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DTRA Concludes Inaugural Season
September 30, 2006
New Richmond, WI. - As fall descends on the Midwest , the first chapter of the
DTRA has been written. If a name were to be given to that chapter it
would undoubtedly be titled “Success”. Amid skepticism and
controversy, the DTRA challenged tradition and trudged forward bringing three
successful race tracks into the fold. Superior Speedway, River Cities
Speedway and Cedar Lake Speedway swapped convention for innovation and
benefited from a fresh start and instant success. The DTRA instituted an
affordable Goodyear Spec tire program, utilized common sense rules, gave their
drivers a voice, and revealed a generous point fund along with a unique point
structure.
Momentum built through the spring and into summer as the excitement and
success spread like wildfire throughout the five state region. Drivers
boasted on how much money they saved using the Goodyear tires. “I used
6 tires all year long!” stated Butch Madsen, DTRA’s 2006 Street Stock
Champion. “The tire is affordable, refires and wears like steel!
The tire couldn’t be better.” commented Pat Doar when discussing how few
tires it took to win the Cedar Lake Speedway Championship, Superior Speedway
Championship, The 100 at CLS and the 2006 DTRA Late Model Championship during
the inaugural season.
Over 1,000 drivers took the green at DTRA tracks in 2006. Truly a major
accomplishment! In addition to the Goodyear spec tire success, the point
structure was an absolute home run. Drivers accumulated the 10 best
shows from April thru July at the three DTRA member tracks. After July,
the top 10 drivers were locked into their own group and resorted to have no
more than 5 points separate them from the driver directly ahead of them.
The second ten were also segregated into their own group in the same
manner. After August 1st thru Sept 15th drivers then used the 5 best
shows to determine who holds the hardware at the year end finale, THE 100 at
Cedar Lake Speedway. This format was meant to help the racer by allowing
them to run one track and still battle for a sanction body’s
championship. This was the case as Dave Cain, the 2006 DTRA Modified
Champion finished on top by only racing one track! Truly unheard
of!
The point battles were very close in each division going into the last
event. Drivers were allowed to use their best point night at THE 100’s
four day format. The Late Model division’s point battle came down to
the last race as the 2nd thru 5th place drivers were racing for 1st thru 4th
on the track. How they finished would determine the final top 5.
They were swapping spots as well as $20,000 with each pass. This is the
excitement the DTRA envisioned when choosing their point structure. Fans
were on their feet to see who would get $10,000 and who would get
$2,500! In the end Steve Laursen’s win locked up 2nd with Brent Larson
close behind.
The DTRA is proud to announce 2006 season champions as well as top 25 point
finishers in their 5 respective classes.
DTRA SUPER LATE
MODEL
2006 Final Point Standings
Pos Car
#
Name
Total
Pts.
Point
Fund
1
11 Pat Doar
1295
$15,000
2
19 Steve
Laursen
1282
$10,000
3
B1 Brent
Larson
1279
$5,000
4
42 Terry
Casey
1278
$3,000
5
51 Joel
Cryderman
1266
$2,500
6
Q Joey
Jensen
1244
$2,000
7
66 Eric
Breeschoten
1241
$1,800
8
44 Darrell
Nelson
1239
$1,700
9
97 Ron
Schreiner
1214
$1,600
10
1
Tom
Nesbitt
1209
$1,500
11
10 Mike
Balcaen
991
$1,400
12
2
Mike Nutzmann
967
$1,300
13
7P Joey
Pederson
950
$1,200
14
12 Brad Seng
950
$1,100
15
75 Dale
Skytland
950
$1,000
16
4* Howie
Schill
946
17
99E Doyle
Erickson
942
18
11 Troy
Schill
923
19
75Jr Cody Skytland
898
20
T1 Tom
Corcoran
888
21
417L Rick Egersdorf
704
$1,000
22
21B Brandon
Jensen
665
23
9
Steve Anderson
655
24
52 James
Sangrait
647
25
44H Paul Hipsag
644
DTRA MODIFIEDS
2006 Final Point Standings
Pos Car
#
Name
Total
Pts.
Point
Fund
1
2C Dave
Cain
1308
$3,500
2
44 Darrel
Nelson
1292
$1,800
3
V2 Joey
Jenson
1288
$1,500
4
12M Jason
Miller
1269
$1,300
5
97 Ron
Schreiner
1249
$1,100
6
30L Brent
Larson
1215
$1,000
7
316 Shawn Polonoski
1197
$900
8
91 Craig
Thatcher
1162
$800
9
22 Don Copp
1131
$700
10
84 Dean
Yrjanainen
1022
$650
11
11 Jody
Bellefuille
908
$600
12
17 Erik
Bjorklund
907
$575
13
2S Scott
Splittstoesser
881
$550
14
7K Tyler
Keyser
849
$525
15
F3 Rick
Friendt
846
$500
16
37 Kelly
Estey
838
17
1K Shawn
Kelley
833
18
4B Billy
Byholm
824
19
98 Al
Uotinen
822
20
66 David
Lear
801
21
7C Chris
Carlson
631
$500
22
12 Jason
Gross
592
23
95 Rick
Rivord
551
24
54L Jayme Lautigar
543
25
48 Don
Brightbill
538
DTRA SUPER
STOCKS
2006 Final Point Standings
Pos Car
#
Name
Total
Pts.
Point
Fund
1
71A Ryan Aho
1277
$2,500
2
4
Larry Boumeester
1273
$1,300
3
17 Mike
Loomis
1246
$900
4
24 Daniel
Carlson
1244
$800
5
B37 Timothy Borgeson
1238
$700
6
22JB J.B. Stortz
1227
$650
7
21 Mike
Bellefeuille
1226
$600
8
34 Dale
Gangl
1211
$550
9
26 Mike
Weber
1201
$500
10
55 Greg
Nippoldt
1149
$450
11
77 Scott
Lawrence
957
$400
12
90 Destin
Lorimar
927
$375
13
26W Charlie
Weber
903
$350
14
O1 Justin Pogones
880
$325
15
96 Chris
Gorka
876
$300
16
17W Ryan Wiome
871
17
67 Jeff
Tardy
855
18
21G Jim Gullikson
851
19
10 Rich
Bishop
839
20
54 Brent
Mueller
755
21
93X Randy Silverness
636
$300
22
28 Justin
Dodge
628
23
19 Ryan
Rivord
574
24
87 Trevor
Wilson
559
25
8
Keith
Kern
549
DTRA MIDWEST MODIFIEDS
2006 Final Point Standings
Pos Car
#
Name
Total
Pts.
Point
Fund
1
R1 Dan
Wheeler
1275
$1,000
2
9
Nick Lavato
1245
$750
3
97 Greg
Chesley
1245
$500
4
55S Shawn
Phillips
1234
$475
5
11S Justin Schill
1230
$450
6
22 Alan
Bohlman
1227
$425
7
12 Jason
Gross
1224
$400
8
19D Dane
Durbin
1219
$375
9
25 Jim
Schweitzer
1212
$350
10
73 Andy
Jones
1186
$325
11
39 Clark
Perry
925
$300
12
78 Bryan
Siercks
916
$275
13
21B Brandon
Lambert
909
$250
14
66 Lonnie
Louschke
886
$225
15
7E Wayne
Engen
873
$200
16
86 Mark Trog
851
17
41 Paul
Fontecchio
849
18
O2 Jesse Ogston
818
19
11T Willy
Thompson
816
20
38 Carth
Mitchell
668
21
61 Tom
Smart
602
$200
22
2
Tom
O'Brien
583
23
17 Deven
VanHouse
543
24
15X Chad
Patterson
529
25
53V Vince
Corbin
524
DTRA STREET
STOCKS
2006 Final Point Standings
Pos Car
#
Name
Total
Pts.
Point
Fund
1
94 Butch
Madsen
1224
$1,000
2
111 Keith Tourville
1213
$750
3
44 Mark
Froelich
1200
$500
4
16 Jason
Vandekamp
1197
$475
5
0
Scott
Herrick
1187
$450
6
29 Mike
Kalkbrenner
1180
$425
7
99K Shawn Kammerud
1175
$400
8
57 Jeff
Heintz
1143
$375
9
68 Dan
Kingsley
1138
$350
10
77 Melvin
Raska
1108
$325
11
6
Shane Kisling
894
$300
12
29S Scott Splittstoesser
852
$275
13
4
Scott
Andrews
820
$250
14
17 Ryan
Kostreba
819
$225
15
75 Marshall
Andrews
818
$200
16
37 Brian
Loss
813
17
47 Don
Craig
807
18
9
Jamie
Olson
764
19
O6 Matt Raboin
750
20
7DC Delmar
Clapp
635
21
21 Brian
Fulda
545
$200
22
50 Mark
Larson
484
23
244 Bobby LePage
445
24
21X Chris
Peterson
416
25
71H Ron Hanestad
401
Congratulations to all the winners and participants. It truly was an
honor having you as a competitor!
Mark your calendar on Saturday March 24th for the DTRA banquet to be held at
Grand Casino Hinckley. Point fund monies, awards and prizes will be
awarded then. For more info regarding rooms check out http://www.grandcasinomn.com/Home/GrandCasinoHome.aspx
For a complete listing of DTRA points, all off-season activities, or for more
info on how to join the DTRA, visit www.dtraracing.com
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