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Superior
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WI
- Pat Doar won his second straight WISSOTA Late Model feature of the
week at the Super Speedway Friday the 4th of July and the "Flyin'
Farmer" Don Drew became the third JW Classic Super Stock
Champion.
The JW Classic is in remembrance of long time
racer and Speedway Race Director Jim JW Zembo who passed away in
2000. Bruce Tourville,
Star Prairie, WI was the first winner in 2001 and Darien Meierotto
was the 2002 winner. With
Tourville absent and Meierotto an early feature drop out, there
would be a new Classic Champion.
Fifty Super Stocks were on hand and were
whittled down to 24 starters for the 30 lap feature through six
heats and three B Mains. The
feature event rolled onto the speedway led from the pole by
Mike
Bellefeuille and Paul Berg.
At the green, second row starter Don Eichens
bolted up through to grab the lead off turn four on the initial
circuit with Don Drew following him through from the third row.
Bellefeuille followed in third with Berg and Scott Zitelman
trailing. Sam Skalsky
move to fifth as Zitelman began to slide back to an eventual 22nd
place finish. Eichens had four car lengths on Drew with six laps in
while Danny Thomas was on the move from the outside of the fifth row
using the middle of the track grabbing the fourth spot.
With seven laps in the first of two caution
flags flew when Curt Meyers spun in turn one collecting Paul Berg. At
the green with Eischens out to a short lead Bellefeuille dived to
the inside of Drew to battle wheel to wheel for second with Thomas
fourth and Sam Skalsky fifth. Dale
Gangl was in the mix battling with Ryan Rivord for sixth while Brian
Mikkonen was up from the 17th starting slot to seventh.
Back up front Thomas took to the high side and
slid into third. At the
15 lap mark it was Eichens, Drew, Thomas, Bellefeuille and Skalsky
but before lap 16 could be completed Brandon Jensen spun in turn
four bringing out the final caution flag.
At the restart Eischens and Drew pulled away
slightly from Thomas who was dealing with Bellefeuille and Skalsky. Skalsky
was running very well and slipped past both Bellefeuille and Thomas
into third. Further
back, Joe Oliver was moving forward on the high side to seventh
while Gangl moved up to battle with Bellefeuille for fifth.
With five laps to the checkered flag it was a
two horse race with Drew drawing up to Eischens' bumper. With two to
go Drew got a run underneath Eischens and pushed his way past into
the lead and the win. Eischens,
Sklasky, Thomas and Bellefeuille finished in the top five. Drew's
last lap pass was good for a $3000 payday.
The other feature event of the night was the
WISSOTA Late Model feature. Led
onto the track surface by Brady Smith, the field took the green for
the 20 lap distance with pole sitter Brady Smith quickly to the
lead. Darrell nelson,
Todd Gehl, Tyler Keyser and Nick Nelson the early top five.
On the move from the outside of the third row
was Pat Doar in quest of his second feature win in a week at the
Speedway who wasted little time slip-sliding into the lead over
Keyser, Smith, Harry Hanson and Tom Waseleski already up to fifth
from the sixth row.
At the ten lap mark Doar continued to lead over
Keyser, Smith, Hanson, Waseleski and Darrell Nelson. The
race went 19 laps before the only caution flag for a Trent Follmer
spin in turn one setting up a shootout for the $1300 payday. Doar
was equal to the task and skated away for the win over Keyser,
Smith, Waseleski and Hanson.
Results WISSOTA Super Stock (50 cars)
Heat 1:
Scott Zitelman, Ryan Rivord, Destin Lorimor, Kevin Salin, Rick
Rivord
Heat 2:
Mike
Bellefeuille, Brandon Jensen, Dave Mass, Chris Groth, Keane Laakson
Heat 3: Don Drew, Joe Oliver,
Dale Gangl, Tim Johnson, Keith Kern
Heat 4: Paul Berg, Danny Thomas,
Randy Spacek, Randy Silverness, Curt Meyers
Heat 5: Don Eischens, Jeff
Lindsey, Brian Mikkonen, Jay Kuras, Jim Martinson
Heat 6: Sam Skalsky, Al Uotinen,
Jeff Tardy, Scott Lawrence, Nick Musel
B Main: Meyers, Silverness, Jeff
Pohjonen, Salin, Dan Turcotte
B Main: Chris Groth, Darin
Meierotto, Keane Laakson, Kuras, John Hunker
B Main: Tim Johnson, John Copp,
Kenny Davis, Scott Lawrence, Rick Simpson
Feature (30 laps, 24 starters)
(1-10): Drew, Eischens, Skalsky, Thomas, Bellefeuille,
Gangl, Oliver, Mikkonen, Ryan Rivord, Groth.
(11-24) Uotinen, Spacek, Tardy,
Meyers, Johnson, Copp, Silverness, Jensen, Mass, Lorimor, Berg,
Zitelman, Lindsey, Meierotto.
WISSOTA Late Model
Heat 1: Pat
Doar, Tim McMann, Trent Follmer, Ryan Aho, Darrell Nelson
Heat 2: Don Copp, Tyler Keyser,
Todd Gehl, Brady Smith, Nick Nelson
Feature:(1-10) Doar, Keyser,
Smith, Tom Waseleski, Harry Hanson, Gehl, Aho, Copp, Nelson, Steve
Laursen.
(11-20) Jeff Broking, Tim
McMann, Rick Hanestad, Andrew McKay, Bill Byholm, Jon Chrest, Nick
Nelson, Follmer, Justin Aylward, Roger Paolo
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