The Scoop
LACROSSE STRIKES FIRST IN BIG $$$ WEEK IN N.E. WISCONSIN
Posted on: Tuesday July 19, 2022
Luxemburg native Benji LaCrosse earned $7,800 July 17 by winning both the IMCA modified and stock car A mains at the 2nd annual Eric Van Iten Memorial race at The Burg Speedway in Luxemburg. (danlewisphoto.net)
Luxemburg native Benji LaCrosse always seems to rise to the occasion when high dollar shows are on the line.
LaCrosse drew first blood in a week of big paying specials by scoring the IMCA modified and stock car feature wins at the 2nd annual Eric Van Iten Memorial race at The ‘Burg Speedway in Luxemburg, Wisconsin July 17.
The special event kicked off a week where big money is available to dirt racers in Northeastern Wisconsin. At 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wisconsin the $10,000-to-win King of the Creek V takes place Thursday night, July 21 and preliminaries the prior two nights.
Two nights later at Shawano Speedway July 23 “Big Money Style” at the Half-Mile will serve up a $5,000-to-win for the IMCA modifieds and another $2,500-to-win payday for the winner of the IMCA stock car division.
WEEKEND WRAPUP – A handful of racers who currently rank in the top ten in their respective IMCA sanctioned divisions in all time Wisconsin winners boosted their totals with wins over the weekend.
LaCrosse’s modified win pushed him to total of 131 sanctioned modified victories, which leads the way in all time Wisconsin winners.
Brian Mullen of Seymour sits 2nd (129) and Green Bay native R.M. “Buck” Van Pay sits third in all time sanctioned modified victories with 128.
while former national stock car champion Travis Van Straten of Hortonville netted his 126th career stock car feature flag at Shawano.
Van Straten currently sits third behind Pulaski’s Rod Snellenberger (220) and Pulaski native Brandon Czarapata (132) in all time Wisconsin wins.
Wausau’s Marcus Yarie picked up his 53rd career IMCA modified feature win at Shawano Speedway July 16. (Precious Photography photo)
Also on the fabled half-mile Wausau’s Marcus Yarie scored his 53rd career sanctioned modified feature win. Yarie sits 10th in all time Wisconsin modified winners.
LOOKING AHEAD – Friday night @ Outagamie Speedway in Seymour the powerful 410 IRA Outlaw sprint cars will invade the third-mile, clay oval at the Outagamie County Fairgrounds.
Joining the 900 horsepower winged warriors in the Friday night special will be the IMCA modifieds and stock cars. The hammer drops at Seymour at 7 p.m.
For the big special @ Shawano Speedway Saturday night July 23 all of the weekly classes (with the exception of the 4 cylinders) will be in action Saturday with a 6 p.m. start time.
THE HILL – It’s “Christmas in July” night at The Hill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Saturday, July 23. As a few added attractions it’s also Kid’s night at the races with Big Wheel races sponsored by Gnome Games and Round II of the Modifieds making an appearance at the third-mile, clay oval. A 6 p.m. start time is set for the action at John Miles Park in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
LUXEMBURG HOF NIGHT – The popular “Hall of Fame” night at The ‘Burg Speedway in Luxemburg will wrap up a big weekend of racing in northeastern Wisconsin Sunday night, July 24. Among the class of 2022 inductees is Baileys Harbor open wheel ace Gregg Curzon, De Pere native Red Maurer, Green native Eric Van Iten and former IMCA stock car champion Dave Kropp.
The action kicks off Sunday night at 5 p.m. at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds.
2022 NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DIRT TRACK WIN TOTALS (after day Sunday July 17, 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 5
Marcus Hoeppner 4
Mike Mullen 4
Benji LaCrosse 3
Lucas Lamberies 3 (2 Iowa)
Johnny Whitman 2
Konnor Wilinski 2
Jeremie Hedrick 2
Brian Mullen 2
Jared Siefert 2
Shawn Kilgore 2
Marcus Yarie 1
Brad Lubach 1
Hunter Parsons 1
J.J. Anderson 1
John Schultz 1
Todd Dart 1
Cody Schroeder 1
Wyatt Block 1
Dan Roedl 1
STOCK CARS
Mitch Meier 6 (Texas)
Trent Nolan 5
Kyle Frederick 4
Chase Parker 4
Benji LaCrosse 3
Luke Lemmens 3
Mike Mullen 3
Jeff Steenbergen 2 (Iowa)
Tyler Wilson 2
Travis Van Straten 2
Tom Brumlic 1 (Eagle River)
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
Kerry Douglas 1
Robert Waechter Jr. 1
Shawn Havel 1
Brandon Czarapata 1
Brett Wenzel 1
LATE MODEL
Troy Springborn 4
Nick Anvelink 4
Brett Swedberg 3
Justin Ritchie 2
Joel Bennett 2
Brad Mueller 1
Jim Schmidt 1
AJ Diemel 1 (Dirt Kings, Red Cedar)
Joe Bongiorno 1
Paul Ninzik 1
Taylor Scheffler 1
Denmark’s Cole Czarneski leads the way in the region with 5 sportmod feature wins as of July 19. (danlewisphoto.net)
NORTHERN SPORTMODS
Cole Czarneski 5
Jesse Cullen 4
Jeffrey Teske 4
Tyler Sobiesczyk 3
Zack Raab 3
Jon Hitzman 2
Brady Harshbarger 2
Travis Schmidt 2
Tim Warner 2
Zack Raab 2
Cody Rass 2
Jake Carpenter 2
Craig Dorner 2
Tom Schneider 2
Andy Welter 1
Ryan Besaw 1
Gabe Zellner 1
Jeff Schmuhl 1
Travis Rhoades 1
Dylon Waldvogel 1
Randy LeMieux Jr. 1
Ryan Schmidt 1
Mark Hoeppner 1
Tim Sheppard 1
Elijah Koenig 1
Jeff Vlies 1
Chris Budzban 1
Logan Fleischman 1
Will Garceau 1
Shane Long 1
STREET STOCK
Paul Diefenthaler 8
James Fletcher 4 (Beaver Dam)
Ed Anschutz 4
Trey Van Straten 3
Parker Derks 3
Shaun Bangart 2
Mike Zitzer 2
Dave DeGrave 2
Presley Harrington 2
Jesse Krahn 2
Jason Behnke 2
Tim McCormick 1
Kenny Richards 1
Brook Diefenthaler 1
Jason Eisel 1
Cody Potter 1
4 CYLINDER
Nathan Lisowe 9
Brian Watzka Jr. 5
Tanner Westphal 4
Lucas Hacker 3
Adam Broehm 2
Calvin Stueck 2
Brad Wedde 2
Matt Kaye 2
Matt Brehmer 2
Shaun Bangart 2
Kegan Van Ooyen 2
Scott Schlafke 2
Jake Peters 1
Austin Pingel 1
Thomas Schulte 1
Jeremy Czarapata 1
James Reese 1
Cody Booth 1
GRAND NATIONALS
T.J. Smith 4
Matt Loehr 3
Jeff Muehlbauer 2
Derek Schrauth 2
Nick Strobbe 2
Dustin Weiss 2
Brian Schrauth 1
Taylor Rahn 1
Rick Gustavson 1
Luke Scholten 1
Ryan Minster 1
J.J. Pagel 1
Jonathon Otte 1
Tyler Kulow 1