July 23, 2002; Eagle River, WI. - It was a good showing
of cars and fans on a very comfortable July night at Riverside Raceway. The Miller Lite
A-Mods were first to take to the track on Miller Beer of the Northwoods night. In their
The Street Stocks were next up. Shawn Bialas was back after taking a week off due to axle problems and won the heat race handily. The first heat of the Pure Stocks was a thriller. On lap 7, Marlys Scharf got around B.J. Slizewski for the lead. B.J. hung with Marlys and off the last corner on the last lap, he drove to the inside. His charge ended eight inches short as Marlys Scharf held on to victory. It looked like there would be a similar battle in Pure stock heat number two between
Rob Rodziczak and Jeremy Melton, but Melton, driving number 81 for his brother, Dan, got
loose on lap 6 and lost control. This gave Rodziczak the easy victory. During intermission, the kids took part in the annual money grab, and while no kid found a toad this year, five kids found Sacajewea Dollars and got to ride in the Doge Viper pace car, before the features. The first of the features was for the Miller Lite A-Mods. Mark Albertus's crew worked hard on his car between his heat and the feature and whatever they did to the car definately help as he led all 15 laps and took the victory. Mike Boyd was well back in second as he held off Tad Schoonover. Bob Klienschmidt maintained his one point lead in he points with a fourth place finish. Mike Vogt was fifth. When Ryan Glembin got to the lead of the Street Stock feature on lap 3, it was trouble for the competition. Glembin had a stout car and walked away from the field. John Eckert was nearly a half of a lap back in second. Ken Valeria extended his points lead as he held off Frtiz Scharf for third. Shawn Bialas was fifth. B.J. Slizewski took the lead with six laps to go in the Pure Stock feature. Ron Reese,
who relinquished the lead, was thrown into a hotly contested battle for second. Resse, Rob
Rodziczak, and Marlys Scharf fought it out in the remainig laps but they would cross the
line in that order, seperated by just a car length. Mark Schuenemann charged from
seventh on lap 1 to Miller would hop out of his Bandit and into a Mazda MX6 to take on Jason Foley, in a
Mitzubishi Eclispe, for a race in the Street Eliminators. Foley got had the better
reaction time from the standing start, and while Miller tried to make up the deficit, Miller Lite A-Mods Street Stocks Pure Stocks Bandits |
