Wells earns a sweep at Norway Speedway
Destiny Bullard (54) leads Kelly LaCount (88), Kevin Peterson (64), Tony Wender (3) and Bob Schiefelfbein (82) in the early laps of the Auto Value Super Stock heat race on Friday at Norway Speedway. (Todd Rose photo)
NORWAY — Friday night’s action at the Norway Speedway was sponsored by Fine Lines Painting & Drywall and Incredible Bank — featuring the Ed Hedlund Memorial for the 141 Auto Stock Car division — and played host to a variety of racing options for fans.
In the Bink’s Coca-Cola Super Late Model division –which featured a twin bill of 20-lap features due to the night’s car count — it was Jason Wells of Kingsford sweeping the night’s racing.
Both features saw Wells work his way through the field to take the victories, though each presented challenges.
Wells took the first 20-lapper — a race run with no cautions — ahead of Scott Stanchina of Kingsford and Greg Haese of Manitowoc, Wis.
The second feature capped off the night and included only one yellow flag for a spin by Bruce White.
“The first race, the track was very free and (I) just had to let the car roll through the corner and wait to get on the gas, but it rotated very well,” said Wells. “We made some adjustments to the back of the car to tighten it up for the second feature, and the car was better and had better drive off.”
The wins also had a bonus for Wells.
“My uncle sponsored the event on Friday, so it was nice to give him and his work crew a fun night at the race track,” he said.
A 25-lap feature was on tap for the 141 Auto Sales Stock Car division with the annual Ed Hedlund Memorial. A solitary caution for Pete Fraser coming to a stop in the infield slowed the field six laps into the race. They went incident-free the last 19 laps.
Jon Menpaa of Kingsford and Todd Schmidt of Spread Eagle, Wis., separated themselves from the pack to duel it out in the closing laps. Menpaa took his time running alongside and behind Schmidt until the last lap when he pounced and took the win in the final corner.
John Ostermann of Norway finished in the third position after escaping a snarling pack of cars from the fourth spot on back.
After a barrage of cautions — including three in as many laps (laps 12-14) — Anthony Schiefelbein of Pembine, Wis., withstood a late-race restart to take the Auto Value Super Stock feature ahead of the Norway pair of Andy Gerwig and John Mattia Jr.
Brent Ayotte of Hermansville dominated the majority of the MC Signs and Graphics Four Cylinder feature, but a caution with a handful of laps foiled his race.
On the restart, Faithorn’s Elliott Reid jumped to Ayotte’s inside and took the lead with five to go and never looked back taking the win several short laps later.
“I’ve been at this for a while, but this win was especially fulfilling because there is some good competition there,” said Reid. “I really felt like I was patient and took what they gave me and ended up on top.”
Cory Grondine of Hermansville followed Reid across the line in second.
Norway Speedway hosts racing once again at 7 p.m. Friday for Werner Electric Night. Qualifying gets underway at 5:30.
BINK’S COCA COLA SUPER LATE MODEL FEATURES 1) Jason Wells, Kingsford; Scott Stanchina, Kingsford; Gregg Haese, Manitowoc, WI; Mike D’Angelo Jr, Gwinn; Cory Cootware, Iron Mountain; Wyatt Spade, Norway; Bruce White, Kingsford; Mike Lantagne, Vulcan; Dean Varda, Vulcan; Gary Thompson, Suring, WI 2) Wells; Haese; Stanchina; D’Angelo; Cootware; Lantange; White; Spade; Varda; Thompson
FAST TIME – D’Angelo, 14.528
AUTO VALUE SUPER STOCK FEATURE – Anthony Schiefelbein, Pembine, WI; Andy Gerwig, Norway; John Mattia Jr, Norway; Kevin Peterson, Marinette, WI; Joey Pontbriand, Norway; Tony Wender, Kingsford; Destiny Bullard, Marquette; Ryan Wender, Upper Pine Creek; John Komp, Menominee; Kelly LaCount, Athelstane, WI; Bob Schiefelbein, Pembine, WI
HEAT – La Count; Tony Wender
DASH – Gerwig
FAST TIME – Komp, 15.846
141 AUTO SALES STOCK CAR FEATURE – Jon Menpaa, Kingsford; Todd Schmidt, Spread Eagle, WI; John Ostermann, Norway; Brian Massicotte, Kingsford; Graeson Pankratz, Little Suamico, WI
HEATS 1) Gerwig; B.J. Schoneck, Marion, WI 2) Pankratz; Gary Thom, Aurora, WI
FAST TIME – Pete Fraser, Iron Mountain 18.116
MC SIGNS & GRAPHICS 4 BANGER FEATURE – Elliot Reid, Faithorn; Cory Grondine, Hermansville; Brent Ayotte, Hermansville; Alex Bellmore, Hermansville; Dean Bellmore, Hermansville
HEATS 1) Ayotte; David Oman, Faithorn 2) Reid; Alex Bellmore
FAST TIME – Grondine, 17.954






