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Lavasseur Leads From Start To
Finish For First Mod Main Win! The action packed Kopellah Speedway returned to action under warm but stormy skies on Friday, June 19th for Meet the Drivers Night and the return of action by the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Hornets. Tonight produced one of the most spirited Hornet features of the season with Kevin Bradwell, Marc Hunter, Steve Sutton, Doug Fick, Matt Skipper and newcomer Jesse Tripp all taking turns battleing for the lead at one point throughout the event. Great three and four wide racing took place throughout the race with Hunter emerging as the leader at the midpoint of the event and driving off to a sizeable lead over the field. Fick appeared in second with just 5 laps to go and tried furiously to chase down Hunter, but as the duo raced off of turn four to the checkered flag, Fick came up just a few feet short of his third consecutive feature win as Hunter was able to hold him off at the line in a thrilling finish. Zach Manley took the point at the drop of the green in the Pure Stock feature and quickly drove away from the field as Adam Delfosse was picking his way through traffic into second. Steve Baker and Krysta Swearingen were also in the mix early as 8th starting Dusty Brown was on the move as well. Manley was running all alone out front until he lost the handle and spun his #44x and brought out a caution, putting him to the tail and handing the lead to Delfosse. Delfosse didn’t stay out front long though as mechanical troubles sent him pit side just before the restart. For the remainder of the event Brown held the point and raced to his third win of the season here with Baker second and a charging Manley from the tail coming home in third. The Midwest Modifieds continue to put on wildly entertaining events night after night and tonight was no exception. The flawlessly prepared Kopellah Speedway saw great three and four wide racing action tonight as front row starter Josh Bazey took the lead at the start and jumped out to a 5 car length lead over Bryce Johnson, Tim Swanson and 8th starting Jason VandeKamp. Bazey looked good out front, while Johnson was trying to track him down and Swanson was trying to hold off VandeKamp for third. A caution flew early as Bazey suffered mechanical troubles and ended his great run early, while Johnson suffered a flat tire at the same time, sending him to the work area and handing the lead to Swanson. On the restart, Swanson held the point, but VandeKamp jumped to the cushion and rocketed to the lead off turn two. Once Vandy took the lead he drove off a bit, while Travis Swanson and Vince Corbin were trying to pressure Tim Swanson for second. VandeKamp raced away from the field to his remarkable sixth feature win in eight starts at Kopellah with Tim Swanson holding Travis Swanson at bay for third. Jeff Heintz and Chanda Fjorden Nord
quickly got to the front of the feature field in the
Street Stock division and ran away from a good battle
between Scott Walker and Sam Fankhauser for third.
Heintz lead every lap en route to his third feature win
of the season, but not without pressure from Fjorden
Nord. Chanda tried multiple times to steal the lead from
Heintz, but on this night the #57 proved to be stronger
and raced to the win by a car length. Fjorden Nord
finished second with Dale Gangl jumped to the lead at the start of the WISSOTA Super Stock feature and drove off from the field with Dan Gullikson close behind. Gangl basted around the cushion lap after lap with Gullikson in tow, while Andy Grymala and Doug Fisk were in a great side by side battle for third for much of the event. What appeared to be a sure feature win for Gangl ended abruptly when he suffered mechanical troubles mid-race, handing the lead to Gullikson. Gullikson then drove off quickly from the field to nab his second consecutive feature win with Grymala edging by Fisk at the line for second. Marc Johnson and Scott Kobs lead
the field to WISSOTA Modifieds to the green, but third
starting Steve Levasseur quickly bolted to the lead on
the bottom and took off with 4th starting Kevin Adams in
tow. Levasseur was smooth and fast around the cushion
with Kopellah Speedway kicks back into action on Friday, June 26th with the return of the UMSS Sprint Cars in addition to WISSOTA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Hornets. The first green flag is set to fly at 7:00pm. For more information, please log on to www.kopellahspeedway.net. WISSOTA ModifiedsFeature: Steve
Levasseur, Kevin Adams, Scott Kobs, Scott Splittstoesser,
Marc Hunter, Tim VanMeter WISSOTA Super Stocks Feature:
Dan Gullikson, Andy Grymala, Doug Fisk, Brian Lick,
Marcus Berget, Don Talmage Jr., Jason Quarders, Mike
Drydahl, Dale Gangl WISSOTA
Kopellah Pure Stocks Feature:
Dusty Brown, Steve Baker, Zach Manley, Nathan Fisk,
David Leaf, Josh Bach, Steven Johnson, Mike Olson,
Krysta Swearingen, Tyler English, Nathan Swanson, Chad
Ogilvie, Adam Delfosse, Jesse Lutgen Kopellah Hornets
Feature: Marc Hunter, Doug Fick, Steve Sutton, Jesse
Tripp, Justin Rick, Ben Kaphing, Matt Skipper, Kevin
Bradwell, Jon Wigchers, Emmett Trudeau, Jacob
Christensen, Daemioen Hart, James Miller, Doug Summer,
Brandon Fischer, Jason Christianson, Jeff Pedersen 14 Year Old Delfosse
Dominates Pure Stock Feature Event The Kopellah Speedway returned to action until warm but cloudy skies on Friday, June 12th for the return of the UMSS Sprint Cars plus action in the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Hornets. Kris Kaphing and Jerry Kaufman paced the field to the green in the Hornet feature event but quickly Fick jumped to the initial lead over the field. Fick debuted a new car last Friday and he had it firing on all cylinders as he immediately disappeared from the field out front once again tonight. Ben Kaphing, his brother Kris Kaphing and Jacob Christensen were in a good battle for second, but Fick has his new car to his liking as he dominated the event for the second straight night in a row. Ben Kaphing suffered a mechanical breakdown while running in the top five near the end of the event, handing second to Kris Kaphing, with Justin Rick, who debuted a new car number night, third at the line. Krysta Swearingen and David Leaf lead the Pure Stock field to the green tonight but 6th starting Zach Manley quickly took the point and began to drive away from the field. Adam Delfosse moved in on Swearingen to battle for second and stole the spot early in the event, while Manley was continuing to walk away from the field. Manley built up a comfortable lead and looked as if he was going to run away with his third win of the season until his right rear tire blew and ended his solid run, handing the lead to Delfosse, who never looked back racing to his first career Kopellah feature win over Leaf and Swearingen. Tonight’s Midwest Modified feature was a great battle from start to finish. Tim Swanson and last week’s winner Bryce Johnson sat on the front row and immediately began to do battle for the top spot on the opening circuit. Swanson muscled the lead away from Johnson and took off out front while 9th starting Jason VandeKamp picked his way through traffic quickly and began to pressure Johnson for second on lap 4. While VandeKamp was trying to work over Johnson for second, Swanson had opened up a huge lead in his #m200 and was continuing to pull away. VandeKamp would catch a break on lap 5 as a caution would fly putting him on the rear bumper of Swanson for the restart. On the restart, VandeKamp drove to the outside of Swanson, stole the lead and quickly disappeared away from the field, while Swanson ran solidly in second. As the leaders began to drive away, 17th staring Josh Bazey and 18th starting Travis Swanson were storming through the field and appeared in third and fourth respectively with just a few laps to go, but no one had anything for VandeKamp tonight as he raced to his 5th Kopellah feature win of the season. Swanson ran a solid second with Bazey and Swanson completing great runs from the tail to finish third and fourth respectively and Kyle Matuska finished out the top five. Chanda Fjorden Nord raced to her second consecutive Street Stock feature win tonight, but definitely had to work for it from her 8th starting position. Kyle Howland and Sam Fankhauser assumed a spirited battle for the lead on the opening circuit, while Fjorden Nord, Jeff Heintz, AJ Foat, Marcus Simonson and Scott Walker ran three and four wide for position in a thrilling battle just behind the leaders. Fankhauser stole the lead from Howland and began to drive off from the field, while Fjorden Nord was trying to stay within striking distance. Chanda slowly but surely reeled in Sammy and dove to the inside of Fankhauser’s #11 and raced by to the lead with just a few laps remaining in the event, bringing Walker with her into second. Fankhauser held third at the line with Heintz outrunning Simonson for fourth as well. Fourth starting Dan Gullikson shot under his brother Jim into the lead as the Super Stock feature flew into turn one on the opening lap. The elder Gullikson jumped to the cushion and began to try to drive away while the younger Gullikson was glued to his rear bumper. The Gulliksons drove off from the field tonight as last week’s winner Andy Grymala was feeling heavy pressure from Jason Schill for third. Grymala and Schill were in a great battle for the third spot as the Gullikson brothers were long gone at the front of the field. John Remington moved in to make the battle for third a three car race, but Dan Gullikson was not to be denied his second Kopellah win of the season as he held off Jim for the win. Grymala ran a solid third at the line, holding off Schill and Remington for the remaining laps of the main event. Kevin Adams, Rick Kobs and Marc
Johnson raced three wide into turn number one on the
opening lap of the Modified feature tonight and put on a
wild show for the fans with Kobs emerging with the lead
as the pack raced into turn three for the first time.
Kobs would take the lead with Steve Levasseur sliding
into second as the field completed the opening circuit.
Adams fired back and stole second from Levasseur, but
Kobs had opened up a sizeable advantage that Jerry Richert Jr continued his
winning ways, as the Rookie Mike Luks and Leigh Thomas paced the field for the start of the 20 lap UMSS feature event on the 1/4 mile oval. Thomas immediately blasted into the lead at the onset while Luks made an amazing recovery after getting sideways on the backstretch on the opening lap. Eric Lutz quickly moved into second while Richert followed in third. Thomas was strong up front in the opening laps. The first caution flew with four laps in when Troy Manteufel spun the Wuiff #1 sprinter in turn 2. On the restart Lutz was able to get by Thomas in turn 4, but the yellow blinked on again when Luks spun in turn 3 and Bill Johnson glanced off him into the wall. Johnson rode the hook to the pits while Luks restarted at the tail. With Thomas back in the lead on the restart, Jason Tostenson got into turn 1 a bit hot and looped his #34TW sprinter in turn 2. Once again, Thomas brought the field around for the restart. A couple of quick laps later, rookie Cody Hahn got crossed up in turn 2 and collected Manteufel. Manteufel's car was towed to the pits while Hahn continued. The ensuing restart saw Jack Zweber, Mike Sargent and Joseph Kouba tangle in turn four. Zweber and Sargent were out while Kouba was able to continue. After the green replaced the yellow, Richert got by Lutz for second and went to work on the leader. Thomas was running well up on the cushion, but on lap 9 he jumped the berm entering turn one and Richert dove underneath him for the lead. The race continued under green for several more laps, as Tostenson was on the move forward. With just two laps to go, Cody Hahn spun in turn 2 to bring the race under yellow. This set the stage for a two lap dash to the checkers. The two lap run would have to wait for one final try, as Mike Luks spun in turn two on the restart. Finally, the race finished out the final two laps with Richert taking his fourth straight UMSS victory at Kopellah Speedway. Thomas, Lutz, Tostenson and Sye Anderson completed the top five. Rounding out the top ten was Kouba, Greg Gunderson, Kevin Nickel, Luks and Hahn. Kopellah Speedway kicks back into action on Friday, June 19th with Meet The Drivers Night in addition to WISSOTA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Hornets. The first green flag is set to fly at 7:30pm. For more information, please log on to www.kopellahspeedway.net. WISSOTA Modifieds Feature: Rick Kobs, Kevin Adams, Scott Kobs, Marc Johnson, Steve Lavasseur, Tim VanMeter Heat 1: R. Kobs,
WISSOTA Super Stocks Feature: Dan Gullikson, Jim Gullikson,
Andy Grymala, Jason Schill, John Remington, Doug Fisk,
Kevin Ayotte, Mike Dyrdahl, Don Talmage Jr., Jason
Quarders, Marcus Berget, Todd Nelson, Ed Markel
WISSOTA Feature: Jason VandeKamp, Tim
Swanson, Josh Bazey, Travis Swanson, Kyle Matuska, John
Remington, Corey Fogleson, Sampson Haseltine, Michael
Haseltine, Ryan Johnson (22r), Ben Johnson, Josh Amans,
David Swearingen, Ryan Johnson (96), Greg Arnt, Bryce
Johnson, Dan Larson, Jason Bottolfson, Robbie Franklin
Feature: Chanda Fjorden Nord, Scott
Walker, Sam Fankhauser, Jeff Heintz, Marcus Simonson, AJ
Foat, Kyle Howland, Ryan Asp, Kyle King, Ed Puariea, Kim
Korstad, Jim Miller
Kopellah Pure Stocks Feature: Adam Delfosse, David Leaf,
Krysta Swearingen, Steve Johnson, Nathan Fisk, Steve
Baker, Mike Olson, Skip Lutgen, Chad Ogilvie, Jesse
Lutgen, Nathan Swanson, Cindy Stordahl, Tyler English,
Josh Bach, Zach Manley Kopellah Hornets Feature: Doug Fick, Kris Kaphing,
Justin Rick, Jerry Kaufman, Jacob Christensen, Matt
Skipper, Jon Wigchers, Brandon Fischer, Daemieon Hart,
Steve Sutton, Jason Christianson, James Miller, Doug
Summer, Ben Kaphing, Marc Hunter, Kevin Bradwell Feature: Jerry Richert Jr, Leigh
Thomas, Eric Lutz, Jason Tostenson, Sye Anderson, Joseph
Kouba, Greg Gunderson, Kevin Nickel, Mike Luks, Cody
Hahn, Mike Sargent, Jack Zweber, Ultimate Sprint Race #1: Hahn, Richert, Sargent, Kouba, Manteufel, Johnson. Ultimate Sprint Race #2: Nelson, Tostenson, Thomas, Anderson, Gunderson. Ultimate Sprint Race #3: Lutz, Barickamn, Luks, Zweber, Nickel. Challenge Race #1: Lutz, Luks,
Tostenson, Challenge Race #2: Thomas, Richert, Zweber, Barickman, Manteufel, Kouba, Gunderson, Nelson.
Grymala Grabs First Career Checkered Flag In Super Feature The Kopellah Speedway kicked off the
month of May under sunny but a bit chilly skies on
Friday, June 5th for the return of the UMSS Sprint Cars
plus action in the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest
Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Hornets. Justin Rick and Doug Fick paced the
field to the green in the Hornet feature event and
quickly Fick jumped to the initial lead over the field.
Fick debuted a new car tonight and he had it firing on
all cylinders as he immediately disappeared from the
field out front, while a tremendous battle for second
was on between Marc Hunter and Ben Kaphing. The duo
swapped slide job after slide job for the runner up
spot, while Fick was long gone out front. All the while
the battle for second was going on, 16th starting Steve
Stutton was charging through the field and appeared in
the top five and began to battle with Hunter as the laps
wound down. Fick raced comfortably to the win with
Sutton stealing second from Hunter late in the going to
cap off a great back to front run while Matt Skipper
crossed the line in third. Tonight’s Pure Stock feature was a
survival of the fittest as multiple crashers and
cautions filled the event, but 7th starting Dusty Brown
proved that he was able to survive the multiple restarts
and raced to his second Kopellah feature win of the
season tonight. Brown got the lead early after a mad
5-wide scramble up front on the opening laps and held
off a charging Adam Delfosse for the win. Delfosse had a
great run to come home in second while the rest of the
field was spread out as the checkered flew in the time
limit shortened affair. Kyle Matuska and Greg Arnt sat on the
front row for what turned out to be a wildly
entertaining Midwest Modified feature. Matuska jumped
from the pole the lead in turn one, only to have Bryce
Johnson, Dan Wheeler, Jason VandeKamp and Matt Leer race
to his inside and outside making it an amazing five wide
scramble for the top spot on the opening laps. Johnson
came out of the scramble with the lead, while VandeKamp,
Wheeler and Travis Swanson were now locked in battle for
second. Several caution flags bunched up the field on
occasion, one of those cautions for Matt Leer, who spun
and restarted 18th early in the event. As the laps
continued VandeKamp disposed of Wheeler and set his
sights on Johnson, who continued to lead up front. Vandy
and Johnson ran door to door for the lead for many laps,
while Travis Swanson, Wheeler and Tim Swanson were in
the mix behind the lead duo. As the leaders continued to
run wheel to wheel, VandeKamp was able to complete the
pass for the lead, but suddenly had a tire go down,
bringing out the caution and handing the lead back to
Johnson. On the restart with just a handful of laps
remaining, Johnson drove off to the win over Leer, who
charged from 18th to second in a very impressive run.
First time visitor Travis Swanson held off John
Remington at the line for third with Tim Swanson fifth
in the wild 20-lap event. Chanda Fjorden Nord jumped to the
lead from the outside of the front row in the Street
Stock feature and quickly opened up a 5 car length lead
over a great battle for second between Scott Walker and
Jeff Heintz. Walker and Heintz were in a very spirited
battle for second while Fjorden Nord held the point. Sam
Fankhauser and Marcus Simonson were also locked in
battle behind the leaders, but the night belonged to
Fjorden Nord as she withstood pressure from Walker and
Heintz to win her second feature of the season. Third starting Andy Grymala shot into
the lead as the Super Stock feature flew into turn one
on the opening lap with track point leader Dan Gullikson
in tow. Grymala jumped to the cushion and began to try
to drive away while Gullikson was glued to his rear
bumper. Gullikson tried low several times, but Grymala
was up to the challenge and fended off the #00x with
each attempt. Behind the leaders, Dale Gangl and Mike
Bruggeman were engaged in a great battle for third as
well, but the race up front was the one to watch as
Gullikson continually tried to rattle Grymala, but Andy
was not going to let his first career feature win slip
away and held off the pesky Gullikson to the checkered
for the crowd-pleasing win. The win was Grymala’s first
ever feature win in a Super Stock, with Gullikson and
Gangl rouding out the top three finishers. Kevin Adams has been the man to beat
at Kopellah in 2009 but tonight 4th starting Rick Kobs
had something to say about that. Kobs blasted from the
second and stole the lead from Jeff Lien and Tim
VanMeter who were battling hard for the top spot early
in the event. Once Kobs slid under VanMeter off of turn
four for the race lead, he quickly disappeared into the
night, while 5th starting Kevin Adams was working his
way toward the front as well. Adams appeared in second
just before the mid-point of the event and began to cut
into Kobs’ lead, but Rick had his #63 up to full power
and held off the charging Kopellah Speedway kicks back into
action on Friday, June 12th with the return of the UMSS
Sprint Cars in addition to Modifieds, Super Stocks,
Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and
Hornets. The first green flag is set to fly at 7pm. For
more information, please log on to
www.kopellahspeedway.net. WISSOTA Modifieds WISSOTA Super Stocks WISSOTA
Kopellah Pure Stocks Kopellah Hornets Walker And
The
Kopellah Speedway finished out the month of May under
what has become typically dreary skies on Friday, May 29th
for the track’s first Kid’s Night of the season plus
action in the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest
Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Hornets and
the addition of powder puff races at the conclusion of
the program. After suffering through several off and on
rain showers, several first time winners graced
Kopellah’s victory lane, while it was business as usual
for several others throughout the evening.
Justin
Rick and Ben Kaphing paced the field to the green in the
Hornet feature event and quickly Rick jumped to the
initial lead over the field. Kaphing held second while
Marc Hunter, Steve Sutton and Matt Skipper were trying
to make their way through the field toward the front. 7th
starting Hunter raced through traffic and stole the top
spot, while Sutton dogged him the entire way. Rick
slowed and retired with a flat tire and turned the
battle into second into a battle for the lead, which
Sutton was able to wrestle away from Hunter and hold to
the checkered for his first ever feature win in the
Hornet division. Hunter ran second with Skipper third at
the line.
7th
starting Zach Manley was in search of his third
consecutive feature win here at Kopellah tonight and
wasted no time at all blasting through the field on his
way to the top spot. Manley shot for 7th to
second on the opening circuit and wrestled the lead away
from Chad Ogilvie a lap later. Once out front, Manley
drove off from the field for a while until 6th
starting Adam Delfosse began to run him down toward the
end of the event. Manley was up to the challenge however
and held off the charging Delfosse for his third
straight win in the Pure Stock division. Delfosse ran a
solid second with Steve Baker coming home third at the
line.
Three
time feature winner and track point leader Jason
VandeKamp was looking for his fourth feature win in five
nights at Kopellah in ’09, but front row starter Josh
Bazey had other intentions. Bazey lead the feature for
quite some time last Friday night until he suffered
transmission issues, ending his night early, but tonight
he jumped ot the race lead at the drop of the green and
drove off from the battle behind him. VandeKamp started
8th but quickly bolted to third and began to
pressure second running Mike Gibson. Gibson was running
well on his first night to the track in ’09, but
suddenly suffered mechanical troubles and retired from
the event, putting VandeKamp into second and on the rear
bumper of Bazey for the restart. Once the green flew,
VandeKamp squeezed his #16 between Bazey and the outside
wall and stole the lead, which he held for the remainder
of the caution-filled event for his fourth win in five
starts at the quarter mile this season. 13th
starting Ryan Johnson charged through traffic and snuck
by Bazey late in the event to pick up a career-best
runner up finishing position in his #96 and Bazey ran a
solid third at the finish.
Scott
Walker jumped into command at the start of the Street
Stock feature and basically never looked back throughout
the event for his first win of 2009. As
Cory
Davis wasted no time taking control at the front of the
field in the Super Stock feature event.
Kevin
Adams remains the man to beat at Kopellah in 2009 as he
blasted from the second row to the lead on the opening
circuit and completely dominated the Modified feature
event for his fourth win of the season. Rick Kobs and
Jason Miller waged a very intense battle for second
throughout the second half of the race, with Kobs
nipping Miller at the line for the runner up spot, but
no one had anything for
Deb
Christianson and Amy Berg raced to the wins in their
respective divisions in Kopellah’s first powder puff
events of 2009 tonight as well.
Kopellah
Speedway kicks back into action on Friday, June 5th
with the return of the UMSS Sprint Cars in addition to
Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Midwest
Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Hornets. The first green flag
is set to fly at 7pm. For more information, please log
on to
www.kopellahspeedway.net.
WISSOTA
Modifieds
Feature:
Kevin Adams, Rick Kobs, Jason Miller, Mike Kelley Jr.,
Steve Lavassuer, Marc Johnson, Jim Cimfl, Jeremy Gross,
Tim VanMeter
WISSOTA
Super Stocks
Feature:
Cory Davis, Jason Schill, Dan Gullikson, John Remington,
Andy Grymala, Don Talmage JR., Jason Quarders, Mike
Dyrdahl, Marcus Berget
WISSOTA
Feature:
Jason VandeKamp, Ryan Johnson, Josh Bazey, Michael
Haseltine, John Remington, Bryce Johnson, Sampson
Haseltine, Dan Larson, Jason Bottolfson, Tony Schill,
Ben Johnson, Tim Swanson, David Swearingen, Corey
Fogleson, Mike Gibson, Vince Corbin, Greg Arnt, Myles
McEvers
Heat 2:
Gibson, Remington, Bazey, Bryce Johnson, M. Haseltine,
Swanson, R. Johnson, Fogleson, Bottolfson
Feature:
Scott Walker, Sam Fankhauser, Chanda Fjorden Nord, Jeff
Heintz, Marcus Simonson, Kyle Howland, Skip Lutgen, Ed
Puariea, Kim Korstad
Kopellah
Pure Stocks
Feature:
Zach Manley, Adam Delfosse, Steve Baker, Chad Ogilvie,
David Leaf, Josh Bach, Mike Olson, Tyler English, Nathan
Swanson, Jesse Lutgen, Krysta Swearingen, Fabian
Jackson, Nathan Fisk, Lance Halverson, Ryan Finnigan
Heat 2:
Manley, Ogilvie, Swearingen, Swanson, Leaf, English,
Jackson
Kopellah
Hornets
Feature:
Steve Sutton, Marc Hunter, Matt Skipper, Jeff Pedersen,
Kevin Bradwell, Pamela Lutgen, Ben Kaphing, Jason
Christianson, Brandon Fischer, Daemieon Hart, Justin
Rick, Jacob Christensen, Kris Kaphing, Doug Fick
Heat 2:
Rick, Sutton, Skipper, Pedersen, K. Kaphing, Fischer,
Lutgen
Powder
Puff
Race 2:
Amy Gross, Dolly Fjorden, Bea Good, Bonnie Simonson,
Molly Lutgen
Fjorden Nord Prepared By
Chris Stepan A picture perfect night was upon fans
and drivers alike at the Kopellah Speedway on Friday,
May 22nd for the first time in 2009 and a large crowd
was on hand to witness the hotly contested racing action
all night long. Jason VandeKamp raced to his third
Kopellah feature win of the season in the Midwest
Modified division as Kevin Bradwell did the same in the
Hornet class. Zach Manley raced to his second straight
Pure Stock feature win, while John Remington and Chanda
Fjorden Nord captured their first wins of the season in
the Super Stock and Street Stock classes respectively
and Jerry Richert Jr picked up his first UMSS Sprint Car
feature win of 2009 in the night’s finale. After all of the preliminary action
was in the books, the Hornets were the first feature to
roll out onto the track once again this week. Defending
track champion Kevin Bradwell was sitting in Doug Fick’s
#02 car tonight, but that didn’t slow the 2 time winner
one bit. Bradwell went on to dominate the 15-lap event
from his 7th starting position. Rookie Justin Rick took
off into the initial lead from the pole position and
looked to be driving away with the event until a flat
tire took him from competition and allowed the charging
Bradwell to overtake the top spot, which he never
relinquished. As Bradwell drove off to his third feature
win, Steve Sutton and Jacob Christiansen ran side by
side for second over the last few laps of the event,
with Christiansen coming out with the position.
Zach Manley wasted little time from
his 8th starting position to get out front and hold off
furious challenges to win the Pure Stock feature
tonight. Manley picked his way through traffic and once
he got to second he and leader Nathan Fisk put on a
thrilling show for the crowd at the front of the field.
Fisk lead most of the event with Manley glued to his
rear bumper. Manley looked to the inside of Fisk on
multiple occasions, but Nathan was able to hold off
Manley for 14 of the 15 laps, until Manley dove to the
inside of Fisk in the final set of turns and emerged
with a last corner pass for the win. First time visitor
Steven Johnson ran a solid race to come home third at
the line. Josh Bazey jumped to the race lead at
the drop of the green in the Midwest Modified feature
event and bolted away from the field quickly with Tim
Swanson, Bryce Johnson and Taylor Leuthner racing three
deep for second. Bazey was very strong early tonight as
he drove off to a sizeable lead, while 9th starting
Jason VandeKamp and 7th starting Vince Corbin were
picking their way through traffic on their way to the
front. VandeKamp cleared traffic and slid into second
and began to try to chase down Bazey, but Josh looked to
have things in control until he suddenly slowed on the
backstretch and pulled into the pit area with mechanical
troubles, handing the lead to VandeKamp. After several
cautions, Corbin and John Remington were glued to
VandeKamp’s rear bumper once again, but the #16 ride was
once again up to the challenge and raced to his third
win in four starts at Kopellah. Remington raced from 8th
to second and Corbin, who debuted a new car tonight, ran
third at the line.
Jeff Antczak and Marcus Simonson
paced the field to the green in the WISSOTA Street Stock
feature event, but 3rd starting Chanda Fjorden Nord took
advantage of a great start and stole the lead early as
Jeff Heintz and Scott Walker tried to chase her down
early. Fjorden Nord ran away out front, while Simonson,
Walker, Heintz and AJ Foat were locked in a thrilling
battle behind her. Simonson did a masterful job holding
off the charging Heintz for second as Fjorden Nord
cruised to her first feature win of the season. John Remington stole the lead at the
start of the Super Stock feature as 12th starting Dan
Gullikson was quickly flying through the field on his
way to the front. Remington got out front and tried to
drive away, but Cory Davis, Mike Loomis, Dave Flynn and
Scott Lawrence were trying to stay with him. Remington
was solid out front as Gullikson continued to pick his
way through the field and appeared in second at the
mid-point of the event. Gullikson then tried to overtake
Remington, but John held the preferred line and was able
to hold off the #00x for his first feature win of the
season. Gullikson completed his back to front run with a
second place finish and Kevin
Adams shot through traffic from his 7th starting spot
and took the lead early in the Modified feature and
never looked back. Jerry Richert Jr made a daring move
on the opening lap of the UMSS Sprint Car feature race
and shot from 4th to 1st as the raced his #62 Sprint Car
through the first set of turns. Richert Jr then drove
off and looked to dominate the event, while Brad
Barickman, Jason Tostensen and Kenny Melanson duked it
out behind him. After a mid-race restart, Barickman
surprised Richert Jr and stole the lead at the green,
only to have the yellow wave for the second time for a
spun car in turn four. This time on the restart, Richert
Jr was on the gas and drove back out to the lead, which
he held on to through lapped traffic for his second
straight UMSS feature win. Barickman beat Tostensen to
the line for second. SUMMARY: WISSOTA Modifieds Feature: Kevin Adams, Mike Kelley Jr., Tim VanMeter, Steve Lavassuer, Jason Schill, Marc Johnson, Mike Raboin, Scott Kobs Heat 1: Adams, Lavassuer, VanMeter, Kelley Jr., Johnson WISSOTA Super Stocks Feature: John Remington, Dan Gullikson, Cory Davis, Mike Loomis, Dave Flynn, Scott Lawrence, Jason Schill, Andy Grymala, Don Talmage, Eric Gadach, Marcus Berget, Mike Dyrdahl Heat 1: Remington, Loomis, Berget,
Schill, Gullikson WISSOTA Feature: Jascon VandeKamp, John Remington, Vince Corbin, Tim Swanson, Ryan Johnson (96), Lucas Milz, Greg Arnt, Sampson Haseltine, Ryan Johnson (22r), Doug Merril, Corey Fogleson, Kyle Matuska, Bryce Johnson, Myles McEvers, Josh Bazey, Josh Amans, Dan Larson, Ben Johnson, Taylor Luethner, Michael Haseltine Heat 1: Luethner, Swanson, Bazey, M. Haseltine, Arnt Heat 2: Corbin, Matuska, Milz, Ben
Johnson, R. Johnson (22r) Feature: Chanda Fjorden Nord, Marcus Simonson, Jeff Heintz, AJ Foat, Scott Walker, Ryan Asp, Ed Puariea, Jeff Antczak, Kyle Howland, Skip Lutgen, Kim Korstad Heat 1: Fjorden Nord, Walker,
Simonson, Howland, Korstad Kopellah Pure Stocks Feature: Zach Manley, Nathan Fisk, Steven Johnson, Steve Baker, Josh Bach, Krysta Swearingen, Nathan Swanson, Jesse Lutgen, David Leaf, Mike Olson, Tyler English, Chad Ogilvie, Adam Delfosse, Lance Halverson, Damon Stuesek, Rodney Jacobson Heat 1: Baker, Swearingen, Fisk, Bach, Lutgen Heat 2: Johnson, Delfosse, Ogilvie, Manley, Swanson Kopellah Hornets Feature: Kevin Bradwell, Jacob Christianson, Steve Sutton, Marc Hunter, Jeff Pedersen, Kris Kaphing, Damieon Hart, Matt Skipper, Justin Rick, Ben Kaphing Heat 1: Skipper, Rick, Sutton, Pedersen, Hart Heat 2: Bradwell, Christiansen, Hunter, B. Kaphing, K. Kaphing UMSS Sprint Cars Feature: Jerry Richert Jr., Brad Barickman, Jason Tostenson, Kenny Melanson, Sye Anderson, Gene Kelly, Joseph Kouba, Mike Luks, Rick Sandberg, Cody Hahn, Leigh Thomas, Kevin Nichol, Johnny Parsons III Ultimate Heat 1: Tostenson, Kelly, Melanson, Thomas, Kouba Ultimate Heat 2: Hahn, Richert Jr.,
Sandberg, Barickman,
Prepared By Chris Stepan The
second event of the month of May took place at the Kopellah
Speedway on Friday, May 8th with rain storms in the
immediate area of the After all of the preliminary action was in the books, the Hornets were the first feature to roll out onto the track for the second week in a row. Defending track champion Kevin Bradwell was trying to make it three for three in feature wins to open the season, but Marc Hunter and front row starter James Miller had other ideas in the 15-lap event. Hunter and Jake Christianson battled hard with each other to try to claim the lead, while James Miller and Bradwell were working on the lead duo to try to get in on the action as well. 12th starting Doug Fick was making his way through traffic as Bradwell’s #95 began to smoke and slow, dropping him from any shot to win his third in a row, while up front Miller just dominated the second half of the event for the apparent win. However in post race tech, it was determined that Miller’s #99 did not fit into Kopellah’s track rules and he was disqualified from the event, elevating Hunter to the win. Zach Manley bolted from the 7th starting position to get out front and hold off furious challenges to win the Pure Stock feature tonight. Manley picked his way through traffic and once he got out front, he had to work hard to keep the lead as Adam Delfosse and Dusty Brown were all over him trying to slip by. The event was an entertaining one for the fans as the battle for the lead remained highly contested until the checkered, which Manley picked up over Delfosse and Brown. Jason
VandeKamp was in search of his third consecutive Kopellah
Speedway feature win in the Midwest Modified division but
the 8th starting Brandon Davis spoiled that thought as he
bolted to the front in a wild first several laps to steal
the top spot and hold off a furious charge from 19th
starting Dan Wheeler to win his firs Kopellah feature of
2009. Rob Caho Jr. and AJ Roschen battled early for the race
lead, while Davis, VandeKamp, Ryan Viltz and Ronnie Rihn
were locked in an amazing 4 car battle for third as Wheeler
was storming through the field from 19th. Once Davis
wrestled the lead away he was on a mission and never looked
back as Wheeler and VandeKamp were locked in battle for
second throughout much of the second half of the 20-lapper. Jeff Heintz’ #57 Street Stock was the class of the field tonight as he recorded a clean sweep in easy fashion. Heintz won the lone Streeter heat race from the outside of the second row and then held Scott Walker and Kyle Howland at bay to win his second consecutive Street Stock feature tonight. Marcus Simonson and Chanda Fjorden Nord rounded out the top five finishers at the line. Super Stock new-comer Jason Schill has found the division to his liking early in the season as he outran Dan Gullikson tonight for his second consecutive Kopellah feature win of the early season. Schill started 3rd and quickly took off into the lead with Gullikson in tow. The duo ran away from the field early, while John Remington and Andy Grymala were waging a duel for third throughout the event. Schill held Gullikson at bay for the entire event to win the Super Stock feature tonight for his second straight win in the division.
Kevin Adams quickly
shook off last week’s misfortune and raced from the third
row to dominate the Modified feature without looking back.
The event was slowed by 4 caution flags, but on each
restart, Jerry
Richert Jr stole the lead from Joseph Kouba on a lap 7
restart en route to winning the UMSS Sprint Car main event
tonight. Richert looked very strong all night long and after
starting 6th due to the invert, he methodically picked his
way through traffic to win the main over early leader Kouba,
Jason Tostenson, Brad Barickman and John Nelson at the line. SUMMARY: WISSOTA
Modifieds Feature:
Kevin Adams, Rick Kobs, Andy Miskowic, Keith Tourville,
Steve Levassuer, Tim VanMeter, Scott Kobs, Marc Johnson,
Cory Sersha, Ryan Viltz, Mike Kelley Jr., Jeff Lien Heat 1:
R. Kobs, Kelley Jr., Lien, Miskowic, Viltz Heat 2:
Adams, Levassuer, Tourville, S. Kobs, VanMeter WISSOTA
Super Stocks Feature:
Jason Schill, Dan Gullikson, John Remington, Andy Grymala,
Brad Johnson, Tom Cornelison, Tim Baxter, Shane Kisling,
Marcus Berget, Eric Gadach Heat 1:
Remington, Gullikson, Johnson, Grymala, Gadach WISSOTA Feature:
Brandon Davis, Dan Wheeler, Jascon VandeKamp, Ryan Viltz,
Ronnie Rihn, John Remington, AJ Roschen, Michael Haseltine,
Ryan Johnson, Andrew Inman, Ben Johnson, Myles McEvers,
Bryce Johnson, Josh Bazey, Rob Caho Jr., Kyle Matuska, Corey
Fogleson, Tim Swanson, David Swearingen, Dan Larson, Vince
Corbin Heat 1:
Caho Jr., Swanson, Bazey, Swearingen, B. Johnson Heat 2:
Davis, VandeKamp, Rihn, R. Johnson, Fogleson Feature:
Jeff Heintz, Scott Walker, Kyle Howland, Marcus Simonson,
Chanda Fjorden Nord, Skip Lutgen Heat 1:
Heintz, Walker, Howland, Simonson, Fjorden Nord Kopellah
Pure Stocks Feature:
Zach Manley, Adam Delfosse, Dusty Brown, Tyler Wahlstrom,
Krysta Swearingen, Nathan Swanson, Josh Bach, Nathan Fisk,
Mike Olson, Jesse Lutgen, Billy Brouse, Chad Ogilvie, Lance
Halverson, Steve Baker, David Leaf Heat 1:
Baker, Manley, Fisk, Olson, Bach Heat 2:
Delfosse, Swearingen, Wahlstrom, Halverson, Bown Kopellah
Hornets Feature:
Marc Hunter, Doug Fick, Jacob Christianson, Matthew Skipper,
Ben Kaphing, Kevin Bradwell, Kris Kaphing, Justin Rick,
Pamela Lutgen, Steve Sutton, James Miller, Clint Miller Heat 1:
Bradwell, Sutton, Lutgen, J. Miller, B. Kaphing Heat 2:
Christianson, C. Miller, Hunter, Rick, K. Kaphing UMSS
Sprint Cars Feature:
Jerry Rivhert Jr., Joseph Kouba, Jason Tostenson, Brad
Barickman, John Nelson, Gene Kelley, Cody Hahn, Leigh
Thomas, David Becker, Kenny Melanson, Mike Luks, Sye
Anderson, Kevin Nichols, Rick Sandburg Heat 1:
Richert Jr., Kouba, Hahn, Kelley, Anderson Heat 2:
Barickman, Nelson, Melanson, Tostenson, Sandburg
VandeKamp
Storms To Second Straight Kopellah Win
Prepared By Chris Stepan
(May
1st 2009 –
The first event of the month of May
took place at the Kopellah Speedway on Friday, May 1st
with the second windy and cold night at the
After all of the preliminary action
was in the books, the Hornets were the first feature to roll
out onto the track for the second week in a row. Defending
track champion Kevin Bradwell was trying to make it back to
back feature wins to open the season, but polesitter Marc
Hunter and outside front row starter Brad Schramel had other
ideas in the 15-lap event. Hunter and Schramel battled hard
with each other to try to claim the lead, while 4th
starting James Miller and Bradwell were working on the lead
duo to try to get in on the action as well. Schramel and
third place running Doug Fick both encountered mechanical
troubles late in the race, allowing Miller, 13th
starting Steve Sutton and 10th
starting Ben Kaphing to get into the mix. As the laps wound
down, Breadwell’s #95 began to smoke a bit and Miller,
Kaphing and Sutton were all three able to hold off the
defending track champion to finish in the top three
positions. However, after scaling, none of the top three
drivers went to the tech area and were subsequently
disqualified, elevating Bradwell to the event win.
Dusty Brown made his first appearance
at the Kopellah Speedway a memorable one as he lead every
lap to win the Pure Stock feature tonight. Brown took off
from the front row, but was under extremely heavy pressure
throughout the 15-lap affair from Krysta Swearingen, Nathan
Fisk and Zach Manley. Fisk suffered a breakdown midway
through the event while both Swearingen and Manley applied
pressure high and low to Brown, but Dusty was up to the
challenge and was able to hold off each advance to keep the
top spot and win the main event.
Jason VandeKamp was in search of his
second consecutive Kopellah Speedway feature win in the
Midwest Modified division and achieved that goal after
storming from the 8th
starting position to get by early leader Vince Corbin and
then drive off into the night for his 3rd
feature win of 2009. Corbin took the lead at the drop of the
green from Tim Swanson and drove off a bit, while VandeKamp
and 9th
staring Bryce Johnson were making their way through traffic.
VandeKamp wasted little time charging by car after car and
took control on lap 6. Behind the leader Johnson and Corbin
waged a very spirited battle for the runner up spot
throughout the entire event, while John Remington picked his
way through traffic into the top five. VandeKamp cruised the
rest of the way to the win as Corbin fought off Johnson for
second at the line.
After last week’s terrible outing,
Jeff Heintz’ #57 was back in top form tonight as he raced
off the pole to lead every lap en route to winning the
Street Stock feature at Kopellah tonight. Heintz may have
lead every lap, but he had to work for the win as last
week’s winner Jimmy Randall charged from 7th
to 2nd
at the mid-point of the event and began to put some heavy
pressure on Heintz out front. Scott Walker, Chanda Fjorden
Nord, Kris Peterson and Adam Soltis were in a great battle
for third for the entire event as well with the group
running three and sometimes four wide for position. Back up
front, Heintz and Randall continued to wage a battle for the
top spot and just as it looked as if Heintz was going to win
easily, Randall threw a slide job at Heintz in the final set
of corners and stole the lead going into turn number three,
but Heintz was able to turn back under Randall as the pair
drag raced out of turn four to the line. Heintz would win
the thriller by a few feet over Randall.
Super Stock new-comer Jason Schill has
found the division to his liking early in the season as he
outran Dan Gullikson tonight for his second win of the early
season. Schill started 3rd
and quickly took off into the lead with Gullikson in tow.
The duo ran away from the field early, while John Remington
and Tim Baxter were waging a side by side duel for third
throughout the event. Schill held Gullikson at bay for the
entire event to win the Super Stock feature tonight.
Gullikson ran second with Baxter taking third from Remington
at the line.
Kevin Adams was looking to remain
unbeaten in 2009 as he entered the Modified feature, but
that dream quickly evaporated as he was involved in an early
race altercation and ended his night on the first lap. Jeff
Lien would jump into the top spot at the drop of the green
and proceed to blister his #24L around the top side of the
speedway out front while 7th
starting Rick Kobs was charging toward the front. As Lien
drove all alone out front and Kobs began to work his way
forward, Steve Levassuer and Andy Miskowic were involved in
a great battle for third and Keith Tourville was storming
from 11th
toward the front as well. Kobs caught Lien in turn three and
pulled off a slide job to take the lead away as they raced
out of turn four. Once Kobs had the lead he put a few car
lengths between himself and Lien as Tourville moved in on
Lien to battle for second. Tourville’s #111jr was fast
around the middle of the speedway and he overtook Lien and
Kobs both to complete the dramatic charge from the tail to
the lead, only to see his run end early as he lost control
and spun in front of the leaders, collecting Lien and ending
both of their good runs. Kobs re-inherited the lead and was
able to hold off a charging Lavassuer for the win. Ryan
Viltz snuck by Miskowic for third at the line as well.
SUMMARY:
WISSOTA
Modifieds Feature: Rick Kobs, Steve Lavassuer, Ryan
Viltz, Andy Miskowic, Mike Kelley Jr., Marc Johnson, Jeff
Lien, Keith Tourville, Ken Hansen, Tim VanMeter, Kevin Adams Heat 1: Adams, VanMeter, Viltz, Johnson,
Hansen Heat 2: Lavassuer, Kobs, Miskowic, Lien,
Kelley Jr
WISSOTA
Super Stocks Feature: Jason Schill, Dan Gullikson, Tim
Baxter, John Remington, Andy Grymala, Donnie Lofdahl, Doug
Merrill, Mike Dyrdahl, Eric Gadach, Kevin Eder Heat 1: Gullikson, Baxter, Merrill,
Dyrdahl,
WISSOTA Feature: Jason VandeKamp, Vince Corbin,
Bryce Johnson, John Remington, Tim Swanson, Ryan Johnson,
Josh Bazey, Corey Fogleson, Doug Merrill, Greg Arnt, Ben
Johnson, David Swearingen, Kyle Matuska, Rob Caho Jr., Dan
Larson Heat 1: VandeKamp, Corbin, Merrill,
Swanson, B. Johnson Heat 2: Remington, Swearingen, Matuska,
Fogleson, R. Johnson Feature: Jeff Heintz, Jimmy Randall,
Scott Walker, Chanda Fjorden Nord, Adam Soltis, Kris
Peterson, Ed Puariea, Marcus Simonson, Jeff Antczak, Skip
Lugen, Kyle Howland, Jeff Klopstein Heat 1: Soltis, Fjorden Nord, Walker,
Antczak, Lutgen Heat 2: Randall, Heintz, Peterson,
Simsonson, Puariea
Kopellah
Pure Stocks Feature: Dusty Brown, Krysta Swearingen,
Zach Manley, Josh Bach, Steve Baker, Mike Olson, Lance
Halverson, Fabian Jackson, Nathan Swanson, Nathan Fisk,
Dustin Scheuer, Chad Ogilvie, Jesse Lutgen Heat 1: Fisk, Swearingen, Manley, Brown,
Jackson Heat 2: Scheuer, Baker, Ogilvie, Bach,
Olson
Kopellah
Hornets Feature: Kevin Bradwell, Matt Skipper,
Clint Miller, Pamela Lutgen, Jake Christianson, Doug Fick,
Brad Schramel, Marc Hunter, Jerry Kaufman, James Miller, Ben
Kaphing, Steve Sutton, Thomas Anderson Heat 1: Hunter, Bradwell, Fick, Kaufman,
Christianson Heat 2: Schramel, J. Miller, Skipper, C.
Miller, Kaphing
Randall Rocks Kopellah Opener In Last To First Win
Prepared By Chris Stepan & Greg Parent
(April 24th 2009 – St. Croix Falls, WI)
The new look Kopellah Speedway kicked off the 2009 season on
Friday, April 24th with a beautiful 80* day turning into a
wickedly windy and very cold night as a cold front swept
through the area just as the racing action was about to get
underway. The night featured the first ever UMSS Sprint Car
Series event along with a jam packed program in the six
regular divisions.
After an hour and a half rain delay to start the festivities
and all of the preliminary action in the books, the Hornets
were the first feature to roll out onto the track. Defending
track champion Kevin Bradwell raced from the outside of the
third row to overhaul early race leader Doug Fick midway
through the 15-lap event to claim the lead, which he
stretched throughout the remainder of the race to claim his
first feature win of 2009 in defense of his track
championship from a year ago. Fick ran a solid second with
Ben Kaphing a close third at the line.
Nathan Fisk used the pole position to jump out to an early
race lead in the Pure Stock feature event, but had to work
hard for his first feature win of the ’09 season as Dustin
Schreuer and 12th starting Krysta Swearingen
gave Fisk all he could handle throughout the mid and
late stages of the 15-lapper. Swearingen made a slide job
move on Fisk to try to overhaul him for the top spot, but
got crossed up in front of the field, collected Schreuer and
was sent tailback under the caution, giving Fisk the lead
back and allowing him to race to the win. Steve Baker tried
to run him down, but was forced to settle for second.
Jason VandeKamp out jumped fellow front row started Bryce
Johnson at the drop of the green in the Midwest Modified
feature event and bolted to a sizeable advantage over the
field early on. 7th starting Dan Wheeler quickly made his
way through traffic and appeared in second after just a hand
full of laps, but Vandy was up to the challenge and was able
to hold off the charging red1 throughout the second half of
the 20-lap event. VandeKamp raced to an 8 car length win,
which is his second win of the early 2009 season already.
Wheeler ran a solid second with Doug Merrill third at the
line.
Adam Soltis bolted off the front row in the Street Stock
feature event at the drop of the green, while Kristina
Wollak, Chanda Fjorden Nord and Tim Johnson immediately
began to race three wide for second. Johnson got through
traffic first and set his sights on Soltis, while Jeff
Heintz and Jimmy Randall, who both had mechanical troubles
in their heat races, were charging from 14th and 15th
respectively toward the front. The race up front continued
to be great as Johnson was working over Soltis, while Scott
Walker put his #g60 in the mix as well. Johnson stole the
top spot as Randall appeared in 5th with about 8 laps to go.
Randall’s #15 car continued its march forward as Johnson
contined to hold off Walker in a spirited battle for the
lead. Several late race cautions eliminated Fjorden Nord,
Heintz and Walker from competition, but allowed Randall to
move in on Johnson for the lead. The duo swapped the lead
several times before contact was made, sending Johnson’s
machine over the cushion and to a stop in turn four. Randall
was awarded the lead on the restart and raced to the
improbable last to first thrilling feature win. Soltis and
Kyle Howland were able to hold onto second and third over a
hard charging Johnson from the tail.
Dan Gullikson wasted little time driving off into the night
in the Super Stock feature event. Gullikson raced
uncontested out front throughout the entire event for his
first win of ’09 at Kopellah. Jason Schill, sitting a Jimmy
Mueller owned #21b, ran down Gullikson in the late stages of
the event, but came home a solid second over Tim Borgeson,
who survived a last lap scuffle with Tim Baxter as the duo
raced to the stripe.
Kevin Adams and Rick
Kobs exchanged slide jobs over the first three laps of the
Modified feature which left the fans in awe of the driving
ability of the lead two competitors. Once Adams wrestled the
lead away from Kobs for good, Buzzy drove off into the lead
and showed that last year’s National Championship season was
not a fluke and that his potent #40 will again be tough to
beat in 2009. Kobs ran a very solid second throughout the
entire event, but was pressured heavily by Don Eischens late
in the race. Kobs would withstand the pressure and hang on
for the runner up spot at the checkered.
The UMSS run a double round of qualifying events prior to
their feature race. Drivers earn points based on their
finishes in these preliminary races. Earning Ultimate Sprint
Race victories were Tony Norem, Kenny Melanson, and Jason
Tostenson. In the second round, Ultimate Challenge Races
were won by John Nelson and Brad Barickman. Joseph Kouba and
Rik Sanberg got upside down in the Ultimate Challenges
races. Sandberg was done for the night while Kouba
would borrow a top wing and tag the tail of the
feature. When the points had been tallied, it was Jason
Tostenson as the high point driver. Tostenson pulled the #4
pill for the feature invert. This put Tony Norem and John
Nelson on the front row of the scheduled 20 lap main event.
At the drop of the green, Tony Norem blasted into the lead
over John Nelson. The race was just two laps old when the
first caution flew for a spin by rookie sprint car driver
Jack Zweber in turn four. On the restart, it was again Norem
battling with Nelson and Jason Tostenson for the top spot.
As Norem began to stretch his lead just a bit, the red light
blinked on for a hard crash in turn one by Dave Becker.
Becker rolled his sprinter a couple of times, sustaining
significant damage to the rear of the car. Becker was not
hurt. One lap after the race returned to green, Zweber
looped his car again in turn four and was done for the
night. The restart proved to be the end of Alan Gilbertson's
night as well as his sprint car. Gilbertson's sprinter shot
head-on at full speed into the large tractor tire protecting
the concrete wall at the exit to the pits in turn one. The
impact was fierce, tipping his car on its side and bringing
out the second red of the event. Gilbertson was uninjured.
With Norem in the lead, the race resumed with Nelson and
Tostenson mixing it up for second. The final caution flew 13
laps into the race for a spin in turn 4 by Sioux Falls, SD
youngster Robby Wolfgang. This set the stage for a two lap
dash to the checkers, as the time limit for the race had
been reached. Norem once again shot into the lead and never
looked back enroute to the win in the first UMSS feature
event held for the upstart series. Tostenson, Nelson, Jerry
Richert Jr, and Brad Barickman completed the top five.
Rounding out the top ten were 15th starter Joseph Kouba,
Leigh Thomas, rookie Cody Hahn, Kenny Melanson, and Robby
Wolfgang. Hahn and Melanson made contact at the finish line
with Melanson going for a long slide into turn one.
Fortunately both cars were okay. Norem earned $1,000 for his
efforts with some sponsorship help from GRP Motorsports in
helping to boost the first place pay.
The next scheduled race for the UMSS sprint cars is slated
for Saturday night April 25 at the Cedar Lake Speedway. CLS
will be hosting the 7th Annual Billy Anderson Memorial. The
sprint car feature winner will earn $1,000 which includes
sponsorship money from GRP Motorsports. Former Billy
Anderson Memorial champions include Tony Norem, Bill Boles,
Jerry Richert Jr, Loren Langerud, Jake Peters, and Chuck
Swenson. Racing action is scheduled to get underway at 6:30
PM for what will be the second race of the 2009 UMSS initial
season.
SUMMARY:
WISSOTA Modifieds
Feature: Kevin Adams, Rick Kobs, Don Eischens, Keith
Tourville, Steve Lavasseur, Mike Kelley Jr., Ryan Viltz, Tim
Van Meter, Jeff Lien, Andy Miskowic, Marc Johnson
Heat 1: Kobs, Kelley Jr., Tourville, Miskowic, Van Meter,
Johnson
Heat 2: Adams, Eischens, Lavasseur, Viltz, Lien
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature: Dan Gullikson, Jason Schill, Tim Borgeson, Tim
Baxter, KC Hawkinson, Andy Grymala, Don Eischens, Jim
Gullikson, Mike Drydahl
Heat 1: D. Gullikson, J. Gullikson, Baxter, Eischens,
Borgeson, Schill, Hawkinson, Grymala, Dyrdahl
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature: Jason VandeKamp, Dan Wheeler, Doug Merrill, Dave
Siercks, Tim Swanson, Bryce Johnson, Josh Bazey, Ryan
Johnson, Kyle Matuska, Vince Corbin, AJ Roschen, Rob Caho
Jr., Corey Fogelson
Heat 1: Wheeler, Siercks, VandeKamp, Caho Jr., Roschen,
Matuska, R. Johnson
Heat 2: Corbin, Merrill, Bazey, B. Johnson, Swanson,
Fogelson
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature: Jim Randall, Adam Soltis, Kyle Howland, Tim
Johnson, Kris Peterson, Jeff Klopstein, Maria Wollak, Ed
Pauriea, Scott Walker, Marcus Simonson, Skip Lutgen, Jeff
Antzak, Kristina Wollak, Jeff Heintz, Chanda Fjorden Nord
Heat 1: Fjorden Nord, Walker, Antzak, Soltis, Klopstein,
Lutgen, M. Wollak
Heat 2: Johnson, Peterson, Howland, K. Wollak, Pauriea,
Simonson, Heintz, Randall
Kopellah Pure Stocks
Feature: Nathan Fisk, Steve Baker, Nathan Swanson, Mike
Olson, Krystal Swearingen, Fabian Jackson, Damon Steusek,
Dustin Schreuer, Lance Halverson, Jesse Lutgen, Josh Bach,
Tyler English, Chad Ogilvie
Heat 1: Schreuer, Olson, Ogilvie, Swanson, English
Heat 2: Fisk, Lutgen, Halverson, Baker, Jackson, Bach,
Swearingen, Steusek
Kopellah Hornets
Feature: Kevin Bradwell, Doug Fick, Ben Kaphing, Steve
Sutton, Jake Christianson, Matt Skipper, Kris Kaphing, Brad
Schramel, Mark Henele, Greg Johnson
Heat 1: Schramel, Skipper, B. Kaphing, Sutton, K. Kaphing
Heat 2: Henele, Fick, Bradwell, Christianson, Johnson UMSS Sprint Cars
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