Forty four drivers registered for the final day of the Rice Lake Ice Racing 2008 season. Jarrod Amundson and Karen Koltunski ended up in a very familiar place, that being winners circle. Amundson took his fifth 6/8 Full Size feature while Koltunski lead all drivers in feature wins with her sixth win of the year. Steve Hallquist got his first feature win of the season in the Front Wheel Drive class with his wife, Missy, taking the checkers in the Powder Puff's RWD class. With Saturdays RWD win, Missy now has feature wins in both the FWD and RWD Powder Puff class's. First time driver Jenna Hayes took the checkers for the Powder Puff FWD class.
Racers, crew members and fans were treated to a special guest for the final race of the 2008 season when the "Worlds #1 Track-chaser" Randy Lewis showed up all the way from San Clemente, California. Randy's unusual Hobie takes him all over the world watching various types of automobile racing. Saturdays visit too the Rice Lake ice oval marked his 1,317th track he has attended. To find out more about Randy or his visit go to www.ranlayracing.com and sign his guestbook.
Next up for the drivers and teams will be the annual awards banquet on March 29th at the Bungalow Bar. Anyone interested in attending can view details at www.geocities.com/ricelakeiceracing or by calling Troy at (715)296-6768.
COMP4
Heat 1: 1~Karen Koltunski, Cumberland; 2~Al Koltunski, Cumberland; 3~Troy Holder, Rice Lake
Heat 2: 1~K. Koltunski; 2~A. Koltunski; 3~T. Holder
Feature: 1~K. Koltunski; 2~Tadd Davis, Rice Lake; 3~T. Holder; 4~A. Koltunski; 5~Trent Gross, Turtle Lake
6/8 FULL SIZE
Heat 1: 1~Jim Cimfl, Clayton; 2~Jarred Amundson, Barron; 3~Troy Holder, Rice Lake
Heat 2: 1~Steve Hallquist, Eau Claire; 2~Joel Hinrichs, Cameron; 3~Don Cook, Barron
Heat 3: 1~S. Hallquist; 2~Andy Cimfl, Clayton; 3~J. Cimfl
Heat 4: 1~T. Holder; 2~Butch Madsen, Rice Lake; 3~Brandon Davis, Chetek
Feature: 1~J. Amundson; 2~S. Hallquist; 3~T. Holder; 4~J. Hinrichs; 5~A. Cimfl
FWD
Heat 1: 1~Jesse Tripp, Spooner; 2~Jerret Hamilton, Chetek; 3~Scott Miller, Rice Lake
Heat 2: 1~Steve Hallquist, Eau Claire; 2~Pete Leuschner, Cumberland; 3~Mike Schnider, Rice Lake
Heat 3: 1~S. Miller; 2~P. Leuschner; 3~Jon Wigchers, Rice Lake. Lawrence
Heat 4: 1~S. Hallquist; 2~J. Hamilton; 3~Mark Lawrence, Cumberland
Heat 5: 1~Travis Lloyd, Cumberland; 2~Harold Fischer, Eau Claire; 3~Mark Lawrence, Cumberland
Heat 6: 1~M. Schnider; 2~S. Hallquist; 3~F. Lloyd
Feature: 1~S. Hallquist; 2~S. Miller; 3~Brent Good, Birchwood; 4~Fred Lloyd, Cumberland; 5~M. Schnider
POWDER PUFF
Heat 1: 1~Jill Amundson(RWD), Barron; 2~Missy Hallquist (RWD) Eau Claire; 3~Sheila Cook (RWD), Barron
Feature: 1~M. Hallquist (RWD); 2~S. Cook (RWD); 3~J. Amundson (RWD); 4~Jenna Hayes (FWD), Cameron; 5~Deb Cimfl (RWD), Clayton