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Myers is super, Jensen jockeys to front, Bernick beats feature field and Schelitzche storms to another win at GLS Head Of The Lakes fair race two

By Nick Gima

SUPERIOR, WI (August 2) - The second night of fair racing during the Head of the Lakes Fair at Gondik Law Speedway this week included a repeat winner and more tight finishes Friday night.

Winners in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action included Curt Myers, Joey Jensen, Aaron Bernick, Justin Schelitzche.

Curt Myers has been on a tear this summer, but his victory in Friday’s WISSOTA Super Stock feature was his first in Superior in nearly nine years. Myers started inside on row two and fought his way out of a tight pack of frontrunners to take second from Matt Deragon, trailing only front-row starter D.J. Keeler and polestarter Rick Simpson two laps into the 20-lap affair.

A lap-three spin by visiting Jack Koranda brought about an early caution slowdown, and Myers immediately went to work taking second from Simpson with the restart. By lap seven, Keeler and Myers had separated from the field, while Kyle Copp worked the outside lane to pick his way to third. During the next circuit Myers completed an inside pass of Keeler for the lead, and as Keeler dealt with the charging Copp over the next lap or so, Myers escaped to a lead of nearly two full seconds over the next few tours.

Copp grabbed second just before lap 13, when the pace was slowed for Myron Basina’s spin. Myers could not get away far enough over the next three laps before Basina spun again to bring about the race’s last stoppage.

In the sprint to the finish, Myers held just a half-second on Copp for the long-overdue win, while Dylan Nelson came from outside of the top five on the last restart to steal third from Keeler during the final lap. Dexton Koch completed the top-five.

Joey Jensen continued his winning ways at area tracks with his third WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature win at the oval. Jensen started inside on the third row and patiently worked his way forward before making his winning move late in the nonstop 20-lap run.

Polesitter George Dalbeck, a longtime regular at the track who was making his first appearance for the season, established a strong pace throughout much of the race, leading by as much as 1.28 seconds just before midrace. Meanwhile, Adam Shinn was impressive in second, as he defended against Jensen’s charge. Once Jensen completed an inside pass of Shinn on lap eight, Dalbeck’s lead disappeared over the next six laps.

Jensen threatened Dalbeck for a lap before taking over at the point on lap 15, and while Dalbeck stayed close over the closing laps, Jensen finally built up a buffer as the white flag flew and pulled away to an eventual 1.5-second winning margin.

Multiple skirmishes behind the leaders shuffled the running order throughout the race, resulting in Cody Carlson working his way to third, albeit at a distance behind Dalbeck. Paul Ripley clawed his way from 12th to claim fourth from Evan Checkalski, after an entertaining dogfight among several drivers for that position.

During Tuesday’s program here, Aaron Bernick pressured Tom Treviranus throughout the WISSOTA Pure Stock feature before Treviranus took the checkered flag. On Friday night, it was Bernick’s turn to fend off a determined Treviranus for the win.

Bernick started from the pole and led a three-wide formation racing for second through the first corner under green. Eventually Treviranus shot through between Shane Basina and Tom’s son Trevor Treviranus to grab second before the opening lap was completed.

During the third lap, Rob Christman, while racing Basina for fourth, wandered high in turn two and was caught up in the loose clay just outside of the racing groove. Unfortunately, the car veered right and slammed into the concrete outside wall at the start of the back straight, completely destroying the passenger-side of the car. Christman was unhurt by the incident, and Bernick led what was left of the field back to green for the uninterrupted balance of the 12-lap run.

Bernick and the senior Treviranus pulled away to decide the outcome, rarely more than a car-length apart, with Treviranus trying every move he could to get by. Bernick maintained a steady, consistent course and beat Treviranus to the checkered flag by about a third of a second. The younger Treviranus came home solidly in third, well ahead of Basina.

Justin Schelitzche not only became the only repeat winner of fair week at Superior, but his 15th career victory in Friday’s WISSOTA Hornets headliner moved him into the top spot on the track’s all-time feature winner list for the division.

Schelitzche started second and outran Riley Ament through the first corner to take the lead, where he stayed throughout the 12-lap run. Behind them, DeJay Jarecki raced in close quarters with Joe Puidokas and Nikota Larson for third for a lap or so, until Devyn Sutton’s spin on lap two collected Eva Lillo and drew the first of two early-race yellow flags.

After a get-together involving Madisyn Olson and Ryan LaBorde following the restart, Jarecki moved by Ament to take over second place and kept pace with Schelitzche, while Larson followed Jarecki into third. Over the remaining laps, the lead pair pulled away from the field, with Schelitzche trying to stay smooth and steady while Jarecki worked to shake him loose. Schelitzche overcame a couple of late-race bobbles and held a two car-length edge on Jarecki, as he passed under the checkered flag to break his tie with Jarecki for most Hornet feature wins here. Larson fought off a comeback effort by Ament for third, and Cade Johnson came home fifth.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 33(M)-Curt Myers[3]; 2. 26-Kyle Copp[6]; 3. 25-Dylan Nelson[8]; 4. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[2]; 5. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 6. 77K-Rick Simpson[1]; 7. 76-Doug Koski[11]; 8. 27-Matt Deragon[4]; 9. 2-Don Livingston[5]; 10. 77-Scott Lawrence[9]; 11. 22(K)-Jack Koranda[10]; 12. 6-Dan Peterson[12]; 13. 3B-Austin Blom[13]; 14. 11R-Rita Anderson[15]; 15. 40-Ellen Lange[16]; 16. 13-Simon Hachez[17]; 17. (DNF) 42-Myron Basina[18]; 18. (DNF) 44-Maxwell Dondelinger[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[1]; 2. 25-Dylan Nelson[2]; 3. 26-Kyle Copp[3]; 4. 22(K)-Jack Koranda[5]; 5. 3B-Austin Blom[6]; 6. 40-Ellen Lange[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Matt Deragon[2]; 2. 77K-Rick Simpson[4]; 3. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[3]; 4. 76-Doug Koski[5]; 5. 44-Maxwell Dondelinger[1]; 6. 13-Simon Hachez[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33(M)-Curt Myers[3]; 2. 77-Scott Lawrence[2]; 3. 2-Don Livingston[4]; 4. 6-Dan Peterson[6]; 5. 11R-Rita Anderson[5]; 6. 42-Myron Basina[1]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[5]; 2. 23DD-George Dalbeck[1]; 3. 32III-Cody Carlson[6]; 4. 28-Paul Ripley[12]; 5. 64-Evan Checkalski[7]; 6. 40D-Blake Adams[10]; 7. 16-Ryan Savoy[9]; 8. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala[14]; 9. 15-James Vendela[8]; 10. (DNF) 16(J)-Cory Jorgensen[11]; 11. (DNF) 14-Adam Shinn[3]; 12. (DNF) 70-David Simpson[2]; 13. (DNF) 117-Deven VanHouse[4]; 14. (DNF) 21R-Ross Siiter[13]; 15. (DNF) 67-Patrick Passeri[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[2]; 2. 14-Adam Shinn[1]; 3. 23DD-George Dalbeck[3]; 4. 64-Evan Checkalski[5]; 5. 16-Ryan Savoy[7]; 6. 16(J)-Cory Jorgensen[6]; 7. 21R-Ross Siiter[4]; 8. (DNF) 67-Patrick Passeri[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 117-Deven VanHouse[2]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[4]; 3. 15-James Vendela[1]; 4. 32III-Cody Carlson[3]; 5. 40D-Blake Adams[7]; 6. 28-Paul Ripley[5]; 7. 21(L)-Jimmy Latvala[6]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 17-Aaron Bernick[1]; 2. 31-Tom Treviranus[3]; 3. 231-Trevor Treviranus[2]; 4. 69ER-Shane Basina[4]; 5. (DNF) 66X-Rob Christman[5]; 6. (DNS) 131-Jessie Treviranus

Heat (6 Laps): 1. 31-Tom Treviranus[2]; 2. 17-Aaron Bernick[1]; 3. 66X-Rob Christman[6]; 4. 69ER-Shane Basina[4]; 5. 231-Trevor Treviranus[5]; 6. (DNF) 131-Jessie Treviranus[3]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 14-Justin Schelitzche[2]; 2. 0-DeJay Jarecki[7]; 3. 26N-Nikota Larson[8]; 4. 10A-Riley Ament[3]; 5. 26NZ-Cade Johnson[9]; 6. 69-Madisyn Olson[5]; 7. (DNF) 19-Joseph Puidokas[4]; 8. (DNF) 15-Ryan LaBorde[6]; 9. (DNF) 19S-Devyn Sutton[1]; 10. (DNF) 29-Eva Lillo[11]; 11. (DNS) 9G-Carson Gotelaere; 12. (DNS) 7-Abby Baum

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 14-Justin Schelitzche[2]; 2. 10A-Riley Ament[1]; 3. 26N-Nikota Larson[3]; 4. 19-Joseph Puidokas[5]; 5. 26NZ-Cade Johnson[4]; 6. 9G-Carson Gotelaere[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 0-DeJay Jarecki[5]; 2. 15-Ryan LaBorde[2]; 3. 69-Madisyn Olson[4]; 4. 19S-Devyn Sutton[1]; 5. (DNF) 29-Eva Lillo[3]; 6. (DNF) 7-Abby Baum[6]