The Scoop
A LOOK AT OCTOBER SPECIALS IN THE REGION & REGIONAL DIRT FEATURE TOTALS
Posted on: Tuesday October 8, 2024
IMCA modifieds go three wide at 141 Speedway. (danlewisphoto.net)
The exceptionally mild weather we’ve been blessed with in recent weeks have prompted some race teams to hold off on stripping down their machines as a couple of dirt track specials remain in northeast Wisconsin as we head into mid-October.
141 Speedway in Francis Creek and Luxy Raceway in Luxemburg will swap nights essentially on Friday October 11 and Saturday October 12, respectively. Just this week 141 added the “Car Wars” event for Friday night the 11th while Luxemburg has had the “Spooky Showdown” scheduled for months now on Saturday the 12th.
141’s Friday night show in Francis Creek has racing getting underway at 6 p.m. The track’s regular, weekly divisions will all be in action: IMCA modifieds, stock cars, northern sportmods & sport compacts along with the two Unified Dirt classes street stocks and grand nationals.
On Saturday at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds modifieds, stock cars, sportmods, street stocks, grand nationals, legends and the Dairyland Vintage series cars will be in action with racing action getting underway at 4 p.m. The Saturday special race is in memory of Keith Leach.
PAVEMENT PONDERINGS – It was during Oktoberfest at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway where Appleton’s Brandon Reichenberger clinched the Midwest Truck Series championship. The third-generation racer earned the crown with his eighth place finish to seal the deal by nine points over Chester Ace and 19 points over Eugene Gregorich III.
Reichenberger is truly one of the ‘good guys’ in this sport who races anything with a motor and four tires (including go karts). He’s also had stints of race track announcing and even flagging. Congrats to the Reichenberger family on a job well done.
The Truck series rookie-of-the-year could also most likely have won long haul awards for most every race. Big Bay, Michigan’s Parker Cain scored the R-O-Y honors. I got to know Cain a few years back when I was announcing the races at Norway (MI) Speedway. He won back-to-back features at the age of 15 at Norway.
Cain would move up to the super late models and this year he focused on his truck program. One thing to remember with Cain is even when he was racing at Norway it was still a sizeable hike for his team as they live on the northernmost tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
DELLS FALLOWEEN – The Dells Raceway Park annual “Falloween 150” is set for Saturday, October 19. Super late models, 602 late models and the Midwest Dash Series will be taking part. Qualifying is set for 12:30 p.m. with the first green flag slated to fly at 2 p.m.
JEFFERSON – The rescheduled Wisconsin State Championship is slated for October 11-12 at Jefferson Speedway. Qualifying is set for 4 p.m. with racing getting underway at 6:30 p.m. A full show of late model, sportsman and hobby stock racing is on tap for Friday.
Saturday’s action gets underway at 5 p.m. with a Midwest Truck series feature being run in a non-points affair with the other three classes mentioned earlier.
STATE PARK SWAN SONG – What could very well be the final race ever at State Park Speedway in Wausau is scheduled for Saturday, October. The Creepy Classic will run under the banner of Matt Rowe’s Impact Survival Series (I.S.S.) enduro. The 300 lap contest is scheduled to kick off at 2 p.m.
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN REGIONAL DIRT TRACK FEATURE WIN TOTALS 2024 (as of 10-06-24)
(Tracks included, but not limited to, include Outagamie Speedway, 141 Speedway, Shawano Speedway, Plymouth Dirt Track, Gravity Park, The Hill Raceway, Beaver Dam Raceway, The ‘Burg & Plymouth Dirt Track. These totals will also reflect any driver feature wins that occur out-of-state or at other ovals in Wisconsin)
LATE MODEL
Taylor Scheffler 6
Brett Swedberg 5
Troy Springborn 4
Nick Anvelink 4
Mike Mullen 4
Justin Ritchie 3
Ron Berna 2
Jayden Schmidt 2
Brad Mueller 2
Mitch McGrath 1
Tom Naeyaert 1
Andy Karl 1
MODIFIED
Cole Czarneski 11 (UMP mod win)
Benji LaCrosse 8
Marcus Yarie 7
Steve Mueller 6
Marcus Hoeppner 5
Skylar Woods 4 (Dodge County Fair)
Johnny Whitman 4
Jordan Bartz 3
Kevin Feck 3
Cody Schroeder 3
Konnor Wilinski 2
Jayden Schmidt 2
Greg Gretz 2
Brandon Schmitt 2
Shawn Kilgore 2
Jeff Schmuhl 2
Geoff Jeche 2
Brian Mullen 2
Dan Ratajczak 2
Dan Roedl 2
Lucas Lamberies 1
Will Garceau 1
Cody Afelbeck 1
Jason Czarapata 1
Derek Janke 1
Steve Schneider 1
Joel Crowbridge 1 (Wilmot)
Chris Pigeon 1
R.M. Van Pay 1
Scott Barnharst 1
Kyle Strickler 1 (BDR)
Tim Ward 1 (141)
Russ Reinwald 1
Daniel Wilcox 1
Matt Klenz 1
Mike Wedelstadt 1
Kelsy Wedelstadt 1
Jesse Cullen 1
STOCK CAR
Mitch Meier 9
Rod Snellenberger 8
Tyler Wilson 6
Jeremy Christians 6
Luke Lemmens 6
Travis Van Straten 5
Trent Nolan 5
Brett Wenzel 5
Benji LaCrosse 5
Kenny Richards 4
Cole Czarneski 3
Tim Warner 3
Kyle Frederick 3
Caden LeMieux 3
Brandon Schmitt 3
Travis Welch 2 (Eagle River)
Josh Mroczkowski 2
Nick Buckarma 2
Dave Bouche 2
Brandon Czarapata 1
Shawn Havel 1
Jesse Krahn 1
Brekken Kleinschmidt 1
John Heinz 1
David Blackberg 1 (ERS)
Eric Mahlik 1
Mike Carter 1
Scott Reinhardt 1
Jeff Steenbergen 1
Mike Mullen 1
Dan Sell Sr. 1
Dan Sell Jr. 1
John Rothmund 1
Jeremy Johnson 1
Chase Parker 1
R.M. Van Pay 1
Nate Michonski 1
Dean Maurer 1
Austin Jansen 1
Devin Snellenberger 1
Jeff Novak 1 (Antigo)
Jared Siefert 1
Jason Bork 1
SPORTMOD
Coy Vlies 10
Cory Kemkes 8
Jeffery Teske 5
Elijah Koenig 5
Craig Dorner 5
Alec Wery 4
Colton See 4
Travis Schmidt 4
Matthew Radtke 3
Brady Harshbarger 3
Tommy Rindt 3
Cole Thomas 3
Frank Gasperini 3 (ERS, TNT)
Tony Gates 3
Jay Schaalma 2
Robert Wittkopf 2
Cole Magnin 2
Jordan Jahnke 2
Nick Kresbach 2
Zach Raab 2
Max Oreskovich 2
Tom Schneider 2
Dylon Waldvogel 2
Logan Veloz 2
Cole Slezewski 1
Dustin White 1
AJ Springborn 1
Colton Van Hierden 1
Jake Carpenter 1
Spencer Long 1
Barrett Hummelmeier 1
Derek Fehling 1
Nick Schultz 1
Rory Welch 1
Mike Plate 1
Matt Avila 1 (Captain of Creek)
Logan Brass 1
Shane Bahr 1
Tim Jorgenson 1
Dustin Wudstruck 1 (Escanaba)
Brian Konitzer 1
Brian Ankerson 1
Bret Widdis 1
JJ Vander Loop 1
Mike Mueller 1
Todd Dart 1
STREET STOCK
Paul Diefenthaler 12
Mark Hoepper 10
James Fletcher 7
Shannon Guelette 6
Travis Zirbel 5
Ed Anschutz 5
Kenny Richards 5
Jason Geyer 4
Derek Moede 3
Cory Romenesko 2
Phillip Wuesthoff 2
Mike Meier 2
Nick Wunrow 2
Trey Van Straten 2
Courtney Atkinson 1
Brooke Diefenthaler 1
Jerry Winkler 1
Kyle Gennett 1
Tyler Fox 1
Austin Steinke 1
Brian Besaw 1
Dan Van Pay 1
Russ Davison 1
Jake Binash 1
Jon Schultz 1
Josh McDonald 1
Courtney Atkinson 1
GRAND NATIONAL
Jeff Richards 9
Josh Pierce 5
Dustin Weiss 3
Taylor Rahn 3
Nick Schumacher 3
Jake Richards 3
Will Sorce 3
Greg Haese 2
Brad Weiss 2
Maverick Ruh 2
Daniel Schumacher 2
Mike King 2
TJ Smith 1
Aaron Streblow 1
Will Schumacher 1
Todd Ascherien 1
Steven Weber 1
Kenny Richards 1
Scott Kafka 1
Chase Solomon 1 (Eagle River)
Jeff Muehlbauer 1
Ryan Minster 1
FOUR CYLINDER
James Reese 12
Brian Watzka 9
Scott Schlafke 5
James Riske 4
Cody Booth 4
Adam Broehm 4
Kenneth Becker 3
Brad Wedde 3
Lucas Hacker 3
Thomas Schulte 3
Dalton Nelson 2
Shaun Bangart 2
Brett Deprez 2
Tanner Westphal 2
Tanner Pari 2
Trevor Cronick 1
Taylor Junk 1
Carl King 1
Roland Van De Hei III 1
Justin Finlan 1
Dalton Nelson 1
TJ Everard 1
Nick Everard 1
Al Cottrell 1
Bennett Glidden 1
Ben Schulte 1
Skylar Bork 1
Ryan Johnson 1