Wallace tops Late Model action at LGR!
By Dale Erdmann

May 6, 2000; Lake Geneva, WI. -  The second largest crowd of the young 2000 season came out to Lake Geneva Raceway Saturday night despite rain falling all over the area, as Jamie Wallace of Pell Lake,the 1992 champion won his first 30 lap feature super late model feature of the year. Rob Hunt of McHenry, Illinois won his first super stock feature, since 1996. Landry Potter of Delavan driving double duty, won the first Wisconsin Allison Legacy feature of the year and sportsman regular, Eric Roberts of Zion, Illinois won his first ever sport truck feature, for the wire to wire victory.

Jamie Wallace (#87) won the Super Late Model feature at Lake Geneva Raceway Saturday night. Junior Fan Club member Adam Gebel presented him with the trophy.

Mike Simon paced the 20 car super late model feature, at the drop of the double green flags. Shane Bishop and a sparking Russ Blakley were right behind him. Bishop wrestled the lead from Simon on lap three, with Denny Hiffman right next to Simon, one lap later. Quickly Hiffman ducked to the inside, after not gaining any pavement, in his pursuit to the top spot. A slowing Dave Martinson was far inside the groove, but contact was made with the cars lapping him at the end of lap six, bringing out the caution for the Hiffman and Blakley involvement.

This set up for a great restart, as three local drivers battled for the lead. Kent Burkoth charged in front, with Bishop and Jamie Wallace dicing for second. Within one lap Brad Durbin joined the fray. Then on lap ten, the front two made contact, with the caution flying for Burkoth's spin.

Wallace became the leader, as the front two went to the back for the slowdown. Once out front the new leader was unstoppable, but the race was still up for grabs second through twelfth.

Wallace cruised to a comfortable margin, taking the win over Joe Fisher, Durbin, a recovering Hiffman, rookie Jamie Artelt, Simon, a hard charging Burkoth and Blakley.

A long dry spell ends! Mike Hunt (#00) took his turn in the winner's circle after a hard fought Super Stock feature victory!

The twenty five lap super stock feature, would go non stop, with alot of contact throughout the field. Rob Summers came off the outside pole in front of this fast field, with Tom Pay, John Maki, Tim Wilson and Doug Benedict all over the leader. Maki smoothly inched ahead of Fay by lap four, and then pulled then along side Summers on lap five. By the end of that go round, Maki was the new leader. Jeff Lorenz who earlier in the evening broke the one lap qualifying mark, wasn't gaining any positions at lap ten.

Maki was nearly three cars ahead of Fay, Wilson and Rob Hunt, entering lap eleven. On lap thirteen Hunt started to make his move to the front. Driving the 1999 championship car of Zac Deeringer's, Hunt grabbed second with John Janssen, Adam Regnier, Jeremy Tess and Greg Peterson all putting the pressure on third place Fay. Janssen got under Hunt on lap fourteen, but there was no stopping this driver, as a slick move came one lap later and Hunt became the leader, much to the surprise of both Maki and Janssen. Regnier knew that only nine laps remained and by lap nineteen, he was right behind the leader.

With just five laps to go, Lorenz finally broke out of the traffic jam and moved up to eighth place, but time was running out. Regnier worked on Hunt, with Janssen, Peterson and Maki too close to call. With the white flag shown , Hunt held the lead, but right behind him, Regnier and Janssen were in serious combat. With just a half lap left, the runner ups made contact  causing Regnier's tire to go down. Hunt won the tough event, with no lapped cars in the field and only three cars out of the contest. Janssen inched in front of Regnier for second, with Peterson, Lorenz, Maki, Jerry Cowan and Dan Huber completing the top eight.

Double duty!  Landry Potter (#88) competed in both the Allison Legacy Series cars and his Super Late Model this evening at Lake Geneva Raceway.  He fared best in the Legacy Series cars where he scored a dominating win.

It took Landry Potter only three laps using the inside groove to become the leader of the Wisconsin Allison Legacy Series main event, after Jeff Conn led the first two laps. Potter didn't have any trouble winning the race, but the race for second through tenth was tight. At the checkered Potter was no doubt the winner, with Scott Nicoson, Erik Darnell, Ken Wills, Doug Reichley and Casey Darnell rounding out the top six.

A quick study!  Eric Roberts, a Mid-American Sportsman driver at Lake Geneva Raceway tried his hand at Sport Truck racing and came away with a feature win.  Roberts would pace every lap of the event.

Eric Roberts led every lap of the sport truck feature, with Chad Ross the 1999 champion second. Quick timer Jim Olson was next, with Todd Ross, R.J. Ross and Vincent Merry completing the top six.

Next Saturday night is Scout night, with the first roll over contest of the season. The sportsman join the super late models and the super stocks. Time trials are at 6 pm. racing at 7:30 sharp, weekly Friday night moto cross racing returns to the stadium dirt course at 8 pm.

SUPER LATE MODELS:
30 Lap Feature: 1.) Jamie Wallace, Pell Lake; 2.) Joe Fisher, McHenry, IL; 3.) Brad Durbin, Lyons; 4.) Denny Hiffman, River Forest, IL; 5.) Jamie Artelt, Waukegan, IL; 6.) Mike Simon, Grayslake, IL; 7.) Kent Burkoth, Pell Lake; 8.) Russ Blakley, Palmyra; 9.) Brian Ulrich, Racine,; 10.) Shane Bishop, Pell Lake
1st Heat: 1.) Brain Ulrich, Racine; 2.) Tommy Goff, Lake Geneva; 3.) Rick Dittman
2nd Heat: 1.) Mike Simon, Grayslake, IL; 2.) Russ Blakley, Palmyra; 3.) Joe Fisher, McHenry, IL
Dash: 1.) Brad Durbin, Lyons; 2.) Jamie Wallace, Pell Lake; 3.) Kent Burkoth, Pell Lake
Time Trials: 1.) Jamie Wallace, Pell Lake, 16.199 Seconds; 2.) Landry Potter, Delavan, 16.360 Seconds; 3.) Jamie Artelt, Waukegan, IL, 16.417 Seconds

SUPER STOCKS:
25 Lap Feature: 1.) Mike Hunt, McHenry, Il; 2.) John Janssen, Genoa City; 3.) Adam Regnier, McHenry, IL; 4.) Greg Peterson, Paddock Lake, WI; 5.) Jeff Lorenz, Waukesha, WI; 6.) John Maki, Antioch, IL; 7.) Jerry Cowan, Burlington, WI; 8.) Dan Huber, Antioch, IL; 9.) Mike Kooi, Island Lake, IL; 10.) Tom Fay, Arlington Heights, IL
15 Lap Semi-Feature: 1.) Dan Tschida, Lake Geneva, WI; 2.) Erik Engel, Franklin, WI; 3.) Dave Toman, Lake Villa, IL
1st Heat: 1.) Erik Engel, Wonder Lake, IL; 2.) Al Kupahl, Franklin, WI; 3.) Michael Olson, Wonder Lake, IL
2nd Heat: 1.) Jack Rubach, Burlington, WI; 2.) Rick Jacobs, East Troy; 3.) Dave Toman, Lake Villa, IL
3rd Heat: 1.) Rob Hunt, McHenry, IL; 2.) Tim Wilson, East Troy; 3.) Mike Kooi, Island Lake, IL
Dash: 1.) Adam Regnier, McHenry, Il; 2.) Jerry Cowan, Burlington; 3.) Jeff Lorenz, Waukesha
Time Trials: 1.) Jeff Lorenz, Waukesha, WI, 18.946 Seconds (record); 2.) John Janssen, Genoa City, 19.086 Seconds; 3.) Jerry Cowan, Burlington, 19.169 Seconds

SPORT TRUCKS:
15 Lap Feature: 1.) Eric Roberts, Wadsworth, IL; 2.) Chad Ross, Grayslake, IL; 3.) James Olson, Woodstock, IL; 4.) Todd Ross, Hoffman Estates, IL; 5.) R.J. Ross Northbrook, IL; 6.) Lance Ross, Kenosha; 7.) Jimmy Olson Jr., Woodstock, IL; 8.) Vincent Merry, Wadsworth, IL
1st Heat: 1.) Chad Ross, Grayslake, IL; 2.) James Olson, Woodstock, IL; 3.) Eric Roberts, Wadsworth, IL
Time Trials: 1.) James Olson, Woodstock, IL, 19.528 Seconds; 2.) Chad Ross, Grayslake, IL, 19.676 Seconds; 3.) R.J. Ross, Northbrook, IL, 19.864 Seconds