Riverside Raceway regulars Steve Justin, Dustin Miller and Eli Gustafson were the top three qualifiers out of the heat races. It looked as if the feature maybe a bit of a run away as Justin's cut of the cards yielded a two, meaning only the front row of the feature was inverted.

The race was anything but a runaway. From the pole, Miller lead the first seven laps of the 25-lap feature, but Steve Justin wrestled the lead away on lap eight and Miller got involved in an incident with Jay Wilberding, forcing both Miller and Wilberding to the back of the pack.

Justin held the lead until lap 17 when Eli Gustafson was finally able to get around to the inside. From there, Gustafson pulled away and took home the $200 winner's share of the purse, becoming the third different winner of the 4-Cylinder Shootout in as many years.

Steve Justin finished second and was one of the two regular bandits to crack the top five in the most competitive 4-Cylinder Shootout yet. The rest of the top five was filled with drivers making their first start at Riverside Raceway for the 2004 season.

Dean Wascher, representing Adventure Mountain Speedway in Greenland, Michigan, finished third driving the car normally piloted by his wife, Lena. Jamie Hedlund, representing Norway Speedway in Norway, Michigan finished fourth in his first start on dirt. Defending champion Ryan Rohacek, representing TNT Speedway in Three Lakes rounded out the top five.

The racing was exciting through out the night. Bruce Belland took a big hit in the Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stock point standing as a cut tire in the heat race lead to a ninth place finish. Mark Schuenemann finished second in the race and then lead the final 16 laps of the Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stock Feature, holding off Lee Christjohn, Ken Valeria and a hard charging Belland to take his second feature victory of the season. Schuenemann, with his great performance moved from 14 to just three points behind Belland with five points nights remaining.

The point lead in the Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest Mods changed hands again, this time an accident at Eagle Valley Speedway on Sunday, kept Guy Carley from racing on Tuesday. Troy Smart inherited the point lead and appeared to
be capping a fine night off in style by dominating the first 14 and three quarter laps of the 15-lap feature.

Things got interesting in the final quarter lap. In the most bizarre and thrilling finish of the 2004 season, Smart got sideways coming through turn four, losing all of his momentum in efforts to save the car. That allowed Bob Kleinschmidt and Jerry Grasse to close in. Kleinschmidt and Grasse both checked up to avoid hitting Smart. Once everyone got back in the gas, the result was a three-wide drag race for the win.

Kleinschmidt was the quickest of the three to get back on the gas and took the win, and a clean sweep by a foot and a half over Jerry Grasse, who edged out Troy Smart for second by three inches.

Second place in the Pure Stock point standings, Pete Luedke had a splint on his right pinky finger after injuring it while working. That little handicap was not going to stop him from dominating the Pure Stock feature. Luedke led the final 11 laps of the race only to have lapped traffic nearly cost him the win. Luedke earned a clean sweep and gained two points on Rob Rodziczak, who finish second in the feature for the third time in the last four weeks.

Racing continues next Tuesday at Riverside Raceway. As a special treat for the fans, skydivers will be brought in from Pulaski, Wisconsin and will descend from 5,200 feet during the National Anthem.

Riverside Raceway Results: August 3, 2004

Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest Mods
Heat: 1st 0-Kleinschmidt; 2nd 2-Richardson; 3rd 14-Smart
Feature: 1st 0-Kleinschmidt; 2nd 5-Grasse; 3rd 14-Smart; 4th 27T-Frantz; 5th
2-Richardson (out)

Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat: 1st 76-Kallas; 2nd 96-Schuenemann; 3rd 1C-Lederer
Feature: 1st 96-Schuenemann; 2nd 93-Christjohn; 3rd 2-K.Valeria; 4th
22B-Belland; 5th 1-F.Scharf

Pure Stocks
Heat 1: 1st 15-Rodziczak; 2nd 190-Jackson; 3rd 8S-S.Rosinski
Heat 2: 1st 7-Luedke; 2nd 5-R.Valeris; 3rd 21N-N.Slizewski
Feature: 1st 7-Luedke; 2nd 15-Rodziczak; 3rd 5-R.Valeria; 4th 190-Jackson; 5th 63-Durand (-1)

3rd Annual 4-Cylinder Shootout
Heat 1: 1st #37-D.Miller; 2nd 71-Wascher; 3rd 28-Lannet; 4th 12-Giese*
Heat 2: 1st 27-Gustafson; 2nd 2-Truscott; 3rd 26-Kurtti; 4th 37-Pasanen
Heat 3: 1st 49-Justin*; 2nd 25-Wilberding; 3rd 9-Rohacek; 4th 4-Bacon
Semi-Feature: 1st 10-Schinke; 2nd 111-Hedlund*; 3rd 91-Frayer; 4th 82-Deau*; 5th 87-Viz*; 6th 06-Van Hese*
Feature: 1st 27-Gustafson; 2nd 49-Justin*; 3rd 71-Wascher; 4th 111-Hedlund*; 5th 9-Rohacek

*Denotes Regular Bandits