LACROSSE WI OCTOBERFEST IS SPELLED RACING
BY JIM HEILAND
OCTOBER 5 2008 WAS THE LAST RACE FOR MANY OF US. IT WAS OCTOBERFEST IN LACROSSE WI. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME AT THAT TRACK. THE FAIR GROUNDS WERE PACKED WITH CAMPERS AND HAULERS OF ALL TYPES.
MANY HAD BEEN THERE SINCE THURSDAY. THE VINTAGE RACE WAS PART OF THE SUNDAY PROGRAM.
THE DAY STARTED OUT COOL, CLOUDY AND AT 9AM..RAIN. NEAR 1PM THE RAIN STOPPED, THE TRACK HAD GOTTEN JET DRYERS AND AWAY THEY WENT. WE GOT OUR CARS ON THE TRACK WITH THE USST SUPER TRUCKS AND MODIFIEDS. THAT HAD TO LOOK WEIRD. ONCE THE TRACK WAS DRY WE GOT SOME HOT LAPS IN. IT'S A 5/8 MILE PAVED TRACK.
AFTER ABOUT 8 LAPS, MY TRANSMISSION DECIEDED COME APPART. I GOT TO WATCH ANOTHER RACE FROM THE SIDE LINES. WE DID HAVE A GOOD SHOWING FROM THE IMCA OLD TIMERS, MIKE WALL, BOBBY LEE, ROGER MEYER, BOB HEINE AND JIM HEILAND. ALSO RACING WAS KEN HUTCHINS, MARK MAY, CHRIS LOBERG AND MARK FREUND. THEY MADE US DRAW FOR POSISSIONS. MAY ON THE POLE, LOGERG OUTSIDE POLE THEN IT WAS HEINE MEYER,LEE,FREUND AND HUTCHENS. ON THE FIRST LAP WITH TIRES STILL COLD FREUND SPUN HIS DODGE DAYTONA IN THE FIRST TURN. HOW HE KEPT FROM BACKING INTO THE WALL WAS A MIRACLE. GOOD DRIVING??? LOBERG GOT OFF TO A GOOD START, THERE WAS HARD RACING BETWEEN MAY, LEE AND MEYER. LOBERG HAD ALMOST A STRAIGHT AWAY LEAD ON HUTCHINS. BUT KENNY WAS COMING FAST WITH 2 LAPS TO GO THE CROWD WAS ON THERE FEET. THE LAST LAP HUTCHINS WAS ON LOBERGS BUMPER BUT COULDN'T COULDN'T GET BY HIM BEFORE THE CHECKERED FLAG. CONGRATS TO LOBERG ON THE WIN AND THE BIG TROPHY.
RUMOR HAS IT CHRIS HAD TO MAKE 2 TRIP. ONE TO GET HIS CAR HAULED HOME AND THE SECOND TO HAUL THE BIG TROPHY HOME
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