Lieders, Adams, Specek and Nosser
take Mid-Season Championships at MHR!
By Janis Weigel

June 30, 2000; Unity, WI. - Sunny, warm weathered greeted a huge crowd for Mid Season
Championship races Friday night at MHR.  Racing action was sponsored by Justice Bros. and S&S Distributing, presented by Mitchell Promotions.

The top three survivors of the WISSOTA Super Stocks this evening during mid-season championships included, ( from right to left), Paul Lieders (first), Rich Bishop (second) and Scott Johnson (third.)   Lieders is also the current point leader in the division.

Paul Lieders, Rich Bishop, Scott Johnson, Paul Erikson and Lance Leu controlled the top five positions throughout a caution filled WISSOTA Super Stock Feature Friday night at MHR. With eight cautions in just twelve completed laps, the race was shortened to a fourteen lap event. Lieders held his ground at each restart, as he was challenged over and over by Bishop and Johnson, to take the Mid Season Championship win, Bishop second, Johnson third, Erikson fourth and Leu in
fourth.

Celebrating strong performances in the Mid-Season championships here at MHR are the top three finishers from the WISSOTA Street Stock division.  Shown from right to left are, Kevin Adams, current point leader and Mid-Season championship winner, Rod Herman who finished second in the main and Kirk Bogdanovic who claimed third.

Making up for lost time the WISSOTA Street Stocks ran a fast paced fifteen lap feature as Kevin Adams grabbed a strong lead followed by last weeks feature winner, Rod Herman and Kirk Bogdanovic.  Chris Oertel left the track in the first lap with transmission problems, Chris Lindner
exited in the third lap, and Ken Heser was forced to end his night early, losing a tire in the fifth lap.
Becoming well known for his last lap pass attempts, Brent Mindock gained ground on Bogdanovic and Herman as the three raced for the checkered flag in a tight group.   Adams flew by for the Mid Season Championship win, Bogdanovic and Herman held their positions for second and third, Mindock fourth and Dave Teatz in fifth.

The top three WISSOTA Mod finishers were (from right) Jeff Spacek first, Troy Kuyoth second, and Luke Schilling third.

Jeff Spacek made a fast pass in the first lap of the WISSOTA Modified feature for the lead, followed by Luke Schilling, Scott Duval, Lance Burt and Troy Kuyoth.  Kuyoth moved into fourth in the third lap.  Jerry Weigel left the track under a caution in the seventh lap with mechanical failure. Roger Andres drifted high in the backstretch, hitting the wall hard in lap eleven. 

Car failure in lap thirteen, resulted in Steve Isenberg making contact with Lance Burt in the front stretch. With no where to go, Burt slammed backwards, hard into the wall. Kuyoth used the restart to his advantage, passing Duval for third and began to put the heat on Schilling, passing for second with four laps remaining.  Spacek held on to the lead for the Mid Season Championship win, Kuyoth second, Schilling third, Duval fourth and Jack Larson in fifth.

Lance Bert (#151) had not planned on this ending during WISSOTA Modified feature action.  Burt was unhurt in this incident but it ended his evening.

Craig Lieders held the early lead in the A-Mod Feature, followed by Mickey Nosser, Rob Genett
and Scott Anderson.  Genett left the track after one lap with smoke pouring from his car.  In the third lap Lieders drifted high as he rounded corner four, leaving a wide open gap for Nosser to take the lead. Scott Anderson pressured Lieders for second throughout the remaining laps.  Nosser cruised past the checkered flag for the Mid Season Championship win, Lieders second and Scott
Anderson throwing sparks as he brushed the front wall, racing hard for the pass finished in  third.

Dale "The Duck" Sonnentag's (#3s) illness never allowed him to race this brand new car during the 2000 season.  A special tribute was held at the track in remembrance of his life and love for racing.

Results

WISSOTA Super Stock:
FEATURE: Paul Lieders, Rich Bishop, Scott Johnson, Paul Erikson, Lance Leu, Bill Schwantes,
Duane Dunbar, Lonnie Leu, Randy Spacek, Scott Geiger, Jim Willner, Butch Kummer, Terry
Kroening, Mike Paul, Mike Bauer, Ron Sischo, Jerome Kowalski, Tad Schoonover, Terry Gorst,
Eric Bolosky, Jere Stanton, Pete Paulus
Heat 1: Lieders, Johnson, Geiger, Kowalski, Stanton, Stender.
Heat 2: Bauer, Gorst, Schwantes, Dunbar, Paulus, Lonnie Leu
Heat 3: Spacek, Erikson, Bolosky, Kummer, Paul, Sischo
Heat 4: Bishop, Lance Leu, Willner, Schoonover, Kroening

WISSOTA Street Stock:
FEATURE: Kevin Adams, Rod Herman, Kirk Bogdanovic, Brent Mindock, Dave
Teatz, Steve Surprenant, Dennis Squires, Ralph Stark, James Bandow, Jason Kellner, Chad
Schneider, Ken Heser, Chris Lindner, Chris Oertel
Heat 1: Adams, Mindock, Squires, Bandow, Lindner
Heat 2: Herman, Bogdanovic, Surprenant, Schneider, Dassow
Heat 3: Oertel, Teatz, Stark, Heser

WISSOTA Modified:
A FEATURE: Jeff Spacek, Troy Kuyoth, Luke Schilling, Scott Duval, Jack Larson, Butch Oertel,
Jed Moore, Gary Baxter, Rob Bunkelman, Kevin Rogers, Daniel Konrardy, Steve Kuester, Marty
Schwantes, Ray Karl Jr., Tim Hintz, Mark Baxter, Lance Burt, Steve Isenberg, Roger Andres,
Jerry Weigel
B FEATURE: Steve Kuester, Rob Bunkelman, Ray Karl Jr., Marty Schwantes, David Baxter, Ken Pankratz, Chris Thompson, Brad Seehafer, Larry Mendrzycki, Bob Sammann, Kim Mendrzycki
Heat 1: Duval, Isenberg, Moore, Hintz, Kuester, Bunkelman, Seehafer
Heat 2: Schilling, Kuyoth, Weigel, Konrardy, Sammann, Schwantes, D.Baxter
Heat 3: Burt, Oertel, G. Baxter, M. Baxter, Karl, Thompson
Heat 4: Spacek, Larson, Rogers, Andres, Pankratz, L. Mendrzycki

A-Modifieds:
FEATURE: Mickey Nosser, Craig Lieders, Scott Anderson, Luke Lobacz, Shane Halopka,
Jeff Wilczek, Rob Genett.
Heat: Lieders, Nosser, Genett, Wilzcek, Halopka, Lobacz, Anderson