

5/4/2025
Dells Raceway Park
LICHTFELD SCORES NASCAR WEEKLY SEASON OPENER AT DRP
Wisconsin Dells WI-The 63rd Annual Season opener was held at Dells Raceway Park Saturday night May 3rd with 95 cars timing in for all events for the NASCAR Advanced Auto Parts weekly season opener and it was defending DRP Late Model Champion Mike Lichtfeld taking home the win in the Gandrud Performance Parts Late Models Country Plumber 50. Kyle Smith of Cambridge WI and Andrew Borntreger of Hillsboro WI brought the field to green with Borntreger taking the early lead and stretching the gap on the field for the first 20 laps until and untimely flat tire would send him to the pits while leading giving command to Weston Marthaler of Glenwood MN for the next ten circuits with a mirror full of the hard charging Nick Nolden of Sun Prairie WI. Nolden would take command of the race on lap 30 until some late race cautions would tighten the field allowing Lichtfeld a shot at the win. On the restart Nolden and Lichtfeld would swap the lead lap until five laps to go when Lichtfeld took the top spot and onto his first victory of the 2025 Season. Nolden would be second followed by Jacob Goede of Carver MN, Weston Marthaler and Cole Howard of Baraboo WI rounding out the top five. Lichtfeld was fastest in qualifying with a lap of 14.051. Weston Marthaler won the Diamond Racing Wheels Fast Dash while Scott Luck from North Freedom, WI and Mike Ehde of Prairie du Chen, WI won the heat races. The Advanced Auto Parts NASCAR Weekly Gandrud Performance Parts Late Models return to action next week for Jose’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant Night at the Races where all Ladies admission will be just five dollars in honor of Mother’s Day weekend.
Results for 5/3/2025 at Dells Raceway Park - Wisconsin Dells, WI
NASCAR Regional Gandrud Performance Late Models
A Feature 50 Laps | 00:27:36.631 | The Country Plumber
- 44L-Mike Lichtfeld[10]; 2. 67N-Nick Nolden[9]; 3. 72G-Jacob Goede[8]; 4. 100W-Weston Marthaler[5]; 5. 52H-Cole Howard[3]; 6. 18E-Mike Ehde[14]; 7. 11S-Randy Sargent[7]; 8. 67S-Clayton Storey[11]; 9. 50S-Hunter Stenson[12]; 10. 71S-Morgan Schissel[6]; 11. 7W-Brett Wachowiacz[19]; 12. 25K-Kevin Kulka[4]; 13. 71F-Patrick Featherston[20]; 14. 11J-Josh Lundy[17]; 15. 51B-Rose Borntreger[15]; 16. 97S-Kyle Smith[1]; 17. 12L-Scott Luck[18]; 18. 32L-Steve Lichtfeld[13]; 19. 15A-Andrew Borntreger[2]; 20. 17P-Landry Potter[16]; 21. 35S-Garrett Scott[21]; 22. (DNS) 20B-Alex Braseth
Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:29.507 | Diamond Racing Wheels
- 100W-Weston Marthaler[1]; 2. 71S-Morgan Schissel[2]; 3. 72G-Jacob Goede[4]; 4. 11S-Randy Sargent[3]; 5. 44L-Mike Lichtfeld[6]; 6. 67N-Nick Nolden[5]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:02:00.252 | Gandrud Performance Parts
- 12L-Scott Luck[3]; 2. 17P-Landry Potter[5]; 3. 51B-Rose Borntreger[6]; 4. 11J-Josh Lundy[4]; 5. 7W-Brett Wachowiacz[2]; 6. 71F-Patrick Featherston[1]; 7. 35S-Garrett Scott[7]; 8. 20B-Alex Braseth[8]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:01:59.425 | Gandrud Performance Parts
- 18E-Mike Ehde[1]; 2. 32L-Steve Lichtfeld[2]; 3. 50S-Hunter Stenson[3]; 4. 15A-Andrew Borntreger[6]; 5. 67S-Clayton Storey[4]; 6. 25K-Kevin Kulka[8]; 7. 97S-Kyle Smith[5]; 8. 52H-Cole Howard[7]
Qualifying 3 Laps | 00:01:30.052 | Gandrud Performance Parts
- 44L-Mike Lichtfeld, 00:14.051[9]; 2. 67N-Nick Nolden, 00:14.057[14]; 3. 72G-Jacob Goede, 00:14.177[6]; 4. 11S-Randy Sargent, 00:14.209[16]; 5. 71S-Morgan Schissel, 00:14.223[17]; 6. 100W-Weston Marthaler, 00:14.248[13]; 7. 25K-Kevin Kulka, 00:14.253[8]; 8. 52H-Cole Howard, 00:14.258[7]; 9. 15A-Andrew Borntreger, 00:14.293[1]; 10. 97S-Kyle Smith, 00:14.308[19]; 11. 67S-Clayton Storey, 00:14.318[21]; 12. 50S-Hunter Stenson, 00:14.379[20]; 13. 32L-Steve Lichtfeld, 00:14.386[10]; 14. 18E-Mike Ehde, 00:14.394[4]; 15. 51B-Rose Borntreger, 00:14.408[2]; 16. 17P-Landry Potter, 00:14.454[15]; 17. 11J-Josh Lundy, 00:14.577[12]; 18. 12L-Scott Luck, 00:14.581[11]; 19. 7W-Brett Wachowiacz, 00:14.611[22]; 20. 71F-Patrick Featherston, 00:14.796[5]; 21. 35S-Garrett Scott, 00:15.068[18]; 22. 20B-Alex Braseth, 00:17.173[3]
Point Standings as of 5/3/2025
NASCAR Regional Gandrud Performance Late Models - Dells Raceway Park
Pos # Competitor Hometown Events Points
1 44L Lichtfeld, Mike Pardeeville, WI 1 112
2 72G Goede, Jacob Carver, MN 1 105
3 67N Nolden, Nick Sun Prairie, WI 1 105
4 100W Marthaler, Weston Glenwood, MN 1 103
5 11S Sargent, Randy Rockford, IL 1 93
6 71S Schissel, Morgan Rio, WI 1 90
7 52H Howard, Cole Baraboo, WI 1 89
8 18E Ehde, Mike Praire du Chen, WI 1 89
9 50S Stenson, Hunter Wisconsin Dells, WI 1 81
10 67S Storey, Clayton Burlington, WI 1 81
11 25K Kulka, Kevin Hazel Green, WI 1 76
12 7W* Wachowiacz, Brett Milwaukee, WI 1 75
13 71F* Featherston, Patrick Byron, WI 1 70
14 11J Lundy, Josh Rosco, IL 1 70
15 51B Borntreger, Rose Elroy, WI 1 69
16 12L Luck, Scott North Freedom, WI 1 67
17 97S Smith, Kyle Cambridge, WI 1 65
18 32L Lichtfeld, Steve Portage, WI 1 64
19 15A Borntreger, Andrew Hillsboro, WI 1 62
20 17P Potter, Landry Genoa City, WI 1 60
21 35S Scott, Garrett WESTFIELD, WI 1 54
22 20B Braseth, Alex Ulen, MN 1 0
NASCAR Regional Gandrud Performance Late Models 2025 -
Diamond Racing Wheels Fast Dash Points
Pos # Competitor Points
1 100W Marthaler, Weston 15
2 72G Goede, Jacob 14
3 71S Schissel, Morgan 14
4 44L Lichtfeld, Mike 12
5 11S Sargent, Randy 11
6 67N Nolden, Nick 10
Article Credit: Spike Storkson / Photo Credit: Roy Ophime