Wilmot 8-19-23

(Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, August 19, 2023)—Hartford’s Bill Balog put the bookend on his second regular season Wilmot Raceway 410 Championship by scoring a thrilling victory in the Roger Iles Tribute for the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) 30-lap feature at the Kenosha County Fair on Saturday, August 19, 2023. Balog’s last Wilmot title came in 2020.

​Balog, known as the North Pole Nightmare as he is originally from Anchorage, AK, took the lead on a slide move to overtake Joel Myers Jr. of Santa Rosa, CA. on a restart going into turn three with 11 laps to go following the race’s only caution.  Balog, who won the first 410 sprint car feature at Wilmot in May, scored the win which clinched the season series championship.

​Myers held on to second. Howard Grove’s Mike Reinke was third. Brenham Crouch of Lubbock, TX was fourth. Beaver Dam’s Scott Neitzel was fifth.

​“It was a great race, and I was able to move up as the laps wound down,” said Balog, whose IRA win in victory was his 23rd career race win at Wilmot in the final appearance for the IRA 410 Winged Warriors at their original home track. “I have to thank my crew, sponsors, and these great fans.  It’s fun to win here at Wilmot, and the Iles race is special as is fair night.”

​The Bill Grogan Tribute for the CK Contractors/AutoMeter powered by Gandrud Performance Products Wisconsin Wingless Sprints 20-lap Feature was won by Genesee’s Eric Wilke in a wild green-white-checkered finish.

​Wilke stuck to the inside groove with the first caution closing the field four laps from the finish.  On the restart, Oconomowoc’s Ryan Zielski shot to the high side outside cushion rim ridding into the lead on the restart.  Two laps later a final yellow set up a reload for the top spot.  Wilke shot to the low side which Zielski hooking the outside berm in turn two on the final restart.  Wilke went on to his first wingless Wilmot win, and second of his career having won at Angel Park a couple weeks earlier.  Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, IL took second by less than a car length over Zielski who finished third. Tim Cox of Park City, IL was fourth. Kansasville’s Ryan Marshall fifth.

​“I stuck to the bottom, and decided from the start that was what I was going to do,” said Wilke, whose family is celebrating its 50th Anniversary Season for Wilke’s Auto Service for the many different types of racing they have been involved in. “I saw Zielski found something high, so I took a peak up there during the caution but decided I wasn’t going to give that a shot.  I got my shot when he hooked it on the restart.  Getting a win here at Wilmot, where we’ve been struggling a lot this year, is great.  Thanks to the Grogan family for what they do for this race, too.”

​John Kirk of Johnsburg, IL scored  a spin to win for his first Pfeifer Trailer Sales IRA Lightning Sprints 15-lap feature at Wilmot this season.  Kirk took the initial lead.  Five laps into the main Kirk got sideways in turn two, nearly spinning in front of the field.  Briane Strane Jr. of Paris shot low and briefly into the lead.

​Kirk recovered with the race staying green.  Four laps later, on lap 9 to match his car number, Kirk retook the point.  A final caution with three laps to go set a dash for the finish.  Kirk was up to the challenge and the victory.  Union Grove’s Andrew Kiedrowski had a late charge to take second. Strane was third. Waukesha’s Mark Heinert fourth. Nick Petska of Spring Grove, IL fifth.

​“I went in a little too hard and all of a sudden the car started coming around on me,” Kirk said, noting it was his second Lightning Sprint win of the season, having won at Sycamore earlier, but it has been two years since he won at Wilmot.  “This win is for Larry Neau who had some health issues earlier this week and does a lot for this division. It’s also for my dad who is battling cancer.  This means a lot to win for them and on fair night.”

​Next up for Wilmot Raceway is an Open Wheel Special on Saturday, August 26 featuring the Badger Midgets and Midwest Sprint Association 360 Sprints, plus Modifieds and Bandit 4-Cylinder Stock Cars.  Grandstands open at 5 p.m. On track activity at 5:30, racing scheduled for 6:45 p.m. Grandstand admission is $20.00 for everyone ages 12 & Over, with children ages 11 & under admitted free.  Pits open at 3 p.m. For further information phone trackside raceline 262-862-2090, check official Raceway website wilmotraceway.com or official track Facebook page.

Submitted by Michael H. Babicz

410 Sprints – Winged 41 Entries

A Feature 30 Laps | 00:17:19.357

1. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 2. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[1]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]; 4. 1-Brenham Crouch[13]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[7]; 7. 3N-Jake Neuman[10]; 8. 73-Scotty Thiel[11]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[8]; 10. 96-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 11. 25T-Travis Arenz[22]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz[18]; 13. 16C-Tylar Rankin[3]; 14. 47-Todd King[14]; 15. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[17]; 16. 25-Danny Schlafer[21]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech[9]; 18. 19J-Jett Mann[12]; 19. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[15]; 20. 49-Josh Schneiderman[19]; 21. 70-Chris Klemko[20]; 22. 16-Anthony Knierim[23]; 23. 37-Bryce Norris[24]; 24. 13-Van Gurley Jr[16]

B Feature 12 Laps | 00:15:09.868

1. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 2. 25T-Travis Arenz[5]; 3. 16-Anthony Knierim[1]; 4. 37-Bryce Norris[4]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett[3]; 6. 79-Blake Nimee[11]; 7. 19CW-Ion Stear[9]; 8. U2-Jack Vanderboom[8]; 9. 55-Austin Deblauw[7]; 10. 87-Austin Hartmann[10]; 11. 99-Tyler Brabant[6]; 12. 24-Scott Conger[15]; 13. 26R-Preston Ruh[13]; 14. 21-Will Gerrits[12]; 15. 39D-Michael Decker[14]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder[20]; 17. 38-Allen Hafford[18]; 18. 65X-Russell Deblauw[19]; 19. (DNF) 19-Todd Daun[16]; 20. (DNF) 83-Tommy Sexton[17]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:04:28.284

1. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[2]; 2. 16C-Tylar Rankin[1]; 3. 96-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[5]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[3]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:01:43.657

1. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:05:17.000

1. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[2]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[4]; 4. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[5]; 5. 49-Josh Schneiderman[6]; 6. 16-Anthony Knierim[1]; 7. 25T-Travis Arenz[7]; 8. 79-Blake Nimee[9]; 9. 26R-Preston Ruh[8]; 10. 83-Tommy Sexton[10]; 11. (DNS) 92-Kevin Seidler

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:13.000

1. 16C-Tylar Rankin[1]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[2]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch[3]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[6]; 7. 55-Austin Deblauw[7]; 8. 19CW-Ion Stear[8]; 9. 24-Scott Conger[9]; 10. 65X-Russell Deblauw[10]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:56.000

1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[3]; 4. 47-Todd King[2]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko[7]; 6. 37-Bryce Norris[5]; 7. U2-Jack Vanderboom[6]; 8. 21-Will Gerrits[8]; 9. 38-Allen Hafford[10]; 10. (DNS) 43-Jereme Schroeder

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:09:16.000

1. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 3. 19J-Jett Mann[1]; 4. 13-Van Gurley Jr[5]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 6. 99-Tyler Brabant[9]; 7. 87-Austin Hartmann[8]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer[4]; 9. 39D-Michael Decker[10]; 10. (DNF) 19-Todd Daun[7]

Qualifying A | 00:11:36.000

1. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.160[21]; 2. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.228[17]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.258[7]; 4. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.311[19]; 5. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr, 00:13.366[20]; 6. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.368[15]; 7. 16-Anthony Knierim, 00:13.399[18]; 8. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 00:13.458[11]; 9. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:13.471[13]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.482[9]; 11. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:13.528[1]; 12. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.570[4]; 13. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:13.602[3]; 14. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.616[6]; 15. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:13.713[2]; 16. 19CW-Ion Stear, 00:13.879[14]; 17. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.911[5]; 18. 24-Scott Conger, 00:14.044[10]; 19. 83-Tommy Sexton, 00:14.338[12]; 20. 65X-Russell Deblauw, 00:14.563[16]; 21. 92-Kevin Seidler, 00:16.270[8]

Qualifying B | 00:11:55.000

1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.874[10]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.969[2]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:13.031[13]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.166[14]; 5. 47-Todd King, 00:13.393[11]; 6. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:13.438[12]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.457[5]; 8. 19J-Jett Mann, 00:13.614[7]; 9. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:13.620[18]; 10. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 00:13.654[20]; 11. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:13.655[9]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.661[8]; 13. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:13.664[17]; 14. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.801[19]; 15. 21-Will Gerrits, 00:13.880[4]; 16. 87-Austin Hartmann, 00:13.910[16]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.950[3]; 18. 99-Tyler Brabant, 00:13.975[1]; 19. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:14.057[15]; 20. 39D-Michael Decker, 00:14.400[6]

Hot Laps | 00:16:57.000

1. 17B-Bill Balog[31]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[23]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[35]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[33]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke[34]; 6. 37-Bryce Norris[39]; 7. 73-Scotty Thiel[15]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko[38]; 9. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[20]; 10. 47-Todd King[32]; 11. 1-Brenham Crouch[19]; 12. 13-Van Gurley Jr[41]; 13. 19-Todd Daun[40]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz[29]; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[26]; 16. 25T-Travis Arenz[3]; 17. 16-Anthony Knierim[18]; 18. U2-Jack Vanderboom[30]; 19. 96-Jake Blackhurst[17]; 20. 87-Austin Hartmann[37]; 21. 38-Allen Hafford[36]; 22. 19J-Jett Mann[28]; 23. 9K-Kyle Schuett[4]; 24. 68-Dave Uttech[21]; 25. 49-Josh Schneiderman[1]; 26. 99-Tyler Brabant[22]; 27. 43-Jereme Schroeder[24]; 28. 16C-Tylar Rankin[11]; 29. 26R-Preston Ruh[2]; 30. 23-Russel Borland[7]; 31. 21-Will Gerrits[25]; 32. 39D-Michael Decker[27]; 33. 19CW-Ion Stear[14]; 34. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[13]; 35. 65X-Russell Deblauw[16]; 36. 55-Austin Deblauw[6]; 37. 83-Tommy Sexton[12]; 38. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[9]; 39. 24-Scott Conger[10]; 40. 92-Kevin Seidler[8]; 41. 79-Blake Nimee[5]

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Media Results for 8/19/2023 at Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

Wisconsin WingLESS Sprints 38 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:13:25.762

1. 24-Eric Wilke[1]; 2. 09-Clayton Rossmann[5]; 3. 14Z-Ryan Zielski[7]; 4. 40-Tim Cox[3]; 5. 7X-Ryan Marshall[6]; 6. 70-Chris Klemko[9]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[11]; 8. 0-John Fahl[17]; 9. 9-Greg Olsen[12]; 10. 50-Rusty Egan[8]; 11. 01-Chris Dodd[16]; 12. 11-Austin Hansen[2]; 13. 38-Allen Hafford[13]; 14. 22-Greg Alt[20]; 15. 7D-Josh Davidson[22]; 16. 17-Bryce Andrews[19]; 17. 13-CJ Malueg[21]; 18. 29J-Ralph Johnson[24]; 19. 12-Shawn Swim[15]; 20. 57F-Tristan Furseth[18]; 21. 52-Craig Lager[23]; 22. 11D-Zach Raidart[10]; 23. 91-Jimmy Sivia[14]; 24. 00-Matt Vanderveere[4]

B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:10:59.381

1. 13-CJ Malueg[3]; 2. 7D-Josh Davidson[5]; 3. 52-Craig Lager[4]; 4. 29J-Ralph Johnson[1]; 5. 7-Trinity Uttech[7]; 6. 20-Natalie Klemko[6]; 7. 29OG-Tom Eller[8]; 8. 14AJ-Derek Crane[2]; 9. 71-Andy Dei[9]; 10. 9X-Tom Brown[10]; 11. 4G-George Gaertner III[13]; 12. 4-Jordan Paulsen[11]; 13. 4P-Marc Paulsen[12]; 14. 89G-Daniel Graumenz[15]; 15. 17M-Matt Rypel[14]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:06:03.000

1. 09-Clayton Rossmann[3]; 2. 14Z-Ryan Zielski[4]; 3. 38-Allen Hafford[8]; 4. 24-Eric Wilke[2]; 5. 0-John Fahl[6]; 6. 13-CJ Malueg[5]; 7. 7-Trinity Uttech[7]; 8. 4-Jordan Paulsen[10]; 9. 4G-George Gaertner III[9]; 10. 29J-Ralph Johnson[1]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:33.000

1. 40-Tim Cox[3]; 2. 70-Chris Klemko[2]; 3. 41-Dennis Spitz[1]; 4. 12-Shawn Swim[9]; 5. 17-Bryce Andrews[6]; 6. 7D-Josh Davidson[8]; 7. 71-Andy Dei[7]; 8. 70H-Tate Hensley[5]; 9. 99J-Seth Johnson[4]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:11:11.000

1. 11D-Zach Raidart[1]; 2. 50-Rusty Egan[4]; 3. 91-Jimmy Sivia[6]; 4. 11-Austin Hansen[2]; 5. 22-Greg Alt[8]; 6. 52-Craig Lager[5]; 7. 9X-Tom Brown[9]; 8. 17M-Matt Rypel[10]; 9. (DNF) 89G-Daniel Graumenz[7]; 10. (DNF) 711-Tyler Kuxhouse[3]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:02:06.000

1. 7X-Ryan Marshall[4]; 2. 9-Greg Olsen[6]; 3. 00-Matt Vanderveere[3]; 4. 01-Chris Dodd[5]; 5. 57F-Tristan Furseth[1]; 6. 20-Natalie Klemko[7]; 7. 29OG-Tom Eller[8]; 8. 4P-Marc Paulsen[9]; 9. (DNS) 14AJ-Derek Crane

Qualifying 1 | 00:02:34.000

1. 14Z-Ryan Zielski, 00:15.088[5]; 2. 99J-Seth Johnson, 00:15.258[2]; 3. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 00:15.287[10]; 4. 40-Tim Cox, 00:15.291[9]; 5. 24-Eric Wilke, 00:15.395[13]; 6. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:15.400[1]; 7. 29J-Ralph Johnson, 00:15.433[6]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:15.465[19]; 9. 13-CJ Malueg, 00:15.465[4]; 10. 70H-Tate Hensley, 00:15.473[8]; 11. 0-John Fahl, 00:15.554[3]; 12. 17-Bryce Andrews, 00:15.649[12]; 13. 7-Trinity Uttech, 00:15.770[15]; 14. 71-Andy Dei, 00:15.774[17]; 15. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:15.796[16]; 16. 7D-Josh Davidson, 00:15.804[11]; 17. 4G-George Gaertner III, 00:15.894[18]; 18. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:16.034[14]; 19. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:16.359[7]

Qualifying 2 | 00:07:27.000

1. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:15.145[1]; 2. 7X-Ryan Marshall, 00:15.208[4]; 3. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse, 00:15.281[12]; 4. 00-Matt Vanderveere, 00:15.374[11]; 5. 11-Austin Hansen, 00:15.386[6]; 6. 14AJ-Derek Crane, 00:15.474[7]; 7. 11D-Zach Raidart, 00:15.498[17]; 8. 57F-Tristan Furseth, 00:15.533[10]; 9. 52-Craig Lager, 00:15.606[13]; 10. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:15.613[14]; 11. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:15.684[15]; 12. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:15.691[3]; 13. 89G-Daniel Graumenz, 00:15.771[19]; 14. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:16.023[5]; 15. 22-Greg Alt, 00:16.049[8]; 16. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:16.211[9]; 17. 9X-Tom Brown, 00:16.679[2]; 18. 4P-Marc Paulsen, 00:17.250[16]; 19. 17M-Matt Rypel, 00:17.553[18]

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Media Results for 8/19/2023 at Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

IRA Lightning Sprints 22 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:15:39.583

1. 9-John Kirk[3]; 2. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[5]; 3. 22S-Brian Strane Jr[4]; 4. 55H-Mark Heinert[12]; 5. 18-Nick Petska[6]; 6. 74M-Max Brannam[2]; 7. 01-Ron Brannam[13]; 8. 11-Derek Fortier[10]; 9. 16-Mike Neau[7]; 10. 55X-Xander York[14]; 11. 0-Grant Harvey[19]; 12. 33-David Powers[15]; 13. 63-Jacob Irwin[9]; 14. 15-Cole Olson[17]; 15. 6-Jeff Schmidt[8]; 16. 21T-Mitchell Reich[16]; 17. 23-Dominick Swierad[18]; 18. 89-Charlie Pinkalla[20]; 19. (DNF) 3-Ron Curasi[11]; 20. (DNF) 17-Jordan Funderburk[22]; 21. (DNF) 74-Tim Brannam[1]; 22. (DNS) 18Q-Chris Quillman

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:03:12.501

1. 74-Tim Brannam[1]; 2. 18-Nick Petska[4]; 3. 22S-Brian Strane Jr[3]; 4. 11-Derek Fortier[7]; 5. 63-Jacob Irwin[6]; 6. 3-Ron Curasi[2]; 7. 33-David Powers[9]; 8. 21T-Mitchell Reich[8]; 9. 23-Dominick Swierad[10]; 10. (DNF) 89-Charlie Pinkalla[11]; 11. (DNF) 55H-Mark Heinert[5]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:05.520

1. 16-Mike Neau[1]; 2. 74M-Max Brannam[2]; 3. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[4]; 4. 9-John Kirk[3]; 5. 6-Jeff Schmidt[5]; 6. 01-Ron Brannam[6]; 7. 55X-Xander York[7]; 8. 15-Cole Olson[11]; 9. 17-Jordan Funderburk[10]; 10. 0-Grant Harvey[8]; 11. (DNF) 18Q-Chris Quillman[9]

Qualifying 1 | 00:05:36.000

1. 18-Nick Petska, 00:15.445[16]; 2. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski, 00:15.667[18]; 3. 22S-Brian Strane Jr, 00:15.810[21]; 4. 9-John Kirk, 00:15.924[15]; 5. 3-Ron Curasi, 00:16.015[8]; 6. 74M-Max Brannam, 00:16.105[20]; 7. 74-Tim Brannam, 00:16.114[22]; 8. 16-Mike Neau, 00:16.116[12]; 9. 55H-Mark Heinert, 00:16.351[4]; 10. 6-Jeff Schmidt, 00:16.456[7]; 11. 63-Jacob Irwin, 00:16.618[3]; 12. 01-Ron Brannam, 00:16.673[9]; 13. 11-Derek Fortier, 00:16.721[1]; 14. 55X-Xander York, 00:16.848[10]; 15. 21T-Mitchell Reich, 00:17.258[17]; 16. 0-Grant Harvey, 00:17.438[5]; 17. 33-David Powers, 00:17.488[19]; 18. 18Q-Chris Quillman, 00:17.582[2]; 19. 89-Charlie Pinkalla, 00:17.841[6]; 20. (DNS) 17-Jordan Funderburk, 00:17.841; 21. 15-Cole Olson[14]; 22. 23-Dominick Swierad[13]