Skeeter Estey Gets First Career Midwest Modified
Main Event
Sunday night's action at the Proctor speedway saw a
first time winner to go along with the usual
suspects. Skeeter Estey won a hard fought WISSOTA
Midwest Modified feature for his first feature win.
Kyle Peterlin is on a roll as the rookie Late Model
driver won his second consecutive feature at the
Proctor Speedway and fourth in two weeks. Darrell
Nelson outran Kelly Estey for his second consecutive
WISSOTA Modified feature win his third of the season.
Ryan Aho won the WISSOTA Super Stock feature his
second of the season and Glen Dammer won his fourth
Pure Stock feature of the season. 107 cars were on
hand for the weekly racing program.
After qualifying heats were finished along with B
Features in three divisions, the first main event
rolled onto the speedway about 7:30. Up first was the
20 lap Midwest Modified main event with Brad Anderson
and Cory Jorgenson sharing the front row. Jorgenson
grabbed the early lead as there was two very racy
grooves on the track. Skeeter Estey quickly made his
way to second from row three with Jeremy Hall, Clint
Larson and Nick Lavato in the mix. With three laps in
Adam Archer found the wall off turn four with the car
sustaining significant front end damage. At the green
Estey dived to the inside and took the lead off turn
two. Charging to the front from the B Feature was Greg
Chesley into sixth. Estey pulled out a good lead while
lavato made his way to second ahead of Jorgenson,
Larson and Hall. Lavato closed on Estey and it was a
two car race for the win.
The second and final caution flag flew when Jesse
Ogston stalled off the back stretch. On the restart
Estey held off Lavato on the back stretch and went on
to take the win. Lavato finished second while there
was a scramble for third won by Jorgenson with Chesley
fourth and Jimmy Latvala got a good shot on the final
lap to finish fifth.
The 20 lap Late Model feature was next on the
program and Jeff Massingill driving for John Carpenter
got the hole shot from the pole at the green. Jeff
Provinzino, Harry Hanson, Tim McMann and Todd Gehl
trailed in the early going. Provinzino dived to the
inside of Massingill in turn three and the two bumped.
Massingill took a hard right into Hanson and both shot
off the track followed by Jeff Lien trying to avoid
the incident. Provinzino was charged with the foul and
sent to the back. Massingill was out and it was Hanson
who inherited the lead on the restart. McMann and
Broking battled for second but it was Peterlin who
came alive and got by McMann and Broking into second.
Also on the move was Danny Young up from the sixth row
to third. At the ten lap mark Peterlin led Broking,
Young, Darrell Nelson and Hanson. The race went under
the green flag the rest of the way as Peterlin won his
fourth career Late Model feature. Young got by Broking
for second, Nelson was fourth and Provinzino rebounded
for a fifth place finish.
Art Hyde was looking to redeem himself for the
occurrence the previous week when he and Steve Estey
crashed on the last lap of the 20 lap Super Stock
feature. Hyde took the high route at the green flag
and was able to pull out a slight lead over Adam Long,
Eric Nelson, Tyler Kintner and Ryan Aho. Hyde bobbled
slightly in turn one and Aho dived low on the track
and came out of the second turn in the lead. Long,
Nelson and Hyde followed with Jeff Tardy up from the
fifth row into fifth spot. The caution flag appeared
when Jay Kuras and Robbie Cooper tangled in the first
turn. Aho grabbed the point at the green with Nelson
not far behind.
A lap later Dave Reynolds spun off turn one
bringing out what would prove to be the final yellow
flag. At the green flag Aho and Nelson drove away from
the squabble for third which soon resolved itself when
Jay Kintner popped from the pack to take the position.
Aho was cruising away from the pack with Nelson
several car lengths back. Aho won his second feature
of the season at the speedway over Nelson. Jay Kintner
and Jeff Tardy finished third and fourth and Jay Kuras
came back from the crash to finish fifth.
Duane Dale took the early lead in the WISSOTA
Modified 20 lap feature on the second circuit as
Justin Jones, Don Copp and Kelly Estey ran in the top
five. The only caution flag of the event flew early
when Marc Johnson's car spun at the entrance of turn
one and was removed from the track with mechanical
problems. No laps were counted when, on the restart,
Justin Jones bunted Darrell Nelson spinning him out.
Jones went to the back and Nelson, who had started
fourth hugged the bottom line and shot up off turn two
past Dale who was riding the rim, into the lead which
he would never give up. Nelson cruised to his second
consecutive win and third of the season. Estey got by
Dale for second and Paul Schultz and Don Copp rounded
out the first five finishers.
The final feature of the evening was for the Pure
Stocks with Ashley Smith leading from the pole. Smith
won the first lap but she had company in the form of
Al Rapp, Matt Hammitt, Dan Larsen and Glen Dammer.
Rick Kesty moved up into the battle along with Andy
LaBarge and the pack boiled around the track with the
lead going back and fourth. At the half way point
Kestey led Labarge, Rapp, Dammer, Pat Van Ert, Larsen,
Jon McKinnon and Smith. The first of two caution flags
appeared when Jacob Morinville spun off turn
four.
At the green flag Dammer blasted into the lead and
Van Ert moved up to fifth. With five laps to go
Smith's night came to an end when she stopped on the
back stretch with a flat tire. The restart saw Dammer
retain the lead while it was three wide for second and
a total of five cars going for that position. Dammer
went on to take his fourth feature win over Rapp,
LaBarge, McKinnon and Van Ert in the top five.
Proctor Speedway Results 7-8-07
WISSOTA Late Model (18 cars)
Heat 1: Jeff Provinzino; Jeff Massingill;
Darrell Nelson; Jeff Broking; Kyle Peterlin; Aaron
Lillo; Joey Ogston; George Ledin; Kevin Carlson
Heat 2: Harry Hanson; Todd Gehl; Tim McMann; Don Copp;
Jeff Lien; Danny Young; John Massingill; Brian Taylor;
Gregg Hill Feature: (1-10) Peterlin; Young; Broking;
Nelson; Provinzino; Lien; John Massingill; Gehl;
McMann; Ledin (1-18) Hanson; Ogston; Taylor; Copp;
Lillo; Carlson; Jeff Massingill; Hill
WISSOTA Modified (11 cars)
Heat: Duane Dale; Don Copp; Kelly Estey;
Darrell Nelson; Justin Jones; Nick Nelson; Paul
Schultz; Marc Johnson; Ken Hron; Jeff Wood; Travis
Zollar
Feature: Nelson; Estey; Dale; Schultz; Copp; Jones;
Wood; Hron; N Nelson; Johnson; Zollar
WISSOTA Super Stock (28 cars)
Heat 1: Jeff Tardy; Art Hyde; Jay Kintner;
Scott Heikkinen; Adam Long; Dave Flynn; Ronnie
Malecki; Rick Peterson; Tom Treviranus; Jay
Kuras
Heat 2: Ryan Aho; Robbie Cooper; Eric Nelson;Jeremy
Fink; Donnie Lofdahl; Kevin Eder; Frank befera; Gary
Cornelison; Dustin Lunde
Heat 3: Tyler Kintner; Louis Meglen; Bob Kintner;
Jeremy Crabbs; Dave Reynolds; Scott Sertich; Todd
Carlson; Steve Carlson; Steve Estey
B Feature: Flynn; Kuras; Malecki; Befera; Treviranus;
Estey; Peterson; Eder; T Carlson; S Carlson; Sertich;
Lunde; Cornelison
Feature: (1-10) Aho; Nelson; J Kintner; tardy; Kuras;
Meglen; T Kintner; Lofdahl; Fink; Hyde (11-20) Befera;
B Kintner; Cooper; Heikkinen; Malecki; Crabbs; Long;
Treviranus; Reynolds; Flynn
WISSOTA Midwest Modified (25 cars)
Heat 1: Nick Lavato; Clint Larson; Adam
Archer; Jimmy Latvala; Taylor Leuthner; bart Porter;
Deven Van House; Zak McClellan; Greg Chesley
Heat 2: Skeeter Estey; Brad Anderson; Cory Jorgenson;
Nick Baker; Tom Morinville; Craig Tradup; Al
McDougall; Andrew Inman
Heat 3: Jeremy Hall; Mark kangas; Jesse Ogston; Loren
Inman; Joe Olson; Chais Eliason; Bill Brouse; E J
Hietala
B Feature: Chesley; Porter; Van House; Hietala; A
Inman; Tradup; Eliason; Brouse; McClellan;
McDougall
Feature (1-10) Estey; Lavato; Jorgenson; Chesley;
Latvala; Larson; Baker; Hall; Olson; Kangas (11-20)
Anderson; Porter; A Inman; Hietala; Ogston; Leuthner;
VanHouse; L Inman; Morinville; Archer
Pure Stocks (25 cars)
Heat 1; Pat Van Ert; Rick Kesty; Andy LaBarge;
Don Follett; Jeff Engelmeier; Richard Dezlak; Pete
Ciurleo; Dale Reynolds; Paul Gucinski
Heat 2: Glen Dammer; Matt Hammitt; Ashley Smith; James
Armstrong; Jacob Morinville; Matt Johnson; Tasha Rapp;
Kyle Inman
Heat 3: All Rapp; Dan Larsen; Jon McKinnon; Tont
Ciurleo; Troy Wiseth; Jeff Tormondson; Cheryl Deloach,
Rick Cornelison B Feature: P Ciurleo; Johnson;
Dezlak; Cornelison; Tormondson; Gucinski; Deloach;
Reynolds; T Rapp; Inman
Feature (1-10): Dammer; A Rapp; LaBarge; McKinnon; Van
Ert; Kesty; Larsen; T Ciurleo; Hammitt; Dezlak (11-20)
Cornelison; Johnson; Follett; Morinville; Tormondson;
P Ciurleo; Armstrong