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Weinkauf Wins Super Late Fall Spectacular Feature
by Mae Schultz
Those that finished in the top four in the two qualifying features on Saturday
night moved on the Super Late model 75-lap main event. They were: Gary Back,
M.G. Gajewski, Adam Degenhardt, Tim Hintz, Rod Brewe, Doug Drost, Greg
Weinfurter and Wayne Mackesy.
The 75-lap super late model main event treated race fans to a smooth run which
was basically uninterrupted by yellows.
The first and only caution of the race happened in the first lap of the race.
After the restart, Jim Duchow was leading the race. But that didn’t last
long because Jason Weinkauf was working his way up from fourth place. With 73
laps to go, he took third place from Mark Eswein on the inside. Two laps later
he took second place from Duchow who had fallen back a spot. Then with
64 laps to go, Weinkauf tried to take first place from Chris Weinkauf. They
were neck and neck for over five laps but then Jason Weinkauf edged through on
the inside groove to take first place. He held that spot for the rest of the
race, but it wasn’t easy. Steve Holzhausen, who had been running in fourth,
caught up to the top three. He worked his way up to second and raced hard to
catch Weinkauf. Weinkauf was able to hold off his many advances. He often used
the lapped traffic to put space between himself and Holzhausen. Chris Weinkauf
rode in third place for most of the race followed by Jake Ryan in fourth.
However, the top two were always well ahead of Chris Weinkauf and Ryan. Jason
Weinkauf, who also won one of the 40-lap features the night before, won the
main event. Holzhausen had to settle for second, Chris Weinkauf third, Jake
Ryan fourth and Allen Check fifth.
The top four drivers in the limited late model semi-feature advanced to the
limited late model feature. They were: Jeremy Switlick, Bo Bennish, Ed Wolff,
and Cale Laessig.
Even though the limited late model feature was littered with cautions, it
still gave race fans some close racing. Early in the race, Paul Block was able
to hold his lead. However, he lost it to Brad Powell after the third restart,
who used the inside groove to take first place from Block. Powell was able to
ward off the advances of Kyle Bauknecht and hold the lead for a while. But
once again, restarts helped other drivers catch the leaders. Rich Schumann
worked up to third and then second place after the last set of restarts.
Schumann and Powell were neck and neck for a couple of laps, but Powell just
didn’t have enough to hold back Schumann who shot ahead from the inside.
Schumann remained in the lead, but it looked like Mike Merriam, who was
running second, might pull out the win. In the last lap, he tried to overtake
Schumann on the outside, but right before the checkered he switched to the
inside groove and gave it all he had. All he had wasn’t enough because
Schumann kept the lead and won the race. Merriam was in second, Powell in
third, Kurt Calpper fourth, and Kyle Bauknecht fifth. Schumann was later
disqualified after failing post-race inspection.
The MSTS Limited Late Model points chase went to Neil Knoblock. The
Limited Late Model track champ was Mike Merriam by a mere four points over
Jody Benson.
The top two finishers in the pure stock feature worked their way up from the
back of the field, making the race quite unpredictable. After starting in
eighth place, Justin Lindner had pushed forward to take first place in the
first three laps. A lap later, Brad Guralski came on the outside and ousted
Lindner from his spot. After that, Lindner fell back a few spots. Then,
seemingly out of nowhere, Larry Moen, who had started in 12th place, was in
contention for the lead. With seven laps to go, he was neck and neck for the
top spot and then took it. Meanwhile, Troy Engman had slowly worked his way up
to third place from his 10th place start. He took second with three laps to
go. He charged forward to catch Moen on the outside. But he didn’t have
enough, and had to take the second spot. Moen won, Engman took second, Brad
Guralski third, Mike Gwidt fourth and Paul Travis fifth.
Donald Trush dominated the Street Stock Feature. Two laps into the race, he
had already jetted from 11th place to take the lead from Randy Nething on the
inside groove. He held first place, with a considerable lead for the rest of
the race. Doug Herbst finished second, Travis Rodewald third, James Annala
fourth and Gary Kasperek fifth.
The top three finishers in the 2-man cruiser was Joey Kuhn and Kirk Kuhn,
Chuck Green Sr. and Chuck Green Jr., and Ben Disher and Dustin Clark.
Motorcycle race results by Woody Eckes
Eleven two-wheeled thunderbikes enjoyed the big wide groove of rubber put down
by all the cars tonight. With Steve Kasten starting from the back row
with two other riders on his spare bikes, Troy Johnson of Big Falls and Woody
Eckes of Spencer, the Zeidler brothers, Mark and TJ controlled the race from
the front tonight. TJ rocketed off the start with Mark in close
pursuit. Before the first lap was complete Mark held the lead
position. Kasten weaved his way towards the front, passing by using
which ever line was not being used, he worked his way up to second from his
ninth place starting spot, displacing TJ Zeidler from the runner up spot on
lap six. But Mark Zeidler had used the open track up front to his
advantage and greeted the checkered flag first. Marshfield’s Cliff
Eckes brought his mount home fourth, while Duluth area native Randy Ruffi made
the long trip worthwhile with a fifth place finish.
Finishing order: 1.Mark Zeidler HON 2.Steve Kasten YAM 3.
TJZeidler YAM 4.Cliff Eckes Jr. YAM 5. Randy Ruffi
YAM 6.Craig Lewis YAM 7. Woody Eckes YAM 8.Craig Nigh
HON 9.Adam Zwaschka YAM 10.Ted Strebe YAM 11.Troy
Johnson YAM
The IMCA Oldtimers/Vintage racecar open wheeled feature was won by Roger Shure
with Chris Loberg winning the full bodied car feature.
SUMMARY
SUPER LATE MODEL
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 75W WEINKAUF, CHRIS MERRILL DODGE 17.848
* * * SEMI RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 2 197 BACK, GARY LAST1 VESPER - - -
2 5 22G GAJEWSKI, M.G. LAST1 WAUSAU - - -
3 3 03D DEGENHARDT, ADAM LAST1 COON VALLEY - - -
4 1 1H HINTZ, TIM (R) LAST1 NEKOOSA FORD
5 6 15L LAPOINTE, DEAN LAST1 MARSHFIELD FORD
1 3 53B BREWE, ROD LAST2 MENOMONIE - - -
2 4 32D DROST, DOUG LAST2 MERRILL - - -
3 13 31W WEINFURTER, GREG LAST2 WI RAPIDS PONTIAC
4 1 93M MACKESY, WAYNE LAST2 WAUSAU DODGE
5 9 48C CARLSON, JAMES LAST2 LA CROSSE - - -
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 4 76W WEINKAUF, JASON 75LAP MERRILL - - -
2 5 97H HOLZHAUSEN, STEVE 75LAP BANGOR - - -
3 12 75W WEINKAUF, CHRIS 75LAP MERRILL DODGE
4 9 19R RYAN, JAKE 75LAP FARMINGTON - - -
5 7 20C CHECK, ALLEN 75LAP SHANTYTOWN FORD
6 3 75H HORSTMAN, BLAKE 75LAP BANGOR CHEVY
7 10 17M MENARD, CHARLIE 75LAP EAU CLAIRE CHEVY
8 11 05R ROTHE, TIM 75LAP APPLETON - - -
9 8 97I IVERSON, JAMIE 75LAP ESCANABA, MI - - -
10 6 3W WEINFURTER, JEFF 75LAP WISCONSIN RAPIDS PONTIAC
LIMITED LATE MODEL
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 76N NELSON, TIM LACRESCENT - - - 19.573
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 1 03B BENNISH, BO HEAT1 GLEASON POINTIAC
2 8 94D DOMBECK, DEREK HEAT1 WITTENBERG FORD
3 7 65S SYVRUD, JIM HEAT1 PORTAGE - - -
4 9 37L LAROCQUE, CHRIS HEAT1 APPLETON - - -
5 6 13W WOLFF, ED III HEAT1 CLYMAN - - -
1 1 52V VERHAGEN, TODD HEAT2 KAUKAUNA - - -
2 2 38S SCHULZ, MATT HEAT2 WAUSAU CHEVY
3 4 7C CALPPER, KURT HEAT2 DANE - - -
4 8 23P POWELL, BRAD HEAT2 LACROSSE - - -
5 10 28S SWITLICK, JUSTIN HEAT2 MARATHON CHEVY
1 1 54S SCHUMANN, RICH JR HEAT3 PORTAGE - - -
2 3 11K KNOBLOCK, NEIL HEAT3 WAUSAU CHEVY
3 8 17M MERRIAM, MIKE HEAT3 RINGLE FORD
4 2 26B BAUKNECHT, KYLE HEAT3 REEDSVILLE FORD
5 5 73S SKREDE, CHRIS HEAT3 SPARTA - - -
* * * SEMI RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 7 40S SWITLICK, JEREMY LAST WAUSAU CHEVY
2 1 03B BENNISH, BO LAST GLEASON POINTIAC
3 6 13W WOLFF, ED III LAST CLYMAN - - -
4 3 03L LAESSIG, CALE LAST MARSHFIELD - - -
5 5 16D DEVITO, JAMES LAST CAMP DOUGLAS - - -
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
2 11 17M MERRIAM, MIKE FEAT RINGLE FORD
3 3 23P POWELL, BRAD FEAT LACROSSE - - -
4 14 7C CALPPER, KURT FEAT DANE - - -
5 5 26B BAUKNECHT, KYLE FEAT REEDSVILLE FORD
6 10 3V VAN HANDEL, JERRY FEAT WAUPACA - - -
7 8 73S SKREDE, CHRIS FEAT SPARTA - - -
8 7 97M MCCLINTOCK, TOM FEAT ONALASKA - - -
9 13 72H HELD, MIKE FEAT WEST BEND - - -
10 17 52V VERHAGEN, TODD FEAT KAUKAUNA - - -
STREET STOCK
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 29H HERBST, DOUG WAUSAU - - - 21.104
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 6 A8 FROELICH, BILL HEAT1 MERRILL - - -
2 4 83V VAN PROOYEN, SCOTT HEAT1 BIRNAMWOOD - - -
3 7 22R NETHING, RANDY HEAT1 - - - - - -
4 3 15C CRANDALL, FORREST HEAT1 BIRNAMWOOD - - -
5 1 33K KOMATZ, MATT HEAT1 - - - - - -
1 3 60A ANNALA, JAMES HEAT2 WESTBORO - - -
2 6 2K KASPEREK, GARY HEAT2 TIGERTON - - -
3 2 27R RODEWALD, TRAVIS HEAT2 MANITOWOC - - -
4 7 4T TRUSH, DONALD HEAT2 MADISON - - -
5 4 20S SYVURD, TIM HEAT2 POYNETTE - - -
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 11 4T TRUSH, DONALD FEAT MADISON - - -
2 12 29H HERBST, DOUG FEAT WAUSAU - - -
3 6 27R RODEWALD, TRAVIS FEAT MANITOWOC - - -
4 7 60A ANNALA, JAMES FEAT WESTBORO - - -
5 10 2K KASPEREK, GARY FEAT TIGERTON - - -
6 4 21M MYSZKA, DUANE FEAT MARATHON - - -
7 3 22R NETHING, RANDY FEAT - - - - - -
8 5 29O OCHODNICKY, DUSTIN FEAT OGEMA - - -
9 2 A8 FROELICH, BILL FEAT MERRILL - - -
10 13 83V VAN PROOYEN, SCOTT FEAT BIRNAMWOOD - - -
PURE STOCK
* * * QUALIFYING RESULTS * * *
Plce Car # Driver Home Town Model Fast
1 10M MOEN, LARRY MADISON - - - 22.764
* * * HEATS RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 5 38P PAUL, TRAVIS HEAT1 - - - - - -
2 7 756 LOUZE, DALE HEAT1 MOSINEE - - -
3 6 55D DIETZ, WAYNE HEAT1 - - - - - -
4 8 28B BORNITZ, STEVE HEAT1 WEST SALEM - - -
5 1 31W WOLF, ED HEAT1 - - - - - -
1 7 10M MOEN, LARRY HEAT2 MADISON - - -
2 1 16G GURALSKI, BRAD HEAT2 WAUSAU - - -
3 3 72L LINDNER, JUSTIN HEAT2 - - - - - -
4 4 63B BIRCH, SANDY HEAT2 - - - - - -
5 5 99E ENGMAN, TROY HEAT2 WAUSAU - - -
* * * FEATURE RESULTS * * *
Place Start Car # Driver Event Home Town Model
1 12 10M MOEN, LARRY FEAT MADISON - - -
2 10 99E ENGMAN, TROY FEAT WAUSAU - - -
3 6 16G GURALSKI, BRAD FEAT WAUSAU - - -
4 11 25G GWIDT, MIKE FEAT WAUSAU - - -
5 2 38P PAUL, TRAVIS FEAT - - - - - -
6 8 72L LINDNER, JUSTIN FEAT - - - - - -
7 5 28B BORNITZ, STEVE FEAT WEST SALEM - - -
8 7 17K KANIA, AJ FEAT WAUSAU - - -
9 4 756 LOUZE, DALE FEAT MOSINEE - - -
10 3 55D DIETZ, WAYNE FEAT - - - - - -
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