(WHITELAW, WI) Nov. 17 – 141 Speedway track officials have announced that opening night for racing on the new high banked, third mile clay oval located in Whitelaw will kick off Wednesday night, May 5, 2010.

(Francis Creek, WI - September 19, 2009) - Enduro veteran Dave Beyer led nearly every lap, dominating the fifth and final round of the Tisler Salvage Enduro Series Saturday night at the 141 Speedway in Francis Creek.

Starting up front, Beyer established the lead at the drop of the green of the 300 lap affair, putting nearly the entire field at least a lap down half-way through the event’s first 150 lap segment.

Only Greg Banker was able to stay on the lead lap as the field hit the mandatory midway break. Beyer had passed Banker to put him a lap down, but in the final five laps of the segment, Banker worked lapped traffic to get back around the leader.

The second segment began with Beyer out front and Banker just less than half a lap behind. The duo ran that way until the 235th lap when Banker headed to the pits. That left Beyer a full two laps ahead of the next cars in the running order as he cruised away to his first series win of the year.

With Beyer in control, emphasis shifted to the series championship which wasn’t decided until the final corner of the final lap.

By Joe and Jordan Verdegan
(Francis Creek, WI) September 12, 2009 – Monte Strouf of Menchalville passed Mark Van Rite for the lead on lap four and fought off challenges from Brett Piontek and Adam White in the waning laps to capture the caution free, 35 lap Mid American Sportsman feature at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek Saturday night.

Track champions were crowned as well, as Daryl Gerke of Whitelaw won the track championship, with an assist from Piontek, who was guest driving Gerke’s car for the past several weeks. In the super stock division Jo Gauer wound up beating Kraig Koehler by a mere 3 points to capture the super stock crown.

Green Bay’s Todd Hebel won the mini stock title while Two Rivers Bruce Sand captured the sport four crown. Polesitter Van Rite of De Pere took the lead at the drop of the green but surrendered the top spot to Strouf by lap four. Gerke was all but assured of the crown when second place points driver Travis Groelle dropped out on lap two with mechanical woes.

(Francis Creek, WI) - Track officials at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek have decided to allow IMCA-style modifieds to compete with the track's weekly sportmod class on Saturday night, September 12.

As an incentive to draw cars, the track will be paying $400 to the winner of the modified feature that night. "If we are able to draw 18 or more mods we'll bump it up to $500 to win," said track investor Bruce Conard. "Some drivers couldn't afford to go race any specials out of town this weekend. So we've decided to give this a shot and see how it goes."

Rules will be simple - the regular IMCA style modified and sportmod rules with no claim. Only IMCA legal tires will be allowed. No pavement slicks will be allowed. "If some pavement modifieds want to come and run Saturday they must mount on the IMCA legal tires to run," said Conard. IMCA-type hobby stocks will also be running with only street legal, D.O.T. tires being allowed to run.

For more information on 141 Speedway contact Mike Panure at 920 336 9099 or Conard at 920 905 1112. The track's website is 141speedway.com. 141 Speedway is located 20 miles south of Green Bay on County trunk "R" in Francis Creek.

Dan Lewis Photo - danlewisphoto.netBy Joe and Jordan Verdegan
(Francis Creek, WI) Aug 22 - Green Bay’s Lee Kielpikowski had a roller coaster of a night.

The super stock driver battled his way to a second place finish in a borrowed race car, after flipping his mount earlier in the night. Maribel’s Denny Crass crossed the line first in the 35 lap super stock feature but was disqualified in a post race inspection for an illegal ride height, handing the win to Kielpikowski. “I can’t thank Greg (Thompson) enough for letting me borrow his car,” said Kielpikowski.

The super stock dash brought a scary moment when the cars of Kielpikowski, Tim Conard and Erik Turn tangled. Kielpikowski’s car wound up flipping on it’s roof in turn one. All three drivers were unhurt but all three cars sustained heavy damage.

Dan Lewis Photo - danlewisphoto.net(Francis Creek, WI - August 15, 2009) - Travis Groelle held off a hard-charging Brett Piontek to capture his first Mid-American feature win of the season Saturday night at the 141 Speedway in Francis Creek.

Sharing the winner’s spotlight with Groelle were Tim Conard in the Super Stocks, Jesse VanRoy in the IMCA Northern Sport Mods, Allen Dillon in the Mini-Stocks, Kris Conard in the IMCA Hobby Stocks and in a special 50 lap affair, Jerry Duggan in the Sport 4s.

35 straight laps under green proved to be the perfect scenario for Groelle en route to his Mid-American victory. He used the outside line to sweep past Crystal Wood into the lead on the 8th lap, then built what appeared to be a comfortable margin as the laps ticked by.

By Jordan and Joe Verdegan
(Francis Creek, WI) August 8 – Seymour’s Jamie Schmidt snuck past Manitowoc’s Gregg Haese on a lap 18 restart to win his first career 24 lap Mid American Sportsman feature at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek Saturday night.

Rain showers started coming down during a lap 24 yellow. Heavy, persistent rains forced track officials to cancel the balance of the program.

Haese jumped into the lead from the pole position at the drop of the green. Seymour’s Jamie Schmidt tailed Haese for the first half of the contest, up until a lap 18 yellow flew for a Todd Mott spin.

The caution tightened the field and on the restart Schmidt motored past Haese to take the lead. Schmidt had begun distancing himself from the field when a yellow was thrown on lap 24 for a Crystal Wood spin.

When the races attempted to restart heavy rain showers fell, and the race was red flagged. Schmidt was declared the winner.

The rest of the features were rained out for the evening.

Dan Lewis Photo - danlewisphoto.netby Joe and Jordan Verdegan
(Francis Creek, WI) August 1 – Manitowoc’s Jimbo Schleis led every lap en route to victory in the 35 lap Mid American Sportsman feature at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek Saturday night.

Schleis sprinted from his pole position into the lead at the drop of the green. Schleis built up a sizeable cushion until a lap 10 yellow flew for a Mike Oswald spin. When racing resumed Adam White of Suamico pulled alongside Schleis and held the lead for three brief laps on the high side with Schleis retaking the lead by lap 14.

Schleis kept all challengers at bay on a mid race restart and won his third feature flag of the season. Tyler Bauknecht of Reedsville sliced his way through the field from 13th to take second. Seymour’s Jamie Schmidt took third, followed by Brett Piontek guest driving Daryl Gerke’s car, and rookie Josh Sand of Francis Creek.

Dan Lewis Photo - danlewisphoto.netby Joe and Jordan Verdegan
(Francis Creek, WI) July 25 – Whitelaw’s Daryl Gerke out dueled Cato’s Jesse Fuller to a photo finish, nipping him at the line to collect the 35 lap Mid American Sportsman feature at 141 Speedway Saturday night.

Rain washed out qualifying as the heat races were lined up by point average. The program was delayed three times due to rain, but the efforts of track crews and the race teams who helped dried the track paid off as the fans saw a complete show which was finished by 10 p.m, despite starting nearly one-half hour late.

Dan Lewis Photo - danlewisphoto.netGerke started fourth and kept Fuller in his sights the balance of the contest. Fuller kept the lead through a trio of early yellows.

Gerke kept his machine committed to the outside, while Fuller hugged the low Groove the entire race. The pair raced side-by-side for nearly 20 laps, As the two traded the lead no less than six times in the final ten laps.

Dan Lewis Photo - danlewisphoto.netby Joe and Jordan Verdegan
(Francis Creek, WI) July 22 - Merrill veteran Donnie Woller crossed the line first, but it was Oconto Falls Eric Arneson who was awarded the victory in the 50 lap IMCA northern sportmod feature during the inaugural running of the "Clash @ the Creek" following a post race inspection.

Track officials deemed Woller's car illegal following post race tech, which awarded the win to Arneson, who crossed the line second. In addition to collecting the $700 top prize, Arneson also collected the $100 Hard Charger award after starting 11th and getting the win.