On Tuesday night, August 9th, the XR Super Series Superior Showcase at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior Wisconsin concluded. On tap for Tuesday was another forty lap main event for the Super Late Models, paying twenty thousand dollars to win, just as Monday night's event did.
Thirty four Late Models would sign in to race with just about all the travelers but Cade Dillard returning while several of the local teams, deciding that they were facing just too big a hurdle to overcome, chose not to return. However, of the seven spec engine cars that did race on Tuesday night, four of them made the main event which guaranteed them two thousand dollars, possibly the biggest paycheck they will earn all year.
The track raced very similar to what it did on Monday night and while the qualifying times were just a hair slower, the track slicked up and the drivers racing it very much like they did on Monday. It was a spectacular weather night in northern Wisconsin and the XR Series was fortunate indeed to have hit two straight nights of such spectacular weather at a place known for its quirky weather conditions at any time of the year.
Four heat races and a pair of B Features would set the twenty four car starting field for the Late Model main event with Boom Briggs probably the biggest name not to make the show.
It would be Brandon Overton and Chris Madden on the front row and they would go wheel to wheel in the early going, swapping the lead back and forth before Madden would finally secure the top spot on lap six. After that he would motor away from the field and never be seriously challenged for the rest of the forty lap distance. Shane Clanton would move past Overton to take second and he tried his hardest to close the gap on Madden and while he was somewhat successful a couple of times, when ever he seemed to be ready to make challenge, Madden would then pick up the pace and pull away again.
This race would go nonstop green to checkered and at the end there would be only twelve cars on the lead lap as Madden expertly navigated his way through the slower cars without incident.
A good battle near the end saw Kyle Strickler hold off Jonathan Davenport for many laps until Davenport was finally able to get past him for the position.
The support classes on this night would be three WISSOTA sanctioned classes that race at the track weekly. The Midwest Modifieds sported a field of thirty four drivers from two states and Canada but Zach Benson would lead from start to finish to take the win over Andrew Inman and Brady Uotinen in what was a one yellow only event.
The Pure Stock feature would go nonstop and Dylan Shelton would win a close race over Aaron Bernick and Tom Trevaranus. The Hornets would wrap up the night and Mac Johnston would score an easy win. However, apparently it was too easy as he failed tech inspection and the win went to DeeJay Jarecki over Carson Gotelaere and Justin Barsness.
Another big crowd was on hand for Tuesday night's show and XR announced at the end of the night that the event would return again in 2023.
My thanks to Barry Braun, Bucky Doren and all the hard working folks from both XR and the Gondik Law Speedway for their help.
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