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Menard Thrills La Crosse Crowd
Saturday, Apr. 30 Harter’s Quick Clean-Up Presents: Late Models,
Sportsman,
Thunderstox, School Bus Race
Saturday, May 7 Christen Farm Nursery Presents: ///NASCAR
Late Models,
Sportsman, Thunderstox
Saturday, May 14 Pischke Motors Presents: ///NASCAR Late
Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox
By Nicole Korish
(West Salem, WI - April 23, 2005) - What is the best remedy for a freezing
cold April night? Red-hot racing.
That is what many fans at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway witnessed
Saturday night as two track records fell in what was an action-packed race
program from start to finish. Andy Burgess, expected to one of the top guns in
the Kwik Trip Late Model Division this season, established a track record when
he turned an amazing 19.656-second lap, shattering the previous track mark of
19.757 set by Blake Horstman on April 10, 2004.
Burgess, one half of the powerful Team Menard race team, ran into trouble in
his heat race, however, when something in his front suspension broke, catapulting
him into the backstretch wall in a spectacular - and scary - crash. Burgess
was not injured, and borrowed a car from fellow competitor Adam Degenhardt. It
didn’t matter, however, as his teammate, Charlie Menard, who was making his
first appearance at the track this season after winning the Kwik Trip Late
Model title last season, started on the pole.. That was bad news for the rest
of the 24-car, talent-laden field, as Menard was able to hold the lead through
four cautions, then hold off gallant charges from eight-time track champion
Kevin Nuttleman of Bangor, Wis., and Mark Lamoreaux of Bloomington, Minn., for
the checkered flag.
It was the 11th regular-season feature win for the 31-year-old Menard in the
last three seasons. Nuttleman, driving the Miller Lite/Midwest Fuels No. 4,
appeared on the verge of swiping the lead from Menard on several occasions,
and even had the inside groove on the 24th lap, but couldn’t overtake
the No. 17 Menard car. Lamoreaux, the feature winner two weeks ago (last
week’s program was rained out) brought much of the crowd to its feet when he
dashed and darted through the field and appeared ready to challenge Nuttleman
before running out of laps.
It was a night to forget for another of the expected front runners as
Bangor’s Steve Holzhausen was involved in a six-car crash on Lap 4 of the
feature, and was forced into the pits with heavy damage to the front end of
his No. 78 car.
Other heat race winners were Brent Kirchner, Bill Niles, Charlie Menard, and
Steve Holzhausen. The semi-feature event winner of the evening was John
Towner. Andy Burgess was the quick qualifier of the evening reaching a speed
of 99.756 miles per hour.
With only one caution in the Ray Hutson Chevrolet Grand National Sportsman
Division feature race, Dan Gilster took home the feature win. Aaron Hass
started out in the lead with contenders right on his bumper. Close in his rear
view mirror were Tony Leis and Dan Gilster. After an incredible battle,
Gilster steered his car into Victory Lane. Gilster is a two-time Sportsman
Division track champion who is back for a third.
Ray Hutson Sportsman Division heat races winners for the night were Randy
Steinhoff, Larry Bolster, Bill Miller, and Jimmy Gilster. Dan Linnehan was the
semifeature winner of the night. Jes Tenner of Melrose broke his own track
qualifying record when he turned a fantastic lap of 22.014 seconds.
There was considerable three-wide racing in the United Auto Supply
Thunderstock Division. Sparta’s Brad Warthan was able to take home a
checkered flag in the feature race. Jason Schaller led the pack for
three-fourths of the race. In lap 10, he spun into the wall and Warthan took
control for the remaining laps.
Thunderstox heat race winners were Charlie Vian, Justin Berg, Adam Moore,
Charles Vian Jr., and Jason Bolster. The semi-feature winner went to Mary
Schill, who won the season-opening feature race. In the Dash, Wayne Smith
powered his car to victory.
The Hornets delivered with some crazy racing action before Chris Johnson, Rick
Schermerhorn and Matt Moore left with feature wins. The car of Keenan
Stitt flew completely over the wall during one of the three features that were
run in a field which drew 73 cars. The car of Jenny Snell was a little more
fortunate as only half her car hung over the wall. Both drivers were
uninjured. Jerry Lemke, Nate Towner, Chris Johnson, and Rick Schermerhorn each
won heat races in the Hornets.
Action resumes next Saturday night at the area’s playground of power.
LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models
Dodge 25 Feature (34 Cars) — 1. Charlie Menard, Eau Claire; 2. Kevin
Nuttleman, Bangor; 3. Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, MN; 4. Sam Andersen,
Melrose; 5. Tony Bagstad, Cashton; 6. Brent Kirchner, La Crosse; 7. Mike
Belling, La Crosse; 8. Tom Mc Clintock, La Crosse; 9. Todd Oliver, Bangor; 10.
Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 11. Curt Eckelberg, West Salem; 12. Andy Niles,
Holmen; 13. Bill Niles, Holmen; 14. Jeff Baker, Holmen; 15. Joseph Scholze,
Holmen; 16. Ronnie Hawley, Winona; 17. John Towner, Trempealeau; 18. Todd
Korish, Holmen; 19. Tim Nelson, La Crescent; 20. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek; 21.
Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 22. Nick Schroeder, Cashton; 23. Shawn Pfaff,
Sparta; 24. Kraig Burrows, West Salem.
B-Feature — 1. John Towner, Trempealeau; 2. Kraig Burrows, West Salem; 3.
Nicholas Schroeder, Cashton; 4. Jeff Krueger, La Crescent; 5. Chris Skrede,
Rockland.
Qualifying — 1. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek, 99.756 MPH; 2. Kevin Nuttleman,
Bangor, 98.773 MPH; 3. Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, MN, 98.278 MPH; 4. Steve
Holzhausen, Bangor, 98.224 MPH; 5. Tony Bagstad, Cashton, 97.872.
Qualifying Heat 1 — 1. Brent Kirchner, La Crosse; 2. Andy Niles, Holmen; 3.
Kraig Burrows, West Salem; 4. John Towner, Trempealeau; 5. Chris Skrede,
Rockland, WI.
Qualifying Heat 2 — 1. Bill Niles, Holmen; 2. Curt Eckelberg, West Salem; 3.
Ken Hutchens, Black River Falls; 4. Quinn Arnoldy, Arcadia; 5. Adam Degenhardt,
Coon Valley.
Odd Bud Dash — 1. Charlie Menard, Eau Claire; 2. Shawn Pfaff, Sparta; 3.
Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, MN; 4. Todd Korish, Holmen; 5. Tony Bagstad,
Cashton.
Even Bud Dash — 1. Steve Holhausen, Bangor; 2. Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 3.
Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 4. Todd Oliver, Bangor; 5. Jeff Baker, Holmen.
Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman
Dodge 15 Feature (24 Cars) — 1. Danny Gilster, West Salem; 2. Aaron Hass, La
Crosse; 3. Mike Albrecht Jr., La Crescent; 4. Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 5.
Lucas Korish, La Crosse, 6. Randy Steinhoff, Cashton; 7. Trent Boettcher, La
Crescent; 8. Josh Millis, Black River Falls; 9. John Olson, Sparta; 10. Jerimy
Wagner, Melrose; 11. Larry Bolster, Sparta; 12. Branden Berg, Melrose; 13. Ken
Lewis, Black River Falls; 14. Boomer Olson, Viroqua; 15. Emily Sue Steck,
Holmen.
B-Feature — 1. Daniel Linnehan, Sparta; 2. Rob Mason, La Crescent; 3. 4. Rob
Curran, Rockland; 5. Jerrod Loging, West Salem.
Qualifying — 1. Jes Tenner, Melrose, 89.193 MPH; 2. Trent Boettcher, La
Crescent, 88.610 MPH; 3. Dan Gilster, West Salem 88.315 MPH; 4. Michael
Albrecht, La Crescent 88.034 MPH; 5. Tony Leis, Bangor 88.006 MPH.
Qualifying Heat 1 — 1. Randy Steinhoff, Cashton; 2. Ken Lewis, Black River
Falls; 3. Jason Dummer, Holmen; 4. Nick Clements, Onalaska; 5. Daniel Linnehan,
Sparta.
Qualifying Heat 2 — 1. Larry Bolster Jr., Sparta; 2. Boomer Olson, Viroqua;
3. Rob Curran, Rockland; 4. Rob Christen, Holmen; 5.
Odd Bud Dash — 1. Bill Miller, Sparta; 2. Dan Gilster, West Salem; 3.
Branden Berg, North Bend; 4. Jes Tenner, Melrose; 5. Josh Millis, Black River
Falls.
Even Bud Dash — 1. Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 2. Aaron Hass, La Crosse; 3.
Mike Albrecht Jr., La Crescent; 4. Trent Boettcher, La Crescent; 5. Lucas
Korish, La Crosse.
United Auto Supply Thunderstox
Dodge 15 Feature (24 cars) — 1. Brad Warthan, Sparta; 2. Justin Berg,
Bangor; 3. Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse; 4. Jeff Rentz, Bangor; 5. Adam Moore,
Sparta; 6. Andy Moore, Sparta, 7. Jason Bolster, Sparta; 8. Charlie Vian,
Sparta; 9. Jason Chandler, Black River Falls; 10. Mary Schill, Cashton; 11.
Steve Bolster, Holmen; 12. Wayne Smith, La Crosse; 13. Greg Lindvig, Holmen;
14. Denise Miller, Sparta; 15. Dan Erdmann, La Crosse.
B-Feature — 1. Mary Schill, Cashton; 2. Ron Heller, Chaseburg; 3. Ed Senn,
La Crosse; 4. Steve Bornitz, Holmen; 5. Henry Vian, Sparta.
C-Feature — 1. Travis Schendel, Cashton; 2. Kurt Abbott, Sparta; 3. Kris
Buldhaupt, La Crosse; 4. Steven Cleveland, Sparta; 5. Jeff Stumlin, Mindoro.
Bud Dash — 1. Wayne Smith, Barre Mills; 2. Charlie Vian, Sparta; 3. Andy
Moore, Sparta; 4. Al Bartels, Tomah; 5. Brad Warthan, Sparta.
Heat 1 — 1. Charlie Vian, Sparta; 2. Brad Warthan, Sparta; 3. Jamie Dummer,
Holmen; 4. Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 5. Ben Allen, Bangor.
Heat 2 — 1. Justin Berg, Bangor; 2. Wayne Smith, Barre Mills; 3. Greg
Lindvig, Holmen; 4. Jason Schaller, La Crosse; 5. Travis Schendel, Cashton.
Heat 3 — 1. Adam Moore, Sparta; 2. Andy Moore, Sparta; 3. Jeff Rentz,
Bangor; 4. Lonnie Klonecki, Arcadia; 5. Tony Wheeler, La Crosse.
Heat 4 — 1. Charles Vian Jr., Sparta; 2. Al Bartels, Tomah; 3. Jerry
Aylsworth, La Crosse; 4. Denise Miller, Sparta; 5. Mary Schill, Cashton.
Heat 5 — 1. Jason Bolster, Sparta; 2. Rusty Winchel, La Crosse; 3. Joey
Johnson, Mindoro; 4. Dan Erdman, Westby; 5. Ron Heller, Chaseburg.
Features Sports Bar Hornets
Dodge 15 Feature 1 (22 cars) — 1. Chris Johnson, West Salem; 2. Wade
Elliott, Galesville; 3. John Eron, Merrillan; 4.Timothy Klug, Caledonia; 5.
Eric Komperud, Galesville; 6. Reggie Lawson, New Albin; 7. Chris Diehlmann,
Onalaska; 8. Ron Amann, West Salem; 9. Ben Hehl, Whitehall; 10. Matt Storlie,
La Crosse.
Dodge 15 Feature 2 (20 cars) — 1. Rick Schermerhorn, La Crosse; 2. Jeff
Heaney, Caledonia; 3. Jim Schermerhorn, Coon Valley; 4. Jerry Lemke,
Rochester, MN; 5. Nicki Hagen, La Crescent; 6. Andrew Scholze, Melrose; 7.
Melissa Mc Carthy, Holmen; 8. Matt Faucett, Onalaska; 9. Greg Hertzfeldt,
Melrose; 10. Trevor Chilson, La Crosse.
Dodge 15 Feature 3 (19 cars) — 1. Matt Moore, Tomah; 2. Alan Van Vleet,
Galesville; 3. Shane Finnerud, Altura; 4. Derrick Hammer, Galesville; 5. Pete
Muenkel, Caledonia; 6. Kevin Turner, La Crosse; 7. Chris Sampson, La Crosse;
8. Jason Mork, Osseo; 9. Joey Johnson, Holmen; 10. Dana Berg, Ettrick.
Heat 1 — 1. Jerry Lemke; 2. John Eron; 3. Damian Kelly; 4. Kevin Turner; 5.
Jeff Rud
Heat 2 — 1. Nate Towner; 2. Kim Strem; 3. Matt Moore; 4. Joey Johnson; 5.
Larry Burroughs
Heat 3 — 1. Chris Johnson; 2. Jeff Heaney; 3. Nicki Hagen; 4. Dana Berg; 5.
Eugene Hager
Heat 4 — 1. Rick Schermerhorn; 2. Jim Schermerhorn; 3. Wade Elliott; 4.
Heath Weissenberger; 5. Matt Moore
Point Standings for LaCrosse Speedway
KWIK TRIP LATE MODELS Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 26 MARK LAMOREAUX 109
2 4 KEVIN NUTTLEMAN 106
3 27 TONY BAGSTAD 83
4 44 SAM ANDERSEN 82
5 36 TROY GOODENOUGH 82
6 78 STEVE HOLZHAUSEN 80
7 85 ANDY BURGESS 75
8 43 MIKE BELLING 71
9 22 BRENT KIRCHNER 67
10 54 BILL NILES 67
11 97 TOM MCCLINTOCK 62
12 68 CURT ECKELBERG 61
13 20 TODD OLIVER 59
14 37 RONNIE HAWLEY 57
15 17 CHARLIE MENARD 56
16 14 ANDY NILES 51
17 32 TODD KORISH 50
18 82 J. HERBST 48
19 11 JEFF KRUEGER 47
20 126 JEFF BAKER (R) 46
21 73 CHRIS SKREDE (R) 45
22 76 TIM NELSON 44
23 106 JIM HAGEL 43
24 176 QUINN ARNOLDY 39
25 05 NICK SCHROEDER (R) 38
26 99 KRAIG BURROWS 38
27 58 JOSEPH SCHOLZE 37
28 03 ADAM DEGENHARDT 36
29 10 KEN HUTCHENS 27
30 18 JOHN TOWNER 26
31 49 ALBERT LOCY (R) 24
32 15 STEVE MILLER (R) 23
33 21 SHAWN PFAFF 22
34 28 JIM PATZNER (R) 15
35 29 LAUREL VIERA (R) 13
36 77 JIM SUMMERFIELD 11
Updated on Sunday April 24, 2005
RAY HUTSON CHEV.SPORTSMAN Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 90 MICHAEL J. ALBRECHT 100
2 33 JIMMY GILSTER 100
3 93 RANDY STEINHOFF 98
4 25 TRENT BOETTCHER 93
5 23 DAN GILSTER 90
6 01 AARON HASS 84
7 63 LARRY BOLSTER 79
8 83 LUCAS KORISH 78
9 9 JES TENNER 76
10 41 JOHN OLSON 70
11 98 JOSH MILLIS 67
12 35 BRANDEN BERG 67
13 43 KEN LEWIS 61
14 3 BOOMER OLSON 60
15 2 TOM THILL 59
16 48 DANIEL LINNEHAN 55
17 22 BILL MILLER 49
18 17 EMILY SUE STECK (R) 47
19 00 CHAD ROSENDAHL (R) 47
20 0 TONY LEIS 38
21 8 NICK CLEMENTS 38
22 46 JASON DUMMER 37
23 40 ROB CURRAN 37
24 99 ROB MASON (R) 35
25 15 JEFF WINTERFIELD 33
26 18 JERIMY WAGNER 31
27 64 ROB CHRISTEN 31
28 79 JERROD LOGING (R) 28
29 27 MATT INGLETT (R) 28
30 13 MARK CHALLET 28
31 42 TIM STEINHOFF (R) 26
32 50 MICHAEL CARLSON 24
33 73 DANIELLE NEARY (R) 22
34 71 TROY RAVE (R) 22
35 1 RANDY HASS 18
36 16 PAUL MAHLUM JR. 17
37 65 JOE RINARTZ 12
38 05 JONATHAN OLMSTEAD 11
39 88 RICK POFF 11
40 02 AARON VINSON (R) 2
Updated on Sunday April 24, 2005
UNITED AUTO THUNDERSTOX Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points
1 19 ANDY MOORE 131
2 18 ADAM MOORE 128
3 8 JASON BOLSTER 125
4 90 JERRY AYLSWORTH 124
5 91 MARY SCHILL 124
6 1 CHARLIE VIAN 124
7 80 GREG LINDVIG 120
8 2 RON HELLER 115
9 12 AL BARTELS 112
10 3 WAYNE SMITH 111
11 40 ED SENN 111
12 22 BRAD WARTHAN 109
13 69 JUSTIN BERG 108
14 21 DENISE MILLER 104
15 28 STEVE BORNITZ 103
16 99 JOEY JOHNSON 102
17 68 JAMIE DUMMER 99
18 4 COREY BARNEY 94
19 9 JEFF RENTZ 92
20 55 JASON CHANDLER 89
21 95 LONNIE KLONECKI 89
22 71 TONY WHEELER 89
23 01 CHARLES VIAN JR 85
24 76 STEVE OWEN (R) 85
25 88 ROBERT STANFIELD 83
26 14 KYLE VOSS 81
27 5 BEN ALLEN 81
28 96 ANDY BARNEY 80
29 7 HENRY VIAN 75
30 27 JOSH INGLETT 74
31 51 RUSTY WINCHEL 69
32 10 TRAVIS SCHENDEL 68
33 24 JASON SCHALLER 67
34 02 CHRIS VINSON 64
35 17 KURT ABBOTT (R) 63
36 39 STEVEN CLEVELAND (R) 61
37 82 DAN ERDMANN 55
38 72 BILL INGLETT 51
39 53 JEFF STUMLIN 50
40 36 RAY BURKUM (R) 49
41 70 COLE SCULZE (R) 47
42 78 TOM PHILLIPS (R) 43
43 29 DAVID WITT (R) 42
44 74 JOHN RINARTZ (R) 41
45 08 DUSTY PFENNIG (R) 36
46 0 REN REVELS (R) 34
47 60 KRIS BULDHAUPT 25
48 11 MARK KRUEGER (R) 24
49 77 DAVID SLABAUGH (R) 23
50 34 MIKE KRUEGER JR. 22
51 94 STEVEN BRASDA 20
52 83 ADAM MUEHR (R) 18
53 84 unknown 16
Updated on Sunday April 24, 2005
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