After a ninety minute rain delay after the sixth event of the night for a surprise rain shower, the show continued on a very fast and tacky racing surface.

Thatcher made an unbelievably quick run to the front in the modified main event as he used guile and some nice breaks to charge into the lead before most of the pack had a chance to get their engines warm. Mike Bauer and Kevin Rogers held the front row and they battled on the opening lap. Thatcher quickly moved forward after starting tenth and he found some racing room down the back chute on the second lap. He went to the cushion and swept past the leaders and held the point by the time the second lap was scored.

It looked like Thatcher might run away but Kevin Adams had other ideas. He moved into the second spot and started to cut into Thatcher’s advantage as Luke Schilling and Mike Anderson raced for third. Adams was having success and by the midpoint of the event, he had cut the lead to just a couple car lengths as he lead footed the cushion. Todd Siddons had moved up to challenge Schilling for third when he broke, triggering the yellow flag on lap fifteen. Adams went for broke on the green, and he nearly got under Thatcher for the lead but he couldn’t pull off the maneuver and slipped back a few car lengths. Suddenly Adams slowed with suspension problems and the yellow waved again.

Thatcher had an easy time of it the last three laps as he pulled away for the win. Schilling finished second ahead of Anderson, Scott Duval and Kent Baxter with attrition taking its toll with only six cars left running.

Myers was scored the leader of every lap of the Super Stock main but he received several stiff challenges , the strongest of which came from Eric Olson. Myers pulled into the early lead as Bernie Christianson, Olson and Paul Erikson battled for second. Olson went to the high groove as passed Erikson for the spot as Steve Hallquist, Jim Willner, Jesse Redetzke and Cory Mahder all jockeyed for position.

Myers continued to lead through a couple of yellow flags, one of which was when Christianson pounded the back stretch wall. Erikson got a strong jump and went past Olson for second as Hallquist moved in to race Olson for that position. There was still a big group of cars battling for positions behind the lead but Myers remained comfortably in front. Once more the yellow flew and the field was bunched up for a five lap sprint.

Myers continued in the lead but Olson went to the cushion again and flew around Erikson for second and began to close on Myers. Olson had a good run as he closed to within a car length on the final tour. Myers held on as Olson tried to dive under him on the final corner as they finished about a car length apart. Hallquist came home third ahead of Erikson and Mike Keller.

The other second time winner was Ryan Olson who used a good starting position to rocket away from the field on the extremely tacky surface. Ralph Stark and Joe Chaplin Jr battled on the opening lap but Olson quickly got past them to take over the lead. Once in front , he quickly stretched his advantage. The yellow flag waved with five laps complete when Brandon Bowe crashed into another slowing car and damaged his machine.

Olson again stepped away from the field as Kevin Adams started to move up after starting in the tenth position. He was gradually working his way to the front with him finally getting past Chaplin Jr and closing on Stark. Looking low, he drove under Stark to take over second and while he pushed the last few laps, Olson had a corner length lead at the finish. Stark and Chaplin Jr completed excellent runs in third and fourth with Brad Hudson rounding out the top five.

Randall won his first Street Stock main in what turned out to be a slam fest with several hard crashes that disabled a number of cars and saw only six on the track at the finish. The battle was excellent early as Clark Swartz, Steve Golat, Jared Lindner, Ryan Lindner, Randall and Chanda Fjorden-Nord were running in a tight pack. Randall went to the cushion and edged into the lead, only to have it challenged by Swartz who was running side by side with Randall. Finally Jimmy was able to edge away slightly but the second position was still in much doubt. The hardest crash occurred with just two laps to go when the Lindners tangled with Mike Conrad and then Jay Kesan plowed into the spinning cars. Three of the four were eliminated in the wreck and the race would see a green, white and checkered finish.

Randall got away to a small lead and despite a front nose piece flapping in the wind, he held on for the victory. Golat finished a strong second with Fjorden-Nord moving into third ahead of Troy Fransway who nursed home a bent front end for fifth trailing Swartz.

The Pure Stock feature got off to a wild start when Carolyn Nosser bounced off another car and did a flip into the infield in turn three. She was fine, and the race was restarted with Luke Lindner in the lead. Lindner and Mike Harshman then swapped the position back and forth with both having an opportunity to hold down the point. Amans started seventh on the grid and was quickly coming to the front as was Mike Knudtson and Ralph Schultz.

Amans swept to the outside of Harshman to take over the lead but with the competitive field , he found it hard to open up much of a lead. Harshman and Lindner continued to battle but Schultz was moving up at a rapid pace. He stuck a nose under Harshman to take over second and while he pushed on the last lap, Amans held on for the win. Harshman and Lindner both had good runs with Knudtson rounding out the top five.

Next Sunday, June 25th, will be a very special night at the Eagle Valley Speedway. For the first time in the history of the track, the 410 cubic inch winged sprint cars of the Interstates Racing Association will be on hand to compete in a full program that will include qualifying, heat and semi features and a twenty four car feature field. Drivers from throughout the Midwest often compete with the IRA and such well known sprint drivers as Mike Reinke, Scotty Neitzel, Travis Whitney, Donny Goeden, Bill Warren and others will be on hand with an expected field of approximately thirty winged warriors competing in a program that will shatter all existing track records.

Also competing will be the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and the Eagle Valley Pure Stocks. Gates will open at 4:30 p.m. with qualifying scheduled for 6 p.m. and racing to follow immediately.

Special admission prices for this event are $18 for adults with standard pit admission prices prevailing. Anyone wanting more information on this special event should call 715-223-3771 or log on to the speedway website: www.racingonline.com/evs/

SUMMARY

Eagle Valley Speedway - Jim Falls WI - June 18 2006


WISSOTA Modifieds

20 lap Feature – Craig Thatcher, Luke Schilling, Mike Anderson, Scott Duval, Kent Baxter, Kevin Rogers, Kevin Adams, Mike Bauer, Todd Siddons, Mark Baxter.
10 lap Heat 1 – Siddons, Duval, K. Baxter, Schilling.
Heat 2 – Adams, Thatcher, Anderson, Shaun Kreyer.


WISSOTA Super Stocks

20 lap Feature – Curt Myers, Eric Olson, Steve Hallquist, Paul Erikson, Mike Keller, Mark Stender, Jesse Redetzke, Jim Willner, Bryan Nayes, David Pospyhalla.
10 lap Heat 1 – Myers, Cory Mahder, Redetzke, Erikson.
Heat 2 – Olson, Nayes, Keller, Willner.


WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

15 lap Feature – Ryan Olson, Kevin Adams, Ralph Stark, Joe Chaplin Jr, Brad Hudson, Rod Ryba, Jim Poyda, Bryce Johnson, Zack Drews, Kyle Johnson.
10 lap Heat 1 – Olson, Shane Halopka, Poyda, Stark.
Heat 2 – Hudson, Adams, B. Johnson, Dave Miller.

WISSOTA Street Stocks

15 lap Feature – Jimmy Randall, Steve Golat, Chanda Fjorden-Nord, Clark Swartz, Troy Fransway, Ryan Lindner, Travis Hazelton, Jared Lindner, Jay Kesan, Mike Conrad.
10 lap Heat 1 – Hazelton, Swartz, Adam Soltis, Golat.
Heat 2 – Randall, R. Lindner, Kesan, J. Lindner.


Pure Stocks
11 lap Feature – Josh Amans, Ralph Schultz, Mike Harshman, Luke Lindner, Mike Knudtson, Jerry Wojcik, Justin Lindner, Greg Gunderson, Adam Berg, Tommy Richards.
6 lap Heat 1 – Tony Luell, Carolyn Nosser, Harshman, L. Lindner.
Heat 2 – Amans, Knudtson, Berg, Wojcik.
Heat 3 – J. Lindner, Josh Rud, Gunderson, Cody Kummer.