Mashl Mod winner in fair
opener special, Snellenberger tops Stock at
Luxemburg Tri-Star!
By Dave Panske
July 28, 1999, Luxemburg, WI. - A special night of racing at Tri-Star opened the 1999 Kewaunee County Fair Wednesday night.
Paul Kuehn took charge of the Street Stock feature at the start followed by Jamie Colwell, Bob Bemier, Joe Kerkhoff and Jesse Colwell. The point cars of Jared Siefert, Brendon and Jason Czarapata started working their way to the front when a sedes of cautions on laps 8 to 10 bunched and realigned the field. Kuehn still led after a lap 8 restart, but Siefert pulled into the top spot.
When racing resumed after the cautions on lap 10, Siefert was followed by Jason Czarapata, Jesse Colwell, Kerkhoff, Randy Rahn and Jamie Colwell Siefert and Czarapata pulled away from the pack and Siefert was able to hold off the challenge to win his second division feature of the season with Czarapata nght behind at the finish. Jesse Colwell took third with Brandon Czarapata taking fourth after having to pit during the caution on lap 10, Kerkhoff was fifth and Shawn Olson rounded out the top six. Being one of the top three in points entering the feature, Siefert also received a $100 bonus from the fair association and sponsor, Coke, for winning the feature.
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He held off the challenges! "Hot Rod" Snellenberger (#10) was able to fend off Joe White during the IMCA Stock Car feature and recorded his first main event win of the season at Luxemburg. |
The IMCA Stock Car feature had trouble getting started and then several other cautions during the first half of the race that kept the pack tight. Benji LaCrosse led the first lap with Shawn Wagner also taking a chance to lead before Rod Snellenberger pulled into the top spot. Joe White moved into the runner up spot on lap 6 with Larry Karcz, Jr. in third.
After a final caution on lap 12, the green stayed out for 10 lap stretch and some tight racing, Snellenberger and White pulled away from the field in a battle for the lead. Both drivers hugging the inside line and White applied plenty of pressure to take away the lead. Snellenberger met every challenge and was able to run to his first feature win of the season here. White, the point leader, took the runner up spot with Karcz holding on for the third place finish. Brian Bruechert took fourth with Eric VanIten in fifth and John Heinz in sixth.
| Mike Mashl (#05) won his first IMCA Modified feature at Luxemburg Tri-Star raceway this season during a special race program that opened the Kewaunee County Fair. Mashl fended off R.M. Van Pay for the victory this evening. |  |
Brian Baenen led the opening two circuits of the IMCA Modified main before Mike Klenz took over bringing Mike Mashl, R.M. Van Pay, Dan Deau and Dave Zeitler along. A lap 7 caution bunched the field for the final time and Mashl wrestled the lead away from Klenz and Van Pay followed into second. The two leaders pulled away from the pack with Mashl matching Van Pay move for move to hold on to win his first feature of the season here.
The battle was tight for third place with Klenz, Dean Maurer, Dan Deau, Roy lhlenfeld, Zeitler and Brian Mullan in the pack. All were trying to run the low line, except Klenz, who did a great job holding outside to stay a contender for the top four. Maurer was able to take the third place finish with Ihlenfeld taking fourth. Mullen nipped Klenz for fifth place at the line with Klenz rounding out the top six.
Ed Danoff set the pace for the Sport Truck division main with Kevin Strebel holding second until team mate, Ben Kroll took over on tap 4. The leaders pulled away in a side by side battle for much of the race swapping the lead several times. Kroll was able to hold the lead at the finish for his sixth feature win of the year with Danoff in second, Strebel ran to third place with Dan Davister fourth, Brandon Blashe fifth and Tom Dom sixth.
Weekly Friday night racing will resume on August 6th with the four division program starting at 7 p.m.
Luxemburg Tri Star Speedway is a third mile clay oval which is located on the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds in the town Luxemburg WI. Each week over 100 cars take to the track in a four division program featuring IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, Street Stocks and Sport Trucks.
RESULTS
IMCA MODIFIED
25 LAP FEATURE: 1.) Mike Mashl, DePere; 2.) R.M. Van Pay, Green
Bay; 3.) Dean Maurer, DePere; 4.) Roy Ihlenfeld, Kewaunee; 5.) Brian Mullen, Seymour; 6.)
Mike Klenz, Sobieski
12 LAP CONSOLATION: 1) Dave Maurer, DePere; 2.) Tom Baumgard, New Franken; 3.) Brad
Anderegg, Algoma; 4.) Chris Christensen, Sturgeon Bay
FIRST HEAT: 1) Dean Deau, Little Suamico; 2.) Brian Baenen, New Franken
SECOND HEAT: 1) Randy LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay; 2.) Dean Maurer
THIRD HEAT: 1) Klenz; 2.) Dan Ratajczak, Frog Station
FOURTH HEAT: 1) Ihlenfeld; 2.) Mashl
IMCA STOCK CARS:
22 LAP FEATURE: 1) Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski; 2.) Joe White,
Oconto Falls; 3.) Larry Karcz Jr., Pulaski; 4.) Brian Bruechert, Kewaunee; 5.) Eric Van
Iten, Green Bay; 5.) John Hienz, Green Bay
FIRST 12 LAP CONSOLATION: 1) VanIten; 2.) Doug Vickman, New Franken; 3.) Pat
Davister, Luxemburg; 4.) Dan Gracyalny, Little Chute
FIRST HEAT: 1) Charlie Kroll, Algoma; 2.) Dave Bouche, Algoma
SECOND HEAT: 1) White; 2.) Jay Matthias, Green Bay
THIRD HEAT: 1) Bucky Coopman, Green Bay; 2.) Heinz
FOURTH HEAT: 1) Snellenberger; 2.) Benji LaCrosse, Green Bay
STREET STOCKS
20 LAP FEATURE: 1.) Jared Siefert, Green Bay; 2.) Jason
Czarapata, Pulaski; 3.) Jesse Colwell, Greenleaf; 4.) Brandon Czarapata, Pulaski; 5.) Joe
Kerkhoff, DePere; 6.) Shawn Olson, Algoma
12 LAP CONSOLATION: 1) James Van Rixal, GReen Bay; 2.) Fred Davister, Luxemburg;
3.) Travis Van Straten, Hortonville; 4.) Phil Hiles, Green Bay
FIRST HEAT: 1) Siefert; 2.) Jamie Colwell, Greenleaf
SECOND HEAT: 1) Paul Kuehn, Green Bay; 2.) Jesse Colwell, Greenleaf
THIRD HEAT: 1) Shannon Smith, Green Bay; 2.) Jason Czarapata
SPORT TRUCKS
12 LAP FEATURE: 1.) Ben Kroll, Green Bay; 2.) Ed Danoff,
Luxemburg; 3.) Kevin Strebel, New Franken; 4.) Dan Davister, Luxemburg; 5.) Brandon
Blashe, Winneconne; 6.) Tom Dorn, Luxemburg
FIRST HEAT: 1) Strebel; 2.) Kroll