Giese And Dake Win First Ever Feature Events In Antigo
By Jennifer Jach

July 16, 2004; Antigo, Wisconsin; The night was perfect for racing at the Langlade County Speedway on Friday night.  Some showers on and off during the day did not stop the fans or the cars from pilling into the speedway.  The WISSOTA Late Model Feature seen Todd Flannery take the checkers first with Wade Schutt winning another IMCA Modified Feature Event.  B.J. Giese won his first ever IMCA Stock Car Feature Event, as did Jeremy Dake in the Truck Division.  Bruce Belland would be victorious in the WISSOTA Street Stocks.

The WISSOTA Late Model Feature seen Tim Buhler take the point, Mark Mitchell second and Todd Flannery third. Flannery took the inside line around Mitchell for the second spot, as would Terry Anvelink as the caution flag would fly.  When the green flag was shown, it was Buhler taking the point, Flannery second and Gordie Seegert in third.  Seegert worked his way around Flannery on the high side to take over second, and then looked to the inside of Buhler for the lead.  The caution flag would once again fly and on the restart, Buhler took the point, Seegert second, and Flannery third.  Flannery was able to take the outside line around Seegert for second and then took the outside line around Buhler for the lead.  The checkers would fly for Flannery with Seegert in a close second and Buhler third.

In the IMCA Modified Feature, Wade Schutt took the point followed by Jeremie Hedrick and Eric Scribner.  The caution flag would fly and on the restart Schutt took the point, Hedrick second, and Scribner third.  The green would not last long as we would go yellow again.  On this restart, Schutt took the point, Hedrick second, and Scribner third.  The race would end when the time limit expired.  Schutt took the checkered flag with Hedrick second and Scribner third.

The Stock Car Feature seen Tory Jerovtz take the green with Steve Kastning second and B.J. Giese third.  Giese took the outside line around Kastning as did Dan Michonski to take over second and third.   Giese made his move to the inside of Jerovtz to take over the lead.  Jeremy Christians took over the second spot with a pass on Michonski.  Christians looked to the inside of Giese a few times but was never able to make the pass.  Christians would be glued to the back bumper of Giese across the finish line, as Giese would win his first feature event, Christians second, and Michonski third.

The WISSOTA Street Stock Feature seen Scott VanProoyen take the point, Dan Wanta second and Eugene Shawano Jr. third.  Shawano took the outside line around Wanta for the second spot, as Bruce Belland would do the same.  Belland would take the inside line, and Shawano would take the outside line to make a sandwich around VanProoyen.  Belland would come out the leader, Shawano second and VanProoyen third.  Wolfe took the outside line around Shawano with one lap to go.  The checkers flew and Belland would take the win, Shawano second, and Wolfe third.

The ASCI Trucks seen Jeremy Dake jump to the lead with Forest Crandall second and Travis Widder third.  The caution flag would fly right off the bat and on the restart Dake would take the point, Widder second and Crandall third.  Mark Arrowood took the inside line around Crandall for the third spot as the caution would fly again.  On this restart, Dake took the point, Crandall second and Widder third. Widder was able to take the inside line around Crandall as wood Arrowood to take over second and third.  The caution flag would once again be shown and on the restart Dake would take the point, Arrowood second and Widder third.  With only a lap left to go, Arrowood took the inside line around Dake, but Dake would hold on for the win.  This would be Dake’s first ever Feature Win, Arrowood coming in second and Widder 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:   Todd Flannery, Gordie Seegert, Tim Buhler, Terry Anvelink, Troy Springborn

HEAT 1: Buhler, Mitchell, Seegert
HEAT 2: Weisnicht Greg Haney, Crawford
HEAT 3: Anvelink, McBride, Flannery

IMCA Modifieds
FEATURE: Wade Schutt, Jeremie Hendricks, Eric Scribner, Craig Bartz, Mike Wedelstadt, Dave Diemel, Ken Murray, Scott Williams

HEAT 1: Muenster, Paff, Hendricks
HEAT 2: Wedelstadt, Diemel, Murray
HEAT 3: Scribner, McDermid, Schutt
HEAT 4: Knapp, Paff, Mendrzcki

Consi 1: Hanson, Diestler, Ploeckelman
Consi 2: Haferkorn, Bartz, Jeremy Hanson

IMCA Stock Cars
FEATURE: B.J. Giese, Jeremy Christians, Dan Michonski, Junior Karcz, Troy Jerovtz

HEAT 1: Karcz, Jerovtz, Slatter
HEAT 2: Christians, Giese, Volkman

WISSOTA Street Stocks
FEATURE: Bruce Belland, Gene Shawano, Jeremy Wolfe, Scott VanProoyen, Dan Wanta

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

ASCI Trucks
FEATURE: Jeremy Dake, Mark Arrowood, Travis Widder, Mike Bostwick, Mike Devener

HEAT 1: Arrowood, Remington, M. Bostwick
HEAT 2: Ney, Gunderson, Thayer


POINT STANDINGS
WISSOTA Late Models
1 4 Gordie Seegert, Jr. 425 
2 24 Tim Buhler 408 
3 81 Troy Springborn 407 
4 444 Todd Flannery 402 
5 5 M.J. McBride 340 
6 21 Luke Roffers 325 
7 43 Chad Fleischman 311 
8 224 Gary Nelson 309 
9 1 Doug Blashe 301 
10 70 M.J. Hintz 284 
11 58 A.J. Diemel 268 
12 15 Nick Anvelink 262 
13 77 Michelle Ploeckelman 252 
14 32 Terry Anvelink 245 
15 9 Tom Naeyaert 241 
16 18 Mark Weisnicht 230 
17 57 Mark Mitchell 226 
18 11 Curt Myers 207 
19 10 Pete Parker 202 
20 61 Greg Dhein 201 
21 94 Lee Thyes 159 
22 2 Steve Crawford, Sr. 151 
23 3 Randy Markwardt 146 
24 142 Jamie Schmidt 128 
25 101 Greg Haney 123 
26 7 Jerry Weigel 112 
27 42 Terry Casey 98 
28 36 R.W. Ashenbrenner 91 
29 01 Bob Bennett 83 
30 121 Derek Kohn 74 
31 17 Cody Grosskreutz 52 
32 44 Ken Kincaid 34 
33 117 Justin Ritchie 31 
34 69 Jon Olsen 27 

 
IMCA Modifieds
30 Wade Schutt 304 
77 Mike Wedelstadt 284 
49 Ken Murray 263 
24 Tom Haferkorn 259 
1 Julie McDermid 259 
60 Charlie Wild 249 
55 Tom Schaal 237 
41 Jerry Muenster 235 
22 Joe Haferkorn 225 
75 Eric Scribner 217 
7 Jeremy Hanson 214 
14 Jim Hanson 206 
73 Scott Williams 204 
12 Dave Diemel 202 
70 Mike Knapp 174 
17 Al Paff 162 
4 Michael Bailey 143 
07 Jamie Dietsler 135 
75 Eugene Shawano, Sr. 131 
71 Paul Paff 128 
85 Craig Bartz 122 
78 Robert Ploeckelman 116 
21 Shawn Miller 112 
23 John Peters 109 
19 Jeremie Hedrick 107 
69 Steve Crawford, Jr 103 
51 Steve Price 98 
5 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 97 
67 Mathew McDermid 96 
45 Todd Utke 88 
16 Larry Mendrzcki 86 
631 Roger VanRay 80 
113 Norman Walbruck, Jr. 77 
117 Chad Romenesko 75 
175 Lance Arneson 67 
165 Dean Mauer 65 
44 Brian Holtger 64 
65 Fred Shawano, Jr. 62 
03 Brad Rohloff 49 
167 Jerry Marvin 49 
88 Shawn Frelich 42 
4 Jimmy Barttelt 41 
197 Kyle Myers 31 
38 Greg Stelse 28 
65 Fred Shawano, Sr. 27 
199 Rick Strong 25 
63 Kurt Waush 22 
6 Jake Barttelt 22 
99 Eric VanIten 21 
121 Kyle Odekirk 16 
120 Joe Braatz 15 
39 Brandon Lrueger 15 
35 Trevor Schimke 14 
97 Keith Meyers 14 
39 Brandon Krueger 13 
98 Tim Gardiner 12 

 
IMCA Stock Cars
1 36 Larry Karcz, Jr. 307 
2 21 Shannon Volkman 290 
3 99 Jeremy Christians 287 
4 20 Greg Gutt 267 
5 1 Dan Michonski 262 
6 18 B.J. Giese 261 
7 40 Brian Karcz 260 
8 41 Michael Brott 259 
9 66 Leslie Slater, Jr. 254 
10 14 Steve Kasting 238 
11 4 Jeremy Thiex 218 
12 01 Troy Jerovtz 190 
13 3 Randy Rasmussen 177 
14 7 Chris Born 137 
15 16 Asa Doxtator 126 
16 43 Mike Brehmer 92 
17 03 Jon Courchaine 64 
18 38 Gerold Mastey 58 
19 12 Greg Volkman 57 
20 10 Rod Snellenberger 39 
21 0 Kevin Lameries 39 
22 2 Travis VanStraten 35 
23 50 Kyle Frederick 34 
24 6 Michael Ashen Brenner 28 
25 26 Jerry Schaalma 25 
26 33 Brandon Czarapata 24 

 
WISSOTA Street Stocks
1 43 Scott VanProoyen 432 
2 22 Bruce Belland 431 
3 2 Gary Kasparek 415 
4 1 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 369 
5 93 Lee Christjohn 362 
6 05 Keith Raab 358 
7 44 Brent Schultz 356 
8 50 Jeremy Wolfe 347 
9 25 Junior Howard 327 
10 8 Bill Froehlich 314 
11 27 Dan Wanta 300 
12 61 Jan Mytas 292 
13 23 Kevin Maulson 269 
14 83 Jason Bandt 251 
15 77 Chad Wield 210 
16 10 Chip Dallen, Jr. 191 
17 771 Mark Bandt 174 
18 71 Ben Schlieve 141 
19 26 Bill George 118 
20 19 Carl Opper 77 
21 28 Dennis LaCrosse 53 
22 9 John VanOoyen 40 

 
Trucks
1 53 Mark Arrowood 417 
2 38 Mike Bostwick 397 
3 8 Sean Thayer 389 
4 36 Paul Bostwick 381 
5 20 Travis Widder 367 
6 88 Harold Harvey 353 
7 15 Forrest Crandall 340 
8 71 Eric Ney 330 
9 23 Bob Ney 293 
10 196 J.P. Remington 228 
11 3 Tim Rose 210 
12 121 Steve Dake 208 
13 42 Jeremy Dake 204 
14 40 Jon Ripley 131 
15 44 Jeff Becker 118 
16 134 Mike Devener 88 
17 82 Robert Hoffman 84 
18 441 Trac Fleischman 48 
19 96 Tim Yarie 45 
20 41 Richard Ripley 41 
21 25 Leif Gunderson 41 
22 211 Joe Schielcher 35