Grand Rapids Speedway
Provinzino bags $2,000 Thunder in the Pines win
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (Sept. 23) — Polesitter Jeff Provinzino of Hibbing, Mo., raced to victory in Sunday’s Thunder in the Pines finale at Grand Rapids Speedway, earning a $2,000 victory in an event that was postponed from Saturday due to Friday’s prelims being pushed back by rain.
Kyle Peterlin, also of Hibbing, was second in the WISSOTA-sanctioned season-ending weekend event while Mike Balcaen of Winnipeg, Manitoba, advanced from sixth to third. Jeff Massingill of Keewatin, Minn., was fourth from his 13th starting spot with 19th-starting Jay Kintner of Hibbing, Minn., rounding out the top five.
Tom Waseleski Jr. of Pengilly, Minn., was eighth in final rundown after winning Saturday night’s Thunder in the Pines weekend opening feature.
Thunder in the Pines: (1) Jeff Provinzino, (2) Kyle Peterlin, (3) Mike Balcaen, (4) Jeff Massingill, (5) Jay Kintner, (6) Riley Matthews, (7) Joey Ogston, (8) Tom Waseleski, (9) Harry Hanson, (10) Jim Morris, (11) Dalton Carlson, (12) Timothy Carlson, (13) Mark Rose, (14) Eric Breeschoten, (15) David McDonalds, (16) George Ledin Jr., (17) Tom Waseleski, (18) Kyle Gavel, (19) Ron Berna, (20) Gregg Hill, (21) Todd Frank, (22) Ricky Weiss, (23) Zach Wohlers. Heat race winners: Peterlin, Breeschoten, Provinzino.
Correction: Fixes winning amount to $2,000 sted $3,000
