(Racing Every Saturday Night)
Race Results
May 1, 1999
By Rob Ristesund
The 1999 racing season kicked off Saturday night at Lake County Speedway with the same exciting racing action that fans have become accustomed to witnessing at the high-banked 3/8 mile track.
The late model stock car feature was a real thriller as Dale Furby fought off Gary Brown and Brad Wollman for the win. In spite of his front row starting spot, the win wasn’t easy for Furby as Brown dogged him the entire way, with Wollman moving up from the fourth row to make it a three-way battle midway through the eighteen lap event. But it was Furby doing what he needed to do as he drove a flawless race leaving Brown and Wollman to settle for a close second and third, respectively. Defending hobby stock champion Curt Bauman had a good run in his first start in the class by taking fourth ahead of Rob Anderson.
The sportsman “A” feature was just as exciting as Matt Steuerwald got by leader Matt Ayres with three laps to go to take the win. With Ayres denying Steuerwald the inside line as the pair battled during the middle stages of the race, Steuerwald went to the high side to make the move that brought him the victory. Ayres fought back and moved alongside Steuerwald with one lap to go, but bumped the wall and dropped back enough to give Steuerwald the win. At the finish it was Ayres settling for second ahead of Rick Goth, a former hobby stock competitor who was impressive in his first run in a sportsman, Jeff Hertel and J.J. Zebell.
Jeff Hoogendorn took the lead at the start of the hobby stock “A” feature and was never headed as he took home the win. Hoogendorn was pressured most of the way by Jeff Beck, but the Rock Rapids driver got the job done as Beck settled for second ahead of Jeff Ellingson and Dean Dunkelberger.
The team of Schmidt and Grayson look like they could be the ones to beat this year in the front-wheel drives as they outdistanced the field to win both their heat and the “A” feature.
Late Model Stock Cars
FIRST HEAT: 1. Gary Brown, Winner 2. Brad Wollman, Bridgewater 3. Mike Baughman, Madison
SECOND HEAT: 1. Dale Furby, Sioux Falls 2. Don Bickett, Ramona 3. Perry Tschetter, Bridgewater
FEATURE: 1. Furby 2. Brown 3. Wollman 4. Curt Bauman, Brookings 5. Rob Anderson, Chester 6. Bruce Bortnem, Brookings 7. Tschetter 8. Baughman
SPORTSMAN
FIRST HEAT: 1. Jeff Wittrock, Sioux Falls 2. Josh Tangen, Bruce 3. Bob Dafoe, Sioux Falls
SECOND HEAT: 1. Matt Ayres, Parker 2. Rick Goth, Madison 3. Jeff Hertel, Parker
THIRD HEAT: 1. Matt Steuerwald, Madison 2. Jeff Coster, Sioux Falls 3. Chris Ellingson, Madison
B FEATURE: 1. Richard Holbrook, Sioux Falls 2. Gary Gonyo, Madison 3. Mike Husman, Madison
A FEATURE: 1. Steuerwald 2. Ayres 3. Goth 4. Hertel 5. J.J. Zebell, Parker 6. Gonyo 7. Dafoe
I.M.C.A. HOBBY STOCKS
FIRST HEAT: 1. Josh Schmidt, Marion 2. Jeff Beck, Winfred 3. Rick Wibeto, Sioux Falls
SECOND HEAT: 1. Dean Dunkelberger, Hartford 2. Justin Selken, Hartford 3. Steve Carmody, Ramona
THIRD HEAT: 1. Dale Tomes, Dell Rapids 2. Doug Van Liere, Madison 3. Jeff Hoogendorn, Rock Rapids, Ia.
B FEATURE: 1. Kevin Konda, Marion 2. Curt Ottoson, Madison 3. Dan Doyle, Flandreau 4. Nick Grad, Madison
A FEATURE: 1. Hoogendorn 2. Beck 3. Jeff Ellingson, Madison 4. Dunkelberger 5. Tim Dann, Lennox 6. Van Liere 7. Wibeto
FRONT-WHEEL DRIVE
FIRST HEAT: 1. Schmidt/Grayson, Brookings 2. Gluhm/Olson, Madison 3. Larson/Ryan, Madison
SECOND HEAT: 1. Lavin/Grayson, Brookings 2. Engelher/Powell, Chester 3. Herlyn/Nelson, Marion
THIRD HEAT: 1. Anderson/Mickelke, Madison 2. Sampson/Tieszen, Canistota 3. Rose/Dafoe, Sioux Falls
B FEATURE: 1. Fedeler/Tooker, Nunda 2. Schmidt/Damm, Dell Rapids 3. Christensens, Ramona
A FEATURE: 1. Schmidt/Grayson