2005 CORR Event Coverage Renezeder Wins Pro-2 and Pro-4 in Round 3 at Antigo, WI

Carl Renezeder takes the checkered flag in Pro-4

Jun. 11, 2005 By ORC STAFF

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June 11, 2005-Antigo, WI

The rain stayed away for Round 3 of the CORR Series allowing the program to run smoothly all day. Rain during the overnight left the track wet for practice but sunny skies and light winds dried it out nicely in time for the races to start. A capacity crowd was on hand to see CORR drivers hit the track.

Pro-Lite

Art Schmitt used his front starting position to take the early lead over Lee O’Donnel and Randy Eller. The field quickly strung out over the first few laps although some drivers were advancing through the field. Kyle LeDuc made his way to 2nd early on while the fight for fifth was between Chad Hord, Mark Krueger, and Steve Federico. Jeff Kincaid never challenged after first lap contact damaged his suspension leaving him to nurse his truck around the track. Chad Hord picked his way up to 2nd after LeDuc started to fade back through the field. Schmitt lead for the entire race and was never really challenged with Hord taking 2nd and Federico moving up to take third.

After the race, Schmitt said,”It feels good starting in the front, Antigo has been good to us, it’s been a good day. It’s nice not having to use all your tear-offs during a race.”


A capacity crowd filled the stands at the Langlade Co. Speedway	Johnny Greaves and Rick Huseman are locked together after contact in turn one of the Pro-4 race

Carl Renezeder runs his Pro-2 hard in morning practice

Pro-2

Carl Renezeder mirrored Art Schmitt’s start and took the lead from the drop of the green. Evan Evans came out of the second row to move into 2nd behind Renezeder. Kevin Probst spun out giving 3rd to Scott Taylor early in the race. Renezeder built up his lead as the race progressed with no one getting near him. Probst had mechanical difficulties and gave up third to Josh Baldwin. Renezeder would coast to the easy victory followed by perennial front runner Taylor, and Baldwin.

Renezeder said after the race,” It’s nice to start in front, the team has been working hard and it’s paying off. The track was slick early in the race but it came around about half way through. We just tried to maintain a steady pace throughout the race.”


Hometown favorite Dave Waldvogel takes the win in Stock Truck	Heather Sullivan leads eventual winner Michael Seefeldt in Single Buggy

Traffic is three wide through the woops in Lite Buggy

Pro-4

The most interesting race of the day was the Pro-4 race. The front was not the place to be at the start as Rick Huseman and Johnny Greaves would get locked together in the first turn causing the field to stack up behind them. Contact amongst the pack allowed Curt LeDuc to move into the lead from the 7th starting position. Transmission woes would cause LeDuc to lose the lead to Josh Baldwin with Jason Baldwin close behind. Carl Renezeder had his truck set up perfectly for this track and steadily made his way through the field all the way to the front. Dave Christoferson caused a bit of excitement when his truck rolled over and briefly caught fire. The safety crew quickly extinguished the fire as Christoferson was exiting the truck.

The bizarre incident of the day award goes to Curt LeDuc who attempted to continue racing while in reverse. He received a black flag and pulled off near the finish line. However, he did finish the race by backing over the finish line after the race winner Carl Renezeder took the checkers. Jason and Josh Baldwin rounded out the top three.