Laursen's Last Lap Pass Steals SummerFest LM Title
Madsen Dominates 7th Street Stock Main Of '06 - 7/24/06

The Superior Speedway held it's annual Superior SummerFest on Monday, July 24th in conjunction with the Head of the Lakes Fair under hot and sunny skies and saw Steve Laursen steal the lead and the win from Darin Meierotto with just one lap to go to capture the Late Model crown at the SummerFest. Jodi Olson raced to his first Superior Speedway feature win in the Modifieds after a thrilling race-long battle. Mike Bellefeuille ran away with his second feature win of the season in the Super Stocks, while Dan Wheeler raced to his third Superior feature win in the Midwest Modifieds and Butch Madsen continued his domination of the Street Stock class with his 7th Superior feature win of the season.

The Street Stocks were the first feature onto the track and saw Dan Kingsley jump out into the early lead, while 6 time feature winner Butch Madsen rolled off in 5th. Madsen quickly jumped into third, while Kingsley drove off and away from the field. Kingsley survived two caution periords, which bunched up the field, but Madsen was able to work his way under Kingsley into the lead with 4 laps remaining. Once Madsen stole the lead, he stretched it out and raced to his 7th Superior Speedway feature win of the season in the Street Stock class and extended his DTRA National points lead in the process. Kingsley ran a career-best second with Tim Baum, Scott Herrick and Mike Kalkbrenner rounding out the top five finishers.

Chris Gorka and Rick Simpson lead the Super Stock field to the green flag, but 6th starting Mike Bellefeuille quickly bolted to the outside of both front row starters and stole the lead on lap 2. Bellefeuille got the lead and drove off into the night, while 12th starting Ryan Aho zoomed into third early on in the event and went to work on Gorka for second. Scott Lawrence moved into fourth early on as well and he and Aho both snuck by Gorka into second in third and tried to chase down Bellefeuille. After a late race restart, Bellefeuille ran away from the field again, but broke a right front ball joint on the final lap, which hampered the efforts of the #21 car and allowed Aho to close in quickly on the final circuit. Bellefeuille was able to hang on for the win with Aho, Lawrence, Mike Loomis and Dale Gangl coming across the line in the top 5.

Kelly Checkalski jumped out front in the Modified main event and lead the first 7 circuits until Jodi Olson and Jason Miller both moved in on Kelly's 'H' car in a thrilling 3-car battle for the lead. As the battle for the lead waged on, Joey Jensen and Don Copp moved in to make this awesome battle a 5-car one at the 1/2 way point of the event. After a lap 10 caution, Olson and Miller resumed their killer battle for the lead until Miller lost control briefly and ended his great run. Olson then was forced to contend with Copp over the final few circuits as the duo ran side by side for the lead on the final lap. Olson was able to withstand Copp's challenge and race to his first DTRA feature win ahead of Copp, 12th starting Darrell Nelson, 16th starting Brent Larson and Checkalski.

Darin Meierotto and Jeff Provinzino, drinving John Carpenter's car, paced the DTRA Late Model feature field to the green, which saw Meierotto bolt away from the field into a sizeable advantage, while Provinzino was foced to battle with Steve Laursen, John Kaanta and Harry Hanson early on. The final caution flew just at the 1/2 way point, bunching up the field one final time, but Meierotto was up to the challenge and drove away again from the field. Laursen and Provinzino continued their battle for second, while Kaanta, Hanson and Pat Doar were all engaged in a great battle for 4th throughout the second 1/2 of the event. With just 2 laps to go, Laursen dove to the bottom of the track and swept by Meierotto into the lead to steal the impressive win. Provinzino snuck by Meierotto into second at the line as well with Meierotto in third, Doar in fourth and Kaanta in fifth.

Dan Wheeler bolted off the pole to take command and dominate the Midwest Modified feature event. Jeff Pohjonen moved in to battle Wheeler for the lead briefly on a lap 4 restart, but Wheeler was up to the challenge and drove back off into the lead for his 3rd Superior Speedway feature win chased by Pohjonen, Tom Smart, Jeff Marshall and Greg Chesley in the top 5.

The Superior Speedway will be off on Friday, July 28th, but will kick back into action on Friday, August 4th with a full program for DTRA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and the Northern Vintage Stock Cars. For more information, please check out www.superiorspeedway.com.

Summary:

DTRA Late Models

Butch "Who Else" Madsen DTRA Street Stocks	Mike Bellefeuille DTRA Super Stocks
Jodi Olson DTRA Modifieds	Steve Laursen DTRA Late Models
Dan Wheeler DTRA Midwest Modifieds

Feature: Steve Laursen, Jeff Provinzino, Darin Meierotto, Pat Doar, John Kaanta, Eric Breeschoten, Harry Hanson, Terry Casey, Tim McMann, Brent Larson
Heat 1: Laursen, Ron Schreiner, McMann, Darrell Nelson, Breeschoten
Heat 2: Kaanta, Hanson, Jeff Broking, Casey, Mike Nutzmann
Heat 3: Provinzino, Billy Byholm, Meierotto, Brandon Jensen, Joey Ogston
Heat 4: Tom Nesbitt, Joel Cryderman, Doar, Larson, Kelly Estey
B-feature: Caley Emerson, Jon Chrest, Roger Paolo, Gregg Hill, Kevin Mudrak

DTRA Modifieds

Feature: Jodi Olson, Don Copp, Darrell Nelson, Brent Larson, Kelly Checkalski, Ron Schreiner, Dave Cain, Dennis Jones, Jodi Bellefeuille, Joey Jensen
Heat 1: Checkalski, Jason Miller, Erik Bjorklund, Jones, Bellefeuille
Heat 2: Schreiner, Cain, Copp, Shawn Polonoski, Kelly Estey
Heat 3: Nelson, Olson, Jensen, Dean Yrjanainen, Rick Rivord

DTRA Super Stocks

Feature: Mike Bellefeuille, Ryan Aho, Scott Lawrence, Mike Loomis, Dale Gangl, Steve Estey, Jeff Lindsay, Ryan Rivord, Joe Nelson, Justin Pogones
Heat 1: Lawrence, Estey, Chris Gorka, Keith Kern, Rivord
Heat 2: Gangl, Rob Erickson, Joe Olson, Bellefeuille, Nelson
Heat 3: Loomis, Aho, Rick Simpson, Jeff Tardy, Lindsay
B-feature: Trevor Wilson, Destin Lorimor, Tom Treviranus, Gordy Maki, Ronnie Malecki

DTRA Street Stocks

Feature: Butch Madsen, Dan Kingsley, Tim Baum, Scott Herrick, Mike Kalkbrenner, Jeff Heintz, Shane Kisling, Marshall Andrews, Keith Tourville, Jamie Olson
Heat 1: Madsen, Tourville, Heintz, Don Craig, Kingsley
Heat 2: Kalkbrenner, Bobby LePage, Baum, Kisling, Herrick

DTRA Midwest Modifieds

Feature: Dan Wheeler, Jeff Pohjonen, Tom Smart, Jeff Marshall, Greg Chesley, Nick Lavato, Wayne Engen, Jim Latvala, Barry Smith, Deven VanHouse
Heat 1: Chesley, Tom O'Brien, Bryan Siercks, Cory Jorgensen, Jesse Ogston
Heat 2: Wheeler, Engen, Lavato, Pohjonen, VanHouse
Heat 3: Marshall, Al McDougall, Latvala, Smart, Smith

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