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Tourville topples Street Stock field for $1,000 last-to-first run while Doar, Keeler and Smith spin to wins at Gondik Law Speedway

By Nick Gima

SUPERIOR, WI (July 25) - Gondik Law Speedway hosted a racing program for the first time since the Fourth of July on Friday night, and it was a show not lacking in its own fireworks.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Pat Doar, Keith Tourville, D.J. Keeler, and Jake Smith.

The most significant of the program’s runs from deep in the field came from Keith Tourville. He started dead last in the 24-car WISSOTA Street Stock feature field and wound up running away to the win and the $1,000 check.

Nick Traynor beat polesitter Danny Richards out of the first pair of turns to set the early pace. Hunter VanGilder moved past Richards on lap two and challenged Traynor relentlessly, as the lead pair pulled away. The field came back to them on lap five, however, for a spin by Travis Loew.

A lap after the restart, close-quarters racing resulted in Caiden Engel’s wild rollover down the back straightaway, which put the race under a red flag. Fortunately Engel crawled out of his car under his own power.

Back under green, Traynor pulled away from another tight-knit pack of cars racing for second, which included Tourville, who had worked his way to seventh for the restart. A lap-eight multi-car tangle eliminated some of those who were in the dogfight for second, and Tourville inherited fourth for the restart.

Tourville gained another spot when VanGilder spun in turn three after the restart, and a lap after going back to green Tourville made an inside move on Traynor and took over at the point, while Thomas Worth slipped by Richards for third. Tourville spent the next eight laps building a huge 4.3-second advantage, until the pace was slowed when Jenna Herrman’s racer burst into a ball of flame on lap 17. Herrman got out of her car quickly and safely.

Over the final three laps, Tourville re-established his dominance over the field, sprinting away to a 1.5-second final margin over Traynor, with Worth, a charging VanGilder, and Richards completing the top five.

Pat Doar added to his track-leading WISSOTA Late Model feature win total with his 60th career victory on Friday. Polesitter Billy Kendall was dominant throughout the 25-lap run, pulling away from Jayme Lautigar and flying to a 1.4-second advantage just three laps in. Lautigar held Doar at bay for much of the run as well, while Kevin Burdick and Johnny Broking trailed at a distance.

Kendall was already into slower traffic by lap 10, and he negotiated through with relative ease with a 1.5-second lead, and he extended that lead by almost another full second once Lautigar, Doar and company met up with the backmarkers. Things became congested on lap 15, when Doar, Broking and Burdick were clogged among the lappers, and Burdick’s car went into a wild spin down the frontstretch and hit the inside wall hard next to the victory lane stage.

Doar took second away from Lautigar on the restart and set out after Kendall, closing to within .7 of a second at the final stripe. Kendall’s car was disqualified for a deck-height infraction in the post-race inspection, leaving Doar with his third win of the season at GLS. Broking, Dave Flynn, Lautigar and 18th-starter Jeff Massingill rounded out the top five.

In the only feature to run its distance without a caution, Keeler dominated the 20-lap WISSOTA Super Stock headliner for his first win of the season in Superior.

Starting outside on the front row, Keeler sped around polesitter Rick Simpson and wasted no time separating himself from the field, extending his lead to 1.4 seconds by lap four. Simpson held a comfortable margin over the battle for third between Austin Blom and Curt Myers, with Andy Grymala leading the next batch of cars. Myers took third from Blom on lap five and set a torrid pace to catch the lead pair, while Grymala displaced Blom a couple of laps later.

Keeler’s lead was more than 2.5 seconds just after the race’s midpoint, and he maintained that advantage on Simpson as the laps clicked off quickly on the smooth, wide, multi-lane track, catching the tail of the field and carefully maneuvering his way through the traffic over the final three laps. Myers, hoping to score his 400th career feature win on this night, closed on Simpson and actually nipped him at the line while threading his way through slower traffic for second, while Grymala and Alex Myers followed at a distance in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Jake Smith finished off the night with the win in the WISSOTA Pure Stock feature. Smith, who started third, got by Tom Treviranus’ smoking car to take the initial lead, with Shane Basina and Eric Crosby duking it out for third.

Crosby won that battle on lap two and took over second when Treviranus’ car finally expired in a puff of smoke on lap three. But Smith was well out in front, with a 2.3-second cushion, until Dylan Helget’s car slowed to a stop with a brief fire under the hood on lap six.

Crosby stayed with the race leader as best he could, but Smith’s car was too strong on this night, holding a .75-second lead at the checkered flag for his first feature win of the season at the oval. Eighth-starter Jessie Treviranus came home third, followed by Basina and Derek Ament.

Ken Hron took advantage of a late restart to steal the win in the Northern Renegades’ 20-lap headliner.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11-Pat Doar[4]; 2. 45J-Johnny Broking[6]; 3. 29F-Dave Flynn[8]; 4. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[2]; 5. 6M-Jeff Massingill[18]; 6. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[5]; 7. 31-Travis Budisalovich[13]; 8. 14N-Keith Niemi[10]; 9. 36-Darin Meierotto[11]; 10. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[7]; 11. 34-Taylor Madrinich[17]; 12. 81W-Anthony Woodhull[16]; 13. 12-Ben Heinle[12]; 14. 7C-Robbie Cooper[9]; 15. (DNF) 30-Kevin Burdick[3]; 16. (DNF) 11D-Tim McMann[14]; 17. (DNF) 42-Tim Lillo[15]; 18. (DQ) 99-Billy Kendall[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Billy Kendall[2]; 2. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[4]; 3. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[3]; 4. 14N-Keith Niemi[5]; 5. 31-Travis Budisalovich[6]; 6. 81W-Anthony Woodhull[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45J-Johnny Broking[1]; 2. 29F-Dave Flynn[2]; 3. 30-Kevin Burdick[3]; 4. 36-Darin Meierotto[4]; 5. 11D-Tim McMann[6]; 6. 34-Taylor Madrinich[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7C-Robbie Cooper[1]; 2. 11-Pat Doar[4]; 3. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[2]; 4. 12-Ben Heinle[5]; 5. 42-Tim Lillo[3]; 6. (DNF) 6M-Jeff Massingill[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[2]; 2. 1M-Curt Myers[8]; 3. 77K-Rick Simpson[1]; 4. 24-Andy Grymala[6]; 5. 21M-Alex Myers[10]; 6. 27-Matt Deragon[12]; 7. 3B-Austin Blom[4]; 8. 33-Austin Niemeyer[5]; 9. 26-Kyle Copp[7]; 10. 19-Larry Both[3]; 11. 19(L)-Tristan LaBarge[14]; 12. 79A-Andy LaBarge[11]; 13. 77-Scott Lawrence[9]; 14. 10X-Josh Schmidt[16]; 15. 62-Dalton Truchon[18]; 16. 44-Trenton Bond[13]; 17. 69X-John Sharpnack[19]; 18. 6-Dan Peterson[15]; 19. (DNS) 11R-Rita Anderson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1M-Curt Myers[2]; 2. 3B-Austin Blom[4]; 3. 19-Larry Both[3]; 4. 21M-Alex Myers[5]; 5. 44-Trenton Bond[1]; 6. 10X-Josh Schmidt[7]; 7. 69X-John Sharpnack[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Andy Grymala[2]; 2. 77K-Rick Simpson[4]; 3. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[6]; 4. 79A-Andy LaBarge[1]; 5. 19(L)-Tristan LaBarge[3]; 6. 11R-Rita Anderson[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Scott Lawrence[1]; 2. 26-Kyle Copp[4]; 3. 33-Austin Niemeyer[6]; 4. 27-Matt Deragon[3]; 5. 6-Dan Peterson[2]; 6. 62-Dalton Truchon[5]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 148-Keith Tourville[25]; 2. 40(T)-Nick Traynor[2]; 3. 55-Thomas Worth[18]; 4. 84-Hunter VanGilder[4]; 5. 3R-Danny Richards[1]; 6. 27-Trent Keller[7]; 7. 31-Tom Treviranus[8]; 8. 24-Andrew Piilo[14]; 9. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[13]; 10. 86-Layla Chaplin[15]; 11. 9E-Cameron Ellis[6]; 12. 20T-Michael Tuma[11]; 13. 12K-Chase Kivi[24]; 14. 12-Cole Soukkala[21]; 15. (DNF) 426-Brendan Makkinga[19]; 16. (DNF) 19J-Jenna Herrman[22]; 17. (DNF) 1R-Cole Richards[3]; 18. (DNF) 20F-Connor Franson[10]; 19. (DNF) 22-Tyson Waller[12]; 20. (DNF) 67-Weston Ramsrud[5]; 21. (DNF) 7-Caiden Engel[16]; 22. (DNF) 40-Travis Loew[9]; 23. (DNF) 92R-Courtney Rose[23]; 24. (DNF) 04-Tommy Pogones[17]; 25. (DNS) 69-Jim Randall; 26. (DNS) 19H-Shawn Amundson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Weston Ramsrud[4]; 2. 31-Tom Treviranus[1]; 3. 40-Travis Loew[3]; 4. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[6]; 5. 04-Tommy Pogones[5]; 6. 12-Cole Soukkala[2]; 7. 12K-Chase Kivi[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1R-Cole Richards[2]; 2. 84-Hunter VanGilder[3]; 3. 20F-Connor Franson[6]; 4. 24-Andrew Piilo[4]; 5. 55-Thomas Worth[1]; 6. 19J-Jenna Herrman[7]; 7. (DNS) 19H-Shawn Amundson

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 40(T)-Nick Traynor[3]; 2. 27-Trent Keller[1]; 3. 20T-Michael Tuma[2]; 4. 86-Layla Chaplin[4]; 5. 426-Brendan Makkinga[5]; 6. (DNF) 148-Keith Tourville[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3R-Danny Richards[1]; 2. 9E-Cameron Ellis[2]; 3. 22-Tyson Waller[6]; 4. 7-Caiden Engel[4]; 5. 69-Jim Randall[3]; 6. 92R-Courtney Rose[5]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[3]; 2. 28-Eric Crosby[6]; 3. 131-Jessie Treviranus[8]; 4. 69ER-Shane Basina[5]; 5. 00-Derek Ament[7]; 6. 5M-Michael Pederson[12]; 7. 15-Ryan LaBorde[9]; 8. 44P-Peyton Swenson[4]; 9. 925-Dnae Rose[13]; 10. 17-Aaron Bernick[10]; 11. 10A-Riley Ament[14]; 12. (DNF) 24-Dylan Helget[11]; 13. (DNF) 31-Tom Treviranus[2]; 14. (DNF) 231-Trevor Treviranus[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Tom Treviranus[2]; 2. 28-Eric Crosby[3]; 3. 00-Derek Ament[4]; 4. 131-Jessie Treviranus[7]; 5. 15-Ryan LaBorde[6]; 6. 24-Dylan Helget[5]; 7. 925-Dnae Rose[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[4]; 2. 69ER-Shane Basina[1]; 3. 44P-Peyton Swenson[6]; 4. 231-Trevor Treviranus[3]; 5. 17-Aaron Bernick[5]; 6. 5M-Michael Pederson[2]; 7. 10A-Riley Ament[7]

Northern Renegades Non-Winged Sprint Cars:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 46H-Ken Hron[10]; 2. 101-Paul Schultz[4]; 3. 95-John Vaillancourt[2]; 4. Z15-Zach Olson[3]; 5. 36-Tyler Wass[12]; 6. 5J-Chris Lewis[5]; 7. 92-Danny Wait Jr[9]; 8. 51E-Peyton Emerson[7]; 9. 7E-Keith Erickson[8]; 10. 17-Mariah LaPatka[11]; 11. (DNF) 17C-Hunter Colton[1]; 12. (DNF) 17(B)-Erik Bjorklund[6]; 13. (DNF) 1-Kevin Bradwell[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 95-John Vaillancourt[1]; 2. Z15-Zach Olson[2]; 3. 5J-Chris Lewis[5]; 4. 101-Paul Schultz[3]; 5. 92-Danny Wait Jr[7]; 6. 17-Mariah LaPatka[6]; 7. (DNF) 1-Kevin Bradwell[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17(B)-Erik Bjorklund[2]; 2. 51E-Peyton Emerson[1]; 3. 7E-Keith Erickson[6]; 4. 17C-Hunter Colton[4]; 5. 46H-Ken Hron[3]; 6. 36-Tyler Wass[5]