July 30, 2005;  West Salem, WI -  Lorin Kurth outgunned Tim Nelson at the start of the Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Model feature, and pulled away again after an early caution. Down the stretch, he had a mirror full of hotshoes Andy Burgess, Kevin Nuttleman and Charlie Menard. On the final lap, Nuttleman went high, looking to bypass two cars for the win, and Burgess came charging low out of turn four, the three cars side by side down the frontstretch, but Kurth had just enough to hold off both drivers for his first-ever late model feature win.

Photo Highlights #3 David Tradup leads Troy Goodenough (36) during a NASCAR Late Model Heat Race. Joe Scholze (58) and Jeff Baker Head into turn four during a Bud Dash for the Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models.

Kurth jumped out to a five car-length lead before a lap six caution flew for an incident between Jeff Baker and Jim Hagel in turn one. Mark Lamoreaux moved by Nelson and into second after the restart, and started reigning in the leader, with Burgess, Nuttleman and Menard on his tail. Just after Burgess got by him on the outside on lap 13, Lamoreaux broke loose on the frontstretch, and faded through the field, pitting a lap later.

Burgess then led the charge on the leader, closing the gap over the next seven laps, and pulling up to Kurth’s back bumper with five to go. Twice he looked to the high side, but was unable to make the pass, before the final lap set up the three-wide finish. Nuttleman was the first to make a move on the final lap, going high down the backstretch to pull alongside Burgess entering turn two. He was poised to try to bypass Kurth as well, but as the 2 car slid up the track, Burgess ducked low coming of of turn two, and the three cars roared down the frontstretch, with Kurth just holding off Burgess by a bumper for the win.

Burgess was second, by a half-length over Nuttleman. Menard was third, followed by Steve Holzhausen, Nelson, Shawn Pfaff, Mike Belling, Todd Korish and Sam Anderson.

Burgess claimed his 12th quick time, as he closes in on the track record of 13 set by Nuttleman in 1991. Burgess timed in at 20.132 seconds, an average of 97.531 MPH. Todd Korish won the qualifying heat, while Todd Oliver and Nuttleman won the Bud Dashes.

It was a night for firsts, as Don Hess, a 46 year old Sportsman rookie led most of the way in the Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman division feature, and held off John Olson in another side-by-side finish.

Olson and Hess battled side by side for the last half of the race, with Olson leading several laps by a bumper. As they came to the white flag, Hess broke loose coming out of turn four, and Olson bolted to the lead. Hess recovered down the frontstretch, and pulled back alongside Olson through turns one and two, setting up the door handle to door handle finish.

They came out of turn four with Olson holding a slight lead, but Hess once more powered down the frontstretch, edging his bumper across the line first. Olson was second, with Dan Linnehan edging Trent Boettcher for third in another side by side battle. Tom Thill rounded out the top five.

It was a rough night for Chad Rosendahl, who leads the sportsman rookie standings, but has a hard-charging Emily Sue Steck gaining ground on him. He advanced to the feature by claiming the B-Main, and worked his way up to 15th in the big race. It was also a rough night for fast timer Jes Tenner, who tipped the gun at 88.124 MPH, but then had problems in both his heat and the feature, and fell to the rear of the field. Larry Bolster, Jr. and Josh Millis took qualifying heat wins, while Steck and Boomer Olson won the Bud Dashes.

Steve Cleveland won his heat race to be up near the front of the United Auto Supply Thunderstox feature, and quickly jumped to the front, pulling away from the field, but the lead evaporated on lap six, as the yellow flew for fluid on the track from the 44 of Danny Fradette. On the restart, Justin Berg stayed right with Cleveland, as they pulled away from third-place Lonnie Klonecki. Berg tried the outside line several times, but could not make the pass, as Cleveland took the win. Berg was second followed by 95 34 2 8 18 80 12 40 76 90

Jamie Dummer claimed the B-Main to advance to the feature, while Adam Moore took the Bud Dash. Heat winners were Lonnie Klonecki, Jason Schaller, Steve Cleveland and Mark Krueger.

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Saturday, Aug. 6 ///NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, Daredevil Challenge
Saturday, Aug. 13 ///NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, 30-lap late model feature
Saturday, Aug. 20 ///NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox, School Bus Race


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Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models

United Auto Supply 25 Feature (27 Cars) — 1. Lorin Kurth, Waukon, Ia.; 2. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek; 3. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 4. Charlie Menard, Eau Claire; 5. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor; 6. Tim Nelson, La Crescent, Minn.; 7. Shawn Pfaff, Sparta; 8. Mike Belling, La Crosse; 9. Todd Korish, La Crosse; 10. Sam Andersen, Melrose; 11. Todd Oliver, Bangor; 12. Chris Skrede, Sparta; 13. John Towner, Trempealeau; 14. Adam Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 15. Ken Hutchens, Black River Falls; 16. Bill Niles, Holmen; 17. David Tradup, Viola; 18. Curt Eckleberg, West Salem; 19. Nick Schroeder, Cashton; 20. Steve Miller, Onalaska; 21. Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, Minn.; 22. Dean Cota, Minnesota City, Minn.; 23. Joe Scholze, Holmen; 24. Jeff Baker, Holmen; 25. Jim Hagel, Holmen; 26. Troy Goodenough, Mindoro; 27. Jim Summerfield, West Salem.

Qualifying —1, Andy Burgess, Fall Creek, 20.132 seconds, 97.531 MPH; 2, Charlie Menard, Eau Claire, 20.141 secs, 97.488 MPH; 3, Steve Holzhausen, Bangor, 20.173 secs, 97.333 MPH; 4, John Towner, Trempealeau, 20.183 secs, 97.285 MPH; 5, Mike Belling, La Crosse, 20.199 secs, 97.208 MPH;

Qualifying Heat 1 — 1. Todd Korish, Holmen; 2. David Tradup, Viola; 3. Adam Degenhardt, Coon Valley; 4. Jim Hagel, Holmen; 5. Ken Hutchens, Black River Falls.

Odd Bud Dash — 1. Todd Oliver, Bangor; 2. Chris Skrede, Sparta; 3. Lorin Kurth, Waukon, Ia.; 4. Sam Andersen, Melrose; 5. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek.

Even Bud Dash — 1. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 2. Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, Minn.; 3. Shawn Pfaff, Sparta; 2. John Towner, Trempealeau; 5. Charlie Menard, Eau Claire.

Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman

United Auto Supply 15 Feature (24 Cars) — 1. Don Hess, La Crosse; 2. John Olson, Sparta; 3. Dan Linnehan, Sparta; 4. Trent Boettcher, La Crescent, Minn.; 5. Tom Thill, West Salem; 6. Aaron Hass, La Crosse; 7. Dan Gilster, West Salem; 8. Mike Albrecht, Jr., La Crosse; 9. Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 10. Larry Bolster, Jr., Sparta; 11. Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 12. Emily Sue Steck, Holmen; 13. Tony Leis, Middle Ridge; 14. Boomer Olson, Viroqua; 15. Chad Rosendahl, Hokah, Minn.

B-Feature — 1. Chad Rosendahl, Hokah, Minn.; 2. Jamie Schlintz, Bangor; 3. Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 4. Mike Carlson, West Salem; 5. Rob Mason, La Crescent, Minn.

Qualifying — 1, Jes Tenner, Melrose, 22.281 secs, 88.124 MPH; 2, Dan Linnehan, Sparta, 22.316 secs, 87.986 MPH;

3, Mike Albrecht, Jr., La Crescent, Minn., 22.317 secs, 87.982 MPH; 4, Aaron Hass, La Crosse, 22.334 secs, 87.915 MPH; 5, Trent Boettcher, La Crescent, Minn., 22.353 secs, 87.841 MPH.

Qualifying Heat 1 — 1. Larry Bolster, Jr., Sparta; 2. Jerimy Wagner, Melrose; 3. Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 4. Jamie Schlintz, Bangor; 5. Randy Steinhoff, Cashton.

Qualifying Heat 2 — 1. Josh Millis, Black River Falls; 2. Nick Clements, Onalaska; 3. Rob Mason, La Crescent, Minn.; 4. Chad Rosendahl, Hokah, Minn.; 5. Jarrod Loging, West Salem.

Odd Bud Dash — 1. Emily Sue Steck, Holmen; 2. Dan Gilster, West Salem; 3. Tom Thill, West Salem; 4. Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 5. Branden Berg, Melrose.

Even Bud Dash — 1. Boomer Olson, Viroqua; 2. John Olson, Sparta; 3. Aaron Hass, La Crosse; 4. Lucas Korish, La Crosse; 5. Bill Miller, Sparta;

United Auto Supply Thunderstox

United Auto Supply 15 Feature (24 cars) — 1. Steve Cleveland, Sparta; 2. Justin Berg, Bangor; 3. Lonnie Klonecki, Arcadia; 4. Mike Krueger, Jr., Sparta; 5. Ron Heller, Coon Valley; 6. Jason Bolster, Sparta; 7. Adam Moore, Sparta; 8. Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 9. Al Bartels, Tomah; 10. Ed Senn, La Crosse; 11. Steve Owen, La Crosse; 12. Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse; 13. Jason Schaller, Black River Falls; 14. Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 15. Wayne Smith, La Crosse.

B-Feature — 1. Jamie Dummer, Holmen; 2. Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse; 3. Ben Allen, Bangor; 4. Kyle Voss, La Crescent, Minn.; 5. Andy Moore, Sparta.

Bud Dash — 1. Adam Moore, Sparta; 2. Steve Owen, La Crosse; 3. Steve Cleveland, Sparta; 4. Ed Senn, La Crosse; 5. Mark Krueger, Hillsboro.

Heat 1 — 1. Lonnie Klonecki, Arcadia; 2. Steve Owen, La Crosse; 3. Wayne Smith, La Crosse; 4. Jason Bolster, Sparta; 5. Robert Stanfield, La Crosse.

Heat 2 — 1. Jason Schaller, La Crosse; 2. Ed Senn, La Crosse; 3. Justin Berg, Bangor; 4. Brad Warthan, Sparta; 5. Greg Lindvig, Holmen.

Heat 3 — 1. Steve Cleveland, Sparta; 2. Adam Moore, Sparta; 3. Steve Bornitz, Holmen; 4. Charles Vian, Jr., Sparta; 5. Mike Krueger, Jr., Sparta.

Heat 4 — 1. Mark Krueger, Hillsboro; 2. Danny Fradette, La Crosse; 3. Ron Heller, Coon Valley; 4. Josh Inglett, La Crosse; 5. Al Bartels, Tomah.

Trailer Race of Destruction — 1. Robert Stanfield, La Crosse; 2. Josh Inglett, La Crosse