UOTINEN
GETS FIRST CAREER SUPER STOCK WIN
Marshall Andrews Wins Third Street
Stock Feature
By Jerry O'Brien
7-16-04
Tim
McMann found his way back to the winner's circle as he won the hotly
contested WISSOTA Late Model feature, his first of the season.
Starting from the outside of the second row, McMann hung around in
the top five as Todd Gehl played hare to the hounds from the start
in the 20 lap main event. Gehl started along side McMann on the
inside of the second row and wasted little time taking the lead from
pole sitter Justin Fegers and Bob Reed. Gehl extended his lead as
McMann and Reed dueled for second. Fegers
jumped over the cushion and recovered from the slip in sixth. McMann
took second and set out to track down Gehl who was running on the
edge high on the track on the cushion. Said cushion gave Gehl some
bad moments and each time McMann drew a little closer. On the final
circuit it looked as though Gehl had his first win of the season in
the bag but the fourth turn burned him again and McMann dived to the
inside in a drag race to the checkered flag which he won by about
four feet over Gehl. Reed, Darrell Nelson, last week's winner Bill
Byholm and Tom Nesbitt finished in the top five.
The
WISSOTA Modified 15 lap feature started 24 cars, but only 14 cars
finished due to a 13 car pile up on the front stretch that on the
second lap saw last week's winner Jayme Lautigar get turned sideway
and rolled over. None of the drivers involved were injured and five
of the 13 involved were out of the event. Kelly Estey was judged to
have started the mele and was sent to the rear.
Clint
Larson started on the pole and led a couple of circuits as he and
Dann Olson appeared to plan to settle it between them as they pulled
away from the field. The big wreck happened behind them and, at the
green flag, Larson still held the lead but slipped over the cushion
and recovered in fifth. The slide for Larson continued but he was
able to bring it back to ninth. Olson held a big lead over Steve
Arpin, Jodi Olson and Darrell Carlson. Olson's big lead evaporated
when Dennis Checkalski spun in turn four after the right rear tire
went flat. At the Green Olson went back to the upper groove as Jodi
Olson stuck to the bottom. It was a battle of the Olsons as Jodi
took the point, Dann Olson got it back and it looked as though Dann
Olson would be the winner. But a caution flag needed to be thrown on
the white flag lap when Matt Sorenson's power plant erupted in a
cloud of smoke and fire down the front straight. This set up a two
lap dash to the checkered flag with Jodi Olson taking the win in his
first appearance of the season at the speedway. Dann Olson, Steve
Arpin, Darrell Carlson and Jeff Lien finished in the top five.
The
Super Stock feature saw Al Uotinen win his first main event since
taking the wheel of the Rick Milinkovich owned number 47 a year ago.
Uotinen started from the pole with Randy Silverness to the outside.
Many would try but none could wrest the lead away from Uotinen as he
led flag to flag. Three caution flags slowed the action as several
drivers turned in stellar runs from deep in the field including
first time visitor Cory Karshbaum and Scott Lawrence who started in
the 11th row and worked their way forward with Karshbaum apparently
finishing fifth and Lawrence sixth. Post race weigh in disqualified
Karshbaum when he came up light moving
Lawrence
to fifth. Ryan Aho tried to make it back to back feature wins but
came up one position short finishing second while youthful Kyle
Peterlin made a fine drive from the fourth row to finish third.
Fourth place finisher John Hunker started outside the sixth row and
was in contention quickly to finish fourth.
Marshall
Andrews won his third feature of the season at the Speedway
to retain his point lead in the WISSOTA Street Stock standings. It
was his fourth over all feature victory this season. Andrews started
on the pole for the 15 lap feature and cruised to the win. He
survived two caution periods to take the win over defending track
champion Keith Tourville, Tom O'Brien, Trevor Wilson and newcomer
Drew Sauer.
Results
WISSOTA
Late Models
Heat 1: Andrew McKay, Todd Gehl, Darin Meierotto, Bill Byholm, Tom
Nesbitt, Roger Paolo, DNF Tyler Keyser.
Heat 2: Bob Reed, Darrell nelson, Justin Fegers, Tim McMann, Rick
Hanestad, Kelly Estey, Kevin Carlson
Feature: McMann, Gehl, Reed, Nelson, Byholm, Nesbitt, Meierotto,
Estey, Fegers, Hanestad, McKay, Paolo, Carlson
DNF Keyser
WISSOTA
Modified
Heat 1: Dann Olson, Clint Larson, Jeff Pohjonen, Matt Sorenson,
Scott Hudack, Darrell Carlson, Jeff Lien, Mark Johnson
Heat 2: Steve Arpin, Kelly Estey, Craig Thatcher, Kevin Montieth,
Don Copp, Jody Bellefeuille, Cory Jorgenson, DNS Dean Yrjanainen
Heat 3: Jodi Olson, Bill Byholm, Al Uotinen, Dennis Checkalski,
Jayme Lautigar, Kerry Hanson, Erik Bjorkland, DNS Randy Thomas
Feature: J Olson, D Olson, Arpin, Carlson, Lien, Copp, Nelson,
Estey, Larson, Pohjonen, Uotinen, Bellefeuille, Montieth, Jorgenson
DNF: Thatcher, Sorenson, Checkalski, Byholm, Hudack, Lautigar,
Bjorkland, Hanson, Johnson, Thomas
WISSOTA
Super Stock
Heat 1: Jay Kuras, Jim Campbell, Pat Hoffman, Cory
Davis, Darin Meierotto, Doug Woodhull, Ron Malecki, DNS Rob Cooper
Heat 2: Kyle Peterlin, John Hunker, Randy Silverness, Dave Flynn,
Tom Treviranus, DNF John Copp, Keith Kern
Heat 3: Ryan Rivord, Al Uotinen, Paul Berg, Rick Simpson, Dale
Gangl, Scott Lawrence, Cory Karshbaum
Heat 4: Joe Oliver, Ryan Aho, Tim Baxter, Rick Rivord, Donnie
Lofdhal, Adam long, DNF
Mike
Bellefeuille
B Main: Scott Lawrence, Cory Karshbaum, Adam Long, Bellefeuille,
Woodhull, Malecki, Kern DNS Copp, Cooper
Feature: (1-10)Uotinen, Aho, Peterlin, Hunker, Lawrence, Davis,
Silverness, Ryan Rivord, Berg (11-23) Jay Kuras, Baxter,
Bellefeuille, Flynn, Treviranus, Lofdahl DNF: Simpson, Rick Rivord,
Campbell, Gangl, Long, Oliver, Hoffman.
WISSOTA
Street Stock
Heat 1; Jim Rich, Tim Baum,
Mike
Kalkbrenner, Sauer, Scott Herrick, John Graves, Shane Kisling, Randy
vezina DNS Jamie Olson
Heat 2: Tom O'Brien, Trevor Wilson, Marshall Andrews, Keith
Tourville, Lou Andrews, Jeff Heintz, Don Velleux DNF Riley Matthews
Feature: Andrews, Keith Tourville, O'Brien, Wilson, Drew Sauer, L
Andrews, Herrick, Vezina, Kalkbrenner, Graves, Kisling, Olson DNF
Baum, Hintz, Velleux, Rich Matthews
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