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Superior Racing, Inc.
P.O. Box 308
Superior, WI 54880


Superior Racing, Inc.
P.O. Box 308
Superior, WI 54880

NELSON, ESTEY, AHO, ANDREWS TRACK CHAMPIONS 
Provinzino, Pember, Ryan Rivord and Madsen 
Win Championship Features
By Jerry O'Brien 

As so often happens, those drivers who won seasons championships at the Superior Speedway were not the championship night feature winners. Jeff Provinzino joined the ranks of first time winners in the Late Model division at the speedway surviving a strong challenge from veteran Canadian racer Tom Nesbitt in the 25 lap feature. Once again second year driver Andrew McKay redrew the pole position with Pat Doar to his outside. At the green Doar grabbed the lead over Mckay with Provinzino running third ahead of Bill Byholm and Darin Meierotto while Tom Nesbitt was fifth. On lap two Provinzino moved to second, challenged Doar for the lead, powered by on the outside and began to pull away.  Nesbitt took fourth and Todd Gehl moved into the top five from his tenth starting spot. The first of three caution flags flew for Randy Hoff's problems in turn one while Darrell Nelson pulled into the infield with no brakes setting up at least a hint that the track championship might not quite be wrapped up. The scenario was thus: with Nelson's departure, second place man Bill Byholm could tie Nelson with a second place finish, or, were he to win the feature, he would take the track championship. The green flag restart didn't take as there was debris spotted on the track before a lap could be completed. The next try had even more dire consequences as Andrew McKay spun off turn two collecting Meierotto and Steve Roseen. All three were finished for the event. With Provinzino maintaining the lead over Doar, Nesbitt and Gehl, other drivers were making headway as the previous week's winner Brady Smith had moved form 15th to seventh and Joel Cryderman had advance from 19th to just outside the top ten in 11th. 

As Provinzino led his pack, the battle for fifth intensified as Smith, Tim McMann, Gehl and Byholm raced hard for the spot. Provinzino enjoyed a huge lead but Nesbitt pulled a breakout and began reeling in the leader and tried for the lead. Also coming on strong was Trent Follmer who annexed third. Smith went back to the high route that had taken him to victory and swept by Doar to take the fourth spot. That is the way they finished as Procinzino took his first Late Model win at the speedway. Byholm finished seventh and Nelson defended his track championship by five points. 

Eric Pember returned to the Speedway after an absence of two weeks and hauled the mail around the high banks for the feature win in the WISSOTA Modified divison. Pember led a parade that included Al Uotinen, Bill Byholm,  Dann Olson and Steve Arpin until just past half way in the 20 lap event and held a long lead until the caution flag appeared when Clint Larson's mount lost it's drive shaft in turn two. Uotinen now found himself on Pember's rear bumper with 12 laps in leaving eight to go. As Pember easily pulled away, Uotinen fell to Darrell Nelson's charge into second, but two laps later pole sitter Cory Jorgenson suffered a hard hit into the front stretch wall bringing another slowdown. With six circuits left Pember again pulled away while Uotinen, Nelson and Bob Root who arrived in the skirmish from 18th, battled for second until Root and Nelson collided bringing out the final caution flag. Root was charged with the caution and was sent to the rear. Uotinen got a good jump on Pember at the ensuing green flag but Pember was able to stay in front while Kelly Estey, Byholm and Dann Olson battled for fourth behind Nelson. Estey finished one position behind Nelson in fourth and won the track championship. Pember, Uotinen, Nelson, Estey and Byholm were familiar names in the top five. 

The luck of the redraw put the two point contenders on the front row for the 20 lap 25 car WISSOTA Super Stock feature with point leader Ryan Aho on the pole. Five caution flags slowed the action including one where point leader Aho was charged and sent to the rear. Ryan Rivord was very fast and had his best night of the season besting defending champion Dale Gangl for his first win of the season. Though Gangl finished second and Aho was only able to finish 11th, Aho took his second Super Stock track championship at the speedway. It was a heart stopping battle up front for most of the race as Ryan Rivord led Gangl, cousin Rick Rivord, Joe Oliver and Aho until the incident that sent Aho to the rear. As the race wore on and the top four waged their battle, fifth place was filled by Al Uotinen who had started 15th. After a caution flag just after the white flag was displayed for a two car tangle, the final order was Ryan Rivord with the win, Dale Gangl second, Oliver third, Rick Rivord fourth and Uotinen fifth. 

Butch Madsen continues to amaze as he won his sixth WISSOTA Street Stock feature in seven tries to finish off an amazing season for the veteran racer. Tom O'Brien came from the outside of the fifth row to take second in the feature and another second place finish in season's points to Champion Marshall Andrews. Though Andrews only had to take the green flag to win his first title, he chose to glue himself to the rear bumper of Madsen's car for much of the event and raced his way to the title. O'Brien got by Andrews in the late stages for second while rookie Riley Matthews and Trevor Wilson finished in the first five. 

The Pure Stocks returned for another visit and put on a pretty good show. Ande Jarvi of Hibbing won his second feature and was crowned the mythical Superior Speedway Champion in the Pure Stocks despite the fact that they do not race at Superior on a regular basis. Nonetheless, he received a nice trophy for his efforts. Only a single caution flag marred the action as Jarvi swept to the win over Glen Dammer, Al Rapp, Tim Carlson and Miles Weske. 

Results: 

WISSOTA Late Model (24 cars)
Heat 1: Trent Follmer, Steve Roseen, Darin Meierotto, Tom Nesbitt, Jeff Lien. Disqualified: Rick Hanestad, failed to weigh in. DNF: Randy Hoff. DNS: Greg Hill 
Heat 2: Bill Byholm, Pat Doar, Darrell Nelson, Tim mcMann, Caley Emerson, Kevin Carlson, Kelly Estey, Roger Paolo 
Heat 3: Jeff Provinzino, Jeff Broking, Todd Gehl, Andrew McKay, Brady Smith, Tyler Keyser, Joel Cryderman, Eric Pember 
Feature: Provinzino, Nesbitt, Follmer, Smith, Doar, McMann, Byholm, Gehl, Emerson, Cryderman, Keyser, Pember, Broking, Hanestad, Paolo, Lien. DNF: Estey, Carlson, Meierotto, Roseen, McKay, Hoff, Nelson. 
Nelson is the 2004 Late Model Track Champion 

WISSOTA Modified (24 Cars)
Heat 1: Kelly Estey, Eric Pember, Dann Olson, Don Copp, Jodi Olson, Dennis Checkalski, Greg Scheffer, Darrell Carlson 
Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Steve Arpin, Ross Lightner, Al Uotinen, Tom Turcotte, Jody Bellefeuille, Clint Larson, John Baltich 
Heat 3: Bill Byholm, Scott Hudack, Dean Yrjanainen, Cory Jorgenson, Erik Bjorkland, Bob Root DNF: Jayme Lautigar. 
Feature: Pember, Uotinen, Nelson, Estey, Byholm, D Olson, J Olson, Yrjanainen, Copp, Carlson, Turcotte, Root, Arpin, Bjorkland, Lightner, Bellefeuille, Baltich DNF: Lautigar, Jorgenson, Hudack, Scheffer, Larson, Checkalski. 

WISSOTA Super Stock (25 cars)
Heat 1: Steve Hucovski, Ryan rivord, Joe Oliver, Adam Long, Dave Flynn, Gordy Maki, Doug Woodhull, Brian Youderin 
Heat 2: Jim Campbell, Scott Lawrence, Dale Gangl, Randy Silverness, Kyle Peterlin, Mike Bellefeuille, Destin Lorimor, Brian Backlund 
Heat 3: Rick Simpson, ryan rivord, John Copp, John Hunker, Al Uotinen, Donnie Lofdahl, Keith Kern, Rob Cooper 
Feature: Ryan Rivord, Gangl, Oliver, Rick Rivord, Uotinen, Hunker, Silverness, Hucovski, Lorimor, Simpson, Aho, Campbell, Lofdahl, Long, Woodhull, Maki, Backlund DNF: Bellefeuille, Peterlin, Kern, Youderin, Copp, Flynn, Cooper, Lawrence 

WISSOTA Street Stock (15 cars)
Heat 1: Butch Madsen, Tom O'Brien, Trevor Wilson, Riley Matthews, John Hettinga, Randy Vezina, Rich Dennhardt, Jamie Olson 
Heat 2: Keith Tourville, Marshall Andrews, Tim Baum, Scott Herrick, Lou Andrews, Bras Reinhardt DNF Shane Kisling 
Feature: Madsen, O'Brien. M Andrews, Matthews, Wilson, Baum, Tourville, L Andrews, Hettinga, Vezina, Herrick, Dennhardt, Olson DNF: Reinhardt Marshall Andrews is the 2004 Street Stock Champion

Pure Stock (19 cars) 
Heat 1: Tim Carlson, Allen Price, Tim Donaldson, Andrew Jarvi, Miles Weske, Dave Reynolds DNF: Ryan Kough, Randy Visgar Disqualified: Mark carlson Heat 2: Glen Dammer, Al Rapp, Dan Kingsley, Steve Young, Scott Tousignant DNF: Mike Lambert, Jim McClellan, Bruce Kalman, Tom Morinville, Brandon Aase Feature: Jarvi, Dammer, Rapp, carlson, Weske, Donaldson, Kalman, Lambert, M Carlson, Viisgar, Tousignant, Kough DNF: Reynolds, Price, Kingsley, Aase, McClellan, Morinville  


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