Dakota State Fair Speedway
From fourth row, Doar captures BBCS opener
Pat Doar heads to victory in Huron, S.D. (chaosclicker.com)
HURON, S.D. (May 10) — WISSOTA’s touring series launched the 2013 season with a new title sponsor — and a familiar winner.
Four-time series champion Pat Doar of New Richmond, Wis., rallied from his eighth starting spot Friday at Dakota State Fair Speedway for a $2,000 victory on the Blaine Brothers Challenge Series in the first race of a season-opening weekend doubleheader. Doar inherited the lead on a lap-14 restart when Jeff Wildung of Nassau, Minn., retired with mechanical problems.
Doar, who leads the 15-year-old series with 28 career victories, took the checkers over polesitter Brad Seng of Grand Forks, N.D., who was looking for his first win on the tour. Marshall Fegers of Mound, Minn., was third followed by Kent Arment of Aberdeen, S.D., who started alongside Doar on the fourth row. Lance Matthees of Winona, Minn., started third and slipped back to finish fifth. Wildung, who took the lead from Seng on the third lap, ended up 21st.
Cautions appeared for John Kaanta's lap-two spin in turn three, when Curt Gelling spun in turn four on the fifth lap and on lap 14 for debris.
Doar, who has spent the last two seasons on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, won for the first time on the series since another Huron victory last July.
Series competitors return to the half-mile oval Saturday night for a $4,000-to-win event.
Notes: Doar’s Capital Race Car has a Speedwerx powerplant and sponsorship from S&S Transport, U Motors Racing, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil and JimMoe.com. ... Doar notched his first feature victory of the season; his previous best finish was third in Winter Extreme action at Tucson (Ariz.) International Raceway on Jan. 20. ... Twenty of 25 starters were running at the finish. ... The event was the first with Blaine Brothers trucking service as title sponsor. ... A+ Tire & Auto Service Center and KOKK sponsored the night’s racing. ... Among drivers failing to make the feature lineup: Mike Stadel, Kelly Duffy, Zach Wohlers, Chad Chenoweth and John Winge. ... Dakota State Fair Speedway hosts the first three series races. Following the weekend, the tour returns June 1 for the $6,300-to-win Challenge Cup, the tour's richest race.
BBCS @ Dakota State Fair Speedway: (1) Pat Doar, (2) Brad Seng, (3) Marshall Fegers, (4) Kent Arment, (5) Lance Matthees, (6) Zack Johnson, (7) Kyle Peterlin, (8) David McDonald, (9) Mike Balcaen, (10) Don Shaw, (11) Eric Mass, (12) Nick Herrick, (13) Chad Becker, (14) Curt Gelling, (15) John Bey, (16) Jake Redetzke, (17) Jordan Heiman, (18) John Kaanta, (19) Casey Hanson, (20) Josh Skorczewski, (21) Jeff Wildung, (22) Shawn Kirwin, (23) Quentin Meyers, (24) Dustin Strand, (25) Jordan Yaggy. Heat race winners (among 33 cars): Seng, Doar, Fegers, Wildung. Consolation winner: Herrick. Provisional starter: Hanson.
