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EAGLE RIVER, Wis. -- Frank "The Tank" Gasperini of Iron Mountain grabbed the lead on a lap two restart, and fought off hometown driver Dustin White to score the B modifed feature win at Eagle River Speedway on Tuesday.
The victory, which paid $1,000, was Gasperini's first at the Eagle River track this year. To date, seven different drivers in the B mod class have found their way to victory lane in eight nights of racing in 2026.
After a pair of aborted attempts to get the feature race rolling, Gasperini whisked past front row starter Kory Joliff on a lap two restart and immediately rode the high line around the tight, third-mile, clay oval.
A handful of cautions flew during the event, and with each yellow White began scrapping with a pair of former champions - Joliff and Dave Dishaw for the runnerup spot.
The trio chased down Gasperini, with White pulling up alongside of Gasperini's door on two occasions. However, the Michigan driver held on to find the Minocqua Chevrolet victory lane. White settled for second place, followed by Joliff, Dishaw, and George Dalbeck.
So far in eight race nights at Eagle River Speedway, four of the B mod winners wheeled WISSOTA-legal Midwest Modifieds, while four drivers piloted IMCA-legal northern sportmods to victory.
In the rough-and-tumble IMCA stock car class, it was first-time winner Keslie Richards of Montello making history - becoming Wisconsin's first ever female winner of an IMCA stock car feature.
The third-generation driver started 3rd in the 20 lap feature, passed polesitter Ryan Glembin on an early-race restart, and fought off former track champion "Hot Rod" Snellenberger and Jeff Bodendorfer in the waning laps to find victory lane. Snellenberger took second place, with Bodendorfer, Mitch Stankowski and Trentin Bell finishing second through fifth, respectively.
Racing resumes Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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