Sometimes in the sport of auto racing, everything goes your way. Rhinelander’s Wayne Nylund had one of those nights Tuesday at Riverside Raceway as he walked away with $200 an a victory in Riverside’s Fourth Annual Pure Stock Special, highlighting Hartman Well Drilling Night.

Nylund’s good fortune started at the draw window, where he drew the pole for his heat race. A dominating heat performance put him on the pole for the 25-lap feature.

Nylund got a good start, blowing past Addam Marten at the drop of the green. From there, he built up a sizeable lead. Chad Rosinski worked past Marten for second on lap seven. Marten’s race only lasted a couple more laps as a flat tire sent him into the outside guardrail in turn one, bringing out the caution flag.

The race was slowed three times due to the caution, and each time, Rosinski could not keep up with Nylund on the restart. For Nylund it was a rare feat, as he led every lap of his heat and feature in a dominating victory, his second of the season at Riverside.

The big story in the special occurred in the inspection area following the race as point leader Jeff McDonald’s car failed post-race inspection. His engine would not idle at 500 RPM for the specified 30 seconds. This infraction of Riverside’s Pure Stock rules may have cost McDonald a chance at the championship. He lost the points and prize money he would have received for a fourth place finish in the feature. Instead of leading the standings by one-point with two nights to go, he trails Rosinski by 30 points, with little time to make up the ground.

Eagle River’s Bob Richardson went along way toward sealing a championship in the Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest Mods. Richardson’s nearest competitor in the point standings, Jason Zdroik was not present and Richardson took advantage.

Richardson started sixth in the feature, and nearly had the lead on lap one. He took the lead off turn for on the first lap, but his pass was nullified because of a four-car wreck behind him involving Troy Smart, Rob Rodziczak, Guy Carley and Nick Dolezal.

On the second start attempt, Cody Schmidt led at the end of lap one, with Richardson second. By lap five, Richardson worked his was to the front. Schmidt dropped out of the race during a lap six caution for debris.

The final fourteen laps belonged to Richardson as he picked up his seventh feature win in nine races this season at Riverside. The final half of the feature saw good battles for second and fourth positions. Bob Kleinschmidt continued his strong performance as of late, holding of Street Stock veteran Wayne Dean for second. Rob Rodziczak held of Troy Smart for fourth.

Antigo’s Lee Christjohn earned some redemption in the Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stock feature. After bowing out early in the last two features, Christjohn used his outside front-row starting position to take the lead on the start. He then built a big advantage as the rest of the field had difficulty getting by Neal Slizewski for second. The rest of the pack, led by Jordan Kurtti finally got by Slizewski on lap six, but by that time, Christjohn had built a ten-car length lead.

The complexion of the race changed on lap ten when class point leader Chad Boettcher spun out while battling Fritz Scharf for third. Christjohn’s large lead was erased and Kurtti applied the pressure on the restart.

Christjohn and Kurtti raced nose-to-tail the final eleven laps of the feature. Several times, Kurtti tried to break out of line and make a pass to the inside, but Christjohn held him off every time and picked up his class-leading third feature win of the season. Kurtti finished second while Boettcher worked his way back to fourth, and left the track with a 15-point advantage over Christjohn.

Kyle LeSieur of Lac du Flambeau dominated the heat and feature in the Family Four Class. The rookie passed Kevin Cogar on lap three of the 10-lap feature and checked out from there. Coagr wound up second and Michael Diak, in a new car, finished third. Diak was the driver hospitalized after a rollover accident one week ago. He said he was still a little sore from the accident, but otherwise all right.

The final Tuesday night show of the season takes place August 29 at Riverside Raceway. It will be sponsored by Miller Beer of the Northwoods and will feature the Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stocks in the Eagle River 30. The race was scheduled to be run in July, but rain on two consecutive nights pushed the race back. It will be a 30-lap special for the WISSOTA Street Stock and will pay $300 to the winner.

Riverside Raceway’s track champions will be determined on Season Championship Night, Sunday, September 3 and the season will wrap-up with the annual Fan Appreciation Night on Saturday, September 9.

RIVERSIDE RACEWAY RESULTS – TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2006

MILLER LITE WISSOTA MIDWEST MODS
Heat 1: 1st 15-Rob Rodziczak; 2nd 2-Bob Richardson; 3rd 14-Troy Smart; 4th 0-Bob Kleinschmidt; 5th 30-Guy Carley
Heat 2: 1st 28-Mark Rose; 2nd 15S-Cody Schmidt; 3rd 7D-Charlie Derickson; 4th 8D-Neal Dixon; 5th 17-Wayne Dean
Feature: 1st 2-Richardson; 2nd 0-Kleinschmidt; 3rd 17-Dean; 4th 15-Rodziczak; 5th 14-T.Smart; 6th 28-Rose; 7th 7D-Derickson; 8th 15S-C.Schmidt; 9th 30-Carley; 10th 18-Nick Dolezal

FIRE-UP FIREWORKS WISSOTA STREET STOCKS
Heat: 1st 5-Chad Boettcher; 2nd 23-Jordan Kurtti; 3rd 23D-Geroge Dalbeck; 4th 93-Lee Christjohn; 5th 9-Neal Slizewski; 6th 1-Fritz Scharf
Feature: 1st 93-Christjohn; 2nd 26-Kurtti; 3rd 1-F.Scharf; 4th 5-Boettcher; 5th 9-Slizewski; 6th 23D-Dalbeck

PURE STOCKS
Heat 1: 1st 71-Wayne Nylund; 2nd 7-Jeff McDonald; 3rd 22-Charlie Jackson; 4th 2J-Dan Vedder; 5th 4-Todd Brass; 6th 14-Vaughn Smart
Heat 2: 1st 87-Addam Marten; 2nd 8-Chad Rosinski; 3rd 38-Steve Glinski; 4th 23M-Kevin Maulson Jr.; 5th 50-Steve Locy; 6th 01Z-Ron Reese
Pure Stock Special: 1st 71-Nylund; 2nd 8-Rosinski; 3rd 22-Jackson; 4th 38-Glinski; 5th 23M-Maulson Jr.; 6th 4-Brass; 7th 50-Locy; 8th 14-V.Smart; 9th 2J-Vedder; 10th 87-Marten

FAMILY FOURS
Heat: 1st 12-Kyle LeSieur; 2nd 43X-Kevin Cogar; 3rd 44-Eric Scharf; 4th 82-Clint Schewe
Feature: 1st 12-LeSieur; 2nd 43X-Cogar; 3rd C4-Michael Diak; 4th 44-E.Scharf; 5th 82-Schewe