(West Salem, WI - September 3, 2005) - Steady rain forced officals to cancel the 100 lap fearture Saturday night at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. Kevin Nuttleman clinched his ninth Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Model track championship at La Crosse, while Dan Gilster secured his 3rd track championship in the sportsman division.

Nuttleman clinched his ninth track championship with 976 points, topping Andy Burgess by 42 points. Nuttleman’s no stranger to the spotlight he has over 90 feature wins at La Crosse in his racing career. He also had the his record of 13 fast qualifing efforts, a record which was snatched away from his last week by Andy Burgess. Burgess earned his 15th fast qualifing time Saturday with an average speed of 98.283 MPH.

Chris Skrede earned rookie of the year in the late model division, topping 2004 Sportsman champion Jeff Baker 592 points to 524.

Gilster secured his third sportsman championship by being the fast qualifier. The washout of the remainder of the night’s events left Gilster with a 66-point lead over both Tom Thill and Jes Tenner, with just one race remaining in the season. Gilster also earned sportsman championships in 2000 and 2003.

The United Auto Supply Thunderstox had just enough time to to get there heat races in for the evening. The heat winners were Jerry Aylsworth, Jason Schaller, Mike Krueger Jr. and Robert Stansfield.

Saturday, Sept. 10    ///NASCAR Eve of Destruction, Hornets
Saturday, Oct. 6    ///NASCAR Late Models, Sportsman, Thunderstox

For complete results from the RACESTAT computer click here

LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY

Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models

Qualifying — 1. Andy Burgess, Eau Claire, 19.978 seconds, 98.283 MPH; 2. Charlie Menard, Eau Claire, 20.095 secs, 97.711 MPH; 3. Dan Steele, West Salem, 20.134 secs, 97.522 MPH; 4. Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor, 20.184 secs, 97.280 MPH; 5. Mike Belling, La Crosse, 20.231 secs, 97.054 MPH;

Ray Hutson Chevrolet Sportsman

Qualifying — 1. Dan Gilster, West Salem, 22.238 secs, 88.295 MPH; 2. Jes Tenner, Melrose, 22.245 secs, 88.267 MPH; 3. Lucas Korish, La Crosse, 22.277 secs, 88.140 MPH; 4. Boomer Olson, Viroqua, 22.348 secs, 87.860 MPH; 5. Don Hess, 22.349 secs, 87.856 MPH.

United Auto Supply Thunderstox

Heat 1 — 1.Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse; 2. Adam Moore, Sparta; 3. Jason Chandler, Black River Falls; 4. Andy Barney, West Salem; 5. Dean Ashbacher, Rockland

Heat 2 — 1. Jason Schaller, La Crosse; 2. Andy Moore, Sparta; 3. Greg Lindvig, Holmen; 4. Charlie Vian, Sparta; 5. Steven Cleveland, Sparta.

Heat 3 — 1.Mike Krueger Jr., Sparta; 2. Travis Schendel, Cashton; 3. Craig Chandler, Black River Falls; 4. Charles Vian Jr, Sparta; 5. Ron Heller, Coon Valley

Heat 4 — 1.Robert Stansfield, La Crosse 2. Tim Steinhoff, Cashton 3. Lavern Berg, Ettrick; 4. Wayne Smith, La Crosse; 5. Mark Krueger, Hillsboro