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Nelson leads final handful of laps to top Fast Lane Super Stock Series event at Rice Lake Speedway

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (July 25) - Dylan Nelson started seventh, and after a pitched battle with Tim Johnson, drove away and lead the last five laps to win the Fast Lane Motorsports Northland Super Stock Series race Saturday night at Rice Lake Speedway.

In other feature race action on a steamy night, Blake Adams shook off some recent struggles to score a double win in the Midwest Modified and Modified main events. Mark Barta was the Pure Stock feature winner and in the final tuneup for the Street Stock Little Dream race this coming Tuesday night, Parker Anderson topped a big field of drivers. He put the other drivers on notice that he will be a factor on Tuesday.

Thirty-two WISSOTA Super Stock drivers from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario signed in to race Saturday night with the fastest 26 starting the 30-lap feature race. Tristan LaBarge grabbed the early lead from the pole position with Jeff Eisner, Jr. and Alex Myers close behind. However, LaBarge's biggest challenge was from Shane Kisling. Kisling moved to the cushion on the track and had immediate success as he closed in on LaBarge; he drove past him on lap seven to take over the lead.

The race started with an extended period of green-flag racing with the first 18 laps clicking off under the green. As Kisling continued to lead, another challenger appeared and that was Johnson, who had started fifth.

He found a new fast groove on the inside of the track and began to move forward, soon pulling up to the rear bumper of Kisling's car as Kisling continued to work the outside line. Johnson was getting strong runs off the low groove in the corners and on lap 14, he shot past Kisling to take over the lead.

Johnson then began to edge away from the field and he looked to be a strong contender to take the win. However, Nelson began to move up from the fourth row as the race remained under the green and by the halfway point of the contest was up to third, behind Johnson and Kisling.

The first yellow of the race flew with 19 laps completed for a two-car tangle on the back chute. This gave Nelson the opportunity to move up alongside Kisling for the restart and indeed, he quickly drove past into second and began to challenge Johnson for the lead.

But Johnson is one of the hardest drivers on the circuit and between yellows, which began to fly more often for spins and stalled cars, some of the most intense racing of the evening occurred. Johnson used every inch of the track in an effort to keep Nelson behind him.

Finally, with a breathtaking move out of turn four with both drivers drifting dangerously close to the concrete outer wall, Nelson squeezed past and took over the lead.

Two more yellows flew before the race was concluded, but with Nelson now in front, Johnson tried his best, but could not muster a challenge to the leader. A last yellow set up a two-lap sprint to the finish, but Nelson again pulled away and drove unchallenged for the win ahead of Johnson. Kisling finished off an excellent run with a third-place finish and Eisner Jr. also drove a solid race to come home fourth. Tommy Richards made his first start of the year a good one as he rounded out the top five.

Nelson earned $2,000 for his win and his first-ever victory at Rice Lake.

Adams was a double winner, earning two badly needed wins in his quest to win WISSOTA national titles in both the Modified and Midwest Modified divisions.

Aiden Hoffman got the jump on Mike Goodremote to take the early lead in the WISSOTA Modifieds, while Mike Anderson moved into second, as both Matt Leer and Adams chased those two.

This race remained under the green flag for much of the remainder and Hoffman set a torrid pace that none of the three could match. Anderson had bad luck when a slower driver got in front of him and lost control; the two cars slammed together, but both continued on. Anderson lost two spots before he could get back up to speed.

Hoffman still looked to be comfortably in front, even though both Leer and Adams were shortening up his lead. However, a stalled driver with just two laps to go made all the difference in the race and spelled doom for Hoffman.

With both Leer and Adams side by side behind him, Hoffman got a bad restart and spun his tires. Before he knew it, the leaders were three wide driving into turn one. Adams was able to slide up the track in front of Hoffman and then turn down the hill and hold off Leer. Just like that, Hoffman's bid for his first-ever Modified win was history.

Adams then drove on for his fifth Modified victory of the year at Rice Lake with Leer second and Hoffman settling for third. At the line, Kennedy Swan nipped Anderson to complete the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature win proved to be just a bit easier, although Adams still had to fight his way into the top spot. Dave Baxter started on the pole, but Antonio Pintaro got a great jump and took the early lead as Adams slid past Baxter to take over second. Adams worked Pintaro over and on lap four drove past him and into the lead.

With the first 14 laps of this race running under green, Adams then put distance on the pack before a spinning driver stopped the action. Baxter pushed hard on the restart, but Adams fought him off and then put some distance on the field once again. The final five laps became a sprint to the finish and Adams had the race under control as he crossed the line in first for his sixth Midwest Modified feature win of the year at the track. Baxter had another in a recent series of strong finishes as he came home second, while Joe Swearingen also had a strong run for third. Brady Larson and Joey Jensen completed the top five.

A large and talented field of WISSOTA Street Stock drivers signed in to race on Saturday, with Cole Richards the early leader ahead of Cody Cimfl, Anderson and Hunter VanGilder, as the lead pack of at least six drivers battled each other hard. Cimfl was up alongside Richards several times, but could not quite make the pass for the lead.

Anderson worked to the outside line after starting on the inside lane and once he got to the cushion, he showed tremendous speed as he pulled up beside Richards and then drove right past him for the lead. This happened on lap six and after that, the field was chasing Anderson.

A late yellow set up a four-lap dash to the finish, but Anderson had the field covered as he drove away and put distance on runner-up Shawn Amundson to claim his third feature win of the year at the track. Richards finished a strong third with VanGilder and Tommy Richards, making his first Street Stock run of the year, next in line.

The WISSOTA Pure Stocks wrapped up the evening with a smooth and fast feature race. Tyler Wahlstrom took the early lead with Mark Barta moving into second, while Simon Wahlstrom and George Richards battled for third, running a number of laps side by side.

Barta tried the low line, but when Tyler Wahlstrom continued to guard that groove, Barta moved up the track and with a very strong move, drove around Tyler to take over the lead on lap three. Once in front, Barta was not about to be caught. With the race going green to checkers, the top drivers raced around the track, but everyone was fast and catching and passing proved to be a tough task.

Barta continued to hold a slight advantage ahead of Tyler Wahlstrom and the lead remained steady as Barta drove across the line for the win. Simon Wahlstrom won out in his battle for third with George Richards while C.J. Wagner completed the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[6]; 2. 30-Matt Leer[7]; 3. 9MM-Aiden Hoffman[2]; 4. 18S-Kennedy Swan[8]; 5. 57-Mike Anderson[5]; 6. 4A-Hunter Anderson[4]; 7. 27H-Steve Hallquist[3]; 8. 204-David Mayala[9]; 9. (DNF) 12-Mike Goodremote[1]; 10. (DNF) 09-Skylar Findley[10]; 11. (DNS) 81-Jason Knutson; 12. (DNS) 22T-Michael Truscott

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27H-Steve Hallquist[1]; 2. 9MM-Aiden Hoffman[3]; 3. 12-Mike Goodremote[2]; 4. 4A-Hunter Anderson[4]; 5. 204-David Mayala[5]; 6. 81-Jason Knutson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Matt Leer[1]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[3]; 3. 57-Mike Anderson[2]; 4. 18S-Kennedy Swan[4]; 5. 09-Skylar Findley[6]; 6. (DNF) 22T-Michael Truscott[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 25-Dylan Nelson[7]; 2. 1JR-Tim Johnson[5]; 3. 6-Shane Kisling[4]; 4. 10(E)-Jeff Eisner Jr[2]; 5. 7R-Tommy Richards[6]; 6. 1-Ryan Olson[15]; 7. 19LC-Tristan LaBarge[1]; 8. 207-Jesse Redetzke[8]; 9. 1E-Eric Olson[10]; 10. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[17]; 11. 14X-Leslie Leu[9]; 12. 01-Michael Anderson[18]; 13. 77K-Rick Simpson[11]; 14. 20-Andrew Davis[20]; 15. 10-Rich Bishop[23]; 16. (DNF) 25(X)-Chad Johnson[24]; 17. (DNF) 19-Larry Both[22]; 18. (DNF) 2-Don Livingston[16]; 19. (DNF) 81-Avery Anderson[13]; 20. (DNF) 77(L)-Andy Ladd[14]; 21. (DNF) 4A-Allan Cleveland[25]; 22. (DNF) 21C-Patrick Beeksma[19]; 23. (DNF) L1-Andrew Johnson[12]; 24. (DNF) 2M-Alex Myers[3]; 25. (DNF) 26-Kyle Copp[21]; 26. (DNF) 21-Mike Siewert[26]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19LC-Tristan LaBarge[1]; 2. 10(E)-Jeff Eisner Jr[4]; 3. 14X-Leslie Leu[3]; 4. 81-Avery Anderson[6]; 5. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[8]; 6. 26-Kyle Copp[5]; 7. 10-Rich Bishop[2]; 8. 25(X)-Chad Johnson[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1JR-Tim Johnson[8]; 2. 7R-Tommy Richards[7]; 3. 1E-Eric Olson[2]; 4. 77(L)-Andy Ladd[3]; 5. 01-Michael Anderson[5]; 6. 245-James Cimfl[4]; 7. 21-Mike Siewert[6]; 8. 28-Elizabeth Nord[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2M-Alex Myers[3]; 2. 25-Dylan Nelson[8]; 3. 77K-Rick Simpson[5]; 4. 1-Ryan Olson[7]; 5. 21C-Patrick Beeksma[6]; 6. 4A-Allan Cleveland[2]; 7. 19-Larry Both[4]; 8. (DNS) 22AT-Austin Tilton

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 207-Jesse Redetzke[1]; 2. 6-Shane Kisling[6]; 3. L1-Andrew Johnson[2]; 4. 2-Don Livingston[5]; 5. 20-Andrew Davis[7]; 6. 38-Trevor Koslowski[3]; 7. 17G-Chris Gross[4]; 8. (DNS) 22-Robert Holmstrom Jr

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 26-Kyle Copp[1]; 2. 19-Larry Both[7]; 3. 10-Rich Bishop[5]; 4. 25(X)-Chad Johnson[9]; 5. 245-James Cimfl[2]; 6. 21-Mike Siewert[6]; 7. 4A-Allan Cleveland[3]; 8. 22-Robert Holmstrom Jr[12]; 9. 22AT-Austin Tilton[11]; 10. 38-Trevor Koslowski[4]; 11. 17G-Chris Gross[8]; 12. (DNF) 28-Elizabeth Nord[10]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[3]; 2. 35B-David Baxter[1]; 3. 00-Joe Swearingen[5]; 4. 63JR-Brady Larson[8]; 5. 30-Joey Jensen[7]; 6. 19C-Cody Cimfl[10]; 7. 37-Travis Anderson[6]; 8. 1-Jake Stai[12]; 9. T25-Mark Thomas[4]; 10. 19P-Antonio Pintaro[2]; 11. 20-Jaxon Helland[9]; 12. 101-Michael Grover[11]; 13. 11K-Chase Brown[15]; 14. (DNF) 88K-Donavan Knutson[13]; 15. (DNS) 401K-Mitch Patrick

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[1]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[4]; 3. 19P-Antonio Pintaro[3]; 4. T25-Mark Thomas[2]; 5. 20-Jaxon Helland[6]; 6. 101-Michael Grover[8]; 7. 88K-Donavan Knutson[7]; 8. 11K-Chase Brown[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 35B-David Baxter[5]; 2. 63JR-Brady Larson[1]; 3. 37-Travis Anderson[6]; 4. 00-Joe Swearingen[4]; 5. 19C-Cody Cimfl[3]; 6. 1-Jake Stai[7]; 7. 401K-Mitch Patrick[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[3]; 2. 19A-Shawn Amundson[8]; 3. 1R-Cole Richards[1]; 4. 84-Hunter VanGilder[4]; 5. 3R-Tommy Richards[7]; 6. 716-Kyle Genett[14]; 7. 60-Mike Pratt[23]; 8. 86-Layla Chaplin[10]; 9. 13R-Danny Richards[6]; 10. 7-Caiden Engel[9]; 11. 22-Tyson Waller[13]; 12. 18S-Kennedy Swan[21]; 13. E3-Kent Harmon[16]; 14. 10-Dylan Baskin[20]; 15. (DNF) 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[11]; 16. (DNF) 40-Nick Traynor[5]; 17. (DNF) 19J-Cody Cimfl[2]; 18. (DNF) 5-Alaina Chaplin[18]; 19. (DNF) 24-Andrew Piilo[19]; 20. (DNF) 20F-Connor Franson[15]; 21. (DNF) 15-Jim Randall[12]; 22. (DNF) 20T-Michael Tuma[17]; 23. (DNS) 5F-Chanda Fjorden Nord

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19A-Shawn Amundson[4]; 2. 84-Hunter VanGilder[6]; 3. 3R-Tommy Richards[8]; 4. 86-Layla Chaplin[5]; 5. 22-Tyson Waller[7]; 6. E3-Kent Harmon[1]; 7. (DNF) 18S-Kennedy Swan[2]; 8. (DNS) 60-Mike Pratt

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19J-Cody Cimfl[2]; 2. 13R-Danny Richards[1]; 3. 27-Parker Anderson[8]; 4. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[3]; 5. 716-Kyle Genett[7]; 6. 20T-Michael Tuma[6]; 7. 24-Andrew Piilo[5]; 8. 10-Dylan Baskin[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Nick Traynor[3]; 2. 1R-Cole Richards[7]; 3. 7-Caiden Engel[2]; 4. 15-Jim Randall[4]; 5. 20F-Connor Franson[5]; 6. 5-Alaina Chaplin[6]; 7. (DNS) 5F-Chanda Fjorden Nord

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78-Mark Barta[2]; 2. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[1]; 3. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[4]; 4. 5R-George Richards[3]; 5. 93-CJ Wagner[5]; 6. 52W-Austin Fencl[7]; 7. 23R-James Rahn[6]; 8. 88-Robert Wahlstrom[8]; 9. 16-Rob Grabon[12]; 10. 89-Steve Karshbaum[10]; 11. 55-Caleb Duffie[9]; 12. 1-Carsyn Olson[11]; 13. 67-Dale Peterson[13]; 14. 3D-Sean Duffy[14]; 15. (DNF) 89A-Alyson Karshbaum[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Mark Barta[1]; 2. 5R-George Richards[6]; 3. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[8]; 4. 23R-James Rahn[3]; 5. 55-Caleb Duffie[2]; 6. 1-Carsyn Olson[4]; 7. 67-Dale Peterson[7]; 8. (DNF) 89A-Alyson Karshbaum[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[3]; 2. 93-CJ Wagner[2]; 3. 52W-Austin Fencl[4]; 4. 88-Robert Wahlstrom[7]; 5. 89-Steve Karshbaum[6]; 6. 16-Rob Grabon[5]; 7. 3D-Sean Duffy[1]