Bud Lynn Remembered in Antigo
By: Jennifer Jach

August 6, 2004; Antigo, Wisconsin; Weather Conditions were perfect for a great night of racing action at the Langlade County Speedway. Before racing began, there was a small remembrance ceremony for the late Bud Lynn. The Lynn family was presented with a plaque for all the work Bud put in at the track ten years ago. The plaque was presented by a close friend of Bud’s, Jim Fleischman. A handful of Limited Late Models were on hand to pay tribute to Bud Lynn, a four wide salute, which included every car and driver signed into the pit area made their way to the track, with a moment of silence.

The WISSOTA Late Model Feature seen Doug Blashe take the lead, M.J. McBride second and Tim Buhler third. Buhler picked the outside line and went around both McBride and Blashe to take over the lead. McBride took the inside line around Blashe for second as Gordie Seegert would follow taking over third. The caution flag flew and on the restart Buhler jumped back into the lead with Seegert second and McBride third. Troy Springborn would take the third spot away from McBride with only a handful of laps to go. When the 20 laps winded down, it was Buhler taking the win, Seegert second and Springborn third.

The IMCA Modified Feature seen a caution flag as soon as they seen the green flag. On the second attempt to start the race, Mike Cole grabbed the lead with John Peters second and Brad Rohloff third. Rohloff would waste no time and move to the inside of Peters for second. Wade Schutt would make his way to the fourth spot, then third, then second, and easily went around Cole for the lead, Rohloff would follow, putting Cole to third. Mike Wedelstadt took the outside line around Cole for the third spot.

The caution flag would fly again an on the restart, Schutt took the point, Wedelstadt second, and Rohloff third. The race would end under a green, white, checkered situation. When the checkers fell it was Schutt taking the win, Wedelstadt second, and Rohloff third.

Randy Rasmussen took the lead of the IMCA Stock Car Feature Event with Leslie Slater second and Mike Brott third. B.J. Giese took the outside line around Brott to take over third. Slater took the inside line around Rasmussen for the lead as Shannon Volkman would move into fourth. Volkman would pass Giese, Rasmussen and Slater to take over the lead, Slater would hold onto second and Giese third. Volkmans lead did not last long, as he would spin by himself coming out of turn three. Slater would inherit the lead with Jeremy Christians making his way into second and Slater third.

The caution flag flew and on the restart, Giese would take the point, Christians second and Slater third. Christians moved to the bottom of the track to pass Giese for the lead. When the checkers flew it was Christians taking the win, Giese second and Slater third.

The WISSOTA Street Stock Feature seen Scott VanProoyen take the early lead with Bruce Belland in a close second and Keith Raab third. Belland would move to the inside of VanProoyen to take over the lead as Lee Christjohn would take over the third spot from Raab. The caution flag would fly as Belland would have a comfortable lead. On the restart, Belland grabbed the lead, Christjohn second, and VanProoyen third. The caution flag would once again fly and on this restart, Belland again took the point, Jeremy Wolfe jumped to second and VanProoyen third.

VanProoyen moved to the inside of Wolfe to take over second, while they were racing, Gary Kasperek snuck his way into the top four, and went around VanProoyen to take over third. When the checkers flew, it was Belland taking the win, Wolfe second, and Kasperek third.

The Truck Feature seen Jeremy Dake take the lead with Mike Devener second and Leif Gunderson third. Jon Ripley would be the man on the move, taking over the fourth, third, and then second spot, Devener would follow in third and Gunderson fourth. J.P. Remington would take over the fourth and then third spot that would not last long as Travis Widder would take over the second spot with Ripley in third. The caution flag would fly an on the restart, Dake took the point, Ripley second, and Sean Thayer jumped into the fourth spot. Thayer would waste no time and took the inside line around Ripley and Dake to take over the lead. Paul Bostwick took over the third spot with a pass on Ripley.

The caution flag would fly again and on this restart, Thayer took the point, Mark Arrowood jumped to second, and Remington held onto third. Arrowood moved to the inside of Thayer for the lead, but Thayer was able to make it stick on the high side. With two laps to go it was Thayer with the lead by inches and Arrowood second. When the checkers flew, Thayer would get a little too high and the win would go to Arrowood, Bostwick second and Remington third.

Racing will resume next Friday night. Racing begins at 7:15. The regular show includes, WISSOTA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, WISSOTA Street Stocks, and the ASCI Trucks. Langlade County Speedway is located on the north side of Antigo, just off of Highway 45 at the Langlade County Fairgrounds. For more information please contact the track at (715) 623-3584 or visit the track website at www.langladespeedway.com.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models
FEATURE: Tim Buhler, Gordie Seegert Jr., Troy Springborn

HEAT 1: Springborn, Flannery, Blashe

HEAT 2: Seegert, Buhler, Naeyaert

IMCA Modifieds
FEATURE: Wade Schutt, Mike Wedelstadt, Brad Rohloff

HEAT 1: Schutt, Rohloff, McDermid

HEAT 2: Peters, Scribner, Muenster

HEAT 3: Wild, Hedrick, Jeremy Hanson

HEAT 4: Tom Haferkorn, Cole, Wedelstadt

Consi 1: Joe Haferkorn, Jim Hanson, Bailey

IMCA Stock Cars
FEATURE: Jeremy Christians, B.J. Giese, Leslie Slater

HEAT 1: Slater, Rasmussen, Karcz

HEAT 2: Christians, Brott, Michonski

WISSOTA Street Stocks
FEATURE: Bruce Belland, Jeremy Wolfe, Gary Kasperek

HEAT 1: Wolfe, Shawano, Kasperek

HEAT 2: Belland, Christjohn, Raab

ASCI Trucks
FEATURE: Mark Arrowood, Mike Bostwick, J.P. Remington

HEAT 1: Remington, P. Bostwick, Crandall

HEAT 2: Arrowood, Ripley, M. Bostwick