HANSON AGAIN!
WINS FIFTH LATE MODEL FEATURE AT PROCTOR

By Jerry O'Brien
8-21-05 

Veteran Late Model driver Harry Hanson of Eveleth Minnesota has been on a roll this season at the Proctor Speedway. Sunday night August 21 Hanson picked up his fifth feature victory of the season here. 

Canadian driver Joel Cryderamn who has a couple of feature wins at the speedway, drew the pole position for the 20 lap event. Cryderman got a great jump at the green flag but caution flags would keep the field close throughout. All the caution periods occurred during the first half of the race and kept the competitors close. Cryderman was sailing along with several car lengths on whomever happened to be in second that lap as there was a strong battle going on for position early on. Cryderman looked as though he might have the feature win wrapped up but he reckoned without Hanson's knowledge of the speedway. 

Hanson started ninth, inside the fifth row and with few laps remaining grabbed second from Danny Young and began to close on Cryderman using the high groove and as the white flag waved, shot around Cryderman to lead the final lap and take the win. Cryderman held on to second over Young, Jeff Broking and Darrell Nelson. 

The WISSOTA Modified 20 lap feature went from a first lap caution for a Tim Danielson spin until there were three laps remaining to have another caution flag. Between cautions Kelly Estey led every lap as first Duane Dale then Darrell Nelson hounded him for the lead. While Dale was the hound chasing the hare, Don Copp, Nelson and Jason Miller were in a tight skirmish for third. As they closed up some on the back markers the quarters became tight and Copp ran into the back of John Baltich spinning him under the flag stand. Copp was sent to the rear and elected not to continue. With three circuits remaining, Estey fended off Nelson for the win. Miller, Jeff Lien and Jayme Lautigar rounded out the top five. Danielson rebounded from his first lap spin to finish sixth, Jody Bellefeuille seventh and 14th starting Ken Hron finishing seventh. Cory Jorgenson and Rod Heitala finished ninth and tenth. 

Johnny Erickson skated by Ryan Aho just before the mid point of the 20 lap WISSOTA Super Stock feature and took the win. Three caution flags, or four if you count the no start for debris after the first caution flag, slowed the action. Mike Bellefeuille led in the early going but first time visitor Charlie Weber took the lead, then lost it on the restart after the early debris call when Bellefeuille got the better start. Shortly thereafter while running second, Weber pulled off the second turn and out of the race. Behind Bellefeuille was Aho with the departure of Weber while Erickson, Scott Lawrence and Jay Kuras battled for third. For the final few laps the competitors were strung out around the speedway and Erickson began to stretch out his lead on Aho. At the checkered flag it was Erickson with the win and the sweep over Aho, Bellefeuille, Lawrence and Kuras. 

Mark Kangas worked his way from the fourth row to the second spot behind leader Nick Lavato who had taken the point when leader Greg Chesley gave up the lead on the restart after the second caution flag. Chesley compounded his problems by slipping off turn two and rejoining the fray after losing several positions. Lavato maintained the led for the ensuing laps but showed a little slip as he ran the top groove on the very edge giving Kangas a look inside for the lead. The final slip by Lavato gave Kangas enough room to skate by with D J Severin who was having a great run from 10th also taking advantage. Kangas went on to win his first feature of the season at the speedway. Severin, Lavato, Willy Thompson, a sixth row starter and pole sitter Justin Jones rounding out the top five. 

Scott Larsen led in the early going of the 15 lap Pure Stock feature with Tom Morinville, Al  Rapp, Glen Dammer and point leader Jim McClellan close behind. Morinville, Rapp and Larsen went three wide for the lead with Morinville grabbing the spot. The next time by Rapp had the lead at the line and Morinville was second. Larsen, Dammer and McClellan were three wide for second. The mid point of the contest was quickly reached with Rapp leading Morinville. 

After the only caution flag of the event for a Travis Zollar spin, Morinville had the lead over  Rapp with McClellan trying to get around both of them. McClellan took second from Rapp and moved along side Morinville. McClellan was faster on parts of the track and Morinville quicker on others. Morinville was quicker off turn four and took the win over McClellan with Rapp, Jesse Ogston and Dammer in the top five. 

Results

WISSOTA Late Model
Heat 1: Darin Meierotto, Nick Musel, Tim McMann, Harry Hanson, Danny Young, Pete Wohlers, Mike Meger, Jeff Massingill, Dave Latham 
Heat 2: Tom Nesbitt, Darrell Nelson, Jeff  Broking, Joel Cryderman, Kevin Mudrak DNF John Massingill, Bob Reed, Aaron Lillo, Travis Budislavich 

Feature: Hanson Cryderman, Young, Broking, Nelson, McMann, Meierotto, Meger, Musel, John Massingill, Lillo, Latham, Budislavich DNF Wohlers, Mudrak, Jeff Massingill, DNS Reed

WISSOTA Modified 
Heat 1: Don Copp, Tim Danielson, Jayme Lautigar, Duane Dale, Jody Bellefeuille, Cory Jorgenson, Kelly Checkalski, John Baltich DNF Marc Johnson, Jad Carlson 
Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Kelly Estey, Clint Larson, Jason Miller, Jeff Lien, John Reini, Ken Hron, Rod Heitala DNF Jeff Wood 

Feature: Estey, Nelson, Miller, Lien, Lautigar, Danielson, Bellefeuille, Hron, Jorgenson, Heitala, Carlson, Baltich, Dale, DNF Copp, Reini, Larson, Checkalski DNS Wood 

WISSOTA Midwest Modified
Heat 1: Greg Chesley, Mark Kangas, Jim Kowinski, Darren Brown, Deven Van House, Loren Inman DNF Shawn Van Guilder, E J Heitala 
Heat 2: Justin Jones, Miles Weske, Willy Thompson, Al McDougall, Terry Inman, Wade Ziells DNF Shawn Ziells DNS Dan Follett 
Heat 3: Nick Lavato, Joey Ogston, D J Severin, Tony Moen, Barry Smith, Jeremy Hall, Darrell Inman 

Feature: Kangas, Severin, Lavato, Thompson, Jones, Ogston, Chesley, L Inman, Smith, Hall, Van House, Heitala, T Inman, Moen, W Ziells, Van Guilder, Follett DNF S Ziells, D Inman, McDougall, Lowinski, Weske, Brown 

WISSOTA Super Stock
Heat 1: Ryan Aho, Rick Simpson, Mike Bellefeuille, Jay Kuras, Destin Lorimor, Dody Evenson, Jack Provencher, Scott Heikkinen, Jeremy Crabbs 
Heat 2: Johnny Erickson, Spike McDougall, Robbie Cooper, Charlie Weber, Steve Estey, Jeff Forseen, Gary Cornelison DNF Dan Yrjanson, Ronnie Malecki 
Heat 3: Scott Lawrence, Kyle Peterlin, Dave Flynn, Kevin Salin, Adam Long, Donnir Lofdahl, Paul Orloski, Reed Scott DNF Doug Woodhull 
B Main: Lofdahl, Forseen, Evenson, Heikkinen, Scott, Woodhull, Cornelison, Provencher, Yrjanson, Crabbs DNF Malecki 

Feature: Erickson, Aho, Bellefeuille, Lawrence, Kuras, Peterlin, Estey, Cooper, Salin, Scott, Lofdahl, McDougall, Lorimor, Heikkinen DNF Simpson, Flynn, Long, Evenson, Forseen, Weber

Pure Stock
Heat 1:Glen Dammer, Jesse Ogston, Skeeter Estey, Travis Zollar, Chad Ziebol, dale Reynolds, Rob Monahan, Cory Ziebol DNF Andy Davey 
Heat 2: Jim McClellan, Tom Morinville, Ricky Davis, Jeremy Ziells, Jason rockwell, Tom Cornelison, Tony ciurleo, Doug Willis, Ashley Smith 
Heat 3: Scott Larsen, Dustin Lunde, Dustin Follett, Rick Kesty, Allen Price, Cheryl Deloach, Ed Kesty, Bruce Kalmon DNF Kevin Youderin 
Heat 4: Al Rapp, Dan Hendrickson, Mark Carlson, Kelly Moen, Steve Kresal, DNF Zach McClellan, Jon McKinnon
B Main: Price, McKinnon, Deloach, Ciurleo, Reynolds, Chad Ziebol, DNF Z McClellan, Cory Ziebol DNS Kalmon, Youderin 
B Main: Rockwell, Cornelison, Monahan, Davey, C Carlson Kresal, Willis, Smith DNS E Kesty