June 12, 2001; Eagle
River, WI. -It was a perfect night for racing, Tuesday June 12th at
Riverside Raceway in Eagle River. The night kicked off with the first bandit heat. #27
Rich Rosemark jumped off to a quick lead and held it all the way to the checkers. Jim
Nieckula, #4,finished second with Ryan Burzinski third.
The second Bandit heat saw #57 Rob Schuppler make an early move
to take the lead. He held on but was challenged late in the race by Bruce Belland who came
from the back of the pack. Dustin Miller came in third.
Pure Stock heat #1 had Marlys Scharf on the outside of the first row
taking the early lead. Brian Slizewski worked through some traffic into second place but
had a long way to go to catch Marlys. On the last corner Brian tried an inside move but
didn't quite have enough to get by. Marlys won with Brian second and Tom Nolda third.
John Dorion ran away with the second heat as the rest of the field
got tangled up on the front stretch. The real battle was for second between Keith Durand
and Don Liefer. Durand prevailed for second with Jeremy Melton finishing third.
John Johnson took the early lead in the first Street Stock heat but
it didn't last long. Fritz Scharf got by him in turn one when Johnson got loose. Scharf
won the heat with Johnson second and Kevin Maulson a close third.
Ken Valeria, two time feature winner this year, worked his way
through the pack to take the second heat with Mike Boyd second and a sputtering Shawn
Bialas third.
The Miller Lite A-Mod first heat after a false start had Scott
Blamberg take the lead challenged by Bob Kleinschmidt. Mark Albertus had an engine fire to
bring out the caution. On the restart it was still Blamberg followed by Kleinschmidt to
the checkers. Ken Smith, #34, led #34 Mickey Nosser in the early laps of heat two. Nosser
grabbed the lead on lap four and held it to the end followed by Smith.
The Bandit feature had plenty of excitement. Rich Rosemark, #27, led
early but was challenged by Bruce Belland. Belland took over the lead on lap five. Because
of numerous yellow flags the race ran up against the time limit. Belland won with Ryan
Burzinski second and Rob Schuppler third.
John Dorion made heavy contact with the concrete wall on the first
lap of the Pure Stock feature. He was not hurt but was done for the night. Keith Durand
took over the lead but it was short lived as Brian Slizewski got by him and never looked
back. It was a battle of survival as only five cars finished. Vic Bodamer scored second
and Tom Nolda who stayed out of trouble finished third.
ohn Johnson took the early lead in the Street Stock feature, but on
lap three, Fritz Scharf tapped John on the backstretch, got him loose and Fritz took over
the lead. Ken Valeria trying for three feature wins in a row gave Scharf a lot of heat but
couldn't quite do it. Scharf held on for the win with Valeria second and Mike Boyd third.
The Miller Lite A-Mod feature was the survival of the fittest.
Kleinschmidt, Carley, Nosser, Smith and Albertus all retired early with problems. Tad
Schoonover took over the lead midway through the race and held on for his first feature
win of the year at Riverside. Scott Blamberg followed him for second and Clarence
Kolehouse got third. |
