Smooth sailing in Chateau’s second full night

With a week of scorching heat in the 90s and 100s behind them, Chateau Speedway race fans and drivers enjoyed temperatures back into the lower 80s at race time and sitting in the 70s for much of the night as they took in the action.
Another outstanding field of cars filled the pits for the recently restarted action at Lansing and fans filled up the stands to see the second full night of racing. The cooler weather, along with a little rain overnight into Friday morning made it easier for crews to get the track ready for the night.
With the excellent conditions, drivers ran through a caution-free set of heats and were slowed by just six cautions during the six feature races with three of the features going caution-free.
The feature with the roughest go of the night was the Hanson Tire WISSOTA Midwest Modified, which had three of the six cautions during their main event. When all was said and done, it was Kadden Kath of Ellendale taking his second straight feature win as he outran Greg Pfeifer, Jr. of Austin, and Tony Bloom of Grand Meadow, to the checkered flag. Pfeifer, along with Ryan Goergen of Stacyville, Iowa, grabbed the class’s heat wins.
Two cautions slowed the action but not Steve Wetzstein of West Concord, as he roared his way to the feature win in the French’s Repair USRA A Mod Class. Steve came out of row two to pass last week’s feature winner Joe Ludeman of Grand Meadow for the lead on lap two and never looked back. Kylie Kath of Claremont out-hustled Ludeman for second. Wetzstein also grabbed a heat win on the night, giving him a sweep for the evening while Darwyn Karau of Kasson came out on top in the other heat.
Power 96 USRA Hobby Stocks were slowed by just one brief caution in their main event when a car stalled on the track late in the race. The win went to Scott Spilde of Cresco, Iowa. Scott worked out of row four and made quick work of getting to the front as he marched forward in just four laps. Last week’s feature winner Brady Krohnberg of Walters came home second ahead of Jack Paulson of Morristown. Paulson and Andy Krohnberg of Walters grabbed heat wins for the Hobby Stocks.
Zach Elward of Hayfield led flag-to-flag in a caution-free Double M Transport USRA B Mod main event as he took advantage of a front-row start. Last week’s feature winner, Kevin Johnson of Adams, came home in second as he and Alex Zwanzinger of Waukon, Iowa, put on a good show for the spot. Heat winners for the class were Mark Noble of Blooming Prairie and Michael Johnson of Rose Creek.
Skjeveland Sanitation USRA Stock Cars ran a caution-free night with Blake Adams of McIntire, Iowa, grabbing the feature win ahead of last year’s point champion Travis Shipman of Mason City, Iowa. Jason Newkirk of Austin — who took home the class’s lone heat win — came home third in the main event.
Also having a caution-free night were the Manke’s Outdoor Equipment Chateau Hornets with three drivers from Red Wing taking the class’s three wins. Shawn Poston took home the feature win with Maison Poston and Brian Schott grabbing the heat wins.
Racing action will resume next Friday, Sept. 1, for the abbreviated season. It was announced last Friday night that racing — which was scheduled to go up through Sept. 15th — has been extended by another week. A big “Stock Car Shootout” has been added to the schedule for Sept. 22nd with the non-sanctioned stock cars racing to win a $1,000 purse. The track has been running non-sanctioned since reopening two weeks ago and has been basing rules off of their usual sanctioning bodies, however, it is allowing other sanctioning bodies’ cars to run in their similar classes. Numerous sponsors have teamed up for the Stock Car Shootout show which will also include the non-sanctioned WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, USRA Hobby Stocks and Chateau Hornets.
DOUBLE M TRANSPORT USRA B MODIFIEDS (UNSANCTIONED)
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 15Z-Zach Elward[1]; 2. 20S-Kevin Johnson[6]; 3. 32Z-Alex Zwanziger[5]; 4. 74-Mark Noble[4]; 5. 22C-Michael Johnson[9]; 6. 29-Lilli Reps[2]; 7. 33-Corbin Ludemann[3]; 8. 7M-Matt Tighe[7]; 9. 77W-Colton Weigel[10]; 10. 23B-Britt Olson Jr[8]; 11. 21-Rian Leichtnam[11]; 12. 4B-Greg Brooks[13]; 13. 17-Justin Murray[12]; 14. (DNS) 88-Bryer McCoy; 15. (DNS) 77-Matt Stark; 16. (DNS) 47-Kyle Swanson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22C-Michael Johnson[1]; 2. 15Z-Zach Elward[3]; 3. 77W-Colton Weigel[8]; 4. 29-Lilli Reps[4]; 5. 32Z-Alex Zwanziger[5]; 6. 21-Rian Leichtnam[7]; 7. (DNF) 88-Bryer McCoy[6]; 8. (DNF) 77-Matt Stark[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Mark Noble[1]; 2. 20S-Kevin Johnson[7]; 3. 7M-Matt Tighe[4]; 4. 33-Corbin Ludemann[6]; 5. 23B-Britt Olson Jr[5]; 6. 17-Justin Murray[2]; 7. 4B-Greg Brooks[8]; 8. (DNF) 47-Kyle Swanson[3]
MANKE’S OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT CHATEAU HORNETS
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 511-Shawn Poston[4]; 2. 33-Daniel Knish[2]; 3. 511JR-Maison Poston[8]; 4. 17-Ryan Timm[3]; 5. 21S-Brian Schott[7]; 6. 43-Derek Groskreutz[6]; 7. 0-Brian Adams[1]; 8. 20-Logan Zimmer[10]; 9. 23R-Levi Ryks[9]; 10. (DNF) 15-Bo Noble[5]
Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 511JR-Maison Poston[1]; 2. 511-Shawn Poston[5]; 3. 43-Derek Groskreutz[4]; 4. 0-Brian Adams[2]; 5. 23R-Levi Ryks[3]
Heat 2 (5 Laps): 1. 21S-Brian Schott[1]; 2. 15-Bo Noble[4]; 3. 17-Ryan Timm[3]; 4. 33-Daniel Knish[2]; 5. 20-Logan Zimmer[5]
SKJEVELAND ENTERPRISES USRA STOCK CARS (UNSANCTIONED)
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 14A-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 87-Travis Shipman[2]; 3. 32-Jason Newkirk[3]; 4. 00-Ryan Bjerkeset[4]; 5. 7X-Andrew Eischens[5]; 6. 46S-Stacy Krohnberg[8]; 7. 22-Ryan Jacobsen[7]; 8. 28-David Gustafson[6]; 9. 9Z-AJ Zimmerman[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Jason Newkirk[2]; 2. 7X-Andrew Eischens[1]; 3. 00-Ryan Bjerkeset[4]; 4. 14A-Blake Adams[6]; 5. 87-Travis Shipman[7]; 6. 28-David Gustafson[3]; 7. 22-Ryan Jacobsen[5]; 8. 46S-Stacy Krohnberg[8]; 9. 9Z-AJ Zimmerman[9]
FRENCH’S REPAIR USRA A MODIFIEDS (UNSANCTIONED)
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 90W-Steve Wetzstein[5]; 2. 83-Kylie Kath[7]; 3. 33-Joe Ludemann[1]; 4. 77-Jacob Stark[6]; 5. 72-Doug Hillson[9]; 6. 85-Matt Madsen[4]; 7. 55-Nathan McHale[11]; 8. (DNF) 9-Nick Herrick[2]; 9. (DNF) 75-James Parker[12]; 10. (DNF) 23-Darwin Karau[8]; 11. (DNF) 90-Ryan Wetzstein[10]; 12. (DNF) 97-Cole Anderson[3]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 90W-Steve Wetzstein[1]; 2. 90-Ryan Wetzstein[4]; 3. 85-Matt Madsen[2]; 4. 83-Kylie Kath[6]; 5. 72-Doug Hillson[3]; 6. 55-Nathan McHale[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Darwin Karau[1]; 2. 9-Nick Herrick[2]; 3. 97-Cole Anderson[4]; 4. 33-Joe Ludemann[5]; 5. 77-Jacob Stark[3]; 6. 75-James Parker[6]
HANSON TIRE WISSOTA MIDWEST MODIFIEDS (UNSANCTIONED)
A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[8]; 2. 00-Greg Pfeifer Jr[4]; 3. 35-Tony Bloom[1]; 4. 79-Jeremy Misgen[9]; 5. 65-Tommy Myer[6]; 6. 40-Colton Kramer[10]; 7. 35A-Jerry Bloom[5]; 8. 44Z-Anton Nelson[2]; 9. 16-Jacob Bennett[11]; 10. 24S-Shane Southard[14]; 11. 79H-Luke Hainka[13]; 12. 33-Darryl Hainka[16]; 13. 38-Dylan Pederson[15]; 14. (DNF) 40LS-Larry Scott[7]; 15. (DNF) 5G-Patrick McCarthy[12]; 16. (DNF) G12-Ryan Goergen[3]; 17. (DNF) 71-Greg Nelson[17]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Greg Pfeifer Jr[2]; 2. 35-Tony Bloom[1]; 3. 40LS-Larry Scott[3]; 4. 44Z-Anton Nelson[4]; 5. 79-Jeremy Misgen[6]; 6. 16-Jacob Bennett[5]; 7. 79H-Luke Hainka[8]; 8. 38-Dylan Pederson[9]; 9. 71-Greg Nelson[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. G12-Ryan Goergen[1]; 2. 83X-Kadden Kath[8]; 3. 35A-Jerry Bloom[5]; 4. 65-Tommy Myer[7]; 5. 40-Colton Kramer[4]; 6. 5G-Patrick McCarthy[6]; 7. 24S-Shane Southard[3]; 8. 33-Darryl Hainka[2]
POWER 96 USRA HOBBY STOCKS (UNSANCTIONED)
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 18-Scott Spilde[7]; 2. 26-Brady Krohnberg[4]; 3. 17P-Jack Paulson[5]; 4. 99-Greg Lammers[6]; 5. 1-Jack Maas[10]; 6. 31-Raey Hastings IV[2]; 7. 66-Bill Gilomen[3]; 8. 45-Pete DeVries[12]; 9. 69-Brandon Wiedeman[1]; 10. 00-Zachary Holtberg[11]; 11. (DNF) 36-Andy Krohnberg[9]; 12. (DNF) 07-Pat McCarthy[8]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 36-Andy Krohnberg[2]; 2. 1-Jack Maas[6]; 3. 26-Brady Krohnberg[5]; 4. 66-Bill Gilomen[4]; 5. 69-Brandon Wiedeman[1]; 6. 00-Zachary Holtberg[3]