Jason Zdroik found himself in an interesting scenario in the Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature. Bruce Belland had the lead in the feature, but Riverside Raceway track officials announced that they would penalize Belland two positions for jumping a restart. The penalty would be enforced at the end of the race, meaning that, Belland was racing for third while Zdroik had the lead.

Neither Zdroik nor Belland knew the scenario while in their racecars. In waning laps, Zdroik and Belland battled on the track, with Zdroik getting ahead with five laps to go. He went on to claim his first feature win of 2006 at Riverside. Bob Kleinschmidt was credited for second, with Duane Dunbar third. Belland was penalized back to fourth.

Class point leader Bob Richardson struggled on the night. He worked his way up to third early, but spun in turn two, brining out the caution. Richardson tried to work his way back through the field, but could only manage a sixth place finish.

Craig Tarsi had the car to beat in the Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stocks. It was the action behind him between the two point leaders that provided much of the intrigue. Lee Christjohn and Chad Boettcher entered the night tied at the top of the standings. Boettcher gained a two-point advantage through the heat race.

Lee Christjohn provided the biggest threat to Tarsi’s lead in the feature. He moved to the inside of Tarsi on lap eight, but the two got together coming down the front stretch. Christjohn spun, bringing out the caution.

With Christjohn at the back of the field, Boettcher had an opportunity to take a sizeable lead in the points, but he spun in turn one while battling for second with Jermey Wolfe just five laps later.

Now Christjohn was back in position to either tie or pass Boettcher for the point lead. Christjohn charged up through the field and was trying to get around Wolfe and the field came through turn four to the white flag, when Christjohn spun again, bringing out the caution. It was caution number two for Christjohn, and his race came to an end in eighth place.

Tarsi pulled away from Wolfe in the final two laps to score his first win of 2006 at Riverside. Chad Boettcher finished fifth, but was able to extend his point lead to five at the end of the night.

Pete Luedke won a caution-plagued Pure Stock feature. The story, however were three drivers that were initially disqualified for failing to report to post-race inspection. In the drivers’ meeting, drivers were told that the top five from every feature needed to report for inspection. Charlie Jackson and Dan Vedder finished third and fourth in the feature, but failed to report to the tech-area. As a result they lost their points and pay from the feature.

Also, class point-leader Jeff McDonald was initially disqualified for the same infraction, but after the race, track officials discussed the matter and ruled that because McDonald finished sixth on the racetrack, he did not need to go to inspection. McDonald’s finishing position was restored, and his sixth place finish turned to fourth because of the disqualifications of Jackson and Vedder.

In other track news, Riverside Raceway has announced its new make-up date for the Eagle River 30 WISSOTA Street Stock Special. Following two rainouts, the track will attempt to run the race on Tuesday, August 29. It is a 30-lap WISSOTA Street Stock Feature that will pay $300 to the winner.

Racing continues next Tuesday at Riverside. Hot Laps will start at 7:30, with racing at 8:00.

Riverside Raceway Results: Tuesday, August 8, 2006


MILLER LITE WISSOTA MIDWEST MODS
Heat 1: 1st 2-Bob Richardson; 2nd 18-Nick Dolezal; 3rd 15S-Cody Schmidt; 4th 0-Bob Kleinschmit; 5th 7X-Duane Dunbar; 6th 7D-Charlie Derickson

Heat 2; 1st 22B-Bruce Belland; 2nd 30-Guy Carley; 3rd 15-Rob Rodziczak; 4th 1J-Jason Zdroik; 5th 28-Mark Rose; 6th 8D-Neal Dixon

Feature: 1st 1J-Zdroik; 2nd 0-Kleinschmidt; 3rd 7X-Dunbar; 4th 22B-Belland; 5th 30-Carley; 6th 2-Richardson; 7th 18-Dolezal; 8th 15-Rodziczak; 9th 7D-Derickson; 10th 8D-Dixon; 11th 28-Rose; 12th 15S-Schmidt


FIRE-UP FIREWORKS WISSOTA STREET STOCKS
Heat 1: 1st 55-Craig Tarsi; 2nd 5-Chad Boettcher; 3rd 26-Jordan Kurtti; 4th 93-Lee Christjohn; 5th 22-Michael Truscott; 6th 50-Jermey Wolfe; 7th 9-Neal Slizewski; 8th 1-Fritz Scharf

Heat 2: 1st 55-Tarsi; 2nd 50-Wolfe; 3rd 22-Truscott; 4th 9-Slizewski; 5th 5-Boettcher; 6th 26-Tarsi; 7th 1-Scharf; 8th 93-Christjohn

Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stock Feature: 1st 55-Tarsi; 2nd 50-Wolfe; 3rd 22-Truscott; 4th 9-Slizweski; 5th 5-Boettcher; 6th 26-Kurtti; 7th 1-F.Scharf; 8th 93-Christjohn

PURE STOCKS
Heat 1: 1st 7-Jeff McDonald; 2nd 22-Charlie Jackson; 3rd 50-Steve Locy; 4th 01Z-Ron Reese; 5th 13-Will Roffers; 6th 81-Dan Melton; 7th 101-Leif Gunderson

Heat 2: 1st 23M-Kevin Maulson Jr.; 2nd 44-Dave Dishaw; 3rd 8-Chad Rosinski; 4th 7X-Pete Luedke; 5th 2J-Dan Vedder; 6th 38-Steve Glinski; 7th 4-Todd Brass

Feature: 1st 7X-Luedke; 2nd 23M-Maulson; 3rd 38-Glinski; 4th 7-McDonald; 5th 8-Rosinski; 6th 50-Locy; 7th 44-Dishaw; 8th 81-Melton; 9th 01Z-Reese; 10th 101-Gunderson; 11th 13-Roffers; 12th 4-Brass