Copp Is 6^th Modified Winner In 6 Events
Smart Stands Tall In Only 2^nd Career Superior Feature Victory  

The Superior Speedway welcomed the World Dirt Racing League Super Late Model Series to town for it’s first of two visits of the season and saw a near repeat of a year ago, with Justin Fegers racing to the $5,000 payday, just as he did in June of ’05. Butch Madsen raced to his fourth Street Stock feature win in a row, while Tom Smart made a very rare visit to victory lane in his Midwest Modified and Don Copp got his first feature win of the season in defense of his 2005 Modified track title in Superior .

Butch Madsen had won the three previous DTRA sanctioned Street Stock features at the Superior Speedway and redrew the pole tonight, with his fourth win in a row in sight. Madsen bolted from the pole and took off into the lead with Scott Herrick and Shane Kisling close in tow. Madsen held the top spot while Kisling and Herrick were in a great battle for second close behind. Meanwhile, Randy Vezina was running the extreme top side of the speedway, working his way from the back to 4^th and putting his #5r into contention for the win. Madsen was not to be denied however, as he held off a furious challenge from Herrick in the late stages of the event for his fourth straight Street Stock feature win at the speedway with Herrick, Kisling, Vezina and Dan Kingsley rounding out the top five finishers.

Tom Smart and Nick Lavato jumped into a great battle for the lead at the start of the Midwest Modified main event, which would last for the entire event. Smart, who started on the pole, did a great job holding off 4^th starting Lavato for most of the event and even on the restart after a 6 minute red flag period after a hard crash in turn 2, Smart again took back off into the top spot with Lavato in close tow. Lavato finally worked under Smart on the 13^th circuit of the 15-lap event for the lead, however the car of Shane Roy was directly in front of the leaders as they ran nearly side by side through the turns on the final circuit. Contact was made between Lavato and Roy, sending Roy around, holding up Lavato and allowing Smart to race by for his first win in Superior in many years with his #61 machine. Jesse Ogston had a career-best second place finish in his rookie season with Jeff Pohjonen rounding out the top three. Another rookie, Chais Eliason also had a career best finish in fourth with Wayne Engen coming home in fifth.

Shawn Polonoski and Don Copp paced the field to the green flag for the Modified main event with Copp shooting into the lead at the drop of the green and bolting away from the field early on. Copp began to stretch his advantage while 8^th starting Darrell Nelson was working his way up into third by midrace. Nelson went to work on Polonoski for second while Brandon Jensen, piloting John Carpenter’s #9 again tonight was running in a tight battle with Kelly Estey for fourth. Copp survived three caution periods to race to his first feature win in Superior in defense of his 2005 track title, while Nelson had to settle for second. Polonoski ran third with Jensen and Estey rounding out the top five finishers. 

Superior Speedway kicks back into action on Friday, June 23^rd with a full program for DTRA Late Models, Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks and Midwest Modifieds presented by Portable Bore Repair & Welding and Airgas Industrial Supplies.

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Event Summary:

Justin Fegers WDRL Late Models	Don Copp DTRA Modifieds
Tom Smart DTRA Midwest Modifieds	Butch Madsen DTRA Street Stocks (Three Wins in a Row)

DTRA Modifieds

Feature: Don Copp, Darrell Nelson, Shawn Polonoski, Brandon Jensen, Kelly Estey, Dean Yrjanainen, Joey Jensen, Jody Bellefeuille, Jayme Lautigar, Rick Rivord
Heat 1: Polonoski, J. Jensen, Riley Matthews, Scott Hudack, Yrjanainen
Heat 2: Billy Byholm, Nelson, Copp, Al Uotinen, Kelly Checkalski
Heat 3: Lautigar, Estey, B. Jensen, Bellefeuille, Steve Lavasseur  

DTRA Midwest Modifieds

Feature: Tom Smart, Jesse Ogston, Jeff Pohjonen, Chais Eliason, Wayne Engen, Willy Thompson, Barry Smith, Brock McCarthy, E J Hietala, Rod Hietala
Heat 1: Loren Inman, Shane Roy, Ogston, Eliason, Thompson
Heat 2: Pohjonen, Nick Lavato, Deven VanHouse, Engen, Smart  

DTRA Street Stocks

Feature: Butch Madsen, Scott Herrick, Shane Kisling, Randy Vezina, Dan Kingsley, Marshall Andrews, Mike Kalkbrenner, Scott Andrews, Jamie Olson, Brian Fulda
Heat 1: Madsen, Herrick, M. Andrews, Fulda , Olson
Heat 2: Kalkbrenner, Vezina, Kisling, Kingsley, S. Andrews

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