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Peterlin, Adams, Stuart, Vernon, Smith and Ruzich roll to feature wins and Hall Of Famers are honored at Proctor

PROCTOR, MN (July 27) - Proctor Speedway celebrated Hall of Fame night, along with hosting the Old Timers/Vintage Driver picnic, Sunday, July 27.

During the Hall of Fame ceremonies, Jeff Hinkemeyer, Jamie Thomas, Steve Fossum, Skip Meger, Dave Gillett, Scott Hispher, Donald Eckstrom, Peg Sweeney, Jerry O’Brien, Tom Esse, Dave Bjorge and Barry Marlow were inducted into the speedway’s Hall of Fame.

On track, WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victors included Kyle Peterlin, Blake Adams, Tyler Vernon, Steve Stuart, Nick Ruzich, and Jake Smith.

Blake Adams was the early leader in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, in a feature that was hampered by five cautions in the early going. Adams was under heavy pressure from Vernon and Paul Ripley in those first attempts, with Joey Jensen also making himself part of the battle with just a handful of laps completed.

Adams continued to lead out front with eight to go. Jensen was right on Adams’ bumper before another caution regrouped the field.

Vernon used the low side to get past Adams back under green, pulling away down the backstretch with five to go. Vernon was steady out front to the checkered flag, as Adams held second. Jensen’s charge from eighth ended in third, Ripley was fourth and Jacob Anderson completed the top five.

Stuart was the early leader to begin the WISSOTA Super Stock feature, with Rick Simpson and Shawn McFadden in a battle for second; McFadden took the spot with a couple laps completed.

McFadden used the ensuing laps to draw to the bumper of Stuart, but could not find a way by and Stuart escaped with the victory, growing his lead in the closing laps. Patrick Beeksma displaced Simpson to fourth at the finish, and Austin Blom was fifth.

Following a side-by-side battle for the top spot, Neil Balduc inched away with lead from Blake Adams in the opening laps of the WISSOTA Modified feature. Adams went to the top side and drove past Balduc with less than a handful of laps in the books, drawing away to a half lap lead over the rest of the field in the closing laps to garner the victory. Balduc, Brandon Copp, Nick Oreskovich and Jody Bellefeuille completed the top five.

Mike Bellefeuille was the early leader of the WISSOTA Late Model feature, ahead of Peterlin, Harry Hanson, Derek Vesel and Anthony Woodhull in the top five. Kevin Burdick made his way past Woodhull a lap or two later.

Out front, Peterlin began to quickly eat away at Bellefeuille’s advantage, making the pass for the lead, but having it called back thanks to a caution. Back under green, Peterlin gave it another go and drove by after the halfway point of the race.

From there, Peterlin drove off and captured another feature win in Proctor. Bellefeuille, 10th-starter Jeff Massingill, Burdick and Vesel completed the top five.

Following a first-corner spin by front-row starter Austin Fencl, Smith was the early leader in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks. Shane Basina, running in second, then spun and the field regrouped once again with just one lap complete.

Back under green Smith built his lead and drove on to the victory, taking the win ahead of Eric Crosby, Fencl, Basina and Bob Klein in the top five.

Ruzich set the pace out front early on in the WISSOTA Hornet feature. He was able to grow his lead over the 12-lapper and took the eventual victory, while McKenna Folstad chased him to the checkered flag in second. Randy Jacoboski, Bobie Arnes and Carson Gotelaere were top five finishers.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 23-Kyle Peterlin[3]; 2. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[2]; 3. 6M-Jeff Massingill[10]; 4. 30-Kevin Burdick[6]; 5. 16-Derek Vesel[7]; 6. 7-Harry Hanson[1]; 7. 47-Danny Vang[9]; 8. 79-Kevin Carlson[14]; 9. 11D-Tim McMann[5]; 10. 12X-Ben Heinle[11]; 11. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[12]; 12. 7C-Robbie Cooper[16]; 13. 15-Devin Fouquette[8]; 14. 81W-Anthony Woodhull[4]; 15. 2-Don Livingston[17]; 16. 34-Taylor Madrinich[15]; 17. 9-Chris Lillo[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[1]; 2. 11D-Tim McMann[5]; 3. 16-Derek Vesel[6]; 4. 81W-Anthony Woodhull[2]; 5. 47-Danny Vang[7]; 6. 12X-Ben Heinle[4]; 7. 9-Chris Lillo[8]; 8. 34-Taylor Madrinich[3]; 9. (DNS) 54L-Jayme Lautigar

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Kyle Peterlin[2]; 2. 30-Kevin Burdick[6]; 3. 15-Devin Fouquette[7]; 4. 7-Harry Hanson[1]; 5. 6M-Jeff Massingill[8]; 6. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[3]; 7. 79-Kevin Carlson[9]; 8. 7C-Robbie Cooper[4]; 9. 2-Don Livingston[5]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 99-Neil Balduc[2]; 3. 22-Brandon Copp[4]; 4. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[3]; 5. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[5]; 6. 64-Evan Checkalski[7]; 7. 43-Lance Schilling[8]; 8. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl[6]; 9. 12-TJ Heinle[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[1]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[3]; 3. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[5]; 4. 99-Neil Balduc[4]; 5. 22-Brandon Copp[7]; 6. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl[2]; 7. 64-Evan Checkalski[9]; 8. 43-Lance Schilling[6]; 9. 12-TJ Heinle[8]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 80-Steve Stuart[2]; 2. 51JR-Shawn McFadden[5]; 3. 21C-Patrick Beeksma[4]; 4. 77K-Rick Simpson[1]; 5. 3B-Austin Blom[7]; 6. 77-Scott Lawrence[8]; 7. 2-Don Livingston[6]; 8. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[10]; 9. 69X-John Sharpnack[3]; 10. (DNF) 11-Kevin Salin[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51JR-Shawn McFadden[2]; 2. 77K-Rick Simpson[3]; 3. 3B-Austin Blom[1]; 4. 2-Don Livingston[4]; 5. 11-Kevin Salin[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 80-Steve Stuart[4]; 2. 77-Scott Lawrence[2]; 3. 21C-Patrick Beeksma[3]; 4. 69X-John Sharpnack[1]; 5. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[4]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[2]; 3. 30-Joey Jensen[8]; 4. 28-Paul Ripley[3]; 5. 71-Jacob Anderson[5]; 6. 12A-Alex O'Dell[1]; 7. 7A-Eric Anderson[6]; 8. 99X-Sydney Knopps[7]; 9. 14-Adam Shinn[11]; 10. 32M-Mia Musel[13]; 11. 10Z-Cade Johnson[16]; 12. 62-Ryan Kough[12]; 13. 8-Jonny Nowak[10]; 14. 27-Josh Schiffler[14]; 15. (DNF) 31J-Mike Jacques[9]; 16. (DNF) 16-Cory Jorgensen[17]; 17. (DNS) 428-Kevin O'Dell

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Paul Ripley[3]; 2. 12A-Alex O'Dell[1]; 3. 30-Joey Jensen[9]; 4. 71-Jacob Anderson[7]; 5. 31J-Mike Jacques[6]; 6. 14-Adam Shinn[5]; 7. 32M-Mia Musel[8]; 8. 27-Josh Schiffler[2]; 9. (DNF) 16-Cory Jorgensen[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[8]; 2. 41-Tyler Vernon[7]; 3. 7A-Eric Anderson[4]; 4. 99X-Sydney Knopps[6]; 5. 8-Jonny Nowak[5]; 6. 62-Ryan Kough[1]; 7. (DNF) 428-Kevin O'Dell[3]; 8. (DNF) 10Z-Cade Johnson[2]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[3]; 2. 28-Eric Crosby[5]; 3. 52W-Austin Fencl[2]; 4. 69ER-Shane Basina[1]; 5. 7-Bob Klein[4]; 6. 925-Dnae Rose[8]; 7. 17-Aaron Bernick[6]; 8. 24-Dylan Helget[7]; 9. (DQ) 5M-Michael Pederson[9]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 28-Eric Crosby[1]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[7]; 3. 52W-Austin Fencl[2]; 4. 69ER-Shane Basina[8]; 5. 7-Bob Klein[3]; 6. 17-Aaron Bernick[5]; 7. 24-Dylan Helget[6]; 8. 925-Dnae Rose[4]; 9. 5M-Michael Pederson[9]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Ruzich[1]; 2. 25K-McKenna Folstad[2]; 3. 89-Randy Jacoboski[3]; 4. 94A-Bobie Arnes[6]; 5. 9G-Carson Gotelaere[8]; 6. 31-Zeb Graves[4]; 7. 26N-Nikota Larson[7]; 8. 06-Andy Leino[9]; 9. 69-Madisyn Olson[5]; 10. 2X-Nathan Penney[11]; 11. 08SR-Richard Andrews Sr[10]; 12. 74-Jacob Petrich[12]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 26N-Nikota Larson[3]; 2. 94A-Bobie Arnes[1]; 3. 31-Zeb Graves[5]; 4. 9G-Carson Gotelaere[4]; 5. 06-Andy Leino[2]; 6. 2X-Nathan Penney[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 89-Randy Jacoboski[6]; 2. 9-Nick Ruzich[4]; 3. 25K-McKenna Folstad[5]; 4. 69-Madisyn Olson[2]; 5. 08SR-Richard Andrews Sr[1]; 6. (DNF) 74-Jacob Petrich[3]