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Sheldon Wins Third Feature but Loses BIC Car!
By Dale Erdmann

August 3, 2002; Lake Geneva, WI. -  Greg Sheldon of Crystal Lake, IL. ranked second in points in the Anchor Towing Basic International cars won his third straight 15 lap feature Friday night at Lake Geneva Raceway. But after the feature was completed while in the winners circle Don Hunt came down and claimed Sheldon’s Acura.

Sheldon excepted the claim and got Hunt’s Nissan plus the $300 claim money. “I’ll be back next week and will be looking for my fourth win” Sheldon told the large crowd that stayed around for the claim. In the Great Lakes Allison legacy series local driver Keith Tolf of nearby Kenosha won the caution flag plagued 20 lap feature.

Veteran Wally Reitz of Plainfield,IL. won his first 20 lap feature of the season here in the Formula Indy cars. Another veteran Bart Reinen of Jefferson won his second S&P motorsports millennium late model feature of the year. Joe Miller of Kenosha
won his first 15 lap Herb’s mini modified feature this season. Hartford driver Curt Gnatzig got back in the winning groove after a few weeks of problems and Tom Ross of Wadsworth,IL. won the sport truck feature for 15 laps.

Photo Highlights
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Bart Reinen (#6) earned his second Millennium Late Model feature win of the 2002 season at Lake Geneva Raceway.
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Greg Sheldon (#91) took the win but lost his car as it was claimed after winning his third feature of the season in the Bic Cars.
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Joe Miller (#11) came out on top of a hard fought feature contest in the Mini- Mods.
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Veteran racer Wally Reitz (#8) topped the Formula Indy Racing Association feature contest.

Vladi Vladimirov paced the field in the BIC feature for the opening two laps
before Steve Doherty got by but a caution on lap four grouped the field up and just two laps later after starting eighth row inside Greg Sheldon smoothly movedout front. Three more cautions never stopped Sheldon winning the feature just ahead of fast timer Jeff Baum, LeRoy Potter in the Brian Bottlemy car Steve Richter and Doherty.

Bill Trusky charged out front of the mini modified feature with Mike VanHouten, Joe Miller, and Hermie Schultz at his side. No one could get past the lead and by lap ten it looked like it would be another win for Trusky. With just three laps to got Miller got his second wind and the lead changed hands many times during the final laps. Coming off turn four for the checkered it was a four way battle for the lead with Miller crossing the line first.Trusky, Schultz and point leader Jeff Schultz were next with Lee Morrison fifth.

The visiting Great Lakes Allison legacy feature could get off the ground as Casey Darnell got squeezed into the wall on the first lap ending his night quickly. Then newcomer Dick Blaylick spun on lap five halting the action. Each time Keith Tolf came out front. On lap seven Blaylick smashed hard into the wall after contact. There were no injures but the first night drivers run was over.Two laps later Neil McClelland, Chad Davidson and Sarah Schaub were involved in another fray.

Final there were ten laps of true racing long time racer Gary Krueger a former super late model driver here in the 70’s and early 80’s challenged Tolf numerous times for the top spot but never holding the advantage. Then Bill Hobson joined the fight for the front spot and the leader held his line and never faultered. Just as three cars crossed the line with the white being shown Krueger and Davidson tangled stopping the race one more time. The two lap dash proved to be all Tolf’s show with the win coming next Hobson was second only inches behind McClelland recovered for third Krueger fourth and 2002 Union Grove high school graduate fifth.

Brad Popp led the first five laps of the legend feature with everyone glued together. Clayton Kruse, Curt Gnatzig, Brian Cataldi and Popp were all involved in a lap six incident. Steve Licht who was running mid pack was now the leaderholding the top spot despite numerous challenges from Rob Duffek and Herman Greinig.

With just four laps to go Gnatzig wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to win a feature grabbing the lead on lap twelve.With just two turns to go Kruse tried every thing in the book to overcome the leader.Gnatzig won the event with Kruse Licht, Duffek and new comer Eric Lokemoen fifth in this exciting contest.

The non stop millennium feature couldn’t get the parade completed but after that it was a the Bart Reinen show with many challenges coming before the checkered. Reinen crossed the line ahead of Paul Dygon James Swan in the Kenny Joosten mount rookie Boyd Clavert a former midget driver and Shawn Connelly the quick qualifier.

The open wheel Rascal Outlaws return this Friday along with the other divisions that run weekly. Time trials are at 6pm. racing at 7:30 sharp.Weekly racing has just four more weeks left for the Friday night season. The small car world championship will top off the season on September 27th. after four weeks off from weekly action.

MLM Feature           
1    6    Bart Reinen    ,
2    95    Paul Dygon    Racine, WI
3    47    Kenny Joosten    Wonder Lake, IL
4    3    Boyd Calvert    Elkhorn, WI
5    3    Shawn Connelly    ,
6    63    Jacob Humphrey    Lake Geneva, WI
7    14    Joshua Shaw    Vernon Hills, IL
8    84    Tommy Nevoso (t)    Trevor, WI
9    98    Steve Maciosek    Burlington, WI
10    0    Carrie Dygon    Racine, WI
           
MLM Heat #1           
1    6    Bart Reinen    ,
2    95    Paul Dygon    Racine, WI
3    3    Boyd Calvert    Elkhorn, WI
4    98    Steve Maciosek    Burlington, WI
5    63    Jacob Humphrey    Lake Geneva, WI
6    0    Carrie Dygon    Racine, WI
           
MLM Time Trials           
1    47    Kenny Joosten    Wonder Lake, IL
2    3    Shawn Connelly    ,
3    84    Tommy Nevoso (t)    Trevor, WI
4    14    Joshua Shaw    Vernon Hills, IL
5    63    Jacob Humphrey    Lake Geneva, WI
6    95    Paul Dygon    Racine, WI
7    98    Steve Maciosek    Burlington, WI
8    6    Bart Reinen    ,
9    3    Boyd Calvert    Elkhorn, WI
10    0    Carrie Dygon    Racine, WI
           
MLM Dash           
1    84    Tommy Nevoso (t)    Trevor, WI
2    3    Shawn Connelly    ,
3    47    Kenny Joosten    Wonder Lake, IL
4    14    Joshua Shaw    Vernon Hills, IL

Legends Feature           
1    6    Curt Gnatzig    Hartford, WI
2    3    Clayton Kruse    Burlington, WI
3    8    Steve Licht    Burlington, WI
4    66    Robb Duffek    Orland Park, IL
5    8h    Rich Hendrickson    ,
6    78    Hermann Greinig    Addison, IL
7    7    Brian Cataldi    ,
8    67    Brad Popp    Burlington, WI
           
Legends Heat #1           
1    8    Steve Licht    Burlington, WI
2    6    Curt Gnatzig    Hartford, WI
3    78    Hermann Greinig    Addison, IL
4    66    Robb Duffek    Orland Park, IL
5    7    Brian Cataldi    ,
6    67    Brad Popp    Burlington, WI
7    8h    Rich Hendrickson    ,
8    3    Clayton Kruse    Burlington, WI
           
Legends Time Trials           
1    6    Curt Gnatzig    Hartford, WI
2    66    Robb Duffek    Orland Park, IL
3    7    Brian Cataldi    ,
4    8    Steve Licht    Burlington, WI
5    67    Brad Popp    Burlington, WI
6    3    Clayton Kruse    Burlington, WI
7    78    Hermann Greinig    Addison, IL
8    8h    Rich Hendrickson    ,             
          
Mini Modified Feature           
1    11    Joe Miller    ,
2    72    Bill Trusky    ,
3    71    Hermie Schultz    ,
4    74    Jeff Schultz    ,
5    7    Roy Morrison    ,
6    2    Ken Johnson    ,
7    24    Mike Vanhouten    ,
8    77    Lee Morrison    ,
9    25    Chris Marinello    ,
10    21    Curt Thomarin    Elkhorn, WI
           
Mini Modified Heat #1           
1    77    Lee Morrison    ,
2    24    Mike Vanhouten    ,
3    11    Joe Miller    ,
4    72    Bill Trusky    ,
5    25    Chris Marinello    ,
6    21    Curt Thomarin    Elkhorn, WI
7    97    Rick Lambert    ,
           
Mini Modified Time Trials           
1    2    Ken Johnson    ,
2    7    Roy Morrison    ,
3    74    Jeff Schultz    ,
4    71    Hermie Schultz    ,
5    11    Joe Miller    ,
6    24    Mike Vanhouten    ,
7    72    Bill Trusky    ,
8    77    Lee Morrison    ,
9    21    Curt Thomarin    Elkhorn, WI
10    25    Chris Marinello    ,
           
Mini Modified Dash            
1    2    Ken Johnson    ,
2    74    Jeff Schultz    ,
3    7    Roy Morrison    ,
4    71    Hermie Schultz    ,

Bic Feature            
1    91    Greg Sheldon    Crystal Lake, IL
2    5    Brian Bottlemy    McHenry, IL
3    58    Steve Richter    Bristol, WI
4    49    Steve Doherty    Woodstock, IL
5    33    Dan Giannotti    Bristol, WI
6    11k    Kevin Oliver    Pell Lake, WI
7    43    Jeff Bremer    Round Lake, IL
8    63    Tony Burrafato    McHenry, IL
9    28    Dale Gustum    Round Lake Beach, IL
           
Bic Semi Feature #1            
1    6r    Mark Johler    Des Plaines, IL
2    9s    Corey Schultz    Twin lakes, WI
3    82    Nathan Matz    Burlington, WI
4    113    Marty Butler    Lake Villa, IL
5    33m    Tim Moun    Kenosha, WI
6    73    Jousha Brisbois    Salem, WI
7    39c    Dan Clemenz    Waukegan, IL
8    19    John Da Duke Edwards    Crystal Lake, IL
9    99    Rob Maule    Twin Lakes, WI
10    630    John Orr    South Milwaukee, WI
           
Bic Semi Feature #2           
1    93    Kurt Krumm    Pleasant Praire, WI
2    17m    Mike Ryszkiewicz    Muskego, WI
3    16c    Louis Cmhtroop    Des Plaines, IL
4    223    Michael Gaede    Wintrop Harbor, IL
5    888    Ern Fell (t)    Fontana, WI
6    50b    Tom Benedetti    Glenview, IL
7    97    Reid Kahrs Jr    Milwaukee, WI
8    717    Michael Ford    Mc Henry, IL
9    9    Matt Bushnell    Fox River Grove, IL
10    16    Bic 16    ,
           
Bic Heat #1           
1    6r    Mark Johler    Des Plaines, IL
2    26b    Shay Bushnell    Fox River Grove, IL
3    969    Jeff Keesee    Genoa City, WI
4    7    Le Roy Brown    Beloit, WI
5    15b    Jeff Larson    Lake Geneva, IL
6    723    Kevin McEnery    Fox Lake, IL
7    582    Smoochy McCleary    Winthrop Harbor, IL
8    60    Paul Linak    Elkhorn, WI
9    1    Kevin Weiss    Mc Henry, IL
10    8p    David Emery Sr    Lake Geneva, WI
           
Bic Heat #2           
1    16c    Louis Cmhtroop    Des Plaines, IL
2    17m    Mike Ryszkiewicz    Muskego, WI
3    223    Michael Gaede    Wintrop Harbor, IL
4    73    Jousha Brisbois    Salem, WI
5    16    Bic 16    ,
6    9    Matt Bushnell    Fox River Grove, IL
7    33m    Tim Moun    Kenosha, WI
8    99    Rob Maule    Twin Lakes, WI
9    113    Marty Butler    Lake Villa, IL
10    97    Reid Kahrs Jr    Milwaukee, WI
           
Bic Heat #3           
1    82    Nathan Matz    Burlington, WI
2    9s    Corey Schultz    Twin lakes, WI
3    69m    Chris Blake    Milwaukee, WI
4    93    Kurt Krumm    Pleasant Praire, WI
5    68    Jason Tibbs    Spring Grove, IL
6    717    Michael Ford    Mc Henry, IL
7    50b    Tom Benedetti    Glenview, IL
8    120    Rod Brossard    Fox Lake, IL
9    39c    Dan Clemenz    Waukegan, IL
10    888    Ern Fell (t)    Fontana, WI
           
Bic Heat #4           
1    49    Steve Doherty    Woodstock, IL
2    63    Tony Burrafato    McHenry, IL
3    15c    Dave Cheney    Winthrop Herbor, IL
4    5    Brian Bottlemy    McHenry, IL
5    76    Rob Hunt    Cyrstal Lake, IL
6    11k    Kevin Oliver    Pell Lake, WI
7    28s    Chris Scala    Fox River Grove, IL
8    222    Randy DeGrave    Elkhorn, WI
9    28    Dale Gustum    Round Lake Beach, IL
10    58    Steve Richter    Bristol, WI
           
Bic Time Trials           
1    91    Greg Sheldon    Crystal Lake, IL
2    27    Nick Kalteis    Lake Villa, IL
3    23    Randy Schneider    Burlington, WI
4    43    Jeff Bremer    Round Lake, IL
5    33    Dan Giannotti    Bristol, WI
6    5    Brian Bottlemy    McHenry, IL
7    58    Steve Richter    Bristol, WI
8    63    Tony Burrafato    McHenry, IL
9    11k    Kevin Oliver    Pell Lake, WI
           
Bic Dash           
1    27    Nick Kalteis    Lake Villa, IL
2    91    Greg Sheldon    Crystal Lake, IL
3    23    Randy Schneider    Burlington, WI
4    43    Jeff Bremer    Round Lake, IL
5    33    Dan Giannotti    Bristol, WI