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Bilderback, Johnson, Doherty and Schoffen Winners in
LGR Friday Night Season Opener!
By Dale
R. Erdmann |
Steve Doherty of Woodstock,IL.just missed a clean sweep in the
Double R towing Basic International cars by winning the 20 lap feature, taking fast time,
but took second in the dash, was the best Steve could get. Sonny Schoffen of Crystal
Lake,IL. ended up with a big weekend and won the first weapons feature since 1989.
The division rules are the same as the Midwest enduro series and the
thunder stocks at Slinger. The 15 lap event went non stop as all cars finished within a
straight away of the entire pack.15 year old Steve Erickson of Roscoe,IL. won his first
career INEX bandolero 15 lap feature of his career here and Dale Gustum won the Midwest
sport truck feature for 15 laps leading every lap.
Before the race program began, fans stood for a moment of silence as
the entire puppy powered racing team led by Rodger Emery and others carried black flags
around the oval in memory of Shannon Hall who passed away last week. Their spokes- person
said the season would be dedicated to Shannon a crew member for the team.
The legends feature got off to a rocky start, after someone dumped lube on the track
sending cars in every direction,then causing a complete restart. A long delay ensued as
Dick Kaiser in his first night out and Kyle LaPier both retired from the event with
problems. Kyle Palma moved in front for lap number one, but one lap later Michael
Bilderback crept along side the leader, as the both drivers raced for the lead.
Bilderback won the dash to the front, but Palma not giving an
inch.Ernie Schaal slipped into third with a tight field behind them. It took point leader
Eric Lokemoen eight laps to move through the competitive pack with fast qualifier and
defending champion Curt Gnatzig following, as this twosome secured second and third place
with five laps to go. The field remained tight as Bilderback could feel the heat from the
group behind him. With one lap to go it was too close to call but Bilderback held his own
for the win, with the scramble for second Lokemoen Palma and Schaal nipped Gnatzig who got
wide in turn three as Joe Scala took sixth with this excellent finish.
In mini modified feature action Ken Johnson moved into the lead at the get go and never
looked back.Mike VanHouten looked like a serious threat, but handling problems after
starting his challenge against the leader,ended on lap eight,when VanHouten nearly spun.
Fast timer Glen Vernezze ended up second but never got that close to Johnson the
winner.Curt Thomazin was third, with VanHouten fourth, Chris Thomazin fifth and John DeMay
sixth.
The BIC division brought out over 40 cars tonight and the non stop feature saw Rob
Schiebel climb in front as the race began, holding that position until lap eight when
Steve Doherty the fast timer managed to move in front,holding on for the win despite
numerous challenges by defending champion Todd Miller who ended up second, Jack Rabey who
placed third, Bob Koch the point leader, who’s streak was now broken at two feature
wins. Nick Kasten was fifth and Lenny Adams was sixth.
Reid Kahrs Jr. paced the field for the first weapons feature in the last two decades,
before Sonny Schoffen moved in front, coming home the winner of the race. Kahrs was
second, with quick qualifier Mike Beagel next. Mark Tomasi and former mini-mod driver Andy
Krueger rounding out the top six.
Going into nights program Michael Cooter was the sole point leader, but problems put the
15 year old in the second row, taking the lead for just one lap before Steve Erickson
inched ahead for his first win,that wasn’t easy. Collin Laursen spun on lap four to
tighten up the field. Cooter held onto second even with continuous challenges from third
place finisher Bobby Yonkee, Cooter is now tied in the points standing for first with Kyle
Palma who finished fourth, fast qualifier Branden Allen had problems but managed to take
fifth and rookie Vince Haywood was sixth. Palma’s finish has now put him into a tie
with Cooter.
Next Friday night the millennium late models return for their Friday debut. The super min
cups and the open wheel Rascal outlaws will be here. The legends and bandoleros are off
due to a Saturday race in the area. Time trials begin at 6pm.
Races are at 7:30. as weekly racing continues through September 2nd.
INEX Bandoleros
A-Main 01 -- 1. Steve Erickson, Roscoe, Ill.; 2. Michael Cooter (y);; 3. Bobby Yonkee (b),
Willowbrook, Ill.; 4. Kyle Palma, Delavan, Wis; 5. Branden Allen (y), Yorkville, Ill.; 6.
Vince Haywood, Antioch, Ill.; 7. Tyler Blume (b), Oregon, Ill.; 8. Hope Bidlack, Genoa
City, Wis; 9. Collin Laursen, Nelson, Wis; 10. Kyle
Heat 01 -- 1. Steve Erickson, Roscoe, Ill.;
2. Bobby Yonkee (b), Willowbrook, Ill.; 3. Tyler Blume (b), Oregon, Ill.; 4. Michael
Cooter (y);; 5. Vince Haywood, Antioch, Ill.; 6. Kyle Haywood, Antioch, Ill..
Time Trial -- 1. Branden Allen (y),
Yorkville, Ill.; 2. Collin Laursen, Nelson, Wis; 3. Kyle Palma, Delavan, Wis; 4. Hope
Bidlack, Genoa City, Wis; 5. Steve Erickson, Roscoe, Ill.; 6. Vince Haywood, Antioch,
Ill.; 7. Michael Cooter (y);; 8. Bobby Yonkee (b), Willowbrook, Ill.; 9. Tyler Blume (b),
Oregon, Ill.;
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Branden Allen (y),
Yorkville, Ill.; 2. Collin Laursen, Nelson, Wis; 3. Hope Bidlack, Genoa City, Wis; 4. Kyle
Palma, Delavan, Wis.
Basic Int'l
Cars
A-Main 01 -- 1. Steve Doherty, Woodstock, Ill.; 2. Todd Miller, Oak Creek, Wis; 3. Jack
Rabey, Lake Villa, Ill.; 4. Bob Koch, McHenry, Ill.; 5. Nick Kasten, Lake Geneva, Wis; 6.
Lenny Adams, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 7. Rob Schiebel, Ingleside, Ill.; 8. Frank Tontillo,
Richmond, Ill.; 9. Leo Bujak, Spring Grove, Ill.; 10. Pete Koenig, Richmond, Ill.; 11.
Richard Rendino, McHenry, Ill.; 12. Ryan Andrews, Woodstock, Ill.; 13. Morgan Breeding,
Woodstock, Ill.; 14. Andy Portzen, Burlington, Wis; 15. Micheal Shorten, Mundelein, Ill.;
16. Tony Riek, Elkhorn, Wis; 17. Frank Murray Sr, Richmond, Ill.; 18. Tom Homan, Antioch,
Ill.; 19. Jason Conrad,
B-Main 01 -- 1. Morgan Breeding, Woodstock,
Ill.; 2. Frank Tontillo, Richmond, Ill.; 3. Micheal Shorten, Mundelein, Ill.; 4. Rod
Brossart, Fox Lake, Ill.; 5. Mark Dungan, Mundelein, Ill.; 6. Bill Urban, Twin Lakes, Wis;
7. Bryan Talbert, Kenosha, Wis; 8. Kyle Felton, Racine, Wis; 9. Jennette Ellifritz, Genoa
City, Wis; 10.
B-Main 02 -- 1. Frank Murray Sr, Richmond,
Ill.; 2. Richard Rendino, McHenry, Ill.; 3. Ashleigh Kitterman, Burlington, Wis; 4. Wes
Schultz, Wonderlake, Ill.; 5. Kevin Lynn, Genoa city, Wis; 6. Dustin Richards, Kenosha,
Wis; 7. Travis Dean, Lake Geneva, Wis; 8. Rodger Emery, Delavan, Wis; 9. Roger Schultz,
Machesney Park, Ill.; 10. Mike Hudson;; 11. Aaron Kitterman, Burlington, Wis; 12. David
Rex Jr, Burlington,
Heat 01 -- 1. Richard Rendino, McHenry,
Ill.; 2. Kyle Felton, Racine, Wis; 3. Mike Hudson;; 4. Travis Dean, Lake Geneva, Wis; 5.
Jennette Ellifritz, Genoa City, Wis; 6. Rodger Emery, Delavan, Wis; 7. Nick Fryar,
Elkhorn, Wis; 8. David Emery Sr, Delevan, Wis.
Heat 02 -- 1. Frank Murray Sr, Richmond,
Ill.; 2. Wes Schultz, Wonderlake, Ill.; 3. Kevin Lynn, Genoa city, Wis; 4. Morgan
Breeding, Woodstock, Ill.; 5. Micheal Shorten, Mundelein, Ill.; 6. Aaron Kitterman,
Burlington, Wis; 7. Dustin Richards, Kenosha, Wis; 8. Bill Urban, Twin Lakes, Wis.
Heat 03 -- 1. Rod Brossart, Fox Lake, Ill.;
2. Rob Schiebel, Ingleside, Ill.; 3. Frank Tontillo, Richmond, Ill.; 4.Mark Dungan,
Mundelein, Ill.; 5. Bryan Talbert, Kenosha, Wis; 6. Ashleigh Kitterman, Burlington, Wis;
7. Ryan Andrews, Woodstock, Ill.; 8. Roger Schultz, Machesney Park, Ill.; 9. Ken Causey,
Elkhorn, Wis.
Heat 04 -- 1. Andy Portzen, Burlington,
Wis; 2. Nick Kasten, Lake Geneva, Wis; 3. Jack Rabey, Lake Villa, Ill.; 4. Matt Booker,
Wonder Lake, Ill.; 5. Tom Homan, Antioch, Ill.; 6. Pete Koenig, Richmond, Ill.; 7. Lenny
Adams, Crystal Lake, Ill.; 8. Jason Conrad, Burlington, Wis.
Time Trial -- 1. Steve Doherty, Woodstock,
Ill.; 2. Marty Butler, Lake Villa, Ill.; 3. Bob Koch, McHenry, Ill.; 4. Todd Miller, Oak
Creek, Wis; 5. Tony Riek, Elkhorn, Wis; 6. Leo Bujak, Spring Grove, Ill.; 7. Lenny Adams,
Crystal Lake, Ill.; 8. Andy Portzen, Burlington, Wis; 9. Jack Rabey, Lake Villa, Ill.; 10.
Matt Booker, Wonder Lake, Ill.; 11. Jason Conrad, Burlington, Wis; 12. Pete Koenig,
Richmond, Ill.; 13. Tom Homan, Antioch, Ill.; 14. Nick Kasten, Lake Geneva, Wis; 15. Ryan
Andrews, Woodstock, Ill.; 16. Rob Schiebel, Ingleside, Ill.; 17. Frank Tontillo, Richmond,
Ill.; 18. Ken Causey, Elkhorn, Wis; 19. Bryan Talbert, Kenosha,
Wis; 20. Ashleigh Kitterman, Burlington, Wis; 21. Rod Brossart, Fox Lake, Ill.; 22. Roger
Schultz, Machesney Park, Ill.; 23. Mark Dungan, Mundelein, Ill.; 24. Wes Schultz,
Wonderlake, Ill.; 25. Morgan Breeding, Woodstock, Ill.; 26. Frank Murray Sr, Richmond,
Ill.; 27. Micheal Shorten, Mundelein, Ill.; 28. Kevin Lynn, Genoa city, Wis; 29. Robert
Palka, Pell Lake, Wis; 30. Aaron Kitterman, Burlington, Wis; 31. Bill Urban, Twin Lakes,
Wis; 32. Dustin Richards, Kenosha, Wis; 33. David Emery Sr, Delevan, Wis; 34. Richard
Rendino, McHenry, Ill.; 35. Kyle Felton, Racine, Wis; 36. Travis Dean, Lake Geneva, Wis;
37. Nick Fryar, Elkhorn,
Wis; 38. Mike Hudson;; 39. Jennette Ellifritz, Genoa City, Wis; 40. Rodger Emery, Delavan,
Wis; 41. David Rex Jr, Burlington, Wis; 42. David Emery Jr., Lake Geneva, Wis.
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Bob Koch, McHenry,
Ill.; 2. Steve Doherty, Woodstock, Ill.; 3. Todd Miller, Oak Creek, Wis; 4. Tony Riek,
Elkhorn, Wis; 5. Leo Bujak, Spring Grove, Ill.; 6. Marty Butler, Lake Villa, Ill..
INEX Legends
A-Main 01 -- 1. Michael Bilderback (y), S. Beloit, Ill.; 2. Eric Lokemoen, Merrill, Wis;
3. Tom Palma, Delavan, Wis; 4. Ernie Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.; 5. Curt Gnatzig, Hartford,
Wis; 6. Joe Scala, Fox River Grove, Ill.; 7. Chris Helgerson, Burlington, Wis; 8. Don
Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.; 9. Vince Haywood, Antioch, Ill.; 10. David LaPier, Rockford, Ill.;
11. Michael Wankowski, Oak Creek, Wis; 12. Kyle La Pier (y), Belvidere, Ill.; 13. Dick
Heat 01 -- 1. Tom Palma, Delavan, Wis; 2.
Joe Scala, Fox River Grove, Ill.; 3. Kyle La Pier (y), Belvidere, Ill.; 4. Don Schaal,
Wauconda, Ill.; 5. Chris Helgerson, Burlington, Wis; 6. Vince Haywood, Antioch, Ill.; 7.
Dick Kaiser, Milwaukee, Wis; 8. David LaPier, Rockford, Ill.; 9. Michael Wankowski, Oak
Creek, Wis.
Time Trial -- 1. Curt Gnatzig, Hartford,
Wis; 2. Ernie Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.; 3. Eric Lokemoen, Merrill, Wis; 4. Michael
Bilderback (y), S. Beloit, Ill.; 5. Kyle La Pier (y), Belvidere, Ill.; 6. Tom Palma,
Delavan, Wis; 7. Don Schaal, Wauconda, Ill.; 8. Joe Scala, Fox River Grove, Ill.; 9. David
LaPier, Rockford, Ill.; 10. Chris Helgerson, Burlington, Wis; 11. Vince Haywood, Antioch,
Ill.; 12. Dick Kaiser, Milwaukee, Wis; 13. Michael
Trophy Dash 01 -- 1. Eric Lokemoen,
Merrill, Wis; 2. Curt Gnatzig, Hartford, Wis; 3. Michael Bilderback (y),
S. Beloit, Ill.; 4. Ernie Schaal, Wauconda, Ill..
Mini-Modifieds
A-Main 01 -- 1. Jerry Giuliano, Park Ridge, Ill.; 2. Glen Vernezze, Salem, Wis; 3. Curt
Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis; 4. Mike Van Houten, Cary, Ill.; 5. Chris Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis;
6. John DeMay, Lake Villa, Ill..
Heat 01 -- 1. Chris Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis;
2. Glen Vernezze, Salem, Wis; 3. Mike Van Houten, Cary, Ill.; 4.Curt Thomazin, Elkhorn,
Wis; 5. Jerry Giuliano, Park Ridge, Ill.; 6. John DeMay, Lake Villa, Ill..
Time Trial -- 1. Glen Vernezze, Salem, Wis;
2. Jerry Giuliano, Park Ridge, Ill.; 3. Curt Thomazin, Elkhorn,
Wis; 4. Mike Van Houten, Cary, Ill.; 5. Chris Thomazin, Elkhorn, Wis; 6. John DeMay, Lake
Villa, Ill..
Weapons
Stocks
A-Main 01 -- 1. Sonny Schoffen (t), Crystal Lake, Ill.; 2. Reid Kahrs Jr, West Allis, Wis;
3. Mike Beagel, Winthrop Harbor, Ill.; 4. Mark Tomasi, West Allis, Wis; 5. Andy Krueger,
Lake Geneva, Wis; 6. Anthony Vito;; 7. Jeff Schultz, Salem, Wis.
Heat 01 -- 1. Anthony Vito;; 2. Jeff
Schultz, Salem, Wis; 3. Mark Tomasi, West Allis, Wis; 4. Sonny Schoffen (t), Crystal Lake,
Ill.; 5. Andy Krueger, Lake Geneva, Wis; 6. Reid Kahrs Jr, West Allis, Wis; 7. Mike
Beagel, Winthrop Harbor, Ill..
Time Trial -- 1. Mike Beagel, Winthrop
Harbor, Ill.; 2. Sonny Schoffen (t), Crystal Lake, Ill.; 3. Jeff Schultz, Salem, Wis; 4.
Reid Kahrs Jr, West Allis, Wis; 5. Mark Tomasi, West Allis, Wis; 6. Andy Krueger, Lake
Geneva, Wis; 7. Anthony Vito;. |
