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Peterlin was equal to the task and took the lead but Hanson was dogged in pursuit. There were two distinct grooves on the track with Peterlin down in the basement looking for traction and Hanson upstairs using the momentum to try and gain on Peterlin. Further back in the pack Darrell Nelson, Jeff Provinzino, Aaron Lillo and Tim McMann battled for position. Back up front Hanson's run high on the track was beginning to pay off as little by little he began to draw alongside Peterlin on the straights and edge ahead on the back stretch only to see Peterlin get the better run off the bottom of turn four and lead to the line. On the final circuit Hanson got a car length off the back stretch and the two were side by side down the front stretch to the checkered flag. Such a close finish has not been seen at the speedway since Tom Waseleski eked out a win over Pat Doar in the Silver 1000. There was silence and both cars headed toward Victory Lane until the call was made and Hanson was awarded the win by mere inches in the thrilling finish. Hanson, a 30 year racing veteran gave Peterlin a lot of credit for a great clean race. "The kid's teaching me a few things out there" Hanson said in his interview. "I thought I had him there at the end but I wasn't sure". Rounding out the top five was Darrell Nelson, Jeff Provinzino and Don Copp. Jayme Lautigar of Superior started the 20 lap WISSOTA Modified feature from the pole and led every lap for his first ever Modified feature win at the Speedway. Nick Nelson started alongside and ran second for most of the non stopped event until he was overtaken by Don Copp in the closing laps. Copp had come from the fourth row and worked his way past Darrell Nelson, Paul Schultz and Jeff Wood to third and then took down Nick Nelson for second. D Nelson and Shultz rounded out the top five. Finishing sixth through tenth was Duane Dale, Wood, Kelly Estey, Jody Bellefeuille and Justin Jones. Mike Bellefeuille was the Hare to the Hounds in the early going in the WISSOTA Super Stock 20 lap feature. Bellefeuille made a bold move from the second row to split early leaders Kevin Salin and Dustin Lunde off the second turn and drive away from the pack to the lead. Ryan Aho was on the move from the fifth row and was patiently working his way toward the front arriving in second place simultaneously with the half way mark and the first of two caution flags occurred two laps later when Ronnie Malecki, Steve Estey and Tom Treviranus tangled in the first turn. At the green flag Aho and third running Jeff Tardy ganged up on Bellefeuille but he was able to hold them off until the final caution flag a couple of laps later. This time Aho was too strong for Bellefeuille and went by for the lead. Bellefeuille soon fell to Tardy for second and Aho went on to take his sixth feature win at the speedway and fourth in four days as he solidified his hold not only on track points but National WISSOTA points as well. Rounding out the top five were super Stock rookie Kevin Eder and, another strong run for Jay Kuras in fifth. Mark Kangas got the jump on the field from the pole in the 20 lap WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. Willy Thompson, Greg Chesley, Adam Archer and Nick Lavato trailed behind. Chesley got into second and a caution flag put him even with Kangas. The two went door to door at the restart with Chesley taking over the top spot. Chesley was cruising out front of Kangas who could not make up any ground while further back Monty Hall was coming forward like gang busters battling from the fourth row into the top five. The final caution flag flew when Thompson who was battling with several cars for position ran out of real estate and went off turn three. At the restart, with five laps remaining Hall moved to third and got past Kangas for second. Chesley went on to win feature number four on the season. Hall, Kangas, Nick Lavato and Adam Archer finished in the top five. Jon McKinnon won his second Pure Stock feature in a row coming again from deep in the pack starting in row number five. Tony Ciurleo and Jeff Tormondson paced the field early in the 15 lap event but McKinnon kept chipping away, working his way through the pack. At the half way point in the non stopped affair, Tony Ciurleo and Rick Kesty had McKinnon to deal with in third ahead of Al Rapp and Tormondson in the top five. Kesty and McKinnon ganged up on Ciurleo with Kesty diving to the bottom and McKinnon on the top shelf. McKinnon grabbed the lead and Kesty went to second but couldn't get away from a stubborn Ciurleo as the race ended with McKinnon the victor. Kesty, T Ciurleo, Rapp, Dan Larsen and Tormondson were the first six across the stripe, but the rest of the finish payoff was held up pending results of a tear down on the 79A of Andrew LaBarge. 113 cars in five divisions came to compete at the speedway during the South St. Louis County Fair including 31 Curtis Oil & Tire Pure Stocks; 26 WISSOTA Super Stocks; 24 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds; 14 WISSOTA Modifieds and 19 WISSOTA Black Bear Casino Late Models. Six first time competitors were at the speedway Sunday night. Results South St. Louis County Fair races at the Proctor Speedway WISSOTA Late Models (19 cars) WISSOTA Modified (14 cars) WISSOTA Super Stock (26 cars) WISSOTA Midwest Modified (24 cars) Pure Stocks (31 cars) |
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