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Championship Night at Wilmot Raceway

(Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, September 5, 2020)--The 2020 Wilmot Raceway Season Championship Night was one of three-peats and first timers.
Genoa City's Mike Simons captured his third modified championship while finally winning his first 20-lap main event of the year. Nick Simons of Genoa City, the champion's younger brother, finished second in the feature. Green Bay's Hunter Parsons took third.
Simons thanked his family and crew in victory lane, noting the car which he finished the regular season in was the one which he flipped two weeks earlier and had been completely rebuilt.
Davey Ray of Indianapolis, Ind. won his third 20-lap AutoMeter/Brewington Electric Wisconsin WingLess Sprint feature at Wilmot this year. Ray led every lap from his front row starting spot, but had to endure several restarts following cautions erasing his large lead. On the final run to the checkered, Ray held off a hard challenge from second place Allen Hafford of Beach Park, IL. Bristol's Chris Klemko took third.
Klemko's finish earned him his first ever Wilmot track championship, as he was able to hold off last year's champion Jimmy Sivia who ended up fifth in the feature. "Finally, after five years of trying," said Chris Klemko, whose late father Mike, won a Wilmot championship in 1980. "I thank my crew, family, and hopefully dad is watching from above."
The street stocks saw two firsts in the season championship main event. Cody Erickson of Algonquin, IL used a new set up suggested by his dad, Dave, and it resulted in Cody's leading every lap of every race on the final points night winning his heat race and the feature.
Courtney Atkinson of Muskego tried several times in the closing laps to get around Erickson, but the denial proved to still be enough for her to win her first ever Wilmot street stock championship to go along with a pair of Bandit 4-cylinder titles. Rob Maule of Hebron, IL was third in the feature.
"Sometimes second is good enough, especially when it comes to enough points for the championship," said Atkinson. "I guess 2020 is a good year for the Atkinsons as I win the championship and Dad(Al) will be inducted into the Southeastern Wisconsin Racing Hall of Fame."
C.J. Malueg of Johnsburg, IL won his third IRA Lightning Sprint feature of the season at Wilmot. The win was not quite enough to earn him the Wilmot championship with Ion Stear of Hebron, IL finishing second to earn him his first ever Wilmot title. Nick Petska of Spring Grove, IL was third in the feature.
Wilmot Raceway hosts the 3rd Annual Jim "Wildman" Watson Classic featuring the Dirt Kings Late Model Tour on Saturday, September 12. Rounding out the five division program in non-points racing for Wilmot are main events paying $1,000 to win WingLess Sprints, $1,000 to win Modifieds, $500 to win Street Stocks and $300 to win Bandit 4-Cylinder Stock Cars.
In addition over 100 youngsters ages 16 & under will be winners as donated bikes will be given away for free through a series of drawings in the grandstands.
Pit passes are $30.00 each with the pits opening at 3 p.m. Grandstands open at 5:00 p.m. with general admission of $20.00 for ages 12 & over, $5.00 ages 7-11 with 6 & under admitted free.
Hot laps are scheduled for 6 p.m. with racing to follow.
For updates phone the trackside raceline 262-862-2090, or check the official website wilmotraceway.com, or the track Facebook page.
Submitted by Michael H. Babicz(262-206-5465)

Media Results for 9/5/2020 at Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
Lightning Sprints 20 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:11:23.488

1. 13-CJ Malueg[2]; 2. 19-Ion Stear[6]; 3. 18-Nick Petska[3]; 4. 6-Jeff Schmidt[4]; 5. 16-Mike Neau[7]; 6. 55H-Mark Heinert[9]; 7. 42-Adam Schroeder[1]; 8. 01-Ron Brannan[5]; 9. 74-Tim Brannam[10]; 10. 51-Shawn McGill[11]; 11. 74M-Max Brannam[14]; 12. 87R-Josh Rehberg[16]; 13. 65-Jonathan Smith[8]; 14. 4-Justin Okruhlica[13]; 15. 19X-Chris Quillman[15]; 16. 76-Mike Unger[12]; 17. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[17]; 18. 88-Nick Sheridan[19]; 19. (DNS) 67-Kevin Frederiksen; 20. (DNS) 9-John Kirk

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:03:16.464

1. 74-Tim Brannam[2]; 2. 19-Ion Stear[4]; 3. 18-Nick Petska[3]; 4. 65-Jonathan Smith[1]; 5. 19X-Chris Quillman[6]; 6. (DNS) K9-Andrew Kiedrowski; 7. (DNS) 88-Nick Sheridan

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:23.678

1. 16-Mike Neau[1]; 2. 13-CJ Malueg[3]; 3. 01-Ron Brannan[4]; 4. 4-Justin Okruhlica[6]; 5. 74M-Max Brannam[5]; 6. (DNS) 9-John Kirk; 7. (DNS) 87R-Josh Rehberg

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:11.616

1. 55H-Mark Heinert[2]; 2. 51-Shawn McGill[1]; 3. 6-Jeff Schmidt[4]; 4. 76-Mike Unger[5]; 5. 42-Adam Schroeder[3]; 6. (DNS) 67-Kevin Frederiksen

Qualifying 1 | 00:03:11.890

1. 19-Ion Stear, 00:15.205[17]; 2. 01-Ron Brannan, 00:15.708[9]; 3. 6-Jeff Schmidt, 00:15.886[19]; 4. 18-Nick Petska, 00:15.937[10]; 5. 13-CJ Malueg, 00:15.982[14]; 6. 42-Adam Schroeder, 00:16.068[13]; 7. 74-Tim Brannam, 00:16.087[12]; 8. 87R-Josh Rehberg, 00:16.098[18]; 9. 55H-Mark Heinert, 00:16.113[5]; 10. 65-Jonathan Smith, 00:16.159[15]; 11. 16-Mike Neau, 00:16.239[11]; 12. 51-Shawn McGill, 00:16.453[2]; 13. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski, 00:16.541[16]; 14. 74M-Max Brannam, 00:16.760[6]; 15. 76-Mike Unger, 00:16.775[4]; 16. 19X-Chris Quillman, 00:16.952[20]; 17. 4-Justin Okruhlica, 00:17.432[3]; 18. 67-Kevin Frederiksen, 00:17.808[1]; 19. (DNF) 9-John Kirk, 00:16.313[8]; 20. (DNS) 88-Nick Sheridan, 00:17.808

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Media Results for 9/5/2020 at Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
Non Wing Crate Sprints 41 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:16:58.265 | AutoMeter

1. 14AJ-Davey Ray[1]; 2. 38-Allen Hafford[3]; 3. 70-Chris Klemko[6]; 4. 40-Tim Cox[5]; 5. 91-Jimmy Sivia[8]; 6. 19K-Derek Crane[12]; 7. 23Z-Zach Raidart[4]; 8. 1HD-Zach Hansen[2]; 9. 22S-Brian Strane[9]; 10. 93-Travis Mahoney[7]; 11. 29-Randy Stanford[14]; 12. 7X-Ryan Marshall[19]; 13. 51-Charles Spoonmore[13]; 14. 39-William Huck[10]; 15. 1N8-Nathan Crane[16]; 16. 69-TJ Smith[22]; 17. 9X-Mike Sullivan[18]; 18. 4-Jordan Paulsen[15]; 19. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[20]; 20. 00-Paul Shaffer[17]; 21. 5H-Patrick Haynes[24]; 22. 89-Daniel Graumenz[23]; 23. 94-Jim Wehrman[21]; 24. 50-Rusty Egan[11]

B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:20:22.184

1. 00-Paul Shaffer[2]; 2. 7X-Ryan Marshall[3]; 3. 94-Jim Wehrman[1]; 4. 89-Daniel Graumenz[5]; 5. 4G-Ralphie Johnson[11]; 6. 4L-Lance Thompson[13]; 7. 22-Greg Alt[4]; 8. 17-Darren Ihrke[7]; 9. 8-Daniel Walldan[9]; 10. 99J-Seth Johnson[6]; 11. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 12. 9C-Clayton Rossmann[10]; 13. 17M-Matt Rypel[12]

B Feature 2 10 Laps | 00:06:56.026

1. 9X-Mike Sullivan[2]; 2. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[3]; 3. 69-TJ Smith[6]; 4. 5H-Patrick Haynes[4]; 5. 99-Tommy Colburn[7]; 6. 9-Dan Wade[1]; 7. 52-Craig Lager[5]; 8. 12-Shawn Swim[8]; 9. 20-Natalie Klemko[9]; 10. 7-Steve Clott[11]; 11. 7D-Josh Davidson[10]; 12. (DNS) 29OG-Tom Eller

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:15:48.918

1. 93-Travis Mahoney[5]; 2. 39-William Huck[1]; 3. 29-Randy Stanford[3]; 4. 94-Jim Wehrman[4]; 5. 19K-Derek Crane[8]; 6. 89-Daniel Graumenz[2]; 7. 69-TJ Smith[6]; 8. 5H-Patrick Haynes[10]; 9. 12-Shawn Swim[7]; 10. 7D-Josh Davidson[11]; 11. 29OG-Tom Eller[9]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:04:57.631

1. 38-Allen Hafford[1]; 2. 1HD-Zach Hansen[3]; 3. 70-Chris Klemko[8]; 4. 9-Dan Wade[2]; 5. 9X-Mike Sullivan[5]; 6. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[7]; 7. 99-Tommy Colburn[4]; 8. 17-Darren Ihrke[9]; 9. 20-Natalie Klemko[6]; 10. 9C-Clayton Rossmann[10]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:04:41.806

1. 91-Jimmy Sivia[6]; 2. 14AJ-Davey Ray[3]; 3. 1N8-Nathan Crane[2]; 4. 23Z-Zach Raidart[9]; 5. 7X-Ryan Marshall[5]; 6. 00-Paul Shaffer[8]; 7. 52-Craig Lager[7]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[1]; 9. 7-Steve Clott[4]; 10. 17M-Matt Rypel[10]

Heat 4 10 Laps | 00:05:19.366

1. 40-Tim Cox[2]; 2. 22S-Brian Strane[1]; 3. 4-Jordan Paulsen[3]; 4. 50-Rusty Egan[6]; 5. 51-Charles Spoonmore[8]; 6. 22-Greg Alt[4]; 7. 99J-Seth Johnson[7]; 8. 4L-Lance Thompson[10]; 9. 8-Daniel Walldan[5]; 10. 4G-Ralphie Johnson[9]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:00:41.176

1. 4G-Ralphie Johnson[37]; 2. 23Z-Zach Raidart[36]; 3. 93-Travis Mahoney[18]; 4. 9X-Mike Sullivan[19]; 5. 40-Tim Cox[9]; 6. 7X-Ryan Marshall[20]; 7. 4-Jordan Paulsen[13]; 8. 22-Greg Alt[17]; 9. 22S-Brian Strane[4]; 10. 51-Charles Spoonmore[33]; 11. 41-Dennis Spitz[3]; 12. 70-Chris Klemko[31]; 13. 1N8-Nathan Crane[7]; 14. 52-Craig Lager[28]; 15. 19K-Derek Crane[30]; 16. 99J-Seth Johnson[29]; 17. 12-Shawn Swim[26]; 18. 94-Jim Wehrman[14]; 19. 38-Allen Hafford[2]; 20. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[27]; 21. 5H-Patrick Haynes[38]; 22. 00-Paul Shaffer[32]; 23. 9-Dan Wade[6]; 24. 4L-Lance Thompson[41]; 25. 89-Daniel Graumenz[5]; 26. 91-Jimmy Sivia[24]; 27. 1HD-Zach Hansen[11]; 28. 20-Natalie Klemko[23]; 29. 99-Tommy Colburn[15]; 30. 17-Darren Ihrke[35]; 31. 29OG-Tom Eller[34]; 32. 39-William Huck[1]; 33. 29-Randy Stanford[10]; 34. 69-TJ Smith[22]; 35. 7-Steve Clott[16]; 36. 8-Daniel Walldan[21]; 37. 14AJ-Davey Ray[12]; 38. 7D-Josh Davidson[8]; 39. 50-Rusty Egan[25]; 40. 9C-Clayton Rossmann[39]; 41. 17M-Matt Rypel[40]

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Media Results for 9/5/2020 at Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
Street Stocks 13 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:20:26.158

1. 46-Cody Erickson[1]; 2. 46A-Courtney Atkinson[10]; 3. 99-Rob Maule[3]; 4. 12-Brandon Mertes[9]; 5. 01-Dustin Holland[6]; 6. 65-Mark Baker[7]; 7. 21-Kyle Johnson[11]; 8. J8-James Jaime[8]; 9. 10-Josh Gehrig[2]; 10. 11-Justice McBain[5]; 11. 50-Terry Hilgendorf[4]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:11:59.948

1. 50-Terry Hilgendorf[3]; 2. 99-Rob Maule[4]; 3. 21-Kyle Johnson[7]; 4. J8-James Jaime[2]; 5. 45-Kevin Domrose[1]; 6. 57-Cody Potter[6]; 7. (DNS) 11-Justice McBain

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:48.613

1. 46-Cody Erickson[1]; 2. 10-Josh Gehrig[4]; 3. 46A-Courtney Atkinson[3]; 4. 65-Mark Baker[2]; 5. 12-Brandon Mertes[6]; 6. 01-Dustin Holland[5]

Special 1

1. 50-Terry Hilgendorf[1]; 2. 99-Rob Maule[2]; 3. 10-Josh Gehrig[3]; 4. 46-Cody Erickson[4]; 5. 46A-Courtney Atkinson[5]; 6. 12-Brandon Mertes[6]; 7. J8-James Jaime[7]; 8. 65-Mark Baker[8]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:01:31.850

1. 10-Josh Gehrig[8]; 2. 57-Cody Potter[11]; 3. 99-Rob Maule[7]; 4. 46-Cody Erickson[2]; 5. 12-Brandon Mertes[12]; 6. 65-Mark Baker[4]; 7. J8-James Jaime[3]; 8. 50-Terry Hilgendorf[5]; 9. 45-Kevin Domrose[1]; 10. 01-Dustin Holland[10]; 11. 11-Justice McBain[9]; 12. 21-Kyle Johnson[13]; 13. 46A-Courtney Atkinson[6]

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Media Results for 9/5/2020 at Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
A Modifieds 15 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:18:51.001

1. 25-Mike Simons[8]; 2. 24-Nick Simons[7]; 3. 0P-Hunter Parsons[6]; 4. 30-John Dost[2]; 5. 52M-Brad McGuire[4]; 6. 10C-Mike Conn[1]; 7. 40-Jack Williams[9]; 8. 19-Mike Wittenburg[5]; 9. 22-Tony Izzo[13]; 10. 68-Tom Neubauer[11]; 11. 0-Elmer Everman[12]; 12. (DNS) 88J-Jeremy Johnson; 13. (DNS) 5-Terry Kiedrowski; 14. (DNS) 4S-Joel Seegert; 15. (DNS) 03T-Lee Tibbitts

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:19.240

1. 0P-Hunter Parsons[2]; 2. 24-Nick Simons[5]; 3. 52M-Brad McGuire[3]; 4. 10C-Mike Conn[1]; 5. 5-Terry Kiedrowski[4]; 6. 68-Tom Neubauer[6]; 7. 0-Elmer Everman[8]; 8. 4S-Joel Seegert[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:09.690

1. 25-Mike Simons[7]; 2. 19-Mike Wittenburg[5]; 3. 03T-Lee Tibbitts[3]; 4. 30-John Dost[6]; 5. 40-Jack Williams[4]; 6. 88J-Jeremy Johnson[2]; 7. (DNS) 22-Tony Izzo

Special 1

1. 25-Mike Simons[1]; 2. 24-Nick Simons[2]; 3. 0P-Hunter Parsons[3]; 4. 19-Mike Wittenburg[4]; 5. 52M-Brad McGuire[5]; 6. 03T-Lee Tibbitts[6]; 7. 30-John Dost[7]; 8. 10C-Mike Conn[8]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:02:07.925

1. 4S-Joel Seegert[13]; 2. 0P-Hunter Parsons[3]; 3. 52M-Brad McGuire[5]; 4. 24-Nick Simons[9]; 5. 19-Mike Wittenburg[10]; 6. 30-John Dost[12]; 7. 5-Terry Kiedrowski[7]; 8. 25-Mike Simons[14]; 9. 10C-Mike Conn[1]; 10. 68-Tom Neubauer[11]; 11. 03T-Lee Tibbitts[6]; 12. 0-Elmer Everman[15]; 13. 40-Jack Williams[8]; 14. 22-Tony Izzo[2]; 15. 88J-Jeremy Johnson[4]

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