PROVINZINO DOMINATES PROCTOR LATE MODELS
By Jerry O'Brien
6-11-06

Jeff Provinzino of Hibbing dominated the 20 lap WISSOTA Late Model feature after grabbing the lead early on in the event. Pole sitter Aaron Lillo was the class of the field at the beginning as he ran away from the pack. Provinzino was moving forward and was third from sixth behind Jeff Broking who was third. Lillo continued out front but Provinzino soon took over the lead and at the midpoint led Lillo, Broking, Harry Hanson, and Danny Young in the top five. Provinzino raced off to a huge lead but a lap 14 caution flag closed up the field. Again Provinzino regained his big lead after the restart widening it to a straight away over the battle for second between Lillo, Broking, Nelson, Hanson and Caley Emerson. Provinzino went on to take his second win of the season at the speedway over Broking, Lillo, Hanson from 10th and Emerson in the top five.

Five caution flags slowed up the 20 lap WISSOTA Modified feature, but in the end it was veteran Don Copp who took the checkered flag racing his way forward from the sixth row for the win. Jody Bellefeuille started from the outside of the front row and was impressive early on leading Kelly Estey, Shane Sabraski and pole starter Paul Schultz to just past the half way mark when lapped traffic proved to be his downfall as he slid off the track trying to find his way through leaving Estey to pace the field. Bellefeuille was sent to the rear and managed to work his way back to 13th at the finish. Copp was in third by this point and at the green flag swept around Estey on the high side for the lead which he held to the end. Estey, Sabraski, Justin Jones from 8th and Darrell Nelson also from the sixth row, rounded out the top five. 

The Super Stock feature was truncated when the time limit ran out after perhaps five laps as five caution flags left several crippled cars headed for the pits. Front row starter Dave Mass held on to the lead through the caution periods but the few laps run were enough for Ryan Aho to come from the sixth row to second. Mass was declared the winner after a green/white/checkered finish was declared. Tim Johnson, Sam Skalsky and Peter Jokinen finished in the top five. 

Mark Kangas returned to the Proctor Victory Lane for the second time this season coming through from the sixth row to take the win in the 20 lap WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. Shane Sabraski who was making his first appearance of the season of the speedway finished second while Nick Lavato followed Kangas forward from row six winding up third ahead of D J Severin in fourth and rookie Jesse Ogston in fifth. 

Proctor Pure Stock point leader Rick Kesty found his way from the sixth row to take his second feature win of the season. It looked as though Allen Price might hang on to win his first career feature but Kesty would have none of that as he took the lead late in the event and pulled away to the win. A single caution flag marred the event when Ricky Davis and Rick Cornelison clashed in turn two. Davis, who had slashed his way through the field from the fifth row to run third in search of his third feature win at the speedway, lost his back bumper and perhaps cut a tire as he pitted returning to tag onto the back of the field to finish 13th. Jon McKinnon, Tony Ciurleo from 9th, Price and Tom Morinville from 13th finished in the front five. 

Results

Jeff Provinzino WISSOTA Late Models	Don Copp WISSOTA Modifieds
Dave Mass WISSOTA Super Stocks	Mark Kangas WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Rick Kesty Curtis Oil Pure Stocks

WISSOTA Late Model
Heat 1: Tim McMann, Jeff Provinzino, Kevin Carlson, Aaron Lillo, Harry Hanson 
Heat 2: Jeff Broking, Darrell Nelson, Caley Emerson, Danny Young, Tom Waseleski, Jr.
Feature: Provinzino, Broking, Lillo, Hanson, Emerson, Nelson, McMann, Young, Wasleski, Jr., Carlson

WISSOTA Modified
Heat 1: Kelly Estey, Don Copp, Matt Sorenson, John Reini, Riley Matthews, Jason Anderson
Heat 2: Clint Larson, Jayme Lautigar, Justin Jones, Paul Schultz, Rick Cannata
Heat 3: Shane Sabraski, Jeff Lien, Darrell Nelson, Jody Bellefeuille, Robbie Lore
Feature: Copp, Estey, Sabraski, Jones, Nelson, Schultz, Lien, Cannata, Lautigar, Reini

WISSOTA Super Stock
Heat 1: Kyle Peterlin, Tim Johnson, Dave Mass, Dave Flynn, Scott Lawrence
Heat 2: Ryan Aho, Jay Kuras, Peter Jokinen, Jeff Tardy, Eric Nelson,
Heat 3: Sam Skalsky, Kevin Salin, Adam Long, Scott Heikkinen, Dan Yrjanson
Feature: Mass, Aho, Johnson, Skalsky, Jokinen, Peterlin, Tardy, Lawrence, Nelson, Tom Treviranus

WISSOTA Midwest Modified
Heat 1: Monty Hall, Deven Van House, Shane Sabraski, Erick Thiesse, Mark Kangas
Heat 2: Nick Lavato, Jeremy Hall, Dan Follett, Josh Loucks, Willy Thompson
Heat 3: D J Severin, Jesse Ogston, E J Heitala, Loren Inman, Al McDougall
Feature: Kangas, Sabraski, Lavato, Severin, Ogston, Chad Larson, Follett, Thiesse, Rod Heitala, Van House

Proctor Pure Stocks
Heat 1: Glen Dammer, Jacob Morinville, Rick Cornelison, Steve Christman, Andrew Inman
Heat 2: Al Rapp, Jon McKinnon, Nick Baker, Tom Morinville, Dan Larsen
Heat 3: Rick Kesty, Ricky Davis, Tony Ciurleo, Richard Dezlak, Skeeter Estey
Heat 4: Allan Price, Steve Kresal, Ed Kesty, Jeff Tormondson, John Engelbrecht
B Feature: Estey, Mark Carlson, Inman, Doug Willis, Ashley Smith
B Feature: Larsen, Scott larsen, Dale Reynolds, Kevin Getchell, Pete Ciurleo
Feature: Kesty, McKinnon, T Ciurleo, Price, T Morinville, Rapp, Dammer, Baker, Christman, D Larsen.