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Rodgers, Moeller and Miller Score Feature Wins at
LGR! Johnson Clean Sweeps Mini-Mod Action!
By Dale R. Erdmann |
Randy Rodgers of Lake Geneva had a great night ,first winning the
Barker’s reconditioning sponsored “Al Schill Jr.”memorial dash for 6 laps
and then went on to win the 35 lap Jim Olson Collision centers super late model feature.
Bob Moeller of McHenry, Illinois a former champion in the McHenry Limousine Super stocks,
won the 25 lap feature that saw a record two Yellow pages USA caution flags .Jeremy Miller
of Rockton,IL.won the Performance Unlimited Sportsman 25 lap feature. Last week Miller
bagged the 40 lap MSCS feature.
Greg Wilson of Kenosha in the Wilson's concrete school bus won the 10 lap feature in
school bus racing action.
“Doctor Tooth”Ken Johnson of Paddock Lake the defending champion had a clean
sweep in the Luisa’s Pizzeria mini modifieds,by taking fast time, winning the dash
for 4 laps and then the 20 lap feature race.
The Chuck’s Storage of Pell Lake super stock dash went to Norm Paulsen of Beach
Park,IL. There was no Richter’s Sentry Food stores dash for the sportsman cars.
The super late model feature was just one lap old when Vincent Merry spun
in turn four stopping the action.On the restart Joe Fischer who led the first lap darted
out front one more time. Rookie’s Earl Counter and Brad Norgardwere right with the
leader. Rick Corso quickly slipped into third, with Shane Bishop, Brandon Hill and Mike
Meyerhofer next.
Looking like a parade lap on lap ten, Fischer, Corso, Counter were so close,that one slip
up would be destructive for the whole field that timed less than one half second from
front to back. The next caution came on lap eleven when Mike Simon Jr. running twelfth
spun ,but everyone missed him.
That was the restart that helped Rodgers who before the caution was
running seventh. Picking up fourth position with the cone out when the green was displayed
Rodgers roared into third right behind Corso.
Three lap later Corso used the inside to try and get by Fischer,but the leader drove a
perfect line and stayed in front. Bishop was right along side Rodgers and the cluster of
race cars up front through twelfth were too close to call. Just behind these cars Counter
driving only in his third race was doing a great job with the pressure from Jerry Cowan
who broke through the traffic jam. Fran Prestay in the Jacob Humphrey mount, Jason Hicks
and Eddie May were all within the leader.
On lap twenty Fischer got just alittle wider than he wanted and Corso stuck his nose
deeper as the pair came off turn four. At the line Corso became the third leader of the
race. Rodgers followed the new leader with Fischer, Bishop and Counter next.
Things were setting up quite well as Rodgers inched along side the leader.
For the next three laps it was a see/saw battle for the top spot and then lap twenty eight
there was a new and final leader. Rodgers went on to win the feature, despite a final
Yellow pages USA caution on the white flag lap.
With the fan friendly rule that the field would go back to a green, white, checkered
situation Rodgers came home the victor two laps later.Corso held back numerous challenges
from Bishop who was third. Cowan nipped Matt Kocourek and Fischer
held onto sixth in one of the close field finshes to date, with no lapped cars and all but
two cars of the twenty car field stay running.
The super stock feature got off to a rocky start,on lap three with Ken Eisbrenner out
front John Maki in the Craig Mertes car spun while running fourth after contact.
Everyone missed his mount and out came the first caution. Under way the field was trying
to win the event on the next lap and a serious mellee turned out to be not as bad except
for Scott Norton who whopped the wall. The mess started as the field came out of turn four
with some four and close to five deep in front of the crowd.
Norton was in the second groove where everyone else wanted to be,causing his car to get
turned to the right after contact with Dave Edwards and many others.
When the dust cleared Norton somehow returned to the field after some quick repairs, but
his race car was considerably shorter. The race would will go non stop as the green came
out Eisbrenner slipped in front with Bob Moeller, Tom Fay and
Adam Mass in a group.
Moeller got under Eisbrenner, with Mass following two laps later, not
letting the leader out of sight. Because of those two cautions back of the field cars used
the cone restart to their advantage, as Rob Summers, John Janssen and Tom Fay all tussled
for the fourth position.
Moeller breezed to a healthy margin of victory,with Summers second, Mass third, Janssen
fourth, Joe DeCubellis fifth and Norm Paulsen rounding out the top six.
Bobby Giers came off the outside pole starting position into a comfortable lead right at
the off set, with Jamie Dorsey, Jeremy Bloomfield and Kenny Joosten waging a war for
second. Just behind this pack, Gary Norton and fast qualifier Jeremy Miller were extremely
close for fifth.
By lap eleven Giers was way out front as Joosten and Miller put on a great show for
second.Dorsey was right behind them watching for a mistake. But Norton was not going to
let up the pressure,as Bloomberg’s ill handling mount was sixth.Three laps later
Miller inched ahead of Joosten and had a long track to go before he would catch the
leader.
Four laps would be recorded before Miller would go past Giers as the leader went wide
coming off turn three. Miller cruised by and never looked back taking the win in the non
stop event. Giers was second,Joosten came across at his side in third, with Dorsey fourth,
Norton fifth, Erik Pierce nipping Bloomberg for sixth.
Second year racer Jesse Johnson moved in front of the mini modified feature with Hermie
Schultz moving in front on lap four. By lap six Mike VanHouten was moving around Johnson
and looking at the leader. Glen Vernezze was right behind them, with Ken Johnson third by
lap eight.
VanHouten caught the leader on lap nine and secured the lead two laps later. But Johnson
pulled off a slick move on lap twelve and Schultz fell to the defending champion one lap
later. A lapped car gave Johnson his big break as VanHouten
lost the lead on lap fourteen.
Johnson easily sailed to a big win in another non stop event .Vernezze was a close second
with VanHouten third,Hermie Schultz fourth, Phil Schultz fifth after problems early with
side by side traffic and Jesse Johnson sixth.
This coming weekend has three shows in three days starting off on Friday night as the
stadium motocross rescheduled season opener takes place at 8 pm. Then on Saturday night on
the action oval the previous rained out No bull series event for the super late models
takes place with time trials at 5:45 pm.First race at 7 sharp.The super stocks,sportsman
and BIC cars will be on the same card. A 75 lap feature for the super late models
and $1000 to win the race. There will be no increase in spectator admission prices and
children under 8 are free with a parent.
Then on Sunday afternoon RJ dry walling of Delavan presents the Spring
fling 250 small car enduro at 1pm.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS Lake Geneva Raceway May 8th, 2004:
SUPER LATE MODELS <A-Main 01>
1 14R Randy Rodgers (t)
Elkhorn, WI 1
2 88 Rick Corso (t)
McHenry, IL 2
3 17 Shane Bishop
Lake Geneva, WI 3
4 67 Jerry Cowan
Burlington, WI 4
5 43 Matt Kocourek
Racine, WI 5
6 2 Joe Fischer
Mc Henry, IL 6
7 21 Ryan Mathews
Lake Geneva, WI 7
8 2M Eddie May
Crystal Lake, IL 8
9 32 Earl Counter
Geneva, IL 9
10 63H Jacob Humphrey (t)
Lake Geneva, WI 10
11 63 Jason Hicks
Delavan, WI 11
12 34 Brandon Hill
Lake Geneva, WI 12
13 93 Mike Meyerhoffer (t)
Burlington, WI 13
14 25 Jeff Lorenz
Waukesha, WI 14
15 4 Don Collins
Trevor, WI 15
16 55 Vincent Merry
Wadsworth, IL 16
17 56 Mike Simon Jr
Ingleside, IL 17
18 8 Ron Stoehr
Dousman, WI 18
19 4 Brad Norgard
Pell Lake, WI 19
20 22 Russ Blakeley
Delavan, WI 20
SUPER LATE MODELS <B-Main 01>
1 22 Russ Blakeley
Delavan, WI 1
2 25 Jeff Lorenz
Waukesha, WI 2
3 48 Mike Simon Sr
Grayslake, IL 3
4 88V Steve Vaughn
Loves Park, IL 4
5 55L Todd Lehr
Genoa City, WI 5
6 12 Billy Baumeister
Janesville, WI 6
7 3 Chuck Duncan
Milwaukee, WI 7
SUPER LATE MODELS <Heat 01> Results
1 22 Russ Blakeley
Delavan, WI 1
2 25 Jeff Lorenz
Waukesha, WI 2
3 56 Mike Simon Jr
Ingleside, IL 3
4 48 Mike Simon Sr
Grayslake, IL 4
5 4 Don Collins
Trevor, WI 5
6 8 Ron Stoehr
Dousman, WI 6
7 55L Todd Lehr
Genoa City, WI 7
8 88V Steve Vaughn
Loves Park, IL 8
9 12 Billy Baumeister
Janesville, WI 9
SUPER LATE MODELS <Heat 02> Results
1 2 Joe Fischer
Mc Henry, IL 1
2 88 Rick Corso (t)
McHenry, IL 2
3 32 Earl Counter
Geneva, IL 3
4 34 Brandon Hill
Lake Geneva, WI 4
5 17 Shane Bishop
Lake Geneva, WI 5
6 93 Mike Meyerhoffer (t)
Burlington, WI 6
7 63H Jacob Humphrey (t)
Lake Geneva, WI 7
8 4 Brad Norgard
Pell Lake, WI 8
9 55 Vincent Merry
Wadsworth, IL 9
10 3 Chuck Duncan
Milwaukee, WI 10
11 68w Jeff Way
Burlington, WI 11
SUPER LATE MODELS <Time Trial>
1 21 Ryan Mathews
Lake Geneva, WI 1
2 43 Matt Kocourek
Racine, WI 2
3 2M Eddie May
Crystal Lake, IL 3
4 14R Randy Rodgers (t)
Elkhorn, WI 4
5 63 Jason Hicks
Delavan, WI 5
6 67 Jerry Cowan
Burlington, WI 6
7 63H Jacob Humphrey (t)
Lake Geneva, WI 7
8 93 Mike Meyerhoffer (t)
Burlington, WI 8
9 17 Shane Bishop
Lake Geneva, WI 9
10 88 Rick Corso (t)
McHenry, IL 10
11 32 Earl Counter
Geneva, IL 11
12 34 Brandon Hill
Lake Geneva, WI 12
13 2 Joe Fischer
Mc Henry, IL 13
14 4 Brad Norgard
Pell Lake, WI 14
15 55 Vincent Merry
Wadsworth, IL 15
16 8 Ron Stoehr
Dousman, WI 16
17 56 Mike Simon Jr
Ingleside, IL 17
18 4 Don Collins
Trevor, WI 18
19 88V Steve Vaughn
Loves Park, IL 19
20 22 Russ Blakeley
Delavan, WI 20
21 48 Mike Simon Sr
Grayslake, IL 21
22 55L Todd Lehr
Genoa City, WI 22
23 25 Jeff Lorenz
Waukesha, WI 23
24 12 Billy Baumeister
Janesville, WI 24
25 24 Jim Olson
Woodstock, IL 25
26 3 Chuck Duncan
Milwaukee, WI 26
27 68w Jeff Way
Burlington, WI 27
SUPER LATE MODELS <Trophy Dash 01>
1 14R Randy Rodgers (t)
Elkhorn, WI 1
2 21 Ryan Mathews
Lake Geneva, WI 2
3 63 Jason Hicks
Delavan, WI 3
4 2M Eddie May
Crystal Lake, IL 4
5 43 Matt Kocourek
Racine, WI 5
6 67 Jerry Cowan
Burlington, WI 6SPORTSMEN
<A-Main 01> Results Detail on 5/8/2004
1 5M Jeremy Miller
Rockton, IL 1
2 50 Bobby Giers
McHenry, IL 2
3 47 Kenny Joosten (t)
Wonder Lake, IL 3
4 43 Jamie Dorsey
Rockford, IL 4
5 5n Gary Norton
Hebron, IL 5
6 54 Erik Pierce
Lake In The Hills, IL 6
7 18 Jeremy Bloomberg
Hampshire, IL 7
8 45 Adam Berge
East Troy, WI 8
9 16 Rick Rowlett
Marengo, IL 9
SPORTSMEN <Heat 01> Results Detail on 5/8/2004
1 50 Bobby Giers
McHenry, IL 1
2 47 Kenny Joosten (t)
Wonder Lake, IL 2
3 43 Jamie Dorsey
Rockford, IL 3
4 54 Erik Pierce
Lake In The Hills, IL 4
5 5M Jeremy Miller
Rockton, IL 5
6 5n Gary Norton
Hebron, IL 6
7 18 Jeremy Bloomberg
Hampshire, IL 7
8 45 Adam Berge
East Troy, WI 8
9 16 Rick Rowlett
Marengo, IL 9
SPORTSMEN <Time Trial> Results Detail on 5/8/2004
1 5M Jeremy Miller
Rockton, IL 1
2 47 Kenny Joosten (t)
Wonder Lake, IL 2
3 5n Gary Norton
Hebron, IL 3
4 43 Jamie Dorsey
Rockford, IL 4
5 50 Bobby Giers
McHenry, IL 5
6 45 Adam Berge
East Troy, WI 6
7 18 Jeremy Bloomberg
Hampshire, IL 7
8 54 Erik Pierce
Lake In The Hills, IL 8
9 16 Rick Rowlett
Marengo, IL 9
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SUPER STOCKS <A-Main 01> Results
1 74 Bob Moeller
McHenry, IL 1
2 38 Rob Summers
Lake Geneva, WI 2
3 99 Adam Mass (t)
Woodstock, IL 3
4 43 John Janssen
Burlington, WI 4
5 36 Joe DeCubellis
Burlington, WI 5
6 1 Norman Paulsen
Beach Park, IL 6
7 46 Jack Rubach (t)
Burlington, WI 7
8 4 Mike Gunderson (t)
Union Grove, WI 8
9 92 Tom Fay
Arlington Heights, IL 9
10 87 Ken Eisbrenner
Racine, WI 10
11 1F Ken "farmer"
Calhoun Johnsburg, IL 11
12 55 Al Kuphal
Franklin, WI 12
13 17 Josh Matz
East Troy, WI 13
14 29 Trevor Mock
Island Lake, IL 14
15 10 Tom Roney
Ridgefield, IL 15
16 90 Scott Norton
Wonder Lake, IL 16
17 5e Dave Edwards
Salem, WI 17
18 42 Craig Mertes (t)
Antioch, IL 18
19 73 Adam Regnier
Twin Lakes, WI 19
20 56 Shane Sapp
Crystal Lake, IL 20
SUPER STOCKS <B-Main 01> Results
1 4 Mike Gunderson (t)
Union Grove, WI 1
2 17 Josh Matz
East Troy, WI 2
3 1 Mike Bell
Waukesha, WI 3
4 98 Greg Beebe
Waukesha, WI 4
5 16 Willy Peterson
Woodstock, IL 5
6 65 Tom Jastrab
Pell Lake, WI 6
7 13 Chad Hagler
McHenry, IL 7
8 75 Sonny Schoffen
Crystal Lake, IL 8
9 71 Steve Ackeret
Waterford, WI 9
10 39 Matt Bushnell
Harvard, IL 10
11 59 Bill Morris (t)
Streamwood, IL 11
12 5 Jason Krage
Huntley, IL 12
SUPER STOCKS <Heat 01> Results
1 98 Greg Beebe
Waukesha, WI 1
2 13 Chad Hagler
McHenry, IL 2
3 16 Willy Peterson
Woodstock, IL 3
4 59 Bill Morris (t)
Streamwood, IL 4
5 5 Jason Krage
Huntley, IL 5
6 71 Steve Ackeret
Waterford, WI 6
7 39 Matt Bushnell
Harvard, IL 7
8 75 Sonny Schoffen
Crystal Lake, IL 8
SUPER STOCKS <Heat 02> Results
1 43 John Janssen
Burlington, WI 1
2 17 Josh Matz
East Troy, WI 2
3 1 Mike Bell
Waukesha, WI 3
4 66 Mike Olson
Wonder Lake, IL 4
5 1F Ken "farmer" Calhoun
Johnsburg, IL 5
6 29 Trevor Mock
Island Lake, IL 6
7 65 Tom Jastrab
Pell Lake, WI 7
8 55 Al Kuphal
Franklin, WI 8
SUPER STOCKS <Heat 03> Results
1 73 Adam Regnier
Twin Lakes, WI 1
2 87 Ken Eisbrenner
Racine, WI 2
3 92 Tom Fay
Arlington Heights, IL 3
4 4 Mike Gunderson (t)
Union Grove, WI 4
5 99 Adam Mass (t)
Woodstock, IL 5
6 42 Craig Mertes (t)
Antioch, IL 6
7 5e Dave Edwards
Salem, WI 7
8 90 Scott Norton
Wonder Lake, IL 8
SUPER STOCKS <Time Trial> Results
1 46 Jack Rubach (t)
Burlington, WI 1
2 38 Rob Summers
Lake Geneva, WI 2
3 36 Joe DeCubellis
Burlington, WI 3
4 1 Norman Paulsen
Beach Park, IL 4
5 56 Shane Sapp
Crystal Lake, IL 5
6 10 Tom Roney
Ridgefield, IL 6
7 99 Adam Mass (t)
Woodstock, IL 7
8 5e Dave Edwards
Salem, WI 8
9 90 Scott Norton
Wonder Lake, IL 9
10 42 Craig Mertes (t)
Antioch, IL 10
11 74 Bob Moeller
McHenry, IL 11
12 92 Tom Fay
Arlington Heights, IL 12
13 73 Adam Regnier
Twin Lakes, WI 13
14 87 Ken Eisbrenner
Racine, WI 14
15 1F Ken "farmer"
Calhoun Johnsburg, IL 15
16 55 Al Kuphal
Franklin, WI 16
17 43 John Janssen
Burlington, WI 17
18 29 Trevor Mock
Island Lake, IL 18
19 65 Tom Jastrab
Pell Lake, WI 19
20 1 Mike Bell
Waukesha, WI 20
21 17 Josh Matz
East Troy, WI 21
22 4 Mike Gunderson (t)
Union Grove, WI 22
23 66 Mike Olson
Wonder Lake, IL 23
24 16 Willy Peterson
Woodstock, IL 24
25 98 Greg Beebe
Waukesha, WI 25
26 59 Bill Morris (t)
Streamwood, IL 26
27 5 Jason Krage
Huntley, IL 27
28 75 Sonny Schoffen
Crystal Lake, IL 28
29 13 Chad Hagler
McHenry, IL 29
30 71 Steve Ackeret
Waterford, WI 30
31 39 Matt Bushnell
Harvard, IL 31
SUPER STOCKS <Trophy Dash 01> Results
1 1 Norman Paulsen
Beach Park, IL 1
2 46 Jack Rubach (t)
Burlington, WI 2
3 56 Shane Sapp
Crystal Lake, IL 3
4 38 Rob Summers
Lake Geneva, WI 4
5 10 Tom Roney
Ridgefield, IL 5
6 36 Joe DeCubellis
Burlington, WI 6MINI-MODIFIEDS
<A-Main 01> Results
1 2 Ken Johnson
Park Ridge, IL 1
2 20 Glen Vernezze
Salem, WI 2
3 24 Mike Van Houten
Cary, IL 3
4 71 Hermie Schultz
Silver Lake, WI 4
5 17 Phil Schultz
Silver Lake, WI 5
6 8 Jesse Johnson
Elkhorn, WI 6
7 22 Andy Krueger
Lake Geneva, WI 7
8 72 Bill Trusky
Silverlake, WI 8
9 40 Curt Thomazin
Elkhorn, WI 9
10 7 John DeMay
Lake Villa, IL 10
11 30 Gerardo Giuliano
Schaumburg,, IL 11
12 11 Chris Thomazin
Elkhorn, WI 12
MINI-MODIFIEDS <Heat 01> Results
1 71 Hermie Schultz
Silver Lake, WI 1
2 40 Curt Thomazin
Elkhorn, WI 2
3 22 Andy Krueger
Lake Geneva, WI 3
4 30 Gerardo Giuliano
Schaumburg,, IL 4
5 7 John DeMay
Lake Villa, IL 5
6 11 Chris Thomazin
Elkhorn, WI 6
7 8 Jesse Johnson
Elkhorn, WI 7
8 72 Bill Trusky
Silverlake, WI 8
MINI-MODIFIEDS <Time Trial> Results
1 2 Ken Johnson
Park Ridge, IL 1
2 24 Mike Van Houten
Cary, IL 2
3 20 Glen Vernezze
Salem, WI 3
4 17 Phil Schultz
Silver Lake, WI 4
5 40 Curt Thomazin
Elkhorn, WI 5
6 30 Gerardo Giuliano
Schaumburg,, IL 6
7 71 Hermie Schultz
Silver Lake, WI 7
8 8 Jesse Johnson
Elkhorn, WI 8
9 22 Andy Krueger
Lake Geneva, WI 9
10 7 John DeMay
Lake Villa, IL 10
11 72 Bill Trusky
Silverlake, WI 11
MINI-MODIFIEDS <Trophy Dash 01> Results
1 2 Ken Johnson
Park Ridge, IL 1
2 24 Mike Van Houten
Cary, IL 2
3 20 Glen Vernezze
Salem, WI 3
4 17 Phil Schultz
Silver Lake, WI 4 |
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