Doar Wins At Superior Speedway

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May 28

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SUPERIOR – There must have been something similar in the air as there was opening night at the Superior Speedway Friday as three of the five classes from opening night had repeat winners in week two. It was also senior night with all Senior Citizens getting into the grandstand for free.

It started with the Midwest Mods as Jeff Marshall from Thunder Bay drew the outside of the front row for the feature and jumped out to the lead by the back stretch of the first lap. Skeeter Estey coming off a feature win the night before in Grand Rapids pressured Marshall for the first few laps but couldn’t get around him. Estey had to pull off after eight laps with car problems. On that same lap Jake Gondik who started on the poll got tangled up with Lance Solem between turns 1 & 2 taking both of them out of the race.

Marshall did win the feature for the second week followed by Scott Herrick and Taylor Luethner. Earlier in the night Herrick won the first heat race followed by Kevin Monteith and Gondik. In the second heat Leuthner started in the last position and worked his way to the front to win followed by Joe Olson and Dan Kingsley. In the third and final heat race Marshall won followed by Estey and Adam Archer.

In the Modifieds it was Al Uotinen from Superior who drew the poll and jumped out to the early lead but seven laps in Kelly Checkalski had car problems and came to a halt on the back stretch causing a caution. On the restart Darrell Nelson and Greg Chesley got a jump on Uotinen and Nelson jumped to the lead and never looked back to win his second feature of the season. Chesley finished second followed by Jody Bellefeuille, Uotinen and Bill Byholm. In the Heat races it was Chesley winning the first followed by Rick Rivord and Scott Hudack. In the second heat race it was Uotinen winning followed by Nelson and Byholm.

The Super Stock feature had yet another repeat winner as Mike Weber from Osceola started on the poll and for the 2nd week won the feature. Mike Bellefeuille gave Weber a run for the money for a few laps after a restart where Scott Lawrence had a flat tire. Lawrence got the tire fixed and got back on the track before the race resumed and finished in fourth place. Bellefeuille did finish second followed by Jim Campbell, Lawrence and Joe Oliver.

In the Super Stock heat races Bellefeuille won the first one of the night followed by Oliver and Campbell. And in the second heat race it was Weber followed by Tom Treviranus and Lawrence.

18 Late models showed up to race on a very fast track on Friday with Pat Doar from New Richmond finding the high groove and hooking up to win the feature. Doar was followed by Darrell Nelson, Joel Cryderman who started in the ninth row ended up finishing third, Rick Hanestad finished fourth and Harry Hanson fifth.

There was a scary moment in the Late Model feature after Steve Laursen and Joey Ogston tangled up on the back stretch causing a restart. Adam Hensel got forced low going into turn one and hit the berm next to the light pole which sent him air born rolling over in turn one. Hensel did suffer a minor wrist injury in the roll over and did not return in the race. In the Late Model heat races Don Copp won the first one followed by Tim McMann and Darin Meierotto. Doar won the second heat followed by Nelson and Chris Olson. The checkered flag went to Travis Budisalovich in heat race three followed by Hensel and Hanson.

The Pure Stock feature was won by Richard Dzelak Jr. from Superior as he took the lead with four laps to go and the 2009 track champion held on with win his first feature of the 2010 season in Superior. Dzelak was followed by Chad Carlson, Tim Carlson, last week’s feature winner Pat VanErt and Dustin Follett. In the heat races Matt Madsen from Superior won the first heat race followed by Tim Carlson and Matt Hammitt. In the second heat race it was Chad Carlson winning followed by Dzelak and Al Rapp. And in the third heat race VanErt won with Andy Udeen coming in second and Matt Deragon third.

Racing returns to the Superior Speedway next Friday with hot laps at 6:30pm and racing starting at 7pm. For more information and updated points standing go to www.superiorspeedway.com