La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway 43rd Annual Oktoberfest 2012, Day three
By: Robert Butterfield, Butterfield Photography
(La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway – West Salem, Wisconsin: October 6, 2012)
#14 Zach Riddle Big 8 Series Feature Winner
Day 3 was the coldest day of the entire week we were there, with temps dipping into the 20’s for a week long low. The wind didn’t help and cut right through me; there is a big difference between Arizona and Wisconsin winter clothes. BURRRRR !!
Zach Riddle was the fastest car all day long on day three of the 43rd Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway so it was no surprise that he was the hottest driver in the Big 8 Series event. He set a new track record in qualifying and then smoked the competition in the 68-lap feature event. Riddle wasted little time working his way to the top spot, starting ninth and was up to fifth by lap six. Ahead of him, Jeremy Miller got past early leader Austin Nason lap eight to the lead but Riddle wasn’t far behind as he followed Miller to take over the second spot. On lap 14 Riddle dove to the inside Miller going into turn three to came back to the start/finish line as the new leader. Riddle then opened up to a huge lead until the first caution flew on lap 35 when Mike Ehde and Cory Kemkes got together on the frontstretch and went into the turn one wall. On the re-start, Riddle sprinted out ahead of Miller and made it all look easy to the finish. Jeremy Miller’s second place finish secured his fourth Big 8 Series championship and the resulting Champaign shower.
James Swan completed his Oktoberfest Race Weekend by winning his second feature event in two nights and won the Mid-American Series 40-lap feature event.
Brett Wenzel snagged the lead early in the Outlawz 15-lap feature event when he got around Jason Bolster. Jerry Aylsworth gave a hard fought challenge for the win but would spin in turn one on the last lap, allowing Wenzel to cruise to the win.
Chris Wimmer in the #25 Larry Detjens throwback paint scheme held off Cardell Potter to win the Top-16 qualifier race for the ASA Midwest Tour.
#2 Shayne Poehnelt
#5 Jeremy Miller, Big 8 Series 2012 Champion
#7 John DeAngelis
#31 Cory Jankowski
#33 Matt Henderson
#36 Kyle Shear carrying on the family name well, the Shear family is well renowned in Wisconsin as well as the top tier NASCAR circuit
#44 Collin Reffner, grandson of famous Wisconsin racer Tom Reffner is another young racer carrying on the legendary name.
#77 Jonathan Eilen would seal the 2012 ASA Midwest Championship on Oktoberfest Race Weekend
#78 Skyler Holzhausen racing the familiar family race paint scheme of his Dad, Steve Holzhausen
#03 Paige Decker of Decker Racing
#5 Travis Sauter qualifies 2nd for Sundays 100 Lap Feature event
#8 Brent Kirchner sporting his one race sponsor deal with www.mancavesite.org would qualify 13th in his 3rd race in this car purchased from Wimmer racing. Brent won his first ASA Super Late Model race at Iowa Speedway leading up to Oktoberfest and finished a very impressive 5th in the first race at Milwaukee
#25 Jeff Storm would qualify on the pole for Sundays main event
#25 Chris Wimmer in his Larry Detjens throw back paint scheme qualified 14th
#36 Dan Fredrickson qualifies 12th
#13 Cory Jankowski hooking his tires in the dirt
Volden Construction Outlawz
Volden Construction Outlawz
#8 Brent Kirchner crew chief Paul Butterfield stands guard during staging
#25 Chris Wimmer wins the ASA Qualifying race #1
Winner of the second qualifying race #44 Collin Reffner bottoms out and kicks up sparks off the nose of #75 Chris Weinkauf
Big 8 Series #31 Cory Jankowski and #82 J. Herbst battle side by side
#2 Shayne Poehnelt inside of #7 John DeAngelis
Big 8 Series action heats up in turn one
#5 Jeremy Miller rips off some doughnuts celebrating his 2012 Big 8 Series Championship
Jeremy Miller getting doused with champaign
Top 3 finishers for the Big 8 Series Feature, (left to right) Jeremy Miller 2nd, Zach Riddle 1st, Austin Nason 3rd
#97 James Swan takes home the victory in the Mid-American Stock Car Feature
Mid-American Stock Cars wad it up in turn one
Complete race results can be found here
For more of the images I have taken from day 3, go to our Facebook business page and view the album.
Robert Butterfield, Butterfield Photography – Sierra Vista, Arizona
