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Kruse wins first Legends main of the season!
By Dale Erdmann

July 20, 2001; Lake Geneva, WI. It was a hot humid night with the heat index at 105 but a good size crowd came out at Lake Geneva Raceway Friday night to see some great racing action. Clayton Kruse of Burlington won his first 20 lap Perfection Auto Body legends feature of the season. Kruse is the owner of the body shop that sponsors the division. Paddock Lake driver “Doctor Tooth” Ken Johnson continued to dominate the Herb’s mini modifieds after taking fast time,winning his heat and the 15 lap feature race. Johnson said “ I put brand new tires on, the first lap of qualifying felt like on was on ice, but the secondwas great. I thought time would run out in my heat and the feature before I could get the car to work right”. Denny Norton Jr. subbed for Tommy Nevoso and the McHenry, Illinois driver just missed a clean sweep of the millennium late model class. Bill Olson of Wonder Lake,IL. won his third Sideline Motorsports feature of the season. Dave Colletti of Lake in the Hills, IL. won the 20 lap Outlaw Rascal Feature.

Photo Highlights

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Dave Colletti topped the action at Lake Geneva Raceway this evening in the Rascal Outlaws feature event.
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Clayton Kruse (#3) scored top honors for the first time this season in Legend feature action.
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Vincent Merry (#55) and Jamie Everett (#30) get crossed up in Sport Truck action.

Todd Booker of Hebron,IL., the Basic International Car point leader came with his 1990 Honda CRX winning the dash and the 20 lap feature,that ran first on the quarter mile and finished the last 10 laps on the third. Booker left without his car due to the claim rule,but went home with $500 after the bidding was completed. Booker told the crowd earlier“I’ve got $100 in this car and the cost of the racing seat,this is the division to race in if you want to have fun”.

Lyle Kuklinski busted out front of the legends feature with Al Smith and Clayton Kruse close behind. The field was tight but Kruse looked like he was on a rail after starting second last row inside and quickly scooting out front on lap four. The race was far from over as Curt Gnatzig shot into second two laps later and gave the eventual winner a run for his money. Kruse was the winner with Gnatzig,Tom Pirkel,Brad Popp and Smith next.

Joe Miller paced the field in the mini modified feature with Rich Musgrave, Duck Wack and Bill Trusky next. The top threesome diced and battle for the front spot,with Musgrave taking over on lap three. But Miller would have no part of being second moving back in front for the next three laps. Then It was Musgrave back on top at the half way point. The side by side show was all the way to the back as the next lap Miller and Musgrave were a dead heat for first.

With the five lap signal given Miller was again out front. One lap later Glen Verneeze and Mike Van Houten slipped past Musgrave with Johnson fourth with three laps to go. It would be a wild one lap dash as Johnson crept to the outside of the racing threesome. Coiming out of turn two Johnson inched ahead and went on to win over Miller,Verneeze,Van Houten and Musgrave.

The BIC feature wasn’t one turn old when the room ran out as everyone couldn’t make it through the gate on the old track. A complete restart brought a better second try as Nick Estes slipped in front, with Dan Giannotti, Randy Schneider who had fast time and 65 year old Walt Leppard next. Giannotti moved ahead of the other nineteen cars on lap four with Schneider chasing him.Estes had fallen to third with Dale Gustum along side.Schneider was next to take over the lead holding it until the caution came out to switch to the big track.

Once on the fast surface Giannotti charged past Schneider quickly,Todd Booker next. Three laps later Booker made short work of his competition with Estes second. Those final six laps were great as Booker won the event over Estes, Jeff Baum the quick time qualifier,Giannotti and Schneider in what was a non stop race if the track switching would have not occurred.

Next Friday night the open wheel action of the Formula Indy racing Association cars and the sport trucks join the regular divisions with racing at 7:30,time trials begin at 6:00 pm. The motocross weekly program takes place on the stadium dirt course at 8 pm.

SUMMARY OF EVENTS LAKE GENEVA RACEWAY, LAKE GENEVA, WI. --  July 20, 2001

BICS 20 Lap Feature

1 69 Todd Booker Hebron, IL
2 25c Nick Estes ,
3 34 Jeffrey Baum Gurnee, IL
4 93 Dan Giannotti Bristol, WI
5 23 Randy Schneider Burlington, WI
6 28 Dale Gustum Round Lake Beach, IL
7 3 Bob Koch Mchenry, IL
8 27 Nick Kalteis ,
9 0 Eric Schossen Crystal, IL
10 20t Tony Reik Elkhorn, WI
Bic Semi #1 15 Laps
1 27 Nick Kalteis ,
2 26 Brit Bromann ,
3 17 Chris Koleno Sr Wonder Lake, IL
4 16 Paul Schramm Wonder Lake, IL
5 12 Louie Kenney Burlington, WI
6 50 Bradley Sherer Beloit, WI
7 21 Bill Horvat Delavan, WI
8 11k Kevin Oliver ,
9 4 James Quast Delavan, WI
10 58D Dennis Brant Twin Lakes, IL
BIC Semi#2 15 Laps
1 0 Eric Schossen Crystal, IL
2 51 Rob Schiebel Ingleside, IL
3 11 John Curcio ,
4 3z John Greene McHenry, IL
5 986 Dan Craig Gurnee, IL
6 22m Jeff Curcio ,
7 92 William Brant Twin Lakes, WI
8 7U Leroy Brown Beloit, WI
9 30er Ben Nelson East Troy, WI
10 75 Racin Butch Aissen ,
Bic Heat #1 10 Laps
1 26 Brit Bromann ,
2 92 William Brant Twin Lakes, WI
3 30er Ben Nelson East Troy, WI
4 8 Adam Ornberg Lake Geneva, WI
5 8p David Emery Delavan, WI
6 1T Tim Dunham ,
7 61 Michael Craig Lindenhurst, IL
8 1 Alan Danielson Burlington, WI
9 28P Eugene Anderson ,
Bic Heat #2 10 Laps
1 27 Nick Kalteis ,
2 17 Chris Koleno Sr Wonder Lake, IL
3 12 Louie Kenney Burlington, WI
4 16 Paul Schramm Wonder Lake, IL
5 11 John Curcio ,
7 986 Dan Craig Gurnee, IL
8 3z John Greene McHenry, IL
9 7U Leroy Brown Beloit, WI
Bic Heat #3 10 laps
1 51 Rob Schiebel Ingleside, IL
2 21 Bill Horvat Delavan, WI
3 0 Eric Schossen Crystal, IL
4 22m Jeff Curcio ,
5 4 James Quast Delavan, WI
6 6er Eric Betts East Troy, WI
7 75 Racin Butch Aissen ,
8 11k Kevin Oliver ,
9 58D Dennis Brant Twin Lakes, IL
Bic Heat #4 10 Laps
1 25c Nick Estes East Troy,WI.
2 20 Kenneth Knapik Mchenry, IL
3 93 Dan Giannotti Bristol, WI
4 35 Walt Leppard Eagle, WI
5 24 Todd Miller Oak Creek, WI
6 88 Matt Pruessing Walworth, WI
7 20t Tony Reik Elkhorn, WI
8 0C Ray Caswell Twin Lakes, WI
9 8 T-Bone Fell Walworth, WI
10 911 Bruce Barry Crystal Lake, IL
Bic Time Trials top 10
1 34 Jeffrey Baum Gurnee, IL
2 67 Bill Webb Sharon, WI
3 23 Randy Schneider Burlington, WI
4 69 Todd Booker Hebron, IL
5 3 Bob Koch Mchenry, IL
6 28 Dale Gustum Round Lake Beach, IL
7 24 Todd Miller Oak Creek, WI
8 35 Walt Leppard Eagle, WI
9 20t Tony Reik Elkhorn, WI
10 25c Nick Estes East Troy,WI.
BIC Dash 6 Laps
1 69 Todd Booker Hebron, IL
2 34 Jeffrey Baum Gurnee, IL
3 3 Bob Koch Mchenry, IL
4 28 Dale Gustum Round Lake Beach, IL
5 23 Randy Schneider Burlington, WI
6 67 Bill Webb Sharon, WI

Legends Heat Race

1 66 Robb Duffek Orland Park, IL
2 69 Al Smith Rockford, IL
3 45 Lyle Kuklinski ,
4 78 Herman Groenig ,
5 28 Joe Scala Fox River Grove, IL
6 75 David Cerer Lindenhurst, IL
7 59 Larry Will Batavia, IL
Legends Time Trials
1 6 Curt Gnatzig Hartford, WI
2 3 Clayton Kruse Burlington, WI
3 67 Brad Popp Burlington, WI
4 0 Tom Pirkel ,
5 78 Herman Groenig ,
6 69 Al Smith Rockford, IL
7 75 David Cerer Lindenhurst, IL
8 45 Lyle Kuklinski ,
9 28 Joe Scala Fox River Grove, IL
10 66 Robb Duffek Orland Park, IL
Legends Heat
1 3 Clayton Kruse Burlington, WI
2 6 Curt Gnatzig Hartford, WI
3 67 Brad Popp Burlington, WI
4 0 Tom Pirkel ,

Milleniums Feature 15 Laps

1 84 Denny Norton Jr. McHenry,IL.
2 88 Rick Corso McHenry,IL.
3 16 Luke Westenberg Palmyra, WI
4 23 Jeff Goodwin Zion,IL.
Millenium Heat 10 Laps
1 84 Denny Norton Jr. McHenry,IL.
2 16 Luke Westenberg Palmyra, WI
3 88 Rick Corso McHenry,IL.
4 23 Jeff Goodwin Zion,IL.
Milleniums Time Trials
1 88 Rick Corso McHenry,IL.
2 84 Denny Norton Jr. McHenry,IL.
3 23 Jeff Goodwin Zion,IL.
4 16 Luke Westenberg Palmyra, WI
Mini-Mods Feature 20 Laps
1 2Th Ken Johnson Paddock Lake, WI
2 11 Joe Miller Kenosha, WI
3 5G Glen Verneeze Salem,WI.
4 24 Mike Van Houton Cary, IL
5 21 Racin Rich Musgrave Des Plaines, IL
6 72 Bill Trusky Silver Lake, WI
7 1 Duck Wack Paddock Lake, WI
8 71 Hermie Schultz Silver Lake, WI
9 55 Joe Marinello Barboo,WI.
Mini-Mods Heat 9 Laps
1 2Th Ken Johnson Paddock Lake, WI
2 71 Hermie Schultz Silver Lake, WI
3 72 Bill Trusky Silver Lake, WI
4 21 Racin Rich Musgrave Des Plaines, IL
5 11 Joe Miller Kenosha, WI
6 24 Mike Van Houton Cary, IL
7 5G Glen Verneeze Salem,WI.
8 55 Joe Marinello Barboo
9 1 Duck Wack Paddock Lake, WI
Mini-Mods Time Trials
1 2Th Ken Johnson Paddock Lake, WI
2 24 Mike Van Houton Cary, IL
3 71 Hermie Schultz Silver Lake, WI
4 5G Glen Verneeze Salem,WI.
5 72 Bill Trusky Silver Lake, WI
6 1 Duck Wack Paddock Lake, WI
7 21 Racin Rich Musgrave Des Plaines, IL
8 11 Joe Miller Kenosha, WI
9 55 Joe Marinello ,
Sport Trucks 10 Lap Feature
1 27 Bill Olson Wonder Lake, IL
2 3 Chad Ross Kenosha, WI
3 55 Vincent Merry Wadsworth, IL
4 0 Todd Ross Hoffman Estates, IL
5 2 Kurt Gurtowski Racine,WI
6 30 Jamie Everett McHenry, IL
7 11 Tom Ross Wadsworth, IL
Sport Trucks 10 Lap Heat
1 3 Chad Ross Kenosha, WI
2 11 Tom Ross Wadsworth, IL
3 0 Todd Ross Hoffman Estates, IL
4 55 Vincent Merry Wadsworth, IL
5 2 Kurt Gurtowski ,
6 30 Jamie Everett McHenry, IL
7 27 Bill Olson Wonder Lake, IL
Sport Trucks Time Trials
1 27 Bill Olson Wonder Lake, IL
2 0 Todd Ross Hoffman Estates, IL
3 11 Tom Ross Wadsworth, IL
4 55 Vincent Merry Wadsworth, IL
5 3 Chad Ross Kenosha, WI
6 30 Jamie Everett McHenry, IL
7 2 Kurt Gurtowski ,