Saturday, June 28, 2008 (West Salem, WI)  - Todd Oliver was able to hold off Todd Korish and Mike Carlson in a one lap shoot out for the checkered to win his first Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Model feature win at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway.

 

Oliver gladly took the lead from Korish within a few laps of the green flag dropping. For Oliver that was the simple part. The difficult part came next when he had to hold off Korish along with both Mike and Steve Carlson who were quickly advancing. A caution mid-race brought the field right to Oliver. Mike Carlson was then all over the bumper of Korish allowing Oliver to cushion his lead. With 5 to go the pressure was on. Kevin Nuttleman was trying everything he could to break the top five, but Brent Kirchner refused to surrender his finishing spot. A caution on the last lap brought the field to Oliver once again. Try as he might Korish just couldn’t get to Oliver. Korish finished second, followed by Mike Carlson, Steve Carlson and Kirchner.

Jimmy Gilster inched his way in front of John Olson to win the North Country Contractors Sportsmen feature. Gilster and Olson were trading paint all night, each trying to stay in front of the other. Todd Lockington was stalking them, waiting for one of them to make a mistake so he could pounce and steal the lead. He never got the chance. Rob Mason was on Lockington’s bumper as Gilster and Olson raced side by side for the last two laps. Gilster only led one lap of the night, the last lap.

Andy Moore won the United Auto Supply Thunderstox feature, which wasn’t an easy task. One lap into the race the “Big One” occurred. Fifteen cars were piled up in the backstretch. While a few of the cars were able to stay in the race for a little while, most started to drop like flies within laps of the restart. The smaller field made room on the track for the remaining drivers to run Moore down. Still, none were quick enough and Moore was welcomed to victory lane.

The Features Sports Bar and Grill Hornets were back again Saturday night for some exciting racing. Cars were being pushed and shoved all over the field throughout both feature races. Steve Bornitz held off some fierce competition to win the first feature. Luck stayed in the family for the second feature won by Mark Bornitz, brother of Steve Bornitz.

Regular divisions will be racing for points on Thursday, July 3rd; an unscheduled night of racing meant to give drivers another opportunity to gain points due to cancellations earlier in the season. On Saturday, July 5th racing continues for the Late Models, Sportsmen and Thunderstox divisions. The night will end with a bang; La Crosse Speedway will have spectacular fireworks show to celebrate Independence Day. Then, on July 11th Friday Night Street Drags return. Brackets include Pickup Trucks, Motorcycles, Imports, Domestics, Muscle Cars and more. For more information about La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway please visit www.lacrossespeedway.com or contact the office at (608) 786-1525 or lacrossespeedway@yahoo.com.




LA CROSSE FAIRGROUNDS SPEEDWAY

Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models

Clason Pontiac-Buick-GMC 25 Feature (23 Cars) — 1, Todd Oliver, Bangor; 2, Todd Korish, Holmen; 3, Mike Carlson, West Salem; 4, Steve Carlson, West Salem; 5, Brent Kirchner, La Crosse; 6, Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 7, J. Herbst, La Crosse; 8, Paul Proksch, Stoddard; 9, Shawn Pfaff, Sparta; 10, Emily Sue Steck, Holmen; 11, Tim Nelson, La Crescent, Minn.; 12, Tom Thill, West Salem; 13, Bradley Powell, La Crosse; 14, Ty Reedy, La Crosse; 15, John Towner, Trempealeau; 16, Jarred Soller, Holmen; 17, Albert Locy, Onalaska; 18, Tony Bagstad, Sparta; 19, Matthew Henderson, Coon Valley; 20, Bill Niles, Holmen; 21, Chris Skrede, Sparta; 22, Jeff Baker, Holmen; 23, Jimmy Summerfield, Bangor.

Qualifying — 1, Mike Carlson, 19.958 secs, 98.382 MPH; 2, Kevin Nuttleman, 20.016 secs, 98.097 MPH; 3, Chris Skrede, 20.018 secs, 98.087 MPH; 4, Emily Sue Steck, 20.056 secs, 97.901 MPH; 5, Steve Carlson, 20.072 secs, 97.823 MPH; 6, Todd Korish; 7, Paul Proksch; 8, Todd Oliver; 9, Bradley Powell; 10, Tony Bagstad; 11, Ty Reedy; 12, Brent Kirchner; 13, Shawn Pfaff; 14, J. Herbst; 15, Jeff Baker; 16, Tim Nelson; 17, Matthew Henderson; 18, Tom Thill; 19, Bill Niles; 20, John Towner; 21, Jarred Soller; 22, Albert Locy.

Qualifying Heat 1 — 1, Tom Thill; 2, Bill Niles; 3, Matthew Henderson; 4, John Towner; 5, Jarred Soller.
Odd Bud Dash — 1, Paul Proksch; 2, Shawn Pfaff; 3, Jeff Baker; 4, Mike Carlson; 5, Brad Powell.
Even Bud Dash — 1, J. Herbst; 2, Tony Bagstad; 3, Todd Korish; 4, Brent Kirchner; 5, Kevin Nuttleman.


North Country Contractors Sportsmen

Clason Pontiac-Buick-GMC 15 Feature (24 Cars) — 1, Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 2, John Olson, Sparta; 3, Todd Lockington, Mindoro; 4, Rob Mason, Preston, Minn.; 5, Larry Bolster Jr., Sparta; 6, Randy Humfeld, Chaseburg; 7, Branden Berg, Melrose; 8, Rich Schermerhorn, Westby; 9, Nick Clements, Onalaska; 10, Troy Maier, La Crosse; 11, Aaron Hass, La Crosse; 12, Jake Arenson, Taylor; 13, Josh Millis, Black River Falls; 14, Joe Rinartz, La Crosse; 15, Justin Berg, Bangor; 16, Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 17, Ken Lewis, Black River Falls; 18, Greg Scheck, La Crosse; 19, Randy Steinhoff, Cashton; 20, Rob Curran, Rockland; 21, Keaton Hilby, Bangor; 22, Jerrod Loging, West Salem; 23, Jerry Aylesworth, La Crosse; 24, Randy Hass, La Crosse.

B-Feature — 1, Greg Scheck; 2, Jerrod Loging; 3, Randy Steinhoff; 4, Keaton Hilby, Bangor; 5, Mark Challet, Bangor.

Qualifying — 1, Randy Humfeld, 22.180 secs, 88.526 MPH; 2, Larry Bolster Jr., 22.230 secs, 88.327 MPH; 3, Branden Berg, 22.255 secs, 88.227 MPH; 4, Jake Arneson, 22.266 secs, 88.184 MPH; 5, Rob Mason, 22.290 secs, 88.089 MPH.

Qualifying Heat 1 — 1, Matt Inglett; 2, Randy Hass; 3, Randy Steinhoff, Cashton; 4, Keaton Hilby, Bangor; 5, Jerry Aylsworth, La Crosse.

Qualifying Heat 2 — 1, Justin Berg; 2, Ken Lewis; 3, Greg Scheck; 4, Jerrod Loging; 5, Jason Dummer.
Odd Bud Dash — 1, Jimmy Gilster; 2, Troy Maier; 3, Rob Mason; 4, Randy Humfeld; 5, Todd Lockington.
Even Bud Dash — 1, Rick Schermerhorn; 2, Josh Millis; 3, Nick Clements; 4, Aaron Hass; 5, Larry Bolster Jr.


United Auto Supply Thunderstox

Clason Pontiac-Buick-GMC 15 Feature (24 cars) — 1, Andy Moore, Sparta; 2, Charles Vian Jr., Sparta; 3, Jamie Dummer, Galesville; 4, Jason Bolster, Sparta; 5, Danielle Neary, La Crosse; 6, Wayne Smith, Onalaska; 7, Jason Stark, Sparta; 8, Brad Warthan, Sparta; 9, Tim
Steinhoff, Cashton; 10, Harley Jankowski, Sparta; 11, Chris Weber, Cashton; 12, Jake Krueger, Sparta; 13, Keith Larson, La Crosse; 14, Joey Johnson, North Bend; 15, Adam Moore, Sparta; 16, Scott Geier, La Crosse; 17, Cole Scholze, Bangor; 18, Ed Senn, La Crosse; 19, Matt Cleveland, Sparta; 20, Bill Inglett, La Crosse; 21, Steve Owen, West Salem; 22, Jason Schaller, La Crosse; 23, Ray Hardy, Sparta; 24, Nathan White, Camp Douglas.

B-Feature — 1, Jamie Dummer; 2, Wayne Smith; 3, Joey Johnson; 4, Tony Wheeler; 5, Brad Warthan, Sparta.
Bud Dash — 1, Jake Krueger; 2, Adam Moore; 3, Danielle Neary; 4, Harley Jankowski; 5, Jason Bolster.
Heat 1 — 1, Chris Weber; 2, Jake Krueger; 3, Matt Cleveland; 4, Tim Steinhoff; 5, Charles Vian Jr.
Heat 2 — 1, Cole Scholze; 2, Danielle Neary; 3, Bill Inglett; 4, Ed Senn; 5, Ray Hardy.
Heat 3 — 1, Andy Moore; 2, Harley Jankowski; 3, Keith Larson; 4, Steve Owen; 5, Nathan White.
Heat 4 — 1, Jason Bolster; 2, Adam Moore; 3, Jason Stark; 4, Jason Schaller; 5, Scott Geier.


Features Sports Bar Hornets

Clason Pontiac-Buick-GMC 15 Feature 1 (20 cars) — 1, Steve Bornitz, West Salem; 2, Jake Schomers, La Crescent, Minn.; 3, Lee Hager, Kellog, Minn.; 4, Matthew Kuruzovich, Sparta; 5, Jonathan Eckelberg, West Salem; 6, Kyle Swenson, Sparta; 7, Nick Swenson, Wilton; 8, Kevin Gilbertson, Warrens; 9, Chris Sampson, Bangor; 10, Calvin Braas, Tomah; 11, Tim Murphy Sr., Tomah; 12, Joshua Smith, La Crosse; 13, Drew Gavrilos, La Crosse; 14, Kim Strom, West Salem; 15, John Piotrowski, Black River Falls; 16, Wendy Liebsch, Winona, Minn.; 17, Josh Chapman, Galesville; 18, Kristina Ferris, Melrose; 19, Matthew Carpenter, Trempeauleau; 20, Richard Babcock, Tomah.

Clason Pontiac-Buick-GMC 15 Feature 2 (20 cars) — 1, Mark Bornitz, Holmen; 2, Heath Weissenberger, West Salem; 3, Joey Johnson, North Bend; 4, John Clements, Bangor; 5, Nate Towner, Trempeauleau; 6, Kevin Turner, La Crosse; 7, Ron Amann, West Salem; 8, Kenneth Hart, Onalaska; 9, Matthew Moore, Tomah; 10, Wade Elliot, Galesville; 11, Troy Dockerty, Sparta; 12, Chris Swenson, Tomah; 13, Garrick Micke, Galesville; 14, Kevin Herold, Tomah; 15, Kaleb Miller, Sparta; 16, Eugene Hager, Eyota, Minn.; 17, Dan Hundorf, Minnesota City, Minn.; 18, Brandon Cody, La Crosse; 19, Andy Moore, Tomah; 20, Mason Haas, La Crosse.

Heat 1 — 1, Kim Strom; 2, Kyle Swenson; 3, Kenneth Hart; 4, Steve Bornitz; 5, Wendy Liebsch.
Heat 2 — 1, Eugene Hager; 2, Matt Moore; 3, Lee Hager; 4, Garrick Micke; 5, Kevin Gilbertson.
Heat 3 — 1, Kevin Turner; 2, John P. Clements; 3, Wade Elliot; 4, Mark Bornitz; 5, Heath Weissenberger.