Luxemburg Speedway Race Report
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2007 Champions Crowned at Luxemburg Speedway Awards Banquet!
 By Joe Verdegan

January 26, 2008; Denmark, WI. -  More than 325 drivers, race officials and fans took part in the 2007 Luxemburg Speedway awards banquet at Beverly Gardens near Denmark Saturday night. Second generation driver Jared Siefert of Green Bay capped off a career season. The IMCA modified competitor captured the division crown here at Luxemburg. In addition, he garnered titles at Shawano Speedway, Seymour Speedway, along with state, regional and national IMCA crowns.

Photo Highlights
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Luxemburg Speedway 2007 track champ-ions posed for a photo with their respective hardware at Beverly Gardens in Denmark
January 26, 2008.

(from left to right) JJ Anderson, Sport Four champion; Tim Jorgenson, IMCA northern Sportmod champion; Jared Siefert, IMCA modified champion; Jamie Colwell, IMCA stock car champion; Jesse Kanas, IMCA hobby stock champion.

Siefert outdistanced another former track champion, Luxemburg's Benji LaCrosse, by a points margin of 663 to 597 points.

"It was almost like a dream season," said Siefert. "Without a hard working pit crew I've got, my Dad Art and wife Sarah, none of this would be possible." Siefert will have a brand new  car at his disposal as he will defend all of his racing titles.

In IMCA stock car action, Greenleaf's Jamie Colwell edged out his brother Jesse Colwell by one slim point to capture the division's crown, his first ever at the third-mile, clay oval.

Like Siefert, Colwell also plans on defending his title.

For three years now Lomira's Jesse Kanas made the nearly two hour tow north to scrap in the IMCA hobby stock division. In 2007 Kanas' efforts paid off by winning the division crown by eight points over hometown driver Dave De Grave. While Kanas will compete at Luxemburg occasionally in 2008, he does not plan on running weekly, which will open the door for a new champion to be crowned.

Former sport four champion Tim Jorgenson quickly worked his way up the learning curve in his maiden voyage in the IMCA northern sportmod division. The De Pere hotshoe bested cagey veteran Eugene Gregorich of Kewaunee by 31 marks to win the division crown. "I've got a great crew but I've gotta thank Jerry Wilinski (fellow IMCA modified driver) for getting me into this. He's kind of been my mentor through this whole deal." Jorgenson will defend his crown,
in a division that could see as many as 30 cars weekly, including the addition of 2007

IMCA Supernationals northern sportmod winner Tracy Wassenberg, who announced he will run weekly at Luxemburg in 2008.

Pulaski's JJ Anderson fought off Suamico's Andy Kleczka by a points margin of 517 to 489 to collect his first ever sport four championship. Anderson has sold his sport four and will move up into the northern sportmod class in 2008.

Rookie of the year honors in the IMCA modified division went to Pulaski's Jason Czarapata, who placed a solid fourth in the final point standings. Second generation driver Matt Theys of Luxemburg took the rookie honors in the stock car class while hometown driver Scott Boulanger turned some heads with a solid fifth place in the hobby stock points, earning
him the rookie crown.

Luxemburg's Dennis Meisler won top rookie honors in the northern sportmod class while Mark Sturm won the rookie crown in the sport four division.

The annual sportsmanship award was given to Algoma veteran Tony Bouche, who's racing career dates back to the winged modified days in the 1970's.

A total of 381 drivers in five different divisions competed at the track during weekly racing in the 2005 season.That field included 81 different IMCA modified drivers and 60 different IMCA stock car drivers. A track record 57 different sport four drivers competed during the weekly competition.

The 2008 season will kick off Friday night, April 18 at 7 p.m. IMCA modifieds, stock cars, northern sportmods, hobby stocks and sport fours will compete weekly through Labor day weekend.  For more information call 920 863 8446. The track's website is luxemburgspeedway.com. Luxemburg Speedway is located 15 minutes east of Green Bay off highway 54 at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds.