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Miller
makes way to victory lane in Mini-Mod main!
By Dale Erdmann |
August 3, 2001; Lake Geneva, WI. - The weather in Southeastern Wisconsin the past few weeks has been nearly
unbearable and Friday night was no exception at Lake Geneva Raceway.But with a large pit
entry and good size crowd on hand Tony Buerafato of McHenry, Illinois won his first 20 lap
Basic International feature of his career.
Joe Miller of Kenosha returned to the winners circle for his second 15
lap Herbs mini modified feature in a row. Brian Baldyga won the 15 lap mini cup
feature.Point leaders Vincent Merry of Wadsworth, IL. won the 15 lap Sideline Motorsports
sport truck feature Rick Corso of McHenry,IL. increased his point lead by winning another
15 lap millennium late model feature and Al Smith of Rockford IL.won the 16 lap Perfection
Auto Body legends feature.
Tim Toussaint moved in front of Dick Behrendt Ken Jones and Brian
Baldyga at the drop of the first green of the super mini cup feature. By lap five Baldyga
was right behind the leader with a tight field behind him. The first car to be lapped came
on lap eleven as the lead two were still side by side. With just three laps to go Baldyga
edged ahead but Toussaint inching back in front from time to time.
The only caution came before that lap ended as Joe Soltis spun and was hit by the four
behind him. No one was hurt but Soltis night was over.On the restart it was going to be a
close one as the top six could not be separated. At the wire Baldyga was the winner with
Toussaint Jones Behrendt and Rich Dawson under a blanket.
Lyle Kuklinski was the early leader of the legends feature before Herman Greonig took over
the front spot. Three cautions ensued as Greonig held the lead until lap ten as Clayton
Kruse moved in front. Al Smith didnt let the new leader get out of sight as the
pressure was applied at the right time with the white flag out it was a dead heat
but Smith came off the final turn in front and won the race by inches in one of the best
races of the night.
Hermie Schultz grabbed the lead of the mini modified feature after starting in the front
row outside. Bill Trusky worked on the leader three laps before moving in front.Mike Heuss
returned after a few weeks away but was having good lucky on the day before a full
moon.Glen Verneeze tried to get around Schultz but Joe Miller stepped in front of him to
gain third with Trusky taking over the lead on lap four.
It was extremely close with Miller moving around Schultz on lap six. Phil Schultz was in
brother Jeffs mount just waiting for a mistake by Verneeze. If anything was going to
happen with the close competition it would take out the field. On lap nine Miller moved in
on Trusky with Ken Johnson pulling off a slick move to take over third before that lap
ended.Miller knew it was now or never and crept around Trusky.
The next five laps were too close to call as Miller held on for the win. Johnson nipped
Trusky for second with Hermie Schultz next and Verneeze on his tail for fifth.
Over 50 BIC cars timed in as twenty took the green in the 20 lap feature Todd Miller led
just two laps before Jerry Reize shot in front. By lap ten the field was spread out from
turn one back to turn four with Tony Buerafato getting a big break and then taking over
the lead before that lap ended. A great race followed the new leader who won the event
over Bill Webb who nipped Chris Koleno Jr. at the wire for second. Point leader Todd
Booker was fourth with fast timer Jeff Baum next and Randy Schneider fifth.
There are just four more Friday night programs on the 2001 schedule with time trials at
6pm. Racing begins at 7:30 pm. for the mini modifieds, BIC cars, legends millennium late
models and another appearance of the Rascal Outlaws in their challenge points series.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS LAKE
GENEVA RACEWAY, LAKE GENEVA, WI. -- August 3,
2001
Bic
Feature 20 Laps |
| 1 |
63 |
Tony Buerafato |
Mchenry, IL |
| 2 |
67 |
Bill Webb |
Sharon, WI |
| 3 |
17 |
Chris Koleno Sr |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 4 |
69 |
Todd Booker |
Hebron, IL |
| 5 |
34 |
Jeffrey Baum |
Gurnee, IL |
| 6 |
23 |
Randy Schneider |
Burlington, WI |
| 7 |
27 |
Nick Kalteis |
Lake Villa, IL |
| 8 |
50B |
Tom Benedetti |
, |
| 9 |
26E |
Dennis Estes |
Mukwonago, WI |
| 10 |
20 |
Kenneth Knapik |
Mchenry, IL |
| Bic
Semi Feature 15 Laps |
| 1 |
27 |
Nick Kalteis |
Lake Villa, IL |
| 2 |
20 |
Kenneth Knapik |
Mchenry, IL |
| 3 |
51 |
Rob Schiebel |
Ingleside, IL |
| 4 |
4 |
James Quast |
Delavan, WI |
| 5 |
921 |
Brad Norgard |
, |
| 6 |
7U |
Leroy Brown |
Beloit, WI |
| 7 |
17m |
Mike Rysziewicz |
Muskego, WI |
| 8 |
99 |
Leroy Dzierzanowski |
Schiller Park, IL |
| 9 |
28P |
Eugene Anderson |
, |
| 10 |
36 |
Rosendo Moreno |
, |
| Bic
Semi Feature 15 Laps |
| 1 |
3 |
Bob Koch |
Mchenry, IL |
| 2 |
26E |
Dennis Estes |
Mukwonago, WI |
| 3 |
327 |
Tim Hanssen |
, |
| 4 |
26 |
Brit Bromann |
Wildwood, IL |
| 5 |
86 |
Michael Gross |
Kenosha, Wi |
| 6 |
22m |
Jeff Curcio |
, |
| 7 |
38 |
Justin Stefanski |
Burlington, WI |
| 8 |
77k |
Andy Krueger |
, |
| 9 |
92 |
William Brant |
Twin Lakes, WI |
| 10 |
58D |
Dennis Brant |
Twin Lakes, IL |
| Bic
10 Lap Heat #1 |
| 1 |
27 |
Nick Kalteis |
Lake Villa, IL |
| 2 |
58D |
Dennis Brant |
Twin Lakes, IL |
| 3 |
36 |
Rosendo Moreno |
, |
| 4 |
33 |
Leroy Dzierzanowski Sr |
, |
| 5 |
73 |
Jessie Johnson |
, |
| 6 |
17m |
Mike Rysziewicz |
Muskego, WI |
| 7 |
1 |
Alan Danielson |
Burlington, WI |
| 8 |
28P |
Eugene Anderson |
, |
| 9 |
24 |
driver unknown |
, |
| 10 |
99b |
Brian Bottlemy |
McHenry, IL |
| Bic
10 Lap Heat #2 |
| 1 |
7U |
Leroy Brown |
Beloit, WI |
| 2 |
327 |
Tim Hanssen |
, |
| 3 |
7 |
Rich Roeling |
, |
| 4 |
38 |
Justin Stefanski |
Burlington, WI |
| 5 |
921 |
Brad Norgard |
, |
| 6 |
8R |
James Raderschadt |
Lake Geneva, WI |
| 7 |
92 |
William Brant |
Twin Lakes, WI |
| 8 |
77k |
Andy Krueger |
, |
| 9 |
69m |
Chris Blake |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 10 |
29 |
Brian Saunders |
Genoa City, WI |
| Bic
10 Lap Heat #3 |
| 1 |
3 |
Bob Koch |
Mchenry, IL |
| 2 |
51 |
Rob Schiebel |
Ingleside, IL |
| 3 |
20 |
Kenneth Knapik |
Mchenry, IL |
| 4 |
8 |
T-Bone Fell |
Walworth, WI |
| 5 |
11 |
John Curcio |
, |
| 6 |
55t |
Kevin Trondeau |
, |
| 7 |
22m |
Jeff Curcio |
, |
| 8 |
26 |
Brit Bromann |
Wildwood, IL |
| 9 |
4 |
James Quast |
Delavan, WI |
| 10 |
26E |
Dennis Estes |
Mukwonago, WI |
| Bic
10 Lap Heat #4 |
| 1 |
23 |
Randy Schneider |
Burlington, WI |
| 2 |
11k |
Kevin Oliver |
, |
| 3 |
50B |
Tom Benedetti |
, |
| 4 |
93 |
Dan Giannotti |
Bristol, WI |
| 5 |
12 |
Louie Kenney |
Burlington, WI |
| 6 |
151 |
David Schiebel |
Ingleside, IL |
| 7 |
17 |
Chris Koleno Sr |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 8 |
0C |
Ray Caswell |
Twin Lakes, WI |
| 9 |
21 |
Bill Horvat |
Delavan, WI |
| 10 |
24 |
Todd Miller |
Oak Creek, WI |
| Bic
Time Trials |
| 1 |
34 |
Jeffrey Baum |
Gurnee, IL |
| 2 |
67 |
Bill Webb |
Sharon, WI |
| 3 |
63 |
Tony Buerafato |
Mchenry, IL |
| 4 |
69 |
Todd Booker |
Hebron, IL |
| 5 |
X |
Frank Murray |
Richmond, IL |
| 6 |
28 |
Dale Gustum |
Round Lake Beach, IL |
| 7 |
23 |
Randy Schneider |
Burlington, WI |
| 8 |
12 |
Louie Kenney |
Burlington, WI |
| 9 |
50B |
Tom Benedetti |
, |
| 10 |
17 |
Chris Koleno Sr |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| Bic
6 Lap Dash |
| 1 |
63 |
Tony Buerafato |
Mchenry, IL |
| 2 |
67 |
Bill Webb |
Sharon, WI |
| 3 |
28 |
Dale Gustum |
Round Lake Beach, IL |
| 4 |
34 |
Jeffrey Baum |
Gurnee, IL |
| 5 |
X |
Frank Murray |
Richmond, IL |
| 6 |
69 |
Todd Booker |
Hebron, IL |
|
|
Legends
15 Lap Feature |
| 1 |
69 |
Al Smith |
Rockford, IL |
| 2 |
6 |
Curt Gnatzig |
Hartford, WI |
| 3 |
78 |
Herman Groenig |
, |
| 4 |
28 |
Joe Scala |
Fox River Grove, IL |
| 5 |
3 |
Clayton Kruse |
Burlington, WI |
| 6 |
59 |
Larry Will |
Batavia, IL |
| 7 |
66 |
Robb Duffek |
Orland Park, IL |
| 8 |
104 |
Doug Stanek |
, |
| 9 |
45 |
Lyle Kuklinski |
, |
| 10 |
8 |
Steve Licht |
, |
| Legends
10 Lap Heat |
| 1 |
28 |
Joe Scala |
Fox River Grove, IL |
| 2 |
45 |
Lyle Kuklinski |
, |
| 3 |
66 |
Robb Duffek |
Orland Park, IL |
| 4 |
8 |
Steve Licht |
, |
| 5 |
59 |
Larry Will |
Batavia, IL |
| 6 |
104 |
Doug Stanek |
, |
| Legends
Time Trials |
| 1 |
69 |
Al Smith |
Rockford, IL |
| 2 |
6 |
Curt Gnatzig |
Hartford, WI |
| 3 |
3 |
Clayton Kruse |
Burlington, WI |
| 4 |
78 |
Herman Groenig |
, |
| 5 |
28 |
Joe Scala |
Fox River Grove, IL |
| 6 |
45 |
Lyle Kuklinski |
, |
| 7 |
66 |
Robb Duffek |
Orland Park, IL |
| 8 |
59 |
Larry Will |
Batavia, IL |
| 9 |
104 |
Doug Stanek |
, |
| 10 |
8 |
Steve Licht |
, |
| Legends
4 Lap Dash |
| 1 |
3 |
Clayton Kruse |
Burlington, WI |
| 2 |
78 |
Herman Groenig |
, |
| 3 |
6 |
Curt Gnatzig |
Hartford, WI |
| 4 |
69 |
Al Smith |
Rockford, IL |
| MLM
15 Lap Feature |
| 1 |
88 |
Rick Corso |
, |
| 2 |
84 |
Tommy Nevoso |
, |
| 3 |
23 |
Jeff Goodwin |
, |
| 4 |
20 |
Chris Matters |
Eagle, WI |
| 5 |
40 |
Scott Patrick |
Dousman, WI |
| MLM
10 Lap Heat |
| 1 |
88 |
Rick Corso |
, |
| 2 |
84 |
Tommy Nevoso |
, |
| 3 |
20 |
Chris Matters |
Eagle, WI |
| 4 |
40 |
Scott Patrick |
Dousman, WI |
| 5 |
23 |
Jeff Goodwin |
, |
| MLM
Time Trials |
| 1 |
84 |
Tommy Nevoso |
, |
| 2 |
88 |
Rick Corso |
, |
| 3 |
23 |
Jeff Goodwin |
, |
| 4 |
20 |
Chris Matters |
Eagle, WI |
| 5 |
40 |
Scott Patrick |
Dousman, WI |
| Mini
Mods 15 Lap Feature |
| 1 |
11 |
Joe Miller |
Kenosha, WI |
| 2 |
2Th |
Ken Johnson |
Paddock Lake, WI |
| 3 |
72 |
Bill Trusky |
Silver Lake, WI |
| 4 |
71 |
Hermie Schultz |
Silver Lake, WI |
| 5 |
5G |
Glen Verneeze |
, |
| 6 |
1 |
Duck Wack |
Paddock Lake, WI |
| 7 |
74s |
Phil Schultz |
, |
| 8 |
21 |
Racin Rich Musgrave |
Des Plaines, IL |
| 9 |
23 |
Mike Heuss |
Elkhorn, WI |
| 10 |
24 |
Mike Van Houton |
Cary, IL |
| Mini
Mods 10 Lap Heat |
| 1 |
5G |
Glen Verneeze |
, |
| 2 |
71 |
Hermie Schultz |
Silver Lake, WI |
| 3 |
72 |
Bill Trusky |
Silver Lake, WI |
| 4 |
21 |
Racin Rich Musgrave |
Des Plaines, IL |
| 5 |
74s |
Phil Schultz |
, |
| 6 |
23 |
Mike Heuss |
Elkhorn, WI |
| Mini
Mods Time Trials |
| 1 |
2Th |
Ken Johnson |
Paddock Lake, WI |
| 2 |
24 |
Mike Van Houton |
Cary, IL |
| 3 |
11 |
Joe Miller |
Kenosha, WI |
| 4 |
1 |
Duck Wack |
Paddock Lake, WI |
| 5 |
72 |
Bill Trusky |
Silver Lake, WI |
| 6 |
5G |
Glen Verneeze |
, |
| 7 |
74s |
Phil Schultz |
, |
| 8 |
21 |
Racin Rich Musgrave |
Des Plaines, IL |
| 9 |
71 |
Hermie Schultz |
Silver Lake, WI |
| 10 |
23 |
Mike Heuss |
Elkhorn, WI |
| Mini
Mods 4 Lap Dash |
| 1 |
2Th |
Ken Johnson |
Paddock Lake, WI |
| 2 |
24 |
Mike Van Houton |
Cary, IL |
| 3 |
1 |
Duck Wack |
Paddock Lake, WI |
| 4 |
11 |
Joe Miller |
Kenosha, WI |
| Sport
Truck 15 Lap Feature |
| 1 |
55 |
Vincent Merry |
Wadsworth, IL |
| 2 |
3 |
Chad Ross |
Kenosha, WI |
| 3 |
11 |
Tom Ross |
Wadsworth, IL |
| 4 |
30 |
Jamie Everett |
McHenry, IL |
| 5 |
2 |
Kurt Gurtowski |
, |
| 6 |
27 |
Bill Olson |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| Sport
Truck 10 Lap Heat |
| 1 |
27 |
Bill Olson |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 2 |
3 |
Chad Ross |
Kenosha, WI |
| 3 |
55 |
Vincent Merry |
Wadsworth, IL |
| 4 |
30 |
Jamie Everett |
McHenry, IL |
| 5 |
2 |
Kurt Gurtowski |
, |
| 6 |
11 |
Tom Ross |
Wadsworth, IL |
| Sport
Truck Time Trials |
| 1 |
27 |
Bill Olson |
Wonder Lake, IL |
| 2 |
11 |
Tom Ross |
Wadsworth, IL |
| 3 |
55 |
Vincent Merry |
Wadsworth, IL |
| 4 |
3 |
Chad Ross |
Kenosha, WI |
| 5 |
30 |
Jamie Everett |
McHenry, IL |
| 6 |
2 |
Kurt Gurtowski |
, |
| 7 |
0 |
Todd Ross |
Hoffman Estates, IL |
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