Sauter Family talks about Oktoberfest and etching their name onto the trophy.

ASAMT Oktoberfest 100 Race Winner Travis Sauter - Doug Hornickel PhotoSteve Carlson Wins the ASAMT Championship

By: Kevin Ramsell
WEST SALEM, WI (Sunday, October 11, 2009) - Travis Sauter finally did something that his grandfather, father, and uncle hoped to do, that is win the Oktoberfest championship. He accomplished that goal today as he won the American Speed Association Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment’s Oktoberfest 100 at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, WI.

He holds off a late challenge from Steve Carlson for the win. Carlson’s second place finish secures the 2009 ASAMT Championship.

“Oh its unbelievable, I wanted it so bad. I wanted this race more than any other race, its unbelievable,” an excited Sauter said in victory lane. Sauter took the lead from his father Tim on lap 30 and held off a late challenge from Carlson.

WEST SALEM, Wis. (October 11, 2009) – What a difference one week can make. Last Sunday afternoon, a dejected Paul Neisius and his team towed their badly damaged car from Rockford Speedway home to Hastings, Minn., with a 21-point margin in series standings. This week, they are Mid-American Stock Car Series champions.

Neisius methodically worked his way through the field, charged past Bobby Gutknecht on lap 28 and secured his first ever MASCS championship by winning the Oktoberfest 40 at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. Bill Prietzel finished 13th, falling short of a fourth title by 20 markers.

“I would rather win the race than win the championship, truthfully. Tonight it’s both,” Neisius said while accepting the final accolades of the 17th MASCS season.

By: Ashley Iwanski
(West Salem, WI – October 10, 2009) It was a cold night, but the grand stands were filled to see three exciting feature races. Steve Carlson walked away Saturday night with an ASA North feature win while Ross Kenseth took home both the Big-8 feature win and Championship. Paul Neisius also took home a win and Championship in the Mid-American series.

By: Ashley Iwanski and Kevin Ramsell
Chris Weinkauf has tried for years to get a big win at the Oktoberfest Race Weekend. Tonight he finally breaks through to win the third annual Dick Trickle “99” on the second day of the 40th annual event.

By: Ashley Iwanski and Kevin Ramsell
(West Salem, WI – October 8, 2009) The air was cool but the racing was hot for the first night of the 40th Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. Multiple divisions were out racing including the La Crosse Sportsmen and Thunderstox divisions who were racing for a championship.

By: Kevin Ramsell
WEST SALEM, WI (Wednesday, October 07, 2009) – The 40th Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, WI will start this Thursday, October 8 and will go through Sunday, October 11. This is already looking like a great event is shaping up for this year.

By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Monday, October 05, 2009) – Fresh off his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win over a week ago at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Johnny Sauter is hoping to keep his winning streak alive as he will be competing at the 40th Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend that starts this Thursday at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway in West Salem, WI.

Sauter will be competing in the American Speed Association Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment’s 100-lap event and is also planning on competing in the Dick Trickle “99” on Friday night.

“I’m really pumped up about it,” Sauter said as he was taking a break from a test session in Sandusky, OH. “No member of the Sauter family has ever won at Oktoberfest and I think its time to change that. I would like to be that one to get that first win.”

By: Kevin Ramsell
WEST SALEM, WI (Thursday, October 01, 2009) – This week…20 divisions which includes six late model divisions, over 500 cars, over 1,000 campers, and over 1,300 laps of racing will fall upon La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway for the 40th Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend in West Salem, WI. The annual event will bring competitors and racers together for four days of racing, fun and fellowship on October 8-9-10-11, 2009.

For many, Oktoberfest will begin on Monday, October 5 at noon when the Camper Village officially opens. “One of the unique things about Oktoberfest is our Camper Village,” Dave Noelke, Camper Village Mayor said. “This really adds to the character of this great Midwest racing event. Many first time visitors to Oktoberfest are just amazed with the number of campers that stay within the fairgrounds.”

Mayor Dave and his crew have been busy marking off the sites in preparation for the parade of motorhomes and campers that will start arriving on Monday.

La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway will be open for practice this Saturday, October 3 from 11 am to 3 pm and Wednesday, October 7 from 5 pm to 7:30 pm.

By: Kevin Ramsell
BURLINGTON, WI (Friday, October 02, 2009) – He remembers watching him as a child and always looked up to him as a great short track racer. At the 40th Annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend, Dan Fredrickson hopes to join an exclusive club who has won the Midwest popular race event three times in a row, a club that currently has one member, the late Joe Shear.

Fredrickson will be competing in the American Speed Association Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment event on Sunday, October 11, the final day of the four-day race weekend. “I have always looked up to Joe and thought he was an awesome short track racer when I watched him as a kid,” the 2007 & 2008 Oktoberfest Race Weekend Champion recently said. “To be in a class of people like him would be awesome. Even the two in a row class is not a bad class to be in, but if I can be in a class with Joe by myself that would be pretty awesome.”