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Yrjanainen Reaches Milestone Win, Haderly Stays Hot At ABC
by Nick Gima
Ashland, WI, May 28 -- Veteran modified driver Dean Yrjanainen reached a
milestone with his 60th career feature victory during Miller Lite Night at the
Races Saturday at the ABC Raceway. With several area tracks cancelling due to
wet weather, 106 drivers made their way to Ashland to race under cloudy but
rain-free skies.
Yrjanainen swept cleanly into the lead two laps into the 20-lap mod feature,
going around fellow former track champs Jeff Spacek and Don Copp with a
three-wide move out of turn 4. Copp came back to challenge low, and several
times the two crossed the start-finish line side by side and dead even, before
Yrjanainen drew slowly away just past the halfway point. Copp lost second to
Spacek soon thereafter, and then visiting Darrell Nelson used a last-lap move
to swipe second from Spacek. Bill Byholm also charged late to take fourth from
Copp.
Yrjanainen is only the second driver in track history to reach the 60-win
plateau, behind only super stocker Greg Kuklenski (72 wins).
Larry Haderly sent a strong message to the street stock field at Ashland that
he has every intention of defending his class championship, by taking his
second feature in as many weeks. Haderly moved inside on early leader Steve
Anderson on lap 1 and was never headed, but unlike last week, Haderly had
strong challenges from Roger Walker after two late restarts. Walker, however,
slowed with a flat tire on the next-to-last lap, giving second back to
Anderson, and Haderly raced to a five car-length win. Tim Baum¹s strong
third-place run was just better than 2004 street stock rookie of the year Cory
Casari and 2003 track champ Trevor Wilson.
Ken Truscott survived several late-race restarts and threats from a handful of
drivers for his first super stock feature win of the season. Truscott stormed
to a solid ten-car lead during the first half of the 20-lapper, while Shawn
McFadden tussled with Destin Lorimor. Once by Lorimor, however, McFadden
reeled Truscott in quickly, and he may have had the momentum to steal the win
had it not been for a series of caution slowdowns with six laps left, as the
field just couldn¹t get restarted due to spins and crack-ups. Officials
called for a green-white-checkered finish, and after a couple of tries at
that, Truscott led McFadden to the line. Scott Lawrence, who had a couple of
passes for second recalled by the late yellows, edged Lorimor at the line for
third, and Randy Spacek quietly climbed through the field for a top-five
finish.
Steve Stuart fought his way by early leader Ken Truscott - twice - then outran
the field for his first six-cylinder A-main win of 05. The first pass for
the point was negated by a yellow flag on lap 4, so Stuart did the outside
move again after the restart and pulled away at the mid-race signal. The field
drew back to him again for a restart with five circuits left, but he was able
to keep a charging Chuck Hawkinson at bay. Hawkinson¹s second-place run moved
him to the front of the points chase, while Tyykila held on for third in front
of a swarm of cars that included Greg Jaeger in fourth and Steve Walston in
fifth.
Again the pure stocks provided one of the best finishes of the night in their
feature, as the top four crossed in close formation. Kevin Truchon swiped the
early lead from the pole and, after early challenger John Kallas dropped from
the event on lap 4, pulled away from Al Rapp. But Rapp snookered Truchon on a
lap 9 restart and Truchon slipped back, only to recover and, coming out of
turn 4 with the checkered flag in the air, slipped inside on Rapp and edged
him at the line. Ricky Davis did likewise to last week¹s winner Jim Eliason
for third, and Bruce Kalmon was close behind the lead pack in fifth.
Racing resumes on Saturday for Kids¹ Meet the Drivers Night, presented by
Little Caesar¹s Pizza. ³Racenight Live² will air from 5-6:30 pm Saturday on
WJJH, 96.7 & 102.3 FM, with raceday news and weather updates. The ABC
Raceway is located three miles south of Ashland on Highway 13, then one mile
west on Butterworth Road. For more information, visit the track website at www.abcraceway.com
or call (715) 682-4990 for raceday information.
Results
WISSOTA Modifieds
Heat 1: Jerry Hartman, Marenisco, MI; Darrell Nelson, Hermantown, MN; Al
Uotinen, Superior.
Heat 2: Rick Przybylski, Ashland; Bill Byholm, Glidden; Dean Yrjanainen, Lake
Nebagamon.
Feature: Yrjanainen; Nelson; Jeff Spacek, Phillips; Byholm; Don Copp, Brule;
Uotinen; Scott Hudack, Ashland; Hartman; Clint Larson, Cloquet, MN; Przybylski.
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Heat 1: Mike Duhr, Hazelhurst; Todd Bonney, Bayfield; Donnie Lofdahl, Proctor,
MN.
Heat 2: Scott Lawrence, Superior; Al Uotinen, Superior; Ken Truscott,
Greenland, MI.
Heat 3: Destin Lorimor, Superior; Randy Spacek, Phillips; Shawn McFadden,
Ashland.
Feature: Truscott; McFadden; Lawrence; Lorimor; Spacek; Charlie Anderson,
Ironwood, MI; Lofdahl; Kyle Peterlin, Hibbing, MN; Bonney; Rob Erickson,
Bayfield.
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat 1: Roger Walker, Phillips; Larry Haderly, Marengo; Randy Vezina, Duluth,
MN.
Heat 2: Cory Casari, Hurley; Rob Weber, Washburn; Tim Baum, Superior.
Feature: Haderly; Steve Anderson, Ironwood, MI; Baum; Casari; Trevor Wilson,
Superior; Pete Paulus, Phillips; Walker; John Fetzer, Eagle River; Dan
Kingsley, Duluth, MN; Weber.
Six-Cylinders
Heat 1: Chuck Hawkinson, Mellen; Dale Coddington, Hayward; Nick Oreskovich,
Mason.
Heat 2: Greg Jaeger, Mellen; Shawn McFadden, Jr., Ashland; Brent Brevak,
Ashland.
Heat 3: Steve Stuart, Ashland; Ken Tyykila, Iron River; Steve Tesch, Prentice.
Semi-Feature: Andy Grymala, Superior; Mike McKay, Highbridge; Dan Mihalek,
Ashland.
Feature: Stuart; Hawkinson; Tyykila; Jaeger; Steve Walston, Marengo; Pat Cook,
Washburn; Coddington; Tesch; Scott Ovaska, Marengo; Oreskovich.
Pure Stocks
Heat 1: Tom Morinville, Duluth, MN; Kevin Truchon, Ashland; Ricky Davis,
Bruno, MN.
Heat 2: Al Rapp, Duluth, MN; Bruce Kalmon, Ashland; Jim Eliason, Ashland.
Feature: Truchon; Rapp; Davis; Eliason; Kalmon; Dustin Novak, Mellen; Scott
Niemi, Bessemer, MI; Don Bush, Washburn; Rob Ganson, Washburn; Brett Rondeau,
Cable.
ABC Raceway points as of May 28
WISSOTA Modifieds
1 4 - Bill Byholm
108
2 84 - Dean Yrjanainen
105
3 98 - Al Uotinen
100
4 00 - Scott Hudack
100
5 22 - Jeff Spacek
98
6 21 - Jerry
Hartman 97
7 P1 - Rick Przybylski
92
8 37jr - Ross Lightner
85
9 64h - Kelly Checkalski
77
10 76 - Steve Kieber
72
11 777 - Mike Sauvola
72
12 316 - Dan Sellung
70
13 44 - Darrell
Nelson 54
14 32 - Darrell
Carlson 53
15 22 - Don Copp
49
16 75L - Clint
Larson 44
17 95x - Kent
Baxter 39
18 11 - Jody Bellefeuille
37
19 22B - Mark
Baxter 37
20 35 - David
Baxter 34
WISSOTA Super Stocks
1 22t - Ken Truscott
107
2 22 - Randy Spacek
102
3 77 - Scott
Lawrence 101
4 51 - Shawn
McFadden 98
5 8m - Mike Duhr
92
6 47 - Al Uotinen
92
7 50 - Charlie
Anderson 91
8 66 - Todd Bonney
87
9 95 - Rick Rivord
84
10 02 - Rob
Erickson 83
11 12s - Wayne Stricker
79
12 9s - Ron Malecki
74
13 80 - Greg Kuklinski
72
14 33 - Don Koivisto
72
15 68x- Chuck
Schmidt 68
16 7 - Bryan Lund
68
17 90 - Destin Lorimor
53
18 1L - Donnie Lofdahl
48
19 23 - Kyle Peterlin
46
20 55 - Ron Hmielewski
44
21 70k - Rick
Simpson 42
22 81 - Doug Woodhull
38
23 43 - Adam Long
35
24 4x - Dave
Elliot 33
25 29 - Joe Olson
32
26 10m - Gordy
Maki 27
WISSOTA Street Stocks
1 3x - Larry Haderly
112
2 7 - Tim Baum 104
3 90 - Steve
Anderson 96
4 1 - Cory Casari
94
5 5 - Roger Walker
94
6 5p - Pete Paulus
94
7 05r - Rob Weber
92
8 5r - Randy Vezina
90
9 56w - Joe Wolfe
87
10 1m - Bill Muhlig
82
11 04 - Clay Passuello
80
12 26 - Jordan Kurtti
80
13 1x - Justin
Paulsen 76
14 68 - Dan
Kingsley 43
15 55 - John Fetzer
43
16 87 - Trevor
Wilson 42
17 7m - Richard
Morrison 41
18 21 - Brian Fulda
37
19 76 - John Kallas
35
Six-Cylinders
1 22h - Chuck Hawkinson
109
2 66 - Greg Jaeger
106
3 4x - Steve
Stuart 104
4 32 - Pat Cook
103
5 73 - Dale Coddington
102
6 5w - Steve Walston
98
7 5-1 - Ken Tyykila
97
8 18 - Steve Tesch
93
9 11 - Chris Lustig
88
10 72 - Scott Ovaska
85
11 21 - Nick Oreskovich
84
12 24 - Andy Grymala
81
13 51jr - Shawn McFadden,
Jr. 79
14 70 - Mike Zasadni
77
15 30 - Mike McKay
74
16 4 - Don Weber
58
17 88 - Warren Beede
56
18 81 - Adam Traaholt
53
19 57 - Brandle Pupp
51
20 8 - Ron Swanson
41
21 31 - Brent Brevak
39
22 26 - Tim Beeksma
34
23 51 - Shawn
McFadden 33
24 77 - Brian Nevala
32
25 33 - Ken Tody,
Jr. 31
26 15x - Shane Roy
30
27 36 - Adam Jack
30
28 13 - Dan Mihalek
29
29 43 - Jim
Anderson 19
30 01 - Derek
McKay 15
Pure Stocks
1 33r - Al Rapp
107
2 20 - Jim Eliason
104
3 34 - Bruce Kalmon
98
4 26 - Tom Morinville
97
5 24k - Kevin Truchon
95
6 35 - Don Bush 92
7 22 - Kevin Eder
86
8 21 - Chad
Carlson 85
9 79 - Ricky Davis
82
10 30 - Dustin
Novak 82
11 23b - Bridgett Pagels
82
12 85 - Marty Passuello
79
13 9 - Brett Rondeau
77
14 44h - Michael Huff/John Kallas
77
15 00 - Rob Ganson
76
16 106 - John Taitt
73
17 45 - Bill Rose/Steve
Stuart 71
18 17d - Nathan
Dees 53
19 25 - Jim Laessig
51
20 23 - Scott Niemi
45
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