NASCAR Weekend Next at Lake Geneva Raceway! By Dale Erdmann and Dean Strom

June 24, 2002; Lake Geneva, WI. -  The biggest weekend of the summer comes to Lake Geneva Raceway this coming Friday and Saturday. On Saturday night June 29th. the traveling NASCAR touring series comes to the one third mile paved banked oval located in Southeastern Wisconsin.

The Re/Max Challenge series has been here each year since 1998 when the ARTGO series was sold.

The 150 lap feature race is named after the raceway’s 1995 champion Al Schill Jr. who died at his home in Wind Lake (Wisconsin) March 30th. 1999. His father Al Schill won the feature in 2000 and is the current Budweiser super late model point leader here.Steve Carlson won the event each of the other years. A field of about 25 cars is expected.

Time trials begin at 5:45 pm and the primary events get under way at 7 pm sharp. The McHenry Limousine super stocks
will run at full program and the S & P motorsports millennium late models are now part of the program after 15 of them showed up June 21st. for the weekly Friday show.

On Friday night the regular weekly program that runs Saturday will take place. The super late models the sportsman sport trucks and Basic International cars will race. Time trials begin at 6pm. first race at 7:30.Weekend spectator admission passes are only $23 for both days. Juniors are $12. Nightly tickets on Friday are $10 for adults with juniors $5 and Saturday is $16 for adults and $8 for juniors. Under 8 either night are free with any adult ticket purchase.

You can now hear the complete race program on WLGR 88.5 on your FM dial.The signal is only on the air during race programs.If you are interested in the raceway’s news letter call 262-248-8566.

RE/MAX CHALLENGE SERIES, NASCAR TOURING,
SWINGS BACK IN ACTION WITH AL SCHILL, JR MEMORIAL 150

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. (June 24, 2002)-After a three week hiatus, competitors on the RE/MAX Challenge Series, NASCAR Touring return to action, Saturday night, June 29, at the Lake Geneva (Wis) Raceway for the 4th annual running
of the Al Schill, Jr. Memorial 150.

The event marks the sixth consecutive year the series has stopped at Lake Geneva Raceway around the July 4th holiday.  For the fourth consecutive year, the event will be run in honor of Al Schill, Jr.  Schill was a promising second generation racer on the RE/MAX Challenge Series who died at his home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning on March 28, 1999, just hours after finishing a career best second in that season's opening event.

Saturday gets under way at 4:30 p.m. (CT) with practice for the RE/MAX Challenge Series competitors.  Qualifying is slated for 6:45 p.m. with the fastest 15 drivers earning automatic starting berths.  Five drivers will advance to the main event via a 25-lap last chance qualifier with the final four spots reserved as provisional starting spots.  The green flag will fly over the Al Schill, Jr Memorial 150 at 8:00 p.m.

Current RE/MAX Challenge Series championship point leader Steve Carlson led the final 52 laps of the 2001 Al Schill, Jr Memorial and took the win.  But all eyes were on Al Schill, Sr, making his first RE/MAX Challenge Series start of the season.   The elder Schill started 11th and charged to the front but came up short at the checkered, placing fourth.

In true story book fashion, Schill, Sr won the event, contested in his sons honor, in 2000.  Schill, who is a multiple time Lake Geneva Raceway track champion, is once again expected to contend for the victory. A pair of young Wisconsin drivers, Hubertus's Chad Barker and Central Wisconsin standout Jeremy Lepak are entered in the event.  Barker will be behind the wheel of his family owned Wynn's #38 with Lepak taking a turn in the Navy/E-Z Lube Chevrolet #45.  Both will be looking to make their RE/MAX Challenge Series debut.