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DIEFENTHALER SCORES # 11 – WEEKEND WRAPUP & REGIONAL DIRT FEATURE TOTALS
Posted on: Monday July 17, 2023
Manitowoc’s Paul Diefenthaler scored his 11th street stock feature win of 2023 at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour Friday. (danlewisphoto.net)
Manitowoc’s Paul Diefenthaler continued his winning ways at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour Friday night.
Diefenthaler’s Unified street stock feature victory was his sixth in a row at the third-mile, clay oval in Seymour. The win was his 11th of the season at area ovals thus far in ’23.
A pair of area racers put another notch in their proverbial belts by boosting their all-time IMCA feature wins over the weekend. Wausau’s Marcus Yarie scored his 57th career modified win at Shawano Speedway’s half-mile Saturday. Yarie moved into a tie for 10th place with New Franken veteran Shawn Kilgore.
Pulaski native Brandon Czarapata picked up his 135th career stock car victory at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek Saturday night. Czarapata sits second behind another Pulaski racer – “Hot Rod” Snellenberger.
ALL TIME IMCA MODIFIED WISCONSIN FEATURE WINNERS AS OF JULY 16, 2023
Benji LaCrosse, Green Bay, 135
Brian Mullen, Seymour, 129
R.M. VanPay, Green Bay, 129
Mike Wedelstadt, Fremont, 114
Todd Dart, Algoma, 82
Brad Rohloff, Pulaski, 72
Eddie Muenster, Green Bay, 71
Jared Siefert, Green Bay, 59
Shawn Kilgore, New Franken, 57
Marcus Yarie, Wausau, 57
TOP TEN ALL TIME WISCONSIN IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE WINNERS AS OF JULY 16, 2023
Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski, 221
Brandon Czarapata, Pulaski, 135
Travis VanStraten, Horicon, 129
Jeremy Christians, Horicon, 104
John Heinz, Green Bay, 86
Charlie Kroll, Forestville, 80
Kyle Frederick, Oconto Falls, 72
Larry Karcz, Pulaski, 52
Dan Michonski, Marion, 51
Brian Bruechert, Kewaunee, 50
John Gregorich, Kewaunee 50
Chilton’s Colton See was among the first time sportmod feature winners over the weekend. (danlewisphoto.net)
FIRST TIME SPORTMOD WINNERS – A number of area sportmod racers found victory lane for the first time in 2023 feature action. Those drivers included Clintonville’s Max Oreskevich (Shawano Speedway), Cascade’s Barry Maas (Plymouth Dirt Track), Chilton’s Colton See (Outagamie Speedway) and Sheboygan’s Jonathon Baumann (141 Speedway).
PAVEMENT PONDERINGS – Darboy’s Sawyer Effertz was the overall winner in the White Race at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna last Thursday. Effertz picked up his 5th feature flag of the ’23 campaign. Appleton’s Brandon Reichenberger scored his first feature win in the late model class.
A LOOK AHEAD – THUNDER AT THE FAIR at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour Friday, July 21 will included an appearance by the powerful IRA Outlaw sprint cars. The winged warriors will be joined by the IMCA modified and stock car divisions. The two support classes will use a draw/redraw format. The action at the third-mile, clay oval kicks off at 6:30 p.m.
The grand national division will join the regular, weekly classes at The ‘Burg Speedway in Luxemburg Sunday, July 23. Also on that evening will be the track’s Hall of Fame induction of the class of 2023 which was rained out earlier this year. The trio of ’23 inductees include a pair of former track champions – Seymour’s Dennis Young and “Smokin’ Joe” White of Oconto Falls along with longtime track wrecker operator Gene Rollins of “Gene’s Deep Rock. The action gets underway at 5 p.m. at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds in Luxemburg.
$10,000 REASONS – A number of topflight IMCA stock car pilots from Wisconsin and neighboring states are expected to converge on 141 Speedway in Francis Creek July 17-19 for the King Of The Creek VI. The big show pays $10,000-to-win. Qualifying races start Tuesday night with last chance races and the big show Wednesday night. Modifieds and grand nationals will join the stockers Tuesday night with sportmods and sport compacts competing on Wednesday. Racing starts at 6:30 p.m. both nights.
KARTING KORNER – It will be karting driver “alumni night” at Little Buckaroo Jr. Motorsports Park in Cecil Friday night, July 21. Yours truly will be on the p.a. that night. The program presented by JD Byrider gets underway at 7 p.m.
Big Guns Power Washing & Services will present the night of kart and lawn mower racing at GSR Kartway in Clintonville Wednesday, July 19. The action gets underway at 7 p.m.
Remember get out and support your local short track whenever possible IN PERSON. Nothing beats being there.
2O23 NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DIRT TRACK FEATURE WINNERS (after July 16, 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 Beaver Dam. It will include IMCA sanctioned and non-sanctioned classes)
LATE MODEL
Nick Anvelink 3 (Cedar Lake)
Mike Mullen 3
Taylor Scheffler 2 (Farmer City)
Ron Berna 2
Todd Frank 2
Mitch McGrath 2
Lukas Postl 2
Brad Mueller 1
Gunnar Frank 1
A.J. Diemel 1 (Red Cedar, DK)
Justin Schmidt 1
Joel Bennett 1
MODIFIED
Johnny Whitman 5
Marcus Hoeppner 4
Brandon Schmidt 4
Mike Mullen 4
Matt Klenz 3
Benji LaCrosse 3
Jordan Bartz 3
Jesse Cullen 3
Lucas Lamberies 2
Jeff Schmuhl 2
Cole Czarneski 2
Steve Schneider 2
Todd Dart 2
Marcus Yarie 2
Joel Seegert 2 (Wilmot)
Steve Mueller 1
Joel Crowbridge 1 (Wilmot)
Kevin Feck 1
Shawn Kilgore 1
Tim Ward 1
Wyatt Block 1
Will Garceau 1
Mike Wedelstadt 1
Brian Crapser 1
Tyler DeBouche 1
Don Scheffler 1
Randy Markwardt Jr. 1
STOCK CAR
Tyler Wilson 6
Mitch Meier 5
Kenny Richards 5
Travis Van Straten 4
Luke Lemmens 4
Tim Warner 3
Jared Siefert 3 (Jackson)
Eric Arneson 2
Brett Wenzel 2
Tim Mueller 2
Nick Strobbe 2
Trent Nolan 2
Brandon Czarapata 2
Kyle Frederick 1
Jeremy Christians 1
Eric Mahlik 1
Devin Snellenberger 1
Dylan Stedjee 1
Travis Stadler 1
Chase Parker 1
Caden LeMieux 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
Dan Sell 1
Aiden Gretz 1
SPORTMOD
Tim Warner 6 (Escanaba)
Tyler Sobiesczyk 5
Skyler Woods 5
Jake Carpenter 4
Zach Raab 3
Brady Hashbarger 3 (Iowa)
Randy LeMieux Jr. 3
Coy Vlies 3
Jimmy Berkevich 2
Nick Schultz 2
Cody Rass 2
Tom Schneider 2
Jeffrey Teske 2
Jeff Vlies 2
Doug Maurer 1
Sean Falk 1
Tim Sheppard 1
Elijah Koenig 1
Tony Gates 1
Mason Woods 1
J.J. Vanderloop 1
Craig Dorner 1
Derek Fehling 1
Cory Kemkes 1
Ryan Schmidt 1
Eric Craine 1
Colton VanHierden 1
Andy Welter 1
Dylon Waldvogel 1
Kolton Roehl 1
Matt Radtke 1
Nick Kresbach 1
Michael Plate Sr. 1
Hunter Larson 1
Jeff Steenbergen 1
Barry Maas 1
Max Oreskovich 1
Jonathon Baumann 1
Colton See 1
STREET STOCK
Paul Diefenthaler 11
Jesse Krahn 4
Shaun Bangart 4
Cody Potter 2
James Fletcher 2
Justin Jacobsen 2
Jon Schultz 2
Brian Gundrum 2
Ed Anschutz 2
Presley Harrington 2
Dan Van Pay 2
Jared Spaulding 2
Larry Richards 2
Nick Wunrow 1
Parker Derks 1
Travis Zirbel 1
Matt Warner 1
Trey Van Straten 1
Justin Jacobsen 1
Jason White 1
Garrett Geyer 1
Phillip Weusthoff 1
Russ Davison 1
Courtney Atkinson 1
Kelly Brown 1
GRAND NATIONAL
Will Sorce 4
T.J. Smith 3
Jeff Richards 3
Nick Schumacher 2
Brad Weiss 2
Derek Schrauth 2
Dustin Weiss 2
Dan Schumacher 2
Aaron Streblow 1
Chad Espen 1
Maverick Ruh 1
Justin Pearson 1
Daryl Traber 1
Mark Bailey 1
Ethan Beattie 1
FOUR CYLINDER
Trevor Cronick 7
James Reese 5
Adam Broehm 4
Tanner Westphal 3
Thomas Schulte 3
Calvin Stueck 3
Scott Schlafke 3
Roman Blank 2 (Wilmot)
James Riske 2
Justin Finlan 2
Nathan Lisowe 2
Brian Watzka Jr. 1
Carl King 1
Bailey Tate 1
Brad Wedde 1
Matt Brehmer 1
Tanner Pari 1
Noah Peschke 1
Brett Deprez 1
Jeremy Czarapata 1
Cody Booth 1
Lucas Hacker 1
Kenneth Becker 1