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Inglett, Baker Claim Championships on First Night of Oktoberfest 2004
October 7-10 35th Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend
By R.J. Herried
(West Salem, WI - October 7, 2004) - Matt Inglett and Jeff Baker’s track
championships highlighted the first night of the 35th annual Oktoberfest race
weekend. Nine feature races and five big divisions took to the track to
compete on the first of four huge days of racing.
Baker, who drives in the Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman division, had a good
lead coming into the last race of the season, and his fourth place finish in
the Oktoberfest 20 Feature race cemented his second track championship
overall. Baker also claimed a championship in 1996. Baker
exercised good patience and judgement in avoiding a couple of on track
incidents in which he was nearly involved. Chris Skrede started the
evening with an outside chance to overtake Baker, however, his 15th place
feature finish wasn’t enough. Larry Bolster, Jr. finished second,
Jimmy Gilster third, with Baker and Chand Wehling rounding out the top five.
Randy Hass captured the checkered flag in the Sportsman B Feature. Heat
race winners in the division were Nick Clements and Jerimny Wagner. Dash
wins went to Jordan Hess and John Olson. Dan Linnehan was fast timer for
an amazing eight straight night, clocking in with a time of 22.653 seconds,
86.677 MPH.
Inglett claimed his first track championship by finishing sixth in the United
Auto Supply Thunderstox Oktoberfest 20 Feature. Inglett started the
evening needing to finish nine positions better than his nearest competitor
Jason Bolster. Bolster appeared to be closing the gap, leading Inglett
by about seven places when an accident on the backstretch took out seveal
competitors, allowing Inglett to gain back several positions. Once the
race resumed, Inglett was able to follow Bolster to the checkers to claim the
championship. Inglett showed his joy be attempting several doughnuts on
the frontstretch to the delight of the thousands in attendance.
Mark Challet took the win in the Oktoberfest 20 Thunderstox Feature.
Challet started on the pole, and was able to maintain that position throughout
the race to pick up the win. Travis Schendel finished second, followed
by Josh Inglett, Al Bartels and Bolster. Andy Moore took the Thunderstox
B Feature, Jason Schaller the C Feature. Thunderstox heat race wins went
to Adam Moore, Bolster, Jamie Dummer and Denise Miller.
Larry Bolster, Jr. picked up the checkered flag in the R.A.Y.S. (Run All Your
Stuff) division. The division features cars that are able to be modified
without many regulations. Tony Leis picked up the heat race win in the
division.
Litchfield, MN Modified driver Steve Johanneck showed he was clearly the class
of the field, winning both the heat race and the Oktoberfest 20 Feature.
Johanneck took the lead following a late race caution, and held on to the
finish, edging Jim Kulseth for the victory.
Ninety-five cars began the Budweiser Enduro 75 Feature, but not nearly that
many finished. The Enduro races are highlighted by lots of cars in a
small amount of space, with no caution flags. As cars fall out of the
race, a jam truck pushes them out of the way as the race continues.
Tomah, WI driver Dan Rozek came out victorious at the end of the wild race,
which featured a couple cars upside down and many crashes.
Exciting racing action continues through the weekend. The weekend is
highlighted by the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series, which runs
a 250 lap event Sunday afternoon.
LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
Ray Hutson Chevy Sportsman
Oktoberfest 20 Feature (25 Cars) - 1, Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 2,
Larry Bolster, Jr.; 3, Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 4, Jeff Baker, Holmen; 5,
Chand Wehling, Stoddard; 6, Jordan Hess, West Salem; 7, Scott Beckler, Sparta;
8, Bill Miller, Sparta; 9, Nick Clements, Onalaska; 10, Tom Thill, West Salem;
11, Branden Berg, Melrose; 12, Todd Lockington, Mindoro; 13, Tony Leis,
Bangor; 14, John Olson, Sparta; 15, Chris Skrede, Rockland.
B-Main - 1, Randy Hass, La Crosse; 2, Todd Lockington, Mindoro;
3, Rob Curran, Rockland; 4, Dan Erdman, La Crosse; 5, Ken Lewis, Black River
Falls.
Qualifying - 1, Daniel Linnehan, Sparta, 22.653 secs, 86.677 MPH;
2, Jimmy Gilster, West Salem, 22.799 secs, 86.122 MPH; 3, Tony Leis, Bangor,
22.838 secs, 85.975 MPH; 4, Jeff Baker, Holmen, 22.894 secs, 85.765 MPH; 5,
Jes Tenner, Melrose, 22.895 secs, 85.761 MPH.
Qualifiers Heat 1 - 1, Nick Clements, Onalaska; 2, Josh Millis,
Black River Falls; 3, Ken Lewis, Black River Falls; 4, Randy Hass, La Crosse;
5, Jason Dummer, Holmen.
Qualifiers Heat 2 - 1, Jerimy Wagner, Melrose; 2, Branden Berg,
Melrose; 3, Paul Mahlum, Jr., Holmen; 4, Dan Erdman, La Crosse; 5, Shawn
Lockington, La Crosse.
Odd Bud Dash - 1, Jordan Hess, Coon Valley; 2, Dan Linnehan,
Sparta; 3, Bill Miller, Sparta; 4, Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 5, Jes Tenner,
Melrose.
Even Bud Dash - 1, John Olson, Sparta; 2, Scott Beckler, Sparta;
3, Chris Skrede, Rockland; 4, Jeff Baker, Holmen; 5, Jimmy Gilster, West
Salem.
United Auto Supply Thunderstox
Oktoberfest 15 Feature (25 Cars) - 1, Mark Challet, Bangor; 2,
Travis Schendel, Cashton; 3, Josh Inglett, La Crosse; 4, Al Bartels, Tomah; 5,
Jason Bolster; 6, Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 7, LaVern Berg, Ettrick; 8, Bill
Inglett, La Crosse; 9, Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 10, Danielle Neary, La Crosse;
11, Justin Berg, Bangor; 12, Andy Barney, West Salem; 13, Andy Moore, Sparta;
14, Charles Vian, Sparta; 15, Denise Miller, Sparta.
B-Main - 1, Andy Moore, Sparta; 2, Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 3, Bill
Inglett, La Crosse; 4, Danille Neary, La Crosse; 5, Justin Berg, Bangor.
C-Main - 1, Jason Schaller, La Crosse; 2, Charles Vian, Jr.,
Sparta; 3, Rick Anderson, Sparta; 4, Matt Moore, Tomah; 5, Danny Fradette,
DeSoto.
Bud Dash - 1,
Heat 1 - 1, Adam Moore, Sparta; 2, Robert Stanfield, La Crosse;
3, Al Bartels, Tomah; 4, Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 5, Lonnie Klonecki, Arcadia.
Heat 2 - 1, Jason Bolster, Sparta; 2, Andy Barney, West Salem; 3,
Mark Challet, Bangor; 5, Josh Inglett, La Crosse; 5, Joey Johnson, Mindoro.
Heat 3 - 1, Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 2, Craig Kohlmeier, West Salem;
3, Tim Steinhoff, Cashton; 4, Travis Schendel, Cashton; 5, Brad Warthan,
Sparta.
Heat 4 - 1, Denise Miller, Sparta; 2, Ed Senn, La Crosse; 3,
Kevin Burr, La Crescent, Minn; 4, Jason Chandler, Sparta; 5, LaVern Berg,
Ettrick
R.A.Y.S.
Oktoberfest 12 Feature - 1, Larry Bolster, Jr., Four Corners; 2,
Dave Lashua, Wausau; 3, Tony Leis, Bangor; 4, Brendan Klueckman, Neillsville;
5, Ben Allen, Bangor.
Qualifying - 1, Dave Lashua, Wausau, 15.679 secs, 57.402 MPH; 2,
Steve Scholze, Sparta, 16.138 secs, 55.769 MPH; 3, Larry Bolster, Jr., Four
Corners, 16.423 secs, 54.801 MPH; 4, Tony Leis, Bangor, 16.456 secs, 54.691
MPH; 5, Brendan Klueckman, Neillsville, 16.701 secs, 53.889 MPH.
Heat 1 - 1, Tony Leis, Bangor; 2, Dave Lashua, Wausau; 3, Larry
Bolster, Jr., Four Corners; 4, Brendan Klueckman, Neillsville; 5, Steve
Scholze, Sparta.
Modifieds
Oktoberfest 20 Feature - 1, Steve Johanneck, Litchfield, Minn; 2,
Jim Kulseth, Rosemount, IL; 3, Chuck Rein, Las Vegas, NV; 4, Dennis Haldemann,
Randolph; 5, Dale Prunty, Allenton.
Heat 1 - 1, Steve Johanneck, Litchfield, Minn; 2, Dale Prunty,
Allenton; 3, Chuck Rein, Las Vegas, NV; 4, Jim Kulseth, Rosemount, IL; 5, Andy
Jirik, Lonsdale, Minn.
Double-O
Oktoberfest 12 Feature - 1, Steve Scholze, Sparta; 2, Dan
Linnehan, Sparta; 3, Jay Cherwenka, Black River Falls; 4, Jason Bolster,
Sparta; 5, Randy Hass, La Crosse.
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