Darrell Nelson of Hermantown won his second straight WISSOTA Late Model Main Event Friday night at the Superior Speedway as he tries to defend his track championship. Nelson quickly moved into the lead from his fourth row starting spot an pulled away to a straight away lead in the 20 lap feature. Steve Laursen worked his way into second past pole sitter Nick Nelson and Tyler Keyser. Also moving forward from the fourth row was Joel Cryderman into third. A caution flag on the white flag lap closed Laursen and Cryderman to Nelson's back bumper when Steve Roseen and Tom Waseleski collided in turn one sending Roseen around. At the green flag Nelson again shot out into the lead which he held to the checkered flag. Laursen, Cryderman, Pat Doar and Rick Hanestad rounded out the top five.

#75 - Marshall Andrews Duluth, MN WISSOTA Street Stocks (1st Ever Superior Feature Win)	#34 - Dale Gangl East Bethel, MN WISSOTA Super Stocks
#30 - Eric Pember Pittsville, WI WISSOTA Modifieds	#44 - Darrell Nelson Hermantown, MN WISSOTA Late Models

Defending track Super Stock champion Dale Gangl took the lead from very early leader Al Uotinen and held off a charging Scott Lawrence for the win in the 15 lap feature. It was a tight battle behind Gangl for several laps as John Copp, Rick Rivord and Lawrence waged a good tight battle for second. Joining them from the tenth starting spot was national WISSOTA Point Leader Ryan Aho. Gangl held on for the win over Lawrence, Copp, Aho and Uotinen in an event marred by three tries to get the first lap in necessitating a single file start. The only other caution flag in the hotly contested event flew when Tom Treviranus spun in turn two with two circuits run.    

Eric Pember shot into the lead from the outside of the front row and held on to win the WISSOTA Modified 15 lap feature over Craig Thatcher, Al Uotinen who made a late race charge to third after starting 11th, Jeff Lien and Darrell Carlson. In the early going Bill Byholm and Dann Olson ran in the top five but both were taken out on the restart after a Jayme Lautiger spin off turn two when Byholm seemed to slow in turn three and Olson slid up into him. The only other caution flag in the event occurred when Don Copp's car lost the drive shaft on the back stretch.  With six laps to go Pember led Thatcher, Carlson, Hudack and Lien. Uotinen completed his charge from the sixth row to finish third.

Marshall Andrews nabbed his first career feature win at the speedway as he worked his way from the outside of the fifth row to the lead and held it to the checkered flag. Scott Herrick finished second ahead of defending track champion Keith Tourville while Canadian driver Riley Mathews and Mike Kalkbrenner finished in the top five.

Results

WISSOTA Late Model (23 cars)
Heat 1: Steve Laursen, Jeff broking, Tom Waseleski, Tyler Keyser, Brady Smith (DNF)
Heat 2: Pat Doar, Tom Nesbitt, Darin Meierotto, Nick Nelson, Bill Byholm
Heat 3: Rick Hanestad, Joel Cryderman, Darrell Nelson, Bob Slater, Kelly Estey
Feature: Nelson, Laursen, Cryderman, Doar, Hanestad, Keyser, Byholm, Tom Nesbitt, NickNelson, Darin Meierotto

WISSOTA Modified (26 cars)
Heat 1: Jeff Hart, Jeff Lien, Darrell Carlson, Scott Hudack, Dennis Checkalski
Heat 2: Kelly Estey, Joey Jensen, Bill Byholm, Al Uotinen, Darrell Nelson Heat 3: Craig Thatcher, Dann Olson, Eric Pember, Bob Root, Cory Jorgenson
Feature: Pember, Thatcher, Uotinen, Lien, Carlson, Hudack, Hart, Root, Estey, Jensen.

WISSOTA Super Stock
Heat 1: Scott Lawrence, Rick Rivord, Keith Kern, Donnie Lofdahl, Mike Bellefeuille
Heat 2: Ryan Aho, Rick Simpson, John Hunker, Eric Nelson, Dave Flynn
Heat 3: Steve Hucovski, Dale Gangl, Al Uotinen, John Copp, Ryan Rivord
B Main: Destin Lorimor, Rob Cooper, Adam Long, Gordy Maki, Doug Woodhull
Feature: Gangl, Lawrence, John Copp, Aho, Uotinen, Hunker, Ryan Rivord, Randy Silverness, Rick Rivord, Kern.

WISSOTA Street Stock
Heat 1: Marshall Andrews, Scott Herrick, Mike Kalkbrenner, George Korich, Riley Matthews, Shane Kisling
Heat 2: Lou Andrews, Randy Vezina, Trevor Wilson, Keith Tourville, Tim Baum
Feature: Andrews, Herrick, Keith Tourville, Riley Mathews, Mike Kalkbrenner, Don Velleux, Kisling, Vezina, Korich, Wilson.

Monday Night June 28th at the speedway it's the second annual Russ Laursen Classic featuring WISSOTA Championship Sprints, WISSOTA Late Models and, just added to the program, WISSOTA Modifieds. Hot Laps are at 7 p.m. with racing at 7:30 .

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