*Attention IMCA Hobby Stock Drivers*

You are BACK on the card for the 2015 season! A tentative meeting for drivers will be held on Sunday afternoon, time & place TBD. Contact Ryan Johnson at (920) 327-3989 for more information.

Where: The Rendezvous, E896 County Road N, Luxemburg

Time: Cocktails – 6pm, Dinner – 7pm with Awards Program to follow

Meal: Chicken and beef tips w/ beer and soda after Awards Program

Prices: Couple in advance: $40 – Couple at the door: $50
Single in advance: $25 – Single at the door: $30

Send payment by January 16th to: Linda Jadin, 524 Prairie Ln, Luxemburg, WI 54217

Track champions in all 5 divisions will be crowned. Awards to the top 5 points finishers in their respective divisions will be presented, as well as rookie of the year honors. Drivers must be present to collect any monetary awards.

Photos by Dan Lewis Photography – www.danlewisphoto.net

September 26, 2014; Luxemburg, WI — Some drivers wait years to collect their first Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series victory, others have chased an elusive A-main checkered their entire career. For newcomer Kyle Marten, that first victory came in a blink… in fact he’s not even officially begun his rookie season in the highly competitive 410 sprints, that challenge that may be in store for 2015.

A graduate of area 360 sprint car ranks, Marten follows fellow standout pilots, Jeremy Schultz and Ben Schmidt as drivers to have reached the podium prior to their rookie seasons in IRA action.

Additionally Marten now joins Schultz, and Scotty Thiel, both with roots in the 360 sprints, to have collected checkered flags during a highly competitive 2014 season. To get the win this evening Marten was able to fend off challenges of Phillip Mock who had scored his first career series victory earlier this year.

Mock set the pace at the onset of the 30 lap A-main, handing the lead over to Marten while negotiating lapped traffic during the early portion of the race. Mock then kept the pressure on for the duration of the contest awaiting a slip by Marten, which never came.

When the checkered flag fell, Marten had a three car length advantage over Mock, placing his car in the winner’s circle at Luxemburg Speedway, which last saw a sprint car in 2005 when Mike Kertscher had taken the victory.

2014 Knoxville Raceway champion Ian Madsen edged out Thiel for the final podium spot with a final corner pass.

“That was awesome! I was never expecting to win an A-main with the IRA this soon, I’m absolutely speechless”, exclaimed Marten after climbing from his machine in victory lane after becoming the 10th different winner in IRA action this season. The win was very popular with the crowd at a track that last showcased 410 sprint cars nearly a decade ago.

A solid showing was just the medicine Mock needed. He had nabbed a pair of victories early in the season but was forced to the sidelines for a majority of the year after an engine failure strained the team’s budget. “It feels pretty great after not really being in the car for two and a half months”, Mock noted after earning his first podium since June. Mock then gave a solid endorsement to his fellow competitor Marten, “I have to give it up for the winner tonight. He moved up to the top sooner than I did, and was more aggressive through lapped traffic, overall it was just a good job by him (Marten)”.

Tonight’s show presented by Six-Four promotions, was the first promotional effort by Scotty Thiel and Jeff Bonilla. The event was a late season addition to the IRA schedule. It proved to be a successful event with fans already hopeful for its return next season. The program brought 410 sprint car racing to the track for the first time since 2005.

The other major storyline of the evening was extremes of fate for six-time, and defending IRA champion Bill Balog. Balog grabbed the headlines early, setting a new all-time track record in qualifying with a lap of 10.989 seconds, which equates to over 109mph on the modestly banked third-mile clay oval. However, Balog’s evening went awry in the first lap of his heat race however when he garnered the distinction of becoming the first driver to get upside down during the show taking a wild tumble off turn four. With his car too badly damaged to continue Balog, and his team headed for home to prepare a car for the season finale at Dodge County Fairgrounds tomorrow night. So long as the team arrives for that show Balog should lock up his seventh consecutive IRA series title.

The field of 22 starters rolled trackside for the 30 lap A-main contest, giving the fans a three wide salute instead of the traditional four wide presentation, as a tribute to Scott Semmelmann who had passed away after injuries sustained in a racing accident last week.

Mock sat on the pole of the event with Marten to his outside. As the green flag fell, Mock surged into the lead, while Marten found himself having to fend off Thiel, and Schmidt.

Over the opening circuits Mock established himself in the lead spot while Marten settled into a rhythm in second. Schmidt was able to gain the advantage on Thiel securing third by lap two.

The lead pair of Mock, and Marten quickly caught the tail of the field as Mock began to weave through lapped machines. His progress halted temporarily, by a pair of lapped machines, running side by side, allowed Marten to close. Marten opted to try the high line past the lapped cars, a maneuver that allowed him to slip past Mock for the lead in the process on lap 7.

Once clear of lapped car Marten opened a small gap on Mock who soon had his hands full with Schmidt who had closed in on the lead duo.

Deeper in the field Terry McCarl who had won the B-main, and Madsen began to march forward. McCarl working up from his 11th starting spot cracked the top five on lap 12, and was marching forward.

That drive would come to a halt however just past the halfway point.

On lap 16 Blake Nimee had driveline issues that resulted in a spin into the infield. Slowing to avoid him, Todd King, making his first appearance of the year spun, and stalled, just in front of the leaders in turn two. Marten, Mock, and Schmidt managed to avoid King, but fourth running McCarl was unable to miss his stalled ride. The resulting contact dropped both King, and McCarl from the contest. Additionally Nimee was unable to refire his car resulting in all three leaving the race.

The contest resumed with Marten again showing the way, challenged by Mock, and Schmidt who had briefly darted by Mock for second.

On lap 19 Schmidt suddenly pulled into the infield giving up the third spot with another potential podium finish stolen from the hard charging rookie by mechanical gremlins that have negated several potential race-winning efforts this year.

Thiel now inherited the third spot trying to run down Marten and Mock who continued to show the way out front.

Marten appeared to have the race in hand when Schultz, and Steve Meyer locked horns while doing battle for the fifth spot on lap 28. The resulting contact sent Meyer onto his side and the red flag appeared as a result. Meyer was unhurt but unable to continue, while Schultz was able to return after some quick work by his crew. Under the red flag safety crews attended to a small oil fire on the machine of Bill Wirth who was comfortably inside the top ten. The fire was extinguished quickly, and Wirth was able to continue when the race resumed.

The race was now a two-lap dash to the checker with no lapped machines among the leaders. Marten, Mock, Thiel, Madsen, and Scotty Neitzel in the top five positions.

Wasting little time Marten was on the gas hard at the restart line gaining a small advantage in Mock. Thiel meanwhile had his hand full with Madsen, working hard to retain the final podium spot.

Marten’s kept his foot firmly planted on the accelerator taking the victory. Mock’s effort resulted in a second place run. On the final turn Madsen was able to sneak past Thiel for the final podium spot with Thiel having to settle for fourth. Neitzel’s steady performance resulted in a fifth place effort.

Two-time series champion Travis Whitney earned the sixth spot just ahead of Bill Rose in seventh. Rose’s season long consistency has resulted in his being a threat to steal the title from Balog as he currently ranks second in the season standings. The championship will be decided during the final event of the year with Balog still showing the way by a fairly comfortable margin but the gap has narrowed greatly over the past few weeks.

Wirth, Wayne Modjeski, and Kris Spitz comprised eighth through tenth in the final rundown.

17 of the 22 starters were still on the tack at the finish of the contest.

Earlier in the night Terry McCarl dominated the B-main for a convincing win over Dave Uttech, Scott Uttech, Russel Borland and Byron Walters in the top five. Wirth, King and Dennis Spitz also transferred as eight cars came from the B-main rather than the usual seven, when Mike Reinke was forced to scratch from the main event with engine ills.

Heat race wins were collected by Madsen, Neitzel and Kris Spitz.

The first heat race was especially chaotic with three red flags. Balog, Todd Daun and Borland all got upside down during the event. Of the three only Borland was able to continue, eventually making the main event.

Twenty eight cars had appeared for tonight’s show, with 27 taking time. Raymond Hensley expired a motor in hot laps and was unable to take a qualifying lap. Balog’s record setting lap of 10.989 seconds set the pace, followed by Schultz with a lap of 11.145 seconds. Whitney was third quick with an 11.170 second effort. The top 25 cars all qualified within a second of Balog’s record pace.

Saturday night September 27th, the 2014 season will conclude at the Dodge County Fairgrounds. Known as the “Horsepower Half-mile”, it’s a high-speed finale, and a fitting conclusion to a successful 2014 season.

Balog has captured the last two events held at the raceway including the most recent show held back in June when he outran two-time series champ Travis Whitney, and Steve Meyer.

Two classes of sprint cars will take to the big track as the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw 410 sprints will be joined by the MSA 360 sprint series with a full show of their own. Modifieds will also be on hand along with the Illinois Vintage Stock Cars. Vintage Mods and Stocks from Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota are expected.

Pits will open at 2:00pm, grandstands at 4:00pm, warm-ups will take place 5:30pm followed by IRA Qualifying and racing to follow shortly thereafter. Admission is $20 for adults and $5 for students ages 6 through 12. Children ages 5 and under are admitted FREE.

The Dodge County Fairgrounds is located on highway 33, just 2 miles east of Beaver Dam and just west of highway 26.

For additional information please see http://www.irasprints.com/ or http://www.dodgecountyfairgrounds.com/

IRA proudly concludes it’s 2014 season backed by its long time supporting series partners led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Hoosier Tire, Cedar Creek Motorsports, Cummins Onan, and Carriage Auto Body.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints are a featured member of Racetext.net a website dedicated to bringing fans the best possible coverage of local short track racing.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

IRA Sprint Cars — IRA Interstate Racing Association
Event #23 — Luxemburg Speedway — Luxemburg, WI — September 26, 2014
IRA Sprint Cars | IRA Interstate Racing Association

“Battle By The Bay” A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 99-Kyle Marten; 2. 1m-Phillip Mock; 3. 18-Ian Madsen; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel; 5. 2w-Scotty Neitzel; 6. 16-Travis Whitney; 7. 6r-Bill Rose; 8. 53w-Bill Wirth; 9. 14aj-Wayne Modjeski; 10. 4k-Kris Spitz; 11. 5j-Jeremy Schultz; 12. Scott Uttech; 13. 68-Dave Uttech; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder; 15. Dennis Spitz; 16. Byron Walters; 17. 85m-Steve Meyer-dnf; 18. 35-Ben Schmidt-dnf; 19. 23-Russel Borland-dnf; 20. 24-Terry McCarl-dnf; 21. 79-Blake Nimee-dnf; 22. 73-Todd King-dnf

Behling Circle Track B Feature (15 Laps): 1. 24-Terry McCarl; 2. 68-Dave Uttech; 3. 7- Scott Uttech; 4. 23-Russel Borland; 5. 5w-Byron Walters; 6. 53w-Bill Wirth; 7. 73-Todd King; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz; 9. 1-Paul Pokorski-dnf; 10. 94-Brandon Thone-dnf; 11. 70-Raymond Hensley-dnf; 12. 17b-Bill Balog-dns

Weld Racing Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Ian Madsen; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt; 3. 99-Kyle Marten; 4. 14-Wayne Modjeski; 5. 02-Mike Reinke; 6. 23-Russel Borland-dnf; 7. 48h-Todd Daun-dnf; 8. 73-Todd King-dnf; 9. 17b-Bill Balog-ndf; 10. 70 Raymond Hensley-dns

Diversified Machine Inc. Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2w-Scotty Neitzel; 2. 85m-Steve Meyer; 3. 1m-Phillip Mock; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel; 5. 5j-Jeremy Schultz; 6. 24-Terry McCarl; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz; 8. 94-Brandon Thone; 9. 53w-Bill Wirth

All Star Performance Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 4k-Kris Spitz; 2. 79-Blake Nimee; 3. 16-Travis Whitney; 4. 6r-Bill Rose; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder; 6. 5w-Byron Walters; 7. 1-Paul Pokorski; 8. 7-Scott UIttech; 9. 68-Dave Uttech-dnf

Osborn & Son Qualifying (Top 10): 1. 17b-Bill Balog, 10.989; 2. 5j-Jeremy Schultz, 11.145; 3. 16-Travis Whitney, 11.170; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 11.178; 5. 24-Terry McCarl, 11.227; 6. 5w-Byron Walters, 11.243; 7. 35-Ben Schmidt, 11.281; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel, 11.322; 9. 68-Dave Uttech, 11.373; 10. 99-Kyle Marten, 11.410

Luxemburg,WI – 9/26/14 – Fantastic late September weather greeted race fans during the first annual Battle By The Bay presented by Professional Plating Inc. Will Gerrits, Bryce Bailey, and Eric Scribner went home with impressive wins to their credit.

Waupun’s Will Gerrits was the class of the field during the 600 Micro Sprint feature. Gerrits led wire to wire to en route to the victory. Antigo’s Jake Reif fiished second in the race. Tyler Brabant of Waupun crossed the line in third.

Bryce Bailey made the drive from Cedar Rapids Iowa worthwhile with an impressive win in the Legends division. Milwaukee racer Joe Bongiorno took the lead on the opening lap of the Legends feature, while 14th place starter Bryce Bailey began working toward the front of the field. Once Bailey worked past Waupun’s Kim Clover to move to second he quickly reeled in Bongiorno and made an inside move in turn four to take over the lead. As the race ran on, Bailey pulled away while Mukwonago racer Brian Peterson took second away from Bongiorno.

Tom Stark took the lead at the start of the Sport Mod feature. Jeremy Cota worked to the inside of Stark on lap 2 and the pair ran side by side for the lead with Cota taking over the top spot on the third lap. While Cota led, Eric Scribner raced into second and began to pursue Cota. A lap fifteen caution flag slowed the pace and tightened the field up. On the restart Cota continued to lead with Scribner right on his back bumper. Entering turn three on the final lap Scribner went to the high side of the track. Coming out of turn four Scribner gained the momentum to take the lead from Cota and win the race.

The first annual Battle by the Bay Presented by Professional Plating Inc. at Luxemburg Speedway on September 26th, 2014 will feature the Interstate Racing Association 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars which are 900 horsepower, 1400 pound open wheel cars that can reach speeds of 140 miles per hour! They bring edge of your seat excitement when they hit the track and rumble the ground as they storm around the 1/3 mile speedway at Luxemburg chasing the $2,500 to win grand prize! This will be the first time in over nine years that the 410 Outlaw Sprints have been to this track.

The show is being promoted by Scotty Thiel and SixFour Promotions. Information on the show can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/311865625651839/

Three other divisions will support the 410’s will include the IMCA Northern Sport Mods which will race for an outstanding $750 to win and $100 to start the A-main event. Followed by the sport mods will be INEX Legend cars. The Wisconsin Legend dirt series will storm the track racing for $500 to win and $75 to start the A-main. Wrapping up all of the divisions will be 600cc Micro Sprints, a small scaled outlaw sprint car with motorcycle engines powering the car. The A-Main will pay $300 to win and $50 to start.

Friday night dirt track racing at the Luxemburg Speedway will start with pit gates opening at 3:00PM, grandstand gates opening at 5:00PM and racing to start at 7:00PM!

Ticket Prices: Adults – $20 / Kids 6-14 – $10 / Kids 5 & under – FREE

Tisler Fall Classic — Tisler Fall Marathon.

Either title fits the season ending “scheduled” two day race weekend at the Luxemburg Speedway that went in the books this past weekend.

Scheduled as a two-day affair, persistent rains on Friday transformed the event into a single day show Saturday; including all scheduled qualifiers and finals, plus a Race of Champions program for three of the competing divisions.

Originally slated for Friday only, Late Models were still part of the Saturday program. The addition proved to be profitable for Brett Swedberg, who controlled the class on the night.

Swedberg took the lead from Doug Blashe on the sixth lap, then pulled away to an insurmountable advantage in the 25 lap feature. Two late cautions with less than laps to go gave faint hope to the rest of the field as Swedberg easily regained control to the checker.

Shawn Kilgore mastered a stellar field of Modifieds, leading all 20 laps to record a win in the $1,000 to win division headliner. A charging Jared Siefert was closing the gap late, but ran out of time before he could mount a serious challenge for the win.

Siefert collected a little redemption, thanks to a victory in the Modified Race of Champions to end the night.

John Heinz held off both Travis VanStraten and Luke Lemmens in a three car battle for the victory in the Stock Car feature.

Heinz took the lead from Billy LeMieux on the ninth lap, then held off repeated challenges from both VanStraten and Lemmens right down to the wire. Heinz capped off the perfect night with a win in the division’s Race of Champions later in the show.

Todd Wiese shot to the outside of Scott Boulanger to take the lead on the second lap, then outdueled Modified veteran Eric Scribner down to the finish of the Sport Mod feature.

Wiese nearly missed a feature sweep as well, as Ryan LeMieux just topped him in the Sport Mod ROC.

Street Stocker Shawn Haydon eventually prevailed over Jeff Jungwirth and Jonny Ashcraft in that division’s finale. The lead switched hands multiple times until Haydon took control for good with just seven laps to go.

Other feature trophies went to Aaron Zellner in the Hobby Stocks, Jake Reif in the Micro Sprints and Mike Montie in the 4 cylinder class.

Luxemburg Speedway Tisler Fall Classic Results

Late Model 25 Lap Feature: Brett Swedberg — Doug Blashe –Ron Berna — Kyle Odekirk — Aaron Wickersheim — Troy Springborn

Heat: Swedberg — Tom Naeyaert

Modified 20 Lap Feature: Shawn Kilgore — Jared Siefert — Todd Dart — James Tebon — Josh Long — Eddie Muenster

B Main: Eric Mahlik — Troy Jerovetz — Jerry Muenter — Mitch Stankowski

Race of Champions (ROC): Siefert — Jason Czarapata — Jay Matthias – Tebon

Heat 1: Mike Mullen — Brad Theys

Heat 2: Tebon — Benji LaCrosse

Heat 3: Czarapata — Dart

Heat 4: Long — Kyle Kudick

ROC Heat 1: Brad Lautenbach — Eric Arneson

ROC Heat 2: Siefert — Czarapata

ROC Heat 3: Matthias — Theys

Stock Car 20 Lap Feature: John Heinz — Travis VanStraten — Luke Lemmens — Devon Snellenberger — Shawn Havel — Barry VanStraten

B Main: Rob Waechter — Troy Muench — Mike Wietor — Tony Bouche

ROC: Heinz — Travis VanStraten — Lemmens – Havel

Heat 1: Justin Jacobson — Barry VanStraten

Heat 2: Heinz — Lemmens

Heat 3: Greg Wichman — Dylan Heilmann

Heat 4: Snellenberger — Jeremy Wiitala

ROC Heat 1: Heinz — Lemmens

ROC Heat 2: VanStraten – Havel

Sport Mod 20 Lap Feature: Todd Wiese — Eric Scribner — Ryan LeMieux — Jacob Zellner — Travis Arenz — Doug Maurer

B Main 1: Tracy Wassenberg — Ron Besaw — Cody Schroeder — Hunter Parsons

B Main 2: Jarred VanLaanen — Greg Potts — Kelsy-Ann Hayes — Dennis Miesler

ROC: LeMieux — Wiese — Jarred VanLaanen – Zellner

Heat 1: Scott Boulanger — Troy DeGrave

Heat 2: Zellner — Scribner

Heat 3: Maurer — Arenz

Heat 4: Wyatt Block — Wiese

ROC Heat 1: LeMieux — Zellner

ROC Heat 2: Wiese — Boulanger

Street Stock 20 Lap Feature: Shawn Haydon — Jeff Jungwirth — Jonny Ashcraft — Scott Boulanger — Jerry Winkler — Jeremy Jauquet

B Main: Jauquet — Gary Kasperek — Billy LeMieux — Jeff Dorschner

Heat 1: Haydon — Boulanger

Heat 2: Dave DeGrave — Winkler

Heat 3: Ashcraft — Wayne Morgan

Hobby Stock 12 Lap Feature: Aaron Zellner — Derek Moede — Wes Salentine — Amber Weidner — Jeremy Jauquet

Heat: Moede — Jauquet

4 Cylinder 12 Lap Feature: Mike Montie — Brian Johnson — Kasey Gross — Matt Brehmer — Scott Johnson — Chris Maas

Heat 1: Montie — Gross

Heat 2: Brehmer — Brian Johnson

Micro Sprint 12 Lap Feature: Jake Reif — Will Garrets — Jerry Reif – Denver Larsen — #99 — Pat Zellner

Heat: Garrets — Jake Reif

SATURDAY ALL DAY SHOW- STARTING AT NOON!
Draw/ Re-draw cut off will be at 11:00am.

We will run ALL classes tomorrow- Hobby, Streets, Late Models, 4 Cylinders, Sport Mods, Stocks, Mods & Micro Sprints.

FRIDAY $18, SATURDAY $15, $30 for 2 Days
Seniors Friday $10, and Saturday $12
Students Age 16 and under: FREE Grandstands!!

6:30 start time on Friday, 5:00 start time on Saturday

Friday’s divisions: WDLMA Late Models (full show), Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks (full show), Street Stocks and 4 cylinders plus Race of Champions for Mods, Stock Cars & Sport Mods

Saturday’s divisions: Modifieds, Stock Cars, Sport Mods, Street Stocks, Micro Sprints (full show) and 4 cylinders

Pit passes: $30 single day, $50 2-day

Information: Gene or Joe (920) 621-3428, (920) 371-1926
Raceday/Weather Phone (920) 845-2300

We are cancelled for tonight 8/29. Congrats to all of our champions! We WILL be doing payout tonight at the track from 4pm-6pm.

Our 2014 track champions are Jason Czarapata (IMCA modifieds), Brandon Czarapata (IMCA stock cars), Andy Kleczka (IMCA northern sportmods), Derek Moede (IMCA hobby stocks) and Keith Kickbusch (street stocks)