Burgess Wins, Hawley Takes Hard Hit At La Crosse
By: Daniel “PUCKY” Puckhaber 

Saturday, May 28 ///NASCAR  Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, Daredevil Challenge
                                       Rollover Contest
Saturday, June 4 ///NASCAR  Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, Outhouse Race, Kid’s Night
Saturday, June 11 ///NASCAR  Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, Hornets

(West Salem, WI - May 21, 2005) Andy Burgess moved to the lead on lap eight, and came away with his second win of the season by holding off Kevin Nuttleman down the stretch. While Burgess claimed the win, much of the attention went to Ronnie Hawley, who hit the wall hard in a lap 12 accident on the frontstretch, and had to be carefully removed from his car as the race was red flagged.

The Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Model feature race started with twenty four cars running for the checkered flag. On the opening lap, Bill Niles and Curt Eckleberg touched on the backstretch, with Eckleberg spinning to bring out the first caution. Mike Belling led for the first seven laps, before Burgess moved by on the outside for the lead.

Burgess started to pull away from the field, but the second caution flew two laps later when  Andy Niles and Tim Nelson tangled, with Niles spinning to the infield.

On lap twelve the car of Ronnie Hawley hit the wall in turn four. He and Mark Lamoreaux got together coming out of the turn, and Hawley’s car slammed the frontstretch wall. Ronnie was taken to the hospital to be checked out, and was released later that night. The race was red flagged to allow safety crews to take all precautions to safely remove Hawley from his car. Officials ran the Thunderstox feature while crews attended to Hawley.

Top qualifier in the late models was Burgess who went on to win the feature. It wasn’t easy for him with Nuttleman coming up on the twenty second lap to challenge for the flag. Coming in a strong third was Mike Belling, with Todd Korish fourth, and Tony Bagstad rounding out the top five.

Curt Eckelberg took the B-feature, while Burgess was fast timer at 99.292 MPH. Heat wins went to Nick Schroeder and Bill Niles, while Todd Oliver and Tony Bagstad took the Bud Dash wins.

The top spot in the Sportsman feature went to Jes Tenner with a great pass of leader Branden Berg with four laps to go. Tom Thill came in second  followed by John Olson and Dan Gilster. Berg held on to finish fifth at the checkered flag.

Nick Clements won the B-Feature, and heat wins went to Rob Curran and Ken Lewis. The Bud Dash checkers went to Jimmy Gilster and Jes Tenner, while Dan Linnehan was quickest in qualifying at 88.538 MPH.

In the feature race of the Thunderstox class the race was won by Chris Vinson. Chris took the lead with eleven laps to go in the race. He held off Adam Moore who came in second just ahead of Jason Bolster in the third place finish. The fourth place was taken by Jamie Dummer, with Jerry Aylsworth taking the fifth. place spot.

Greg Lindvig advanced to the feature by winning the B-Feature, while Jason Schaller claimed the win in the C-Feature. Heat winners were Steve Owen, Chris Vinson, Kyle Voss and Josh Inglett, and Wayne Smith came away with the Bud Dash win.

The Hornets had three feature races in their events. In the first feature Gary Towner took top place while second went to Chris Sampson followed by Jerry Schomers. In the second feature of the night the top spot went Travis Lee. Coming in second was Andrew Godfrey followed by Tim Murphy in the third place. In the third final feature race was Mike Carlson. With a second going to Wade Elliott, and third going to Jeff Heaney.

Heat wins went to Larry Burrows, Trevor Chilson, Tony Waltemath and Matt Moore.

This Saturday, round two of the Daredevil Challenge takes place, as six drivers will compete in a roll-over contest. Qualifying for the late model and sportsman drivers begins at 5:05, with the first race set for 7:30. 

LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models

Majestic Pines Casino 25 Feature (24 Cars) — 1. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek, Wis.; 2. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 3. Mike Belling, La Crosse; 4. Todd Korish, La Crosse; 5. Tony Bagstad, Cashton; 6. Steve holzhausen, Bangor; 7. Sam Andersen, Melrose; 8. Todd Oliver, Bangor; 9. Adam Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 10. Brent Kirchner, La Crosse; 11. Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, Minn;12. J. Herbst, West Salem; 13. Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 14. Jeff Baker, Holmen;  15. Chris Skrede, Sparta; 16. Quinn Arnoldy, Arcadia; 17. Andy Niles, Holmen; 18. Nick Schroeder, Cashton; 19. Tim Nelson La Creescent; 20. Bill Niles; Holmen; 21. Ronnie Hawley, Winona, Minn; 22. Loran Kurth, Waukon, Ia; 23. Curt Eckelberg, West Salem; 24. Tom McClintock, La Crosse  

B-Feature — 1. Curt Eckelberg, West Salem; 2. Tom McClintock, La Crosse; 3. Lorin Kurth, Waukon, Ia.; 4. Jim Hagel, Holmen; 5. Kraig Burrows, West Salem.
Qualifying — 1. Andy Burgess, Eau Claire, Wis., 19.775 seconds, 99.292 MPH; 2, Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, Minn., 20.097 secs,  97.701 MPH; 3, J. Herbst, West Salem, 20.103 secs,  97.672 MPH; 4, Steve Holzhausen, Bangor, 20.122 secs,  97.580 MPH; 5, Ronnie Hawley, Winona, Minn.,  20.209 secs,  97.160 MPH; 

Qualifying Heat 1 — 1.Nicholas Schroeder, Cashton; 2. Andy Niles, Holmen; 3. Lorin Kurth, Waukon, Ia.; 4. Jim Hagel, Holmen; 5. Chris Skrede, Rockland.

Qualifying Heat 2 — 1.Bill Niles, Holmen; 2. Brent Kirchner, LaCrosse; 3. Kraig Burrows, West Salem; 4. Tom McClintock, Onalaska; 5. Jimmy Patzner, Winona, Minn

Odd Bud Dash — 1.Todd Oliver, Bangor; 2. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 3, Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 4. Andy Burgess, Eau Claire; 5. Mike Belling, LaCrosse.

Even Bud Dash--Tony Bagstad, Cashton; 2.Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, Minn.; 3. Tim Nelson, LaCrescent, Minn.; 4. Steve Holhausen, Bangor 5. Sam Andersen, Melrose.

Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman
Majestic Pines Casino 15 Feature (24 Cars) — 1. Jes Tenner, Melrose; 2. Tom Thill, West Salem; 3. John Olson, Sparta; 4. Dan Gilster, West Salem; 5. Branden Berg, Melrose; 6. Aaron Hass La Crosse; 7. Larry Bolster Jr., Sparta; 8. Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 9. Dan Linnehan, Sparta; 10. Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 11. Jerimy Wagner, Melrose; 12. Ken Lewis, Black River Falls; 13. Rob Curran, Rockland; 14. Boomer Olson, Viroque; 15. Bill Miller, Sparta  

B-Feature — 1. Nick Clements, Onalaska; 2. Josh Millis, Black River Falls; 3. Mike Carlson, West Salem; 4. Jason Dummer, Holmen; 5. Tim Steinhoff, Cashton

Qualifying — 1. 1, Dan Linnehan, Sparta, 22.177 secs,  88.538 MPH; 2, John Olson, Sparta 22.298 secs,  88.057 MPH; 3, Tony Leis, Middle Ridge 22.303 secs,  88.037 MPH; 4, Jes Tenner, Melrose, 22.379 secs,  87.739 MPH; 5, Tom Thill West Salem 22.390 secs,  87.695 MPH. 

Qualifying Heat 1 — 1.Rob Curran, Rockland; 2. Bill Miller, Sparta; 3. Jeff Winterfield, Westby; 4. Jason Dummer, Holmen; 5. Mike Carson, West Salem

Qualifying Heat 2 — 1.Ken Lewis, Black River Falls; 2. Jerimy Wagner, Melrose; 3. Rob Mason, LaCrescent; 4. Nick Clements, Onalaska; 5. Emily Sue Steck, Holmen

Odd Bud Dash — 1.Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 2. Tom Thill, West Salem; 3. Larry Bolster, Sparta; 4. Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 5. Daniel Linnehan, Sparta.

Even Bud Dash — 1.Jes  Tenner, Melrose; 2. Dan Gilster, West Salem; 3. Chad Rosendahl, Hokah, Minn.; 4. Randy Steinhoff, Cashton; 5. John Olson, Sparta.

United Auto Supply Thunderstox
Majestic Pines Casino 15 Feature (24 cars) — 1. Chris Vinson, Holmen; 2. Adam Moore, Sparta; 3. Kyle Voss, La Crescent, Minn.; 4. Jason Bolster, Sparta 5. Jamie Dummer, Holmen 6. Jerry Aylesworth, La Crosse; 7. Dan Erdmann, Holmen; 8. Craig Chandler, Black River Falls; 9. Ed Senn, La Crosse; 10. Mary Schill, Cashton; 11. David Witt, West Salem; 12. Ron Heller, Coon Valley; 13. Lance Lee, Galesville; 14. Andy Moore, Sparta; 15. Justin Berg, Bangor

B-Feature — 1. Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 2. Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse; 3. Ron Heller, Coonvalley; 4. Mary Schill, Cashton; 5. Al Bartels, Tomah 

C-Feature — 1. Jason Schaller, La Crosse; 2. Andy Barney, West Salem; 3. Jeff Stumlin, Mindoro; 4. Todd Lockington, Mindoro; 5. Steve Grandall, Onalska

Bud Dash — 1. Wayne Smith, La Crosse; 2. Tony Wheeler, La Crosse; 3.  Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 4. Chris Vinson, Holmen; 5. Steve Owen, La Crosse.

Heat 1 — 1.Steve Owen, 2. Tony Wheeler 3. Jason Bolster 4. Ed Seen 5. Heath Weissenberger

Heat 2 — 1.Chris Vinson, Holmen 2. Lance Lee, Galesville 3. Andy Moore, Sparta 4. Travis Schendel, Cashton 5. Graig Chandler, Black River Falls 

Heat 3 — 1.Kyle Voss, La Crescent, Minn. 2. Jamie Dummer, Holmen 3. Denise Miller, Sparta 4. Justin Berg, Bangor 5. Dan Erdmann, Holmen 

Heat 4 — 1.Josh Inglett, LaCrosse 2. Wayne Smith, La Crosse 3. Ray Burkum,Wesby 4. Chad 
Oehler, La Crosse 5. Henry Vian, Sparta 

Features Sports Bar Hornets
Majestic Pines Casino 15 Feature 1 (26 cars) — 1. Gary Towner, Galesville; 2. Chris Sampson, La Crosse; 3. Jerry Schomers, La Crescent, Minn.; 4. Dave Treu, Viroqua; 5. Steven Rusch, Sparta; 6. Randy Lavigne, Elgin, Minn.; 7. Steve Lemke, Hokah, Minn.; 8. Lee Hager, Kellogg, Minn.; 9. Justin Scholze, Sparta; 10. Tim Payne, La Crosse.

Majestic Pines Casino 15 Feature 2 (25 cars) — 1. Travis Lee, Holmen; 2. Andrew Godfrey, Sparta; 3. Tim Murphy, Sr., Tomah; 4. Mike Lavigne, Elgin, Minn.; 5. Ron Amann, West Salem; 6. Mike Thompson, Melrose; 7. Matt Storlie, Spring Grove, Minn.; 8. Wendy Liebsch, Winona, Minn; 9. Jason Mork, Osseo; 10. Jason Brueggeman, Ontario.

Majestic Pines Casino 15 Feature 3 (25 cars) — 1. Mike Carlson, West Salem; 2. Wade Elliott, Galesville; 3. Jeff Heaney, Caledonia, Minn.; 4. Kim Strom, West Salem; 5. Alan Van Vleet, Galesville; 6. Jerry Lemke, Rochester, Minn.; 7. Nate Towner, Trempealeau; 8. Pete Muenkel, Caledonia, Minn; 9. Matt Moore, Tomah; 10. Derrick Hammer, Galesville.

Heat 1 — 1.Larry Burroughs; 2. Mike Lavigne; 3. Dave Treu; 4. Chris Sampson; 5. Mike Thompson

Heat 2 — 1.Trevor Chilson; 2. Jerry Schomers; 3. Gary Towner; 4. Tim Payne; 5. Matt Kurozovich

Heat 3 — 1.Tony Waltemath; 2. Andrew Godfrey; 3. Eugene Hager; 4. Steve Lemke; 5. Aaron Towner

Heat 4 — 1. Matt Moore; 2. Nate Towner; 3. Rick Schermerhorn; 4. Mike Carlson; 5. Nicki Hagen

POINT STANDINGS
KWIK TRIP LATE MODELS Division

Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 4 KEVIN NUTTLEMAN 272  
2 85 ANDY BURGESS  250  
3 78 STEVE HOLZHAUSEN 211  
4 27 TONY BAGSTAD 197  
5 26 MARK LAMOREAUX 195  
6 44 SAM ANDERSEN 192  
7 22 BRENT KIRCHNER 188  
8 36 TROY GOODENOUGH 188  
9 32 TODD KORISH 184  
10 43 MIKE BELLING 177  
11 54 BILL NILES 154  
12 97 TOM MCCLINTOCK 152  
13 20 TODD OLIVER 150  
14 03 ADAM DEGENHARDT 140  
15 73 CHRIS SKREDE (R) 139  
16 82 J. HERBST 137  
17 14 ANDY NILES 133  
18 76 TIM NELSON 130  
19 126 JEFF BAKER (R) 126  
20 05 NICK SCHROEDER (R) 120  
21 106 JIM HAGEL 120  
22 68 CURT ECKELBERG 112  
23 37 RONNIE HAWLEY 102  
24 99 KRAIG BURROWS 87  
25 58 JOSEPH SCHOLZE 85  
26 17 CHARLIE MENARD 81  
27 18 JOHN TOWNER 67  
28 21 SHAWN PFAFF 66  
29 176 QUINN ARNOLDY 64  
30 28 JIM PATZNER (R) 60  
31 11 JEFF KRUEGER 59  
32 49 ALBERT LOCY (R) 58  
33 10 KEN HUTCHENS 49  
34 15 STEVE MILLER (R) 46  
35 29 LAUREL VIERA (R) 38  
36 72 DAN STEELE 27  
37 77 JIM SUMMERFIELD 24  
38 2 LORIN KURTH 22  
Updated on Saturday May 21, 2005 

RAY HUTSON CHEV.SPORTSMAN Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 23 DAN GILSTER 233  
2 9 JES TENNER 216  
3 93 RANDY STEINHOFF 207  
4 63 LARRY BOLSTER 202  
5 33 JIMMY GILSTER 198  
6 2 TOM THILL 198  
7 41 JOHN OLSON 197  
8 83 LUCAS KORISH 194  
9 90 MIKE ALBRECHT, JR 194  
10 01 AARON HASS 187  
11 35 BRANDEN BERG 186  
12 18 JERIMY WAGNER 151  
13 25 TRENT BOETTCHER 147  
14 48 DAN LINNEHAN 142  
15 3 BOOMER OLSON 141  
16 0 TONY LEIS 139  
17 00 CHAD ROSENDAHL (R) 126  
18 22 BILL MILLER 120  
19 43 KEN LEWIS 119  
20 17 EMILY SUE STECK (R) 113  
21 46 JASON DUMMER 109  
22 8 NICK CLEMENTS 102  
23 98 JOSH MILLIS 99  
24 27 MATT INGLETT (R) 93  
25 40 ROB CURRAN 91  
26 15 JEFF WINTERFIELD 87  
27 99 ROB MASON (R) 84  
28 1 RANDY HASS 82  
29 79 JERROD LOGING (R) 79  
30 50 MIKE CARLSON (R) 74  
31 42 TIM STEINHOFF (R) 73  
32 13 MARK CHALLET 67  
33 64 ROB CHRISTEN 63  
34 73 DANIELLE NEARY (R) 56  
35 65 JOE RINARTZ 47  
36 71 TROY RAVE (R) 43  
37 88 RICK POFF (R) 33  
38 60 TIMOTHY GROTH 33  
39 31 DON HESS (R) 25  
40 66 SCOTT ZOBECK (R) 22  
41 16 PAUL MAHLUM JR. 17  
42 05 JONATHAN OLMSTEAD 11  
43 89 BILL MCCABE 11  
44 6 MARV DEGARMO 11  
45 02 AARON VINSON (R) 2  
46 82 DARUS PETTIBONE (R) 1  
Updated on Saturday May 21, 2005 

UNITED AUTO THUNDERSTOX Division
Place Car No Driver's Name Points  
1 8 JASON BOLSTER 294  
2 18 ADAM MOORE 292  
3 19 ANDY MOORE 288  
4 90 JERRY AYLSWORTH 279  
5 80 GREG LINDVIG 270  
6 2 RON HELLER 262  
7 91 MARY SCHILL 259  
8 40 ED SENN 251  
9 1 CHARLIE VIAN 249  
10 12 AL BARTELS 239  
11 28 STEVE BORNITZ 238  
12 69 JUSTIN BERG 237  
13 68 JAMIE DUMMER 234  
14 3 WAYNE SMITH 233  
15 5 BEN ALLEN 227  
16 88 ROBERT STANFIELD 226  
17 14 KYLE VOSS 220  
18 55 JASON CHANDLER 211  
19 21 DENISE MILLER 211  
20 71 TONY WHEELER 207  
21 99 JOEY JOHNSON 204  
22 27 JOSH INGLETT 203  
23 7 HENRY VIAN 202  
24 22 BRAD WARTHAN 202  
25 82 DAN ERDMANN 197  
26 10 TRAVIS SCHENDEL 194  
27 9 JEFF RENTZ 177  
28 36 RAY BURKUM (R) 174  
29 02 CHRIS VINSON 141  
30 76 STEVE OWEN (R) 140  
31 96 ANDY BARNEY 136  
32 95 LONNIE KLONECKI 133  
33 4 COREY BARNEY 132  
34 51 RUSTY WINCHEL 129  
35 01 CHARLES VIAN JR 125  
36 78 TOM PHILLIPS (R) 124  
37 53 JEFF STUMLIN 120  
38 11 MARK KRUEGER (R) 120  
39 74 JOHN RINARTZ (R) 118  
40 29 DAVID WITT (R) 115  
41 34 MIKE KRUEGER JR. 114  
42 24 JASON SCHALLER 102  
43 70 COLE SCULZE (R) 100  
44 39 STEVEN CLEVELAND (R) 87  
45 0 REN REVELS (R) 86  
46 92 CHAD OEHLER (R) 85  
47 23 CRAIG CHANDLER 80  
48 41 LANCE LEE 75  
49 17 KURT ABBOTT (R) 63  
50 08 DUSTY PFENNIG (R) 60  
51 72 BILL INGLETT 51  
52 60 KRIS BULDHAUPT 48  
53 77 DAVID SLABAUGH (R) 43  
54 83 ADAM MUEHR (R) 34  
55 30 TODD LOCKINGTON 24  
56 09 STEVE GRANDALL 22  
57 94 STEVEN BRASDA 20  
58 84 JOHN LOWE 16  
59 05 TOM HAUSER (R) 15  
Updated on Saturday May 21, 2005 

 

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