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Past Champs Return To Victory Lane At Ashland
by Nick Gima
Ashland, WI, July 9 -- Four past ABC Raceway champions collected checkered
flags in feature action Saturday night during Ashland County Marketıs kidsı
bike race night at the Ashland red-clay oval.
Jeff Spacek, who has won four ABC titles, slipped by Scott Hudack for the
early modified feature lead and held on for his first feature win of the
season here, while also moving into the divisionıs points lead. Dean
Yrjanainen was flying on the outside groove in a charge to the front when he
scraped the front straight concrete wall while making a pass into the top
five; less than three laps later Yrjanainen lost his right-front tire and his
race and hold on the points lead came to an abrupt end. Jerry Hartman
threatened Spacekıs hold on the lead several times before losing second place
to Bill Byholm late in the run, while Al Uotinen closed for a close
fourth-place finish, a ways ahead of a resurgent Darrell Carlson.
Defending and four-time points champ Scott Lawrence also returned to victory
lane for the first time this season, winning a hard-fought super stock
feature. After a first-lap five-car pile-up the remaining 20 laps ran
non-stop, with Lawrence fighting his way around Destin Lorimor, who was strong
in leading early, and Rick Rivord, who finished second. Lorimor gave up the
lead after brief contact with Rivord forced him to bobble, and Lawrence pulled
away from there, while points leader Randy Spacek, Uotinen and Ken Truscott
ganged up on Rivord while following him across the line in order.
Larry Haderly overcame the engine troubles that plagued his car a week ago to
claim a sweep of street stock action. The two-time and defending champ and
current points leader received a break when early lead pair Duane Dunbar and
Cory Casari hooked bumpers and stopped on the track; Haderly was running third
at the time and was awarded the lead for the restart, and from there he fended
off first Steve Anderson and then a hard-charging Roger Walker for his
track-best third feature win of 2005. Kirk Bogdonovic and Justin Paulsen
turned in impressive performances to complete the top five.
2002 six-cylinder champ Chuck Hawkinson got by a strong Scott Ovaska just
before mid-race and then held off Ovaskaıs strong challenges for his first
feature win of the season. After a lap 3 caution for debris the remaining 12
laps ran uninterrupted, and while Hawkinson was unable to pull away from
Ovaska he fought off every threat the youngster offered. Steve Stuart made a
strong late charge to gain third, while Greg Jaeger re-established himself as
the divisionıs points leader with a fourth-place finish ahead of Pat Cook.
Pure stocker Al Rapp was the only feature winner Saturday not to have an ABC
Raceway championıs trophy at home, but heıs very much in the hunt after his
sweep of the divisionıs action. Rapp moved inside on Tom Morinville and Bruce
Kalmon early in the 15-lapper and from there was slowed only by a lap 2
Morinville spin that collected five others. Points leader Jim Eliason worked
his way into second but had nothing for Rapp, while Kalmon fought to hold on
to his season-best third-place finish ahead of Kevin Eder and Jim Laessig.
Bike races were held in four different age groups, from ages two through 13,
and three bikes and several other prizes were given away to lucky young fans.
Racing resumes on Saturday with the trackıs second annual Pure Stock Special,
offering a $2,800 purse for the division and paying $500 to win. ³Racenight²
will air from 5-6 pm Saturday on WJJH, 96.7 & 102.3 FM, with live 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: Darrell Carlson, Superior; Bill Byholm, Glidden;
Jeff Spacek,Phillips.
Heat 2: Dean Yrjanainen, Lake Nebagamon; Jerry Hartman,
Marenisco, MI;Kelly Checkalski, South Range.
Feature: Spacek; Byholm; Hartman; Al Uotinen, Superior;
Carlson; RobbyBunkelman, Abbotsford; Checkalski; Paul Niznik, Medford; Mark
Baxter,Dorchester; Jayme Lautigar, Superior.
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Heat 1: Greg Kuklenski, Ironwood, MI; Mike Duhr, Hazelhurst;
Scott Lawrence, Superior.
Heat 2: Ken Truscott, Greenland, MI; Rick Rivord, Superior;
Paul Erikson, Abbotsford.
Feature: Lawrence; Rivord; Randy Spacek, Phillips; Al
Uotinen, Superior; Truscott; Erikson; Duhr; Charlie Anderson, Ironwood, MI;
Wayne Stricker, Highbridge; Chuck Metzger, Hayward.
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat 1: Roger Walker, Phillips; Cory Casari, Hurley; Pete
Paulus, Phillips.
Heat 2: Larry Haderly, Marengo; Kirk Bogdonovic, Phillips;
Tim Baum, Superior.
Feature: Haderly; Walker; Steve Anderson, Ironwood, MI;
Bogdonovic; Justin Paulsen, Ironwood, MI; Casari; Joe Wolfe, Ironwood, MI;
Jordan Kurtti, Bruce Crossing, MI; Duane Dunbar, Marenisco, MI; Randy Vezina,
Duluth, MN.
Six-Cylinders
Heat 1: Steve Tesch, Prentice; Greg Jaeger, Mellen; Scott
Ovaska, Marengo.
Heat 2: Pat Cook, Washburn; Steve Stuart, Ashland; Chuck
Hawkinson, Mellen.
Heat 3: Don Weber, Bayfield; Shawn McFadden, Jr., Ashland;
Adam Jack, Washburn.
Feature: Hawkinson; Ovaska; Stuart; Jaeger; Cook; Dale
Coddington, Hayward; Ken Tyykila, Iron River; Tesch; Brian Mikkonen, Iron
River; McFadden.
Pure Stocks
Heat 1: Al Rapp, Duluth, MN; Kevin Eder, Ashland; Bruce
Kalmon, Ashland.
Heat 2: Ricky Davis, Bruno, MN; Marty Passuello, Ironwood,
MI; Mike Huff, Hurley.
Feature: Rapp; Jim Eliason, Ashland; Kalmon; Eder; Jim
Laessig, Wakefield, MI; Justin Paulsen, Ironwood, MI; Dustin Novak, Mellen;
Tom Morinville, Duluth, MN; Davis; Huff.
Points as of July 9
WISSOTA Modifieds
1 22 - Jeff Spacek
260
2 98 - Al Uotinen
260
3 4 - Bill Byholm
254
4 21 - Jerry
Hartman 249
5 84 - Dean Yrjanainen
249
6 00 - Scott Hudack
235
7 37jr - Ross Lightner
213
8 64h - Kelly Checkalski
197
9 777 - Mike Sauvola
175
10 32 - Darrell
Carlson 171
11 316 - Dan Sellung
171
12 76 - Steve Kieber
147
13 42 - Paul Niznik
135
14 00 - Robby Bunkelman
131
15 P1 - Rick Przybylski
131
16 95x - Kent
Baxter 126
17 22B - Mark
Baxter 120
18 10 - John Frydrich
113
19 7 - Steve Surprenant
66
20 44 - Darrell
Nelson 54
21 43 - Luke
Schilling 50
22 22 - Don Copp
49
23 3d - Kevin Monteith
45
24 75L - Clint
Larson 44
25 54L - Jayme Lautigar
42
26 40 - Jad
Carlson 40
27 11 - Jody Bellefeuille
37
28 24 - Jeff Lien
37
29 35 - David
Baxter 34
WISSOTA Super Stocks
1 22 - Randy Spacek
317
2 22t - Ken Truscott
305
3 77 - Scott
Lawrence 295
4 8m - Mike Duhr
282
5 50 - Charlie
Anderson 272
6 95 - Rick Rivord
271
7 51 - Shawn
McFadden 271
8 12s - Wayne Stricker
267
9 80 - Greg Kuklenski
266
10 66 - Todd Bonney
249
11 47 - Al Uotinen
247
12 33 - Don Koivisto
228
13 55 - Ron Hmielewski
182
14 7 - Bryan Lund
179
15 68x- Chuck
Schmidt 165
16 02 - Rob
Erickson 160
17 24 - Chuck
Metzger 147
18 4x - Dave
Elliott 144
19 9s - Ron Malecki
142
20 90 - Destin Lorimor
118
21 81 - Doug Woodhull,
Jr. 115
22 70k - Rick
Simpson 94
23 13 - Scott
Weber 91
24 10m - Chris
Martens 76
25 10m - Gordy
Maki 59
26 2x - Randy Silverness,
Jr. 52
27 4e - Paul Erikson
49
28 1L - Donnie Lofdahl
48
29 23 - Kyle Peterlin
46
30 5x - Joe Oliver
44
31 29 - Dave Flynn
37
32 54 - Dan Yrjanson
36
33 23e - Terry Kroening
36
34 43 - Adam Long
35
35 3 - Jake Hiatt
34
36 29 - Joe Olson
32
WISSOTA Street Stocks
1 3x - Larry Haderly
270
2 90 - Steve
Anderson 249
3 1 - Cory Casari
243
4 7 - Tim Baum 226
5 05r - Rob Weber
217
6 04 - Clay Passuello
204
7 56w - Joe Wolfe
203
8 1x - Justin
Paulsen 201
9 1m - Bill Muhlig
201
10 5 - Roger
Walker 200
11 26 - Jordan Kurtti
196
12 5p - Pete Paulus
184
13 5r - Randy Vezina
145
14 11 - Duane
Dunbar 141
15 21 - Brian Fulda
114
16 7m - Kirk Bogdonovic
100
17 87 - Trevor
Wilson 96
18 68 - Dan
Kingsley 93
19 7m - Richard
Morrison 81
20 2 - Kory Jolliff
77
21 55 - John Fetzer
76
22 24 - Butch Kummer
67
23 44 - Jared Loos
56
24 23 - Joe Pajtash
50
25 96 - Mark Schuenemann
48
26 14 - Tim Carbon
35
27 76 - John Kallas
35
28 16 - Chris Schloer
19
Six-Cylinders
1 66 - Greg Jaeger
316
2 4x - Steve
Stuart 313
3 73 - Dale Coddington
312
4 22h - Chuck Hawkinson
301
5 32 - Pat Cook
293
6 18 - Steve Tesch
288
7 5w - Steve Walston
270
8 5-1 - Ken Tyykila
269
9 72 - Scott Ovaska
263
10 11 - Chris Lustig
261
11 24 - Andy Grymala
248
12 70 - Mike Zasadni
228
13 4 - Don Weber
226
14 21 - Nick Oreskovich
218
15 51jr - Shawn McFadden,
Jr. 209
16 30 - Mike McKay
208
17 13 - Dan Mihalek
184
18 77 - Brian Nevala
184
19 31 - Brent Brevak
172
20 36 - Adam Jack
171
21 81 - Adam Traaholt
165
22 57 - Brandle Pupp
160
23 88 - Warren Beede
133
24 33 - Ken Tody,
Jr. 124
25 15x - Shane Roy
88
26 26 - Tim Beeksma
88
27 88 - Brian Mikkonen
82
28 8 - Ron Swanson
41
29 51 - Shawn
McFadden 33
30 43 - Jim
Anderson 19
31 01 - Derek
McKay 15
Pure Stocks
1 20 - Jim Eliason
312
2 33r - Al Rapp/Dick
Bridge 303
3 22 - Kevin Eder
297
4 34 - Bruce Kalmon
294
5 26 - Tom Morinville
288
6 24k - Kevin Truchon
286
7 79 - Ricky Davis
276
8 21 - Chad
Carlson 262
9 35 - Don Bush
244
10 85 - Marty Passuello
237
11 23b - Bridgett Pagels
230
12 25 - Jim Laessig
229
13 00 - Rob Ganson
227
14 106 - John Taitt
218
15 17d - Nathan
Dees 210
16 23 - Scott Niemi/Justin
Paulsen 206
17 30 - Dustin
Novak 202
18 45 - B Rose/S Stuart/B
Bristow 202
19 9 - Brett Rondeau
163
20 44h - Michael Huff/John Kallas
157
21 1 - Cory Casari
56
22 38d - Glenn Dammer
49
23 7 - Steve Kresal
37
24 00 - Shane Klergard
30
ABC 7/9
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