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5 is the Lucky Number for
Nuttleman!
By Philip Jahnke |
August 3,
2002; West Salem, WI - Solid racing and a near cataclysmic
crash helped three time track champion Kevin Nuttleman win his fifth feature of the season
at the United Auto Supply night at the races. At the start of lap two a couple of cars
started to get sideways coming into turn two but all the cars hung on avoiding a major
crash that would have wrecked havoc on the Kwik Trip Late Model drivers.
Nuttleman who started in the fifth position avoided the near crash by
skirting his way to a safe line and avoiding the near pile up. Nuttleman said that if he
didn't tuck down to the inner part of the track he would have been in trouble and a crash
would have insued.
Luckily for him and the rest of the drivers the crash was avoided.
Nuttleman credits his win to a hard working crew and a great running car. Nuttleman took
the lead from second place finisher Kurt Thicke after four laps and held the lead till the
checkered flag. Thicke who started on the pole didn't let up the whole race and let
Nuttlema!
n take the win unanswered. There was a hard fought battle four the fourth and fifth
positions with Steve Holzhausen taking the fourth spot and Rick Wateski taking fifth.
Rookie Blake Horstman from Rockland took a well fought third place.
Solid racing was the key for Rick Steinhoff's victory in the United Auto Supply Grand
National Sportsman feature. Steinhoff led the entire race with a commanding lead over
second place finisher Dan Gilster. The leaders were not the only ones racing with
precision, third place Corey Jankowski weaved his way up to the third place position over
fourth place finisher Jimmy Gilster. The two were battling it out bumper to bumper until
Jankowski took the third position on the last lap. To round out the top five with Scott
Beckler taking a well fought fifth place position. The racers drove hard all night and put
on a great show for the fans at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway.
Pink was all the only color the drivers could see in the United Auto Supply Thunderstox
15. Joe Rinartz, the driver of the pink 66 car, drove a hard race to come up with the
checkered flag. Rinartz led the whole race with solid driving and a great car.
Minneapolis's own Mary Schill won a hard fought second place finish over jason Schaller.
Matt Inglett and Al Bartels would finish out the top five with hard racing and a cool
demeanor.
Saturday night featured the always entertaining and crowd favorite, trailer race of
destruction. The track after the race looked like a tornado had come down upon a lake
resort with boats, campers, and boat trailers scattered al over the track. Dan Erdman from
Holmen won over the crowd and took home the trailer race of destruction trophy by smashing
everything in his way and wrecking havoc everywhere he went.
For complete results from the RACESTAT
computer click here
Upcoming Events
Saturday, August 10 - River City Ready Mix Presents: NASCAR Late Models,
Sportsman, Thunderstox, Features Sports Bar & Grill Hornets
Friday, August 16 - Monster Truck Show
Saturday, August 17 - Kwik Trip Presents: Late Models, Sportsman,
Thunderstox, Novelty Event!
Saturday, August 24 - A-1 Glass Presents: Late Models, Sportsman,
Thunderstox, SCHOOL BUS RACE II
Oct. 3-4-5-6 - Oktoberfest Race Weekend, Featuring over 14 divisions, 500
race cars and four days of fun and 'Festivities!
RESULTS FROM AUGUST 3, 2002
KWIK TRIP ///NASCAR LATE MODEL DIVISION
United Auto Supply 25: 1. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 2. Kurt Thicke, West
Salem; 3. Blake Horstman, Bangor; 4. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 5. Rick Wateski, LaCrosse
Semi-feature: 1. Greg Scheck, West Salem; 2. Kevin Eddy, Sparta; 3. Troy
Goodenough, Mindoro; 4. Jon Barette, LaCrose; 5. Jeff Krueger, LaCrescent MN
Heat 1: 1. Mike Belling, LaCrosse; 2. Todd Oliver, Bangor; 3. Craig
Kholmeier; 4. Bill Niles, Holmen; 5. Troy Godenough, Mindoro
Heat 2: 1. Mike Belling, LaCrosse; 2. Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, MN; 3.
Kevin Eddy, Hatfield; 4. Greg Scheck, West Salem; 5. Jim Summerfield, Bangor
Odd heat: 1. J. Herbst, West Salem; 2. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 3. Rick
Wateski, LaCrosse; 4. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 5. Tony Bagstad, Cashton
Even heat: 1. Jim Steele, West Salem; 2. Ken Hutchens, Black River Falls;
3. Brent Kirschner, LaCrosse; 4. Todd Korish, LaCrosse; 5. Brad Powel, LaCrosse
Qualifying: 1. Charlie Menard, EauClaire, 20.218 sec; 2. Blake Horstman,
Bangor, 20.313 sec; 3. Rick Wateski, LaCrosse, 20.393 sec; 4. Brad Powell, LaCrose, 20.414
sec; 5. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor, 220.428 sec; 6. Tim Nelson, Tomah, 20.438 sec; 7. Tony
Bagstad, Cashton, 20.442 sec; 8. Todd Korish, LaCrosse, 20.524 sec; 9. Kurt Thicke, West
Salem, 20.531 sec; 10. Brent Kirschner, LaCrosse, 20.544 sec
RAY HUTSON CHEVROLET SPORTSMAN DIVISION
United Auto Supply 15: 1. Rick Steinhoff, Sparta; 2. Dan Gilster, West
Salem; 3. Corey Jankowski, Tomah; 4. Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 5. Scott Beckler, Sparta
6. Rick Shisler, LaCrosse; 7. Larry Bolster, Sparta; 8. Chand Wheling, Stoddard; 9. Trent
Boettcher, LaCrescent, MN; 10. Tom Thill, West Salem
B Semi-feature: 1. Marv Degarmo, Chaseburg; 2. Randy Steinhoff, Cashton;
3. Bill Miller, Sparta; 4. Doug Lee, Holmen; 5. Jes Tenner, Melrose
C Semi-Feature: 1. Dan Gallagher; 2. Scott Clark; 3. Rob Curran; 4.
Tracey Bagstad, Onalaska; 5. Bob Fitzpatrick
Heat 1: 1. Al Dobbs, Onalaska; 2. Branden Berg, North Bend; 3. Randy
Hass, LaCrosse; 4. #50; 5. Kelly Schendel, Rockland
Heat 2: 1. Jeff Winterfield, Westby; 2. Jamie Schlinyz, Bangor; 3. Jamie
Millis, Black River Falls; 4. Bill Miller, Sparta; 5. Randy Steinhoff, Cashton
Heat 3: 1. Mike Albrecht Jr., LaCrescent MN; 2. Jeff Baker, Holmen; 3.
John Korish, LaCrosse; 4. Tony Ciano, LaCrosse; 5. Lucas Korish, LaCrosse
Odd heat: 1. Adam Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 2. Scott Beckler, Sparta; 3.
Sam Anderson, Melrose; 4. Corey Jankowski, Tomah; 5. John Olson, Sparta
Even heat: 1. Dan Linnehan, Sparta; 2. Chand Wheling, Stoddard; 3. Rick
Steinhoff, Sparta; 4. Larry Bolster, Sparta; 5. Trent Boettcher, LaCrescent, MN
Qualifying: 1. Corey Jankowski, Tomah, 22.874 sec; 2. Trent Boettcher,
LaCrosse, 22.944 sec; 3. Rick Shisler, LaCrosse, 22.992 sec; 4. Tom Thill, West Salem,
22.996 sec; 5. Jimmy Gilster, West Salem, 23.019 sec; 6. Aaron Hass, LaCrosse, 23.026 sec;
7. Scott Beckler, Sparta, 23.043 sec; 8. Dan Gilster, West Salem, 23.099 sec; 9. John
Olson, Sparta, 23.099 sec; 10. Rick Steinhoff, Sparta, 23.110 sec
UNITED AUTO SUPPLY THUNDERSTOX
United Auto Supply 15: Joe Rinartz, LaCrescent MN; 2. Mary Schill,
Minneapolis MN; 3. Jason Schaller, LaCrosse; 4. Matt Inglett, LaCrosse; 5. Al Bartels,
Tomah; 6. Ray Hardie, Sparta; 7. Jason Bolster,Sparta; 8. Ron Heller, Onalaska; 9.
Nicholas Schroeder, Cashton; 10. Kurt Jankowski, Sparta
Semi-feature: 1. Jes Tenner, Melrose; 2. Chad Rosendahl, Hokah, MN; 3.
Bill Inglett, LaCrosse; 4. Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 5. Dan Erdman, Holmen
Bud Dash: 1. Mary Schill, Minneapolis, MN; 2. Dean Ashbacher, Rockland;
3. Al Bartels, Tomah; 4. Jerimy Wagner, Melrose; 5. Joey Johnson, Mindoro
Heat 1: 1. Ray Hardie; 2. Mary Schill, Minneapolis; 3. Jason Bolster,
Sparta; 4. Kurt Jankowski, Sparta; 5. Jake Arneson, Taylor
Heat 2: 1. Al Bartals, Tomah; 2. Jerimy Wagner, Melrose; 3. Tony Leis,
Middle Ridge; 4. Freddie McDaniel, LaCrosse; 5. Ben Allen, LaCrosse
Heat 3: 1. Jason Schaller, LaCrosse; 2. Dean Ashbacher, Rockland; 3. Ron
Heller, Onalaska; 4. Matt Inglett, LaCrosse; 5. Scott Voss, LaCrescent, MN
Heat 4: 1. Brad Warthan, Sparta; 2. Joey Johnson, Mindoro; 3. Nicholas
Schroeder, Cashton; 4. Joe Rinartz, LaCrescent, MN; 5. John Hendrikson
Novelty, Trailer Race of Destruction Winner:
Dan Erdman, Holmen |