FRIES FLIES TO EAGLE RIVER SPEEDWAY PURE STOCK FEATURE WIN

(EAGLE RIVER, WI) Sept. 1 –Phillips’ Devin Fries dodged several caution periods and went on to collect the pure stock feature win at Eagle River Speedway Friday.

Fries, who started fourth on the grid, motored past Trevor Schumann a few laps into the contest. Fries kept the lead through four caution periods to take the win. Schumann hung on for second place money, followed by Dave Bennett, Bobby Hommerding and Teagan Melton.

Other feature winners on night No. 1 of the season ending “One Last Weekend Long Blast” were Twin Lakes, Michigan’s Cooper Aho (300 micro sprint) who scored a last lap pass to earn the victory. The other feature flag went to Chippewa Falls’ Greg Manor (Dairyland Vintage Series).

Qualifying heats were run in the B modified, stock car and street stock classes tonight.

On Saturday night, September 2 feature races will be run in several classes, including full programs for both the grand national 500 & 600 micro sprint and USRA-style late model classes. Main events will also be run for B-mod, stock car and street stock divisions.

Racing resumes tomorrow (Saturday) night with the first green flag flying at 6 p.m. For further information fans are advised to check the track’s Facebook page.

RACE SUMMARY

Pure stock feature – Devin Fries, Phillips; Trevor Schumann, Tomahawk; Dave Bennett, Sugar Camp; Bobby Hommerding, Merrill; Teagan Melton, Rhinelander; Hope Eisel, Rhinelander; Jerame Ristau, Tomahawk; Brent Mindock, Prentice; Cody Bauknecht, Crandon; Gunner Orcutt, Tomahawk

Heats 1) Bennett; Bobby Hommerding 2) Mindock; Schumann

300 micro sprint feature – Cooper Aho, Twin Lakes, MI; Carter Aho, Twin Lakes, MI; Elijah Sharp-Nevoraski, Minocqua; Blake Joslin, Rhinelander; Madisyn Dieringer, Marshfield; Lucas Zdroik, Eagle River; Bentley Seliger, Wausau; Chase Zdroik, Rubicon; Mason Meier, Eagle River; Archer Peter, Manitowish Waters

Heats 1) Meier; Joslin 2) Cooper Aho; Lucas Zdroik

Dairyland Vintage feature –Greg Manor, Chippewa Falls; Bill Froehlich, Gleason; Denny Schott, Montello; Jason Torney, Merrill; Matt Eder, Merrill; Shauna Cottrell, Oshkosh; Jeremy Allard, Wausau

Heat – Torney; Schott

Chef Rene B Mods

Heats 1) Jeff Zdroik, Eagle River; Geoff Zdroik, Rubicon 2) Jim Zdroik, Harford; Scott Swanson, Wausau 3) Jesse Denome, Escanaba, MI; Dustin White, Eagle River 4) Gunner Hurst, Merrillan; Geoff Zdroik 5) Jesse Aho, Twin Lakes, MI; Swanson 6) Josh Zdroik, Greenville; Pete Paulus, Phillips

Coffen Construction Stock Cars

Heats 1) Potter; David Blackberg, Eagle River 2) Jordan Kurtti, Bruce Crossing, MI; Jonathan Miller, Eagle River

Eagle River Dock & Lift Street StocksHeats 1) Jason Eisel, Sugar Camp; Jared Spaulding, Greenville 2) Cody Potter, Pell Lake; Mike Brown, Tomahawk 3) Austin Steinke, St. Nazianz; Logan Verhagen, Little Chute 4) Ethan Hommerding, Merrill; Spaulding 5) Potter; Trevor Denome, Escanaba, MI 6) Steinke; Quentin Morrison, Eagle River