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Holzhausen solidifies
points lead with second La Crosse win!
By David Morgan |
May 31,
2003; West Salem, WI - The question posed to
Bangor race driver Steve Holzhausen more often than not this season has been "Are you
going to race full time, and run for points?" After several seasons of racing part
time, or simply taking a week or two off, the question was a natural for a driver with
experience not only on the local scene, but with the Central Wisconsin Racing Association,
the ARTGO Challenge Series, ASA and the All Pro Series. He may well have given his answer
on the track on Saturday night.
He started on the inside of the second row of the La Crosse Tribune 25
feature, and slipped under early leader Gib Scharpf one lap after an early caution, as he
became the first driver to win a second feature this season in the Kwik Trip NASCAR Late
Model division at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway.
Scharpf took the early lead, and led the first six laps, holding
Holzhausen off as the veteran tried both the inside and outside groove. On lap seven, a
three-lap third-place battle between Mark Lamoreaux and Mike Belling ended, as the two
cars tangled heading into turn one, and both slid hard into the wall between turns one and
two. On the restart, Scharpf first opened up a lead, but heading into turn three,
Holzhausen slipped just inside the 63 car, and took over the top spot as the cars passed
the start finish line.
Scharpf's night ended on lap 15, when something broke on his machine on
the backstretch, sending him spinning into the infield, and just catching rookie Adam
Degenhardt as he tried to avoid the spinning machine. Rick Wateski moved into second with
Scharpf's misfortune, and he had a mirrorful of J. Herbst on the restart. As the two cars
battled for second, Holzhausen opened up his lead once more, and pulled out to an easy
win.
Herbst finished second, followed by Wateski, Brad Powell, Kevin Nuttleman
and Blake Horstman. Charlie Menard, Tony Bagstad, Todd Korish and Brent Kirchner rounded
out the top ten.
Jeff Krueger and David Tradup touched coming out of turn four early in the
B-Main, setting off a 5-car accident that saw Jim Hagel's car go up and over the 36 of
Troy Goodenough. Tim Nelson made it thru the melee, and came away with the win, while Curt
Eckleberg took second.
Brad Powell was fast timer, averaging 96.939 MPH, and the qualifying heat
went to Andy Niles. Steve Holzhausen and Mark Lamoreaux won the Bud Dashes.
Rick Steinhoff sent a shower of sparks up along the backstretch wall on
lap two of the Ray Hutson Chevrolet Grand National Sportsman feature, as he lost a tire in
contact on the backstretch, and slid to a stop in turn four, bringing out a quick yellow.
Jimmy Gilster and Rob Mahan pulled away from the field, as cars battled
for position behind them, as Gilster claimed his first feature win of the season, with
Mahan right behind in second. Aaron Hass made a late move to take third, followed by Randy
Steinhoff and Chand Wehling.
Tony Ciano and Ken Lewis won the B-main and C-main, , while Trent
Boettcher was quick timer at 22.703 seconds. Non qualifying heat winners were Scott Stingl
and Jake Arneson; Dan Linnehan and Branden Berg took qualifying heats, and Rick Steinhoff
and Jimmy Gilster won the Bud Dashes.
The last thing Tim Steinhoff wanted to see in the United Auto Supply
Thunderstox feature was a yellow flag. After all, he outgunned Lance Lee at the start, and
pulled into a big lead over Bill Inglett, a lead he maintained two-thirds of the way
through the feature. On lap 11, Tuxedo Tony Leis and Dean Ashbacher tangled coming out of
turn four, and Ashbacher t-boned Leis as they crossed the start-finish line, bringing out
the caution.
Inglett and Shane Ulvestad had designs on the lead on the restart, but
Inglett ran into trouble on lap 12, and was spun in turn four, sending him into the
infield, as Steinhoff cruised to the win. Ulvestad finished second, followed by Kevin
Burr, Ron Heller and Greg Lindvig.
Jason Bolster won the B-Main, Greg Lindvig took the dash, and heats went
to Ron Heller, Ryan Lockington, Tim Steinhoff and Shane Ulvestad.
Troy Opsahl started on the outside of the front row, and took control
early in the first Hornets feature, and came away with the win over Jerry Lemke, who moved
through the field to finish second. Pete Arentz, Jerrod Logging and Gary Towner rounded
out the top five.
Jeff Rud threatened to run away with the second feature, pulling out to a
6-car advantage early, but Pat Burchell ran him down, pulling up behind him on lap eight,
with Charlie Schwabenbauer right behind. Two laps later, both cars went to the inside, and
Burchell and Schwabenbauer both went by Rud. On lap 11, Schwabenbauer went to the outside
to get by Burchell, and take the lead, en route to his first win of the season. Burchell
took second, followed by Ryan Lockington, Jeff Rud and Rick Schermerhorn.
Rich Fladhammer took a wild ride on the second lap of the third feature,
as he went up on two wheels along the backstretch wall, then flipped his car over on the
backstretch. Ron Amann went out to the early lead, but Shane Anderson took over 3 laps
into the race, and pulled away to the win over a hard charging Mark Bornitz. Justin
Yahnkee, Ron Amann and Carroll Hundorf rounded out the top five.
Heat winners were Ryan Happel, Jerrod Logging, Jeff Heaney and Rick
Soland.
Saturday, June 7, 2003 ///NASCAR Late Models,
Sportsman, Thunderstox, Double Spin-2nd Over Line Wins
Saturday, June 14, 2003 ///NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, Old Timers
Reuinion
Saturday, June 21, 2003 ///NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox
For complete results from the RACESTAT
computer click here
La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway
Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models
La Crosse Tribune 25 Feature- 1) Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 2) J. Herbst, West Salem; 3)
Rick Wateski, La Crosse; 4) Brad Powell, La Crosse; 5) Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 6) Blake
Horstman, Bangor; 7) Charlie Menard, Eau Claire; 8) Tony Bagstad, Cashton; 9) Todd Korish,
La Crosse; 10) Brent Kirchner, La Crosse;
11) Jon Barrette, La Crosse; 12) Kevin Eddy, Sparta; 13) Tim Hagen, La Crescent, MN; 14)
Adam Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 15) Dexter Bean, Westby; 16) Jim Hagel, Holmen; 17) Curt
Eckleberg, West Salem; 18) Andy Niles, Holmen; 19) Jeff Faas, La Crosse; 20) Tim Nelson,
La Crescent, MN;
21) Jimmy Summerfield, West Salem; 22) Tom McClintock, Onalaska; 23) Gib Scharpf, La
Crosse; 24) Mike Belling, La Crosse; 25) Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, MN
B-Main- 1) Tim Nelson, La Crescent, MN; 2) Curt Eckleberg, West Salem; 3) Jeff Faas, La
Crosse; 4) Jimmy Summerfield, West Salem; 5) Jeff Krueger, La Crescent, MN
Qualifying- 1) Brad Powell, La Crosse, 20.255 seconds, 96.939 MPH; 2) J. Herbst, West
Salem, 20.319 secs., 96.634 MPH; 3) Blake Horstman, Bangor, 20.352 secs., 96.477 MPH; 4)
Tony Bagstad, Cashton, 20.392 secs., 96.288 MPH; 5) Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor, 20.394 secs.,
96.278 MPH
Qualifying Heat 1- 1) Andy Niles, Holmen; 2) Dexter Bean, Westby; 3) Brent Kirchner, La
Crosse; 4) Jon Barrette, La Crosse; 5) David Tradup, Viola, MN
Odd Bud Dash- 1) Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 2) Adam Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 3) Kevin
Nuttleman, Bangor, 4) Brad Powell, La Crosse; 5) Mike Belling, La Crosse
Even Bud Dash- 1) Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, MN; 2) Charlie Menard, Eau Claire; 3) Tony
Bagstad, Cashton; 4) Todd Korish, La Crosse; 5) Rick Wateski, La Crosse
Ray Hutson Chevy Sportsman
La Crosse Tribune 15 Feature- 1) Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 2) Rob Mahan, Sparta; 3) Aaron
Hass, La Crosse; 4) Chand Wehling, Stoddard; 5) Larry Bolster, Jr., Sparta; 6) Tom Thill,
West Salem; 7) Trent Boettcher, West Salem; 8) Mike Albrecht, Jr., La Crescent, MN; 9)
Branden Berg, North Bend; 10) Rick Shisler, La Crosse;
11) Jordan Hess, West Salem; 12) Jeff Baker, Holmen; 13) Dan Linnehan, Sparta; 14) John
Korish, La Crosse; 15) Marv DeGarmo, Chaseburg
B-Main- 1) Tony Ciano, La Crosse; 2) Bill Miller, Sparta; 3) Chris Skrede, Holmen; 4) Jeff
Baker, Holmen; 5) Lucas Korish, La Crosse
C-Main- 1) Ken Lewis, Black River Falls; 2) Mark Challet, Bangor; 3) Rob Christen, Holmen;
4) Les Pfaff, Mindoro; 5) Randy Hass, La Crosse
Qualifying - 1) Trent Boettcher, La Crescent, MN, 22.703 secs., 86.486 MPH; 2) Mike
Albrecht, Jr., La Crescent, MN, 22.763 secs., 86.258 MPH; 3) Chand Wehling, Stoddard,
22.764 secs., 86.255 MPH; 4) Sam Andersen, Melrose, 22.772 secs., 86.224 MPH; 5) Dan
Gilster, West Salem, 22.774 secs., 86.217 MPH
Non Qualifying Heat 1- 1) Scott Stingl, Mindoro; 2) Dan Erdman, Holmen; 3) Rob Christen,
Holmen; 4) Randy Hass, La Crosse; 5) Tim Groth, Winona, MN
Non Qualifying Heat 2- 1) Jake Arneson, Taylor; 2) Ken Lewis, Black River Falls; 3) Lester
Pfaff, Mindoro; 4) John Olson, Sparta; 5) Jay Cherwenka, Black River Falls
Qualifying Heat 1- 1) Dan Linnehan, Sparta; 2) Shawn Lockington, La Crosse; 3) Tony Ciano,
La Crosse; 4) Bill Miller, Sparta; 5) Jes Tenner, North Bend
Qualifying Heat 2- 1) Branden Berg, North Bend; 2) Scott Beckler, Sparta; 3) Jeff Baker,
Holmen; 4) Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 5) Chris Skrede, Holmen
Odd Bud Dash- 1) Rick Steinhoff, Sparta; 2) Rob Mahan, Sparta; 3) Larry Bolster, Jr.,
Sparta; 4) Chand Wehling, Stoddard; 5) Dan Gilster, West Salem
Even Bud Dash- 1) Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 2) Sam Andersen, Melrose; 3) Rick Shisler, La
Crosse; 4) Mike Albrecht, Jr., La Crescent, MN; 5) Tom Thill, West Salem
United Auto Supply Thunderstox
La Crosse Tribune Feature- 1) Tim Steinhoff, Cashton; 2) Shane Ulvestad, Holmen; 3) Kevin
Burr, La Crescent, MN; 4) Ron Heller, Onalaska; 5) Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 6) Travis
Schendel, Cashton; 7) Lester Stanfield, La Crosse; 8) Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 9) Jason
Bolster, Sparta; 10) Ed Senn, La Crosse;
11) Adam Moore, Sparta; 12) Scott Voss, La Crescent, MN; 13) Trent Tenner, Melrose; 14)
Dean Ashbacher, Rockland; 15) Nick Schroeder, Cashton
B-Main- 1) Jason Bolster, Sparta; 2) Lester Stanfield, La Crosse; 3) Ben Allen, Bangor; 4)
Dean Ashbacher, Rockland; 5) Al Bartels, Tomah
Bud Dash- 1) Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 2) Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 3) Ron Heller, Onalaska; 4)
Jerry Aylesworth, Holmen; 5) Ryan Lockington, Holmen
Heat 1- 1) Ron Heller, Onalaska; 2) Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 3) Justin Berg, Bangor; 4) Kevin
Burr, La Crescent, MN; 5) Travis Schendel, Cashton
Heat 2- 1) Ryan Lockington, Bangor; 2) Jerry Aylesworth, Holmen; 3) Ed Senn, La Crosse; 4)
Tony Leis, Middle Ridge; 5) Joey Johnson, West Salem
Heat 3- 1) Tim Steinhoff, Cashton; 2) Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 3) LaVerne Berg, Melrose;
4) Adam Moore, Sparta; 5) Scott Voss, La Crescent, MN
Heat 4- 1) Shane Ulvestad, Holmen; 2) Lance Lee, Richland Center; 3) Trent Tenner,
Melrose; 4) Bill Inglett, La Crosse; 5) Troy Schnitzler, Onalaska
Features Sports Bar & Grill Hornets
La Crosse Tribune Feature #1- 1) Troy Opsahl, Caledonia, MN; 2) Jerry Lemke, Rochester,
MN; 3) Pete Arentz, La Crosse; 4) Jerrod Logging, West Salem; 5) Gary Towner, Galesville;
6) Jeff Martin, West Salem; 7) Heath Wissenberger, West Salem; 8) Andy Welke, Hokah, MN;
9) Jeff Heaney, Caledonia, MN; 10) Alan Van Vleet, La Crosse
La Crosse Tribune Feature #2- 1) Charlie Schwabenbauer, Holmen; 2) Pat Burchell, Onalaska;
3) Ryan Lockington, Bangor; 4) Jeff Rud, Caledonia; 5) Rick Schermerhorn, La Crosse; 6)
Jared Heaney, Caledonia, MN; 7) Wade Elliott, Ettrick; 8) Kevin Turner, La Crosse; 9) Ryan
Happel, Holmen; 10) Kurt Abbott, Sparta
La Crosse Tribune Feature #3- 1) Shane Anderson, Holmen; 2) Mark Bornitz, Holmen; 3)
Justin Yahnke, Holmen; 4) Ron Amann, West Salem; 5) Carroll Hundorf, Winona, MN; 6) Brian
Warner, La Crosse; 7) Mike Heyer, Houston, MN; 8) Dan Hundorf, Winona, MN; 9) Eugene
Hagen, Eyota, MN; 10) Ken Revels, Necedah
Heat 1- 1) Ryan Happel, Holmen; 2) Ryan Lockington, Bangor; 3) Shane Finnerud, Elba, MN;
4) Travis Proksch, La Crosse; 5) Ron Amann, West Salem
Heat 2- 1) Jerrod Logging, West Salem; 2) Rick Schermerhorn, La Crosse; 3) Troy Opsahl,
Caledonia; 4) Andrew Klonecki, Winona, MN; 5) Pete Arentz, La Crosse
Heat 3- 1) Jeff Heaney, Caledonia, MN; 2) Mark Bornitz, Holmen; 3) Steve Bornitz, Holmen;
4) Shane Anderson, Holmen; 5) Alan Van Vleet, Holmen
Heat 4- 1) Rick Soland, La Crosse; 2) Pete Carlson, West Salem; 3) Jared Heaney,
Caledonia, MN; 4) Jeff Rud, Caledonia, MN; 5) Nate Towner, Trempealeau |
