By: Ashley Iwanski
(West Salem, WI – August 28, 2010) Brent Kirchner, La Crosse, won his first Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Model feature race of the season Saturday at La Crosse Speedway. Kirchner moved up to third in points after being fourth last week.

Kirchner was able to pull out to a five car length lead to finish the race, but he had to work to get there. He started in eighth and was battling for second place when he went to the low side of Kevin Nuttleman. What Kirchner didn’t know was that Jay Sauter was to the outside of Nuttleman and the trio raced three wide through turns three and four.

Sauter saw what was happening, but had no concerns with going three wide.
“With Nuttleman in the middle, I wasn’t worried,” Sauter said.

Nuttleman fell back and Kirchner moved into second followed by Sauter.

Kirchner’s then had to get around Matthew Henderson.

It took three laps, but Kirchner got to the inside of Henderson and took off.
“It was fast,” Kirchner said of his car. “We made some changes before the feature and it really worked out for us.”

As Kirchner led the race a battle for second raged behind him.

Sauter made multiple attempts to get around Henderson, but Sauter had made contact with the wall earlier in the race and didn’t have the car to get around Henderson.

Henderson finished second and Sauter third. Steve Carlson and Thor Anderson round out the top five.

J. Herbst was leading the Late Model points entering the night, but blew main engine during practice and his backup engine during the feature race. Shawn Pfaff now leads the points with Herbst trailing by nine.

Rick Schermerhorn won the North Country Contractors Sportsmen feature by taking the race lead away form Dan Gilster with eight laps to go. Gilster took an early lead and held onto it through two restarts after cautions came out for cars spinning. Schermerhorn was close on his tail and finally got around Gilster on the inside to take over the lead. Gilster finished third and Jake Arneson third.

Adam Moore took home his sixth feature win of the season in the United Auto Supply Thunderstox division. Moore started in the back of the pack and worked his way to the front around multiple wrecks. Jason Bolster finished second and Josh Inglett third.

Chris Weber won the Second over the Line Novelty Thunderstox event. Weber slowed down enough to get behind Brad Warthan and cross the line second to win.

John Olson won the R.A.Y.S feature ahead of Chad Rosendahl. Olson set a track record during qualifying earlier in the night with a time of 14.064.

Next Saturday, September 4, the Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models will run a 30-lap feature. The Sportsmen and Thunderstox divisions will be racing as well. And on Saturday, September 11 is the Eve of Destruction. Events include Monster Trucks, Roll-Over Contest, Trailer Race of Destruction plus much more thrills and spills. For more information about LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway and the 2010 schedule of events, call the Speedway office at (608) 786-1525 or visit the speedway on the web at www.lacrossespeedway.com.

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