Rookie Mueller scores first LGR Super Late Model win! By Dale Erdmann

June 22, 2001; Lake Geneva, WI. -  It was another great night at Lake Geneva Raceway Saturday night, as just 23 race fans under the record came out for McLeod USA Mid American action sponsored by Lynch Motors in Burlington. James Swan of Lake Geneva won the 40 lap feature race for the traveling Series. Jerry Mueller of West Bend a rookie driver here won the 28 lap curfew shortened super late model feature his first win ever. Dan Tschida of Lake Geneva won the 25 lap McHenry Limo super stock feature his first win at the checkered as his first career win was due to a DQ of a fellow driver afew weeks ago.

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Jerry Mueller (#49) won his first career Super Late Model main event at Lake Geneva Raceway. The Mid-American Stock Car series was in town, and James Swan (#97) swept past Bobby Gutknecht (#10) for the lead and the win in the feature contest. Dan Tschida (#34) scored his second Super Stock feature win of the 2001 season, leading the field to the checkered flag.

The super late model feature was a dead heat with Paul Loppnow and Jerry Mueller as the green flag Came out. Lap two as these two diced for the lead Loppnow had the advantage. Lap three brought out the first of many caution flags, as Ryan Matthews and Billy Baumeister got together. One lap later Baumeister spun causing a false start. The next green gave Jerry Cowan some minor damage as the outside row brake checked each other. Up front Mueller had Rick Corso former Mid American champion trying everything to get by. There wasn’t any room at the top with this twosome in a rage.

Three laps later Brad Durbin joined the front runner in a three way battle for the top. On lap twelve Durbin inched into second with it was too close to call. Mueller did everything right as Durbin got out of square two laps later with Corso back in second. By lap nineteen it was side by side for the lead. Each go around Mueller was in front. Four more laps in the books and lapped traffic was coming up but first the caution appeared for a Denny Hiffman spin.

On lap twenty seven Matt Kocourek received lots of damge as Randy Rodgers Joe Fischer and Landry Potter were collected by a Corso spin in turn two. Pulling the cars apart took less time than the hot tempers that ensued the incident. Wayne Friemund gave chase to the leader but Durbin was right there too.

Another spin in the field brought out the checkered and the caution eneding this race. Mueller won the event with Durbin edging Friemund at the wire for second. Billy Skinner was fourth with Jamie Wallace and Baumeister recovering for sixth. A post race inspection dropped Durbin to last with carb modifications moving everyone up one spot.

Jeremy Olson in the John Maki Jr. mount out front of the twenty car field. Erik Engel, Scott Scholl and Mike Bell dueled for second. Quickly Dan Tschida moved into fourth, then third with only four laps in. Just one lap later Olson could feel the pressure of Tschida. Andy Szymanskyj spun onto the infield on lap nine while running sixth just as the lead changed hands.

The first an only caution came on lap eleven as the car of Dave Edwards got the worse damage from a Scott Eggebrecht and Rob Summers incident starting in turn four and ending with Eggebrecht receiving a black flag for his part in the melee.

On the restart Scholl climbed all over Olson as Tschida scooting away from the pack. Olson slowed quickly as Adam Regnier got by and Dave Melahn in the Greg Peterson mount. There were numerous changes behind the leader but when the checkered flew Tschida had the race won. Regnier held back Mike Kooi for second with Doug Peterson fourth. Melahn was fifth in this tight field with fast timer and point leader Jack Rubach sixth.

This coming Saturday night the NASCAR touring series comes to the raceway for their only appearance of the season. The RE/Max stars and cars will race here in a 150 lap feature in the honor of Al Schill Jr. who the race is named after. Plus other events. The super stocks will have their mid season championship that night part of the big program. The show begins with time trials at 6 pm. racing at 7:30. Admission is just $16 for adults juniors will be only $10. Under 8 are free with an adult admission purchase.

SUMMARY OF EVENTS LAKE GENEVA RACEWAY, LAKE GENEVA, WI. --  June 23, 2001