Meierotto Masters Superior Supers For First ’06 Victory

Kammerud Captures First Career Superior Street Stock Checkered

             The final regular season event held at the Superior Speedway during the ’06 racing season saw several familiar and several first time feature winners grace the Arnie Ranta Motorsports Winner’s Circle at the high banked 3/8 mile red clay oval, while everyone in attendance dodged the looming rain showers in the area to get our entire program in before the storm him minutes after the conclusion of the racing program. Pat Doar and Darrell Nelson continued their hot streaks winning the DTRA Late Models and DTRA Modifieds respectively, while Darin Meierotto made only his third start of the season behind the wheel of a DTRA Super Stock and raced to the feature win. Dan Wheeler continued to dominate the DTRA Midwest Modified division in Superior , while Shawn Kammerud raced to his first career Superior Speedway feature win in the DTRA Street Stock division tonight.

             Shawn Kammerud made a rare visit to the Superior Speedway pay off as he bolted from the pole at the start of the DTRA Street Stock feature event and never looked back. The non-stop 15-lapper saw Kammerud drive off into the night, while a great three-wide battle raged on behind him for second. Mike Kalkbrenner, Shane Kisling and Scott Herrick were three-wide for second for a number of laps before Kalkbrenner was able to squeeze ahead into second and try to chase down Kammerud. Kalkbrenner was able to cut into Kammerud’s advantage, but Shawn was not going to be denied his first ever Superior Speedway feature win tonight and held strong to the checkered to claim the win. Kalkbrenner ran second with Kisling edging Herrick for third at the line.

            Darin Meierotto swept into the lead at the start of the Super Stock feature from inside of the second row and took command while Destin Lorimor settled into second at the start. After the only caution of the event bunched up the field, Meierotto again drove away, while Lorimor and Mike Loomis were giving chase on the low side. Scott Lawrence, Ryan Aho, Dale Gangl and Mike Bellefeuille jumped to the high groove and began to march toward the front, but Meierotto was very strong down low. Darin drove off in the Rick and Mona Milinkovich owned #47 car and raced to the victory, while Lormior capped his best career run in Superior in second. Loomis ran third with Lawrence and Aho trailing.

            Kelly Estey jumped from the pole into the lead at the start of the Modified main event, while Joey Jensen, Billy Byholm and Ron Schreiner raced 3-wide for second early on. An early crash stacked up the field once again and saw Darrell Nelson scream to the outside of Schreiner into second and then to the outside of Estey to the lead on lap 6. Once Nelson was out front he drove off, but Jensen came back to life and began to challenge Estey for second throughout the mid-point of the event. Estey and Jensen ran side by side for a few circuits while Nelson drove away for his 4^th Superior Speedway feature win of the season. Jensen was able to secure second from Estey on the final lap, while Schreiner beat Don Copp to the line for fourth.

            The 25-lap Late Model main had it’s share of problems tonight with 6 caution flags and numerous issues from the start. When the action was underway it was a great feature race, which saw Pat Doar take the lead on the opening lap from Harry Hanson and lead from start to finish for his 4^th Superior win of the season. While Doar was running all alone out front, Hanson, Steve Laursen, Terry Casey and Tom Nesbitt were putting on a great show for second. Darin Meierotto and Eric Breeschoten moved into the mix as well, but no one had anything for the double one express tonight as Doar cruised to the win. Hanson held second at the white flag, but Laursen tried to pull off a slide job, only to have Hanson out drag race him to the line for second. Nesbitt and Casey crossed for fourth in a near photo-finish with Nesbitt declared fourth officially.

            Dan Wheeler has been in victory lane nearly every time he has visited the Superior Speedway in 2006 and tonight was no exception. Wheeler raced from 5^th to the lead in 6 laps and put his red1 car into victory lane ahead of a charging Jimmy Latvala and Nick Lavato tonight. Latvala capped off a great night with a second place run, while Lavato’s third place run nearly clinched the track title for him with only one night remaining. Shawn Phillips ran fourth and Wayne Engen rounded out the top five finishers tonight.

            The Superior Speedway kicks back into action with one of its biggest shows of the season on Tuesday, August 22^nd with the Superior FallFest for the DTRA Late Models, plus the first Superior stop for the Como Oil & Propane Modified Series, season championship night for the DTRA Midwest Modifieds and a regular program for the Superior Pure Stocks. 

Event Summary:

DTRA Late Models

Feature: Pat Doar, Harry Hanson, Steve Laursen, Tom Nesbitt, Terry Casey, Darrell Nelson, Billy Byholm, Ron Schreiner, Brandon Jensen, Tim McMann

Heat 1: Darin Meierotto, B. Jensen, Hanson, Byholm, Brad Jensen

Heat 2: Doar, Casey, Kelly Estey, Nesbitt, Joel Cryderman

Heat 3: Brent Larson, Eric Breeschoten, Laursen, Nelson, Danny Young

DTRA Modifieds

Feature: Darrell Nelson, Joey Jensen, Kelly Estey, Ron Schreiner, Don Copp, Dean Yrjanainen, Jayme Lautigar, Erik Bjorklund, Brent Larson, Shawn Polonoski

Heat 1: Larson, Billy Byholm, Schreiner, Al Uotinen, Jeff Lien

Heat 2: Jensen, Nelson, Estey, Yrjanainen, Bjorklund

Heat 3: Copp, Lautigar, Rick Rivord, Polonoski, Kelly Checkalski

DTRA Super Stocks

Feature: Darin Meierotto, Destin Lorimor, Mike Loomis, Scott Lawrence, Ryan Aho, Erik Nelson, J B Stortz, Mike Bellefeuille, Keith Kern, Tim Borgeson

Heat 1: Dale Gangl, Borgeson, Art Hyde, Robbie Cooper, Joe Olson

Heat 2: Lormior, Kern, Bellefeuille, Adam Long, Tom Treviranus

Heat 3: Stortz, Meierotto, Lawrence, Ryan Rivord, Steve Estey

Heat 4: Nelson, Loomis, Aho, Rick Simpson, Joe Oliver

DTRA Street Stocks

Feature: Shawn Kammerud, Mike Kalkbrenner, Shane Kisling, Scott Herrick, Mark Froelich, Marshall Andrews, Butch Madsen, Ron Hanestad, Brian Fulda, Scott Andrews

Heat 1: Kammerud, Madsen, Hanestad, Kisling, Bobby LePage

Heat 2: Froelich, Herrick, Dan Kingsley, Kalkbrenner, M. Andrews

DTRA Midwest Modifieds
Feature: Dan Wheeler, Jimmy Latvala, Nick Lavato, Shawn Phillips, Wayne Engen, Tom Smart, Jim Schweitzer, E J Hietala, Deven VanHouse, Willy Thompson

Heat 1: Lavato, VanHouse, Latvala, Engen, Smart

Heat 2: Phillips, Wheeler, Jesse Ogston, Greg Chesley, Schweitzer

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