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“RED ROCKET” VANDER LOOP SCORES WIR SLM WIN, STURGEON BAY DIRT KINGS & MORE
Posted on: Monday August 11, 2025
The “Red Rocket” J.J. Vander Loop of Freedom picked up the super late model feature win at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna Thursday, August 7.
The “Red Rocket” J.J. Vander Loop picked up his first career super late model win Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna last week Thursday. Vander Loop remains a busy wheelman on both tar and dirt. He is also a top flight competitor in an IMCA northern sportmod in the local dirt track circles.
He’s also a quiet, humble, and very unassuming young man. Vander Loop has a bright future ahead of him. Whether or not he decides to stick with one racing surface or another remains to be seen. Look for big things ahead for Vander Loop down the road.
PAVEMENT PONDERINGS – The TUNDRA super late model series has been snake bitten once again by Mother Nature. Last Saturday’s Badger State 100 was canceled the day prior due to projected storms. The next scheduled event for TUNDRA will be the September 1 Cleaver Classic at Golden Sand Speedway in Plover, Wisconsin.
WIR BLUE RACE – The third leg of the prestigious Red, White & Blue state championship series the “Blue Race” is slated for Thursday, August 14 at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna. The “Thursday Night Thunder” show, put on by the Fox River Racing Club, is set to commence at 6:45 p.m.
ASA MIDWEST TOUR – The next event for the ASA Midwest Tour is set for Saturday, August 16 for the annual Wayne Carter Classic at Grundy Count Speedway in Morris, Illinois. The Midwest Truck Series will also be running in this event, along with the Grundy Sixers. Racing gets underway at 7 p.m.
CAPTAIN OF THE CREEK – It’s the IMCA northern sportmods turn to shine this week, as the annual Captain OF The Creek VII at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek August 11-13. The winner of Wednesday night’s feature will collect a cool $10,000. Joining the sportmods on Tuesday night will be IMCA modifieds, stock cars & legends while on Wednesday night IMCA modifieds, stock cars and street stocks will compete. Racing gets underway at 6:30 p.m. both nights. A practice is slated for Monday night, August 11.
STURGEON BAY LATE MODELS RETURN – For the first time in 18 years, late models will return to Door County Thursday, August 14. The Dirt Kings Tour will kick off the Door County Fair with a $5,000-to-win event sponsored by Seubert Calf Ranches. Stock cars, sportmods and street stocks will also be on the card. Racing gets underway at 6:30 p.m. for the King of the Fair race at John Miles Park.
The race scheduled this past Sunday, August 10 at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prarie was canceled due to heavy storms that rolled through the region overnight.
OUTAGAMIE DIRT KINGS – From Door County, the DK Tour swings into the Outagamie Speedway in Seymour Friday, August 15. The track’s other regular divisions will also be in action, with racing getting underway at the Outagamie County Fairgrounds in Seymour at 6:30 p.m.
SHAWANO SPEEDWAY – Street stocks will be an added attraction at Shawano Speedway’s half-mile Saturday, August 16. The action at the clay, half-mile is set for 6:30. A corn roast will take place following the races.
NEWS & NOTES – By virtue of a rainout Saturday, Waukesha’s Taylor Scheffler was crowned champion of the Plymouth Dirt Track Super Six late model track title.
Scott Degnan of Escanaba, Michigan captured the Super Modified Triple Crown Championship. The title came at a trio of Upper Peninsula ovals: Escanaba Motor Speedway on dirt, and a pair of paved ovals in Norway and Sands, Michigan, respectively.
The races at Luxy Raceway were washed out Sunday, Aug. 10. The Dirt Kings Series race slated for Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin was also rained out Aug. 10.
KARTING KORNER – GSR Kartway will host a makeup race # 2 on Friday, August 16. Racing in the karts and lawn mowers is set to get underway at 7 p.m. The Clintonville oval will also host it’s regular, weekly Wednesday night racing program on Wednesday, August 14 as well. A 7 p.m. start time is also slated for the Wednesday night program.
Little Buckaroo Jr. Motorsports Park will host Arneson Well Drilling night on Sunday, August 17. The karting action at the 1/8 mile, clay oval located in Cecil is set to get underway at 2 p.m.
The season is starting to wind down. Make sure you get out and attend your local race track IN PERSON in the coming weeks whenever possible. Nothing wrong with all of the multiple streaming services available. But, NOTHING beats being there IN PERSON. Have a great week!
2025 REGIONAL DIRT TRACK FEATURE WINNERS (as of 8/09/25)
(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
Andy Karl 5
Mike Mullen 4
Nick Anvelink 2
Taylor Scheffler 2
Mitch McGrath 2
Troy Springborn 2
Brett Swedberg 2
Lukas Postl 1
Joel Bennett 1
Jayden Schmidt 1
Justin Schmidt 1
IMCA MODIFIEDS
Benji LaCrosse 6
Johnny Whitman 5
Lucas Lamberies 5
Jesse Cullen 4
Konnor Wilinski 3
Skylar Woods 3
Marcus Hoeppner 3
Cole Czarneski 3
Matt Klenz 2
Tanner Janke 2
Joel Seegert 2
Ethan Braaksma 2 (141 Clash)
Todd Dart 2
Race Van Pay 2
Kevin Feck 2
Mike Wedelstadt 2
Steve Mueller 2
Cody Schroeder 2
Dan Roedl 1
Tony Wedelstadt 1
Geoff Jeche 1
Brian Mullen 1
Steve Schneider 1
Jayden Schmidt 1
Joel Crowbridge 1
Kelsey Wedelstadt 1
Russ Reinwald 1
Dave Zeitler 1
Wyatt Block 1
Adam Crapser 1
Greg Gretz 1
IMCA STOCK CARS
Tyle Wilson 9
Mike Mullen 8
Cole Czarneski 7
Rod Snellenberger 6
Mark Hoeppner 6
Jeremy Christians 5
Benji LaCrosse 4
Luke Lemmens 3
Devin Snellenberger 3
Troy Muench 2
Tyler Schrimpf 2
Nick Buckarma 2
Josh Mroczkowski 2
Kyle Frederick 2
Dylan Stedjee 1
Trent Nolan 1
Brandon Schmitt 1
Phil Mott 1
Trentin Bell 1
R.M. Van Pay 1
Nate Michonski 1
Caden LeMieux 1
Marcus Yarie 1
Shannon Guelette 1
Shawn Kilgore 1
Vern Stedjee 1
Aaron Karcz 1
Travis Welch 1
Daniel Sell Jr. 1
Brandon Czarapata 1
Tyler Wendt 1
Jamison MacDonald 1
Jeremy Johnson 1
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMODS
Coy Vlies 7
Max Oreskovich 4
Brady Harshbarger 4
Cole Thomas 4
Cory Kemkes 4
Brian Konitzer 3
Tim Warner 3
Tommy Rindt 3
Craig Dorner 3
Ryan Schmidt 3
Jay Schaalma 3
Jake Carpenter 2
Cole Slezewski 2
Dylan Schmidt 2
Travis Schmidt 2
JJ Vanderloop 2
Jeffery Teske 2
Cole Magnin 2
Matt Urban 2
Tim Jorgenson 2
Dustin White 1
Jordan Jahnke 1
Jim Zdroik 1
Spencer Long 1
AJ Springborn 1
Robert Wittkopf 1
Nick Kresbach 1
Colton See 1
Bernie Reinhardt 1
Jared Spaulding 1
Trevin Veeser 1
Dan Jung 1
Randy LeMieux Jr. 1
Roger LaViolette 1
John Young 1
Rick LeMieux 1
Chris Kuchta 1
Steve Lorier 1
UNIFIED DIRT STREET STOCKS
Trey Van Straten 9
Paul Diefenthaler 8
Jeff Richards 6
Derek Moede 5
Dave DeGrave 4
Ryan Sullivan 3
Shannon Guelette 2
Mark Hoeppner 2
Phillip Wuesthoff 2
Kyle Genett 2
Cory Romenesko 2
Austin Steinke 1
Jason Piron 1
Danny Gracyalny 1 (Eagle River)
Garrett Geyer 1
Jacob Ambrosius 1
Alex Haese 1
Matt Hanson 1
Dan Van Pay 1
GRAND NATIONALS
Jeff Richards 8
Jeff Muehlbauer 5
Jake Richards 2
Brian Gilles 1
Maverick Ruh 1
Tyler Wilson 1
Jeff Steenbergen 1
Bristol Hitsman 1
Nick Schumacher 1
Brad Weiss 1
FOUR CYLINDERS/IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
James Reese 7
Brian Watzka Jr. 7
Skyler Bork 7
Cody Booth 4
Adam Broehm 3
Shawn Bangart 3
Brad Wedde 3
Thomas Schulte 3
Dalton Nelson 2
Clint Malueg 2
Tanner Westphalt 2
Scott Schlafke 2
Bennett Glidden 2
Chase Ertel 2
Seth Collar 1
Ben Schulte 1
Missy Clark 1
Brett Deprez 1
Jeffrey Meyer 1
Scott Blanke 1
Ricky Kaufert 1
Taylor Junk 1
Justin Finlan 1
Tucker Pari 1
Justin Haufe 1
Nathan Bowers 1
Calvin Stueck 1
Justin Haufe 1
TJ Everard 1