PROVINZINO NABS PROCTOR LATE MODEL FEATURE

Makeup Features, Full Program make For Busy Night
By Jerry O'Brien - 7-18-04

Twenty-two races made for a busy evening as the Proctor Speedway made up the four features from the previous week that had been fogged out before beginning the regularly scheduled five class program. Darrell Nelson cruised to the makeup feature win in the WISSOTA Late Model division from the outside of the front row after taking the lead from early leader Andrew McKay. Harry Hanson moved past McKay in the late stages to take second. Mckay, Tim McMann and Mike Meger rounded out the top five.

Kyle Peterlin also cruised to the makeup Super Stock feature starting from the outside of the front row. It was a dandy battle for second between Ryan Aho, Scott Lawrence, Paul Schultz, Dave Mass and Kevin Salin that saw positions swapped almost every lap. A late race caution brought the pack to Peterlin's heels bun no one was able to reel him in as he took the checkered flag. Lawrence took second over Aho, Schultz and Mass in the top five.

The outside of the front row seemed to be the place to start in the makeup main events as Steve Arpin also grabbed the lead in the WISSOTA Modified feature and held on to take the win over Dave Mass, Jeff Hart, Darrell Nelson and Jeff Wood. In keeping with all the other divisions, Al Rapp started the Pure Stock feature from the outside pole and held on to take the win in an event that saw a red flag situation when Allen Price took a nasty tumble off turn one. Price was reported to be alright but complaining of a sore neck. Rapp retained the lead to the checkered flag over Miles Weske, Glen Dammer, Jim McLellan and Rick Cornelison.

The first feature of the regularly scheduled racing was the Midwest Modified feature that saw an unusual number of caution flags. Newcomer Dean Hoffman redrew the pole position and looked strong in the early going but a spin at the front of the pack sent him to the rear after a skirmish with Nick Lavato. Mark Anderson had found his way from tenth to third behind Dan Wheeler. Lavato was the leader through three more caution periods but Anderson got a hole shot off turn two on the restart to shoot by Lavato for the lead. Wheeler and Justin Jones got by Lavato in the waning laps to take second and third with Lavato fourth and Kelly Checkalski up form 11th to take fifth.

Outside pole sitter Jeff Provinzino got the jump pole starter Steve Roseen and took the lead but the action was slowed when Duane Dale and Jeff Broking got hooked together and Broking spun. Dale was sent to the rear and, at the Green Provinzino retained the lead. John Massingill tried to make the high side work but couldn't advance. Harry Hanson started fifth and was able to work his way by Roseen for second. After a caution flag for debris, Provinzino stuck to the bottom of the track and no one could make a move as he led Hanson to the checkered flag. Roseen, Mike Meger and Darrell Nelson followed.

Jeff Forseen led the early stages of the Super Stock main event but it was Paul Schultz the pole sitter who ventured into the high groove and made it stick long enough to get to the lead. An early caution saw Rick Rivord grab the lead at the restart with Schultz and Forseen trailing. The order remained the same after another caution flag. It was at this time Schultz was able to make the high groove work long enough to take the lead and the eventual victory over Jay Kuras, Forseen, Dave Mass up from 10th and Rivord.

The WISSOTA Modified main got off to a ragged start when Jeff Wood was banged into the infield at the green flag. Wood was sent to the rear and, at the green flag Don Copp forced his way down low in turn one trying to take the lead but Jeff Hart got there first, Copp was second and Jodi Olson went to the high side for third. Copp made his way to the front hugging the low line, Olson annexed second with Hart third, Jeff Lien fourth and Dave Mass fifth. Copp went on to take his first feature of the season in the experimental Affordable Chassis Modified. Hart, Olson, Darrell Nelson from ninth and Jeff Wood who was up from 19th to finish fifth.

Jim McClellan won a hotly contested Pure Stock feature to finish of a full night of racing with a sweep of the division. Al Rapp put on a stellar driving performance coming from the 18th starting spot to finish a strong second. Early leader and pole sitter Scott Larsen finished third, Willy Thompson was fourth and Glen Dammer was fifth from 15th.

Results:

WISSOTA Late Model
Heat 1: Duane dale, John Massingill, Jeff Provinzino, Tim McMann, Jeff Broking, Jeff Massingill, Randy Hovde, Aaron Lillo
Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Andrew Mckay, Steve Roseen, Mike Meger, Harry Hanson, Kevin Carlson, Justin Aylward, George Ledin
Feature: Provinzino, Hanson, Roseen, Meger, Nelson,John Massingill, Broking, McMann, Ledin, McKay, Dale, Aylward, Hovde, Lillo, Carlson, Jeff Massingill

WISSOTA Modified
Heat 1: Dave Mass, Jason Miller, Steve Arpin, Jodi Olson, Jeff Pohjonen, Darrell Nelson, Mark Johnson, Tim Danielson, Jody Bellefeuille, Clint Larson (DQ)
Heat 2: Jeff Lien, Jeff Hart, Don Copp, Jason Anderson, Rod Heitala, John Raini, John carpenter, Tom Turcotte, Jeff Wood, Matt Sorenson
Feature: Copp, Hart, Olson, Nelson, Wood, Mass, Arpin, Miller, Lien, Danielson, Larson, Carpentier, Turcotte, Bellefeuille, Anderson, Raini DNF Pohjonen DNS Johnson, Sorenson.

WISSOTA Super Stock
Heat 1: Dave Mass, Rick Rivord, Jay Kuras, Kevin Salin, Jeff Lindsey, Tom Treviranus DNF Keith Kern, Ryan Aho, Kyle Peterlin
Heat 2: Scott Lawrence, Mike Bellefeuille, Eric Nelson, Spike McDougall, Donnie Lofdahl, Shawn Ziells, Doug Woodhull, Gary Cornelison
Heat 3: Rick Simpson, Jeff Forseen, Nick Musel, Paul Schultz, Steve Tabara, Ron Malecki, Bruce Johnson, Jean Fortin.
B Main: Aho, Kern, Johnson, Ziells, Peterlin, Woodhull, Treviranus, Malecki, Cornelison, Fortin
Feature: Schultz, Kuras, Forseen, Mass, Rivord, Simpson, Aho, Bellefeuille, Musel, Lawrence, Salin, Peterlin, McDougall, Johnson, Lofdahl, Lindsey, Kern DNF: Tabara, Kern

WISSOTA Midwest Modified
Heat 1: Darren Brown, Greg Carlson, Justin Jones, JJ Thompson, JPAase, Jeremy Hall DNF Shawn Van Gilder, Brad Anderson
Heat 2: Greg Chesley, Mark Anderson, Dean Hoffman, Ken Thompson, Brock McCarthy, Terry Inman, DNF DJ Severin DNS Chuck Lambert
Heat 3: Kelly Checkalski, Mark Kangas, Dan Wheeler, Nick Lavato, Loren Inman, jr, Joe Kalinowski, Don Ore, Tony Moen
B Main: Terry Inman, Kalinowski, Van Gilder, B Anderson
Feature: M Anderson, Wheeler, Jones, Lavato, Checkalski,, Carlson, Loren Inman Jr, Brown, JJ Thompson, T Inman, B Anderson, Aase, Van Gilder DNF: Kangas, K Thompson, Moen, McCarthy, Chesley.

Pure Stock
Heat 1: Scott larsen, Rob Monahan, Bruce Kalman, Miles Weske, Brandon Aase, Mike Tucci, Dave Reynolds DNF Tony Ciurleo DNS Allan Price
Heat 2: Jim McClellan, Ricky Davis, Tim Carlson, Tom Cornelison, Steve Young, Ed Kesty, Cheryl Deloach, Tom Cornelison, Al Rapp
Heat 3: Rick Kesty, Joey Ogstad, Willy Thompson, Glen Dammer, Tim Donaldson, Stacey McKinnon, Jason Ziells, Nick Baker, Zach McClellan
B Main: Mark Carlson, Ciurleo, Baker, Aase DNF R Cornelison, E Kesty, Mike Bruely, Steve Kresal DNS: Deloach, Price
B Main: Rapp, T Cornelison, Young, McKinnon, Donaldson DNF Reynolds, Ziells, Tucci DNS Kevin Youderin, Dustin Lunde
Feature: J McClellan, Rapp, Larsen, Thompson, Dammer, Ogstad, T Cornelison, R Cornelison, Weske, Davis, R Kesty, M Carlson, T Carlson DNF: Kalmon, Al McDougall, Tom Morinville, LaRae Ralidak, Rob Monahan, Dan Kingsley, Tony Ciurleo