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>>Little Dream News
Hall of Champions | Competitor Profile | Event Ad | W9 Taxpayer Form | Schedule of Events | Entry Form | Gallery Tourville Tops Rice Lake “Little Dream”; $29.411 His Prize By Ed Reichert
Janesville Minnesota's Keith Tourville became the eighth different multi time winner of the event when he took over the lead from Justin Vogel on lap five and paced the last thirty one laps of the race , fighting off repeated challenges from defending winner Nick Traynor to take his second win in this showcase event. And once again the supporters of this race and Street Stock racing in general dug deep into their pockets and when all the tallies had been completed, Tourville would go home with a record payoff of $29,411, topping last year's record total by over twelve hundred dollars and the tenth straight time this race has paid out over ten thousand dollars to the winner of the biggest Street Stock race in the world. Fifty six drivers from four states plus Canada would sign in to race on Tuesday night with a series of double heat races, B Features and a Last Chance race setting the twenty six car starting field. David Blackberg would become the twenty sixth and final starter when he would edge Mike Jans by .002 seconds to earn the last starting position when he passed up the winner's share of the Last Chance race for the opportunity to start on the tail of the main event field. Tourville, the passing points leader after a heat race win and runner up finish, would start on the pole for the forty lap finale but it would be Justin Vogel, a ten time entrant in this event but with just a single top five finish, that would grab the early lead from the outside pole. While Tourville would slip to the inside of Vogel and by his side, it would be Vogel that would lead the first four laps of the race despite constant pressure from Tourville. On lap five, Tourville would finally clear Vogel on the inside and would power into the lead off turn four with Vogel tucking in close behind him. Defending event winner Nick Traynor would start fourth on the field and he would then move in to challenge Vogel for second as Tourville opened up a four car length lead on the field. Traynor would continue to press for second as Parker Anderson and Hunter VanGilder would race into the top five. The first fifteen laps of the race would run off nonstop until on lap sixteen, a minor spin would trigger the first yellow of the race with the top five in the running order unchanged. The race would get temporarily hung up at this point with the first yellow quickly followed by two more before another lap could be completed with both for minor issues. The top five would remain static through the halfway point of the race until a spin by Ryan Olson, who was having a terrific top ten run to that point as a rookie driver in this class, would again cause the yellow flag to wave. While Tourville would continue to maintain his slight but consistent edge over the field, there was now some movement in the field behind him as the event moved into its second half. After laps and laps of trying, Traynor was finally able to move past Vogel for the second spot and he then began to cut into Tourville's lead. VanGilder had moved up to fourth but was then passed for that spot as Cody Kummer began a strong charge that would carry him from the fourth row up as far as fourth. Also on the move was Jeff Nowak as he tried to crack the top five after starting way back in fourteenth position. One more yellow for another minor spin would set up a ten lap dash to the finish of the race. Traynor would then push his hardest of the race, driving deep into the corners and trying to slide up under Tourville and take over the lead. However, Tourvillle was able to maintain his small but steady lead despite Traynor's push to the front. VanGilder would get a great final restart and would suddenly move up into the third position and try to track down the leaders while Nowak would continue his charge by cracking the top five for the first time. The last ten laps would continue on without any slow downs and Traynor would continue to push Tourville but the veteran Street Stock racer and car builder, running this event for the thirteenth time since his first appearance in this race way back in 2004, would continue to make solid, smooth laps and would drive on for his second win in the Little Dream and fifth top five finish in this race. Traynor would continue to push his hardest, seeking to become only the second ever back to back winner but his effort would come up short. He dove extremely hard into the final corner and hoped to slide up under Tourville but he would come up three car lengths short at the finish. VanGilder, a former track champion here, would finish two more car lengths back in third and earn his first ever top five finish in this race. Nowak would end up fourth after starting fourteenth and Kummer would earn his fourth top five finish in this race. The second five would consist of Vogel, Cody Cimfl, Danny Richards, Cole Richards and Kolby Kiehl. Tourville's first win in this race back in 2017 paid just over $15, 000 so in two victories at this event, Tourville has banked nearly fourty five thousand dollars in a Street Stock. Nineteen of the starting field of twenty six were still on the track at the finish and all drivers were on the lead lap. FYE Motorsports Promotions once again administered the operation of this event and a huge crowd was on hand for this race, packing the grandstands and overfilling the parking lots. Even the weather cooperated with some potential storms steering away from the area and leaving a comfortable Summer evening. FYE and the ownership group of Dave Adams and Mitch Hansen would like to thank all the generous individuals and businesses on hand that contributed to the race purse along with the significant contributions generated by the on line donations from fans watching the event on tv. Every sent collected went directly to the drivers who raced and contributions went out to many drivers and not just the race winner. One of the dubious winners was Josh Barker from Thompson North Dakota who received a bonus for being the first roll over victim of the night when he tipped over in one of the B Features. Planning will soon begin for the thirtieth annual Little Dream which will come up in 2024. Management already has some exciting ideas in the works for 2024 and the mantra for this race in 2024 will be $30.000 for 30 as that will be the goal for the winner next year. The Rice Lake Speedway will take this coming Saturday night, August 5th off. However, the track will return to action on Saturday night, August 12th with another of the season's biggest events. The WISSOTA Late Models will make their third and final visit of the year to the track and this time it will be as the twelfth round of the Structural Buildings Series WISSOTA Challenge Series. A forty lap feature race will be the highlight of the program for the Late Models with a large number of cars expected, led by series point leader Pat Doar. And as a special bonus for the fans, the five divisions that race at the track on a weekly basis will also be in action with WISSOTA sanctioned Modifieds, Midwest Modifieds, Super Stocks, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks all in action. Race time will be 7 pm and information about this event and pricing information will be available on the speedway website and face book page. WISSOTA STREET STOCK - 56 EntriesA Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 111JR-Keith Tourville[1]; 2. 40T-Nick Traynor[4]; 3. 84-Hunter VanGilder[6]; 4. 79N-Jeff Nowak[14]; 5. 12-Cody Kummer[7]; 6. 10-Justin Vogel[2]; 7. 19-Cody Cimfl[8]; 8. 3R-Danny Richards[16]; 9. 1R-Cole Richards[18]; 10. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[20]; 11. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[25]; 12. 1S-Parker Anderson[3]; 13. 11-Sam Fankhauser[9]; 14. 26-Ty Agen[11]; 15. 69-Tim Johnson[10]; 16. 7-Jay Kesan[22]; 17. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[17]; 18. 980-Kaden Woodie[21]; 19. 27P-Tucker Pederson[19]; 20. (DNF) 7BR-Lucas Boyce[23]; 21. (DNF) 19H-Ryan Olson[5]; 22. (DNF) 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[12]; 23. (DNF) 30-Jim Randall[13]; 24. (DNF) 16X-Kyle Genett[15]; 25. (DNF) 16-David Blackberg[26]; 26. (DNF) 9-Adam Soltis[24] B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[3]; 2. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[1]; 3. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[2]; 4. 69P-Dominick Platow[12]; 5. 56-Ethan Hommerding[9]; 6. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[10]; 7. 28-Greg Jose[4]; 8. (DNF) 15B-Mike Brown[6]; 9. (DNF) 2-Gunnar Watkins[5]; 10. (DNF) 57-Kyle King[7]; 11. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker[11]; 12. (DNF) 37X-Quain Busitzky[8]; 13. (DNS) 52-Aden Saunders; 14. (DNS) 11X-Levi Randt B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 1R-Cole Richards[4]; 2. 980-Kaden Woodie[2]; 3. 9-Adam Soltis[8]; 4. 25J-Mike Jans[3]; 5. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[5]; 6. 4-Trey Hess[1]; 7. 20L-Roger Lee[11]; 8. 16-David Blackberg[7]; 9. 92R-Courtney Rose[9]; 10. (DNF) 66-Eric Haupt[13]; 11. (DNF) 19J-Brady Larson[6]; 12. (DNF) 87X-Quentin Busitzky[10]; 13. (DNS) 7X-Mike Knudtson B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 27P-Tucker Pederson[1]; 2. 7-Jay Kesan[4]; 3. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 4. 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[5]; 5. 40-Travis Loew[13]; 6. 77-Zach Degner[2]; 7. T20-Michael Tuma[8]; 8. 10B-Dylan Baskin[6]; 9. 314-Tyler Lamb[9]; 10. 71H-Ron Hanestad[7]; 11. 79-Dusten Holub[11]; 12. 25-Kat Luretig[10]; 13. 22-James Taylor[12] Heat 1 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 79N-Jeff Nowak[1]; 2. 12-Cody Kummer[5]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[2]; 4. 19-Cody Cimfl[9]; 5. 3R-Danny Richards[6]; 6. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[3]; 7. 2-Gunnar Watkins[10]; 8. 20L-Roger Lee[8]; 9. 11X-Levi Randt[7]; 10. (DNF) 7X-Mike Knudtson[4] Heat 2 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 84-Hunter VanGilder[1]; 2. 40T-Nick Traynor[3]; 3. 16X-Kyle Genett[5]; 4. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[6]; 5. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[7]; 6. 16-David Blackberg[9]; 7. 27P-Tucker Pederson[10]; 8. 15B-Mike Brown[2]; 9. 66-Eric Haupt[8]; 10. 22-James Taylor[4] Heat 3 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 11-Sam Fankhauser[1]; 2. 77-Zach Degner[2]; 3. 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[4]; 4. 980-Kaden Woodie[9]; 5. 19J-Brady Larson[5]; 6. 314-Tyler Lamb[3]; 7. 10B-Dylan Baskin[8]; 8. T20-Michael Tuma[6]; 9. 52-Aden Saunders[7] Heat 4 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 111JR-Keith Tourville[3]; 2. 1S-Parker Anderson[6]; 3. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[4]; 4. 40-Travis Loew[7]; 5. 30-Jim Randall[9]; 6. 25J-Mike Jans[8]; 7. 56-Ethan Hommerding[2]; 8. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[5]; 9. 25-Kat Luretig[1] Heat 5 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[2]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[1]; 3. 71H-Ron Hanestad[3]; 4. 69-Tim Johnson[7]; 5. 1R-Cole Richards[6]; 6. 37X-Quain Busitzky[5]; 7. 57-Kyle King[8]; 8. 79-Dusten Holub[9]; 9. 99-Josh Barker[4] Heat 6 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[5]; 2. 19H-Ryan Olson[9]; 3. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[2]; 4. 28-Greg Jose[4]; 5. 92R-Courtney Rose[6]; 6. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[3]; 7. (DNF) 7-Jay Kesan[8]; 8. (DNF) 9-Adam Soltis[7]; 9. (DNF) 69P-Dominick Platow[1] Heat 7 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 27P-Tucker Pederson[1]; 2. 10-Justin Vogel[5]; 3. 12-Cody Kummer[6]; 4. 1R-Cole Richards[4]; 5. 10B-Dylan Baskin[2]; 6. 77-Zach Degner[8]; 7. 25-Kat Luretig[9]; 8. 22-James Taylor[7]; 9. (DQ) 40-Travis Loew[3] Heat 8 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Parker Anderson[4]; 2. 40T-Nick Traynor[8]; 3. 2-Gunnar Watkins[1]; 4. 11-Sam Fankhauser[9]; 5. 28-Greg Jose[6]; 6. 37X-Quain Busitzky[5]; 7. (DNF) 16-David Blackberg[2]; 8. (DNF) 7X-Mike Knudtson[7]; 9. (DNF) 52-Aden Saunders[3] Heat 9 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 19-Cody Cimfl[2]; 2. 19H-Ryan Olson[1]; 3. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[8]; 4. 15B-Mike Brown[9]; 5. T20-Michael Tuma[4]; 6. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[5]; 7. 99-Josh Barker[6]; 8. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[7]; 9. (DNF) 66-Eric Haupt[3] Heat 10 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[4]; 2. 7-Jay Kesan[2]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[9]; 4. 84-Hunter VanGilder[10]; 5. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[6]; 6. 19J-Brady Larson[5]; 7. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[8]; 8. 20L-Roger Lee[3]; 9. 71H-Ron Hanestad[7]; 10. 79-Dusten Holub[1] Heat 11 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 30-Jim Randall[1]; 2. 111JR-Keith Tourville[7]; 3. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[5]; 4. 9-Adam Soltis[3]; 5. 57-Kyle King[2]; 6. 79N-Jeff Nowak[10]; 7. 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[6]; 8. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[8]; 9. 69P-Dominick Platow[9]; 10. (DNF) 11X-Levi Randt[4] Heat 12 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 69-Tim Johnson[3]; 2. 3R-Danny Richards[5]; 3. 25J-Mike Jans[2]; 4. 16X-Kyle Genett[6]; 5. 980-Kaden Woodie[1]; 6. 4-Trey Hess[9]; 7. 56-Ethan Hommerding[8]; 8. 314-Tyler Lamb[7]; 9. 92R-Courtney Rose[4] Special 1 Non Qualifier (15 Laps): 1. 16-David Blackberg[14]; 2. 25J-Mike Jans[2]; 3. 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[3]; 4. 56-Ethan Hommerding[4]; 5. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[5]; 6. T20-Michael Tuma[12]; 7. 77-Zach Degner[9]; 8. 10B-Dylan Baskin[15]; 9. 15B-Mike Brown[13]; 10. 28-Greg Jose[10]; 11. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[7]; 12. (DNF) 40-Travis Loew[6]; 13. (DNF) 69P-Dominick Platow[1]; 14. (DNS) 4-Trey Hess; 15. (DNS) 20L-Roger Lee Traynor Wins Rice Lake Speedway Little Dream; Record Payoff Tops Twenty Eight Grand By Ed Reichert
Fifty three drivers from four states and Canada signed in to race on Tuesday, despite forecasts that indicated a 90% chance of rain by race time. Fifteen qualifying events were completed with lightning flashing in all directions around the speedway. At this point, track owners Mitch Hansen and Dave Adams ordered that the grandstands be evacuated as the area was under a tornado warning for the next twenty minutes. Most spectators sought shelter in speedway buildings or headed to their cars. When the warning expired, racing would continue with the Last Chance race seeing Kolton Brauer pass up the $500 winner's share for the opportunity to race in the main event. Twenty six cars would take the green flag for the thirty five lap main event with defending Street Stock WISSOTA National Champion Parker Anderson leading the first lap over Jason Havel and Traynor with four wide racing right behind these two all the way around the track. A spin would stop the action one lap later and as the cars circled the track under yellow, it began to rain. The field would peel off for the pits and the track's heavy equipment would immediately roll on to the track in an effort to save the racing surface. Despite some violent lightning in all directions, it only rained lightly for a few minutes and then stopped. As track saving measures continued, the decision was made that despite the stormy skies, the racing would continue and after about a half hour delay to get the track back to racing shape, the event would continue as all twenty six drivers would return to the track. Anderson would lead to the restart but in turn one his car would push up the track and Traynor, who restarted on the inside, would drive under him and take over the lead as this point. Traynor would immediately stretch his lead to several car lengths as Anderson tried to chase him down and regain the top spot. Behind those two, Havel was having a great battle with Justin Vogel for position while Simon Wahlstrom, who started eighth, would climb into contention using the higher side of the track to make several passes and move to the front. At the halfway point of the race, Traynor would still hold the lead by several car lengths over Anderson, Wahlstrom who continued to climb up through the field, Vogel and Havel. A long stretch of green flag racing would see Anderson close to within a couple of car lengths of the leader but then Traynor would seem to pick up the pace and edge away slightly. While this was going on, some great battles were taking place farther back in the pack with much three or four wide racing going on as the track proved to be holding up well despite the unexpected watering by Mother Nature. The long string of green flag laps ended at twenty two when on lap twenty three, Hunter VanGilder, Shawn Amundson and Jay Kesan all got tied up together and slid to a halt on the back chute. As often happens, yellows breed yellows and the next two attempts to keep the race going ended with spins. However, despite the skies still lighting up constantly, no rain fell and the third attempt proved successful as the final eleven laps of the race were completed. Traynor continued to lead but Wahlstrom took advantage of the restart to drive around the outside of Anderson and take over second with three time winner of this race and defending champion Tim Johnson appearing in the top five for the first time. Wahlstrom made an all out charge to catch Traynor but Nick continued to turn steady and fast laps and while Wahlstrom pushed hard, the margin stayed at about four car lengths. Johnson was now challenging Vogel for fourth as the final few laps progressed. Wahlstrom gave it his all the last few laps, pushing hard in an effort to catch Traynor, but Nick was just a bit too fast on this night as he would cross the finish line with a four car length lead over Wahlstrom to secure his second win in this event in the last three years. Anderson would settle for third, his best finish ever in this race and Johnson would get past Vogel for fourth. The second five would include Havel, Danny Richards, Cody Cimfl, Kesan and Andrew Hanson. Twenty two of the twenty six starters would still be on the track at the finish and all would be on the lead lap. For local driver Traynor, who only races a Street Stock a couple of times a year while concentrating on his Super Stock ride, and car owner Travis Loew, it was a great victory and Traynor, with wins in this race in 2020 as well as Tuesday night, has hauled back to Barron over fifty four thousand dollars from this race in his two wins! Track owners Adams-Hansen Inc. wish to thank event sponsors S & R Towing, Mahle Motorsports and Quanex for their support of this race and special thanks to all the contributors to the purse, both individuals and businesses throughout the area that continue to support this race so strongly. The speedway will take this coming Saturday night, August 6th, off. However, the next event at the track will be a big one with the WISSOTA Late Models returning for the third and final time during the 2022 racing season on Saturday night, August 13th. It will be another two thousand to win, three hundred to start event for the Late Models and following by one night the Mahder 55 Late Model race at the Red Cedar Speedway, a good field of drivers is expected to be on hand with everyone shooting to beat Darrell Nelson, who is undefeated at the track this year. Best of all, all five classes that routinely race at the speedway will also be in action including WISSOTA sanctioned Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks. It will also be the last point night for the track in 2022 and champions will be determined on August 13th. Race time is 7 pm and for more information, check the speedway website at www.ricelakespeedway.net or the speedway face book page. August 2, 2022 WISSOTA STREET STOCK A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 40T-Nick Traynor[5]; 2. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[8]; 3. 127P-Parker Anderson[1]; 4. 69-Tim Johnson[10]; 5. 10-Justin Vogel[4]; 6. 5H-Jason Havel[2]; 7. 3R-Danny Richards[17]; 8. 19H-Cody Cimfl[7]; 9. 7-Jay Kesan[21]; 10. 20-Andrew Hanson[11]; 11. 34JR-Braden Brauer[15]; 12. 79N-Jeff Nowak[13]; 13. 5K-Kyle King[20]; 14. KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[26]; 15. 67-Ryan Satter[22]; 16. 980-Kaden Woodie[25]; 17. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[24]; 18. 30-Shawn Amundson[9]; 19. 24-James Clausen[16]; 20. 17-Zach Beaulieu[23]; 21. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[12]; 22. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[6]; 23. (DNF) 84-Hunter VanGilder[19]; 24. (DNF) 15-Jim Randall[3]; 25. (DNF) 42K-Mike Knudtson[14]; 26. (DQ) 26T-Ty Agen[18] B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3R-Danny Richards[13]; 2. 5K-Kyle King[11]; 3. 17-Zach Beaulieu[4]; 4. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[8]; 5. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[9]; 6. 15B-Mike Brown[6]; 7. 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[7]; 8. (DNF) 4HJR-Dusten Holub[12]; 9. (DNF) 12-Cody Kummer[2]; 10. (DNF) 18T-Gunnar Watkins[1]; 11. (DNF) T20-Michael Tuma[3]; 12. (DNS) 12X-Dave Mass; 13. (DQ) 40-Travis Loew[5] B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 26T-Ty Agen[2]; 2. 7-Jay Kesan[1]; 3. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[7]; 4. 05-Kyle Howland[5]; 5. 79-Joseph Ott[3]; 6. 314-Tyler Lamb[9]; 7. 56-Ethan Hommerding[8]; 8. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[11]; 9. (DNF) 16-Warren Bartelt[4]; 10. (DNS) 26-Jordan Kurtti; 11. (DNS) 3-John Kallas; 12. (DNS) 9-Adam Soltis B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 84-Hunter VanGilder[11]; 2. 67-Ryan Satter[1]; 3. 980-Kaden Woodie[2]; 4. 1R-Cole Richards[12]; 5. KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[10]; 6. 16X-Kyle Genett[4]; 7. 1M-Alex Myers[8]; 8. 55-Tylar Wilson[7]; 9. 47-Russell Carlson[6]; 10. 66-Eric Haupt[9]; 11. (DNF) 28-Colten Klueckman[5]; 12. (DNF) X01-Travis Krause[3] Heat 1 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 980-Kaden Woodie[2]; 2. 5H-Jason Havel[3]; 3. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[4]; 4. 05-Kyle Howland[6]; 5. 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[7]; 6. 12X-Dave Mass[8]; 7. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[9]; 8. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[5]; 9. (DNF) 5K-Kyle King[1] Heat 2 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[2]; 2. 24-James Clausen[1]; 3. 42K-Mike Knudtson[4]; 4. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[7]; 5. 67-Ryan Satter[5]; 6. 26T-Ty Agen[6]; 7. 47-Russell Carlson[3]; 8. 314-Tyler Lamb[9]; 9. (DNF) KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[8] Heat 3 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 15-Jim Randall[4]; 2. 12-Cody Kummer[5]; 3. 40T-Nick Traynor[9]; 4. 30-Shawn Amundson[7]; 5. 56-Ethan Hommerding[6]; 6. 1M-Alex Myers[1]; 7. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[2]; 8. (DNF) 3-John Kallas[3]; 9. (DNF) 87X-Quentin Busitzky[8] Heat 4 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. X01-Travis Krause[6]; 2. 19H-Cody Cimfl[5]; 3. 10-Justin Vogel[7]; 4. 79-Joseph Ott[8]; 5. 15B-Mike Brown[2]; 6. 55-Tylar Wilson[9]; 7. (DNF) 4HJR-Dusten Holub[4]; 8. (DNF) 9-Adam Soltis[1]; 9. (DQ) 1R-Cole Richards[3] Heat 5 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 127P-Parker Anderson[1]; 2. 7-Jay Kesan[2]; 3. 79N-Jeff Nowak[3]; 4. 20-Andrew Hanson[9]; 5. 26-Jordan Kurtti[4]; 6. 17-Zach Beaulieu[5]; 7. 28-Colten Klueckman[6]; 8. 16X-Kyle Genett[8]; 9. (DNF) 84-Hunter VanGilder[7] Heat 6 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 69-Tim Johnson[3]; 2. 34JR-Braden Brauer[2]; 3. 18T-Gunnar Watkins[7]; 4. 40-Travis Loew[1]; 5. 16-Warren Bartelt[4]; 6. T20-Michael Tuma[8]; 7. 66-Eric Haupt[5]; 8. (DQ) 3R-Danny Richards[6] Heat 7 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 26T-Ty Agen[4]; 2. 20-Andrew Hanson[1]; 3. 79N-Jeff Nowak[7]; 4. 18T-Gunnar Watkins[2]; 5. 12-Cody Kummer[5]; 6. 40-Travis Loew[8]; 7. 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[3]; 8. 5K-Kyle King[9]; 9. (DNS) 4HJR-Dusten Holub Heat 8 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 16X-Kyle Genett[2]; 2. 67-Ryan Satter[5]; 3. 15-Jim Randall[6]; 4. 1R-Cole Richards[7]; 5. 7-Jay Kesan[8]; 6. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 7. 55-Tylar Wilson[1]; 8. (DNS) 3R-Danny Richards Heat 9 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 40T-Nick Traynor[1]; 2. 127P-Parker Anderson[9]; 3. 42K-Mike Knudtson[6]; 4. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[5]; 5. 79-Joseph Ott[2]; 6. 15B-Mike Brown[8]; 7. 66-Eric Haupt[4]; 8. (DNF) 3-John Kallas[7]; 9. (DNF) 84-Hunter VanGilder[3] Heat 10 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[3]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[6]; 3. 28-Colten Klueckman[4]; 4. 16-Warren Bartelt[5]; 5. 47-Russell Carlson[7]; 6. 314-Tyler Lamb[1]; 7. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[8]; 8. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[2]; 9. (DNS) 9-Adam Soltis Heat 11 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 30-Shawn Amundson[3]; 2. 5H-Jason Havel[7]; 3. 17-Zach Beaulieu[5]; 4. 69-Tim Johnson[6]; 5. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[8]; 6. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[1]; 7. KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[2]; 8. 1M-Alex Myers[9]; 9. X01-Travis Krause[4] Heat 12 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[3]; 2. T20-Michael Tuma[1]; 3. 19H-Cody Cimfl[5]; 4. 34JR-Braden Brauer[7]; 5. 24-James Clausen[9]; 6. 26-Jordan Kurtti[6]; 7. 980-Kaden Woodie[8]; 8. 56-Ethan Hommerding[4]; 9. (DQ) 12X-Dave Mass[2] Special 1 Non Qualifier (15 Laps): 1. KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[6]; 2. 16X-Kyle Genett[9]; 3. 1R-Cole Richards[3]; 4. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[4]; 5. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[1]; 6. 1M-Alex Myers[12]; 7. 05-Kyle Howland[2]; 8. 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[10]; 9. 79-Joseph Ott[5]; 10. 15B-Mike Brown[7]; 11. 55-Tylar Wilson[15]; 12. (DNF) 56-Ethan Hommerding[11]; 13. (DNF) 314-Tyler Lamb[8]; 14. (DNF) 87X-Quentin Busitzky[14]; 15. (DNF) 4HJR-Dusten Holub[13] Tim Johnson Rice Lake Speedway Little Dream Winner for Record $27,000 Top Prize
A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 69-Tim Johnson[2]; 2. 30-Shawn Amundson[4]; 3. 12X-Dave Mass[11]; 4. 16X-Kyle Genett[14]; 5. 8K-Cody Cimfl[25]; 6. 3R-Danny Richards[19]; 7. 26-Jordan Kurtti[22]; 8. 25-Mike Jans[17]; 9. 79N-Jeff Nowak[20]; 10. 40T-Nick Traynor[6]; 11. (DNF) 873-Kaden Woodie[23]; 12. (DNF) 27P-Parker Anderson[5]; 13. (DNF) 15-Jim Randall[7]; 14. (DNF) 40-Travis Loew[10]; 15. (DNF) 12-Cody Kummer[16]; 16. (DNF) 9-Adam Soltis[13]; 17. (DNF) 19-Todd Carter[24]; 18. (DNF) 119-Keith Tourville[12]; 19. (DNF) 12K-Jay Kesan[3]; 20. (DNF) 9K-Kolby Kiehl[15]; 21. (DNF) 1R-Cole Richards[9]; 22. (DNF) 10-Justin Vogel[8]; 23. (DNF) 15E-Zach Elward[21]; 24. (DNF) D1-Dustin Doughty[1]; 25. (DNF) 34JR-Braden Brauer[18] B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 25-Mike Jans[3]; 2. 79N-Jeff Nowak[1]; 3. 873-Kaden Woodie[7]; 4. 10P-Joe Potter[4]; 5. 71X-William Fisher[2]; 6. 16-Warren Bartelt[6]; 7. 38-Thomas O'Brien[10]; 8. 314-Tyler Lamb[11]; 9. 166-James Stands III[13]; 10. (DNF) 4-Matt Bray[12]; 11. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[5]; 12. (DNF) 80-Brandon Hakala[9]; 13. (DNF) 17-Zach Beaulieu[8]; 14. (DNS) 20-Andrew Hanson B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[1]; 2. 15E-Zach Elward[2]; 3. 19-Todd Carter[5]; 4. 42K(X)-Mike Knudtson[9]; 5. KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[4]; 6. 77-Zach Degner[3]; 7. 15B-Mike Brown[8]; 8. 66-Randy Graham[7]; 9. 28-Colten Klueckman[6]; 10. 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[10]; 11. 3-Nicholas Green[14]; 12. 19H-Kevin Herrman[13]; 13. (DNF) T20-Michael Tuma[11]; 14. (DNF) 04-Darrel Hazelton[12] B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 3R-Danny Richards[2]; 2. 26-Jordan Kurtti[7]; 3. 8K-Cody Cimfl[3]; 4. 24-James Clausen[5]; 5. 79J-Jaden Christ[13]; 6. 79-Joseph Ott[11]; 7. 26T-Ty Agen[8]; 8. 22-Alex Minks[12]; 9. 7-Caiden Engel[9]; 10. (DNF) 79C-Billie Christ[4]; 11. (DNF) 3RR-Tommy Richards[6]; 12. (DNF) 14-Jeremy Castro[1]; 13. (DNF) 20J-Jay Schlotfeldt[10] Heat 1 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 69-Tim Johnson[8]; 2. 30-Shawn Amundson[5]; 3. 27P-Parker Anderson[10]; 4. 1R-Cole Richards[3]; 5. 42K(X)-Mike Knudtson[4]; 6. 24-James Clausen[6]; 7. 4-Matt Bray[1]; 8. (DNF) 20-Andrew Hanson[9]; 9. (DNF) 26-Jordan Kurtti[7]; 10. (DNF) 79J-Jaden Christ[2] Heat 2 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. D1-Dustin Doughty[2]; 2. 15E-Zach Elward[4]; 3. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[9]; 4. 8K-Cody Cimfl[3]; 5. 3R-Danny Richards[7]; 6. 873-Kaden Woodie[6]; 7. 04-Darrel Hazelton[1]; 8. 20J-Jay Schlotfeldt[5]; 9. 79-Joseph Ott[10]; 10. 3-Nicholas Green[8] Heat 3 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 40-Travis Loew[4]; 2. 12-Cody Kummer[8]; 3. 79C-Billie Christ[2]; 4. 12X-Dave Mass[5]; 5. 119-Keith Tourville[9]; 6. 77-Zach Degner[10]; 7. 15B-Mike Brown[3]; 8. 22-Alex Minks[6]; 9. 166-James Stands III[7]; 10. 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[1] Heat 4 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 40T-Nick Traynor[1]; 2. 9-Adam Soltis[3]; 3. 10-Justin Vogel[6]; 4. 16X-Kyle Genett[4]; 5. 10P-Joe Potter[5]; 6. 17-Zach Beaulieu[2]; 7. 7-Caiden Engel[9]; 8. 19H-Kevin Herrman[7]; 9. 16-Warren Bartelt[8] Heat 5 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 79N-Jeff Nowak[1]; 2. 12K-Jay Kesan[8]; 3. 14-Jeremy Castro[6]; 4. 28-Colten Klueckman[2]; 5. 71X-William Fisher[7]; 6. KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[9]; 7. 66-Randy Graham[3]; 8. 314-Tyler Lamb[5]; 9. (DNF) 3RR-Tommy Richards[4] Heat 6 (Round 1) (10 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[2]; 2. 15-Jim Randall[4]; 3. 25-Mike Jans[5]; 4. 19-Todd Carter[8]; 5. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 6. 38-Thomas O'Brien[7]; 7. T20-Michael Tuma[6]; 8. 26T-Ty Agen[9]; 9. 80-Brandon Hakala[1] Heat 7 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 16-Warren Bartelt[2]; 2. 71X-William Fisher[3]; 3. 77-Zach Degner[1]; 4. 24-James Clausen[5]; 5. 40-Travis Loew[7]; 6. 79N-Jeff Nowak[9]; 7. 17-Zach Beaulieu[8]; 8. 20J-Jay Schlotfeldt[6]; 9. T20-Michael Tuma[4] Heat 8 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 119-Keith Tourville[2]; 2. 30-Shawn Amundson[6]; 3. 40T-Nick Traynor[9]; 4. 14-Jeremy Castro[4]; 5. 25-Mike Jans[5]; 6. 15E-Zach Elward[7]; 7. 15B-Mike Brown[8]; 8. 79-Joseph Ott[1]; 9. 19H-Kevin Herrman[3] Heat 9 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 27P-Parker Anderson[1]; 2. 10-Justin Vogel[4]; 3. 15-Jim Randall[6]; 4. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[2]; 5. 8K-Cody Cimfl[8]; 6. 12-Cody Kummer[3]; 7. 79C-Billie Christ[9]; 8. 314-Tyler Lamb[5]; 9. 42K(X)-Mike Knudtson[7] Heat 10 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. D1-Dustin Doughty[9]; 2. 1R-Cole Richards[8]; 3. 3RR-Tommy Richards[6]; 4. 10P-Joe Potter[5]; 5. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[7]; 6. 26T-Ty Agen[1]; 7. 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[10]; 8. 166-James Stands III[4]; 9. 3-Nicholas Green[3]; 10. (DNS) 20-Andrew Hanson Heat 11 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 69-Tim Johnson[3]; 2. 16X-Kyle Genett[6]; 3. 3R-Danny Richards[4]; 4. KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[1]; 5. 66-Randy Graham[7]; 6. 34JR-Braden Brauer[8]; 7. 19-Todd Carter[2]; 8. 79J-Jaden Christ[9]; 9. (DNF) 22-Alex Minks[5]; 10. (DNF) 04-Darrel Hazelton[10] Heat 12 (Round 2) (10 Laps): 1. 12K-Jay Kesan[2]; 2. 12X-Dave Mass[6]; 3. 26-Jordan Kurtti[4]; 4. 9-Adam Soltis[7]; 5. 873-Kaden Woodie[5]; 6. 80-Brandon Hakala[9]; 7. 28-Colten Klueckman[8]; 8. 7-Caiden Engel[1]; 9. 38-Thomas O'Brien[3]; 10. (DNF) 4-Matt Bray[10] Special 1 Non Qualifier (15 Laps): 1. 10P-Joe Potter[1]; 2. 42K(X)-Mike Knudtson[2]; 3. 71X-William Fisher[4]; 4. KOLT34-Kolton Brauer[5]; 5. 77-Zach Degner[8]; 6. 15B-Mike Brown[11]; 7. 79-Joseph Ott[9]; 8. 24-James Clausen[3]; 9. 314-Tyler Lamb[13]; 10. 38-Thomas O'Brien[10]; 11. (DNF) 26T-Ty Agen[12]; 12. (DNF) 16-Warren Bartelt[7]; 13. (DNF) 22-Alex Minks[15]; 14. (DNF) 79J-Jaden Christ[6]; 15. (DNF) 66-Randy Graham[14] Traynor Tops Rice Lake Speedway Little Dream; Record $26,000 Top Prize By Ed Reichert
WISSOTA Street Stocks Little Dream 35 lap Feature – Nick Traynor(Barron), Jimmy Randall((Rice Lake), Billie Christ(Jamestown ND), Dustin Doughty(Oakdale MN), Zach Elward(Hayfield MN), Parker Anderson(Phillips), Eric Riley(Morris MN), Danny Richards(Mondovi), Tommy Richards(Mondovi), Justin Vogel(Brooten MN), Todd Carter, Andrew Hanson, Kolby Kiehl, Mike Knudtson, Adam Soltis, Zach Manley, Kyle Howland, Simon Wahlstrom, Cody Kummer, C.J. Hedges, Calvin Iverson, Hunter VanGilder, Shawn Amundson, Eric Olson, Kyle Genett Randall Wins $25,000 For Rice Lake Speedway Little Dream By Ed Reichert Rice Lake WI, July 30 – Local driver Jimmy Randall won his third Street Stock Little Dream race on Tuesday night at the Rice Lake Speedway as he topped a event record sixty six entrants from five Midwestern states. Race fans and area businesses also helped set a race record payoff for the race winner. They dug into the their pockets deep and when the final tally was made, Randall went home with an unbelievable twenty five thousand dollars and fifty seven cents for his forty lap triumph, smashing the old record for this race's payoff by nearly nine thousand dollars. Randall was a scant one car length in front of last year's winner Danny Richards at the finish in a race where fan contributions to the payoff are what make it so big and this race so unique. Rice Lake Speedway Street Stock “Little Dream” 40 lap Feature – Jimmy Randall(Rice Lake), Danny Richards(Mondovi), Dustin Doughty((Oakdale MN), Zach Manley(Chetek), Dave Mass(East Bethel MN), Andrew Hanson(Iron River), Jonny Carter(Lisbon ND), Calvin Iverson(Eleva), Cody Kummer(Medford), Nick Traynor(Barron), Hunter VanGilder, Justin Vogel, Kyle Howland, Tommy Richards, Ryan Satter, Simon Wahlstrom, Jake Froemke, Ron Hanestad, Adam Soltis, Keith Tourville, Eric Olson, Ben Hillman, Jay Schlotfeldt, Parker Anderson, Jay Kesan, Kyle Dykhoff, Jason Havel Danny Richards Wins Rice Lake Speedway “Little Dream” and $16,088 Top Prize By Ed Reichert Rice Lake WI, July 31 – Danny Richards made the winning pass on Eric Olson with nine laps to go and then held on through two tense late race yellow flag restarts to win the twenty fourth annual Street Stock “Little Dream” race Tuesday night at the Rice Lake Speedway. Richards, who last won a feature race at Rice Lake in 2008, earned an event record $16,088 for his thirty five lap triumph as fans and local businesses once again came through to support the event and contribute to the purse, making it a record breaking event. Sixty drivers from five states and Canada signed in to try and qualify for the Street Stock feature and after two sets of heat races, Olson started on the pole, having earned the highest number of passing points. However, it was rookie driver Dustin Doughty who got a good jump at the start and led the opening lap for the twenty six drivers that took the green. Olson then pulled up beside Doughty and they raced side by side before Olson claimed the top spot. Ryan Satter was on the move as he pulled in to challenge the leaders while Richards, who started sixth on the grid, was also moving up. The first yellow waved with seven laps complete for a spinning Cody Kummer and after racing resumed, Olson continued to show the way with Satter working his way into second past Doughty and then going after leader Olson. However, the next eighteen laps of the race ran under the green and Olson was able to extend his lead to nearly a full straightaway over Satter while Richards moved into second with Jimmy Randall also advancing up to fourth after starting ninth of the field. At the half way point of the race, Olson continued to maintain a comfortable lead over Satter, Richards, Randall and Doughty. Randall and Satter made contact while battling for the third spot and while they both were able to keep running, Satter slipped high and lost several positions. They continued to run in that order until a spinning Mike Knudtson triggered the yellow flag once again and set up a ten lap sprint to the checkered. However, at this point the whole complexion of the race changed as on the green, Olson pushed up the track and lost just enough momentum that Richards was able to drive around him and take over the top spot, thus forcing Olson to chase rather than controlling the lead that he had held for a number of laps. The intensity level picked up as the laps ran down with two late yellow with three and two laps to go respectively, slowing and bunching the field. One of the yellows was for debris on the track and one for a spinning Tim Johnson as the former “Little Dream” winner would not repeat. On the green following each of the last two yellows, Richards rode the high side into turn one and both times Olson passed him for the lead, only to see the yellow wave twice and save him from losing the top spot. Finally, the field was able to complete the last two laps and on the final restart, this time Richards drove the low line through turn one and held off the charging Olson. Randall was also pushing hard and he was able to edge past Olson to take over the second spot. The final tour saw Richards able to maintain his lead with a smooth final lap and while Randall gave it a shot, he came up a car length short as Richards drove on to the record breaking win. Olson finished a close third and reported that a tight race car was his downfall at the end of the race with Sam Fankhauser, up from fifteenth to fourth and Doughty rounding out the top five. The second five consisted of Jason Havel, Satter, Jeff Crouse, who earned the Hard Charger award after starting twenty second, Hunter VanGilder and Brett Miller as nineteen drivers completed the distance, all on the lead lap. Olson turned the fastest lap of the race with a time of 18,171 seconds while heat race wins went to Doughty, Kummer, Kyle Dykhoff, Randall, Jay Kesan, Kolby Kiehl, Kark Genett, VanGilder, Keith Tourville and Knudtson while Olson was the only double heat race winner. Brian Johanson won the “Long Haul” award after towing from Edmore North Dakota for the race. Current national point leader in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Justin Vogel, won the Non Qualifiers Feature and opted to pass on the money and instead, start at the back of the main event. He was scored twentieth in the final running order after spinning on the last lap of the feature race. The Midwest Modifieds were also on the card and Kevin Adams led all twenty laps of that race to earn his fourth feature win of the year at the track. He started on the pole, got the early jump on Alex Williamson and then pulled away from the field. Williamson ran a strong second for much of the first half of the race before being overtaken by Joe Chaplin Jr for the spot. The Midwest Modifieds were flying around the track as they used at least three grooves and there was much passing and repassing going on in the pack. Two yellows slowed the first half of the field with Scott Bintz riding over a tire on another car and breaking his steering and then a tougher crash when current track point leader Austin Ellis spun in heavy traffic and got drilled by Aric Lindberg and Gunner Peterson with all three cars retired for the event. The last thirteen laps of the race ran off nonstop and Adams was cruising on the high side as he pulled away from the pack. The most impressive drive of the late going saw Calvin Iverson move up from his third row starting spot as he got his car to work right on the low side of the track and he was able to drive past Williamson, defending national champion Sketter Estey and on the final couple of laps, Chaplin Jr to take over second and record an impressive finish for last year's national rookie of the year. On a beautiful night for racing in northern Wisconsin, a spectacular crowd was on hand that helped build the purse into a record breaking one once again. The speedway will now take this Saturday night, August 4th off so that fans and track officials can rest up for the frantic final few weeks of the regular season. Racing will resume on Saturday night, August 11th with Hall of Fame night that will see Tom Nesbitt, Todd Madsen, Rod Hensel and Dave Greschner inducted into the Rice Lake Speedway Hall of Fame. It will also be the Race of Champions qualifiers for the ROC race to be held during the WISSOTA 100 at the I-94 Speedway in Fergus Falls Minnesota. This race was rained out on June 16th with the feature winners guaranteed starting spots in the ROC race during the “100.” The draw/redraw qualifying format will be in effect and all five classes that race at the speedway on a weekly basis will be in attendance. Warmups begin at 6:30 pm with racing to follow. Check the speedway website at www.ricelakespeedway.net or the face book page of the track for more details. SUMMARY WISSOTA Street Stocks 15 lap Non Qualifier – Vogel(Brooten MN), Jay Kesan(Weyerhaeuser), Zach Manley(Chetek), Tommy Richards(Mondovi), Kevin Bogdanovic(Wausau), Justin Tammen(Clara City MN), Ron Hanestad(Glenwood City), Rob Grabon(Bruce), C.J. Wagner(Rice Lake), Russ Kostreba(Zimmerman MN), Braden Brauer, Travis Hazelton, Nick Traynor, C.J. Hedges, Zach Elward 12 B Feature – Krause(Buffalo City), B. Adams(McIntire IA), K. Adams(Stacyville IA), T. Richards, Kevin Bogdanovic, Hazelton(Chippewa Falls), Traynor, Kirk Bogdanovic, Tylar Wilson, Jake Froemke, Daniel Aberle, Brian Johanson, Steve Eggersgluess B Feature 2 – VanGilder, Dykhoff(Perham MN), Blowers(Waseca MN), Hanestad, Vogel, Kostreba, Elward, Wagner, Brandon Fah, Jeremy Castro, Nate Langeberg, Dan Svee, Kyle Genett, Chuck Olson B Feature 3 – Riley(Morris MN), Crouse, Johnson(Brainerd MN), Kesan, Manley, Tammen, Grabon, Hedges, Jamey Fisher, Charlie Shiek, George Richards, Andy Rossow, Trey Hess, Colton Klueckman 8 lap Heat – Doughty, Fisher(Chetek), Anderson(Phillips), Miller, Kirk Bogdanovic, Grabon, Hazelton, Eggersgluess, Johanson, Brit Bromann Heat 2 – Kummer(Medford), Kyle Genett(Auburndale), D. Richards, Tammen, Knudtson, Tourville, G. Richards, Fah, Rossow, Hedges Heat 3 – E.Olson, Satter, Vogel, Castro(Fargo N.D.), Traynor(Barron), Kostreba, Shiek, C. Olson, Svee, Blowers Heat 4 – Dykhoff, Havel, Brauer(Eyota MN), Kevin Bogdanovic, K. Adams, Karl Genett, Manley, VanGilder, Wagner, Hess Heat 5 – Randall, Riley, Howland(Zimmerman MN), Crouse, Froemke(International Falls MN), Krause, Langeberg, Wilson, Aberle, Duane Halvorson Heat 6 – Kesan, Wahlstrom(Rice Lake), B. Adams, Hanestad, Fankhauser, Kiehl, Johnson, R. Richards, Elward, Klueckman Heat 7 – Kiehl, Fankhauser, Doughty, Elward(Hayfield MN), Hanestad, B. Adams, Johnson, Kesan, Johanson, Wagner Heat 8 – Karl Genett(Auburndale), Howland, Krause, Kummer, Crouse, Riley, Froemke, Klueckman, Wilson Heat 9 – VanGilder, Kostreba(Zimmerman MN), K. Adams, Havel, Manley, Brauer, Castro, Dykhoff, Langeberg Heat 10 – E. Olson, Anderson, Satter, Shiek(Foley MN), Traynor, T. Richards, Kevin Bogdanovic, Kyle Genett, Svee, Hess Heat 11 – Tourville(Webster), D. Richards, Fah(Perham MN), Randall, Blowers, Rossow, Tammen, Hedges, G. Richards, C. Olson Heat 12 – Knudtson(Osseo), Wahlstrom, Miller, Hazelton, Grabon(Bruce), Kirk Bogdanovic, Fisher, Eggersgluess, Bromann, Vogel WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds 8 lap Heat 1 – Williamson, Larson(Amery), Johnson, Rivord, Latvala(Solon Springs), Schell, Asmussen Heat 2 – Adams, Chaplin Jr, Anderson, Elliott, Peterson(Mason), Lindberg, Marsh Heat 3 – Estey, Iverson, Ellis(Rice Lake), Thomas, Bintz(Jamestown ND), Hanson Tourville Breaks the Bank At Rice Lake Speedway; Wins $15,400 in “Little Dream” By Ed Reichert Rice Lake WI, August 1 – Passing two time winner of the Street Stock “Little Dream” race Tim Johnson with just over a lap to go, Keith Tourville won his first ever “Little Dream” on a record breaking night for the event. The twenty third annual running of this nationally known and unique event saw records shattered once again. Rice Lake Speedway WISSOTA Street Stocks “Little Dream Race” 30 lap Feature – Keith Tourville(Webster), Tim Johnson(Brainerd MN), Kolby Kiehl(Barron), Sam Fankhauser(Rice Lake), Karl Genett(Auburndale), Justin Vogel(Brooten MN), Hunter VanGilder(Rice Lake), Jimmy Randall(Rice Lake), Charlie Shiek(Foley MN), Danny Richards(Mondovi), Ryan Kostreba, Mike Blowers, Kirk Bogdanovic, Scott Huston, Mike Knudtson, Kyle Genett, Eric Olson, Jay Kesan, Jeff Crouse, Justin Pogones, James Wall, Jim Gullikson, Tommy Richards, Jordan Tollakson, Ron Hanestad WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds 20 lap Feature – Joe Chaplin Jr(Cameron), Michael Truscott(Chippewa Falls), Shane Halopka(Greenwood), Jeffrey Lien Jr. (Mora MN), Aric Lindberg(Dallas), Jason VandeKamp(Scandia MN), Austin Ellis(Rice Lake), Grant Southworth(Bloomer), Mark Thomas(Menomonie), Travis Anderson(Colfax), Reid Tiegs, Nick Koehler, Jamie Bisonette, Ross Fuhrman, Calvin Iverson, Brady Larson, Jason Olson, Gunnar Watkins, Fran Hanson, Kyle Schell, Tyler Vernon, Shadow Kitchner, Denny Cutsforth, Cory Asmussen Olson Fifteen Grand Winner at Rice Lake Speedway By Ed Reichert
Fifty five entries from four states were on hand for the twenty second edition of the Little Dream race and with a great crowd on hand, the old record payoff was smashed by nearly a thousand dollars as Olson became the first three time winner of this event. However, Olson, who has raced Super Stocks for a number of years now, last won this race way back in 1997 and his winning purse that night was just over $600! The WISSOTA Modifieds were on the card also on Tuesday and Dave Cain from Corcoran Minnesota won his first feature of the year at Rice Lake as he topped a strong field of competitors. The fifty five entrants were narrowed down to twenty six of the best Streets in the area who took the green for the thirty lap main event. Olson started on the pole by virtue of winning the dash and he and Cody Kummer went wheel to wheel for the first two laps before Olson was able to edge into the lead. Some heavy battling was going on behind the top two as Kevin Bogdanovic, Mike Blowers, Sam Fankhauser and Hunter VanGilder fought for position while Justin Vogel and Tim Johnson moved to the top side of the track in an effort to find some open racing room. Olson continued to lead and he started to stretch his lead out to several car lengths as Kummer tried to stay with him. Bogdanovic settled into third with Blowers running fourth and there continued to be a large group behind them jockeying for position. Olson was setting a fast pace as his car was rock steady on the track. Near the halfway point of the race he encountered his first lapped traffic but he was able to weave his way through them without trouble as he and Kummer broke away from the field. Johnson was making up ground as he broke into the top five and worked to track down the leaders but with the race staying under the green, it was a slow process to catch the front runners. With nineteen laps complete, the lone yellow flag of the event flew when Shawn Amundson was turned around on the back chute. This bunched up the field and eliminated Olson's healthy advantage. One the green, however, Olson was hard on the gas and he started to pull away again. There was a ferocious battle for second as Kummer and Bogdanovic raced side by side for the spot which allowed Olson to stretch his lead as he had open track in front of him. Johnson continued to charge as he passed Fankhauser for fourth and then started to work on Bogdanovic for third. Another driver that had moved to the second lane and was making time was Ryan Kostreba who cracked the top ten and continued to advance. Olson was still in control as the laps counted down and he had built a solid lead that was not going to be challenged. Olson continued on unchallenged as he flashed under Shaun Cimfl's checkered flag to score the record breaking win. Johnson continued his challenge as he took a shot at Kummer on the last lap but had to settle for third as Cody fought him off. Bogdanovic and Fankhauser completed the top five. Kostreba continued his impressive charge as he ended up sixth after starting eighteenth. The second five also showed Jay Kesan, Jimmy Gullikson, Danny Richards who received the Hard Charger award after starting twenty fifth and VanGilder. The Modified feature was also a smooth running event which, after spins on laps one and three, went green to checkered the last seventeen laps. Steve Hallquist led the way through the first half of the race, fighting off first Tim Johnson and then Kevin Eder after Eder raced into the runner up slot. Cain started fifth and was quickly on the move, using both the low and high side of the track. With a strong move, Cain passed Eder for second and then put the heat on Hallquist for the lead. Several times Cain nearly made the move but Hallquist was able to fight him off with Eder also looking for racing room. Just at the halfway point, Cain got a good run off turn four and drove past Hallquist on the outside to take over the lead. Once in front, he started to stretch his advantage as Eder then began to pressure for second. Picking up the pace farther back in the pack was Neil Balduc who drove past first Kevin Adams and then Johnson on the high side. Eder was finally able to get past Hallquist for second but Cain had now built up a substantial lead. With no more yellows to bunch the field, Cain drove home with little trouble for the win over a strong running Eder. Hallquist held off a late charge by Balduc for third with Johnson completing the top five. The Rice Lake Speedway wishes to thank all the businesses and individuals that contributed to the Little Dream purse in any way as without their support, this race would not be able to maintain the unique status that it has. Following up the highly successful Late Model Challenge Series race last Saturday night, the speedway has hosted two of its most successful events in the history of Adams-Hansen Inc. owning the track, staged back to back. There will be no racing on Saturday, August 6th at the speedway as everyone will be taking the night off to recover and rest. Racing will return on Saturday, August 13th with the annual Hall of Fame night when six new members will be inducted into the speedway Hall of Fame. All five divisions will be racing in what will be the last point night of the 2016 racing season. Warm ups are at 6:30 pm. SUMMARY WISSOTA Street Stocks 15 Non Qualifier – Ron Hanestad(Glenwood City), Jordan Tollakson(Montevideo MN), Mike Knudston(Osseo), Karl Genett(Auburndale), Brad Schmidt(Elk River MN), Chanda Fjorden-Nord(Luck), Chris Peterson(Amery), Tyler Wahlstrom(Mondovi), C.J. Wagner(Rice Lake), Kyle Kesan(Medford), Kris Peterson, Jason Jensen, Davey Kruchten, Durand Peterson 8 lap Dash – Olson, Kummer, Bogdanovic, Blowers(Waseca MN), Fankhauser, VanGilder, Truscott, Vogel 12 lap B Feature – Hanson(Alma), Gullickson, C. Olson(Evansdale MN), Wahlstrom, Knudtson, D. Peterson, K. Kesan, Jensen, Ryan Blank, Bruce Lundin, Troy Voth, Justin Tammen, B Feature 2 – Kostreba, Hansen(Garden City SD), K. Schmidt(Becker MN), Hanestad, Tollakson, Fjorden-Nord, Karl Genett, K. Peterson, Jimmy Williams, Tyler Lamb, Berg, Steve Golat, Brandon Fah B Feature 3 – Kiehl(Barron), Berlin(Rice Lake), Richards, C. Peterson, Jeff Crouse(Alexandria MN), Wagner, B. Schmidt, Kruchten, Nate Langeberg, Don Cook, Kyle Dykhoff, Tyler McFarland, Travis Krause 10 lap Heat 1 – Bogdanovic, Johnson, Kyle Genett, Howland, McFarland, K. Peterson, Berg, Cook, Richards, Hanestad Heat 2 – Truscott(Chippewa Falls), Vogel(Brooten MN), K. Schmidt, Schwebach(Fountain MN), Langeberg, Lundin, Berlin, Tammen, Keith Tourville Heat 3 – Amundson(Rice Lake), J. Kesan, Dykhoff(Perham MN), C. Olson, Crouse, K. Kesan, Williams(Degraff MN), Tollakson, Lamb Heat 4 – Fankhauser, DeBernardeaux(Princeton MN), Jensen(Eagle River), Pommerer(Oriska ND), Kiehl, Gullickson, Voth, Krause, B. Schmidt Heat 5 = Kummer, VanGilder, Kostreba, D. Peterson(Glenwood MN), Kruchten(Burtrum MN), Fjorden-Nord, C. Peterson, Blank, Wahlstrom Heat 6 – Blowers, E. Olson, Hansen, Hanson, Knudtson, Golat, Fah, Karl Genett, Wagner WISSOTA Modifieds 10 lap Heat 1 – Eder, Hallquist, A. Anderson, Balduc, Koehler(Bloomer), Eischens, Miller, Hoffman Heat 2 – Cain, Adams, Johnson, Mahder, M. Anderson, Gross, Borgeson, Poteet Randall Wins Over $14,000 at Rice Lake Speedway's Little Dream By Ed Reichert
SUMMARY Rice Lake Speedway WISSOTA Street Stocks 30 lap “Little Dream” Feature – Jimmy Randall(Rice Lake), Tim Johnson(Brainerd MN), Jordan Tollakson(Montevideo MN), Travis Krause(Buffalo City), Jim Gullikson(Zimmerman MN), Sam Fankhauser(Rice Lake), Kevin Bogdanovic(Wausau), Mike Knudtson(Osseo), Ryan Pommerer(Oriska N.D.), Kolby Kiehl(Cameron), Ron Hanestad, Ryan Kostreba, Cody Kummer, Justin Pogones, Aaron Johnson, Tylar Wilson, Broc Stout, Chris Peterson, Tyler Wahlstrom, Adam Soltis, Travis Robertson, Justin Vogel, Mike Blowers, Jay Kesan, Kori Richter, Danny Hanson, Jon Tollakson WISSOTA Modifieds Johnson’s Little Dream Win at Rice Lake Speedway Nets Over Twelve Grand By Ed Reichert
Cory Mahder was on the move too, and after starting seventh, he gradually moved in to pass Brust and then put heavy pressure on Anderson.
SUMMARY Rice Lake Speedway WISSOTA Street Stocks 30 lap “Little Dream” feature – Tim Johnson(Brainerd MN), Jimmy Randall(Rice Lake), Cody Kummer(Medford), Kirk Bogdanovic(Phillips), Eric Olson(Ladysmith), Ron Hanestad(Glenwood City), Nic Klein(Mapleton N.D.), Mike Knudtson(Osseo), Sam Fankhauser(Rice Lake), Justin Pogones(Zimmerman MN), Simon Wahlstrom, Ryan Pommerer, Royce Jawaski, Chris Peterson, Jonny Carter, Ryan Kostreba, Scott Witkowski, Danny Richards, Jordan Kurtti, Jimmy Gullikson, Cooper Berlin, Kyle Dykhoff, Brad Schmidt, Travis Ulmer, Danny Hanson WISSOTA Modifieds 30 Feature – Jake Hartung(Elmwood), Cory Mahder(Eau Claire), Mike Anderson(Colfax), Paul Brust(Rice Lake), Mark Hessler(Menomonie), Jeff Spacek(Phillips), Steve Hallquist(Eau Claire), Kevin Eder(Ashland), Jesse Glenz(Cadott), Ashley Anderson(Elk Mound), Tim McMann, Grant Southworth, Brian Crapser, Cody Cimfl, Neil Balduc, Dave Baxter, Nick Koehler, Landon Atkinson, Matt Leer, Scott Miller, Will Fisher, Aric Lindberg, Scott Hansen, Dustin Hudack, Kevin Adams
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