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Ryan Johnson Takes Bandit Win

(Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, August 22, 2020)--Bill Balog of Hartford, nicknamed the "North Pole Nightmare" as he originally came from Alaska, scored his fourth Bumper to Bumper Interstates Racing Association (IRA) feature at Wilmot Raceway and eighth on the IRA 2020 series.
Balog overtook the lead from Howards Grove's Mike Reinke 8 laps into the 11th Annual 36-lap Roger Iles Tribute presented by Carriage Auto Body of Waukegan, IL. The victory marketed Balog's fifth in the Iles event, having won in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2019. The win also secured Balog's first ever Wilmot Raceway 410 Outlaw Winged Sprint Car Regular Season Series Championship.
Reinke finished second. Blake Nimee of Oswego, IL was third.
Derek Crane of Waukegan, IL won his second Autometer/Brewington Electric Wisconsin Wingless Sprints feature of the season taking top honors in the 3rd Annual Bill Grogan Tribute. Crane held off heavy challenges from Trevor's Chris Dodd as the two got side by side several times in the closing laps. Dodd finished second with Shawn Swim of Zion, IL recording a career best third place.
C.J. Malueg of Johnsburg, IL captured his second IRA Lightning Sprints feature win in a row. Pleasant Prairie's Mike Neau was second. Slinger's Jeff Schmidt third.
John Kirk, Ion Stear and Nick Petska each flipped their machines in separate incidents, with none of the drivers injured.
Salem's Ryan Johnson, defending Bandit 4-Cylinder Stock Car champion, finally cracked the feature win column in 2020 taking top honors in the non-stop 20-lap main event. Johnson barely made it, however, as his left-rear tire went flat as he was coming into victory lane. Scott Ellis of Lake Villa, IL finished second. John Cole of McHenry, IL took third.
Johnson's win sets up a title defense battle with Cole leading the Bandits heading into their final season point championship scheduled on Saturday, August 29.
AutoMeter/Brewington Electric Wisconsin Wingless Sprints, Modifieds and Street Stocks are on the program as well.
Grandstands open at 5 p.m. with hot laps at 6 pm and racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $15.00 for ages 12 and over, with ages 11 & under admitted free.
For updates phone the trackside raceline 262-862-2090, check the track website wilmotraceway.com, or the official Wilmot Raceway Facebook Page.
Submitted by Michael H. Babicz(262-206-5465).
Lightning Sprints 21 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:28:57.845

1. 13-CJ Malueg[9]; 2. 16-Mike Neau[4]; 3. 6-Jeff Schmidt[7]; 4. 7J-Bob Jeziorski[2]; 5. 01-Ron Brannan[19]; 6. B20-Tom Brown[18]; 7. 74-Tim Brannam[13]; 8. 67-Kevin Frederiksen[12]; 9. 65-Jonathan Smith[20]; 10. 74M-Max Brannam[16]; 11. 51-Shawn McGill[3]; 12. 55H-Mark Heinert[10]; 13. 76-Mike Unger[5]; 14. 87R-Josh Rehberg[14]; 15. 19X-Chris Quillman[21]; 16. 42-Adam Schroeder[17]; 17. 19-Ion Stear[6]; 18. 18-Nick Petska[8]; 19. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[1]; 20. 9-John Kirk[11]; 21. 88-Nick Sheridan[15]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:03:30.557

1. 16-Mike Neau[1]; 2. 18-Nick Petska[3]; 3. 74-Tim Brannam[6]; 4. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[5]; 5. 19X-Chris Quillman[7]; 6. 88-Nick Sheridan[4]; 7. 01-Ron Brannan[2]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:06:49.599

1. 19-Ion Stear[2]; 2. 55H-Mark Heinert[4]; 3. 51-Shawn McGill[1]; 4. 9-John Kirk[5]; 5. 87R-Josh Rehberg[7]; 6. 74M-Max Brannam[6]; 7. B20-Tom Brown[3]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:01:59.408

1. 13-CJ Malueg[4]; 2. 76-Mike Unger[2]; 3. 6-Jeff Schmidt[3]; 4. 7J-Bob Jeziorski[1]; 5. 67-Kevin Frederiksen[5]; 6. 42-Adam Schroeder[7]; 7. 65-Jonathan Smith[6]

Qualifying 1 | 00:01:01.691

1. 88-Nick Sheridan, 00:15.980[19]; 2. 55H-Mark Heinert, 00:16.103[16]; 3. 13-CJ Malueg, 00:16.274[18]; 4. 18-Nick Petska, 00:16.351[15]; 5. B20-Tom Brown, 00:16.364[17]; 6. 6-Jeff Schmidt, 00:16.587[10]; 7. 01-Ron Brannan, 00:16.636[11]; 8. 19-Ion Stear, 00:16.776[4]; 9. 76-Mike Unger, 00:16.917[20]; 10. 16-Mike Neau, 00:17.007[12]; 11. 51-Shawn McGill, 00:17.249[5]; 12. 7J-Bob Jeziorski, 00:17.314[13]; 13. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski, 00:17.340[1]; 14. 9-John Kirk, 00:17.451[2]; 15. 67-Kevin Frederiksen, 00:17.524[14]; 16. 74-Tim Brannam, 00:17.628[6]; 17. 74M-Max Brannam, 00:17.630[9]; 18. 65-Jonathan Smith, 00:18.018[3]; 19. 19X-Chris Quillman, 00:18.609[21]; 20. 87R-Josh Rehberg[7]; 21. 42-Adam Schroeder[8]

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Media Results for 8/22/2020 at Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
Non Wing Crate Sprints 36 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:17:49.854 | "PA" Bill Grogan Memorial

1. 19K-Derek Crane[1]; 2. 01-Chris Dodd[6]; 3. 12-Shawn Swim[2]; 4. 91-Jimmy Sivia[5]; 5. 7X-Ryan Marshall[8]; 6. 40-Tim Cox[4]; 7. 70-Chris Klemko[3]; 8. 38-Allen Hafford[9]; 9. 52-Craig Lager[7]; 10. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[10]; 11. 54-Scott Grissom[12]; 12. 1N8-Nathan Crane[15]; 13. 50-Rusty Egan[19]; 14. 29OG-Tom Eller[21]; 15. 7S-Scott Uttech[17]; 16. 22-Greg Alt[22]; 17. 00-Paul Shaffer[11]; 18. 4-Jordan Paulsen[23]; 19. 11M-Tommy Colburn[24]; 20. 29-Randy Stanford[20]; 21. 20-Natalie Klemko[18]; 22. 94-Jim Wehrman[14]; 23. 9-Dan Wade[13]; 24. 41-Dennis Spitz[16]

B Feature 1 15 Laps | 00:12:54.947 | TB Motorsports

1. 29OG-Tom Eller[3]; 2. 22-Greg Alt[2]; 3. 4-Jordan Paulsen[10]; 4. 11M-Tommy Colburn[8]; 5. 7-Steve Clott[4]; 6. 9X-Mike Sullivan[11]; 7. 39-William Huck[14]; 8. 22S-Brian Strane[1]; 9. 8-Daniel Walldan[15]; 10. 89-George Gaertner Jr[7]; 11. 17-Darren Ihrke[12]; 12. 99-Brandon Krumwiede[16]; 13. 5H-Patrick Haynes[6]; 14. 1HD-Zach Hansen[5]; 15. 99J-Seth Johnson[9]; 16. 4G-Daniel Graumenz[13]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:06:25.000 | Brewington Electric

1. 38-Allen Hafford[2]; 2. 54-Scott Grissom[1]; 3. 70-Chris Klemko[3]; 4. 01-Chris Dodd[4]; 5. 29-Randy Stanford[9]; 6. 7-Steve Clott[8]; 7. 89-George Gaertner Jr[7]; 8. 4-Jordan Paulsen[5]; 9. 39-William Huck[6]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:05:04.000 | MLS Auto

1. 91-Jimmy Sivia[4]; 2. 7X-Ryan Marshall[2]; 3. 12-Shawn Swim[3]; 4. 7S-Scott Uttech[6]; 5. 1N8-Nathan Crane[5]; 6. 1HD-Zach Hansen[8]; 7. 22-Greg Alt[1]; 8. 9X-Mike Sullivan[7]; 9. 8-Daniel Walldan[9]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:06.000 | M3 Custom Creations

1. 40-Tim Cox[4]; 2. 00-Paul Shaffer[2]; 3. 19K-Derek Crane[3]; 4. 9-Dan Wade[1]; 5. 20-Natalie Klemko[6]; 6. 29OG-Tom Eller[7]; 7. 99J-Seth Johnson[8]; 8. 17-Darren Ihrke[9]; 9. 4G-Daniel Graumenz[5]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:04:39.000 | CK Contractors

1. 52-Craig Lager[2]; 2. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[3]; 3. 50-Rusty Egan[6]; 4. 94-Jim Wehrman[1]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz[5]; 6. 5H-Patrick Haynes[8]; 7. 11M-Tommy Colburn[7]; 8. 99-Brandon Krumwiede[9]; 9. 22S-Brian Strane[4]

Qualifying 1 | 00:09:36.000 | Goodwin Performance

1. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:15.241[12]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:15.408[20]; 3. 40-Tim Cox, 00:15.429[25]; 4. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:15.523[15]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:15.582[2]; 6. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:15.610[26]; 7. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:15.614[10]; 8. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:15.630[14]; 9. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:15.632[16]; 10. 7X-Ryan Marshall, 00:15.672[13]; 11. 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:15.716[19]; 12. 52-Craig Lager, 00:15.730[1]; 13. 54-Scott Grissom, 00:15.735[7]; 14. 22-Greg Alt, 00:15.764[23]; 15. 9-Dan Wade, 00:15.784[27]; 16. 94-Jim Wehrman, 00:15.798[22]; 17. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:15.839[17]; 18. 1N8-Nathan Crane, 00:15.955[29]; 19. 4G-Daniel Graumenz, 00:15.958[24]; 20. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:15.960[6]; 21. 39-William Huck, 00:16.013[18]; 22. 7S-Scott Uttech, 00:16.034[4]; 23. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:16.053[34]; 24. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:16.058[11]; 25. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 00:16.066[31]; 26. 9X-Mike Sullivan, 00:16.072[21]; 27. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:16.085[32]; 28. 11M-Tommy Colburn, 00:16.160[33]; 29. 7-Steve Clott, 00:16.173[3]; 30. 1HD-Zach Hansen, 00:16.174[9]; 31. 99J-Seth Johnson, 00:16.187[28]; 32. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:16.253[5]; 33. 29-Randy Stanford, 00:16.279[35]; 34. 8-Daniel Walldan, 00:16.529[30]; 35. 17-Darren Ihrke, 00:16.679[8]; 36. 99-Brandon Krumwiede, 00:17.148[36]

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Media Results for 8/22/2020 at Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
410 Sprints - Winged 26 Entries
A Feature 1 36 Laps | 00:29:40.118 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts

1. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[1]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[7]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[9]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel[12]; 8. 23-Russel Borland[11]; 9. 25-Danny Schlafer[15]; 10. 20R-Rob Pribnow[23]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer[13]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 13. 19-Todd Daun[10]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder[16]; 15. 77-Wayne Modjeski[8]; 16. 14R-Sean Rayhall[14]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer[22]; 18. 2A-Austin Archdale[20]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz[24]; 20. 0-John Fahl[19]; 21. 55-Austin Deblauw[17]; 22. 10V-Matt VandeVere[18]; 23. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[3]; 24. 70-Chris Klemko[25]; 25. (DNS) 5H-Patrick Haynes; 26. (DNS) 14-Jack Routson

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:03.309

1. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]; 2. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:08.121

1. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 4. 77-Wayne Modjeski[5]; 5. 19-Todd Daun[4]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:53.000 | Hepfner Racing Products / Weld Wheels

1. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 2. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[1]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 4. 19-Todd Daun[3]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder[6]; 7. 0-John Fahl[8]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 9. 70-Chris Klemko[9]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:04:49.000 | All Star Performance

1. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer[8]; 5. 14R-Sean Rayhall[1]; 6. 55-Austin Deblauw[6]; 7. 14-Jack Routson[9]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 9. 5H-Patrick Haynes[7]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:04:32.000 | R&H Enterprises

1. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 5. 77-Wayne Modjeski[2]; 6. 10V-Matt VandeVere[7]; 7. 2A-Austin Archdale[8]; 8. 20R-Rob Pribnow[6]

Qualifying 1 | 00:16:33.000 | Osborn and Son Trucking

1. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:13.304[24]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.385[2]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.515[18]; 4. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.522[26]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.533[4]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.608[13]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.644[14]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.687[20]; 9. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.692[5]; 10. 73AF-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.718[11]; 11. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.735[7]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.770[1]; 13. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.783[19]; 14. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.793[15]; 15. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.810[17]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.907[3]; 17. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.921[12]; 18. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:13.943[25]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.969[22]; 20. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:13.997[21]; 21. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:14.008[10]; 22. 0-John Fahl, 00:14.048[8]; 23. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:14.070[9]; 24. 2A-Austin Archdale, 00:14.148[23]; 25. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.234[16]; 26. 14-Jack Routson, 00:15.326[6]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:05:15.000

1. 25-Danny Schlafer[19]; 2. 19-Todd Daun[26]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[24]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[14]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[17]; 7. 2A-Austin Archdale[23]; 8. 73-Jake Blackhurst[18]; 9. 20R-Rob Pribnow[25]; 10. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[11]; 11. 10V-Matt VandeVere[10]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz[22]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[20]; 14. 55-Austin Deblauw[12]; 15. 70-Chris Klemko[16]; 16. 5H-Patrick Haynes[21]; 17. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 18. 14R-Sean Rayhall[7]; 19. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 20. 29-Hunter Custer[15]; 21. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 22. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 23. 0-John Fahl[8]; 24. 77-Wayne Modjeski[5]; 25. 14-Jack Routson[6]; 26. 43-Jereme Schroeder[3]

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Media Results for 8/22/2020 at Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
Bandits 21 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:09:55.501

1. 38-Ryan Johnson[4]; 2. 23S-Scott Ellis[2]; 3. 92-John Cole[6]; 4. 3B-Cody Booth[5]; 5. 36-Bradley Becker[7]; 6. 93-Dale Ehleiter[9]; 7. 00A-Al Cottrell[10]; 8. 169-Andrew Behnke[11]; 9. 25S-Steve Ellis[12]; 10. 12B-David Mckellips[3]; 11. 100-Jake Peters[16]; 12. 343-Patrick Riley[14]; 13. 23-Robin Wachsmuth[13]; 14. 79-Christopher Walters[15]; 15. 5D-Terry Davis[18]; 16. 438-Jessica McKellips[17]; 17. 19M-Ben Frank[19]; 18. 51-Jake Binash[8]; 19. 57-Joe Pilman Jr[21]; 20. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom[1]; 21. 32-Jacob Swim[20]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:00.221

1. 12B-David Mckellips[4]; 2. 51-Jake Binash[2]; 3. 92-John Cole[5]; 4. 29S-Scott Quarnstrom[8]; 5. 169-Andrew Behnke[3]; 6. 79-Christopher Walters[1]; 7. 25S-Steve Ellis[9]; 8. 343-Patrick Riley[10]; 9. 100-Jake Peters[7]; 10. 57-Joe Pilman Jr[11]; 11. 32-Jacob Swim[6]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:22.871

1. 3B-Cody Booth[4]; 2. 00A-Al Cottrell[3]; 3. 23S-Scott Ellis[6]; 4. 38-Ryan Johnson[9]; 5. 93-Dale Ehleiter[10]; 6. 36-Bradley Becker[7]; 7. 23-Robin Wachsmuth[8]; 8. 438-Jessica McKellips[1]; 9. 5D-Terry Davis[2]; 10. 19M-Ben Frank[5]

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