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The 36th Annual Oktoberfest Races Come To An End On Sunday
By: Megan Mullikin
(West Salem, WI - October 9, 2005) - The closing day of the 36th annual
Oktoberfest races provided lots of exciting race features for everyone here.
They ran the ARTGO/ Wisconsin Late Models, and the La Crosse Late Models. We
also had lots of racing action from the Big 8 Series and the Modified Cars. One
of our biggest winners this weekend was Charlie Menard winning 3 of his
feature races.
The ARTGO/ Wisconsin Late Model feature 100 was a battle for every position
down to the end. The winner of the ARTGO/ Wisconsin Late Model feature Sunday
afternoon was Steve Holzhausen, second went to Brian Hoppe and third went to
Jeremy Lepak. Holzhausen was able to take control of the race from Hoppe at
the midway point of the race. There were a number of cautions on lap number 43
Landon Cassill hit the wall out of corner number one, and on the we had a four
car pile up on the front stretch involving Matt Kocorek, Jacob Humphrey,
Jonathon Eilen and Chad Walen. Once they cleaned up the numerous car parts
left on the track we had 16 cars left in the field for the restart. All the remaining
drivers provided and exciting end to the race weekend.
The La Crosse Late Model Feature 50 race went to Charlie Menard, this is this
6th Oktoberfest race win. Menard and Lamoreaux battled for the lead position
for the whole race but Menard was able to hold him off for the win. In second
place was Mark Lamorearux and Dan Steele in third. There were two new drivers
in the pack on Sunday they were Skyler Holzhausen and Danielle Neary. Skyle is
just 16 years old , Skyler was also racing against his dad Steve Holzhausen.
There were a number of cautions Sunday afternoon none of which were
major.
The Big 8 Series was a new addition of the Oktoberfest race weekend line up,
the points winner for the Big 8 series was Jon Reynolds Jr. from, Roscoe, IL.
The Big 8 Feature winner was Mike Beyer, Bobby Wilberg took second and Tony
Bagstad followed him into a third place finish. There was one big accident on
the backstretch going into corner three involving Todd Oliver, Justin Switlick,
Jim Jarlsberg.
Sunday Afternoon we also had the Modified Feature 25 laps, the winner in the
racing division was Richard Snyder, Roy Aitchson in second and Dale Prunty in
third. Snyder who won the race with his 600 horse-powered engine is from
Alexandria, MN.
LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
ARTGO/ Wisconsin Late Model Feature
Budweiser 100 Feature (27 Cars) — 1. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor 2. Brian
Hoppe, Verona 3. Jeremy Lepak, Wausau 4. Steve Carlson, West Salem 5. Eddie
Hoffman, Wheaton, IL
B-Feature — 1.Landon Cassill, Fairfax, IA 2. Erik Darnell, Beach Park, IL 3.
Neil Knoblock, Green Bay 4. Jeremy Miller 5. Chris Skrede, Sparta
C-Feature — 1. Tim Schendel, Sparta 2. Chad Walen, Prior Lake, MN 3. Dennis
Prunty, Lomira 4. Don Turner, La Crosse 5. Andrew Morrissey, DeForest
La Crosse Late Model Feature
Budweiser 50 Feature (26 Cars) — 1. Charlie Menard, Eau Claire 2. Mark
Lamoreaux, Bloomington, MN 3. Dan Steele, West Salem 4. Andy Burgess, Fall
Creek 5. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor.
Modified Feature
Budweiser 25 Feature ( cars) — 1. Richard Snyder, Alexandria, MN 2. Roy
Aitchson, Deerfield 3. Dale Prunty, Allentown 4. Steve Johanneck, Litchfield,
MN 5. Jason Feyereison, Random Lake
Heat 1 — 1.Roy Aitchson, Deerfield 2. Bill Tandetzke, Milwaukee 3. Steve
Johanneck, Litchfield, MN 4. Richard Snyder, Alexandria, MN 5. Jason
Feyereison, Random Lake
Big 8 Feature
Budweiser 40 Feature (24 cars) — 1. Mike Beyer, Macheeny Park, IL 2. Bobby
Wilberg, Orforville 3. Tony Bagstad, Westby 4. Ryan Carlson, La Crosse 5.
Ricky Bilderback, Rockton
B-Feature — 1. Tom McClintock, Onalaska 2. Jeremy Switlick, Wausau 3. George
Bohn, Macheeny Park, IL 4. Kris Kelly, Norway 5. Nick Shutkas, Loves Park, IL
Heat 1 — 1.Bill Niles, Holmen 2. Rick Corso, McHenry, IL 3. Brad Powell, La
Crosse 4. Justin Switlick, Marathon 5. Dan Heying, Waukesha
Heat 2 — 1.Jim Jarlsberg, Cambridge 2. Larry DeVito, Camp Douglas 3. Kyle
Bauknecht, Kaukauna 4. Todd Oliver, Bangor 5. Jason Erickson, Lake Millis
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