CRYDERMAN, NELSON, BELLEFEUILLE, CHESLEY, MADSEN SUPERIOR FEATURE WINNERS

Brent Larson And Jayme Lautigar Win Make Up Features

By Jerry O'Brien

6-8-07

It was a perfect night for racing at the Superior Speedway Friday night, fair skies and warm temperatures, something that his region has seen little of this spring. A good crowd of fans filed into the speedway to watch 106 race teams do battle on the big clay oval. Racing action started early as two of the rained out feature events from June first were run at 6:30 prior to the beginning of the scheduled program.

First up was the Modified make up feature Duane Dale took the early lead with Jayme Lautigar challenging. Kelly Estey squeezed between them at the end of the first of 20 laps and took the lead. In the early going it was Estey, Dale, Lautigar, Ross Lightner and Don Copp but Dale tried the high side for the lead and spun turn four and was clipped by Bill Byholm. Both were able to continue. On the single file restart Lautigar made the high groove work and swept into the lead which he would not relinquish to the checkered flag. Estey finished second, Copp third, Lightner fourth and Erik Bjorkland rounded out the top five.

Brent Larson shot off the pole to the lead in the Late Model make up feature with Kelly Estey, Pat Doar, Darin Meierotto and Joel Cryderman trailing. Larson dominated the 20 lap event putting a 15 car lengfth lead on Estey. At the half way point Larson led Estey, Doar, and Meierotto who had Steve Laursen challenging for fifth. The event went flag to flag with no cautions as Larson got his second feature win of the season at the speedway. Doar, Estey, Cryderman and Laursen finished in the top five.

The first feature of the regular program was for the Midwest Modifieds. There was a multi-car crash on lap one at the rear of the pack that sidelined three of the 24 car field. Chesley took the lead at the start and never looked back as he romped to his third feature win of the season at the speedway. Chesley took over the top spot after the first lap accident over Al McDougall, Skeeter Estey, Deven VanHouse and Rod Hietala. Estey got by McDougall and closed up on Chesley as the two raced away from third place by several car lengths. At the mid point Chesley led Estey, Hietala, Willy Thompson and McDougall, but a lap later the caution flag appeared for Chais Eliason who's car was leaking fluid onto the track. With seven laps remaining in the 15 lap event, Chesley drove away from Estey on the restart with Hietala third and Nick Lavato up from the fifth row into fourth. Chesley raced off to a huge lead as Estey began to drop back as Hietala and Lavato got by him. Several cars were able to advance to the front including Cory Jorgenson who moved from the ninth row to finish seventh, and Loren Inman who battled for sixth spot for several laps after starting 12th but had to settle for tenth in the end.

Everyone was on the edge of their seats hoping that the Super Stocks could break their jinx of having numerous accidents and shortened  features. At the green flag pole sitter Jim Campbell took the point with mike Bellefeuille and Ryan Aho hot on his heels. Ther was a caution period on lap four when Campbell, who was working the high groove on the now tacky and smooth racing surface, spun in turn four. That left the lead to Bellefeuille with Aho on his bumper. The restart was called off when Alan Hartel's car stalled while trying to enter the pits. Bellefeuille went to the high side for the lead when racing resumed and at the same time Scott Lawrence who restarted fourth went to the pit with a flat tire. Bellefeuille and Aho went side by sode for the lead with Bellefeuille holding onto the lead as they raced away from Donnie Lofdahl in third. A battle for third involved Lofdahl, Keith Kern, Brian Mikkonen and J B Stortz as they swapped positions almost every lap. At the half way point Bellefeuille led Aho, Mikkonen, Lofdahl, Stortz and Joe Oliver who had come from row five to run sixth. The fourth place skirmish intensified with Kern, Lofdahl and Stortz three wide for the position. They were soon joined by Oliver and 15th starting Tom Treviranus and the five cars put on an astounding race for the fourth spot.  Bellefeuille won his first of the season at the speedway over Aho, Mikkonen, Stortz and Treviranus.

Darrell Nelson raced off into a different zip code as he dominated the Modified feature.  Starting from the inside of the second row, Nelson wasted little time taking the lead from Ross Lightner with Jody Bellefeuille, Dean Yrjanainen and Kelly Estey following. There was an early caution flag when Kelly Checkalski slid up into the third turn wall. Nelson jumped to the lead at the green flag over Bellefeuille with Lightner, Yrjanainen and Estey in the top five. Nelson and Bellefeuille pulled away from Lightner who soon relinquished third to a charging Jason Miller who had started tenth. At the half way point Nelson and Bellefeuille were several car lengths ahead of Miller while Joey Jensen war moving quickly forward to take over fourth with eight laps remaining. Miller vaulted to second and tried to track down Nelson but ran out of laps.  Nelson took the win over Miller, Jensen, Estey, Bellefeuille and Jad Carlson in the top five.

Defending track champion Butch Madsen who has not raced at the speedway for a couple of weeks showed the way in the 15 lap Street Stock feature. Madsen jumped out to the lead from the front row and outran a persistent point leader Shane Kisling for the win. One caution flag marred the run when Bobby LePage was apparently spun out by Rob Weber. On the restart Kisling was literally on Madsen's bumper, they played bumper tag into the first turn but Madsen pulled away for the win. Scott Herrick, Dan Kingsley and Don Craig rounded out the top five.

Ron Schreiner had the pole for the 25 lap Late Model feature and at the green flag got the hole shot on front row mate Aaron Lillo with Joel Cryderman right behind. Cryderman moved up and he and Schreiner went wheel to wheel for the lead while Lillo and Brent Larson battled for third while Mike Nutzmann and Kelly Estey were going at it for fourth. On lap five Cryderman secured the lead and began to pull away but the caution flag flew next time by for Nutzmann who spun in turn two. At the restart it was Cryderman leading Schreiner with Larson in third, Estey fourth and Lillo fifth. Cryderman proceeded to drive away from Schreiner but the lead was short lived as the caution flag again appeared for the car of Gregg Hill. This time Larson used a strong restart to get by Schreiner and set out after Cryderman. Estey ran fourth and appearing in the top five was a hard charging Steve Laursen from his ninth starting spot. Schreiner slipped back to fifth with Eric Breeschoten sixth. Also charging forward was Harry Hanson who was now in seventh from his 20th starting slot. Cryderman chose to use the high groove momentum forcing Larson to use the low side to try for the pass.

At the half way point Cryderman led Larson with Estey, Laursen and Pat Doar who had dropped back early but had rebounded to fifth at this point. Schreiner, Breeschoten, Hanson, Lillo and Caley Emerson ran in the top ten. Cryderman began lapping the field with Larson following closely and, with five laps remaining he was able to hold back Larson in traffic. With four laps remaining the caution flag flew when Joey Ogston and Darin Meierotto collided and Meierotto stopped against the back stretch wall. The incident set up a four lap shootout with no lapped cars in front of Cryderman and Larson. At the green flag Cryderman still had the line around the track that Larson needed and led the final circuits for the win, Larson, Estey, Laurson and Doar were the top five at the finish.

Results Superior Speedway 6-8-07

Late Model (22 cars)

Heat 1: 1.Steve Laursen; 2. Aaron Lillo;3. Ron Schreiner; 4. Caley Emerson.5. Tim McMann;6. Gregg Hill; DNF: Darrell Carlson; DNS: Bob Slater

Heat 2: Brent Larson; 2. Eric Breeschoten; 3. Joel Cryderman; 4. Mike Nutzmann; 5. Jeff Lien; 6. Joey Ogston; Disqualified: Darin Meierotto, failed to scale

Heat 3: Pat Doar; 2. Kelly Estey; 3; Tom Nesbitt; 4. Darrell Nelson; 5. Travis Budisalovich; 6. Todd Gehl DNS: Harry Hanson

Feature (25 laps): 1. Cryderman; 2. Larson; 3. Estey; 4. Laursen; 5. Doar; 6. Schreiner; 7. Hanson; 8. Breeschoten; 9. Lillo; 10. Lien; 11. Emerson; 12. Nesbitt; 13. McMann; 14. Budisalovich; 15. Nutzmann; 16. Hill; 17. Ogston. DNF: 18. Meierotto; 19. Slater; 20. Carlson; 21. Gehl; 22.  Nelson.

Modified (24 cars)

Heat 1: 1. Jodi Olson; 2. Dean Yrjanainen; 3. Joey Jensen; 4. Jody Bellefeuille; 5. Tyler Keyser; 6. Jayme Lautigar; 7. Scott Hudack; 8. Al Uotinen

Heat 2: 1. Kelly Estey; 2. Jason Miller; 3. Ross Lightner; 4. Duane Dale; 5. Steve Lavasseur; 6. Jason Gross DNF: Bill Byholm; DNS: Rick Rivord

Heat 3: 1. Ron Schreiner; 2; Jad Carlson; 3. Darrell Nelson; 4. Don Copp; 5. Erik Bjorkland; 6. Chris Magistad; 7. Kelly Checkalski; 8. Nick Nelson

Feature (20 laps) 1. Nelson; 2. Miller; 3. Jensen; 4. Estey; 5. Bellefeuille; 6. Carlson; 7. Lightner; 8. Yrjanainen; 9. Olson; 10. Uotinen; 11. Lautigar; 12. Copp; 13. Schreiner; 14. Dale; 15. N Nelson; 16. Lavasseur; 17. Keyser; 18. Bjorkland; 19. Magistad; 20. Hudack DNF: 21. Rivord; 22. Gross; 23. Checkalski; 24. Byholm

Super Stock (28 cars)

Heat 1: 1. Mike Bellefeuille; 2. Scott Lawrence; 3, Dale Gangl; 4. Destin Lorimor; 5. Dave Flynn DNF 6. Andy Grymala; DNS: Ronnie Malecki

Heat 2: 1. Keith Kern; 2. Donnie Lofdahl; 3. Jim Campbell; 4. Tom Treviranus; 5. D J Donlinger; DNF 6 Eric Nelson; Disqualified: Tim Borgeson did not scale

Heat 3: 1. Darin Meierotto; 2. J B Stortz; 3. Joe Oliver; 4. Steve Estey; 5. Alan Hartel; 6. Frank Befera; 7. Steve Rivord, Jr

Heat 4: 1. Ryan Aho; 2. Brian Mikkonen; 3. John Copp; 4. Trevor Wilson; 5. Robbie Cooper; DNF 7. Steve christman

B Main: 1. Befera; 2; E Nelson; 3. Malecki; 4. Borgeson; 5. Grymala; 6. Cooper; 7. Rivord; 8. Christman

Feature (20 laps): 1. Bellefeuille; 2. Aho; 3. Mikkonen; 4. Stortz; 5. Treviranus; 6. Kern; 7. Oliver; 8. Lofdahl; 9. Copp; 10. Gangl; 11. Estey; 12. Meierotto; 13. Flynn; 14. Nelson; 15. Lorimor; 16. Borgeson; 17. Wilson; 18. Malecki; 19. Befera; 20. Long DNF: 21 Lawrence; 22. Hartel; 23. Donlinger; 24. Campbell

Midwest Modified (26 cars)

Heat 1. 1. Nick Lavato; 2. Rod Hietala; 3. Jeff Pohjonen; 4. Joe Olson; 5. Randy Vezina; 6. Brock McCarthy; 7. Adam Archer; 8. Bart Porter; DNF: Cory Jorgenson

Heat 2. 1. Willy Thompson; 2. Al McDougall; 3. Deven VanHouse; 4. Taylor Leuthner; 5. Loren Inman; 6. Dan Doran; 7. Terry Inman; 8. Tom O'Brien; 9. Chais Eliason

Heat 3. 1. Greg Chesley; 2. Nick Baker; 3. Skeeter Estey; 4. Jesse Ogston; 5. Tom Morinville; 6. Clint Wittlief; DNF: 7. Dan Russell; 8. Jason Gross

Feature: (15 laps): 1. Chesley; 2. Hietala; 3. Lavato; 4. Estey; 5. McDougall; 6. Thompson; 7. Jorgenson; 8. Pohjonen; 9. VanHouse; 10. L Inman; 11. Olson; 12. Baker; 13. McCarthy; 14. Ogston; 15. Leuthner; 16. Gross; 17. Wittlief; 18. O'Brien; 19 Morinville DNF 20. Doran; 21. Eliason; 22. T Inman; 23. Vezina; 24. Archer; 25 Porter DNS: Russell.

Street Stock (9 cars)

Heat: 1.Scott Herrick; 2. Tim Baum; 3. Shane Kisling; 4. Butch Madsen; 5. Dan Kingsley; 6. Scott Andrews; 7. Rob Weber; 8. Don Craig; DNF Bobby LePage

Feature (15 laps): 1. Madsen; 2. Kisling; 3. Herrick; 4. Kingsley; 5. Craig; 6. Baum; 7. Andrews; 8. LePage; 9. Weber.

Makeup Features from June one

Modified: 1. Laurigar; 2. Estey; 3. Copp; 4. Lightner; 5. Bjorkland; 6. Jensen; 7. Bellefeuille; 8. Uotinen; 9. Miller; 10. Nelson; 11. Keyser; 12. Checkalski; 13. Dale; 14. Olson; 15. Rivord; 16. N Nelson; 17. Lavasseur DNF 18. Carlson; 19 Hudack; 20. Byholm.

Late Model: 1. Larson; 2. Doar; 3. Estey; 4. Cryderman; 5. Laursen; 6. Meierotto; 7. Nutzmann; 8. Nesbitt; 9. Emerson; 10. Nelson; 11. Schreiner; 12. Breschoten; 13. Lien; 14. Lillo; 15. Gehl; 16. Budisalovich; 17. Carlson; 18. Ogston DNF 19. McMann; 20 Hanson DNS, not in attendance: Jeff Provinzino; Nick Musel; Carter Gerlach