July 16, 2004;  West Salem, WI - Rick Schermerhorn used his prerace strategy to perfection Friday night to win the Childrens Miracle Network Big Cheese 200 Enduro.  Schermerhorn practiced patience the first half of the race, keeping his car clean, then got more aggressive as more cars fell out of the race to pick up the checkered flag.

Schermerhorn raced in the top five for most of the race, and was running second on lap 141, when leader Jeff Martin made contact with a spinning car in turn two and was forced thru the infield, coming back onto the track in turn three but amazingly only losing two positions in the process.  Martin, who was the halfway leader, alson found trouble on lap 151, when he made contact with the second place car of Heath Weissenberger.  Although dominating most of the first three quarters of the race, Martin was forced to the pits with excessive damage on lap 185, ending his hopes of winning.

The Big Cheese Enduro started with 77 cars, but only 47 were remaining at the halfway break.  The race was stopped by three red flags, on laps 2, 77 and 132. 

Winning the award for the Beautiful Car Contest was Martin, while Josh Inglett took home the award for Ugliest Car trophy.  La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway regular Bill Niles, who races in the Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Model division, teamed with U.S. Congressman to win the halfway break Driver-Fan Egg Toss.

Weissenberger finished second, followed by Randy Lavigne, Robert Stanfield and Conrad Rosendahl.  Sixth place was Martin, seventh went to Jason Dummer, with Gary Phillips, John Ratz and Pete Muenkel rounding out the top ten.

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LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
Childrens Miracle Network Big Cheese 200 Enduro
1, Rick Schermerhorn, La Crosse; 2, Heath Weissenberger, West Salem; 3, Randy Lavigne, Kellogg, Minn; 4, Robert Stanfield, La Crosse; 5, Conrad Rosendahl, Waukon, Ia; 6, Jeff Martin, West Salem; 7, Jason Dummer, Holmen; 8, Gary Phillips, West Salem; 9, John Ratz, Fountain City; 10, Pete Muenkel, Caledonia, Minn.