(West Salem, WI - Sunday, October 9, 2005) -
The closing day of the 36th annual Oktoberfest races provided lots of exciting race
features for everyone here. They ran the ARTGO/ Wisconsin Late Models, amd the La Crosse
Late Models. We also had lots of racing action from the Big 8 Series and the Modified
Cars. On of our biggest winners this weekend was Charlie Menard winning 3 of his feature
races.
The ARTGO/ Wisconsin Late Model feature 100 was a battel for every
position down to the end. The winner of the ARTGO/ Wisconsin Late Model feature sunday
afternoon was Steve Holzhausen, second went to Brian Hoppe and third went to Jeremy Lepak.
Holzhausen was able to take control of the race from Hoppe at the midway point of the
race. There were a number of cautions on lap number 43 Landon Cassill hit the wall out of
corner number one, and on the we had a four car pile up on the front strech involving Matt
Kocorek, Jacob Humphrey, Jonathon Eilen and Chad Walen. Once they cleaned up the numerious
car parts left on the track we had 16 cars left in the field for the restart. All the
remaning drivers provided and exciting end to the race weekend.
The La Crosse Late Model Feature 50 race went to Charlie Menard, this is this 6th
Oktoberfest race win. Menard and Lamoreaux batteled for the lead position for the whole
race but Menard was able to hold him off for the win. In second place was Mark Lamorearux
and Dan Steele in third. There were two new drivers in the pack on sunday they were Skyler
Holzhausen and Danielle Neary. Skyle is just 16 years old , Skyler was also racing against
his dad Steve Holzhausen. There were a number of cautions sunday afternoon none of which
were major.
The Big 8 Series was a new addition of the Oktoberfest race weekend line up, the points
winner for the Big 8 series was Jon Reynolds Jr. from, Roscoe, IL. The Big 8 Feature
winner was Mike Beyer, Bobby Wilberg took second and Tony Bagstad followed him into a
third place finish. There was one big accident on the backstrech going into corner three
involving Todd Oliver, Justin Switlick, Jim Jarlsberg.
Sunday Afternoon we also had the Modified Feature 25 laps, the winner in the racing
division was Richard Snyder, Roy Aitchson in second and Dale Prunty in third. Snyder who
won the race with his 600 horse-powered engine is from Alexandria, MN.
LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY
ARTGO/ Wisconsin Late Model Feature
Budweiser 100 Feature (27 Cars) — 1. Steve Holzhausen, Bangor 2. Brian Hoppe, Verona
3. Jeremy Lepak, Wausau 4. Steve Carlson, West Salem 5. Eddie Hoffman, Wheaton, IL
B-Feature — 1.Landon Cassill, Fairfax, IA 2. Erik Darnell, Beach Park, IL 3. Neil
Knoblock, Green Bay 4. Jeremy Miller 5. Chris Skrede, Sparta
C-Feature — 1. Tim Schendel, Sparta 2. Chad Walen, Prior Lake, MN 3. Dennis Prunty,
Lomira 4. Don Turner, La Crosse 5. Andrew Morrissey, DeForest
La Crosse Late Model Feature
Budweiser 50 Feature (26 Cars) — 1. Charlie Menard, Eau Claire 2. Mark Lamoreaux,
Bloomington, MN 3. Dan Steele, West Salem 4. Andy Burgess, Fall Creek 5. Kevin Nuttleman,
Bangor.
Modified Feature
Budweiser 25 Feature ( cars) — 1. Richard Snyder, Alexandria, MN 2. Roy Aitchson,
Deerfield 3. Dale Prunty, Allentown 4. Steve Johanneck, Litchfield, MN 5. Jason
Feyereison, Random Lake
Heat 1 — 1.Roy Aitchson, Deerfield 2. Bill Tandetzke, Milwaukee 3. Steve Johanneck,
Litchfield, MN 4. Richard Snyder, Alexandria, MN 5. Jason Feyereison, Random Lake
Big 8 Feature
Budweiser 40 Feature (24 cars) — 1. Mike Beyer, Macheeny Park, IL 2. Bobby Wilberg,
Orforville 3. Tony Bagstad, Westby 4. Ryan Carlson, La Crosse 5. Ricky Bilderback, Rockton
B-Feature — 1. Tom McClintock, Onalaska 2. Jeremy Switlick, Wausau 3. George Bohn,
Macheeny Park, IL 4. Kris Kelly, Norway 5. Nick Shutkas, Loves Park, IL
Heat 1 — 1.Bill Niles, Holmen 2. Rick Corso, McHenry, IL 3. Brad Powell, La Crosse 4.
Justin Switlick, Marathon 5. Dan Heying, Waukesha
Heat 2 — 1.Jim Jarlsberg, Cambridge 2. Larry DeVito, Camp Douglas 3. Kyle Bauknecht,
Kaukauna 4. Todd Oliver, Bangor 5. Jason Erickson, Lake Millis
Full Feature Results |
LaCrosse Late Models
| 1) |
17 |
Charlie Menard |
| 2) |
26 |
Mark Lamoreaux |
| 3) |
72 |
Dan Steele |
| 4) |
85 |
Andy Burgess |
| 5) |
4 |
Kevin Nuttleman |
| 6) |
78 |
Steve Holzhausen |
| 7) |
43 |
Mike Belling |
| 8) |
73 |
Chris Skrede |
| 9) |
68 |
Tom Thill |
| 10) |
20 |
Todd Oliver |
| 11) |
05 |
Nick Schroeder |
| 12) |
2 |
Lorin Kurth |
| 13) |
21 |
Shawn Pfaff |
| 14) |
79 |
Skylar Holzhausen |
| 15) |
126 |
Jeff Baker |
| 16) |
32 |
Todd Korish |
| 17) |
10 |
Ken Hutchins |
| 18) |
106.3 |
Jim Hagel |
| 19) |
15 |
Steve Miller |
| 20) |
36 |
Troy Goodenough |
| 21) |
54 |
Bill Niles |
| 22) |
38 |
Danielle Neary |
| 23) |
18 |
John Towner |
| 24) |
6.7 |
Kevin Eddy |
|
ARTGO Reunion 100
| 1) |
97 |
Steve Holzhausen |
| 2) |
51 |
Brian Hoppe |
| 3) |
40 |
Jeremy Lepak |
| 4) |
66 |
Steve Carlson |
| 5) |
8 |
Eddie Hoffman |
| 6) |
9 |
Dean Cornelius |
| 7) |
75W |
Chris Weinkauf |
| 8) |
8V |
Jeff VanOudenhoven |
| 9) |
87 |
Nathan Haseleu |
| 10) |
99K |
Frank Kreyer |
| 11) |
7 |
Erik Darnell |
| 12) |
75 |
Blake Horstman |
| 13) |
13 |
Charlie Menard |
| 14) |
17 |
Jon Lemke |
| 15) |
55 |
Rich Loch |
| 16) |
99 |
Dick Trickle |
| 17) |
88 |
Trent Snyder |
| 18) |
2 |
Josh Vadnais |
| 19) |
43 |
Matt Kocourek |
| 20) |
63 |
Jacob Humphrey |
| 21) |
52W |
Chad Walen |
| 22) |
77 |
Jonathan Eilen |
| 23) |
7L |
Landon Cassill |
| 24) |
19 |
Jacob Ryan |
| 25) |
28 |
Jim Weber |
| 26) |
121 |
Ryan Matthews |
| 27) |
21 |
Tim Schendel |
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