The Scoop
WHITE SHADES ZDROIK, NABS EAGLE RIVER SPEEDWAY LID LIFTER
Posted on: Monday May 29, 2023
Hometown driver Dustin White fought off former track champion Jason Zdroik to capture the opening night B mod feature win at Eagle River Speedway Sunday. (flintography.com)
ATTENTION SPORTS/MOTORSPORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WHITE SHADES ZDROIK, SCORES EAGLE RIVER B MOD OPENER
(EAGLE RIVER, WI) May 28 – Hometown driver Dustin White inherited the lead on a restart with ten laps to go and fought off a challenge by former track champion Jason Zdroik to capture the opening night B mod feature win at Eagle River Speedway Sunday.
The race was marred by five caution flags within the first circuit. In the early going it appeared Michigan’s Dave Dishaw was on his way to victory. However, his machine stalled halfway through the event, handing the lead over to White on the restart. White scored the win with Zdroik, Tad Schoonover, Austin and Geoff Zdroik placing 2nd through 5th, respectively.
It was Zdroik gaining a bit of redemption later in the night, however. Zdroik pulled off a pass on a restart on Tomahawk’s Travis Friske to score the late model feature win.
Hometown driver David Blackberg opened up his stock car title defense with an opening night feature win. (flintography.com)
Defending stock car champion David Blackberg of Eagle River came out swinging on opening night. The Eagle River racer took the lead at the drop of the green and never relinquished the top spot en route to a 20 lap stock car feature finish. Wausau’s Kevin Bogdonavic and Eagle River’s Ryan Glembin placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Cody Potter made the long haul from Pell Lake worthwhile as he captured the street stock feature.
Phillips Devin Fries skillfully weaved his way through lapped traffic and fought off Brent Mindock on a restart with six laps remaining to claim the pure stock feature.
Phelps’ Dustin Kangas swept action in the 600 micro sprints, winning both the heat race and the caution free 15 lap feature.
300 micro sprint features were captured by visiting racers from Galesville, Wisconsin Miken Iverson and Escanaba, Michigan’s Bentley Richer.
Phelps’ Dustin Kangas scored the 600 micro sprint feature. (flintography.com)
Jason Torney swept action in the Dairyland Vintage racers.
ERS will return to its regular, weekly Tuesday night schedule beginning Tuesday, June 6. The first green flag flies at 7:30 p.m. For further information fans are advised to check the track’s Facebook page.
RACE SUMMARY –
Chef Rene B Mod Feature – Dustin White, Eagle River; Jason Zdroik, Eagle River; Tad Schoonover, Eagle River; Austin Zdroik, Eagle River; Geoff Zdroik, Rubicon; Bruce Belland, Eagle River; Gunner Hurst, Merrillan, MN; Beetle Bailey, Argonne; Andy Fink, Minocqua; Rodney Hurst, Merriland, MN; Pete Paulus, Phillips; Jesse Aho, Twin Lakes, MI; Dave Dishaw, Ontonagon, MI; Ryan Brown, Eagle River; Scott Swanson, Wausau; Vince Jung, Iron Ridge; Lee Lonsgaard, Fountain City; Frank Gasperini, Iron Mountain, MI (DNS)
Heats 1) White; Brown 2) Dishaw; Austin Zdroik
Sweetwater Late Model Feature – Jason Zdroik, Travis Friske, Tomahawk; Jim Zdroik, Hartford; Austin Zdroik, Eagle River; Zack Friske, Tomahawk; Peyton Towne, Boulder Junction
Heat – Travis Friske; Jim Zdroik
Coffen Construction Stock Car feature – David Blackberg, Eagle River; Kevin Bogdanovic, Wausau; Ryan Glembin, Eagle River; Anthony Kotula, Gresham; Jonathon Miller, Eagle River; Matt Cleary, Lac Du Flambeau; Patrick Farley Jr, Green Bay; Clint Evans, Hortonville; Ethan Hommerding, Merrill; Travis Stadler, Oshkosh; Jim Zdroik, Hartford; Ben Miller, Oshkosh; Trentin Bell, Eagle River; Tony Wilz, Menasha; Jeff Zdroik, Eagle River (DNS)
Heats 1) Hommerding; Bell 2) Miller; Blackberg
Eagle River Dock & Lift Street Stock feature – Cody Potter, Pell Lake; Logan Verhagen, Little Chute; Jason Eisel, Sugar Camp; Jason Melton, Three Lakes; Blake Hartman, Conover; Quentin Morrison, Eagle River; Jeff Hartman, White Pine, MI; Emerson Manos, Ontonagon, MI; Kim Brown, Eagle River
Heat – Potter; Verhagen
Pure Stock feature – Devin Fries, Phillips; Brent Mindock, Prentice; Trevor Schumann, Tomahawk; Jason Melton, Three Lakes; Bobby Hommerding, Merrill; Hope Eisel, Rhinelander; Jon Peterson, Eagle River; Cody Bauknecht, Crandon; Teagan Melton, Rhinelander; Ben Judnic, Rib Lake; Jerame Ristau, Tomahawk; Gunnar Orcutt, Tomahawk; Chris Busche, Tomahawk; Ronni Judnic, Rib Lake; Samantha Tingley, Hazelhurst; Derek Posto, Tomahawk
Heats 1) Fries; Orcutt 2) Mindock; Eisel
JD Archery and Paintball 600 Micro Feature – Dustin Kangas, Phelps; Logan Getzloff, Wilson, MI; Andy Fink, Minocqua; Chase Richer, Escanaba, MI; Nathan Kieffer, Minocqua; Carson Artley, Escanaba, MI (DNS)
Heat – Kangas; Fink
Halsey Fab/Dan’s Service 300 Micro Features – 1) Miken Iverson, Galesville; Carter Aho, Twin Lakes, MI; Blake Joslin, Rhinelander; Mason Meier, Eagle River; Cooper Aho, Twin Lakes, MI; Katherine Towne, Boulder Junction 2) Bentley Richter, Escanaba, MI; Archer Peter, Manitowish Waters; Madisyn Dieringer, Marshfield; Chase Zdroik, Rubicon; Taylor Artley, Escanaba, MI; Lucas Zdroik, Eagle River; Addison Dishaw, Ontonagon, MI
Heats 1) Iverson; Cooper Aho 2) Richer; Peter
Dairyland Vintage Feature – Jason Torney, Merrill; Scott Teidt, Lyndon Station; Will Garske, Tomahawk; Bill Froelich, Merrill; Shauna Cottrell, Oshkosh; Matt Eder, Merrill
Heat – Torney