Belling battles for second feature win!

August 25, 2001;  West Salem, WI -  After a stormy morning, the thunder in West Salem, Wisconsin was not from the sky, but from the great race action Saturday night. Steve Holzhausen started on the pole for the Midwest Fuels NASCAR Late Model feature and pulled away from the field, or so he thought. Little did he know, Mike Belling was picking off cars methodically behind him. Belling was able to work his way around two cars by lap three and by lap 5 he had set his sights on Holzhausen's Ford Taurus. Belling was able to make his way around Holzhausen on lap 8 and was able to lead the remaining laps. Kevin Nuttleman battled Belling with one lap to go, but he ended the night in second. This was Belling's second win of the season.

Mark Lamoreaux's night looked to be in question, when the engine on his Ford Taurus let go during his heat race. Fellow competitor Kraig Burrows showed great sportsmanship by allowing Lamoreaux to race his car in the feature. Lamoreaux ended up finishing twelfth.

The Ray Hutson Grand National Sportsman looked as if they may go from the green flag to the checkered yellow free like the Late Models. Chad Goldbeck got loose in three with 9 laps to go. Although many cars swerved to miss him, Morris Proctor was not that lucky. He ended up tagging Goldbeck and they both went to the pits by way of a wrecker.

On the restart, Tom Thill found himself on the front row outside. The second yellow flew when Trent Boettcher and Rick Steinhoff came together and spun out. Thill again found himself in the lead on the restart and led the remaining three laps to find his way to victory lane. This was also Thill's second feature win of the season.

Earlier in the afternoon, two sportsman drivers found themselves with great cars, but failed engines. Jimmy Gilster, who was fourth in the points coming into tonight, blew his engine during practice. He and his crewed hurried to their shop nearby and were able to replace the engine, return to the track and finish, thirteenth in the feature.

Tony Ciano, seventh in the points coming into tonight, blew his engine during qualifying. In another show of sportsmanship, Todd Lockington borrowed his car to Ciano for the remainder of the night. Ciano finished the feature intwenty-third.

The United Auto Supply Thunderstocks did their best to avoid the infield pond,  known to the fans as "Lake Speed". Joey Johnson, however, found the pond with his Pontiac Grand Prix. He would remain at the edge of "Lake Speed" and watch his competitors finish the race.

The yellow flag was thrown when yet another driver found the beach area of "Lake Speed".  Jason Stark did his best to avoid this car, but ended up spinning. He would finish that lap in reverse and spin around on the front stretch to get going the right way. The checkered flag flew as Joe Rinartz crossed the finish line.  After post-race inspection, the win was awarded to Kelly Schendel.

The evening was brought to an end with the two Features Sports Bar & Grill Hornet features. The first feature win went to Clint Mohn.  Gary Towner was able to cross the finish line first and ended up in victory lane.

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Midwest Fuels NASCAR Late Models
Qualifying: 1. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek, 20.409sec (96.183mph); 2. Brad Powell, La Crosse, 20.453sec (95.976mph); 3. Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, 20.499sec (95.760mph); 4. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor, 20.551sec (95.518mph); 5. Mike Belling, La Crosse, 20.580sec (95.383mph)
BARREL O'FUN 25: 1.Mike Belling, La Crosse; 2. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 3. Brad Powell, La Crosse; 4. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 5. Rick Wateski, La Crosse; 6. Andy Burgess, Rice Lake; 7. Steve Carlson, West Salem; 8. Tim Hagen, La Crescent; 9. Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 10. Tony Bagstad, Cashton; 11. Blake Horstman, Bangor; 12. Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington;    13. Todd Korish, La Crosse; 14. Ken Christenson, Jr., La Crosse; 15. Denis Haugrud, Cashton
Semi-Feature: 1. Todd Korish, La Crosse; 2. Tom McClintock, Onalaska; 3. Greg Croell, Holmen; 4. Greg Scheck, West Salem; 5. Curt Eckelberg, West Salem
Qualifying Heat 1: 1. Steve Carlson, West Salem; 2. Jim Hagel, Holmen; 3. Tom McClintock, Onalaska; 4. Greg Sheck, West Salem; 5. Jim Summerfield, West Salem
Qualifying Heat 2: 1. Kraig Burrows, La Crosse; 2. Ken Christenson, Jr., West Salem; 3. Todd Korish, La Crosse; 4. Greg Croell, Holmen; 5. Tim Nelson, La Crescent
Bud Dash 1: 1. Brent Kirchner, La Crosse; 2. Mike Belling, La Crosse; 3. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 4. Todd Oliver, Bangor;   5. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek
Bud Dash 2: 1. Blake Horstman, Bangor; 2. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 3. Kurt Thicke, Bangor; 4. Rick Wateski, La Crosse;  5. Brad Powell, La Crosse

Ray Hutson Chevrolet Grand National Sportsman
Qualifying: 1. Jon Barrette, La Crosse, 22.659sec (86.632mph); 2. Chand Wehling, Stoddard, 22.705sec (86.456mph); 3. Jeff Baker, Holmen, 22.825sec (86.002mph); 4. Tom Thill, West Salem, 22.870sec (85.832mph); 5. Trent Boettcher, La Crescent, 22.951sec (85.430mph)
BARRELL O'FUN 15: 1. Tom Thill, West Salem; 2. Sam Anderson, Melrose; 3. Corey Jankowski, Tomah; 4. Kevin Eddy, Sparta; 5. Chand Wehling, Stoddard; 6. Rick Shisler, La Crosse; 7. Randy Steinhoff, Cashton; 8. Jeff Baker, Holmen; 9. Larry Bolster, Jr.; 10. Jon Barrette, La Crosse
Semi-Feature: 1. John Towner, Trempealeau; 2. Tony Ciano, La Crosse; 3. Jeff Winterfield, La Crosse; 4. Jason Backus, Tomah; 5. Lucas Korish, La Crosse
Qualifying Heat 1: 1. Rick Steinhoff, Sparta; 2. Branden Berg, North Bend; 3. Jeff Winterfield, La Crosse; 4. Tony Ciano, La Crosse; 5. Jason Backus, Tomah
Qualifying Heat 2: 1. Dan Linnehan, West Salem; 2. Johns Korish, La Crosse; 3. John Towner, Trempeauleau; 4. Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 5. Jamie Millis, Black River Falls
Odd Bud Dash : 1. Jeff Baker, Holmen; 2. Jon Barrette, La Crosse; 3. Aaron Hass, La Crosse; 4. Trent Boettcher, La Crescent;  5. Kevin Eddy, Sparta
Even Bud Dash : 1. Corey Jankowski, Tomah; 2. Tom Thill, West Salem; 3. Sam Anderson, Melrose; 4. Larry Bolster, Jr.; 5. Rick Shisler, La Crosse

United Auto Supply Thunderstox
BARRELL O'FUN 15: 1. Kelly Schendel, Caston; 2. Jake Arneson, Taylor; 3. Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 4. John Hendrickson, La Crosse; 5. Al Bartels, Tomah
Dash:    1. Troy Anderson, Galesville; 2. Danielle Neary, La Crosse; 3. Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 4. John Hendrickson, La Crosse;  5. Shane Ulvestad, Westby
Heat 1 : 1. Chad Rosendahl, Hokah; 2. Danielle Neary, La Crosse; 3. Jake Arneson, Taylor; 4. Ron Heller, La Crosse; 5. Kelly Schendel, Cashton
Heat 2 : 1. John Hendrickson, La Crosse; 2. Shane Ulvestad, Westby; 3. John Olson, Sparta; 4. Joe Rinartz, Onalaska; 5. Jes Tenner, Melrose
Heat 3 : 1. Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 2. Troy Anderson, Galesville; 3. Jason Stark, Sparta; 4. Dan Secor, West Salem; 5. John Edwards, La Crosse

Features Sports Bar Hornets
Heat 1: 1. Ryan Larson
Heat 2: 1. Jason Dummer
Heat 3: 1. Jim Schermerhorn
Feature 1: 1. Clint Mohn
Feature 2: 1. Gary Towner

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