July 25, 2004; Seymour, WI - For only the second time this season, N.E.W. DIRT was able to run a back to back racing program Sunday night at the Seymour Tri Oval raceway. The weather was cool with 136 cars heating up the action.

Photo Highlights

Race leader WISSOTA Late Model #21 Luke Roffers held off #1 Doug Blashe in Sunday night's feature event midway through the feature event. Roffers won the event, Blashe was forced to settle for second behind Troy Springborn. Benji LaCrosse broke out of the pack with 8 laps left and ran off with his first Tri Oval IMCA Modified feature win of the season. Early on in the feature race at Seymour, IMCA Modified #54 Benji LaCrosse and #37 Sean Jerovetz picked different lines in coming up through traffic in the mod feature race. LaCrosse finished first at the checkers, followed by Jerovetz. IMCA Stock Car #10s Rod Snellenberger grabbed the lead and held on to the end even with #33c Brandon Czarapata taking the outside groove. Safety workers had their hands full at the end of the IMCA Stock Car feature Sunday night when #26g George Gerbers and #55w Shawn Wagner tangled on the frontstretch. Neither driver was injured in the incident. Street Stocks #70 Phil Hiles and #39 Joe Van Ooyen make their way up through traffic to the front in the Street Stock feature. Hiles took the win while Van Ooyen slipped to fifth place. Matt Maleport walked off with his first career 4 cylinder division feature Sunday night at the Tri Oval. 4 Cylinder #8m Matt Maleport leads #01 Jasper Drengler into the closing laps of their feature race. Maleport got the win and Drengler had to settle for third.

The Street Stocks started out the feature portion of the program with Derek Lecker grabbing the early lead after a first lap caution. Lecker led until Phil Hiles powered into the lead on lap 3 and checked out on the field. Lecker held the runner up spot until Kevin Charles moved up on lap 8. Jeremy Wiitala moved into second on lap 10 but dropped out of the contest 3 laps later. Point leader, Darren Otto inherited the runner up spot and started to chip into the lead Hiles had built. Otto closed the gap, but not enough to mount any kind of challenge as Hiles drove off with his third feature win of the season. Otto took second. The field was bunched further back for third place with Jamie Van Ooyen taking third ahead of Mike Pierrard. Joe Van Ooyen and Brian Koch rounded out the top six.

Bret Wenzel took the opening lap lead in the Bay-Tek IMCA Stock Car main but Shannon Volkman took over the top spot on lap 2. Rod Snellenberger broke out of the pack early and moved into the lead on lap 5. A lap 8 caution for debris bunched the field with Jeremy Christians moving into the runner up spot on the restart. Volkman, Larry Karcz, Jr, Chaz Van Ooyen and Shawn Wagner were now the front runners. A couple cautions slowed the race on lap 13 and 14, with Snellenberger maintaining the lead.

Under green for the rest of the way, Christians was second followed by point leader Brandon Czarapata, Karcz, Jamie Colwell and Wagner.

As the field exited the tri oval for the final time. Snellenberger grabbed his third feature win of the season with Christians and Czarapata right behind. Wagner was on the outside in fourth when he hit the front wall, got sideways and rolled several times across the finish line, ending up in 9th place. Wagner climbed out of his car unhurt in front of the grandstand with a sigh of relief and loud cheer from the crowd. Finishing in fourth place was Colwell, followed by Kyle Fredrick and Travis Van Straten.

Jeremy Hedrick led the first half of the Budweiser IMCA Modified feature before slipping wide in turn two on lap 12, which allowed Jared Siefert an opening to take charge of the event before a couple cautions slowed the pace. The cautions shuffled the front a bit and when the green appeared for good, Siefert was followed by Sean Jerovetz, Benji LaCrosse, Dan Deau, Scott Mullen, Brad Rohloff and Mike Wedelstadt.

LaCrosse hooked up on the outside line and took over the top spot and then check out, pulling away for his first tri oval feature win of the season. The race for the runner up spot stayed close the rest of the way with Jerovetz holding off a charging Rohloff at the finish line for second. Siefert held off Wedelstadt to take 4th with point leader, Mullen, rounding out the top six.

Luke Roffers pulled into the lead on the opening lap of the Maplewood Shell WISSOTA Late Model main and following a couple early race cautions was joined by Troy Springborn, Doug Blashe M.J. Hintz, Travis Spaulding and Gordie Seegert. Springborn tried several times over the next few laps to take over the top spot, but Roffers was up to the challenge and maintained the lead. Over the final 8 laps, Roffers was able to pull away from the pack and collected his first ever Tri Oval feature win. Springborn ran to a second place finish with Blashe holding off Hintz in a battle for third. Spaulding was alongside Hintz to finish fifth and Seegert took sixth.

D.J. Jorgensen took the lead in the 4 Cylinder finale for the first three circuits when Jacob Wilcox took over, leading through mid way when Matt Maleport took over on lap 9. Following a lap 10 caution, Maleport was joined at the front by point leader, Jasper Drengler, Tom Schmidt, Matt Oershovich, Jorgensen and Stan Adamski. Maleport survived a tight battle at the front over the final 5 laps to win his first career division feature. Oershovich came through the pack to take second over Drengler. Schmidt took 4th with Jorgensen and Adamski rounding out the top six.

Next week, the Poster Contest will be held from earlier this season.

SUMMARY

BUDWEISER IMCA MODIFIED
20 Lap Feature l. Benji LaCrosse, Luxemburg 2. Sean Jerovetz, Green Bay 3. Brad Rohloff, Pulaski 4. Jared Siefert, Green Bay 5. Mike Wedelstadt, Hortonville 6. Scott Mullen, Seymour
8 Lap Consy First l. Mike Klenz, Sobieski 2. Eddie Muenster, Green Bay 3. Mike Cole, Baileys Harbor 4. Kyle Meyers
Second l. Scott Boyea, Green Bay 2. Jamie Schmidt, Black Creek 3. Brian Drexler, Oshkosh 4. Chad Bartel, Shiocton
10 Lap Heats First l. LaCrosse 2. Mullen
Second l. Wedelstadt 2. Rohloff
Third l. Travis Spaulding, Greenville 2. Russ Huxford, Green Bay
Forth l. Jeremie Hedrick, Lena 2. Siefert

MAPLEWOOD SHELL WISSOTA LATE MODEL
20 Lap Feature l. Luke Roffers, Oneida 2. Troy Springborn, Shawano 3. Doug Blashe, Marion 4. M.J. Hintz, Green Bay 5. Travis Spaulding, Greenville 6. Gordie Seegert, Oostburg
8 Lap Heats First l. Springborn 2. Roffers
Second l. Tom Naeyaert, Shawano 2. Blashe
Third l. Seegert 2. Hintz

STREET STOCK
20 Lap Feature l. Phil Hiles, Appleton 2. Darren Otto, Pulaski 3. Jamie Van Ooyen, Appleton 4. Mike Pierrard, Green Bay 5. Joe Van Ooyen, Appleton 6. Brian Koch, Green Bay
12 Lap Consy l. Joe Johnson, Seymour 2. Mike Woodke, Appleton 3., Darci Czarapata, Pulaski 4. Dan Rihm. Green Bay
8 Lap Heats First l. Otto 2. Joe Van Ooyen
Second l. Harley Simon, Seymour 2. Jamie Berg
Third l. Bill Kelsey, Green Bay 2. Tony Peebles
Forth l. Hiles 2. Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay

BAY-TEK IMCA STOCK CAR
20 Lap Feature l. Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski 2. Jeremy Christians, Horicon 3. Brandon Czarapata, Horicon 4. Jamie Colwell, Greenleaf 5. Kyle Fredrick, Gillett 6. Travis Van Straten, Hortonville
12 Lap Consy l. Fredrick 2. B.J. Giese, Shawano 3. Mike Brott, Green Bay 4. Kurt Moeller, Seymour
10 Lap Heats First l. Shannon Volkman 2. Tyler Rasmussen, Gillett
Second l. Rick Mahlberg, Denmark 2. Larry Karcz, Jr, Pulaski
Third l. Snellenberger 2. Bret Wenzel, Two Rivers

4 CYLINDER
15 Lap Feature l. Matt Maleport 2. Matt Oershovich 3. Jasper Drengler 4. Tom Schmidt 5. D.J. Jorgensen 6. Satan Adamski
8 Lap Heats First l. Greg Banker 2. Jorgensen
Second l. Mike Schwiner 2. Drengler