SABRASKI TAKES THIRD ADVANTAGE RV MODIFIED SERIES WIN

by · June 8, 2019

By Jerry O’Brien

6-7-19

Superior, WI

The second event on the Advantage RV Modified Tour moved from the

smallest of the four tracks scheduled on it’s northern swing to the largest as they invaded the four tenths mile Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, WI. Not only was the track much bigger than the Grand Rapids Speedway but the weather was over thirty degrees cooler along the shores of Lake Superior.

The car count grew by only four cars to twenty-nine but the make up of the

field was vastly different as local and area racers that were missing the previous

night filled out the field joining the travelers who are following the entire series.

It was a busy night as, joining the Modified Tour racers were WISSOTA Super

Stocks, Midwest Modifieds and Pure Stocks as well as a rare appearance by the

WISSOTA Hornet division bumping the car count to nintey-one.

After qualifying heats and B Features were completed, the first division to roll

onto the speedway for their 20 lap main event were the WISSOTA Super Stocks as

thirteen of sixteen were able to make the call. On the Pole Position was defending

track champion Kevin Burdick with opening night feature winner DJ Keeler on the

outside. Keeler out dragged Burdick to the lead at the green but Burdick came

back to blow by Keeler taking a lead he would never relinquish as he led the next

nineteen laps for the win. Keeler lost ground to Burdick as Matt Deragon, Doug

Koski and Keith Kern squabbled amongst themselves for position. Shane Sabraski

moved in from the fourth row and joined those trying to track down Burdick.

Four laps in the caution flag flew for a tangle between Matt Hammitt and Kyle

Copp in turn two. Burdick maintained his lead on the restart, but an incident

occurred on the back stretch near the entrance to turn three when Deargon hooked

Keeler turning him head on into the wall. While attention was focused on the

incident cars began dropping out for various ills until the restart still with sixteen

laps to go saw only seven cars able to continue. Burdick immediately began

putting distance on a field that was reduced to heat race size. Now the battle for

second was between Koski, Kern and the always dangerous Sabraski. Copp waas

left to deal with Deragon while Rita Anderson brought up the rear. Sabraski finally

got by Kern after a late caution for debris gave him a shot. He final order behind

winner Kevin Burdick was Sabraski, Kern, Koski and Deragon in the top five.

Nexty it was 20 laps for the Midwest Modifieds led to the green by David

Simpson and Gunner Peterson. Peterson got hole shot but all for naught as a five

car pileup in turn three set the tone for the early part of the event. Everyone

emerged from the scuffle able to continue but Mack Estey was charged with the

stoppage. The next try for a start didn’t fare much better as the caution flag again

flew when Mack Estey and Justin Bassa got tied up in turn two. This one was also

blamed on Estey and just like that last week’s feature winner was sidelined. On the

restart Peterson took the lead dogged by George Dalbeck, Simpson, Cole

Chernosky and Jack Rivord. Brandon Copp and Andrew Inman were also in the

mix. A couple of laps later Dalbeck got a run on Peterson and took the point while

Chernosky got by Simpson into third and Copp landed in fifth. Peterson’s strong

run ended when he brought out caution flag number three by sliding sideways on

his own in turn two. On the restart all was well until the caution flag appeared for

a four car incident, this time in turn four. Officials patiently lined up the sixteen

cars that were left of the twenty starters only to see caution flag number five fly for

debris on the track. The restart saw the remainder of the field suddenly calm down

and, with Dalbeck firmly entrenched at the point, the event reeled off fifteen

consecutive caution ffree laps to the checkered flag. Simpson, Chernosky, Copp

and Skeeter Estey stayed in that order lap after lap until Estey found his way past

Copp to fourth and further back Inman got by Rivord for sixth. Strong runs were

turned in by Shane Howell who came from sixteenth to eighth, Craig Lofdahl

fourteenth to ninth and hard charger award winner Wyatt Boyum’s run from

twentieth to tenth.

The Pure Stocks ran a dozen laps in their feature next and Cory Jorgenson led

all of them for his first win at the speedway this season. After an early caution flag

for a spin by James Vendela in turn one, the race went to the checkered flag

without another slowdown. Jorgenson drove off to a big lead while Aaron Bernick

and Jared Akervik swapped second position for several laps. After a poor

performance opening night, Dylan Shelton pulled it all together and charged up

from the third row to to nab third at the checkered flag. Bernick won out for the

second spot only to lose it in the tech area as he was disqualified for a rules

infraction moving Shelton up to second Vendela, Akervik and newcomer Michael

Roth rounded out the top five.

The Hornet ten lap feature got off to a bad start as Kyle House jumped the

initial start and was penalized back to the second row from the pole. Jake Smith

then grabbed the lead at the green and never looked back as he completed his

second sweep of the weekend. Tyler Kashinske then latched on to second place

and rode it all the way to the finish. House, Hunter McDougall and Paul Ripley

finished in the top five.

Then it was time for what the crowd had been waiting for all evening. Forty

laps of rock ‘em sock ‘em Advantage RV Modified action. The redraw saw Dave

Cain secure the pole position with local favorite veteran race Al Uotinen on his

outside. Throughout the night’s action the outside starting spot had proved to be

quickest on starts and Uotinen took advantage as he got the jump on Cain and led

the first three circuits as Cain fought off Andy Jones. Danny Vang and Modified

rookie Paul Suzik battled just ahead of Johnny broking and Jody Bellefeuille.

Vang got away from Suzik, got by Jones and Cain into second the first of two

caution flags flew and the incident was charged to current series point leader Dan

Ebert who’s chances of winning back to back features was dealt a serious blow as

he was sent to the tail. The restart came with thirty-seven laps remaining. Vang

made the most of his chance and began to pull away steadily away from Uotinen

who stubbornly clung to the second position. Further back Shane sabraski got by

Cain to third while Jones dealt with Broking. The up front order remained the

same lap after lap as Vang moved further and further away from the second place

battle. Meanwhile, Sabraski finally edged past Uotinen who was just ahead of

Cain. But cain had his own problems in the form of Johnny Broking who had

disposed of Jones while Kelly Estey and Jody Bellefeuille began to make their

moves climbing steadily forward. Despite his best efforts Uotinen began to slowly

lose ground as Broking moved to third. As the laps wound down who should

appear almost unnoticed in tenth place but Dan Ebert. Up front Vang. Who had

been almost out of sight, found traffic a heavy burden and Sabraski began to close

up until he was amybe four car lengths behind. It was shaping up to be a good

battle fro the win with eight laps to go when trouble struck. The second caution

flag flew for trouble in turn four. That set everyone in the top ten up for an eight

lap heat race like dash for positions and the win. The first attempt at a start wss

waved off as Brody Strachan looped his #99 in turn two. At the green Vang

desperately tried to hold off a determined Sabraski and did so for about a lap but

was unable to stay in front as he saw the win slip through his fingers. The

scrambling behind the leaders saw Jones rebound to get past Cain into third while

Bellefeuille and Estey along with Jeremy Nelson and Uotinen jostled for position.

Caution number three appeared when Suzik fetched up against the second turn

wall. The restart came with four laps remaining and Sabraski was in control. But it

was go time and everything behind him was up for grabs. Bellefeuille made one of

his patented late race charges and flew past everyone to challenge Sabraski but

came up a bit short and had to settle fro runner up. Cain also made a charge to

finish third while Johnny Broking towed Jeremy Nelson into the top five. Jones

held onto sixth while Ebert’s bid for another win fell short at seventh after a great

drive from the back of the pack. Uotinen was eighth in one of his strongest runs in

a while. Estey was ninth and Cody Wolkowski finished tenth in his first visit of

the season to the speedway. Former WISSOTA National Modified Champion

Mike Stearns secured the Hard Charger Award for his run from twenty-first to

eleventh.

WISSOTA Modifieds

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski, [6]; 2. 11-Jody Bellefeuille, [7]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain, [1]; 4. 45J-Johnny Broking, [9]; 5. 4(N)-Jeremy Nelson, [14]; 6. 73-Andy Jones, [3]; 7. 60-Dan Ebert, [13]; 8. 98-Al Uotinen, [2]; 9. 37-Kelly Estey, [8]; 10. 224-Cody Wolkowski, [16]; 11. 24S-Mike Stearns, [21]; 12. 101-Paul Schultz, [11]; 13. 47-Danny Vang, [4]; 14. 32III-Cody Carlson, [18]; 15. 48-Jerome Guyot, [20]; 16. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, [23]; 17. 7T-Joseph Thomas, [17]; 18. 99(S)-Brody Strachan, [22]; 19. 6T-Corky Thomas, [25]; 20. (DNF) 91-Paul Suzik, [5]; 21. (DNF) 71-Todd Gehl, [10]; 22. (DNF) 32-Pat Cook, [15]; 23. (DNF) 68K-Dan Kingsley, [24]; 24. (DNF) 9E-Don Eischens, [19]; 25. (DNF) 22E-Kevin Eder, [12]

Semi Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert, [1]; 2. 32-Pat Cook, [2]; 3. 7T-Joseph Thomas, [3]; 4. 9E-Don Eischens, [5]; 5. 24S-Mike Stearns, [9]; 6. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, [4]; 7. 6T-Corky Thomas, [8]; 8. 18J-Tyler Jonson, [6]; 9. (DNF) 4X-Steve Stuart, [7]

Semi Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 4(N)-Jeremy Nelson, [2]; 2. 224-Cody Wolkowski, [4]; 3. 32III-Cody Carlson, [3]; 4. 48-Jerome Guyot, [1]; 5. 99(S)-Brody Strachan, [6]; 6. 68K-Dan Kingsley, [8]; 7. 95-Scott Lawrence, [5]; (DNS) 4L-Carey LePage,

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski, [1]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain, [5]; 3. 45J-Johnny Broking, [3]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert, [7]; 5. 7T-Joseph Thomas, [8]; 6. (DNF) 9E-Don Eischens, [4]; 7. (DNF) 4X-Steve Stuart, [2]; 8. (DNF) 24S-Mike Stearns, [6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 37-Kelly Estey, [1]; 2. 11-Jody Bellefeuille, [5]; 3. 71-Todd Gehl, [2]; 4. 48-Jerome Guyot, [3]; 5. 32III-Cody Carlson, [7]; 6. 95-Scott Lawrence, [4]; 7. (DNF) 4L-Carey LePage, [6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 91-Paul Suzik, [5]; 2. 73-Andy Jones, [7]; 3. 101-Paul Schultz, [1]; 4. 32-Pat Cook, [4]; 5. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, [3]; 6. 18J-Tyler Jonson, [2]; 7. 6T-Corky Thomas, [6]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 98-Al Uotinen, [2]; 2. 47-Danny Vang, [7]; 3. 22E-Kevin Eder, [4]; 4. 4(N)-Jeremy Nelson, [3]; 5. 224-Cody Wolkowski, [5]; 6. 99(S)-Brody Strachan, [1]; 7. 68K-Dan Kingsley, [6]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 23DD-George Dalbeck, [4]; 2. 70JR-David Simpson, [1]; 3. 37X-Skeeter Estey, [8]; 4. 33C-Cole Chernosky, [5]; 5. 22-Brandon Copp, [11]; 6. 11JR-Andrew Inman, [3]; 7. 19J-Jack Rivord, [7]; 8. L1-Shane Howell, [16]; 9. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, [14]; 10. 21-Wyatt Boyum, [20]; 11. 3M-McLean Andrews, [15]; 12. 16-Ryan Savoy, [10]; 13. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth, [6]; 14. F7-Jeff Forseen, [18]; 15. 7M-Dalton Mains, [17]; 16. 05-Billy Milne, [19]; 17. (DNF) G19-Gunner Peterson, [2]; 18. (DNF) 69-Justin Bassa, [13]; 19. (DNF) 37-Mack Estey, [9]; 20. (DNF) 31J-Wayne Jacques, [12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 70JR-David Simpson, [2]; 2. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth, [4]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky, [3]; 4. 16-Ryan Savoy, [5]; 5. 69-Justin Bassa, [1]; 6. 3M-McLean Andrews, [6]; 7. 7M-Dalton Mains, [7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey, [2]; 2. 37-Mack Estey, [1]; 3. 23DD-George Dalbeck, [5]; 4. 22-Brandon Copp, [3]; 5. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, [4]; 6. L1-Shane Howell, [7]; 7. F7-Jeff Forseen, [6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19J-Jack Rivord, [2]; 2. G19-Gunner Peterson, [5]; 3. 11JR-Andrew Inman, [6]; 4. 31J-Wayne Jacques, [1]; 5. (DNF) 05-Billy Milne, [4]; 6. (DNF) 21-Wyatt Boyum, [3]

WISSOTA Pure Stock

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 16-Cory Jorgensen, [1]; 2. 11E-Dylan Shelton, [6]; 3. 15-James Vendela, [4]; 4. 19-Jared Akervik, [2]; 5. 66-Michael Roth, [5]; 6. 231-Trevor Treviranus, [7]; 7. 33S-Jason Simonson, [8]; (DQ) 17-Aaron Bernick, [3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Cory Jorgensen, [1]; 2. 66-Michael Roth, [2]; 3. 17-Aaron Bernick, [8]; 4. 19-Jared Akervik, [4]; 5. 15-James Vendela, [6]; 6. 11E-Dylan Shelton, [3]; 7. 231-Trevor Treviranus, [7]; 8. 33S-Jason Simonson, [5]

WISSOTA Hornets

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith, [2]; 2. 26-Tyler Kachinske, [5]; 3. 28-Kyle House, [3]; 4. 1-Hunter McDougall, [6]; 5. 11-Paul Ripley, [4]; 6. N8-Nate Rose, [10]; 7. 16-Tyler Schramm, [1]; 8. 71TN-Tate Niehaus, [12]; 9. 69JR-Rick Long Jr, [8]; 10. 29-Josh Rowe, [9]; 11. 23-Kristy Marken, [11]; 12. (DNF) 4-Dayna Marken, [7]; 13. (DNF) 41-Brad Currier, [13]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 28-Kyle House, [6]; 2. 1-Hunter McDougall, [3]; 3. 26-Tyler Kachinske, [7]; 4. 69JR-Rick Long Jr, [1]; 5. 29-Josh Rowe, [4]; 6. 23-Kristy Marken, [2]; 7. (DNF) 41-Brad Currier, [5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith, [6]; 2. 16-Tyler Schramm, [3]; 3. 11-Paul Ripley, [4]; 4. 4-Dayna Marken, [1]; 5. N8-Nate Rose, [2]; 6. 71TN-Tate Niehaus, [5]

Super Stocks

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 30-Kevin Burdick, [1]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski, [7]; 3. 8-Keith Kern, [9]; 4. 27-Matt Deragon, [5]; 5. 20VT-Doug Koski, [4]; 6. 26-Kyle Copp, [8]; 7. 11R-Rita Anderson, [11]; 8. (DNF) 12K-Duane (D.J.) Keeler, [2]; 9. (DNF) 33-Austin Niemeyer, [10]; 10. (DNF) 32H-Matthew Hammitt, [13]; 11. (DNF) 32J-Jon Hammitt, [3]; 12. (DNF) 77-Scott Lawrence, [12]; (DNS) 18-Willie Johnsen Jr., ; (DNS) 24-Andy Grymala, ; (DNS) 29F-Dave Flynn, ; (DNS) 7-Andrew Mackey,

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski, [1]; 2. 18-Willie Johnsen Jr., [4]; 3. 12K-Duane (D.J.) Keeler, [8]; 4. 32J-Jon Hammitt, [3]; 5. 8-Keith Kern, [5]; 6. 11R-Rita Anderson, [2]; 7. 32H-Matthew Hammitt, [7]; 8. (DNF) 29F-Dave Flynn, [6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Kevin Burdick, [2]; 2. 27-Matt Deragon, [1]; 3. 26-Kyle Copp, [3]; 4. 20VT-Doug Koski, [7]; 5. 33-Austin Niemeyer, [4]; 6. 77-Scott Lawrence, [6]; 7. (DNF) 24-Andy Grymala, [5]; 8. (DNF) 7-Andrew Mackey, [8]

Modifieds

Feature

40 laps | 00:00:00

Pos	Start	Driver	Hometown	Car
1	6	Shane Sabraski	Rice, MN	7A
2	7	Jody Bellefeuille	Duluth, MN	11
3	1	Dave Cain	Corcoran, MN	2C
4	9	Johnny Broking	Grand Rapids, MN	45J
5	14	Jeremy Nelson	Alexandria, MN	4(N)
6	3	Andy Jones	Princeton, MN	73
7	13	Dan Ebert	Lake Shore, MN	60
8	2	Al Uotinen	Superior, WI	98
9	8	Kelly Estey	Kelly Lake, MN	37
10	16	Cody Wolkowski	Thunder Bay, ON	224
11	21	Mike Stearns	Hecla, SD	24S
12	11	Paul Schultz	Grand Rapids, MN	101
13	4	Danny Vang	Deerwood, MN	47
14	18	Cody Carlson	Superior, WI	32III
15	20	Jerome Guyot	Fannystelle, MB	48
16	23	Donnie Lofdahl	Duluth, MN	1L
17	17	Joseph Thomas	Glyndon, MN	7T
18	22	Brody Strachan	Emo, ON	99(S)
19	25	Corky Thomas	Glyndon, MN	6T
20 (DNF)	5	Paul Suzik	Ironwood, MI	91
21 (DNF)	10	Todd Gehl	Solon Springs, WI	71
22 (DNF)	15	Pat Cook	Washburn, WI	32
23 (DNF)	24	Dan Kingsley	Superior, WI	68K
24 (DNF)	19	Don Eischens	Richmond, MN	9E
25 (DNF)	12	Kevin Eder	Ashland, WI	22E

Semi Feature 1

12 laps | 00:00:00

Pos	Start	Driver	Hometown	Car
1	1	Dan Ebert	Lake Shore, MN	60
2	2	Pat Cook	Washburn, WI	32
3	3	Joseph Thomas	Glyndon, MN	7T
4	5	Don Eischens	Richmond, MN	9E
5	9	Mike Stearns	Hecla, SD	24S
6	4	Donnie Lofdahl	Duluth, MN	1L
7	8	Corky Thomas	Glyndon, MN	6T
8	6	Tyler Jonson	International Falls, MN	18J
9 (DNF)	7	Steve Stuart	Ashland, WI	4X

Semi Feature 2

12 laps | 00:00:00

Pos	Start	Driver	Hometown	Car
1	2	Jeremy Nelson	Alexandria, MN	4(N)
2	4	Cody Wolkowski	Thunder Bay, ON	224
3	3	Cody Carlson	Superior, WI	32III
4	1	Jerome Guyot	Fannystelle, MB	48
5	6	Brody Strachan	Emo, ON	99(S)
6	8	Dan Kingsley	Superior, WI	68K
7	5	Scott Lawrence	Superior, WI	95
DNS	–	Carey LePage	Culver, MN	4L

Heat 1

10 laps | 00:00:00

Pos	Start	Driver	Hometown	Car
1	1	Shane Sabraski	Rice, MN	7A
2	5	Dave Cain	Corcoran, MN	2C
3	3	Johnny Broking	Grand Rapids, MN	45J
4	7	Dan Ebert	Lake Shore, MN	60
5	8	Joseph Thomas	Glyndon, MN	7T
6 (DNF)	4	Don Eischens	Richmond, MN	9E
7 (DNF)	2	Steve Stuart	Ashland, WI	4X
8 (DNF)	6	Mike Stearns	Hecla, SD	24S

Heat 2

10 laps | 00:00:00

Pos	Start	Driver	Hometown	Car
1	1	Kelly Estey	Kelly Lake, MN	37
2	5	Jody Bellefeuille	Duluth, MN	11
3	2	Todd Gehl	Solon Springs, WI	71
4	3	Jerome Guyot	Fannystelle, MB	48
5	7	Cody Carlson	Superior, WI	32III
6	4	Scott Lawrence	Superior, WI	95
7 (DNF)	6	Carey LePage	Culver, MN	4L

Heat 3

10 laps | 00:00:00

Pos	Start	Driver	Hometown	Car
1	5	Paul Suzik	Ironwood, MI	91
2	7	Andy Jones	Princeton, MN	73
3	1	Paul Schultz	Grand Rapids, MN	101
4	4	Pat Cook	Washburn, WI	32
5	3	Donnie Lofdahl	Duluth, MN	1L
6	2	Tyler Jonson	International Falls, MN	18J
7	6	Corky Thomas	Glyndon, MN	6T

Heat 4

10 laps | 00:00:00

Pos	Start	Driver	Hometown	Car
1	2	Al Uotinen	Superior, WI	98
2	7	Danny Vang	Deerwood, MN	47
3	4	Kevin Eder	Ashland, WI	22E
4	3	Jeremy Nelson	Alexandria, MN	4(N)
5	5	Cody Wolkowski	Thunder Bay, ON	224
6	1	Brody Strachan	Emo, ON	99(S)
7	6	Dan Kingsley	Superior, WI	68K

B Modifieds

Feature

20 laps | 00:00:00

Pos	Start	Driver	Hometown	Car
1	4	George Dalbeck	Wakefield, MI	23DD
2	1	David Simpson	Thunder Bay, ON	70JR
3	8	Skeeter Estey	Kelly Lake, MN	37X
4	5	Cole Chernosky	Thunder Bay, ON	33C
5	11	Brandon Copp	Brule, WI	22
6	3	Andrew Inman	Hermantown, MN	11JR
7	7	Jack Rivord	Superior, WI	19J
8	16	Shane Howell	Buffalo, MN	L1
9	14	Craig Lofdahl	Duluth, MN	CRAZY1
10	20	Wyatt Boyum	International Falls, MN	21
11	15	McLean Andrews	Duluth, MN