July 17, 2004; Ashland, WI: - A season-high 133 cars took to the ABC Raceway Saturday night, including a track-record 33 representing four tracks for the Raceway's first-ever Pure Stock Special.

However, Truchon's car was deemed illegal after a post-race technical inspection, handing the $500 win to Casari. Eliason was moved to second at the pay window, 16th-staring Dave Soltau took third, Rapp ended up fourth and Glenn Dammer was moved up to fifth. The total purse reached nearly $2,400 after many contributions from businesses, race teams and fans. Dale Coddington was dominant in the six-cylinder feature and scored his first-ever career win. Coddington took the lead from Ron Swanson two laps in and never looked back to cap off a night that also saw him win his heat. Swanson fought a bad push throughout the event, allowing Dan Mihalek to take over second and run very strong, only to have his car¹s motor fail him in the final half-lap and drop him out of the top ten at the end. Swanson finished a distant second, followed by Russ Weber, Steve Tesch and rookie Shawn McFadden, Jr.

The super stock feature ended in a photo finish, as division points leader Scott Lawrence nipped visitor Cory Davis by less than half a foot at the checkered flag. Polesitter Darin Meierotto looked to walk off with his third straight win until a rear-end failure forced him from contention, and from there the race became a three-car battle as Lawrence held off Davis and Randy Spacek. Davis used the outer groove to pass Lawrence just before a lap 15 caution, and then Lawrence was collected by Greg Kuklinski, but in the two-lap race to the win Lawrence came out of the final corner with some extra bite on the inside line and drag-raced Davis to the line and edged him for the win. Spacek was a close third, followed by a great run from 20th-starter Patrick Hoffman and Shawn McFadden.

Jeff Spacek improved on his past three weeks' finishes with his first win of the season in the modified A-main. Spacek had finished runner-up in each of the last three mod mains, but this time he overtook polesitter Darrell Carlson after the race's lone caution on lap 1 and ran away to a decisive win. Bill Byholm climbed through the field to finish second, while Jerry Hartman nearly nipped him at the line. Dean Yrjanainen and Rick Przybylski completed the top five.

Larry Haderly became the street stock division's first repeat winner after claiming his second straight victory Saturday night. Haderly took the lead from Shane Kisling on lap 6 and held off the visiting hotshoe from there to strengthen his hold on that division¹s points lead. Joe Rhead, fresh off his first career win in Menomonie Friday, ran a strong third, ahead of Tim Baum and Trevor Wilson.

On Saturday, July 24, the Northern State Bank of Ashland and its area branch offices will host action in all five divisions. The ABC Raceway is located three miles south of Ashland on Highway 13, then one mile west on Butterworth Road. Hot laps are at 6:15 and racing starts at 7 pm. "Racenight Live" will air from 4:30-5:30 pm on WJJH, 96.7 & 102.3 FM, with track news and weather updates.

For more information, visit the track website at <www.abcraceway.com> or call (715) 682-4990 for raceday information.

Results

WISSOTA Modifieds
Heat 1: Jerry Hartman, Marenisco, MI; Rick Przybylski, Iron River, MI; Darrell Carlson, Superior.
Heat 2: Dean Yrjanainen, Lake Nebagamon; Al Uotinen, Superior; Bill Byholm, Glidden.
Feature: Jeff Spacek, Phillips; Byholm; Hartman; Yrjanainen; Przybylski; Uotinen; Jeff Lien, Zimmerman, MN; Carlson; Chris Oertel, Marshfield; Dennis Checkalski, South Range.

WISSOTA Super Stocks
Heat 1: Darin Meierotto, Ashland; Scott Lawrence, Superior; Mike Duhr, Hazelhurst.
Heat 2: Randy Spacek, Phillips; Greg Kuklinski, Ironwood, MI; Bob D¹Antonio, Ironwood, MI.
Heat 3: Cory Davis, Turtle Lake; Destin Lorimor, Superior; Shawn McFadden, Ashland.
Semi-Feature: Ron Hmielewski, Washburn; Patrick Hoffman, Rice Lake; Wayne Stricker, Highbridge.
Feature: Lawrence; Davis; Spacek; Hoffman; McFadden; D¹Antonio; Charlie Anderson, Ironwood, MI; Duhr; Don Koivisto, Saxon; Hmielewski.

WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat 1: Larry Haderly, Marengo; Dennis Groom, Ashland; Joe Rhead, Menomonie.
Heat 2: Marshall Andrews, Duluth, MN; Tim Baum, Superior; Randy Vezina, Duluth, MN.
Heat 3: Roger Walker, Phillips; Jeff Heintz, Turtle Lake; Shane Kisling, Rice Lake.
Feature: Haderly; Kisling; Rhead; Baum; Trevor Wilson, Superior; M. Andrews; Lou Andrews, Duluth, MN; John Kallas, Hurley; Mike Kalkbrenner, Duluth, MN; Vezina.

Six-Cylinders
Heat 1: Ken Tyykila, Iron River; Greg Jaeger, Mellen; Shawn McFadden, Jr., Ashland.
Heat 2: Ron Swanson, Ashland; Andy Grymala, Superior; Pat Cook, Washburn.
Heat 3: Dale Coddington, Hayward; Russ Weber, Bayfield; Dan Mihalek, Ashland.
Semi-Feature: Chuck Hawkinson, Mellen; Bryan Anderson, Mason; Steve Stuart, Ashland.
Feature: Coddington; Swanson; Weber; Steve Tesch, Prentice; McFadden; Steve Walston, Marengo; Grymala; Jaeger; Jim Maki, Washburn; Brian Nevala, Ashland.

Pure Stocks
Heat 1: Cory Casari, Hurley; Jim Eliason, Ashland; Kevin Truchon, Highbridge.
Heat 2: Al Rapp, Duluth, MN; Tim Carlson, Superior; Tom Cornelison, Duluth, MN.
Heat 3: Greg Allan, Proctor, MN; Glenn Dammer, Duluth, MN; Miles Weske.
Heat 4: Ricky Davis, Bruno, MN; Paul Bertheaume, Ashland; Rick Kesty, Cloquet, MN.
Semi-Feature: Rob Ganson, Washburn; Mark Carlson, Duluth, MN; Jim Laessig, Wakefield, MI.
Feature: Casari; Eliason; Dave Soltau, Turtle Lake; Rapp; Dammer; Bertheaume; Shawn Stolarzyk, Cable; Don Bush, Washburn; Randy Visger, Minong; Clay Passuello, Ironwood, MI.

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