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GRUENEBERG GRABS FIRST FEATURE WIN OF SEASON - June 29, 2024

Late Models

Pilot, Michael Grueneberg, scored his first feature win of the season on Saturday evening at Jefferson Speedway. Grueneberg came from the outside of row four and claimed the lead following a late caution to net the win in the Legacy Auto Sales 50 lap Late Model main event at Wisconsin’s Action Track.

Tim Coley and Seth Reamer paced the field to green with Reamer grabbing the early lead on lap one. Chris Chenoweth followed into second on lap two as the leaders lined up single file. Grueneberg made his way into the top five and up to fourth by lap 10 while Reamer continued to show the way. On lap 20, Chenoweth dove to the low side, drawing even with Reamer for the lead. After a brief battle, Chenoweth moved ahead to take over the point. A caution around the halfway point of the race slowed the pace as the field regathered for the second half. Chenoweth and Karter Stark brought the pack back to green with Chenoweth taking the lead once again. Grueneberg joined the battle, sticking his nose under Chenoweth. But Grueneberg was forced to settle in second behind the leader as the laps began to tick away. Another yellow waved on lap 34, closing the field back up for the final 16 laps. Chenoweth chose the outside line on the restart, opening the door for Grueneberg to go inside. The pair of drivers battled wheel to wheel as racing resumed with Grueneberg trying to gain the advantage. After inching forward for a few laps, Grueneberg cleared for the top spot as they raced off turn four on lap 38. Chenoweth continued to shadow the new leader over the final laps, but Grueneberg remained in control to see the checkers first. Chenoweth came home second with Shane Radtke Jr, Shaun Scheel and Stephen Scheel rounding out the top five.

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Michael Grueneberg #1 Late Model Feature Winner 

Hobby Stock

Shane Strothman of South Beloit, IL, got the win in the 30 lap Hobby Stock feature event. Braeden Yelland took the lead on lap one from the pole with Ethan Degner back to second. Yelland began to stretch his lead while Strothman made his trek toward the front of the field. Strothman got to second on lap 11 as he looked to close the gap on Yelland out front. By lap 15, Strothman was on Yelland’s rear bumper. Strothman got under the leader as they exited turn four on lap 18. After a good battle, Strothman cleared for the top spot just before the caution flew on lap 22. Strothman and Tony Ciano led the field back to green with Strothman moving into control of the lead. Yelland moved into second just before another yellow flew, setting up a shootout to the finish. Strothman reclaimed the top spot on the restart with Ciano in second and Jim Tate Jr challenging for third. Tate used the high line to draw even with Ciano as he looked to challenge Strothman for the lead. As they raced to complete the final circuit, Tate continued to show good momentum on the outside of the leader through turns three and four. As they flew to checkers, it was Strothman holding on to a slight advantage to take the win with Tate settling for second. Ciano was third followed by Robbie Rucks and Yelland.

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Shane Strothman #16 Hobby Stock Feature Winner 

International

Watertown’s Jason Uttech claimed the 20 lap International main event. Timothy Higgins led lap one from the pole with Davey Pennel up to second on lap two. Tyler Deschaine followed into third just before the sole caution of the race slowed the field. Higgins and Pennel paced the field back to green as they battled side by side for the lead. Deschaine dove to the low side of the speedway to make it a three wide fight for first on lap five. After battling for a couple laps, Deschaine emerged with the top spot with Uttech trying to follow into second. Uttech completed the pass for the runner up position on lap eight as he closed in on Deschaine. Blake Nottestad joined the battle at the front on lap 12 as the three leaders raced under a blanket. Uttech began to mount a challenge on the outside of Deschaine, drawing even with the leader with less than five laps to go. Uttech charged into the lead on lap 17, hanging on from there to cross under the checkers first. Nottestad got by Deschaine for second in the closing laps with Mark Dewey and Higgins completing the top five.

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Jason Uttech #36 International Feature Winner 

Legends

Dillon Schwanbeck of Poynette captured the 25 lap Legends feature event. Ben Massman led early from the pole with Ryan Laatsch quickly up to second. Laatsch moved to the lead on lap two as Schwanbeck began to approach the top five. Schwanbeck moved into fifth on lap 5, continuing forward into fourth a lap later. Schwanbeck found himself behind the leader in second by lap ten, as he continued to close in on Laatsch. Schwanbeck began to apply heavy pressure to the leader on lap 15. A caution one lap later slowed the pace, pitting Laatsch and Schwanbeck side by side for the restart. Laatsch jumped ahead as racing resumed with Schwanbeck clearing Travis Rose for second. On lap 18, Schwanbeck drove to the low side of Laatsch, moving out front a lap later. Schwanbeck hung on to the point through two more caution periods to secure the victory. Lincoln Cain made his way to second in the closing laps with Jayden Johnson, Rose and Laatsch rounding out the top five.

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Dillon Schwanbeck #27 Legends Feature Winner 

Bandoleros

West Salem’s Bentley Thompson scored the win in the 15 lap Bandolero feature event. After dropping to second on the opening lap, Gage Kubicz drove back by Carter Stein to claim the lead on  lap four. Thompson followed Kubicz to second and quickly made his move to the front of the pack a lap later. Thompson dove under Kubicz entering turn one on lap five, driving into the lead down the back stretch. Harley Johnsson followed into second as they pair lined up and began to pull away from the pack. The duo raced nose to tail for the remainder of the event with Thompson picking up the win. Johnson was second followed by Kubicz, Stein and Kaeden Wangsness.

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Bentley Thompson #22 Bandolero Feature Winner 

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

RACE SUMMARY 6-29-2024

Late Model- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

   Competitor

Best Lap

1

15P

Carson Phillips

14.367

2

4S

Stephen Scheel

14.374

3

2N

Dale Nottestad

14.4

4

3o

Laney Osborne

14.428

5

51K

Kurt Kleven

14.474

6

8S

Shaun Scheel

14.478

7

62S

Jeff Steenbergen

14.479

8

1G

Michael  Gruenberg

 14.48

9

52R

Shane Radtke JR

14.514

10

92S

Karter Stark

14.515

11

91C

Tim Coley

14.519

12

97C

Chris Chenoweth

14.529

13

37R

Seth Reamer

14.544

14

90G

Michael Gudurski

14.562

15

28D

Mark Deporter

14.566

16

41L

Jordan Lamb

14.623

17

13S

Steven Sauer

14.626

18

97S

Kyle Smith

14.628

19

1T

Josh Thiering

14.663

20

7S

Jerry Stafford

14.728

21

81G

Don Gaserude

14.73

22

16W

Luke Westenberg

14.76

23

20H

Kody Hubred

14.763

24

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

14.836

25

70S

Alan Shierling

14.844

26

99JR

Johnny Robinson

14.946

27

99TR

Trevor Robinson

14.949

28

17B

Billy  Busch

15.273

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

1

16W

Luke Westenberg

2

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

3

70S

Alan Shierling

4

99JR

Johnny Robinson

5

17B

Billy  Busch

6

20H

Kody Hubred

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

1

81G

Don Gaserude

2

7S

Jerry Stafford

3

97S

Kyle Smith

4

1T

Josh Thiering

5

41L

Jordan Lamb

6

28D

Mark Deporter

7

13S

Steven Sauer

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

1G

Michael  Gruenberg

2

97C

Chris Chenoweth

3

92S

Karter Stark

4

3o

Laney Osborne

5

8S

Shaun Scheel

6

4S

Stephen Scheel

7

90G

Michael Gudurski

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

91C

Tim Coley

2

37R

Seth Reamer

3

52R

Shane Radtke JR

4

15P

Carson Phillips

5

51K

Kurt Kleven

6

62S

Jeff Steenbergen

7

2N

Dale Nottestad

Consy

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

2

20H

Kody Hubred

3

70S

Alan Shierling

4

99JR

Johnny Robinson

5

99TR

Trevor Robinson

6

17B

Billy  Busch

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

1

13S

Steven Sauer

2

41L

Jordan Lamb

3

81G

Don Gaserude

4

16W

Luke Westenberg

5

7S

Jerry Stafford

6

97S

Kyle Smith

7

28D

Mark Deporter

8

1T

Josh Thiering

9

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

10

20H

Kody Hubred

Feature

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

1

1G

Michael  Gruenberg

2

97C

Chris Chenoweth

3

52R

Shane Radtke JR

4

8S

Shaun Scheel

5

4S

Stephen Scheel

6

92S

Karter Stark

7

2N

Dale Nottestad

8

37R

Seth Reamer

9

51K

Kurt Kleven

10

62S

Jeff Steenbergen

11

3o

Laney Osborne

12

15P

Carson Phillips

13

91C

Tim Coley

14

81G

Don Gaserude

15

16W

Luke Westenberg

16

41L

Jordan Lamb

17

13S

Steven Sauer

18

90G

Michael Gudurski

Hobby Stock- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

Best Lap

1

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

15.547

2

133R

Waylon Robinson

15.574

3

8W

Chase Wangsness

15.603

4

52L

Avery Linnerude

15.609

5

20M

Hunter Milbrath

15.618

6

22W

Chester Williams

15.621

7

5R

Robbie Rucks

15.625

8

26R

Chico Riedner

15.687

9

16S

Shane Strothman

15.732

10

86C

Tony Ciano

15.784

11

62D

Ethan Degner

15.787

12

7D

Easton Riedner

15.943

13

23Y

Braeden Yelland

15.95

14

52D

Steve Dobbratz

15.954

15

22E

Chuck Egli

16.058

16

11T

Scott Tiedt

16.08

17

43B

Mitchell Brockway

16.097

18

7W

Jim Wolf

16.109

19

4H

Elliott Hawkins

16.153

20

64B

Cooper Bodendorfer

 16.166

21

24E

Dalton Egli

16.17

22

67N

RJ  Nicholson

16.191

23

9M

Jake Mathison

16.193

24

22B

Korey Bengsch

16.204

25

4D

Bud Riedner

16.92

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

9M

Jake Mathison

2

22B

Korey Bengsch

3

67N

RJ  Nicholson

4

43B

Mitchell Brockway

5

7W

Jim Wolf

6

64B

Cooper Bodendorfer

7

24E

Dalton Egli

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

11T

Scott Tiedt

2

86C

Tony Ciano

3

52D

Steve Dobbratz

4

22W

Chester Williams

5

133R

Waylon Robinson

6

7D

Easton Riedner

7

52L

Avery Linnerude

8

26R

Chico Riedner

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

20M

Hunter Milbrath

2

22E

Chuck Egli

3

62D

Ethan Degner

4

23Y

Braeden Yelland

5

8W

Chase Wangsness

6

5R

Robbie Rucks

7

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

8

16S

Shane Strothman

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

11T

Scott Tiedt

2

43B

Mitchell Brockway

3

22E

Chuck Egli

4

22B

Korey Bengsch

5

67N

RJ  Nicholson

6

9M

Jake Mathison

7

64B

Cooper Bodendorfer

8

4H

Elliott Hawkins

9

24E

Dalton Egli

10

7W

Jim Wolf

Feature

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

16S

Shane Strothman

2

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

3

86C

Tony Ciano

4

5R

Robbie Rucks

5

23Y

Braeden Yelland

6

26R

Chico Riedner

7

8W

Chase Wangsness

8

62D

Ethan Degner

9

52L

Avery Linnerude

10

7D

Easton Riedner

11

11T

Scott Tiedt

12

22E

Chuck Egli

13

22W

Chester Williams

14

52D

Steve Dobbratz

15

43B

Mitchell Brockway

16

20M

Hunter Milbrath

17

133R

Waylon Robinson

18

22B

Korey Bengsch

International- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

Best Lap

1

36U

Jason Uttech

15.378

2

23N

Blake Nottestad

15.415

3

11S

Weston Strese

15.527

4

57D

Tyler Deschaine

15.634

5

82D

Mark  Dewey

15.666

6

8R

David Russell

15.831

7

10P

Merek Pankow

15.945

8

77H

Timothy Higgins

16.02

9

43H

David  Herbst

16.222

10

21B

Jay Bergin

16.281

11

86P

Davey Pennel

16.306

12

0B

Keith Bell

16.348

13

11P

Noah Pankow

16.679

14

66R

Jordan Reuter

16.9

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

1

86P

Davey Pennel

2

77H

Timothy Higgins

3

43H

David  Herbst

4

11P

Noah Pankow

5

21B

Jay Bergin

6

0B

Keith Bell

7

66R

Jordan Reuter

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

1

10P

Merek Pankow

2

8R

David Russell

3

82D

Mark  Dewey

4

36U

Jason Uttech

5

57D

Tyler Deschaine

6

23N

Blake Nottestad

7

11S

Weston Strese

Feature

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

36U

Jason Uttech

2

23N

Blake Nottestad

3

57D

Tyler Deschaine

4

82D

Mark  Dewey

5

77H

Timothy Higgins

6

86P

Davey Pennel

7

10P

Merek Pankow

8

43H

David  Herbst

9

11P

Noah Pankow

10

66R

Jordan Reuter

11

0B

Keith Bell

12

21B

Jay Bergin

13

8R

David Russell

14

11S

Weston Strese

Legends- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

Best Lap

1

8J

Jayden Johnson

15.436

2

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck 

15.463

3

5C

Lincoln Cain

15.464

4

11CS

Cael  Slater

15.687

5

47R

Travis Rose

15.689

6

11JS

Jacob Stark

15.701

7

15B

Andrew Borntreger

15.714

8

18L

Ryan Laatch

15.74

9

80H

Art Hahn

15.792

10

7M

Ben Massman

15.909

11

27B

James Bell

16.04

12

115G

Aaron Genske

16.103

13

111K

Marianna Kubicz

16.118

14

87K

Alexander Kniewel

16.174

15

69L

Devon  Lee

16.178

16

28P

Adam Powers

16.198

17

23W

Matt Weber

16.318

18

67P

Spencer  Polacek

16.373

19

21E

Tyler Edmundson

16.397

20

76W

Mark Wellman

16.456

21

84M

Kyle Mitchell

16.475

22

29M

Ryan Mech

16.623

23

D1

Dalton  Lee

16.674

24

5B

Caleb Baumgart

16.926

25

114K

Peyton Kubicz

17.372

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

29M

Ryan Mech

2

67P

Spencer  Polacek

3

21E

Tyler Edmundson

4

84M

Kyle Mitchell

5

D1

Dalton  Lee

6

23W

Matt Weber

7

5B

Caleb Baumgart

8

76W

Mark Wellman

9

114K

Peyton Kubicz

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

1

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck

2

28P

Adam Powers

3

18L

Ryan Laatch

4

115G

Aaron Genske

5

87K

Alexander Kniewel

6

7M

Ben Massman

7

11CS

Cael  Slater

8

11JS

Jacob Stark

Pos

Start Number  

Competitor

1

5C

Lincoln Cain

2

15B

Andrew Borntreger

3

47R

Travis Rose

4

8J

Jayden Johnson

5

80H

Art Hahn

6

69L

Devon  Lee

7

111K

Marianna Kubicz

8

27B

James Bell

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

28P

Adam Powers

2

67P

Spencer  Polacek

3

29M

Ryan Mech

4

76W

Mark Wellman

5

21E

Tyler Edmundson

6

69L

Devon  Lee

7

23W

Matt Weber

8

84M

Kyle Mitchell

9

D1

Dalton  Lee

10

114K

Peyton Kubicz

11

5B

Caleb Baumgart

Feature

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck

2

5C

Lincoln Cain

3

8J

Jayden Johnson

4

47R

Travis Rose

5

18L

Ryan Laatch

6

7M

Ben Massman

7

115G

Aaron Genske

8

111K

Marianna Kubicz

9

28P

Adam Powers

10

29M

Ryan Mech

11

11CS

Cael  Slater

12

67P

Spencer  Polacek

13

21E

Tyler Edmundson

14

11JS

Jacob Stark

15

15B

Andrew Borntreger

16

76W

Mark Wellman

17

87K

Alexander Kniewel

18

80H

Art Hahn

Bandolero- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

Best Lap

1

000J

Lincoln Johnson

16.619

2

22T

Bentley Thompson

16.635

3

17W

Teegan Wangsness 

16.638

4

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

 16.667

5

11W

Kaeden Wangsness

16.79

6

93o

Mason Obermeyer

16.866

7

10B

Emily Billings

16.881

8

7J

Harley Johnson

16.931

9

11S

Carter Stein

16.949

10

126K

Gage Kubicz

16.968

11

17R

Ryder Robinson

17.022

12

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

17.026

13

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

17.029

14

60G

Chase Gottschalk

17.094

15

22G

Chase Gronert

17.109

16

44o

Markus Obermeyer

17.169

17

5T

Ransom  Tate

17.291

18

24M

Blake Michael

17.313

19

99M

MacKenzie Maule

17.652

20

21L

Trevor  Lami

17.655

21

21x

Zadale  Demeny

18.744

22

95H

Riley Hansberry

18.824

23

51T

Brody  Thompson

18.851

24

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

19.378

25

51K

Jackson Krinke

20.4

26

19S

Wyatt  Schellinger

20.768

27

22J

Xander Jones

20.805

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number 

Competitor

1

95H

Riley Hansberry

2

51T

Brody  Thompson

3

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

4

19S

Wyatt  Schellinger

5

22J

Xander Jones

6

51K

Jackson Krinke

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

22G

Chase Gronert

2

99M

MacKenzie Maule

3

5T

Ransom  Tate

4

24M

Blake Michael

5

21L

Trevor  Lami

6

44o

Markus Obermeyer

7

21x

Zadale  Demeny

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

2

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

3

7J

Harley Johnson

4

11S

Carter Stein

5

126K

Gage Kubicz

6

17R

Ryder Robinson

7

60G

Chase Gottschalk

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

17W

Teegan Wangsness

2

22T

Bentley Thompson

3

10B

Emily Billings

4

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

5

000J

Lincoln Johnson

6

93o

Mason Obermeyer

7

11W

Kaeden Wangsness

Consy

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

95H

Riley Hansberry

2

19S

Wyatt  Schellinger

3

21x

Zadale  Demeny

4

51T

Brody  Thompson

5

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

6

22J

Xander Jones

7

51K

Jackson Krinke

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

22G

Chase Gronert

2

99M

MacKenzie Maule

3

5T

Ransom  Tate

4

24M

Blake Michael

5

60G

Chase Gottschalk

6

21L

Trevor  Lami

7

95H

Riley Hansberry

8

44o

Markus Obermeyer

9

19S

Wyatt  Schellinger

10

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

Feature

Pos

Start Number

  Competitor

1

22T

Bentley Thompson

2

7J

Harley Johnson

3

126K

Gage Kubicz

4

11S

Carter Stein

5

11W

Kaeden Wangsness

6

93o

Mason Obermeyer

7

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

8

22G

Chase Gronert

9

5T

Ransom  Tate

10

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

11

24M

Blake Michael

12

99M

MacKenzie Maule

13

60G

Chase Gottschalk

14

17R

Ryder Robinson

15

000J

Lincoln Johnson

16

10B

Emily Billings

17

17W

Teegan Wangsness

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