HRON WINS FIRST CAREER WISSOTA MODIFIED FEATURE
Nelson, Lawrence, Loucks Win features, Pure Stock Feature Postponed To Next Week

By Jerry O'Brien

A total of 120 cars filled the pits for racing action Sunday night August first and there was plenty of action to go around. A couple of first time winners were mingled in with some veteran drivers and one division's feature was put off until August eighth due to time constraints. Ken Hron has only been able to race three times this season twice breaking down in his new WISSOTA Modified at another track but the third time was the charm as he took the blue and silver number 46 to his first ever feature win in any kind of racing.  

After finishing second in his heat, the redraw was kind to Hron awarding him the pole position, a spot he put to good use out dragging front row mate Jeff Hart to the first turn and taking a  quick lead.  Hron survived three caution flags to take the stunning win over a stout field of cars. 23 cars started the main event with 13 running at the checkered flag. Hron's biggest opponent last half of the race was Dave Mass who could draw to the inside on the restarts but could not muster enough to make the pass as Hron was very quick on the  top groove. Early on in the event it was Mass, Hart, Cory Jorgenson and Dennis Checkalski showing in the top running bunch behind Hron. On lap four a tangle at the back of the pack sent the ambulance to the fourth turn. No drivers were hurt but Vic Larson and Jamie Davis were done for the night as Clint Larson and Kelly Estey were caught up in the incident. 

There was more trouble on the restart as Joey Galloway and Rod Heitala tangled in turn one with the ambulance once again summoned. Neither were hurt but Heitala as also out and Galloway was sent to the rear. Hron again led the pack away from the green flag with Mass close behind. The two staged a break away with Jorgenson, Jeff Wood and Darrell Nelson now in the top five.  Another caution stopped that break away as Hart suffered a flat right front, slid up and bunted Nelson off of the outside of turn two. Again and Hron staged a break away but Jorgenson and Nelson soon caught up. Hron was in the catbird seat but a stalled Jeff Lien brought out a yellow flag Hron did not want to see with two laps remaining. Hron was equal to the task and took the win over Mass, Nelson, Wood and Don Copp. 

It was an easy win for WISSOTA Late Model point leader Darrell Nelson as the redraw was also kind to him giving him the pole for the 20 lap feature. Nelson shot  out to the early lead and was never seriously challenged though Bob Slater stayed within hailing distance two caution flags and a red flag. The first caution period was for Duane Dale who slid off turn four and the second caution was also for Dale who lost the right rear wheel also in turn four. Sandwiched between the yellow flags was a red flag when Kelly Estey and Harry Hanson got together exiting turn two with Estey's car launched into the air. The car came to a stop and Greg Hill with no place to go plowed into him. Neither were hurt but both were done.  At this point officials shortened the laps to 15 with 11 remaining due to time constraints. Nelson went on to the win over Slater, Tim McMann, Hanson and Jeff Broking. 

The WISSOTA Super Stock main event also featured a win from the pole position which was drawn by Scott Lawrence. Scheduled to start fourth was point leader Ryan Aho but a flat tire on the pace lap dropped him to  the tail of the 21 car field. Lawrence was sailing along in the lead followed by Paul Schultz, Rick Simpson and Mike Bellefeuille as they pulled away from fifth place Donnie Lofdahl. Here is where the wheels came off of a perfect run...just before the white flag was due to appear, Bellefeuille who had moved to Lawrences' rear bumper hit it in turn three spinning both out. Lawrence was restored to first and Bellefeuille was sent to the rear. Lawrence again pulled away this time with Simpson trailing but before the white flag could appear, Keith Kern was turned around in turn four and Schultz was disqualified. Another try at the final two laps saw Gary Cornelison and Shawn Ziells tangle in the first turn. During the final stoppage Jay Kuras who had been having a fine run from eighth into the top five and Dave Mass from 11th into the top three were both out with mechanical ills. Lawrence one again held the lead and the race was mercifully finally over with Lawrence, Aho, from the back to pressure him for the win, Simpson, Lofdahl and Nick Musel finishing in the top five. 

Josh Loucks has not raced his Midwest Modified since early in the season but his return to competition was a triumphant one as the took the Dodge powered number eight L into the winner's circle despite an event slowed by four caution flags. Loucks hung around in the top five through the caution periods until late in the race when he took the lead for good though he was pressured by Monte Hall with Mark Anderson up from eighth to third and Nick Lavato with a strong run to fourth. Point leader Dan Wheeler worked his way forward from his 14th starting slot to round out the top five. 

Due to time constraints, the Pure Stock main event will be run on Sunday August 8th before regularly scheduled program. 

Results

WISSOTA Late Model
Heat 1: Darrell Nelson, Harry Hanson, Kelly Estey, Bob Slater, Greg Hill, DNF John Massingill DNS Steve Roseen Disqualified, Did not scale, Justin Aylward 
Heat 2: Duane Dale, Tim McMann, Kevin Carlson, Mike Meger, Jeff Broking, Aaton Lillo, Jeff Massingill 
Feature: Nelson, Slater, McMann, Hanson, Broking, Carlson, Lillo, Meger DNF Dale, Hill, Estey DNS: John Massingill, Roseen, Aylward 

WISSOTA Modified 
Heat 1: Al Uotinen, Dennis Checkalski, Darrell Nelson, Vic Larson, Jeff Lien, Rick Cannata, Brad Hanson, Jody Bellefeuille DNF Matt Sorenson 
Heat 2: Don Copp, Jeff Wood, Dave Mass, Jeff Hart, Tim Danielson, Mark Heinle DNF Rod Heitala, Clint Larson Heat 3: Cory Jorgenson, Ken Hron, John Reini, Jamie Davis, Joey Galloway DNF Mark Johnson, Kelly Estey, DNS Tom Turcotte 
Feature: Hron, Mass, Nelson, Wood, Copp, Checkalski, Hanson, Danielson, Bellefeuille, Sorenson, Reini, Galloway, Hart DNF: Jorgeson, Uotinen, Lien, Estey, Heinle, C Larson, Heitala, V Larson, Davis DNS: Cannata, Johnson, Turcotte 

WISSOTA Super Stock 
Heat 1: Dave Mass, Jay Kuras, Donnie Lofdahl, Scott Lawrence, Keith Kern, Gary Cornelison, Wayne Stricker, DNF Charlie Anderson 
Heat 2: Ryan Aho, Paul Schultz, Kyle Peterlin, Rick Rivord, Dan Tocheri, Brian Youderin, DNF Adam Long Disqualified, did not scale, Jeff Forseen 
Heat 3: Eric Nelson, Mike Bellefeuille, Rick Simpson, Nick Musel, Shane Marx, Doug Woodhull, DNF Shawn Ziells Feature: Lawrence, Aho, Simpson, Lofdahl, Musel, Nelson, Rivord, Woodhull, Marx, Cornelison, Anderson, Peterlin, Ziells, Tocheri, Youderin DNF: Mass, Kuras, Kern, Schultz, Stricker, Bellefeuille DNS: Long, Forseen 

Midwest Modified 
Heat 1: Terry Inman, Mark Anderson, Darren Brown, Ken Thompson, Brad Anderson, Mark Kangas, Greg Carlson, Joe Kalenowski 
Heat 2: Monte Hall, JJ Thompson, Greg Chesley, Nick Lavato, Dan Wheeler, Tony Moen, Clint Wihlief, Shawn Van Gilder 
Heat 3: Shawn Peterson, Chuck Arpin, Kelly Checkalski, Josh Loucks,  Jeremy Hall, Brock McCarthy DNF JP Aase 
Feature:Loucks, M Hall, M Anderson, Lavato, Wheeler, Peterson, JJ Thompson, Brown, Checkalski, B Anderson, Carlson, J Hall, Arpin DNF: Moen, Chesley, Kalenowski, K Thompson, Kangas, Inman, Wihlief, McCarthy, Van Gilder DNS: Aase 

Pure Stock
Heat 1: Rob Monahan, Jim McClellan, Mike Tucci, Glen Dammer, Tom Cornelison, Willy Thompson DNF: Stacey McKinnon, Rick Wilhelm, Dan Kingsley 
Heat 2: Scott Larsen, Dustin Lunde, Steve Young, Bruce Kalman, Mike  Bruley DNF: Kevin Youderin, Ricky Davis DQ rough driving, Zach McClellan 
Heat 3: Nick Baker, Miles Weske, Tim Carlson, Cheryl Delaoch, Travis Karulak, Ryan Kough, Brandon Aase 
Heat 4: Al Rapp, Joey Ogsten, Allen Price, Rick Kesty, Tony Ciurleo, Tom Morinville DNF Tim Donaldson DQ rough driving Jason Ziells 
B Main: Kingsley, Davis, Morinville, W Thompson, Aase DNF: Ziells, T Cornelison DNS: Deloach, McKinnon 
B Main: Ciurleo, Donaldson, Kar1ulak, Kough DNF Bruley, Wilhelm DNS: Youderin, McClellan 
Feature: To be run on August 8.