It was a night of firsts as a pair of new faces found victory lane at Eagle River Speedway on Tuesday, June 21st, hometown driver Ryan Glembin scored his first stock car feature win of the year while Tomahawk’s Travis Friske put his ERS late model into victory lane. Hometown driver Jason Zdroik led wire-to-wire en route to winning round I of the Chef Rene B Mod Triple crown challenge.
Zdroik drew the pole position in the 20-lap contest and quickly sped away to the lead. The veteran hugged the bottom groove of the slick third-mile oval. A caution on lap six bunched up the field but Zdroik kept the lead on the restart and scored the $1,000 win.
Michigan’s Dave Dishaw finished second in the feature while Twin Lakes, Michigan’s Jesse Aho mounted a late race charge from the back of the pack to finish third. Eagle River’s Dustin White and Iron Mountain, Michigan’s Frank Gasperini rounded out the top five finishers.
The broom was broken out for drivers in the street stock and 600 micro divisions as Sugar Camp’s Jason Eisel and Phelps Dustin Kangas each scored clean sweeps in those divisions, respectively.
In 300 micro action the feature races were captured by Tomahawk’s Kaeden Bethel and Elijah Sharp-Nevoraski who scored his first feature flag here of 2022.
Racing will resume Tuesday, June 28 which will include a fireworks display courtesy of Harry’s Fireworks. The first green flag is set to fly at 730 p.m. Fans are encouraged to please check the track’s website Facebook page or you can email patzdroik@yahoo.com or call (715) 891 1870.
RACE SUMMARY
CHEF RENE’S B MOD FEATURE – Jason Zdroik, Eagle River; Dave Dishaw, Ontonagon, MI; Jesse Aho, Twin Lakes, MI; Dustin White, Eagle River; Frank Gasperini, Iron Mountain, MI; Bruce Belland, Eagle River; Austin Zdroik, Eagle River; Tad Schoonover, Eagle River; Mickey Nosser, Phillips; Beetle Bailey, Argonne
HEATS 1ST) White; Jason Zdroik 2ND) Gasperini; Jesse Aho
SWEETWATER ERS LATE MODEL FEATURE – Travis Friske, Tomahawk; Jason Zdroik; Eric Pember, Pittsville; Mya Towne, Boulder Junction; Zack Friske, Tomahawk
HEAT – Jason Zdroik; Pember
COFFEN CONSTRUCTION STOCK FEATURE – Ryan Glembin, Eagle River; David Blackberg, Eagle River; Jeff Zdroik, Eagle River; Trentin Bell, Three Lakes; Ryan Brown, Eagle River; Jonathon Brown, Eagle River
HEAT – Glembin; Brown
EAGLE RIVER DOCK & LIFT UNIFIED STREET STOCK FEATURE – Jason Eisel, Sugar Camp; Joe Leveille, Eagle River; Emerson Manos, Ontonagon, MI; Blake Hartman, Conover; Jon Peterson, Eagle River; Breydon Peterson, Eagle River (DNS)
HEAT – Eisel; Manos
JD ARCHERY 600 MICRO SPRINT FEATURE – Dustin Kangas, Phelps; Andy Fink, Minocqua; Russell Klein, Eagle River; Michael Hicks, Eagle River; Colton Rein, Kewauskum; Mya Towne, Boulder Junction; Matt Klein, Eagle River
HEATS 1) Kangas; Russel Klein 2) Hicks; Fink
HARTMAN WELL DRILLING JUNIOR SPRINT FEATURES 1st) Kaeden Bethel, Tomahawk; Kayden Halsey, Eagle River; Katherine Towne, Boulder Junction; Cooper Aho, Twin Lakes, MI 2nd) Elijah Sharp-Nevoraski, Minocqua; Mason Meier, Eagle River; Addison Dishaw, Ontonagon, MI; Carter Aho, Twin Lakes, MI; Kaylynn Klein, Eagle River; Lucas Zdroik, Eagle River; Archer Peter, Manitowish Waters
HEATS 1) Halsey; Bethel 2) Carter Aho; Sharp-Nevoraski 3) Kaylynn Klein, Peter
Source: Joe Verdegan/Photo:Jack Flint (Flintography)
