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Provinzino had raced his way from row number seven to run in the top five. Casey worked his way past Peterlin and Provinzino into second and six circuits of green flag racing occurred before the action was slowed when Pat Doar spun off turn one and slammed into the bank, heavily damaging the #11. Doar was not injured in the incident. At the restart Anderson held on to the lead but had a determined Casey all over his bumper and at the half way point Provinzino was running third ahead of Peterlin and Vesel while Rick Egersdorf, Estey, John Massingill, Tom Waseleski and Steve Laursen ran in the rest of the top ten. Just past half way the caution flag again appeared when Hanson who was having an awful time, again spun by himself this time in turn one. At the restart with 19 of 26 starters still on track, Anderson raced away to a stout lead as Provinzino got by Casey into second. The long lead disappeared when what would prove to be the final caution period occurred when John Massingill's good run went bad as he slid of the high side off turn one. Anderson remained the class of the field the rest of the way as Casey retrieved second from Provinzino with Peterlin fourth in a battle with Estey for the position. The field finally settled down and went the remaining distance without another slowdown. Anderson appeared to take the win over Casey, Provinzino, Peterlin and Estey but the victory did not make it past post race inspection as the scrutiny showed issues with the intake manifold on the #81 causing him to be disqualified and moving everyone up one position which gave the win to Casey over Provinzino, Peterlin, Estey and moved Steve Vesel back into the top five. It was 30 laps of WISSOTA Modified competition at the 35th Annual Silver 1000. At the start of the feature it was Dave Cain out to the lead from the front row with defending race champion Darrell Nelson ahead of Duane Dale, Jeff Wood and Pat Doar in Bill Byholm's backup car in the top five. Cain's lead soon vanished as it was he who brought out the first of six yellow flags as he slowed off the back stretch and made it to the pits leaving the lead to Doar who had gotten into second. From there, despite five more caution periods that kept the field close, Doar was able to hold off all comers to lead 22 of the 30 circuits and win his second Silver 1000 Modified feature. Once the bumping and banging was sorted out, Doar dominated the action and the final circuits went unabated to the checkered flag. Kelly Estey raced his way up to the runner up position from the seventh row ahead of Nelson, Dale who led seven laps and Jeff Spacek in the top five. Race Notes: WISSOTA Dirt Track Series Late Models: 41 cars were on hand, three fewer than in 2006. Ten former Silver 1000 champions were in competition including defending champion Darrell Nelson; Tom Waseleski, Sr.; Harry Hanson; Pat Doar; Steve Laursen; John Kaanta; Jeff Hinkemeyer; Joel Cryderman; Jeff Provinzino and Rick Egersdorf. Nine past champions in the Late Model division made the 40 lap feature and six finished. Harry Hanson, Darrell Nelson and Pat Doar were the three past champion DNF's. The only past champion failing to make the feature was Joel Cryderman. Past champions finished fourth (Provinzino); seventh, (Egersdorf); ninth (Laursen); 10th (Kaanta) 11th (Hinkemeyer); and 13th (Waseleski, Sr.)... Casey's winning Rocket Chassis is sponsored by Arnie Ranta Motorsports and Arnie's Sleds & Trailers. Modified driver Matt Sorenson turned his first laps in a Late Model with limited success recording a DNS in his heat and a DNF in the B Feature. Kyle Peterlin of Hibbing is the leading Rookie driver in the WISSOTA AMSOIL Dirt Track Series National Point Standings. Sunday's 35th annual Silver 1000 was sponsored by the Black Bear Casino and Hotel. The event was conceived in 1972 and the first champion was Dave Bjorge of Austin, MN. The name "Silver 1000" comes from the fact that in the formative years the top three finishers were paid in actual Silver Dollars with the winner taking home 1000 of them. Leon Plank, Rick Egersdorf and Rick Aukland are the only men to win 3 Silver 1000's. Jeff Hinkemeyer (81-82), Rick Aukland (88-89); John Kaanta (2003-04) have all won Silver 1000 events back to back. Darrell Nelson is the only driver to win both the Late Model feature and the Modified feature at the Silver 1000 in one night. There is a traveling trophy that winners get to keep for one year and if the driver could win the Silver 1000 on three occasions the trophy would be retired to that driver. Leon Plank; Rick Aukland and Rick Egersdorf have all made the speedway build a new traveling trophy. Results: 35th Annual Silver 1000 Photos Courtesy of Ken Johnson (218) 590-5280
Late Models (41 cars) Heat 1: Danny Young; Randy Gullickson; Tim McMann;
John Massingill; Joey Ogston; Todd Gehl; Jeff
Hinkemeyer; Joel Cryderman; Jeff Lien Feature (40 laps) (1-10) Casey; Peterlin; Provinzino; Estey; Vesel; Egersdorf; Waselesk, Jr; Laursen; Kaanta; Hinkemeyer; Todd Gehl; (12-25) Wasekeski, Jr; Lillo; McMann; John Massingill; Rick Hanestad; Brent Larson; Hannson; Young; Doar; Esse; Gullickson; Nelson; Meierotto; C Carlson Anderson Disqualified rules for infraction Modified (46 cars) Heat 1: Ricky Roche; Justin Jones; Jeff Spacek;
Joey Jensen; Kent Baxter; Nick Nelson; John
Carpenter; Denny Trimble; Ken Hron; Joey
Galloway Feature (30 laps) (1-10) Doar; Estey; D Nelson; Dale; Spacek; Damjanovich; Yrjanainen; Jones; Hartman; Copp (11-25) Jensen; Hart; Adams; Broking; Lightner; Lautigar; Miller; Kreyer; Wood; Roche; Byholm; Thatcher; Bellefeuille; Hanson; Cain |
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