By Steve Ungrey The Grand Rapids Press MLive.com
MARNE – Caleb Bisacky didn’t mind taking a little abuse when he entered victory lane.
The Spring Lake driver entered the lane with a smoking right tire, which was quickly taken care of by his track personnel. All this while Bisacky endured showers from his friends and family, with everything from water to beer landing on the driver’s head.
It was a fun time for Bisacky, who captured his first feature win in nearly two years Saturday at Berlin Raceway. Bisacky captured the third Super Late Models feature of the season, beating Hudsonville driver Terry VanHaitsma by .63 seconds and Chris Anthony by 2.86 seconds.
VanHaitsma had captured both previous features, and Bisacky entered the event ranked 14th in the point standings.
“I was using a lot of brake at the end and I think that’s why I had the smoking tire,” Bisacky said. “I think I was three-wide with (Johnny) VanDoorn and (Tim) DeVos at the start of the event.”
Bisacky drove a redone Port City car in the 100-lap feature. He’d had problems with the vehicle during the Rowdy 251 race, so he immediately went back to work to improve the car.
“We were able to finish that race, but we did some work on that car between now and the Super Late and I was very confident about it,” Bisacky said. “It’s a brand new car this year and it’s been really good since I bought it. We were all playing follow the leader in this race and with about 30 laps to go I said it’s time. We wanted to win this badly.”
The feature was part of Racing Awareness night, with proceeds from raffle tickets and T-shirt sales going to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids.
Jenison driver Kevin DeGood picked up his second Modifieds win of the season, when he beat out teammate Adam Chase by nearly six-tenths of a second in the 30-lap feature. It was his first win since May 19, when DeGood knocked off Ryan Hamm by 2.2 seconds.
DeGood has raced in Sportsman and Pro Stocks for the past decade, finishing sixth in Sportsman in 2005 and was a frequent top-10 finisher between 2006 and 2010. He took last year off and helped Dave Lake with the Racing Awareness vehicle, but the itch to race soon hit once again. 
“I used to race and last year I took the year off to crew for Dave on this car, and I was fortunate enough to have Norm (Jelsma) and Jeff (Striegle) offer me the ride after 2011,” DeGood said.
Jelsma and Striegle are co-owners on the Racing Awareness team.
DeGood needed about two-thirds of the race to pull ahead. DeGood admitted he was riding the car through the first 20 laps before going all out in the final 10 laps.
“I was trying to catch (Chase) but I wasn’t trying to override the car,” DeGood said. “Save the tires and hammer down in the final laps.”
Tony Davis took the checkered flag in the 25-lap Sportsman event. Davis defeated Randy Veldman by .61 seconds to pick up his fifth feature victory of 2012.
The 15-lap 4-cylinder feature went to Charlie DeJong by just over one second, with Dave Duyst finishing in second. DeJong is in second in the point standings behind five-time winner Mike Speet.
Justin Ryan captured his fourth Super Stock victory of the year, holding off Andrew Nylaan by 1.01 seconds and category leader Nate Walton by 2.42 seconds. Ryan was second in the overall standings behind Walton entering Saturday’s action, as Walton held a very slim 1-point lead.
RESULTS4-CYLINDER (15 laps)1. Charlie DeJong (5 minutes, 26.418 seconds), 2. Dave Duyst, 3. Jason Essex, 4. Seth VanHorssen, 5. Jackson Walker, 6. Jerry Smith, 7. Kyle VanDrunen, 8. Zack Clark, 9. Steven Holtzlander, 10. Sierra Lantz.
MODIFIED (30 laps)1. Kevin DeGood (9:12.666), 2. Adam Chase, 3. Billy Shotko, 4. Billy Eppink, 5. Ben Welch, 6. Randy DeBoer, 7. Ryan Hamm, 8. Rob Shoemaker.
SUPER STOCKS (30 laps)1. Justin Ryan (17:35.874), 2. Andrew Nylaan, 3. Nate Walton, 4. Seth Moody, 5. Will Olmsted, 6. Denny Anderson, 7. Dave Hull, 8. Bob Bliss, 9. Jeremy Munniksma, 10. Dennis Mann, 11. Nick Bonstell, 12. Cole Roelofs, 13. Trever McCoy.
SPORTSMAN (25 laps)1. Tony Davis (10:26.367), 2. Randy Veldman, 3. Brian Tillema, 4. Dave Cutler, 5. Scott Root, 6. Kirk Meissner, 7. Mitch Meppelink, 8. Allen Davis, 9. Brian Thome, 10. Nick Sherrington, 11. Tyler Nawrocki, 12. Gerry Shepard, 13. Jared Miller, 14. Matt VanHorsen.
SUPER LATE MODELS (100 laps)1. Caleb Bisacky (47:01.091), 2. Terry VanHaitsma, 3. Chris Anthony, 4. Johnny VanDoorn, 5. Tim DeVos, 6. Ross Meeuwsen, 7. Jordan Dahlke, 8. Seth Moody, 9. Gabe Ensing, 10. Justin Regnerus, 11. Ben Kleis, 12. Tim Green, 13. Dan VanderMolen, 14. Dave Lake, 15. Nick Szotko, 16. Lauren Bush, 17. Tom Thomas, 18. Josh Hobson.
HEAT WINNERS
Super Stocks – Dave Hull, Bob Bliss4-cylinder – Mike SpeetSportsman – Brian Tillema, Allen DavisModified – Adam Chase
TOP QUALIFIERS
Sportsman – Tony DavisSuper Late Models – Terry VanHaitsma4-cylinder – Mike SpeetModified – Kevin DeGoodSuper Stock – Justin Ryan
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