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Teske Dominates WISSOTA Late Models
By Bill Nelson
June 18 - Spring Valley MN - By far the weather on this night was the most
perfect of the season. A great field of cars were on hand 134 strong
with a very nice crowd on hand for this mid-June race. The racing activities
for the night were sponsored by Images of Kasson.
The WISSOTA Street Stocks pulled onto the track for their feature race with a
three wide battle for first through the first two corners and a four wide race
to the line for the completion of the first lap with Jeff Nelson, Jim
Gullikson, Tony Horsman and Steve Eischens all battling for the top
spot. Gullikson eventually gained control with a caution waving with
only two laps completed. Gullikson took the lead on the restart and
never looked back while the rest of the field was locked up in some great
battles. Eischens and Nelson raced for second early on with Jared Loos
looking for a way past. With most of the front runners using the low
line around the speedway Danny Hanson had the top side working as he moved
through the field. The final caution flew with seven to go and found
Hanson in seventh after starting tail end from the first caution. With five to
go Loos was soundly in second and Hanson was battling with Eischens for
third. Steve was running well and made Hanson work for everything.
Chuck Nerland saw the Hanson line and found it to his liking as he worked into
the top five after starting thirteenth. Hanson started to pressure Loos for
the second spot but ran out of time following him and Gullikson across the
line.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds piled into turn three taking out three cars with
another four cars involved in the first lap malay. On the complete
restart Kenny Wytaske and Jason Cummins battled for the lead. These two would
run one-two for the rest of the race with Wytaske holding the point.
Cummins worked the track with many different lines during his effort to take
home the win. Early on Greg Pfeifer Jr. and Tyler Clark were racing hard
for third. These two battled for five laps and one caution flag with
Travis Krause working right behind them. The Midwest Modifieds had some
great two and three wide action throughout the field as they all battled for
position for most of the race. Eventually Pfeifer gained the third spot with
Krause making the move into fourth with Clark rounding out the top five.
Cummins had two good runs in the last three laps in an effort to take over the
top spot but Wytaske was not to be denied on this night.
The WISSOTA Super Stocks had a tremendous show tonight with a great field of
cars including some travelers from South Dakota. On the first lap the
front of the field ran four wide to determine who would lead at the line with
Dan Nissalke getting credit for lap one. Dustin Nelson was moving early
and was into second with Ferlin Miller tagging close behind him.
Nissalke was running the middle of the track with Nelson bumping the infield
and Miller scraping the wall. With four laps completed they went three
wide for the lead with Nelson gaining the spot. Behind them Cole
Queensland and Ryan Siegle battled for fifth with Dave Haberman sitting in
fourth. With twelve to go Miller moved into second and Haberman moved up
to battle with Nissalke for third. After a restart with eight to go JB Stortz
joined into the fray up front as Haberman. Nissalke and Queensland had a great
race going for third. Miller kept pressuring Nelson up front. The battle
for third is what everyone was watching though with Queensland and Nissalke
battling close and hard. The final caution of the race came out for a
spin in one just as Queensland had completed the pass on the backstretch and
was pulling away from Nissalke for third. Reverting back to the previous
lap Nissalke was credited with third by a nose. On the restart Stortz
moved past Queensland for the fourth spot while Nelson came home with the win
followed by Miller and Nissalke.
The USRA Modifieds had the crowd thrilled with some great racing action again
tonight with Jay Poidinger, Mike Sorensen and Karl Fenske battling three wide
for the first lap. Sorensen gained the spot while Fenske took over
third. Neil Eckhart and Ryan Ruter got together sending both to the pits
with damage. Eckhart returned by the incident ended Ruters
night. Fenske took the lead on the restart followed by Tim Donlinger who
was working the middle groove to perfection. With sixteen to go the
modifieds were still two and three wide through the field with Donlinger
working around Fenske for the lead. Nate Wasmund was having a great
night and worked into fourth with sixteen to go. Brad Waits also was
coming on strong right behind Wasmund. With twelve to go Wasmund, Fenske
and Waits were three wide for third behind Sorensen and Donlinger.
Donlinger pulled out to a commanding straightaway lead as Waits started to
pressure Sorensen for second. Two quick cautions with less than five to
go set up a fast dash for the win. Donlinger held on for the win with
Sorensen and Waits rounding out the top three.
Roger Torgerson took the lead at the drop of the green flag in the Classic
Dwarf Car feature with Rick Utley in second. Mike Gaines moved into
third and put pressure on Utley for the second spot with thirteen to go.
Todd and Brian Kiehne followed through into fourth and fifth. Gaines slipped
up and Brian Kiehne worked into third as Utley kept working Torgerson up
front. Pulling alongside occasionally but Torgerson was too strong and
came home with the win.
If you watched the leader in the WISSOTA Late Model feature the race was
pretty boring but throughout the pack there was some great racing. Even
while lapping most of the field Mark Teske could put his car anywhere on the
track and steadily pulled away from the field. Only one caution slowed
the high powered cars during the night with a spin with 14 to go. Jerry Bloom
used the restart to his advantage and moved into second with Ben Mattick
dropping back to third. Lance Matthees moved inside the top five
battling with last weeks feature winner Paul Novotny. Bloom held the
second spot for a few laps until Mattick got the bottom working again and
retook second. Troy Brand moved past Matthees and Novotny and had his
sights set on Bloom for third. With nine to go Brand moved into third
with Brad Waits, Novotny and Bloom three wide for fourth. Waits took the
spot and Matthees moved past the other two into fifth. Barry Underdahl
came on strong later and worked the high side to battle with Matthees for
fifth as the white flag came out. Teske cruised home to the half lap win
followed by Mattick, Brand, Waits and Matthees.
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Sprint cars to Deer Creek. The 410 sprint cars will be on hand along
with the WISSOTA Super Stocks as all other classes take the night off.
WISSOTA Late Models
Feature - Mark Teske, Ben Mattick, Troy Brand, Brad Waits, Lance Matthees,
Barry Underdahl, Jerry Bloom, Mike Bear, Paul Novotny, Doug Herrick
Heat 1 Matthees, Teske, Novotny, Mattick, Nick
Heat 2 Brand, Waits, Underdahl, Bloom, Bear
USRA Modifieds
Feature - Tim Donlinger, Mike Sorensen, Brad Waits, Nate Wasmund, Bob Timm,
Jay Ihrke, Albert Wytaske, Bill Clemens, Bruce Angst, Neil Eckhart
Heat 1 Eckhart, Waits, Ihrke, Hank Rollinger, Jesse Frericks
Heat 2 Angst, Wasmund, Jay Poidinger, Clemens, Timm
Heat 3 Ryan Ruter, Donlinger, M. Sorensen, Karl Fenske, Wytaske
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature - Dustin Nelson, Ferlin Miller, Dan Nissalke, JB Stortz, Cole
Queensland, Dave Haberman, Bobby Swanson, Dennis Earney, Lucas Peterson, Dan
Gullikson
B feature Schatney Sanders, Gary Wiersgalla, Kip Myers, Ed Sanders,
Dave Lewison
Heat 1 Nelson, Jason Gabrielson, Queensland, Chris Quast, Earney
Heat 2 Nissalke, Swanson, Haberman, Ryan Siegle, Kevin Hager
Heat 3 Miller, Gullikson, Josh Bartel, Stortz, Quentin Myers
WISSOTA Midwest Modfieds
Feature - Kenny Wytaske, Jason Cummins, Greg Pfeifer Jr., Travis Krause, Tyler
Clark, Bryan Hernandez, Derrick Bridley, Joe Wernecke, Jason Weis, Dean
Hoffman
B feature Wies, Joey Dengler, Dan Svee, Greg Erickson, David
Kruckeberg
Heat 1 Cummins, Terry Timmerman, Jeff Brauer, Sam Siskow, Clint
Wittlief
Heat 2 Craig Bentzin, Joe Bunne, Jeremy Laures, Bob Hoksch, Matt Narveson
Heat 3 Ben Anderson, Pfeifer Jr., Wernecke, Hernandez, Hoffman
Heat 4 Krause, Clark, Wytaske, Bridley, Matt Larson
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Feature - Jim Gullikson, Jared Loos, Danny Hanson, Steve Eischens, Chuck
Nerland, Mark Zvorak, Jeff Nelson, Kevin Hager, Ron Rucker, Steve Goodenough
Heat 1 Hanson, Loos, Eischens, Nelson, Nerland
Heat 2 Gullikson, Mark Hovland, Tyler Rubin, Tony Horsman, Lane Hall
Heat 3 Rucker, Ryan Goergen, Fred Prudoehl, Goodenough, Kenny Adams
Classic Dwarf Cars
Feature - Roger Torgerson, Rick Utley, Brian Kiehne, Drew Jech, Corey Whalen,
Curtis Luhmann, Jeff Jech, Tate Bestor, Gavin Wangen, Joel Kath
Heat 1 - B. Kiehne, Torgerson, Gaines, J. Jech, T. Kiehne
Heat 2 Luhmann, Utley, Bestor, Wangen, Anderson
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