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NELSON WINS MOD FEATURE ON "DOUBLE DIP" OPENING NIGHT
By Jerry O'Brien
May 27, 2007

The Memorial Day weekend two day "Double Dip" at the Proctor speedway turned out to be a rousing success with a full grandstand and 163 cars in five divisions set to compete. The Modified division was the featured division as it was the first of two days that would lead to Mondays Como Oil & Propane Modified Series' first of eight races with a $7500 winners share of the $30,000 point fund at the end for the top point getter. The 24 car WISSOTA Modified field was led to the green flag for their 30 lap run by Como Series defending champion Darrell Nelson with Jeff Hart's number 20 off Nelson's right shoulder. Nelson and hart ran neck and neck down the back stretch on the opening circuit but Nelson swung around the outside and took the lead off the fourth turn, Hart was second with Duane Dale, Justin Jones, Tim Alexander and Bob Broking trailing.

The first of three caution flags appeared when Jeff Wood went for a spin in turn four with two laps in. The second caution flag followed two laps later when Scott Hudack spun off turn four into the infield. Nelson pulled the same maneuver as on the first lap and took the point with Hart hot on his heels along with Jones in third. It was apparent early on thet there were going to be "comers and goers" in the event as Paul Schultz who had started ninth was running in the fourth spot just ahead of Bill Byholm. Sixteenth starting Jim Chyba was sixth and 20th starting Kelly Estey was already up to seventh. The laps rolled by with Nelson widening his lead over Hart while Estey continued to storm toward the front and was now fifth. The mid-point was quickly reached as Nelson and Hart in turn started lapping the field. Just past half way Estey was now third with Jones fourth and Schultz hanging on to fifth.

The final caution flag flew when Estey was trying to pass Hart for second in the first turn and the two clashed damaging Estey's front suspension and right front tire. The incident occurred as they were trying to lap Ricky Roche who was forced spinning off the first turn bringing out the caution. As the restart lineup was being sorted out, Estey appeared to run into Hart's stationary car and then got out of his car. This action earned him a disqualification from the event. When everything settled down with eight laps to go Nelson was again the class of the field and went on to take the win worth $1000. Hart, Jacobsen, with a remarkable run from 22nd to third, Schultz and Chyba finished in the top five.

Kelly Estey won the WISSOTA Late Model 20 lap main event from the pole in Bob Reed's number 41. Estey took of like a shot at the green flag with Kyle Peterlin second ahead of another young driver Jeff Massingill with father and son Terry and Aaron Lillo in the top five. The first of three caution flags flew when Todd Gehl spun in turn three collecting Harry Hanson and Darrell Carlson. Gehl was charged with the incident and sent to the rear. Estey led off at the restart shadowed by Peterlin, Massingill, Terry Lillo and Nick Musel who had moved to fifth. The laps flew by without incident as Jeff Provinzino was moving forward from his fifth row starting spot and, as the half way mark was reached, had moved past Musel into fourth. Aaron Lillo, Steve Vesel, Tim McMann, Caley Emerson and Hanson were in the top ten.

The second caution flag flew as Estey began to put al lap on the back markers. Doug Koski spun in turn one and brought proceedings to a halt. With eight laps remaining the restart order stood at Estey out front, Peterlin Second, Provinzino now third, Massingill with a death grip on fourth and Musel fifth. Less than half a lap after Provinzino had wrestled second away from Peterlin, the caution flag flew for an Emerson spin in turn four giving back second to the rookie Late Model driver. Estey romped to the easy win after the restart and Peterlin was able to hold off Provinzino for second Massingill and Musel rounded out the top five.

Darin Meierotto led most of the way from the pole in the 20 lap WISSOTA Super Stock feature. He got a quick start at the initial green flag and motored away from Butch Butcher, Jay Kuras, Tom Treviranus, John Copp and Jeff Tardy. While the leading cars were mostly single file there was some great three wide racing from mid pack on back. Most of that played out in a few laps and the cars began to get strung out around the track. The top four cars were each separated from one another by eight to ten car lengths while further back defending WISSOTA National Champion Ryan Aho was inching forward after having to qualify through a B Main. He was up the eighth from his 16th starting spot as the laps wore on.

Just prior to the ten lap mark, Treviranus spun off turn two bringing out the inevitable caution flag which bunched up the field. The restart was foiled when a tangle between Jay Kuras, Sam Skalsky and Scott Lawrence stopped the action. Kuras was tagged with the incident. The next try at a restart stuttered to a halt when Art Hyde's car experienced problems in the first turn and pushed Lawrence off the track. Hyde was off on the hook and Lawrence was restored to his position. Meierotto got a good restart but Butcher was pushing hard for the lead while Tardy watched form third. Just a bit back from them Aho and Lawrence ran door to door for fourth. Butcher made a strong move on Meierotto and grabbed the lead cruising the high groove the rest of the way for his first ever win at the speedway. Meirotto held on for second with Tardy third as Lawrence held off Aho for fourth. 

The WISSOTA Midwest Modified 20 lap main event got off to a bad start as Randy Vezina sailed off turn three and collided with the guard rail. When the event finally went under the green flag pole sitter Deven Van House led Jesse Ogston, Al McDougall, Skeeter Estey and Mark Kangas. Coming quickly forward was Greg Chesley who moved into the third spot in the early going.

The caution flag flew when John Sertich spun in turn four with five laps complete. Kangas got a great jump off turn two and took the lead with Chesley to second, Van House third, Estey fourth, and Nick Lavato up to fifth. Charging to ward the front was Chad Larson who was ninth after starting 17th. At the mid point Kangas led Van House, Chesley, Estey and Lavato in the top five followed by Chais Eliason, McDougall, Ogston, Larson and Loren Inman.

With six laps remaining Jeremy Hall encountered trouble and looped on the back stretch bringing out the final caution flag. Kangas led off on the restart ahead of Van House and Chesley while Estey went to the high side letting Lavato nip by for fourth which is the way they finished. 

Tony Ciurleo raced off from the pole position to a substantial lead in the 15 lap Pure Stock feature followed by Richard Dezlak, Dan Larsen, Troy Wiseth, and Jon McKinnon. Ciurleo raced off to a huge lead over Larsen who had taken second leaving Dezlak and McKinnon to duke it out for third. The event was humming along with no caution flags and half way through Ciurleo was way out in front with McKinnon now second, Larsen third, Dezlak fourth and Wiseth fifth. Starting to make his move was Glen Dammer and finally worked his way to the second spot. With no caution periods to bunch the pack Dammer could get no closer to Ciurleo than ten or fifteen car lengths before the checkered flag flew. Dammer, McKinnon, Dan Larsen and Wiseth finished in the top five.

Results Proctor Speedway 5-27-07

WISSOTA Modifieds (38 cars)
Heat 1: Jodi Olson, Duane Dale, Paul Schultz, Andy Miskowic, Ricky Roche, Rick Cannata, Rick Rivord, Mark Blood, DNF Jeff Ruzich, Don Copp
Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Tim Alexander, Nick Nelson, Jeff Wood, Jason Miller, Jody Bellefeuille, Jayme Lautigar, Gavin Paull, Travis Zollar DNF Mike Mueller 
Heat 3: Bob Broking, Justin Jones, Scott Hudack, Joey Jensen, Tyler Keyser, Brad Hanson, Marc Johnson, Bill Stettner DNF Kelly Checkalski, Jim Inman
Heat 4: Bill Byholm, Jeff Hart, Ross Lightner, Jim Chyba, Kelly Estey, Steve Lavasseur, Rick Jacobsen, Jad Carlson, Ron Korpi
B Main: Keyser, Roche, Hanson, Rivord, Carlson, Johnson, Copp, Stettner, Blood DNF Cannata, Inman DNS Checkalski
B Main: Miller, Estey, Jacobsen, Lautigar, Paull, Korpi, Mueller, Zollar DNF Lavasseur DQ Bellefeuille
Feature (30 Laps) Nelson, Hart, Jacobsen, Schultz, Chyba, Byholm, Hanson, Miller, Lautigar, N Nelson, Jones, Wood, Roche, Alexander, Rivord, Miskowic, Lightner DNF Keyser, Hudack, Olson, Broking, Jensen, Dale DQ Estey

WISSOTA Late Models (21 cars)
Heat 1: Jeff Massingill, Steve Vesel, Aaron Lillo, Doug Koski, Darrell Carlson, Dave Esse, Darrell Nelson
Heat 2; Kyle Peterlin, Jeff Provinzino, Terry Lillo, Harry Hanson, Caley Emerson, John Massingill, Brian Taylor
Heat 3: Nick Musel, Kelly Estey, Todd Gehl, Tim McMann, Kevin Carlson, Joey Ogston DNF Gregg Hill
Feature: (20 Laps) Estey, Peterlin, Provinzino, Jeff Massingill, Musel, Vesel, McMann, Hanson,  Lillo, K Carlson, John Massingill, Esse, D Carlson, Gehl, Ogston, Koski, Hill, Taylor DNF Emerson, Nelson

WISSOTA Midwest Modified (25 cars)
Heat 1: Bill Matzdorf, Randy Vezina, Deven Van House, Chais Eliason, E J Hietala, Bart Porter, Brad Anderson, Nick Baker DNF Taylor Leuthner
Heat 2: Skeeter Estey, Nick Lavato, Al McDougall, John Sertich, Cory Jorgenson, Ricky Davis, Tom Morinville, Andrew Inman
Heat 3: Greg Chesley, Jesse Ogston, Mark Kangas, Clint Larson, Loren Inman, Chad Larson, Jeremy Hall, Chuck Lambert
B Main: Davis, Chad Larson, Hall, Baker, Anderson, Lambert, Leuthner, Porter DNF A Inman, Morinville
Feature (20 Laps): Kangas, Van House, Chesley, Estey, Lavato, Eliason, L Inman, McDougall, Chad Larson, Ogston, Davis, Hall, Baker, Sertich, Hietala, Anderson DNF Clint Larson, Jorgenson, Matzdorf, Vezina

WISSOTA Super Stock (43 cars)
Heat 1: Art Hyde, Scott Lawrence, Jay Kintner, Derrick Vesel, Todd Carlson, Jim Campbell DNF Sam Skalsky, Kevin Eder, Trevor Arens
Heat 2: Butch Butcher, Dody Evenson, Shane Hawkinson, Bobbie Carlson, Ryan Aho, Robbie Cooper, Jack Provencher, Louis Meglen DNF Mike Keppel
Heat 3: Jeff tardy, John Copp, Eric Nelson, Donnie Lofdahl, Dave Flynn, Mike Bellefeuille, Kevin Salin, Scott Sertich DNF Mark Carlson
Heat 4: Darin Meierotto, Tom Treviranus, Jeremy Snow, Nick Oreskovich, Andy Grymala, Wayne Striker DNF Dave Reynolds, Steve Estey Heat 5: Jay Kuras, Ronnie Malecki, Jeff Forseen, Gary cornelison, Zach Wohlers, Luke Strandlund, Bruce Johnson, Steve Carlson
B Main: Aho, Vesel, Lofdahl, Bellefeuille, Cornelison, Eder, Campbell, Copp, Provencher, S Sertich DNF Grymala, Keppel, Carlson
B Main: B Carlson, Skalsky, Wohlers, Striker, Meglen, Oreskovich, Salin, Johnson, Arens, M Carlson Estey, Cooper
Feature (20 laps): Butcher, Meierotto, Tardy, Lawrence, Aho, Kintner, Copp, Lofdahl, Skalsky, Evenson, Vesel, Snow, Hawkinson, Wohlers, Kuras, Malecki, Forseen, Nelson, Treviranus, Hyde Carlson

Pure Stock (37 cars)
Heat 1: Zene Anderson, Troy Wiseth, Jeff Christman, Karri Schultz, Dave White, Paul Gucinski, Gene Ziebol, Dale Reynolds DNF Alli Kresal Caitlyn Carlson
Heat 2: Glen Dammer, Rich Dezlak, Al Rapp, Chad Carlson,Jacob Morinville, Cheryl Deloach, Tom Cornelison, Tasha Rapp DNF Corey Ziebol
Heat 3: Tony Ciurleo, Jon McKinnon, Jeff Tormondson, Scott Larsen, Tim Carlson, Andy LeBarge, Harold Kibbe, Bruce Stevens, Matt Hammitt
Heat 4; Dan Larsen, Isacc Hudson, Bob Greenwood, Pat Van Ert, Jeff Engelmeier, LeRae Ralidak, Mark Korte, Riock Kesty, Dan Follett
B Main: LeBarge, T Carlson, White, G Ziebol, Reynolds, Gucinski, Stevens, Kibbe, Caitlyn Carlson, Hammitt, A Kresal
B main: Ralidak, Kesty, Morinville, Korte, Follett, Engelmeier, T Rapp, Cornelison DNF Deloach DNS C Ziebol
Feature (15 laps) Ciurleo, Dammer, McKinnon, D Larsen, Wiseth, Dezlak, Van Ert, Anderson, Chad Carlson, A Rapp, Christman, Kesty, Schultze, Ralidak, Tormondson, Lebarge, Hudson, Greenwood, T Carlson, S Larsen



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