Nelson Dominates Modified Main For 4^th Superior Victory Of ‘06

Aho, Herrick & Lavato Grace Victory Lane Again In Superior

             The annual visit by the Northern Vintage Stock Car Racing Association saw Kevin Lipsky of New Richmond, Wisconsin reach victory lane, along with Darrell Nelson’s 4^th Superior win of the season in the Modifieds. Ryan Aho worked hard for his 6^th Superior Speedway win of the season in the Super Stocks, while Scott Herrick and Nick Lavato won the Street Stocks and Midwest Modifieds respectively for the third time each this season.

             Kevin Lipsky raced from the 8^th starting position to outrun Dennis Olson to pick up the victory in the Northern Vintage Stock Car Racing Association event tonight at the speedway. Olson and Marv Sayre tried to reel in Lipsky, but Kevin was on his game and raced to the victory.

            Scott Herrick took off from the pole in the Street Stock feature event and tried to run away from the field early on. A lap 1 caution saw 7 time feature winner Butch Madsen suffer a flat tire and head to the work area for a new Goodyear Eagle. The green flag flew over the field with Madsen ½ lap behind on the start after getting out of the work area just as the green flew. Herrick now had his hands full with Mark Froelich in a battle for the lead, while Mike Kalkbrenner, Dan Kingsley and Shane Kisling all battle right behind the leaders. A mid-race caution bunched up the field, but Herrick drove back off into the lead and raced to his third Street Stock feature win of the season ahead of Froelich, Kalkbrenner, Kisling and Madsen, who rallied from the tail of the field.

            Teammates Deven VanHouse and Wayne Engen paced the field the the green in the Midwest Modified feature with Engen taking off into the night early on. Engen looked strong out front, while 7^th starting Nick Lavato was working his way through traffic on the low side of the speedway. Lavato and Tom Smart were battling for third on lap 3, while Engen continued to lead out front. Lavato stole second on lap 5 and then tracked down Engen and began a battle for the lead on lap 9. Lavato stole the top spot with 5 laps remaining and raced away from the field for the win. Engen settled for second with Tom O’Brien in third, Jim Schweitzer in fourth and Smart rounding out the top five in the non-stop main event.

            Randy Silverness Jr. took off into the lead at the start of the Super Stock feature, but the main event was quickly red flagged due to a grinding crash on the front straightaway between Keith Kern and Tom Treviranus. Treviranus needed to be cut out of his #31 and transported to the local hospital but indications are that he is doing fine after the hard wreck. On the restart, Silverness again took off into the lead, while Ryan Aho and Mike Loomis embarked on a thrilling battle for second. Loomis cleared Aho and moved in on Silverness for the lead on lap 7. Loomis stole the lead on lap 11 after a great side by side battle and started to move away from the field. Aho slipped by Silverness into second on lap 12 and quickly moved in on Loomis and began to battle for the lead. Loomis and Aho swapped the lead on several occasions, but Aho was able to steal it and secure the lead with three circuits remaining. Aho raced to another feature win with Loomis in second. Scott Lawrence and Tim Borgeson both charged through the field and finished third and fourth after starting 16^th and 18^th respectively. Silverness capped off a fifth place finish at the line as well.

            Just like the start of the Super Stock feature, a grinding crash on the first lap of the Modified feature slowed the action and eliminated a few cars before the race really got going. Erik Bjorklund took the lead from the outside of the front row, but his distributor broke as he raced in front of the field, causing a collision on the front straightaway, triggering a nasty wreck between Jason Miller, Darrell Nelson, Jeff Spacek and Rick Friendt. Friendt, Spacek and Bjorklund were eliminated from competition. On the restart, Nelson took off into the lead and left nothing to the imagination as the drove away quickly and dominated the Mod main. Jason Miller ran a solid second, but had nothing for Nelson tonight as Darrell was the class of the field tonight en route to his 4^th feature win of the season in Superior . Billy Byholm snuck by Al Uotinen for third and held off Al at the line, while Duane Dale rounded out the top five.

Event Summary:

DTRA Modifieds

Feature: Darrell Nelson, Jason Miller, Billy Byholm, Al Uotinen, Duane Dale, Jody Bellefeuille, Shawn Polonoski, Don Copp, Jayme Lautigar,Kelly Checkalski

Heat 1: Nelson, Copp, Uotinen, Nick Nelson, Erik Bjorklund

Heat 2: Byholm, Miller, Dale, Jeff Spacek, Bellefeuille

DTRA Super Stocks

Feature: Ryan Aho, Mike Loomis, Scott Lawrence, Tim Borgeson, Randy Silverness Jr., John Copp, Dale Gangl, Steve Estey, DJ Dondelinger, Robbie Cooper

Heat 1: Rick Simpson, Loomis, Keith Kern, Dondelinger, Jeff Trady

Heat 2: Destin Lorimor, Mike Bellefeuille, Estey, Trevor Wilson, Cooper

Heat 3: Silverness Jr., Aho, Copp, Gangl, Joe Olson

B-feature: Jim Campbell, Dave Flynn, Larry Boumeester, Rob Erickson, Joe Oliver

DTRA Street Stocks

Feature: Scott Herrick, Mark Froelich, Mike Kalkbrenner, Shane Kisling, Butch Madsen, Dan Kingsley, Marshall Andrews, Don Craig, Jamie Olson, Brian Fulda

Heat 1: Froelich, Madsen, M. Andrews, Keith Tourville, Kingsley

Heat 2: Kalkbrenner, Herrick, Craig, Kisling, Scott Andrews

DTRA Midwest Modifieds
Feature: Nick Lavato, Wayne Engen, Tom O’Brien, Jim Schweitzer, Tom Smart, Willy Thompson, Greg Chesley, Jeff Pohjonen, DJ Severin, EJ Hietala

Heat 1: Smart, Chesley, Schweitzer, O’Brien, Deven VanHouse

Heat 2: Lavato, Thompson, Randy Vezina, Engen, Hietala

Northern Vintage Stock Cars
Feature: Kevin Lipsky, Dennis Olson, Marv Sayre, Rick Birkland, Jeremy Young, David Lepper, Ken Varing, Mike Liegman, Dan Herold, Marvin Lindquist
Heat: Young, Sayre, Birkland, Varing, Lepper

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