01 · Touring & major events
Major Series Success
- Career record credited with 10 ARTGO victories and three ASA victories, plus wins in Florida and California
Upper Midwest Driver Archive
Larry Detjens
Wausau, WI
Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.
1967First Recorded Feature Race
198118 Feature Wins — Career High
1977State Park Speedway Champion
1977Capital Super Speedway Champion
1975Dells Motor Speedway Champion
83Recorded Feature Wins
269Recorded Results
257Recorded Top-3 Finishes
5Track Championships
0Series Championships
1967–1981Recorded Career
Career snapshot
Racing Lifetime Totals
85 total discovered wins are documented when verified broader-career victories are included.
14Tracks Won At
2Classes Won In
Late ModelTop Winning Class
State Park SpeedwayTop Winning Track
Central Wisconsin Racing AssociationTop Winning SeriesJul 30, 1981Last Feature Win
Documented career history
Career Accomplishments
Verified broader-career milestones alongside the museum's original event records.
02 · Selected victories
Major & Touring Wins
- 1980 Slinger Nationals — Slinger Speedway, Wisconsin
- 1979 Super Late Model Feature - 1979-02-10 — New Smyrna Speedway, Florida
Additional verified track championships are included in the Track Championships total and championship archive below.
Museum series championships and verified broader-career records are merged and deduplicated here. Museum-recorded race results remain in their original event records.
Latest archive activity
View complete results →Recent Feature Results
Jul 30, 1981State Park SpeedwayLate ModelP1Jul 17, 1981Capital Super SpeedwayLate ModelP3Jul 16, 1981State Park SpeedwayLate ModelP1Jul 4, 1981Lake Geneva RacewayLate ModelP3Jul 2, 1981State Park SpeedwayLate ModelP1Jun 7, 1981LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayLate ModelP1Jun 7, 1981LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayLate ModelP1Jun 6, 1981Dells Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP1Jun 6, 1981Dells Motor SpeedwayLate ModelP2Jun 5, 1981Capital Super SpeedwayLate ModelP1
Feature Wins by Track
01State Park Speedway2002Capital Super Speedway1603LaCrosse Interstate Speedway1404Dells Motor Speedway1005Golden Sands Speedway806Tomahawk Speedway507Minnesota State Fair208Slinger Speedway209Rockford Speedway110Wisconsin International Raceway1Feature Wins by Class
01Late Model82
02Limited Late Model1
Season-by-season record
Results by Year
198125 Results18 Wins25 Top 3s
198026 Results13 Wins23 Top 3s
197921 Results5 Wins19 Top 3s
197834 Results7 Wins33 Top 3s
197752 Results12 Wins51 Top 3s
197619 Results9 Wins18 Top 3s
197528 Results3 Wins27 Top 3s
197422 Results6 Wins21 Top 3s
197314 Results4 Wins13 Top 3s
197216 Results4 Wins15 Top 3s
19715 Results1 Wins5 Top 3s
19704 Results0 Wins4 Top 3s
19692 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
19671 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
Championship history
Track Championships
Museum photo collection
Photo Archive
58 additional images connected to this driver
1978 • Wisconsin International RacewayFather Grubba
1978 • Wisconsin International RacewayJohn Vass
1980 • Slinger SpeedwayPat Heaney Post
Year Unknown • State Park SpeedwayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • State Park SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year UnknownJohn Alft
Year UnknownJohn Vass
Year UnknownKurt Luoma
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayPete Vercauteren
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Capital Super SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Milwaukee MileUnknown Photographer
Year UnknownDon Besch Post
Year Unknown • Lacrosse Interstate SpeedwayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Golden Sands SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Golden Sands SpeedwayKurt Luoma
Year UnknownJohn Vass
Year Unknown • State Park SpeedwayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Golden Sands SpeedwayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayKurt Luoma
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year UnknownJohn Vass
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • State Park SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
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Year Unknown • Capital Super SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
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Year Unknown • State Park SpeedwayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Capital Super SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Lacrosse Interstate SpeedwayJoe Slack Post
Year Unknown • Dells Motor SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Golden Sands SpeedwayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Minnesota State FairUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Minnesota State FairUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Minnesota State FairPaul Swenson
Year Unknown • Grundy County SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • State Park SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Dells Motor SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • State Park SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayKurt Luoma
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Milwaukee MileUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Capital Super SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Capital Super SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Rockford SpeedwayUnknown Photographer
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