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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 Herbs 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.
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 earlierIve 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 wasnt one turn old when the room ran out as everyone couldnt
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 |
, |
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