KAUKAUNA, WI – The Jurkovic name is quite familiar to those in the greater Green Bay and Kaukauna area. It is also quite familiar to those within short track auto racing circles. Boris Jurkovic, cousin to former Green Bay Packer Defensive Lineman John Yurkovic will be racing in Tuesday night’s (August 4) Gandrud Auto Group 250 at Wisconsin International Raceway. Yurkovic, the racer, is an accomplished Super Late Model driver and will be joining top drivers from across the region and nation as the ‘Stars and Cars’ of the ARCA Midwest Tour make their annual stop at the half-mile paved D-shaped oval.
Known as the ‘Repo Man’ due to his business Reliable Recovery around Chicagoland, Boris Jurkovic has won some of Super Late Model’s biggest races and now he has his sights set on taking the trophy and $10,000 check home to Illinois Tuesday. His most recent special event win came at Berlin (MI) Raceway’s Battle at Berlin 251 last season. He also counts the All-American 400 at Nashville (TN), Winchester 400 (IN) and Bettenhausen Memorial at Illiana (IN) Motor Speedway amongst his accomplishments.
Advance discount tickets for the Gandrud Auto Group 250 are $20 and can be purchased online at www.midwesttour.racing through August 3. Tickets will also be available on race day at the gate for $25. Spectator gates open at 4pm, qualifying will begin at 5pm with the first race at 7pm during the Tuesday Night August 4 Special Event at Wisconsin International Raceway.
A 28 car field is scheduled to start ‘Wisconsin’s Richest One Day Race’ which pays $10,000 to the winner of the 250 lap event and $1,200 to start. Drivers from ten states and Canada are expected to attempt to make the starting grid including NASCAR Cup Champion Kyle Busch. The Midwest Truck Series will join the ARCA Midwest Tour with the trucks contesting a 35 lap feature event. (see full entry list below)
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Gandrud Auto Group 250 – Entry List
No. | Name | Hometown | State | Sponsor | Make |
4 | Luke Fenhaus | Wausau | WI | Kulwicki DDP/Accu-Mix Concrete & Trucking/Ave Mtspts | Chevrolet |
5 | Johnny Sauter | Necedah | WI | Deppe Enterprises/Sal’s Towing/Pathfinder Chassis | Chevrolet |
7 | John DeAngelis, Jr | Hubertus | WI | DeAngelis Construction/D+H Demolition | Ford |
7 | Paul Shafer, Jr | Portage | IN | Paul’s Auto Yards | Chevrolet |
9 | Braison Bennett | Neenah | WI | PMF Landscape Supply/Lamers Motor Racing | Ford |
9 | Derek Kraus | Stratford | WI | B&K Trucking/Fanetti, Inc | Toyota |
10 | Andy Monday | Appleton | WI | Monday & Assoc/B&B Engines/Darboy Corner Store | Toyota |
11 | Bobby Kendall | Montello | WI | Interstate Sealant & Concrete/Tabitha Pierce American Family | Chevrolet |
13 | Andrew Brocker | Jefferson | WI | American State Equipment | Chevrolet |
14 | Austin Nason | Roscoe | IL | Montgomery Ward/Haase Builders/JRS Shocks/Kar Korner | Ford |
14 | Carson Hocevar | Portage | MI | GM Parts Now/Precision Fleet Image/Berger Chevrolet | Chevrolet |
15 | Gabe Sommers | Plover | WI | DeKalb/Kwik Trip/Tasteful Selections Potatoes/Allied Co-op | Toyota |
16 | Cayden Lapcevich | Grimsby | ONT | A Services/AP Race Engines/All-Star Perf | Ford |
17 | Grant Griesbach | Pewaukee | WI | Schaefer Power Systems/Cobblestone Hotels/Racersites | Ford |
26 | Bubba Pollard | Senoia | GA | Racecar Engineering/Strange Oval | Ford |
26 | Travis Braden | Wheeling | WV | Platinum Express/Brands Truck Insurance | Chevrolet |
28 | Cory Manders | Hilbert | WI | Bugtussel Wireless/McKinley Reserve/Kriete Truck Center GB | Chevrolet |
30 | Pete Vandermolen | Oshkosh | WI | Stockbridge Engineering/The Dude Design/Don’s Autobody | Chevrolet |
33 | Trevor Vandermolen | Oshkosh | WI | Kirkpatrick Law/Stockbridge Engineering/The Dude Design | Chevrolet |
34 | Maxwell Schultz | Reedsville | WI | Bob’s Classic Restoration & Auto Body/SSS Mini Warehouses | Chevrolet |
36 | Louis Goss | Green Bay | WI | Mikel Bushmaker @ People’s Home Equity Mortgage | Chevrolet |
36 | Tim Sprinstroh | Depere | WI | Cut In Stone, LLC/Cambria/Tom’s Cabinets/Pirsch Law Offices | Chevrolet |
39 | Andrew Morrissey | DeForest | WI | B&B Racing Engines/MRI, Inc Chassis & Fabrication | Ford |
42 | Dennis Prunty | Knowles | WI | Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup/Pathfinder | Chevrolet |
44 | Justin Mondeik | Gleason | WI | AGRA Industries/Aqua Finance/Industrial Accessories Company | Chevrolet |
45 | Jeff VanOudenhoven | Appleton | WI | VanDenHeuvel Electric/Badgerland Demo/Bay Area Granite | Ford |
45 | Rich Bickle, Jr | Edgerton | WI | T1 Racing/Wegner Automotive/Barnyard to Brickyard | Chevrolet |
47 | Casey Johnson | Edgerton | WI | Montgomery Ward/Hougan Farms/UAW Region 4 | Chevrolet |
51 | Kyle Busch | Las Vegas | NV | Rowdy Energy/Hy-Vee | Toyota |
51 | Sammy Smith | Johnston | IA | TMC Transportation | Toyota |
52 | Brent Strelka | Freedom | WI | Valley Gasket/Lake Park Pub/Pathfinder Chassis/Tesar Engines | Chevrolet |
52 | Ricky Baker | Plainfield | IL | Rod Baker Ford/Illinois Truck and Equipment | Ford |
53 | Boris Jurkovic | Manhattan | IL | Reliable Recovery Services | Toyota |
77 | Jonathan Eilen | Hampton | MN | Eilen & Sons Trucking & Landscape/Graber Auto Body | Ford |
80 | Ryan Farrell | Big Bend | WI | Tiry’s Race Engines/R&R Associates/Oak Creek Automotive | Chevrolet |
91 | Ty Majeski | Seymour | WI | iRacing.com/LeJeune Bolt/Black Diamond/Ken’s Sports | Ford |
98 | RJ Braun | Wales | WI | PD Peterka/Wisconsin Automotive | Ford |
119 | Dalton Zehr | Daytona Beach | FL | Gildan/American Apparel/Comfort Colors/Prim + Preux/AMS | Chevrolet |
For more information on the ARCA Midwest Tour visit midwesttour.racing