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OUTAGAMIE’S FAIR NIGHT HOME RUN, VAN OOYEN WINS 1ST STOCK FEATURE FLAG & MORE
Posted on: Monday June 29, 2026
Oshkosh’s Mitchell Fairbank wheels his IMCA northern sportmod at Outagamie Speedway June 26. (S and A Photography)
Stock car races at any county fair are special for multiple reasons.
First off, it’s one time a year when a track is virtually guaranteed to get some NEW BLOOD in the seats, watching your exciting product.
That’s exactly what took place last Friday night at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour. For a $15 admission into the fair, that included your entrance to the stock car races. And the Dirt Kings late model tour headlined on this particular evening.
There is always an added element of excitement during any fair races. Some tracks don’t have the privilege of hosting a race during the fair. Perhaps it’s the awesome food and drink options available? Or is it the background of the ferris wheel and other rides, lit up, providing the perfect backdrop for the track photographers.
At any rate, Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car hit a home run Friday night. Dirt Kings late models were the headliner. A field of 27 machines turned out to do battle – not bad in today’s era. The three support classes were staples – IMCA modifieds, stock cars and northern sportmods.
I was on the mic at Outagamie Friday. I polled the crowd and asked by a show of hands how many folks were there for the first time of the season. Dozens of hands went up, and the goal obviously is to give the fans a great enough show where they may want to come back another Friday night or two during the season.
Seymour’s been taking a beating in recent weeks because of at times subpar track conditions. The racing surface was much improved the the last time I announced there in early June. The only hiccup was they wound up grading turn four immediately following the Dirt Kings heat races. But, most feature races saw plenty of passing and multiple lead changes.
Third-generation racer Kegan Van Ooyen of Freedom scored his 1st career IMCA stock car win at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour June 26. (Van Ooyen Racing photo)
One of the cool things about being a track announcer is the fact that often, you can be on the call when a driver gets his or her first ever feature win. That occurred Friday night during a makeup feature from June 5 that was run in the IMCA stock car class. Kegan Van Ooyen captured that race. It was Kegan’s first feature flag in the class dubbed “too-tough-to-tame.”
I’ve known the Van Ooyen family for decades. Truth is, you won’t find a better racing family around. Friendly, down-to-earth and always supportive. I’m pretty sure you’ll find Kegan back in victory lane again soon.
BY THE NUMBERS – This past Friday night, there were three tracks within one our of Green Bay that hosted the same divisions: IMCA modifieds, stock car northern sportmods. Outagamie Speedway and Luxy Raceway both had these three divisions IMCA sanctioned, while Gravity Park USA in Chilton runs this trio of classes non-sanctioned.
Which division had the most cars? (IMCA) stock cars led the way, with 67 drivers competing. (IMCA) northern sportmods were second with 64 participants and the (IMCA) modifieds were third with 59 different teams competing in the three classes. These numbers were simply pulled and added up via MyRacePass.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE CHANGEUPS – 141 Speedway will not be racing on the weekend of July 4. The Francis Creek oval will host racing on Wednesday, July 1. Racing starts at 6:30 p.m. Grand Nationals will be off that night. The Hill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay is off this coming weekend. They will be in action next on July 11 for the annual Busch street stock shootout.
Luxy Raceway will race on Thursday, July 2 at 7 p.m. at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds. Meanwhile at Plymouth Dirt Track, the third-mile, clay oval will host the Independence 30 on Thursday, July 2. Late models will scrap for a $3,000-to-win prize. MSA sprints, Wingless sprints, street stocks and modifieds will race for $1,776. Racing gets underway at 6:45 p.m. Shawano Speedway will host the Randy Redman Memorial Challenge. Late models will race for $1,000 on July 4. Gravity Park USA will host one of it’s Dirt Devil grand national series raes Friday, July 3. The hammer drops at 7 p.m.
EAGLE RIVER SPEEDWAY IMCA FAST SHAFT QUALIFIER – For the first time ever this coming Tuesday, June 30, IMCA modifieds will take to Eagle River Speedway’s third-mile, clay oval. The first of two $1,000-to-win IMCA modified races will be held. The show will be draw/redraw. The buzz has been pretty positive about this event. I hate to name drop, as I’ve been burnt by drivers who SAID they’d show up. But, let’s just say I’m cautiously optimistic we should have a decent field of IMCA modifieds at Eagle River June 30. The second Fast Shaft qualifying race is set for Tuesday, July 21. The hammer drops at 7 p.m. IMCA modified drivers will get hot laps prior to the national anthem.
On Saturday, July 4 Eagle River Speedway will host it’s annual MSA sprint car special event. Joining the full-sized, sprint cars are the USRA late models, 600 and 300 micro sprints and Vintage modifieds and the Dairyland Vintage series. Racing is set to commence at 6 p.m.
MACDONALD WINS IN IOWA – Little Suamico’s Jamison MacDonald of Little Suamico made the long tow to race at Boone (IA) Speedway payoff. The “Flyin’ Mayan” picked up the IMCA stock car feature win last Saturday.
KARTING KORNER – GSR Kartway will host Ken’s Sports night on Wednesday, July 1. A fireworks display will cap off the night of action. Lawn mower and kart racing at the Clintonville oval is set to begin at 7 p.m. The Ty Majeski night could be rescheduled later in the year.
Little Buckaroo Jr. Motorsports Park will host it’s annual “Battle At The Buckaroo” race Saturday, July 4. A practice session is scheduled for Friday, July 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. Practice is set to commence at 11 a.m. July 4, with racing to follow at the Cecil karting oval.
PAVEMENT PONDERINGS – Fireworks will cap off the “Thursday Night Thunder” night of action at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna on Thursday, July 2. The action at the Kaukauna oval is set to commence at 6:30 p.m. The TUNDRA super late model series swings into Dells Raceway Park this Saturday, July 4 for the North American Cup. Joining the TUNDRA super lates will be 602 late models, sportsman, sixers, hobby stocks and bandos.
Norway, Michigan native Cameron Clifford picked up a 75 lap Carolina Crate late model feature at Hickory Motor Speedway. Clifford has lived in Mooresville, North Carolina for a few years now, and works for Port City Racecars. Wausau veteran Mark Mackesy swept action in the C.W.R.A. late models at Marshfield Motor Speedway Saturday.
Remember to get out and support your local race track IN PERSON whenever possible. NOTHING beats being there!
2026 REGIONAL DIRT TRACK FEATURE WINNERS (as of 06-28-26)
(Tracks included, but not limited to: Outagamie Speedway, Gravity Park USA, Luxy Raceway, 141 Speedway, The Hill Raceway, Plymouth Dirt Track & Shawano Speedway. We’ll also include feature wins by N.E. Wisconsin drivers scored at other tracks, including out-of-state and series victories. These include both IMCA sanctioned & non-sanctioned wins)
LATE MODELS
Nick Anvelink 4
Joel Bennett 3
Turk Letizia 1
Jesse Glenz 1
Brett Swedberg 1
Troy Springborn 1
IMCA MODIFIEDS
Cole Czarneski 5
Johnny Whitman 3
Dylon Waldvogel 3
Lucas Lamberies 2
Mike Mueller 2
Jesse Cullen 2
Travis Hansen 2
Kevin Feck 2
Russ Reinwald 1
Benji LaCrosse 1
Joel Seegert Sr 1
Brandon Schmitt 1
Zachary Raab 1
Greg Gretz 1
Steve Mueller 1
Mike Wedelstadt 1
Todd Dart 1
Tanner Janke 1
Will Garceau 1
Marcus Yarie 1
Noah Schepp 1
Colton See 1
Jayden Schmidt 1
IMCA STOCK CARS
Trent Nolan 5
Tyler Wilson 4 (IA)
Brad Lubach 4
Brett Wenzel 3
Benji LaCrosse 3
Cole Czarneski 3
Marcus Hoeppner 3
Dan Michonski 2
Rod Snellenberger 2 (FLA)
Luke Lemmens 2
Jerry Wilinski 2
Nick Buckarma 2
Caden LeMieux 2
Presley Harrington 1 (IA)
Brandon Schmitt 1
Chase Parker 1
Tyler Schrimpf 1
Dustin White 1 (ERS)
Mitch Stankowski 1 (ERS)
Travis Welch 1
Jeremie Hedrick 1
Shawn Kilgore 1
Shanon Guelette 1
Kegan Van Ooyen 1
Eric Mahlik 1
Jamison MacDonald 1 (IA)
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMODS
Coy Vlies 10
AJ Springborn 4
Travis Schmidt 3
Ryan Schmidt 2
Matt Urban 2
Brady Harshbarger 2
Max Oreskovich 2
Tony Gates 1
Brad Buckman 1
Carsin Cullen 1
Cole Magnin 1
Logan Brass 1
Cole Thomas 1
Kaden Besaw 1
Trevin Veeser 1
Tim Jorgenson 1
Tony Gates 1
JJ VanderLoop 1
Jacob Rens 1
Elijah Koening 1
Tim Sheppard 1
Derek Fehling 1
George Henkel 1
Craig Dorner 1
Steve Lorier 1
Randy LeMieux Jr 1
Tim Jorgenson 1
Dakota Johnson 1
Brian Konitzer 1
UNIFIED DIRT STREET STOCKS
Trey Van Straten 4
Derek Moede 4
Travis Zirbel 3
Dave DeGrave 3
Alex Haese 3
Paul Diefenthaler 2
Phillip Wuesthoff 2
Dave DeGrave 2
Roman Blank 2
Jason Eisel 2 (ERS)
Hope Eisel 2 (ERS)
Cory Romenesko 1
Todd Berzowski 1
Paul Ambrosius 1
Garrett Geyer 1
Kyle Genett 1
Brian Gundrum 1
James Riske 1
Cody Potter 1
Tyler Fox 1
GRAND NATIONALS
Jake Richards 5
Jeff Richards 4
Jeff Muehlbauer 3
Mavrick Ruh 2
Brad Weiss 2
Nate Ruh 1
Tyler Kulow 1
Will Sorce 1
Nick Schumacher 1
Marshall Plate 1
Luke Scholten 1
FOUR CYLINDERS/IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
James Reese 5
TJ Everard 5
Kyle Jorgenson 3
Lucas Hacker 2
Brian Watzka Jr. 2
Scott Schlafke 2
Tanner Westphal 2
Nathan Lisowe 2
Cody McLain 1
Autumn Allard 1
Chase Ertel 1
Brian Hillringhouse 1
TJ Everard 1
Cody McClain 1
Jake Peters 1
Robbie Holst Jr 1
Brian Watzka Jr. 1
Cody Booth 1
Dan Thomson 1
Bennett Glidden 1
Shaun Bangart 1
Thomas Schulte 1
LS/USRA LATE MODEL
Mark Hoeppner 5
Eric Klawatter 2
Jason Zdroik 2
Todd Gorny 2
Guy Carley 2
Lucas Peterson 1
Corbyn Wassenberg 1
Dave Bennett 1