LAURSEN AND JOHN MASSINGILL TOP PROCTOR TWIN PORTS TWIN 25'S Provinzino Wins Bonus For Best Finish In Both Features A total of 45 WISSOTA Late Models were on hand at the Proctor Speedway Sunday night August 5 for the third annual Twin Ports Twin 25's along with 30 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and 31 Proctor Pure Stocks as support classes.The event for Late Models has twin 25 lap features each paying $1500to win. After the first feature the winner picks from 10 frizbees placed on the front stretch to determine the inversion of the starting lineup for the next 25 lap event. The inversion is no less than 10 nor more than 18. First feature winner Steve Laursen of Cumberland, WI picked 15 which put Keewatin Minn's John Massingill on the pole.

By Jerry O'Brien

Uncle and Nephew formed the first row for the initial 25 lap feature with Duane Mahder to the inside of nephew Chad Mahder. At the green flag Duane Mahder took the early lead with Steve Laursen up from row two into second ahead of Don Copp, Caley Emerson and Darrell Nelson. A quick caution flag flew for John Massingill and Todd Gehl who went off track. Massingill was charged and sent to the rear. With a single circuit complete, Laursen got the drop on D Mahder as Copp and Emerson dueled for third and Jeff Provinzino and Pat Doar battled for fifth. Provinzino was on a mission and charged up to fourth and Doar was fifth after starting 13th. With four laps in the caution flag again flew for Kevin Carlson and Laursen chose to restart on the outside . 

Laursen quickly asserted himself at the front with D Mahder, Provinzino, Emerson and Copp following. Copp and Doar again battled for a top five spot but caution flag number three quickly followed when Steve Vesel sailed off turn three. When racing resumed Laursen led off with Provinzino restarting second while Emerson challenged D Mahder for fourth and Doar made the move to fifth. Copp dropped into a battle for sixth with Darrell Nelson. At the half way point the order stood at Laursen with the lead over Provinzino, D Mahder, Emerson and Doar in the top five. Copp, Nelson, Mitch Johnson, Kelly Estey and Todd Gehl ran in the top ten. No more caution periods slowed the action the rest of the way as Laursen caught the tail of the field and began lapping slower cars with little trouble as he won the first of the two 25 lap features. Provinzino; D Mahder, Emerson and Doar maintained their top five positions to the finish. 

The WISSOTA Midwest Modified and Proctor Pure stock features were run between the two Late Model features in order to give the drivers a chance to work on their cars prior to the finale. The 15 car inversion of the finish in the first Late Model feature put 15th place John Massingill on the pole with Aaron Lillo on the outside. The winner of the first feature Laursen lined up deep in the pack in the 15th position in row eight. As the second 25 lap event started later in the evening, the track conditions were markedly different than the first feature with the surface more tacky in the early going. 

At the green flag pole sitter Massingill took the lead and immediately went upstairs in the high groove while Chad Mahder got by Lillo into second and he and Massingill battled for the lead with Gehl, Lillo and John Kaanta trailing. Kaanta was trying to hold off Ron Schreiner for the fifth spot but the first caution flag appeared when Emerson went over the edge in turn three. 

Massingill chose the outside for the restart and again found the momentum would keep him ahead of C Mahder while Gehl was third, Kaanta fourth and Schreiner fifth. The top four runners were single file at this point but again the caution flag flew when Duane Mahder stalled just off turn four. Massingill was able to maintain the lead on the restart but the caution lights blinked on when Copp pulled off the track off the top of turn three and needed the hook to get to the pits. 

On the restart with seven laps complete, C Mahder got the jump on Massingill but the lap was not complete as the caution flag again waved when Kevin Carlson and Dave Esse clashed off turn two. The restart was single file with Massingill and Mahder in the top two spots and Kaanta grabbed third from Gehl. Gehl fought back and grabbed third but again the caution flag appeared when Estey and Lillo crashed, Estey was tagged with the caution and pulled off. 

Fifteen laps remained when the green flag appeared and Massingill was able to maintain his edge as C Mahder tried too hard off turn four and fell back by several car lengths. Just prior to the midpoint of the event the caution flag again flew for Danny Young who tangled with Steve Vesel off the back stretch and went off with a flat tire. At the Half way point it was Massingill with several car lengths over C Mahder, Gehl, Kaanta and Nelson. 

With 18 of 24 starters still running the field became strung out around the speedway but, of course that wouldn't last as George Ledin appeared to spin in turn four and Kevin Carlson ran over the front of the stationary car. Both were finished for the event. That would prove to be the final caution period as Massingill led the 15 survivors under the checkered flag for the $1500 win. Outside pole sitter Lillo made a strong charge in the waning laps to get back up to a sixth place finish. The top five behind Massingill included C Mahder, Gehl; Kaaanta and Nelson. 

Jeff Provinzino was the winner of the Powers & Associates $500 bonus for the best over all finishes in the two features with a second and an eighth. The non qualifier fund put up by Powers & Associates and several other individuals and businesses paid each driver who did not qualify for the features in the Late Models $180 each. 

Greg Chesley got back to his winning ways as he won the 20 lap 20 car WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. E J Hietala looked as though he might get his first ever Midwest Modified feature win as he looked strong in the lead past the ten lap mid point, but just after the first caution flag, while running the high momentum groove, slipped off the track in the first turn and regained control in sixth. The bobble left Chesley with the lead and, despite another caution flag, he was able to cruise to the win over Deven Van House. Hietala was able to regain some positions to finish third ahead of Clint Larson and Justin Jones in the top five. 

It was a rough night for Pure Stock driver Ashley Smith as the pole sitter brought out the red flag when she slipped off the top of turn one just at the half way point and rolled at least twice. She was uninjured in the incident but finished for the night. Jon McKinnon started the 15 lap event from inside row eight and raced his way past Smith at the mid point and was leading when the red flag for the Smith incident flew. Glen Dammer finished second after having been banished to the rear of the pack for causing a caution flag, Andrew LaBarge came from mid pack to finish third, Tony Ciurleo was fourth and Jeremy Fink drove up from the 9th row to round out the top five.

Results 3rd annual AMSOIL Twin Ports Twin 25's

WISSOTA Late Model (45 cars) (Top four in heats advance to features)
Heat 1: Caley Emerson; Mitch Johnson; Ron Schreiner; Todd Gehl; Harry Hanson; Chad Mahder; Dustin Hapka; Jeff Lien; Mike Rich 
Heat 2: Steve Laursen; Darrell Nelson; John Massingill; Kerry Hanson; Rick Sweet; Mike Waseleski; Brian Taylor; Case Gunderson 
Heat 3: Duane Mahder; Jeff Provinzino; Pat Doar; Aaron Lillo; Steve vesel; Tom Naeyaert; Jeff Hinkemeyer; Mike Johnson; Gregg Hill 
Heat 4: Don Copp; Dave Esse; Kevin Carlson; Tim McMann; Joey Ogston; Kyle Peterlin; Jeff Massingill; Joel Cryderman; Jodi Olson 
Heat 5: Cory Mahder; Kelly Estey; George Ledin; Danny Young; Tom Waseleski, Jr; Jeff Broking; Andy Simonson; Brady Johanneck; Todd Flannery 
B Feature #1 (12 laps, top two to feature): Vesel; Sweet; Peterlin; Waseleski, Jr; Hanson Flannery; Simonson; Hinkemeyer; Hapka; Rich; Taylor; Cryderman; Hill 
B Feature #2: Chad Mahder; Broking; K Hanson; Naeyaert; M Johnson; Lien; Ogston; Gunderson; M Waseleski; Johanneck; Jeff Massingill; Olson 

25 lap feature # 1: (1-10) Laursen; Provinzino; D Mahder; Emerson; Doar; Copp; Mitch Johnson; Nelson; Estey; Schreiner; (11-24) Kaanta; Chad Mahder; Gehl; Lillo; John Massingill; Broking; Vesel; Young; Sweet; Ledin; K Carlson; Esse; McMann; Cory Mahder 

25 lap feature #2: (1-10) John Massingill; Chad Mahder; Gehl; Kaanta; Nelson; Lillo; Schreiner; Provinzino; Mitch Johnson; Doar; (11-24) Laursen; Broking; Sweet; Cory Mahder; Esse; Vesel; Carlson; Ledin; Young; Estey; Emerson; Copp; D Mahdr; McMann 

WISSOTA Midwest Modified (30 cars)
Heat 1: Adam Archer; Monte Hall; Tom Smart; Brad Anderson; Andrew Inman; Mike Brennan; Joe Olson; Cory Jorgenson 
Heat  2: Greg Chesley; Skeeter Estey; Justin Jones; Nick Baker; Bart Porter; Scott Bruce; Tom Morinville; Loren Inman 
Heat 3: Clint Larson; E J Hietala; Bill Matzdorf; John Sertich; Nick Lavato; Bill Brouse; Mark Kangas 
Heat 4: Jesse Ogston; Deven VanHouse; Jeff Marshall; Jeremy Hall; Tim Siercks; Ken Perry; Al McDougall 
B Feature: Lavato; Siercks; A Inman; Olson; Jorgenson; L Inman; Kangas; Porter; Brouse; Morinville; McDougall 

Feature (20 laps) (1-10) Chesley; VanHouse; Hietala; larson; Jones; M Hall; Marshall; Matzdorf; Smart; Siercks (11-20) Lavato; Estey; Sertich; Baker; J Hall; Olson; Ogston; Anderson; A Inman; Archer 

Proctor Pure Stock (31 cars)
Heat 1: Glen Dammer;; Ashlaey Smith; Rich Dezlak; Tim carlson; Matt Hammitt; Paul Gucinski; Tasha Rapp; Dale Reynolds 
Heat 2: Paul Malinowski; Matt Johnson; Andrew LaBarge; Corey Ziebol; Scott Larsen; Doug Willis; Kyle Inman; Caroline Kresal 
Heat 3: Pete Ciurleo; Tony Ciurleo; Dan Larsen; Jon McKinnon; Jeff Tormondson; Jeremy Fink; Cheryl Deloach; Caitlyn Carlson 
Heat 4: LaRae Ralidak; Al Rapp; Kevin Perkovich; Pat Van Ert; Don Follett; Jacob Morinville 
B Feature: Van Ert; Fink; Hammitt; Tormondson; Gucinski; Deloach; S Larsen; Morinville; T Rapp; Reynolds; Kresal; K Inman; Willis; C Carlson; Follett 

Feature (15 laps) (1-10) McKinnon; Dammer; LaBarge; T Ciurleo; Fink; Kesty; Ralidak; Malinowski; D Larsen; T Carlson (11-20) Van Ert; Perkovich; P Ciurleo; A Rapp; Tormondson; Johnson; Dezlak; Hammitt; Smith; Ziebol