Friday, April 5, 2013 6:00pm.

6 PM for FREE Pizza while it lasts and 7 PM awards
Preview of 2013 season

When we first began operating our track in 1990 we took over from the previous management and followed their plan of running on Friday night.  Friday had been the night for Great Falls for a long time.  In 1999 there were two neighboring tracks running on Friday night, the new Belgrade track and the then new track at Cut Bank, so we moved to Saturday night.  Now with Cut Bank closed and BMP in Billings up and going strong, it is a good time for Great Falls to set Friday as our primary race night.

Change is never easy, but we have some good reasons for making this change. This was not a hurried decision and it is one that we have thought long and hard about.  We are very concerned about our life with our family and since we now have 13, going on 14 grandchildren we want to spend some quality weekend time with our children’s families.  And try as we might, all of our grandchildren are not race fans.

We hope all of our fans, workers and racers can make this change with us and can also enjoy these great Montana summers.

Thank you for understanding!

Dan and Barbara Mann and Family

By Vikki Higginbotham

Friday, August 31, 2012 was the beginning to the end of the 2012 racing season at Electric City Speedway.  The 19^th Annual Montana Round Up was set to begin with the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Late Models and Big Sky Sprints.  Drivers and fans from all over the northwest and Canada were anxious for the weekend of action packed racing to begin.

With track championships scheduled for Saturday evening the points race in the WISSOTA Street Stocks as Marvin Gonzales was sitting only eleven points ahead of Troy Weninger.  Being in separate heats Gonzales and Weninger took the opportunity to try to spread out the deficit.  However, both drivers took the top spot and neither was able to gain ground.  While running in a pack Gonzales attempted to give Ron Mattern a push down the backstretch.  Be it chance or a fluke Mattern spun in front of the field and Gonzales was sent to the back of the pack for the restart.  With this new development in the chase for points Weninger capitalized with a feature win.  Gonzales wound up finishing eleventh.  What did this do to the points going into the final night?  Fans would be treated with an epic battle between Gonzales and Weninger the following day as the eleven point feature difference tied the drivers up at the end of the evening.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were set to run with Doug LaPierre having a comfortable lead over his fellow competitors.  Having to make a start in order to secure the championship, LaPierre captured the second heat victory.  Patrick and Marty Harvie claimed the other two heats.  Missing from the lineup was second place driver Zach Olson.  LaPierre wasn’t going to leave anything to chance though.  In the feature, LaPierre captured his final victory of 2012.

Back for a second week the WISSOTA Late Models ran third in the cycle of events.  Rory Minster and Mark Fowler II grasped the heats.  With a few additional drivers making the drive down from our neighbors to the north the feature held thirteen drivers racing for the right to claim the victor.  An incident that had Chris Dunn into the outside wall of turn four was the only caution of the feature.  Rock Degele added another feature to his list of victories.

Finally the Big Sky Sprints were able to take their turn on the track.  Twenty-two drivers arrived at the track to see who would be the top dog of this Labor Day Weekend.  Brock Lemley, driving once again for Peterson Racing, took the first heat.  Joe Ramaker claimed the second heat with Trever Kirkland coming out on top of the third.  Through multiple cautions Lemley gained the lead and ticked off the laps.  In front of the ever growing crowd of fans, Lemley earned his fifth of seven possible victories this season.

A full to overflowing event was scheduled for Saturday, September 01, 2012 as the WISSOTA Super Stocks and Modifieds joined the previous night’s classes for the final night of 2012 racing at the speedway.  With championships to be decided 94 drivers packed both the infield and outer pit areas.  Having all six available classes on the card the fans flooded into the grandstands to see who would claim bragging rights in the off season.

Starting the evening off the WISSOTA Street Stocks had championship contenders starting in separate heats.  Marvin Gonzales set the bar for Troy Weninger with the victory in the first heat.  With nothing to gain and a few points to lose Weninger met the challenge with a victory of his own in heat two keeping the points race at a tied battle going into the feature.  The luck of the draw had Gonzales starting in the third position and Weninger in sixth.  In true champion form both drivers dug in and battled lap after lap for position.  Side by side throughout most of the event, they kept fans in a guessing game each time they crossed the start/finish line.  Brad Norris and Warren Samoy were also running in the front of the field throughout the event.  Norris crossed the checkered flag ahead of Samoy for the victory and Gonzales squeezed in a third place finish just ahead of Weninger.  As Norris went to take the trophy for the win Gonzales was finally able to relax and celebrate his 1 point Championship victory over Weninger.  Ron Mattern squeezed Rookie Cody Ryan out of third by two points.

Though not as close as the Street Stock points battle the WISSOTA Super Stocks had Curt Popham needing to start the heats in order to claim his 2012 track championship.  Rock Degele claimed the first heat in which Popham finished fourth.  Second place points contender Pat LaMere gained a little ground on the 40 point deficit he had to Popham with a heat two victory.  Rock Degele proved strong in his Super Stock as he claimed the feature victory.  Curt Popham procured his right to claim 2012 Track Champion with a 35 point lead over LaMere.  Jake Tucker settled for third in the season overall three points behind LaMere.

With the arrival of two additional drivers the WISSOTA Late Models were third to run for a second night in a row.  Kelly Hample and Rock Degele took the heat wins.  In a single caution feature event Hample was back in victory lane after engine trouble took him out of the previous week’s event and kept him from making Friday’s race.

Up next were the Big Sky Sprints.  Though a few cars fell out after Friday’s event twenty cars were on hand for the final 2012 Sprint event at the track.  Kelly Miller, Kyle Bates and Brock Lemley were victorious in the heats.  With another weekend sweep Lemley found himself in victory lane in front of not only the wonderful fans but family that made the trip from Demming, Washington.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds followed the Sprints for the evening.  Tim McCune, Marty Harvie and Jerry Sangrey Jr. were the heat winners.  With the stroke of midnight minutes away 19 of 21 drivers took the green flag for the feature.  Marty Harvie made his way from third to first in no time and claimed the victory.  Doug LaPierre became the 2012 Track Champion.  Chris Hill and Ron Sasek took second and third respectively.  With Zach Olson’s absence this past weekend he slipped from second in points to fifth as Jake Tacke secured fourth.

The final class to run was the WISSOTA Modifieds.  Chad Johnson and Paul Leach were the heat victors.  After over 7 hours of racing track conditions were optimal for Leach.  Starting on the pole he shot out at the start and there was no looking back.  Jerry Baertsch said after the event that once Leach got around him, putting him a lap down, he expected the rest of the field right away, but it had taken a little time for them to get to him.  On the final lap Joey Price had made progress and was right behind Leach when the final flag flew on the 2012 season.  Gary Hill finished the feature in fifth place, but claimed the Track Championship for the season with an 85 point lead over Maurice Myre.  John Price closed out his season with a third place points finish.

See everyone next season!

RESULTS:

Friday, August 31, 2012

WISSOTA Street Stocks

Heat #1 – Marvin Gonzales, Warren Samoy, Frank Pearson, Michael Price, Brian Chaon, Casey Durand, Bill Handel, Del Voss

Heat #2 – Troy Weninger, Brad Norris, Kory Wermling, Ron Mattern, Jeff Sekuterski, Kyle Jarvey, Cody Ryan

Feature – Weninger, Samoy, Norris, Mattern, Sekuterski, Wermling, Jarvey, Durand, Handel, Pearson, Gonzales, Voss, Chaon, Price Ryan

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Heat #1 – Patrick Harvie, Tim McCune, Chris Hill, JJ Johnson, Jake Tacke, Jeremy Olds, Tommy Eubank

Heat #2 – Doug LaPierre, Jake Tucker, Jeramy Myers, Ron Sasek, Joe Zahara, Michael Shure, Joey Price

Heat #3 – Marty Harvie, Jerry Sangrey Jr., Joey Tinker, Ronnie Harvie, Mike Pistelak, Jim Myre, Alan Riley

Feature – LaPierre, M. Harvie, McCune, Pistelak, P. Harvie, Tucker, Myre, Sasek, Hill, Riley, Tacke, Olds, Shure, Tinker, Price, Johnson, Myers, Sangrey Jr., Zahara, R. Harvie, Eubank

WISSOTA Late Models

Heat #1 – Rory Minster, David Smith, Chris Dunn, Jody Kropp, Stewart Hayward, Chad Johnson, Bradley Kerrison

Heat #2 – Mark Fowler II, Dave Freeman, Rock Degele, Pacer Popham, Curtis Fortowsky, JD Olsen

Feature – Degele, Freeman, Hayward, Kropp, Fowler II, Popham, Smith, Minster, Johnson, Dunn, Kerrison, Olsen, Fortowsky

Big Sky Sprints

Heat #1 – Brock Lemley, Phil Dietz, Colton Akerstrom, Dennis MacEachern, Chris Roberts, Drew MacDonnell

Heat #2 – Joe Ramaker, Sean MacDonnell, Vernon Hill, David Hoiness, Jeremy McCune, Casey Adams, Chip Roe, Joe Perry Racing

Heat #3 – Trever Kirkland, Calvin Fitch, Josh Ostermiller, Jerry Brown Jr., Damon McCune, Kelly Miller, Shane Ainscough, Mark Sweet

Feature – Lemley, Dietz, Ramaker, Kirkland, MacEachern, Ostermiller, Akerstrom, Adams, Miller, Hoiness, D. MacDonnell, Roe, Hill, Ainscough, Fitch, D. McCune, Perry Racing, Roberts, Brown Jr., S. MacDonnell, J. McCune, Sweet

Saturday, September 01, 2012

WISSOTA Street Stocks

Heat #1 – Marvin Gonzales, Warren Samoy, Brad Norris, Ron Mattern, Kory Wermling, Michael Price, Brian Chaon

Heat #2 – Troy Weninger, Ron Imberi, Kyle Jarvey, Bill Handel, Mark Mann, Cliff Nelson, Casey Durand, Jeff Sekuterski

Feature – Norris, Samoy, Gonzales, Weninger, Sekuterski, Wermling, Handel, Jarvey, Imberi, Mann, Durand, Mattern, Chaon, Nelson, Price

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Heat #1 – Tim McCune, Paul Leach, Ronnie Harvie, Joey Price, Jim Myre, Michael Shure, Chris Hill

Heat #2 – Marty Harvie, Joey Tinker, Ron Sasek, Patrick Harvie, Alan Riley, JJ Johnson, Jeremy Olds

Heat #3 – Jerry Sangrey Jr., Doug LaPierre, Joe Zahara, Jeramy Myers, Mike Pistelak, Jake Tacke, Carl Sangrey

Feature – M. Harvie, Price, Leach, Myers, Sangrey Jr., P. Harvie, R. Harvie, Sasek, Hill, McCune, Tinker, Johnson, Shure, Pistelak, Tacke, Sangrey, Riley, Myre, LaPierre, Zahara, Olds

WISSOTA Super Stocks

Heat #1 – Rock Degele, Mike Pistelak, Clay Irwin, Curt Popham, Shaun Crouch, Rowdy Gillen

Heat #2 – Pat LaMere, Jake Tucker, Casey Steffenson, Chuck Fleming, Rich Wermling, Pacer Popham

Feature – Degele, Tucker, Fleming, LaMere, Steffenson, C. Popham, Pistelak, Irwin, Gillen, Crouch, Wermling, Popham

WISSOTA Modifieds

Heat #1 – Chad Johnson, Sean McBee, Gary Hill, Joey Price, Jody Kropp, Jerry Baertsch

Heat #2 – Paul Leach, Rock Degele, Mark Wermling, John Price, Patrick Wallace

Feature – Leach, Joey Price, Kropp, Johnson, Hill, John Price, McBee, Degele, Wermling, Baertsch, Wallace

WISSOTA Late Models

Heat #1 – Kelly Hample, David Smith, Chris Dunn, Pacer Popham, Dave Freeman, JD Olsen, Paul Lewis, Curtis Fortowsky

Heat #2 – Rock Degele, Jody Kropp, Chad Johnson, Bradley Kerrison, Steve Fowler, Stewart Hayward, Rory Minster

Feature – Hample, Johnson, Degele, Popham, Dunn, Minster, Freeman, Fortowsky, Smith, Hayward, Fowler, Kerrison, Olsen, Lewis, Kropp

Big Sky Sprints

Heat #1 – Kelly Miller, Trever Kirkland, Vernon Hill, Colton Akerstrom, Shane Ainscough, Damon McCune

Heat #2 – Kyle Bates, Josh Ostermiller, Joe Ramaker, Casey Adams, Phil Dietz, Dennis MacEachern, Paxton Lambrecht

Heat #3 – Brock Lemley, Jeremy McCune, Calvin Fitch, David Hoiness, Jerry Brown Jr., Joe Perry Racing, Mark Sweet

Feature – Lemley, Miller, MacEachern, Lambrecht, Akerstrom, Brown Jr., Dietz, Adams, Hoiness, Ostermiller, Fitch, D. McCune, Bates, Ainscough, Perry Racing, J. McCune, Hill, Sweet, Ramaker, Kirkland

FINAL 2012 Top 3 (points)

WISSOTA Street Stocks – Marvin Gonzales (933), Troy Weninger (932), Ron Mattern (808)

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds – Doug LaPierre (887), Chris Hill (781), Ron Sasek (736)

WISSOTA Super Stocks – Curt Popham (750), Pat LaMere (715), Jake Tucker (712)

WISSOTA Modifieds – Gary Hill (667), Maurice Myre (582), John Price (557)

By Vikki Higginbotham

The WISSOTA Late Models were on hand at Electric City Speedway on August 25, 2012.  Joining them were the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds and Super Stocks.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks found a few different names out on top at the end of the heats.  Michael Price, Kory Wermling and Taylor Martin were the victors.  In the feature, Martin didn’t fare as well and was the first car out of the event.  Cody Ryan had a double run of bad luck as he ran his event.  After finding himself up on the tires in turn four Ryan made his way back onto the track with the help of Carl’s Exxon’s wrecker.  After a few laps he had to pull in with engine troubles.  Starting from the eighth position, Marvin Gonzales found his way to the front and to his third victory in a row.

Chuck Fleming and Pacer Popham took the WISSOTA Super Stock heats.  After a spin in turn two on the initial start the drivers got into a rhythm of racing with Jake Tucker out in front.  A caution flew for Dolan Sevalstad losing a spring as he was attempting to get off the track in the turn one upper pit entrance.  Curt Popham used the restart to his advantage and made his way around Tucker.  Curt wasn’t in the clear for a victory though.  His brother Pacer was closing in quickly.  As the brothers were coming to the white flag side by side, Pacer made his move and the victory was his.

The WISSOTA Late Models had a little excitement in their second of two heats as JD Olsen went up on the backstretch wall and rode it most of the way down.  The height of the wall helped prevent Olsen from rolling completely over, but his car suffered major damage to the right side.  Kelly Hample and Jody Kropp were the heat winners.  With the help of a few of his competitors, family and other racers Olsen was back out for the feature event.  Starting from the pole position, Dave Freeman took the cautions in stride.  Leading the entire event Freeman captured the victory.  Speedway fans were thrilled to see the 11x back in victory lane.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds finished off the evening with Zach Olson, Doug LaPierre and Paul Leach as heat victors.  The first caution of the feature had LaPierre restarting in the back of the field of seventeen.  Zack Olson battled with Chris Hill and Tim McCune for the lead in the early laps.  After making his way to the front Olson was unstoppable.  As Olson was collecting the checkered flag for his parade lap LaPierre pulled up beside him to give his congratulations.

RESULTS

WISSOTA Street Stocks

Heat #1 – Michael Price, Cody Ryan, Bill Handel, Ron Mattern, Curt Beck, Del Voss

Heat #2 – Kory Wermling, Marvin Gonzales, Stephan Foley, Troy Weninger, Casey Durand

Heat #3 – Taylor Martin, Brad Norris, Jeff Sekuterski, Kyle Jarvey, Frank Pearson

Feature – Gonzales, Norris, Weninger, Mattern, Sekuterski, Price, Pearson, Wermling, Handel, Beck, Voss, Durand, Ryan, Foley, Jarvey, Martin

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Heat #1 – Zach Olson, Marty Harvie, Tim McCune, Jacob Tacke, Jerry Sangrey Jr., Jeramy Myers

Heat #2 – Doug LaPierre, Patrick Harvie, Chris Hill, Jeremy Olds, JJ Johnson, Bob Price

Heat #3 – Paul Leach, Ronnie Harvie, Ron Sasek, Joey Ray, Joey Price

Feature – Olson, McCune, R. Harvie, J. Price, M. Harvie, Leach, Hill, LaPierre, Sasek, P. Harvie, Tacke, Johnson, Olds, Myers, Sangrey Jr., Ray, B. Price

WISSOTA Super Stocks

Heat #1 – Chuck Fleming, John Lighthizer, Jake Tucker, Pat LaMere, Sharid Lee, Rowdy Gillen, Mike Pistelak

Heat #2 – Pacer Popham, Rich Wermling, Curt Popham, Casey Steffenson, Shaun Crouch, Dolan Sevalstad

Feature – P. Popham, C. Popham, Steffenson, Tucker, LaMere, Pistelak, Fleming, Wermling, Crouch, Gillen, Lighthizer, Sevalstad, Lee

WISSOTA Late Models

Heat #1 – Kelly Hample, Rock Degele, Steve Fowler, Chris Dunn, Mike McCord, John Lighthizer

Heat #2 – Jody Kropp, Dave Freeman, Rory Minster, Chad Johnson, JD Olsen, Pacer Popham

Feature – Freeman, Minster, Degele, McCord, Dunn, Johnson, Fowler, Olsen, Lighthizer, Kropp, Hample, Popham

UP NEXT:  The final two races of the season are upon us.  Friday, August 31, 2012 Electric City Speedway hosts its first night of the 19^TH Annual Montana Round Up with Sprints, WISSOTA Late Models, Street Stocks & Midwest Modifieds.  TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS will be decided on Saturday, September 1, 2012.  Joining the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks and Modifieds will be the WISSOTA Late Models and Big Sky Sprints.  This will be the final event for Electric City Speedway in 2012!  Don’t miss a minute of it!

Also racing on September 1, 2012 and September 2, 2012 will be the Mountain Country Quarter Midget Association.  Their events will begin at 10:00 am on both days at 4900 10^th Avenue South (The Old Big R parking lot).  Please come out and support the kids as they race their hearts out.

Track Points Top 5

WISSOTA Street Stocks

Marvin Gonzales, Troy Weninger (-11), Cody Ryan (-44), Ron Mattern (-117), Stephan Foley (-148)

WISSOTA Midwest Modified

Doug LaPierre, Zach Olson (-93), Chris Hill (-100), Ron Sasek (-150), Jake Tacke (-156)

WISSOTA Super Stocks

Curt Popham, Pat LaMere (-40), Jake Tucker (-44), Pacer Popham (-107), Casey Steffenson (-121)

WISSOTA Modifieds

Gary Hill, Maurice Myre (-36), John Price (-108), Pat Wallace (-119), Chad Johnson (-123), Sean McBee (-123)

By Vikki Higginbotham

Saturday night at the speedway had a few extra drivers in attendance as it was the WISSOTA/Amsoil Qualifier events in the Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks, and Modifieds.  Winners of the feature events are given the opportunity to run the Race of Champions race at the WISSOTA 100 in Huron, South Dakota in mid-September.

First up for the evening were the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds.  Three heats ran caution free as Patrick Harvie, Jerry Sangrey Jr., and Doug LaPierre captured the top spots.  The feature held heartbreak for Mike Pistelak when he lost on engine entering turn one and caught fire on the backstretch resulting in a red flag for the field.  Chris Hill also had engine troubles as Doug LaPierre was taking the white flag.  For another night this season LaPierre stood victorious.

Curt Popham took the first of two heats in the WISSOTA Super Stocks.  The second heat was restarted after track officials didn’t like the initial start.  Rich Wermling had mechanical issues that had him out of the heat early.  Ty Clemens won the second heat.  After three cautions for spins in the feature the yellow and black were displayed informing drivers any more cautions and the person responsible would be watching the end of the race from the pits.  Curt Popham had a spin in turn two and had to watch his brother Pacer take another checkered flag this season.

Gary Hill had engine trouble in the first heat for the WISSOTA Modifieds while Mark Wermling was victorious.  Dave Azure took the second heat.  A spin by Sean Higginbotham on the start of the feature brought out the first caution.  Higginbotham’s luck turned south a couple laps later when something broke sending him into the backstretch wall and ending his evening in the back of the wrecker.  Another caution flew bringing out the yellow and black warning.  Sean McBee and Maurice Myre were both sent to the pit area for causing two separate incidents.  The final restart resulted in a Green-White-Checkered finish and Mark Wermling brought home the victory ahead of Dave Azure and John Price.

Cody Ryan and Marvin Gonzales won in their respective heats for the WISSOTA Street Stocks.  During the feature Bill Handel was victim to a huge pileup coming out of turn four.  Proving strong this week, Troy Weninger brought his #20 to victory lane in a close final lap battle with Cody Ryan.  Point leader Marvin Gonzales lost some of his points lead to Weninger after having difficulties in the event.

Next week:  The regular classes of WISSOTA Street Stock, Midwest Modified, Super Stock and Modified will take to the track.

Quigley’s North American Sprint Tour returns to Great Falls on August 15, 2012 and August 18, 2012.  The Street Stocks and Supers will be in attendance both nights and Modifieds are set to join them on the 18^th.  Go to www.electriccityspeedway.com for details on tickets.

RESULTS

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Heat #1 – Patrick Harvie, Ron Sasek, Paul Donnelly, Tim McCune, Taylor Falkenhagen, JJ Johnson

Heat #2 – Jerry Sangrey Jr., Chris Hill, Mike Pistelak, Ronnie Harvie, Jerry Hill

Heat #3 – Doug LaPierre, Zach Olson, Jake Tacke, Michael Shure, Bob Price

Feature – LaPierre, Sangrey Jr., Donnelly, Olson, McCune, R. Harvey, Falkenhagen, P. Harvie, Sasek, Shure, Johnson, C. Hill, Pistelak, Tacke, J. Hill, B. Price

WISSOTA Super Stocks

Heat #1 – Curt Popham, Pacer Popham, Casey Steffenson, Pat LaMere, Rowdy Gillen, Jake Tucker, Mike Pistelak

Heat #2 – Ty Clemens, John Lighthizer, Chuck Fleming, Sharid Lee, Alex Wermling, Shaun Crouch, Rich Wermling

Feature – P. Popham, Lee, Clemens, LaMere, Tucker, Steffenson, Lighthizer, R. Wermling, Gillen, Crouch, C. Popham, A. Wermling, Pistelak, Fleming

WISSOTA Modifieds

Heat #1 – Mark Wermling, John Price, Sean McBee, Pat Wallace, Gary Hill

Heat #2 – Dave Azure, Jerry Baertsch, Sean Higginbotham, Paul Donnelly, Maurice Myre

Feature – Wermling, Azure, Price, Wallace, Myre, McBee, Baertsch, Higginbotham, Hill, Donnelly

WISSOTA Street Stock

Heat #1 – Cody Ryan, Donavon Sorenson, Bill Handel, Troy Weninger, Jeff Sekuterski, Brad Norris, Curt Beck

Heat #2 – Marvin Gonzales, Ron Mattern, Stephan Foley, Frank Pearson, Kory Wermling, Mark Mann

Feature – Weninger, Ryan, Norris, Wermling, Pearson, Mattern, Gonzales, Mann, Handel, Foley, Beck, Sekuterski, Sorenson

By Vikki Higginbotham

Saturday, July 28, 2012 saw the return of “Smiley” at the speedway.  After Mother Nature tore it down earlier in the season track promoters Dan and Barbara Mann promised the return of the 23 year tradition of the Smiley face in the center of turns three and four.  The arrival of “Smiley” coincided with Kid’s Night.  During the intermission all the children in the grandstands were led down in front of the new and improved Smiley banner and released 23 yellow balloons to commemorate the occasion.  Afterwards the kids were given time to join their favorite drivers on the front stretch for photos and autographs.

In racing action the WISSOTA Street Stocks Jeff Sekuterski, Kyle Jarvey, and Marvin Gonzales were victorious in the heats.  After three cautions flew in the feature the Yellow and Black flags were displayed to the field informing the drivers that any further cautions would have the person who caused it sent to the pits.  Cody Ryan worked his way to the front of the field and started pulling away, but after driving it into the corner a little too hard Ryan spun with four laps to go.  The caution flew after a melee occurred when the pack caught up with him.  Ryan’s car suffered some damage and he was done for the night.  Three more cautions flew before Marvin Gonzales brought his car to victory.

Jerry Martin, Paul Leach, and Doug LaPierre captured the heats in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds.  During a racing incident in the feature Patrick Harvie rolled into the back infield pit lane bringing the red flag out.  After a close inspection by tech officials Harvie returned to the track to finish eleventh of nineteen.  The Yellow/Black flew for the Midwest Modifieds as well and a few drivers were sent to the pits after causing a restart.  Making his way to the front of the pack, Doug LaPierre captured his fifth victory of 2012.

Pacer Popham swept the heat and feature in the WISSOTA Super Stocks.  Pat LaMere suffered damage in the first caution of the feature and after the restart had to pull off.

Losing a drive shaft seems to be the ongoing battle with the WISSOTA Modifieds this season.  Maurice Myre was victim to the drive shaft issue in the second heat.  Jody Kropp took the first heat with Chad Johnson victorious in the second.  At the start of the feature Kropp lost his drive shaft ending his bid for a win.  The Yellow/Black rule came into effect in the event and Johnson, Jesse Baertsch and Sean Higginbotham were sent out after their spins in turns three and four.  The final lap of the feature had leader Mark Wermling suffering damage when attempting to pass Pat Wallace on the back stretch.  Though Wermling held on through turn four, Hill reached the finish line ahead of him.  Wermling managed to get a second place finish.

Next Week:  The Celebration of Life/Amsoil Qualifier with the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks and Modifieds.

Mark your calendars:  Quigley’s North American Sprint Tour returns to Great Falls on August 15, 2012 and August 18, 2012.  The Street Stocks and Supers will be in attendance both nights and Modifieds are set to join them on the 18^th.

RESULTS:

WISSOTA Street Stocks

Heat #1 – Jeff Sekuterski, Troy Weninger, Cody Ryan, Kory Wermling, Casey Durand

Heat #2 – Kyle Jarvey, Warren Samoy, Stephan Foley, Curt Beck, Brad Norris

Heat #3 – Marvin Gonzales, Ron Mattern, Frank Pearson, Bill Handel, Del Voss

Feature – Gonzales, Weninger, Sekuterski, Jarvey, Foley, Beck, Wermling, Norris, Voss, Handel, Samoy, Mattern, Ryan, Durand, Pearson

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Heat #1 – Jerry Martin, Taylor Falkenhagen, Jim Myre, Jerry Sangrey Jr., Zach Olson, Ron Sasek, Bob Price

Heat #2 – Paul Leach, Chris Hill, Dave McCune, JJ Johnson, Bobby Myre, Mike Pistelak

Heat #3 – Doug LaPierre, Scott Joslyn, Patrick Harvie, Ronnie Harvie, Jake Tacke, Tim McCune

Feature – LaPierre, Joslyn, Leach, Martin, Hill, Sangrey Jr., T. McCune, Pistelak, J. Myre, Falkenhagen, P. Harvie, Olson, R. Harvie, Tacke, Johnson, B. Myre, D. McCune, Price, Sasek

WISSOTA Super Stock

Heat – Pacer Popham, Pat LaMere, Curt Popham, Chuck Fleming, Sharid Lee, Rich Wermling, Jake Tucker, Alex Wermling, Shaun Crouch

Feature – P. Popham, Tucker, Fleming, C. Popham, R. Wermling, Lee, Crouch, A. Wermling, LaMere

WISSOTA Modified

Heat #1 – Jody Kropp, Gary Hill, Mark Wermling, Jerry Baertsch, Sean Higginbotham, Jesse Baertsch

Heat #2 – Chad Johnson, John Price, Pat Wallace, Paul Leach, Maurice Myre

Feature – Hill, Wermling, Myre, Price, Leach, Wallace, Jerry Baertsch, Higginbotham, Jesse Baertsch, Johnson, Kropp

Chris Gets It Dunn at Electric City Speedway

By Vikki Higginbotham

Christmas?  In July?  That is what fans and drivers were asking themselves Saturday night at Electric City Speedway.  Ninety-two degree temperatures did not deter this season’s celebration of “Christmas in July” as the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Late Models and Super Stocks took to the track in Great Falls, Montana.

Three caution free heats of WISSOTA Street Stocks started the evening off.  Marvin Gonzales, Kyle Jarvey and Stephan Foley collected the victories.  The feature however, had multiple attempts at a start and had to be shortened due to time constraints.  Once the event got started Nick Hunter made his way to the front of the field.  After being sent to the rear of the 17 car field Troy Weninger worked his way up to battle for the lead with Marvin Gonzales setting up for a bid as well.  Hunter didn’t want to see the late race caution that flew allowing Gonzales and Weninger to restart directly behind him for the Green-White-Checkered finish.  In a three wide battle on the final lap Gonzales managed to clear Hunter for the victory and Weninger was scored third.

Mike Pistelak, Aaron Liscum, and Paul Leach claimed the heat victories for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds.  The 20 car feature had Pistelak and Jerry Sangrey Jr. battling in the early laps.  When the caution flew on lap 6 Pistelak was scored as the leader.  Paul Leach worked his way to the lead.  Pistelak and Sangrey settled into a battle for seconds.  An incident involving Pistelak and Sangrey brought out a caution.  A few laps after the restart Sangrey slowed on the front stretch.  When the caution flew Alan Riley spun into the rear of Sangrey and the field was stopped on the backstretch to allow for track crews to assist Riley off the track.  Zach Olson had worked his way through the wrecks and field of cars to restart behind Leach for another Green-White-Checkered finish.  Olson just couldn’t get around Leach and went home with a second place finish.

Back after a month off of racing the WISSOTA Late Models took to the track third.  Chad Johnson and Rock Degele were the heat winners. In what one could call a “Christmas Wish Come True” Chris Dunn took off at the start of the feature and was gaining some distance from the battle for second place.  A couple of cautions found Kelly Hample sitting in the second position behind Dunn.  The final two laps had fans out of their seats as Hample made it a side by side battle with Dunn.  Coming off of turn four Dunn and Hample went all out for the checkered flag.  In his 52^nd start as a Late Model driver, Dunn successfully beat Hample by 0.038 of a second gaining his first career victory in the class.

The first heat of WISSOTA Super Stocks had Rowdy Gillen and Curt Popham swapping cautions and both drivers were sent to the pits after their second one.  Pat LaMere took the top spot in the heat.  Jake Tucker dominated heat two.  The start of the feature had the father and son duo of Rich and Alex Wermling running side by side.  Rich maneuvered his car past that of his son and began pulling away from the field.  An incident involving Curt Popham and Casey Steffenson had Steffenson being sent to the pits as this was the second caused by the driver in the same event.  Rich continued his lead as Alex held off the field after the restart.  Rich was unstoppable during the event and Alex held on for a second place finish.

Next Week:  The regular classes of WISSOTA Street Stock, Midwest Modified, Super Stock and Modified are on the schedule.

There was an adjustment made to the schedule for the future event of the 19th Annual Montana Roundup on Aug 31/Sept 1 Sprint Cars and Late Models have been added to the event.  Friday night the WISSOTA Street Stocks and Midwest Modifieds join them.  The final event at Electric City Speedway will be September 1, 2012 hosting all six classes.

RESULTS:

WISSOTA Street Stocks

Heat #1 – Marvin Gonzales, Cody Ryan, Nick Hunter, Casey Durand, JT No Runner, Del Voss

Heat #2 – Kyle Jarvey, Ron Mattern, Frank Pearson, Kory Wermling, Curt Beck

Heat #3 – Stephan Foley, Bill Handel, Troy Weninger, Larry Gonzales, Brenton Collings, Michael Price

Feature – M. Gonzales, Hunter, Weninger, Pearson, Wermling, Beck, Foley, Durand, Mattern, Handel, Ryan, L. Gonzales, No Runner, Voss, Jarvey, Collins, Price

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Heat #1 – Mike Pistelak, Chris Hill, Ron Sasek, Taylor Falkenhagen, JJ Johnson, Jerry Hill, Michael Shure

Heat #2 – Aaron Liscum, Jerry Sangrey Jr., Jake Tacke, Jake Tucker, Patrick Harvie, Bob Price, Joshua Olsen

Heat #3 – Paul Leach, Doug LaPierre, Ronnie Harvie, Zach Olson, Alan Riley, Dave McCune

Feature – Leach, Olson, Tucker, C. Hill, R. Harvie, P. Harvie, Tacke, McCune, Falkenhagen, J. Hill, Shure, Sasek, Riley, Sangrey Jr., LaPierre, Pistelak, Price, Johnson, Olsen, Liscum

WISSOTA Late Models

Heat #1 – Chad Johnson, Chris Dunn, Kelly Hample, Jody Kropp, Rory Minster, Bradley Kerrison, John Lighthizer

Heat #2 – Rock Degele, Stewart Hayward, David Smith, JD Olsen, Pacer Popham, Dave Freeman

Feature – Dunn, Hample, Hayward, Johnson, Smith, Olsen, Minster, Freeman, Kerrison, Lighthizer, Popham, Degele, Kropp

WISSOTA Super Stocks

Heat #1 – Pat LaMere, John Lighthizer, Casey Steffenson, Rich Wermling, Curt Popham, Rowdy Gillen

Heat #2 – Jake Tucker, Pacer Popham, Alex Wermling, Paul Lease, Shaun Crouch, Rock Degele

Feature – R. Wermling, A. Wermling, Tucker, Degele, C. Popham, LaMere, Gillen, Lighthizer, P. Popham, Lease, Steffenson, Crouch

July 11, 2012 RESULTS
ASCS Sprints | ASCS National
A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 23N-Brock Lemley[4]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson[8]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[3]; 4. 45x-Johnny Herrera[1]; 5. 9-Gary Wright[6]; 6. 05-Brad Loyet[18]; 7. 2-Dustin Morgan[5]; 8. 99-Brady Bacon[12]; 9. 5h-Logan Forler[15]; 10. 77x-Wayne Johnson[17]; 11. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[9]; 12. 27dd-David Hoiness[10]; 13. 9x-Sean MacDonell[2]; 14. 37-Trever Kirkland[7]; 15. 27-Drew MacDonell[13]; 16. 31-Colton Akerstrom[21]; 17. 19-Dennis MacEachern[11]; 18. 35-Chip Rowe[16]; DNF 1x-Vernon Hill[14]; DNF 98-Joe Ramaker[20]; DNF 44-Kelly Miller[22]; DNF 3-Kelly Trerice[19]
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 77x-Wayne Johnson[1]; 2. 05-Brad Loyet[3]; 3. 3-Kelly Trerice[6]; 4. 98-Joe Ramaker[5]; 5. 31-Colton Akerstrom[10]; 6. 44-Kelly Miller[7]; 7. 28-Joe Perry[4]; 8. 2x-Kyle Evans[2]; 9. 2w-Wheeler Boys[9]; DNF 77-Mark Sweet[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 45x-Johnny Herrera[6]; 2. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[2]; 3. 19-Dennis MacEachern[3]; 4. 1x-Vernon Hill[4]; 5. 27-Drew MacDonell[7]; 6. 3-Kelly Trerice[5]; 7. 31-Colton Akerstrom[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23N-Brock Lemley[1]; 2. 2-Dustin Morgan[6]; 3. 99-Brady Bacon[2]; 4. 5h-Logan Forler[4]; 5. 28-Joe Perry; 6. 44-Kelly Miller[5]; 7. 2w-Wheeler Boys[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson[1]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman[3]; 3. 9-Gary Wright[5]; 4. 77x-Wayne Johnson[2]; 5. 05-Brad Loyet[4]; DNF 98-Joe Ramaker[6]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Trever Kirkland[1]; 2. 9x-Sean MacDonell[3]; 3. 27dd-David Hoiness[4]; 4. 2x-Kyle Evans[2]; 5. 35-Chip Rowe[6]; 6. 77-Mark Sweet[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Heat #1 – Zach Olson, Chris Hill, Daron Falkenhagen, Dave McCune, Jake Tacke, Aaron Liscum, Jim Myre, Tim McCune
Heat #2 – Mike Pistelak, Jerry Sangrey Jr., Jeramy Myers, Ron Sasek, Patrick Harvie, Joey Tinker, Jerry Hill, JJ Johnson
Feature – Pistelak, C. Hill, Sangrey Jr., Olson, Myers, Tacke, Tinker, Liscum, Harvie, Myre, D. McCune, Falkenhagen, J. Hill, Sasek, Johnson, T. McCune

July 14, 2012 RESULTS:
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Heat – Curt Popham, Casey Steffenson, Pacer Popham, Pat LaMere, Sharid Lee, Jake Tucker, Rich Wermling, Alex Wermling
Feature – P. Popham, C. Popham, R. Wermling, LaMere, A. Wermling, Steffenson, Lee, Tucker
WISSOTA Street Stocks
Heat #1 – Marvin Gonzales, Troy Weninger, Cody Ryan, Bill Handel, Curt Beck, JT No Runner, Michael Price
Heat #2 – Ron Mattern, Kory Wermling, Ron Imberi, Casey Durand, Stephan Foley, Del Voss
Feature – Weninger, Gonzales, Ryan, Foley, Durand, Handel, Beck, Mattern, No Runner, Imberi, Wermling, Price, Voss
WISSOTA Modifieds
Heat #1 – Jody Kropp, Chad Johnson, Gary Hill, Jerry Baertsch, Jesse Baertsch, Dave Freeman
Heat #2 – Maurice Myre, John Price, Pat Wallace, Sean Higginbotham, Paul Leach
Feature – Myre, Hill, Johnson, Price, Wallace, Jerry Baertsch, Higginbotham, Freeman, Kropp, Leach, Jesse Baertsch
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Heat #1 – Dave McCune, Jim Myre, Bobby Myre, Aaron Liscum, Jake Tucker, Bob Price, JJ Johnson
Heat #2 – Jerry Sangrey Jr., Jake Tacke, Patrick Harvie, Ron Sasek, Jerry Hill, Chris Hill
Heat #3 – Paul Leach, Doug LaPierre, Beau Brown, Mike Pistelak, Michael Shure, Jeramy Myers
Feature – LaPierre, Leach, Sangrey Jr., Pistelak, J. Myre, Tacke, Harvie, Liscum, Sasek, McCune, Tucker, Johnson, J. Hill, Brown, C. Hill, Price, B. Myre, Shure, Myers