LARSON TOPS LATE MODEL FIELD AT SUPERIOR SPEEDWAY

Kingsley Wins First Street Stock Feature

By Jerry O'Brien

5-18-07

Brent Larson was much happier thank you very much after his win in the 25 lap Late Model feature. Missed communications after his qualifying heat nearly got him disqualified but everything was corrected and he was restored to his third starting spot. Larson wasted little time in blasting past front row starters Todd Gehl and Mike Nutzmann to take the lead while Joel Cryderman moved quickly forward from the fourth row battling with Caley Emerson for the number two spot which he was able to take over. The event progressed quickly with no caution flags to slow the action. Several drivers were on the move forward including defending track champion Pat Doar from 12th and Eric Breeschoten from 9th.  By the half way Mark Larson had a huge lead and was beginning to lap the field while Cryderman was back in second with Doar up to third, Emerson fourth and Breeschoten in fifth. Larson was able to avoid trouble with lapped cars and went on to take the win over Cryderman, Doar, Breeschoten and Emerson.

Unlike the Late Model main event, the Super Stock feature, for the second consecutive week came down with a case of yellow fever four caution flags including a lengthy clean up on the first stoppage caused officials to begin to cut laps for the second week as the event neared it's time limit. Perhaps seven of 20 scheduled laps were run before the checkered flag flew. Dale Gangl led the early laps before defending track champion Ryan Aho got going and took the lead which he was able to retain to the end. Gangl hung on for second ahead of Mike Bellefeuille, Joe Oliver and Scott Lawrence in the top five.

Joey Jensen won the 20 lap Modified feature after defending track champion Darrell Nelson made a rare mistake. While leading by a wide margin Nelson spun in turn two on lap eight bringing out the caution flag and turning over the lead to Jensen who had taken second from Erik Bjorkland. Nelson restarted in the rear of the 18 car field and was able to work is way back to 10th by the checkered flag. That would be the only caution flag of the event as Jensen snared the easy win over Bjorkland. Putting on charges to the front were Bill Byholm from ninth to third and, in a great run, Jad Carlson from 11th to fifth . Finishing fourth was Don Copp who ran in the top five the entire race.

Greg Chesley won his first Midwest Modified feature of the season at the speedway holding off defending champion Nick Lavato in the 15 lap main event. The race got off to a bad start with a five car pileup in the first turn at the start. One lap after the restart it did not get better as a Willie Thompson's single car spin again stopped the action. Chesley took the lead from the pole with Joe Olson second, Lavato third, Skeeter Estey fourth and Nick Baker fifth. Chesley widened his lead while Lavato got by Olson and set out in pursuit of the leader. The second and final caution appeared with Adam Archer tagged with the incident. At the green Chesley and Lavato pulled away from the pack as there was a scramble for third between Olson, Jesse Ogston, Estey, Randy Vezina and Cory Jorgenson. Chesley took the win over Lavato, Olson, Vezina and Ogston.

Dan Kingsley won his first ever Street Stock feature at the speedway as he bested a small field of cars. The first half of the race was uneventful as Kingsley raced away from last weeks winner Shane Kisling. At the mid point Kisling had caught Kingsley and tried to take the lead but to no avail. After losing some ground at the start, Tim Baum worked his way forward and nipped by Kisling for second as it tightened up for the lead. Kingsley was holding off Baum with Kisling and Scott Herrick in close pursuit. Baum tried for the win but Kingsley held him off to take the win. Herrick got by Kisling for third and Bobby LePage finished fifth.

Glen Dammer is on a roll in the Pure Stock division early in the ‘07 season as he won his fourth feature of the season in four tries, two of them coming at the Superior Speedway. Dammer is undefeated at the speedway thus far with two sweeps. Dammer won a great battle with pole sitter Al Rapp as the two exchanged the lead several times in the closing laps after the final of two caution flags before Dammer pulled off the win. Rapp was second ahead of Jeff Christman, Jeff Tormondson and Tony Ciurleo in the top five.

Results Superior Speedway 5-18-07

DTRA Late Models (21 Cars)

Heat 1; Pat Doar, Darin Meierotto, Eric Breeschoten, Tom Nesbitt, Steve Laursen, Nick Musel, DNF Tim McMann

Heat 2: Joel Cryderman, Mike Nutzmann, Aaron Lillo, Cale Emerson, Darrell Nelson, Darrell Carlson, Joey Ogston

Heat 3: Kelly Estey, Todd Gehl, Danny Young, Brent Larson, Jeff Lien, Gregg Hill, Travis Budislovich

Feature (25 Laps) Larson, Cryderman, Doar, Breeschoten, Emerson, Nelson, Estey, Nesbitt, Nutzmann, Laursen, Meierotto, Lillo, Musel, Lien, Budislovich, Carlson, Hill

DTRA Modified (18 Cars)

Heat 1: Darrell nelson, Nick Nelson, Kelly Checkalski, Don Copp, Bill Byholm, Jad Carlson, Jody Bellefeuille, Rick Rivord, Steve :avasseur DNF Al Uotineen

Heat 2: Scott Hudack, Tyler Keyser, Joey Jensen, Kelly Estey, Erik Bjorkland, Marc Johnson, Ross Lightner, DNF Duane Dale

Feature (20 Laps) Jensen, Bjorkland, Byholm, Copp, Crlson, Hudack, Estey, Uotinen, Bellefeuille, D Nelson, Keyser, Lightner, Dale, Johnson, Rivord N Nelson, Lavasseur, Checkalski

DTRA Super Stocks (26 Cars)

Heat 1: Ryan Aho, Keith Kern, Joe Oliver, Scott Lawrence, J B Stortz, Robbie cooper, Rick Przybylski, Ronnie Malecki, DNF Adam Long

Heat 2: Mike Bellefeuille, Darin Meierotto, Trevor Wilson, John Copp, Steve Estey, Destin Lorimor, Donnie lofdahl, Steve Christman, Andy Grymala

Heat 3: D J Donlinger, Dale Gangl, Chuck Metzgar, Dave flynn, Tom Treviranus, Tim Borgeson, Steve Rivord, Jr, Frank Befera

Feature (20 Laps) Aho, Gangl, Bellefeuille, Oliver, Lawrence, Copp, Stortz, Kern, Przybylski, Borgeson, Estey, Malecki, Rivord, Long, Metzgar, Lofdahl, Lorimor, Befera, Grymala, Cooper, Wilson, Donlinger, Flynn, Christman, Treviranus, Meierotto

DTRA Midwest Modified (20 Cars)

Heat 1: Nick Lavato, Skeeter Estey, Brock McCarthy, Nick Baker, Joe Olson, Tom Smart, Tom Morinville, DNF Cory Jorgenson, DNS Clint Larson, DNS Tom O'Brien

Heat 2: Greg Chesley, Deven Van House, Willy Thompson, Adam Archer, Dan Russell, Jesse Ogston Randy Vezina, Jeff Pohjonen, Bart Porter, DNF AL McDougall

Feature (15 Laps) Chesley, Lavato, Olson, Vezina, Ogston, Estey, Pohjonen, Baker, McDougall, Thompson, Jorgenson, Archer, Porter, Morinville, McCarthy, Van House DNF Russell, Smart, DNS Larson, DNS O'Brien

DTRA Street Stock (8 Cars)

Heat Shane Kisling, Scott Herrick, Don Craig, Tim Baum, Bobby LePage, Dan Kingsley, Shawn Kisling, DNF Brian Fulda

Feature (15 Laps) Kingsley, Baum, Herrick, Craig, Shawn Kisling, Fulda

DTRA Pure Stocks (22 Cars)

Heat 1. Rick Kesty, jacob Morinville, Jeff Christman, Richard Dezlak, Scott Larsen, Karri Schultz, John Sullivan, Caroline Kresal

Heat 2: Glen Dammer, Al Rapp, Pete Ciurleo, Zene Anderson, Tony Ciurleo, Caitlyn Carlson, DNS Pat Van Ert

Heat 3: Dan Larsen, Jeff Tormondson, mark Korte, Dale Reynolds, John Engelbrecht, Tim Carlson, Chad Carlson

Feature (12 Laps) Dammer, Rapp, Christman, Tormondson, T Ciurleo, S Larsen, Dezlak, Morinville, D Larsen, Schultze, Korte, T Carlson, C Carlson, Sullivan, Van Ert, Reynolds, Anderson, Caitlyn Carlson, C Kresal, DNF P Ciurleo, Kesty, Engelbercht.