The most impressive charge came from Bob Richardson, who won the first two features of the season in the Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest Mods. Richards started in the eighth position for the feature, but wouldn’t stay there long. The outside lane proved to be the faster of the two on the start and Richardson charged to fourth by the end of the first lap.

 

Richardson continued to pick his way through traffic and by the completion of lap two, had passed pole sitter Nick Dolezal for the lead, which spelled trouble for the rest of the competition.

 

The caution flag waived twice during the feature, once following engine problems for Bob Kleinschmidt and once more for a Cody Schmidt spin. Following each caution, Richardson easily pulled away from the rest of the field and easily cruised to his third feature win of the young season.

 

Fireworks were plenty in the Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stocks. Second year Street driver Jordan Kurtti worked his way to the early lead and opened up a bit of an advantage while the rest of the field sorted itself out. Lee Christjohn eventually picked his way to second by lap five and set his sights on another feature win.

 

Kurtti was not willing to give up the lead easily. With six laps to go, he and Christjohn began to battle side by side for the lead. Christjohn took the lead with four laps to go with a pass to the inside. Kurtti tired to fight back, and on the next lap, made contact with Christjohn, who spun in turn four.

 

Kurtti was put to the back on the caution, but Christjohn’s win was far from secure. Michael Truscott launched an attack for the lead in the final three laps. Truscott was able to pull alongside and briefly take the lead on the final lap, but Christjohn was able to hold him off on the high side and pick up his second feature win of the season at Riverside.

 

Repeat feature winners told the story for the rest of the evening as well. Chad Rosinski passed Steve Glinski with ten laps to go in the Pure Stock feature to win his second consecutive feature at Riverside. After problems on opening night, Rosinski has charged to second in the Pure Stock points. Meanwhile, Larry Leonarduzzi started in the final row, but quickly worked his way to the lead. Leonarduzzi cruised to his second feature victory of the season.

 

In other news, track owner and promoter Don Scharf announced during Tuesday night’s drivers meeting that this year’s Firecracker 40 WISSOTA Midwest Mod Special will be held Tuesday, July 11. The of Bob Richardson’s main sponsors, Custom Built by Richardson, Tiny Tap and Eagle Lanes have pooled resources to bolster the purse for the event. The winner will take home $1,000. Second place will win $750. Further details on the event are expected to be released later this week.

 

Meanwhile, racing continues Tuesday, June 27 at Riverside Raceway. Fire Up Fireworks will put on the annual fireworks show at dusk. The night’s races will be sponsored by Simac’s Plumbing and Heating. Racing gets underway at 8:00.

 

Riverside Raceway Results – Tuesday, June 20, 2006

 

Miller Lite WISSOTA Midwest  Mods

Heat 1: 1^st 22B-Bruce Belland; 2^nd 7-Duane Dunbar; 3^rd 15S-Cody Schmidt

Heat 2: 1^st 1J-Jason Zdroik; 2^nd 2-Bob Richardson; 3^rd 28-Mark Rose

Feature: 1^st 2-Richardson; 2^nd 22B-Belland; 3^rd 7-Dunbar; 4^th 18-Nick Dolezal; 5^th 15S-Schmidt

 

Fire-Up Fireworks WISSOTA Street Stocks

Heat: 1^st 5-Chad Boettcher; 2^nd 93-Lee Christjohn; 3^rd 9-Neal Slizewski

Feature: 1^st 93-Christjohn; 2^nd 22-Michael Truscott; 3^rd 5-Boettcher; 4^th 76-John Kallas; 5^th 26-Jordan Kurtti

 

Pure Stocks

Heat 1: 1^st 8-Chad Rosinski; 2^nd 38-Steve Glinski; 3^rd 7-Jeff McDonald

Heat 2: 1^st 50-Steve Locy; 2^nd 2J-Dan Vedder; 3^rd 22-Charlie Jackson

Feature: 1^st 8-Rosinski; 2^nd 7-McDonald; 3^rd 38-Glinski; 4^th 22-Jackson; 5^th 2J-Vedder

 

Family Fours

Heat: 1^st 87-Ray Deau; 2^nd 30-Nick Visser; 3^rd 64-Larry Leonarduzzi

Feature: 1^st 64-Leonarduzzi; 2^nd 30-Visser; 3^rd 87-Deau; 4^th 44-Eric Scharf; 5^th 13-John Barlowski