Flynn wins 9th Annual JW Zembo Super Stock Classic

By news@superiortelegram.com

June 12, 2009 at 7:17 PM

Fourteen super stocks, including two past champions (Mike Bellefuille, Duluth) and Scott Lawrence (Superior) were on hand for the 9th Annual JW Zembo Super Stock Classic Friday night at the Superior Speedway.

The super stock night and the $700 check to the winner went to Superior's Dave Flynn, who won the feature for the second week in a row. Flynn became the eighth different winner to claim the top spot in the Zembo Classic.

Flynn jumped out to the early lead and never really looked back as the battle was for second through fifth positions. Early on in the race Lawrence battled Bellefuille for second place but couldn't get pasted. In the mean time Joe Oliver (Superior) moved up to fourth place and started a heated battle with Lawrence and actually took over the third spot on lap seven beating him out of turns one and two.

Lawrence passed Oliver back for third on lap 13, but Oliver would re-gain the spot on the next lap and hold Lawrence off and finished in third. Lawrence extended his consecutive feature laps to 184 and has finished in the top 10 in his last 11 feature races at the Superior Speedway.

The rest of the night again belonged to Darrell Nelson of Hermantown, who for the second week in a row won both the Late Model and Modified feature races.

Todd Gehl (Solon Springs) jumped out to the early lead in the Late Model feature, but by lap four Nelson was up to second and on lap five took the lead and led the rest of the way in the 22-lap feature race.

Don Copp (Brule) and Nelson won the heat races earlier to give Nelson the sweep in the late model division. Nelson extended his consecutive laps completed in feature races at the Superior Speedway to 174 and has finished in the top 10 in his last seven feature starts. Copp extended his consecutive laps completed streak to 304.

Things were similar but tougher for Nelson in the modified feature race as he started on the inside of row three and took until lap 11 of the 20-lap feature race to capture the lead as he got past Scott Hudack (Ashland). Then a lap later Kelly Estey (Kelly Lake) spun on corners one and two to cause a caution which brought the rest of the pack within grasp of the leaders.

The final eight laps had a great battle going for second through fifth place between Nick Lavato (Proctor), Al Uotinen (Superior), Hudack and Pat Doar (New Richmond) as all of them went back and forth and were side by side on the front and back stretches.

Eventually Uotinen got past the rest and tried to reel in Nelson, but to no avail and Doar would edge Lavato on the final lap to take third, with Hudack finishing fifth.

Nelson extended his consecutive laps completed in a feature race to an unprecedented 395 in a modified and has finished in the top five in his last 10 feature races in Superior. Hudack extended his consecutive lap streak to 160.

John Henkemeyer (Sauk Rapids) made the trip to Superior worth it as he captured his first feature in a Midwest Modified at the Superior Speedway.

Henkemeyer drew the poll position and took advantage as he led all 16 laps. Randy Silverness Jr. (Superior) made a couple of runs at Henkemeyer but to no avail as he was busy trying to hold off Jeremy Houle (Forest Lake) and Jesse Ogston (Duluth).

Silverness extended his consecutive lap streak in a feature race to 183 and has now finished in the top five in the last four features he has raced in. Scott Herrick (Proctor), Houle and Skeeter Estey (Kelly Lake) were the winners earlier in the night in the heat races.

Austin Blom (Twig) started on the inside of row two and jumped out to an early lead in the Pure Stock feature with the battle for the next three spots between Dan Larsen (Hermantown), Richard Dzelak Jr. (Superior) and Steve Christman (Superior) going three wide on the straight away.

Christman made a run on Blom on lap four, getting along side of him on the backstretch and taking the lead coming out of turn four .While the battle for the lead was going on, Pat VanErt (Foxboro) moved up from the fourth row to battle for the lead, but there was a caution flag thrown on the same lap and on the re-start VanErt and Christman got together on the front stretch causing Christman's car to roll over and he was done for the night.

VanErt was sent to the back for the incident. This put Blom back to the lead on the re-start and despite numerous attempts to pass Larsen, Blom held him off to pick up his first feature win at the Superior Speedway and the second of his career.

Paul Gucinski (Britt) finished third followed by Jeff Christman (Superior) and Scott Larsen (Carlton).

Blom did complete the sweep as he won his heat race earlier and extended his consecutive laps completed in a feature to 102 and has finished in the top 10 in his last eight races at the Superior Speedway. VanErt extended his consecutive laps streak to 174 and Dan Larsen to 90.

This week the DTRL Late Model Series comes to the Superior Speedway with racing on Thursday, June 18. Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks and Pure Stocks will also be racing that evening. There is special pricing for the races and fans who attended the rained out IRA Sprint Cars on May 29, can exchange their wristband for a wristband to the DTRL race. Racing starts at 7 p.m.

For additional race information visit our website: www.superiorspeedway.com

Superior Speedway

9th Annual JW Zembo Super Stock Classic

Superior Speedway - Friday, June 12

Final Results

LATE MODELS (14 Cars)