WEST SALEM, Wis. — Young Ty Fredrickson was the overall winner of the “Dick Trickle 99” super late model stock car special during the second day of the 55th annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway.
The 15-year-old Webster, Minn., racer, son of Midwest late model champion Dan Fredrickson, finished first, fifth and first in the 33-lap segments of the “Trickle 99” Friday night to capture the overall title in his family-owned, Herman Landscape Supplies/Kulwicki Driver Development Program/Sorem Livestock Hauling/Jerin Trucking/Fredrickson Farms Chevrolet No. 36.
Fredrickson started the Oktoberfest weekend Thursday by winning the ‘Futures’ 25-lap feature race.
Fredrickson, the 2024 TUNDRA late model champion and series rookie of the year, bested Michael Hinde, Gabe Sommers, Dalton Zehr and Andrew Morrissey in the opening 33 lapper.
Casey Johnson battled with Justin Mondeik and won the second 33-lap chase with Sommers, Riley Stenjem and Fredrickson giving chase.
A wild, multi-car, crash occurred during the final 33-lap segment as the field headed towards turn one with eight of the 24 cars done for the night – none completing a lap on the five-eighths paved oval.
For the restart, Fredrickson, the event’s fourth fastest qualifier, lined up last (16th) for the complete restart and began picking off cars as soon as the green flag fell.
Getting by Morrissey for the top spot as the race wound down, Fredrickson took the checkered flag with a 1.364-second advantage over Morrissey. Levon VanDerGeest finished third, followed by Bryce Miller and Dalton Zehr.
Owen Giles won the 20-lap “Stubby” feature for cars that did not qualifying for the Trickle race. Lowell Bennett and Jared DeBoer chased Giles to the finish line.
Nick Barstad and Skylar Holzhausen won 20-lap feature races for LaCrosse late models with Holzhausen garnering his second consecutive LaCrosse late model title. The 35-year-old Bangor, Wis., resident wheeled his familiar Ford No. 78 to the championship.
Barstad finished ahead of Chris Marek and Adam Bendzick in the first feature with Holzhausen beating Jacob Goede and Adam Degenhardt in the second 20-lap contest.
Dave Trute claimed top honors in the 25-lap headliner for area sportsman competitors. Trute bested Nicholas Bruley, Tytus Helgestad, Tony Leis and Dan Gilster.