Crouse, Haben, and Zieske victorious at Viking
By Ray Beste
Alexandria, MN (July 6th, 2010) - Holloway, MN driver Brian Haben topped a strong field of 38 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds scoring the win during Governor's Ethanol Challenge action Tuesday night at Viking Speedway. Dustin Zieske picked up his second Viking Speedway win of the season in the WISSOTA Mod Four division while Jeff Crouse picked up a $1,000 payday by scoring the win during the "Jerry Kluver Memorial" WISSOTA Super Stock Special held in conjunction with the midweek event at the big 1/2 mile. Drivers from all across WISSOTA country convened at the Douglas County Fairgrounds for some tremendous Amsoil Dirt Track Series Racing.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were first on the docket with 24 drivers making the call for the 20-lap main event. Haben took the early lead while third starter Jason Hoffman battled with Dusty Bitzan for the second spot. A myriad of yellow flags plagued action early on before order restored on lap three. Haben continued on out front while many hard charging efforts were found on the speedway. Row seven starter Shane Sabraski looked very strong as he began to make his way to the front. The Rice, MN native moved into the top three with six laps remaining while Haben was bolted out front. Back in traffic, 24th starter Ronnie Rihn and 23rd starter Tyler Limoges began to make a charge from the rear of the pack. Rihn would put on a great display moving up 16 spots to finish eighth while Limoges moved up 12 spots to finish 11th. Sabraski took a couple shots at Haben during the ladder stages of the event but it was not enough as Haben went on to take his second win in his past two starts at Viking. Sabraski, Hoffman, Cale Arneson, and 15th starter Justin Jones earned top five finishing spots as well. Matt Weisman, Bitzan, Hoffman, and Mark Blom all took heat race wins earlier in the show while Marshal Tofte reigned victorious in the division's lone B-main.
The 20-lap "Jerry Kluver Memorial" WISSOTA Super Stock special event rolled out onto the speedway next with 16 drivers making the call. Mike Jans and Jeff Kluver shared the front row starting duties as flagman Layne Roberts dropped the green. Kluver beat Jans to turn one and took the lead as the field filed out of turn two. Kluver looked strong on the opening circuit and was scored the leader at the conclusion of the first lap. Fourth starter Jeremy Jerve used the high side of the speedway to his advantage as he moved into second while Jans and Crouse battled for the third spot. Crouse took over the third spot seven laps into the event while Kluver continued to lead out front. Jerve closed up on the backside of Kluver with the cross flags showing bringing Crouse with him in the process. On lap ten, the first yellow of the event waved which bunched up the field behind Kluver for the Delaware restart. The green flag dropped over the field once again with Crouse taking over the second spot from Jerve via the bottom of the speedway as the field exited turn two. Crouse quickly closed up on the backside of Kluver as the duo battled for the lead. Crouse was able to make the middle of the speedway work as he took over the point with five laps remaining. With 16 laps in the books, Jans began to come to life once again. Jans used the bottom of the speedway to dispose of Jerve for the third spot and quickly found himself in a battle with Kluver for the second spot. Kluver, however, was strong in the remaining laps and held on to the second spot. Out front it was all Crouse as he cruised on to one of the nicest wins of his career. Kluver had a great run coming home second in front of Jans, Jerve, and eighth starter Cory Tammen. Kluver was victorious in heat race one with Ron Host taking the win in heat race two.
The final event of the evening belonged to the WISSOTA Mod Fours with some of the heaviest hitters in all of WISSOTA on hand. Pole-sitter Tyler Larson took the lap one lead while the field sized up behind. Montevideo, MN driver Justin Smith quickly worked his way into the second spot with Josh Abrahamson in third. As the race wore on, however, Tom Silver looked as if he might have the car to beat. Silver, who started the event in 13th, used the high side of the speedway to work his way into third with seven laps still up on the board. Silver's night would end one lap later when a motor mount let loose on his #24x machine. The veteran Zieske, who had moved up to fourth from his eighth starting position, moved up to the top and began to pick off cars one by one. Zieske wheeled by Larson and Abrahamson for the lead with three laps remaining while Rob VanMil and Tyler Larson battled for the third spot. Zieske was strong in the remaining laps and was never seriously challenged on his way to victory. Abrahamson, who looked strong all evening long ended a tremendous run in the runner up position with Rob VanMil third, Larson fourth, and Corry VanMil fifth. Abrahamson, Rob VanMil, Kurt Deters all took heat race wins earlier in the program for the WISSOTA Mod Fours.
Join us once again this Saturday night July 17th for some great high speed 1/2 mile action at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. This week's program will be brought to you by KMRS/KKOK/KRVY Radio, Schroeder Construction, and H Boyd Nelson featuring WISSOTA Late Models, WISSOTA Modifieds, WISSOTA Super Stocks, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, and WISSOTA Street Stocks.
For more information regarding Viking Speedway log onto the track's website at www.vikingspeedway.net. Races start each and every Saturday night at 5:30.
SUMMARY:
WISSOTA Super Stocks:
Feature- Jeff Crouse, Jeff Kluver, Mike Jans, Jeremy Jerve, Cory Tammen, Ron Host, Shawn Nolan, Mike Peterson, Jon Stepan, Jeff Flaten, Cody Lee, Matt Miller, Terry Merten, Billy Michaelsohn, Steve Beach
Heat 1- Kluver, Tammen, Jerve, Crouse, Nolan, Stepan, Lee, Yeats
Heat 2- Host, Jans, Peterson, Beach, Merten, Miller, Flaten, Michaelsohn
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:
Feature- Brian Haben, Shane Sabraski, Jason Hoffman, Cale Arneson, Justin Jones, Austin Arneson, Jason Strand, Ronnie Rihn, Matt Weisman, Dusty Bitzan, Tyler Limoges, Brett Hoium, Marshal Tofte, Gary Reents, Darrin Braaten, Travis Saurer, Mark Blom, Brandon Spanswick, Mark Pew, William Lund, Travis Vanderby, Tim Ims, Dev Malmlov, Pete Loecken
Heat 1- Weisman, Haben, Arneson, Sabraski, Malmlov, Muzik, Hoium, Rihn, Olson, Carter
Heat 2- Bitzan, Loecken, Pew, Braaten, Vanderby, Blascyk, L. Arneson, Mikkelson, Gerdes, Bruder
Heat 3- Hoffman, Lund, A. Arneson, Jones, Ims, Tofte, Dom Gregoire, Limoges, Dar Gregoire
Heat 4- Blom, Saurer, Reents, Strand, Spanswick, Gardner, Ward, Berg, Olmscheid
B-main- Tofte, Hoium, Limoges, Rihn, Muzik
WISSOTA Mod Fours:
Feature- Dustin Zieske, Josh Abrahamson, Rob VanMil, Tyler Larson, Corry VanMil, Tim Kanten, Dean Larson, Conrad Schwinn, Jim Kanten, Brandon Kellen, Dallas Buchholz, Tommy McGough, David Anderson, Bryce Bjerken, Justin Smith, Ryan Buer, Kurt Deters, Matt Staab, Steve Johnson, Tom Silver, Michael Griffin, Corey Nehk
Heat 1- Abrahamson, T. Kanten, Smith, Schwinn, Silver, J. Kanten, Staab, Nehk
Heat 2- R VanMil, Zieske, T. Larson, C. VanMil, D. Larson, Buer, Anderson
Heat 3- Deters, Kellen, Griffin, Mcgough, Buchholz, Bjerken, Johnson
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