Kuyoth Captures WISSOTA Late
Model Main at Monster Hall Raceway!
By Ben Brost
May 17, 2002; Unity, WI. - Grassland Dairy sponsored 6
classes of great racing Friday night at Monster Hall Raceway, with all classes topping
themselves by putting on a great show for all in attendance. The heat races gave an
excellent preview of what was to come in the features, with action packed racing on every
inch of the track.
The Midwest Mods strapped themselves in to do battle first, with the
2001 Track Champion Scott Anderson the favorite to win. After he took off to an early
lead, the pair from Medford, the #3JR of Shane Halopka, and the #4 of Jim Poyda began the
chase of the #27 of Anderson. On lap 7, with 5 cars left on the track, caution flew, which
brought the cars back together, giving Poyda and Halopka the break that they needed.
The pair from Medford hung right behind Anderson, when on lap 14, Poyda,
in a brilliant move, dove to the inside of Anderson, edging him out for the lead spot.
Halopka tried to do the same, but to no avail. Poyda was able to fend off one last charge
from Anderson, and, in great fashion, crossed the finish line first to collect his first
ever feature win in his Midwest Modified, with Anderson coming in second, and Halopka
coming in 3rd.
The street stocks were next up to show their stuff, with the #36 of Dave Teatz, and the
#51 of Chris Oertel showing the way. As those two were side by side leading the pack, many
other cars were trying to get in that battle, including that of the #33 of Mike Paul, #7
Chris Crasper, and Street Stock rookie #29 Zack Kauth exchanging positions all throughout
the event, trying to get into the top 5. On lap 9, the #33 of Mike Paul, in an amazing
move, went to the very inside of the track, and tried to split the #29 of Kauth and the #7
of Chris Crasper making it 3 wide, to break into the top 5. He succeeded, but could not
hold off the charge of the Crasper machine, who capped out the top five.
The most exciting battle was for the lead, with the veteran #36 Dave Teatz
and the young gun #51 of Chris Oertel battling it out. With the driving ability that only
years of experience could bring, the Teatz machine went to the outside, grabbing bite out
of corner 2, and edged over Oertel heading into three and four. Staying in the outside
groove, defending one last move from Oertel, Teatz crossed the line first, and piloted his
#36 into the Budweiser Winners Circle for his first feature win of the season.
Yet another exciting show was in store for the fans at Monster Hall Raceway, with the
Super Stocks wheeling their machines onto the track. Holding the 2001 Monster Hall Raceway
Super Stock Track Champion, and the feature winner opening night, #14L Lance Leu tried to
continue on his perfect record by jumping out to a straightaway lead early on in the
feature, with #27 Mark Stender in second, and #77 Jim Willner in third.
With excitement all over the track, the #57 of Paul Leaders, #23 Terry
Kroening, and #10t of Larry Jackson were side - by - side on lap 4, when Jackson and
Kroening got together in the apex of one and two, bringing out the caution. With Leu still
way out front, he left the action behind him, but the #22 of Randy Spacek and #27 Mark
Stender gaining on the 14L. On the white flag lap, mechanical trouble struck the Leu
Machine, causing him to finish second, with the #22 of taking home the win.
The Mods came with thunder and brought the heat, with the #51 of Butch Oertel on the
point, trying to add another feature win to his illustrious career. Oertel jumped out to a
lead, with #17 Scott Duval charging through the pack trying to get up front. But, the
story of the night was the black and purple #40 of Paul Knauf waiting in the wings of the
leaders.
Trouble struck the Duval machine, along with the #151 of Tyler Keyser,
which allowed the Knauf machine to capitalize on the positions open, and overtake the
lead, never looking back. After battling from mid pack, the #40 of Paul Knauf was able to
take home his first ever feature win at Monster Hall Raceway.
The Late Models saw the #81 of Troy Springborn, #80 of Troy Kuyoth, and #7k Tyler Keyser
battling back and forth from the start. The #15 of Nick Anvelink tried to get into the
battle as well, along with the #9 of Tom Naeyaert. Kuyoth jumped out to his lead, never
looking back, leaving single file racing the rest of the way home, leaving the Seubert
Calf Ranches #80 taking home the win.
Friday nights races just proved to be even more exciting than the night previous, raising
the bar for all of the nights to come. Be sure to come and join us each and every Friday
night at Monster Hall Raceway!
WISSOTA MIDWEST MODIFIEDS:
Heat 1: 27 Scott Anderson, 01 Al Seehafer, 4 Jim Poyda, 3JR Shane
Halopka, 13 Dave Salman
Feature: Poyda, Anderson, Halopka, Salzman, Seehafer
WISSOTA STREET STOCK:
Heat 1: 51 Chris Oertel, 27 John Becker, 07 Cory Crapser, 33 Mike Paul,
35 Ken Heser, 29 Zach Kauth, 22 Scott Miller, 94 Mark Rose, 8 John Goulden
Heat 2: 36 Dave Teatz, 71R Rod Herman, 17X Joe Bablick, 93 Lee
Christjohn, 29 Doug Herbst, 23 Mark Warga, 17 Jason Hopinka, 7 Chris Crapser, 3 Jared
Lindner
Feature: Teatz, Oertel, Cory Crapser, Becker, Chris Crapser, Paul,
Herbst, Kauth, Rose, Goulden, Warga, Miller, Bablick, Christjohn, Herman, Heser
WISSOTA SUPER STOCK:
Heat 1: 27 Mark Stender, 57 Paul Lieders, 77W Jim Willner, 10T Larry
Jackson, 8 Scott Johnson, 02 Jamie Strebig, 24 Butch Kummer, 80 Scott Williams, 63 Ron
Sischo
Heat 2: 14L Lance Leu, 22 Randy Spacek, 1 Peter Kokinen, 23 Terry
Kroening, 75 Scott Geiger, 77 Jason Kellner, 77S Bill Schwantes
Feature: Spacke, Leu, Stender, Willner, Lieders, Geiger, Jokinen,
Johnson, Kummer, Strebig, Jackson, Kellner, S Williams, Kroenig, Sischo, S Williams,
Schwantes
WISSOTA MODIFIED:
Heat 1: 80 Troy Kuyoth, 17 Scott Duval, 51 Butch Oertel, 21 Roger Andres,
24 Kevin Rogers, 25 Dan Konrardy, 70 Mike Williams, 61 Ray Karl, Jr., 151 Tyler Keyser
Heat 2: 22 Jeff Spacek, 40 Paul Knauf, 43 Luke Schilling, 16 Rob Genett,
58 Scott Vesely, 3 Mike Bauer, 12 Matt Hilgart
Feature: Knauf, Oertel, Bauer, Rogers, Karl, Williams, Keyser, Duval,
Schilling, Vesely, Kuyoth, Harrison, Konrardy, Campbell, Hilgart, Andres, Spacek, Genett
WISSOTA LATE MODEL:
Heat 1: 0 Jim Rychtik, 80 Troy Kuyoth, 15 Nick Anvelink, 9 Tom Naeyaert,
81 Troy Springborn, 7 Tyler Keyser, 8 Brent Larson, 32 Kerry Hanson, 21 Todd Frank
Feature: Kuyoth, Springborn, Keyser, Anvelink, Larson, Naeyaert, Hanson,
Rychtik, Frank
2 MAN CRUISERS:
Heat 1: 6.2 Mark/John Virnig, 00 Rick Dahlke/Jerry Dahlke, 99 Andrew
Derks/Shawn Zawislan, 8UP Travis Hamm/Ed Hoffman, 66 Randy Rueth/Ryan Smith, 54 Scott
Davis/Joe Fitzgerald
Heat 2: 27 Jim/Eric Dietsche, 13 ½ Ben Mann/Shawn Peterson, 11 Jamie
Kilty/Darin Geiger, 10-4 Justin Lindner/Steve Plaskey, 8UP2 Eric Hamm/Luke Rindt, 37
James/Jim Marshall, 18 Bill Davis/Jesse Felten
Feature: Kilty/Geiger, Hamm/Hoffman, Virnig/Virnig, Derks/Zawislan,
Hamm/Rindt, Marshall/Marshall, Dahlke/Dahlke, Lindner/Plaskey, Rueth/Smith, Mann/Peterson,
Dietsche/Dietsche, Davis/Fitzgerald, Loos/Olson |
