PETERLIN WINS BATTLE, HANSON WINS WAR!
By Jerry O'Brien 7-26-08

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Hibbing, MN Young sophomore WISSOTA Late Model racer Kyle Peterlin was not to be denied the victory at his home track Saturday night July 26. Peterlin dominated the action in the 35 lap WISSOTA AMSOIL Late Model Series feature and scored the sweep for the evening. Peterlin held off veteran racer Pat Doar's repeated attempts to wrest the lead away after each of the three caution flags that slowed the event and drove away from the field for the win. The track "locked down" toward the end and, with the cars single file and unable to pass, and with Peterlin out front, his victory was assured.

Peterlin redrew the outside of the front row starting beside another veteran Tom Waselseski, Sr., but it was Peterlin who got the jump at the green flag. Waseleski, Sr. fell into second ahead of Jake Redetzke, Doar and Harry Hanson. Peterlin wasted little time putting a straight away lead on the field and soon was eyeing the rear of the pack. While Peterlin was gingerly weaving his way through the field, Doar had his hands full with Hanson who had disposed of Waseleski and Redetzke, as the two of them also began to put cars a lap down. Peterlin's huge lead disappeared when the caution flag flew when TimCarlson spun off turn one in a cloud of dust. Doar and Hanson were now right on Peterlin's bumper along with A. J. Diemel who had moved into fourth after starting ninth. Doar exerted pressure on on Peterlin at the green flag, but to no avail as Peterlin again extended the lead to several car lengths as the No. 23 appeared to be set up perfectly for track conditions. Again Peterlin's lead disappeared when Jeff Provinzino went off the back stretch and, after the caution flag, limped to the pits and out of the race. Again doar tried high and low to take the lead but Peterlin was too strong and again pulled away, but doar got a second chance when series point leader going into the final feature, Jeff Broking spun off turn two. Broking was restored to his position and Steve Vesel was charged with the foul. Peterlin again fended off Doar's advances and pulled off to the straight away lead as the race track became one lane in the bottom groove. All Peterlin had to do was maintain his pace and he was home free which he did with the popular victory. Doar finished second while Hanson's third place finish vaulted him to the AMSOIL Late Model Series over all win and the $5000 check that went with it. Diemel and Waseleski, Sr. rounded out the top five. Redetzke held on to sixth ahead of Tom Waseleski, Jr. with 2007 champion Darrell Nelson eighth. It was another good run for Travis Budiaslovich in ninth and it was a tenth place finish for Don Copp who came from one of the B Features and started 24th.

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