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Warthan, Chandler, Moore Take Wins At La Crosse Night Of Thrills
By David Morgan
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Saturday, July 9 ///NASCAR Late Models,
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Saturday, July 16 ///NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman,
Thunderstox, 50-lap Late Model feature
(West Salem, WI - July 3, 2005) On the Powerade Night of Thrills, the
Thunderstox drivers took center stage, and Brad Warthan, Craig Chandler, and
Adam Moore came away the big winners, taking wins in the two features and the
annual Midnight Ride, a race in total darkness.
Brad Warthan caught John Rinartz on lap two, and threatened to pull away from
the field in the first United Auto Supply Thunderstox feature. As he caught
the rear of the field, Andy Barney spun in front of him, just before the white
flag flew, nearly collecting the leader, and bringing out the only caution of
the race.
Andy Moore moved up to challenge Warthan on the restart, but was unable to
make the pass, and settled for second as Warthan took the checkers. Robert
Stanfield was third, followed by Jason Dummer and Al Bartles.
Jason Bolster and Adam Moore, both in the top three in points, had bad luck,
as both got clipped by other cars early in the race, and fell to the back of
the field. Bolster finished ninth, while Adam Moore finished 16th.
The front of the field stayed tightly bunched in the second feature, with
David Witt in the lead, and four cars staying right with him. Craig Chandler
was able to work underneath Witt on lap seven to take the lead, with Jeff
Stumlin following into second.
On lap 11, Witt spun in turn four, coming to a rest on the infield, bringing
out the yellow. Chandler and Stumlin continued their battle on the restart,
with Chandler holding on for the win, Stumlin taking second, Ben Allen third,
and Ron Heller edging Dan Erdmann for fourth.
It was all Sparta in the Midnight Ride, as Adam and Andy Moore took the top
two spots, with Sparta drivers Warthan, Jason Bolster and Mike Krueger,
Jr. rounding out the top five. Steve Bornitz had the best light display,
with an American flag, and his car number 28 on the roof of the car.
The Thunderstox drivers also qualified for one of just two times on the
season, and Charlie Vian came away quickest, averaging 53.837 MPH on the
quarter mile. Craig Chandler, Jason Chandler and Charles Vian, Jr. took Double
Spin to Win victories.
The front of the pack was really mixing it up in the first of three Features
Sports Bar & Grill Hornets features, before Larry Burroughs moved to the
front on lap four, and started pulling away from the field. His lead
disappeared on lap 11, when Ryan Colby spun in turn four. Worse yet for
Burroughs is the fact that he also spun in turn one before the caution flew,
and moved to the back of the pack. Joe Scholze, usually a late model driver at
the speedway, inherted the lead, and pulled away on the start, with Joey
Johnson, III and Kevin Turner chasing. Chris Diehlmann spun in the third row
on lap 12 in front of a large group of cars, but the three cars involved all
spun to the infield, and the race stayed green. Scholze held on for the win,
followed by Turner, Jhnson, Chris Sampson and Jim Schermerhorn.
Heath Weissenberger was as dominant in the second feature as Burroughs was in
the first, and he had far better luck, as the race stayed green from start to
finish, and he managed to weave his way through traffic, and avoid spinning,
to take the win. Joe Lisowski was second, followed by Larry Shaw, John
Clements and Marc Hauser.
Derrick Hammer had a big early lead, but some of the top drivers in the
division battled behind him. Wade Elliott, Rick Schermerhorn and Chris Johnson
battled back and forth for the next three spots. Schermerhorn took the second
spot, and started closing on the leader, but Johnson would not give up the
battle, twice taking over second as the pair closed. The caution flew on lap
10, when a car lost a tire, which rolled through turn two, coming to a stop on
the track. The yellow bunched the field, and Schermerhorn was quick on
the gas, only to have caution fly again, as Tim Klug was bounced like a
pinball down the frontstretch, before coming to a rest in the straightaway.
Schermerhorn jumped out again, with Johnson right on his bumper around the
quarter mile. On jap 12, Johnson looked underneath schermerhorn, but tucked
back in behind the lead car. On the Final lap, Johnson went to the high side,
only to find a lapped car in his way. Through the final two turns, Johnson
went high again, and pulled alongside Schermerhorn, but finished a
quarter-panel back at the checkered.
Heat winners were Bill Warren, Jarrod Loging, Scholze and Wade Elliott.
Scholze and Loging used the same car for their heat wins, changing the
number with some nifty duct taping while pictures were being taken in Victory
Lane.
Tony Leis won the Spectacular Drags, while Mary Schill won the second School
Bus Race of the year.
La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway
United Auto Supply Thunderstox
Powerade 15 Feature 1 (20 cars) — 1. Brad Warthan, Sparta; 2. Andy Moore,
Sparta; 3. Robert Stanfield, La Crosse; 4. Jason Dummer, Holmen; 5. Al
Bartels, Tomah; 6. Wayne Smith, La Crosse; 7. Henry Vian, Sparta; 8. Tom
Phillips, La Crosse; 9. Jason Bolster, Sparta; 10. Justin Berg, Bangor; 11.
Chris Vinson, Holmen; 12. John Rinartz, Melrose; 13. Ren Revels, Necedah; 14.
Tom Hauser, La Crosse; 15. Andy Barney, West Salem.
Powerade 15 Feature 2 (23 cars) — 1. Craig Chandler, Black River Falls; 2.
Jeff Stumlin, Mindoro; 3. Ben Allen, Bangor; 4. Ron Heller, Coon Valley; 5.
Dan Erdmann, Holmen; 6. Charlie Vian, Sparta; 7. Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse;
8. Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 9. Steve Bornitz, Holmen; 10. Mary Schill, Cashton;
11. Ed Senn, La Crosse; 12. Chris Vinson, Holmen; 13. Steve Owen, La Crosse;
14. Mark Krueger, Hillsboro; 15. Lorne Klonecki, Arcadia.
Qualifying —1, Charlie Vian, Sparta, 16.717 secs, 53.837 MPH; 2, Adam
Moore, Sparta, 16.763 secs, 53.690 MPH; 3, Andy Moore, Sparta, 16.798
secs, 53.578 MPH; 4, Greg Lindvig, Hholmen, 16.803 secs, 53.562
MPH; 5, Brad Warthan, Sparta, 16.861 secs, 53.378 MPH; 6, Chad
Oehler, La Crosse, 19.906 secs, 45.212 MPH; 7, Charles Vian, Jr.,
Sparta, 16.912 secs, 53.217 MPH; 8, Kyle Voss, La Crescent, Minn.,
16.946 secs, 53.110 MPH; 9, Steve Bornitz, Holmen, 16.974 secs,
53.022 MPH; 10, Craig Chandler, Black River Falls, 16.997 secs, 52.951
MPH;
Double Spin To Win 1 — 1. Craig Chandler, Black River Falls; 2. Ben Allen,
Bangor; 3. Mark Krueger, Hillsboro; 4. Justin Berg, Bangor; 5. Josh Inglett,
La Crosse.
Double Spin To Win 2 — 1. Jason Chandler, Black River Falls; 2. Ron Heller,
Coon Valley; 3. Joey Johnson, Mindoro; 4. Chris Vinson, Holmen; 5. Jamie
Dummer, Holmen.
Double Spin To Win 3 — 1. Charles Vian, Jr., Sparta; 2. Andy Moore, Sparta;
3. Charles Vian, Sparta; 4. Adam Moore, Sparta; 5. Steve Owen, La Crosse.
Midnight Ride — 1. Adam Moore, Sparta; 2. Andy Moore, Sparta; 3. Brad
Warthan, Sparta; 4. Jason Bolster, Sparta; 5. Mike Krueger, Jr., Sparta.
Features Sports Bar Hornets
Powerade 15 Feature 1 (25 cars) — 1. Joe Scholze; 2. Kevin Turner; 3. Joey
Johnson, III; 4. Chris Sampson; 5. Jim Schermerhorn; 6. Chris McHugh; 7.
Damian Kelly; 8. Aaron Towner; 9. Eugene Hager; 10. Trevor Chilson.
Powerade 15 Feature 2 (25 cars) — 1. Heath Weissenberger; 2. Joe Lisowski;
3. Larry Shaw; 4. John Clements; 5. Marc Hauser; 6. Mike Klein; 7. Lee Hager;
8. Greg Hertzfeldt; 9. Jerry Holter; 10. Chris Osley.
Powerade 15 Feature 3 (24 cars) — 1. Rick Schermerhorn; 2. Chris Johnson; 3.
Wade Elliott; 4. Mike Carlson; 5. Derrick Hammer; 6. Matt Moore; 7. Mike
Thompson; 8. Pete Muenkel; 9. John Eron; 10. Jerry Lemke.
Heat 1 — 1. Bill Warren; 2. Nicki Hagen; 3. Randy LaVigne; 4. Tony Waltemath;
5. Jerry Schomers.
Heat 2 — 1. Jerrod Loging; 2. Chris Sampson; 3. Jim Schermerhorn; 4. Lee
Hager; 5. Jason Moore.
Heat 3 — 1. Joe Scholze; 2. Travis Niles; 3. Heath Weissenberger; 4. Wendy
Liebsch; 5. Joe Lisowski.
Heat 4 — 1. Wade Elliott; 2. Chris Johnson; 3. Jeff Heaney; 4. Matt Moore;
5. Kim Strom.
Spectacular Drags — 1. Tony Leis, Middle Ridge; 2. Mark Bornitz,
Holmen.
School Bus Race — 1. Mary Schill, Cashton; 2. Dan Erdmann, Holmen; 3.
Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse.
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