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Sabraski Sweeps Great Lakes Border Battle for $12k Payday

For Immediate Release – July 2nd, 2023

FYE Motorsports Promotions

Shane Sabraski started off his Independence Day weekend by sweeping both nights of the WISSOTA Super Stocks and leading all 50 laps en route to the $10,000 payday in the WISSOTA Modified division at the 7th annual SERVPro Great Lakes Border Battle fueled by Superior Fuel Co. at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin.

The 2-day event, promoted by FYE Motorsports Promotions, kicked off on Friday night with 45 Modifieds signing in for competition in a double heat race format program, along with a full program for the WISSOTA Late Models, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds and Pure Stocks.

Sabraski, and defending Border Battle champion Jody Bellefeuille, were the top two drivers in overall passing points after the ten heat races were completed and earned the front row for Saturday night’s 50-lap, $10,000 to win feature race.

In feature action on Friday, Sabraski started on the pole and was never challenged en route to his first win of the weekend as he took off from the pole and got in front of fellow front row starter Jordan Henkemeyer on lap one and never looked back. Behind Sabraski, Terran Spacek and Matt Deragon raced by Henkemeyer into second and third respectively early in the 25-lap program and tried to chase down Sabraski, but as typical, Shane was up to the challenge and raced to the uncontested victory. Spacek ran second with Deragon third at the checkered flag. Henkemeyer hung on for fourth with Nick Oreskovich claiming fifth at the stripe on the final lap.

Darrell Nelson came out on top of a wild late race scramble to steal the lead from race long leader Pat Doar on the race’s final green-white-checkered restart to keep his perfect streak of winning every Border Battle in history alive. Doar lead from the front row and was able to negotiate traffic easily out front until a pair of late race restarts brought the field back to him. Travis Budisalovich and Nelson were in a great battle for second with Danny Vang and Kyle Peterlin in the mix as well. On the last restart, Nelson dove in hard to the bottom of turn one and slid in front of Doar to take the lead, which he held to the checkered. Doar was forced to contend with Peterlin on the final lap and was able to hold him at bay for runner up honors. Peterlin crossed the line third, just ahead of Budisalovich and Derek Vesel, who started 16th and raced up to complete the top five.

Jake Smith topped the Midwest Modified feature after starting on the outside of the front row and taking off on lap one and never looking back. With Smith out front, Travis Schulte and Evan Checkalski battled just behind for runner up honors until 9th starting Zach Benson put his #17b in the mix and worked by Checkalski into third. Smith raced to the win, ahead of Schulte, Benson, Checkalski and fifth place finisher Deven VanHouse.

Aaron Bernick led the Pure Stock feature early as he outdueled Tyler Kachinske on lap one from the front row, only to lose a muffler on the track while leading, surrendering the lead to Kachinske on a restart. Once out front, Tyler lead, but not without heavy pressure from 4th starting Travis Hazelton. Hazelton looked inside on Kachinske on several occasions before making the pass for good and driving off to the win for his efforts. Kachinske ran second with Josh Berg racing from fifth up to third, ahead of Dylan Shelton and Tom Treviranus, who rounded out the top five.  

Saturday’s action consisted of a pair of Modified b-mains to set the starting field for the finale, along with another full program of Late Models, Super Stocks and Midwest Modifieds, plus the Hornets replaced the Pure Stocks as the fifth division on the schedule.

Jack Rivord and Mike Anderson topped the twin Modified B-mains to set the starting field for the biggest paying WISSOTA Modified race of the season.

As soon as the b-mains were completed, the fog began to roll in off of Lake Superior and the scheduled order of events was changed to get the Modifieds on the track as the first feature of the night to try to ensure getting their program in for the fans.

As indicated earlier, Sabraski and Bellefeuille lead the 24-car field to the green with Sabraski taking early control and pacing the field for the entire 50-lap distance, while Brandon Copp, Dave Cain, Johnny Broking and Darrell Nelson were in an early battle for second with Bellefeuille, until Jody got crossed up and dropped several positions, opening the door for Ryan Gierke to join the battle up front. Sabraski rolled alone up front while Gierke was working on Nelson for third as Cain ran in second early in the event. Gierke worked by Nelson and began to pressure Johnny Broking for third, while several drivers were working from deep in the field including Mike Anderson, Billy Kendall, Brandon Dolman and Adam Ayotte.

Back out front, Sabraski continued to set the pace, while Gierke got by Broking and tried to run down Sabraski for the lead, but Shane was too good out front, leading all 50 circuits and pocking his biggest career payday in the process. Gierke crossed the line in second with Broking third, but in post-race tech it was discovered that Broking lost a muffler, elevating Cain to the final podium finisher. Nelson and Copp rounded out the top five.  

As soon as the Modified event was completed, the Late Models rolled onto the race track for their 35-lap, $2,500 to win event, which saw Pat Doar race from his fourth starting spot to his 302nd career win after a very entertaining battle out front with Kevin Burdick, Danny Vang and Mike Prochnow early. Vang, Doar and Burdick raced three-wide at times for the lead as the fog grew thicker and thicker. The race stayed green, allowing the drivers to get all 35-laps in with Doar coming out on top. Burdick got Vang for second with Ashley Anderson racing into the top five and crossing the line in fourth, just ahead of Travis Budisalovich, who started 11th.

At the conclusion of the Late Model feature, the fog settled in thicker and the remaining three features were postponed until Sunday afternoon.

Sunday saw some great racing action with Andrew Inman getting the jump on pole sitter Mark Froehlich and racing into the lead from the outside of the front row in the Midwest Modified feature. Once out front, Inman was pressured by fifth starting Zach Benson on several occasions, but was able to hold the lead on the ultra-slippery Gondik Law Speedway surface. Inman withstood several restarts early in the race and several attempts by Benson to steal the lead away and was able to be the last man standing and raced to his first ever FYE event victory for his efforts. Benson finished a solid second with Jason VandeKamp third in the official run down, ahead of Travis Schulte and Tanner Gehl.

Terran Spacek took the lead from the pole on the start of the Super Stock feature but Matt Deragon raced by on the outside into the lead and looked to drive off into the night, but sixth starting Shane Sabraski had other ideas and was methodically working his way through traffic until he was able to race to the lead and drive off for his third win of the weekend for his efforts. Deragon was able to run in second for the majority of the race, crossing the finish line in second, just ahead of Tommy Richards in third and Scott Lawrence, who was able to race by Spacek into fourth late in the going.

Reid Johnson put his #74 Hornet on the top of the speedway and raced from his sixth starting spot around AJ House and Justin Schelitzche who were battling for the lead early in the afternoon’s finale. Once Johnson got by into the lead, he was able to maintain his advantage to the checkered for his first career feature win. House nipped Schelitzche for second with Michael Teggatz and Blake Hawker rounding out the top five to finish off the program.

Thanks to everyone who supported this year’s Great Lakes Border Battle.


Full results can be found on MyRacePass.com.

The next FYE Motorsports promoted event will be held on Tuesday, August 1st during the 29th running of the Street Stock Little Dream Race at the Rice Lake Speedway in Rice Lake, Wisconsin.


For fans not able to attend in person, every lap will be live streamed online by PayPerView at www.WatchFYE.tv.


BELLEFEUILLE, SABRASKI, CARLSON, JORGENSEN, SCHELITZCHE SWEEP BORDER BATTLE 
By Jerry O'Brien (7-1/2-22) Superior, WI

     After a long two days of competition at the Gondik Law Speedway, the Sixth Annual Border Battle came to a close on Saturday night July 2nd  finishing up with the $10,000 to win WISSOTA Modified 50 lap feature. 
     The previous night the Modifieds spent their time racing double heat races with the order for the feature determined by passing points accrued during these qualifying races for the top sixteen drivers. Before the complete starting grid could
be completed, a pair of Semi-Features were run, each qualifying four more drivers to the main event. In the first, Billy Kendall III, Ward Imrie, Darrell Nelson and Cole Spacek qualified and in the second Andy Jones, Brandon Copp, Clayton Wagamon and Shane Howell qualified.
     Prior to the start of the 50 lap grind, something unique occurred, all of the 24 starters were run across the victory circle where their deck height was checked. All starters checked as legal. 
     The two dozen starters moved onto the racing surface led by local racers Jody Bellefeuile and Al Uotinen on the front row. At starter Ray Stuart's green flag the field roared into life. Bellefeuille bolted to the front with Uotinen, Rodney
Sanders, Daniel Bargender and Shane Sabraski close behind. Bellefeuille held onto the point over Sanders, Uotinen, Don Eischens and Sabraski. There was a caution flag on lap three for the 26G of Ryan Gierke. At the restart Bellefeuille
continued to lead as Eischens got past Sanders to second. Sabraski and Uotinen followed as Ashley Anderson moved up to challenge the top five. The top four remained that way for a few laps while there was movement further back as Anderson cracked the top five and Mike Anderson was sixth from his tenth starting spot. Bellefeuille maintained the lead over Eischens as the pair began to widen the gap back to Sanders. Back behind fifth place Ashley Anderson, Mike Anderson was joined by Johnny Broking who had slipped past Uotinen. The battle between Bellefeuille and Eischens heated up as Eischens tried high and low to get past, coming close but was unable to take the lead at this point. Meanwhile Ashley Anderson was pushing Sabraski for the fourth spot. The order in the top runners showed little movement until later in the now non stopped competition. Sabraski held onto fourth as Ashley Anderson tried to take the spot while fending off Mike Anderson. Entering the top ten was Dan Ebert as, up front, Sabraski took fourth from Sanders. Ashley Anderson also got by Sanders, then got past Sabraski to third. The lead battle continued on with Eischens unable to find a way past Bellefeuille. Mike Anderson also got past Sanders to fifth as Sanders dropped back into a battle with Ebert who was now in a skirmish with Johnny Broking for seventh. Up front the order remained the same but Sanders began to gain ground back to sixth with Ebert seventh and Daniel Bargender, who had almost disappeared from the top ten rebounding to eighth. With no caution flags, the laps wound down quickly. With three circuits remaining Bellefeuille was firmly out front ahead of Eischens who was looking for one last charge for the win. Ashley Anderson was still strong in third, Sabraski was fourth and Sanders was able to regain fifth. The second five included Bargender, Ebert, Johnny Broking, Mike Anderson and Al Uotinen in tenth. This was the top ten finishing order as Jody Bellefeuille led every one of the 50 laps for the well earned $10,000 payday.

     In other action, unlike the Modified feature, the Midwest Modified feature became a "Caution-fest" with five of them, mostly in the last half of the 25 lap event. Skeeter Estey was driving the 1w1 car and started the event from the pole. On his outside was Kennedy Swan who had raced her way into the feature after the 18s suffered engine failure the previous night. Jesse Polson and Cody Carlson flagged off from row two. There was a problem at the start and a second try was mandated. Estey again took the lead while Carlson slid past Swan to second. The caution flag flew after the restart after a three car crash on the front stretch involving William Moelter, Ashley Mehwerth and Evan Checkalski. With a single lap now completed, the green flag appeared. At the same time the 18s of Kennedy Swan retired to the pits. Estey maintained the lead over Carlson, Cole Boston and Jesse Polson. Carlson won the early battle with Estey and blew out to a big lead. Boston took second with Zach Benson third, Polson fourth and Andrew Inman fifth. Caution flag number two flew for the 15g of Eric Gadach in turn four. The restart came with 14 laps to go. Carlson maintained the lead at the restart as Estey got past boston for second. Another quick caution flag flew for an incident in turn two. Estey was quick on the restart as there were 12 laps remaining and regained the point with Carlson second, Inman third, Benson fourth and Cole Boston fifth.

Another caution flag flew, the fourth of the contest for a spun car in turn two. Estey kept the lead on this restart with Inman squeezing past Carlson. Joining the front group was Tyler Kintner in fourth. Another caution flag, number five quickly flew for a car around in the same place in turn two. With less than five laps to go, Estey seemed ready to pick up another Midwest Modified victory, but Carlson was not ready to give up. After getting past Inman, he dogged Estey, got a great run in three and four and pulled a successful slide job that got him the win and the $1,000 winner's share. Estey, Inman, Kintner and Benson rounded out the top five.
     In WISSOTA Super Stock action, Shane Sabraski started from the pole and dominated the 25 lap feature. Dylan Nelson started in the third spot, quickly moved past outside pole sitter Jake Froemke and set off after Sabraski in what proved to be a futile chase. The 25 laps went by very quickly with nary a caution flag in sight as Sabraski flew around the track lapping the back of the field with impunity headed for the one grand first prize. Nelson was a distant second to the very fast Sabraski, Kyle Copp, Dexton Koch and Jake Froemke finished in the top five. Scott Lawrence flagged off in the 14th starting spot and made his waay to sixth at the end. Jordan Henkemeyer, Dylan Kromschroeder, Andrew Mackey and Andy Grymala finished in the top ten. 
     Sabraski whipped the full field of WISSOTA Super Stocks by11.2 seconds as he counted his fourth win of the season at Gondik Law Speedway. 
     Cory Jorgensen continues to win almost every Pure Stock event that he enters. This Saturday night Tom Treviranus managed to get past Jorgensen at the start and led much of the first part of the race until Jorgensen moved up to challenge for the lead. They ran side by side for a time before Jorgensen eased past and led to the checkered flag. The win was worth $250 to Jorgensen as he put the cap on his fourth Border Battle victory. Treviranus, Aaron Bernick, Jessie Limberios and
Tyler Kaschinski finished in the top five.
     It was a dozen laps for the WISSOTA Hornets and Justin Schelitzche once again showed the way as it was an easy win for the #14. Carter Matthews finished second ahead of Paul George. As George was headed for the finish line he was
clipped from behind and slid wildly across the line and into the inside wall where he hit an advertising sign. He was apparently not injured in the incident. Mac Johnston and Rachel Boston rounded out the top five. 

WISSOTA SUPER STOCK

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 25-Dylan Nelson[3]; 3. 26-Kyle Copp[4]; 4. 78K-Dexton Koch[5]; 5. 63-Jake Froemke[2]; 6. 77-Scott Lawrence[14]; 7. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[7]; 8. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[8]; 9. 7-Andrew Mackey[16]; 10. 24-Andy Grymala[11]; 11. 76-Doug Koski[6]; 12. 24(L)-Jase Lien[18]; 13. 10X-Josh Schmidt[20]; 14. 20-Chris Johnson[12]; 15. 4K-Larry Both[19]; 16. 34-Taylor Madrinich[22]; 17. 42-Myron Basina[13]; 18. 61-Tom Smart[24]; 19. 11R-Rita Anderson[21]; 20. (DNF) 57-Dalton Carlson[10]; 21. (DNF) 19-Tristan LaBarge[9]; 22. (DNF) 176-Matt Koski[17]; 23. (DNS) 21F-Nick Oreskovich; 24. (DNS) 36-Darin Meierotto
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[2]; 2. 25-Dylan Nelson[6]; 3. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[5]; 4. 19-Tristan LaBarge[8]; 5. 77-Scott Lawrence[7]; 6. 24(L)-Jase Lien[4]; 7. 4K-Larry Both[3]; 8. 11R-Rita Anderson[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 2. 26-Kyle Copp[6]; 3. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[5]; 4. 42-Myron Basina[2]; 5. 20-Chris Johnson[8]; 6. 176-Matt Koski[7]; 7. (DNF) 36-Darin Meierotto[1]; 8. (DNF) 61-Tom Smart[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Jake Froemke[3]; 2. 76-Doug Koski[1]; 3. 57-Dalton Carlson[2]; 4. 24-Andy Grymala[5]; 5. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[6]; 6. 7-Andrew Mackey[8]; 7. 10X-Josh Schmidt[4]; 8. 34-Taylor Madrinich[7]
34 entries

WISSOTA MIDWEST MODS

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 32III-Cody Carlson[4]; 2. 1W1-Skeeter Estey[1]; 3. 11JR-Andrew Inman[5]; 4. 22-Tyler Kintner[6]; 5. 17B-Zach Benson[9]; 6. 33C-Cole Boston[8]; 7. 21(J)-Jake Smith[19]; 8. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[13]; 9. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[20]; 10. 16-Ryan Savoy[18]; 11. 9-Brady Uotinen[22]; 12. 04N-Nick Ayotte[21]; 13. 55-Jesse Polson[3]; 14. 24-Cole Elton[24]; 15. 11X-Scott Thompson[11]; 16. 4W-Joey Wagamon[16]; 17. (DNF) 30-James Berglund[12]; 18. (DNF) 15(G)-Eric Gadach[7]; 19. (DNF) 18S-Kennedy Swan[2]; 20. (DNF) 64-Evan Checkalski[14]; 21. (DNF) 17-Ashley Mehrwerth[23]; 22. (DNF) 87-William Moelter[25]; 23. (DNF) 95-Jason VandeKamp[10]; 24. (DNF) 2(S)-Scott Splittstoesser[15]; 25. (DNF) 21-Wyatt Boyum[17]
Semi Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Wyatt Boyum[3]; 2. 21(J)-Jake Smith[5]; 3. 04N-Nick Ayotte[1]; 4. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth[4]; 5. 87-William Moelter[6]; 6. 12-Derek Stanoch[7]; 7. 34-Taylor Madrinich[8]; 8. 26-Paul Hari[9]; 9. (DNF) 2-Tanner Gehl[2]
Semi Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 16-Ryan Savoy[1]; 2. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[2]; 3. 9-Brady Uotinen[3]; 4. 24-Cole Elton[7]; 5. EZ1-Randy Laage[9]; 6. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala[4]; 7. 15-James Vendela[5]; 8. (DNF) 9(L)-Tristan LaBarge[6]; 9. (DNF) 33-Travis Tupa[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1W1-Skeeter Estey[3]; 2. 15(G)-Eric Gadach[1]; 3. 11X-Scott Thompson[2]; 4. 2(S)-Scott Splittstoesser[4]; 5. 64-Evan Checkalski[9]; 6. 21-Wyatt Boyum[6]; 7. 87-William Moelter[7]; 8. 24-Cole Elton[8]; 9. 26-Paul Hari[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Jesse Polson[1]; 2. 22-Tyler Kintner[3]; 3. 11JR-Andrew Inman[7]; 4. 4W-Joey Wagamon[4]; 5. 2-Tanner Gehl[5]; 6. 9-Brady Uotinen[6]; 7. 21(J)-Jake Smith[8]; 8. 12-Derek Stanoch[9]; 9. 33-Travis Tupa[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32III-Cody Carlson[1]; 2. 17B-Zach Benson[2]; 3. 30-James Berglund[3]; 4. 04N-Nick Ayotte[4]; 5. 16-Ryan Savoy[7]; 6. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth[6]; 7. 15-James Vendela[5]; 8. 34-Taylor Madrinich[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 18S-Kennedy Swan[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Boston[1]; 3. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[3]; 4. 95-Jason VandeKamp[8]; 5. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[5]; 6. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala[6]; 7. 9(L)-Tristan LaBarge[7]; 8. (DNF) EZ1-Randy Laage[4]
10 entries

WISSOTA PURE STOCK

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 16-Cory Jorgensen[1]; 2. 31-Tom Treviranus[3]; 3. 17-Aaron Bernick[5]; 4. 131-Jessie Limberios[4]; 5. 26-Tyler Kachinske[10]; 6. 52-Zachary Folz[6]; 7. 64-David Pederson[7]; 8. 9W-Anthony Woodhull[8]; 9. 25-kat luretig[9]; 10. (DNF) 57-Austin Carlson[2]
Heat (8 Laps): 1. 16-Cory Jorgensen[5]; 2. 31-Tom Treviranus[2]; 3. 57-Austin Carlson[7]; 4. 131-Jessie Limberios[4]; 5. 52-Zachary Folz[1]; 6. 17-Aaron Bernick[10]; 7. 64-David Pederson[3]; 8. 9W-Anthony Woodhull[8]; 9. 25-kat luretig[9]; 10. (DNF) 26-Tyler Kachinske[6]
8 entries

WISSOTA HORNET

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14-Justin Schelitzche[2]; 2. 07-Carter Matthews[4]; 3. 21(G)-Paul George[1]; 4. 113-Mac Johnston[3]; 5. 11B-Rachel Boston[5]; 6. 21-Blake Hawker[7]; 7. 44K-Joshua Kough[6]; 8. 9-Lucas Lillo[8]
Heat (8 Laps): 1. 14-Justin Schelitzche[2]; 2. 21(G)-Paul George[8]; 3. 113-Mac Johnston[7]; 4. 07-Carter Matthews[5]; 5. 11B-Rachel Boston[3]; 6. 44K-Joshua Kough[4]; 7. 21-Blake Hawker[1]; 8. 9-Lucas Lillo[6]


SIXTH ANNUAL BORDER BATTLE OFF TO STRONG START
By Jerry O'Brien (7/1/22) Superior, WI
     Friday served as the first day of the Annual Border Battle held at the very beginning of the Fourth of July weekend, this night being the first day of the sixth edition of the two-day event held at the Gondik Law Speedway. Since we are so
close to the Canadian Border, we, as a matter of course, draw many Canadian fans as well as Canadian racers, hence, "Border Battle". 
     This edition was for WISSOTA Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks, Pure Stocks and Hornets. It is a special event aimed specifically at the "Big Mods" paying a whopping $10,000 to win for the class. Of course, the Modifieds have to work harder than the other divisions invited. Theirs takes two days, the first spent qualifying for the "Big" Money" by running two rounds of heat races. After these two rounds are completed participants then have to wait to find out who the top sixteen recipients of "Passing Points" are as they are locked into the main event. The rest of the participants then have to go through B Features and more hoops to find out who will move on to the big show which pays $1000 to start.
     But that occurs on Saturday the second of July. This format usually brings out the Modifieds that fill the bill and make it worth their while to make the attempt. The format always brings out a strong field of Modifieds. This time a nice group of 47 Modifieds participated, besides the Modifieds the rest of the field brings WISSOTA Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Hornets. This year's group totaled 78 more cars bringing the total to 102 entries.   
     First on the docket was the two rounds of WISSOTA Modified heat races to determine who will be locked in and who will face more qualifying the second day. The rest of the participants not only had to run heat races that day, but also a feature event.
     The Midwest Modifieds ran three heats and a B Feature were up first. Cory Mehrwerth won the B Feature and Brady Uotinen, Cole Boston and Ashley Mehrwerth won the three heats. The WISSOTA Super Stocks raced three heats won by Dexton Koch, Dylan Nelson and Nick Oreskovich. Shane Sabraski won the feature event. As he is prone to do, Cory Jorgensen led the small contingent of WISSOTA Pure Stocks winning the first of two heats and coming back to win the
feature while Aaron Bernick won the other heat race. The Hornet class had such a small turnout that only a single heat race was necessary. It was won by Paul George. Justin Schelitzche topped the 12-lap feature race. 
     In the first round of heat races in the Modifieds, Jody Bellefeuille, Daniel Bargender, Don Eischens, Bob Broking and Dan Ebert were the winners. In the second round Kelly Estey, Johnny Broking, Jody Bellefeuille (again) Mike Anderson and Darrell Nelson won heat races. 

WISSOTA MODIFIEDS

Feature (50 Laps): 1. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[1]; 2. 9E-Don Eischens[6]; 3. 81-Ashley Anderson[7]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders[3]; 6. 10-Daniel Bargender[4]; 7. 60-Dan Ebert[9]; 8. 45J-Johnny Broking[8]; 9. 57-Mike Anderson[10]; 10. 98-Al Uotinen[2]; 11. 2C-Dave Cain[13]; 12. 9-Billy Kendall III[17]; 13. 24-Brandon Dolman[15]; 14. 173-Andy Jones[18]; 15. 22-Brandon Copp[20]; 16. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[22]; 17. 10W-Ward Imrie[19]; 18. 26G-Ryan Gierke[16]; 19. 37-Kelly Estey[11]; 20. T23-John Toppozini[12]; 21. 45-Bob Broking[14]; 22. (DNF) 44-Darrell Nelson[21]; 23. (DNF) L1-Shane Howell[24]; 24. (DNF) 22(S)-Cole Spacek[23]
Semi Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Billy Kendall III[1]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie[10]; 3. 44-Darrell Nelson[2]; 4. 22(S)-Cole Spacek[8]; 5. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek[9]; 6. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[3]; 7. 4A-Hunter Anderson[15]; 8. 9(D)-Duane Dale[14]; 9. 50-Brady Caul[13]; 10. 32C-Curtis Stieh[12]; 11. (DNF) 95-Rick Rivord[5]; 12. (DNF) 21D-Cory Sersha[6]; 13. (DNF) 55-Jeff Wood[4]; 14. (DNF) 212-Mike Klippenstein[11]; 15. (DNS) 19J-Jack Rivord; 16. (DNS) 41-Alex Van Natta
Semi Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 173-Andy Jones[1]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[2]; 3. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[4]; 4. L1-Shane Howell[7]; 5. 68K-Dan Kingsley[5]; 6. 88(L)-Eric Lamm[8]; 7. 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr[11]; 8. 7T-Corky Thomas[9]; 9. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[3]; 10. 224-Cody Wolkowski[14]; 11. 05-Mark Prueser[10]; 12. (DNF) 27P-Parker Anderson[13]; 13. (DNF) 04JR-Adam Ayotte[6]; 14. (DNS) 442-Aaron Johnson; 15. (DNS) 9(M)-Riley Matthews
Heat 1 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[9]; 2. 224-Cody Wolkowski[2]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 4. 95-Rick Rivord[5]; 5. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek[3]; 6. 05-Mark Prueser[7]; 7. 32C-Curtis Stieh[1]; 8. (DNF) 50-Brady Caul[4]; 9. (DNF) 7T-Corky Thomas[6]; 10. (DNS) 9(M)-Riley Matthews
Heat 2 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 10-Daniel Bargender[2]; 2. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 3. 98-Al Uotinen[1]; 4. 9-Billy Kendall III[5]; 5. 22(S)-Cole Spacek[7]; 6. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[8]; 7. 55-Jeff Wood[9]; 8. L1-Shane Howell[4]; 9. 27P-Parker Anderson[6]; 10. (DNS) 41-Alex Van Natta
Heat 3 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 9E-Don Eischens[1]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders[3]; 3. 81-Ashley Anderson[6]; 4. 45J-Johnny Broking[7]; 5. T23-John Toppozini[2]; 6. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[4]; 7. 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr[5]; 8. 212-Mike Klippenstein[9]; 9. 9(D)-Duane Dale[8]
Heat 4 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 45-Bob Broking[5]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[4]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[2]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[9]; 5. 37-Kelly Estey[7]; 6. 21D-Cory Sersha[3]; 7. (DNF) 44-Darrell Nelson[8]; 8. (DNF) 4A-Hunter Anderson[1]; 9. (DNF) 442-Aaron Johnson[6]
Heat 5 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[3]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[4]; 3. 173-Andy Jones[5]; 4. 24-Brandon Dolman[6]; 5. 57-Mike Anderson[8]; 6. 88(L)-Eric Lamm[1]; 7. 68K-Dan Kingsley[7]; 8. 19J-Jack Rivord[9]; 9. 10W-Ward Imrie[2]
Heat 1 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 37-Kelly Estey[2]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 3. 24-Brandon Dolman[3]; 4. 9-Billy Kendall III[5]; 5. 7T-Corky Thomas[4]; 6. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[7]; 7. 88(L)-Eric Lamm[8]; 8. 9(D)-Duane Dale[1]; 9. 32C-Curtis Stieh[9]; 10. (DNS) 41-Alex Van Natta
Heat 2 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 45J-Johnny Broking[2]; 2. T23-John Toppozini[7]; 3. 55-Jeff Wood[1]; 4. L1-Shane Howell[6]; 5. 173-Andy Jones[4]; 6. (DNF) 95-Rick Rivord[5]; 7. (DNF) 442-Aaron Johnson[3]; 8. (DNS) 4A-Hunter Anderson; 9. (DNS) 9(M)-Riley Matthews
Heat 3 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[2]; 2. 81-Ashley Anderson[4]; 3. 19J-Jack Rivord[1]; 4. 9E-Don Eischens[9]; 5. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[3]; 6. 45-Bob Broking[5]; 7. 22-Brandon Copp[6]; 8. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[8]; 9. 50-Brady Caul[7]
Heat 4 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 57-Mike Anderson[2]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[1]; 4. 10-Daniel Bargender[9]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[7]; 6. 26G-Ryan Gierke[6]; 7. 22(S)-Cole Spacek[4]; 8. 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr[5]; 9. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek[8]
Heat 5 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson[2]; 2. 98-Al Uotinen[10]; 3. 68K-Dan Kingsley[3]; 4. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[6]; 5. 21D-Cory Sersha[7]; 6. 10W-Ward Imrie[8]; 7. 212-Mike Klippenstein[1]; 8. 27P-Parker Anderson[5]; 9. 05-Mark Prueser[4]; 10. (DNS) 224-Cody Wolkowski

WISSOTA SUPER STOCK

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 26-Kyle Copp[7]; 3. 25-Dylan Nelson[2]; 4. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[3]; 5. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[11]; 6. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 7. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[5]; 8. 24-Andy Grymala[6]; 9. 77-Scott Lawrence[8]; 10. 7-Andrew Mackey[12]; 11. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[9]; 12. 36-Darin Meierotto[10]; 13. 57-Dalton Carlson[17]; 14. 24(L)-Jase Lien[16]; 15. 10X-Josh Schmidt[23]; 16. 63-Jake Froemke[14]; 17. 34-Taylor Madrinich[18]; 18. 30(S)-Dan Severson[13]; 19. 61-Tom Smart[22]; 20. 4K-Larry Both[21]; 21. 11R-Rita Anderson[25]; 22. 20-Chris Johnson[24]; 23. (DNF) 3-Thomas Karaba[20]; 24. (DNF) 6-Dan Peterson[26]; 25. (DNF) 19-Tristan LaBarge[15]; 26. (DNF) 176-Matt Koski[19]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[3]; 2. 26-Kyle Copp[2]; 3. 24-Andy Grymala[9]; 4. 77-Scott Lawrence[8]; 5. 30(S)-Dan Severson[6]; 6. 34-Taylor Madrinich[4]; 7. 4K-Larry Both[7]; 8. 61-Tom Smart[5]; 9. 20-Chris Johnson[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Dylan Nelson[5]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[9]; 3. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[1]; 4. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[6]; 5. 19-Tristan LaBarge[3]; 6. 24(L)-Jase Lien[7]; 7. 176-Matt Koski[4]; 8. 10X-Josh Schmidt[8]; 9. 11R-Rita Anderson[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[3]; 2. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[7]; 3. 36-Darin Meierotto[1]; 4. 7-Andrew Mackey[4]; 5. 63-Jake Froemke[6]; 6. 57-Dalton Carlson[2]; 7. 3-Thomas Karaba[5]; 8. (DNF) 6-Dan Peterson[8]

WISSOTA MIDWEST MODS

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 16-Ryan Savoy[6]; 2. 32III-Cody Carlson[11]; 3. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth[5]; 4. 11JR-Andrew Inman[19]; 5. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[8]; 6. 11-Ashton Schulte[1]; 7. 04N-Nick Ayotte[2]; 8. 21-Wyatt Boyum[22]; 9. 2(S)-Scott Splittstoesser[9]; 10. 24-Cole Elton[12]; 11. 95-Jason VandeKamp[16]; 12. 64-Evan Checkalski[20]; 13. 87-William Moelter[24]; 14. 15-James Vendela[18]; 15. 4W-Joey Wagamon[15]; 16. (DNF) 1W1-Skeeter Estey[7]; 17. (DNF) 12-Derek Stanoch[21]; 18. (DNF) 33C-Cole Boston[4]; 19. (DNF) 9-Brady Uotinen[3]; 20. (DNF) 9(B)-Chris Bretting[23]; 21. (DNF) 2-Tanner Gehl[13]; 22. (DNF) 17B-Zach Benson[10]; 23. (DNF) 27-Corey Mehrwerth[17]; 24. (DNS) 18S-Kennedy Swan
Semi Feature (12 Laps): 1. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[2]; 2. 15-James Vendela[4]; 3. 11JR-Andrew Inman[13]; 4. 64-Evan Checkalski[3]; 5. 12-Derek Stanoch[9]; 6. 21-Wyatt Boyum[1]; 7. 9(B)-Chris Bretting[5]; 8. 87-William Moelter[12]; 9. 34-Taylor Madrinich[6]; 10. 55-Jesse Polson[10]; 11. 11X-Scott Thompson[8]; 12. 26-Paul Hari[11]; 13. (DNF) 15(G)-Eric Gadach[7]; 14. (DNS) EZ1-Randy Laage
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Brady Uotinen[2]; 2. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[1]; 3. 16-Ryan Savoy[7]; 4. 32III-Cody Carlson[5]; 5. 95-Jason VandeKamp[3]; 6. 18S-Kennedy Swan[9]; 7. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[10]; 8. 15(G)-Eric Gadach[4]; 9. 12-Derek Stanoch[8]; 10. 26-Paul Hari[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Boston[2]; 2. 11-Ashton Schulte[10]; 3. 04N-Nick Ayotte[9]; 4. 2-Tanner Gehl[4]; 5. 4W-Joey Wagamon[1]; 6. 64-Evan Checkalski[5]; 7. 9(B)-Chris Bretting[3]; 8. (DNF) 87-William Moelter[6]; 9. (DNF) 11JR-Andrew Inman[7]; 10. (DNF) EZ1-Randy Laage[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth[1]; 2. 1W1-Skeeter Estey[3]; 3. 2(S)-Scott Splittstoesser[5]; 4. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 5. 24-Cole Elton[8]; 6. 21-Wyatt Boyum[7]; 7. 15-James Vendela[9]; 8. 34-Taylor Madrinich[2]; 9. 11X-Scott Thompson[10]; 10. 55-Jesse Polson[4]

WISSOTA PURE STOCK

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 16-Cory Jorgensen[1]; 2. 26-Tyler Kachinske[4]; 3. 23R-James Rahn[5]; 4. 57-Austin Carlson[6]; 5. 11E-Dylan Shelton[3]; 6. 17-Aaron Bernick[2]; 7. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[8]; 8. 101-Michael Grover[10]; 9. 31-Tom Treviranus[14]; 10. 9W-Anthony Woodhull[9]; 11. 5Z-Zene Anderson[13]; 12. (DNF) 64-David Pederson[11]; 13. (DNF) 131-Jessie Limberios[7]; 14. (DNF) 25-kat luretig[12]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Cory Jorgensen[6]; 2. 23R-James Rahn[2]; 3. 11E-Dylan Shelton[7]; 4. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[5]; 5. 101-Michael Grover[4]; 6. (DNF) 5Z-Zene Anderson[3]; 7. (DNF) 31-Tom Treviranus[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Aaron Bernick[5]; 2. 26-Tyler Kachinske[1]; 3. 57-Austin Carlson[4]; 4. 131-Jessie Limberios[7]; 5. 9W-Anthony Woodhull[2]; 6. 64-David Pederson[3]; 7. 25-kat luretig[6]
8 entries

WISSOTA HORNET

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14-Justin Schelitzche[4]; 2. 07-Carter Matthews[1]; 3. 21(G)-Paul George[2]; 4. 14A-AJ House[3]; 5. 20D-Derek Dunbar[5]; 6. 11B-Rachel Boston[6]; 7. 21-Blake Hawker[7]; 8. 9-Lucas Lillo[8]
Heat (8 Laps): 1. 21(G)-Paul George[1]; 2. 07-Carter Matthews[5]; 3. 14A-AJ House[6]; 4. 14-Justin Schelitzche[8]; 5. 20D-Derek Dunbar[2]; 6. 11B-Rachel Boston[4]; 7. 21-Blake Hawker[7]; 8. 9-Lucas Lillo[3]


6th annual Great Lakes Border Battle fueled by Superior Fuel event details...

The richest WISSOTA Modified event of the 2022 season is quickly approaching, paying $10,000 to win with an event-record $1,000 just to start the feature!

Friday, July 1st
$1,000 to win WISSOTA Super Stocks full program
$1,000 to win WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds full program
$250 to win WISSOTA Pure Stocks full program
$250 to win WISSOTA Hornets full program
Heat Races for WISSOTA Modifieds (2 rounds of heats)

Saturday, July 2nd
$1,000 to win WISSOTA Super Stocks full program
$1,000 to win WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds full program
$250 to win WISSOTA Pure Stocks full program
$250 to win WISSOTA Hornets full program
And... $10,000 to win WISSOTA Modifieds (b-mains and 50-lap feature)

Raindate: Sunday, July 3rd

As we mentioned last week, we will NOT have practice on Thursday, June 30th so that everyone can go support the rescheduled Farm Stock Special that night at the ABC Raceway in Ashland.

Passing points will be used in all divisions all weekend.

Modifieds - pre-entry is now open by contacting Chris at (715) 497-8916 with your credit card prior to June 26th to save $50 on your entry.

No pre-entry necessary in any other class.

Reserved pit spots are now available as well by contacting Chris at (715) 497-8916. We anticipate this event to sell out in the main pit area, so if you wish to reserve a spot, please do so asap.

Reserved seating and VIP suite reservations are now available as well by contacting Chris at the number above.

For fans not able to be at the track in person, both nights will be livestreamed on PayPerView at www.WatchFYE.tv.
 
We hope to see everyone in Superior on July 1st and 2nd.

ANDERSON BURDICK FROEMMING BERNICK AND JOHNSTON TAME BORDER BATTLE FEATURES ON NIGHT TWO

By Jerry O'Brien (7-3-21) Superior, WI

     The two day fifth annual Border Battle finished it's run on Saturday July 3rd at Gondik Law Speedway on a day that was hotter than hades with temperatures hovering around the 90 degree mark. The only saving grace was a light breeze and humidity in the 30% range.
     It was to be another full show with the same five WISSOTA Divisions. Unfortunately, things didn't work out as well as the previous night with a smaller car count at 95 cars. 
     Qualifying heats began the night. Only one division had enough cars to have four heats and a B Feature and that was the Midwest Modifieds with a total of 31 entries. In the WISSOTA Modifieds Jody Bellefeuille furthered his chances of winning the $2500 bonus posted if he was able to sweep both nights. He won his heat as did Corey Jones and Jeremy Nelson. Shane Sabraski and Kevin Burdick won Super Stock heats and Sabraski was in line for a bonus if he w as able to sweep the division as he had the night before. In the Midwest Modified division James Vendela, Travis Schulte, Zach Benson and Brennan Gave  won heats and Ashley Mehrwerth topped the B Feature. Only six Pure Stocks stayed for the second day. Only one heat was needed and Tom Treviranus won that. There were two heats in the Hornet division won by Mac Hohnston and Matt Dittman. 
     With all the heats plus the lone B Feature completed, it was intermission time. Some track work was done to keep the surface in good shape. Right after that the first of five feature races rolled onto the speedway. It was the 15 lap WISSOTA Pure Stock main event with Tom Treviranus on the pole and the previous night's winner Aaron Bernick on the outside. To make a long story short, the race went green to checkers and Bernick led every one of them for the sweep and the second feature win of his career. Treviranus stayed in second place while there was some trading places behind the leaders nothing threatened them until the last three laps. Cory Jorgensen and Dylan Shelton moved up to finish second and third. 
     The 25 lap feature for the Midwest Modifieds was up next. Zach Benson and James Vendela were the front row followed by the previous night's winner Travis Schulte and Brennan Gave. Benson led the first lap but Vendela got by and led a couple before Benson took back he lead. While the leaders were swapping positions, Justin Froemming was in third and Schulte was fourth. Benson kept a lock on the lead with Froemming keeping pace in second. Moving forward from his tenth starting spot was Corey Mehrwerth . Little changed for a few laps until the caution flag flew with 13 to go for car spun out in turns one and two. It was Cody Borgeson who was out. The restart saw Schulte take the point from Benson but the caution reappeared quickly for the car of Tanner Gehl. Gehl also left the race. Still with 13 to go, yet another caution flag appeared for a multi car tangle at the bottom of the turn four exit. Caught up in the incident were Tyler Kintner,
Brennan Gave, Jack Rivord and Justin Bassa. The incident was charged to the leader Benson who was put to the rear. With Benson's exit to the rear Froemming assumed the lead and it seemed the #33 was in control. He did have some competition from Schulte who actually led a lap before Froemming reassumed control and went on to take the win. Schulte was second, Ashle Mehrwerth third, Jason VandeKamp fourth and Kintner fifth. Mehrwerth was the hard charger landing in third from 17th. VandeKamp was also a candidate making it up from
18th to fourth. Another who had strong run was Kennedy Swan who started 20th and ended up seventh.
     Next on the schedule was the showcased division the WISSOTA Modifieds who lined up for their 30 lap feature. An interesting occurrence, the front row was made up of the winner of the previous night's feature and, on the outside the man who chased him all night in vain. At the green Bellefeuille moved from the pole to the lead while Anderson was second. Jeremy Nelson was third and Corey Jones
fourth ahead of Shane Sabraski. A couple laps in Jeremy Nelson actually nosed ahead of Bellefeuille briefly to lead a lap. Bellefeuille was strong but Anderson was determined to go after him if only he could get rid of the pesky Nelson. Speaking of Nelson, anothr one was back on his home turf, Darrell Nelson was in the mix and camped out in fourth for several laps in the early part of the non stopped event. Anderson spent that same first part of the race trying to get past Jeremy Nelson, finally did it and pressured Bellefeuille until he was able to make the pass for the lead which he never relinquished going on to take the win. Nelson fell back into a battle with Darrell Nelson and they swapped spots. Anderson got his revenge on Bellefeuille with Darrell Nelson, Brandon Copp and Jeremy Nelson in the top five in that order. The Hard Charger of the event was Johnny Broking with a plus 12.       
Next to roll out was the 25 lap Super Stock feature. Shane Sabraski was on the pole and looking to take a win but his front row mate Kevin Burdick had other thoughts. Sabraski led the first couple of trips around before Burdick got it together and took over the point. The first caution flag came quickly with 22 laps remaining. Burdick maintained the lead at the restart and the pair never gave up on the battle. There were some changes deeper in the field as Dylan Nelson, Kyle Copp, Scott Lawrence, Dexton Koch, Willie Jonsen, Jr and others put on a show further back in the field. One more caution period slowed the action with a dozen circuits remaining. When racing resumed, Burdick maintained the lead followed by Sabraski, Nelson, Lawrence and Copp in the top five. Burdick extended his lead over Sabraski who then lost second to Nelson. Copp held fourth, Lawrence held in fifth, Dylan Kromschroeder was sixth, Koch was seventh, Nick Jacobson eighth, Willie Jonsen, Jr ninth and Jake Fromke rounded out the top ten.


BELLEFEIUILE BLITZES BORDER BATTLE MODIFIED MAIN

By Jerry O'Brien (7-2-21) Superior, WI

     The 2021 Border Battle was the fifth edition, this year featuring the WISSOTA Modifieds as the top class of the five scheduled. Other divisions include WISSOTA Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Hornets.
     Opening night was the first of two sweltering early July nights. A strong crowd was on hand to watch the five divisions which brought a total of 119 cars led by 35 Midwest Modifieds. Also in competition were 28 WISSOTA Modifieds, 24 Super Stocks, a dozen Pure Stocks and a nice count of 20 Hornets.
     A total of twenty-two races including three B Features were necessary to fill out 24 car fields, where possible. Qualifying heats began with a pair for the Pure Stocks. The first was won by former track and WISSOTA National champion Cory Jorgesen. The second went to first time racer at the speedway Margo Butcher. Also a pair of Hornet heats won by DeJay Jarecki and A. J. House who stepped back into a Hornet after moving to the Pure Stocks. There were four heat races to accommodate the larger than usual turnout. They were won by Jack Rivord, Justin Froemming, Ryan Savoy and Nick Ayotte. The pair of B Features for the Midwest Modifieds went to Jason VandeKamp and Ashley Mehrwerth. Scott Lawrence, Kevin Burdick and Shane Sabraski were the Super Stock heat winners. In the Modified division heats went to Ashley Anderson, Skeeter Estey and Jody Bellefeuille while the single B Feature was won by Bob Broking.
     After a short intermission the program commenced with the feature for the Pure Stocks. The heat winners Jorgensen and Butcher shared the front row for the 15 lap event. Eleven of the twelve cars started the race. At the green Jorgensen grabbed the lead, but Butcher came right back and took over the lead which she held for a number of laps while fending off Jorgensen and Aaron Bernick. Mike Schnider joined the front four for a while but slowly lost touch of the front three. As the race progressed, Bernick began a push that took him first past Jorgensen, then Butcher as he took the lead. He continued to hold onto the lead until he had something he had been chasing for years, his first ever feature win. Jorgensen was second, Schnider got past Butcher for third and Tim Carlson who had just returned to competition after a five year absence, finished fifth.
     Next the 25 lap Midwest Modified feature was on tap. This one turned out to be an entertaining one featuring four lead changes, four caution flags and a surprise winner. From the beginning, outside pole sitter Nick Ayotte took the lead chased by Justin Froemming, Corey Storck, Zach Benson, and Brady Uotinen amongst others. There was a caution flag for a tangle in turn four that put out Ryan Savoy. Uotin was on the move and was in third place when there was another caution in turn four this time for a tangle that left Wyatt Boyum riding to the pits on the Rollback. The restart saw Uotinen surge to the front despite another caution flag for Ayotte who'c car dropped fluid in turn one and two. Uotinen continued in the lead with Benson leading the pack in chase. A fourth caution slowed the action but Uotinen continued at the point on the restart. The caution came with 10 laps remaining. Benson made his move and took the lead as Uotinen lost ground to
Froemming and Travis Schulte who had started ninth an had quietly moved into contention. Benson looked to have the race locked up but had not counted on Schulte who obvously had something left as he ran down Benson and out dragged him to the checkered flag by a small margin. Froemming, Uotinen and Jason VandeKamp who had come from 17th to fifth. VandeKamp was the winner of the Hard Charger award with a plus 12.
     The WISSOTA Modifieds, the featured division, rolled onto the speedway for their 30 lap main event. Heat winners Jody Bellefeuille and Skeeter Estey made up the front row. At the green it was Bellefeuille who surged to the lead, survived a pair of caution flags near the half way mark and went on to lead every lap for the sweep. What made the race for the win was the fact that one of the hottest racers in
the area Ashley Anderson was chasing him and had several looks in an effort to make the pass.  Also in contention were Mike Anderson, Shane Sabraski and Jeremy Nelson. Bellefeuille pulled away in the waning laps as Anderson's last attempt to take the win failed. Sabraski got past Mike Anderson for third and Nelson finished fifth. 
     Next up was the 25 lap Super Stock 25 lap feature and it turned out to be a really rough one featuring seven caution flags and a stirring battle between front row starters Kevin Burdick and Scott Lawrence. First Burdick led in the early laps, then Lawrence for the next few before giving way to Shane Sabraski. In close proximity to the lead battle another one raged between Dave Flynn, Dylan Nelson, DJ Keeler. They were joined later by Kyle Copp and Andrew Mackey. Sabraski went on to survive all the caution periods and take the win. Lawrence got past Burdick at the end for second and Flynn passed Burdick into third. Nelson finished fifth. It was Sabraski's 14th feature win of the 2021 season.
    With the Super Stock feature in the books, the first night of the Border Battle finished with 15 laps for the Hornets. Newcomer Matt Dittman grabbed the lead from the outside of the front row. DeJay Jarecki slipped through from the third starting spot to second. Jarecki soon disposed of Dittman while A. J. House made his way to second. House then spent the rest of the event trying to chase down Jarecki who went on to take the win in an event that went green to checkereds without a caution flag. 


Fourth Annual Lake Superior Border Battle Wraps Up

1The annual Border Battle presented by FYE Motorsports at the Gondik Law Speedway wrapped up Saturday July fourth with competition in six WISSOTA divisions.

Besides the purse money, there was some bonus money at stake, the most prominent being an extra $1,000 if any competitor could win their respective feature events all three days. Only Shane Sabraski in the WISSOTA Super Stocks and Cory Jorgensen in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks had a chance at that bonus money going into the final night of competition. Each had won their respective features the first two nights.

Racing began, as always, with qualifying heat races in all classes followed by a air of B Features in the Midwest Modifieds and Modifieds.

After some track preparation during intermission, it was time for the first of six features starting with 15 laps for the WISSOTA Pure Stocks. Corey Jorgensen started on the outside of the front row and jumped to the lead followed by pole sitter Aaron Bernick. Moving to third was Jeremy Cash behind the wheel of the 3m car that had been piloted by McLean Andrews. Trevor Treviranus, Mike Schnider made up the top five with James Vendela and Tanner Gehl next in line.. The caution flag flew for Treviranus who spun in turn four. At the green flag, Jorgensen maintained his lead over Bernick and Vendela worked his way past Cash to third. That order up front remained the same for several laps as Treviranus made his way back up to fourth. Vendela got past Bernick to second and closed in on Jorgensen and, with the end in sight, Vendela made the pass on Jorgensen for the lead and the win.

Next was another 15 lap feature, this time for the WISSOTA Mod Fours. At the start Robert Holtquist and Tyler Larson battled for the lead running the first three laps side by side with no clear leader until the battle was broken up by a caution flag flew when Trevor Voss spun at the bottom of turn two. The restart came with 12 laps remaining and it appeared that Larson got the better jump, but that good start went by the board when Jordan Fischer spun in nearly the same spot in turn two for caution flag number two. The restart came with still a dozen laps to go and this time Larson made it stick and took the lead over Holtquist. Dustin Holtquist ran third with Justin Pogones fourth
and Justin Hammann fifth. Things settled down and the order stayed the same to the checkered flag as Robert Holtquist secured his first win.

Third on the program was a 20 lap WISSOTA Midwest Modified main event which got off to a rough start. At the green flag outside pole sitter Randy Laage took the EZ1 to the lead, but, at the rear of the 25 car field a mele’ occurred involving four cars from the first B Feature including winner Cody Carlson, Ryan Gerike, Justin Jones and promoters choice Nick Ayotte. Jones and Carlson too badly damaged to continue. The restart came with no laps complete and Laage again took the lead followed by Austi Ellis, Jason VandeKamp, Zach Benson and Andrew In,an. Two laps later VandeKamp
got past Benson, then took the lead from Laage. VandeKamp stayed out front to take the win for his second feature of the Border Battle. Benson got by Laage for second, Jack Rivord moved up from eighth to finish fourth and Brandon Mehrwerth rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Modifieds were set for 30 laps of competition and Jody Bellefeuille shot out into the lead from the pole with Neil Balduc in hot pursuit. Shane Sabraski, Mike Anderson and Dan Kingsley in the front pack. Sabraski soon slipped into second past Balduc, Kingsley was fourth and Brandon Copp moved into the top five. Sabraski moved forward toward Bellefeuille with Balduc third. Copp got past Anderson to third as Greg Chesley joined the leaders as did Clayton Wageman. With 18 laps remaining,
Sabraski caught and passed Bellefeuille for the lead. Bellefeuille was able to maintain second until there were five laps to go when Copp got past to finish second and Mike Anderson also got past to third. Wageman who came from 16th finished fifth. Tenth starting Dave Cain finished sixth, Johnny Broking started 15th and finished 7th, Dan Ebert came all the way from 22nd to 8th, Chesley was 9th and Cole Spacek finished tenth.

It was the second time in three days that the 30 lap Modified Main was completed without a caution flag, in fact, in the 90 laps of Modified action over the three days there was only one caution flag.

The 25 lap Super Stock feature was the last chance for Shane Sabraski to win the $1,000 bonus for any driver who could win three features in one division over the course of the Border Battle. As fate would have it, the front row had Sabraski on the pole and Kevin Burdick on the outside. At the green flag Sabraski took the lead with Burdick right on his tail. Andy Grymala, Ashley Anderson driving Wayne Dean’s number 17, Dexton Koch and Scott Lawrence were in the mix. Burdick won the early skirmish for the lead as Sabraski pulled up and they went side by side for a lap before Burdick secured the lead. Koch moved to third as the race continued without a caution flag. Anderson and Grymala were in the top five as others made their presence felt as the players in the second half of the field began to change. Curt Myers, Jim Campbell, Don Eischens, Doug Koski and DJ Keeler were in the mix. The only caution flag occurred for an incident involving Sabaraski who recorded a DNF. Burdick led the field to the green for the final laps with Koch now second. Burdick went on to take the win, his second feature at the speedway. Koch, Anderson, Myers, and Campbell were the top five. Grymala, Lawrence, Eischens, Tristan LaBarge and DJ Keeler finished out the top ten.

The 2020 Lake Superior Border Battle ended with a ten lap feature for the Hornets who’s number had dwindled over the three days from 19 to just six. Brennan Schmidt completed the sweep as he won the heat and led Hunter McDougall for nearly the entire race until Jase Wiarda took over second. McDougall, Carter Rieland and Patrick Passari were the finishing order.


Bahr, Nelson and Sabraski Top Border Battle Day Two

1Though there were nearly the same number of cars in competition on the second day of the annual Lake Superior Border Battle, the composition changed slightly as the Midwest Modifieds increased to 38 and the Modifieds increased to 39.

After qualifying heats and B Features that set the lineups for the  feature events were completed, the first of six races took to the speedway.

It was 15 laps for the WISSOTA pure Stocks. At the green flag outside pole sitter Dusty Caspers took the lead with Aaron Bernick, James Vendela along with Cory Jorgensen giving chase. Caspers held onto the lead until there were two laps left. He had opened up a long lead, but the absence of caution flags allowed the three chasers to cut into the lead and finally close up to within striking distance. With three laps left, Vendela suddenly encountered trouble and was forced to pull out. Jorgensen took advantage of
his mishap, pulled up on Caspers and got by with two laps remaining for the back to back win. Caspers, Bernick, Trevor Treviranus and Jared Akervik finished in the top five.

The first six laps of the 20 lap Midwest Modified feature were taken up by four of the six incidents in a caution filled event. Pole sitter Tony Bahr took the lead at the initial green flag with Aaron Blacklance, Jimmy Latvala, Mark Froehlich, Andrew Inman and Scott Splitstosser all in contention. Mike Widmann spun in turn four on the second lap. Bahr continued in the lead with Latvala taking second. Two laps later Froehlich spun collecting Blacklance. Froehlich was charged and sent to the rear. Bahr continued in the
lead and this time Inman was second ahead of Latvala, Corey Storck and Blacklance. Another two laps were completed when Mark Kangas found the first turn wall bringing out the third caution flag. The next caution flag flew on the restart when Brady Uotinen and Justin Jones clashed in turn two. The incident was charged to Uotinen. With 14 laps still remaining, racing resumed with Bahr still on top. The next caution flag would not appear for another 11 circuits, so Latvala. Storck, Ryan Gierke, Splitstosser and Blacklance continued to chased Bahr. Things settled down after the fourth caution flag, while on the move was Skeeter Estey up from 12th to sixth.

Latvala maintained second for several laps until Inman got past to second. Also making a charge was Cody Carlson from 19th to ninth. The fifth caution flag flew when Latvala spun in turn one and was hit by Gierke. Both were able to drive away and the incident was charged to Storck. Bahr was still strong at the restart and maintained the point, but the caution flag flew for the sixth and final time when Gierke spun in turn four. Bahr was able to lead the entire race despite the stoppages for the win. Estey finished second from 12th and Latvala survived to finish third. Inman and Splitstosser rounded out the
top five. Carlson’s run toward the front ended with an eithth place finish.

The 30 lap Modified feature featured a pair of local veterans on the front row. Darrell Nelson was the pole sitter while Al Uotinen started to his outside. Nelson grabbed the lead as Uotinen fell in behind. Dave Cain, Greg Chesley, Ashley Anderson and Brandon Copp, Ryan Gierke and Bob Broking were in the pack. While Nelson had a strong run in the lead, behind him there was a lot of maneuvering for positions. Cain soon took second and Anderson made his way to third. Uotionen fell into a battle with Chesley
while Copp, Gierke, Johnny Broking, Danny Vang and Shane Sabraski battled toward the front. It settled down with Nelson leading Cain, Anderson, Chesley and Uotinen in the front five. With 20 of the 30 laps complete, the only caution flag of the event flew for Jeff Tardy. Nelson continued his strangle hold on the lead chased by Cain. Bunching the field for the caution restart gave others a chance at advancement. Moving forward was Sabraski looking for another win, Dan Ebert from 17th and Mike Anderson from 16th. Sabraski ended up third, Ebert fourth and Ashley Anderson fifth.

It was Nelson’s first win in the Modified since 2018 when he won at the Northern Nationals.

Don Eischens started on the pole for the Super Stock 20 lap feature with Shane Sabraski on the outside. There was a caution flag on the first lap fro Kevin Salin who ended up resting along the wall in turns one and two. The restart saw Eischens held off Sabraski on the restart with Kevin Burdick third. Another quick caution flag appeared when Jamie Reberg hit the first turn wall.  With one lap in, this time Sabraski took the lead with Burdick slipping past Eischens to second and Scott Lawrence to fourth. Curt Myers moved to sixth ahead of Doug Koski, Tristan LaBarge, Kyle Copp and Jim Campbell. Once Sabraski was in the lead the order seemed to settle down with no one in the top four moving. Andy Grymala got by Koski and pulled in behind Myers in fifth. Al the laps wound down, Lawrence got past Eischens to third. Caution number three flew for a Nick Jacobson spin which bunched the field. The restart came with five laps to go but it didn’t hold when there as a five car pileup in the first turn. The caution was charged to LaBarge. Sabraski continued to lead as Lawrence got by Burdick for second. The final caution flag flew for a Myers spin and the restart came with a white/green flag, a one lap dash to the finish. Sabraski sealed the win, Burdick got back by Lawrence for second, Campbell was fourth and Eischens hung on for fifth.

At this point, Sabraski needs to win on the fourth of July and he will receive the bonus for winning all three days.

Justin Pagones led the entire way to capture the Mod Four 15 lap feature. He survived two caution flags, one for a Tyler Larson spin in turn two and one for Jordan Fischer. Pagones held off Blake Erickson for the win. Robert Holdquist was third, Dustin Holdquist fourth and Larson rounding out the top five.

Brennan Schmidt held off a charging Dannie Burkholder to win the 12 lap Hornet main event. Carter Rieland, Kristy Marken and AJ House were top five finishers.


Vandy Victorious on Night One of Border Battle

1A sweltering hot day with temperatures nearly in the 90’s. The fourth annual Lake Superior Border Battle commenced with the first of three full shows culminating on the Fourth of July.

A total of 128 cars in the six WISSOTA divisions were on hand including 14 Mod Fours which had not raced here since 2002. Topping the car count were the Midwest Modifieds with 36 followed by the headlining WISSOTA Modifieds with a total of 33.

Qualifying heats as well as four Semi-Features, two each in the Midwest Modifieds and Modifieds were completed and it was on to the main events.

Cory Storck and Brandon Mehrwerth led the full field of two dozen cars to the green flag with Mehrwerth taking the lead. Following were Jason VandeKamp and Mark Kangas. With one lap completed, Brady Uotinen and Wyatt Boyum tangled in turn one. Also caught up in the incident was Cody Carlson. Uotinen and Carlson were out. At the restart Mehrweth retained the lead over Storck, VandeKamp and Scott Splittstosser. Mehrwerth stayed out front as Kangas moved to second, VandeKamp third, Storck fourth while Jack Rivord, Justin Jones and Splittstosser battled for fifth. The top three, Mehrwerth, Kangas and VandeKamp stayed the same while Storck was fourth and Jones won out for fifth. There was a caution flag with four laps remaining and, on the restart, Jones went to third, Storck was in fourth and Rivord got past Kangas for fifth. With two laps left, VandeKamp swept past Mehrwerth to the lead and pulled away for his third win of the season here. Mehrwerth, Jones, Storck and Rivord finished in the top five.

James Vendela had the point for the 15 lap Pure Stock feature but Dusty Caspers grabbed it away on the first lap. Vendela, Aaron Bernick, Cory Jorgensen and Trevor Treviranus followed. Bernick shot past the leaders and raced out front and pulled away. Caspers ran second and Jorgensen moved up to third. Jorgensen got by Caspers for second and began to track down Bernick, caught him on the final lap and took the win, number four for him. Bernick, Treviranus, Caspers and Vendela were in the top five.

Tyler Larson swept the Mod Fours with wins in the second heat and the 15 lap feature. Blake Erickson won the other heat. Robert Holtquist started from the pole and led the first lap. A caution flag slowed the action before another lap could be completed. The restart saw Tyler Larson take over the point where he stayed through three more caution flags taking the first Mod Four feature win since 2002. Sixth starting Tommy Bawden finished second, Holtquist third, Gerrald Nohner fourth and Erickson fifth.

The featured WISSOTA Modifieds brought a full 24 car field to the green flag and Pole sitter Ashley Anderson led the first circuit. Adam Ayotte then took over and led the next seven laps until Anderson went back in front. Quickly moving into contention were Dan Ebert, Jody Bellefeuille, Johnny Broking and Al Uotinen. Two laps before half way of the 30 lap feature, Broking took the lead only to lose it to Anderson the next time by. Ebert was third, Bellefeuille fourth and Uotinen fifth. Anderson stayed in front while 11th starting Shane Sabraski got past Uotinen into the top five. With five laps remaining, Broking again made the pass for the lead and this time made it stick. Anderson began to fade as first Ebert, then Bellefeuille got past. Sabraski suffered a rare DNF, the only starter not to finish, leaving fifth to Uotinen at the checkered flag. The win marked back to back features at GLS for Johnny Broking. In a rare occurrence, the 30 lap main was completed without a single caution period.

Track and WISSOTA National champion Kevin Burdick started from the pole in the 25 lap Super Stock feature. He led the first two laps until frequent visitor Dexton Koch took the lead for two more laps. Sabraski stared fourth in the Super Stock feature and wasted little time taking over out front. In hot pursuit but not making much headway was Burdick, Koch, Willie Johnsen, Scott Lawrence and Kyle Copp. The first caution flag flew with 13 laps to go marking 43 consecutive feature laps without a slowdown. The caution was for the staled car of Rita Anderson in the first turn. The caution flag served to bunch up the field behind Sabraski, but to no avail s he was able to pull away from the pack at the restart. Burdick tried to track him down but was unable to get close enough as Sabraski was too strong. Sabraski recorded his sixth feature win in the Super Stocks at Gondik Law Speedway. Burdick, Koch, Johnsen and Lawrence were the top five. Don Eishens came from 13th to finish just outside the front five in sixth. Tristan LaBarge, Doug Koski, Jim Gullikson and Andy Grymala rounded out the top ten.

The final feature of night one of the Lake Superior Border Battle was 15 laps for the WISSOTA Hornets. Corey Mehrwerth started in sixth and made his way to the lead after a battle with AJ House, DeJay Jarecki, Kyle House, Kristy Marken and Derek Ament. Fifth starting Brennan Schmidt AJ House, Carter Reiland and Jarecki ended up in the top five in an event that only saw two caution flags. Hornet heats went to AJ House ahead of cousin Kyle House and Carter Reiland won the second heat ahead of eventual feature winner Corey Mehrwerth.


4th Annual Great Lake Border Battle Sees Several Changes
Late Models Removed From Weekend Schedule
Modifieds Now Racing For $1,500, $2,000 & $2,500
WISSOTA Mod Fours Added All Three Nights

The 4th running of the Great Lakes Border Battle fueled by Superior Fuel Company, scheduled for July 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2020 at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin is undergoing several event changes leading up to the 4th of July holiday weekend. 

The first of three event changes will see the WISSOTA Late Models removed from the schedule on Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July 4th. Event promoter Chris Stepan said ‘with Cedar Lake adding the World of Outlaws on both nights of their WoO event and with Mississippi Thunder having a pair of Dirt Kings events those nights now as well, we are going to be a good neighbor and release our Late Models so that all three events aren’t fighting over the same drivers and so that all of the events can be successful. I reached out to approximately 50 local Late Model drivers this week and it was pretty apparent that all three events were going to be targeting the same core group of drivers, so instead of each of us having a dozen cars, we decided to bow out and let the drivers go to another event if they choose.’ 

Stepan went on to say ‘when the event started back in 2016, the Border Battle started off as a Modified event, and we added Late Models to it in 2017 because they had nowhere else to run that weekend, but now that they do, we have decided to go back to the event’s roots and focus on the Modifieds once again this year.’

The second change that the event will see is that the Modifieds will now be racing for increased payouts each night as some additional sponsors have been secured to make Friday night’s event now pay $2,000 to win and Saturday’s finale will now pay $2,500 to win. Broking Transport will give a $500 bonus to Friday night’s winner to make Friday’s winners pay $2,000 and between Dalbeck Logging and Dirt Race Central’s $500 contributions each, Saturday’s event will see a $2,500 to win payday!

And the third event change will see the WISSOTA Mod Fours added to the event for all three nights of action. Discussions with the Mod Four drivers have been ongoing for several weeks and details have just recently been worked out to add the division to the event, paying $350 to win each night. Mod Four drivers have been asking to run at Gondik Law for several years now, so the decision was made to add them to the event all three nights. The Superior Sweep Bonus will be in effect for the Mod Four division as well, meaning if any driver is able to win all three nights, he or she will take home an extra $350 for sweeping the weekend.

Finally, as a reminder, the city of Superior Fireworks display will be held at the fairgrounds on Saturday night, July 4th, so fans should plan on coming to the track to see some outstanding racing action and stay for the fireworks display as well.

To recap:

Modifieds will be racing for $1,500 to win on Thursday night, $2,000 to win on Friday night and $2,500 to win on Saturday night and if the same driver were to win all three nights, he or she will take home an additional $1,500 for sweeping the weekend.

Super Stocks will be racing for $1,000 each of the three nights with a $1,000 weekend sweep bonus on the line.

Midwest Modifieds will be racing for $1,000 to win each of the three nights (including the M&B Services $250 winner's bonus nightly and the additional $100 for second each night) with a $750 weekend sweep bonus.

Mod Fours will be racing for $350 to win each of the three nights with a $350 sweep bonus.

Pure Stocks will be racing for $250 to win each night with a $250 sweep bonus.

Hornets will be racing for $150 to win each night with a $150 sweep bonus as well.

Reserved seating and pit stalls are currently on sale for the weekend by calling Chris at (715) 715-8916. Reserved camping is also now available by clicking www.GondikLawSpeedway.com.

For more event information, please visit www.FYEMotorsports.com. We look forward to seeing everyone in Superior on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th.


4th annual Great Lakes Border Battle Expands to 3-day event
Superior Fuel Sweep Bonuses Added

The running of the Great Lakes Border Battle fueled By Superior Fuel, - a traditional July 4th holiday weekend event held at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin - is entering its 4th year and will expand from its normal 2-day event to a three separate show mega-weekend at the Northern Wisconsin speed plant.
Event promoter Chris Stepan said ‘the Border Battle has been a very popular event over the past three years and we wanted to continue to ensure that Gondik Law Speedway is THE place to be on the 4th of July holiday weekend by expanding the weekend to a three day event, giving fans and racers an extra day to compete. Since several other area tracks are unable to open yet, FYE Motorsports wanted to give drivers and fans from those areas the chance to come out and be a part of a big event close to home.’

The event will feature a complete program of WISSOTA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and Hornets each of the three nights, PLUS the WISSOTA Late Models will join the action for a pair of events on Friday and Saturday nights.

In addition to big money and bragging rights, event title sponsor Superior Fuel is offering up a weekend Sweep Bonus to any driver who wins his or her feature all three nights in the same division. If that happens, that driver will pick up a bonus equal to the amount of a night’s feature win. For example, if the same Modified driver wins all three nights, he or she will pick up a $1,500 bonus. Super Stock drivers will be racing for an extra $1,000 sweep bonus; Midwest Mod pilots for a bonus of $750; Pure Stockers for an additional $250 bonus and Hornet racers are looking at an additional $150 sweep bonus. Additionally, if the same Late Model driver wins both nights, he will pick up an extra $1,000 for his efforts. All three nights must be completed in full for bonuses to be in effect.

Practice will be held from 6pm-9pm on Wednesday night and racing action will take place at 7pm nightly with pit gates opening at 4pm and grandstand gates opening at 5.

Thanks to our great 2020 sponsors including: Accurate Auto Repair, AJ’s Complete Automotive, Boston Trucking, Budweiser, Campbell Lumber & Supply, Champs Sports Bar & Grill, Charissa Myers – Jenkins Realty, Chaschuk Enterprises, Collins Brothers Towing of St. Cloud, Dirt Race Central, Extreme Auto & Gas, Foot & Ankle Clinics, FYE Motorsports Promotions, GRP Motorsports, G-Style Transport, JigE Signs, Jimmoe.com, Joe Provo Racewear, MB Customs Race Cars, M&B Services, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Minnesota Truck Headquarters, Northern Fitness Solutions, Olsen Custom Farms, Red Headed Rebel Brew, RHRSwag.com, Riivet, RockAuto.com, S&S Fishing & Rental, Sabre Plumbing & Heating, Schill Construction, ServPro Fire & Water Cleanup & Restoration, Shaw Trucking, Southworth Chevrolet, St Cloud Auto Wrecking, Superior Fuel, ThermoSeal Insulation, Total Ag Solutions, Village Lanes, WatchFYE.tv, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, West Metro Buick GMC and Winning Edge Graphics.

Schedule of Events
Wednesday, July 1st
Practice 6p-9p
Thursday, July 2nd
WISSOTA Modifieds - $1,500 to win
WISSOTA Super Stocks - $1,000 to win
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds - $750 to win
WISSOTA Pure Stocks - $250 to win
WISSOTA Hornets - $150 to win
Friday, July 3rd
WISSOTA Late Models - $2,000 to win
WISSOTA Modifieds - $1,500 to win
WISSOTA Super Stocks - $1,000 to win
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds - $750 to win
WISSOTA Pure Stocks - $250 to win
WISSOTA Hornets - $150 to win
Saturday, July 4th
WISSOTA Late Models - $2,000 to win
WISSOTA Modifieds - $1,500 to win
WISSOTA Super Stocks - $1,000 to win
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds - $750 to win
WISSOTA Pure Stocks - $250 to win
WISSOTA Hornets - $150 to win
Visit www.FYEMotorsports.com for times, ticket prices and additional information.
We hope to see you at the Gondik Law Speedway for this year’s Great Lakes Border Battle!


Ebert Earns Biggest Career Payday At Border Battle

1The 3rd running of the Great Lakes Border Battle driven by G-Style Transport weekend opened up on Saturday, June 29th with an event record car count and jammed crowd, who collectively witnessed a thrilling five division program, which saw Dan Ebert race to his biggest career payday in the Modified division; Darrell Nelson and Skeeter Estey pick up their second straight Border Battle titles in the Late Models and Midwest Modifieds respectively; Jake Smith win the Hornet main event and Jared Akervik race to his first ever feature win in the Pure Stocks.

After preliminary action was in the books, the Pure Stock main was up first and Trevor Treviranus took the lead early from the second row and lead much of the event with Jared Akervik and Cory Jorgensen giving chase. Akervik was able to sneak by into the top spot with just a few circuits remaining and was able to hold on to the top spot, racing to his first career feature win in the process with Treviranus, Jorgensen, Dylan Shelton and James Vendela rounding out the top five.

The Midwest Modifieds were up next with Brandon Copp and Skeeter Estey pacing the field to the green. Estey got out front early and lead every lap of the main, but not without pressure from Copp and Justin Froemming, who were in a very spirited battle for the runner up spot. Estey continued to lead with Copp, Froemming and Dalbeck swapping the second spot over and over until the final lap, when Froemming spun as the field entered turn one, collecting Dalbeck and necessitating a 1 lap shootout for the $1,500 payday. Estey went on to get the victory, with 17th starting Jason VandeKamp rallying for an impressive second place finish over Copp, Dalbeck and 19th starting Tommy Richards.

The Late Model main event saw Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Jimmy Mars take the lead on the opening lap from the third starting position and drive away from a brewing battle for second between Pat Doar, John Kaanta, Jake Redetzke, Deven VanHouse and Darrell Nelson. The race ran non stop with Mars setting the pace, while VanHouse and Doar raced side by side for second with Nelson coming from the fourth row to join the battle. Darrell was able to get by both Doar and VanHouse into the runner up spot and then began to track down Mars in lapped traffic. Nelson closed the gap and began to pressure Mars for the lead before he was able to race by into the lead and stretch his advantage for the $2,000 payday. Mars held strong for second with VanHouse edging Doar for third. 13th starting Rick Hanestad rounded out the top five.

The $3,000 to win Modified main event was up next with Dan Ebert and Danny Vang sharing the front row of the 27-car starting field. Ebert took the lead from the start and never looked back en route to the biggest payday of his successful career. Mike Anderson and Vang staged a good battle for the runner up spot for several laps with Don Eischens in tow. 15th staring Johnny Broking and 16th starting Shane Sabraski were moving through traffic and were in a battle with Dave Cain for a top five spot as the laps wound down. Ebert went on to win by 1.5 seconds over Anderson, who held off hard charging Broking and Sabraski for third. Cain rounded out the top five.

The Hornet feature wrapped up the opening night of the Great Lakes Border Battle and national point leader Jake Smith, who earned the most passing points in heat race action, started on the pole and lead wire to wire for his 14th feature win of the 2019 season. Nate Servaty and Grayson Pratt raced side by side for the runner up spot throughout the entire 15 lap race with Servaty coming home with a runner up finish and Pratt rounding out the podium in third. Paul Ripley and Tyler Schramm were the rest of the top five.

For more information regarding the Great Lakes Border Battle, please log on to FYEMotorsports.com.

Results
Modifieds

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert, [1]; 2. 57-Mike Anderson, [5]; 3. 45J-Johnny Broking, [15]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski, [16]; 5. 2C-Dave Cain, [10]; 6. 47-Danny Vang, [2]; 7. 44-Darrell Nelson, [6]; 8. 4(N)-Jeremy Nelson, [14]; 9. 9E-Don Eischens, [4]; 10. 81-Ashley Anderson, [12]; 11. 11-Jody Bellefeuille, [19]; 12. 05-Jake Hartung, [13]; 13. 18A-Landon Atkinson, [3]; 14. 10W-Ward Imrie, [8]; 15. 22T-Michael Truscott, [24]; 16. 22E-Kevin Eder, [7]; 17. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek, [17]; 18. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, [22]; 19. 4X-Steve Stuart, [9]; 20. 99-Neil Balduc, [18]; 21. 37-Kelly Estey, [20]; 22. 32-Pat Cook, [21]; 23. 5G-Scott Greer, [11]; 24. (DNF) 9-Rodney Sanders, [25]; 25. (DNF) 17-Deven VanHouse, [26]; 26. (DNF) 30-Matt Leer, [23]; 27. (DNF) 98-Al Uotinen, [27]

Semi Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek, [1]; 2. 11-Jody Bellefeuille, [2]; 3. 32-Pat Cook, [4]; 4. 30-Matt Leer, [7]; 5. 9-Rodney Sanders, [6]; 6. 11B-Joey Jensen, [3]; 7. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, [11]; 8. 73-Andy Jones, [8]; 9. 45-Bob Broking, [17]; 10. 15S-Wade Skindelien, [13]; 11. 21-Jake Smith, [9]; 12. 54L-Jayme Lautigar, [10]; 13. 98-Al Uotinen, [14]; 14. 96-Taton Hansen, [16]; 15. 13-Kyle Oman, [15]; 16. 122-Cole Spacek, [12]; 17. (DNF) 46H-Ken Hron, [5]

Semi Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 99-Neil Balduc, [1]; 2. 37-Kelly Estey, [3]; 3. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, [8]; 4. 22T-Michael Truscott, [2]; 5. 17-Deven VanHouse, [7]; 6. 224-Cody Wolkowski, [9]; 7. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, [6]; 8. R1-Jay Richardson, [4]; 9. 50-Brady Caul, [12]; 10. T23-John Toppozini, [15]; 11. 35-Grant Southworth, [11]; 12. 95-Scott Lawrence, [14]; 13. 85D-Jeff Davis, [13]; 14. 7J-Corey Jones, [10]; 15. 24D-Duane Dale, [5]; 16. (DNF) 42-Paul Niznik, [16]; (DNS) 27X-Calvin Iverson,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9E-Don Eischens, [2]; 2. 22E-Kevin Eder, [5]; 3. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek, [3]; 4. 05-Jake Hartung, [9]; 5. R1-Jay Richardson, [7]; 6. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, [4]; 7. 224-Cody Wolkowski, [6]; 8. 50-Brady Caul, [8]; 9. 15S-Wade Skindelien, [1]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen, [10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Mike Anderson, [2]; 2. 47-Danny Vang, [8]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson, [10]; 4. 32-Pat Cook, [4]; 5. 46H-Ken Hron, [1]; 6. 30-Matt Leer, [5]; 7. 73-Andy Jones, [9]; 8. 35-Grant Southworth, [6]; 9. 95-Scott Lawrence, [7]; 10. (DNF) 45-Bob Broking, [3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4X-Steve Stuart, [1]; 2. 81-Ashley Anderson, [3]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain, [7]; 4. 11-Jody Bellefeuille, [6]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski, [10]; 6. 17-Deven VanHouse, [5]; 7. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, [8]; 8. 7J-Corey Jones, [2]; 9. 85D-Jeff Davis, [4]; 10. T23-John Toppozini, [9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert, [6]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie, [5]; 3. 99-Neil Balduc, [3]; 4. 5G-Scott Greer, [10]; 5. 22T-Michael Truscott, [9]; 6. 24D-Duane Dale, [8]; 7. 54L-Jayme Lautigar, [7]; 8. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, [2]; 9. 98-Al Uotinen, [4]; 10. 13-Kyle Oman, [1]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson, [2]; 2. 4(N)-Jeremy Nelson, [1]; 3. 45J-Johnny Broking, [4]; 4. 11B-Joey Jensen, [5]; 5. 37-Kelly Estey, [8]; 6. 9-Rodney Sanders, [7]; 7. 21-Jake Smith, [3]; 8. 122-Cole Spacek, [6]; 9. (DNF) 42-Paul Niznik, [9]; (DNS) 27X-Calvin Iverson

Midwest Modifieds
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey, [2]; 2. 16(V)-Jason VandeKamp, [17]; 3. 22-Brandon Copp, [1]; 4. 23DD-George Dalbeck, [10]; 5. 7R-Tommy Richards, [19]; 6. 21J-Josh Smith, [22]; 7. 18A-Landon Atkinson, [4]; 8. 22(T)-Tyler Kintner, [6]; 9. 19J-Jack Rivord, [11]; 10. 20-Austin Ellis, [18]; 11. 621-Colin Chaschuk, [15]; 12. L1-Shane Howell, [16]; 13. 11JR-Andrew Inman, [5]; 14. 99-Mark Kangas, [7]; 15. 04N-Nick Ayotte, [9]; 16. 16-Ryan Savoy, [20]; 17. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala, [12]; 18. 21-Wyatt Boyum, [21]; 19. (DNF) 11B-Mike Boston, [14]; 20. (DNF) 33X-Justin Froemming, [3]; 21. (DNF) 17B-Zach Benson, [13]; 22. (DNF) 43-Kyle Matuska, [24]; 23. (DNF) 37-Mack Estey, [8]; 24. (DNF) 3M-McLean Andrews, [23]

Semi Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 16(V)-Jason VandeKamp, [2]; 2. 7R-Tommy Richards, [1]; 3. 21-Wyatt Boyum, [13]; 4. 3M-McLean Andrews, [3]; 5. 27X-Calvin Iverson, [11]; 6. 47-Don Craig, [6]; 7. 61-Tom Smart, [8]; 8. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, [5]; 9. 63-Patrick Kelley, [10]; 10. 27B-Dave DeVente, [9]; 11. (DNF) 05-Billy Milne, [12]; 12. (DNF) 77N-Nicholas Ziegler, [4]; (DNS) 70JR-David Simpson,

Semi Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 20-Austin Ellis, [1]; 2. 16-Ryan Savoy, [3]; 3. 21J-Josh Smith, [5]; 4. 43-Kyle Matuska, [4]; 5. 14N-Keith Niemi, [12]; 6. 3D-Kevin Monteith, [6]; 7. B37-Cody Borgeson, [9]; 8. 33C-Cole Boston, [11]; 9. F7-Jeff Forseen, [2]; 10. 29-Leo Schweiss, [10]; 11. 31J-Wayne Jacques, [7]; 12. (DNF) 11X-Austin Chyba, [8]; (DNS) 10-Michael Blevins Sr,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33X-Justin Froemming, [2]; 2. 11JR-Andrew Inman, [5]; 3. L1-Shane Howell, [3]; 4. 7R-Tommy Richards, [6]; 5. 16(V)-Jason VandeKamp, [9]; 6. 21J-Josh Smith, [8]; 7. 11X-Austin Chyba, [7]; 8. B37-Cody Borgeson, [1]; 9. (DNF) 14N-Keith Niemi, [4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson, [2]; 2. 23DD-George Dalbeck, [3]; 3. 11B-Mike Boston, [1]; 4. 20-Austin Ellis, [6]; 5. 16-Ryan Savoy, [7]; 6. 47-Don Craig, [8]; 7. 61-Tom Smart, [5]; 8. 27B-Dave DeVente, [9]; 9. (DNF) 21-Wyatt Boyum, [4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Mack Estey, [1]; 2. 37X-Skeeter Estey, [8]; 3. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala, [6]; 4. F7-Jeff Forseen, [5]; 5. 77N-Nicholas Ziegler, [7]; 6. (DNF) 63-Patrick Kelley, [3]; 7. (DNF) 29-Leo Schweiss, [4]; (DNS) 10-Michael Blevins Sr,
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 04N-Nick Ayotte, [1]; 2. 22(T)-Tyler Kintner, [5]; 3. 621-Colin Chaschuk, [2]; 4. 17B-Zach Benson, [8]; 5. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, [3]; 6. 3D-Kevin Monteith, [7]; 7. 31J-Wayne Jacques, [4]; 8. (DNF) 05-Billy Milne, [6]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp, [5]; 2. 19J-Jack Rivord, [3]; 3. 99-Mark Kangas, [8]; 4. 3M-McLean Andrews, [2]; 5. 43-Kyle Matuska, [6]; 6. 70JR-David Simpson, [4]; 7. (DNF) 27X-Calvin Iverson, [7]; 8. (DNF) 33C-Cole Boston, [1]

Late Models
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson, [8]; 2. 28(M)-Jimmy Mars, [3]; 3. 17-Deven VanHouse, [5]; 4. 11-Pat Doar, [7]; 5. 71(H)-Rick Hanestad, [13]; 6. 7X-Jesse Glenz, [6]; 7. 85-John Kaanta, [2]; 8. 11(G)-James Giossi, [10]; 9. 23-Kyle Peterlin, [11]; 10. 27-Jake Redetzke, [4]; 11. 6M-Jeffrey Massingill, [12]; 12. 1-Kevin Eder, [9]; 13. 4-Shane Edginton, [24]; 14. 16-Derek Vesel, [17]; 15. 90-Lance Matthees, [16]; 16. UPI-Terry Lillo, [18]; 17. 87-Mike Bellefeuille, [22]; 18. 11D-Tim McMann, [21]; 19. 35-George Ledin Jr, [23]; 20. 7C-Robbie Cooper, [20]; 21. 21F-Gunner Frank, [27]; 22. UPI9-Chris Lillo, [25]; 23. (DNF) 71JR-Buddy Hanestad, [1]; 24. (DNF) 42S-Don Shaw, [19]; 25. (DNF) 21-Todd Frank, [28]; 26. (DNF) 19-Steve Laursen, [14]; 27. (DNF) 42-Tim Lillo, [26]; 28. (DNF) 79-Kevin Carlson, [15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Deven VanHouse, [1]; 2. 11-Pat Doar, [4]; 3. 44-Darrell Nelson, [6]; 4. 23-Kyle Peterlin, [5]; 5. 19-Steve Laursen, [7]; 6. 79-Kevin Carlson, [10]; 7. 7C-Robbie Cooper, [2]; 8. 87-Mike Bellefeuille, [9]; 9. 42-Tim Lillo, [8]; 10. (DNF) 21-Todd Frank, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7X-Jesse Glenz, [1]; 2. 28(M)-Jimmy Mars, [5]; 3. 1-Kevin Eder, [3]; 4. 11(G)-James Giossi, [6]; 5. 71(H)-Rick Hanestad, [8]; 6. 16-Derek Vesel, [7]; 7. 42S-Don Shaw, [9]; 8. 4-Shane Edginton, [4]; 9. UPI9-Chris Lillo, [2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 85-John Kaanta, [2]; 2. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad, [7]; 3. 27-Jake Redetzke, [8]; 4. 6M-Jeffrey Massingill, [5]; 5. 90-Lance Matthees, [4]; 6. UPI-Terry Lillo, [3]; 7. 11D-Tim McMann, [6]; 8. 35-George Ledin Jr, [1]; 9. 21F-Gunner Frank, [9]

Pure Stocks
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 19J-Jared Akervik, [2]; 2. 231-Trevor Treviranus, [4]; 3. 16-Cory Jorgensen, [3]; 4. 11E-Dylan Shelton, [1]; 5. 15-James Vendela, [7]; 6. 4-Jeremy Cash, [13]; 7. 66-Michael Roth, [5]; 8. 57-Randy Graham, [10]; 9. 19-McLean Andrews, [9]; 10. 15K-Tyler Keup, [6]; 11. 1R-Cole Richards, [12]; 12. 56-Stephen Erickson, [8]; 13. 33S-Jason Simonson, [11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 231-Trevor Treviranus, [1]; 2. 11E-Dylan Shelton, [6]; 3. 15K-Tyler Keup, [2]; 4. 56-Stephen Erickson, [4]; 5. 19-McLean Andrews, [7]; 6. 1R-Cole Richards, [5]; 7. (DNF) 4-Jeremy Cash, [3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Cory Jorgensen, [2]; 2. 19J-Jared Akervik, [6]; 3. 66-Michael Roth, [4]; 4. 15-James Vendela, [5]; 5. 57-Randy Graham, [3]; 6. 33S-Jason Simonson, [1]

Hornets

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith, [1]; 2. 99-Nate Servaty, [4]; 3. 63X-Grayson Pratt, [5]; 4. 11-Paul Ripley, [10]; 5. 16-Tyler Schramm, [3]; 6. 21(G)-Paul George, [9]; 7. 26-Tyler Kachinske, [2]; 8. 71TN-Tate Niehaus, [18]; 9. 7BR-Lucas Boyce, [13]; 10. 1-Hunter McDougall, [6]; 11. 21R-Carter Rieland, [7]; 12. 14A-AJ House, [8]; 13. 08-Rick Andrews Jr, [22]; 14. 4-Dayna Marken, [16]; 15. 29-Josh Rowe, [12]; 16. 74-Reid Johnson, [17]; 17. 67-Patrick Passeri, [21]; 18. 11(Y)-Shawn Young, [19]; 19. 99B-Bradley Beyer, [23]; 20. (DNF) N8-Nate Rose, [11]; 21. (DNF) 23-Kristy Marken, [20]; 22. (DNF) 20D-Derek Dunbar, [14]; (DNS) 41-Brad Currier,

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith, [5]; 2. 21(G)-Paul George, [2]; 3. 99-Nate Servaty, [8]; 4. 11-Paul Ripley, [6]; 5. 20D-Derek Dunbar, [4]; 6. 4-Dayna Marken, [1]; 7. 67-Patrick Passeri, [7]; 8. (DNF) 99B-Bradley Beyer, [3]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 26-Tyler Kachinske, [3]; 2. 1-Hunter McDougall, [4]; 3. 21R-Carter Rieland, [7]; 4. N8-Nate Rose, [6]; 5. 7BR-Lucas Boyce, [1]; 6. 71TN-Tate Niehaus, [5]; 7. 11(Y)-Shawn Young, [2]; 8. 08-Rick Andrews Jr, [8]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 63X-Grayson Pratt, [1]; 2. 16-Tyler Schramm, [6]; 3. 14A-AJ House, [7]; 4. 29-Josh Rowe, [2]; 5. 41-Brad Currier, [4]; 6. 74-Reid Johnson, [3]; 7. 23-Kristy Marken, [5]


Broking Banks Border Battle Bucks From 9th Row

1After heavy morning thunderstorms dumped over 2.5 inches of rain at the Gondik Law Speedway and subsequent all day track prep, the second night of the Great Lakes Border Battle driven by G-Style Transport got under right on time with another great field of cars in all five divisions plus the much anticipated Canada Day Dash presented by Bay Lock & Security was on the schedule as well.

After heat and consolation action concluded the Pure Stocks were up first for the second night in a row and James Vendela took command from the outside of the front row and never looked back en route to his first ever Border Battle championship. Jeremy Cash gave chase and ended up with a solid second place finish with pole sitter Dylan Shelton third, opening night winner Jared Akervik fourth and Trevor Treviranus rounding out the top five.

The Midwest Modified feature was on deck and saw Mark Kangas and Shane Halopka on row one with Halopka getting out front early and leading the first segment of the event while 4th starting Jason VandeKamp and 5th starting Skeeter Estey moved into put pressure on Kangas for the runner up spot. Estey got by into the runner up spot, while Jamie Davis, who started 7th was making progress on the outside. Davis found the middle groove to his liking and passed cars with ease to move into the top spot, which he would hold to the checkered, winning by 2.25 seconds over Estey. First time Gondik Law Speedway visitor Corey Storck raced from 8th to an impressive third place finish with Kangas and VandeKamp rounding out the top five.

 The Late Model main was next with Kyle Peterlin and Pat Doar sitting on the front row. Doar took the lead at the start with Peterlin, Darrell Nelson and John Kaanta embarking in a battle for the runner up spot early. Doar drove away quickly as Nelson worked by into the second spot and set his sights on a weekend sweep. Nelson charged after Doar as the pack circled the Gondik Law Speedway lap after lap with Nelson carving into Doar’s advantage. Nelson began to pressure Doar for the lead as the duo worked through lapped traffic and after several side by side laps, was able to edge ahead en route to his third straight Border Battle Late Model feature victory. Doar came home second with Kaanta third, Don Shaw fourth and Jesse Glenz fifth at the finish.

The race of the weekend was the $3,000 Modified main event which had tons of storylines throughout the 30-lap event. Ashley Anderson and Mike Anderson lead the field to green from the opening row and over the course of the first dozen laps, the central Wisconsin duo ran side by side, only inches apart and only hundredths of a second apart at the start finish line with 4th starting Shane Sabraski in hot pursuit. The trio ran in a tight pack for the first half of the race, while 17th starting Johnny Broking and 23rd starting Dan Ebert were charging into the top ten. After a mid-race caution bunched up the field, the Anderson’s and Sabraski again set off from the field with Jody Bellefeuillle and Broking now in a tussle for fourth. Broking had his Lethal Chassis glued to the bottom of the speedway and was making up ground quickly as the leaders were still thrilling the crowd up front. Ashley Anderson finally broke free from Mike Anderson out front as Broking appeared in third. Johnny continued to work the bottom and stole the second position with just a handful of laps remaining. As the leaders were shown the white flag, Anderson still lead but Broking took a look under him as they entered turn one for the final time. They drag raced down the back stretch and as Anderson raced toward the checkered on the top of the speedway, Broking again dove low and made a wild last corner pass for the win. Ashley Anderson came home second with Mike Anderson third, Sabraski fourth and Bellefeuille in fifth.

The Canada Day Dash, which pitted the top 7 American Midwest Modified drivers against the top 7 Canadian Midwest Modified drivers in a special 15 lap race determined by lap times was a great one. It saw Brandon Copp jump from the pole into the lead early and paced the field over the first half of the race while Skeeter Estey, who started 9th and Jason VandeKamp, who started 11th were quickly making their way through traffic. Estey got to second and VandeKamp to third when the second caution of the race flew with just a few laps remaining and, on the restart, VandeKamp drove through the middle and split Copp and Estey to take the lead, which he went on to hold to the checkered for the $650 payday. Copp was second with Estey third. Tommy Richards came home fourth and the highest finishing Canadian was Colin Chaschuk, who came home fifth.

In the final event of the weekend, Jake Smith wired the field for the second straight night in the Hornet main event to sweep the weekend in his #21. Jake started on the pole and drove off from teammate Carter Rieland for the victory. Rieland finished second with Nate Servaty coming home in third. Tyler Kachinske and Tyler Schramm rounded out the top five.

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Results
Modifieds

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 45J-Johnny Broking, [17]; 2. 81-Ashley Anderson, [2]; 3. 57-Mike Anderson, [1]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski, [4]; 5. 11-Jody Bellefeuille, [6]; 6. 35-Grant Southworth, [3]; 7. 05-Jake Hartung, [19]; 8. 44-Darrell Nelson, [13]; 9. 47-Danny Vang, [7]; 10. 11B-Joey Jensen, [11]; 11. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, [5]; 12. 224-Cody Wolkowski, [18]; 13. 2C-Dave Cain, [9]; 14. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek, [21]; 15. 4X-Steve Stuart, [8]; 16. 60-Dan Ebert, [23]; 17. 98-Al Uotinen, [16]; 18. 95-Scott Lawrence, [24]; 19. 96-Taton Hansen, [22]; 20. (DNF) 85D-Jeff Davis, [12]; 21. (DNF) 45-Bob Broking, [10]; 22. (DNF) T23-John Toppozini, [15]; 23. (DNF) 73-Andy Jones, [20]; 24. (DNF) 10W-Ward Imrie, [25]; 25. (DNF) 5G-Scott Greer, [14]

Semi Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 45J-Johnny Broking, [1]; 2. 05-Jake Hartung, [2]; 3. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek, [3]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert, [6]; 5. 22E-Kevin Eder, [5]; 6. 37-Kelly Estey, [9]; 7. 21-Jake Smith, [4]; 8. 50-Brady Caul, [7]; 9. 122-Cole Spacek, [8]; 10. (DNF) 30-Matt Leer, [10]

Semi Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 224-Cody Wolkowski, [1]; 2. 73-Andy Jones, [3]; 3. 96-Taton Hansen, [4]; 4. 95-Scott Lawrence, [7]; 5. R1-Jay Richardson, [2]; 6. 10W-Ward Imrie, [9]; 7. 42-Paul Niznik, [6]; 8. 68K-Dan Kingsley, [5]; 9. 54L-Jayme Lautigar, [8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Mike Anderson, [3]; 2. 11B-Joey Jensen, [2]; 3. 81-Ashley Anderson, [9]; 4. 44-Darrell Nelson, [6]; 5. 45J-Johnny Broking, [7]; 6. 73-Andy Jones, [8]; 7. 60-Dan Ebert, [5]; 8. (DNF) 37-Kelly Estey, [4]; 9. (DNF) 30-Matt Leer, [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Grant Southworth, [2]; 2. 11-Jody Bellefeuille, [5]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain, [6]; 4. T23-John Toppozini, [3]; 5. R1-Jay Richardson, [1]; 6. 21-Jake Smith, [7]; 7. 22E-Kevin Eder, [8]; 8. 50-Brady Caul, [4]; 9. 54L-Jayme Lautigar, [9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski, [2]; 2. 45-Bob Broking, [1]; 3. 47-Danny Vang, [8]; 4. 5G-Scott Greer, [5]; 5. 224-Cody Wolkowski, [7]; 6. 05-Jake Hartung, [9]; 7. 68K-Dan Kingsley, [3]; 8. 95-Scott Lawrence, [6]; 9. 122-Cole Spacek, [4]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, [2]; 2. 4X-Steve Stuart, [4]; 3. 85D-Jeff Davis, [1]; 4. 98-Al Uotinen, [3]; 5. 22(J)-Jeff Spacek, [5]; 6. 96-Taton Hansen, [6]; 7. 42-Paul Niznik, [7]; 8. (DNF) 10W-Ward Imrie, [8]

Midwest Modifieds

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 85-Jamie Davis, [7]; 2. 37X-Skeeter Estey, [5]; 3. 57-Corey Storck, [8]; 4. 99-Mark Kangas, [1]; 5. 16(V)-Jason VandeKamp, [4]; 6. 22-Brandon Copp, [6]; 7. 3JR-Shane Halopka, [2]; 8. L1-Shane Howell, [24]; 9. 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., [22]; 10. 17B-Zach Benson, [18]; 11. 13(K)-Nick Koehler, [17]; 12. 22(T)-Tyler Kintner, [10]; 13. 20-Austin Ellis, [20]; 14. 27X-Calvin Iverson, [3]; 15. 21J-Josh Smith, [25]; 16. 23-Mitch Weiss, [14]; 17. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala, [21]; 18. 47-Don Craig, [16]; 19. 3M-McLean Andrews, [12]; 20. (DNF) 621-Colin Chaschuk, [9]; 21. (DNF) 7R-Tommy Richards, [11]; 22. (DNF) 19J-Jack Rivord, [19]; 23. (DNF) 24-Brandon Dolman, [23]; 24. (DNF) 14N-Keith Niemi, [15]; 25. (DNF) 11B-Mike Boston, [13]

Semi Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 13(K)-Nick Koehler, [2]; 2. 19J-Jack Rivord, [5]; 3. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala, [1]; 4. 24-Brandon Dolman, [13]; 5. 26G-Ryan Gierke, [10]; 6. 11JR-Andrew Inman, [6]; 7. 3D-Kevin Monteith, [4]; 8. 24M-Jonny Marsh, [3]; 9. B37-Cody Borgeson, [12]; 10. 63-Patrick Kelley, [9]; 11. (DNF) 05-Billy Milne, [11]; 12. (DNF) 21-Wyatt Boyum, [8]; 13. (DNF) 33C-Cole Boston, [7]

Semi Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 17B-Zach Benson, [9]; 2. 20-Austin Ellis, [2]; 3. 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., [4]; 4. L1-Shane Howell, [7]; 5. 11X-Austin Chyba, [5]; 6. 21J-Josh Smith, [1]; 7. 29-Leo Schweiss, [6]; 8. 61-Tom Smart, [3]; 9. 31J-Wayne Jacques, [8]; 10. 27B-Dave DeVente, [10]; 11. (DNF) 14-Adam Shinn, [13]; (DNS) 16-Ryan Savoy, ; (DNS) 37-Mack Estey,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey, [2]; 2. 3M-McLean Andrews, [1]; 3. 22(T)-Tyler Kintner, [7]; 4. 13(K)-Nick Koehler, [3]; 5. 61-Tom Smart, [6]; 6. 29-Leo Schweiss, [5]; 7. 31J-Wayne Jacques, [4]; 8. (DNF) 37-Mack Estey, [8]; 9. (DNF) 24-Brandon Dolman, [9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Mark Kangas, [8]; 2. 11B-Mike Boston, [1]; 3. 47-Don Craig, [3]; 4. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala, [6]; 5. 24M-Jonny Marsh, [7]; 6. 33C-Cole Boston, [5]; 7. 63-Patrick Kelley, [4]; 8. 27B-Dave DeVente, [2]; 9. (DNF) 14-Adam Shinn, [9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16(V)-Jason VandeKamp, [3]; 2. 85-Jamie Davis, [5]; 3. 57-Corey Storck, [8]; 4. 14N-Keith Niemi, [7]; 5. 3D-Kevin Monteith, [1]; 6. 11JR-Andrew Inman, [4]; 7. 21-Wyatt Boyum, [2]; 8. (DNF) B37-Cody Borgeson, [6]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 27X-Calvin Iverson, [4]; 2. 3JR-Shane Halopka, [8]; 3. 7R-Tommy Richards, [7]; 4. 20-Austin Ellis, [3]; 5. 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., [2]; 6. L1-Shane Howell, [6]; 7. 17B-Zach Benson, [5]; 8. (DNF) 05-Billy Milne, [1]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp, [2]; 2. 621-Colin Chaschuk, [4]; 3. 23-Mitch Weiss, [5]; 4. 21J-Josh Smith, [6]; 5. 19J-Jack Rivord, [3]; 6. 11X-Austin Chyba, [8]; 7. 26G-Ryan Gierke, [7]; 8. (DNF) 16-Ryan Savoy, [1]

Bay Lock & Security Canada Day Dash (15 Laps): 1. 16(V)-Jason VandeKamp, [9]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp, [1]; 3. 37X-Skeeter Estey, [7]; 4. 7R-Tommy Richards, [5]; 5. 621-Colin Chaschuk, [14]; 6. 3D-Kevin Monteith, [4]; 7. 27X-Calvin Iverson, [11]; 8. 3M-McLean Andrews, [3]; 9. 47-Don Craig, [12]; 10. 11JR-Andrew Inman, [13]; 11. 61-Tom Smart, [10]; 12. 31J-Wayne Jacques, [2]; 13. 05-Billy Milne, [8]; 14. (DNF) 27B-Dave DeVente, [6]

Late Models

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson, [4]; 2. 11-Pat Doar, [2]; 3. 85-John Kaanta, [5]; 4. 42S-Don Shaw, [7]; 5. 7X-Jesse Glenz, [6]; 6. 4-Shane Edginton, [8]; 7. 11(G)-James Giossi, [14]; 8. UPI-Terry Lillo, [9]; 9. 16-Derek Vesel, [3]; 10. 79-Kevin Carlson, [13]; 11. 1-Kevin Eder, [10]; 12. 17-Deven VanHouse, [17]; 13. 90-Lance Matthees, [12]; 14. 6M-Jeffrey Massingill, [15]; 15. UPI9-Chris Lillo, [16]; 16. 7C-Robbie Cooper, [21]; 17. 21F-Gunner Frank, [20]; 18. 42-Tim Lillo, [19]; 19. (DNF) 11D-Tim McMann, [18]; 20. (DNF) 87-Mike Bellefeuille, [11]; 21. (DNF) 23-Kyle Peterlin, [1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Derek Vesel, [3]; 2. 7X-Jesse Glenz, [4]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw, [7]; 4. 1-Kevin Eder, [5]; 5. 11(G)-James Giossi, [6]; 6. UPI9-Chris Lillo, [2]; 7. 42-Tim Lillo, [1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson, [2]; 2. 85-John Kaanta, [5]; 3. UPI-Terry Lillo, [3]; 4. 87-Mike Bellefeuille, [1]; 5. 79-Kevin Carlson, [7]; 6. 17-Deven VanHouse, [6]; 7. (DNF) 7C-Robbie Cooper, [4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Kyle Peterlin, [5]; 2. 11-Pat Doar, [7]; 3. 4-Shane Edginton, [4]; 4. 90-Lance Matthees, [2]; 5. 6M-Jeffrey Massingill, [1]; 6. 11D-Tim McMann, [6]; 7. (DNF) 21F-Gunner Frank, [3]

Pure Stocks
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 15-James Vendela, [2]; 2. 4-Jeremy Cash, [3]; 3. 11E-Dylan Shelton, [1]; 4. 19J-Jared Akervik, [4]; 5. 231-Trevor Treviranus, [7]; 6. 17-Aaron Bernick, [13]; 7. 5-Josh Johnson, [5]; 8. 16-Cory Jorgensen, [12]; 9. 19-McLean Andrews, [8]; 10. 33S-Jason Simonson, [10]; 11. 1R-Cole Richards, [9]; 12. (DNF) 37-Joe Pajtash, [11]; 13. (DNF) 15K-Tyler Keup, [6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jeremy Cash, [1]; 2. 19J-Jared Akervik, [4]; 3. 5-Josh Johnson, [3]; 4. 231-Trevor Treviranus, [5]; 5. 1R-Cole Richards, [7]; 6. 37-Joe Pajtash, [6]; 7. (DNF) 17-Aaron Bernick, [2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-James Vendela, [2]; 2. 11E-Dylan Shelton, [6]; 3. 15K-Tyler Keup, [3]; 4. 19-McLean Andrews, [4]; 5. 33S-Jason Simonson, [5]; 6. (DNF) 16-Cory Jorgensen, [1]

Hornets
Feature (15 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith, [1]; 2. 21R-Carter Rieland, [4]; 3. 99-Nate Servaty, [3]; 4. 26-Tyler Kachinske, [2]; 5. 16-Tyler Schramm, [11]; 6. 28-Kyle House, [5]; 7. 71TN-Tate Niehaus, [13]; 8. 63X-Grayson Pratt, [10]; 9. 1-Hunter McDougall, [8]; 10. 11-Paul Ripley, [18]; 11. 74-Reid Johnson, [17]; 12. 08-Rick Andrews Jr, [15]; 13. 29-Josh Rowe, [9]; 14. 67-Patrick Passeri, [14]; 15. 99B-Bradley Beyer, [12]; 16. (DNF) 4-Dayna Marken, [7]; 17. (DNF) 50-Jordan Toland, [6]; 18. (DNF) 31-Brad House, [16]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 21R-Carter Rieland, [1]; 2. 21-Jake Smith, [9]; 3. 99-Nate Servaty, [8]; 4. 1-Hunter McDougall, [2]; 5. 63X-Grayson Pratt, [4]; 6. 16-Tyler Schramm, [3]; 7. 71TN-Tate Niehaus, [6]; 8. 08-Rick Andrews Jr, [7]; 9. 74-Reid Johnson, [5]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 26-Tyler Kachinske, [2]; 2. 28-Kyle House, [4]; 3. 50-Jordan Toland, [6]; 4. 4-Dayna Marken, [1]; 5. 29-Josh Rowe, [3]; 6. 99B-Bradley Beyer, [5]; 7. 67-Patrick Passeri, [7]; 8. 31-Brad House, [8]; 9. (DNF) 11-Paul Ripley, [9]


Bellefeuille Blasts To Great Lakes Border Battle Victory Lane

FYE Motorsports Promotions (July 2nd, 2017) – Superior, Wisconsin

Night 2 of the 2nd running of the Great Lakes Border Battle at the AMSOIL Speedway in Superior, WI was held on Sunday, July 2nd with sunny skies and another great crowd in attendance to witness the crowning of the Border Battle champion for the second season in a row.  

51 Midwest Modifieds, 43 Modifieds and 14 Pure Stocks were in attendance on night two, which featured a full program of Midwest Modifieds and Pure Stocks, along with a pair of b-mains, a last chance race and the 60-lap, $10,500 to win Modified main event.

Modified b-main action saw the top 6 finishers transfer into the big show, with Kelly Estey and Al Uotinen winning their respective b-mains and earning seventh row starting spots for the 60-lapper. Drivers finishing 7th on back in the b-mains were given one last chance to get into the program with a last chance race, with only the winner transferring and Jeff Spacek nipped Pat Cook in a photo finish to steal the final transfer spot in a thriller. Cook and Steve Lavasseur were drawn as the two provisional starters, earning starting spots 26 and 27 in the main event.

In the night’s Pure Stock feature, Ryan Savoy took command at the drop of the green just as he did the night before, but tonight he was not going to settle for second and paced the field for the entire 15-lap distance to claim his first career Great Lakes Border Battle title and the $250 paycheck that went along with it. Andrew Hanson chased Savoy to the checkered with 8th starting Kyle Copp third at the finish and Dylan Shelton and Al Rapp rounding out the top five.

In the same format as the previous night, after 5 heat races and a pair of b-mains set the 26 car starting field, Jason VandeKamp sat on the pole after being the highest in passing points after heat race action and jumped out to the early lead over opening night winner Skeeter Estey, who started on the outside of row 1. VandeKamp paced the field early with 4th starting David Simpson quickly moving into second. Kevin Eder, Deven VanHouse and Dan Kingsley moved into a great four car battle for third with Estey as Simpson tried to run down VandeKamp out front. VandeKamp, who had never won at the Superior, WI oval until the previous Friday night was lights out driving away from the field, but Simpson, who raced to a career best second place finish the night before, was trying to stay with him up front. A pair of mid-race cautions kept the field bunched up, but VandeKamp was up to the challenge on each restart and drove away for the victory and his first Great Lakes Border Battle title, Simpson capped off a great weekend with his second straight runner up finish, while Eder crossed the line third with VanHouse and Kingsley rounding out the top five. Corey Jones earned hard charger honors with his 22nd to 15th run.

The nightcap featured the 27-car, 60-lap, $10,500 to win Modified main event with Jody Bellefeuille and Shane Sabraski sharing the front row and pacing the field to the green. After driver introductions, a 4-wide salute to fans and fireworks show was completed, Bellefeuille blasted from the pole to the lead and set the pace, but a lap 2 caution for Cory Bruggeman bunched the field back up quickly. On the restart, again Bellefeuille took the point, but Dave Cain dove under him and took a peek for the lead in turn three, however Bellefeuille was up to the challenge and took the top spot back and tried to stretch his lead lap after lap until the second caution of the event flew for Tony Schill on lap 15, just as the leaders were about to encounter lapped traffic. On the restart, Bellefeuille again took off with Cain and Sabraski engaged in a side by side battle for second for the next eight laps until 8th running Jake Hartung turned his #05 car around in turn two, bringing out the third and final caution before the fuel stop. Again, Bellefeuille took off out front with Sabraski and Cain again locked in battle for second with Darrell Nelson fourth and a thrilling battle for fifth between Mike Anderson, Ashley Anderson, Steve Stuart and Kevin Eder happening just behind the leaders. Another great battle for 9th was ensuring between Jason Miller, Scott Greer, Kelly Estey, Jeffrey Lien Jr., Matt Leer and Al Uotinen as well. The field ran caution free until the lap 30 fuel stop, at which time Bellefeuille had built up a 3.874 second advantage. The field came to a stop on the front stretch and the crews completed their work during the 8 minute stop before the field fired back up and re-assumed their double file restart formation. On the restart it was much of the same with Bellefeuille taking off to the lead he had enjoyed all night to that point and Cain and Sabraski again picking up their door to door battle for second. The final caution of the event flew on lap 34 for a Pat Cook spin in turn four, and then the final 26 laps were run caution free with Bellefeuille alone out front. Mike Anderson began to stretch his legs a bit in the late going as he snuck by Ashly Anderson and Sabraski into third with under 10 laps to go, trying to win his second crown jewel of the season after his thrilling Minnesota Modified Nationals victory at the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN on Memorial Day weekend. Bellefeuille had other ideas however, and continued to keep everyone at bay, running alone out front with lapped traffic not seeming to affect the driver of the #11 as he worked his way around the slower cars with ease. Cain, who was solidly in second, was working through the same lapped traffic, but not quite as easily was trying to keep Bellefeuille in his sights, but Jody was just too strong and lead all 60 laps for the richest payday of his career. Cain came home a solid second with Anderson finishing on the podium for the second year in a row with a third place run. Ashley Anderson took fourth from Darrell Nelson and held it to the finish with Sabraski 6th, Eder 7th, Uotinen 8th, Greer 9th and Miller rounding out the top ten.

Everyone with FYE Motorsports Promotions would like to send a huge thank you to the staff and management of the AMSOIL Speedway, to all of the racers, crews, family members and to the great fans for supporting this event for the second year in a row. It is much appreciated!

FYE Motorsports would like to thank all of our marketing partners that made this event possible including:  Beltline Body Shop, Budweiser, Premier Real Estate Services, Troy Powers & Associates, Sevals Lawncare Service, Badger Storage & Excavating, Willow River Saloon, Culver’s, Accurate Auto Repair, Campbell Lumber & Supply Company, Southworth Chevrolet, Propane Strategies, S&S Fishing & Rental, Schill Construction, ServPro, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Anderson’s Maple Syrup, Collins Brothers Towing, Envision, Fulton Beer, Garberich Trucking, Joe Provo Racewear, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Minnesota Truck Headquarters, Performance Auto, RacinDirt.com, RockAuto.com, ThermoSeal Insulation, Winkler Canvas, MarsRaceCars.com, GRP Motorsports and Champs Sports Bar & Grill.

FYE Motorsports would also like to thank each contingency sponsor including: Champs Sports Bar & Grill, Jimmoe.com, Joe Provo Racewear, North Country Towing, Benji Pearson and Family, Rick’s Auto Body, Manitou Inn, JB Motorsports, CRC Motorsports, Aluminum Cabinet Company, Dennis and Cathy Pattee, All Performance Dyno, SSR Race Cars, Mirror Images Day Spa, Steve Boyum Construction, JigE Signs, Village Lanes, Wehrs Machine, Rivord Repair Center, Budweiser, Lakes Gas, Kevko Oil Pans, Mike’s Place, Twyzted Motorsports, Creative Image Hair Salon and Speedwerx.

For more information on upcoming FYE Motorsports promoted events including the Minnesota Truck Headquarters Fall Classic at the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN on October 5th, 6th and 7th, log on to www.FYEMotorsports.com.

Event Summary:

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature: Jody Bellefeuille, Dave Cain, Mike Anderson, Ashley Anderson, Darrell Nelson, Shane Sabraski, Kevin Eder, Al Uotinen, Scott Greer, Jason Miller, Kelly Estey, Paul Wrazidlo, Michael Truscott, Brandon Jensen, Tony Schill, Jeffrey Lien Jr., Rick Niemi, Jeff Spacek, Matt Leer, Rick Rivord, Deven VanHouse, Pat Cook, Steve Lavasseur, Jake Hartung, Neil Balduc, Steve Stuart, Cory Bruggeman

B-main 1: Estey, Truscott, Schill, Wrazidlo, Jensen, Duane Dale, Andy Davey, Bob Broking, Jeff Spacek, Jeff Davis, Lavasseur, Jeff Broking, Cody Wolkowski, Kevin Adams, Johnny Broking
B-main 2: Uotinen, Eder, Rivord, Lien Jr., Bruggeman, Balduc, Cook, Chet Atkinson, Jay Richardson, Jake Hiatt, Danny Vang, Brady Caul, Jeff Tardy, Chris Unrau, Tyler Kintner
Last Chance Race: Spacek, Cook, Vang, Je. Broking, Davey, Davis, Richardson, Atkinson, Wolkowski, Lavasseur, Dale, Caul, Unrau

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

Feature: Jason VandeKamp, David Simpson, Kevin Eder, Deven VanHouse, Dan Kingsley, Skeeter Estey, Jake Smith, Justin Froemming, Michael Truscott, Brandon Mehrwerth, Mitch Weiss, Jamie Davis, Grant Southworth, Cody Carlson, Corey Jones, Wyatt Boyum, Andrew Inman, George Truscott, Jason Richardson, George Dalbeck, Tyler Werner, Colin Chaschuk, Dan Tocheri, Ryan Wetzstein, Dave Flynn, Jeffrey Lien Jr.

B-main 1: Boyum, G. Truscott, Richardson, Inman, Werner, Brennen Gave, David Kivi, Gunner Peterson, Marcus Dunbar, Chris Bretting, McLean Andrews, Tom Smart, James Kannegiesser, James Lambert, Glenn Godin, Kevin Monteith, Kyle Matuska, Jeff Forseen
B-main 2: Davis, Lien Jr., Wetzstein, Jones, Tocheri, Don Craig, Brandon Copp, Tanner Williamson, Dayton Brady, Josh Heavirland, Eric Anderson, Joe Henninger, Adam Dennhardt, Clay Passuello, Karl Kolek, Dalton Mains, Shawn Olson

Heat 1: VandeKamp, Mehrwerth, Eder, Richardson, Wetzstein, Bretting, Henninger, Lambert, Godin, Matuska, Olson
Heat 2: Simpson, Estey, Kingsley, Jones, Williamson, Passuello, Craig, Davis, Kolek, Forseen
Heat 3: Weiss, Carlson, Froemming, Smith, G. Truscott, Lien Jr., Peterson, Heavirland, Copp, Kannegiesser
Heat 4: Dalbeck, VanHouse, Chaschuk, Flynn, Kivi, Werner, Monteith, Dunbar, Smart, Mains
Heat 5: Southworth, Truscott, Boyum, Tocheri, Inman, Brady, Gave, Anderson, Andrews, Dennhardt

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

Feature: Ryan Savoy, Andrew Hanson, Kyle Copp, Dylan Shelton, Al Rapp, James Vandela, Cory Jorgensen, Chad Nikstad, Annika Hammitt, Richard Dzelak Jr., Andy Poll, Brett Leino, Aaron Bernick, Steve Olson, Jared Akervik, Michael Blevins

Heat 1: Savoy, Shelton, Copp, Rapp, Nikstad, Dzelak Jr., Leino, Blevins
Heat 2: Hanson, Jorgensen, Vandela, Poll, Olson, Bernick, Akervik, Hammit


Bellefeuille Bags Budweiser Pole Dash; Earns Pole for Great Lakes Border Battle
FYE Motorsports Promotions (July 1st, 2017) – Superior, Wisconsin

The 2nd running of the Great Lakes Border Battle at the AMSOIL Speedway in Superior, WI took place over the 4th of July holiday weekend for the second season in a row in front of huge crowds and an overflowing pit area filled with WISSOTA Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and for the first time ever, the WISSOTA Late Models were a part of the Border Battle as well.

45 Midwest Modifieds, 43 Modifieds, 21 Late Models and 16 Pure Stocks were in attendance on the opening night, which featured a full program of Late Models, Midwest Modifieds and Pure Stocks, along with two rounds of heat races and a pole dash for the Modifieds.

Modified heat race action saw Jeff Spacek, Darrell Nelson, Deven VanHouse, Al Uotinen, Jody Bellefeuille, Neil Balduc, Matt Leer, Scott Greer, Steve Stuart and Ashley Anderson race to checkered flags in some very highly contested heat races and then saw Bellefeullie lead all 12 laps in the nightcap Budweiser Pole Dash to put his #11 car on the pole for Sunday night’s 60-lap, $10,500 to win main event. Shane Sabraski would charge from his fifth starting spot to put his #7a on the outside of row one along with Bellefeuille for one of the richest races of the season.

In the night’s Pure Stock feature, Ryan Savoy took command at the drop of the green from the outside of the front row and paced the field for much of the 15-lap event with defending National Champion Michael Blevins in hot pursuit. Blevins dogged Savoy for much of the event, putting heavy pressure on Savoy’s #16 car until Michael was able to complete the winning pass with just two laps remaining and then rode off to the $250 victory. Savoy raced across the line in second with Kyle Copp third, Dean Pronschinske third from his 11th starting spot and 10th starting Al Rapp rounding out the top five.

After 5 heat races and a pair of b-mains set the 24 car starting field, Michael Truscott was highest in passing points and lead the Midwest Modified field to the green in their $1,500 to win, 25-lap event, but 3rd starting Skeeter Estey quickly took the top spot and tried to run off from his competitors throughout the early stages of the main event. Estey paced the field around the high line of the speedway, while David Simpson, Jake Smith and 19th starting Justin Froemming were making their way toward the front picking off cars left and right. After the lone caution of the night bunched the field up mid-race, Simpson appeared in the top five on the restart and began to pressure the front runners, while Estey continued his advantage out front. Simpson slid his way into second and tried to run down Estey out front, while Smith, Froemming, Truscott, 18th starting Kevin Eder and Grant Southworth were locked in a very intense battle just behind the leaders. Estey went on to claim the win for the second year in a row on the opening night of the Great Lakes Border Battle with Simpson racing to a career best finish in second. Smith came home a solid third while Froemming raced from 19th to 4th to earn hard charger honors and Southworth rounded out the top five finishers.

Travis Budisalovich and Jesse Glenz sat on the front row for the 30-lap, $2,500 to win Late Model main event. Budisalovich took command at the start and ran out front during the first few circuits while the rest of the field tried to sort themselves out. Glenz, 3rd starting Darrell Nelson and 4th starting Rick Hanestad began a great battle up front, all trying to chase down Budisalovich for the lead. Travis continued to pace the field for the first half of the event with Nelson searching and searching lap after lap for the fastest way to get along side of the #31 for the lead. Budisalovich continued to hold off Nelson out front, while Jake Redetzke put his name in the mix as well, moving in to challenge Glenz for fourth, while Hanestad continued his pursuit of the front runners.

Nelson was finally able to sweep by Budisalovich for the lead and then took off, while Hanestad was also able to get by Travis into second and began his assault on Nelson out front. The field began to work through lapped traffic and Hanestad was able to cut into Nelson’s advantage dramatically, pulling up to Darrell’s rear bumper with a handful of circuits remaining. Nelson would be able to hold off Hanestad for the win in the non-stop event, with Glenz holding off Redetzke for third and Budisalovich rounding out the top five. Harry Hanson earned hard charger honors with his 17th to 9th run.

Championship night of the 2nd annual Great Lakes Border Battle will kick off on Sunday, July 2nd at 6pm with another full program of WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and Pure Stocks along with b-mains, a last chance race and the 60-lap, $10,500 to win main event for the WISSOTA Modifieds.

For more information on upcoming FYE Motorsports promoted events, log on to www.FYEMotorsports.com.
Event Summary:
WISSOTA Modifieds:

Budweiser Pole Dash: Jody Bellefeuille, Shane Sabraski, Dave Cain, Darrell Nelson, Steve Stuart, Neil Balduc, Jake Hartung, Ashley Anderson, Mike Anderson, Scott Greer, Jason Miller, Deven VanHouse

Round 1 - Heat 1: Jeff Spacek, Jake Hartung, Steve Stuart, Michael Truscott, Jeff Tardy, Jeffrey Lien Jr., Cody Wolkowski, Jeff Davis, Duane Dale
Round 1 - Heat 2: Darrell Nelson, Jason Miller, Kelly Estey, Ashley Anderson, Bob Broking, Kevin Eder, Jay Richardson, Rick Rivord, Kevin Adams
Round 1 - Heat 3: Deven VanHouse, Rick Niemi, Mike Anderson, Neil Balduc, Jake Hiatt, Matt Leer, Jeff Broking, Andy Davey, Johnny Broking
Round 1 - Heat 4: Al Uotinen, Dave Cain, Pat Cook, Scott Greer, Tony Schill, Steve Lavasseur, Brady Caul, Chris Unrau
Round 1 - Heat 5: Jody Bellefeuille, Cory Bruggeman, Shane Sabraski, Brandon Jensen, Chet Atkinson, Danny Vang, Paul Wrazidlo, Tyler Kintner
Round 2 – Heat 1: Balduc, Sabraski, Cain, Wolkowski, Wrazidlo, Adams, Sapcek, Lavasseur
Round 2 – Heat 2: Leer, Bellefeuille, Eder, Miller, Uotinen, Davey, Vang, Lien Jr., Cook
Round 2 – Heat 3: Stuart, M. Anderson, Hartung, Rivord, Truscott, Bruggeman, Tardy, Jensen, Richardson
Round 2 – Heat 4: Greer, Nelson, Dale, VanHouse, Niemi, Je. Broking, Kintner, Davis, Jo. Broking
Round 2 – Heat 5: A. Anderson, Schill, Estey, Hiatt, B. Broking, Atkinson, Caul, Unrau
WISSOTA Late Models:

Feature: Darrell Nelson, Rick Hanestad, Jesse Glenz, Jake Redetzke, Travis Budisalovich, James Giossi, Tim McMann, Buddy Hanestad, Harry Hanson, Chris Olson, Zach Wohlers, Dave Esse, Cole Spacek, Riley Matthews, Kevin Carlson, Terry Lillo, George Ledin, Robbie Cooper, Trevor Wilson, Tim Lillo, Jeff Massingill

Heat 1: R. Hanestad, Glenz, Te. Lillo, Esse, Matthews, Carlson, Ti. Lillo
Heat 2: Nelson, Redetzke, Olson, Wohlers, B. Hanestad, Hanson, Ledin
Heat 3: Budisalovich, Massingill, Giossi, McMann, Spacek, Wilson, Cooper
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

Feature: Skeeter Estey, David Simpson, Jake Smith, Justin Froemming, Michael Truscott, Grant Southworth, Deven VanHouse, Kevin Eder, Jason VandeKamp, Dave Flynn, Dan Kingsley, Cody Carlson, Craig Lofdahl, Karl Kolek, Jeffrey Lien Jr., Andrew Inman, Brandon Mehrwerth, Tanner Williamson, Don Craig, Wyatt Boyum, Kevin Monteith, Brandon Copp, Nick DaRonco, Willy Thompson

B-main 1: Kingsley, Froemming, Monteith, Craig, Chris Bretting, David Kivi, McLean Andrews, James Lambert, Eric Anderson, Gunner Peterson, Kyle Matuska, Jeff Hanninen, Mitch Weiss, Dan Tocheri, James Kannegiesser
B-main 2: Eder, Mehrwerth, Williamson, Inman, Dayton Brady, Brennen Gave, Jason Richardson, Tyler Werner, Brad Hanson, Joe Henninger, Tom Smart, Adam Dennhardt, Colin Chaschuk, Dalton Mains
Heat 1: Truscott, VanHouse, Carlson, Flynn, Lambert, Dennhardt, Matuska, Smart, Mains
Heat 2: Estey, Copp, Kolek, Monteith, Brady, Kannegiesser, Kivi, Peterson, Hanson
Heat 3: Lofdahl, Smith, VandeKamp, Froemming, Eder, Mehrwerth, Richardson, Craig, Andrews
Heat 4: DaRonco, Thompson, Boyum, Williamson, Anderson, Tocheri, Hanninen, Bretting, Weiss
Heat 5: Southworth, Simpson, Lien Jr., Kingsley, Inman, Werner, Gave, Henninger, Chaschuk
WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

Feature: Michael Blevins, Ryan Savoy, Kyle Copp, Dean Pronschinske, Al Rapp, Andrew Hanson, Cory Jorgensen, Travis Zembo, Chad Nikstad, James Vandela, Gene Walsh, Tyler Keup, Jared Akervik, Dylan Shelton, Richard Dzelak Jr., Steve Olson, Aaron Bernick, Annika Hammitt
Heat 1: Savoy, Copp, Shelton, Hammitt, Rapp, Pronschinske, Bernick, Keup, Akervik
Heat 2: Blevins, Nikstad, Dzelak Jr., Zembo, Walsh, Hanson, Jorgensen, Olson, Vandela

 


Hartung Hoists Hardware at Great Lakes Border Battle

Prepared By Chris Stepan ~ FYE Motorsports Promotions

(July 2nd, 2016 – Superior, Wisconsin)  The AMSOIL Speedway was  the place to be on Saturday night, July 2nd for the second and final night of the inaugural Great Lakes Border Battle for WISSOTA Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds and Pure Stocks. The FYE Motorsports promoted event was the largest payout in the history of the Superior, Wisconsin facility that has been in operation for 60+ years and proved to have packed house on the edge of its collective feet on several occasions during the Saturday night portion of the 2-day event.. The event was sponsored Propane Strategies, O’Brien Enterprises, ThermoSeal Insulation, RH Rebel Storage, RacinDirt.com, Tim’s Automotive Machine, Collins Brothers Towing of St. Cloud, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup, Realtruck.com, Wehrs Machine, Steussy Investments, Schill Construction, Outpost Drive Inn and Southworth Chevrolet.

Friday night’s heat races qualified the top 15 finishers from the Modified main into the $10,500 to win 60-lap championship feature with the remainder of the field being split into 3 b-mains with the top 3 finishers transferring to the big show.

B-feature #1 saw Deerwood, MN driver Danny Vang jump from the outside pole to the lead on the start and never look back with polesitter Cory Bruggeman in tow. Bruggeman raced alone in second for several laps until Steve Lavasseur began to challenge with Jeff Tardy moving toward the front as well. The trio embarked on a great battle for second while Vang continued to stretch his advantage. Tardy was impressive in the event as he raced by both Bruggeman and Lavasseur late in the race to claim a transfer spot, with Lavasseur crossing the line in third and transferring into the 60-lap finale.

The second b-feature witnessed the front row of Tyler Peterson and Seth Brede wage a way early for the top spot with hopes of transferring into the night’s main event. Peterson wrestled the lead away from Brede early and put his #1TPO on cruise control while Brede, Billy Byholm and Tim Jackson jockeyed for positions and transfer spots. Peterson cruised to the win while Brede settled into second and was not challenged throughout the remainder of the event but Jackson snuck up on Byholm in lapped traffic on the final lap and swept by into the third and final transfer spot as the duo raced to the checkered.

The third and final b-main was the best of the night with Jody Bellefeuille jumping out front and racing to a commanding lead early, but all eyes were on a thrilling four car battle for the final 2 transfer spots in the event. Scott Greer, Mike Stearns, thirteenth starting Dave Cain and Steve Stuart battled tooth and nail for the final two spots into the main event for the entire 20-lap distance of the event with Greer holding onto second and Stearns claiming the final spot in the feature.

Five Midwest Modified heats, 3 Pure Stock heats and 2 Midwest Modified b-mains completed qualifying action before the Modifieds rolled onto the track for one last shot at getting into the final with 18 cars racing in a last chance qualifier with only the race winner transferring into the main event. Cory Bruggeman once again sat on the pole and this time did not let that prime starting position fall by the wayside as he raced to the lead early with Bill Byholm, Dave Cain, Jason VandeKamp and Jeffrey Lien Jr swapping the second through fifth spots during the 15-lapper. Byholm tried to hang close to Bruggeman but Cory ran away with the final transfer spot into the 60-lap, $10,500 to win Border Battle main event.

2 Provisionals were randomly drawn from pre-entered drivers and the lucky recipients of starting spots 26 and 27 were Chet Atkinson and Cody Wolkowski.

            The first feature race of the night was the Pure Stocks, which saw Matt Deragon take command from the pole position and drive out to a sizeable advantage over Michael Blevens, Dustin Follett and Justin Madsen early. The 15-lap event went flag to flag with a fantastic battle up front during the entire distance between Follett and Blevens, who both caught leader Deragon late in the race and swept by bringing Madsen along in tow. Blevens lead the field to the white flag, but Follett was not to be denied the weekend sweep and charged under Blevens down the backstretch on the final lap and stole the lead and the win as the field raced off turn four to the checkered flag. Madsen ran third with Deragon and Andrew Hanson, who started deep in the field, rounding out the top five finishers.

            26 drivers from 3 states and Canada started the 25-lap, $1,500 to win Midwest Modified main event with Justin Froemming and Dan Wheeler pacing the field to the green. Froemming jumped to the initial lead with Wheeler, Tyler Kintner and Grand Southworth sliding into the top four at the drop of the green flag. The event was slowed just twice early for minor incidents, which kept the field tight, allowing Kintner to slide by to the lead on a restart and begin to pace the field as Southworth, Wheeler, Froemming and Jason VandeKamp began to put on a show for second. Kintner kept the pace up front with a hornet’s nest of jockeying for 2nd through 5th happening corner after corner and lap after lap. Froemming again closed in on Kintner with Southworth and VandeKamp a close side by side battle for third. As the field came to the white flag, Kintner lead with Froemming just to his inside. As the leaders screamed down the backstretch, Southworth put his #35 on the cushion, drove in deep and swept to the outside of both Kintner and Froemming and the lead trio drag raced nearly three-wide off turn four to the checkered flag with Southworth winning  by .065seconds in a photo finish to the delight of the standing and screaming crowd. Kintner second, Froemming third, VandeKamp fourth and Wheeler rounding out the top five at the line.
            The final event of the weekend rolled onto the race track as the 27-starters for the $10,500 to win Great Lakes Border Battle Modified field began to take shape in front of the huge grandstand at the Head of the Lakes Fairgrounds in Superior. Driver introductions were completed and fireworks erupted high in the sky as the drivers paraded 4-wide around the slicked off Amsoil Speedway before the 60-lapper began.   Once the festivities concluded, the field was formed back up into their traditional starting alignment and the race control instructed the drivers that it was time to kick off the first 30-lap segment of the 60-lapper.

            Ashley Anderson and Jake Hartung paced the star studded field to the green with Hartung taking command early. Ashley Anderson slid into second on the start with Mike Anderson settling into third on lap one. Hartung began to drive off into the night a bit with the Andersons working hard to keep pace just behind. Darrell Nelson, Kevin Eder and Bob Broking battled early just outside the top three with Al Uotinen beginning to pressure Nelson for the top five. Hartung got into lapped traffic early and began to put lapped cars between himself and the battle for second.

The first 30-laps ripped off non-stop with no issues and then the field was stopped for the mandatory 8-minute fuel stop on the front stretch. The fans were treated to watching the crews re-fuel the cars and then the drivers were re-aligned for the lap 31 restart.

Hartung blasted back off into the lead with Mike Anderson stealing second from Ashley Anderson on the restart and the duo trying to hold off a pressuring Nelson and Uotinen. Just outside the top five, Ward Imrie, Kevin Eder, Matt Leer, Neil Balduc and Andy Jones were in a great battle for the sixth spot, while 18th starting Jody Bellefeuille was making his way through traffic as well.

After two quick cautions bunched up the field, Hartung continued to pace the field out front and began to maneuver traffic again once he reached the back of the field. Again, both Andersons tried to close in on Hartung out front but Jake had his SSR #05 up to every challenge that anyone in the field had for him.

One final caution blinked on as Matt Leer, Kevin Eder and Danny Vang got together in turn one, sending all three of them to the pits and ending their chances at the $10 grand.
Hartung raced to and impressive $10,500 paycheck and his first FYE Motorsports victory that goes along with it, Mike Anderson, Ashley Anderson, Darrell Nelson and Al Uotinen crossed the finish line in the top five with Imrie coming across the line 6th as Bellefeuille earned Wehrs Machine Hard Charger honors in his 18th to 7th run. Balduc raced to 8th with Johnny Broking ninth and Jeff Tardy charging from his 19th starting spot to finish inside the top ten.

FYE Motorsports Promotions would like to thank the staff and management of the AMSOIL Speedway, the drivers, the fans, the sponsors, the volunteers and everyone else who made the event possible and as big of a success as it was. Check out www.FYEMotorsports.com for results, photos and more information.

SUMMARY:

AMSOIL Speedway

Race Results for 7/2/2016

Midwest Modifieds - Feature

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

3

1

35

Grant Southworth

Bloomer, WI

4

2

22(K)

Tyler Kintner

Hibbing, MN

5

3

16

Jason VandeKamp

Scandia, MN

2

4

RED1

Dan Wheeler

Savage, MN

8

5

17

Deven VanHouse

Silver Bay, MN

9

6

1TPO

Tyler Peterson

Hickson, ND

19

7

22(S)

Cole Spacek

Phillips, WI

21

8

22T

Michael Truscott

Chippewa Falls, WI

7

9

21

Jake Smith

Chippewa Falls, WI

15

10

4L

Carey LePage

Culver, MN

17

11

444

Tanner Byholm

Glidden, WI

24

12

95

Rick Rivord

Superior, WI

26

13

51

Dale Suomala Jr.

Hermantown, MN

18

14

68K

Dan Kingsley

Superior, WI

12

15

70JR

David Simpson

Thunder Bay, ON

25

16

45

Lance Solem

Duluth, MN

23

17

3D

Kevin Monteith

Thunder Bay, ONT

14

18

47

Don Craig

Thunder Bay, ON

DNF

11

19

47(V)

Danny Vang

Deerwood, MN

DNF

22

20

11

Shane Kisling

Park Falls, WI

DNF

10

21

39

Dan Wilson

Hibbing, MN

DNF

6

22

37

Mack Estey

Hibbing, MN

DNF

13

23

40SR

Kevin Eder

Ashland, WI

DNF

20

24

37X

Skeeter Estey

Kelly Lake, MN

DNF

16

25

L1

Shane Howell

Buffalo, MN

DNF

1

26

33(F)

Justin Froemming

Garfield, MN

DQ

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 1

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

4

1

RED1

Dan Wheeler

Savage, MN

1

2

39

Dan Wilson

Hibbing, MN

3

3

47

Don Craig

Thunder Bay, ON

6

4

L1

Shane Howell

Buffalo, MN

5

5

17K

David Kivi

Thunder Bay, ON

9

6

95

Rick Rivord

Superior, WI

8

7

21W

Wyatt Boyum

International Falls, MN

7

8

88(W)

Jason Williamson

Fort Frances, ON

2

9

55(K)

Murray Kozie

Headlingly, MB

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 2

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

2

1

17

Deven VanHouse

Silver Bay, MN

1

2

47(V)

Danny Vang

Deerwood, MN

8

3

37

Mack Estey

Hibbing, MN

6

4

444

Tanner Byholm

Glidden, WI

5

5

8(J)

Tim Jackson

Bemidji, MN

7

6

50

Brady Caul

Fort Frances, ON

9

7

22T

Michael Truscott

Chippewa Falls, WI

3

8

5

Mike Jacques

Thunderbay, ONT

4

9

G19

Gunner Peterson

Cable, WI

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 3

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

33(F)

Justin Froemming

Garfield, MN

2

2

70JR

David Simpson

Thunder Bay, ON

4

3

40SR

Kevin Eder

Ashland, WI

6

4

68K

Dan Kingsley

Superior, WI

7

5

51

Dale Suomala Jr.

Hermantown, MN

3

6

52

Jeremy Lindquist

Ashland, WI

5

7

45

Lance Solem

Duluth, MN

8

8

04(N)

Nick Ayotte

St. Paul, MN

9

9

96

Mike Dusek

Hoyt Lakes, MN

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 4

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

5

1

35

Grant Southworth

Bloomer, WI

4

2

22(K)

Tyler Kintner

Hibbing, MN

2

3

4L

Carey LePage

Culver, MN

3

4

37X

Skeeter Estey

Kelly Lake, MN

8

5

22(S)

Cole Spacek

Phillips, WI

7

6

14N

Keith Niemi

Forest Lake, MN

1

7

11JR

Andrew Inman

Hermantown, MN

6

8

23

Mitch Weiss

Scandia, MN

9

9

11

Shane Kisling

Park Falls, WI

DNF

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 5

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

2

1

16

Jason VandeKamp

Scandia, MN

4

2

21

Jake Smith

Chippewa Falls, WI

7

3

1TPO

Tyler Peterson

Hickson, ND

1

4

21JR

Ross Siiter

Cloquet, MN

6

5

3D

Kevin Monteith

Thunder Bay, ONT

3

6

33C

Cole Chernosky

Thunder Bay, ON

5

7

8

Nick DaRonco

Mountain Iron, MN

8

8

61

Jamie Smart

Kakabeka Falls, ON

Midwest Modifieds - Semi Feature 1

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

22(S)

Cole Spacek

Phillips, WI

7

2

22T

Michael Truscott

Chippewa Falls, WI

3

3

3D

Kevin Monteith

Thunder Bay, ONT

8

4

45

Lance Solem

Duluth, MN

6

5

52

Jeremy Lindquist

Ashland, WI

11

6

23

Mitch Weiss

Scandia, MN

5

7

50

Brady Caul

Fort Frances, ON

4

8

17K

David Kivi

Thunder Bay, ON

12

9

55(K)

Murray Kozie

Headlingly, MB

10

10

5

Mike Jacques

Thunderbay, ONT

13

11

96

Mike Dusek

Hoyt Lakes, MN

DNF

2

12

21JR

Ross Siiter

Cloquet, MN

DNF

9

13

8

Nick DaRonco

Mountain Iron, MN

DNF

Midwest Modifieds - Semi Feature 2

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

37X

Skeeter Estey

Kelly Lake, MN

13

2

11

Shane Kisling

Park Falls, WI

3

3

95

Rick Rivord

Superior, WI

2

4

51

Dale Suomala Jr.

Hermantown, MN

8

5

11JR

Andrew Inman

Hermantown, MN

12

6

G19

Gunner Peterson

Cable, WI

4

7

8(J)

Tim Jackson

Bemidji, MN

6

8

33C

Cole Chernosky

Thunder Bay, ON

5

9

14N

Keith Niemi

Forest Lake, MN

11

10

61

Jamie Smart

Kakabeka Falls, ON

9

11

88(W)

Jason Williamson

Fort Frances, ON

7

12

21W

Wyatt Boyum

International Falls, MN

10

13

04(N)

Nick Ayotte

St. Paul, MN

DNF

Pure Stocks - Feature

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

6

1

3D

Dustin Follett

Cloquet, MN

7

2

10

Michael Blevins

Hibbing, MN

4

3

15M

Justin Madsen

Foxboro, WI

1

4

57

Matt Deragon

Ashland, WI

8

5

20

Andrew Hanson

Iron River, WI

11

6

11

Justin Weinberger

Park Falls, WI

3

7

2X

Derek Olson

Hibbing, MN

5

8

16

Ryan Savoy

Superior, WI

22

9

11R

Devin Reynolds

Cloquet, MN

10

10

19A

Annika Hammitt

Cloquet, MN

19

11

32J

Jon Hammitt

Cloquet, MN

20

12

11E

Dylan Shelton

Wrenshall, MN

14

13

H20

Chris Johnson

Superior, WI

2

14

40

Andy Poll

Two Harbors, MN

18

15

2(L)

Don Livingston

Bayfield, WI

16

16

33R

Shaina Rapp

Saginaw, MN

13

17

16(N)

Carter Nelson

Hermantown, MN

12

18

5Z

Zene Anderson

Superior, WI

17

19

71C

Tyler Carlson

Cloquet, MN

DNF

9

20

11(Q)

Tucker Quinn

Ladysmith, WI

DNF

15

21

69

Casey Hartshorn

Duluth, MN

DNF

21

22

19

Jared Akervik

Superior, WI

DNS

Pure Stocks - Heat 1

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

3D

Dustin Follett

Cloquet, MN

3

2

16

Ryan Savoy

Superior, WI

5

3

15M

Justin Madsen

Foxboro, WI

2

4

11

Justin Weinberger

Park Falls, WI

4

5

H20

Chris Johnson

Superior, WI

7

6

33R

Shaina Rapp

Saginaw, MN

8

7

2(L)

Don Livingston

Bayfield, WI

6

8

11E

Dylan Shelton

Wrenshall, MN

DNS

Pure Stocks - Heat 2

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

10

Michael Blevins

Hibbing, MN

4

2

2X

Derek Olson

Hibbing, MN

7

3

40

Andy Poll

Two Harbors, MN

2

4

5Z

Zene Anderson

Superior, WI

3

5

69

Casey Hartshorn

Duluth, MN

5

6

32J

Jon Hammitt

Cloquet, MN

DNF

6

7

19

Jared Akervik

Superior, WI

DNS

Pure Stocks - Heat 3

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

57

Matt Deragon

Ashland, WI

2

2

20

Andrew Hanson

Iron River, WI

3

3

19A

Annika Hammitt

Cloquet, MN

7

4

11(Q)

Tucker Quinn

Ladysmith, WI

6

5

16(N)

Carter Nelson

Hermantown, MN

5

6

71C

Tyler Carlson

Cloquet, MN

4

7

11R

Devin Reynolds

Cloquet, MN

DNS

 


Anderson Wins Qualifying Feature at Great Lakes Border Battle

Prepared By Chris Stepan ~ FYE Motorsports Promotions

 

(July 1st, 2016 – Superior, Wisconsin)

The inaugural Great Lakes Border Battle kicked off at the Amsoil Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin under bright sunshine and comfortable temperatures with a whopping 59 WISSOTA Modifieds, 53 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and 29 WISSOTA Pure Stocks in attendance. The FYE Motorsports promoted event was the largest payout in the history of the Superior, Wisconsin facility that has been in operation for 60+ years. The event was sponsored Propane Strategies, O’Brien Enterprises, ThermoSeal Insulation, RH Rebel Storage, RacinDirt.com, Tim’s Automotive Machine, Collins Brothers Towing of St. Cloud, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup, Realtruck.com, Wehrs Machine, Steussy Investments, Schill Construction, Outpost Drive Inn and Southworth Chevrolet.

Six 15-lap Modified heat races were center stage with passing points being utilized to determine the top 24 starters in the night’s qualifying main event.

Heat one saw Andy Jones jump to the lead from the start with Mike Stearns sliding into second early. Steve Lavasseur and Stearns battled fiercely for the runner up spot with 7th starting Mike Anderson working every inch of the speedway to find any kind of an opening. Jones drove off to victory with Anderson making the move of the night on the final lap to sweep by Lavasseur and Stearns into second with the approval of the on it’s feet crowd!

Heat two saw Bob Broking jump from the outside of the front row with 4th starting Scott Greer moving into second at the start. Broking and Greer ran first and second through the majority of the event with 6th starting Darrell Nelson working over Greer lap after lap for the runner up spot until finally sneaking by with just a few laps remaining. Nelson charged after Broking but ran out of time as Broking raced to the heat race victory.

After a criss cross for a scratch in the lineup, the third heat would see JB Stortz blast to the lead from the outside of the front row with Ward Imrie glued to his spoiler for the lead during the majority of the 15-lapper. Tyler Peterson raced from 6th to third and Tim Jackson charged from 9th into fourth midrace and tried to race down the leaders. Stortz picked up the win with Imrie a close second.

The fourth heat featured defending National Champion Kevin Adams taking the lead from the outside of the front row with 4th starting Kevin Eder challenging early. Eder was able to sweep to the outside of Adams for the lead mid race and hold off Adams throughout the remainder of the event. Ashley Anderson charged from 8th to 3rd at the finish.

Heat five saw Johnny Broking drive away from the field from his pole position starting spot in a run away with Al Uotinen solidly jumping into second after starting inside the second row. Uotinen would race the bottom of the track as Danny Vang and 10th starting Rick Niemi tried to move forward. Broking would join his father as a heat race winner with Uotinen in second.

The final heat race saw Jake Hartung race to the lead from outside of the front row with Scot Danzeisen a solid second early. Matt Leer and Neil Balduc moved in to challenge and Balduc raced by into second. Neil then tried to chase down Hartung up front with Leer slipping by Danzeisen for third. Hartung would hold off Balduc for the victory in heat race number six.

            Friday night consisted of a full program for the WISSOTA sanctioned Pure Stocks, which featured a large field of 29 cars from across the region. After three heat races were completed, event promoters decided to start all 29 cars in the 15-lap, $325 main event. Solon Springs, Wisconsin racer Alex Smith took the lead from the drop of the green from the outside of the front row and paced the early laps with Dustin Follett and Jason Havel in tow. Havel and Follett tried multiple lines and multiple times to overtake Smith for lead until Havel tried a bit too hard and spun his #5 bringing out one of 5 cautions and sending him to the tail. Smith regained the lead on the restart and worked his way in front of Follett for much of the remainder of the event. Follett was able to finally race his #3d to the inside of Smith to overtake Alex for the lead with just two circuits remaining to claim the victory. Michael Blevens ralled late to a second place finish ahead of Jon Hammitt, Havel from the tail and Matt Deragon rounded out the top five finishers.

            53 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds signed in on the opening night of the Great Lakes Border Battle in search of the $1,500 top prize awaiting the winner. The field was widdled down to 26 feature starters after 6 heat races and 2 bmains. Hibbing, Minnesota pilot Tyler Kintner and Thunder Bay, Ontario racer Kevin Monteith paced the field to the green for the 25-lapper, with Monteith jumping out to the lead early on Canada Day to the delight of the Northern crowd in attendance. Kintner and Skeeter Estey moved in on Monteith early in the event to battle out front, while Jason VandeKamp worked his way forward from his 8th starting spot. The battle tightened up and was soon a thrilling 4 car race up front as Monteith, Kintner, Estey and VandeKamp waged a way in front of the packed stands. Estey swung to the outside of the Monteith/Kintner side by side battle for the lead and swept by to the lead just past the halfway point. VandeKamp also snuck by into second spot and tried to run down Estey. VandeKamp was able cut into Estey’s advantage and dove to the inside of Skeeter’s #37x on multiple occasions as the laps wound toward the end. The duo raced hard for the lead with Estey in the preferred groove and VandeKamp right there looking for an opening. The race came down to the final lap in which Estey was able to withstand one final VandeKamp push for the $1,500 victory. VandeKamp settled for second with 12th starting Michael Truscott rallying to third and Justin Fromming fourth, from 19th and Kintner in the top five.
            The final race of the night was the 25-lap Modified Qualifying Feature that would start 24 cars and lock in the top 15 finsihers into Saturday night’s $10,500 main event. Ashley Anderson and Jake Hartung redrew the front row and Anderson blasted from the pole to the lead at the start with Hartung in tow. Mike Anderson settled into third with Andy Jones and JB Stortz battling for fourth early. 8th starting Darrell Nelson worked his way steadily toward the front with a thriller of a battle for transfer spots occurring just outside of the top five between Matt Leer, Ward Imrie, Broking, Tyler Peterson, Seth Brede Al Uotinen. That gaggle of cars was worth the price of admission alone as they were three and sometimes four wide for position trying to lock themselves into the main event. Meanwhile back up front Anderson continued to lead with Hartung a close second. The lead duo began to encounter some lapped traffic, which allowed Hartung to challenge for the top spot, but Anderson was up to the task and held off Hartung for the non-stop victory. Anderson was third with 9th starting Johnny Broking and Nelson coming across the checkered in the top five.

The championship night of the inaugural Great Lakes Border Battle will take place on Saturday night, July 2nd with a 6pm start time, Full programs for WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Pure Stocks and the b-mains, last chance race and 60-lap, $10,500 to win main event for the WISSOTA Modifieds. Check out www.FYEMotorsports.com for more information.

SUMMARY:

AMSOIL Speedway

Race Results for 7/1/2016

Midwest Modifieds - Feature

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

4

1

37X

Skeeter Estey

Kelly Lake, MN

8

2

16

Jason VandeKamp

Scandia, MN

12

3

22T

Michael Truscott

Chippewa Falls, WI

19

4

33(F)

Justin Froemming

Garfield, MN

1

5

22(K)

Tyler Kintner

Hibbing, MN

5

6

68K

Dan Kingsley

Superior, WI

24

7

RED1

Dan Wheeler

Savage, MN

16

8

17

Deven VanHouse

Silver Bay, MN

7

9

37

Mack Estey

Hibbing, MN

14

10

29F

Dave Flynn

Superior, WI

22

11

L1

Shane Howell

Buffalo, MN

2

12

3D

Kevin Monteith

Thunder Bay, ONT

20

13

1TPO

Tyler Peterson

Hickson, ND

26

14

22(S)

Cole Spacek

Phillips, WI

25

15

4L

Carey LePage

Culver, MN

11

16

50

Brady Caul

Fort Frances, ON

3

17

33C

Cole Chernosky

Thunder Bay, ON

17

18

61

Jamie Smart

Kakabeka Falls, ON

6

19

35

Grant Southworth

Bloomer, WI

10

20

23

Mitch Weiss

Scandia, MN

13

21

444

Tanner Byholm

Glidden, WI

DNF

18

22

70JR

David Simpson

Thunder Bay, ON

DNF

9

23

40SR

Kevin Eder

Ashland, WI

DNF

21

24

11

Shane Kisling

Park Falls, WI

DNF

23

25

8

Nick DaRonco

Mountain Iron, MN

DNF

15

26

47(V)

Danny Vang

Deerwood, MN

DNS


Midwest Modifieds - Heat 1

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

6

1

37X

Skeeter Estey

Kelly Lake, MN

2

2

29F

Dave Flynn

Superior, WI

3

3

21

Jake Smith

Chippewa Falls, WI

9

4

22T

Michael Truscott

Chippewa Falls, WI

1

5

11

Shane Kisling

Park Falls, WI

8

6

90

Brad  Hanson

Mt. Iron, MN

5

7

3G

Jason Goldfine

Superior, WI

7

8

14J

James Kannegiesser

Hayward, WI

4

9

G19

Gunner Peterson

Cable, WI

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 2

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

35

Grant Southworth

Bloomer, WI

2

2

47(V)

Danny Vang

Deerwood, MN

5

3

70JR

David Simpson

Thunder Bay, ON

9

4

444

Tanner Byholm

Glidden, WI

7

5

45

Lance Solem

Duluth, MN

6

6

95

Rick Rivord

Superior, WI

4

7

17K

David Kivi

Thunder Bay, ON

3

8

21W

Wyatt Boyum

International Falls, MN

8

9

04(N)

Nick Ayotte

St. Paul, MN

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 3

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

4

1

68K

Dan Kingsley

Superior, WI

2

2

17

Deven VanHouse

Silver Bay, MN

3

3

1TPO

Tyler Peterson

Hickson, ND

1

4

8

Nick DaRonco

Mountain Iron, MN

9

5

RED1

Dan Wheeler

Savage, MN

7

6

33(F)

Justin Froemming

Garfield, MN

6

7

14N

Keith Niemi

Forest Lake, MN

5

8

5

Mike Jacques

Thunderbay, ONT

8

9

51

Dale Suomala Jr.

Hermantown, MN

DNF

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 4

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

22(K)

Tyler Kintner

Hibbing, MN

4

2

3D

Kevin Monteith

Thunder Bay, ONT

7

3

23

Mitch Weiss

Scandia, MN

5

4

L1

Shane Howell

Buffalo, MN

6

5

22(S)

Cole Spacek

Phillips, WI

2

6

88(W)

Jason Williamson

Fort Frances, ON

3

7

21JR

Ross Siiter

Cloquet, MN

8

8

52

Jeremy Lindquist

Ashland, WI

9

9

7(B)

Jordan Barningham

Bayfield, WI

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 5

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

2

1

16

Jason VandeKamp

Scandia, MN

4

2

40SR

Kevin Eder

Ashland, WI

6

3

50

Brady Caul

Fort Frances, ON

1

4

1B

Brady Jokinen

Mellen, WI

9

5

4L

Carey LePage

Culver, MN

8

6

11JR

Andrew Inman

Hermantown, MN

7

7

39

Dan Wilson

Hibbing, MN

5

8

5(D)

Dan Doran

Cloquet, MN

3

9

55(K)

Murray Kozie

Headlingly, MB

Midwest Modifieds - Heat 6

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

33C

Cole Chernosky

Thunder Bay, ON

2

2

61

Jamie Smart

Kakabeka Falls, ON

8

3

37

Mack Estey

Hibbing, MN

6

4

47

Don Craig

Thunder Bay, ON

4

5

20

Denny Cutsforth

Rice Lake, WI

7

6

8(J)

Tim Jackson

Bemidji, MN

5

7

2J

Josh Heavirland

Cloquet, MN

3

8

96

Mike Dusek

Hoyt Lakes, MN

DNS

Midwest Modifieds - Semi Feature 1

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

8

1

33(F)

Justin Froemming

Garfield, MN

6

2

11

Shane Kisling

Park Falls, WI

4

3

8

Nick DaRonco

Mountain Iron, MN

3

4

4L

Carey LePage

Culver, MN

16

5

04(N)

Nick Ayotte

St. Paul, MN

9

6

95

Rick Rivord

Superior, WI

5

7

45

Lance Solem

Duluth, MN

11

8

14N

Keith Niemi

Forest Lake, MN

1

9

21

Jake Smith

Chippewa Falls, WI

2

10

47

Don Craig

Thunder Bay, ON

15

11

5(D)

Dan Doran

Cloquet, MN

13

12

14J

James Kannegiesser

Hayward, WI

14

13

5

Mike Jacques

Thunderbay, ONT

DNF

7

14

90

Brad  Hanson

Mt. Iron, MN

DNF

10

15

3G

Jason Goldfine

Superior, WI

DNF

12

16

39

Dan Wilson

Hibbing, MN

DNF

17

17

55(K)

Murray Kozie

Headlingly, MB

DNF

18

18

96

Mike Dusek

Hoyt Lakes, MN

DNS

Midwest Modifieds - Semi Feature 2

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

1TPO

Tyler Peterson

Hickson, ND

3

2

L1

Shane Howell

Buffalo, MN

2

3

RED1

Dan Wheeler

Savage, MN

5

4

22(S)

Cole Spacek

Phillips, WI

14

5

52

Jeremy Lindquist

Ashland, WI

8

6

8(J)

Tim Jackson

Bemidji, MN

10

7

17K

David Kivi

Thunder Bay, ON

11

8

21JR

Ross Siiter

Cloquet, MN

4

9

1B

Brady Jokinen

Mellen, WI

9

10

88(W)

Jason Williamson

Fort Frances, ON

15

11

G19

Gunner Peterson

Cable, WI

13

12

21W

Wyatt Boyum

International Falls, MN

16

13

7(B)

Jordan Barningham

Bayfield, WI

7

14

11JR

Andrew Inman

Hermantown, MN

DNF

6

15

20

Denny Cutsforth

Rice Lake, WI

DNF

12

16

2J

Josh Heavirland

Cloquet, MN

DNF

17

17

51

Dale Suomala Jr.

Hermantown, MN

DNS

Modifieds - Heat 1

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

73

Andy Jones

Princeton, MN

7

2

57

Mike Anderson

Colfax, WI

2

3

99(L)

Steve Lavasseur

River Falls, WI

4

4

24S

Mike Stearns

Hecla, SD

3

5

3C

Chet Atkinson

Hugo, MN

10

6

101

Paul  Schultz

Grand Rapids, MN

9

7

5D

Jeff Broking

Grand Rapids, MN

8

8

99(S)

Brody Strachan

Emo, ON

5

9

04JR

Adam Ayotte

St. Paul, MN

6

10

RCR X

Paul Wrazidlo

Duluth, MN

DNF

Modifieds - Heat 2

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

2

1

45

Bob Broking

Grand Rapids, MN

6

2

44

Darrell Nelson

Hermantown, MN

4

3

5G

Scott Greer

East St Paul, MB

3

4

74

Rick Cannata

Hibbing, MN

10

5

11

Jody Bellefeuille

Duluth, MN

9

6

4(B)

Cory Bruggeman

Stillwater, MN

7

7

67

Jeff Tardy

Hibbing, MN

8

8

11X

Brian Mikkonen

Iron River , WI

1

9

95

Rick Rivord

Superior, WI

5

10

V2

Joey Jensen

Harris, MN

DNF

Modifieds - Heat 3

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

3

1

22JB

J.B. Stortz

Big Lake, MN

2

2

10W

Ward Imrie

Winnipeg, MB

7

3

1TPO

Tyler Peterson

Hickson, ND

10

4

4(J)

Tim Jackson

Bemidji, MN

4

5

92

Ryan Aho

Chisholm, MN

6

6

85D

Jeff Davis

International Falls, MN

9

7

53

Tyler Kintner

Hibbing, MN

8

8

24JR

Jeffrey Lien Jr.

Mora, MN

DNF

1

9

22

Jeff Spacek

Phillips, WI

DNF

5

10

2C

Dave Cain

Corcoran, MN

DNF

Modifieds - Heat 4

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

4

1

22E

Kevin Eder

Ashland, WI

2

2

40

Kevin Adams

Cameron, WI

8

3

1(A)

Ashley Anderson

Elk Mound, WI

9

4

19B

Seth Brede

Kandiyohi, MN

3

5

R1

Jay Richardson

Spring Valley, WI

5

6

6*

Brian Haben

Appleton, MN

6

7

16

Jason VandeKamp

Scandia, MN

7

8

7

Danny Staff

East St. Paul, MB

10

9

33T

Sam Skalsky

Hibbing, MN

1

10

97(L)

Peter Loecken

Paynesville, MN

DNF

Modifieds - Heat 5

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

45J

Johnny Broking

Grand Rapids, MN

3

2

98

Al Uotinen

Superior, WI

5

3

47

Danny Vang

Deerwood, MN

10

4

54

Rick Niemi

Eveleth, MN

2

5

4X

Steve Stuart

Ashland, WI

9

6

4

Bill Byholm

Glidden, WI

8

7

90

Destin Lorimor

Superior, WI

7

8

60

Dan Ebert

Lake Shore, MN

4

9

224

Cody Wolkowski

Thunder Bay, ON

6

10

55W

Jeffrey Wood

Chisholm, MN

DNF

Modifieds - Heat 6

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

2

1

05

Jake Hartung

Elmwood, WI

4

2

99

Neil Balduc

Bessemer, MI

5

3

30

Matt Leer

Bruce, WI

1

4

5X

Scot Danzeisen

Herman, MN

8

5

17

Deven VanHouse

Silver Bay, MN

6

6

12

Jason Gross

Osceola, WI

7

7

21D

Cory Sersha

Eveleth, MN

9

8

48(G)

Jerome Guyot

Fannystelle, MB

3

9

37

Kelly Estey

Kelly Lake, MN

DNF

Modifieds - Qualifying Feature

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

1

1

1(A)

Ashley Anderson

Elk Mound, WI

2

2

05

Jake Hartung

Elmwood, WI

3

3

57

Mike Anderson

Colfax, WI

9

4

45J

Johnny Broking

Grand Rapids, MN

8

5

44

Darrell Nelson

Hermantown, MN

4

6

73

Andy Jones

Princeton, MN

10

7

99

Neil Balduc

Bessemer, MI

7

8

22E

Kevin Eder

Ashland, WI

14

9

98

Al Uotinen

Superior, WI

5

10

22JB

J.B. Stortz

Big Lake, MN

19

11

30

Matt Leer

Bruce, WI

16

12

10W

Ward Imrie

Winnipeg, MB

6

13

45

Bob Broking

Grand Rapids, MN

13

14

54

Rick Niemi

Eveleth, MN

23

15

17

Deven VanHouse

Silver Bay, MN

17

16

40

Kevin Adams

Cameron, WI

15

17

19B

Seth Brede

Kandiyohi, MN

21

18

11

Jody Bellefeuille

Duluth, MN

18

19

47

Danny Vang

Deerwood, MN

11

20

1TPO

Tyler Peterson

Hickson, ND

24

21

24S

Mike Stearns

Hecla, SD

22

22

99(L)

Steve Lavasseur

River Falls, WI

12

23

4(J)

Tim Jackson

Bemidji, MN

20

24

5G

Scott Greer

East St Paul, MB


Pure Stocks - Feature

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

4

1

3D

Dustin Follett

Cloquet, MN

3

2

10

Michael Blevins

Hibbing, MN

7

3

32J

Jon Hammitt

Cloquet, MN

1

4

5

Jason Havel

Rice Lake, WI

13

5

57

Matt Deragon

Ashland, WI

10

6

11

Justin Weinberger

Park Falls, WI

2

7

2

Alex Smith

Solon Springs, WI

27

8

20

Andrew Hanson

Iron River, WI

9

9

2(D)

Derek Olson

Hibbing, MN

12

10

18

Tim Carlson

Superior, WI

25

11

53

Travis Zembo

Superior, WI

26

12

H20

Chris Johnson

Superior, WI

19

13

40

Andy Poll

Two Harbors, MN

22

14

71C

Tyler Carlson

Cloquet, MN

24

15

5Z

Zene Anderson

Superior, WI

11

16

2(L)

Don Livingston

Bayfield, WI

DNF

15

17

19A

Annika Hammitt

Cloquet, MN

DNF

18

18

16(N)

Carter Nelson

Hermantown, MN

DNF

6

19

15M

Justin Madsen

Foxboro, WI

DNF

20

20

27M

Ryan Madsen

Foxboro, WI

DNF

14

21

33R

Shaina Rapp

Saginaw, MN

DNF

5

22

11(Q)

Tucker Quinn

Ladysmith, WI

DNF

23

23

27

Matt Roux

Rice Lake, WI

DNF

16

24

16

Ryan Savoy

Superior, WI

DNF

8

25

89

Jeff Christman

South Range, WI

DNF

17

26

69

Casey Hartshorn

Duluth, MN

DNF

21

27

11E

Dylan Shelton

Wrenshall, MN

DNF

28

28

28C

Cole Provinzino

Hibbing, MN

DNS

Pure Stocks - Heat 1

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

8

1

3D

Dustin Follett

Cloquet, MN

4

2

32J

Jon Hammitt

Cloquet, MN

9

3

10

Michael Blevins

Hibbing, MN

1

4

18

Tim Carlson

Superior, WI

2

5

33R

Shaina Rapp

Saginaw, MN

10

6

57

Matt Deragon

Ashland, WI

5

7

11E

Dylan Shelton

Wrenshall, MN

6

8

71C

Tyler Carlson

Cloquet, MN

3

9

5Z

Zene Anderson

Superior, WI

7

10

53

Travis Zembo

Superior, WI

Pure Stocks - Heat 2

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

5

1

5

Jason Havel

Rice Lake, WI

6

2

15M

Justin Madsen

Foxboro, WI

4

3

2(D)

Derek Olson

Hibbing, MN

7

4

11

Justin Weinberger

Park Falls, WI

3

5

19A

Annika Hammitt

Cloquet, MN

1

6

69

Casey Hartshorn

Duluth, MN

9

7

40

Andy Poll

Two Harbors, MN

2

8

27

Matt Roux

Rice Lake, WI

8

9

20

Andrew Hanson

Iron River, WI

DNF

Pure Stocks - Heat 3

Start

Finish

Car No

Driver

Hometown

5

1

11(Q)

Tucker Quinn

Ladysmith, WI

7

2

2

Alex Smith

Solon Springs, WI

3

3

2(L)

Don Livingston

Bayfield, WI

8

4

89

Jeff Christman

South Range, WI

4

5

16

Ryan Savoy

Superior, WI

1

6

16(N)

Carter Nelson

Hermantown, MN

9

7

27M

Ryan Madsen

Foxboro, WI

2

8

H20

Chris Johnson

Superior, WI

DNF

6

9

28C

Cole Provinzino

Hibbing, MN

DNF


FYE Motorsports Introduces Inaugural Great Lakes Border Battle

The 4th of July in the Twin Ports just got richer… $10 grand Richer!

FYE Motorsports Promotions owner Chris Stepan and the promotional team at the AMSOIL Speedway in Superior, WI have inked a deal to hold the inaugural Great Lakes Border Battle on July 1st-3rd at the AMSOIL Speedway.

The Great Lakes Border Battle will feature a $10,000 to win event for the WISSOTA Modifieds, along with twin $1,000 to win events for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds each night and complete programs for the Pure Stocks each night as well.

Event details are still in the finalization process, but Stepan commented ‘Fans and drivers should mark their calendars for this one! It’s no secret that I consider the AMSOIL Speedway one of my favorite tracks in the entire country and I am really excited that we were able to put this event together. Once we decided to move the Mod Nationals in Alexandria off this weekend, the door was open to put this awesome event together! The local talent in the twin ports is outstanding already and putting a $10,000 to win paycheck out there in front of the WISSOTA Modified guys should ensure a hugely talented field of drivers vying for the biggest open wheel payout in AMSOIL Speedway history!’

The AMSOIL Speedway hosted 11 WISSOTA Modified events during their 2015 season and saw 7 winners including three time winner Kevin Eder, two time winners Darrell Nelson and Jody Bellefeuille, and single event winners Al Uotinen, Kelly Estey, Matt Leer and Neil Balduc, proving that it’s truly anyone’s ballgame, which should provide some outstanding competition during this inaugural event.

The plan is to host an open practice session on Thursday, June 30th with racing action taking place on Friday and Saturday nights with a raindate on Sunday evening. The WISSOTA Modifieds will compete in a complete qualifying program on Friday night including heat races, b-mains and a qualifying feature, in which the top 16 finishers will be locked into Saturday’s $10,000 to win championship event. Saturday, the remaining Modified drivers will be put into b-mains and the final 9 starting spots will be decided from those b-mains and a last chance race. The Midwest Modifieds and Pure Stocks will compete in complete individual paying events each night, including twin $1,000 to win programs for the Midwest Modifieds on Friday and Saturday nights and the Pure Stocks will race for $150 to win on Friday and $250 on Saturday night. Passing points will be used for all divisions nightly.

Stepan went on to say ‘with Canada Day falling on a Friday and the 4th of July falling on a Monday this year, we have hit the calendar right for a blockbuster American vs Canadian Border Battle type event with what should be outstanding support from the avid racefans from the Twin Ports and those from in and around the Thunder Bay area.’

Thanks to area race tracks for working with us to allow your Modified and Midwest Modified drivers to compete in this first of its kind event in Superior.

More event details will be released in weeks to come, but fans can stay tuned to www.FYEMotorsports.com for any and all event updates that become available.

We hope to see everyone at the AMSOIL Speedway over the 4th of July holiday weekend!