Jefferson Speedway

Racing Recap

SHANE RADTKE JR WINS AGAIN AT JEFFERSON SPEEDWAY

Late Models

As the 2024 racing season heads down the home stretch, Shane Radtke Jr of Johnson Creeks appears to be hitting his stride. Radtke claimed his first career Late Model feature win a couple weeks ago and continued to ride a hot streak on Saturday evening at Jefferson Speedway. Radtke drove to the front of the Reynolds Heating and AC 50 lap main event to capture his second feature win of the season.

Tim Coley and Don Gaserude paced the field to green with Gaserude grabbing the early lead exiting turn four on the opening lap. Radtke quickly raced up to second on lap two, bringing point leader Shaun Scheel along for third. Radtke began to sniff around the leader, searching for an opening to get to the front. The top five lined up single file until lap 16 when the first of four yellow flags waved when Tytus Helgestad and Steven Sauer tangled on the backstretch. Radtke and Gaserude made up the front row for the restart. After a brief battle, Radtke slid out front alone. But the second caution slowed the action on lap 18 as Coley and Dale Nottestad came to a stop at the turn three wall. Gaserude and Radtke once again led the pack back to green. Radtke charged into the lead as racing resumed while Gaserude fell off the pace and dropped in the pack. Seth Reamer moved up behind Radtke. Caution number three appeared on lap 26 for a spinning Carson Phillips. This time, it was Radtke and Reamer leading the field back to racing. Radtke took control on the restart with Reamer falling back into a fight for second with Scheel. Scheel moved into the runner up position on lap 28 just before the final caution period slowed the pace on lap 31. Radtke led the field back to green with Scheel filling up his rear-view mirror. But Radtke held the point leader at bay over the final laps to secure the victory. Shaun Scheel finished second with Mark Deporter, Reamer and Stephen Scheel completing the top five.

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Shane Radtke Jr #52 Late Model Feature Winner 

HOBBY STOCKS

Hobby Stock point leader, Robbie Rucks of Deerfield, increased his advantage at the top of the standings after claiming his 30 lap feature race. Scott Riedner took the initial lead on lap one from the outside of the front row. Chester Williams charged up to second on lap two and went right to work on Riedner for the top spot. Working the high side, Williams drew even with Riedner on lap seven. Williams continued to inch forward, moving out front alone on lap ten. Tony Ciano moved up alongside Riedner to challenge for second a lap later. But a caution on lap 13 paused the racing, pitting Ciano and Williams on the front row for the restart. After a good side by side battle, Williams moved back into control on lap 18. Rucks used the opening to draw up alongside Ciano. Rucks continued to creep on the low side, drawing even with Williams at the front on lap 20. Rucks continued to gain momentum, eventually taking over the top spot on lap 24. Rucks drove off from there to see the checkers first and claim the win. Williams settled for second followed by Ciano, Chase Wangsness and Avery Linnerud.

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Robbie Rucks #5 Sportsman Feature Winner 

BANDITS

It was Championship Night for the Bandit division at Wisconsin’s Action Track. While Tom Schuette was busy sewing up his first Bandit title, it was Landon Peterson of Fort Atkinson picking up his second feature win of the season in the 25-lap affair. Jordan Goecks took the early lead on lap one with Peterson quickly up to second on lap two. Peterson took to the high line, moved up next to Goecks on lap four. After a five lap fight for the lead, Peterson moved ahead on lap nine and began to stretch his advantage. Meanwhile, Nick Schmidt was making his way through the to five, making it to second on lap 18. But Peterson was already well on his way to the win, cruising to the checkers unchallenged. Schmidt was second with Max Larson, Goecks and Nick Newton rounding out the top five. With his sixth-place feature finish, Tom Schuette of Fort Atkinson cemented his 2024 Bandit track championship over Max Larson of Columbus.

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Landon Peterson #81 International Feature Winner 

Legends

It was also Championship Night for the Legends division. Visiting driver, Michael Weber of Cedar Rapids, IA, completed the ultimate clean sweep of the evening. Weber laid down a new track record in qualifying as well as winning his heat race, the last chance race and the 30-lap feature event. Kyle Mitchell and Marianna Kubicz led the field to green with Kubicz taking the early lead. After an early caution on lap two, Kubicz and Alex Kniewel paced the field on the restart. Kneiwel stole the lead from Kubicz as racing resumed. Jacob Stark followed into second and immediately began to challenge the new leader. Stark got to the lead on lap seven as Dillon Schwanbeck followed into second a lap later. Schwanbeck began searching for a way around Stark at the front while Weber was methodically making his way into the top five from the back of the pack. By lap 15, Weber was up to third and closing the gap on the leaders. Weber joined Stark and Schwanbeck at the front with ten laps remaining. Weber slipped by Schwanbeck for second and drove up behind Stark. On lap 27, Weber took to the high side of Stark, drawing even and moving out front a lap later. But a caution in the closing laps set up a three lap shootout to the finish with Weber and Schwanbeck now leading the way. Weber charged into the lead on the restart with Schwanbeck tucking in behind  for second. The raced to the stripe from there with Weber securing the win ahead of Schwanbeck, Stark, Jayden Johnson and Ryan Laatsch. Despite encountering issues during the feature, Lincoln Cain of Slinger claimed the 2024 Legends track championship over Schwanbeck.

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Michael Weber #8 Legends Feature Winner 

Bandoleros

The final Championship feature of the night was the 20 lap Bandolero main event. Bentley Thompson of West Salem entered the race only needing to take the green flag to secure his title. While he was able to do that, it was Emily Billings of Waterloo leading every lap en route to picking up the feature win. Billings grabbed the lead on lap one from her front row starting spot. Axel Oldenhoff drove up to second just before the first of three yellow flags waved. Billings led the field back to racing with Oldenhoff  right behind. Billings remained in control through two more caution periods with Oldenhoff sticking close to her rear bumper the whole time. At the checkers, it was Billings for the win with Oldenhoff coming home second. Teegan Wangsness was third followed by Harley Johnson and Wesley Baumeister. As mentioned, Bentley Thompson wrapped up his first Bandolero title at Jefferson Speedway.

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Emily Billings #10 Bandolero Feature Winner 

Next Saturday, September 7, is Championship Night for the Late Model, Sportsman, Hobby Stock and International divisions as well as the UMVRS Vintage Series. Time trials begin at 4pm with racing at 6pm. Please visit jeffersonspeedway.com for more information.

 

JEFFERSON SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY

 

Late Model- Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

Best Lap

1

1G

Michael  Gruenberg 

14.317

2

4S

Stephen Scheel

14.384

3

15P

Carson Phillips

14.391

4

51K

Kurt Kleven

14.399

5

13S

Steven Sauer

14.405

6

37R

Seth Reamer

14.467

7

2N

Dale Nottestad

14.469

8

52R

Shane Radtke JR

14.471

9

20G

Jevin  Guralski

14.489

10

8S

Shaun Scheel

14.5

11

09H

Tytus Helgestad

14.502

12

91C

Tim Coley

14.52

13

81G

Don Gaserude

14.523

14

28D

Mark Deporter

14.538

15

97S

Kyle Smith

14.555

16

33S

Dylan Schuyler

14.572

17

16W

Luke Westenberg

14.576

18

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

14.79

19

3S

Riley Smith

14.836

20

53L

Justin  Laxton

14.911

21

70S

Alan Shierling

14.914

22

17B

Billy Busch

15.036

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

70S

Alan Shierling

2

3S

Riley Smith

3

16W

Luke Westenberg

4

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

5

33S

Dylan Schuyler

6

97S

Kyle Smith

7

17B

Billy Busch

8

53L

Justin  Laxton

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

28D

Mark Deporter

2

52R

Shane Radtke JR

3

8S

Shaun Scheel

4

51K

Kurt Kleven

5

37R

Seth Reamer

6

4S

Stephen Scheel

DQ

91C

Tim Coley

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

2N

Dale Nottestad

2

09H

Tytus Helgestad

3

81G

Don Gaserude

4

1G

Michael  Gruenberg

5

20G

Jevin  Guralski

6

13S

Steven Sauer

7

15P

Carson Phillips

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

16W

Luke Westenberg

2

33S

Dylan Schuyler

3

97S

Kyle Smith

4

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

5

70S

Alan Shierling

6

17B

Billy Busch

7

53L

Justin  Laxton

8

3S

Riley Smith

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

52R

Shane Radtke JR

2

8S

Shaun Scheel

3

28D

Mark Deporter

4

37R

Seth Reamer

5

4S

Stephen Scheel

6

51K

Kurt Kleven

7

20G

Jevin  Guralski

8

16W

Luke Westenberg

9

33S

Dylan Schuyler

10

81G

Don Gaserude

11

97S

Kyle Smith

12

09H

Tytus Helgestad

13

15P

Carson Phillips

14

61E

Jerry Eckhardt

15

1G

Michael  Gruenberg

16

91C

Tim Coley

17

2N

Dale Nottestad

18

13S

Steven Sauer

Hobby Stock-Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

Best Lap

1

52L

Avery Linnerude

15.553

2

8W

Chase Wangsness

 15.575

3

20M

Hunter Milbrath

15.584

4

16S

Shane Strothman

15.612

5

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

15.665

6

5R

Robbie Rucks

15.674

7

22W

Chester Williams

15.76

8

26R

Chico Riedner

15.804

9

133R

Waylon Robinson

15.81

10

52D

Steve Dobbratz

15.827

11

86C

Tony Ciano

15.841

12

62D

Ethan Degner

15.901

13

22E

Chuck Egli

15.953

14

29F

Austin  Fowler

15.983

15

55W

Terry  Wangsness

16.078

16

23Y

Braeden  Yelland

16.094

17

7W

Jim Wolf

16.114

18

11T

Scott Tiedt

16.157

19

9M

Jake Mathison

16.225

20

43B

Mitchell Brockway

16.259

21

4H

Elliott Hawkins

16.375

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

11T

Scott Tiedt

2

43B

Mitchell Brockway

3

55W

Terry  Wangsness

4

4H

Elliott Hawkins

5

9M

Jake Mathison

6

7W

Jim Wolf

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

52D

Steve Dobbratz

2

5R

Robbie Rucks

3

8W

Chase Wangsness

4

26R

Chico Riedner

5

16S

Shane Strothman

6

62D

Ethan Degner

7

29F

Austin  Fowler

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

22W

Chester Williams

2

86C

Tony Ciano

3

20M

Hunter Milbrath

4

52L

Avery Linnerude

5

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

6

133R

Waylon Robinson

7

22E

Chuck Egli

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

5R

Robbie Rucks

2

22W

Chester Williams

3

86C

Tony Ciano

4

8W

Chase Wangsness

5

52L

Avery Linnerude

6

16S

Shane Strothman

7

26R

Chico Riedner

8

27T

Jim Tate  Jr

9

133R

Waylon Robinson

10

62D

Ethan Degner

11

11T

Scott Tiedt

12

29F

Austin  Fowler

13

22E

Chuck Egli

14

9M

Jake Mathison

15

52D

Steve Dobbratz

16

4H

Elliott Hawkins

17

7W

Jim Wolf

18

55W

Terry  Wangsness

19

20M

Hunter Milbrath

20

43B

Mitchell Brockway

Bandit-Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

Best Lap

1

3L

Max Larson

14.189

2

61G

Chris  Gottschalk

14.328

3

64R

Trent  Rueth

14.329

4

37S

Tom Schuette

14.43

5

09X

Nick Schmidt

14.498

6

109W

Mason Wilcott

14.644

7

81P

Landon Peterson

14.661

8

7T

Joshua Tanguay

14.666

9

29K

Matt Krinke

14.787

10

96J

Soren  Johnson

14.8

11

89K

Josh Kienbaum

14.844

12

41N

Nick Newton

14.857

13

12P

Caden Pankow

14.886

14

16L

Carli Lenz

14.941

15

87o

Ryan Oetzel

14.949

16

5X

Jordan Goecks

14.951

17

91JB

Jeff Byer

14.956

18

31W

Michael Williams

15.161

19

36W

Kyle  Wahlgren

15.232

20

44s

Rodger Stephenson

 15.241

21

23X

Logan Jones

15.442

22

29C

Justin Cutts

15.462

23

81B

Scott Barlass

15.468

24

5R

Kyle Rush

15.482

25

21L

Jayden Laehr

15.849

26

02B

Casie Brabant

15.983

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

23X

Logan Jones

2

5R

Kyle Rush

3

31W

Michael Williams

4

81B

Scott Barlass

5

36W

Kyle  Wahlgren

6

29C

Justin Cutts

7

44s

Rodger Stephenson

8

02B

Casie Brabant

9

21L

Jayden Laehr

10

91JB

Jeff Byer

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

16L

Carli Lenz

2

5X

Jordan Goecks

3

41N

Nick Newton

4

37S

Tom Schuette

5

61G

Chris  Gottschalk

6

96J

Soren  Johnson

7

7T

Joshua Tanguay

8

109W

Mason Wilcott

Pos

Start Number 

Competitor

1

87o

Ryan Oetzel

2

3L

Max Larson

3

89K

Josh Kienbaum

4

29K

Matt Krinke

5

64R

Trent  Rueth

6

81P

Landon Peterson

7

09X

Nick Schmidt

8

12P

Caden Pankow

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

16L

Carli Lenz

2

96J

Soren  Johnson

3

29C

Justin Cutts

4

7T

Joshua Tanguay

5

44s

Rodger Stephenson

6

36W

Kyle  Wahlgren

7

31W

Michael Williams

8

5R

Kyle Rush

9

02B

Casie Brabant

10

21L

Jayden Laehr

11

91JB

Jeff Byer

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

81P

Landon Peterson

2

09X

Nick Schmidt

3

3L

Max Larson

4

5X

Jordan Goecks

5

41N

Nick Newton

6

37S

Tom Schuette

7

109W

Mason Wilcott

8

87o

Ryan Oetzel

9

64R

Trent  Rueth

10

7T

Joshua Tanguay

11

89K

Josh Kienbaum

12

29K

Matt Krinke

13

96J

Soren  Johnson

14

12P

Caden Pankow

15

23X

Logan Jones

16

16L

Carli Lenz

17

61G

Chris  Gottschalk

18

29C

Justin Cutts

Legends-Qualifying

Pos

Start Number

Competitor

Best Lap

1

8W

Michael Weber

15.288

2

5C

Lincoln Cain

15.419

3

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck

 15.421

4

11CS

Cael  Slater

15.436

5

11JS

Jacob Stark

15.453

6

7M

Ben Massman

15.533

7

8J

Jayden Johnson

15.579

8

18L

Ryan Laatch

15.583

9

76H

Alex Haese

15.708

10

47R

Travis Rose

15.749

11

80H

Art Hahn

15.835

12

69L

Devon  Lee

15.922

13

111K

Marianna Kubicz

15.936

14

87K

Alexander Kniewel

15.944

15

5B

Caleb Baumgart

16.061

16

84M

Kyle Mitchell

16.151

17

115G

Aaron Genske

16.159

18

D1

Dalton  Lee

16.287

19

23W

Matt Weber

16.301

20

76W

Mark Wellman

16.315

21

21E

Tyler Edmundson

16.35

22

114K

Peyton Kubicz

17.333

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

115G

Aaron Genske

2

5B

Caleb Baumgart

3

21E

Tyler Edmundson

4

D1

Dalton  Lee

5

76W

Mark Wellman

6

84M

Kyle Mitchell

7

23W

Matt Weber

8

114K

Peyton Kubicz

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

7M

Ben Massman

2

87K

Alexander Kniewel

3

18L

Ryan Laatch

4

11CS

Cael  Slater

5

69L

Devon  Lee

6

47R

Travis Rose

7

5C

Lincoln Cain

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

8W

Michael Weber

2

11JS

Jacob Stark

3

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck

4

76H

Alex Haese

5

80H

Art Hahn

6

111K

Marianna Kubicz

7

8J

Jayden Johnson

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

8W

Michael Weber

2

76H

Alex Haese

3

5B

Caleb Baumgart

4

80H

Art Hahn

5

23W

Matt Weber

6

76W

Mark Wellman

7

D1

Dalton  Lee

8

114K

Peyton Kubicz

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

8W

Michael Weber

2

27S

Dillon Schwanbeck

3

11JS

Jacob Stark

4

8J

Jayden Johnson

5

18L

Ryan Laatch

6

47R

Travis Rose

7

80H

Art Hahn

8

5B

Caleb Baumgart

9

76H

Alex Haese

10

69L

Devon  Lee

11

87K

Alexander Kniewel

12

21E

Tyler Edmundson

13

11CS

Cael  Slater

14

84M

Kyle Mitchell

15

115G

Aaron Genske

16

7M

Ben Massman

17

111K

Marianna Kubicz

18

5C

Lincoln Cain

Bandolero-Qualifying

Pos

Start Number 

Competitor

Best Lap

1

11W

Kaeden Wangsness 

16.507

2

17W

Teegan Wangsness

16.564

3

22T

Bentley Thompson

16.565

4

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

16.568

5

11S

Carter Stein

16.635

6

7J

Harley Johnson

16.656

7

10B

Emily Billings

16.664

8

44o

Markus Obermeyer

16.674

9

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

16.706

10

000J

Lincoln Johnson

16.756

11

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

16.889

12

126K

Gage Kubicz

16.923

13

93o

Mason Obermeyer

16.958

14

17L

Mason  Lenz

17.036

15

24M

Blake Michael

17.07

16

5T

Randsom Tate

17.183

17

22G

Chase Gronert

17.197

18

17R

Ryder Robinson

17.198

19

63R

Jase  Riedner

17.424

20

95H

Riley Hansberry

17.437

21

707G

Hunter  Graham

17.448

22

99M

Mackenzie Maule

17.534

23

125W

Kinsleigh  Weber

17.736

24

21L

Trevor  Lami

17.802

25

15R

LJ Robinson

17.814

26

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

18.05

27

23Y

Braxton  Yelland

18.338

28

21x

Zadale  Demeny

18.342

29

77s

Mason  Sina

18.352

30

22J

Xander Jones

18.642

31

37s

Carter  Sina

19.868

Heat Races

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

21x

Zadale  Demeny

2

22J

Xander Jones

3

23Y

Braxton  Yelland

4

77s

Mason  Sina

5

15R

LJ Robinson

6

37s

Carter  Sina

7

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

63R

Jase  Riedner

2

707G

Hunter  Graham

3

99M

Mackenzie Maule

4

95H

Riley Hansberry

5

125W

Kinsleigh  Weber

6

21L

Trevor  Lami

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

22G

Chase Gronert

2

17R

Ryder Robinson

3

93o

Mason Obermeyer

4

17L

Mason  Lenz

5

5T

Randsom Tate

6

24M

Blake Michael

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

2

126K

Gage Kubicz

3

10B

Emily Billings

4

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

5

000J

Lincoln Johnson

6

44o

Markus Obermeyer

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

7J

Harley Johnson

2

17W

Teegan Wangsness

3

11W

Kaeden Wangsness

4

11S

Carter Stein

5

22T

Bentley Thompson

6

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

Consy

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

63R

Jase  Riedner

2

77s

Mason  Sina

3

13R

Jarrett  Reynolds

4

21x

Zadale  Demeny

5

15R

LJ Robinson

6

37s

Carter  Sina

7

23Y

Braxton  Yelland

8

22J

Xander Jones

Last Chance

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

126K

Gage Kubicz

2

17L

Mason  Lenz

3

44o

Markus Obermeyer

4

24M

Blake Michael

5

17R

Ryder Robinson

6

95H

Riley Hansberry

7

77s

Mason  Sina

8

5T

Randsom Tate

9

21L

Trevor  Lami

10

99M

Mackenzie Maule

11

125W

Kinsleigh  Weber

12

63R

Jase  Riedner

13

707G

Hunter  Graham

Feature

Pos

Start Number

 Competitor

1

10B

Emily Billings

2

29o

Axel  Oldenhoff

3

17W

Teegan Wangsness

4

7J

Harley Johnson

5

4B

Wesley  Baumeister

6

44o

Markus Obermeyer

7

22G

Chase Gronert

8

22T

Bentley Thompson

9

126K

Gage Kubicz

10

93o

Mason Obermeyer

11

24M

Blake Michael

12

000J

Lincoln Johnson

13

11W

Kaeden Wangsness

14

17L

Mason  Lenz

15

11S

Carter Stein

16

62o

Ace Oldenhoff

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