Larry detjens memorial 125 at state park speedway photos by. The big 8 race hardly had a monopoly on popular wins by local veteran drivers on the first night of the 2019 larry detjens memorial weekend. Natalie decker and reagan may at the 2016 larry detjens. He worked on his uncle larry detjens race car and his brothers cars. Nascar cars, nascar racing, auto racing, old race cars, pretty cars, vintage race car, old school. It didnt take long for him to move up to the front. Stock car driver larry detjens was killed in an accident during the weekend at wisconsin international raceway.
Bickle, a former fulltime driver in the nascar big three, is fifth in. Larry detjens late model racing, old race cars, classic. He had won the artgo circuit and had victories in asa as well. His racing career kicked off at age 17 while still in high school. The snapon mini mods also saw one of state park speedways leading racing families back in brickner family auto group victory. State park speedway and their larry detjens memorial weekend will once again welcome the touring stars into central wisconsin for a 125 lap battle in the shadow of rib mountain on saturday night july 25. Wisconsin star larry detjens in the 25 and the winner of this race, ashland, oregons don harper in the 65. Detjens biggest win was the 1977 world cup 400 at i70 speedway. Old bemco engineering chassis of wausau, wis public group. Scott wimmer born january 26, 1976 is nascar nationwide series driver of the. Friday the th proved to be a long and stressful day for chris wimmer, however, with patience and some great passing, wimmer prevailed with a 6 th place finish in the larry detjens memorial at golden sands speedway wimmer s day started out looking for another car to drive for friday night s larry detjens memorial. Racing will take place on friday and saturday night, july 25. Master of the short track the midwest racing connection.
Larry detjens placed third, followed by marv marzofka, don leach and jim sauter of necedah. Aj foyt started the race on the pole and finished first as well, leading more than half the race. Payment accepted includes paypal electronic check, debit, credit card cash and money order. Larry and my dad were good friends and he painted my dads first four race cars. Chris wimmer born june 23, 1979 is an american professional stock car racing driver. Wausau, wi having won last years larry detjens memorial at state park. Defending race winner johnson brings point lead into detjens. We honor that standard by running his race and there are no words to explain what it would feel. Larry detjensresultsartgo challenge series1980 the. His father began as the owner of his uncle larry detjens racing team. The winner wins the larry detjens memorial trophy, which was named for the.
Despite the dominance of the chevys, one chevy dominated the rest, as joe shear drove his 72 camaro to a onelap win over dan przibowowski of savage, mn. Detjens raced on many wisconsin shorttracks and throughout the midwest. Detjens was a champion late model racer who competed at slinger super speedway and wisconsin. July 14, 1974 rich somers, a 34 yearold foreman at copps discount stores warehouse in stevens point, scored a major upset at the wisconsin international raceway here sunday afternoon as he wheeled his 1973 mustang to victory in the second race of the red, white and blue state championship series before 3,453 fans. Super late model triple crown challenge race winners 2015 ty majeski2, casey johnson 2014 dave feiler, matt kenseth, chris wimmer 20 travis sauter 2, rich bickle jr. Wisconsinite paul menard turned his car around after winning the 2006 busch series event and performed a polish victory lap to honor kulwicki. Less then 2 months later larry would lose his life in a. Slinger super speedway has held an annual alan kulwicki memorial race since 1994. Chicagoland showdownchampionship a little history by. Reagan may qualifies for the 2016 larry detjens memorial. Reynolds is the reigning detjens memorial champion after outgunning ostdiek for the win one year ago. Larry detjens memorial race a family affair for some.
Detjens was a champion late model racer who competed at slinger super speedway and wisconsin international raceway. Detjens, 37, wausau, saturday was trying for the lead on the 14th. Larry detjens froze out defending champion larry phillips over the final few laps to capture the ninth annual nascar championships at craig road speedway sunday afternoon before a. Madison international speedway past track champions.
October 30, 1977 after coming all the way from frigid northern wisconsin. Yesteryears auto racing products starmaker multimedia. His passing was a huge loss for my family and the whole racing community. The 2004 busch series race at the milwaukee mile was named the alan kulwicki 250 in honor of kulwicki. As this time, it is state park speedway goal to kick off the year on saturday, may 16th as planned. During the 1970s and 1980s, larry detjens became a favorite driver of many wisconsin race fans. Detjens had the slinger nationals race trophy named after him after his death in 1981. The slinger speedway is a quarter mile paved oval automobile race track with. Southeastern wisconsin short track hall of fame 2019 inductees in order from l to r carmen manzardo, margo detjensmackesy larry detjens, don sorce jr. During this time he raced with the likes of dick trickle, alan kulwicki, jim sauter, larry phillips, tom reffner, dave watson, ted musgrave, and joe shear. State park speedway 5711 north mountain road wausau, wi 54401. The twoday festival will feature the big 8 late models on friday night and. Larry detjens driver carmen manzardo driver tom reffner driver don sorce jr.
Wausau, wi in what has become a breakthrough month in his young super late model racing career, gabe sommers captured his biggest prize yet saturday. I defended him like ive never defended another driver. Much like the four seasons prior, the 2016 installment of late model showtime appears to be shaping up as another cant miss event. For the fifth consecutive year, the big 8 late model series returns to state park speedway wausau wi as part of the larry detjens memorial race weekend, this friday night july 29. He has run a more limited schedule of touring events since. Decker has pickedup a pair of wins at the wausau, wisconsin track this year and currently leads the point standing, but a win in the larry detjens memorial would be a big one for the young driver. State park speedway covid19 update apr 3, 2020 we understand there are a lot of questions and uncertainty around the upcoming race season. Due to poor records, we can not confirm nor deny driver was in this event. Chris wimmer battles friday the th, prevails with top10. On april 19th, 2005, the city commission suspended city manager larry r. Wimmer competed in the asa midwest tour now arca midwest tour where he finished as high as second in his final season 20.
This was during the june 1981 artgo show held at the track. The larry detjens memorial race, now in its 34th year celebrates larry detjens, a race car driver who was killed while racing in 1982. Blooms lap eclipsed the track record set by usac midget car driver tracy hines. Drivers vie for coveted larry detjens memorial win speed51. Wimmers career began in his youth, when he began working on his uncle, larry detjens race car. Back was the only ford driver to crack the top ten, placing eighth in a 68 mustang. In order to earn arcamt bonus, point fund and series contingency awards, the driver must be a full arca member. He raced pure stocks and won the track championship at state park speedway near wausau in 1997.
Gallagher wausau, wi rookie of the year candidate gabe sommers captured his first arca midwest tour victory saturday night july 27 at state park speedway, becoming the 24th different winner of the larry detjens memorial during the 38th annual event. He has raced mostly in short track competition and as high as the nascar busch series now xfinity series. He also won later models and won state park speedways larry detjens memorial race in 2001. Gregg paulwarn midamerican stock car series at jefferson 62114. The detjens memorial race has been such a prestigious race for so long, said lepak, larry set such a standard on how a driver should represent himself on and off the track. Larry detjens stock car, stock car racing, classic race cars.
The larry detjens memorial race holds special significance for racers all around the area, but for two that will take the track saturday, its truly a family affair. The first larry detjens memorial race was run in 1981 shortly after his death. Officials said detjens was traveling about 120 mph during the first race of a twin 50lap feature on the halfmile paved. One of those drivers is 16yearold stratford native derek kraus, who. Larry detjens memorial weekend to feature arca midwest tour in 2019 wausau, wi the stars and cars of the arca midwest tour have been added to the saturday night july 27 portion of the larry detjens memorial at state park speedway. Interview of artgo driver larry detjens by raceway park announcer wayne adams. Larry detjens memorial race gears up for its 34th year. Arca midwest tour official entry form arca midwest tour entry form larry dejens memorial 125l state park speedway saturday, july 27, 2019 notice. In the summer of 2016 wisconsin super late model racers natalie decker and reagan may competed in a field of 30some stock cars for the annual larry detjens memorial classic at state park speedway in wausau, wisconsin.
Detjens is shown here at wisconsins dells motor speedway on may 9th, racing inside of pat schauer. Driver must be full members to enter at arca member entry fee. Home \ app \ drivers vie for coveted larry detjens memorial win. Sommers star shines in state park speedway larry detjens. Nascar race cars old race cars little red corvette drag racing auto racing vintage race car car and driver classic cars 1970s. Camden murphy led the first part of the race after he got by jerry suderland on lap six.
Heres old pictures of larry detjens challenger being built at bemco in wausausorry for the poor quality but they are polaroid pictures and they are 50. The secondgeneration driver started eighth in main event for the opening night of the detjens memorial weekend, an annual event to honor the late larry detjens. This page was last edited on 17 october 2019, at 20. You can see the nose of ron eatons car behind harper and in the background pits is the buick starfire of coos bay, oregons jack keck. That especially applied when larry detjens went by in his hemimopar which was by far the loudest of them all. Scott wimmer is an american professional stock car racing driver. Wisconsin super late model racer reagan may ran qualifying laps at the july 31, 2016 larry detjens memorial classic from state park speedway in wausau, wisconsin. The charge insubordination grew out of a confrontation between deetjen and vice mayor steve gonot in which the city manager ordered gonot out.
Casey johnson wins feature race in larry detjens memorial weekend. Veteran stock car driver larry detjens, winner of 22 feature races nationwide in 1981, was killed when his car crashed into a guard rail during a feature race at the wisconsin international raceway. Todd behlingtrack announcerradio show host jerry eckhardtdriver howie lettowcrew chief john mckarnsartgo race series co founder larry ninnemandriverengine builder. Sommers star shines in state park speedway larry detjens memorial 125.
Appleton mn car accident welcome to the lourdes class of 88 reunion site havent strayed to far from home appleton and green bay and now the day that a few of us maxi padded an exboyfriends car. Our team is excited to race at sps for the detjens memorial. Cambridge native leads final 25 laps of race, edges carson kvapil by two car lengths. Over the years, other race winners during artgos chicagoland showdown at illiana would include larry detjens, jim sauter, frank gawlinski, larry middleton, rich bickle, butch miller, larry schuler and steve carlson, who won the last artgo chicagoland showdown, a 100lap event, in 1994. While we know things are changing, sometimes on a daily basi.
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