A PAIR OF BELLEFEUILLES, COPP, ESTEY AND McLELLAN WIN PROCTOR FEATURES
By Jerry O'Brien
7-20-03

Proctor, MN -  Brothers Mike Bellefeuille and Jody Bellefeuille both won feature events Sunday night at the Proctor Speedway.  Younger brother Mike was the Super Stock winner while the eldest sibling was the Midwest Modified feature winner.  Don Copp, Late Model, Kelly Estey Modified and Jim McLellan Pure Stock were the other feature winners.

Steve Roseen drew the pole for the WISSOTA Late Model 20 lap feature with John Massingill to the outside.  At the green an eager Roseen jumped the start and was sent to the inside of row two elevating Don Copp to the pole.  At the green Copp grabbed the point with Roseen,  Massingill, Darrell Nelson and Jeff Broking following.  Broking decided to try the low line and made it stick working his way past Nelson to fourth then to third.  Massingill began to slip back as Nelson took fourth while Clint Larson was up from the eighth starting slot to take over fifth.  Half way was quickly reached as Copp with Roseen pulling to within four car lengths.  Nelson and Broking battled high and low with Nelson gaining the spot only to have Broking come back sticking to that inside line, to regain third.  Copp went on to the win over Roseen, Broking, Nelson and Larson.

Jayme Lautigar bolted to the lead from the pole in the 15 lap WISSOTA Modified main event followed by Steve Arpin, Jeff Hart, Kelly Estey Jason Miller and Darrell Nelson.  Estey dropped to the low groove and drove to the lead as Arpin slipped a wheel over the turn one edge and dropped back.  Miller slipped by Lautigar to second but Lautigar battled back as Nelson ran fourth.  At the half way point it was Estey, Miller, Lautigar, Nelson and Hart.  Lautigar bobbled and slid back in the field getting bunted by Matt Sorenson bringing out the first caution flag.  The restart was a no go as newcomer Adam Heuer stalled in turn one.  At the green Estey again pulled away from Miller who was busy fending off Nelson for second.  Arpin, Lautigar and Hart battled for third several car lengths behind them.  One more caution flag waved and Heuer again the cause sending him to the pits.  Estey went on to take the win over Nelson who won the battle for second, Miller, Lautigar and Arpin.

Scott Lawrence drew the pole for the Super Stock feature with Mike Bellefeuille to the outside.  At the green Bellefeuille used the high groove to take the lead over Lawrence with Apul, Schultz, Eric Nelson and Jay Kuras trailing.  The caution flag soon appeared as Ron Malecki and Aaron Lillo tangled on the back stretch.  At the restart Bellefeuille led Lawrence but again the yellow was thrown as Shawn was shoved off into the mud off the back stretch and Nelson took a tour of the back side of turns one and two.  Again a try for a start with the same three up front, Kuras fourth and Rick Rivord making it to the top five after the departure early of a very quick Joe Oliver who made it from ninth to third before heading straight off turn two with mechanical failure.  At the half way crossed flags Bellefeuille led Lawrence Schultz, Rivord and Kuras but soon after the caution flag flew for a Steve Tabara spin in turn one.  At he green flag the order up front remained the same as Bellefeuille and Lawrence took their battle for the lead away from Schultz who was alone in third.  Rivord and Kuras dueled for fourth but Johnny Erickson up from the 11th starting slot squeezed between them and took fourth away.  On the final turn with Bellefeuille in control, Kyle Peterlin made a banzai move on Kuras and Rivord stealing fifth from them.

Darren Brown led the Midwest Modifieds to the green flag for their 15 lap feature run.  Brown's car was having handling problems and Jeff Lien moved past to the point as Jody Bellefeuille began his march to the front hugging the bottom of the track.  He slipped past Justin Jones and Bob Chesley into second and set out to track down Lien.  With no caution flags to mar the event the half way point was quickly reached with Bellefeuille making the lead pass.  Bellefeuille went on to take his first career win in any division over Lien, Chesley, Jones and Greg Carlson.

There was lots of trouble getting the Pure Stock feature to stay under green for even one lap but when they did Todd Monahan was the leader ahead of Jim McLellan, Al Mcdougall, J P Aase and Steve Young.  Again once they got going it took little time to reach half way with the order up front still the same.  Just past the mid point the final caution flag flew when someone's bumper was ripped off.  At the green with seven laps to go Monahan still led McLellan who was challenging for the lead with Nick Lavato to third.  The big battle was for fourth between McDougall, Aase, Al Rapp and Jon McKinnon with Aase wining out.  Monahan began to falter and McLellan flew by to take the win.  Monahan rolled to a halt just past the finish line with Lavato, Aase, and Rapp rounding out the top five. 

Results:

WISSOTA Late Model

Heat 1: Steve Roseen, Bob Reed, John Massingill, Don Copp, Tim McMann
Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Mike Meger, Harry Hanson, Jeff Broking, Clint Larson
Feature: Copp, Roseen, Broking, Nelson, Larson, Tim McMann, Hanson, Massingill, Ed Wakefield, Meger. 

WISSOTA Modified

Heat 1: Jayme Lautigar, Jason Miller, Kelly Estey, Darrell Nelson, Ken Hron
Heat 2: Steve Arpin, Jeff Hart, Matt Sorenson, Kerery Hanson, Ken Anderson Feature: Estey, Nelson, Miller, Lautigar, Arpin, Hart, Hanson, Scott Greer, Fred Aschenbauer, Matt Sorenson

WISSOTA Super Stock

Heat 1: Kyle Peterlin, Johnny erickson, Eric Nelson, Jay Kuras, Jeff Lindsey
Heat 2: Paul Schultz, Brad Arnes, Joe Oliver, Shawn Ziels, Adam Long
Heat 3: Mike Bellefuille, Scott Lawrence, Rick Rivord, Gary Cornelison, Keith Kern
Feature: Bellefeuille, Lawrence, Schultz, Erickson, Peterlin, Kuras, Rivord, Nick Musel, Nelson, Arnes

WISSOTA Midwest Modified

Heat 1: Greg Carlson, Jeff Lien, Tyler Hynnes, Darren Brown, Brock McCarthy (DNF)
Heat 2: Justin Jones, JJ Thompson, Jody Bellefeuille, Bob Chesley, Brian Eliason
Feature: J Bellefeuille, Lien, Chesley, Jones, Carlson, Mark Kangas, Thompson, Joe Kalinowski, Eliason, Steve Inman

Pure Stocks

Heat 1: Steve Young, Tom Morinville, Tim Lillo, Tom Cornelison, Dave Flynn
Heat 2: Nick Lavato, Jim McLellan, Glen Dammer, Tim Carlson
Heat 3: Todd Monahan, Al McDougall, Stacy McKinnon, Al Rapp
Heat 4: JP Aase, Dustin Lunde, Jimmy Rich, jr.
B Main: Gary Campbell, J McKinnon, Wade Ziels, Mark Carlson
Feature: McLellan, Monahan, Lavato, Aase, Rapp, McKinnon, McDougall, Campbell, Cornelison, Steve Young