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Kaanta Continues Hot Streak at Cedar Lake Speedway!
by Bob Peine
July 26, 2003
New Richmond, WI.- It was overcast and extremely humid on Saturday night at
the Cedar Lake Speedway but some brief raindrops passed by allowing for a full
night of racing. John Kaanta continued his hot streak that he has been on of
late, running strong all over WISSOTA country, and picking up the win Saturday
night.
The first feature event of the evening was the WISSOTA Street Stock main
event. Keith Tourville led early followed by Jason Vandekamp and Dan Gullikson.
Jim Gullikson took over third on lap two while Vandekamp tried to hold off
Chris Peterson for fourth. Dan Gullikson had gotten up to second but soon had
his hands full with younger brother Jim. On lap five, Jim Gullikson made the
pass for second and then moved in on Tourville to challenge for the lead.
After a couple laps of side by side racing, Jim Gullikson took the position
for good on lap nine and was on the way to his third feature win of the season
at Cedar Lake Speedway. Tourville held on to second followed by Dan Gullikson,
Peterson, and Vandekamp rounding out the top five.
Next up were the WISSOTA Super Stocks. Ryan Wiome started from the pole but
would have a hard time holding off the hard charging Tim Borgeson. Borgeson
stole the lead away on lap two and looked very strong out front. The caution
waved on lap three when Dale Gangl and Kelly Anderson went around in turn
four. Anderson was tagged with the caution and Gangl resumed running in third
on the restart. Borgeson once again took off from the field with Wiome still
in second. Ron Host was up to fifth on lap five and Dave Shackleton was
working on Gangl for third. Mike Weber was having another great run after
starting deep in the field and was up to seventh. Shackleton had got by Gangl
for third and then took over second from Wiome on lap 10. Host then challenged
Wiome for third and would take the position while Weber continued to move
forward, taking the fifth position. Brandon Jensen was also having a strong
run after starting 15th on the filed and getting shuffled back after a couple
early cautions. Jensen was up to eighth on the white flag lap and nipped Gangl
at the stripe to finish seventh. Borgeson picked up the win followed by
Shackleton, Host, Wiome and Weber.
The WISSOTA Modifieds were up next with Dave Cain taking the lead on lap one,
followed by Dann Olson and Bruce Tourville. Dennis Jones and Scott
Splittstoesser battled for fifth, but Craig Thatcher drove by both of them on
the outside to take the spot. Cain started to pull away early and looked very
good on the bottom. Shawn Kelley was up to third, while Thatcher pressured
Tourville for fourth. Thatcher took the position and charged to second on lap
eight. Ron Schreiner was next to challenge Tourville, this time for fifth. On
lap 11, Schreiner secured the spot. The yellow flag waved on lap 13 when Danny
Thomas, Cliff Gorka, and Dennis Jones got together in three and four. On the
restart, it was still Cain out front, followed by Thatcher, Kelley, Olson, and
Schreiner. Schreiner picked off Olson for fourth when racing resumed on lap
14. Eric Pember was making a late race charge and entered the top five on lap
15. As the white flag came out, Cain looked to have it locked up but a last
lap caution would give Thatcher a shot at the win. Lonnie Earney brought out
the yellow with a spin in turn three.
Cain led the field to the cone for a three lap dash to the finish. Thatcher
looked to the outside of Cain, who had been perfect on the bottom. But Cain
was able to hold off the challenge from Thatcher and go on to win his second
feature of the season at the Cedar Lake Speedway. Thatcher finished a strong
second followed by Kelley, Pember, and Schreiner.
The final race of the evening was the WISSOTA Late Model 30 lap main event.
John Kaanta and Steve Isenberg shared row one, and it was Kaanta taking the
lead on lap one. Brent Larson quickly took over third on lap two. Brady Smith
and Trent Follmer battled for fifth, while Larson jumped in to second. Cain
took third from Isenberg on lap five, and then went after Larson for second.
Cain and Larson were putting on the show for second, in a dogfight that would
continue throughout the race. Cain took the second spot on lap nine, but
Larson kept the pressure on. Smith was up to fifth on lap nine and continued
to move forward, taking fourth on lap 13. Joel Cryderman, Isenberg, and Smith
were dicing it up for position, and Isenberg got by Smith to take over the
fourth spot. Cain and Larson were still contesting the second spot and on lap
17, Larson took it back. But Cain came right back, and the two swapped the
second spot a few times in the closing laps. Kaanta continued to lead, but
Cain and Larson were catching Kaanta as he worked through traffic. Larson and
Cain were racing hard for second, and were door to door more than a few times
near the end. Trent Follmer cracked the top five in the closing laps also,
coming to the front in a hurry. Follmer would take over fourth from Isenberg
and was rapidly moving in on Cain and Larson. Kaanta's lead was down to a
couple car lengths and Follmer had caught up to the battle for second with
Cain and Larson. Kaanta held on for the win, and it was a very impressive
night for both Cain and Follmer, finishing second and third. A strong run for
both drivers as rookies in the Late Model division. Larson got nipped at the
line by Follmer and wound up fourth with Isenberg fifth.
Another great night of racing at the Cedar Lake Speedway with the next race on
Saturday, August 2nd. Racing in all four divisions. If you have questions or
need more information, please call 1-866-4CLSFUN or visit our website at www.cedarlakespeedway.com.
Results
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature: John Kaanta, Dave Cain, Trent Follmer, Brent Larson, Steve Isenberg,
Pat Doar, Brady Smith, Joel Cryderman, Eric Pember, Justin Fegers
Heat 1: Larson, Follmer, Bill Stettner, Pember, Doar
Heat 2: Cain, Fegers, Joe Bean, Isenberg, Jim Paulson
Heat 3: Kaanta, Rick Egersdorf, Smith, Cryderman, Chad Cummings
WISSOTA Modifieds
Feature: Dave Cain, Craig Thatcher, Shawn Kelley, Eric Pember, Ron Schreiner,
Bruce Fouks, Brent Prochnow, Dann Olson, Joey Jensen, Steve Arpin
Heat 1: Thatcher, Jensen, Cain, Kelley, Fouks
Heat 2: Pember, Schreiner, Bruce Tourville, Scott Splittstoesser, Craig
Brightbill
Heat 3: Dennis Jones, Olson, Cliff Gorka, Pat Hardy, Jeff Doriott
B-Feature: Arpin, Danny Thomas, Kerry Hansen, Lonnie Earney, Scott Schulte
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature: Tim Borgeson, Dave Shackleton, Ron Host, Ryan Wiome, Mike Weber, Cory
Mahder, Brandon Jensen, Dale Gangl, Mike Keller, Stuart Blair
Heat 1: Joe Nelson, Wiome, Gangl, Weber, Matt Sinna
Heat 2: Tony Gates, Kelly Anderson, Brent Kobs, Host, Lyle Archambeau
Heat 3: Shackleton, J.B. Stortz, Keller, Jensen, Charlie Obermueller
Heat 4: Borgeson, Bruce Tourville, Blair, Kevin Ayotte, Dan Carlson
B-Feature: Mahder, Greg Nippoldt, Rich Bishop, Austin Swenson, Dennis Larson
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature: Jim Gullikson, Keith Tourville, Dan Gullikson, Chris Peterson, Jason
Vandekamp, Chris Gullikson, Mike Loomis, Mark Thomas, Dave Lamont, Jim
Schweitzer
Heat 1: Schweitzer, Peterson, Ron Hanestad, Vandekamp, Mark Froehlich
Heat 2: Loomis, Dan Gullikson, Tourville, Chris Gullikson, Jim Gullikson
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