Roffers and Wedelstadt Victorious in Antigo
By Jennifer Jach

July 23, 2004; Antigo, Wisconsin; Track conditions were perfect for a cool night of racing action at the Langlade County Speedway.  There were new cars on hand and a packed grandstands.  The nightly sponsor was the Wisconsin Woodchucks Baseball Team.  Luke Roffers blew by the competition to win the WISSOTA Late Model Feature Event, while Mike Wedelstadt had to battle for the top spot of the IMCA Modified Feature.  Jeremy Christians was the winner of the IMCA Stock Car Feature, Jeremy Wolfe won his first Feature of 2004 in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, and Sean Thayer was the winner of the Truck Feature.

The WISSOTA Late Model Feature seen Mark Mitchell take the pint, M.J. McBride second and Todd Flannery third.  Luke Roffers would shake things up a bit with a pass on Flannery to take over third.  Roffers was able to take over second with a pass on McBride, but McBride would fight back and was able to hang onto the position for a few more laps.  Roffers waited a few laps and again made his move on McBride, this time securing the second spot.  Roffers would waste no time reeling in the leader of Mitchell, and took the inside line around for the lead.  When the checkers flew it was Roffers taking the win, Mitchell second, and Seegert third, in a caution free feature race.

The IMCA Modified Feature seen Jeremy Hanson jump to the early lead with Scott Williams second and Charlie Wild third.  The top two would almost immediately pull away from the rest of the field.  Julie McDermid took the inside line around Wild to take over third.  The caution flag would fly and on the restart, Hanson took the point, Schutt jumping into second, and Williams third.  Schutt was able to take over the lead with an inside pass on Hanson, as Mike Wedelstadt would take over third and then second with a  three wide pass on McDermid and Williams.  Wedelstadt then looked to the outside of Hanson for second, and then reeled in the race leader.

The caution flag would fly once more and on this restart, Schutt took the point, Wedelstadt second, and Hanson hanging on to third.  Williams worked his way around McDermid and Hanson to take over third.  Wedelstadt would move to the outside line as Schutt would be glued to the bottom of the track.  Wedelstadt would be able to move into the lead by only a few feet when Schutt would fight back and regain his lead.  When the white flag flew it was Schutt in the lead by inches and Wedelstadt second, Wedelstadt was able to pull ahead on the backstretch, and take the checkers.  Runner-up was Schutt, followed by Williams.

The Stock Car Feature seen Asa Doxtator take the point, Troy Jerovtz second, and Greg Gutt third.  Jeremy Christians took the inside line around Gutt for the third spot, and then the inside line around Jerovtz for second.  B.J. Giese would make it three wide for the fourth position, coming out in the third spot with Gutt fourth.  Christians took the inside line around Doxtator for the lead as Junior Karcz took over the fourth spot.  Karcz would take over second when Doxtator would get up in the loose stuff and fall back a few positions.  

The caution flag would fly and on the restart, Christians took the point, Karcz second and Giese third.  Shannon Volkman took the inside line around Giese for third, but Giese was able to hang onto the position.  Volkman would once again look to the inside of Giese and would take over the spot, with Jason Czarapata taking over the fourth spot.  Czarapata would get a flat tire and have to go to pit lane.  Christians would remain in the lead, Karcz second and Rod Snellenberger moved into the third spot.  When the laps were completed, it was Christians taking the win, Karcz second, and Snellenberger third.

The WISSOTA Street Stock Feature seen Scott VanProoyen take the lead with Jeremy Wolfe second and Bruce Belland third.  The caution flag would fly a few laps later and on the restart, VanProoyen took the point, Wolfe second, and Belland third.  Wolfe used the inside line to take over the lead, as Bruce Belland looked to the outside of VanProoyen.  VanProoyen would fight back in the middle of the track with Belland to his high side and Wolfe to his inside.  Wolfe and VanProoyen left Belland in third, while they raced wheel to wheel for the lead.

The caution flag flew  once more and on the restart, Wolfe regained his lead, VanProoyen second, and Belland third.  Christian took the inside line around Belland to take over third as Wolfe began pulling away from the field.  The caution flag flew for a third time and on this restart, Wolfe took the point, VanProoyen second and Belland third.  The green would not last long as the caution flag flew again.  Again Wolfe took the point, Belland second and Lee Christjohn making his way into the top three.  The race would end when the next caution flag would fly due to the expiration of the time limit.  Wolfe was crowned with the win, Belland second and Christjohn third.

In the Truck Feature, Jeremy Dake took the point followed by Leif Gunderson and Jon Ripley.  Dake’s lead would be short, as he would spin by himself in turn two, Gunderson would take over the lead.  Sean Thayer took the inside line around Crandall, and then Ripley to take over the second spot.  Crandall would then loose his position to Mark Arrowood, as would Ripley.  Thayer would reel in the leader and took over the top position with an outside pass.  Mark Arrowood followed and took over second.  When the checkers flew it was Thayer taking the win, Arrowood second, and Gunderson 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:   Luke Roffers, Mark Mitchell, Gordie Seegert, Jr., M.J. McBride, Tim Buhler, Todd Flannery, Doug Blashe, Tom Naeyaert, Mark Markwardt, Pete Parker

HEAT 1: Seegert, Flannery, Roffers
HEAT 2: Fleischman, Parker, Buhler

IMCA Modifieds
FEATURE: Mike Wedelstadt, Wade Schutt, Scott Williams, Ken Murray, Jeremie Hedrick, Jeremy Hanson, Julie McDermid, Jarred Siefert, Brad Rohloff, Tom Haferkorn

HEAT 1: Hanson, Rohloff, Crawford
HEAT 2: Knapp, Wild, Wedelstadt
HEAT 3: Williams, Muenster, McDermid
HEAT 4: Jim Hanson, T. Haferkorn, Schutt

Consi 1: Scribner, J. Haferkorn, Waush
Consi 2: Siefert, M. McDermid, Bailey

IMCA Stock Cars
FEATURE: Jeremy Christians, Larry Karcz Jr., Rod Snellenberger, Shannon Volkman, Kyle Frederick, B.J. Giese, Dan Michonski, Brain Karcz

HEAT 1: Gutt, Gebbers, Doxtator
HEAT 2: Christians, Karcz, Jerovtz
HEAT 3: Volkman, Giese, Czarapata

WISSOTA Street Stocks
FEATURE: Jeremy Wolfe, Bruce Belland, Lee Christjohn, Keith Raab

HEAT 1: Shawano, Kasperek, Raab
HEAT 2: Belland, VanProoyen, Christjohn

ASCI Trucks
FEATURE: Sean Thayer, Mark Arrowood, Leif Gunderson, Travis Widder, J. P. Remington, Mike Bostwick, Paul Bostwick, Forest Crandall, Eric Ney, Jon Ripley

HEAT 1: Thayer, Crandall, Widder
HEAT 2: Arrowood, Gunderson, Remington

Langlade County Speedway Point Standings
WISSOTA Late Models
1 4 Gordie Seegert, Jr. 479 
2 24 Tim Buhler 458 
3 444 Todd Flannery 452 
4 81 Troy Springborn 421 
5 5 M.J. McBride 390 
6 21 Luke Roffers 380 
7 43 Chad Fleischman 354 
8 224 Gary Nelson 347 
9 1 Doug Blashe 346 
10 70 M.J. Hintz 322 
11 77 Michelle Ploeckelman 285 
12 9 Tom Naeyaert 284 
13 57 Mark Mitchell 277 
14 58 A.J. Diemel 268 
15 15 Nick Anvelink 262 
16 10 Pete Parker 248 
17 32 Terry Anvelink 245 
18 18 Mark Weisnicht 230 
19 11 Curt Myers 207 
20 61 Greg Dhein 201 
21 3 Randy Markwardt 191 
22 2 Steve Crawford, Sr. 184 
23 101 Greg Haney 163 
24 94 Lee Thyes 159 
25 142 Jamie Schmidt 146 
26 01 Bob Bennett 118 
27 7 Jerry Weigel 112 
28 42 Terry Casey 98 
29 36 R.W. Ashenbrenner 91 
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
1 30 Wade Schutt 343 
2 77 Mike Wedelstadt 324 
3 49 Ken Murray 300 
4 1 Julie McDermid 293 
5 24 Tom Haferkorn 290 
6 60 Charlie Wild 279 
7 55 Tom Schaal 262 
8 41 Jerry Muenster 257 
9 22 Joe Haferkorn 249 
10 7 Jeremy Hanson 249 
11 75 Eric Scribner 246 
12 73 Scott Williams 242 
13 14 Jim Hanson 234 
14 12 Dave Diemel 202 
15 70 Mike Knapp 201 
16 17 Al Paff 174 
17 4 Michael Bailey 159 
18 07 Jamie Dietsler 150 
19 19 Jeremie Hedrick 143 
20 71 Paul Paff 139 
21 75 Eugene Shawano, Sr. 131 
22 78 Robert Ploeckelman 129 
23 21 Shawn Miller 126 
24 69 Steve Crawford, Jr 126 
25 85 Craig Bartz 122 
26 67 Mathew McDermid 122 
27 23 John Peters 109 
28 16 Larry Mendrzcki 100 
29 45 Todd Utke 99 
30 51 Steve Price 98 
31 5 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 97 
32 631 Roger VanRay 96 
33 117 Chad Romenesko 86 
34 165 Dean Mauer 86 
35 03 Brad Rohloff 81 
36 113 Norman Walbruck, Jr. 77 
37 65 Fred Shawano, Jr. 73 
38 175 Lance Arneson 67 
39 44 Brian Holtger 64 
40 167 Jerry Marvin 62 
41 88 Shawn Frelich 42 
42 4 Jimmy Barttelt 41 
43 166 Jared Seifert 33 
44 197 Kyle Myers 31 
45 38 Greg Stelse 28 
46 65 Fred Shawano, Sr. 27 
47 199 Rick Strong 25 
48 63 Kurt Waush 22 
49 6 Jake Barttelt 22 
50 99 Eric VanIten 21 
51 121 Kyle Odekirk 16 
52 120 Joe Braatz 15 
53 39 Brandon Lrueger 15 
54 221 Mike Cole 15 
55 35 Trevor Schimke 14 
56 97 Keith Meyers 14 
57 39 Brandon Krueger 13 
58 98 Tim Gardiner 12 
59 144 Nick Holtger 12 
60 66 Jerry Wren 11 
61 54 Benji LaCrosse 11 
 
IMCA Stock Cars
1 36 Larry Karcz, Jr. 346 
2 21 Shannon Volkman 327 
3 99 Jeremy Christians 327 
4 20 Greg Gutt 296 
5 1 Dan Michonski 296 
6 18 B.J. Giese 296 
7 40 Brian Karcz 293 
8 41 Michael Brott 284 
9 66 Leslie Slater, Jr. 281 
10 14 Steve Kasting 268 
11 4 Jeremy Thiex 246 
12 01 Troy Jerovtz 212 
13 3 Randy Rasmussen 203 
14 16 Asa Doxtator 147 
15 7 Chris Born 137 
16 43 Mike Brehmer 92 
17 10 Rod Snellenberger 77 
18 50 Kyle Frederick 70 
19 2 Travis VanStraten 67 
20 03 Jon Courchaine 64 
21 38 Gerold Mastey 58 
22 12 Greg Volkman 57 
23 0 Kevin Lameries 39 
24 126 George Gerbers 31 
25 6 Michael Ashen Brenner 28 
26 26 Jerry Schaalma 25 
27 33 Brandon Czarapata 24 
28 56 Jason Czarapata 24 
29 44 Terry Schmidt 23 
30 8 Derek Bruechert 20 
31 67 Jon T. Wolf 19 

WISSOTA Street Stocks
1 22 Bruce Belland 486 
2 43 Scott VanProoyen 478 
3 2 Gary Kasparek 463 
4 93 Lee Christjohn 414 
5 1 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 412 
6 05 Keith Raab 409 
7 44 Brent Schultz 405 
8 50 Jeremy Wolfe 400 
9 25 Junior Howard 370 
10 8 Bill Froehlich 357 
11 27 Dan Wanta 338 
12 61 Jan Mytas 338 
13 23 Kevin Maulson 315 
14 83 Jason Bandt 289 
15 77 Chad Wield 242 
16 771 Mark Bandt 209 
17 10 Chip Dallen, Jr. 191 
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 471 
2 8 Sean Thayer 445 
3 38 Mike Bostwick 443 
4 36 Paul Bostwick 427 
5 20 Travis Widder 417 
6 88 Harold Harvey 392 
7 15 Forrest Crandall 387 
8 71 Eric Ney 374 
9 23 Bob Ney 331 
10 196 J.P. Remington 277 
11 42 Jeremy Dake 242 
12 3 Tim Rose 210 
13 121 Steve Dake 208 
14 40 Jon Ripley 172 
15 134 Mike Devener 123 
16 82 Robert Hoffman 121 
17 44 Jeff Becker 118 
18 25 Leif Gunderson 93 
19 441 Trac Fleischman 48 
20 96 Tim Yarie 45 
21 41 Richard Ripley 41 
22 211 Joe Schielcher 35