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Proctor speedsters and their fans get the green light and the season’s first winners are Peterlin, Copp, Stuart, Jensen, Crosby and Gotelaere

PROCTOR, MN (June 1) - Proctor Speedway kicked off its 2025 season with the KME Late Model series on Sunday night. Kyle Peterlin, Brandon Copp, Steve Stuart, Joey Jensen, Eric Crosby and Carson Gotelaere grabbed WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action.

Following a caution during the first lap that marred the beginning of the WISSOTA Late Model feature, Harry Hanson and Kevin Burdick were dead even to complete lap one, with Burdick gaining the advantage after exchanging slide jobs to complete lap two. Darrell Nelson moved into second, with Peterlin third and Cade Nelson fourth.

Burdick continued to have a couple car-length lead with seven in the books, but just one lap later Darrell Nelson came calling. As Burdick began to navigate lapped traffic in both lanes just ahead, Nelson moved to his inside and was all over him for the top spot. Burdick cleared the lapped cars and Nelson stayed right with him, making the pass for the lead with contact to the inside down the frontstretch with 11 to go. Burdick slid Nelson heading into turn one, with Nelson crossing over and eventually pulling away from the battle.

With six laps remaining, a caution for Cade Nelson brought the field back together.

Following the restart, Peterlin shot past Nelson to the lead and held him off in the final stages of the race to gain the victory. Nelson, Burdick, Jayme Lautigar and Tim McMann completed the top five.

Copp started on the pole of the WISSOTA Modified main event and was the early leader ahead of Neil Balduc, with Evan Checkalski close in third. Balduc spun to bring out the caution with just a few laps in the books.

Copp held the lead following the restart, as Checkalski moved into second. Brady Uotinen was third, Nick Oreskovich was fourth and Darrell Nelson was close by in fifth.

As Copp got away from the field a bit out front, Oreskovich, Uotinen and Nelson were at war for third. Nelson moved past Uotinen in the waning laps, and quickly caught up to Oreskovich. A caution with about five to go regrouped the field.

After the restart, Copp set the pace out front once more, with Checkalski under fire from Nelson for second. Nelson made the pass down the backstretch with four to go.

Copp continued on to the checkered flag, while it was a hornet’s nest behind him for top five spots. Nelson was second with Checkalski third, Oreskovich fourth and Uotinen fifth.

Stuart shot to the slight advantage to start the WISSOTA Super Stock feature from his third starting spot, drag racing Shawn McFadden to the start/finish line in a dead heat for the lead to complete lap one. Stuart was able to edge away, as Curt Myers drove past McFadden to second.

As the laps clicked off, Stuart continued to hold the advantage ahead of Myers, who had a similar buffer to McFadden along the top side of the track. A caution with five laps remaining gave Myers a shot to the inside of Stuart during the restart as they raced into turn one; Stuart survived the attempted slide job and escaped with a healthy lead once more.

Stuart continued on to the checkered flag, as Myers, McFadden, Patrick Beeksma and Austin Blom completed the top five.

Justin Jones was the early leader in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. Joey Jensen moved to second within the first few laps and set off after Jones. Jensen made the pass for the lead with a handful of laps scored, pulling away from the field.

Following a caution, Jones moved back in, even giving a bumper to Jensen, but Jensen pulled away once again. Tyler Vernon was on the move and had raced into third from his seventh-starting spot. Vernon was right on Jones’ bumper with two to go, taking second on the final lap with a slide job in turn four.

Out front Jensen drove to the victory ahead of Vernon, Jones, Ryan Savoy and McLean Andrews in the top five.

Crosby started on the pole en route to the WISSOTA Pure Stock win. Payton Swenson was second early before a spin sent him to the back and the field was under yellow.

Following the restart, Crosby held the lead, with Shane Basina in second, Jake Smith in third, and Aaron Bernick fourth. Derek Ament then spun and the field regrouped once again under yellow.

Crosby kept his lead in the final stages of the race, as Smith — who slid by Basina for second following the restart — settled for a close second. Basina, Bernick and Jimmy Rich, Jr. completed the top five.

Gotelaere started the WISSOTA Hornet main event from the pole, flanked by Rick Andrews, Jr. Gotelaere was the early leader, as Nathan Penney moved into second before having troubles to complete the lap and falling off the pace. The yellow came out and the field was reset.

Gotelaere had a huge lead right away to restart the race, as Joseph Puidokas and Nikota Larson fought a side-by-side battle for second. They circled Proctor Speedway for several laps side by side, as Gotelaere grew his advantage out front.

As the laps wound down, Puidokas settled into second, while out front Gotelaere grabbed the victory. Larson, Rick Andrews, and Richard Andrews were top-five finishers.

Ken Hron won the Northern Renegade winged Sprint feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 23-Kyle Peterlin[6]; 2. 44-Darrell Nelson[7]; 3. 30-Kevin Burdick[3]; 4. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[9]; 5. 11D-Tim McMann[11]; 6. 79-Kevin Carlson[8]; 7. 6M-Jeff Massingill[13]; 8. 7-Harry Hanson[2]; 9. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[14]; 10. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[16]; 11. 1-Lukas Koski[15]; 12. 5-Josh Zimpel[19]; 13. 24-Eric Lillo[10]; 14. 81W-Anthony Woodhull[17]; 15. (DNF) 44N-Cade Nelson[4]; 16. (DNF) 42-Tim Lillo[18]; 17. (DNF) 36-Darin Meierotto[5]; 18. (DNF) 9-Chris Lillo[12]; 19. (DNF) 47-Danny Vang[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Kyle Peterlin[4]; 2. 7-Harry Hanson[6]; 3. 44N-Cade Nelson[2]; 4. 47-Danny Vang[8]; 5. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[10]; 6. 11D-Tim McMann[9]; 7. 6M-Jeff Massingill[1]; 8. 1-Lukas Koski[7]; 9. 81W-Anthony Woodhull[5]; 10. (DNF) 5-Josh Zimpel[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Kevin Burdick[1]; 2. 44-Darrell Nelson[4]; 3. 79-Kevin Carlson[5]; 4. 36-Darin Meierotto[9]; 5. 24-Eric Lillo[3]; 6. 9-Chris Lillo[8]; 7. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[6]; 8. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[7]; 9. 42-Tim Lillo[2]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[1]; 2. 44-Darrell Nelson[5]; 3. 64-Evan Checkalski[3]; 4. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[9]; 5. 9-Brady Uotinen[7]; 6. 43-Lance Schilling[6]; 7. 99-Neil Balduc[2]; 8. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[8]; 9. (DNF) 1L-Donnie Lofdahl[10]; 10. (DNF) 11-Jody Bellefeuille[4]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[2]; 2. 44-Darrell Nelson[4]; 3. 64-Evan Checkalski[1]; 4. 99-Neil Balduc[3]; 5. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[7]; 6. 43-Lance Schilling[8]; 7. 9-Brady Uotinen[10]; 8. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[5]; 9. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[9]; 10. (DNF) 1L-Donnie Lofdahl[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 80-Steve Stuart[3]; 2. 1M-Curt Myers[4]; 3. 51JR-Shawn McFadden[1]; 4. 21C-Patrick Beeksma[8]; 5. 3B-Austin Blom[9]; 6. 62-Dalton Truchon[2]; 7. 26-Kyle Copp[6]; 8. 21M-Alex Myers[10]; 9. 9-Jakob Bond[12]; 10. 11-Kevin Salin[5]; 11. 82-Paul Gucinski[11]; 12. (DNF) 77-Scott Lawrence[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 80-Steve Stuart[1]; 2. 26-Kyle Copp[2]; 3. 51JR-Shawn McFadden[3]; 4. 77-Scott Lawrence[5]; 5. 3B-Austin Blom[4]; 6. 82-Paul Gucinski[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1M-Curt Myers[4]; 2. 21C-Patrick Beeksma[6]; 3. 11-Kevin Salin[2]; 4. 62-Dalton Truchon[1]; 5. 21M-Alex Myers[5]; 6. 9-Jakob Bond[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[3]; 2. 41-Tyler Vernon[7]; 3. 8-Justin Jones[2]; 4. 16S-Ryan Savoy[12]; 5. 3M-McLean Andrews[1]; 6. 14-Adam Shinn[4]; 7. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[6]; 8. 28-Paul Ripley[8]; 9. 71-Jacob Anderson[10]; 10. 45-Keegan Kough[11]; 11. 31J-Mike Jacques[5]; 12. 8J-Jonny Nowak[9]; 13. 62-Ryan Kough[15]; 14. 16-Cory Jorgensen[18]; 15. 5-Rory Taber[17]; 16. (DNF) 67-Patrick Passeri[16]; 17. (DNF) 10Z-Cade Johnson[14]; 18. (DNF) 21R-Ross Siiter[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[8]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[7]; 3. 31J-Mike Jacques[2]; 4. 8-Justin Jones[9]; 5. 8J-Jonny Nowak[3]; 6. 45-Keegan Kough[4]; 7. 21R-Ross Siiter[5]; 8. 62-Ryan Kough[1]; 9. 5-Rory Taber[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Paul Ripley[2]; 2. 3DJR-Kyle Monteith[4]; 3. 3M-McLean Andrews[1]; 4. 14-Adam Shinn[8]; 5. 71-Jacob Anderson[9]; 6. 16S-Ryan Savoy[7]; 7. 10Z-Cade Johnson[6]; 8. 67-Patrick Passeri[3]; 9. (DNF) 16-Cory Jorgensen[5]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28-Eric Crosby[1]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[6]; 3. 69ER-Shane Basina[7]; 4. 17-Aaron Bernick[12]; 5. 55-Jimmy Rich Jr[5]; 6. 5M-Michael Pederson[9]; 7. 44-Payton Swenson[2]; 8. 925-Dnae Rose[10]; 9. (DNF) 00-Derek Ament[4]; 10. (DNF) 24-Dylan Helget[3]; 11. (DNS) 6A-Keith Arnett; 12. (DNS) 33S-Jason Simonson

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 28-Eric Crosby[2]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[5]; 3. 44-Payton Swenson[1]; 4. 55-Jimmy Rich Jr[3]; 5. 5M-Michael Pederson[6]; 6. 925-Dnae Rose[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 69ER-Shane Basina[6]; 2. 00-Derek Ament[2]; 3. 24-Dylan Helget[1]; 4. (DNS) 33S-Jason Simonson; 5. (DQ) 17-Aaron Bernick[4]; 6. (DQ) 6A-Keith Arnett[5]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9G-Carson Gotelaere[1]; 2. 19-Joseph Puidokas[8]; 3. 26N-Nikota Larson[5]; 4. 08-Rick Andrews Jr[2]; 5. 08SR-Richard Andrews Sr[4]; 6. 7-Abby Baum[6]; 7. 69-Madisyn Olson[7]; 8. 2X-Nathan Penney[3]; 9. 11-Chandler Beeksma[9]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 9G-Carson Gotelaere[1]; 2. 26N-Nikota Larson[3]; 3. 2X-Nathan Penney[2]; 4. 08SR-Richard Andrews Sr[8]; 5. 08-Rick Andrews Jr[4]; 6. 7-Abby Baum[9]; 7. 69-Madisyn Olson[6]; 8. (DNF) 19-Joseph Puidokas[7]; 9. (DNF) 11-Chandler Beeksma[5]

Northern Renegade Winged Sprints:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 46H-Ken Hron[2]; 2. 42X-Brett Peterson[5]; 3. 59-Jamie Reberg[3]; 4. 24-Terry Lillo[7]; 5. 03-Jamey Ogston[1]; 6. 93-Brad Peterson[8]; 7. 56-Josh Braford[4]; 8. (DNF) 92-Danny Wait Jr[6]