HANSON, ESTEY, JOHNSON, KANGAS, MORINVILLE FIRED UP AT PROCTOR SUNDAY
By Jerry O'Brien - 5-28-06

Track conditions were excellent and the weather was clear as the Proctor Speedway held their second race of the season. Winners were Harry Hanson, WISSOTA Late Models, Kelly Estey, WISSOTA Modifieds, Mark Kangas, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Tim Johnson, WISSOTA Super Stocks and Tom Morinville, Proctor Pure Stocks. 

Veteran Tim McMann led the 20 car WISSOTA Late Model feature to the green flag with Danny Youngand Harry Hanson quickly up to battle for the lead. By the five lap mark McMann was still holding off Young and Hanson but a caution flag slowed the action. On the restart Young grabbed the lead away from McMann another caution flag for a three car pileup in turn four gave the lead back to McMann. Young promptly regained the point and at the half way point of the 20 lap event Young led Hanson, McMann, Kevin Carlson and Steve Vesel. On the move from his 6th row starting spot was Darrell Nelson who slipped past McMann into third. Hanson pressured Young for the lead and zipped past for the lead. With five laps to go Hanson pulled away from Young for the win. Nelson was third followed by Vesel and McMann. 

Jeff Wood pulled out to a huge lead at the outset of the WISSOTA Modified feature but what would prove to be the only caution flag of the 20 lap event flew when a marker tire was rooted out onto the track with seven laps complete. The restart proved to be Wood's downfall as Estey blasted to the lead and had little trouble pulling away form Wood while Duane Dale, Don Copp, Dean Yrjanainen and Darrell Nelson put on a stirring battle for the third spot. Nelson arrived in this battle from the 6th row while Copp moved up from row number three. Estey held off Wood for the win followed by Dale, Copp and Yrjanainen. 

Tim Johnson won out in a hard fought WISSOTA Super Stock main event which was marred by eight caution flags. Johnson moved his way forward from the third row to battle with Peter Jokinen and Dave Flynn for the entire 20 laps. Johnson vanquished Jokinen on one of the restarts and Flynn got past Jokinen also to finish in the runner up spot. Fast movers were current WISSOTA National point leader Kyle Peterlin who raced his way from the 6th row to finish fourth while Scott Lawrence worked his way from the 17th starting spot to finish fifth. 

Four caution flags marred the 20 lap WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature as Mark Kangas fought his way through the strong field from the outside of the fifth row to take the lead and the win. Nick Lavato started to the inside of Kangas but a row behind worked his way up to second but could not track down the swift Kangas. Outside pole sitter Rod Heitala finished a strong third over Greg Chesley who came from the next to last row in the 20 car field while Willy Thompson rounded out the top five. 

The Pure Stock main event had everyone holding their breaths as the action was four deep through the turns at the beginning of the event. Four caution flags slowed the action as Al Rapp looked as though he might get a feature win but Tom Morinville had other ideas and took over the lead just afer the mid point. Rick Kesty worked his way forward from the sixth row to battle with Morinville but Morinville was equal to the task and pulled away in the waning laps for the win. Rapp, Tony Ciurleo and Allan Orice finished in the top five. 

Results:

Kelly Estey - WISSOTA Modified	Harry Hanson - WISSOTA Late Model
Tom Morinville - Pure Stocks	Tim Johnson - WISSOTA Super Stock
Mark Kangas - WISSOTA Midwest Modified

WISSOTA Late Model (21 cars)
Heat 1: Aaron Lillon, Harry Hanson, Steve Vesel, Danny Young, Jeff Massingill 
Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Jeff Provinzino, John Massingill, Kevin Carlson, Tom Waseleski, Jr
Heat 3: Jeff Broking, Tim McMann, Terry Casey, Mike Meger, Gregg Hill
Feature (20 laps): Hanson, Young, Nelson, Vesel, McMann, Broking, Carlson, Meger, Lillo, Hill

WISSOTA Modified (28 cars)
Heat 1: Don Copp, Jeff Hart, Jody Bellefeuille, Bob Broking, Jad Carlson 
Heat 2: Kelly Estey, Jeff Lien, John Reini, Jayme Lautigar, Paul Schultz
Heat 3: Darrell Nelson, Jeff Wood, Duane Dale, Cory Jorgenson, Robbie Lore
Heat 4: Jeff Spacek, Matt Sorenson, Dean Yrjanainen, Mark Johnson, Justin Jones
B Feature: Schultz, Jones, Riley Matthews, Rick cannata, Steve Lavasseur
Feature (20 laps) Estey, Wood, Dale, Copp, Yrjanainen, Nelson, Spacek, Reini, Lautigar, Hart

WISSOTA Midwest Modified (26 cars)
Heat 1: Clint Wittlief, Al McDougall, Loren Inman, Chad Larson, Deven Van House
Heat 2: Luke Hines, Nick Lavato, Rod heitala, Brock McCarthy, Chais Eliason
Heat 3: Mark Kangas, Willy Thompson, E J Heitala, Don Smith, Josh Loucks
B Feature: D J Severin, Greg Chesley, Jesse Ogston, Dan Follett, John Sharpnack
Feature (20 laps) Kangas, Lavato, R Heitala, Chesley, W Thompson, Smith, E J Heitala, Follett, Inman, Eliason 

WISSOTA Super Stocks (22 cars)
Heat 1: Jeff Tardy, Kyle Peterlin, Jay Kuras, Ryan Aho, Tom Treviranus
Heat 2L Dave Flynn, Kevin salin, Wayne Stricker, Adam Long, Kyle Leuthner
Heat 3: Peter Jokinen, Chris Manner, Tim Johnson, Eric Nelson, Scott Lawrence
Feature: Johnson, Flynn, Jokinen, Peterlin, Lawrence, Nelson, Salin, Tardy, Kuras, Manner

Proctor Pure Stock (33 cars)
Heat 1: Tony Ciurleo, Glen Dammer, Jacob Morinville, Ashley Smith, Ed Kesty
Heat 2: Rick Kesty, Tom Morinville, Allan Price, Ricky Davis, Nick Baker
Heat 3: Miles Weske, Al Rapp, Rick Cornelison, Troy Wiseth, Jon McKinnon
Heat 4: Pete Ciurleo, Dan Larsen, Scott Larsen, Chad Carlson, Mark Korte
B Feature: McKinnon, Dan Doran, E Kesty, Steve Kresal, Jeff Englemeier
B Feature: Nick Baker, Mark Carlson, Richard Dezlak, Jr, Dustin Follett, Doug Willis
Feature: T Morinville, R Kesty, Rapp, T Ciurleo, Price, Larsen, Davis, Dammer, Weske, McKinnon.