Bob Richardson wrapped up his first track title in the Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest Mods Riverside by starting his heat race. He put an exclamation point on the season by leading all eight laps of the heat and the final ten laps of the feature. The feature win was his eighth in eleven starts this season at Riverside. It was also his third clean sweep of the year.

Chad Boettcher also capped off a championship season with a feature victory in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, but his win was not nearly as easy as Richardson. The track became more difficult by the time the Street Stocks hit the racetrack as a dry-slick condition developed in the corners. It made passing quite difficult. Boettcher was glued to Jordan Kurtti’s back bumper for the first half of the race.

Kurtti finally gave way on lap twelve, handing the lead to Boettcher. Two laps later, Kurtti spun in turn for, collecting Tom Warra, who slammed hard into the outside retaining wall. Waara was all right, but out of the race.

The restart came with seven laps to go. Boettcher now had company in the form of Lee Christjohn, who applied heavy pressure during the final laps. Boettcher, however, never wavered and went on to claim his third feature of the season. Christjohn finished second in the feature, but still lost second in the points to Jordan Kurtti, who outperformed him in the heat.

Chad Rosinski wrapped up his first Pure Stock title at Riverside by starting the feature. He, and several other drivers were lucky to finish the race after a big wreck on lap one. It was triggered when outside pole-sitter Ron Reese spun out in front of the field. He collected Charlie Jackson, and the wreck was on from there. Cars piled into one another at the exit of turn four as the track became blocked.

Nine cars were involved in the wreck. Reese and Lee Schuppler retired as a result and several other cars had to make pit stops to repair damage. On the restart, Shawn Bialas took the lead with Wayne Nylund right behind. Bialas and Nylund battled side-by-side for a few laps, but eventually Nylund took the lead. Bialas dropped out of the race a few laps later, after losing a right-rear wheel.

Nylund held on from there and took his third feature win in just his fourth start of the season at Riverside. Charlie Jackson was second, and Rosinski bounced back from being caught up in the opening lap wreck and finished third.

Eric Scharf had another dominating performance in the Family Four Class. He led all twelve laps of the feature to score his fifth feature win of the season. His margin of victory was the largest of any track champion this season as he had a 138-point gap over Michael Diak in the final standings.

Just because the track champions have been crowned does not mean the season is over at Riverside Raceway. Fan Appreciation Night will be held Saturday, September 9. There will be free admission for fans along with racing and the trophy and awards presentation. Starting time will be earlier on Saturday with hot laps at 5:30 and racing at 6:00.

RIVERSIDE RACEWAY RESULTS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2006

MILLER LITE WISSOTA MIDWEST MODS
Heat 1: 1st 2-Bob Richardson; 2nd 15-Rob Rodziczak; 3rd 18-Nick Dolezal; 4th 7-Duane Dunbar; 5th 15S-Cody Schmidt; 6th 8D-Neal Dixon
Heat 2: 1st 30-Guy Carley; 2nd 0-Bob Kleinschmidt; 3rd 22B-Dennis LaCrosse; 4th RIP1-Bart Porter; 5th 28-Mark Rose

Feature: 1st 2-Richardson; 2nd 18-Dolezal; 3rd 30-Carley; 4th 15-Rodziczak; 5th 7-Dunbar; 6th 0-Kleinschmidt; 7th 22B-LaCrosse; 8th 15S-Schmidt; 9th 8D-Dixon; 10th 28-Rose; 11th RIP1-Porter

Points (Top Five): 1st 2-Richardson; 2nd 15-Rodziczak; 3rd 0-Kleinschmidt; 4th 15S-Schmidt; 5th 18-Dolezal


FIRE-UP FIREWORKS WISSOTA STREET STOCKS
Heat: 1st 1-Fritz Scharf; 2nd 26-Jordan Kurtti; 3rd 5-Chad Boettcher; 4th 06-Tom Waara; 5th 9-Neal Slizewski; 6th 93-Neal Slizewski; 7th 76-John Kallas

Feature: 1st 5-Boettcher; 2nd 93-Christjohn; 3rd 1-F.Scharf; 4th 26-Kurtti; 5th 76-Kallas; 6th 06-Waara; 7th 9-Slizewski

Points (Top Five): 1st 5-Boettcher; 2nd 26-Kurtti; 3rd 93-Christjohn; 4th 9-Slizewski; 5th 76-Kallas


PURE STOCKS
Heat 1: 1st 71-Wayne Nylund; 2nd 35-Shawn Bialas; 3rd 22-Charlie Jackson; 4th 2J-Dan Vedder; 5th 38-Steve Glinski; 6th 14-Vaughn Smart; 7th 50-Steve Locy

Heat 2: 1st 11-John Johnson; 2nd 23M-Kevin Maulson Jr.; 3rd 01Z-Ron Reese; 4th 8-Chad Rosinski; 5th 57-Lee Schuppler; 6th 7-Jeff McDonald

Feature: 1st 71-Nylund; 2nd 22-Jackson; 3rd 8-Rosinski; 4th 23M-Maulson Jr.; 5th 7-McDonald; 6th 38-Glinski; 7th 14-Smart; 8th 2J-Vedder; 9th 11-Johnson; 10th 35-Bialas; 11th 50-Locy; 12th 57-Schuppler; 13th 01Z-Reese

Points (Top Five): 1st 8-Rosinski; 2nd 7-McDonald; 3rd 38-Glinski; 4th 2J-Vedder; 5th 50-Locy


FAMILY FOURS
Heat: 1st 44-Eric Scharf; 2nd 7G-Mario Grado; 3rd 12-Kyle LeSieur; 4th C4-Michael Diak; 5th 2-Mike Kirkham; 6th 11-John Johnson Jr.

Feature: 1st 44-E.Scharf; 2nd 2-Kirkham; 3rd 11-Johnson Jr.; 4th 12-LeSieur; 5th 7G-Grado

Points (Top Three): 1st 44-E.Scharf; 2nd C4-Diak; 3rd 64-Larry Leonarduzzi