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The Xracing Team takes away some hardware from the Charter Raceway Park Banquet. Tim takes home the Johnsonville Brat Modified Division Championship hardware. Jon Schultz and Brad Weber take home the Second Place trophies in the Street Stock and Gibbsville Cheese Legends Division. Brad was also honored with an award for promoting for Charter Raceway Park and for the Legends Division.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Tentative 2008 Charter Raceway Park Schedule has been released! Click here to see it!
September 15, 2007 Brad Weber wins the Legends Feature Race, but can not catch Eric Barth for the track championship. Brad ends the season 2nd in points. Great run Brad!
Tim did not have any motors left after blowing two last week, so he watched from the pits having already won the track championship. Great season Tim.
Bud and Steve did not race as Steve damaged the car last week. Bud had a great year of finishes and looks forward to 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 9, 2007 Bud and Brad took a closer look at Steve's Legends car. There are a lot of broken and bent parts. To quote Bud, "This looks like a winter project" It looks like the end of the season for Bud and Steve. Tim blew two motors last week and will not be racing on 9/15 either.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 7, 2007 8 PM Tim has some good runs in the races today, but also has a lot of back luck too. Tim and the guys will be coming back from Boone tomorrow morning. They will be going to Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam for the regular Saturday night race program. NOTE: Tim blew the motor while leading his heat race on Thursday night. He almost held the lead anyway, but had to settle for second.
September 6, 2007 10:30 PM A thunderstorm moves toward the racetrack and the web cast is discontinued. Next update will be sometime on Friday.
September 6, 2007 7:30 PM Tim runs a great racing leading most of the laps, but gets past with one lap to go and finishes 2nd. It was a very exciting race! Tim will be running a B-Main a little later tonight!
September 6. 2007 4:27 PM Lynne just heard from Tim that he drew the pole for the 15th heat race for tonight. This is Tim's best opportunity to make the big race! In order to secure a spot tonight in Saturday's feature, Tim will need to finish 1st in his heat race and then be in the top 4 of his A-Main!
September 5, 2007 Tim is in heat race 34 of about 40 heat races at the SuperNationals in Boone. Tim starts 6th and hits the fall while running 3rd late in the heat race and finishes 6th in one of the best heat race of the night according to the web cast. Lynne heard from Tim tonight. Tim said he was faster than the second place car and that he is having a ton of fun. Tim will have two or three more chances to make the big show with another complete round of racing on Thursday and Friday nights.
Results are also available at http://www.imca.com . (This web site might be down, the web server might not be able to handle the traffic.
Note: The races are being broadcast on www.racetalklive.com .
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 25, 2007 Finally the weather cooperates and got the races in at Charter Raceway Park. It was a pretty good night overall. Brad Weber made it a clean sweep in the Gibbsville Cheese / Wisconsin Legends Racing Dirt Series INEX Legends Division by winning his heat race and the feature. Bud Stoudt had a great night with his first heat race win and a 9th in the feature. Jon Schultz won his feature race and moved within 3 points of the points leader in the Dodge Central Credit Union Street Stock Division. It looked like Tim would get a transfer from his heat race to the feature, but fell one spot short. He started up front for the B Main and won it. Tim started in 13th spot and moved up to challenge for the lead late and ended up 3rd. Tim leads the Johnsonville Modified Points by 47.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 18, 2007 For the second week in a row rain forces the races at Charter Raceway Park to be cancelled! Fan Appreciation Night has been rescheduled for next Saturday, August 25. See the Charter Raceway Park web site at http://www.wismotorsports.net for the details! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 17, 2007 Tim decides to run at Oshkosh. He starts 16th in the feature and ends up running out of laps and finishing 3rd. Brad was unable to make the race at Darlington, but Bud made the trip. Bud started toward the tail of the feature and battled up to take 8th in the feature. Thank you to Warren Ropp for getting this race setup, to the fans and sponsors in Darlington and the Lafayette County Speedway Officials and Staff! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 11, 2007 :( Unfortunately, heavy rains hit Charter Raceway Park a little after 5 PM. The track and pits could not absorb all the water and the races had to be cancelled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
August 5, 2007 It was a warm and humid night at Angell Park Speedway. We had 21 Legends racing. Brad Weber looked great winning both his heat race and the feature. Steve finished 13th in the feature. We all appreciated the hard work of the Angell Park staff and the Badger Midget staff in getting this race in. Sun Prairie received over 2 inches of rain Saturday night and Sunday morning. Thank you to all for a great night of racing!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 4, 2007 Race was Rained Out! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 3, 2007: It was a tough night for the Xracing Team Legends cars. Brad was involved in an accident early in the feature. Brad was not able to continue. A bolt broke on Bud's 66 Legend late in the feature race. Hopefully we will have better luck on Saturday night. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 28, 2007: Jon Schultz get the feature win for the team this week in the Street Stock Division. Brad Weber battles hard with Eric Barth and comes up just short of the feature win, settling for second. Tim has a harder time getting through traffic this week and ends up a strong third. Bud has a strong run going, but the big white tire jumped out at him and breaks front suspension parts, costing him a third or fourth place finish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 21, 2007: It was another clean sweep for Tim as he won both his heat race and the feature. Tim has a big lead in the points at Charter Raceway Park. Jon Schultz also won his feature race and remains solidly in second place in the Street Stock points. Brad Weber won his heat race, but broke an axle in the feature and finished last. Steve got half of the "spin and win" thing right as he spun out in each his heat race and the feature. Steve recovered from his feature spin and make in back to 9th place by the end of the feature.
Thank you Jason Williams for the Photo! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 14, 2007: We have not heard how Tim did at the race in Luxemburg on Friday night. We know he was not in the top 5. While Steve did not get to race this weekend, he did get plenty of laps in at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam on Saturday Night. Steve filled in as the Pace Truck Driver for the IRA Sprint Car / Badger Midget Show!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 7, 2007: 07/07/07 is lucky for most of the Xracing Team! Tim Lemirande, Brad Weber and Jon Schultz each made it a clean sweep (Heat Race and Feature Race Wins)! Steve loses a top 10 finish when a bolt bust off ending his night. Fortunately it happened during a yellow flag and Steve and the car are OK.
Way to go Tim, Brad and Jon! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 30, 2007: There was good news and less than good news for the Xracing Team on Saturday Night.
Brad Weber won the Legends race, but found that a motor mount bracket broke which caused the oil pan to rub on a bolt which created a hole. It appears the engine is OK and Brad is expected back next week. Brad is in second in the INEX Legends points at the track. Great Run Brad!
Bud Stoudt started the feature on the outside pole and was holding his own throughout much of the race. It was great to see the 99 and 66 Legends cars in first and second place for much of the early part of the race. Unfortunately for Bud, he spun out around lap 13. Darwin Banes had no where to go and hit Bud on the passenger side of the car causing a flat tire. Although Bud was credited with last place, he ran a much better race than that.
Jon Schultz won his heat race and finished 4th in the feature. Jon is tied for second place in point in the Street Stocks Division
Tim won his heat race in his Modified and started 12th in the feature. Tim was working his way through traffic when he and the 89 car of Adam Reed made contact in corner 2. Track officials decided that Tim was the cause of the accident and put him to the rear. Tim came through the pack to get as high as second. Late in the race, a car bumped him from behind in corner 2 causing Tim's car to get loose. Tim fell back to 5th. On the last restart, Tack Officials said Tim jumped the restart. The penalty is loss of two positions at the next yellow or loss of two positions at the end of the race. So, it looked like Tim finished 5th, but was credited with a 7th place finish. Tim did extend his lead in the Modified Points for the year.
Steve will be running the Legends car next weekend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 26, 2007: It was a new experience for Steve to race on asphalt. This was his first (and probably last) attempt to tame the tar. The car did not handle well in the heat race. We made adjustments and the car was better for the feature. Steve probably finished somewhere around 17th. The good news is 17th pays the same as 6th place. So maybe we should say Steve finished tied for 6th according to the payout.
A special thanks goes out to Bud Stoudt, Jon Schultz and Tim Lemirnade for helping Steve in the pits.
This Saturday it is Bud's turn to run the 66 Legends Car. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 23, 2007: It was an exciting night of racing at Charter Raceway Park. Often the cars were 3 and 4 wide in the corners!
Tim uses his patented high line in the feature to capture his 3rd win of the season! Tim also won his heat race for another clean sweep.
Jon Schultz was moving through traffic in his feature until another car cut him off going into turn one. Jon hit the other car it what looked to me like a racing accident. The track officials saw it differently and sent Jon to the back of the pack of cars for the restart. Jon passed some cars but could not totally overcome the penalty and finished 13th.
Brad Weber won his heat race, but had all sorts of problems in the feature. Brad fell back on the start of the feature when his car would not shift into the next gear (probably a stone stuck in the shift linkage). After the stone dislodged itself, Brad started his usual charge to the front. Unfortunately Brad broke a spindle and retired from the race early finishing in 15th.
It was Steve's turn to drive the yellow 66 Legends car. Steve spun out late in the race and finished 13th. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 16, 2007: There were a lot of outstanding races at Charter Raceway Park! Two of the most exciting races were the Mods and Legends features. Tim made it a clean sweep, winning his heat race and the feature, but it was by no means easy. Tim started in 12th spot and quickly worked his way through traffic. First place came down to a classic Lemirande / Schraufnagel battle. Tim got around Jay on lap 11 and survived a few restarts after yellow flags. Jay make a great move to retake the lead on lap 18. Tim battled back to the lead on the last lap. Tim would run the bottom line coming out of turn 4 for the checkers to take the win! If you were not there, you missed a classic race! Tim increase his points lead to 11 with the feature win.
Brad Weber came up one position short of the clean sweep with a second place finish in the Legends feature. Brad started 10th, but fell to the back as his steering wheel came lose. After regrouping, Brad started his move to the front. In a race that saw three and four wide racing, it took Brad until the 2nd half of the race to get up front. Brad was able to pull along side eventual winner Joel Wyttenbach, but could not get the lead. Brad fell back to third as Eric Barth got by him. Brad made a great move to get the second spot back on the last lap. Brad is leading the Legends points at Charter Raceway Park.
Bud Stoudt looked very good in the 66 Legends Car. He lead his first lap of the season in the heat race and made one of the invert positions. Bud started outside poll for the feature and hung in there for a long time. With great battles throughout the Legends field, Bud settled into sixth position. While trying to find a faster line, Bud spun out and restarted in the back. Bud passed several cars and ended up 12th and showed that he will be will be competative with the top cars.
Jon Schultz had an exciting heat race and finished second. It was a drag race to the finish and Jon came up a little short of the win. In the feature, Jon got stuck in traffic and had a hard time moving forward. Jon did make a great last lap move to make it up to the 8th position. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 9, 2007: It was nice to be at Charter Raceway Park after the fire. They have done an outstanding job of getting things back in shape! Overall, it was a pretty good night for the team! Brad Weber won his Legends heat race and the feature. Jon Schultz finished second in the Street Stock feature. Tim was credited with a 7th place finish in the crash filled, shorted Modified feature. Tim also won the B-main. Steve was in the Legends car for the first time this season. Steve finished the feature in eighth. Next week Bud will be racing the 66 Yellow Legends car.
Tim retained his first place points position in the Modifieds. Brad moved to first place in the Legends points. Jon Schultz is second in Street Stock points. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 2, 2007: The Legends get their heat races in at Manitowoc before the fog rolls in. The feature could not be run because of the fog. Drivers could not see the not see the end of the straight aways. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 30, 2007: Tim and Jon take the weekend off as there is a special race scheduled for Charter Raceway Park. Bud and Brad are planning on running at Manitowoc on Saturday, June 2. Steve will be helping out at Charter Raceway Park on June 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 27, 2007: Tim makes the feature from the B-Main after being Black Flagged in his heat race. Tim starts the feature in last place and has trouble getting through traffic. Tim finished in the bottom half of the feature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 26, 2007: The Legends Cars are rained out in Manitowoc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 25, 2007: Tim finishes 2 in the heat race and 10th in the feature at Luxemburg. The track was very tacky and fast. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 25, 2007: We are happy to hear that Charter Raceway Park will be able to continue the season! Click Here for the Details! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 20, 2007: The main building at Charter Raceway Park was destroyed by fire today. It appears that the fire was started by some kids that vandalized the building before burning it. Rumor has it that there are kids in custody for starting the fire. More information will be released later about short term and long term plans for the track.
Please say a prayer for Rex, the track owners and all the people who work for the track. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 19, 2007: Tim has another great night, winning his heat race and finishing 2nd in the feature! Tim started 12 in the feature an moved forward to take the lead around lap 13. Unfortunately, the handling was going away as the race progressed and he lost the lead on lap 15. Brad Weber had a good night finishing 1st in his heat race and 3rd in the feature. Bud Stoudt improved two spot from the last race with an impressive 8th place finish in the Legends feature. Jon Schultz also won his heat race and finished 2nd in the feature. The bad news for Jon is that he might have blown up his motor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 12, 2007: Tim was the only one of the Xracing Team racing this week. It looked like a good night for Tim as he was able to move through heavy traffic in his heat race to get up to second, the last transfer spot for the feature. Unfortunately, a loose fuel connection was spotted by track officials and Tim was Black Flagged. Tim was able to start the B-Main in the back and quickly move through traffic to easily win that race and move to the 14th starting spot in the feature. Traffic was heavy (some times 5 wide in the corners) in the very competitive feature race. Tim make steady progress early, moving up to as high as 4th place. Tim lost a couple of spots on a late race restart and ended up finishing a very respectable 5th. No matter where Tim finishes, he is exciting to watch! If you do not believe me, check out the Charter Raceway Park Picture Page by clicking here!
Mike Meeker was involved in an accident not of his making. He hit the wall pretty hard in the back stretch. He is OK and expecting to have the car ready for next week's race.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 5, 2006: It was an overall great night for the Xracing team. Tim won the Modified feature after somehow avoiding getting hit in a opening lap incident. Tim got to the front by lap 2 and was never seriously challenged. Brad Weber won his heat race and finished 2nd in the Legends feature. Brad was catching the leader, but ran out of laps. Bud finished a very respectable 10 in the Legends feature. A lot of people commented how great Bud did in the car. Smooth was the word of the night for Bud. Jon Schultz won his heat race easily and started in the 5th row of the feature. He picked up some spots early and then fell back. In the later parts of the race Jon headed to the front. Jon made a pass for the 4th position in a drag race to the checkered flag. You can review results, points, press releases and photos at the Charter Raceway Park web site. Click here for the results page.
A special mention to Mike Meeker, who despite damage to his car finished 12 in the feature. Mike also won his heat race. Mike's company, Meeker Construction sponsored a night at the races. Check Mike's web site out at http://www.mlsracing.com . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 28, 2007: The Xracing team took to the track at Charter Raceway Park (formerly Powercom Park) in Beaver Dam to test and practice for the May 5th Season Opener. A strong wind out of the North West, temperatures in the 70's and the sunshine took its toll on the track. The track dried out after the first few practice sessions. Everyone is looking forward to next weeks opener. Bud will be piloting the yellow 66 Legend Car for the May 5th race. Join us at the track for great racing action. For more information, go to the track website at http://www.wismotorsports.net . Below are some photos from the practice session.
This is Bud (you can tell by the black helmet) This is Steve (white helmet)
This is Tim getting some good bite This is Brad getting the back end kicked out
Jon was there, but the rumor was that he was so fast that Rich could not photograph him! Thank you Rich Photos for use of the pictures! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 14, 2007: Steve and Bud's car at the Mall show in Fond du Lac.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 26, 2007: Brad Weber announces primary sponsor for the 2007 season. Click here for the Press Release! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 25, 2007: (more pictures added 3/25) Check out the progress on the Legends Car! This link will take you to a history of the rebuild of the car for the 2007 season. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: March16, 2007 Tim finished 6th in his heat race and did not transfer to the feature. They did not run any B-Main / Consolation races last night. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: March 13, 2007 Everyone is working hard to get their cars and other equipment in shape for the 2007 season. Tim will be the first to get his car out on the track. He will be going to the West Plain Motor Speedway in Missori to race 3/15. 3/16 and 3/17. Here are a couple of Pictures of Tim's car:
Best of Luck to you Tim! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: December 16, 2006 -
Help please! If you or if you know anyone who might be interested in sponsoring us, please let me know 11x@xracing.net . We would be very appreciative of the help. Thank you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 8/5/2006: Jon Schultz has the best night with a 4th place finish in the feature. Mike Meeker misses making the feature by 1 spot for the third race in a row. Steve recovers from a spin in the feature to finish 16th in the Legends feature.
Next week is the Modified Special at Powercom Park. The Modifieds run two complete show, one on Friday and one on Saturday. Mike will be racing the mod both nights. Jon Schultz will be racing his Street Stock on Friday night and Steve will race the Legends car on Saturday night. For more information, check out the Powercom Park web site at http://www.wismotorsports.net .
Updated 8/4/2006: The INEX Legends Cars raced at Lafayette County Speedway in Darlington, WI. Throughout the two heat races and feature there was only one yellow flag. Steve finished 11th and had a lot of fun.
Updated: 8/5/2006: Pete Laubmeier had a 5th place finish in his National Event in the UP of Michigan.
Updated 7/29/2006: Jon Schultz has the best run for the night with a second place finish in the Street Stock Division. Mike Meeker came up just short in his attempt to qualify for the Modified feature. Steve had a good 5th place finish in his heat race, but spun out in the feature and finished last. (Thank you Tim L. for your help in fixing the car.)
Updated 7/22/2006: Mother Nature wins tonight! Next week is Charter Communication Customer Appreciation Night at the Races. For more information, check out the track website at http://www.wismotorsports.net . Also, next week it is Boelter Consulting night at the races! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 7/8/2006: Mike Meeker misses the transfer spots in his heat race and B-main by 1 position. Steve finishes 19th in his feature after the bumper weld fails and he is black flagged. Jon Schultz finished 6th in his feature and retains his 4th place position in the points. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 06/17/2006: Mike makes the feature by finishing 3rd in his heat. He avoid the "Big One" crash early in the mod feature and finishes 9th in the feature. Jon finishes 13th in a very competitive Street Stock Feature. Steve is involved in a first turn accident that bent the spindle on his car. Steve did run the feature and finished 15th. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 06/14/2006:
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That is Jon Shultz in the blue 11x Car. Thank you Rich Photos!
Updated 06/10/2006: The Powercom Park track was very rutty and bumpy this week. Steve broke an upper ball joint in his heat and the motor mount welds failed during the feature as the ruts took there toll on the car. Jon Schultz finished 11th in his feature. I'm not sure, but I think he had problems with his car too. Mike Meeker came up 1 spot short in his B-Main to transfer into the A-Main. Bob also did not transfer from the B-Main. There was 48 or 49 modifieds on had for the races.
Steve will be working to try to get his car ready for a midweek special. Regular racing will continue next Saturday at Powercom Park. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 06/04/2006: Steve make the trip to The Manitowoc County Expo to race the Legends car as guests of the Eastern Wisconsin Stock Car Racing Association. In the lineup area Steve noticed some smoke. With help form Joe Johnson's crew, the problem was fixed (thank you). In the heat race, Steve broke a bolt holding the panhard bar and had to be towed back to the pits. With the help of other drivers, including Darwin Banes, Loren Zuhlke and Eric Barth and offers or help from other drivers (thank you all), the car was repaired and Steve took 8th in the feature. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 05/31/2006: Last Saturday night there was lightening all around the track. Fortunately, it did not rain at Powercom Park and we got the whole show in this week. Mike Meeker looked good in his heat, but had problems in the A-Main and finished back in the back. Bob Mann also raced but was unable to transfer out of the B-Main. Jon had a nice run in his heat race and finished 2nd. Although the setup in the car went away in the feature, Jon finished a respectable 11th. Steve finished 5th in his heat and transferred to the A-Main (there were 28 Legends Cars on hand). Steve spun out part way through the race and finished 14th. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 05/22/2006: Here are some pictures of Mike Meeker's car from Powercom Park last Saturday. Click Here to see them!
Updated 05/20/2006: The Rain came after the Modified B-Mains were run, so all drivers qualified for the A-Main will be paid out even points and money. The Stock Car division will also be paid out even points and money.
Jon Schultz had an impressive run in his first heat race in the Stock Car division. His race came down to the last corner of the last lap as he and the 38S Aaron Streblow had a drag race to the checkers. Jon came up less than a car length sort to take second. Great run Jon!
Mike Meeker looked good in his Modified heat. Mike challenged for the lead during the heat and also fell back as far as third before charging back to finish second.
Some pictures will be posted later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 04/16/2006: Racing season will soon be here. Jon Schultz has moved to the Street Stock division at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Steve Boelter will be racing his INEX Legend Car mainly at Powercom Park. Mike Meeker bought a different car over the winter and is excited about the season. Pete Laubmeier will be concentrating on his dirt biking, but you may also see him in the modifed unless he sells it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 1/15/2006: In Memory of Dave Piechowski - Dave died on January 11, 2006. His obituary is at this link: http://www.webfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=74165&fh_id=10690&s_id=FDD75ECCF2260F65AD521BB86DEBFB37 . Dave has help our team in many ways throughout the years including helping on the pit crew. We wish to extend our sympathies to Dave's family. God be with you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 1/14/2006: Check out Pete Laubmeier's 2005 Motorcycle Accomplishments - Click Here! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 9/24/05 - Beaver Dam: Steve runs with the World of Outlaws! Well not exactly, the Legend Cars were on the program with the World of Outlaw cars at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Steve finished 6th in his heat and 17th in the feature. A special thanks to Tim Lemirande for helping Steve out on Saturday! We know Tim would rather be racing! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 9/2/05 - Darlington: Pete finishes 3rd in the feature with a very impressive run. (Going against cars with a lot more horsepower on a tacky track). Great job Pete! Steve finishes the Legend car feature somewhere around 11th place. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update 8/30/05 - Oshkosh: Congratulation to Jon Schultz on winning the Dirt Devil points championship at the Speed Zone in Oshkosh! Jon is also leading the points at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Good luck Jon! Go get em! Pete race the modified at Oshkosh finishing 13th in the feature. No heat races were run so cars were lined up by points. Pete's first race was one of the B-mains from which he transfer to the feature. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 8/14/05 - Seymour: Tim finishes second in his heat and 5th in the feature. Beaver Dam: Jon Schultz finishes second in the Dirt Devil feature, but takes over the points lead at Powercom Park. He also leads the points at Oshkosh. Mike Meeker did not transfer to the feature tonight, but came close in his B-main. Bob Mann transferred from his heat race into the feature. Unfortunately, Bob was involved in an early accident in the feature. Steve finished 15th in the Legend Car feature. On Friday at Chilton, Steve finished around 12th in the feature.
Please keep Kevin Doty in your prayers. He took a nasty flip in the Badger Midget feature at Angell Park on Sunday, August 14th. It looked like the roll cage hit the wall during the flip. It took about 20 minutes to get him out of the car and he was immediately transported to the hospital. We hope that he is not injured. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 07/03/2005 - Seymour: Tim has brake problems in the heat and finishes 5th missing the invert by one spot. After starting 14th in the feature Tim finishes somewhere between 7th & 9th. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 07/02/2005 - Beaver Dam: Mike finished 2nd in his heat and 20th in the feature. Mike had a flat tire after contact with a another car early in the feature. Pete was involved in an accident in his heat race. Although Pete was able to continue, a few laps later the steering box broke, almost sending Pete into the wall. Pete was not able to transfer from the B-main. Steve had a good run going in the feature until an upper ball joint broke on the left front tire almost throwing him into the wall. Steve was running 10th when that happened and finished 17th. Jon Schultz did not win his feature tonight, but he remains to lead the points in the Dirt Devil division at both tracks. Tim did not race on Saturday. He will be racing at Seymour on Sunday night if the weather cooperates. Steve wants to thanks the legend drivers, Pete and his crew and Chris (home on leave from the Army) for helping fix the car enough to get it on the trailer!
Next week at Beaver Dam is a National Legend Car Touring Series event. The Legends will be racing along with the 4 regular divisions.
Sorry about the gap in posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 06/18/2005 - Plymouth: Tim had to run the B-main and transferred to the A-main. Tim finished 6th in the feature after starting toward the back. Beaver Dam: Jon Schultz runs a smooth and smart race to win the Dirt Devil feature. Great job Jon! Pete did not race tonight. Bob Mann brought his modified out for the first time this season (the car is for sale). He finished 4th in the B-main, just two positions short of making the big show. Mike Meeker just missed a transfer spot in his heat by one position. He finished back in the pack in the B-main after a flat tire. There was a strong field of 49 modifieds on hand for the race. Steve finished 21st in the Legend feature. Steve did not figure out how to drive the Legend on a dry slick track and spun out twice in the feature. There was excellent racing in all divisions throughout the night! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 06/11/05 - Thunder Hill: Tim finishes 4th in the WDLMA Special. At Beaver Dam, Mike finishes 9th in the mod feature. Jon was 6th in the Dirt Devil feature. Steve finished 10th in the Legend feature. We were glad to see that Mike Mueller, driver of the MOO Dirt Devil was OK after he flipped hard in turn three of the their feature. The car flipped at least 6 time if not 8 or 9. We spoke with Mike after the race and he looked OK. The roll cage in his car saved him from serious injury. A quality roll cage is very important! He said he will have another car ready for next week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 06/10/05 - Luxemburg: Tim gets his heat race in but rain ends the show early. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 06/07/05 - Oshkosh: Jon Shultz wins the feature in the Dirt Devils ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 6/4/05 - Beaver Dam: Rained out! :( ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 6/3/05 - Darlington: Steve does not make it to Darlington, but Pete goes with the mod and finishes 4th in the feature. Great job Pete! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 5/31/05 - Oshkosh: Jon Schultz pulls away to win the Dirt Devil Feature. Jon is in 6th place in points at Beaver Dam (only 10 points from 1st). At Oshkosh, Jon is 2nd in points (only 2 points from 1st) Great job Jon! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 5/30/05 - Beaver Dam: Tim is involved in an accident at the very start of the race. The car was not able to be repaired at the track. Mike had a good run going in his heat until he cut down a right rear tire. Mike was not able to transfer from the B-main. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 5/28/2005 - Beaver Dam: Congratulations to Mike Meeker on his first heat race win and first start in the feature. Unfortunately Mike was involved in a accident in the feature and finished around 14th. Pete's first time out for the year was a good one as he made it through the B-main to the feature. Pete worked his way through traffic getting up to 4th place before being caught in the wrong line in traffic and falling back to 8th. Look for even better things from Mike and Pete this year. Jon Schultz had problems in his heat race, but came back to win the B-main as well as the A-main. Great job Jon and crew!. Steve started 18th in the feature and finished 13th in his legend.
Shawano: Tim started 17th in the feature and used the cushion to get up to 7th. I believe the feature race went green, white, checker. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 5/24/2005 - Oshkosh, WI: Congratulations to Jon Schultz on his Feature win! Tim's car did not handle well and he finished 12th in the feature. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 5/21/2005 - Beaver Dam: Tim finishes 2nd in feature. Steve finishes 15th in feature. Jon Schultz blows motor (or something) while leading his feature. Mike finishes 4th in his B-Main. Where was Pete? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 5/20/2005 - Darlington, WI: Steve's first race in the Legend car is now over. Steve finished 8th in the feature at Darlington. Steve is looking forward to racing the Legend car at Powercom Park tomorrow night! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 5/14/2005: Wet grounds causes both Powercom Park in Beaver Dam and Shawano to cancel there races for the night! Next week everyone is at Powercom Park. Jon Schultz will be at Oshkosh Tuesday night - weather permitting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: Oshkosh - 05/10/2005: Tim qualified 8th in time trials. He started the feature in 8th and moved into 4th early in the race. Unfortunately, he had a slow leak in his right rear tire which caused him to fall back to 13th. Jon Schultz finished 4th in his feature. Congratulations to Mike Mueller for his win in the Dirt Devil division. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: Shawano - 05/07/2005: Tim finishes 10th or 11th in the feature. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 05/02/2005 - From Steve: Thank you to all of you who voted for the Legend cars at Angell Park. The voting is now over and the Legend class won by a substantial margin. This should help us get the opportunity to race there. Thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: 05/01/2005: Congratulations to Tim on his 2nd place finish in the dirt Late Model feature at Shawano! Tim started 14th in the feature and dropped back two spots before making his run to the front. You can read the story on the Shawano web site at this link. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update: 04/30/2005: Steve practiced his Legend car and Mike Meeker practiced his modified at Powercom Park on Saturday. The previous Saturday, Tim Lemirande, Mike and Pete Laubmeier practice at the Beaver Dam, WI track. Pete had his picture take and it was posted on the tracks website and in the Checkered Flag paper. Too bad for Pete, the picture taker thought it was Steve Boelter. (Pete did not have the vinyl on the car and the 11x was on the roof.) To see Pete's car, click here! We were sad to here that Bob Mann is not going to race this year, but we are glad to here that he will be at the track on a regular basis helping Mike! Here are two pictures of Mike's new car for the 2005 season:
The car looks great Mike! ________________________________________________________________________________ Update: November 29, 2004 Work toward the 2005 season has already started! Tim & Bill are building a new MastersBilt dirt late model chassis to run mainly in the Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association races. WDLMA's home track will be Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Expect the dirt late models to run a total of 17 races between both the Beaver Dam and Oshkosh Powercom tracks. Come see Tim's new car at the Racer's Auction in Green Bay! Pete bought the 2003 Pro modified that Tim won track championships at both Oshkosh and Beaver Dam Powercom tracks in 2003. We are sure Pete will be even faster this year! Mike bought Pete car and is looking forward to a better year in 2005. Jon Schultz will be running his 11x in the Dirt Devil division in 2005. Steve will be running a Legend car in 2005. He will be running mainly at Beaver Dam. Expect to see Steve at some of the other tracks the Legends run including Oshkosh. There are some rumors about the Legend cars running at the Milwaukee Mile. It would be partially on the oval and partly on a road course that was built in the infield of the track. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Update: October 1 & 2, 2004 - Lawrenceburg Speedway, IN - Legend Car Dirt Nationals Congratulations to the Wisconsin Legend racers! Joel Wyttenbach of Sauk City won the Nationals feature race in the Semi Pros Division. Adam Reed finished 24th in the Semi Pro feature race.
Wisconsin Legend racers also did great in the Masters division Nationals feature race with Eric Barth (the 2004 National Points Champion in the Masters Division) finishing 3rd, Kevin Brill was 4th and Greg Hartlaub was 7th. Warren Ropp (from Iowa), who has also raced in some of the Wisconsin Legend races finished 2nd. In the Pro Division, Aaron Rake finished 12th in the Nationals feature race. Update: October 2, 2004 - Plymouth, WI Tim wins the B-main and works his way up from his 14 starting position to 2nd in the feature. 29 WDLMA cars were on hand . Tim would like to thank Ralph Aschenbrenner and his crew of Steve and Wayne for helping get Tim's car ready for the feature. Update: October 1, 2004 - Luxemburg, WI (10:50 PM 10/1/04) The Friday night part of the two day special at Luxemburg was rained out during the 3rd Late Model heat. There were 33 Dirt Late Models on hand for the race. Tim was scheduled to be in the 4th heat. The Dirt Late Models are scheduled to run with the IRA sprint cars at Plymouth, WI tomorrow. The Luxemburg show will not be made up. Update: September 16th & 17th, 2004 - Cedar Lake, WI Tim had some good runs in the first two nights of the WISSOTA 100 at Cedar Lake, WI. On Thursday night, Tim started toward the back in his heat and moved up to 5th by the end of the race, which would have earned him a good number of passing points. Unfortunately, Tim thought he finished 7th and did not go to the scales after the race to get weighed and teched. That resulted in Tim being disqualified. On Friday, Tim almost made the feature with a good run up to 4th place in the B-main. (Only the first two places in the B-main transferred). Tim's next races will be WDLMA races at Luxemburg Speedway on Friday October 1st and at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, WI on Saturday October 2nd. Update: September 14, 2004 - Powercom Park, Beaver Dam, WI It was the 3rd installment of the modified specials at Powercom Park. The small crowd in the stands were treated to another outstanding modified feature! For most of the feature, Scott Mullen, Jay Schraufnagel and Mike Wedelstadt raced side by side. Jay took the lead around lap 25 of the 30 lap feature after a 7 lap side by side race, but was penealized two positions for hitting the restart cone on a previous restart. That put Mullen back in 1st and Wedelstadt 2nd with Jay 3rd. Wedelstadt raced Scott very hard as Jay charged from his third position. Unfortunately Wedelstadt decided to try for the win by banging into Scott and the Jay on the last lap. Scott Mullen picked up the $2,000 winners check. Bob and Pete both made the feature. Bob was involved in an early accident and had to leave the track. We guess he finished somewhere around 18th. Pete battled ignition problems in his heat, B-main and A-main and still brought the car home in 13th. Good run Pete! Steve was involved in an accident in his B-main and had to pull into the infield. Update: September 11, 2004 - Powercom Park, Beaver Dam & Shawano The last points night at Powercom Park produced a lot of good racing and a lot of damaged race cars. Our hats are off to Jay Schraufnagel and feature winner Russ Reinwald on putting on an exciting race. Jay passed Russ for the lead and then Russ passed Jay back. It came down to a drag race off the 4th corner with Russ winning by less than a car length. Great run Russ! Congratulations to Jay Schraufnagel for winning the modified division points championship. Bob Mann was able to transfer from the B-main into the A-main and finished around 16th. Mike Meeker had mechanical problems with his steering and hit the wall in his heat race. Mike was not able to get it fixed for the B-Main. Steve finished 5th in his heat and 4th in his B-main (one spot short of the transfer spot). We would like to wish Craig Priewe the best after his hard hit into the wall and roll over. Craig had lost consciousness and was transported to the hospital. Before we left the track we were told Craig was released and on his way back to the track. Like the typical racer, he needed to see how bad the car was damaged. We just hope Craig did not have a relapse when he saw how bad it was damaged. Bob, Steve and Pete will be racing at the Modified Special this Tuesday at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Congratulations to Jon Schultz on an outstanding year. With a little better luck, he would have won the points championship, but Jon had to settle for 2nd place in the Dirt Devil final point standing. Jon did win tonight's feature. Congratulations to Eric Barth on winning about everything there was to win in the Legend Division this year. We believe he won the State of Wisconsin points and the points at both Powercom tracks (Beaver Dam and Oshkosh). We also believe Eric is leading the National INEX Legend points in the Masters Division - Dirt. Great year Eric and Joan! Tim started 2nd in the Late Model feature and took the lead for five laps before falling back to finish in 5th. Great run in you rookie season, Tim! 10th in Late Model Points and rookie of the year at Shawano and two Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association feature wins! Tim's next race will be at Cedar Lake Speedway's 19th Annual WISSOTA 100. Racing will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Cedar Lake's website is http://www.cedarlakespeedway.com . Best of Luck on making the big show on Saturday Tim! Update: September 6, 2004 - Seymour, WI Tim finished 8th in the WDLMA feature at Seymour. Update: September 4, 2004 - Shawano - Grant County Speedway - Lancaster, WI Tim finishes the final points night at Shawano with a 2nd place finish. That should easily make him rookie of the year in the Dirt Late Model Division and earn him either 9th or 10th in points. Tim has had an outstanding year to date in his first year in the late model. Tim has two wins in the WDLMA. Tim's next race will be this Monday at Seymour (WDLMA sanctioned). Tim will be running several year end specials. Great year and congratulations Tim! Scott Schanke bolted on some Hoosier tires and took Steve's 11x modified for a spin around the 3/8th mile track at Lancaster, WI. The IRA sprint cars were also there so the support divisions did not get heat races, they only got hot laps and a feature. Scott started 9th and finished 7th in the feature. It was great meeting Scott's hard working crew of Corey and Jeff. Scott did a great job especially for being underpowered compared to the mods that race there regularly and for the first time in a race car in 04. After last night, we think we might see Scott in a car for next year. Great job Scott! Update: September 3, 2004 - Dodge County Fairgrounds - Beaver Dam, WI Bob Mann has a good night finishing 3rd in his heat and 9th in the feature. Steve did not do as good finishing last in his heat and toward the back of the B-main. It was fun getting back on the 1/2 mile track. Bob, Steve and Mike will be racing at Powercom Park next Saturday, September 11. (Pete is standing up in a wedding and will not make the last points night) Update: August 31, 2004 - Powercom Speed Zone - Oshkosh, WI Congratulations to Bob Mann for his 11th place finish in the feature and for his 11th place finish in the season points at Powercom Speed Zone in Oshkosh. From a quick check of the standings, we believe that Bob is the top finishing rookie in the modified division. Great job Bob and good luck at the Dodge County Fairgrounds this coming Friday! Jon Schultz ran in the Dirt Devil division and finished 2nd in the feature. Jon has had a very good year. Congratulations to Mike Mueller in the 00M car who won the season ending points at Oshkosh and is leading the points at Beaver Dam (by 20 points over Jon Schultz). Great job Jon and Mike! Update for the week starting August 22, 2004 Tim had planned on running the Triple Crown special race Saturday at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. That race was cancelled because of rain around 5 PM. Tim's crew loaded the car up and went to Shawano. Tim was 8th in the feature after breaking the steering rack. Tim's next race is at Shawano next Saturday which is the last points night. Tim has a chance to finish in the top 10 in points and should be the Dirt Late Model rookie of the year. Steve's plan to race at the fairgrounds on Saturday were cancelled due to bad weather. See Steve at the fairgrounds next Friday. Pete raced twice this week with good finished both nights. Pete raced at Grant County Speedway in Lancaster on Wednesday night. Pete finished 7th in the A-main. On Friday night Pete and Mike went to Darlington to race. Pete finished 5th in the feature. We're not sure where Mike finished. Pete may race some end of the year specials. Mike's next race will be Saturday, September 11 at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. On Tuesday, August 24, 2004, Bob Mann finished 9th in the A-main at Powercom Speed Zone. Good run Bob! Bob's next two races are Tuesday, August 31 at Powercom Speed Zone and on September 3 at the Dodge County Fairgrounds. (Steve will also be racing that night at the Fairgrounds.) Update: August 21, 2004 Shawano, Powercom Park, Beaver Dam Tim had ignition problems. We are not sure where he finished. The Xracing Mod team had a tough night no of the four made the A-main. The Mod A-main was a good race to watch. Brian Mullen and Jay Schraufnagel had an outstanding battle going for most of the race. Congratulations to Craig Priewe and the Schoenberger crew on Craig's second feature win of the year. Early on it looked like Jon Schultz would have an easy time winning the Dirt Devil feature, but he spun out on some transmission fluid that leaked from another car. Jon had to go to the back of the pack. I'm not sure where he finished. We would also like to congratulate Eric Barth on his clean sweep in the Legends. We believe that tonight was his 8th feature win of the season. Eric is the points leader and also high up in the Legend National Points. Come back soon to see where everyone is racing next week. We are not sure if Tim will be at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam or Shawano next Saturday. Bob Mann will probably race Oshkosh on Tuesday. Pete and Mike are planning on racing at Darlington next Friday night. Steve is considering racing at the Dodge County Fairgrounds next Saturday night. Update: August 17, 2004 Powercom Speed Zone, Oshkosh, WI Bob Mann raced his mod at with outstanding results! Bob was 3rd in the feature. Great job Bob! Update: August 14, 2004 Powercom Park, Beaver Dam, WI The entire Xracing Team raced at Powercom tonight. Tim was involved in an accident early in the Late Model feature. He was unable to make repairs to the car and finished 17th. In the modifieds, Steve, Pete and Bob transferred from their heats to the feature. Steve won his heat race! Good job Steve! Mike spun out in his heat race and was not able to get into the feature from the B-main. In the modified feature, Bob had the best finish - around 14th. Steve finished somewhere around 16th and Peter around 18th. Tim's next race will be August 21 at Shawano. Pete, Bob, Mike and Steve will be racing at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam next Saturday, August 21.
Thank you Bob Cruse of BC Photos for use of the picture! ------------------------------------------------------- Picture is of the Xracing Crew!
From Left to Right: Gerry Lemirande, Jon Schultz, Rich Sailing, Steve Boelter, Tim Lemirande and Bill Piechowski ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: August 11, 2004 Thunderhill Speedway, Sturgeon Bay, WI We have not talked to Tim, but a posting on the Racing Online forum page has Tim listed as 3rd in the first WDLMA feature. A broken coil kept Tim from competing in the second feature. According to the posting, 20 late models put on an excellent show. Update: August 10, 2004 Powercom Speed Zone, Oshkosh Bob and Pete were not able to get their cars in the feature. Around 60 modifieds were there for the special. Jon Schultz won the Dirt Devil feature. Update: August 7, 2004 Shawano, Powercom Park, Beaver Dam Tim was able to survive a big crash in the feature with cosmetic damage that was quickly fixed by his pit crew. Tim was able to rejoin the race and make his way through the pack to finish 3rd. Great job Tim and Great job to the pit crew. Bob Mann had another good night Saturday. He qualified for the A-main feature through his heat race. Bob finished 10th! Pete came up one short of getting into the A-main in each his heat race and the B-main. Mike finished toward the back of the pack in his heat and B-main. Steve spun out in his heat racing trying to pass the 1st place car early in his heat race and finished last. In his B-main Steve move up a few positions, but did not qualify for the A-main. Next race for Tim is at Thunderhill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay, WI on Wednesday night (WDLMA Double Feature special). Bob, Pete and Steve are planning on running the special at Powercom Speed Zone in Oshkosh this Tuesday night. Congratulations to Jon Schultz on his 4th feature win in the Dirt Devil Division! Jon is second in points just 4 points out of first! Update: August 3, 2004 Powercom Speed Zone, Oshkosh, WI It was the worst kind of rain out! We got the heat races in, but then it started to rain before the B-mains. That means no money for anyone. Bob, Pete and Tim finishes in their respective heats would have put them directly in their features. Steve was going to have to run the B-main. Next Race: Tim will race at Shawano this Saturday night. Bob, Pete, Mike and Steve will be racing their modifieds at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam this Saturday. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: July 31, 2004 Shawano and Powercom Park, Beaver Dam Tim finished 6th in the feature at Shawano. Tim's next race is Tuesday at Powercom Speed Zone in Oshkosh. Bob Mann has a great night at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Bob wins his heat race and leads the feature for the first 10 laps. Bob finished 6th in the feature. Great run Bob! Pete had to try to get through a traffic jam in his heat race, but always seemed to pick the slower line of cars. Pete got it together for the B-main and finished 2nd which put him in the feature. After being involved in a first lap wreck, Pete was able to get back on the track before the race restarted and worked his way up to finish 10th. Mike finished 7th in his heat race and was in the first B-main. We are not sure where he finished. Steve started on the pole in his heat race, but fell back to 4th before spinning out. He finished 6th in his heat race. Steve started 2nd row outside in the 2nd B-main. Steve was gaining on the 3rd place car when he was involved in an accident and had to restart in the rear. We think we finished somewhere around 6th. Next race: Bob, Steve and Pete will probably go to Oshkosh on Tuesday. Update: July 24, 2004 Shawano and Powercom Park, Beaver Dam Tim finished somewhere around 9th in the feature. Early on Tim lost some spots, but one he went to the cushion, he pick a few more back. Tim's next race will be a Shawano next Saturday night. Tim will also be racing his late model at Powercom Speed Zone on Tuesday, August 3. Bob did the best among the Xracing modifieds. Bob had a second in his heat and started on the outside pole for the feature. Bob lead the first two lap before a few cars got around him. We believe Bob finished 11th in the feature. Pete was involved in an accident in his heat race and had to run one of the B-mains. In his B-main, Pete moved up to 3rd place before he broke the steering box. Mike finished 5th in his B-main after spinning out in his heat race. Steve finished 7th in his heat race and had to race the B-main. Steve tried the high line, but was not able to pass many cars and finished 4th in his B-main. The next race for the whole Xracing mod drivers is next Saturday at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Bob will probably race at Oshkosh this coming Tuesday, July 27th. Jon Schultz of Belleville raced from his fifth row starting position and took over the lead on lap three of the 20-lap Wally’s Auto Dirt Devil A-Main. Schultz pulled away from the rest of the field on his way to his third win of the season. Great run Jon! We would like to wish Kathy & Steve Boelter a Happy 19th Wedding Anniversary! Update: July 20, 2004 Powercom Speed Zone, Oshkosh, WI Congratulations to Bob Mann on his heat win and 10th place finish at the Speed Zone! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update: July 18, 2004 Tim put a a show in his 7X late model. After starting the feature either 5th or 6th row inside, Tim moved through traffic picking off at least a car a lap. Early in the race, Tim primarily used the high line (within inches of the outside wall) to gain positions. Tim moved up to about 4th place before hitting the wall in between turn 1 and 2. A fast pit stop by Bill and Jerry to remove a damaged right front quarter panel got Tim back out on the track on the lead lap. A yellow flag them let Tim catch up to the back of the back, about 18th on the track. We heard people in the pit stands say Tim passed 5 cars the first green flag lap. Actually, it was 2 or 3 cars. Tim was on a mission to get to the front. He quickly moved up to the 10th position. A couple of well timed (for Tim) yellow flags bunched up the field. Although the car did not handle as well as before he hit the wall, Tim continued to use both the high and low line to pass cars. Tim finished either 5th or 6th. Tim was 1st as far as being the most exciting car to watch. Great job recovering from adversity! It is hard to believe that this is only Tim's first year in a dirt late model. Also, we are sure Tim would like to thank all the people who came out to watch him and thank his pit outstanding pit crew of Bill Piechowski and Gerry Lemirande. Tim's next expected run at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam is Saturday, August 14. The Xracing modified drivers had a tough night over all. Pete Laubmeier got a flat tire while moving to the front of the field in his B-main. Pete's crew changed the tire, but he was several laps down. Mike Meeker started up front in his B-main and stayed there for several lap before falling back in the pack. Bob Mann had a good run going in his B-main, running in the last transfer spot for most of the race before a scoring error and a bump in the corner from another car put his back a couple of positions. Bob finished 4th, one spot out of transferring for the feature. Steve tried to learn how to use the high line to get around the track in his B-main. Steve finished somewhere around 6th in his B-main. Tim's next race is next Saturday night at Shawano. Bob and maybe Steve will race their mods in Oshkosh this Tuesday. Pete, Mike, Bob and Steve will be at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam next Saturday. Update: July 11, 2004 Tim wins his heat race at Luxemburg. He started 12th in the feature and moved his way up to 6th before hitting a tire on the inside of the track. After that he fell back and finished toward the back. Tim's next race will be Saturday at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Update: July 10, 2004 Tim said they did not get to run or complete the Late Model Feature in Shawano because of an accident that put a hole in the guard rail that could not be fixed with in the time limit. We think Tim may be credited with 10th in the feature, but we are not sure of that. Bob and Pete made the feature finishing some where around 14th and 16th respectively. Bob made it in from his heat race. Pete had to run the B-main to get in because of brake problems in his heat race. Mike Meeker started the second B-main on the outside pole and stayed up at the front for several laps before falling back. Steve was involved in an accident in his heat race. In the B-main, Steve went in to the infield to avoid a first lap wreck. Unfortunately the rim must of got bent from a rock and the tire went flat. Jim Krahn and Bob changed the tire for Steve but he was down 4 laps when he got back on the track. Tim's next race is Sunday, July 11 in Luxemburg. Bob and maybe Pete are planning on going to Oshkosh Tuesday night. Bob, Pete, Mike and Steve will be back at Powercom Park next Saturday. Update: July 3, 2004 The races at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam were called off because of rain. We have not heard from Tim, but it appears to be raining in Shawano too! Update: June 26, 2004 Powercom Park Beaver Dam, WI Tim started on the pole for the Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association (WDLMA) race at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Tim had a good start leading the race from start to finish although he was challenged early by the #74 Scheffler car and later by the orange 95 car. There was great racing throughout the pack. The last lap was especially exciting when the 95 car tried a big slide job on Tim in the 4th corner. The 95 car got up in the marbles and Tim cut down underneath for a drag race to the finish and the win. Great job Tim! Tim is two for two in the WDLMA races.
Thank you Bob Cruse of BC Photos! It was a tough night for the modifieds. On a very dry slick and dusty track, Pete Laubmeier was the only one of our group to make the feature. Pete was involved in a wreck when the car in front of him blew his motor. Pete spun out in the oil and water and hit the other car hard. Steve had a good run going in his B-main until a car spun in front of him and Steve spun trying to miss him but him hard bending the panhard bar. Next race: Tim - July 3rd at Shawano. Pete, Bob, Steve and Mike at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. ______________________________________________________________ Update: June 22, 2004 Powercom Park Beaver Dam Modified Special Over 80 modifieds checked into the pits for this special. I was a Wisconsin Who's Who of IMCA type modified racers. The regular modified drivers showed the special guests (Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Badger Midget Champion Davie Ray) how it was done. Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne needed promoters options to make the big show and they finished near the back of the field. The race started with our friend Pete Laubmeier on the pole position. Congratulation to Pete on winning his heat race to make the big show! In the A-main, Pete held his own for several laps against Wisconsin's best. Unfortunately, the handle went away on his car and he finished around 15th. Tim Lemirande driving his championship mod from last year finished 4th in his heat and had to work his way through a talented B-main field to transfer to the A-main. Tim started 15th in the feature and was stuck in heavy traffic early. Tim made a move to the front by passing some of the best mod drivers in the state including both Mullens, Dart and Weddlestadt. Tim worked his way into 3rd place in the feature with sparks flying as the right rear corner of the car was against the wall. Unfortunately the race was shortened to 30 laps instead of the planned 40 laps because of the curfew. The race winner was Jay Schraufnagel. Congratulates to Jay. Many of us (biased) Tim Lemirande fans believe he was the fastest car late in the race and that he might have been able to give Jay some competition. Thanks to all the crew help we had tonight: Rich Sailing, Jerry Lemirande, Bill Piechowski, Jon Schultz, Phil Lehl, Scott Schanke, Mike Meeker and Mark Malm. I'm sorry if I missed anyone. You should have seen the pit crew ballet as everyone pitched in to get Tim ready for the feature after transferring from the B-main. Next Race: Tim with the late model at Powercom Park this Saturday, June 26. Pete, Bob, Mike and Steve also at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam. Along with about 50 other modified drivers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Notice: Tim Lemirande, the 2003 Modified Track Champion at Powercom Park and Oshkosh's Speed Zone will be back behind the wheel of a modified for the "Tony Stewart - Night at the Races" featuring Tony Stewart and Kasey Kahne. The race will be at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam on Tuesday, June 22. For more information see: http://www.wismotorsports.net/Stewart%20Night.htm . They are expecting as many as 84 modifieds for this race. The race's main sponsor is Prestige Custom Cabinetry, Inc. http://www.prestigecab.com/index.psp Update: June 19, 2004 Tim finishes 10th in the feature at Shawano. Pete Laubmeier made the A-Main at Powercom Park, but was involved in an accident and finished around 18th. Steve was taken out in the first corner of the first lap of his heat race and was not able to get it fixed for the B-main. Bob Mann also had damage to his car and finished out of the transfer spots in the B-main. Mike Meeker also finished out of the transfer spots in the B-main. Steve would like to thank the crews from other teams that came over to see if they could help. Next Race: Tuesday, June 22 at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam for the Tony Stewart Special. (See above.) Update: June 12, 2004 Tim finishes 3rd in his heat and 3rd in the feature at Shawano, which matches his best finish at Shawano. The WDLA race scheduled for Manitowoc was canceled due to wet grounds. Tim is planning on running the WDLA race on Sunday, June 13 if the weather cooperates. The forecast is for a 50% chance of storms. Of the 5 races scheduled to be run, 4 have been rain out. Update: June 11, 2004 The WDLA race scheduled for tonight has been postponed. It will be reschedule for a future date. Tim will be racing at Shawano tomorrow. Powercom Park in Beaver Dam is hosting the World of Outlaw show tomorrow. Steve, Pete and Bob will not be racing this Saturday. Update: June 5, 2004 Powercom - Beaver Dam: 51 modifieds were there. Pete Laubmeier did the best of the group with a finish of 15th in the feature. Bob Mann finished 7th and Steve finished 9th in the first B-main. 18 Cars started this B-main. Mike Meeker finished 12th in his B-main. Jon Schultz finished 2nd in the Dirt Devil feature. Two and three wide racing made it hard to pass. Once Jon cleared traffic, he was reeling in the leader. The feature was shortened due to curfew. Jon leads the points in the Dirt Devil division. Shawano: Rain moved in before the feature could be run. Update: May 31, 2004 The Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association race at Powercom Park has been postponed due to wet grounds. According to the association's website (http://www.widirtlm.com), the race will be rescheduled. Next race for Tim is at Shawano next Saturday. Steve, Pete, Bob and Mike are planning on racing at Powercom Park next week. The early forecast for next Saturday are for scattered showers for both Shawano and Beaver Dam.
Update: May 29, 2004 Rain cause the cancellation of races at both Powercom Park in Beaver Dam and Shawano Speedway. The next race for Tim is (weather permitting) Monday, May 31 at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam ( A Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association race http://www.widirtlm.com ) Races start at 4 PM. Update: May 22, 2004 1:21 PM Rain has forced cancellation of the races for today at both Beaver Dam and Shawano. Powercom Park in Beaver Dam's schedule included a USMTS modified special for Saturday, May 22 and Sunday May 23. Both nights of racing at Powercom Park have been cancelled. For more information about cancellations, go to http://www.racingonline.com then go to the forums area. There is a section for rainout information. Next races: Shawano on May 29th for Tim and Powercom Park in Beaver Dam on May 29th for Steve and Pete. Update: May 18, 2004 - Oshkosh, WI
Thank you Dave Buss for the use of the Picture! Tim Lemirande will go down as the first ever feature winner of the new Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association! 31 Late Model cars were on hand for this inaugural event. We all expected Tim to do well this in this his rookie season, but I think people will be surprised that he won in only his 4th race of the season. http://www.widirtlm.com Tim's next race is Saturday, May 22 at Shawano. Pete Laubmeier also raced at Oshkosh. He started last in his heat and finished 6th. He also finished 6th in the B-main. Update: May 15, 2004 - Shawano, WI Entering a stretch of 3 races in 7 nights, Tim started it off right with a 3rd place finish in the feature at Shawano. That is his best Dirt Late Model finish of his career! Tim is looking forward to races at Oshkosh on Tuesday, May 18th and Shawano on Saturday, May 22nd. Tim is the 2003 Oshkosh track champion in the modified division. Oshkosh will mark the first race of the new Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Racing Association. Their web site is: http://www.widirtlm.com . Update: May 15, 2004 - Beaver Dam, WI It was a night with a lot of accidents in many of the divisions. Pete, Bob and Steve had to try to make the features from the B-main. Pete was leading the first B-main when a yellow came out with two laps to go. It looked like Pete had a flat left rear tire, so he was sent to the pits. The tire was not flat, but it took Pete out of the transfer spot to make the feature. Steve was the beneficiary of Pete's misfortune and finished in second, the last transfer position. Bob also finished 2nd in his B-main and transferred to the feature. Bob and Steve started in the last two spot in a feature that saw many yellow flags and one red flag. Bob either finished 12th or 13th in a final corner battle with Steve. Good job Bob and Steve! Jon Shultz powered by the competition to take the feature win in the Dirt Devil division. Great job Jon! Update: May 8, 2004 - 12:44PM The races at both Powercom Park in Beaver Dam and the Shawano Speedway have been canceled for tonight. Happy Mother's Day! Update: May 1, 2004 Shawano: Tim had a bad heat race and therefore had to start toward the back of the feature (around 16th). Tim worked his way up to 10th when he spun out trying to miss a body panel that flew off another car. Tim was sent to the back of the pack and was not able to move up. Powercom Park - Beaver Dam, WI: Pete Laubmeier had the best run of his career, finishing 4th in the feature. During the race Pete was right on the tail of the first two cars. Great job Pete! Bob Mann is new to mods this year. Bob finished 4th in the first B-Main. Steve had a tough night trying to figure out the track. He finished 6th in the second B-Main. Jon Schultz won his heat in the Dirt Devil Division, but was the meat in the sandwich early in his feature. Another car hit Jon in the right front corner panel causing Jon's right front tire to blow out. Jon did make it back out. I'm not sure where he finished. Mike Meeker (sorry about the spelling) was a crew member on Pete's team last year. He bought a mod over the winter and tonight was his first race. Unfortunately, he got high up on the track and hit the wall and a fence support hard during the first B-Main. Mike was check out by the ambulance and was ok. (Bumps and burses) The car sustained heavy front end damage. Update April 28, 2004
This is a picture of Pete Laubmeier's car for the 2004 season! Pete's sponsors for the year are TD SIGN & GRAPHICS, Wilson Creek Excavating & Concrete, KPR, M&S Fabrication, GE Construction. Pete's pit help for the year will be Daren Dresen and Mark Malm. Pete will be racing at PowerCom Park in Beaver Dam full time and at The Speed Zone in Oshkosh when time and money allow. We just found out that Pete added Midtowne Construction as a sponsor. Midtowne's owners, Cory & Lynn Ballweg, are big race fans! Thank you to all of Pete's sponsors! Pete had an outstanding rookie year. Based on last years success expect to see Pete in the top 10 of the feature a lot this year! Update: April 24, 2004
This picture was taken during the late model feature at Shawano. Tim finished 12th in the feature. Tim's car did not handle well during his heat race and he finished near the back of the pack. The car ran better in the feature, but Tim had to spin the car two different time during the feature to miss wrecks. Each time Tim had to start at the back of the pack. Tim moved past several cars to make it up to 12 place. Tim's next race will be next Saturday night, May 1st at Shawano. Steve, Bob Mann, Pete Laubmeier and Jon Schultz will be starting their season at Powercom Park in Beaver Dam next Saturday, May 1. Update April 17, 2004 It looks like Tim finished 12th in his first Late Model feature at Shawano. 18 cars started the feature. Congratulations on your first of many late model runs this year! We talked with Tim about the race. He crashed in his heat race, damaging the right front suspension. Tim started last in the feature and was able to pass some cars to get up to 12th.
Our friend, Bob Mann ran his first Mod race last night at the Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway. Unfortunately, he blew up his motor. Later this weeks we will update practice at Powercom Park for Pete, Bob and Jon! Check back often Update: March 7, 2004 Everyone is working on their cars to get them ready for the
upcoming season. Tim will be racing primarily at
Shawano. (See
below for more of Tim's plans.) Steve will be racing mainly at
Powercom Park
along with Pete Laubmeier Also, thank you for your support of this page. We have continued to increase the number of people visiting this site. Thank you! February 20, 2004 - Tim's trip to Florida: Last week went pretty good down in Florida. Basically we started out and had overheating problems the first two nights. We had a head gasket go bad on us Tuesday night. We replaced both head gaskets Wednesday during the day and still had overheating problems on Wednesday night. We ended up buying a lot larger radiator and a steel fan driven off the water pump, where we were running an electric fan. That seemed to do the trick and didn't see any overheating problems the rest of the week. We got some good seat time in and made a lot of changes to the car. The car was very reactive to any changes. As far as driving the car, everything is so much quicker, and faster. There is so much forward bite, and side bite you have to have the handling down pretty good or the car darts all around on the track. All in all, we had a great trip, weather was warm, and we got some very valuable seat time along with getting a lot of bugs out of the car. We were a lot undermotored, but we knew that going down. We were the only cars there with a cast iron motor, but we were definitely not the slowest car. The last night we ran, we finished 6th in the b-main. We got rained out on Saturday night so we left early. Luckily, we left when we did, because Tennessee and Kentucky got about 10" of snow after we got through there and they closed the highways down. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 10, 2004: Tim Lemirande will be racing a Dirt Late Model (see pictures below) during the 2004 season. Tim's first run will be in Florida in mid February. Tim want to get some time behind the wheel before he starts his season at Shawano on April 10th in the WISSOTA Late Model division. Click on this link to see the Shawano schedule. If you can not get up north to see Tim race, you will have a chance to see him run at Powercom Park on Monday May 31st. (Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association) Tim also plans on running two races at the Speed Zone in Oshkosh. Those dates are Tuesday, May 18th and Tuesday, August 3rd. Tim know the Powercom Park and Speed Zone tracks very well. He won the modified division championship at each track last year. The main sponsor of the car is Badger Truck & Auto in Green Bay & Oshkosh. Associate sponsors are: Victory Vinyl in Suamico, M&S Fabrication, LLC in Juneau and Boelter Consulting, LLC in Madison. We wish for Tim a fast learning curve and some runs up to the front during the 2004 season!!! Come back here often to check on Tim's progress. ___________________________________________ 2003 Season Update: September 26, 27, 28, 2003 Mother Nature won at the Chilton Special. Friday night's racing was rained out. On Saturday a few of the heat were run. Sunday morning the racing started at 10 AM. Tim won his heat race. The modified and 4 cylinder features could not be completed | ||||
Jon
Schultz finished 6th in the Street Stock Feature Race and finishes 2nd in the
points! It was a good season for Jon who improved his points finish from
2006 and was in the running for the track championship for most of the year.
Great job Jon!
September
8, 2007 Brad Weber wins the INEX Legends race on a night his sponsors were at
the track. The rest of the team has bad luck. Tim was involved in a
late race incident which affected his rear suspension. Tim did hold on to
9th place and is the 2007 Charter Raceway Park Modified Champion.
Congratulations Tim! Jon Schultz breaks an axle in the feature and
finishes toward the back. Jon is 18 points out of 1st Place in the Street
Stock Division. Steve started the Legends feature 18 and moved up to 12th
before being involved in an accident. Steve ended up 21st.
September 1, 2007 Tim finishes 4th in his heat race and comes back to win him
B-Main race. In the feature, Tim is involved in a wreck and finishes 17th.
Tim and the crew guys are getting the car ready for the IMCA SuperNational Races
this week in Boone, IA. With over 200 modifieds pre-registered, it will be
an exciting show. Good Luck Tim!
Updated
07/01/2006: Congratulations to Jon Schultz on winning his first heat
race and first feature ever in the Street Stock division! Great job Jon!
We knew you would get it figured out! Mike Meeker won his heat race, but
unfortunately the feature was rained out. Qualifying races were all
completed, so Mike will share in an equal payout and equal points for the night.
Steve did not race.
Steve breaks a trailing arm bolt in the feature and
finishes last.
