The Scoop
HOLIDAY WEEKEND WRAPUP, UPDATED FEATURE TOTALS
Posted on: Monday July 4, 2022
Niagara, Wisconsin’s Aleesha Carlson debuted this sparkling 1972 Chevelle in the 141 Auto stock car class at Norway (MI) Speedway July 1.
The 38th annual Stateline Challenge at Norway (MI) Speedway is in the books and for the third straight year Gleason, Wisconsin’s Justin Mondeik came out on top and brought the borderline trophy back to the Badger state for the fifth straight year.
While the late model car count was down slightly from past years (21) a couple of different twists of things spiced things up from past Statelines. A pair of even/odd dash qualifying races were run.
In addition the 12 minute break at 50 laps provided yours truly to snag a few interviews with drivers which made things interesting for the race fans.
I wasn’t a fan of the 10 caution flags that flew but overall it was by far the largest crowd of the year and Mondeik took home the biggest payday of his career – $5,000. Big thanks to everyone who decided to take a trip to Norway for the big show.
In two weeks on July 16 the TUNDRA super late model series will make a stop at the third-mile, paved oval. It has been a few years since TUNDRA made it’s way to Norway and with the special Saturday night venue it will be a trip worth taking. Just a reminder to race fans there will be no racing at Norway the Friday night prior (July 15).
Nick Anvelink continued his hot streak with another Dirt Kings tour victory at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour Friday. The show at Seymour drew a whopping 181 entries in the six division show, which included 40 IMCA stock cars.
Hortonville’s Travis Van Straten scored his 125th career IMCA stock car feature win at Shawano Speedway Saturday night. The former national champion topped the 21 car field at the half-mile, clay oval.
LOOKING AHEAD – A $1,500-to-win stock car/street stock shootout presented by Coffen Construction will take place Tuesday July 5 at Eagle River Speedway’s third-mile, clay oval. The event will pit the IMCA-style stock cars against WISSOTA street stocks.
Draw cutoff is at 6:45 and hot laps will be provided for drivers. The first green flag flies at 7:30 p.m.
The Hill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay returns to action Saturday, July 9. The street stock Busch shootout will cap off the nights activities. Action gets underway at 6 p.m. at John Miles Park.
There is no shortage of big paydays coming up in the month of July in northeastern Wisconsin. A $35,000 purse is on the line July 17 at The ‘Burg Speedway in Luxemburg for the second annual Eric Van Iten Memorial race. IMCA stock cars will square off for a $5,000 top prize while the modifieds will battle for a $2,500 top prize.
At Shawano Speedway Saturday July 23 a hefty payout throughout the field will be available for IMCA stock cars at the “Big Money Style On The Half Mile” takes place. The stocks will race for a minimum of $2,500-to-win while the work continues to build the purse for the modifieds as well. More announcements on that big show are coming in the next week or two.
The goal is to keep some heavy hitters from out-of-state who tow up to compete in the King of the Creek race at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek July 19-21 which pays out 10k to the IMCA stock car winner.
2022 NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DIRT TRACK WIN TOTALS (after day Sunday July 1, 2022)
(Tracks covered and included: 141, Shawano, Seymour, Luxemburg, Sturgeon Bay, Gravity Park USA & Plymouth. When a northeastern Wisconsin driver wins out of town we’ll also include those totals as well including Dirt Kings series winners).
MODIFIEDS
Tyler Wilson 5
Jayden Schmidt 4
Mike Mullen 3
Lucas Lamberies 3 (2 Iowa)
Johnny Whitman 2
Konnor Wilinski 2
Benji LaCrosse 2
Jeremie Hedrick 2
Marcus Hoeppner 2
Brian Mullen 2
Jared Siefert 2
Brad Lubach 1
Shawn Kilgore 1
Hunter Parsons 1
J.J. Anderson 1
John Schultz 1
Todd Dart 1
Cody Schroeder 1
Wyatt Block 1
STOCK CARS
Mitch Meier 5 (Texas)
Kyle Frederick 4
Trent Nolan 4
Chase Parker 4
Mike Mullen 3
Jeff Steenbergen 2 (Iowa)
Luke Lemmens 2
Kenny Richards 1
Dave Bouche 1
Eric Mahlik 1
Dan Sell 1
Logan Rhode 1
Cole Czarneski 1
Vern Stedjee 1
Nick Buckarma 1
Caden LeMieux 1
Tim Mueller 1
Benji LaCrosse 1
Tyler Wilson 1
Kerry Douglas 1
Robert Waechter Jr. 1
Shawn Havel 1
Travis Van Straten 1
LATE MODEL
Troy Springborn 4
Brett Swedberg 3
Nick Anvelink 3
Justin Ritchie 2
Brad Mueller 1
Jim Schmidt 1
AJ Diemel 1 (Dirt Kings, Red Cedar)
Joe Bongiorno 1
Joel Bennett 1
NORTHERN SPORTMODS
Jesse Cullen 4
Cole Czarneski 4
Jeffrey Teske 3
Jon Hitzman 2
Brady Harshbarger 2
Travis Schmidt 2
Tyler Sobiesczyk 2
Tim Warner 2
Zack Raab 2
Cody Rass 2
Ryan Besaw 1
Gabe Zellner 1
Jeff Schmuhl 1
Tom Schneider 1
Travis Rhoades 1
Dylon Waldvogel 1
Randy LeMieux Jr. 1
Ryan Schmidt 1
Mark Hoeppner 1
Tim Sheppard 1
Craig Dorner 1
Elijah Koenig 1
Jeff Vlies 1
Chris Budzban 1
Jake Carpenter 1
STREET STOCK
Paul Diefenthaler 6
Ed Anschutz 3
Trey Van Straten 3
Shaun Bangart 2
Mike Zitzer 2
Dave DeGrave 2
Presley Harrington 2
Parker Derks 2
James Fletcher 1
Jason Behnke 1
Kenny Richards 1
Brook Diefenthaler 1
Jason Eisel 1
Parker Derks 1
Jesse Krahn 1
Cody Potter 1
4 CYLINDER
Nathan Lisowe 8
Brian Watzka Jr. 3
Lucas Hacker 3
Adam Broehm 2
Calvin Stueck 2
Tanner Westphal 2
Brad Wedde 2
Matt Kaye 2
Matt Brehmer 2
Jake Peters 1
Austin Pingel 1
Shaun Bangart 1
Thomas Schulte 1
Jeremy Czarapata 1
James Reese 1
Cody Booth 1
Scott Schlafke 1
Kegan Van Ooyen 1
GRAND NATIONALS
Jeff Muehlbauer 2
Matt Loehr 2
T.J. Smith 2
Derek Schrauth 2
Brian Schrauth 1
Nick Strobbe 1
Taylor Rahn 1
Dustin Weiss 1
Rick Gustavson 1
Luke Scholten 1
Ryan Minster 1
J.J. Pagel 1
Jonathon Otte 1