While there were no big wrecks, five cautions cut the 20-lap feature to just
10 laps. Those ten laps saw a fierce battle for the lead between point leader Pat Zdroik, Jerry Grasse, and Duane Dunbar who made his season debut.

Zdroik and Grasse brushed against one another a few times while they battled for the lead. Dunbar lurked just a couple lengths behind in third, waiting for the leaders to slip up. The battle lasted the entire race, but when Troy Smart spun out on lap 11, the race was declared official.

By winning his heat as well, Zdroik made big gains over Guy Carley in the points. Zdroik now enjoys a 16-point lead. Jerry Grasse finished second. Duane Dunbar was third. Bob Richardson and Carley rounded out the top five.

The broom was also out for Rob Rodziczak. After defeating Ryan Valeria in the heat race in a battle similar to the one they had two weeks ago in the feature, Rodziczak came back and quickly picked his way from the sixth starting spot to lead the feature on lap three.

Rodziczak quickly opened up a fifteen car-length advantage over Pete Luedke, but that lead was erased when Ron Reese and Ryan Valeria got together in turn four, sending Valeria perilously close to the tires protecting the pit road entrance.

Rodziczak picked up where he left off, pulling away from Luedke in the final laps to claim his third feature victory of the season. Luedke minimized the points he lost by winning his heat and finishing second in the feature. Last week's winner Lee Schuppler finished third. Keith Durand celebrated his fortieth birthday with a fourth place finish and Ryan Valeria recovered from his incident to finish fifth.

With Roger Walker absent on Tuesday night, there would be a new point leader in the Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stocks. Bruce Belland shored up the honor with a solid night, winning the heat race and finishing second in the
feature.

It looked like rookie Mark Schuenemann was on the way to claiming his first Street Stock victory. He had the field covered by nine car-lengths in the final laps. His hopes of winning came to a crashing halt with four laps to go as a slight misjudgment coming out of turn four sent him into the outside guardrail and grinding down the outside wall most of the way down the front stretch.

John Kallas went from almost certain runner-up into victory lane as he held off Belland in the final laps. Dan Zelten, Craig Tarsi and Chad Lederer were the remainder of the top five.

It was the night of the Bandit at Riverside Raceway as some of the heavy hitting Super Bandits struggled and some new names crept to the top of the leaderboard.

Eli Gustafson is optimistic that his primary car will be ready to go again as early as Saturday, but until then he is still in his back up car, and struggling a bit. Gustafson fell out of the feature on lap eight with two cautions. The first for losing his rear bumper cover in turn one, the second for making contact with Bill Martin that sent Martin skidding into the outside guard rail.

Meanwhile at the front, Steven Justin in his Bandit held off the Super Bandit of Dustin Miller. Justin had enough power to keep ahead of Miller and was the first Bandit to beat the Supers this year.

Jay Wilberding wound up third. Jordan Kurtti could only muster a fourth place finish for the KGL Racing team. Rounding out the top five was 16-year old Trista Placek in her first official race.

The fans were treated to two special events during the night. The first of which was the spectacular Harry's Fireworks Show. The display last about fifteen minutes and was, as billed, bigger and better than ever.

The second special event was a brotherly grudge match between Dustin and Brandon Miller. Dustin took his Super Bandit and showed up his younger brother Brandon and his Pure Stock. Brandon however cited the fact that he will be receiving a new engine this week, laying down the challenge for a rematch.

Racing continues next Tuesday Night at Riverside, featuring the Up North Poured Foundations Firecracker 40. The Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest Mods will partake in this special, 40-lap feature race with $300 going to the victor.

Riverside Raceway Results: June 29, 2004

Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest Mods
Heat 1: 1st 14-Smart; 2nd 5-Grasse; 3rd 27T-Frantz
Heat 2: 1st Z1-Zdroik; 2nd 2-Richardson; 3rd 7-Dunbar
Feature: 1st Z1-Zdroik; 2nd 5-Grasse; 3rd 7-Dunbar; 4th 2-Richardson; 5th 30-Carley

Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat: 1st 22B-Belland; 2nd 17Z-Zelten; 3rd 96-Schuenemann
Feature: 1st 76-Kallas; 2nd 22B-Belland; 3rd 17Z-Zelten; 4th 55-Tarsi; 5th 1C-Lederer

Pure Stocks
Heat 1: 1st 15-Rodziczak; 2nd 5-Valeria; 3rd 57-Schuppler
Heat 2: 1st 7-Luedke; 2nd 190-Jackson; 3rd 63-Durand
Feature: 1st 15-Rodziczak; 2nd 7-Luedke; 3rd 57-Schuppler; 4th 63-Durand;
5th 5-Valeria

Bandits/Super Bandits
Heat 1: 1st 25-Wilberding; 2nd 27-Gustafson; 3rd 271-Martin
Heat 2: 1st 37-D.Miller; 2nd 49-Justin; 3rd 26-Kurtti
Feature: 1st 49-Justin*; 2nd 37-D.Miller; 3rd 25-Wilberding; 4th 26-Kurtti; 5th 88-Placek*
* Denotes Regular Bandits

Miller Match Race
1st 37-Dustin Miller; 2nd 47-Brandon Miller