kasting 181
11 4 Jeremy Thiex 156
12 3 Randy Rasmussen 143
13 01 Troy Jerovtz 126
14 43 Mike Brehmer 92
15 7 Chris Born 86
16 03 Jon Courchaine 64
17 38 Gerold Mastey 58
18 16 Asa Doxtator 56
19 10 Rod Snellenberger 39
20 2 Travis VanStraten 35
21 50 Kyle Frederick 34
22 6 Michael Ashen Brenner 28
23 12 Greg Volkman 28
24 26 Jerry Schaalma 25
25 33 Brandon Czarapata 24
WISSOTA Street Stocks
1 2 Gary Kasparek 327
2 43 Scott VanProoyen 326
3 22 Bruce Belland 322
4 93 Lee Christjohn 296
5 05 Keith Raab 271
6 44 Brent Schultz 269
7 1 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 266
8 50 Jeremy Wolfe 252
9 25 Junior Howard 239
10 8 Bill Froehlich 232
11 27 Dan Wanta 216
12 61 Jan Mytas 215
13 77 Chad Wield 195
14 10 Chip Dallen, Jr. 191
15 23 Kevin Maulson 180
16 771 Mark Bandt 174
17 83 Jason Bandt 162
18 71 Ben Schlieve 141
19 26 Bill George 82
20 19 Carl Opper 77
21 9 John VanOoyen 40
Trucks
1 8 Sean Thayer 333
2 53 Mark Arrowood 308
3 38 Mike Bostwick 303
4 36 Paul Bostwick 292
5 15 Forrest Crandall 277
6 20 Travis Widder 274
7 88 Harold Harvey 259
8 71 Eric Ney 233
9 121 Steve Dake 208
10 23 Bob Ney 206
11 42 Jeremy Dake 154
12 196 J.P. Remington 145
13 3 Tim Rose 127
14 44 Jeff Becker 118
15 441 Trac Fleischman 48
16 96 Tim Yarie 45
17 134 Mike Devener 42
18 41 Richard Ripley 41
19 40 Jon Ripley 40
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