ESTEY TOPS COMO MODIFIED SERIES 30 LAP FEATURE

By Jerry O'Brien 5-25-08

Proctor, MN

2007 Como Modified Oil & Propane Modified Series champion Kelly Estey of Kelly Lake

picked up where he left off last season, at the head of the class. Estey won the 30 lap feature with

a pass on Modified rookie driver Ryan Aho after the only caution flag of the event which came

on lap 23 when Dean Yrjanainen and Jody Bellefeuille who had taken the Como Provisionsl,

clashed on the front straight. On the restart Estey who had been bottled up behind Bill Byholm,

found clear track between himself and Aho. He took advantage and dived inside Aho in turn one

and grabbed the lead off turn two and raced away leading the final circuits for a convincing win.

25 cars were scheduled to take the green flag for the 30 lap main event. After the pole dash,

Estey and Jayme Lautigar who had finished first and second respectively in the ‘07 final Series

points, shared the front row. At the start Estey and Lautigar were too close to call at the line for

the lead on the first circuit but Estey quickly gained the point with Lautigar second ahead of Al

Uotinen and Ryan Aho. The battle for fifth was between Joey Jensen and Jeff Wood. Estey

extended his lead in the early going with Jensen winning out. The skirmish for second heated up

as Lautigar, Uotinen and Aho battled with Aho going to the top groove and working his way past

into the runner up spot. He then set out after the fleeing Estey who found himself battling

through traffic at the rear of the pack. Aho caught Estey in a gaggle of lapped cars as the 15 lap

half way point was reached. At that point the top ten included Estey in the lead over Aho,

Lautigar, Uotinen, Jensen, Wood, Craig Thatcher, Darrell Nelson, Bill Byholm and Don Copp.

On lap 16 Aho got to the outside of Estey in traffic on the back stretch and completed the pass on

the front stretch. Aho was able to stretch his lead over Estey until the lap 23 incident when estey

was able to return the favor going on for the win. Aho, Lautigar, Uotinen and Jensen completed

the top five at the finish. A total of 42 WISSOTA AMSOIL Dirt Track Series Modified were on

hand for the event.

Harry Hanson nabbed his second straight WISSOTA Late Model feature at the Proctor

Speedway Sunday night. Starting deep in the small 13 car field in the eighth starting slot, Hanson

worked his way forward in the 25 lap event and took over the lead just before the half way point.

At the green flag pole sitter Caley Emarson took the early lead over Tim McMann, Jeff

Broking, Brian Taylor and Kevin Carlson. Hanson and Darrell Nelson were chasing the top five

and Hanson soon began to pick them off going to fourth then passing Broking for third. McMann

had taken the lead from Emerson but was no match for the charging Hanson who soon sailed past

for the lead and ran away from the field until Broking's breakdown brought out the only caution

flag of the event putting McMann back in contention. Hanson went on to take the win over

McMAnn, Emerson, Nelson and John Massingill.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature got off to a rocky start with a caution flag right

away when Bill Brouse took his #29B for a spin off turn one. At the green flag pole starter Brad

Anderson led Monty Hall, Glen Dammer, Jimmy Latvala and Skeeter Estey in the front five. Hall

worried at Anderson and finally made the pass for the lead as Latvala shot up into the third spot.

Latvala pulled off a slide job on Anderson in the fourth turn and took over second. A lap later

Dammer tapped Anderson spinning him in turn one which brought out caution flag number two.

Hall pulled away from Latvala at the green with Estey third ahead of Anderson and Jesse Ogston.

Charging up from the fifth row was the 97 of defending track champion Greg Chesley passing

Ogston for fifth. At the half way point Hall had moved to nearly a straight away lead over Latvala

and Estey. Chesley grabbed the fourth spot with Ogston fifth, then Anderson, Butch Butcher, E J

Hietala, Nick Baker and Jeremy Houle in the top ten. Hall found himself in heavy traffic as did

Latvala while Chesley tracked down Estey for the third spot. Hall won his first Midwest

Modified feature of the season whith Latvala, Chesley, Estey and Ogston finishing in the top

five.

The 15 lap Pure Stock feature went flag to flag without a caution flag as Scott Larsen won his

first feature in a long time. Defending track champion Jon McKinnon jumped into the lead from

the pole ahead of Larsen and Matt Hammit. McKinnon and Larsen drove off from the field to

settle it themselves and at the half way mark had a considerable margin on Tom Cornelison,Josh

Loucks and Hammitt in the top five. Dan Follett, last week's winner Andrew LaBarge, Tim

Carlson, Richard Dzelak and Paul Gucinski ran in the rest of the top ten. The leaders got to the

back of the field and Larsen made the pass on McKinnon in traffic and had little trouble taking

the win. McKinnon, Hammitt and Labarge finished in the top five.

Results: Race #1 Como Oil & Propane WISSOTA Modified Series (42 cars)

10 Lap Qualifying Heats, top four to the feature, top two to the Pole Dash

Heat 1: Ryan Aho, Al Uotinen, Don Copp, John Massingill, Dave Cain, Bob Broking, Kyle

Gavel, Rick Cannata, Jeff Hart

Heat 2: Craig Thatcher, Kelly Estey, Ken Hron, Wayne Stricker, Alan Olafson, Scott Hudack,

Mark Blood, Cory Sersha, Paul Schultz

Heat 3: Jason Miller, Jeff Spacek, Duane Dale, Rick Rivord, Nick Lavato, Dean Yrjanainen,

Gavin Paull, Jody Bellefeuille

Heat 4: Jayme Lautigar, Tim Alexander, Pat Doar, Bill byholm, Shaun Kreyer, Kelly checkalski,

Travis Zollar, Rich Lofthus

Heat 5: Joey Jensen, Jeff Wood, Darrell Nelson, Ricky Roche, Paul Knauf, Jad carlson, Steve

Lavasseur, Mark Damjanovich

B Feature #1 (Top two to feature): Cain, Knauf, Hart, Paull, Gavell, Lofthus, Hudack, Lavato,

Lavasseur, Sersha, Checkalski

B Feature #2: Broking, Yrjanainen, Cannata, Olafson, Damjanovich, Zollar, J Carlson, Schultz,

Blood, Bellefeuille, Kreyer

Feature (30 Laps) (1-10) Estey, Aho, Lautigar, Uotinen, Jensen, Thatcher, Nelson, Copp, Spacek,

Wood (11-24) Hron, Roche, Knauf, Massingill, Dale, Doar, Byholm, Stricker, Cain, Broking,

Yrjanainen, Rivord, Miller, Bellefeuille, Alexander

WISSOTA Late Model (13 cars)

Heat 1: Darrell Nelson, Caley Emerson, Brian taylor, Matt Sorenson, John Massingill, Jeff

Provinzino, Jeff Massingill

Heat 2: Harry Hanson, Kevin Carlson, Tim McMann, Jeff Broking, Jason Miller, Kyle Peterlin

Feature (25 Laps): Hanson, McMann, Emerson, Nelson, John Massingill, Carlson, Provinzino,

Peterlin, Taylor, Jeff Massingill, Broking, Sorenson, Miller

WISSOTA Midwest Modified (24 Cars)

Heat 1: Nick Baker, Brad Anderson, Glen Dammer, Jesse Ogston, Dan Doran, Andrew Inman,

Jacob Morinville, Tony Ciurleo

Heat 2: Skeeter Estey, Jeremy Houle, Rob Weber, E J Hietala, Deven VanHouse, Bill brouse,

Ross Siiter, Loren Inman

Heat 3: Greg Chesley, Monty Hall, Jimmy Latvala, Adam Archer, Lance Solem, Butch Butcher,

Zak McClellan, Dan Kingsley

Feature: (15 Laps) (1-10) Hall, Latvala, Chesley, Estey, Ogston, Baker, Butcher, Anderson,

VanHouse, Heitala (11-20) Solem, Weber, Dammer, Ciurleo, Brouse, Siiter, Doran, Houle,

Archer, McClellan

Proctor Pure Stock (25 Cars)

Heat 1: Tom Cornelison, Andrew LaBArge, Matt Hammitt, Dan Follett, LaRae Ralidak, Pat Van

Ert, Austin Blom, Kyle Inman, Aaron Olson

Heat 2: Scott Larsen, Josh Loucks, Tim Carlson, Al Rapp, Jeff Christman, Ashley Smith, Pete

Ciurleo, Kevin Youderin

Heat 3: Richard Dzelak, Jon McKinnon, Dan Larsen, Jeff Engelmeier, Paul Gucinski, Rick

Cornelison, Tasha Rapp, Jeff Broking, Jr

Feature: (1-10) S Larsen, McKinnon, Hammitt, LaBarge, Loucks, Blom, Follett, T Cornelison, T

Carlson, Dzelak (11-20) Gucinski, Van Ert, Christman, A Rapp, Ralidak, Engelmeier, Smith, T

Rapp, Olson, D Larsen

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