July 2, 2004; Unity, WI. - Carquest Auto Parts and K99 WIGM sponsored the racing program at Monster Hall Raceway this past Friday. Chris Oertel had the field of WISSOTA Modifieds covered and led the entire twenty lap distance. Other winners included Robby Bunkelman in the Super Stocks, Cory Crapser in the Street Stocks and Dave Salzman Jr. in the Midwest Modifieds.

Salzman moved from the pole to take the early lead of the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. Randy Bargender gave chase four car lengths behind in second while Shane Halopka, Joe Bablick and Shannon Williams ran nose to tail for third. Salzman saw his lead disappear when a three car pile up in turn two brought out the caution with five laps complete. After the restart, Salzman again pulled to a two car length lead. Halopka worked the bottom groove on Bargender and snuck under him to take over second with six laps remaining. This allowed Bablick and Ken Heser to reel in Bargender and make it a three car battle for third. Bablick got on the inside of Bargender on several occasions but
couldn't get enough bite to complete the pass.

Out front, Halopka was able to close up on the back of Salzman and put some heavy pressure on as the laps wound down. Salzman however, was up for the challenge and held on to take the win. Halopka came from deep in the field to finish second while Bargender held on to his point lead with a third place finish. Bablick had another solid run in his rookie season coming across the line in fourth ahead of Heser.

The front row for the WISSOTA Street Stock feature consisted of Cory Crapser and Brock Wright. Cory Crapser used the preferred bottom groove to get out front and take the lead ahead of Wright and a tight five car pack including Zack Kauth, Steve Bangart, Butch Kummer, Wayne Dean and Roger Walker. A lap four caution stretched everyone out single file behind race leader Cory Crapser. When the field took the green flag, Cory Crapser again felt pressure from Wright who was tight on his back bumper. The man on the move was Kummer, who made the pass on Kauth for third and began
to reel in the leaders. Dean and Chris Crapser battled each other for fourth as they followed Kummer towards the front. Cory Crapser continued to hold the lead while Wright tried several different lines trying to make the pass with only a few laps left. Crapser was able to hold off the charge from Wright and pick up his second win of the season. Kummer closed in on the leaders late in the race but didn't have enough laps to get out front and finished third. Dean was able to make progress on the high side and used it to beat out Chris Crapser for fourth at the line.

Jim Willner blasted from outside the front row to secure the lead in the WISSOTA Super Stock feature. Polesitter, Robby Bunkelman stayed tight on the back bumper of Willner waiting for the right opportunity to make the pass. Terry Kroening ran in third fending off the charge of Scott Johnson while Chad Zastrow, Scott Geiger and Mark Stender traded the fifth and sixth positions. After a lap five caution, Bunkelman shot to the high side going for the lead but Willner was able
to hold the position while running lower on the track.

Meanwhile, Randy Spacek made his way from deep in the field to interject himself in the battle for third between Kroening and Johnson. Out front, Bunkelman finally found an opening to get by Willner and took over the lead shortly after the halfway point. Once he got out front Bunkelman stretched his lead to five car lengths by the time he passed the checkered flag.

Willner has been on a roll as of late and he showed no signs of slowing down with a strong second place finish. Kroening came off of a Heat win earlier in the night to finish third in the feature. Spacek climbed through the field to take home fourth ahead of Zastrow.

John Frydrych and Chris Oertel led the field to the green flag for the WISSOTA Modified 20 lap Main Event. Oertel used the high line to lead the first lap and then dropped down to the low groove once he secured the position. Scott Duval gave chase in second while Frydrych, Luke Schilling, Paul Knauf and Jeff Spacek ran in a tight pack for third. Schilling came out on top of that battle and immediately began reeling in Duval. Schilling completed the pass on Duval for second just as the crossed flags came out marking the halfway point in the race.

This allowed Spacek to close in on Duval while Kent Baxter and Dan Konrardy battled over the fifth position. The caution flag flew on lap 12 and then again on lap 14 which eliminated Oertel's lead and put Schilling, Spacek and Duval behind him for the restart. When the green flag waved Schilling launched his car up to the high line and was able to pull alongside Oertel and the two cars ran side by side up until the caution flew again on lap 18. This time, Schilling was not able to find the same grip up high and was forced to duck back in behind the leader. Oertel held on for the win in his first season
piloting a Modified. Spacek came across the line in third ahead of Duval. Kent Baxter made a late race pass on Konrardy to get a top five finish.

The final race of the evening was in the Two-Man Cruiser Division. Bargender/Martin led from the pole position while Ron/John Kunninger put some heavy pressure on from behind. Meanwhile, Davis/Fitzgerald fought their way from the rear of the field to challenge Ron/John Kunninger for second near the halfway mark. This allowed Bargender/Martin to stretch
their lead to several car lengths and pick up the win after leading all but one lap. Schmidt/Podratz battled their way from the fourth row to finish second ahead of Schubert/Delis.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:
Feature - Chris Oertel, Luke Schilling, Jeff Spacek, Scott Duval, Kent Baxter, Dan Konrardy, Mike Bauer, Dave Baxter, Paul Knauf, Roger Andres
Heat 1 - Knauf, Spacek, Oertel, Bauer, Frydrych
Heat 2 - Duval, Mark Baxter, Schilling, Kent Baxter, Konrardy

WISSOTA Super Stocks:
Feature - Robby Bunkelman, Jim Willner, Terry Kroening, Randy Spacek, Chad Zastrow, Mark Stender, Bill Scwantes, Jere Stanton, Jamie Strebig, Paul Erickson
Heat 1 - Kroening, Geiger, Bunkelman, Johnson, Rau
Heat 2 - Leu, Zastrow, Gorst, Willner, Erickson
Heat 3 - Spacek, Fiern, Hensel, Stender, Sischo

WISSOTA Street Stocks:
Feature - Cory Crapser, Brock Wright, Butch Kummer, Wayne Dean, Chris Crapser, Steve Bangart, Jared Loos, Roger Walker, Todd Heier, Scott Miller
Heat 1 - Wright, Kauth, Kummer, Dean, Bangart
Heat 2 - Loos, Cory Crapser, Walker, Chris Crapser, Miller

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:
Feature - Dave Salzman Jr., Shane Halopka, Randy Bargender, Joe Bablick, Ken Heser, Jerome Kowalski, Mike Molitor, John Kowalski, Shannon Williams, Scott Williams
Heat 1 - Halopka, Bargender, Molitor, John Kowalski, Jerome Kowalski
Heat 2 - Salzman, Poyda, Bablick, Scott Williams, Shannon Williams

Two-Man Cruisers:
Feature - Keith Bargender/Jeremy Martin, Matt Schmidt/Tom Podratz, Gary Schubert/Rich Delis
Heat 1 - Ron/John Kunninger
Heat 2 - Davis/Fitzgerald