Mindock wins pure stock at Ashland

ASHLAND — Prentice racer Brent Mindock won his third straight WISSOTA Pure Stocks feature, and seventh of his career at Ashland’s ABC Raceway on July 20. In what was arguably the most exciting race of the night, Mindock kept the lead among five cars that finished within a margin of 1.65 seconds.

Polestarter Tom Treviranus edged out Shane Basina for the initial lead, while close behind them nine of the 11 starters made up a tight-knit pack. As Treviranus pulled away a bit during the opening circuits, the pack ganged up on Basina, and positions were swapped with wild abandon.

Mindock, who had started eighth of the 11, had sliced his way to second by lap 5 and was better than three-quarters of a second back of the leader, but within four laps he caught Treviranus and made a successful inside move to take the lead. The pack chasing the leader had dwindled to four, as points leader Eric Crosby, first-night visitor Chaston Finckbone and visitor George Richards converged on Treviranus while staying close to Mindock’s trunk lid.

At the end of the non-stop 12-lap, four-and-a-half-minute dogfight, Mindock came under the checkers only three-quarters of a second ahead of Finckbone, who was side-by-side with third-place Crosby and fourth-finishing Treviranus and just ahead of fifth-place Richards. The time difference from Finckbone to Richards was less than nine-tenths of a second.

ABC Raceway will induct the 20th class into its Hall of Fame during intermission on Saturday, July 27. All five regular weekly classes will be in action, with the grandstand gates and pits opening at 5 p.m., hot laps at 6:30 p.m., and the first green flag scheduled to drop at 7 p.m.

JULY 20 RESULTS

WISSOTA Modifieds

Feature: 1-10: Kevin Adams, Cameron; Brady Uotinen, Superior; Kennedy Swan, Chippewa Falls; Nick Oreskovich, Mason; Mike Anderson, Jim Falls; Jeff Spacek, Phillips; Jake Hiatt, Mason; Andrew Mackey, Duluth, MN; Cole Spacek, Phillips; Pat Cook, Washburn.

WISSOTA Super Stocks

Feature: 1-10: Curt Myers, Cameron; Shawn McFadden, Ashland; Steve Stuart, Ashland; Patrick Beeksma, Ironwood, MI; Matt Deragon, Ashland; Myron Basina, Bayfield; Don Livingston, Washburn; Andrew Groom, Neebing, ON; Jason Melton, Rhinelander; Jake Nevala, Ashland.

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds

Feature: 1-10: Evan Checkalski, Duluth, MN; Marcus Dunbar, Marenisco, MI; Cory Jorgensen, Duluth, MN; Jesse Polson, Superior; Paul Suzik, Ironwood, MI; Paul Ripley, Duluth, MN; Jimmy Latvala, Solon Springs; Ryan Barningham, Bayfield; Bryan Lund, Ashland; Judd Skubal, Rhinelander.

WISSOTA Pure Stocks

Feature: 1-10: Brent Mindock, Prentice; Chaston Finckbone, Grand Rapids, MN; Eric Crosby, Amery; Tom Treviranus, Hawthorne; George Richards, Mondovi; Aaron Bernick, Duluth, MN; Shane Basina, Bayfield; Rob Christman, Superior; Zene Anderson, Superior; Anthony Schultz, Stillwater, MN.

ABC Six-Cylinders

Feature: 1-10: Dalton Truchon, Ashland; Cameron Bond, Mason; Roger Walker, Phillips; Jakob Bond, Mason; Mathew Rohlfing, Cable; Alex Bond, Iron River; Jim Anderson, Cable; Shane Basina, Bayfield; Justin Pratt, Glidden; Mady Anderson, Mason.

(This story was edited from the original.)