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By
Jerry O'Brien
for superiorspeedway.com
Superior, WI 06-20-03
Glidden
Wisconsin
's Bill Byholm topped a strong field of WISSOTA Late Models Friday
night at the Superior Speedway. Byholm,
a Modified racing veteran has been racing in the division for only a
few seasons without more than a few heat wins. Starting
on the inside of the fifth row, Byholm quickly made his move and
with five laps of the 20 circuit feature down, he cracked the top
five.
At the green flag it was pole
sitter Ed
Wakefield
bolting into the lead with front row mate Darin Meierotto to second,
Don Copp and Kelly Estey in the top five. Estey
got by Copp for second with Kevin Carlson and Jeff Provinzino in the
mix. Meierotto got
crossed up and Copp slowed to avoid him. Both
continued but Copp was back to seventh before he could return to
speed. Tim McMann took
advantage to grab fourth and Byholm was fifth.
With five laps in Ryan Aho
looped in the second turn bringing out the first of three caution
periods. At the restart it was
Wakefield
, Estey, Meierotto, McMann and Byholm. Meierotto
took second as Estey appeared to experience some sort of problem. McMann,
Meierotto, and Byholm sailed by before Estey could resume racing.
With eight laps in, debris in turn four brought out caution
flag number two closing up the field.
At the green, Byholm made a
strong move from fourth to second, and just past half way took over
the point from a slowing
Wakefield
. At this point tenth
starting Darrell Nelson had worked his way to the top five. The
final caution flag appeared for a Kevin Carlson spin.
When
racing resumed, it was Byholm to the lead and the win followed by
Meierotto, Nelson, McMann and Copp who had been as far back as ninth
but rebounded for a top five finish.
Darin Meierotto started the
Super Stock main event from the outside of the front row and worked
the high side of the speedway to take the 15 lap main event. Point
leader Dale Gangl raced from the inside of the fourth row to finish
second ahead of John Copp, pole sitter Rick Simpson and Scott
Lawrence. The action was
marred by three caution flags, the first for a Joe Oliver Spin in
turn four, the second, more lengthy stop was for a tangle between
Paul Berg and Peter Jokinen.
The final caution period was
for a Destin Lorimor spin in turn four.
Oliver was able to rebound to finish 10th while Berg and
Jokinen did not finish. While
Meierotto and the top five pulled away the competition from sixth on
back was fierce for position. Meierotto
went on to take the win over Gangl, Copp, Simpson, and Lawrence.
Dann Olson of
Braham
,
Minnesota
made his second trip to the speedway of the 2003 season worthwhile
as he led every lap in the Modified main event from the pole to
become the fourth different winner in four races thus far.. Though
second row starter Joey Jensen was able to mount a strong charge
using the high side, drawing side by side with Olson in the waning
laps, he could not muster quite enough to take the lead.
After a big pile up in the
fourth turn on lap number one, Olson shot into the lead over Jensen,
Darrell Carlson, Wayne Engen and Jeff Hart. Tommy
Turcotte brought out the next caution flag and, at the green flag,
Darrell Nelson who had started 14th cracked the top five. The
final caution flag flew for Engen who had spun in turn four. With
five laps remaining Olson hugged the bottom while Jensen tried to
make the top work. Olson
hung on for the win over Jensen, Nelson, Carlson and Kelly Estey.
Scott Lawrence, a many time
track champion in the street stock division has taken the seat in
his old car as driver Scott Herrick has suffered a work related arm
injury.
Lawrence
took little time regaining his prowess in the car as he won the 15
lap street stock main event. Trevor Wilson rode a lightly smoking
number 87 from inside the fourth row to take second while Tom Brust,
Marshall Andrews, and Tom O'Brien rounded out the top five.
Lawrence
broke Brust's string of wins in heats and features at five for the
season.
Results
WISSOTA Late Model
Heat 1: Jeff Provinzino, Tyler Keyser, Ed Wakefield
Heat 2: Kevin Carlson, Kelly Estey, Darrell Nelson
Feature: Bill Byholm,, Nelson, Darin Meierotto, Tim McMann,
Don Copp
WISSOTA
Modified
Heat 1: Kelly Estey, Dean Yrjanainen,
Scott Hudack
Heat 2: Wayne Engen, Darrell Carlson,
Cory Jorgenson
Heat 3: Dann Olson, Joey Jensen, Jeff
Pohjonen
B
Main
: Kevin Montieth, Matt Sorenson, Jayme Lautigar
Feature: Olson, Jensen, Nelson,
Carlson, Kelly Estey
WISSOTA
Super Stock
Heat 1: Brian Mikkonen, Scott Lawrence, Paul Berg
Heat 2: Darin Meierotto, Dale Gangl,
Ryan Rivord
Heat 3: Al Uotinen, Bruce Tourville,
John Copp
B
Main
:
Mike
Bellefeuille, Destin Lorimor, Peter Jokinen
Feature: Meierotto, Gangl, Copp,
Simpson, Lawrence
WISSOTA Street
Stock
Heat 1: Tom Brust, Scott Lawrence, Tom
O'Brien
Heat 2: Trevor wilson,
Mike
Kalkbrenner, George Korich
Feature: Lawrence, Wilson, Tom Brust,
Marshall Andrews, Tom O'Brien |
