October
7, 2004; West Salem, WI - Matt Inglett and Jeff Baker's
track championships highlighted the first night of the 35th annual Oktoberfest race
weekend. Nine feature races and five big divisions took to the track to compete on the
first of four huge days of racing.The annual Eve of Destruction sponsored by Coca-Cola
certainly provided lots of fun for the roughly 7,000 attendees Saturday night at La Crosse
Fairgrounds Speedway. Great racing and lots of novelty events hightlighted the evenings
schedule. In action were the United Auto Supply Thunderstox as well as the Features Sports
Bar and Grill Hornet division.
Baker, who drives in the Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman division, had a
good lead coming into the last race of the season, and his fourth place finish in the
Oktoberfest 20 Feature race cemented his second track championship overall. Baker also
claimed a championship in 1996. Baker exercised good patience and judgement in avoiding a
couple of on track incidents in which he was nearly involved. Chris Skrede started the
evening with an outside chance to overtake Baker, however, his 15th place feature finish
wasn't enough. Larry Bolster, Jr. finished second, Jimmy Gilster third, with Baker and
Chand Wehling rounding out the top five.
Randy Hass captured the checkered flag in the Sportsman B Feature. Heat race winners in
the division were Nick Clements and Jerimny Wagner. Dash wins went to Jordan Hess and John
Olson. Dan Linnehan was fast timer for an amazing eight straight night, clocking in with a
time of 22.653 seconds, 86.677 MPH.
Inglett claimed his first track championship by finishing sixth in the United Auto Supply
Thunderstox Oktoberfest 20 Feature. Inglett started the evening needing to finish nine
positions better than his nearest competitor Jason Bolster. Bolster appeared to be closing
the gap, leading Inglett by about seven places when an accident on the backstretch took
out seveal competitors, allowing Inglett to gain back several positions. Once the race
resumed, Inglett was able to follow Bolster to the checkers to claim the championship.
Inglett showed his joy be attempting several doughnuts on the frontstretch to the delight
of the thousands in attendance.
Mark Challet took the win in the Oktoberfest 20 Thunderstox Feature. Challet started on
the pole, and was able to maintain that position throughout the race to pick up the win.
Travis Schendel finished second, followed by Josh Inglett, Al Bartels and Bolster. Andy
Moore took the Thunderstox B Feature, Jason Schaller the C Feature. Thunderstox heat race
wins went to Adam Moore, Bolster, Jamie Dummer and Denise Miller.
Larry Bolster, Jr. picked up the checkered flag in the R.A.Y.S. (Run All Your Stuff)
division. The division features cars that are able to be modified without many
regulations. Tony Leis picked up the heat race win in the division.
Litchfield, MN Modified driver Steve Johanneck showed he was clearly the class of the
field, winning both the heat race and the Oktoberfest 20 Feature. Johanneck took the lead
following a late race caution, and held on to the finish, edging Jim Kulseth for the
victory.
Ninety-five cars began the Budweiser Enduro 75 Feature, but not nearly that many finished.
The Enduro races are highlighted by lots of cars in a small amount of space, with no
caution flags. As cars fall out of the race, a jam truck pushes them out of the way as the
race continues. Tomah, WI driver Dan Rozek came out victorious at the end of the wild
race, which featured a couple cars upside down and many crashes.
Exciting racing action continues through the weekend. The weekend is highlighted by the
NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series, which runs a 250 lap event Sunday
afternoon.
For complete results from the RACESTAT computer click
here
LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
Ray Hutson Chevy
Sportsman
Oktoberfest 20 Feature (25 Cars) - 1, Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 2, Larry Bolster, Jr.; 3,
Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 4, Jeff Baker, Holmen; 5, Chand Wehling, Stoddard; 6, Jordan
Hess, West Salem; 7, Scott Beckler, Sparta; 8, Bill Miller, Sparta; 9, Nick Clements,
Onalaska; 10, Tom Thill, West Salem; 11, Branden Berg, Melrose; 12, Todd Lockington,
Mindoro; 13, Tony Leis, Bangor; 14, John Olson, Sparta; 15, Chris Skrede, Rockland.
B-Main - 1, Randy Hass, La Crosse; 2, Todd Lockington, Mindoro; 3, Rob Curran, Rockland;
4, Dan Erdman, La Crosse; 5, Ken Lewis, Black River Falls.
Qualifying - 1, Daniel Linnehan, Sparta, 22.653 secs, 86.677 MPH; 2, Jimmy Gilster, West
Salem, 22.799 secs, 86.122 MPH; 3, Tony Leis, Bangor, 22.838 secs, 85.975 MPH; 4, Jeff
Baker, Holmen, 22.894 secs, 85.765 MPH; 5, Jes Tenner, Melrose, 22.895 secs, 85.761 MPH.
Qualifiers Heat 1 - 1, Nick Clements, Onalaska; 2, Josh Millis, Black River Falls; 3, Ken
Lewis, Black River Falls; 4, Randy Hass, La Crosse; 5, Jason Dummer, Holmen.
Qualifiers Heat 2 - 1, Jerimy Wagner, Melrose; 2, Branden Berg, Melrose; 3, Paul Mahlum,
Jr., Holmen; 4, Dan Erdman, La Crosse; 5, Shawn Lockington, La Crosse.
Odd Bud Dash - 1, Jordan Hess, Coon Valley; 2, Dan Linnehan, Sparta; 3, Bill Miller,
Sparta; 4, Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 5, Jes Tenner, Melrose.
Even Bud Dash - 1, John Olson, Sparta; 2, Scott Beckler, Sparta; 3, Chris Skrede,
Rockland; 4, Jeff Baker, Holmen; 5, Jimmy Gilster, West Salem.
United Auto Supply Thunderstox
Oktoberfest 15 Feature (25 Cars) - 1, Mark Challet, Bangor; 2, Travis Schendel, Cashton;
3, Josh Inglett, La Crosse; 4, Al Bartels, Tomah; 5, Jason Bolster; 6, Matt Inglett, La
Crosse; 7, LaVern Berg, Ettrick; 8, Bill Inglett, La Crosse; 9, Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 10,
Danielle Neary, La Crosse; 11, Justin Berg, Bangor; 12, Andy Barney, West Salem; 13, Andy
Moore, Sparta; 14, Charles Vian, Sparta; 15, Denise Miller, Sparta.
B-Main - 1, Andy Moore, Sparta; 2, Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 3, Bill Inglett, La Crosse; 4,
Danille Neary, La Crosse; 5, Justin Berg, Bangor.
C-Main - 1, Jason Schaller, La Crosse; 2, Charles Vian, Jr., Sparta; 3, Rick Anderson,
Sparta; 4, Matt Moore, Tomah; 5, Danny Fradette, DeSoto.
Bud Dash - 1,
Heat 1 - 1, Adam Moore, Sparta; 2, Robert Stanfield, La Crosse; 3, Al Bartels, Tomah; 4,
Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 5, Lonnie Klonecki, Arcadia.
Heat 2 - 1, Jason Bolster, Sparta; 2, Andy Barney, West Salem; 3, Mark Challet, Bangor; 5,
Josh Inglett, La Crosse; 5, Joey Johnson, Mindoro.
Heat 3 - 1, Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 2, Craig Kohlmeier, West Salem; 3, Tim Steinhoff,
Cashton; 4, Travis Schendel, Cashton; 5, Brad Warthan, Sparta.
Heat 4 - 1, Denise Miller, Sparta; 2, Ed Senn, La Crosse; 3, Kevin Burr, La Crescent,
Minn; 4, Jason Chandler, Sparta; 5, LaVern Berg, Ettrick
R.A.Y.S.
Oktoberfest 12 Feature - 1, Larry Bolster, Jr., Four Corners; 2, Dave Lashua, Wausau; 3,
Tony Leis, Bangor; 4, Brendan Klueckman, Neillsville; 5, Ben Allen, Bangor.
Qualifying - 1, Dave Lashua, Wausau, 15.679 secs, 57.402 MPH; 2, Steve Scholze, Sparta,
16.138 secs, 55.769 MPH; 3, Larry Bolster, Jr., Four Corners, 16.423 secs, 54.801 MPH; 4,
Tony Leis, Bangor, 16.456 secs, 54.691 MPH; 5, Brendan Klueckman, Neillsville, 16.701
secs, 53.889 MPH.
Heat 1 - 1, Tony Leis, Bangor; 2, Dave Lashua, Wausau; 3, Larry Bolster, Jr., Four
Corners; 4, Brendan Klueckman, Neillsville; 5, Steve Scholze, Sparta.
Modifieds
Oktoberfest 20 Feature - 1, Steve Johanneck, Litchfield, Minn; 2, Jim Kulseth, Rosemount,
IL; 3, Chuck Rein, Las Vegas, NV; 4, Dennis Haldemann, Randolph; 5, Dale Prunty, Allenton.
Heat 1 - 1, Steve Johanneck, Litchfield, Minn; 2, Dale Prunty, Allenton; 3, Chuck Rein,
Las Vegas, NV; 4, Jim Kulseth, Rosemount, IL; 5, Andy Jirik, Lonsdale, Minn.
Double-O
Oktoberfest 12 Feature - 1, Steve Scholze, Sparta; 2, Dan Linnehan, Sparta; 3, Jay
Cherwenka, Black River Falls; 4, Jason Bolster, Sparta; 5, Randy Hass, La Crosse. |
