July 9, 2004; Unity, WI. - Monster Hall Raceway presented a full racing program this past Friday night sponsored by Pepsi Slush Puppie and Stratford Sign.              

Scott Duval came out on top of a 20 lap  duel with Chris Oertel in the WISSOTA Modifieds.  Paul Erickson picked up the win in a caution filled WISSOTA Super Stock feature.  Other feature winners included Butch Kummer in the  Street
Stocks and Shane Halopka in the Midwest Modifieds.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.

   Jim Poyda blasted out front to take the early lead in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature.  Halopka, Joe Bablick and Dave Salzman were close behind battling over the second spot.  Halopka  capitalized on a lap
six caution by jumping to the outside groove to take the lead from Poyda.  This gave the third place car of Bablick a chance to close in on the leaders.  Halopka was quickly able to stretch his lead out to four car lengths over a three car battle for third between Poyda, Bablick and Randy Bargender.  Bablick got a good run down low and moved into the second position with four laps remaining.  Halopka continued to run smooth, fast laps and held on for the win.  Bablick
wasn't able to gain enough ground on Halopka in the late going to challenge for the lead and came across the line second. Poyda held off a late race charge from Bargender to finish in third, while Salzman rounded out the top five. 

   Butch Kummer used the pole position to take the lead in the WISSOTA Street Stock feature.  Chris Crapser proved to have a strong car as well by passing several cars to get to the runner-up spot four car lengths behind Kummer.  Ralph Stark held on to the third position but soon had company when Cory Crapser, Steve Bangart and Brock Wright closed in and made it a four car battle for third.  Cory Crapser worked the bottom groove to secure the position just as Stark
brought his car to the pits with mechanical trouble. Kummer had  a solid hold on the lead ahead of Chris Crapser up until a scary crash on lap 14 brought out the red flag.   Jared Loos and John Goulden were side by side going for the seventh position when Loos made contact with Goulden sending both cars into the front stretch wall which caused Gouldens car to violently roll over.  Goulden was uninjured from the incident, however, his car was less fortunate.  When the race was restared, Kummer felt heavy pressure from Chris Crapser who dove to the bottom of the track trying to find an opening.   Kummer was able to shut the door on his challenger and hold on for the win after leading the entire 15 lap event.  Chris Crapser put up a stout challenge for the lead late in the race, but had to settle for runner-up money on this night.  Cory
Crapser backed up last weeks feature win with a solid third place run.  Ryan Lindner came across the line in fourth just ahead of Wright. 

The WISSOTA Super Stocks were next to pull trackside while a light mist continued to fall over the Speedway. Cautions flew on lap one, two and three for several spinouts which could be attributed to the extra moisture being laid down on the track surface. Adam Hensel took control out front as the race finally stayed green with three laps in. Paul Erickson gave
chase about a car length behind, while Robby Bunkelman fought to hold on to the third spot while feeling pressure from Jim Willner. Out front, Erickson was able to close the gap on Hensel and began to challenge for the lead when all of a sudden Hensel's car gave out on the backstretch sending him coasting to the infield. After taking over the lead, Erickson ran the bottom groove while Bunkelman ran a slightly higher line two car lengths behind. Willner had control of the third position but Randy Spacek and Shaun Mcfadden quickly closed in behind. Just as the field passed the halfway mark, a five car wreck in turn two sent Spacek, Mcfadden and Bill Schwantes to the pits.

Spacek was the only one able to make his way back out to finish the race. Erickson kept the lead after the restart but felt heavy pressure on the high side from Bunkelman. This left the bottom open for Willner to sneak under Bunkelman and take over second. Erickson was able to stretch out his lead to several car lengths before a lap 17 caution signaled the end of the race giving Erickson the win. Willner held on for a second place finish ahead of Lance Leu, Scott Geiger and Terry Gorst. Gorst was also the "Hard Charger" of the race after coming from 14th to finish fifth.

Next up was the 20 lap Main Event in the WISSOTA Modifieds. Chris Oertel and Scott Duval led the field around to get the green flag. Oertel stuck his car on the bottom to take the early lead while Duval chose the high line close behind. Kent Baxter held on to third while Luke Schilling and Dan Konrardy battled a car length behind. Schilling cleared Konrardy and
quickly dropped down low to make the pass on Kent Baxter. Meanwhile, out front, Duval continued to work the high line on Oertel as they ran side by side, with Oertel keeping a slight advantage down low. Schilling was all by himself in third at the halfway mark while Konrardy, Kent Baxter and Mark Baxter all fought over the fourth and fifth positions. The outside groove began to come in for Duval as the laps wound down and he kept getting a better run out of the corners as the
race wore on. Duval was finally able to complete the winning pass on Oertel with four laps remaining to get the win. Duval held on for the win after he and Oertel put on a great show for the fans while battling for the lead. Schilling came across the line third ahead of Konrardy and Kent Baxter.

Ron/John Kunninger came from the outside of row three to take the win in the Two-Man Cruiser Feature. They used a late race pass on Dave/Steve Knauf to get into victory lane. Matt Scmidt/Tom Podratz ran strong all night and picked up a third place finish just ahead of Gary Schubert/Rich Delis.   

Summary

WISSOTA Modifieds:
Feature - Scott Duval, Chris Oertel, Luke Schilling, Dan Konrardy, Kent Baxter, Mark Baxter, Dave Baxter, Rob Genett, Jeff Spacek, Kevin Rogers
Heat 1 - Duval, K. Baxter, Oertel, Konrardy
Heat 2 - M. Baxter, Schilling, D. Baxter, Veseley 

WISSOTA Super Stocks:
Feature - Paul Erickson, Jim Willner, Lance Leu, Scott Geiger, Terry Gorst, Mike Hince, Randy Spacek, John
Fiern, Robby Bunkelman, Jamie Strebig
Heat 1 - Schwantes, Mcfadden, Willner, Gorst
Heat 2 - Kroening, Bunkelman, Leu, Rau
Heat 3 - Spacek, Hensel, Hince, Erickson

WISSOTA Street Stocks:
Feature - Butch Kummer, Chris Crapser, Cory Crapser, Ryan Lindner, Brock Wright, Roger Walker, Dave Teatz, Scott Miller, Steve Bangart, Curtis Andres
Heat 1 - Walker, Kummer, Kauth, Lindner
Heat 2 - Wright, Chris Crapser, Miller, Goulden
Heat 3 - Bangart, Stark, Cory Crapser, Teatz

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:
Feature - Shane Halopka, Joe Bablick, Jim Poyda, Randy Bargender, Dave Salzman, Jerome Kowalski, Shannon
Williams, John Kowalski
Heat 1 - Poyda, Bargender, John Kowalski
Heat 2 - Bablick, Halopka, Salzman  

Two Man Cruiser Division:
Feature - Ron/John Kunninger, Dave/Steve Knauf, Schmidt/Podratz
Heat 1 - Davis/Fitzgerald, Lindner/Wilke,Schmidt/Podratz
Heat 2 - Dave/Steve Knauf, Schubert/Delis, Bach/Fuchs