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GEYER WINS IN ‘DA YOOP’ – REGIONAL DIRT FEATURE TOTALS & A LOOK AHEAD
Posted on: Sunday September 17, 2023
Second-generation racer Garrett Geyer of Brussels scored the street stock win at Escanaba (MI) Speedway last Saturday. (Escanaba Speedway photo)
Second generation racer Garrett Geyer made the trip across the border payoff this weekend.
The Brussels racer scored the Unified Dirt Street Stock feature win at Escanaba (Michigan) Speedway during the annual “Yooper Fall Classic” at the Upper Peninsula state fairgrounds. Trailing Geyer at the checkers was another second-generation racer from Luxemburg Shannon Guelette. Escanaba’s Neil Aaberg was the top finishing Michigan driver in the street stocks with a third-place finish.
102 drivers in nine different divisions took part in the two-day race.
Geyer wasn’t the only second-generation racer to win this past weekend. At Gravity Park USA in Chilton Pulaski’s Aaron Karcz, wheeling his home-built stock car, scored the division win. The victory was Karcz’s first of the 2023 campaign. Greenville’s T.J. Smith continued his dominance in the grand national division – where he picked up his 8th career feature win in the division on the season.
ANVELINK REMAINS HOT – Second generation racer Nick Anvelink of Navarino remains hot heading into the tail end of 2023. Anvelink picked up late model wins both Friday and Saturday night, winning the Legendary 100 at Cedar Lake Speedway in Somerset. Anvelink, who netted a $3,000 payday for his efforts, picked up win number eight on the season.
141 IRA RAIN – Rain washed out the IRA Outlaw sprint car series event at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek this past weekend. The tentative raindate has been set for Friday, September 29.
Dalton Zehr captured both 50 lap features and netted fast time to pick up the TUNDRA super late model series title with John Beale at Marshfield Motor Speedway over the weekend. (TUNDRA series photo)
ZEHR CONQUERS TUNDRA – Dalton Zehr finished his season racing in the TUNDRA super late model series with an exclamation point. Zehr scored a clean sweep with quick time and victories in both 50 lap features at the Bev Aschenbrenner Memorial race at Marshfield Motor Speedway Saturday.
With that win, Zehr, with his teammate John Beale and Gildan Racing, were crowned the 2023 TUNDRA series champions.
WHAT’S LEFT? – The number of opportunities to catch some local racing are starting to dwindle down as we approach the end of September. Here’s a look at what’s left for shows in the region…….
141 SPEEDWAY TREEK STRONG CLASSIC – The 14th annual Treek Strong Classic will take place at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek Thursday September 21 thru Saturday September 23. A test and tune will take place for all divisions with a stock car class Ironman and King of the Hill event in the modifieds beginning at 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday two full shows will take place with racing getting underway at 4 p.m. both days. Check 141speedway.com for further information.
THE ‘BURG SPEEDWAY FALL CLASSIC – A six division, one night show will take place at The ‘Burg Speedway Saturday, September 30 for their annual Fall Classic. The show, which will include an appearance by the grand national division, will be capped off with Trailer Races presented by Windowlicker Enterprises in Memory of Vicky Greve. The Dairyland Vintage racers will also be in action. Racing at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds is scheduled to get underway at 5 p.m.
WATSON CLASSIC @ PDTR – The 6th annual Jim “Wildman” Watson Classic has been moved to Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wisconsin and will be run Saturday, September 23. Dirt Kings late model tour will battle for a $2,500 top prize. Joining the DK late models on the card will be WingLESS sprint cars, A modifieds and Unified Dirt Street Stocks. Racing is scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m.
BEAVER DAM RACEWAY – Beaver Dam Raceway will wrap up its regular season with it’s five division championship points night Tuesday, September 19 at 6:30 p.m.
KARTING KORNER – GSR Kartway in Clintonville will host its season ending Badger 50 special event at the karting and lawn mower track Saturday, September 23. The pit area is set to open at 3 p.m. Practice is scheduled for 5 p.m. Qualifying is set for 6 p.m. with racing to follow for the second annual event. The event typically draws karters from across the Midwest.
Meanwhile the racing at Little Buckaroo Jr. Motorsports Park in Cecil has wrapped up for the year. The season ending banquet is scheduled for October 21. You can contact littlebuckaroo18@gmail.com for banquet information.
DRP CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND – Dells Raceway Park will host its “Midwest Championship Weekend” September 22 through September 24. Friday night the track’s five weekly classes will crown champions. Saturday’s show features Big 8 late model series along with the Central Wisconsin Racing Association (CWRA) late models. Sunday the rescheduled “Icebreaker 100” for super late models will be run along with the Midwest Truck Series.
Racing gets underway at 6:30 p.m. Friday, 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
RICHARD’S CAR SHOW & BOOK SIGNING – Richard’s Supper Club in Dunbar, owned by longtime sprint car driver/car owner Randy Sippel and his wife Lynne, will host a car show Sunday, September 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Trophies will be awarded in four classes – and one of those includes a motorsports division. Any and all stock cars are welcome to attend this show free of charge. A brat fry will take place. And yours truly will be hosting a book signing. Fans can pick up their FREE copy of “Life In The Past Lane – a history of stock car racing in northeast Wisconsin from 1950-1980” with the purchase of any of my other six titles. Anyone with questions on this event can email me at jverdegan2@gmail.com.
Also, racers a friendly reminder is NOW is the time to be putting together your sponsorship decks for the 2024 season. If you need help in that department, also feel free to shoot me an email. We put those together and normally get them wrapped up no later than 7 to 10 business days tops. We are partnering once again with Woody’s Sign of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on the cover page design of the decks.
Get out and support your local short track wherever and whenever you can yet this season IN PERSON. NOTHING beats being there!
2O23 NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DIRT TRACK FEATURE WINNERS (after September 17, 2023)
(Divisions include late model, modified, sportmod, stock car, grand national and four cylinder. Tracks included will be Seymour, Chilton, Francis Creek, Shawano, Sturgeon Bay, Luxemburg, Plymouth and BeaverDam. It will include IMCA sanctioned and non-sanctioned classes)
LATE MODEL
Nick Anvelink 8 (Cedar Lake)
Mike Mullen 3
Taylor Scheffler 3 (Farmer City)
Todd Frank 3
Gunnar Frank 3
Troy Springborn 3
Ron Berna 2
Mitch McGrath 2
Lukas Postl 2
Brad Mueller 1
A.J. Diemel 1 (Red Cedar, DK)
Justin Schmidt 1
Joel Bennett 1
Paul Parker 1 (Sycamore)
MODIFIED
Benji LaCrosse 7
Brandon Schmitt 7 (Angell Park)
Mike Mullen 7
Johnny Whitman 6
Steve Mueller 5 (Wilmot)
Marcus Hoeppner 4
Jeff Schmuhl 3
Todd Dart 4 (Sturgeon Bay)
Jesse Cullen 4
Matt Klenz 4
Jordan Bartz 3
Cole Czarneski 3
Marcus Yarie 3
Lucas Lamberies 3
Steve Schneider 2
Joel Seegert 2 (Wilmot)
Mike Wedelstadt 2
Shawn Kilgore 2
Will Garceau 2
Don Scheffler 2
Joel Crowbridge 1 (Wilmot)
Kevin Feck 1
Tim Ward 1
Wyatt Block 1
Brian Crapser 1
Tyler DeBouche 1
Randy Markwardt Jr. 1
Scott Barnharst 1
Dave Schoenberger 1
Hunter Parsons 1
Jerry Wilinski 1
Mike Carter 1
Travis Hansen 1
Kyle Kudick 1
Jayden Schmidt 1
Mark Joski 1
Noah Schepp 1
Konnor Wilinski 1
STOCK CAR
Mitch Meier 9
Kenny Richards 8
Kyle Frederick 7
Tyler Wilson 7 (Iowa)
Kyle Frederick 6
Travis Van Straten 6
Luke Lemmens 5
Jeremy Christians 4
Brett Wenzel 4
Tim Warner 3
Eric Mahlik 3
Jared Siefert 3 (Jackson)
Brandon Czarapata 3
Dan Sell 3
Eric Arneson 2
Tim Mueller 2
Nick Strobbe 2
Trent Nolan 2
Caden LeMieux 2
Devin Snellenberger 1
Dylan Stedjee 1
Travis Stadler 1
Chase Parker 1
Logan Rhode 1
Aaron Stolp 1
Troy Muench 1
Cole Czarneski 1
Rod Snellenberger 1
Nick Buckarma 1
Brady Polcen 1
Vern Stedjee 1
Aiden Gretz 1
Mike Mullen 1
Mitch Stankowski 1
Josh Mroczkowski 1
Jonathan Charles 1
Zach Spangenberg 1
Tyler Derenne 1
Trey Van Straten 1
Alex Crapser 1
Barry Van Straten 1
Mike Carter 1
Aaron Karcz 1
SPORTMOD
Tyler Sobiesczyk 8
Tim Warner 8 (Escanaba)
Coy Vlies 6
Skyler Woods 5
Zach Raab 5
Jake Carpenter 5
Brady Hashbarger 4 (Iowa)
Cody Rass 4
Cory Kemkes 4
Randy LeMieux Jr. 4
Elijah Koenig 4
Nick Schultz 3
Tom Schneider 3
Jeff Vlies 3
Nick Kresbach 3
Jimmy Berkevich 2
Jeffrey Teske 2
Eric Craine 2
Colton See 2
Jonathan Baumann 2
Ryan Schmidt 2
Michael Plate Sr. 2
Matt Radtke 2
Craig Dorner 2
Jeff Steenbergen 2
J.J. Vanderloop 2
Doug Maurer 2
Sean Falk 2
Tim Sheppard 1
Tony Gates 1
Mason Woods 1
Derek Fehling 1
Colton VanHierden 1
Andy Welter 1
Dylon Waldvogel 1
Kolton Roehl 1
Hunter Larson 1
Barry Maas 1
Max Oreskovich 1
Reagan May 1
James Dahlstrom 1
Chris Budzban 1
Taylor Kuehl 1
Tim Thrun 1
Logan Fleischman 1
Shane Bahr 1
STREET STOCK
Paul Diefenthaler 19
Jared Spaulding 7
Jesse Krahn 7
Ed Anschutz 6
Shaun Bangart 5
Larry Richards 4
Justin Jacobsen 4
Jon Schultz 3
Matt Warner 3
Cody Potter 2
James Fletcher 2
Brian Gundrum 2
Presley Harrington 2
Dan Van Pay 2
Courtney Atkinson 2
Travis Zirbel 2
Garrett Geyer 2
Nick Wunrow 1
Parker Derks 1
Trey Van Straten 1
Justin Jacobsen 1
Jason White 1
Phillip Weusthoff 1
Russ Davison 1
Kelly Brown 1
Dave De Grave 1
Jake Binash 1
GRAND NATIONAL
T.J. Smith 8
Will Source 4
Jeff Richards 4
Nick Schumacher 4 (Eagle River)
Dan Schumacher 3
Derek Schrauth 3
Dustin Weiss 3
Brad Weiss 2
Maverick Ruh 2
Justin Pearson 2
Aaron Streblow 1
Chad Espen 1
Daryl Traber 1
Mark Bailey 1
Ethan Beattie 1
Mike King 1
Bristol Hitsman 1
Ryan Minster 1
Nicholas Goeman 1
Shawn Schmitt 1
Don Singer 1
Luke Scholten 1
Jason Schilling 1
Steve Weber 1
Mark Bailey 1
FOUR CYLINDER
Trevor Cronick 8
James Riske 7
James Reese 6
Scott Schlafke 6
Adam Broehm 6
Calvin Stueck 5
Tanner Westphal 5
Thomas Schulte 4
Brian Watzka 3
Roman Blank 2 (Wilmot)
Justin Finlan 2
Nathan Lisowe 2
Kenneth Becker 2
Brad Wedde 2
Carl King 2
Noah Peschke 2
Brett Deprez 2
Bailey Tate 1
Matt Brehmer 1
Tanner Pari 1
Jeremy Czarapata 1
Cody Booth 1
Lucas Hacker 1
Braidyn Cady 1
Kyle Jorgenson 1
Neil Watzka 1
Caleb Barnard 1
Jasper Drengler 1
Jake Peters 1
Skylar Bork 1
Ben Schulte 1
Taylor Junk 1