Bud Lynn Remembered In Antigo
By Jennifer Jach

August 6, 2004; Antigo, Wisconsin; Weather Conditions were perfect for a great night of racing action at the Langlade County Speedway.  Before racing began, there was a small remembrance ceremony for the late Bud Lynn.  The Lynn family was presented with a plaque for all the work Bud put in at the track ten years ago.  The plaque was presented by a close friend of Bud’s, Jim Fleischman.  A handful of Limited Late Models were on hand to pay tribute to Bud Lynn, a four wide salute, which included every car and driver signed into the pit area made their way to the track, with a moment of silence.

The WISSOTA Late Model Feature seen Doug Blashe take the lead, M.J. McBride second and Tim Buhler third.  Buhler picked the outside line and went around both McBride and Blashe to take over the lead.  McBride took the inside line around Blashe for second as Gordie Seegert would follow taking over third.  The caution flag flew and on the restart Buhler jumped back into the lead with Seegert second and McBride third.   Troy Springborn would take the third spot away from McBride with only a handful of laps to go.  When the 20 laps winded down, it was Buhler taking the win, Seegert second and Springborn third.

The IMCA Modified Feature seen a caution flag as soon as they seen the green flag.  On the second attempt to start the race, Mike Cole grabbed the lead with John Peters second and Brad Rohloff third.  Rohloff would waste no time and move to the inside of Peters for second.  Wade Schutt would make his way to the fourth spot, then third, then second, and easily went around Cole for the lead, Rohloff would follow, putting Cole to third.  Mike Wedelstadt took the outside line around Cole for the third spot.  

The caution flag would fly again an on the restart, Schutt took the point, Wedelstadt second, and Rohloff third.  The race would end under a green, white, checkered situation.  When the checkers fell it was Schutt taking the win, Wedelstadt second, and Rohloff third.

Randy Rasmussen took the lead of the IMCA Stock Car Feature Event with Leslie Slater second and Mike Brott third.  B.J. Giese took the outside line around Brott to take over third.  Slater took the inside line around Rasmussen for the lead as Shannon Volkman would move into fourth.  Volkman would pass Giese, Rasmussen and Slater to take over the lead, Slater would hold onto second and Giese third.  Volkmans lead did not last long, as he would spin by himself coming out of turn three.  Slater would inherit the lead with Jeremy Christians making his way into second and Slater third.

The caution flag flew and on the restart, Giese would take the point, Christians second and Slater third.  Christians moved to the bottom of the track to pass Giese for the lead.  When the checkers flew it was Christians taking the win, Giese second and Slater third.

The WISSOTA Street Stock Feature seen Scott VanProoyen take the early lead with Bruce Belland in a close second and Keith Raab third.  Belland would move to the inside of VanProoyen to take over the lead as Lee Christjohn would take over the third spot from Raab.  The caution flag would fly as Belland would have a comfortable lead.  On the restart, Belland grabbed the lead, Christjohn second, and VanProoyen third.  The caution flag would once again fly and on this restart, Belland again took the point, Jeremy Wolfe jumped to second and VanProoyen third.

VanProoyen moved to the inside of Wolfe to take over second, while they were racing, Gary Kasperek snuck his way into the top four, and went around VanProoyen to take over third.  When the checkers flew, it was Belland taking the win, Wolfe second, and Kasperek third.

The Truck Feature seen Jeremy Dake take the lead with Mike Devener second and Leif Gunderson third.  Jon Ripley would be the man on the move, taking over the fourth, third, and then second spot, Devener would follow in third and Gunderson fourth.  J.P. Remington would take over the fourth and then third spot that would not last long as Travis Widder would take over the second spot with Ripley in third.  The caution flag would fly an on the restart, Dake took the point, Ripley second, and Sean Thayer jumped into the fourth spot.  Thayer would waste no time and took the inside line around Ripley and Dake to take over the lead.  Paul Bostwick took over the third spot with a pass on Ripley.  

The caution flag would fly again and on this restart, Thayer took the point, Mark Arrowood jumped to second, and Remington held onto third.  Arrowood moved to the inside of Thayer for the lead, but Thayer was able to make it stick on the high side.  With two laps to go it was Thayer with the lead by inches and Arrowood second.  When the checkers flew, Thayer would get a little too high and the win would go to Arrowood, Bostwick second and Remington 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, Gordie Seegert Jr., Troy Springborn

HEAT 1: Springborn, Flannery, Blashe
HEAT 2: Seegert, Buhler, Naeyaert

IMCA Modifieds
FEATURE: Wade Schutt, Mike Wedelstadt, Brad Rohloff

HEAT 1: Schutt, Rohloff, McDermid
HEAT 2: Peters, Scribner, Muenster
HEAT 3: Wild, Hedrick, Jeremy Hanson
HEAT 4: Tom Haferkorn, Cole, Wedelstadt

Consi 1: Joe Haferkorn, Jim Hanson, Bailey

IMCA Stock Cars
FEATURE: Jeremy Christians, B.J. Giese, Leslie Slater

HEAT 1: Slater, Rasmussen, Karcz
HEAT 2: Christians, Brott, Michonski

WISSOTA Street Stocks
FEATURE: Bruce Belland, Jeremy Wolfe, Gary Kasperek

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

ASCI Trucks
FEATURE: Mark Arrowood, Mike Bostwick, J.P. Remington

HEAT 1: Remington, P. Bostwick, Crandall
HEAT 2: Arrowood, Ripley, M. Bostwick


Langlade County Speedway Point Standings
WISSOTA Late Model
1 4 Gordie Seegert, Jr. 584 
2 24 Tim Buhler 567 
3 444 Todd Flannery 536 
4 81 Troy Springborn 511 
5 5 M.J. McBride 482 
6 21 Luke Roffers 461 
7 43 Doug Blashe 438 
8 224 Gary Nelson 425 
9 1 Chad Fleischman 419 
10 70 M.J. Hintz 400 
11 77 Tom Naeyaert 380 
12 9 Michelle Ploeckelman 352 
13 57 A.J. Diemel 321 
14 58 Nick Anvelink 308 
15 15 Pete Parker 300 
16 10 Terry Anvelink 297 
17 32 Mark Mitchell 277 
18 18 Steve Crawford, Sr. 256 
19 11 Greg Haney 241 
20 61 Randy Markwardt 239 
21 3 Mark Weisnicht 230 
22 2 Curt Myers 207 
23 101 Greg Dhein 201 
24 94 Lee Thyes 193 
25 142 Bob Bennett 189 
26 01 Terry Casey 149 
27 7 Jamie Schmidt 146 
28 42 Jerry Weigel 112 
29 36 R.W. Ashenbrenner 91 
30 121 Derek Kohn 74 
31 17 Cody Grosskreutz 52 
32 44 Doug Klemp 40 
33 117 Michael Hintz, Sr 36 
34 69 Ken Kincaid 34 
35 07 Justin Ritchie 31 
36 701 Jon Olsen 27 

 
IMCA Modifieds
1 30 Wade Schutt 404 
2 77 Mike Wedelstadt 384 
3 49 Ken Murray 349 
4 24 Tom Haferkorn 346 
5 1 Julie McDermid 338 
6 60 Charlie Wild 336 
7 55 Tom Schaal 306 
8 75 Eric Scribner 300 
9 41 Jerry Muenster 299 
10 7 Jeremy Hanson 298 
11 22 Joe Haferkorn 295 
12 73 Scott Williams 290 
13 14 Jim Hanson 285 
14 12 Dave Diemel 245 
15 70 Mike Knapp 236 
16 17 Al Paff 196 
17 4 Michael Bailey 196 
18 19 Jeremie Hedrick 193 
19 07 Jamie Dietsler 176 
20 71 Paul Paff 162 
21 23 John Peters 162 
22 67 Mathew McDermid 153 
23 78 Robert Ploeckelman 151 
24 69 Steve Crawford, Jr 150 
25 85 Craig Bartz 143 
26 03 Brad Rohloff 140 
27 117 Chad Romenesko 133 
28 16 Larry Mendrzcki 130 
29 45 Todd Utke 128 
30 21 Shawn Miller 126 
31 51 Steve Price 125 
32 165 Dean Mauer 117 
33 65 Fred Shawano, Jr. 111 
34 631 Roger VanRay 109 
35 5 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 108 
36 167 Jerry Marvin 84 
37 113 Norman Walbruck, Jr. 77 
38 75 Eugene Shawano, Sr. 68 
39 88 Shawn Frelich 68 
40 175 Lance Arneson 67 
41 221 Mike Cole 65 
42 44 Brian Holtger 64 
43 4 Jimmy Barttelt 41 
44 166 Jared Seifert 33 
45 197 Kyle Myers 31 
47 39 Brandon Krueger 29 
48 38 Greg Stelse 28 
49 199 Rick Strong 25 
50 144 Nick Holtger 23 
51 63 Kurt Waush 22 
52 6 Jake Barttelt 22 
53 99 Eric VanIten 21 
54 121 Kyle Odekirk 16 
55 120 Joe Braatz 15 
56 25 Paul Thorpe 15 
58 35 Trevor Schimke 14 
59 97 Keith Meyers 14 
60 98 Tim Gardiner 12 
61 66 Jerry Wren 11 
62 54 Benji LaCrosse 11 
63 151 John Berna 11 

 
IMCA Stock Cars
1 36 Larry Karcz, Jr. 407 
2 99 Jeremy Christians 391 
3 21 Shannon Volkman 385 
4 18 B.J. Giese 359 
5 1 Dan Michonski 356 
6 40 Brian Karcz 349 
7 20 Greg Gutt 344 
8 41 Michael Brott 343 
9 66 Leslie Slater, Jr. 343 
10 14 Steve Kasting 325 
11 01 Troy Jerovtz 265 
12 3 Randy Rasmussen 258 
13 4 Jeremy Thiex 246 
14 16 Asa Doxtator 170 
15 7 Chris Born 163 
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 0 Kevin Lameries 63 
22 38 Gerold Mastey 58 
23 12 Greg Volkman 57 
24 6 Michael Ashen Brenner 56 
25 112 Kurt Olson 51 
26 114 Charles Gretzon 49 
27 33 Brandon Czarapata 48 
28 126 George Gerbers 31 
29 34 Brett Wenzel 30 
30 26 Jerry Schaalma 25 
31 56 Jason Czarapata 24 
32 133 Mike Czarapata 24 
33 44 Terry Schmidt 23 
34 8 Derek Bruechert 20 
35 67 Jon T. Wolf 19 

 
WISSOTA Street Stocks
1 22 Bruce Belland 563 
2 43 Scott VanProoyen 550 
3 2 Gary Kasparek 535 
4 93 Lee Christjohn 488 
5 1 Eugene Shawano, Jr. 482 
6 50 Jeremy Wolfe 476 
7 05 Keith Raab 472 
8 44 Brent Schultz 463 
9 25 Junior Howard 423 
10 8 Bill Froehlich 416 
11 27 Dan Wanta 395 
12 61 Jan Mytas 394 
13 23 Kevin Maulson 360 
14 83 Jason Bandt 345 
15 77 Chad Wield 289 
16 771 Mark Bandt 257 
17 10 Chip Dallen, Jr. 235 
18 71 Ben Schlieve 141 
19 26 Bill George 118 
20 19 Carl Opper 77 
21 28 Dennis LaCrosse 53 
22 96 Mark Schuenemann 47 
23 9 John VanOoyen 40 
24 193 Tony Lund 17 

 
Trucks
1 53 Mark Arrowood 548 
2 38 Mike Bostwick 514 
3 8 Sean Thayer 512 
4 36 Paul Bostwick 494 
5 20 Travis Widder 484 
6 88 Harold Harvey 449 
7 15 Forrest Crandall 446 
8 71 Eric Ney 434 
9 23 Bob Ney 384 
10 196 J.P. Remington 350 
11 42 Jeremy Dake 302 
12 40 Jon Ripley 232 
13 3 Tim Rose 210 
14 121 Steve Dake 208 
15 134 Mike Devener 183 
16 25 Leif Gunderson 151 
17 82 Robert Hoffman 136 
18 44 Jeff Becker 118 
19 41 Richard Ripley 56 
20 441 Trac Fleischman 48 
21 96 Tim Yarie 45 
22 211 Joe Schielcher 35