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Drivers Honored At Langlade County Speedway Awards Banquet
February 26, 2005
Antigo, Wisconsin; Drivers were honored at the 2004 Langlade County Speedway
Awards Banquet. The Banquet was held at Indian Springs Lodge and
Conference Center in Carter. Over 300 people attended this year’s
event. The night started out with a diner and concluded with the awards
ceremony. The drivers were also given their share of the point fund.
The awards ceremony started with a handful of thank yous going out to all the
drivers, workers, and everyone that helped out at the speedway for the 2004
race season that made it a huge success. The 2005 President, Marc
Johnson, then gave a short speech and the awards ceremony began.
Starting the awards ceremony was the Truck Division. Fourth place went to Paul
Bostwick, third went to Sean Thayer, second to Mike Bostwick and the 2004
Truck Champion was Mark Arrowood. Thayer had the most Feature Wins at
nine, other Feature Winners during the season included Arrowood, Jeremy Dake,
and J.P. Remington.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks were then honored. Lee Christjohn took home
fourth place, Gary Kasperek third, Scott VanProoyen second and the 2004
WISSOTA Street Stock Champion was Bruce Belland. Dan Wanta finished the
year with a tenth place in points, which gave him Rookie of the Year
Honors. During the season Kasperek, Belland, VanProoyen, Christjohn,
Eugene Shawano Jr., and Jeremy Wolfe all shared a spot in Victory Lane after
Feature Wins.
The IMCA Stock Cars were a new weekly division in 2004. Taking home
Feature Wins in this division were, Shannon Volkman, Jeremy Christians, Larry
Karcz Jr., and B.J. Giese. Finishing fourth in the point standings was
Dan Michonski, third went to Shannon Volkman, second to Jeremy Christians, and
the 2004 IMCA Stock Car Track Championship went to Larry Karcz Jr.
The IMCA Modifieds had some great racing moments in 2004 even though the track
only seen three different Feature Winners. The most wins went to Wade
Schutt, second to Mike Wedelstadt and the third driver to win a feature was
Eric Scribner. Fourth place in points went to Antigo’s very own
Charlie Wild, third to Julie McDermid, second to Mike Wedelstadt and the 2004
IMCA Modified Track Champion was Wade Schutt.
The WISSOTA Late Models were the next in line to receive their hardware.
The 2004 Track Championship went to Gordie Seegert, in a close second was Tim
Buhler, third went to Todd Flannery, and rounding out the top four was M.J.
McBride. This division had a few more Feature Winners for the 2004
season. Seegert, Buhler, Flannery, Luke Roffers, Troy Springborn, Tom
Naeyaert, and Terry Casey all had a feature win at the Speedway in 2004.
Some of these drivers even had multiple feature wins.
Closing out the night were two special awards that were given to some very
special people at the Speedway. The first award went to the Potawatomi
Community for all their support and season sponsorship at the speedway in
2004. The second went to Al from Fire-Up Fireworks for all the hard work
he did for the track in the 2004 and the beautiful fireworks display to close
out the Indian Summer Classic.
The weekly race program includes WISSOTA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA
Stock Cars, WISSOTA Street Stocks, and ASCI Trucks. Racing starts on May
13th and runs through September 2, 2004 with a break on June 10th for the
Off-Road Races. Racing begins at 7:15. 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.
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