(Racing Every Saturday Night)
Race Results
July 31, 1999
By Rob Ristesund
Brad Wollman became the first late model stock car driver to win four features at the track this year as he outran the field for the win before a large crowd Saturday night at Lake County Speedway.
Wollman, the defending track champion and current point leader by just one point over Todd Sterzinger going into the evening’s action, came from the fifth row to take the lead on the ninth lap of the fifteen lap event when leader Perry Tschetter suffered a flat tire. Wollman maintained the point the rest of the way in the restart-marred event, taking the checkered flag three car lengths ahead of Sterzinger. Dale Furby remained in the title chase with a third place finish followed by Larry Dixon and Rob Anderson.
The Pam Oil/Valvoline/AC Delco/Lewis Drug/Pepsi 360 sprint feature had just one caution, and it was that caution that enabled Chuck McGillivray to take his fourth feature win of the year. Pole-sitter Lee Goos took the lead at the start of the fifteen lap event and opened a fairly comfortable advantage over McGillivray and the rest of the field when a caution slowed the race on lap seven when Matt Garner stopped his machine on the front straight. On the ensuing restart, McGillivray got a good jump on Goos and took the lead going into the first turn and held it the rest of the way. Goos settled for second ahead of last-row-starter Chad Meyer, Gary Johnson and Brad Nelson.
After battling side-by-side for several laps, Rick Goth took the lead from Josh Tangen with one lap to go and went on to win his first Nordstrom’s Sportsmen “A” feature of the year. Tangen took the lead on lap six when leader Brad Haas spun and then held it until sliding a bit high in the fourth turn just before the white flag allowing Goth by for the win. Tangen’s misfortunes continued as he spun on the final lap, allowing the rest of the field by and it was Richard Holbrook taking second ahead followed by Russ Peterson, Jeff Ellingson and Matt Steuerwald.
Doug Van Liere came from the fourth row to take the lead on lap three and went on to win his second hobby stock feature of the year. Van Liere inherited the lead when leader Curt Ottoson had the misfortune of running over a bumper on the track, sending him to the infield for repairs before rejoining the field at the back. Jason Armstrong had a strong run to take second ahead of Dale Tomes while Ottoson worked his way back through the field to take fourth.
The team of Boatright and Eichman topped the field to win their first “Deuces Wild” feature of the year. Second went to Gross and Schmidt followed by point leaders Schmidt and Grayson.
360 Sprint Cars
FIRST HEAT: 1. Lee Goos, Sioux Falls; 2. Chuck McGillivray, Madison; 3. Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls; 4. Kim Muntefering, Mitchell.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Brad Nelson, Brookings; 2. Gary Johnson, Madison; 3. Steve Haman, Egan; 4. Matt Garner, Renner.
FEATURE: 1. McGillivray; 2. Goos; 3. Meyer; 4. Johnson; 5. Nelson; 6. Haman; 7. Muntefering; 8. Garner.
Late Model Stock Cars
FIRST HEAT: 1. Ross Dixon, Ramona; 2. Larry Dixon, Ramona; 3. Gus Clark, Sioux Falls; 4. Perry Tschetter, Bridgewater.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Curt Bauman, Brookings; 2. Don Bickett, Ramona; 3. Rob Anderson, Chester; 4. Dale Furby, Sioux Falls; 5. Brad Wollman, Bridgewater.
FEATURE: 1. Wollman; 2. Todd Sterzinger, Colman; 3. Furby; 4. Larry Dixon; 5. Anderson; 6. Clark; 7. Bauman; 8. Tschetter; 9. Rick Eich, Colman; 10. Kent Plimpton, Lennox; 11. Bickett; 12. Ross Dixon; 13. Scott Freet, Madison.
Nordstrom's Sportsman
FIRST HEAT: 1. Ryan Anderson, Madison; 2. Rob Anderson, Chester; 3. Josh Tangen, Bruce; 4. Richard Holbrook, Sioux Falls.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Rick Goth, Madison; 2. Brad Haas, Sioux Falls; 3. Russ Peterson, Sioux Falls; 4. Mike Baughman, Madison.
THIRD HEAT: 1. Jeff Coster, Sioux Falls; 2. Todd Holter, Humboldt; 3. Jeff Wittrock, Sioux Falls; 4. Jeff Ellingson, Madison.
B FEATURE: 1. Jeff Hertel, Parker; 2. Matt Steuerwald, Madison; 3. Matt Ayres, Parker; 4. Mike Husman, Madison; 5. Don Brady, Sioux Falls; 6. Tony Callies, Wentworth; 7. Jeremy Johnson, Salem; 8. Darin Duffy, Dell Rapids.
A FEATURE: 1. Goth; 2. Holbrook; 3. Peterson; 4. Ellingson; 5. Steuerwald; 6. Hertel; 7. Ayres; 8. Husman; 9. Nelson; 10. Holter; 11. Wittrock; 12. Tangen; 13. Coster; 14. Beck; 15. Anderson; 16. Baughman.
I.M.C.A Hobby Stocks
FIRST HEAT: 1. Andy Ullom, Madison; 2. Dale Tomes, Dell Rapids; 3. Ryan Bickett; Ramona.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Justin Selken, Hartford; 2. Doug Van Liere, Madison; 3. Jason Armstrong, Flandreau; 4. Chad Lemme, Wentworth.
THIRD HEAT: 1. Rick Wibeto, Sioux Falls; 2. Tim Dann, Lennox; 3. Curt Ottoson, Madison; 4. Mark Janke, Madison.
FEATURE: 1. Van Liere; 2. Armstrong; 3. Tomes; 4. Ottoson; 5. Wibeto; 6. Dann; 7. Selken; 8. Dan Doyle, Flandreau; 9. Dean Schoenwald, Madison; 10. Lemme; 11. Bickett; 12. Ullom; 13. Janke; 14. Jeff Beck, Wentworth; 15. Derck Uthe, Madison.
Front Wheel Drives
FIRST HEAT: 1. Anderson/Michelke, Madison; 2. Scholl/McKinney, Madison; 3. Paugh/McGillivray, Madison.
SECOND HEAT: 1. Larson/Ryan, Madison; 2. Schmidt/Grayson, Brookings; 3. Fedeler/Tooker, Nunda.
THIRD HEAT: 1. Boatwright/Eichman, Hartford; 2. White/Tieszen, Canistota; 3. Gross/Schmidt, Hartford.
FIRST B FEATURE: 1. Olson/Gluhn, Madison; 2. Fuller/Parish, Sioux Falls; 3. Haynes/Walter, Bridgewater; 4. Rose/Dafoe, Sioux Falls.
SECOND B FEATURE: 1. Ralfs/Ludwig, Inwood, Iowa; 2. Cain/Taylor, Egan; 3. Harmon/Ludwig, Canton; 4. Schneider/Miles, Colman.
A FEATURE: 1. Boatright/Eichman; 2. Gross/Schmidt; 3. Schmidt/Grayson; 4. Olson/Gluhn; 5. Anderson/Michelke; 6. Larson/Ryan.