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HANSON WINS FOURTH 05' LM FEATUREBy Jerry O'Brien Eveleth Minnesota's Harry Hanson won his fourth WISSOTA Late Model feature of the season at the Proctor Speedway Sunday night August 14th. Hanson redrew the outside pole position for the 20 lap main event outside the number 6m of young Jeff Massingill. At the green flag Massingill took the point with Darin Meierotto following him through on the bottom as Darrell Nelson and Hanson shook out amongst the early leaders. Meierotto took the lead at the line on the initial circuit as Hanson blew into second towing Nelson past Massingill as Tim McMann settled into fifth. McMann had his hands full with Jeff Provinzino and the two battled for position. The only caution flag of the event appeared with five laps complete when newcomer Gary Walton slid off the top of turn four. At the restart Hanson blew around Meierotto into the lead and was never challenged for the remaining 15 circuits. Hanson streaked away from Meierotto who put some distance on Nelson as Provinzino found something on the bottom and stole fourth from McMann as the ten lap mark was reached. The second half saw almost everyone in the top groove except for Mike Meger and a couple others as Hanson began lapping back markers. It was an easy victory for the popular veteran. Meierotto, Nelson, Provinzino and McMann rounded out the rest of the top five. Rod Heitala paced the scheduled 17 car WISSOTA Modified field to the green flag. Before the pace lap Clint Larson dropped into the pits and John Reini failed to appear leaving 15 cars to take the green. Outside pole starter Paul Schultz got the jump at the outset looking for his second consecutive feature win at the speedway and led the first lap by a bumper. Jeff Wood quickly challenged Schultz from the second row and the two blasted into the first turn. Track point leader Kelly Estey was already in third from seventh and battling with Don Copp for the position. Copp retained the position and Estey had his hands full with Al Uotinen as he tried to keep the position. The first of two caution flags flew when Marc Johnson spun with four laps in. At the green flag Wood took the inside line and slid up the track forcing Schultz off the top of the turn. By the time he regained control the rest of the pack had boiled by. A lap later the caution light again blinked on as Johnson again spun and left the track. At the start Nelson gained the lead with Copp, Estey, Uotinen and Jeff Lien in the top five as wood fell off the pace and departed for the pits. Nelson moved off to a huge lead over Copp which held up to the checkered flag. Uotinen, Estey and Lien finished in the front five. Greg Chesley used his pole position in the Midwest Modified 20 lap feature to take his second consecutive feature win at the speedway. Att he green Chesley got a great jump on the field and took the lead while Nick Lavato slid up from the fifth starting slot to grab second ahead of Shawn Ziells as Mark Kangas followed Ziells through to fourth with Al McDougall fifth. Chesley pulled out to a three quarter straight away lead over Lavato who had his hands full with Shawn Ziells. Greg Carlson grabbed fifth from McDougall and the leading group were strung out in single file. At the mid point it was Chesley, Lavato, Ziells, Kangas and Carlson up front. Lurking just outside the top five were Justin Jones and Scott Zaradil. The first caution flag flew when Willy Thompson spun on the back stretch just at the half way point with the one more lap in, the caution flag again appeared when Jim Lowinski looped in turn four. Chesley led the entire distance over Lavato, Kangas, Jones and Darren Brown who came from the B main to finish fifth. Kyle Peterlin and Donnie Lofdahl paced the WISSOTA Super Stock field to the green flag and all was well until three quarters of a lap had been completed. At this point Lofdahl went sideways for some reason in front of nearly the entire field. Several cars piled into the heap which included Steve Estey, track and national point leader Ryan Aho, Mike Bellefeuille and Rick Simpson. Both Lofdahl and Bellefeuille were out of the event. Aho went to the pits and returned with most of the front sheet metal missing. The field again tried for a start with 20 laps to go but couldn't get the entire field through before Gordy Maki and Wayne Stricker tangled in the first turn. Another try, another caution as Robbie Cooper spun in turn one. By this time track officials had had enough and it was a single file restart which worked. Peterlin had the point with Jay Kuras second then Simpson, Dave Flynn and Jeff Forseen. Scott Lawrence who had started ninth found his way on the bottom to the fifth spot and was in a tight skirmish with Simpson, Forseen and Flynn for position as Peterlin and Kuras ran away to settle it between them. Lawrence broke free and took third as Kuras got a great run on the outside to nab the lead. At this point Aho who had been struggling with the battered car pulled off. Kuras was in command and ran away from Peterlin to take his first feature win in some time. Peterlin, Lawrence, Forseen and Eric Nelson finished in the top five. Jim McClellan won the Pure Stock 15 lap main event starting from the fourth position. A pair of 79's Rick Wilhelm and Ricky Davis paced the 20 car field to the green flag but Cheryl Deloach brought the action to a halt when she spun in turn one. At the restart Wilhelm led Davis, Jason Ziells, Rick Kesty and McClellan. There was a mess in turn one with Kesty and Davis spinning. Kesty left the track as the green flag again appeared. Ziells was the leader over Wilhelm, Davis, McClellan and a fast moving Tony Ciurleo. Wilhelm moved up to challenge Ziells for the lead and the two raced side by side as McClellan burst out of the pack into third while Davis had Tom Morinville and Ciurleo all over him for fourth. The second caution flag flew when Skeeter Estey stalled. At the green Ziells held the point with Wilhelm and McClellan right behind. Davis lost fourth to Morinville and Ciurleo moved by to fifth. Just as Wilhelm took the lead Steve Christman had a mechanical failure and spun in turn one. At the green Wilhelm grabbed the lead but it was McClellan who was the challenger this time and got to the front. Ziells was third, Morinville fourth and Ciurleo fifth but the final caution flag flew when Ciurleo slid off the top of turn four. With four circuits remaining, McClellan edged ahead of Wilhelm and took the lead as Wilhelm and Ziells battled for second. At the checkered flag it was Mcclellan with the win over Wilhelm, Ziells, Morinville a Scott Larsen who started 11th and finished fifth. ResultsWISSOTA Late Model Feature: Hanson, Meieerotto, Nelson, Provinzino, McMann, Broking, Musel, Young, Meger, Lillo, McKay, Jeff Massingill, Waseleski, John Massingill, Ledin, Carlson, Budislavich, Walton WISSOTA Modified WISSOTA Super Stock Feature: Kuras, Peterlin, Lawrence, Forseen, Nelson, S McDougall, Flynn, Estey, Van House, Salin, Cooper, Woodhull, Stricker, Heikkinen DNF Simpson, Aho, Maki, Lorimor, Bellefeuille, Lofdahl WISSOTA Midwest Modified Feature: Chesley, Lavato, Kangas, Jones, Brown, S Ziells, Carlson, W Ziells, JJ Thompson, Ogston, Van House, Smith, W Thompson, Tinman, Lowinski DNF McCarthy, L Inman, Loucks, McDougall Pure Stock Feature: J McClellan, Wilhelm, J Ziells, Morinville, Larsen, Davis, Ogston, Dammer, Lunde, Rockwell, Hudson, Ciurleo, M carlson, Price, McKinnon DNF Deloach, Christman, Estey, Kesty, Doran |
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