Aho Takes Super Main, Lunde Wins First Career Pure Stock
Feature
By Jerry O'Brien - 08/22/2004
Darrell Nelson of Hermantown extended his Late Model point
lead in defense of his track title with his fourth feature win
of the season. Nelson started ninth in the field and worked his
way forward while at the front pole sitter Andrew McKay led Jeff
Broking and Duane Dale in the early going with Steve Roseen and
Kevin Carlson in striking distance. Last week's winner Harry
Hanson appeared to have handling problems and spun from the
outside pole. Everyone following missed him and he ended up at
the rear of the field with no caution flag thrown. McKay
continued in the lead using the high side with Roseen
second and Nelson up to third. Dale got a strong run down the
back stretch and split Roseen and Nelson but entered turn three
too hot and spun bringing out the first caution flag. At the
restart Tim McMann got a good jump and took second but a tangle
between Nick Nelson and John Massingill in turn one negated the
great move. At the green flag Hanson's trouble continued with a
turn one spin stopping the action. It was a single file restart
with McKay still leading an at the mid point it was McKay,
Nelson, McMann, Carlson, Roseen and Nick Nelson. Just past half
way McKay decided to try the low side and Nelson got by into the
lead. A couple laps later Hanson's tribulations ended with the
car against the front stretch wall causing the final caution
period. Nelson went on to take the win as McMann squeaked by
McKay for second as Roseen nipped Carlson for fourth.
Darrell Nelson redrew the pole for the Modified feature with
Clint Larson alongside. There was trouble on the first lap when
Tom Turcotte was apparently forced into the front stretch wall.
On the restart Turcotte and Jeff Wood had a confrontation with
both spinning. Wood then charged across the track and slammed
into Turcott's stationary machine. Both were out of the event
with further consequences unknown. The action was slowed twice
more toward the end but it was the duel between Nelson and fifth
starting Steve Arpin that all eyes were upon as they battled
side by side and traded slide jobs at either end of the
speedway. Further back Larson and Jason Miller battled for third
with Miller squeezing by. Arpin finally made the pass stick and
picked up the hard fought win over Nelson, Miller, Larson and
Don Copp finished in the front five.
Ryan Aho overcame a bad redraw that put him ninth on the
starting grid to take the feature win and unofficially both the
track point lead and the National WISSOTA point lead as closest
rival Dave Mass suffered a cut tire in a first lap clash. At the
green flag it was outside front row sitter Scott Lawrence
shooting into the lead ahead of Nick Musel while Aho worked his
way past Spike McDougall and Rick Rivord to the third spot. The
event went to the half way point without a caution flag as
Lawrence had them covered but just past the mid point Lawrence
pulled into the infield with apparent mechanical problems
leaving Musel to fend off Aho as the first of two caution flags
flew for a Rick Simpson spin in turn four. At the green Aho
dived to the inside and he and Musel went wheel to wheel until
Aho was able to edge ahead. The final caution flag flew for a
tangle between Ron Malecki and Bryan Youderin in the first turn
putting Musel back in the lead. Aho wasted no time retaking the
lead to win the feature, his 21st over all to unofficially take
the National point lead. Musel, Kyle Peterlin, McDougall and
Rivord rounded out the top five.
The Midwest Modified feature say six caution flags mar the
action as Monte Hall won his second consecutive feature at the
speedway. Pole sitter Kelly Checkalski led in the early going
and appeared to be on his way to a win before mechanical
gremlins forced him to relinquish the lead to Hall who had
started third. Mark Anderson assumed second spot arriving there
from the inside of the fourth row. A pair of number 97's
finished behind the leaders, Harry Hanson in Mark Kangas' car
finished third and Greg Chesley recovered from a Friday night
half roll over to take fourth with Dan Wheeler filling the top
five runners.
It looked, in the early going that Jon McKinnon was going to
have a repeat performance of the previous weeks Pure Stock
feature win in sister Stacy's car but after taking the point
from pole sitter Dustin Lunde, a breakdown sidelined him. A
single caution flag slowed the action near the half way point
when the caution flew for a tangle in turn one. Lunde hung
around the front the entire race and ended up with his first
career feature win. Steve Young, Joey Ogsten, Rob Monahan and
Scott Larsen finished in the top five.
Results
WISSOTA Late Models
Heat 1: Harry Hanson, Kevin Carlson, Bob Slater, Duane Dale,
Jeff Massingill, Nick Nelson DNF: Joh Massingill
Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Jeff Broking, Steve Roseen, Tim McMann,
Andrew McKay, Aaron Lillo Feature: D Nelson, McMann, McKay,
Roseen, Carlson, N Nelson, Broking, Slater, John Massingill,
Jeff Massingill, Lillo, Dale, DNF Hanson
WISSOTA Modified
Heat 1: Steve Arpin, Jayme Lautigar, Clint Larson, Jason Millr,
John Reini, Dave Mass, John Carpenter, Tom Turcotte DNF: Jeff
Wood
Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Cory Jorgenson, Don Copp, Jodi Olson,
Ken Hron, Jody Bellefeuille, Jason Anderson, Rod Heitala, Mark
Johnson
Feature: Arpin, Nelson, Miller, Larson, Copp, Anderson, Olson,
Hron, Reini, Carpenter, Heitala, Bellefeuille, Mass, Johnson,
Jorgenson DNF: Lautigar, Turcotte Disqualified: Wood
WISSOTA Super Stock
Heat 1: Rick Simpson, Ryan Aho, Kevin Salin, Jay kuras, Kyle
Peterlin, Bruce Johnson, Keith Kern, Ron Malecki, Dave Flynn,
Shawn Ziells
Heat 2: Scott Lawrence, Dave Mass, Rick Rivord, Nick Musel, Mike
Bellefeuille, Doug Woodhull, Brian Youderin DNF Donnie
Lofdahl
Feature: Aho, Musel, Peterlin, McDougall, Rivord, Bellefeuille,
Kern, Kuras, Johnson, Ziells, Woodhull, Flynn DNF: Simpson,
Youderin, Malecki, Lawrence, Mass. DNS: Lofdahl
WISSOTA Midwest Modified
Heat 1: Darren Brown, JJ Thompson, Dan Wheeler, Monty Hall, Nick
Lavato, Mike Kalkbrenner, Deven Van House, Brad Anderson, Jim
Raiho, Joe Ogsten DNF JP Aase
Heat 2: Kelly Checkalski, Mark Anderson, Chris Johnson, Greg
Chesley, Harry Hanson, Greg Carlson, Terry Inman, Brock
McCarthy, Jeremy Hall DNF: Loren Inman
Feature: M Hall, M Anderson, Hanson, Chesley, Wheeler, Van
House, Carlson, Kalkbrenner, L Inman, B Anderson, Raiho, Johnson
DNF: Thompson, T Inman, Checkalski, J Hall, Ogsten, Brown,
McCarthy.
Pure Stock
Heat 1: Rick Cornelison, Miles Weske, Tony Ciurleo, Glen Dammer,
Rick Kesty, Cheryl Deloach, Mike Bruley DNF Tim Donaldson, Zach
McClellan
Heat 2: Joey Ogsten, Steve Young, Rob Monahan, Ricky Davis, Mike
Tucci, Kevin Youderin, Dave Reynolds, Allen Price DNF: Brandon
Aase
Heat 3: Tom Morinville, Jim McClellan, Al Rapp, Scott Larsen,
Tim Carlson, Bruce kalman, Dan Kingsley, Steve Christman.
Heat 4: Jon McKinnon, Dustin Lunde, Richard Dzelak, Jody
Amendola, Ed Kesty DNF: Don Follett, Nick Baker DNS: Steve
Kresal
B Main: Carlson, Price, R Kesty, Kalmon, Donaldson DNF: Follett,
Reynolds
B Main: Kingsley, Deloach, Youderin, E Kesty, Donaldson DNF:
Bruley DNS: Baker, Z McClellan, Kresal
Feature: Lunde, Young, Ogston, Monahan, Larsen, J McClellan,
Morinville, Rapp, Davis, Cuirleo, Price, Cornelison, Tucci,
Carlson DNF: Amendola, Kingsley, Dammer, Weske, McKinnon, Dzelak