Thursday, July 3, 2008 (West Salem, WI)  - Steve Carlson picked up his second feature win of the season in the Kwik Trip NASCAR Late Models division Saturday at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway . Carlson was trailing his son, Mike Carlson, by 2 points in the Points Standings entering the night, but a feature win secured the lead for Steve Carlson.

 

When the checkered flag dropped Brent Kirchner was quick to take the lead as Paul Proksch was quickly falling back. Kevin Nuttleman then saw his chance to gain some positions and passed Proksch for third. Meanwhile, Steve Carlson was passing cars left and right to break into the top 5. Kirchner and Nuttleman tried to put as much space between themselves and Carlson, but Carlson’s car was a rocket. Carlson passed Nuttleman for 3rd on the outside along with Tony Bagstad for 2nd. Carlson was then free to work on Kirchner. It took him a few tries though. With nine laps to go Carlson and Kirchner were side by side for the lead as they crossed the start/finish line. Then Carlson saw his chance to pass; he swerved high then low and took the lead on the backstretch within half a lap. It wasn’t over. On lap 22 a caution came out bringing the back of the pack right to the tail of Carlson. On the restart Nuttleman was on the tail of Kirchner allowing Carlson to gain a two car lengths lead and take the win. Nuttleman was able to pass Kirchner (3rd) for a 2nd place finish.

The North Country Contractors Sportsmen division drivers were getting a little rowdy Saturday. Two cars got together on the first lap causing the field to get stacked up coming out of turn four. This sent all the drivers scattering for a place to get through with minimal to no damage. Amazingly all of the cars involved stayed on the track for the race restart. When the flag waved for a second time two more cars got together prompting another race restart. As soon as the drivers had a few laps under their belts the race was on. Jes Tenner made his way from 9th to 3rd and Jake Arneson went from 14th to 4th all within a few laps. Even with Tenner, Arneson and many others closing the gap, Branden Berg was able to hold on to the lead through two more restarts. A caution came out with one lap to go moving the field to the back bumper of Berg. Larry Bolster Jr. tried to get around him but it was Berg who crossed the finish line first. Bolster Jr. finished 2nd and Jes Tenner 3rd.

It seemed as though the United Auto Supply Thunderstox drivers were following the lead of the Sportsmen drivers. While they didn’t have to restart the race, they were getting just as rough. All fifteen laps were packed with action. Multiple times there were two rows of 3 wide racing. The drivers were pushing and shoving each other all over the track trying to gain any position they could. It was Steve Owen who walked away from the race in the most important position: 1st. Brad Warthan was 2nd and Tim Steinhoff 3rd.

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. And on Saturday, July 11th the Queen Bee’s will be accompanying the Late Models, Sportsmen and Thunderstox divisions for their first race of the season. 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

Whelen Engineering 25 Feature (25 Cars) — 1, Steve Carlson, West Salem; 2, Kevin Nuttleman, Bangor; 3, Brent Kirchner, La Crosse; 4, Todd Korish, Holmen; 5, Shawn Pfaff, Sparta; 6, Mike Carlson, West Salem; 7, Ty Reedy, La Crosse; 8, Emily Sue Steck, Holmen; 9, Todd Oliver, Bangor; 10, Tony Bagstad, Sparta; 11, Bradley Powell, La Crosse; 12, Paul Proksch, Stoddard; 13, Jeff Baker, Holmen; 14, Tim Nelson, La Crescent, Minn.; 15, Tom Thill, West Salem; 16, Bill Niles, Holmen; 17, Matthew Henderson, Coon Valley; 18, Mark Lamoreaux, Bloomington, Minn.; 19, Jarred Soller, Holmen; 20, Dean Cota, Rochester, Minn.; 21, Randy Steinhoff, Cashton; 22, Jimmy Summerfield, Bangor; 23, Mark Bornitz, Holmen; 24, John Towner, Trempeauleau; 25, Andy Niles, Holmen.

Qualifying — 1, Steve Carlson, 19.942 seconds, 98.461 MPH; 2, Emily Sue Steck, 20.002 secs, 98.165 MPH; 3, Todd Korish, 20.058 secs, 97.891 MPH; 4, Bradley Powell, 20.072 secs, 97.823 MPH; 5, Mike Carlson, 20.115 secs, 97.614 MPH; 6, Todd Oliver; 7, Kevin Nuttleman; 8, Tony Bagstad; 9, Shawn Pfaff; 10, Brent Kirchner; 11, Paul Proksch; 12, Ty Reedy; 13, Jeff Baker; 14, Mark Lamoreaux; 15, Matthew Henderson; 16, Tim Nelson; 17, Tom Thill; 18, John Towner; 19, Bill Niles; 20, Andy Niles; 21, Randy Steinhoff; 22, Jarred Soller; 23, Dean Cota; 24, Jimmy Summerfield; 25, Mark Bornitz.

Qualifying Heat 1 — 1, Bill Niles; 2, Tom Thill; 3, Dean Cota; 4, Randy Steinhoff; 5, Jarred Soller.

Odd Bud Dash — 1, Steve Carlson; 2, Jeff Baker; 3, Matthew Henderson; 4, Mike Carlson; 5, Kevin Nuttleman.
Even Bud Dash — 1, Tim Nelson; 2, Tony Bagstad; 3, Brent Kirchner; 4, Emily Sue Steck; 5, Bradley Powell.

North Country Contractors Sportsmen

Whelen Engineering 15 Feature (24 Cars) — 1, Branden Berg, Melrose; 2, Larry Bolster Jr., Sparta; 3, Jes Tenner, Melrose; 4, Nick Clements, Onalaska; 5, Jimmy Gilster, West Salem; 6, Jake Arneson, Taylor; 7, Rick Schermerhorn, Westby; 8, Tony Leis, Mooresville, NC; 9, Todd Lockington, Mindoro; 10, Randy Humfeld, Chaseburg; 11, Daniel Linnehan, Leon; 12, Matt Inglett, La Crosse; 13, John Olson, Sparta; 14, Aaron Hass, La Crosse; 15, Rob Mason, Preston, Minn.; 16, Rob Curran, Rockland; 17, Keaton Hilby, Bangor; 18, Jason Dummer, Holmen; 19, Jeff Winterfield, Westby; 20, Justin Berg, Bangor; 21, Jerrod Loging, West Salem; 22, Jamie Schilintz, Bangor; 23, Troy Maier, La Crosse; 24, Rick Johnson, La Crosse.

B-Feature — 1, Justin Berg; 2, Keaton Hilby; 3, Daniel Linnehan; 4, Greg Scheck, La Crosse; 5, Jerrod Loging, West Salem.

Qualifying — 1, Randy Humfeld, 22.076 secs, 88.943 MPH; 2, Jes Tenner, 22.173 secs, 88.554 MPH; 3, Larry Bolster Jr., 22.270 secs, 88.168 MPH; 4, John Olson, 22.278 secs, 88.136 MPH; 5, Jake Arneson, 22.342 secs, 87.884 MPH.

Qualifying Heat 1 — 1, Rick Johnson; 2, Matt Inglett; 3, Justin Berg; 4, Daniel Linnehan; 5, Joe Rinartz.
Qualifying Heat 2 — 1, Jamie Schlintz; 2, Jason Dummer; 3, Jerrod Loging; 4, Randy Hass; 5, Greg Scheck.
Odd Bud Dash — 1, Aaron Hass; 2, Rob Mason; 3, Tony Lies; 4, Jake Arneson; 5, Nick Clements.
Even Bud Dash — 1, Troy Maier; 2, Rick Schermerhorn; 3, Branden Berg; 4, Jes Tenner; 5, Rob Curran.

United Auto Supply Thunderstox

Whelen Engineering 15 Feature (22 cars) — 1, Steve Owen, West Salem; 2, Brad Warthan, Sparta; 3, Tim Steinhoff, Cashton; 4, Jake Krueger, Sparta; 5, Jamie Dummer, Galesville; 6, Steven Flickinger, Sparta; 7, Adam Moore, Sparta; 8, Charles Vian Jr., Sparta; 9, Jason Bolster, Sparta; 10, Jason Schaller, La Crosse; 11, Jason Stark, Sparta; 12, Scott Geier, La Crosse; 13, Ray Hardy, Sparta; 14, Wayne Smith, Onalaska; 15, Danielle Neary, La Crosse; 16, Dakota Miller, Sparta; 17, Ed Senn, La Crosse; 18, Bill Inglett, La Crosse; 19, Kayla Steinhoff, Rockland; 20, Nathan White, Camp Douglas; 21, Joey Johnson, North Bend; 22, Ray Burkum, Westby.

B-Feature — 1, Jason Schaller; 2, Bill Inglett; 3, Scott Geier; 4, Wayne Smith; 5, Cole Scholze, Bangor.
Bud Dash — 1, Jason Bolster, 2, Nathan White; 3, Chris Weber; 4, Joey Johnson; 5, Ray Hardy.
Heat 1 — 1, Jake Krueger; 2, Nathan White; 3, Jason Stark; 4, Dakota Miller; 5, Steve Owen.
Heat 2 — 1, Chris Weber; 2, Jason Bolster; 3, Danielle Neary; 4, Keith Larson; 5,
Heat 3 — 1, Ray Burkum; 2, Joey Johnson; 3, Adam Moore; 4, Tim Steinhoff; 5, Kayla Steinhoff.
Heat 4 — 1, Ray Hardy; 2, Bill Inglett; 3, Scott Geier; 4, Wayne Smith; 5, Cole Scholze.