By: Paul Reichert
October 12, 2024
Ever since the facility opened back in 1964, Tomah-Sparta Speedway has had to reinvent itself when new owners bought the track or it was reopened after being shut down for a time. The track has gone through a lot over the past 60 years, but there were questions of Tomah-Sparta continuing after the passing of current track and property owner Shiow S. Chang back in late May. That is when Tim and Amanda Brockhouse stepped in to purchase the property and the track. The owners of Great North Legends fell in love with the track when the Great North Legends started racing here a few years ago. To help kick off their time as the new owners of Tomah-Sparta, the Brockhouses wanted to introduce themselves to the race fans of Cranberry Country with the inaugural running of SpeedFest as their first race as track owners.
Devin Dieringer outran Rose Bornterger to turn one to lead the opening laps of the 30 lap Great North Legends feature. Borntreger would stick right behind Dieringer waiting for the right time to make her move for the lead position, and that came on lap five as Borntreger vaulted past Dieringer. As Bornterger was trying to build up her advantage over the field, soon the front runners would start to reel her back in. Elliott Weiler, the newly crowned Legends champion at Marshfield, moved up to second place by the halfway point and was making sizable gains on Borntreger. Weiler would power around Borntreger to settle into first place on lap 17. Fast qualifier Robby Carter was quickly catching Weiler, but the lone yellow flag of the race temporarily slowed his efforts. Zach Geiger, Michael Holewinski and Abby Blasel got mixed up together in turn four with ten laps left to run. Carter quickly shot past Weiler right off the restart to take control of the race. Carter pulled away from Weiler down the stretch to capture his first ever feature victory at Tomah.
The 20 lap INEX Bandolero feature did not get far when outside front row starter Blake Michael spun out in turn two. Take two went much better for Michael as he charged past Justice Doubrava to lead the first two circuits. Soon Michael had to deal with 2022 Tomah champion Axel Oldenhoff, who wrestled the top spot away from Michael on lap three. Working a bit harder to get to the front and challenge Oldenhoff was Bentley Thompson, who captured all six Bandolero track crowns in Wisconsin this year. Thompson climbed up to the runner-up spot at the crossed flags and was trying to close up on Oldenhoff when yellow was displayed with seven laps remaining. Logen Carter tagged the outside wall on the front straight and came to a stop just past the flag stand. The two most recent Tomah champions lined up next to each other on the restart, and racing neck and neck for a lap Thompson was able to drive around Oldenhoff down the back straight to become the leader on lap 15 Just when it looked like Thomspon would add another Tomah feature trophy to his large display case, Thompson ran a bit wide in turn one with two laps to go. That allowed Oldenhoff to surge by Thompson to reclaim the #1 position, while Thompson suddenly had his hands full fighting off brother Ace Oldenhoff for second.
A spin by James Gratz down the back straight on the first lap of the Six Shooter feature forced a complete restart. Andy Moore outpowered relative Andrew Moore to the lead on the rerack, while Adam Moore would make Andrew surrender the runner-up spot on lap two. The ultimate family feud would happen over the remaining 23 laps between the dominators of the Hobby Stock class at both LaCrosse and Tomah. Just when Adam got alongside Andy to challenge him for the lead, lapped traffic would halt Adam’s progress and keep Andy in the lead. Matt Moore drove around Andrew to take over third just before the midway mark of the race as they began to slowly creep up on their siblings to make the finish of the race a little ‘Moore’ interesting. Lapped traffic continued to be the nemesis of Adam Moore as the laps counted down. Andy Moore pulled off a masterful drive to hit the finish line in first place as the Moores accomplished something never seen before at any racetrack with an historic 1-2-3-4 finish.
This is just the beginning of bigger and better things to come at Tomah-Sparta Speedway with new owners Tim and Amanda Brockhouse. Many improvements will be happening at the track during the off-season before and after the return of the Impact Survival Series sanctioned Chill Chaser Enduro on New Years’ Day. Before we look forward to 2025, we will celebrate 2024 during the Champions’ Banquet at Club 16 in Sparta on October 26th. Make sure you get your ticket orders in as soon as possible to relieve the great moments that happened during the just completed race season. Make sure you like the track’s Facebook page to follow the progress of the improvements and updates on the upcoming 2025 racing season, visit our website at tomahspartaspeedway.com or call the track office at 608-461-1920.
RESULTS
Great North Legends
Feature (30 laps): 1. 87-Robby Carter, Lakeville, MN [10], 2. 01W-Elliott Weiler, Marshfield, WI [6], 3. 901-Alex Hartwig, Portage, WI [9], 4. 7-Jacob Tiegen, Marion, IA [5], 5. 51-Rose Borntreger, Elroy, WI [2], 6. 27-Riley Goodwin, Hudson, WI [4], 7. 28-Devin Dieringer, Marshfield, WI [1], 8. 80-Eric Niemi, New Glarus, WI [13], 9. 81-Russ Weiler, Marshfield, WI [7], 10. 10D-Hayden Dieringer, Marshfield, WI [11], 11. 97R-Alex Ruedinger, Lasren, WI [14], 12. 24S-Gage Schmidt, Elk River, MN [3], 13. 31-Greg Erhardt, Forest Lake, MN [21], 14. 97B-Jake Baker, Eagan, MN [15], 15. 55-Justin Kimball, Prior Lake, MN [23], 16.10K-Chase Kimball, Prior Lake, MN [22], 17. 76W-Mark Wellman, Slinger, WI [19], 18. 29-Abby Blasel, Dorchester, WI [16], 19. 9-Wyatt Cornelius, Beverly Hills, CA [20], 20. 57-Kooper Heintz, LaCrosse, WI [12], 21. 16K-Karl Genett, Rudolph, WI [8], 22. 3Z-Zach Oeiger, South Saint Paul, MN [18], 23. 01H-Michael Holewinski, Necedah, WI [24]
Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. 3Z-Zach Oeiger, South Saint Paul, MN [7], 2. 10K-Chase Kimball, Prior Lake, MN [3], 3. 01H-Michael Holewinski, Necedah, WI [1], 4. 9-Wyatt Cornelius, Beverly Hills, CA [5], 5. 31-Greg Erhardt, Forest Lake, MN [4], 6. 55-Justin Kimball, Prior Lake, MN [2], 7. 76W-Mark Wellman, Slinger, WI [6], 8. 09-Matt Trautsch, LaCrosse, Wi [8]
Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. 29-Abby Blasel, Dorchester, WI [1], 2. 57-Kooper Heintz, LaCrosse, WI [5], 3. 97B-Jake Baker, Eagan, MN [2], 4. 51-Rose Borntreger, Elroy, WI [8], 5. 28-Devin Dieringer, Marshfield, WI [7], 6. 97R-Alex Ruedinger, Larsen, Wi [3], 7. 10D-Hayden Dieringer, Marshfield, WI [6], 8. 80-Eric Niemi, New Glarus, WI [4]
Heat #3 (8 laps): 1. 7-Jacob Tiegen, Marion, IA [3], 2. 01W-Elliott Weiler, Marshfield, WI [4], 3. 87-Robby Carter, Lakeville, MN [8], 4. 16K-Karl Genett, Rudolph, WI [6], 5. 27-Riley Goodwin, Hudson, WI [2], 6. 901-Alex Hartwig, Portage, WI [7], 7. 81-Russ Weiler, Marshfield, WI [5], 8. 24S-Gage Schmidt, Elk River, MN [1]
Qualifying: 1. 87-Robby Carter, 16.5700; 2. 901-Alex Hartwig, 16.6150; 3. 16K-Karl Genett, 16.6380; 4. 81-Russ Weiler, 16.7280; 5. 01W-Elliott Weiler, 16.7440; 6. 7-Jacob Tiegen, 16.7500; 7. 27-Riley Goodwin, 16.7580; 8. 24S-Gage Schmidt, 16.7580; 9. 51-Rose Borntreger, 16.8350; 10. 28-Devin Dieringer, 16.8780; 11. 10D-Hayden Dieringer, 16.9350; 12. 57-Kooper Heintz, 16.9660; 13. 80-Eric Niemi, 16.9700; 14. 97R-Alex Ruedinger, 16.9980; 15. 97B-Jake Baker, 17.0010; 16. 29-Abby Blasel, 17.0110; 17. 09-Matt Trautsch, 17.0230; 18. 3Z-Zach Oeiger, 17.0800; 19. 76W-Mark Wellman, 17.0880; 20. 9-Wyatt Cornelius, 17.1690; 21. 31-Greg Erhardt, 17.1840; 22. 10K-Chase Kimball, 17.3980; 23. 55-Justin Kimball, 17.4340; 24. 01H-Michael Holewinski, 17.9120
INEX Bandoleros
Feature (20 laps): 1. 29-Axel Oldenhoff, Lake Mills, WI [4], 2. 22-Bentley Thompson, West Salem, WI [7], 3. 62-Ace Oldenhoff, Lake Mills, WI [5], 4. 4-Wesley Barmeister, Beloit, WI [6], 5. 5F-Chris Flynn, Farmington, MN [3], 6. 24-Blake Michael, Evansville, WI [2], 7. 63-Jase Riedner, Lodi, WI [9], 8. 27-Roman Crow, Sr., Plymouth, MN [10], 9. 01-Justice Doubrava, Apple Valley, MN [1], 10. 8P-Thomas Poretsky, Prior Lake, MN [12], 11. 75-Logan Carter, Lakeville, MN [8], 12. 19-Jaxxston Jump, Wisconsin Dells, WI [13], 13. 51-Brody Thompson, West Salem, WI [11]
Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. 63-Jase Riedner, Lodi, WI [5], 2. 01-Justice Doubrava, Apple Valley, MN [7], 3. 27-Roman Crow, Sr., Plymouth, MN [4], 4. 51-Brody Thompson, West Salem, WI [3], 5. 75-Logan Carter, Lakeville, MN [6], 6. 8P-Thomas Poretsky, Prior Lake, MN [2], 7. 19-Jaxxston Jump, Wisconsin Dells, WI [1]
Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. 29-Axel Oldenhoff, Lake Mills, WI [3], 2. 22-Bentley Thompson, West Salem, WI [6], 3. 62-Ace Oldenhoff, Lake Mills, WI [4], 4. 24-Blake Michael, Evansville, WI [1], 5. 4-Wesley Barmeister, Beloit, WI [5], 6. 5F-Chris Flynn, Farmington, MN [2]
Qualifying: 1. 22-Bentley Thompson, 18.0750; 2. 4-Wesley Barmeister, 18.1160; 3. 62-Ace Oldenhoff, 18.2390; 4. 29-Axel Oldenhoff, 18.2520; 5. 5F-Chris Flynn, 18.4270; 6. 24-Blake Michael, 18.5150; 7. 01-Justice Doubrava, 18.9310; 8. 75-Logan Carter, 18.9430; 9. 63-Jase Riedner, 19.0830; 10. 27-Roman Crow, Sr., 19.2780; 11. 51-Brody Thompson, 20.4870; 12. 8P-Thomas Poretsky, 20.8070; 13. 19-Jaxxston Jump, 21.0850
Six Shooters
Feature (25 laps): 1. 90M-Andy Moore, Sparta, WI [1], 2. 19M-Adam Moore, Sparta, WI [4], 3. 9-Matt Moore, Kendall, WI [6], 4. 1M-Andrew Moore, Tomah, WI [2], 5. 73G-Mike Gratz, Tomah, WI [7], 6. 24-Greg Brown, La Crosse, WI [5], 7. 0-Tim Murphy, Sr., Tomah, WI [10], 8. 18-Dan Frye, Elroy, WI [12], 9. 36M-Chuck Muller, Tomah, WI [8], 10. 40X-Michael Hennessy, Jr., Baraboo, WI [15], 11. 01-Monty Odegard, Wilton, WI [11], 12. 36F-Landin Frye, Kendall, WI [20], 13. 99-Ghage Moore, Kendall, WI [21], 14. 51-Jason Wanta, Wisconsin Rapids, WI [13], 15. 03-Russell Allen, Camp Douglas, WI [18], 16. 12-Tyler Busch, Beverly Hills, CA [19], 17. 20-Trenton Frye, Kendall, WI [24], 18. 65N-Christopher Neal, Tomah, WI [9], 19. 08-Kevin Armagost, Wisconsin Rapids, WI [17], 20. 41-Sean Worman, Roscoe, IL [23], 21. 10-Jay Raines, Black River Falls, WI [14], 22. 72-Ashton Kinsey, Onalaska, WI [22], 23. 87-Jerryd Armagost, Wisconsin Rapids, WI [16], 24. 73J-James Gratz, Tomah, WI [3]
Last Chance Race (15 laps/Top 4 advance): 1. 99-Ghage Moore, Kendall, WI [6], 2. 72-Ashton Kinsey, Onalaska, WI [3], 3. 41-Sean Worman, Roscoe, IL [1], 4. 20-Trenton Frye, Kendall, WI [9], 5. 65Z-Zachary Neal, Tomah, WI [7], 6. 44S-Brian Smith, West Baraboo, WI [8], 7. 14H-John Huebner, La Crosse, WI [10], 8. 42R-Alex Rud, La Crosse, WI [2], 9. 77-Matt Scnneider, Portage, WI [11], 10. 42F-A.J. Finnegan, Tomah, WI [4]
Odd Dash (8 laps): 1. 01-Monty Odegard, Wilton, WI [2], 2. 90M-Andy Moore, Sparta, WI [4], 3. 51-Jason Wanta, Wisconsin Rapids, WI [1], 4. 73G-Michael Gratz, Tomah, WI [7], 5. 24-Greg Brown, La Crosse, WI [6], 6. 65N-Christopher Neal, Tomah, WI [3], 7. 73J-James Gratz, Tomah, WI [5]
Even Dash (8 laps): 1. 19M-Adam Moore, Sparta, WI [6], 2. 10-Jay Raines, Black River Falls, WI [1], 3. 0-Tim Murphy, Sr., Tomah, WI [3], 4. 9-Matt Moore, Kendall, WI [7], 5. 18-Dan Frye, Elroy, WI [2], 6. 1M-Andrew Moore, Tomah, WI [5], 7. 36M-Chuck Muller, Tomah, WI [4]
Qualifying Race #1 (8 laps/Top 3 advance): 1. 40X-Michael Henness, Jr., Baraboo, WI [4], 2. 12-Tyler Busch, Beverly Hills, CA [7], 3. 08-Kevin Armagost, Wisconsin Rapids, WI [8], 4. 42R-Alex Rud, La Crosse, WI [3], 5. 42F-A.J. Finnegan, Tomah, WI [5], 6. 99-Ghage Moore, Kendall, WI [9], 7. 44S-Brian Smith, West Baraboo, WI [6], 8. 14H-John Huebner, La Crosse, WI [1], 9. 77-Matt Schneider, Portage, WI [2], 10. 00K-Karl Genett, Rudolph, WI [10]
Qualifying Race #2 (8 laps/Top 3 advance): 1. 87-Jerryd Armagost, Wisconsin Rapids, WI [1], 2. 03-Russell Allen, Camp Douglas, WI [4], 3. 36F-Landin Frye, Kendall, WI [9], 4. 41-Sean Worman, Roscoe, IL [2], 5. 72-Ashton Kinsey, Onalaska, WI [7], 6. 00R-Kyle Rasmussen, Marshfield, WI [3], 7. 65Z-Zachary Neal, Tomah, WI [8], 8. 20-Trenton Frye, Kendall, WI [5], 9. 78-Cole Scholze, Sparta, WI [6] (DQ)
Qualifying: 1. 73G-Michael Gratz, 18.9310; 2. 9-Matt Moore, 19.0280; 3. 24-Greg Brown, 19.1000; 4. 19M-Adam Moore, 19.1610; 5. 73G-James Gratz, 19.1760; 6. 1M-Andrew Moore, 19.2000; 7. 90M-Andy Moore, 19.2050; 8. 36M-Chuck Muller, 19.2310; 9. 65N-Christopher Neal, 19.2430; 10. 0-Tim Murphy, Sr., 19.2530; 11. 01-Monty Odegard, 19.2610; 12. 18-Dan Frye, 19.2700; 13. 51-Jason Wanta, 19.3010; 14. 10-Jay Raines, 19.3410; 15. 00K-Karl Genett, 19.4000; 16. 36F-Landin Frye, 19.4070; 17. 99-Ghage Moore, 19.4450; 18. 65Z-Zachary Neal, 19.5310; 19. 08-Kevin Armagost, 19.5380; 20. 72-Ashton Kinsey, 19.5730; 21. 12-Tyler Busch, 19.6230; 22. 78-Cole Scholze, 19.6600; 23. 44S-Brian Smith, 19.7030; 24. 20-Trenton Frye, 19.7320; 25. 42F-A.J. Finnegan, 19.7780; 26. 03-Russell Allen, 19.9670; 27. 40X-Michael Hennessy, Jr., 20.0730; 28. 00R-Kyle Rasmussen, 20.0860; 29. 42R-Alex Rud, 20.3600; 30. 41-Sean Worman, 20.3650; 31. 77-Matt Schneider, 20.7940; 32. 87-Jerryd Armagost, 20.8700; 33. 14H-John Huebner NO TIME
