August 22, 2004; Seymour, WI - The track was smooth, tacky and fast for an exciting night of racing action at the Seymour Tri Oval Raceway Sunday night.

Photo Highlights

Maplewood Shell WISSOTA Late Model   Tom Naeyaertended a race long battle to capture his second Tri Oval feature win of the season Sunday night. The Maplewood Shell WISSOTA Late Models had several lead changes during their main event Sunday night at Seymour, including #9n Tom Naeyaert and #1 Doug Blashe before Naeyaert finally pulled away with the win.   Blashe had to settle for second. Budweiser IMCA Mod #54 Benji LaCrosse would not be denied another feature win for 2004 on Sunday night at the Seymour Tri-Oval, even with const Dennis Young picked up his first checker of the season taking his heat race Sunday night in IMCA Modified action. The Bay-Tek IMCA Stock Cars put on quite a show themselves at Seymour as race leader #10s Rod Snellenberger held off the challenges of #33 Brandon Czarapata. Darci Czarapata took her first checker of the season winning her Street Stock heat race Sunday at the Seymour Tri-Oval. 4 Cylinder #17 Greg Banker took off Sunday night at the Seymour Tri-Oval from his front row starting spot and began lapping much of the field including #11 Brad Matuszck.

Brett Wenzel paced the opening lap of the Bay-Tek IMCA Stock Car feature with Charlie Van Ooyen leading the second circuit. A caution on lap 3 allowed Larry Karcz,Jr to set up the leader for a takeover on the restart. Following right behind were Rod Snellenberger, Jeremy Christians and point leader, Brandon Czarapata. By lap 7, the trio had dropped Karcz back to 4th and set the stage for a thrilling race for the lead. Christians and Czarapata are locked in a tight 2 point battle for the track title, Snellenberger is always tough in front. The trio battled back and forth running three wide several times through the tri oval. Despite a couple of late race cautions, the action stayed hot at the front with Snellenberger holding on to win his 4th division feature of the season. Christians gained one point on the leader by taking second with Czarapata third. Shawn Wagner, Travis Van Straten and Tyler Rassmussen all snuck by Karcz after the final restart to round out the top 6 finishers. The point race will be settled next week as the division wraps up their point season because of Boone the following week. Czarapata holds a 370 to 368 margin over Christians. Czarapata is the defending champion and Christians is a former 2 time champ.

Troy Wilson grabbed the lead in the Street Stock main and built a lead over the first 9 laps when a caution bunched the fields for the only time. This put Paul White right on his bumper for the restart, followed by point leader, Darren Otto, Mike Pierrard, Phil Hiles and Shawn Van Ooyen.

On the restart, Otto pulled high and took over the lead with Hiles also taking the opening and moved into the runner up spot. Like the past couple weeks, the pair pulled away and ran side by side for most of the last half of the race, swapping the lead several times. Over the final 5 laps, lapped traffic came into the picture but Otto was able to maintain the lead and picked up his 3rd straight feature flag of the season, his 5th overall. Hiles was a close second followed by Wilson, his best finish of the season. Brian Koch edged White for fourth. Van Ooyen rounded out the top six.

A field of 21 cars took the green for the Maplewood Shell WISSOTA Late Model feature. Gary Nelson led the opening lap with Tom Naeyaert flying on the outside line into the lead on lap 2. Gordie Seegert moved into the runner up spot just before a lap 6 caution, and on the restart pulled into the lead. Doug Blashe also joined the leader in a great three way battle for the lead over the next 6 laps.

A final caution on lap 11 set up a 9 lap sprint to the finish. Naeyaert again powered into the lead and Terry Anvelink pulled into third place. Naeyaert was able to hold off Blashe and Anvelink over the final laps to record his 2nd feature win of the season. Point leader, Tim Buhler, finished the run in fourth with Seegert taking fifth.. Randy Markwardt rounded out the top 6.

Joel Schmit led the opening 6 circuits of the Budweiser IMCA Modified feature.

Benji LaCrosse started the event in row 5 and hooked up on the outside and powered into the top spot on lap 7. Jared Siefert followed into second on the next lap. A lone caution flew on lap 9, and on the restart, the pair pulled away from the field running a side by side battle for several laps, with LaCrosse able to hold the lead to the finish to collect his third feature win of the season. Siefert was right behind at the finish line. Brad Rohloff finished in third place. Point leader, Scott Mullen, started the final 5 laps in 8th place, but made a dash to the front edging Danny Deau for fourth place at the finish line. Dennis Young took sixth.

The win by LaCrosse and the 4th by Mullen moves LaCrosse to within 9 points, 366 – 357, of his first Tri Oval track title entering the final Mod point night next week.

Greg Banker took the 4 Cylinder feature lead at the start, and despite one caution, was able to drive off with his second feature win of the season. Ben Daoust held second until the caution on lap 13, and over the final 2 laps, Tom Schmidt was able to wrestle the runner up spot away at the finish line. D.J. Jorgenson, Matt Oershovich and Tim Jorgenson round out the top six.

Next week will be the final point night for both IMCA divisions, because IMCA starts their National in Boone on Labor Day the following week. The Late Model, Streets and 4 Cylinders all complete their point season on a busy Labor Day weekend at the Tri Oval, on Sunday September 5th. The season will close the next day, Monday, September 6th, with the Tri Oval Changeover. The WDLMA division will be in to close the season. All other divisions will be involved as well, but they will be non-sanctioned events with NO claims.

Advanced tickets can be purchased through this week from your favorite drivers to save $2.00 at the gate on Monday. Racing on Monday will begin earlier, at 5PM.

SUMMARY

BUDWEISER IMCA MODIFIED
20 Lap Feature l. Benji LaCrosse, Luxemburg 2. Jared Siefert, Green Bay 3. Brad Rohloff, Pulaski 4. Scott Mullen, Seymour 5. Danny Deau, Sobieski 6. Dennis Young, Seymour
10 Lap Heats First l. Young 2. Jerry Wilinski, Seymour
Second l. Mike Wedelstadt, Hortonville 2. Joel Schmit, Green Bay
4 Lap Doxbee’s Dash l. Lance Arneson, Account 2. Travis Spaulding, Greenville

MAPLEWOOD SHELL WISSOTA LATE MODEL
20 Lap feature l. Tom Naeyaert, Shawano 2, Doug Blashe, Marion 3. Terry Anvelink, Navarino 4. Tim Buhler, Glenbulah 5. Gordie Seegert, Oostburg 6. Randy Markwardt, Sheboygan
10 Lap Heats First l. Nick Anvelink, Navarino 2. Markwardt
Second l. Pete Parker, Kaukauna 2. Naeyaert
Third l. Buhler 2. Seegert

STREET STOCK
20 Lap Feature l. Darren Otto, Pulaski 2. Phil Hiles, Appleton 3. Troy Wilson, Green Bay 4. Brian Koch, Green Bay 5. Paul White, Green Bay 6, Shawn Van Ooyen, Appleton
12 Lap Consy l. Dan Ambrosius, Seymour 2. Harley Simon,. Seymour 3. Mike Woodke, Appleton 4. Dan Rihm, Green Bay
8 Lap Heats First l. Mike Pierrard, Green Bay 2. White
Second l. Darci Czarapata, Pulaski 2. Joe Van Ooyen, Appleton
Third l. Wilson 2. Tony Peebles, Green Bay

BAY-TEK IMCA STOCK CAR
20 Lap Feature l. Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski 2. Jeremy Christians, Horicon 3. Brandon Czarapata, Horicon 4. Shawn Wagner, Pulaski 5. Travis Van Straten, Hortonville 6. Tyler Rassmussen, Gillett
10 Lap Heats First l. Wagner 2. George Gerbers, Green Bay
Second l. Brett Wenzel, Manitowoc 2. Jamie Colwell, Greenleaf
Third l. Larry Karcz, Jr, Pulaski 2. Van Straten

4 CYLINDER
15 Lap Feature l. Greg Banker 2. Tom Schmidt 3. Ben Daoust 4. D.J. Jorgenson 5. Matt Oershovich 6. Tim Jorgenson
8 Lap Heats First l. Banker 2. Daoust
Second l. D.J. Jorgenson 2. Tim Jorgenson