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The Estey family juggernaut continued it’s roll over the northland Friday

night at AMSOIL Speedway as Dad Kelly swept the Modified action and Son

Skeeter swept the Midwest Modifieds. Youngest Son Mack won his heat and

finished second to Skeeter in the feature. The broom was out the entire night

as Kevin Burdick swept the Super Stock action Dustin Follett swept in the

Pure Stocks. Harry Hanson bested the Late Model field winning his first

feature at the speedway in some time.

After preliminary action was in the record book, the Midwest Modified 20

lap main event was first to the finely groomed surface. Dan Kingsley fresh

off a feature win the previous Sunday led early from the pole but the racy

track provided some great racing. A caution flag on the first circuit, the first

of two for a Don Craig spin in the first turn reset the field. The restart saw

Jake Gondik up from the third row to grab the lead from Kingsley but the

fastest movers were Skeeter and Mack Estey up into the top five. Soon

Skeeter was challenging Gondik for the lead and, with seven laps in, Estey

slid past by a whisker. Also on the move was Cody Carlson from the tenth

starting spot to battle with Deven VanHouse for fifth and took the spot just as

the second caution flag flew for a spin just at the half way point. Skeeter

Estey retained the lead at the restart with pressure from Gondik while Mack

Estey was third, Kingsley fourth and Carlson fifth. Skeeter Estey was in

control of the event as Gondik and Mack Estey dueled for second taking the

spot with three laps remaining. Carlson vaulted into fourth as the checkered

flag flew and Kingsley finished fifth. In a rare occurrence, all sixteen cars

that started the race were running at the end.

Next up were the Super Stocks with a field of fifteen to take the green for

20 laps. DJ Keeler broke to the lead from the outside pole with Pat

Heikkinen, Kevin Burdick, Jim Campbell and Willie Johnsen trailing.

Burdick made a run and moved up to battle wheel to wheel with Keeler.

Burdick took over the point with Campbell to second Johnsen third and Tyler

Kintner into the top four. A caution for a Dan Yrjanson spin in turn four with

four laps in realigned the field. The restart saw Burdick take a five car length

lead as Campbell and Keeler fell into a skirmish for second as Kintner

maintained fourth and Johnsen had Nick Oreskovich to contend with.

Yrjanson and Brian Carl tangled in the first turn bringing out the caution flag

number two. At the green Campbell tried to steal the lead but was

unsuccessful. At the ten lap mark Burdick led Campbell, Johnsen a fast

moving Scott Lawrence who had raced his way up from the sixth row to

fourth and Kintner in the top five. As the laps counted down, Lawrence

moved to third and Oreskovich into the top five. Burdick had little trouble

leading the rest of the way to complete his sweep.

The Late Models went twenty-five laps for their main event and outside

pole sitter Harry Hanson swept to the lead and opened up a huge lead. Tim

McMann led the second place contingent that included Terry Lillo, Chris

Olson and Darrell Nelson. Hanson’s lead disappeared when Terry Lillo spun

in turn one nearly collecting son Aaron. The restart saw Hanson again drive

to the lead with McMann following. Nelson made a run to third as Jeff

Provinzino got by Olson to fourth. Another caution flag for a Terry Lillo

Cory Jorgenson incident at the entrance to turn one again destroyed Hanson’s

lead. The caution flag came with seventeen laps remaining and Hanson still

led at the green but Nelson disposed of McMann and set out to track down

the leader. Yet another caution flag for the departure of Kyle Peterlin with

fourteen laps remaining again brought Hanson back to the field. Hanson

accelerated away from Nelson at the restart green flag with Nelson in hot

pursuit. It soon became apparent that Nelson could close up on Hanson

quickly in the turns but Hanson had the edge when it came to straight away

acceleration and speed. This combination enabled Hanson to stay ahead of

the pesky Nelson to the checkered flag. Provinzino and McMann finished

fourth and fifth with Zach Wohlers snapping at their heels in fifth. Wohlers’

drive was a highlight in the competitive feature as he had started fifteenth of

fifteen after falling out of his heat.

The twenty lap Modified feature saw Jody Bellefeuille who was also fresh

off a feature win the previous Sunday take the lead from the front row at the

outset. Rick Rivord showed strength in second ahead of Matt Leer, Brian

Mikkonen and Jeff Broking. Two laps in Mikkonen lost control in turn one

causing the field to be reset. Kelly Estey started seventh and began to make

his presence felt with an early run into the top three. Meanwhile Bellefeuille

had stretched his advantage to nearly a straight away over second place

Rivord. Estey got by Rivord to second and began making serious inroads into

the distance to Bellefeuille. With five laps remaining Estey caught

Bellefeuille and a side by side duel ensued. With three laps remaining Estey

completed the pass and went on to take the win and the sweep. Rivord, Leer

and Deven VanHouse rounded out the top five. Al Uotinen finished the event

in eighth place and increased his consecutive feature laps completed to 830.

The Pure Stocks completed the second night of racing at AMSOIL

Speedway for the season with a fifteen lap main event and it was a caution

filled one. Dustin Follett of Cloquet, MN has found the former Craig Horak

Station Wagon much to his liking as he parlayed his eighth starting spot into

a sweep and his second straight feature win at the speedway. The win gave

him his third feature win of the season. Josh Loucks gave him a run for his

money but fell short at the end. Matt Hammitt, Andy Udeen and Ryan Savoy

finished in the top five.

Results AMSOIL Speedway Friday May 30

WISSOTA Late Model ( 15 cars)

Feature (25 laps) Harry Hanson Eveleth; Darrell Nelson Hermantown; Jeff

Provinzino Hibbing; Tim McMann Duluth; Zach Wohlers Kelly Lake; Chris

Olson Hibbing; TJ Adams Hayward; Scott Herrick Proctor; Aaron Lillo

Proctor; Kevin Carlson Hermantown; Trevor Wilson Superior; Cory

Jorgenson Hermantown; John Toppozini Thunder Bay DNF: Kyle Peterin

Hibbing; Terry lillo Duluth

Heat 1: (8 laps) Provinzino, Nelson, Olson, T. Lillo, Jorgenson, Peterlin, A.

Lillo, Toppozini

Heat 2: (8 laps) McMann; Hanson; Adams; Herrick; Carlson; Wilson DNF

Wohlers

WISSOTA Modified (18 cars)

Feature (20 laps) Kelly Estey Kelly Lake; Jody Bellefeuille Duluth; Rick

Rivord Superior; Matt Leer Bruce; Deven VanHouse Silver bay; Jeff broking

Grand Rapids; Darrell Nelson Hermantown; Al Uotinen Superior; Rick

Niemi Eveleth; Neil Balduc Bessemer; Rick Cannata Hibbing; Nikki

Wrazidlo Duluth; Pat Cook Washburn; Brian Mikkonen Iron River; Cody

Wolkowski Thunder Bay; Scott Heikkinen Eveleth DNF: Donnie Lofdahl

Duluth; Kevin Eder Ashland

Heat 1 (8 laps) Nelson; Leer; Rivord; Wolkowski; Lofdahl; Heikkinen

Heat 2 (8 laps) Broking; Bellefeuille; Uitinen; Cannata; Eder; Cook

Heat 3 (8 laps) Estey; VanHouse; Mikkonen; Balduc; Wrazidlo; Niemi

WISSOTA Super Stock (15 cars)

Feature (20 laps) Kevin Burdick Proctor; Willie Johnsen Superior; Scott

Lawrence Superior; Tyler Kintner Hibbing; Nick Oreskovich Mason; Andy

Grymala Superior; Jim Campbell Two Harbors; Andy Davey Hibbing; Pat

Heikkinen Eveleth; Dave Flynn Superior; Keith Kern Superior; Dan Tocheri

Kakabaka Falls Ont DNF: DJ Keeler Superior; Dan Yrjanson Carlton; Brian

Carl Duluth

Heat 1 (8 laps) Burdick; Campbell; Oreskovich; Flynn; Davey; Lawrence;

Yrjanson; Tocheri

Heat 2 (8 laps) Heikkinen; Johnsen; Keeler; Kintner; Grymala; Carl; Kern

WISSOTA Midwest Modified ( 16 cars)

Feature (20 laps) Skeeter Estey Kelly Lake; Mack Estey Kelly Lake; Jake

Gondik Foxboro; Cody Carlson Superior; Dan Kingsley Superior; Deven

VanHouse Silver Bay; Ricky Davis Bruno; Lance Solem Duluth; Tyler Luger

Iron River; Don Craig Thunder Bay; David Simpson Thunder Bay; Andrew

Inman Hermantown; Justin Bassa Hermantown; Justin Madsen Foxboro;

Chris Bretting Washburn; Rick Peterson Silver Bay

Heat 1 (8 laps) Estey; Davis; VanHouse; Gondik; Solem; Inman; Simpson;

Craig

Heat 2 (8 laps) M. Estey; Kingsley; Luger; Madsen; Carlson; Bretting; Bassa

DNF: Peterson

Pure Stock (16 cars)

Feature (15 laps) Dustin Follett Cloquet; Josh Loucks Carlton; Matt Hammitt

Cloquet; Andy Udeen Superior; Ryan Savoy Superior; Lucas Carlson

Cloquet; Josh Johnson Superior; Glenn Dammer Hermantown; Ryan Madsen

South Range; Annika Hammitt Cloquet; Mike Lambert Superior; Chad

Nikstad Superior; Shaina Rapp Saginaw; Jim Cooper Superior; Jeff Schleski

Superior DNS: Austin Smith Superior

Heat 1 (8 laps) Loucks; Madsen; Rapp; Johnson; Lambert; Cooper; Nikstad

DNF: A. Cooper

Heat 2 (8 laps) Follett; M. Hammitt; Carlson; Savoy; Dammer; Udeen; A.

Hammitt; Schleski

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