Doar survives late
race Monster scare! July 3, 2000; Unity, WI. - Two first time winners and one
familiar name stopped in victory lane at The 43 car Modified field was trimmed to 24 and the feature was up first
on the card. Carl Fenske and Craig Thatcher paced the field to the green. Fenske got the
early jump on Thatcher as the green flag dropped, but as the pack charged down the
backstretch, Scott Duval's # 17 fell off the pace, On the restart, Fenske again got ht jump on Thatcher, but Craig powered
his # 91 through turns 1 and 2 to take the lead racing out of turn 2. Thatcher then built
up a slight advantage as Jeff Spacek moved in to battle with Fenske for second. Spacek got
to the inside of Fenske in turn 1 and the two Again on the restart, Thatcher blasted off with Spacek and Steve Keuster in tow. A great battle had begun for fourth as Butch Oertel, Jim Randall and Tyler Keyser began to scrap it out on their way to the front. The yellow flew once again on lap 4 as Keuster broke on the backstretch, slowing the field for the final time. Thatcher set the pace once again with Randall moving up to the high groove and beginning to challenge Spacek for third. Pat Doar had also made his way up from his sixth row starting spot to begin to mount a challenge on Keyser for fifth. Keyser, Doar and Oertel swapped the fifth spot several times until both Keyser and Doar were able to get by on lap 8. Back up front Thatcher held a commanding lead as Spacek had his hands full with Randall for second. Thatcher went on to win his 9th Modified feature of the season over Spacek who was able to hold off Randall for second. Keyser finished a solid third with Doar rounding out the top five. Other chargers on the night were Jerry Weigel who came from 18th to finish 6th and Jerry Hartman who came from to finish in 19th to finish in 8th. Street Stocks were up next with pole sitter Chris Oertel failing to make
the starting grid. This allowed Rod Herman to jump into the lead at the start with Kevin
Adams following him into second. Curt Myers immediately shot from his fifth row starting
spot into fourth on lap 1 and looked to be charging On the restart, Adams shot to the low side of Herman and took over the top spot. Adams then wasted no time stretching his advantage over Herman, who settled into a solid second. A great battle was ensuing for third as Brent Mindoch, Jeff Lien and Jason Kellner were racing three-wide for position. Mindoch was able to slip through the scramble first into third as was Lien, dropping Kellner back into the wrath of Kevin Bogdonovic and Steve Surprenant. Back up front Adams was steadily walking away from the field as Mindoch was reeling in Herman. Mindoch did reel in Herman and began to work on him for the second position as the white flag flew. Adams went on to pick up the easy win over Herman, who held off a furious last lap charge from Mindoch to come home in second. Surprenant and Bogdonovic rounded out the top five. The mighty Late Models were up next with Ashley Anderson and defending Challenge Series champion, Pat Doar pacing the field. Anderson got a good jump on the field and took the lead at the flag stand, but Doar bolted around the high side of turns 1 and 2 and retook the lead from Anderson and set off down the backstretch. Joel Cryderman also was able to make his machine work on the low side of the track as he slipped by Anderson into second on lap 2 and began to chase Doar. A good early race battle took place for the fourth spot as Lance Matthees, Porky Brust and Jon Kurshinsky were duking it out behind the leaders. Kurshinsky was able to get by both Matthees and Brust into fourth and began to reel in Anderson. The first caution flew on lap 7 as Duane Mahder spun in turn four, collecting Jon Olsen and Terry Anvelink. Anvelink was able to continue, but Mahder suffered heavy front-end damage on his # 55 and Olson was forced to retire from the event as well. On the restart, Doar stuck to the rubber that had been laid down on the
low side of the track and quickly pulled away from Cryderman. The running order remained
the same as the train flew around the speedway. The frontrunners began to encounter lapped
traffic on lap 16, which allowed Cryderman to reel in Doar. Doar began to move through
lapped traffic until Corby Metzgar spun Again on the restart, Doar shot away from the field as Cryderman looked
for a way to reel him in. Tom Nesbitt and Anvelink were fighting it out for position on
the restart, as Anvelink was looking for a way around Nesbitt, but Tom was not about to
let Terry by that easily. The leaders were flying Doar's only damage was cosmetic and because the leader is always protected while in lapped traffic, Pat was restored to the front of the field for a 6-lap dash to the checkered. As the green flag flew for the final time, Doar was gone as he pulled out to a huge advantage and cruised the final five circuits to pick up his first Challenge Series victory of 2000 and his ninth Late Model feature win of the season. Cryderman held off Anderson for second with Kurshinsky and Matthees rounding out the top five. Results WISSOTA Street Stock: |