Photos Courtesy Mark Melchiori
www.mdmracepix.com

By Jordan Kuehne

40th Annual Oktoberfest Weekend at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway (10.10.2009)

Big 8 Series Late Models

1:35 PM Update

Steve Rubeck was the fast qualifier in Big 8 Series qualifying with a 20.247 seconds. Jeremy Miller was second with a 20.315 seconds with Adam Degenhardt in third with a 20.351 seconds. Mike Ehde was fourth with a time of 20.381 seconds and Skylar Holzhausen rounded out the top-five with a lap time of 20.413 seconds.

Photos Courtesy Mark Melchiori
www.mdmracepix.com

Big 8 Series Limited Late Models

Miller Wins Championship by One Point over Bilderback

By: Kevin Ramsell
WEST SALEM, WI (Saturday, October 04, 2008) – It was 15 years ago this weekend that a young driver named Matt Kenseth held off Ken Lund to win the Oktoberfest 100 feature. Tonight, his 15-year-old son Ross took home his first Oktoberfest win by capturing the BRP Big 8 Series 48-lap feature event. Also Jeremy Miller defended his Big 8 Series championship as he won it by one point over Michael Bilderback.

Jeremy Miller won the Big 8 Series Last Chance race. Tyler Sauter was second. Those two will join the feature field for the feature race later tonight.

Tim Syvrud and Tim Noble finished first and second in the final last chance race for the Big 8 Series. Those two earned a spot for their feature race later tonight.

The top two in qualifying advanced to the 48-lap feature event later tonight.

Car # - Driver Name
23 - Brad Powell 20.459
78 - Skylar Holzhausen 20.497 +0.038
27b - Tony Bagstad 20.526 +0.067
51c - Wes Coon 20.550 +0.091
8k - Brent Kirchner 20.589 +0.130
18e - Mike Ehde 20.591 +0.132
17R - Ty Reedy 20.592 +0.133
20 - Todd Oliver 20.657 +0.198
613 - Michael Bachaus 20.657 +0.198
28 - Bob Wilberg 20.719 +0.260
25 - Ross Kenseth 20.740 +0.281
7p - Michael Pickens 20.749 +0.290
17 - Ryan Carlson 20.771 +0.312
1K - Kris Kelly 20.779 +0.320
5 - Jeremy Miller 20.783 +0.324
23j - Dan Jung 20.807 +0.348

West Salem, WI- It is now official, the BRP Big 8 Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet will be competing on Saturday night October 4 in a 48 lap Championship Feature during the legendary Oktoberfest Race Weekend at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. In what event organizers are predicting will be a World Record number of Late Models, the fourth year series will join the ASA Late Model North Division and ASA Kwik Trip Midwest Tour.