Aug27-28

August 27, 2004 Chateau Raceway Classic Dwarf Report by Matthew Grage

Track Championships were decided in five classes Friday Night at Chateau Raceway. Championship Trophies will now be awarded during the season finale next Friday Night to the top five in each class, with other special awards planned as well. Wrapping up Track Championships for 2004 were Shane Christianson of Claremont in the Chateau Pure Stock Division, Brian Kiehne of Harmony in Classic Dwarf, Bryan Hernandez of Blooming Prairie took home top honors in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified Division for the second time in three years, Steve Eischens of Taopi ended up on top in the WISSOTA Street Stock class, and in Open Modified action Jimmy Davis of Medford took home his second straight Championship and third in the last four years.

Brian Kiehne brought a twenty-five point advantage over second place Tate Bestor of Harmony into the night and he needed a good share of it. After running in the top three at the start of the feature Kiehne developed problems and pulled to the pits ending up with just an twelfth place finish. But thanks to his cushion he still managed to get his first Track Championship. Drew Jech of Austin scored his first feature win of the season ahead of his dad Jeff Jech. Jeff who was the two time defending Track Champion in the class ended up third in points behind Bestor. Drew ended up fourth and Mike Gaines of Glenville finished fifth in points. Gaines, like Kiehne, had some tough luck and fell out early as well in the feature but managed to hold onto that fifth place points finish by just four points over Roni Vanriper of Glenville. Riper ended up fourth in the feature behind Bestor while Gaines early exit left him eleventh and watching with interest. If Riper had gotten to the front he would have been the one picking up the fifth place hardware next Friday Night. Jeff Jech and Kiehne were the night’s heat winners.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Feature

1. Brian Kiehne

2. Drew Jech

3. Tate Bestor

4. Kevin Bigalk

5. Joel Kath

6. Derek Olson

7. Jeremey Anderson

1. Jeff Jech

2. Mike Gaines

3. Roni Vanriper

4. Larry Dahle

5. Matt Aarsvold

6. Dave Anderson

7. Jeremy Wangen

1. Drew Jech

2. Jeff Jech

3. Tate Bestor

4. Roni Vanriper

5. Larry Dahle

6. Joel Kath

7. Jeremy Wangen

8. Derek Olson

9. Jeremey Anderson

10. Dave Anderson

11. Mike Gaines

12. Brian Kiehne

13. Matt Aarsvold

14. Kevin Bigalk

August 28, 2004 Deer Creek Speedway Classic Dwarf Report by Bill Nelson

One Hundred Thirty One cars pulled into the pit area on Essig Insurance night of Spring Valley. The overcast day turned into a beautiful but cool evening as the racing action on the track entertained the fans. With four track titles decided going into the last night of regular season racing action, two were decided at the conclusion of the feature action. Jeff Matjeka came home with the WISSOTA Late Model championship in his first ever attempt of running for a track title. Barry Underdahl came home second followed by Jerry Bloom in third. The USRA modified event was decided before the classes took to the track with Mike Sorensen coming home with the title. Brad Waits finished second and Bob Timm third. The WISSOTA Super Stocks had the closest battle with Chris Klinger leading Adam Stockhausen by 12 points going into the feature. Klinger held off Stockhausen for his first ever title. Dave Haberman finished the season with third place in the year long title race. The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds had Ron Houdek on the leader board through most of the year taking home the title. Tim Siercks finished second and Greg Pfeifer Jr. third. Travis Krause repeated as track champion with Steve Eischens and Chuck Nerland taking home the second and third spots in the WISSOTA Street Stock division. Brian Kiehne took home the title in the Classic Dwarf Car division followed by Tate Bestor and Drew Jech.

The Classic Dwarf Cars found David Marso with the early lead. Corey Whalen battled hard with him up front for the first few circuits with Whalen taking the lead once but Marso had the middle of the track working. With thirteen to go Brian Kiehne worked into third as he worked around Drew Jech. Rick Utley and Tate Bestor worked the top side of the track trying to move forward. With seven to go Kiehne took the lead to take home the win. Marso finished second and Utley third.

Heat 1	Heat 2	Feature
1. Brian Kiehne (2) 2. Curtis Luhmann (4) 3. Corey Whalen (5) 4. David Marso (6) 5. Rick Utley (7) 6. Todd Kiehne (1) 7. Jeff O’Connor (8) 8. Tate Bestor(3)	1. Drew Jech (6) 2. Jeff Jech (2) 3 Joel Kath (7) 4. Dave Anderson (3) 5. Kevin Bigalk (5) 6. Gavin Wangen (1) 7. Matt Aarsvold(4)	1. Brian Kiehne (7) 2. David Marso (2) 3. Rick Utley (9) 4. Corey Whalen (1) 5. Drew Jech (3) 6. Jeff Jech (6) 7. Curtis Luhmann (5) 8. Tate Bestor(15)	9. Jeff O’Connor (13) 10. Kevin Bigalk (10) 11. Todd Kiehne (11) 12. Joel Kath (8) 13. Matt Aarsvold (14) 14. David Anderson (4) 15. Gavin Wangen(12)

( ) =Starting Position

DNF=Did Not Finish

DNS=Did Not Start