Prestay tops Lake Geneva Super Late Model action!
By Dale Erdmann

September 2, 2000; Lake Geneva, WI. - It was another perfect night for stock car racing, as the weekly Saturday night program at Lake Geneva Raceway, was sponsored by Maki Construction Company of Antioch, Illinois. Fran Prestay of Silver Lake won his second 30 lap super late model feature of the year. Jeff Lorenz of Waukesha took the lead with one lap to go, winning his third 25 lap super stock feature, and now less than 100 points separates the top four super stocks. Mike Monroe of Pell Lake takes over the point lead, after winning the accident filled 20 lap sportsman feature.

Former track champion Fran Prestay (#17) paced the Super Late Model contest from green to checkered to earn his second victory of the year.

Fran Prestay moved off his pole starting position to gain the front spot, from the get go. The race was far from over, as Wayne Freimund scooted in front on lap two. It then became a see/saw battle for that top spot. As now Jerry Mueller was right behind the lead cars, just looking for an opportunity to move in front. By lap five, Kent Burkoth was along side Mueller and within two laps, third place would change hands with Burkoth gaining the spot.

On lap eight the battle for seventh turned ugly, as Brad Durbin and Shane Bishop tangled. Just as the green reappeared third place Mueller lost power and the field went everywhere trying to miss him. The next green Prestay inched in front of Burkoth, Freimund, Joe Fischer and Landry Potter.

Midway the leader had a comfortable lead, but the race behind him had positions too close to call. It was a five way fight for second, with Potter gaining some pavement, as he moved in on Burkoth. Fast timer Jeff Storm was now making his presence felt with Jamie Wallace looking for an opening. With five laps to go, Potter's exhaust worked it's way outside the body and the black flag was shown.

Brad Durbin (#57) suffers a minor setback as he loops his ride and is narrowly missed by Billy Skinner Jr. (#47) and Denny Hiffman (#41) during the Super Late Model feature event.

Then Freimund and Fischer diced for third, as no one gave an inch. Suddenly last weeks feature winner Bill Skinner joined this cluster. With the white flag shown, everyone knew it was Prestay's race to win or lose, but behind him, no one could make that call. At the wire Prestay was about five cars ahead, with Burkoth hanging on to second. Fischer nipped Freimund for third, with Storm taking fifth and Skinner just ahead of two other drivers for sixth, in a very close contest.

Jeff Lorenz (#25) used a feature victory during the Super Stock portion of the program to help him in his quest for the 2000 track title.

The super stock feature brought twenty drivers for the call, as Dave Lohse grabbed the lead over Dan Tschida, Mike Bell and Tom Fay. By lap five Bell was along side of Tschida, with Doug Peterson just waiting for a mistake. On lap nine Peterson had just got past Bell and Tschida, when Fay got pinched into the wall, as the protection barrels went flying everywhere and the caution appeared.

When the green reappeared Peterson didn't let Lohse get any advantage, with Mike Kooi, Adam Szymanskyj and quick qualifier John Janssen in a tight group. On lap twelve Adam Regnier who had won the last two features got around Bell and was closing in on Janssen. Starter Dave Rex warned Janssen two laps later to pick a lane. Now Dan Huber in his last race with that beautiful Dodge Charger was right behind Regnier. On lap fifteen coming off turn two, Regnier got inside Janssen as they made contact, causing Regnier to spin out of control. The caution came out and Janssen got the black flag. Regnier was sent to the rear and Lohse was still the leader.

With the green back out, Huber coasted to the pits with problems and Lorenz crept into fifth, right on Szymanskyj's tail. The race for second had Peterson and Kooi in a see/saw battle, as Lohse moved to his best cushion of the race. Jeremy Olson who changed his number for better lucky, got squeezed into the wall on lap nineteen and the final caution came out.

It looked like Lohse would pull off his first win, as Peterson, then Lorenz tried to unseat him. But as the cars entered turn three with only a quarter lap to go, Lohse drifted wide, as did Peterson. Lorenz used that mistake to gain the lead at the wire, just three feet ahead of Lohse, and Jerry Cowan who nipped Peterson for position at the line. Followed by Szymanskyj and Kooi. A post race inspection moved Regnier into sixth, after Lohse's DQ for compression.

Mike Monroe (#3) had a great evening in Sportsman action at Lake Geneva Raceway.  The speedster captured the feature event after taking the lead late in the contest.  The victory also elevated Monroe to the top of the point standings as the season begins to come to it's conclusion.

Rookie Terry Crowell moved in front of the sportsman feature, with Dan Erikson briefly in second, before Jocko Terrault flew by. Crowell held onto the lead just two more laps as Terrault was hooked up tonight. On lap eight the throttle stuck on Crowell's mount and the caution appeared after he flew off turn three. No one was injured, but LeRoy Potter used that incident to gain some pavement on the leader.

Just passed midway things got wild, first Brian Baker andSscott Poritz tangled causing another slowdown. Then one lap later Zac Deeringer and Potter got together, with Potter out of the event with a flat tire after that racing incident. With just two laps to go, there was problems in turn two and three, causing a halt to the action. On the restart Monroe pounced on the leader and flew in front for the win. Deeringer took second, with Jerry Freeman nipping Terrault for fourth and Eikson rounded out the top six finishers.

Next Saturday night September 9th, The sportsman cars will join the super late models and super stocks on the program. There will also be semi truck one on one racing for the added attraction. Time trials are at 6 pm. racing at 7:30 pm. sharp. Racing continues through October 7th.

RESULTS

SUPER LATE MODELS:
30 Lap Feature: 1.) Fran Prestay, Silver Lake; 2.) Ken Burkoth, Pell Lake; 3.) Joe Fischer, McHenry, IL; 4.) Wayne Freimund, West Allis; 5.) Jeff Storm, Waterford; 6.) Billy Skinner, Pell Lake; 7.) Denny Hiffman, River Forest, IL; 8.) Brad Durbin, Lyons; 9.) Randy Rogers, Lake Geneva; 10.) Matt Kocourek, RacineL
18 Lap Semi-Feature: 1.) Brian Ulrich, Racine; 2.) Dennis Carlton, Grayslake, IL; 3.) Bob Moeller, Johnsburg, IL
1st Heat: 1.) Rick Dittman, Lake Geneva; 2.) Dennis Carlton, Trevor; 3.) Mike Vogt Jr., Greenfield
2nd Heat: 1.) Brian Ulrich, Racine; 2.) Matt Kocourek, Racine; 3.) Jeff Way, Waterford
3rd Heat: 1.) Fran Prestay, Silver Lake; 2.) Wayne Freimund, West Allis; 3.) Jerry Mueller, West Bend
Dash: 1.) Landry Potter, Delavan; 2.) Jeff Storm, Waterford; 3.) Brad Durbin, Lyonse
Time Trials: 1.) Jeff Storm, Waterford, 16.242 Seconds; 2.) Jamie Wallace, Pell Lake, 16.285 Seconds; 3.) Brad Durbin, Lyons, 16.304 Seconds

SUPER STOCKS:
20 Lap Features: 1.) Jeff Lorenz, Waukesha; 2.) Jerry Cowan, Burlington; 3.) Doug Peterson, Antioch, IL; 4.) Andy Szymanskyj, East Troy; 5.) Mike Kooi, Island Lake, IL; 6.) Adam Regnier, McHenry, IL; 7.) John Maki Jr, Antioch, IL; 8.) Al Kupahl, Franklin; 9.) Paul Konieczny, Waukesha; 10.) Dan Tschida, Lake Geneva
15 Lap Semi-Feature: 1.) John Maki Jr, Antioch, IL; 2.) Al Kupahl, Franklin; 3.) Michael Olson, Wonder Lake, IL;
1st Heat: 1.) Michael Olson, Wonder Lake, IL; 2.) Scott Peterson, Lake Geneva; 3.) Tom Roney, Crystal Lake, IL
2nd Heat: 1.) John Maki Jr., Antioch, IL; 2.) Norm Paulson, Beach Park, Il; 3.) Mike Robertson, East Troy
3rd Heat: 1.) Doug Peterson, Antioch, IL; 2.) Mike Kooi, Island Lake, IL; 3.) Mike Bell, Waukesha
Dash: 1.) Adam Regnier, McHenry, IL; 2.) Jeff Lorenz, Waukesha; 3.) John Janssen, Genoa City
Time Trials: 1.) John Janssen, Genoa City, 19.279 Seconds; 2.) Jeff Lorenz, Waukesha, 19.283 Seconds; 3.) Jerry Cowan, Burlington, 19.301 Seconds

SPORTSMAN:
20 Lap Feature: 1.) Mike Monroe, Pell Lake; 2.) Zac Deeringer, Wonder Lake, IL; 3.) Jerry Freeman, Antioch, IL; 4.) Jocko Terrault, Ingleside, IL; 5.) Terry Crowell, North Prairie; 6.) Dan Erikson, Lyons; 7.) Scott Poritz, Burlington; 8.) Jousha Nelms, Glen View, IL; 9.) Jousha Shaw, Vernon Hills, IL; 10.) Monty Coffman, Burlington, IL
Heat: 1.) Terry Crowell, North Prairie; 2.) Dan Erikson, Lyons; 3.) Jocko Terrault, Ingleside, IL
Dash: 1.) Zac Deeringer, Wonder Lake, IL; 2.) Mike Monroe, Pell Lake; 3.) Jerry Freeman, Antioch, IL
Time Trials: 1.) Mike Monroe, Pell Lake, 17.349 Seconds; 2.) Brian Baker, Springfield, 17.489 Seconds; 3.) Scott Poritz, Burlington, 17.558 Seconds