Valeria victorious in Street Stocks, Boettcher best in A-Mods!
By Don Scharf

July 24, 2001; Eagle River, WI. - The weather was cooler but the action was hot at Miller Lite night at the races, Tuesday, July 24th, at Riverside Raceway. After the national anthem, a moment of silence was observed for Ken Glembin who passed away July 20th. Ken built and operated KG Raceway until it was sold in 1997 and became Riverside Raceway.

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Chad Boettcher (#z1) earned his first A-Modified feature victory of the season at Riverside Raceway! Current Street Stock point leader Ken Valeria (#2) added to his lead as he made his way to victory the main event. Tim Rosenmark (#7) came out on top of this evening's Bandit feature event in a closely contested race.

In heat one of the Bandits, Tim Rosemark ran down Dustin Miller to capture the victory. Heat two had Rich Rosemark lead from flag to flag with Dan Zelton second and Bruce Belland third.

In the Pure stock heat number one Chad Rosinski led until he and Brian Slizewski came together going into turn one on the last lap. They went to the back giving the lead and eventual win to Victor Bodamer with Tom Nolda in second and Slizewski third. In heat two the early leader, Bo Bennish, went onto win with Jeremy Melton second and Marlys Scharf third.

The Street Stock's first heat saw John Johnson lead early and hold on for the win. Shawn Bialas finished second and Ken Valeria third. In the second heat, Neal Slizewski led early but spun and hit the wall hard. On the restart Fritz Scharf took the lead and kept it. Mike Vogt ended up second and Ollie Schoonover third.

Bob Kleinschmidt overtook Ken Smith to win the Miller Lite A-Mod Heat. Scott Blamberg finished second and Guy Carly third. Eagle River Distributing and Miller Lite had lots of goodies, which they gave away during intermission.

The Bandit feature race had the closest finish of the night. Tim Rosemark edged out Bruce Belland at the finish line with Rich Rosemark coming in third.

The biggest field of Street Stocks of the season came to the line next. Early on Joe St Germain and John Johnson came together on the front stretch sending Johnson to the back. Shortly after, Fritz Scharf and Ollie Schoonover had a similar incident and Scharf went to the back. Mike Boyd had the lead through all the restarts, but eventually gave way to Ken Valeria and Fritz Scharf. That's how they finished with Valeria winning, Scharf second and Boyd third.

Next came the Miller Lite A-Mods. Guy Carley looked like he might get his first victory as he was in control through the early laps. On lap ten, Carley lost control and hit the front wall ending his bid. Chad Boettcher took over first place and went on to win with Kleinschmidt second and Ken Smith third.

In the Pure Stock feature, cautions were the order of the day. One involved Victor Bodamer who took down several sections of guardrail and was up on two wheels. Through it all, Bo Bennish held the lead and went on to win in what was a strange finish. Chad Rosinski who had been running in second place spun on the last corner of the last lap. He then backed up across the finish line finishing fifth. Bodamer ended up second and Chad Lederer third.

In the biggest group of Street Eliminator drivers of the season, the apparent winner was disqualified and Thad Boettcher was declared the real winner after three rounds of racing. The Street Eliminator class is open to legal street cars that run one on one for one lap. For rules contact Don Scharf at 715-479-8911. Our website is racingonline.com.