SAUK CENTRE, MN (June 5, 2004) - Donnie Woller loves coming to the I-94 Raceway and he has yet another reason to do so as he won the Yellow Book USA MARS Super Truck race. Art Christoffersen and Kyle Bauknecht fought it out on the opening lap, with Bauknecht taking the lead. Christoffersen and John Froelich tangled out of turn two, to bring out the race’s only caution on lap two. On the restart, Bauknecht had Andy Jirik pressuring him hard. Jirik would move by and take the lead as Woller was quietly working his way to the front. Woller ran down Jirik and on lap 18, he became the new race leader. Shortly after that, Bill Prietzel turned up the heat as he moved to second and began to pressure Woller for the lead. With five laps to go, the leaders touched coming out of turn four. Both drivers maintained control and resumed their close race. Prietzel gave it a final shot on the last lap, but could only pull alongside as Woller crossed the line first to take the win.
At least once a year, Jerry Voigt manages to get at least one win. This time around Voigt accomplished his feat early on in the season as he came out on top in the Bernick’s Pepsi Modified Feature. Joey Johnson got the jump on the field as he took the lead from the start. Sixth starting Voigt found a quick way to the front as he took over the top spot on lap two. Once in the lead, Voigt soon opened things up taking a commanding advantage over John Notch. The race ran without a caution as Notch slowly began to chew into Voigt’s lead. Notch would close the gap to a few car lengths by the time Voigt completed the distance to take the win.
Tim Brockhouse drove hard and came out a winner in the Great North Legends Feature. Scott Brandt took the lead as 28 Legends cars came to life. Rob Thurston moved to second, with Brockhouse, Todd Tracy, Jon Lewerer and Dirk Henry completing the lead pack. Brockhouse would get past Thurston and on lap 10, he took over the lead. A incident with only a couple of laps remaining knocked Doug Petty, Zack Davids, Cam Schafer and Bruce Allen out of the race. In the short dash to the finish, Brockhouse maintained the lead as shot to the win, followed closely by Brandt, Lewerer, Henry and Thurston.
Ace Valencour made a early race charge pay off as he won the Bernick’s Pepsi Thunder Car Feature. Lance Steuve got things rolling as he moved into the lead on the opening lap. Sixth starting Valencour turn up the heat as he fought hard and took the lead on lap three. A caution with three laps remaining gave Jarmin Henry a shot at the lead. When the green flew, Valencour wasn’t about to give up the spot as he stepped things up to keep Henry a few cars back on his way to the win.
Steve Meagher became a first time winner as he took top honors in the UCAR Feature. Dan Bolstad led the field to the start and quickly made the lead his temporary home. Kevin Messer kept pace for several laps in second, but twelfth starting Meagher was flying through the field. Around the halfway point of the race, Meagher took over second and was soon running alongside of Bolstad. The front pair raced wheel-to-wheel for several laps, before Meagher finally wrestled the spot away with five laps to go. A late caution set up a three lap sprint and Jeremy Fleck came onto the scene as he took second and worked Meagher for the lead. Meagher wouldn’t budge holding off Fleck by less than a car length for the win.
I-94 Raceway Results
June 5, 2004
Yellow Book USA Super Trucks
First Heat
1.) John Vig Jr. (Shakopee) 2.) Tony Holm (Prior Lake) 3.) Jamie Farrell (New Prague) 4.) Art Christoffersen (Toddville, IA) 5.) Bill Prietze (Franklin, WI) 6.) Dominic Brewer (Shakopee)
Second Heat
1.) Andy Jirik (Lonsdale) 2.) Kyle Bauknecht (Reedsville, WI) 3.) Donnie Woller (Merrill, WI) 4.) Anthony Brewer (Shakopee) 5.) John Froelich (Chippawa Falls, WI)
40 Lap Feature
1.) Donnie Woller 2.) Bill Prietzel 3.) Andy Jirik 4.) John Vig Jr. 5.) Jamie Farrell 6.) Kyle Bauknecht 7.) Dominic Brewer 8.) Tony Holm 9.) Art Christoffersen 10.) Anthony Brewer 11.) John Froelich-DNF
Modifieds
First Heat
1.) John Notch (St. Cloud) 2.) Matt Anderson (Atwater) 3.) Jon Lewerer (Coon Rapids) 4.) Brady Barker (Grove City) 5.) Dave Schafer (Glenwood) 6.) Joe Berthiaume (Hamel) 7.) Kevin Woeste (Waite Park) 8.) Terry Merten (Sauk Centre)
Second Heat
1.) Tyler Schafer (Marshall) 2.) Jerry Voigt (Cold Spring) 3.) Dave Ostendorf (St. Cloud) 4.) Joey Johnson (Alexandria) 5.) Dave Deters (Sauk Centre) 6.) Jeff Rohner (Willmar)-DNF 7.) Tim Brockhouse (Shorewood)-DNF 8.) John Gottwald (Paynesville)-DNF
Feature
1.) Jerry Voigt 2.) John Notch 3.) Dave Ostendorf 4.) Jeff Rohner 5.) Jon Lewerer 6.) Matt Anderson 7.) Joey Johnson 8.) Tim Brockhouse 9.) Joe Berthiaume 10.) Kevin Woeste 11.) John Gottwald 12.) Terry Merten 13.) Dave Schafer 14.) Dave Deters-DNF 15.) Tyler Schafer-DNF 16.) Brady Barker-DNF
Great North Legends
First Heat
1.) Jon Lewerer (Coon Rapids) 2.) Matt Hendrickson (Albany) 3.) Rod Flynn (Alexandria) 4.) Tim Bumgardner (Spring Lake Park) 5.) Rick Dubay (Coon Rapids) 6.) Bruce Allen (Chanhassen) 7.) Stan Davis (Maple Grove) 8.) Shimon Casper (Cottage Grove) 9.) Joe Kostreba (Sauk Centre)
Second Heat
1.) Jason Brockhouse (Prior Lake) 2.) Tim Brockhouse (Shorewood) 3.) Todd Tracy (Belle Plaine) 4.) Zack Davids (Apple Valley) 5.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre) 6.) Charlie Balderston (Freeport) 7.) Cal Lease (Little Falls) 8.) Mike Turbes (North Mankato) 9.) Cam Schafer (Glenwood)-DNF
Third Heat
1.) Rollie Davidson (Burnsville) 2.) Rob Thurston (Olivia) 3.) Scott Brandt (Olivia) 4.) Beaner Wiese (Sauk Centre) 5.) Chad Flynn (Alexandria) 6.) Gary Oie (St. Paul) 7.) Doug Petty (Oak Grove) 8.) Jamie Walker (Kimball) 9.) Steve Stolarek 10.) Ray Walker (Kimball)
Feature
1.) Tim Brockhouse 2.) Scott Brandt 3.) Jon Lewerer 4.) Dirk Henry 5.) Rob Thurston 6.) Todd Tracy 7.) Rod Flynn 8.) Cal Lease 9.) Jason Brockhouse 10.) Rick Dubay 11.) Rollie Davidson 12.) Charlie Balderston 13.) Stan Davis 14.) Chad Flynn 15.) Beaner Wiese 16.) Ray Walker 17.) Mike Turbes 18.) Matt Hendrickson 19.) Tim Bumgardner 20.) Gary Oie 21.) Shimon Casper 22.) Joe Kostreba 23.) Bruce Allen-DNF 24.) Zack Davids-DNF 25.) Cam Schafer-DNF 26.) Doug Petty-DNF 27.) Steve Stolarek-DNS 28.) Jamie Walker-DNS
Thunder Cars
Feature
1.) Ace Valencour (Sauk Centre) 2.) Jarmin Henry (Sauk Centre) 3.) Lance Steuve (Greenwald) 4.)Patrick Amelung (St. Joseph) 5.) Jerry Messer (Sauk Centre) 6.) Todd Maciey (St. Michael) 7.) Jonathan Olmscheid (Elrosa) 8.) Matt Miller (Glenwood) 9.) Joe Karl (Osakis) 10.) Doug Olmscheid (Elrosa) 11.) Mark Iverson 12.) Tim Wojtowicz (Minneapolis)-DNF 13.) Dirk Henry (Sauk Centre)-DNF
UCARs
Feature
1.) Steve Meagher (Grey Eagle) 2.) Jeremy Fleck (Sauk Rapids) 3.) Dan Bolstad (Fergus Falls) 4.) Kevin Messer (Sauk Centre) 5.) Andy Mayavski (St. Cloud) 6.) Tony Hallerman (Sauk Centre) 7.) David Bolstad (Fergus Falls) 8.) Billy Weyer (Sartell) 9.) Adam Fronning (Dalton) 10.) Carrie McDougall (Monticello) 11.) Troy Nelson 12.) Scott Schwab Jr. (Sauk Centre) 13.) Matt Peterson (Burtrum) 14.) Corey Flynn (Alexandria) 15.) Bobbi Jo Maras (Grey Eagle) 16.) Josh Christi (Sauk Rapids) 17.) Rod Lanners (Burtrum) 18.) Jay Gronewald (Fergus Falls)-DNF 19.) Joey Deters (Sauk Centre)-DNF