July 31, 2004; Ashland, WI: - All five features were won by previous winners in 2004 as the ABC Raceway closed the month of July with 117 cars in the pits and a complete five-division program.

    Darin Meierotto again dominated super stock feature action for his third win of 2004, but he had to patiently wait through six restarts - three of those while attempting to complete lap 14 - then fend off a surprise attack by Charlie Anderson on the last restart and outrun Ken Truscott over the final seven laps. In the event points leader Scott Lawrence presumably experienced handling problems while running mid-pack and caused a yellow-flag slowdown when his car climbed over the hood of Rob Erickson's; neither car returned, and sixth-finishing John Copp closed the gap on the points leader significantly. Anderson completed his strong run in third, Mike Duhr was impressive in fourth, and Uotinen filled out the top five.

    There was no mystery over the outcome of the street stock main, where Trevor Wilson shot away from the pole and ran off to his second win of the season. Three caution flags kept the field relatively close, but Wilson's only true threat throughout was Tim Baum, who finished a strong but distant second. Roger Walker fought his way through traffic into third by the final stripe, and Marshall Andrews and points leader Larry Haderly were also in the top five at the pay window.

    The six-cylinder feature was also without yellow flags, but it was not without a little drama. Cory Karshbaum, substitute-driving for Jim Maki, took Maki's car into the lead early but spent the entire 15 laps holding off challenges from Russ Weber and a surprisingly strong Steve Tesch. Weber eventually cleared Karshbaum and pulled away to his second 2004 feature checkered; Karshbaum's car was later deemed illegal in a post-race inspection. Steve Stuart shook off his recent slump with a strong run just ahead of Tesch, in what turned out to be second- and third-place finishes, while Chuck Hawkinson and Ken Tyykila completed the top five. The top two in points - Ron Swanson and Dale Coddington - finished seventh and eighth, respectively.

    Cory Casari stole the lead away from Kevin Truchon just after the halfway point of the pure stock feature, then worked through lapped traffic to his track-leading fourth checkered flag, strengthening his points lead. The lead duo were far ahead of third-place Al Rapp at the final stripe, while Rapp held off visiting Miles Weske and Ricky Davis.

    On Friday, threatening skies finally opened up just moments before hot laps were about to start, ruining a perfectly-groomed race track and washing out the 17th annual Chuck Anderson Race of Champions. The event was to
feature late models as part of the 2004 AmsOil Series, as well as super stocks and six-cylinders.

    This Saturday, local radio stations WBSZ, WJJH and WNXR will present the racing action. Hot laps start at 6:15 pm, and green-flag action begins at 7. The ABC Raceway is located three miles south of Ashland on Highway 13, then one mile west on Butterworth Road. ³Racenight Live² 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: Darrell Carlson, Superior; Don Copp, Brule; Al Uotinen, Superior.
     Heat 2: Bob Root, Washburn; Clint Larson, Cloquet, MN; Scott Hudack, Ashland.
     Feature: Uotinen; Jeff Spacek, Phillips; Chris Oertel, Marshfield; Carlson; Hudack; Copp; Dean Yrjanainen, Lake
     Nebagamon; Jerry Hartman, Marenisco, MI; Steve Suprenant, Phillips; Larson.

WISSOTA Super Stocks
    Heat 1: Darin Meierotto, Ashland; Rick Rivord, Superior; Mike Duhr, Hazelhurst.
    Heat 2: Scott Lawrence, Superior; Wayne Stricker, Highbridge; Peter Jokinen, Mellen.
    Heat 3: Ken Truscott, Greenland, MI; John Copp, Brule; Charlie Anderson, Ironwood, MI.
    Semi-Feature: Patrick Hoffman, Rice Lake; Adam Long, Superior; Destin Lorimor, Superior.
    Feature: Meierotto; Truscott; Anderson; Duhr; Al Uotinen, Superior; Copp; Jokinen; Greg Kuklinski, Ironwood, MI; Dave Elliott,
    Minocqua; Rivord.

WISSOTA Street Stocks
    Heat 1: Marshall Andrews, Duluth, MN; Trevor Wilson, Superior; Roger Walker, Phillips.
    Heat 2: Larry Haderly, Marengo; Ryan Adamczak, Ashland; Dennis Groom, Ashland.
    Feature: Wilson; Tim Baum, Superior; Walker; Andrews; Haderly; Steve Anderson, Ironwood, MI; Groom; Randy Vezina,
    Duluth, MN; Mark Schueneman, Boulder Junction; Rich Morrison, Park Falls.

Six-Cylinders
    Heat 1: Steve Stuart, Ashland; Brent Brevak, Ashland; Andy Grymala, Superior.
    Heat 2: Ken Tyykila, Iron River; Ron Swanson, Ashland; Jim Anderson, Mason.
    Heat 3: Cory Karshbaum, Chetek; Greg Jaeger, Mellen; Chuck Hawkinson, Mellen.
    Semi-Feature: Pat Cook, Washburn; Dale Coddington, Hayward; Nick Oreskovich, Mason.
    Feature: Russ Weber, Bayfield; Stuart; Steve Tesch, Prentice; Hawkinson; Tyykila; Jaeger; Swanson; Coddington; Anderson;
    Steve Walston, Marengo.

Pure Stocks
    Heat 1: Cory Casari, Hurley; Miles Weske, Moose Lake, MN; Kevin Eder, Ashland.
    Heat 2: Jim Laessig, Wakefield, MI; Kevin Truchon, Highbridge; Scott Niemi, Bessemer, MI.
    Heat 3: Jim Eliason, Ashland; Clay Passuello, Ironwood, MI; Al Rapp, Duluth, MN.
    Feature: Casari; Truchon; Rapp; Weske; Ricky Davis, Bruno, MN; Passuello; Kevin Dudley, Cable; Eliason; Tim Carlson,
    Superior; Eder.