The final make up feature from our July 11th rained out event was held tonight with Darrell Nelson picking up his first Modified feature win in Superior this season in his new BMS #44. Nelson started 6th on the field, but took the lead on lap three and drove off to the decisive victory. 7th starting Ryan Aho worked his way up to second and held off a charging Duane Dale for the runner up spot after the 20-lap event was completed.

Keith Kern and Shane Kisling sat on the front row for the Super Stock feature with rookie Kisling jumping into the early race lead. Kisling lead the first two circuits until Kern got turned around on the bottom of turn four, causing a caution with just two in the books.

On the restart, a 4 wide scramble for second occurred between Mike Bellefeuille, Scott Lawrence, Jeff Tardy and Rick Simpson, but the battle was negated by a second caution flag, which set the lineup back to what it was on the restart before.

As the next green flag flew, Lawrence jumped back to the cushion and raced by
Kisling for the race lead on the high side and survived a caution filled feature to win his second a-main in Superior this season. Kisling ran a season best second with Bellefeuille, Tardy and Oliver in the top five.

Pole sitter Jayme Lautigar took control of the Modified feature at the drop of the green and drove off into the night, while Darrell Nelson, Joey Jensen and Don Copp were waging a fierce battle for second. As Lautigar drove off, Nelson stole second on lap 8 and began to track down the leader as Jayme was beginning to encounter lapped traffic. Nelson raced to the outside of Lautigar on lap 14, stole the lead and never looked back en route to his second feature win of the night. Lautigar ran second with Jensen, 15th starting Ryan Aho and Al Uotinen in the top five.

Steve Laursen and Challenge Series point leader Lance Matthees sat on the pole for the 40-lap $3,000 to win Late Model feature with Laursen driving off into the lead with AJ Diemel immediately moving on Matthees for second. Diemel took the second spot on lap 2 and quickly put pressure on Laursen for the top spot. The lead duo ran side by side for the lead for several laps early until a lap 6 caution flew for Todd Gehl, who had just slipped past Rick Hanestad into third.

On the lap 6 restart, Diemel and Laursen reassumed their battle for the lead and ran door to door for the next 12 laps with each racer swapping the top spot multiple times. Laursen stole the lead back in lapped traffic and then Diemel got together with Tom Nesbitt as he was trying to put Tom a lap down and they both spun, necessitating a caution and sending second running Diemel to the tail.

Laursen took back off again into the lead with Hanestad and Joey Jensen now side by side for second, but Jensen used the high side of the double file restart to his advantage and bolted by Laursen into the lead on lap 29 and lead the remaining 11 circuits for his first career Challenge Series feature win. Laursen, John Kaanta, Hanestad and 18th starting Brent Larson chased Jensen to the finish.

Dustin Follett raced from his 7th starting spot to win a thrilling battle with Al Rapp in the Superior Pure Stock feature as the final event of the night went green to checkered. Follett claimed his third feature win in Superior after claiming the lead on lap six and holding off Rapp for the win.

Racing resumes at the Superior Speedway on Friday, August 22nd with a full program of WISSOTA Late Models, WISSOTA Modifieds, WISSOTA Super Stocks, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and Superior Pure Stocks. Friday, August 22nd will serve as the track’s 2008 season championship night and will also be fan appreciation night with all adults receiving a general admission ticket for only $10. Racing will begin at 7:00pm. Check out www.superiorracetrack.com for more information.

The new Dart Challenge Series will have an increased point fund of $6,500 to win series points. We will draw for 2 certificates from Dart Machinery valued at $1,250 each at the WISSOTA National Banquet. Along with the check for $6,500, the 2008 Dart Challenge Series Champion will receive a new Demon Carburetor from Barry Grant, and a ProForm Effex Wrap by Trent Signs & Graphics.

The Debbie’s Dash will return once again and have a $2,000 point fund for the best finishers in the dash points courtesy of All The Dirt Racing News, and Champ Pans.

2008 Heat Race sponsors include Joe Provo Racewear, Porta-Dock Inc., Lou Fegers
Racing Equipment, Simes Graphic Designs, and Speednet Direct who will be giving $50 per Heat Race win once again this season.

Joe Provo Racewear has signed on to be the Official Souvenir Vendor of the Dart
Challenge Series. They will have T-shirts and stickers for sale in their trailer at all of the Challenge Series events. Joe also sponsors the feature winner checks at every event. Thank you JPR!

With our 10th Anniversary at hand, we will be handing out free programs to the first 300 fans at each event. These programs are full of 9 years of Challenge Series history. We would like to thank Simes Graphic Designs of Mandan, ND, MinuteMan Press of St. Cloud, MN, Rayburn North of New London, WI, Powers & Associates Optometrists of Duluth, MN, Dirt on Dirt.com, and Dirt Track Supply of Watertown, SD for their support.

There are 17 Dart Challenge Series events this season. If you have not checked out the 2008 schedule, go to www.wissota.org/main_pages/challenge_series.html for a track near you.

Drivers will be allowed to drop their worst points show in the series points
standings again this year. If there are any questions about the Challenge Series, please contact the Challenge Series Director at victorylane@embarqmail.com or call 320-221-2324.

UPDATE
Dart Challenge Series race #1 at Red River Valley Speedway has been canceled due to weather. At this time there are no plans to reschedule this event.
Dakota State Fair Speedway will be hosting the opening night for the Dart Challenge Series on Saturday June 7th at 7:00 PM. They too have had some rain fall, but the forecast is looking good for the $5,000 to win event at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds. For questions, please contact Craig Sullivan at
victorylane@embarqmail.com