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Casey & Cryderman Team Up For Super
Late Model Feature Wins
Gangl Pulls Off
Last
Lap
Pass
For Super Stock Thriller
On an absolutely perfect night for auto racing, the Superior
Speedway kicked off it’s 4th night of action of the
2006 racing season with a full program of DTRA Modifieds, Super
Stocks, Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds plus twin 25-lap DTRA Late
Model features on Domino’s Pizza night at Wisconsin’s Fastest
3/8 mile red clay oval. Arnie Ranta Motorsports teammates Joel
Cryderman and Terry Casey raced to $1,600 paydays in the Late Model
division tonight, Casey’s first ever win at the speedway and
Cryderman’s first in three seasons in
Superior
. Dean Yrjanainen stormed away with the Modified feature win, while
Dale Gangl thrilled the crowd with a last corner pass for the Super
Stock checkered. Nick Lavato claimed his second straight Midwest
Modified feature win, while Butch Madsen got into victory lane for
the first time in the Street Stock division.
The first feature to roll out onto the race track was the
first twin 25 lap Late Model feature, which saw Joel Cryderman and
Nick Musel pace the field to the green. Trent Follmer was scheduled
to roll off on the front row, but after getting upside down earlier
in the week, the #31t was not able to compete tonight, which handed
the front row to Musel. Cryderman took off into the lead and drove
away from the early battle for second. Brent Larson and Musel ran
side by side early on for second, while Joel drove off into the
night. Meanwhile, Darrell Nelson and Steve Laursen were storming
through the field from 10th and 14th
respectively and appeared in the top five near the mid-point of the
event. Cryderman continued his comfortable advantage and raced to
his first feature win at the speedway in nearly three seasons.
Laursen had his best run of the season, charging through traffic and
slipping by Brent Larson’s #b1 for second late in the going.
Larson came home in third with Nelson fourth and Terry Casey rounded
out the top five after starting 6th. Cryderman’s win
was not an easy one however, as he suffered a distributor failure in
hot laps and had to scramble to replace it prior to rolling onto the
track for the make up feature.
The Super Stocks were up next with Rick Simpson and first
time visitor Tim Johnson sharing the front row. After 5 cautions in
the first 5 laps, the action heated up and straightened out with
Dale Gangl and Johnson running side by side for most of the 20-lap
event for the lead. Johnson took off into the lead early on, but
Gangl reeled him in and began to put pressure on the 1jr over the
second half of the event. Jeff Tardy ran third most of the event and
began to reel in the leaders, while Scott Lawrence and Mike
Bellefeuille raced from 8th and 10th
respectively into 4th and 5th at the finish.
Johnson continued to use the outside momentum to his advantage and
lead lap after lap with Gangl 1 car length behind until the white
flag flew. Gangl got a great run off of turn two and completed the
pass with a slide job as the field raced out of turn 4 for the
checkered flag, picking up the thrilling win in front of the packed
grandstand. Johnson settled for second with Tardy,
Lawrence
and Bellefeuille rounding out the top five.
Scott Hudack and Brad Hanson lead the field of Modifieds to
the green with Hanson immediately racing to the lead on the outside
of the speedway and driving away from the field. Dean Yrjanainen got
into second early and then stole the lead from Hanson on lap five on
the low side of the speedway and tried to drive off. The battle on
the track was for second between Joey Jensen, Hanson and 6th
starting Jayme Lautigar. Lautigar was storming to the front on the
outside of the speedway and moved into a battle with Jensen for
second. Kelly Estey, after starting fifth, got back into the action
and moved in on Hanson for third as well, while Yrjanainen continued
to drive off from the field. Contact occurred between Jensen and
Lautigar on lap 8, sending Lautigar into the fence and ending his
great run. On the restart, Estey moved in on Jensen now for second,
while Dean drove off again for his first win of the season. Jensen
held off Estey for second with Bill Byholm coming from 10th
to 4th and Hanson rounding out the top five.
The second Late Model feature rolled out onto the race track
with Kelly Estey and Terry Casey setting the pace. After a lap one
caution, Casey jumped into the lead with Pat Doar coming with him
into second early on. Casey and Doar began to drive off into the
night, while Joel Cryderman, winner of the first feature, was making
his way forward after starting 10th on the field. The
race ran non-stop the final 24 circuits with Doar looking to the
inside of Casey on multiple occasions for the lead, but Casey was up
to the challenge and held off the charges of Doar over and over. The
lead duo continued to battle hard for the lead through lapped
traffic, while Cryderman moved into third and began to reel in the
leaders. Doar continued to dog Casey, but Terry was strong and raced
to his first ever feature win in
Superior
. Doar raced to a solid second with Cryderman, Bill Byholm and Estey
rounding out the top five.
Butch Madsen overhauled pole sitter Scott Herrick on lap 2 in
the Street Stock feature and lead the non-stop main event for the
remaining 14 circuits to claim the easy feature win. Mark Froelich
charged from the 5th row to second, while Herrick, Shane
Kisling and Marshall Andrews raced into the top five. Madsen cruised
to the feature win, his first of the season here at the speedway.
Froelich had a great run to finish second with Herrick in third.
Nick Lavato bolted into the lead from the outside of the
front row and raced hard with Jeff Pohjonen for the lead throughout
much of the main event. A handful of caution periods bunched up the
field, but Lavato was strong enough to drive back off into the lead
on each restart. 11th starter Greg Chesley raced into
second and looked as if he may be able to move in on Lavato to
battle for the lead, only to have a transmission failure end his
good run. Lavato raced to his second consecutive feature win with
Pohjonen coming home in second. Willy Thompson raced in third much
of the event and held off Rod Hietala for third at the line.
Superior Speedway kicks back into action on Friday, June 9th
with a full program for DTRA Late Models, Modifieds, Super Stocks,
Pure Stocks and twin 15-lap Street Stock features.
34
- Dale Gangl
DTRA Super Stocks
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84
- Dean Yrjanainen
DTRA Modifieds
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42 - Terry Casey
DTRA Late Models
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94 - Butch Madsen
DTRA Street Stocks
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9 - Nick
Lavato
DTRA Midwest Mods
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51 - Joel Cryderman
DTRA Late Models
(Makeup Feature)
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Event Summary:
DTRA
Late Models
Feature: Terry Casey, Pat Doar, Joel Cryderman,
Billy Byholm, Kelly Estey, Darrell Nelson, Steve Laursen, Brent
Larson, Eric Breeschoten, Tom Waseleksi
Make-up Feature: Joel Cryderman, Steve Laursen,
Brent Larson, Darrell Nelson, Terry Casey, Nick Musel, Rick
Egersdorf, Kelly Estey, Eric Breeschoten, Jeff Broking
Heat 1: Casey, Byholm, Musel, Breeschoten, Rick Egersdorf
Heat 2: Doar, Caley Emerson, Waseleski, Nelson, Brent Larson
Heat 3: Estey, Brandon Jensen, Tim McMann, Cryderman, Joey Jensen
B-feature: Laursen, Tom Nesbitt, Jeff Provinzino, Todd Gehl, Jeff
Broking
DTRA
Modifieds
Feature: Dean Yrjanainen, Joey Jensen, Kelly
Estey, Billy Byholm, Brad Hanson, Brent Larson, Jodi Olson, Shawn
Polonoski, Don Copp, Al Uotinen
Heat 1: Darrell Nelson, Yrjanainen, Hanson, Copp, Jeff Spacek
Heat 2: Byholm, Jensen, Scott Hudack, Polonoski, Jody Bellefeuille
Heat 3: Estey, Jayme Lautigar, Duane Dale, Larson, Jad Carlson
B-feature: Erik Bjorklund, Ross Lightner, Uotinen, Marc Johnson,
Cory
Jorgenson
DTRA
Super Stocks
Feature: Dale Gangl, Tim Johnson, Jeff Tardy,
Scott Lawrence, Mike Bellefeuille, Sam Skalsky, Randy Silverness,
Ryan Aho, Joe Oliver, Tim Borgeson
Heat 1: Johnson, Tardy, Lawrence, Jim Campbell, John Copp
Heat 2: Bellefeuille, Borgeson, Tom Treviranus, Aho, Joe Olson
Heat 3: Ryan Rivord, Skalsky, Rick Simpson, Destin Lorimor, Jim
Gullikson
Heat 4: Silverness, Gangl, Oliver, Mike Loomis, J B Stortz
B-feature: Chris Manner, Chuck Metzgar, Rob Erickson, Trevor Wilson,
Keith Kern
DTRA Street
Stocks
Feature: Butch Madsen, Mark Froelich, Scott
Herrick, Shane Kisling, Marshall Andrews, Dan Kingsley, Mike
Kalkbrenner, Tim Baum, Keith Tourville, Randy Vezina
Heat 1: Baum, Herrick, Kalkbrenner, Froelich, Vezina
Heat 2: Kisling, Madsen, Tourville, M. Andrews, Brian Fulda
DTRA
Midwest
Modifieds
Feature: Nick Lavato, Jeff Pohjonen, Willy
Thompson, Rod Hietala, Deven VanHouse, Jim Lowinski, Jesse Ogston,
Chais Eliason, Mark Turner, DJ Severin
Heat 1: Wayne Engen, Pohjonen, Ogston, R. Hietala, VanHouse
Heat 2: Lavato, Severin, Thompson, Loren Inman, Josh Loucks
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