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Holzhausen solidifies
Dodge Weekly Series lead with 3rd La Crosse win!
By David Morgan |
June 21,
2003; West Salem, WI - At the start of the
season, the big question for Steve Holzhausen was whether or not he was going to race each
and every week at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway, and go for his first NASCAR Late
Model track championship, and second track title overall. The question now might be
whether or not he wants to go for the bigger payout of the Dodge Weekly Series’s
Heartland Regional and National Championships.
On Saturday night, he may well of answered that on the track, as he got by
Blake Horstman on lap 17, and took his third feature win of the season. The win solidifies
his hold on the top spot in the Heartland Regional points standings, which he has led for
two straight weeks heading into Saturday’s action.
Troy Goodenough took to the lead from his pole-sitting starting position,
and Jim Hagel followed into second, before Horstman moved by Hagel on the outside on lap
four. Two laps later Greg Scheck lost an engine heading into turn three, bringing out the
yellow for oil on the track. The cars got in just one lap on the restart, but that was
enough for Horstman to move to the outside, and pass Goodenough for the lead.
The second caution came on lap seven, when Tony Bagstad tagged Jim Hagel
from behind in turn three, sending the CC106.3 car spinning into the wall hard. J. Herbst
and Mike Belling also came to rest along the wall, as they were unable to avoid the
incident. Hagel was unconscious when safety crews reached him, and was transported by
ambulance to a local hospital.
On the restart, Horstman took command, while Todd Korish led a charge on
the outside around Goodenough, with Holzhausen and Kevin Nuttleman in tow. On lap 11,
Holzhausen moved to the outside of Korish down the front stretch, and made the pass for
second in turn one. Korish then battled Nuttleman for third the rest of the way, finally
settling for fourth behind the Wehrs Chevy Monte Carlo of Nuttleman.
Holzhausen closed on Horstman, and on laps 15 and 16, he was able to pull
inside of the 75 car coming out of turn four, but by turn one, Horstman was able to come
down in front to hold the top spot. On the next lap, Horstman protected the inside groove,
and Holzhausen went ouside, pulling alongside Horstman as the pair headed into one, and
taking the lead for good as the cars hit turn three.
The win was Holzhausen’s third of the season, and solidified his hold
on the top spot in both the track and regional standings. Brad Powell finished fifth,
followed by Rick Wateski, Mark Lamoreaux, Todd Oliver, Goodenough, and Jon Barrette.
There was no qualifying because of Fan Photo Night, and cars were lined up
by points for the evening’s action. Jeff Krueger won the B-main, heat wins went to
Bill Niles and Dan Steele, while the Bud Dashes were won by Scheck and Wateski.
Rick Shisler led all 15 laps of the Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman
feature, but you couldn’t say his 2-car length win over Sam Andersen was easy.
Shisler had to survive three double-file restarts, and one single file restart, as he held
off Andersen for the feature win. Four yellows slowed the race, but Shisler held off
whatever car chose the outside lane, and on the final restart, he pulled out to a quick
2-car lead over Andersen, and held it for the final five laps.
Andersen was second, followed by Trent Boettcher, Rick Steinhoff and Dan Gilster. Tom
Thill, Lucas Korish, Dan Linnehan, Randy Steinhoff and John Olson rounded out the top ten.
Shawn Lockington won the B-main, heat winners were Dan Erdman, Doug Lee,
Jamie Millis and Lucas Korish. The Bud Dash wins went to Scott Beckler and Aaron Hass.
There were also two quick yellows in the United Auto Supply Thunderstox
feature, but once again, leader Tory Lockington was up to the challenge, as he posted a
dominating full straightaway feature win. Part of the reason that Lockington was able to
pull away was the battles for second, third and fourth behind him, as cars were two-, and
sometimes three-wide for most of the race. At the checkered, it was Joey Johnson taking
the runner-up spot, followed by Matt Inglett, Scott Voss and points-leader Ron Heller, who
advanced to the feature by winning the B-Main.
Tuxedo Tony Leis won the Bud Dash, and heat wins went to Brad Warthan,
Dwayne Anderson, Wayne Smith and Tim Steinhoff.
For complete results from the RACESTAT
computer click here
LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models
Furniture Gallery 25 Feature (25 cars)- 1) Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 2) Blake Horstman,
Bangor; 3) Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 4) Todd Korish, La Crosse; 5) Brad Powell, La Crosse;
6) Rick Wateski, La Crosse; 7) Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, MN; 8) Todd Oliver, Bangor; 9)
Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 10) Jon Barrette, La Crosse;
11) Bill Niles, Holmen; 12) Charlie Menard, Eau Claire; 13) Tony Bagstad, Cashton; 14)
Curt Eckelberg, West Salem; 15) John Towner, Trempealeau; 16) Dave Bean, Westby; 17) Mike
Belling, La Crosse; 18) Tom McClintock, Onalaska; 19) Jeff Krueger, La Crescent, MN; 20)
Andy Niles, Holmen;
21) Dan Steele, West Salem; 22) Adam Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 23) Jim Hagel, Holmen; 24)
J. Herbst, West Salem; 25) Greg Scheck, West Salem
B-Main (10 cars)- 1) Jeff Krueger, La Crescent, MN; 2) Andy Niles, Holmen; 3) Tom
McClintock, Onalaska; 4) John Towner, Trempealeau; 5) Jon Inglett, La Crosse
Qualifying- 1) Not held (Fan photo night)
Qualifying Heat 1- 1) Bill Niles, Holmen; 2) Dexter Bean, Westby; 3) Andy Niles, Holmen;
4) Tom McClintock, Onalaska; 5) Jeff Faas, La Crosse
Qualifying Heat 2- 1) Dan Steele, West Salem; 2) Todd Oliver, Bangor; 3) Jeff Krueger, La
Crescent, MN; 4) John Towner, Trempealeau; 5) Kevin Eddy, Hatfield
Odd Bud Dash- 1) Greg Scheck, West Salem; 2) Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 3) Jim Hagel,
Holmen; 4) Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 5) Brad Powell, La Crosse
Even Bud Dash- 1) Rick Wateski, La Crosse; 2) J. Herbst, West Salem; 3) Tony Bagstad,
Cashton; 4) Charlie Menard, Eau Claire; 5) Jon Barrette, La Crosse
Ray Hutson Chevy Sportsman
Furniture Gallery 15 Feature (25 cars)- 1) Rick Shisler, La Crosse; 2) Sam Andersen,
Melrose; 3) Trent Boettcher, La Crescent, MN; 4) Rick Steinhoff, Sparta; 5) Dan Gilster,
West Salem; 6) Tom Thill, West Salem; 7) Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 8) Dan Linnehan, Sparta;
9) Randy Steinhoff, Cashton; 10) John Olson, Sparta;
11) Troy Anderson, Galesville; 12) Dean Ashbacher, Rockland; 13) Chand Wehling, Stoddard;
14) Jamie Millis, Black River Falls; 15) Jimmy Gilster, West Salem
B-Main (27 cars)- 1) Shawn Lockington, La Crosse; 2) todd Lockington, Mindoro; 3) John
Olson, Sparta; 4) Branden Berg, North Bend; 5) Chris Skrede, Holmen
Qualifying - 1) Not held
Non Qualifying Heat 1- 1) Dan Erdman, ; 2) Rob Curran, La Crosse; 3) Randy Hass, La
Crosse; 4) Jeff Meil, Holmen; 5) Joe Rinartz, La Crosse
Non Qualifying Heat 2- 1) Doug Lee, Holmen; 2) Nick Schroeder, Cashton; 3) Rob Christen,
Holmen; 4) Mark Challet, Bangor; 5) Nate Roesler, Coon Valley
Qualifying Heat 1- 1) Jamie Millis, Black River Falls; 2) Jes Tenner, North Bend; 3) John
Olson, Sparta; 4) Chris Skrede, Holmen; 5) Bill Miller, Sparta
Qualifying Heat 2- 1) Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 2) Troy Anderson, Galesville; 3) Branden
Berg, North Bend; 4) Todd Lockington, Mindoro; 5) Jeff Winterfield, La Crosse
Odd Bud Dash- 1) Scott Beckler, Tomah; 2) Mike Albrecht, Jr., La Crescent, MN; 3) Trent
Tenner, La Crescent, MN; 4) Tony Ciano, La Crosse; 5) Sam Andersen, Melrose
Even Bud Dash- 1) Aaron Hass, La Crosse; 2) Randy Hass, La Crosse; 3) Dan Linnehan,
Sparta; 4) Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 5) Tom Thill, West Salem
United Auto Supply Thunderstox
Furniture Gallery 15 Feature (22 cars)- 1) Tory Lockington, Mindoro; 2) Joey Johnson, West
Salem; 3) Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 4) Scott Voss, La Crescent, MN; 5) Ron Heller,
Onalaska; 6) Jason Bolster, Sparta; 7) Andy Moore, Sparta; 8) Jerry Aylesworth, Holmen; 9)
Shane Ulvestad, Holmen; 10) Tony Leis, Middle Ridge
11) Ben Allen, Bangor; 12) Dean Ashbacher, Rockland; 13) Travis Schendel, Cashton; 14) Al
Bartels, Tomah; 15) Tim Steinhoff, Cashton
B-Main (21 cars)- 1) Ron Heller, Onalaska; 2) Jason Bolster, Sparta; 3) Dean Ashbacher,
Rockland; 4) Ben Allen, Bangor; 5) Kelly Schendel, Cashton
Bud Dash- 1) Tony Leis, Middle Ridge; 2) Shane Ulvestad, Holmen; 3) Tory Lockington,
Mindoro; 4) Dwayne Anderson, Sparta; 5) Tim Steinhoff, Cashton
Heat 1- 1) Brad Warthan, Sparta; 2) Tony Leis, Middle Ridge; 3) Kris Buldhaupt, La Crosse;
4) Scott Voss, La Crescent, MN; 5)
Heat 2- 1) Dwayne Anderson, Sparta; 2) Tory Lockington, Mindoro; 3) Jason Pulham, Sparta;
4) Bill Inglett, La Crosse; 5) Danielle Neary, La Crosse
Heat 3- 1) Wayne Smith, La Crosse; 2) Shane Ulvestad, Holmen; 3) Laverne Berg, North Bend;
4) Adam Moore, Sparta; 5) Al Bartels, Tomah
Heat 4- 1) Tim Steinhoff, Cashton; 2) Lonnie Klonecki, Arcadia; 3) Joey Johnson, West
Salem; 4) Jerry Aylesworth, Holmen; 5) Matt Inglett, La Crosse
Novelty Event (Queen Bees)- 1) Christie Anderson; 2) Lisa Simonson; 3) Linda Kuschel; 4)
Amanda Lindvig; 5) Denise Miller |
