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Burgess Ruins Skrede’s Parade With La Crosse Win
By David Morgan
Saturday, Aug. 13 /// NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, 30-lap late
model feature
Saturday, Aug. 20 /// NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, School Bus
Race
Saturday, Aug. 27 /// NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, Hornets
(West Salem, WI - August 6, 2005) Rookie Chris Skrede was all set to earn his
first Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Model win, having led for 24 laps, and nearly all
the way around on the 25th circuit. Andy Burgess was pushing the rookie on the
outside, but was going to need a break to get the win. The break came on the
final turn, as Skrede broke loose briefly, just enough to allow Burgess by for
the win, his fourth of the season.
Skrede started on the outside of the front row, and jumped to the lead
quickly, opening up a lead over second-place Todd Korish. Former track champ
Steve Holzhausen used the outside line to move to third, and claimed second
from Korish on lap four, and began to chase down the leader, who now had an
eight-car advantage at the front.
Points leader Kevin Nuttleman moved to third by lap seven, and while
Holzhausen closed in on the leader, Nuttleman seemed content to ride things
out in third, with a solid lead over fourth-place J. Herbst. Nuttleman’s
patience seemed to pay off on lap 13, when Jeff Baker spun in turn two,
sending two cars into the infield, and John Towner hard into the outside
retaining wall, bringing out the lone caution of the race.
Nuttleman was on the move on the restart, taking second on lap 14 as he ducked
inside of Holzhausen in turn four. Two laps later, he was looking to the high
line to get by Skrede, but the rookie held him off. On lap 22, Burgess seized
the opportunity, ducking inside Nuttleman entering turn three to take second.
Holzhausen and Herbst followed suit, pushing Nuttleman back to fifth.
Burgess was left with little time to make a move on Skrede, and one look to
the outside on lap 24 yielded nothing. On the final lap, he powered to the
outside entering turn two, and looked to be coming up a bit short, before
Skrede’s bobble pushed Burgess to the lead at the checkereds.
Holzhausen held on to third at the finish, followed by Herbst, Nuttleman and
Sam Andersen, the last rookie to take a feature win at La Crosse. Mark
Lamoreaux, Korish, Tony Bagstad and Todd Oliver rounded out the top ten.
Lamoreaux and Burgess tied for the quickest lap in qualifying both clocking a
20.091 second lap at 97.730 MPH, but Lamoreaux claimed the top spot with a
quicker second lap. Andy Niles won the B-Feature, while Adam Degenhardt
claimed the qualifying heat race. The Bud Dash wins went to Holzhausen and
Bill Niles.
Tom Thill jumped to lead in Sportsman feature from the pole, and Emily Sue
Steck finally fought off Mike Albrecht, Jr. for second by lap eight, and
closed on the lead car of Thill. She was on his rear bumper by lap 13, looking
for a way around. The first caution of the race flew on lap 16, when Aaron
Hass spun on the backstretch.
Thill got the jump on the restart, and Albrecht ducked under Steck, as she was
unable to hold her position on the outside. The second yellow flew two laps
later, as Mike Carlson lost an engine on the frontstretch. Thill had his hands
full with Albrecht on the second restart, as the top two pulled away from Jes
Tenner to settle the win for themselves. Albrecht outside through 3 and 4 last
lap, not able to make the pass as Thill claimed his first win of the year.
Tenner was third, followed by Larry Bolster, Jr., and Dan Linnehan.
Points leader Dan Gilster was the quick qualifier at 88.626 MPH, but spun
early in the feature and finished 22nd. Matt Inglett won the B-Feature,
qualifying heats went to Mike Carlson and Larry Bolster, Jr., while Gilster
and Trent Boettcher won the Bud Dashes.
Robert Stanfield and Chad Oehler moved to the front of the United Auto Supply
Thunderstox feature, and pulled away from the field. Joey Johnson weaved his
way through the traffic, and began reeling them in, Cars 3-wide at the finish,
as Johnson tried to get between the two leaders, but Stanfield held on for the
win. Johnson took second when Oehler failed post-race inspection. Jerry
Aylsworth, Brad Warthan and Greg Lindvig rounded out the top five.
Wayne Smith won the B-Feature, while Charles Vian, Jr. won the Bud Dash. Heat
wins went to Jerry Aylsworth, Andy Moore Johnson and Mary Schill.
This Saturday night, the late models will run an extra five laps in the Kwik
Trip 30. Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Model qualifying kicks off at 5:05, followed by
Sportsman qualifying, and the first Thunderstox heats take to the track at
7:15 p.m.
LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models
Ray Hutson Chevrolet 25 Feature (24 Cars) — 1. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek; 2.
Chris Skrede, Sparta; 3. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 4. J. Herbst, West Salem;
5. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 6. Sam Andersen, Melrose; 7. Mark Lamoreaux,
Bloomington, Minn.; 8. Todd Korish, Holmen; 9. Tony Bagstad, Westby; 10. Todd
Oliver, Bangor; 11. Bill Niles, Holmen; 12. Nick Schroeder, Cashton; 13. Adam
Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 14. Jim Hagel, Holmen; 15. Shawn Pfaff, Sparta; 16.
Jeff Baker, Holmen; 17. Curt Eckleberg, West Salem; 18. Dave Tradup, Viola;
19. Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 20. John Towner, Trempeleau; 21. Andy Niles,
Holmen; 22. Ken Hutchens, Black River Falls; 23. Jim Summerfield, West Salem;
24. Mike Belling, La Crosse.
B-Feature — 1. Andy Niles, Holmen; 2. Ken Hutchens, Black River Falls; 3.
Curt Eckleberg, West Salem; 4. Dave Tradup, Viola; 5. Steve Miller, Onalaska.
Qualifying — 1, Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, Minn., 20.091 seconds, 97.730
MPH; 2, Andy Burgess, Fall Creek, 20.091 secs, 97.730 MPH; 3, Kevin Nuttleman,
Bangor, 20.221 secs, 97.102 MPH; 4, J. Herbst, West Salem, 20.283 secs, 96.805
MPH; 5, Steve Holzhausen, Bangor, 20.356 secs, 96.458 MPH;
Qualifying Heat 1 — 1. Adam Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 2. Nick Schroeder,
Cashton; 3. Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 4. Andy Niles, Holmen; 5. Ken Hutchens,
Black River Falls.
Odd Bud Dash — 1. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 2. Shawn Pfaff, Sparta; 3. Mark
Lamoreaux, Bloomington, Minn.; 4. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 5. Jeff Baker,
Holmen.
Even Bud Dash — 1. Bill Niles, Holmen; 2. J. Herbst, West Salem; 3. Andy
Burgess, Fall Creek; 4. Tony Bagstad, Westby; 5. Todd Korish, Holmen.
Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman
Ray Hutson Chevrolet 20 Feature (24 Cars) — 1. Tom Thill, West Salem; 2.
Mike Albrecht, Jr., La Crescent, Minn.; 3. Jes Tenner, Melrose; 4. Larry
Bolster, Jr., Sparta; 5. Dan Linnehan, Sparta; 6. Emily Sue Steck, Holmen; 7.
Trent Boettcher, La Crescent, Minn.; 8. Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 9. Branden
Berg, Melrose; 10. Boomer Olson, Viroqua; 11. Don Hess, La Crosse; 12. John
Olson, Sparta; 13. Chand Wehling, Stoddard; 14. Chad Rosendahl, Hokah, Minn.;
15. Jerimy Wagner, Melrose.
B-Feature — 1. Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 2. Josh Millis, Black River Falls;
3. Rob Mason, La Crescent, Minn.; 4. Jerimy Wagner, Melrose; 5. Jamie Schlintz,
Bangor.
Qualifying —1, Dan Gilster, West Salem, 22.155 secs, 88.626 MPH; 2, John
Olson, Sparta, 22.245 secs, 88.267 MPH; 3, Dan Linnehan, Sparta, 22.276 secs,
88.144 MPH; 4, Lucas Korish, La Crosse, 22.307 secs, 88.022 MPH; 5, Chand
Wehling, Stoddard, 22.315 secs, 87.990 MPH.
Qualifying Heat 1 — 1. Mike Carlson, West Salem; 2. Jimmy Gilster, West
Salem; 3. Jamie Schlintz, Bangor; 4. Nick Clements, Onalaska; 5. Jerimy
Wagner, Melrose.
Qualifying Heat 2 — 1. Larry, Bolster, Jr., Sparta; 2. Jason Dummer, Holmen;
3. Josh Millis, Black River Falls; 4. Randy Hass, La Crosse; 5. Matt Inglett,
La Crosse.
Odd Bud Dash — 1. Dan Gilster, West Salem; 2. Don Hess, La Crosse; 3. Aaron
Hass, La Crosse; 4. Chand Wehling, Stoddard; 5. Dan Linnehan, Sparta.
Even Bud Dash — 1. Trent Boettcher, La Crescent, Minn.; 2. Tom Thill, West
Salem; 3. Mike Albrecht, Jr., La Crescent, Minn.; 4. Lucas Korish, La Crosse;
5. Chad Rosendahl, Hokah, Minn.
United Auto Supply Thunderstox
Ray Hutson Chevrolet 15 Feature (24 cars) — 1. Robert Stanfield, La
Crosse; 2. Joey Johnson, Mindoro; 3. Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse; 4. Brad
Warthan, Sparta; 5. Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 6. Craig Chandler, Black River
Falls; 7. Josh Inglett, La Crosse; 8. Chris Vinson, Holmen; 9. Adam Moore,
Sparta; 10. Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 11. Tony Leis, Middle Ridge; 12. Mark
Krueger, Hillsboro; 13. Charles Vian, Jr., Sparta; 14. Ben Allen, Bangor; 15.
Dan Erdmann, Holmen.
B-Feature — 1. Wayne Smith, La Crosse; 2. Jason Bolster, Sparta; 3. Steve
Bornitz, La Crosse; 4. Justin Berg, Bangor; 5. Kyle Voss, La Crescent, Minn.
Bud Dash — 1. Charles Vian, Jr., Sparta; 2. Josh Inglett, La Crosse; 3.
Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse; 4. Lonnie Klonecki, Arcadia; 5. Tony Leis, Middle
Ridge.
Heat 1 — 1. Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse; 2. Charles Vian, Jr., Sparta; 3. Ron
Heller, Coon Valley; 4. Mark Krueger, Hillsboro; 5. Jamie Dummer, Holmen.
Heat 2 — 1. Andy Moore, Sparta; 2. Tony Leis, Middle Ridge; 3. Craig
Chandler, Black River Falls; 4. 4. Henry Vian, Sparta; 5. Dan Edrmann, Holmen.
Heat 3 — 1. Joey Johnson, Mindoro; 2. Josh Inglett, La Crosse; 3. Robert
Stanfield, La Crosse; 4. Ben Allen, Bangor; 5. Brad Warthan, Sparta.
Heat 4 — 1. Mary Schill, Cashton; 2. Chad Oehler, La Crosse; 3. Chris Vinson,
Holmen; 4. Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 5. Adam Moore, Sparta.
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