CASEY, CRYDERMAN KNOCK OFF TWIN
PORTS TWIN 25'S FEATURES
By Jerry O'Brien
Terry Casey of New London WI and Joel Cryderman of Thunder
Bay Ontario each won a 25 lap feature Sunday night at the
Proctor Speedway during the second annual Twin Ports Twin 25's
sponsored by AMSOIL and presented by Powers and Associates
Optometrists. Each driver took home $1500 for the win.
Casey demolished the 24 car field in the first 25 lap
feature. John Kannta started on the pole and led the first two
circuits but Casey motored on by and disappeared into lapped
traffic quickly. Despite finding himself in heavy traffic Casey
showed patience in clearing them putting them between himself
and Joey Jensen who had taken over the runner up spot. Jensen
was the winner of first feature in the inaugural Twin 25's in
2005. Case raced to a domination win with ease as jensen never
got close enough to mount a challenge the 25 laps went by
without a hitch flag to flag. Duane Mahder beat out son Chad for
third place and Pat Doar raced up from 13th to round
out the top five. Kaanta held off Tom Waseleski, Sr for sixth
with Joel Cryderman eighth, Steve Laursen ninth and Mitch
Johnson rounding out the top ten. Casey took home the trophy and
the $1500 for the win. There was a hard charger award of $100
put up by Brian Harr of On the Edge Graphics and it went to
Harry Hanson of Eveleth, MN who advanced nine positions form 22nd
to 13th.
Prior to the second 25 lap feature it fell to Casey to select
one of several frisbies on the front stretch to determine the
number of cars to be inverted in the second feature. Casey
picked 11 which meant he started 11th in the second
event.
Jeff Hinkemeyer and Mitch Johnson started the second 25 lap
feature from the front row. Hinkemeyer led the first circuit but
Johnson sailed around on the outside and took over the lead the
next time by. Johnson held off several cars who took over second
place through two caution flags, the first for Joey Jensen who
slipped off turn one and the second for Aaron Lillo and Tom
Waseleski, Jr who tangled in turn two.
Hinkemeyer remained in the second spot while further back
Joel Cryderman and Steve Laursen battled for third ahead of
Waseleski, Sr, Pat Doar and Duane Mahder. Cryderman broke free
and overhauled Hinkemeyer for second. The third and final
caution flag appeared and it was what Cryderman was looking for
as he was now on Johnson’s bumper for the restart. With 16
laps remaining, Cryderman got the jump on Johnson and grabbed
the lead while Duane Mahder also got by Johnson into third. Chad
Mahder was on the move also and got by Doar and Laursen into
fourth. Cryderman had a substantial lead over Johnson as Chad
Mahder passed Duane Mahder to move into third. With five laps to
go Chad Mahder passed Johnson for second and began to make
serious inroads into Cryderman’s lead. Cryderman hung on for
the win by mere feet at the line at the checkered flag. Chad
Mahder was second, Johnson third Hinkemeyer fourth and Duane
Mahder fifth. Doar had a solid run to finish sixth over Laursen
in seventh, Waseleski, Sr in eighth, John Kaanta ninth and Jeff
Broking tenth.
There was a bonus of $500 for the driver who had the best
average finish for both features and Chad Mahder won that with a
fourth and a second.
Greg Chesley of Duluth started the 20 lap WISSOTA Midwest
Modified feature from outside the fourth row, tracked down early
leader Nick Lavato to get by for the win. Randy vezina led the
intiial circuit from the pole but Monty Hall slipped by to lead
the next couple of circuits as Vezina dropped from competition.
Lavato was on the move from the fourth row and worked his way to
second closing on Hall. Greg Chesley came along with Lavato from
the fourth row and it broke down to a battle between Hall,
Lavato and Chesley for the lead which Lavato was able to secure.
A lap later officials discovered that Vezina had not been able
to make it to the pits and was stalled bringing out the only
caution flag. At the green flag it was Lavato hugging the low
line while Chesley flew around the top gaining on him until he
nipped by for the lead at the line. Hall was third with Tom
Smart, Wayne Engen from the B Feature, Deven Van House, Jeff
Marshall, Chad Larson and Mark Kangas trailing. Chesley went on
to take the win over Lavato with Smart third, Engen fourth and
hall fifth.
Ricky Davis swept the action in the Pure Stocks with a heat
win to go along with his third feature win of the season. With
the win and point leader going in Tom Morinville’s DNF, Davis
takes over the point lead. Saturday night he also took over the
point lead at the BC Raceway in Ashland. Davis started the 15
lap feature from the pole and never looked back leading every
lap for the win. Tony Ciurleo tried to amke a race of it and
managed to get within a couple of car lengths toward the end but
Davis pulled away slightly on the white flag lap and took the
checkered flag first. Ciurleo finished second in the non stop
event with Glen Dammer, Mark Carlson and Dan Larsen rounding out
the top five.
Greg Parent of GRP Motorsports and Powers along with several
other business and individuals started a non qualifiers fund for
drivers who did not qualify for the feature events. With 36 cars
on hand and 24 starting the features, each non qualified driver
was awarded $291 after the fund was split evenly amongst
them.
On The Edge Graphics also sponsored the hard charger award in
each feature. Harry Hanson of Eveleth was the winner of $100.
Hanson started 22nd and finished 13th. Ron Schreiner, Hudson, WI
was the hard charger in the second 25 lap feature starting 20th
and finishing 12th.
There was also a $500 bonus for the driver with the best
average finish in each feature offered by Powers &
Associates. Winning that bonus was Chad Mahder of Eau Claire who
finished fourth in the first feature and second in the second
feature.
Results
Photos Courtesy of Chris Burback
Terry Casey
Feature 1 - Winner
WISSOTA Late Models |
Joel Cryderman
Feature 2 - Winner
WISSOTA Late Models |
Greg Chesley
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
|
WISSOTA Late Model (36 cars)
Heat 1: John Kaanta, Darrell Nelson, Todd Gehl, Pat Doar,
Ron Schreiner, Steve Hucovski, Harry Hanson DNF Kelly Estey, Tim
McMann
Heat 2: Joey Jensen, Tom Waseleski, Sr, Joel cryderman, Jeff
Hinkemeyer, Steve vesel, Danny Young, Dave Esse, Bill Byholm,
Darrell Carlson
Heat 3: Terry Casey, Chad Mahder, Tom Waseleski, Jr, Brady
Johanneck, Stewart Hayward DNF Kevin Carlson, Jeff Massingill,
Matt Aukland DNS Paul Brust
Heat 4: Duane Mahder, Jeff Broking, Mitch Johnson, Steve
Laursen, John Massingill, Aaron Lillo, John Carpenter DNF Joey
Ogston, Gregg Hill
B Feature: (4 advance) Young, Hanson, Lillo, Estey, McMann,
Hucovski, Esse, Jeff Massingill, Ogston, Hill DNF Carpenter, D
Carlson, Byholm, Brust, Aukland, K Carlson
1st 25 Lap Feature: Casey, Jensen, D Mahder, C Mahder, Doar,
Kaanta, T Waseleski, Sr, Cryderman, Laursen, Johnson, Hinkemeyer,
Broking, Hanson, Young, Gehl, Estey, John Massingill, Tom
Waseleski, Jr, Vesel, Schreiner, Lillo, Hayward, DNF Nelson,
Johanneck
2nd 25 lap feature: Cryderman, C Mahder, Johnson, Hinkemeyer,
D Mahder, Doar, Laursen, Waseleski, Sr, Kaanta, Broking, Jensen,
Schreiner, Gehl, Waseleski, Jr, Hanson, Nelson, John Massingill,
Lillo, Hayward, DNF Johanneck, Casey, Estey, Young
WISSOTA Midwest Modified (29 cars)
Heat 1: Randy Vezina, Chad Larson, Rod Hietala, Loren inman,
Al McDougall DNF Brock McCarthy, Wayne Engen, Josh Loucks
Heat 2; Nick Lavato, Monty Hall, Jimmy Latvala, Willy thompson,
Jim Lowinski, Ken Perry DNF Al Schmidt
Heat 3: Tom Smart, Jori Hughes, E J Hietala, Mark Kangass, Bart
Porter, Terry Inman, D J Severin
Heat 4: Greg Chesley, Deven Van House, Jeff Marshal, Jeremy
Hall, Jesse Ogston, DNF Chais Eliason, Chad Schwegel
B Feature: Ogston, Engen, McCArthy, Severin, T Inman, McDougall,
Schwegel, Lowinski, Porter DNF Eliason, Perry DNS Schmidt,
Loucks
Feature: (20 laps) Chesley, Lavato, Smart, Engen, M Hall, Van
House, Marshall, Larson, Kangas, Severin, W Thompson, R Hietala,
McCArthy, Ogston, E J Hietala, Latvala, L Inman, J Hall DNF
Hughes, Vezina
Pure Stocks (34 cars)
Heat 1: Louie Meglen, Tom Morinville, LeRae Ralidek, Jeff
Tormondson, Jeff Ojanen, Zene Anderson, Jacob Morinville, Dale
Reynolds, Mark Korte
Heat 2: Glen Dammer, Tony ciurleo, Don Follett, Al Rapp, Steve
Kresal, Tom Cornelison, Rich Dezlak, Scott Larsen, Chad Carlson
Heat 3: Ricky Davis, Skeeter Estey, Steve Christman, Rick Kesty,
Nick Baker, Andrew Inman, Ashley Smith, Richie Lien
Heat 4: Mark Carlson, Dan Larsen, Pete Ciurleo, Isaac Hudson,
Jon McKinnon, Doug Willis, Caitlyn Carlson DNF Jeff Engelmeier
B Feature: Inman, Anderson, Lien, J Morinville DNF Smith,
Baker, Reynolds, Chad Carlson, Ojanen B Feature: McKinnon,
Kresal, Dezlak, Willis, Cornelison, Engelmeier, Korte DNF S
Larsen, Caitlyn Carlson
Feature: (15 laps) Davis,T Ciurleo, Dammer, M Carlson, Larsen,
Kestey, Estey, Follett, Christman, Meglen, Ralidak, Rapp,
McKinnon, P Ciurleo, Hudson, Tormondson, Anderson, Kresal, Inman
DNF Morinville