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“RED ROCKET” REMAINS HOT AT WIR, WEEKEND WRAPUP, REGIONAL DIRT FEATURE TOTALS & MORE
Posted on: Monday June 26, 2023
The “Red Rocket” J.J. Vanderloop of Freedom holds the late model point lead heading into this Thursday’s racing at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna.
Freedom’s J.J. Vanderloop nicknamed “The Red Rocket” padded his late model division point lead by winning both the fast dash and the feature at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna last Thursday night.
Heading into this Thursday nights races Vanderloop holds a 24 point margin over Omro’s Brian Henry. Appleton’s Sawyer “The Maverick” Effertz won his third super late model feature last week and his points margin is thinner than Vanderloop’s. This week Effertz holds an 11 point edge over Reedsville’s Maxwell Schultz.
BUTZ SCORES NORWAY WIN – Green Bay’s Chad Butz picked up the late model win during Hall of Fame night at Norway (MI) Speedway. It was a big night for Menominee, Michigan’s Nick Anderson. The second generation driver scored the super stock feature win on a night when his dad Don Anderson was inducted into the Speedway’s Hall of Fame.
Norway Speedway’s 2023 Hall of Fame inductees.
The other four members who were inducted included longtime track official and racer Terry Mott of Norway, Marquette champion Don Britton, Vulcan’s “Ironman” Tim Schultz Sr. and perhaps the youngest ever Hall of Fame inductee in the history of Hall of Fames Dillon Kralovetz.
At just 35, the Bonduel, Wisconsin race snapped up five straight late model titles at Norway, a track he’d been racing at since he was 20 years old.
TUNDRA @ DRP – The TUNDRA super late model series next stop will be Saturday, July 1 at Dells Raceway Park for the North American Cup. The event is dedicated to longtime engine builder Carl Wegner. Joining the super late models will be the Sportsman, Bandits, Six Shooters and the High School Racing Association. A huge fireworks display will cap off the evening. Qualifying gets underway at 4:30 p.m. with the first race taking the green flag at 6 p.m. You can check tundrasuperlates.com for more information.
CALLING ALL B MODS! – B Mod racers will square off for a $1,000 top prize at Eagle River Speedway Tuesday, June 27. An on-track, autograph session will take place prior to the racing action which gets underway at 7:30 p.m.
On July 4 the stock car class will race for a $1,500 top prize at Eagle River. For questions drivers can call track promoter Pat Zdroik at 715 891 1870.
BY THE NUMBERS – With their respective feature wins at Outagamie Speedway on Friday night, Casco’s Benji LaCrosse and Manitowoc’s Paul Diefenthaler each boosted their feature win totals.
LaCrosse collected his 134th career IMCA modified feature win while Diefenthaler scored his 8th Unified Street Stock feature win of the year.
24 is the number Dirt Kings late model drives who had intentions to race at Gravity Park USA Friday night. However, Dirt Kings pulled out of the deal, citing “track conditions” as the reason on Facebook.
10 is the number of late model racers who opted to stick around and race anyways. Justin Schmidt of Cleveland beat Waukesha’s Mitch McGrath to capture the win. Shawano’s Troy Springborn, Hortonville’s Joel Bennett and Howards Grove’s Bill Edler placed 3rd through 5th, respectively.
The other 5 drivers who opted to race instead of loading up included Sheboygan Falls’ Justin Green, Shawano’s Tom Naeyaert, Milwaukee’s Joe Bongiorno, Omro’s Kevin Baldry and Gillett’s Shawn Miller.
221 is the number of career IMCA stock car feature wins Pulaski’s “Hot Rod” Snellenberger has collected following his feature win at Beaver Dam Raceway last Tuesday night.
129 is the total number of IMCA stock car wins Hortonville’s Travis Van Straten has earned following Saturday night’s win at Shawano Speedway.
$4,500 is the amount of prize money Navarino’s Nick Anvelink pocketed after his Dirt Kings late model tour win at 141 Speedway Saturday.
6 is the number of four cylinder feature wins Faithorn, Michigan 4 cylinder driver Trevor Cronick has earned in 2023 at dirt tracks in northeastern
KARTING KORNER – Little Buckaroo Jr. Motorsports Park is OFF and there will be no racing at the karting oval in Cecil Friday, June 30.
Racing at Little Buckaroo will resume Friday, July 7 for a “Christmas In July” night presented by Renewal By Anderson.
A fireworks display will cap off the action at GSR Kartway in Clintonville June 28. The karting and lawn mower racing program, presented Wednesday by Ken’s Sports, gets underway at 7 p.m.
JIMBO SCHLEIS – Private services will be held this week for Manitowoc’s Jimbo Schleis. The former area racer and track official passed away June 19 at the age of 61. A celebration of Jimbo’s life will be held Saturday, July 8 at Tapped On The Lakeshore in Two Rivers from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
CELEBRATING TVR – A celebration of life for Darboy racing legend Terry Van Roy is scheduled for Sunday, July 9 at Hank & Karen’s Pub & Grill in Appleton from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Big wheel races will be held for kids who will be awarded with trophies plucked from Terry’s extensive collection.
2O23 NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DIRT TRACK FEATURE WINNERS (after June 24, 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)
Taylor Scheffler 2 (Farmer City)
Ron Berna 2
Brad Mueller 1
Gunnar Frank 1
A.J. Diemel 1 (Red Cedar, DK)
Mike Mullen 1
Mitch McGrath 1
Lukas Postl 1
Justin Schmidt 1
Todd Frank 1
MODIFIED
Johnny Whitman 4
Marcus Hoeppner 4
Brandon Schmidt 4
Mike Mullen 3
Matt Klenz 3
Jesse Cullen 2
Lucas Lamberies 2
Jeff Schmuhl 2
Cole Czarneski 2
Benji LaCrosse 2
Jordan Bartz 2
Steve Schneider 1
Steve Mueller 1
Joel Crowbridge 1 (Wilmot)
Todd Dart 1
Kevin Feck 1
Shawn Kilgore 1
Marcus Yarie 1
Tim Ward 1
Wyatt Block 1
Will Garceau 1
STOCK CAR
Mitch Meier 5
Tyler Wilson 4
Travis Van Straten 4
Luke Lemmens 4
Kenny Richards 3
Tim Warner 3
Jared Siefert 2 (Jackson)
Eric Arneson 2
Brett Wenzel 2
Kyle Frederick 1
Jeremy Christians 1
Eric Mahlik 1
Tim Mueller 1
Devin Snellenberger 1
Dylan Stedjee 1
Brandon Czarapata 1
Travis Stadler 1
Chase Parker 1
Caden LeMieux 1
Nick Strobbe 1
Logan Rhode 1
Aaron Stolp 1
Troy Muench 1
Cole Czarneski 1
Rod Snellenberger 1
SPORTMOD
Tyler Sobiesczyk 4
Skyler Woods 4
Jake Carpenter 3
Zach Raab 3
Brady Hashbarger 3 (Iowa)
Randy LeMieux Jr. 3
Coy Vlies 3
Tim Warner 3
Jimmy Berkevich 2
Nick Schultz 2
Cody Rass 2
Doug Maurer 1
Jeff Vlies 1
Sean Falk 1
Tim Sheppard 1
Elijah Koenig 1
Tony Gates 1
Mason Woods 1
J.J. Vanderloop 1
Craig Dorner 1
Jeffrey Teske 1
Derek Fehling 1
Tom Schneider 1
Cory Kemkes 1
Ryan Schmidt 1
Eric Craine 1
Colton VanHierden 1
Andy Welter 1
Dylon Waldvogel 1
Kolton Roehl 1
STREET STOCK
Paul Diefenthaler 8
Jesse Krahn 3
Cody Potter 2
James Fletcher 2
Justin Jacobsen 2
Jon Schultz 2
Brian Gundrum 2
Mike Zitzer 2
Ed Anschutz 2
Nick Wunrow 1
Parker Derks 1
Travis Zirbel 1
Matt Warner 1
Trey Van Straten 1
Shaun Bangart 1
Justin Jacobsen 1
Dan Van Pay 1
Jared Spaulding 1
Jason White 1
Garrett Geyer 1
Larry Richards 1
Phillip Weusthoff 1
Presley Harrington 1
GRAND NATIONAL
T.J. Smith 3
Nick Schumacher 2
Brad Weiss 2
Derek Schrauth 2
Jeff Richards 2
Will Source 2
Aaron Streblow 1
Chad Espen 1
Maverick Ruh 1
Dustin Weiss 1
Dan Schumacher 1
Justin Pearson 1
Daryl Traber 1
FOUR CYLINDER
Trevor Cronick 6
Adam Broehm 4
Tanner Westphal 3
James Reese 3
Roman Blank 2 (Wilmot)
James Riske 2
Thomas Schulte 2
Scott Schlafke 2
Brian Watzka Jr. 1
Carl King 1
Nathan Lisowe 1
Bailey Tate 1
Justin Finlan 1
Brad Wedde 1
Matt Brehmer 1
Tanner Pari 1
Noah Peschke 1
Brett Deprez 1
Jeremy Czarapata 1
Calvin Stueck 1