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"THE OUTLAW" OWNS MAIN EVENT AT JEFFERSON SPEEDWAY

Late Models

“The Outlaw” Shane Radtke Jr of Johnson Creek laid claim to his first career Late Model feature win on Saturday evening at Jefferson Speedway. Radtke grabbed the lead on lap one and survived heavy pressure from Carson Phillips thoughout the race to capture the Taylored Construction and Remodeling 50 lap main event.

Kyle Smith and Radtke paced the stout field of drivers to the drop of the green. Radtke held the advantage to complete the opening lap, clearing for sole possession on lap two. Smith dropped back into a battle for second with Carson Phillips, which Phillips won two laps later to claim the second position. Dale Nottestad followed into third on lap seven as the leaders lined up single file. Phillips drew in behind the early leader, beginning to apply heavy pressure in a quest to get to the point. Phillips peeked under Radtke on several occasions, only to fall back in line and regroup for another attempt. Nottestad watched intently from third as Radtke held Phillips at bay. Just when it looked as if Radtke had the win sewn up, the caution flew on lap 45 when Stephen Scheel made hard contact with the turn four wall. Radtke and Phillips led the pack back to green for the final five circuits to determine the winner.

After a brief side by side battle, Radtke moved back out front to reclaim the lead. Nottestad drove up alongside Phillips, looking to steal the runner up spot  in the closing laps, Radtke drove away from there to claim his feature win with Nottestad overtaking Phillips for second. Mark Deporter finished fourth with Smith rounding out the top five.

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Shane Radtke #52 Late Model Feature Winner 

Sportsman

Evan Leahy of South Beloit, IL, scored his first career Sportsman feature victory at Jefferson Speedway after a late race pass netted him the 35 lap feature win. Jim Taylor and Dan Harris led the field to green as the duo battled for control. Harris took the top spot for himself on lap two as Taylor fell back into a fight for second with Paul Johnson Jr. The first of two cautions slowed the pace on lap eight, pitting Harris and Taylor on the front row once again for the restart. Harris moved back into control as racing resumed with Johnson up to race with Taylor for second again. But on lap 12, contact between Taylor and John Ovadal Jr ended with Taylor spinning down the backstretch to force the second yellow flag of the race. This time, it was Harris and Johnson on row one for the restart with Harris once again grabbing the lead. Harris held serve on the point while Leahy began picking his way through the top five. By lap 27 Leahy was up to second and closing fast on Harris out front. With four laps to go, Leahy began peeking under Harris as they raced off turn two. A lap later, the pair of drivers were door to door while Nick Bruley closed in on them from third. Leahy and Harris raced even under the white flag to begin the final lap with Leahy gaining momentum. Leahy moved ahead of Harris as they raced down the back stretch with Bruley trying to follow. At the checkers, it was Leahy for the win with Bruley nipping Harris at the line for second. Jason Thoma was fourth with Tytus Helgestad finishing fifth.

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Evan Leahy #18 Sportsman Feature Winner 

Hobby Stocks

Doylestown’s Jim Tate Jr picked up the win in the 30 lap Hobby Stock feature event. Korey Bengsch and Scott Riedner made up the front row at the start as they fought for control. After an early caution on lap six, Riedner managed to pull ahead into the lead with Bengsch trying to hold off Shane Strothman for second. Strothman took the position away on lap ten, allowing Steve Dobbratz to move up alongside Bengsch for third. Strothman closed in on Riedner at the front, driving to the high side to challenge for the lead. Strothman made the pass while Tate got by Dobbratz for third. Tate quickly followed Strothman around the high side of Riedner, picking up second on lap 20. Two caution periods followed, setting up Strothman and Tate at the front of the field for the final nine laps. Tate charged into the lead on the final restart with Robbie Rucks up to battle Strothman for second. Rucks completed the pass and set his sights on Tate at the front of the field. But Tate held off his advances, crossing the stripe first to secure the win. Rucks was second followed by Strothman, Dobbratz and Avery Linnerud.

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Jim Tate #27 International Feature Winner 

Legends

Poynette’s Dillon Schwanbeck picked up his second consecutive Legends feature race after winning the 25 lap affair. Art Hahn took the early lead from the outside of row one as Schwanbeck quickly flew into the top five. By lap seven Schwanbeck was up to third and challenging for the second position. Schwanbeck made the pass for second just before the yellow flag flew for the point leader, Lincoln Cain, making hard contact with the front stretch wall. Hahn and Schwanbeck paced the field back to green with Schwanbeck pouncing on the lead. Schwanbeck maintained his lead through two more cautions while Ryan Laatsch made his way up to second. But Laatsch couldn’t close on Schwanbeck in the final laps as Schwanbeck cruised to the checkers for the win. Laatsch was second with Travis Rose, Hahn and Jacob Stark completing the top five.

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Dillon Schwanbeck #27 Legends Feature Winner 

Bandoleros

Jefferson’s Teegan Wangsness hung on to claim the 15 lap Bandolero feature event by mere inches. Ace Oldenhoff led early with Wangsness charging up alongside on lap two. Wangsness moved out front alone on lap four as he began to open up a healthy lead over the field. Meanwhile, Bentley Thompson was making his way through the field and up to second by lap seven. Thompson began to chip away at the lead Wangsness was enjoying. Thompson arrived at the rear bumper of the leader on lap 14. Thompson dove under Wangsness exiting turn two and pair of pilots raced under the white flag side by side. Thompson inched ahead, holding the advantage as they raced down the backstretch for the final time. But Wangsness drove the car deep into turn three, holding the momentum and the lead as they raced off turn four. Wangsness held the slight advantage as they flew past the checkers to score the win. Thompson settled for second followed by Emily Billings, Kaeden Wangsness and Harley Johnson.

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Teegan Wangsness #17 Bandolero Feature Winner 

Racing resumes next Saturday, August 24, with time trials at 4pm and racing at 6pm. Please visit jeffersonspeedway.com for more information.

JEFFERSON SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY

Late Model- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

Best Lap

1

5J

Casey Johnson

14.3

2

37R

Seth Reamer

14.309

3

51K

Kurt Kleven

14.329

4

94E

Jason Erickson

14.338

5

4S

Stephen Scheel

14.352

6

1G

Michael  Gruenberg

 14.374

7

97S

Kyle Smith

14.42

8

2N

Dale Nottestad

14.429

9

15P

Carson Phillips

14.429

10

90G

Michael Gudurski

14.435

11

8S

Shaun Scheel

14.438

12

52R

Shane Radtke JR

14.488

13

38H

Evan Hassler

14.49

14

28D

Mark Deporter

14.502

15

97C

Chris Chenoweth

14.511

16

15R

Will  Rece

14.518

17

99TR

Trevor Robinson

14.562

18

16W

Luke Westenberg

14.573

19

70S

Alan Shierling

14.647

20

33S

Dylan Schuyler

14.663

21

8J

Jayden  Johnson

14.68

22

91C

Tim Coley

14.682

23

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

14.703

24

21H

Cody Houseweart

14.793

25

13S

Steven Sauer

14.801

26

17B

Billy  Busch

14.983

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

2

21H

Cody Houseweart

3

16W

Luke Westenberg

4

70S

Alan Shierling

5

13S

Steven Sauer

6

33S

Dylan Schuyler

7

91C

Tim Coley

8

8J

Jayden  Johnson

9

17P

Merek Pankow

10

99TR

Trevor Robinson

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

28D

Mark Deporter

2

15R

Will  Rece

3

52R

Shane Radtke JR

4

1G

Michael  Gruenberg

5

15P

Carson Phillips

6

90G

Michael Gudurski

7

37R

Seth Reamer

8

94E

Jason Erickson

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

97S

Kyle Smith

2

2N

Dale Nottestad

3

51K

Kurt Kleven

4

4S

Stephen Scheel

5

5J

Casey Johnson

6

8S

Shaun Scheel

7

97C

Chris Chenoweth

8

38H

Evan Hassler

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

97C

Chris Chenoweth

2

15R

Will  Rece

3

99TR

Trevor Robinson

4

33S

Dylan Schuyler

5

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

6

16W

Luke Westenberg

7

91C

Tim Coley

8

13S

Steven Sauer

9

8J

Jayden  Johnson

10

70S

Alan Shierling

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

52R

Shane Radtke JR

2

2N

Dale Nottestad

3

15P

Carson Phillips

4

28D

Mark Deporter

5

97S

Kyle Smith

6

1G

Michael  Gruenberg

7

8S

Shaun Scheel

8

15R

Will  Rece

9

97C

Chris Chenoweth

10

37R

Seth Reamer

11

33S

Dylan Schuyler

12

90G

Michael Gudurski

13

38H

Evan Hassler

14

51K

Kurt Kleven

15

5J

Casey Johnson

16

4S

Stephen Scheel

17

94E

Jason Erickson

18

99TR

Trevor Robinson

Sportsman- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

Best Lap

1

6T

Jason Thoma

14.87

2

42H

Tytus  Helgestad

14.888

3

22J

Chris Jones

14.915

4

23B

Nick  Bruley

14.923

5

18L

Evan Leahy

14.968

6

9T

Matthew Thoma

15.009

7

71o

John Ovadal Jr.

15.012

8

55J

Paul Johnson Jr.

15.044

9

26L

Mike Lambert

15.046

10

22C

Kyle Chwala

15.178

11

35B

Brock Behnke

15.216

12

25H

Dan Harris

15.227

13

4T

Jim Taylor

15.239

14

94H

Craig  Henning

15.245

15

80H

Cris Harmon

15.255

16

95H

Robert  Hansberry

15.289

17

98P

Merek Pankow

15.457

18

5S

Dan  Silberhorn

15.489

19

71F

Patrick Featherston II

15.499

20

66S

Riley Smith

15.753

21

09o

Tom Olson III

16.47

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

98P

Merek Pankow

2

95H

Robert  Hansberry

3

5S

Dan  Silberhorn

4

66S

Riley Smith

5

71F

Patrick Featherston II

6

80H

Cris Harmon

7

09o

Tom Olson III

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

23B

Nick  Bruley

2

42H

Tytus  Helgestad

3

25H

Dan Harris

4

55J

Paul Johnson Jr.

5

9T

Matthew Thoma

6

22C

Kyle Chwala

7

94H

Craig  Henning

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

35B

Brock Behnke

2

22J

Chris Jones

3

71o

John Ovadal Jr.

4

6T

Jason Thoma

5

18L

Evan Leahy

6

26L

Mike Lambert

7

4T

Jim Taylor

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

98P

Merek Pankow

2

95H

Robert  Hansberry

3

80H

Cris Harmon

4

5S

Dan  Silberhorn

5

71F

Patrick Featherston II

6

66S

Riley Smith

7

09o

Tom Olson III

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

18L

Evan Leahy

2

23B

Nick  Bruley

3

25H

Dan Harris

4

6T

Jason Thoma

5

42H

Tytus  Helgestad

6

55J

Paul Johnson Jr.

7

94H

Craig  Henning

8

22C

Kyle Chwala

9

35B

Brock Behnke

10

26L

Mike Lambert

11

71o

John Ovadal Jr.

12

9T

Matthew Thoma

13

98P

Merek Pankow

14

5S

Dan  Silberhorn

15

4T

Jim Taylor

16

22J

Chris Jones

17

80H

Cris Harmon

18

95H

Robert  Hansberry

Hobby Stock- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

Best Lap

1

20M

Hunter Milbrath

15.559

2

5R

Robbie Rucks

15.56

3

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

15.631

4

133R

Waylon Robinson

15.642

5

52D

Steve Dobbratz

15.661

6

22W

Chester Williams

15.667

7

8W

Chase Wangsness

 15.721

8

16S

Shane Strothman

15.759

9

52L

Avery Linnerude

15.814

10

86C

Tony Ciano

15.821

11

26R

Chico Riedner

15.826

12

23B

Jessica Breunig

15.887

13

62D

Ethan Degner

15.898

14

22B

Korey Bengsch

15.939

15

29F

Austin  Fowler

15.961

16

11T

Scott Tiedt

15.98

17

22E

Chuck Egli

16.049

18

24E

Dalton  Egli

16.065

19

9M

Jake Mathison

16.093

20

43B

Mitchell Brockway

16.237

21

7W

Jim Wolf

16.246

22

55W

Terry Wangsness

16.247

23

4H

Elliott Hawkins

16.451

24

25V

Tyler Vincetich

16.509

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

55W

Terry Wangsness

2

4H

Elliott Hawkins

3

24E

Dalton  Egli

4

22E

Chuck Egli

5

7W

Jim Wolf

6

43B

Mitchell Brockway

7

25V

Tyler Vincetich

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

23B

Jessica Breunig

2

22W

Chester Williams

3

11T

Scott Tiedt

4

5R

Robbie Rucks

5

86C

Tony Ciano

6

22B

Korey Bengsch

7

133R

Waylon Robinson

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

2

26R

Chico Riedner

3

8W

Chase Wangsness

4

52L

Avery Linnerude

5

29F

Austin  Fowler

6

52D

Steve Dobbratz

7

62D

Ethan Degner

8

20M

Hunter Milbrath

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

29F

Austin  Fowler

2

7W

Jim Wolf

3

9M

Jake Mathison

4

22E

Chuck Egli

5

43B

Mitchell Brockway

6

24E

Dalton  Egli

7

11T

Scott Tiedt

8

25V

Tyler Vincetich

9

55W

Terry Wangsness

DQ

4H

Elliott Hawkins

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

2

5R

Robbie Rucks

3

16S

Shane Strothman

4

52D

Steve Dobbratz

5

52L

Avery Linnerude

6

26R

Chico Riedner

7

8W

Chase Wangsness

8

20M

Hunter Milbrath

9

22W

Chester Williams

10

62D

Ethan Degner

11

22B

Korey Bengsch

12

29F

Austin  Fowler

13

23B

Jessica Breunig

14

7W

Jim Wolf

15

86C

Tony Ciano

16

133R

Waylon Robinson

17

22E

Chuck Egli

18

9M

Jake Mathison

Legends-Qualifying

Pos

Start Number 

Competitor

Best Lap

1

5C

Lincoln Cain

15.314

2

11JS

Jacob Stark

15.446

3

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck 

15.545

4

7M

Ben Massman

15.573

5

18L

Ryan Laatch

15.607

6

11CS

Cael  Slater

15.634

7

54R

Ethan  Ross

15.703

8

115G

Aaron Genske

15.725

9

47R

Travis Rose

15.733

10

76S

Connor Sullivan

15.784

11

80H

Art Hahn

15.826

12

5B

Caleb Baumgart

15.883

13

41M

Tony Moyer

15.887

14

76H

Alex Haese

15.89

15

21E

Tyler Edmundson

15.935

16

87K

Alexander Kniewel

15.981

17

23W

Matt Weber

15.982

18

69L

Devon  Lee

16.062

19

84M

Kyle Mitchell

16.065

20

111K

Marianna Kubicz

16.11

21

D1

Dalton  Lee

16.211

22

114K

Peyton Kubicz

16.949

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number 

Competitor

1

87K

Alexander Kniewel

2

69L

Devon  Lee

3

D1

Dalton  Lee

4

21E

Tyler Edmundson

5

111K

Marianna Kubicz

6

23W

Matt Weber

7

84M

Kyle Mitchell

8

114K

Peyton Kubicz

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

76H

Alex Haese

2

7M

Ben Massman

3

11CS

Cael  Slater

4

115G

Aaron Genske

5

76S

Connor Sullivan

6

11JS

Jacob Stark

7

5B

Caleb Baumgart

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck

2

54R

Ethan  Ross

3

5C

Lincoln Cain

4

18L

Ryan Laatch

5

80H

Art Hahn

6

47R

Travis Rose

7

41M

Tony Moyer

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

87K

Alexander Kniewel

2

69L

Devon  Lee

3

D1

Dalton  Lee

4

23W

Matt Weber

5

21E

Tyler Edmundson

6

84M

Kyle Mitchell

7

111K

Marianna Kubicz

8

114K

Peyton Kubicz

Feature

Pos

Start Number 

Competitor

1

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck

2

18L

Ryan Laatch

3

47R

Travis Rose

4

80H

Art Hahn

5

11JS

Jacob Stark

6

76H

Alex Haese

7

115G

Aaron Genske

8

69L

Devon  Lee

9

76S

Connor Sullivan

10

11CS

Cael  Slater

11

87K

Alexander Kniewel

12

7M

Ben Massman

13

41M

Tony Moyer

14

D1

Dalton  Lee

15

23W

Matt Weber

16

5B

Caleb Baumgart

17

5C

Lincoln Cain

18

54R

Ethan  Ross

Bandolero-Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

Best Lap

1

22T

Bentley Thompson

16.371

2

11W

Kaeden Wangsness

 16.519

3

000J

Lincoln Johnson

16.617

4

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

16.627

5

7J

Harley Johnson

16.647

6

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

16.65

7

10B

Emily Billings

16.671

8

17W

Teegan Wangsness 

16.702

9

93o

Mason Obermeyer

16.73

10

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

16.752

11

17L

Mason  Lenz

16.781

12

11S

Carter Stein

16.789

13

126K

Gage Kubicz

16.866

14

44o

Markus Obermeyer

16.921

15

22G

Chase Gronert

17.13

16

17R

Ryder Robinson

17.209

17

5T

Randsom Tate

17.244

18

707G

Hunter  Graham

17.465

19

24M

Blake Michael

17.564

20

25C

Brayden Clossey

17.806

21

95H

Riley Hansberry

17.839

22

99M

Mackenzie Maule

17.951

23

21x

Zadale  Demeny

18.294

24

21L

Trevor  Lami

18.709

25

15R

LJ Robinson

18.718

26

22J

Xander Jones

18.774

27

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

18.987

28

125W

Kinsleigh  Weber

19.03

29

37s

Carter  Sina

19.08

30

77s

Mason  Sina

19.193

31

51K

Jackson  Krinke

20.1

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

15R

LJ Robinson

2

22J

Xander Jones

3

125W

Kinsleigh  Weber

4

77s

Mason  Sina

5

37s

Carter  Sina

6

51K

Jackson  Krinke

7

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

25C

Brayden Clossey

2

24M

Blake Michael

3

95H

Riley Hansberry

4

21x

Zadale  Demeny

5

99M

Mackenzie Maule

6

21L

Trevor  Lami

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

44o

Markus Obermeyer

2

126K

Gage Kubicz

3

5T

Randsom Tate

4

707G

Hunter  Graham

5

22G

Chase Gronert

6

17R

Ryder Robinson

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

11S

Carter Stein

2

17W

Teegan Wangsness

3

10B

Emily Billings

4

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

5

93o

Mason Obermeyer

6

17L

Mason  Lenz

Pos

Start Number 

Competitor

1

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

2

22T

Bentley Thompson

3

7J

Harley Johnson

4

000J

Lincoln Johnson

5

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

6

11W

Kaeden Wangsness

Consy

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

15R

LJ Robinson

2

21x

Zadale  Demeny

3

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

4

37s

Carter  Sina

5

125W

Kinsleigh  Weber

6

22J

Xander Jones

7

77s

Mason  Sina

8

51K

Jackson  Krinke

9

21L

Trevor  Lami

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

22G

Chase Gronert

2

5T

Randsom Tate

3

95H

Riley Hansberry

4

707G

Hunter  Graham

5

17R

Ryder Robinson

6

99M

Mackenzie Maule

7

126K

Gage Kubicz

8

44o

Markus Obermeyer

9

25C

Brayden Clossey

10

21x

Zadale  Demeny

11

15R

LJ Robinson

12

24M

Blake Michael

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

17W

Teegan Wangsness

2

22T

Bentley Thompson

3

10B

Emily Billings

4

11W

Kaeden Wangsness

5

7J

Harley Johnson

6

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

7

000J

Lincoln Johnson

8

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

9

11S

Carter Stein

10

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

11

93o

Mason Obermeyer

12

22G

Chase Gronert

13

17L

Mason  Lenz

14

5T

Randsom Tate

15

707G

Hunter  Graham

16

95H

Riley Hansberry

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