Balog Wins IRA Feature at Wilmot

Aaron Reutzel (#8) and Bill Balog (#17B) Friday at Knoxville Raceway. (Mark Funderburk photo)

WILMOT, Wi. (August 19, 2023) — Bill Balog won the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association feature Saturday at Wilmot Raceway. Joel Myers Jr, Mike Reinke, Benham Crouch, and Scotty Neitzel rounded out the top five.

Eric Wilke won the Wisconsin WingLESS Sprint Car Series main.

Wilmot Raceway
Wilmot, Wisconsin
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Interstate Racing Association

Qualifying A
1. 68-Dave Uttech, 13.160[21]
2. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 13.228[17]
3. 23-Russel Borland, 13.258[7]
4. 1-Brenham Crouch, 13.311[19]
5. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr, 13.366[20]
6. 73-Scotty Thiel, 13.368[15]
7. 16-Anthony Knierim, 13.399[18]
8. 16C-Tylar Rankin, 13.458[11]
9. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 13.471[13]
10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 13.482[9]
11. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 13.528[1]
12. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 13.570[4]
13. 25T-Travis Arenz, 13.602[3]
14. 55-Austin Deblauw, 13.616[6]
15. 26R-Preston Ruh, 13.713[2]
16. 19CW-Ion Stear, 13.879[14]
17. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.911[5]
18. 24-Scott Conger, 14.044[10]
19. 83-Tommy Sexton, 14.338[12]
20. 65X-Russell Deblauw, 14.563[16]
21. 92-Kevin Seidler, 16.270[8]

Qualifying B
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.874[10]
2. 25-Danny Schlafer, 12.969[2]
3. 10W-Mike Reinke, 13.031[13]
4. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.166[14]
5. 47-Todd King, 13.393[11]
6. 3N-Jake Neuman, 13.438[12]
7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.457[5]
8. 19J-Jett Mann, 13.614[7]
9. 37-Bryce Norris, 13.620[18]
10. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 13.654[20]
11. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 13.655[9]
12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.661[8]
13. 70-Chris Klemko, 13.664[17]
14. 19-Todd Daun, 13.801[19]
15. 21-Will Gerrits, 13.880[4]
16. 87-Austin Hartmann, 13.910[16]
17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 13.950[3]
18. 99-Tyler Brabant, 13.975[1]
19. 38-Allen Hafford, 14.057[15]
20. 39D-Michael Decker, 14.400[6]

Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[2]
2. 23-Russel Borland[3]
3. 68-Dave Uttech[4]
4. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[5]
5. 49-Josh Schneiderman[6]
6. 16-Anthony Knierim[1]
7. 25T-Travis Arenz[7]
8. 79-Blake Nimee[9]
9. 26R-Preston Ruh[8]
10. 83-Tommy Sexton[10]
DNS: 92-Kevin Seidler

Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 16C-Tylar Rankin[1]
2. 73-Scotty Thiel[2]
3. 1-Brenham Crouch[3]
4. 96-Jake Blackhurst[4]
5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]
6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[6]
7. 55-Austin Deblauw[7]
8. 19CW-Ion Stear[8]
9. 24-Scott Conger[9]
10. 65X-Russell Deblauw[10]

Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]
2. 17B-Bill Balog[4]
3. 10W-Mike Reinke[3]
4. 47-Todd King[2]
5. 70-Chris Klemko[7]
6. 37-Bryce Norris[5]
7. U2-Jack Vanderboom[6]
8. 21-Will Gerrits[8]
9. 38-Allen Hafford[10]
DNS: 43-Jereme Schroeder

Heat Race #4 (8 Laps)
1. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]
2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]
3. 19J-Jett Mann[1]
4. 13-Van Gurley Jr[5]
5. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]
6. 99-Tyler Brabant[9]
7. 87-Austin Hartmann[8]
8. 25-Danny Schlafer[4]
9. 39D-Michael Decker[10]
10. 19-Todd Daun[7]

Dash #1 (4 Laps)
1. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[2]
2. 16C-Tylar Rankin[1]
3. 96-Jake Blackhurst[4]
4. 23-Russel Borland[5]
5. 68-Dave Uttech[3]

Dash #2 (4 Laps)
1. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]
2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]
3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]
4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]
5. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]

B-Main (12 Laps)
1. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]
2. 25T-Travis Arenz[5]
3. 16-Anthony Knierim[1]
4. 37-Bryce Norris[4]
5. 9K-Kyle Schuett[3]
6. 79-Blake Nimee[11]
7. 19CW-Ion Stear[9]
8. U2-Jack Vanderboom[8]
9. 55-Austin Deblauw[7]
10. 87-Austin Hartmann[10]
11. 99-Tyler Brabant[6]
12. 24-Scott Conger[15]
13. 26R-Preston Ruh[13]
14. 21-Will Gerrits[12]
15. 39D-Michael Decker[14]
16. 43-Jereme Schroeder[20]
17. 38-Allen Hafford[18]
18. 65X-Russell Deblauw[19]
19. 19-Todd Daun[16]
20. 83-Tommy Sexton[17]

A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 17B-Bill Balog[6]
2. 46JR-Joel Myers Jr[1]
3. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]
4. 1-Brenham Crouch[13]
5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]
6. 23-Russel Borland[7]
7. 3N-Jake Neuman[10]
8. 73-Scotty Thiel[11]
9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[8]
10. 96-Jake Blackhurst[5]
11. 25T-Travis Arenz[22]
12. 4K-Kris Spitz[18]
13. 16C-Tylar Rankin[3]
14. 47-Todd King[14]
15. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[17]
16. 25-Danny Schlafer[21]
17. 68-Dave Uttech[9]
18. 19J-Jett Mann[12]
19. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[15]
20. 49-Josh Schneiderman[19]
21. 70-Chris Klemko[20]
22. 16-Anthony Knierim[23]
23. 37-Bryce Norris[24]
24. 13-Van Gurley Jr[16]

Wisconsin WingLESS Sprint Car Series

Qualifying
1. 14Z-Ryan Zielski, 15.088[5]
2. 99J-Seth Johnson, 15.258[2]
3. 09-Clayton Rossmann, 15.287[10]
4. 40-Tim Cox, 15.291[9]
5. 24-Eric Wilke, 15.395[13]
6. 70-Chris Klemko, 15.400[1]
7. 29J-Ralph Johnson, 15.433[6]
8. 41-Dennis Spitz, 15.465[19]
9. 13-CJ Malueg, 15.465[4]
10. 70H-Tate Hensley, 15.473[8]
11. 0-John Fahl, 15.554[3]
12. 17-Bryce Andrews, 15.649[12]
13. 7-Trinity Uttech, 15.770[15]
14. 71-Andy Dei, 15.774[17]
15. 38-Allen Hafford, 15.796[16]
16. 7D-Josh Davidson, 15.804[11]
17. 4G-George Gaertner III, 15.894[18]
18. 12-Shawn Swim, 16.034[14]
19. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 16.359[7]

Qualifying 2
1. 50-Rusty Egan, 15.145[1]
2. 7X-Ryan Marshall, 15.208[4]
3. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse, 15.281[12]
4. 00-Matt Vanderveere, 15.374[11]
5. 11-Austin Hansen, 15.386[6]
6. 14AJ-Derek Crane, 15.474[7]
7. 11D-Zach Raidart, 15.498[17]
8. 57F-Tristan Furseth, 15.533[10]
9. 52-Craig Lager, 15.606[13]
10. 01-Chris Dodd, 15.613[14]
11. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 15.684[15]
12. 9-Greg Olsen, 15.691[3]
13. 89G-Daniel Graumenz, 15.771[19]
14. 20-Natalie Klemko, 16.023[5]
15. 22-Greg Alt, 16.049[8]
16. 29OG-Tom Eller, 16.211[9]
17. 9X-Tom Brown, 16.679[2]
18. 4P-Marc Paulsen, 17.250[16]
19. 17M-Matt Rypel, 17.553[18]

Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 09-Clayton Rossmann[3]
2. 14Z-Ryan Zielski[4]
3. 38-Allen Hafford[8]
4. 24-Eric Wilke[2]
5. 0-John Fahl[6]
6. 13-CJ Malueg[5]
7. 7-Trinity Uttech[7]
8. 4-Jordan Paulsen[10]
9. 4G-George Gaertner III[9]
10. 29J-Ralph Johnson[1]

Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 40-Tim Cox[3]
2. 70-Chris Klemko[2]
3. 41-Dennis Spitz[1]
4. 12-Shawn Swim[9]
5. 17-Bryce Andrews[6]
6. 7D-Josh Davidson[8]
7. 71-Andy Dei[7]
8. 70H-Tate Hensley[5]
9. 99J-Seth Johnson[4]

Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 11D-Zach Raidart[1]
2. 50-Rusty Egan[4]
3. 91-Jimmy Sivia[6]
4. 11-Austin Hansen[2]
5. 22-Greg Alt[8]
6. 52-Craig Lager[5]
7. 9X-Tom Brown[9]
8. 17M-Matt Rypel[10]
9. 89G-Daniel Graumenz[7]
10. 711-Tyler Kuxhouse[3]

Heat Race #4 (8 Laps)
1. 7X-Ryan Marshall[4]
2. 9-Greg Olsen[6]
3. 00-Matt Vanderveere[3]
4. 01-Chris Dodd[5]
5. 57F-Tristan Furseth[1]
6. 20-Natalie Klemko[7]
7. 29OG-Tom Eller[8]
8. 4P-Marc Paulsen[9]
DNS: 14AJ-Derek Crane

B-Main (10 Laps)
1. 13-CJ Malueg[3]
2. 7D-Josh Davidson[5]
3. 52-Craig Lager[4]
4. 29J-Ralph Johnson[1]
5. 7-Trinity Uttech[7]
6. 20-Natalie Klemko[6]
7. 29OG-Tom Eller[8]
8. 14AJ-Derek Crane[2]
9. 71-Andy Dei[9]
10. 9X-Tom Brown[10]
11. 4G-George Gaertner III[13]
12. 4-Jordan Paulsen[11]
13. 4P-Marc Paulsen[12]
14. 89G-Daniel Graumenz[15]
15. 17M-Matt Rypel[14]

A-Main (20 Laps)
1. 24-Eric Wilke[1]
2. 09-Clayton Rossmann[5]
3. 14Z-Ryan Zielski[7]
4. 40-Tim Cox[3]
5. 7X-Ryan Marshall[6]
6. 70-Chris Klemko[9]
7. 41-Dennis Spitz[11]
8. 0-John Fahl[17]
9. 9-Greg Olsen[12]
10. 50-Rusty Egan[8]
11. 01-Chris Dodd[16]
12. 11-Austin Hansen[2]
13. 38-Allen Hafford[13]
14. 22-Greg Alt[20]
15. 7D-Josh Davidson[22]
16. 17-Bryce Andrews[19]
17. 13-CJ Malueg[21]
18. 29J-Ralph Johnson[24]
19. 12-Shawn Swim[15]
20. 57F-Tristan Furseth[18]
21. 52-Craig Lager[23]
22. 11D-Zach Raidart[10]
23. 91-Jimmy Sivia[14]
24. 00-Matt Vanderveere[4]