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Competitor Profile | Event Ad | Payout | Schedule of Events | Hall of Champions | Pre-Entries | Gallery 2015 Race Report Cain Caps Off Mod Nationals Weekend in Instant Classic while Koch Spoils Sabraski's Sweep Chance By: Tami Jo Kuehn
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds took the clay with Jason VandeKamp and Zach Benson showing the way. Benson claimed the lead at the end of lap one, however VandeKamp and David Sweringen kept close. Swearingen rushed to the side of Benson and they raced door to door for the lead. Benson held the point and as they neared the half way point, Benson prepared to lap drivers. Just then the yellow waved and the drivers slowed. A series of cautions plagued the drivers keeping them at a stop and go pace, but when the final laps were complete, Benson still remained in command. Lucas Rodin and Swearingen continued to keep pressure on Benson as Rodin tried different grooves to get by the #17b. As the checkers waved, Zach Benson grabbed his second win of the event while Lucas Rodin, Jason VandeKamp, David Swearingen and Travis Schulte took points two through five. Tommy Bawden grabbed the immediate lead in the WISSOTA Mod Four feature while Dustin Holtquist, Robert Holtquist and Tommy Pogones battled three-wide for second. Dustin Holtquist took the point and chased after Bawden when Bawden suddenly exited the race surface and retired to the infield. Dustin Holtquist inherited the lead with Pogones in second. A few cautions slowed the Mod Fours, but as the race resumed and laps went by, Dustin Holtquist held the lead and took his second win of the weekend. Remaining top points went to Robert Holtquist, David Slovick, Chad Funt and Gerrald Nohner. After a quick immediate caution, the WISSOTA Super Stocks took the green with Andrew Johnson and Shane Sabraski on row one. Sabraski took the lead, Dexton Koch grabbed second, while Joey Jenson and Johnson battled for third. Trevor Nelson joined the fight for third as the drivers raced three-wide in the curve. Johnson fell to fifth leaving Jenson and Nelson door to door for third while Koch slid to Sabraski’s side. Koch dropped low on the track surface and worked the inside in an attempt to take the lead from the #7a. Sabraski and Koch raced parallel in the curves while Koch had a slight advantage on the straightaways. After a few laps of this same formation, Koch began to pull away from Sabraski and soon, Koch was alone in the lead. With seven laps to go, Koch and Sabraski caught slower cars. Koch was slowed as he found himself in lapped traffic, which allowed Sabraski to get back at his side. Dexton Koch again broke away from Sabraski, and had the advantage to snag the checkers and break Sabraski’s event sweep. Sabraski settled for second with Joey Jenson, Trevor Nelson and Jordan Hinkemeyer as top finishers. The WISSOTA Modifieds rolled around the Big O in a four-wide formation to kick off their feature event, and as the race began, Brady Uotinen and Dave Cain brought the drivers to the stand. Two cautions in the first couple laps kept the drivers slow, but the remainder of the race went caution free. Cain claimed the top point but Shane Sabraski was on his rear. Drivers battled three-wide for positions throughout the field as Cain continued to keep Sabraski at bay. Cain and Sabraski separated themselves from the competition, and very soon, found slower traffic. Cain began to put drivers down a lap, but Sabraski remained glued to Cain’s #2c. Cain stretched his lead as he got a break from traffic, but Sabraski raced back to his side. They raced down the front cute side by side and crossed the line nose to nose. Again, Cain broke away from Sabraski however Sabraski was too close for comfort with five laps to go. Cain continued to see Sabraski’s bright orange car out the corner of his eye, as they raced three wide with lapped traffic. Cain nosed ahead of Sabraski as the white waved, and with the checkers in sight, Cain and Sabraski shot down the front stretch. Dave Cain joined Dexton Koch as a driver who broke Sabraski’s event sweep as he crossed the line first and took the win. Points two through five were claimed by Shane Sabraski, Adam Ayotte, Brennan Gave and Jake Smith. The WISSOTA Hornets closed down the night with Joe Wilber, Bobie Arnes and Brady Albertson grabbing the top three points. Marcus Ammerman, Brandon Nyberg and Alex Aderman raced three-wide for fourth as Ammerman took the point. Ammerman quickly passed Albertson for third and began to track down Arnes. Wilber had a good lead established as the yellow waved and the field was reset. Wilber brought the drivers back to green with Arnes in second. With only two laps to go, Arnes dropped low on the surface and drove to the door of Wilber. They remained side by side the entire final lap, but Joe Wilber held his position and took his second win of the weekend. After drivers completed post-race tech, Marcus Ammerman was awarded the second point with Brandon Nyberg, Alex Aderman and Brady Albertson as the top five. Next Saturday, the World of Outlaw Sprint cars will visit Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway for the first time ever. The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and Micro Sprints will accompany the WoO Sprints with racing scheduled to start at 7:30pm. Tickets are available online for this exciting event. WISSOTA SUMMARY WISSOTA Modifieds WISSOTA Super Stocks WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds WISSOTA Mod Fours WISSOTA Hornets Sabraski Stays Hot - Sweeps Mods and Supers to Open Minnesota Modified Nationals weekend By: Tami Jo Kuehn
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were the first feature on the agenda with Jason VandeKamp and Eric Gadach on the front row. As the drivers took the green, they were three wide as they entered the first curve. VandeKamp emerged as the early leader with Zach Benson and David Swearingen in tow. VandeKamp built up an immediate lead while Swearingen closed in on Benson. Drivers began to space out and as VandeKamp prepped to lap cars, the yellow flag waved. After a couple of restarts, Benson slid by VandeKamp for the top point, but neither Swearingen nor VandeKamp let him get too far away. One final caution slowed the drivers, but it was still Benson, VandeKamp and Swearingen in a fight for first. As the green waved, they raced three wide into the curve. Jake Smith, who started in 18th, moved into top points and challenged Nick Ayotte for fourth. The top five drivers remained close in and out of the turns of the Big O, and as the checkers were raised, Zach Benson took the win. David Swearingen, Jake Smith, Jason VandeKamp and Nick Ayotte rounded out the top five. Father, Son team of Dustin and Robert Holtquist led the WISSOTA Mod Fours to the green for the night’s next race. After a quick caution, Dustin Holtquist took the lead with Tyler Larson and Tommy Pogones side by side for second. Pogones grabbed the point and began to chase Dustin Holtquist as laps ticked by. The remainder of the race ran caution free which allowed the drivers to space out and settle into positions. Dustin Holtquist led the entire race and took the win with Tommy Pogones, Tyler Larson, Tommy Bawden and Robert Holtquist as the top five. The WISSOTA Super Stocks took the clay for the next feature with Dexton Koch and Shane Sabraski leading the way. A quick caution reset the field, but as the green reappeared, Koch sped off with the lead. Sabraski didn’t let Koch get away as he raced to the door of the #78k. The top two drivers remained door to door a couple laps, until Sabraski’s #7a broke away from Koch. Sabraski slowly stretched his lead and set his cruise control the remainder of the race. Dexton Koch, Trevor Nelson and Dan Nissalke finished in points two through five when the checkers flew, as Shane Sabraski took his second Super Stock feature win of Mod National’s weekend. After a quick car change, Shane Sabraski and Jack Rivord led the WISSOTA Modifieds down the front-chute as their green flew. After racing 20 laps in the Super Stock, Sabraski was at it again as he emerged as the Modified leader. Rivord and Wagamon battled for second until Wagamon snagged the point. With just a handful of laps in, cars spaced out and Sabraski encountered slower drivers. As Sabraski began to calculate each move he made, Wagamon closed a bit of the gap Sabraski had. Modifieds now covered the entire race surface and drivers battled door to door for positions. Top competitors were in heavy lapped traffic which allowed Jody Bellefeuille to sneak past Wagamon for second. The race ran flag to flag with no yellows, and as lap 35 was completed, Shane Sabraski grabbed his second win of the night and fourth win of the weekend. Jody Bellefeuille, Ryan Gierke, Clayton Wagamon and Mike Anderson rounded out the top five. The WISSOTA Hornets capped off the night’s race events with Bobie Arnes and Marcus Ammerman on row one. As the drivers rounded the first curve, Joe Wilber took advantage of the space between the drivers making Arnes and Ammerman race three wide with Wilber for the lead. A couple cautions reset the field, with Wilber bringing the drivers back to green. Arnes and Ammerman never let Wilber out of their sight, as they raced door to door for second and within Wilber’s bumper. They remained in this formation as laps went by, but neither Ammerman nor Arnes had anything for Joe Wilber as he took the checkers in his #OK cars. Bobie Arnes settled for second while Marcus Ammerman, Brady Albertson and Brandon Nyberg earned points two through five. WISSOTA SUMMARY WISSOTA Modifieds WISSOTA Super Stocks WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds WISSOTA Mod Fours WISSOTA Hornets Gondik Law & Ogilvie to Host Mod Nationals Over Memorial Day Weekend Smith, Bawden and Aderman Go Home Victorious as Sabraski Doubles Up on Night 1 of the MN Modified Nationals By: Tami Jo Kuehn
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were the first feature of the night with Jake Smith and Cole Boston on the front row. Smith claimed the immediate lead with Boston in second. Cars covered the whole race surface after just five laps were complete as contact occurred on the back stretch. It took the Midwest Modifieds a couple of tries to get the race back underway, but every time they took the green, Smith continuously drove away from the field. Mike Schnider and Boston battled for the second point, and as Smith prepped to lap drivers, Schnider secured second. Schnider looked ahead for Smith as Jason VandeKamp, who started 12th, slid to Boston’s door. VandeKamp and Boston battled for third amongst lapped traffic, and VandeKamp emerged with the point. VandeKamp began to chase down Schnider as the laps clicked off. Jake Smith was nearly 5 seconds ahead of his competitors as he took the checkered flags. Mike Schnider, Jason VandeKamp, Cole Boston and Zach Benson rounded out the top points. Tommy Bawden and Robert Holtquist battled side by side for first as the WISSOTA Mod Fours feature went green. Dustin Holtquist slid into the third point and drove right behind the battle for first. Five laps had passed with Bawden and R. Holtquist door to door in the curves when Bawden edged out a lead. D. Holtquist raced to second and closed in on Bawden. Five laps remained for Bawden to take the win, however D. Holtquist was all over his rear. D. Holtquist kept pressure on Bawden, but as the checkers waved, Tommy Bawden snagged the win. Dustin Holtquist settled for second with Robert Holtquist, Tyler Larson and Tommy Pogones as the top finishers. Shane Sabraski sped off with the lead in the WISSOTA Super Stock feature while Jordan Henkemeyer and Dexton Koch battled for second. After a caution, Henkemeyer raced to Sabraski’s door and they fought for first. A couple laps passed before Sabraski broke away from Henkemeyer as he retired to the infield with a mechanical issue. Another caution slowed the drivers, and as the race resumed, Koch dove to Sabraski’s door. Sabraski ran high, Koch ran low as they rounded the race surface. Sabraski was first at the line, but Koch hadn’t let off the gas and raced to his doors in the curves. Koch kept pressure on Sabraski as Jim Gullikson’s car slowed to a stop and a final caution was triggered. The race resumed with a handful of laps remaining, and Shane Sabraski led them all and took the win. Remaining top points went to Dexton Koch, Nick Traynor, Tanner Erickson and Jeff Frey. The WISSOTA Modifieds were the next feature of the night with Brandon Dolman and Shane Sabraski on the front row. Sabraski pulled away with Dolman and Clayton Wagamon in tow. Sabraski built up an immediate lead while Wagamon and Dolman raced door to door. Wagamon grabbed the second point as the yellow waved for debris. The field was reset and as the green waved, Sabraski, Dolman and Wagamon spaced out in the top points. JT Johnson moved to the inside of Wagamon, and they closed in on Dolman. As they raced for points two through four, Dolman hit a bump in the track surface allowing Wagamon to move into the second point. Dolman raced back to the 14w’s side, and they remained glued to one another with Johnson close behind for a couple laps. Wagamon broke free of Dolman to secure second and Johnson took third. Sabraski began to battle slower traffic while the fight for fourth heated up. Dolman, Jody Bellefeuille, Johnny Broking and Brandon Copp raced door to door and four wide as the white flag waved. The drivers fighting for the fourth point swapped positions a few times that final lap as Shane Sabraski took his second win of the night. The fifth point went to Johnny Broking, fourth was claimed by Jody Bellefeuille with JT Johnson and Clayton Wagamon in third and second respectively. Jesse Turnvall moved next to Brady Albertson for the lead as the WISSOTA Hornet feature began. Turnvall claimed the early lead as John Aderman moved aside Albertson. Aderman drove low on the track surface and advanced to Turnvall’s door. Aderman made the pass for the top point and put space between himself and Turnvall. After a few laps of green flag racing, Aderman caught slower drivers and the yellow flag appeared. Three cautions occurred within laps of each other, however Aderman continued to lead the way. John Aderman led the remaining laps to snag his first feature win ever while Jesse Turnvall, AJ House, Marcus Ammerman and Adam Throener wrapped up the top points. Night 1 of the FYE Motorsports Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals powered by M&B Services was in the books with the completion of the Hornet feature. Night 2 was scheduled for Sunday evening, however due to morning storms and the chance of more severe weather, the event was cancelled. The Ogilvie Raceway will take a week off of racing but will be back in action Saturday June 11th with Kids Night Meet The Drivers Night. Racing resumes at 6:30pm. WISSOTA SUMMARY WISSOTA Modifieds WISSOTA Super Stocks WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds WISSOTA Mod Fours WISSOTA Hornets Bellefeuille Bests Cain In Mod Nationals Thriller
Zach Benson nosed ahead with the lead as the green waved for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, however after a quick caution, Jason VandeKamp shot out of turn two and snagged the lead. Benson held the second point with Kennedy Swan keeping close. Swan didn’t let the leaders out of her sight and just before another caution she put pressure on VandeKamp. Just was Swan snuck ahead of the #16 another caution occurred. As the race resumed, Benson and Swan raced for the runner up point with Brennan Gave, Tyler Kintner and Nick Ayotte three wide for fourth. VandeKamp stretched his lead a couple seconds over his competition, as the battle for second heated up. Swan and Benson were door to door as the white flag was raised. They drag raced to the finish line and Zach Benson snagged the point. Kennedy Swan, Brennan Gave and Nick Ayotte grabbed top points while Jason VandeKamp rolled his FYE Motorsports sponsored car into victory lane. Shane Sabraski and Kevin Burdick led the WISSOTA Super Stocks around the track surface for the second feature of the night, and as the green flew, Sabraski sped off. Burdick, Dave Mass and Trevor Nelson raced three wide for second. Mass broke away from the battle and dove low on the track to challenge Sabraski. Mass made the pass just in time to secure the top point as the yellow lights turned on. Mass brought the drivers back to green with Burdick and Sabraski on his bumper. After a few laps, the top drivers spaced out and others battled for positions. Mass slowly caught traffic and as he made his way around the drivers, Sabraski closed the gap Mass had established. Sabraski was .61 seconds away from Mass, however Mass kept his foot down and the newly nicknamed “Super Dave” took the win in his Structural Buildings sponsored #2. Shane Sabraski, Dexton Koch, Kevin Burdick and Trevor Nelson rounded out the top five. A pair of 11’s brought the WISSOTA Modifieds around the track, and those 11’s were driven by Andy Jones and Jody Bellefeuille. When the green dropped, Bellefeuille claimed the lead with Jones and Dave Cain to his rear. After a couple of cautions, Bellefeuille continued to show the way around the track. Cain moved into the second point and dove low to battle with Bellefeuille. Cain and Bellefeuille raced door to door for the lead while Jeremy Nelson (06) and Brandon Dolman battled side by side for third. As the drivers exited turn four, Cain nosed ahead with the lead and has he tried to pull away, another caution occurred. Cain led the drivers to green, and Bellefeuille came back to fight for first. Bellefeuille raced along the wall, Cain raced the lower groove, as Shane Sabraski moved into third. After another restart, the battle for first resumed with Bellefeuille high along the wall, Cain lower on track. Mike Anderson and Ryan Gierke slid in to challenge Sabraski, but he pulled ahead and continued to watch the battle for first. Cain and Bellefeuille remained glued to one another as they raced parallel lap after lap. As the top two drivers crossed the finish line, each lap’s results changed. With the final laps counting down, it truly was anyone’s race. Sabraski slid in behind the top two and looked to see if he could make a move. The white flag was raised high in the sky and Cain and Bellefeuille sped down the straightway. Just a couple more turns would determine the winner, and as they shot out of turn four, it was Jody Bellefeuille who crossed first in and took the exciting win in his Kivi Bros Trucking sponsored #11. Dave Cain settled for second, however after driver’s went through tech, Cain was disqualified. Shane Sabraski ended up in second with Ryan Gierke, Mike Anderson and Jeremy Nelson (06) as the top finishers. The WISSOTA Hornets were the final race of the event with Joseph Wilber and Matthew Dittman on the front row. As the green waved, Dittman grabbed the lead, Wilber held second with Jonathan Aderman and Jamie Ammerman in a fight for third. After 5 laps passed, Aderman secured the third point, and he began to reel in Wilber for second. Dittman had the cruise set as he rounded the curves of the Big O when contact occurred among drivers resulting in Megan Ammerman’s #15 rolling on the front stretch. The race went red as track and emergency officials went to check on Megan. After getting the car back on 4 tires, Megan was able to climb out and was OK. The drivers were realigned and retook the green with Dittman in command. Matthew Dittman never looked back once he took the lead and took the checkers in his Nitro Jimmy’s Transmission #22 hornet. Remaining top points went to, Jonathan Ammerman, Joseph Wilber, Jesse Turnvall and Carter Rieland. WISSOTA SUMMARY WISSOTA Super Stock WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds WISSOTA Hornets Sabraski Strikes First On Day One of Mod Nationals Weekend
The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds kicked off the night’s events with Kyle Kirberger and Scott Bintz on the front row. Kirberger claimed the lead as the green waved, however Bintz and Jason VandeKamp kept close. Kirberger, Bintz and VandeKamp were nearly three wide in the turns as Bintz slid to Kirberger’s door. The drivers remained glued to one another until Bintz broke away. VandeKamp moved in to challenge Kirberger as the yellow waved. Bintz brought the drivers back to green, and as they went into the curve, Bintz, VandeKamp and Zach Benson were three wide for the top point. VandeKamp emerged as the leader with Benson chasing him in second. The top drivers sped around the high side of the track, and with five laps to go, they encountered slower traffic. As one lap remained, Benson moved to VandeKamp’s side, and with a slower driver in the mix, they had a drag race to the finish line. Jason VandeKamp crossed the line first and snagged the win in his FYE Motorsports #16. Zach Benson, Justin Froemming, Kyle Kirberger and Scott Bintz rounded out the top five. Trajan Schmidt and Josh Zimpel led the WISSOTA Super Stocks around the race surface and Zimpel snagged the early lead. Shane Sabraski shot next to Zimpel and wasted no time to take the lead point. Zimpel held second with Dexton Koch, Trevor Nelson and Dylan Kromschroeder three wide for third. Koch secured third and moved to the low groove to challenge Zimpel. Sabraski had a solid lead established as Koch secured the second point. With the race half over, Sabraski was making his way around slower drivers with Koch trying to close the gap. Koch made some ground on Sabraski, however once he was also in traffic, Sabraski stretched his lead. Shane Sabraski kept his cruise set and took the checkers in his West Metro Buick GMC #7a. Dexton Koch, Josh Zimpel, Trevor Nelson and Jim Gullikson claimed top points. The mighty WISSOTA Modifieds rolled on the track with Jeremy Nelson (4) and Jody Bellefeuille on the front row. As the green waved, Nelson and Bellefeuille battled for first while Dave Cain, Mike Anderson and Shane Sabraski raced three wide behind them. The top two drivers remained door to door as Sabraski moved to the high groove and slid next to them. As the drivers exited turn four, Sabraski was in command. Nelson and Bellefeuille moved back to Sabraski’s door, and the drivers were three wide again. Sabraski broke free of his competitors, meanwhile Nelson and Bellefeuille jockeyed for the second point lap after lap. Sabraski prepared to put drivers down a lap with the battle for second nearly too close to call. The yellow lights flickered on and drivers were sorted and aligned. Sabraski led the drivers to the green, but Nelson and Bellefeuille drove to battle him in the turn. When they exited the curve, Sabraski retook his position in the lead. Nelson finally broke free of Bellefeuille for the runner up point as Cain moved in. Cain passed Bellefeuille for third and looked ahead at Nelson. The top drivers spaced out, as once again, Sabraski weaved his way around slower traffic. Another caution occurred, and with five laps to go, the Mods had a few cautions. As the race resumed, Sabraski never looked back and rolled the iconic #7a into victory lane for the second time of the night. Remaining top points went to Jeremy Nelson (4), Dave Cain, Jody Bellefeuille and Clayton Wagamon. Matthew Dittman and Hunter Goulet raced door to door for the top point when the WISSOTA Hornet feature began. Goulet nosed ahead as a caution slowed the drivers. Goulet sped off when the green reappeared and Carter Rieland worked Dittman for second. Dittman however sped off and began to reel in Goulet. Contact occurred between a couple drivers in turns three and four, and after a slow moment, all drivers kept going and the race remained green. Goulet held the lead throughout the race and took his first ever win at the Ogilvie Raceway. Matthew Dittman took second with Jesse Turnvall, Joseph Wilber and Jonathan Aderman as the top finishers. WISSTOA SUMMARY WISSOTA Super Stocks WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds WISSOTA Hornets Wisconsin Modified Nationals Cancelled at Gondik Law; May 26th, 2021 – For Immediate Release Regrettably, the Wisconsin Modified Nationals fueled by Superior Fuel Co., which was scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, May 26th-28th has been cancelled due to weather. The Gondik Law Speedway, the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior and the surrounding areas have received a large amount of rain over the past two weeks, which lead to a soft racing surface this past Friday night. That, coupled with more rain on Sunday and Monday, making it even more difficult on the facility and the below freezing temperatures in the upcoming late week’s forecast has caused track and event management to mutually agree to cancel the event. Temperatures are forecasted to be in the 40s for highs and 30s for lows both Thursday and Friday and the winds are to be blowing directly off of Lake Superior, making real feel temperatures at race time feeling like in the high teens or low 20s. To prevent anyone from traveling to Superior, the decision was made today to cancel the entire three-day event. On the bright side, the 16th annual Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals driven by Boston Trucking, which will be held at the Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN on Saturday and Sunday is on as scheduled with a 7pm start time both nights. Tickets are available at the track beginning at 5pm each day. For fans not able to be at the track in person, both nights will be broadcast live on PayPerView at www.WatchFYE.tv. Log on to www.FYEMotorsports.com for more event information. Mod Nationals Weekend Expands for 2021
How’s this sound for a Memorial Day weekend schedule? Details are as follows: Plus… returning for the second year in a row is the Superior Fuel Co. Sweep Bonus. However, this year, there is some serious cash up for grabs for all four divisions!!! Details are as follows: If a Midwest Modified driver wins all 4 nights, he or she will earn a Superior Fuels Sweep Bonus of $4,000 (the total of what he or she won over the four-night event, making the weekend worth $8,000!!!) If a Super Stock driver wins all 4 nights, he or she will earn a Superior Fuels Sweep Bonus of $3,000 (the total of what he or she won over the four-night event, making the weekend worth $6,000!!!) If a Hornet driver wins all 4 nights, he or she will earn a Superior Fuels Sweep Bonus of $1,000 (the total of what he or she won over the four-night event, making the weekend worth $2,000!!!) Much more information will be available soon at www.FYEMotorsports.com, but for now, put it on your calendar and plan on spending your 2021 Memorial Day holiday weekend with us in Superior and Ogilvie! Kelley Estey Tops Mods on Day Two of Modified Nat'ls
Ebert and Estey won the third and fourth heats and Ebert drew the pole position for the 30 lap go. Estey drew the outside of the second row. Darrell Nelson flanked Ebert on the front row while Estey had Claytom Wagemon to his inside. Jeremy Nelson and Michael Truscott made up the third row while former Mod Nationals winner Mike Anderson and hot shoe Johnny Broking were the fourth row making up a potent lineup for the event. At the initial green Darrell Nelson got the jump on Ebert but there was a caution flag before a lap could be completed when Anderson, Brandon Copp and Jody Bellefuille tangled in turns one and two. The next try saw Ebert grabbed the point ahead of Darrell Nelson, Kelley Estey, Wagemon, Truscott and Jeremy Nelson. Another caution flag flew quickly for another tangle in the first turn collecting several cars. Jeremy Nelson was charged with the incident. All cars were able to continue. The restart came with 29 circuits left to go. Ebert maintained the lead over Nelson with Estey third, but the pattern continued when the third caution flag flew when Adam Ayotte and Daniel Bargender tangled in the second turn. Things were looking up when another It was to be another 20 lap main event for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. This time Estey won the third heat over Cody Carlson and once again they shared the front row for the feature only this time the spots were reversed with Carlson on the pole. Estey grabbed the lead but there was a caution flag on the initial lap when Dakota Smith and Austin Chyba tangled in the fourth turn and David Pixley spun into the infield off turn four. Estey held the lead on the restart over Carlson. Coming down the front stretch Carlson's ride suddenly coughed up the drive shaft with pieces flying through the air. The restart came with one lap in the books. The restart, true to form, did not go well as there was a four car chain reaction in turn one. This time the restart went well and Estey continued to hold the lead. Tyler Kintner annexed second over Mark Kangas with McLean Andrews fourth and Jason VandeKamp in the 16v holding fifth. Estey, Kintner and Kangas held onto their positions for several laps but With a race where there are complete shows both days, one never knows if cars will be added or subtracted on the second day. In the case of the WISSOTA Super Stocks, the second day number grew to 31 cars necessitating a B Feature. Josh Zimpel drew the pole for the 25 lap main event with Curt Myers on the outside. At the green someone was too eager and the start was called off. The next try worked and Myers popped into the lead with Zimpel, Dave Mass, Shane Sabraski and Tim Johnson skirmishing for position. Myers was ensconced in first and after a time Sabraski got by Mass for third and went to work on Zimpel for second. Myers, Zimpel and Sabraski were in a tight battle along with Mass and Johnson when the caution The only things left to finish up the two day Minnesota (in Wisconsin) Modified Nationals would be the Street Stock feature, the Hornet feature and the Pure Stock feature. In the Street Stock feature Iron River WI's Andrew Hanson continued his dominance as he started from the pole for the 15 lap feature and completed the sweep with the feature win leading every lap. The Anderson brothers traded second place with Parker in the position for half the race and Hunter in second at the finish. The Hornets had a difficult time with their feature as they managed to roll over two of their number during the fifteen lap event. Nate Servatey had little trouble taking his new #46 to the win from the pole. Carter Rieland, AJ House, Hunter McDougall and DeJay Jarocki finished in the top five. Gondik Law Speedway and WISSOTA National Champion Cory Jorgensen completed the sweep in the Pure Stocks winning the second heat and defeating Thursday night's winner Mike Schnider and first heat winner in the 15 lap feature. Former track champion James Vendela was third ahead of Trevor Treviranus and Dusty Caspers in the top five. Ebert Steals Minnesota Mod Nationals Main Event
It worked out that there were enough cars in each division that only the Modified were forced to run a B Feature. After all the qualifying heat races were in the books including the 12 lap Modified B Feature, it was time for feature action to begin. 2020 Wehrs Machine Mod Nationals Moves From Ogilvie Raceway To Gondik Law Speedway
Dalbeck Dominates Mod Nationals Main
Mitchell Hribar and Dean Larson led the WISSOTA Mod Fours to green. Hribar took the lead while Larson and Keith Thell battled for second. Thell would take the spot a few laps in and would try to chase down Hribar as Hribar got slowed down by a lapped car. Thell took advantage and took the lead. It looked like Thell was going to drive away with the win until he broke, that gave the lead back to Hribar. Hribar was able to lead the rest of the way and picked up the win. Tyler Larson took second, he was followed by Dean Larson, Justin Pogones, and Robert Holtquist. The WISSOTA Hornet feature had another repeat winner as Jake Smith was able to easily pick up the win. Grayson Pratt won the battle for second over Nate Servaty, he was followed by Joseph Wilber, Corey Mehrwerth, and Hunter McDougall. The WISSOTA Modifieds were up next for their $2,000 to win feature. Shane Sabraski and Mike Anderson lead the field to green. Sabraski was able to grab the lead with Anderson in second. Sabraski pulled away in the early part of the race but around halfway Anderson closed the gap and looked like he was going to challenge Sabraski for the lead. He was able to get within a couple car lengths but could never get any closer than that. In the final laps Anderson looped it in turn two bringing out the caution and setting up a two lap sprint to the finish. Sabraski was able to maintain his lead and pick up the win. Jeremy Nelson of Alexandria finished second after starting thirteenth. Justin Oestreich took third after battling with Landon Atkinson for several laps, and Jeremy Nelson of Zimmerman rounded out the top five. George Dalbeck and Brandon Jensen led the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds to green for their $3,000 to win feature. Dalbeck took the lead with Jensen in second. Dalbeck quickly built up a huge lead and looked to be the car to beat. On the move was Jeremy Nelson who started fourteenth he made his way into the top five and after several restarts was able to move into second. Even after several restarts Dalbeck was still able to hold the lead and went on to pick up the big Mod Nationals win. He was followed by Nelson, Tony Bahr, Brandon Copp, and Skeeter Estey. 10. 60-Dan Ebert, 18:46.613[16]; 11. 2C-Dave Cain, 18:47.007[18]; 12. 21-Smith Jake, 11:27.528[14]; 13. 17-Mike Greseth, 18:47.469[5]; 14. 8S-Tony Schill, 18:47.882[6]; 15. 2-Denis Czech, 18:49.060[11]; 16. 44-Darrell Nelson, 18:27.896[20]; 17. 7J-Corey Jones, 18:28.227[7]; 18. 224-Cody Wolkowski, 18:28.453[24]; 19. Z28-Jamie Trautner, 11:27.528[12]; 20. (DNF) 11B-Joey Jensen, 11:27.528[15]; 21. (DNF) 12G-Jason Gross, 15:03.690[21]; 22. (DNF) 57-Mike Anderson, 14:48.426[2]; 23. (DNF) 32III-Cody Carlson, 14:48.518[23]; 24. (DNF) 5G-Scott Greer, 13:07.939[25]; 25. (DNF) 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 11:27.528[9] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified B Main 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9E-Don Eischens, 04:39.690[1]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain, 04:40.620[2]; 3. 11J-Jody Bellefeuille, 04:41.644[3]; 4. 44-Darrell Nelson, 04:44.318[6]; 5. 12G-Jason Gross, 04:44.789[8]; 6. 89JR-J.T. Johnson, 04:48.694[13]; 7. 32III-Cody Carlson, 04:51.269[5]; 8. 224-Cody Wolkowski, 04:52.012[7]; 9. 5G-Scott Greer, 04:52.231[10]; 10. 18M-Mason McEvers, 04:52.338[4]; 11. 15S-Wade Skindelien, 04:53.015[12]; 12. 96-Taton Hansen, 04:54.431[14]; 13. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 04:55.183[9]; 14. 89-Brett Johnson, 04:56.695[18]; 15. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 04:56.945[11]; 16. 24-Brandon Dolman, 04:57.742[21]; 17. 3-Brandon Linquist, 04:40.227[22]; 18. 15T-Erick Thiesse, 04:41.437[17]; 19. 4L-Carey LePage, 04:44.642[20]; 20. 1J-Matt Jeratowski, 04:46.916[19]; 21. (DNF) 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, 03:20.330[15]; (DNS) X-Chris Moore, 03:20.330; (DNS) 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 03:20.330 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 37-Kelly Estey, 02:59.806[3]; 2. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 03:00.837[6]; 3. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 03:01.619[5]; 4. 2-Denis Czech, 03:03.117[8]; 5. 18M-Mason McEvers, 03:04.169[2]; 6. 224-Cody Wolkowski, 03:05.688[4]; 7. 5G-Scott Greer, 03:06.120[9]; 8. 89JR-J.T. Johnson, 03:06.818[10]; 9. 15T-Erick Thiesse, 03:10.186[7]; 10. (DNF) 24-Brandon Dolman, 03:10.186[1] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Greseth, 03:00.620[1]; 2. 7J-Corey Jones, 03:03.611[2]; 3. 21-Smith Jake, 03:12.738[3]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert, 03:04.514[5]; 5. 9E-Don Eischens, 03:05.870[8]; 6. 12G-Jason Gross, 03:12.738[6]; 7. 44-Darrell Nelson, 03:08.187[10]; 8. 96-Taton Hansen, 03:09.775[9]; 9. 89-Brett Johnson, 03:12.738[7]; 10. (DNF) 3-Brandon Linquist, 03:12.738[4] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski, 04:21.655[6]; 2. 8S-Tony Schill, 04:24.312[3]; 3. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 04:25.257[5]; 4. Z28-Jamie Trautner, 01:09.014[8]; 5. 11B-Joey Jensen, 01:09.014[9]; 6. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 04:29.535[1]; 7. 15S-Wade Skindelien, 04:30.223[7]; 8. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, 04:34.897[4]; 9. (DNF) 1J-Matt Jeratowski, 01:09.014[2]; (DNS) 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 01:09.014 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 57-Mike Anderson, 03:07.830[4]; 2. 46-Justin A-Strike, 03:09.451[2]; 3. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 03:11.564[1]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain, 03:12.961[3]; 5. 11J-Jody Bellefeuille, 03:13.689[6]; 6. 32III-Cody Carlson, 03:16.589[7]; 7. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 03:16.717[9]; 8. X-Chris Moore, 03:26.053[8]; 9. (DNF) 4L-Carey LePage, 03:26.053[5] Midwest Modifieds Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota MWM B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 37-Mack Estey, 09:48.551[1]; 2. EZ1-Shane Sabraski, 09:48.768[3]; 3. 23-Mitch Weiss, 09:51.195[6]; 4. 88-Eric Lamm, 09:51.560[4]; 5. 50C-Cody Lee, 09:52.703[8]; 6. 112-Brennan Gave, 09:53.075[10]; 7. L1-Shane Howell, 09:53.662[17]; 8. 44FX-Mark Froehlich, 09:54.626[12]; 9. 22K-Tyler Kintner, 09:55.105[5]; 10. 24-Brandon Dolman, 09:56.054[2]; 11. 31-Travis Schurmann, 09:57.078[9]; 12. 3P-David Pixley, 09:57.406[13]; 13. (DNF) 43-Kyle Matuska, 08:57.549[16]; 14. (DNF) 27X-Andy Miskowic, 06:04.898[7]; 15. (DNF) 11B-Cole Boston, 03:21.175[14]; 16. (DNF) 955-Lucas Grosinger, 03:38.816[11]; 17. (DNF) 17-Ashley Mehrwerth, 03:21.175[15]; (DNS) 20-Austin Ellis, 03:21.175; (DNS) 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., 03:21.175 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota MWM B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 27-Matt Baker, 09:03.750[3]; 2. 188-Hunter Hougard, 09:04.865[6]; 3. B37-Cody Borgeson, 09:05.903[1]; 4. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, 09:06.232[4]; 5. 50H-Haley Lee, 09:08.764[16]; 6. RED1-Dan Wheeler, 09:09.199[12]; 7. 63-Patrick Kelley, 03:57.179[14]; 8. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 09:09.704[9]; 9. 21-Wyatt Boyum, 09:10.196[13]; 10. 19-Darrin Lawler, 09:10.402[11]; 11. 18-Justin Feltus, 09:11.077[15]; 12. 11JR-Andrew Inman, 09:11.396[8]; 13. (DNF) 04N-Nick Ayotte, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth, 07:05.438[1]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp, 07:05.625[6]; 3. 24-Brandon Dolman, 07:06.677[4]; 4. 13-Nick Koehler, 07:07.110[9]; 5. 04N-Nick Ayotte, 07:07.417[5]; 6. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 02:34.011[2]; 7. 19-Darrin Lawler, 07:09.039[3]; 8. (DNF) 50H-Haley Lee, 02:33.148[8]; 9. (DNF) L1-Shane Howell, 02:34.011[7] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 03:14.417[1]; 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 03:18.508[3]; 3. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 03:20.229[6]; 4. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, 03:20.412[2]; 5. 88-Eric Lamm, 03:21.353[8]; 6. 50C-Cody Lee, 03:22.310[7]; 7. 44FX-Mark Froehlich, 03:22.651[4]; 8. 63-Patrick Kelley, 03:25.991[5]; (DNS) 33C-Mike Boston, 03:25.991 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 11-Travis Schulte, 03:23.384[1]; 2. 23KR-Les Duellman, 03:32.856[3]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain, 03:32.856[8]; 4. EZ1-Shane Sabraski, 03:25.564[6]; 5. 188-Hunter Hougard, 03:27.659[4]; 6. 112-Brennan Gave, 03:29.172[2]; 7. RED1-Dan Wheeler, 03:32.856[5]; 8. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth, 03:32.856[7]; (DNS) 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., 03:32.856 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. QQ30-Tony Bahr, 04:28.023[2]; 2. 23DD-George Dalbeck, 04:22.816[8]; 3. 8-Nick DaRonco, 04:23.265[4]; 4. 27-Matt Baker, 04:23.589[6]; 5. 5-David Swearingen, 04:25.067[7]; 6. 17B-Zach Benson, 04:25.271[3]; 7. 3P-David Pixley, 04:26.067[5]; 8. 21-Wyatt Boyum, 04:28.023[1]; (DNS) 48-Cole Kelley, 04:28.023 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 1JR-Tim Johnson, 01:22.031[1]; 2. 21B-Brandon Jensen, 07:02.707[8]; 3. 37-Mack Estey, 07:03.579[5]; 4. 22K-Tyler Kintner, 07:04.881[3]; 5. 27X-Andy Miskowic, 07:07.475[4]; 6. 11JR-Andrew Inman, 07:07.850[7]; 7. (DNF) 18-Justin Feltus, 01:13.591[6]; 8. (DNF) 43-Kyle Matuska, 01:22.031[2]; (DNS) 20-Austin Ellis, 01:22.031 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 33X-Justin Froemming, 05:55.811[3]; 2. 37X-Skeeter Estey, 05:58.184[5]; 3. 07-Jason Hoffman, 03:43.159[6]; 4. B37-Cody Borgeson, 06:02.406[8]; 5. 23-Mitch Weiss, 06:02.769[7]; 6. 31-Travis Schurmann, 06:03.152[1]; 7. 955-Lucas Grosinger, 06:04.455[2]; 8. 11B-Cole Boston, 06:06.077[4]; (DNS) 14K-Shawn Kelley, 06:06.077 Mod Fours Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Mod 4 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. M16-Mitchell Hribar, 02:39.373[4]; 2. N88-Gerrald Nohner, 02:41.046[2]; 3. 16-Jamie Flickinger, 02:41.315[1]; 4. 7L-Tyler Larson, 02:42.440[6]; 5. 01-Justin Pogones, 02:43.225[5]; 6. 21-David Fortier, 02:45.944[3]; 7. 00-Payton English, 02:44.830[7]; 8. 04-Tommy Pogones, 02:57.186[8] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Mod 4 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson, 02:31.686[2]; 2. 00T-Keith Thell, 02:32.097[3]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist, 02:34.785[5]; 4. 4-Abby Garin, 02:37.140[1]; 5. 25K-Alexis (Lexy) Kastner, 02:40.631[4]; 6. 91-Erik Cleasby, 02:42.676[7]; 7. (DNF) 17-Katrina McMartin, 02:42.676[6] Hornets Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Hornet Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21R-Carter Rieland, [4]; 2. 87T-Ian Tjaden, [1]; 3. 27-Corey Mehrwerth, [7]; 4. 33L- Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Hornet Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Hunter McDougall, [1]; 2. 77H-Daniel Harstad, [3]; 3. 11S-Zachery Schreder, [7]; 4. 89J-Randy Jacoboski, [4]; 5. 00-Derek Ament, [5]; 6. 29-Noah Nelson, [8]; 7. 37-John Aderman, [2]; 8. 92-Payton Asche, [6] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Hornet Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith, [4]; 2. 63X-Grayson Pratt, [6]; 3. 99-Nate Servaty, [5]; 4. 0K-Joseph Wilber, [7]; 5. 11-Casey Stremick, [3]; 6. 14A-AJ House, [1]; 7. 37C-Colton Trembath, [2] Lamm Lands In Mod Nationals Victory Lane
The WISSOTA Mod Fours were the first feature up and it was a good one. Keith Thell grabbed the lead and Mitchell Hribar quickly moved into second right behind him. Hribar would chase Thell for most of the race and it would come down to the final laps and on the final laps Hribar got enough to beat out Thell by inches at the line. Dustin Holtquist charged from his tenth starting spot to finish third, he was followed by Dean Larson and Tyler Larson. The WISSOTA Hornets were up next, Grayson Pratt took the early lead and he was followed by Nate Servaty. Servaty was able to get around Pratt in the early laps, but on a restart Servaty’s car did not get up to speed and Pratt jumped into the lead. Pratt had his hands full in the final laps with Jake Smith, Joseph Wilber, and Corey Mehrwerth. On the final lap all four drivers were beating and banging and at the line it was Smith beating Pratt to the line by inches and another close finish, Mehrwerth took third, he was followed by Wilber and McDougall. The 30-lap $2,000 to win WISSOTA Modified feature was up next. Dan Ebert quickly jumped into the lead while Shane Sabraski moved into second. Sabraski then set his sights on Ebert and around the middle of the race challenged Ebert for the lead. The two exchanged the lead several times but Ebert held on and was able to get through lap traffic and hold off Sabraski for the win. Jody Bellefeuille took third, he was followed by Dave Cain, and Landon Atkinson. The final feature on the night was the 30-lap $2,000 to win WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature. Brandon Copp and Landon Atkinson made a little contact coming down the front stretch, Copp slid in front of the field causing several cars to pile up in turn one. Copp was charged with the caution and Jamie Davis and Tony Bahr suffered the worse as they were unable to continue. On the restart, Atkinson took control as Eric Lamm and David Swearingen battled for second, Swearingen took the spot. Swearingen then started closing the gap to Atkinson but before they could race for the lead Atkinson slowed bringing out the caution. In the final laps Lamm made several attempts to take the lead from Swearingen and finally got it done with three laps to go. Lamm drove away from Swearingen in the final laps to pick up the win. Swearingen took second, he was followed by Jeremy Nelson, Shane Sabraski, and Travis Schulte. WISSOTA Modifieds Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified B Main (15 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 07:59.924[8]; 2. 8S-Tony Schill, 08:01.810[10]; 3. 5G-Scott Greer, 08:01.832[1]; 4. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 08:04.284[14]; 5. 51-Alex Guthmiller, 08:04.504[6]; 6. 12G-Jason Gross, 08:05.106[5]; 7. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 08:06.135[12]; 8. Z28-Jamie Trautner, 02:28.056[13]; 9. 57-Mike Anderson, 08:06.985[20]; 10. 11C-Joey Jensen, 08:07.385[18]; 11. 18M-Mason McEvers, 08:08.074[19]; 12. 27-Tony Proell, 08:09.020[7]; 13. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 08:10.914[16]; 14. (DNF) 89-Brett Johnson, 07:15.441[4]; 15. (DNF) 24-Brandon Dolman, 02:46.973[3]; 16. (DNF) 1J-Matt Jeratowski, 02:52.956[17]; 17. (DNF) 15J-Wade Skindelien, 01:25.116[9]; 18. (DNF) X-Chris Moore, 00:28.248[11]; (DNS) 87H-Brad Hartigan, 00:28.248; (DQ) 46-Justin A-Strike, 08:00.591[2] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2C-Dave Cain, 10:03.185[2]; 2. 37-Kelly Estey, 10:05.295[4]; 3. 21-Smith Jake, 02:52.295[3]; 4. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille, 10:06.352[9]; 5. 5G-Scott Greer, 10:07.160[7]; 6. 12G-Jason Gross, 10:07.825[8]; 7. 15J-Wade Skindelien, 10:08.049[5]; 8. (DNF) 11C-Joey Jensen, 06:50.278[6]; 9. (DNF) 18M-Mason McEvers, 02:51.615[1] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert, 06:12.312[1]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 06:15.391[3]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski, 06:16.090[8]; 4. 89JR-J.T. Johnson, 06:17.368[2]; 5. 46-Justin A-Strike, 06:18.130[6]; 6. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 06:18.837[4]; 7. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 06:20.138[7]; 8. Z28-Jamie Trautner, 06:41.858[9]; 9. 87H-Brad Hartigan, 06:41.858[5] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 04:20.701[2]; 2. 17-Mike Greseth, 04:22.390[1]; 3. 44-Darrell Nelson, 04:26.506[3]; 4. 2-Denis Czech, 04:26.681[6]; 5. 89-Brett Johnson, 04:28.141[4]; 6. 51-Alex Guthmiller, 04:28.246[7]; 7. 8S-Tony Schill, 04:28.839[5]; 8. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 04:29.484[8]; 9. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 04:34.694[9] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Modified Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 07:51.957[1]; 2. 96-Taton Hansen, 07:58.272[2]; 3. 7J-Corey Jones, 07:59.287[4]; 4. 224-Cody Wolkowski, 07:59.789[7]; 5. 24-Brandon Dolman, 00:22.016[6]; 6. 27-Tony Proell, 08:00.779[3]; 7. X-Chris Moore, 08:06.894[5]; 8. (DNF) 1J-Matt Jeratowski, 06:11.180[9]; 9. (DNF) 57-Mike Anderson, 00:22.016[8] WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota MWM B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 06:23.668[3]; 2. 50C-Cody Lee, 06:26.692[5]; 3. RED1-Dan Wheeler, 06:28.231[1]; 4. 33X-Justin Froemming, 06:28.379[4]; 5. 11JR-Andrew Inman, 06:29.477[2]; 6. 04N-Nick Ayotte, 06:30.282[6]; 7. 22K-Tyler Kintner, 06:30.991[7]; 8. 1JR-Tim Johnson, 06:31.665[16]; 9. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth, 06:33.684[9]; 10. 27X-Andy Miskowic, 06:34.127[8]; 11. 8-Nick DaRonco, 06:35.252[11]; 12. 18-Justin Feltus, 06:37.372[12]; 13. 955-Lucas Grosinger, 06:38.316[10]; 14. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, 06:38.964[14]; 15. 69-Keith Vork, 06:55.088[15]; 16. 63-Patrick Kelley, 06:55.088[13]; (DNS) 33C-Cole Boston, 06:55.088; (DNS) 14K-Shawn Kelley, 06:55.088 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota MWM B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey, 04:37.171[2]; 2. 23KR-Les Duellman, 04:37.723[1]; 3. 37-Mack Estey, 04:42.232[12]; 4. 21-Wyatt Boyum, 04:43.596[4]; 5. 188-Hunter Hougard, 04:44.390[5]; 6. 07-Jason Hoffman, 04:50.270[3]; 7. 31-Travis Schurmann, 04:45.690[8]; 8. 112-Brennan Gave, 04:47.789[9]; 9. 24-Brandon Dolman, 04:48.107[6]; 10. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth, 04:49.787[7]; 11. 19-Darrin Lawler, 04:52.609[14]; 12. 3P-David Pixley, 04:53.897[18]; 13. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 04:50.270[10]; 14. 48-Cole Kelley, 04:37.300[13]; 15. 11B-Mike Boston, 04:50.270[11]; (DNS) 2C-Dave Cain, 04:50.270; (DNS) 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., 04:50.270; (DNS) 44FX-Mark Froehlich, 04:50.270 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 04:50.182[6]; 2. 50H-Haley Lee, 04:50.976[3]; 3. 07-Jason Hoffman, 04:55.580[2]; 4. 21-Wyatt Boyum, 04:53.527[1]; 5. 17-Ashley Mehrwerth, 04:54.326[5]; 6. 112-Brennan Gave, 04:55.006[7]; 7. 8-Nick DaRonco, 04:55.580[9]; 8. (DNF) 2C-Dave Cain, 04:55.580[8]; (DNS) 44FX-Mark Froehlich, 04:55.580 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 43-Kyle Matuska, 05:09.166[1]; 2. QQ-Tony Bahr, 05:09.605[5]; 3. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 05:09.906[7]; 4. B37-Cody Borgeson, 05:10.413[9]; 5. 50C-Cody Lee, 05:11.043[6]; 6. 31-Travis Schurmann, 05:12.250[8]; 7. 37-Mack Estey, 05:12.788[2]; 8. 19-Darrin Lawler, 05:13.359[3]; (DQ) 3P-David Pixley, 05:11.140[4] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. L1-Shane Howell, 11:53.588[1]; 2. 88-Eric Lamm, 11:54.051[7]; 3. 37X-Skeeter Estey, 11:54.601[4]; 4. 11JR-Andrew Inman, 11:55.416[8]; 5. 188-Hunter Hougard, 11:55.966[6]; 6. 04N-Nick Ayotte, 11:55.981[9]; 7. 63-Patrick Kelley, 02:25.396[3]; 8. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, 12:00.086[2]; 9. (DNF) 14K-Shawn Kelley, 02:25.396[5] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 11-Travis Schulte, 03:07.096[2]; 2. 23DD-George Dalbeck, 03:08.560[3]; 3. 5-David Swearingen, 03:11.014[8]; 4. EZ1-Shane Sabraski, 03:12.344[9]; 5. 27X-Andy Miskowic, 03:14.751[5]; 6. 955-Lucas Grosinger, 03:22.976[7]; 7. 18-Justin Feltus, 03:23.363[1]; 8. (DNF) 1JR-Tim Johnson, 01:39.588[6]; (DNS) 33C-Cole Boston, 01:39.588 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp, 03:08.995[7]; 2. 17B-Zach Benson, 03:09.108[2]; 3. 23KR-Les Duellman, 03:18.447[5]; 4. 33X-Justin Froemming, 03:14.604[6]; 5. 24-Brandon Dolman, 03:16.266[3]; 6. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 03:18.447[1]; 7. 11B-Mike Boston, 03:18.447[8]; 8. (DNF) 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., 03:18.447[4] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 85-Jamie Davis, 03:04.918[1]; 2. RED1-Dan Wheeler, 03:06.960[2]; 3. 20-Austin Ellis, 03:10.482[6]; 4. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 03:10.938[7]; 5. 22K-Tyler Kintner, 03:11.472[3]; 6. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth, 03:14.887[8]; 7. 48-Cole Kelley, 03:19.486[4]; 8. 69-Keith Vork, 03:19.486[5] WISSOTA Mod Fours Tommy Pogones, 08:24.882[13]; 11. 00-Payton English, 08:57.066[9]; 12. (DNF) 91-Erik Cleasby, 04:41.281[12]; (DNS) 89-Chris McClain, 04:41.281 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Mod 4 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson, 04:28.625[1]; 2. M16-Mitchell Hribar, 04:29.133[3]; 3. 25K-Alexis (Lexy) Kastner, 04:39.669[4]; 4. 91-Erik Cleasby, 04:40.554[6]; 5. (DNF) 00-Payton English, 04:04.604[2]; (DNS) 89-Chris McClain, 04:04.604 WISSOTA Hornets Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Hornet Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0K-Joseph Wilber, 03:35.315[1]; 2. 99-Nate Servaty, 03:35.315[7]; 3. 5-Jake Smith, 03:35.315[4]; 4. 1-Hunter McDougall, 03:43.477[2]; 5. 21R-Carter Rieland, 03:35.315[3]; 6. 89J-Randy Jacoboski, 03:35.315[5]; 7. 12-Brent Engler, 03:16.246[6] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Hornet Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 63X-Grayson Pratt, [4]; 2. 37A-Alex Aderman, [2]; 3. 77H-Daniel Harstad, [6]; 4. 27-Corey Mehrwerth, [5]; 5. 37C-John Aderman, [1]; 6. 37CC-Colton Trembath, [3] Cain becomes first two-time Mod Nats Winner at Ogilvie By Ben Kruchten
Jake Smith took the lead early in the WISSOTA Hornet finale. Smith was right at home out front during the first few laps before his sister Brittany came calling. The duo battle side by side for the lead for the better part of three laps before Brittany would seize the advantage. Back in traffic the #99 of Nate Servaty was making moves. With a maneuverable car underneath, Servaty charged from his 15th starting spot to finish fourth at the line. In the end it was all Brittany Smith scoring the win. Jake Smith, Paul George, Servaty and Hunter McDougall all took home top five runs, as well. The story early in the season for the WISSOTA Mod Fours has been the dominance of Dustin Holtquist. Holtquist, the long-time South Dakota native (who now calls St. Joseph, MN home), continued his dominance Sunday night charging from his eighth starting position to remain perfect on the season. Defending WISSOTA Mod Four National Champion Dean Larson settled for a hard fought second place finish just ahead of Dustin’s father, Bob Holtquist. Polesitter Adam Prieve and 10th starting Doug Frederick were each members of the top five finishing order for the Mod Fours, who drew 10 entries. Tyler Larson and Justin Pogones each corralled heat race wins earlier in the program. Adams got the jump on the fellow row one starter Tony Schill and was scored the leader at the end of the first lap during the WISSOTA Modified headliner. Adams worked his #40 machine around the top side of the speedway with great ease early on while fourth starter Landon Atkinson ran second. Near the midway point of the race, however, Dan Ebert came to call. Ebert twisted and contorted his #60 machine around the extreme top side of the speedway drawing closer to Adams with each passing circuit. With seven laps remaining Ebert had successfully tracked down Adams. The duo traded slide jobs while racing side by for the better part of five laps before Adams seized control taking the white flag. Out front it was Adams leading every single lap on his way to a $2,500 victory. Ebert turned in a tremendous effort coming home second ahead of Atkinson, Shane Sabraski and 14th starting Dave Cain. On the strength of being number one in passing points after two heat races Friday, Justin Froemming would bring the field to green from his pole position in the 50-lap WISSOTA Midwest Modified headliner. Despite heavy pressure from Cain, Froemming was scored the leader after the first circuit was completed. Cain, however, looked strong seizing control from the #33x on lap two. Froemming and Tony Bahr were left to battle for the second spot while Cain stretched his advantage out front. The car on the move from the get go was the #EZ1 of Shane Sabraski. While most cars worked the inside of the speedway Sabraski worked right up near the fence disposing of a lot of fellow competitors with the help of the cushion. When it was all said and done Sabraski moved up 15 positions during the 50-lap affair finishing in second. In one of the most dominating performances you’ll ever see Cain would score the win with a jaw-dropping 13.5 advantage. Sabraski would finish second with Bahr third, Jeffrey Lien Jr fourth and 20th starter Jeremy Nelson in fifth. Froemming finished second initially but was disqualified after the race during post-race inspection. SUMMARY: WISSOTA Modifieds: MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified Feature (30 Laps): 1. 40-Kevin Adams, 15:24.683[1]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert, 15:25.944[3]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 15:26.847[4]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski, 15:27.440[8]; 5. 2C-Dave Cain, 15:28.163[14]; 6. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 15:29.185[15]; 7. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 15:29.691[9]; 8. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille, 15:30.136[7]; 9. 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 00:28.215[5]; 10. 57-Mike Anderson, 15:31.079[16]; 11. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 15:32.777[18]; 12. 89JR-J.T. Johnson, 15:34.974[22]; 13. 5G-Scott Greer, 15:35.359[12]; 14. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 15:37.612[10]; 15. 22J-J.B. Stortz, 15:37.868[20]; 16. 22T-Michael Truscott, 15:39.123[21]; 17. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 15:40.492[19]; 18. 21X-Travis Saurer, 15:41.083[17]; 19. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 15:42.161[24]; 20. (DNF) 37-Kelly Estey, 12:58.089[6]; 21. (DNF) 8S-Tony Schill, 04:01.371[2]; 22. (DNF) 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, 03:59.981[25]; 23. (DNF) 12G-Jason Gross, 03:22.459[13]; 24. (DNF) 19-Lucas Rodin, 01:22.732[23]; 25. (DNF) 73-Andy Jones, 00:28.215[11] MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified B Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer, 04:31.972[4]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 04:32.334[1]; 3. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 04:34.761[2]; 4. 22J-J.B. Stortz, 04:37.081[5]; 5. 22T-Michael Truscott, 04:37.500[3]; 6. 89JR-J.T. Johnson, 04:38.208[7]; 7. 19-Lucas Rodin, 04:41.635[8]; 8. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 04:43.311[9]; 9. 4D-Jamie Davis, 04:45.692[12]; 10. 18J-Tyler Jonson, 04:46.740[11]; 11. (DNF) 21-Cory Sersha, 03:15.212[6]; 12. (DNF) 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, 02:12.173[10]; (DNS) 71-Dustin Strand, 02:12.173 MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 8S-Tony Schill, 02:53.578[2]; 2. 40-Kevin Adams, 02:53.667[7]; 3. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 02:56.561[1]; 4. 12G-Jason Gross, 03:02.204[5]; 5. 5G-Scott Greer, 02:59.328[9]; 6. 57-Mike Anderson, 03:00.365[3]; 7. 22T-Michael Truscott, 03:01.278[4]; 8. 89JR-J.T. Johnson, 03:01.718[6]; 9. 19-Lucas Rodin, 03:02.204[10]; 10. 4D-Jamie Davis, 03:02.204[8] MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 05:22.137[1]; 2. 37-Kelly Estey, 05:25.916[4]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski, 05:26.623[6]; 4. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 05:27.181[8]; 5. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 05:28.413[2]; 6. 2C-Dave Cain, 05:28.925[10]; 7. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 05:34.604[9]; 8. 21-Cory Sersha, 05:31.886[3]; 9. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, 05:34.604[7]; 10. 18J-Tyler Jonson, 05:34.604[5] MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 02:54.757[1]; 2. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille, 02:55.100[3]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert, 03:03.689[8]; 4. 73-Andy Jones, 02:58.802[6]; 5. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 02:59.352[4]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer, 03:01.271[7]; 7. 22J-J.B. Stortz, 03:01.805[9]; 8. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 03:03.689[5]; (DQ) 71-Dustin Strand, 03:03.689[2] WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. Feature (50 Laps): 1. 8B-Dave Cain, 19:53.691[3]; 2. EZ1-Shane Sabraski, 20:07.787[17]; 3. QQ-Tony Bahr, 01:49.962[2]; 4. 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., 20:11.526[8]; 5. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 20:11.905[20]; 6. 7R-Tommy Richards, 20:13.711[4]; 7. 20-Austin Ellis, 19:54.814[7]; 8. 85-Jamie Davis, 19:59.835[6]; 9. 13-Nick Koehler, 20:00.253[18]; 10. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth, 20:00.809[5]; 11. 37X-Skeeter Estey, 20:01.186[25]; 12. 12-Justin A-Strike, 01:49.962[14]; 13. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 20:02.070[23]; 14. 23D-Kevin Adams, 20:02.413[24]; 15. 7J-Corey Jones, 20:03.945[10]; 16. 37K-Kelly Estey, 01:49.962[16]; 17. 42X-Travis Saurer, 01:49.962[22]; 18. 50C-Cody Lee, 20:06.832[11]; 19. 16S-Ryan Savoy, 20:07.050[28]; 20. 15-Wade Skindelien, 20:07.511[27]; 21. (DNF) 10-Mack Estey, 11:41.129[9]; 22. (DNF) 1JR-Tim Johnson, 01:49.962[15]; 23. (DNF) 67-Mike Nichols, 10:21.017[21]; 24. (DNF) 45JR-Loren Inman, 01:49.962[26]; 25. (DNF) 221-Aric Lindberg, 09:24.280[12]; 26. (DNF) 18A-Landon Atkinson, 07:56.139[19]; 27. (DNF) 71-Dustin Strand, 01:49.962[13]; (DQ) 33X-Justin Froemming, 20:07.255[1] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. B Main 1 (20 Laps): 1. EZ1-Shane Sabraski, 12:31.571[1]; 2. 67-Mike Nichols, 12:36.187[4]; 3. 57-Corey Storck, 04:25.404[7]; 4. 3T-Travis Schulte, 04:25.404[11]; 5. 06W-Clayton Wagamon, 12:41.330[6]; 6. 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 12:42.235[9]; 7. B37-Cody Borgeson, 12:44.496[2]; 8. 5-Joe Chaplin Jr, 12:44.847[14]; 9. 23DD-George Dalbeck, 12:45.733[5]; 10. 3-Ryan Studanski, 04:25.404[12]; 11. 15-Wade Skindelien, 12:47.512[16]; 12. 1S-Scott Bintz, 12:48.758[3]; 13. 21-Wyatt Boyum, 12:49.271[13]; 14. 28-Francis Hanson, 12:49.321[17]; 15. 04N-Nick Ayotte, 12:34.456[10]; 16. (DNF) 43-Kyle Matuska, 09:15.318[8]; 17. (DNF) 27-Matt Baker, 04:25.404[19]; (DNS) 97S-Grady Shearer, 12:34.456; (DNS) 092-Nick Bruder, 12:34.456 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. B Main 2 (20 Laps): 1. 13-Nick Koehler, 16:28.525[4]; 2. 42X-Travis Saurer, 10:22.889[3]; 3. 2-Scott Splittstoesser, 16:31.304[5]; 4. RED1-Dan Wheeler, 16:32.558[7]; 5. 33C-Cole Chernosky, 16:33.344[2]; 6. 5S-David Swearingen, 16:34.044[15]; 7. 24-Tyler English, 16:35.163[13]; 8. 24D-Brandon Dolman, 16:36.662[6]; 9. 16S-Ryan Savoy, 16:38.490[16]; 10. 39-Jason Schill, 16:39.524[14]; 11. 19-Tracy Johnson, 16:40.456[10]; 12. 88W-Tanner Williamson, 16:40.931[12]; 13. TB81-Tommy Bawden, 16:41.688[18]; 14. 14N-Keith Niemi, 16:41.859[11]; 15. (DNF) 19X-James Trantina III, 15:00.418[1]; 16. (DNF) 37-Travis Anderson, 12:37.549[8]; 17. (DNF) 14J-James Kannegiesser, 10:22.889[17]; (DNS) 68-Joe Henninger, 10:22.889; (DQ) 90-Ryan Wetzstein, 16:32.038[9] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. B Main 3 (20 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 14:49.412[3]; 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 14:51.274[7]; 3. RED21-Joey Jensen, 14:52.246[2]; 4. 48-Shawn Kelley, 14:52.607[9]; 5. 22T-Michael Truscott, 14:52.626[4]; 6. 112-Brennan Gave, 14:52.956[1]; 7. 19R-Lucas Rodin, 14:53.825[6]; 8. 15K-Karl Kolek, 06:15.210[5]; 9. 97-Cole Anderson, 14:54.172[11]; 10. 47-Don Craig, 14:54.675[13]; 11. 3D-Kevin Monteith, 14:55.205[15]; 12. 7P-Kyle Ambroziak, 14:55.443[16]; 13. 45JR-Loren Inman, 14:57.031[14]; 14. 1R-Joey Rowell, 14:58.502[17]; 15. 2C-Charlie Castle, 14:59.242[18]; 16. (DNF) 11-Ashton Schulte, 10:09.746[10]; 17. (DNF) 11JR-Andrew Inman, 09:47.980[12]; 18. (DNF) 955-Lucas Grosinger, 06:15.210[8] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Wissota Midwest Mod. B Main 4 (20 Laps): 1. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 08:45.368[8]; 2. 23D-Kevin Adams, 08:47.173[3]; 3. 37X-Skeeter Estey, 08:48.917[9]; 4. 88-Eric Lamm, 08:50.186[4]; 5. 23-Mitch Weiss, 08:52.590[7]; 6. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, 08:52.980[5]; 7. 88XXX-Randy Klein, 08:54.106[6]; 8. 50H-Haley Lee, 08:54.489[2]; 9. 22-Brandon Copp, 08:54.799[10]; 10. 188-Hunter Hougard, 08:55.649[1]; 11. G19-Gunner Peterson, 08:55.900[12]; 12. 14X-Austin Schrage, 08:56.432[16]; 13. 11B-Mike Boston, 08:58.330[14]; 14. 63-Patrick Kelley, 09:01.779[17]; 15. (DNF) 17B-Zach Benson, 09:01.779[13]; (DNS) 621-Colin Chaschuk, 09:01.779; (DNS) 86-Justin Jensen, 09:01.779; (DNS) 70JR-David Simpson, 09:01.779 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products MWM Last Chance Race (20 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey, 24:21.580[4]; 2. 2-Scott Splittstoesser, 24:23.512[2]; 3. RED21-Joey Jensen, 24:24.322[3]; 4. 3T-Travis Schulte, 09:18.054[5]; 5. 88-Eric Lamm, 24:24.543[8]; 6. 5S-David Swearingen, 24:25.217[14]; 7. 57-Corey Storck, 09:18.054[1]; 8. 22T-Michael Truscott, 24:26.687[11]; 9. 48-Shawn Kelley, 24:27.752[7]; 10. 112-Brennan Gave, 24:27.884[15]; 11. RED1-Dan Wheeler, 24:28.770[6]; 12. 23-Mitch Weiss, 24:29.176[12]; 13. 19R-Lucas Rodin, 24:30.196[19]; 14. 88XXX-Randy Klein, 24:30.574[20]; 15. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, 24:31.564[16]; 16. (DNF) 33C-Cole Chernosky, 22:33.220[10]; 17. (DNF) 06W-Clayton Wagamon, 15:35.594[9]; 18. (DNF) 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 15:38.579[13]; 19. (DNF) 24-Tyler English, 15:40.968[18]; 20. (DNF) B37-Cody Borgeson, 09:18.054[17] WISSOTA Mod Fours: St Cloud Auto Wrecking Wissota Mod 4 Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist, 15:36.532[8]; 2. 37-Dean Larson, 15:37.192[5]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist, 15:37.391[2]; 4. 9-Adam Prieve, 10:44.694[1]; 5. 5F-Doug Frederick, 15:38.893[10]; 6. 4-Abby Garin, 15:39.246[6]; 7. 21-David Fortier, 15:39.643[7]; 8. 00-Payton English, 15:42.533[9]; 9. (DNF) 01-Justin Pogones, 10:44.694[3]; 10. (DNF) 7L-Tyler Larson, 10:43.516[4] St Cloud Auto Wrecking Wissota Mod 4 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Adam Prieve, 03:48.978[2]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson, 03:42.989[1]; 3. 37-Dean Larson, 03:44.122[5]; 4. 5H-Dustin Holtquist, 03:47.349[3]; 5. 5F-Doug Frederick, 03:48.978[4] St Cloud Auto Wrecking Wissota Mod 4 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Justin Pogones, 04:01.951[1]; 2. 5-Robert Holtquist, 04:03.500[5]; 3. 4-Abby Garin, 04:05.956[4]; 4. 21-David Fortier, 04:10.405[2]; 5. 00-Payton English, 04:03.978[3] WISSOTA Hornets: Collins Brothers Towing of St Cloud Wissota Hornets Feature (15 Laps): 1. 5-Brittany Smith, 09:10.064[2]; 2. 21S-Jake Smith, 09:44.321[1]; 3. 21-Paul George, 09:11.638[3]; 4. 99-Nate Servaty, 01:31.555[15]; 5. 1-Hunter McDougall, 09:13.982[8]; 6. 22-Matthew Dittman, 01:31.555[7]; 7. 11-Zachery Schreder, 01:31.555[10]; 8. 11R-Paul Ripley, 09:17.234[11]; 9. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne, 01:31.555[9]; 10. 0K-Joseph Wilber, 09:20.733[6]; 11. 13-Christian Ripley, 09:23.610[12]; 12. 33-Jeremiah Stensrud, 01:31.555[14]; 13. 11B-Joshua Benson, 01:31.555[13]; 14. (DNF) 29-Noah Nelson, 01:31.071[5]; 15. (DNF) 27-Corey Mehrwerth, 01:31.555[4] Collins Brothers Towing of St Cloud Wissota Hornets Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21S-Jake Smith, 02:47.223[2]; 2. 21-Paul George, 02:49.972[5]; 3. 22-Matthew Dittman, 02:58.651[3]; 4. 1-Hunter McDougall, 02:53.086[4]; 5. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne, 02:58.651[7]; 6. 13-Christian Ripley, 02:58.651[6]; 7. 33-Jeremiah Stensrud, 02:58.651[1] Collins Brothers Towing of St Cloud Wissota Hornets Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Brittany Smith, 02:49.717[2]; 2. 27-Corey Mehrwerth, 02:52.251[4]; 3. 0K-Joseph Wilber, 02:54.356[1]; 4. 29-Noah Nelson, 02:54.499[7]; 5. 11-Zachery Schreder, 02:57.140[6]; 6. 11R-Paul Ripley, 02:57.140[3]; 7. 11B-Joshua Benson, 02:57.140[8]; 8. (DNF) 99-Nate Servaty, 02:57.140[5] By Ben Kruchten Ninety WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds checked into to the Ogilvie Raceway for the 13th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals and Justin Froemming came out on top in passing points, winning features in the other classes were Jody Bellefeuille in the WISSOTA Modifieds, Dustin Holtquist in the WISSOTA Mod Fours, and Nate Servaty took the WISSOTA Hornet feature. Two rounds of nine heat race were ran for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds to determine the top 16 spots in tomorrow nights $10,000 to win feature and Justin Froemming earned the pole racking up the most passing points in the two rounds of heat races. A Modifieds MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified B Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 40-Kevin Adams, 06:05.794[1]; 2. 2-Denis Czech, 06:06.514[3]; 3. 12G-Jason Gross, 06:07.879[2]; 4. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 06:08.769[7]; 5. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 06:09.104[5]; 6. 57-Mike Anderson, 06:09.513[11]; 7. 5G-Scott Greer, 06:09.883[8]; 8. 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 06:10.592[10]; 9. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 06:11.055[12]; 10. 8S-Tony Schill, 06:11.192[4]; 11. 4D-Jamie Davis, 06:12.751[15]; 12. 22T-Michael Truscott, 06:13.081[14]; 13. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 06:13.418[13]; 14. 21-Cory Sersha, 06:13.937[9]; 15. 18J-Tyler Jonson, 06:15.008[6]; 16. (DNF) 224-Cody Wolkowski, 00:31.553[16] MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 03:05.168[2]; 2. 18A-Landon Atkinson, 03:17.637[8]; 3. 22J-J.B. Stortz, 03:09.808[6]; 4. 04JR-Adam Ayotte, 03:10.130[1]; 5. 2-Denis Czech, 03:10.160[3]; 6. 06-Jeremy Nelson, 03:11.892[4]; 7. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 03:17.637[7]; 8. 11-Sam Fankhauser, 03:17.637[5] MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon, 03:21.074[1]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand, 03:21.074[6]; 3. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl, 03:21.074[2]; 4. 19-Lucas Rodin, 03:18.675[7]; 5. 8S-Tony Schill, 03:20.195[4]; 6. 18J-Tyler Jonson, 03:20.506[3]; 7. 21-Cory Sersha, 03:21.074[8]; (DNS) 224-Cody Wolkowski, 03:21.074 MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 89JR-J.T. Johnson, 03:11.354[4]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain, 03:13.716[3]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski, 03:23.154[7]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert, 03:17.773[6]; 5. 12G-Jason Gross, 03:23.154[2]; 6. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 03:23.154[8]; 7. 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 03:23.154[1]; 8. (DNF) 4D-Jamie Davis, 03:23.154[5] MN Truck Headquarters Wissota Modified Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille, 03:09.660[3]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer, 03:14.330[2]; 3. 37-Kelly Estey, 03:14.872[7]; 4. 73-Andy Jones, 03:15.994[4]; 5. 40-Kevin Adams, 03:16.773[6]; 6. 5G-Scott Greer, 03:17.216[5]; 7. 57-Mike Anderson, 03:18.265[1]; 8. 22T-Michael Truscott, 03:19.356[8] B Modifieds Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Round 2 Midwest Mod. Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2-Scott Splittstoesser, 06:57.632[3]; 2. 37K-Kelly Estey, 06:58.034[4]; 3. 7R-Tommy Richards, 06:58.664[8]; 4. 188-Hunter Hougard, 06:59.067[1]; 5. 1JR-Tim Johnson, 07:04.710[10]; 6. 24-Tyler English, 07:00.800[6]; 7. 97-Cole Anderson, 07:03.629[5]; 8. 47-Don Craig, 07:04.467[2]; 9. 14N-Keith Niemi, 07:04.710[9]; 10. (DNF) 63-Patrick Kelley, 07:04.710[7] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Round 2 Midwest Mod. Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 19X-James Trantina III, 07:45.148[1]; 2. 88-Eric Lamm, 07:46.427[2]; 3. 7J-Corey Jones, 07:48.898[7]; 4. 50H-Haley Lee, 07:50.434[6]; 5. 88XXX-Randy Klein, 07:51.750[3]; 6. 48-Shawn Kelley, 07:52.932[9]; 7. 11B-Mike Boston, 07:54.017[5]; 8. (DNF) 39-Jason Schill, 07:54.731[8]; 9. (DNF) 06-Jeremy Nelson, 00:21.927[4] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Round 2 Midwest Mod. Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 50C-Cody Lee, 06:39.876[1]; 2. 23-Mitch Weiss, 06:41.460[2]; 3. 22T-Michael Truscott, 06:42.474[5]; 4. 67-Mike Nichols, 06:43.945[3]; 5. 71-Dustin Strand, 01:07.688[9]; 6. 11-Ashton Schulte, 06:46.709[7]; 7. 70JR-David Simpson, 06:49.151[4]; 8. G19-Gunner Peterson, 06:49.543[6]; 9. (DNF) 28-Francis Hanson, 01:07.937[10]; 10. (DNF) 17B-Zach Benson, 01:07.688[8] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Round 2 Midwest Mod. Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 24D-Brandon Dolman, 05:17.743[1]; 2. 112-Brennan Gave, 05:18.367[7]; 3. 3-Ryan Studanski, 05:24.138[3]; 4. 1S-Scott Bintz, 05:20.410[8]; 5. 04N-Nick Ayotte, 05:20.659[6]; 6. 21-Wyatt Boyum, 05:20.734[4]; 7. 19-Tracy Johnson, 05:22.626[2]; 8. 90-Ryan Wetzstein, 05:22.725[9]; 9. 5K-Tyler Kaeter, 05:24.138[10]; 10. (DNF) 88W-Tanner Williamson, 05:24.138[5] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Rpund 2 Midwest Mod. Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 33X-Justin Froemming, 03:19.175[2]; 2. QQ-Tony Bahr, 03:21.571[7]; 3. RED1-Dan Wheeler, 03:22.441[1]; 4. 20-Austin Ellis, 03:22.705[3]; 5. RED21-Joey Jensen, 03:23.590[9]; 6. 13-Nick Koehler, 03:25.642[6]; 7. 19R-Lucas Rodin, 03:26.158[10]; 8. 14X-Austin Schrage, 03:27.121[5]; 9. 86-Justin Jensen, 03:27.121[4]; 10. (DNF) 27-Matt Baker, 03:27.121[8] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Round 2 Midwest Mod. Heat 7 (10 Laps): 1. EZ1-Shane Sabraski, 03:14.063[1]; 2. 8B-Dave Cain, 03:18.197[10]; 3. 37X-Skeeter Estey, 03:19.112[7]; 4. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 03:19.424[3]; 5. 22-Brandon Copp, 03:21.333[2]; 6. 57-Corey Storck, 03:22.195[9]; 7. 11JR-Andrew Inman, 03:22.434[8]; 8. 37-Travis Anderson, 03:24.413[6]; 9. 1R-Joey Rowell, 03:28.230[5]; (DNS) 68-Joe Henninger, 03:28.230 Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Round 2 Midwest Mod. Heat 8 (10 Laps): 1. 23DD-George Dalbeck, 07:18.577[2]; 2. 85-Jamie Davis, 07:19.038[6]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky, 07:21.084[8]; 4. 621-Colin Chaschuk, 07:21.596[3]; 5. B37-Cody Borgeson, 07:22.354[10]; 6. 16S-Ryan Savoy, 07:22.693[4]; 7. 43-Kyle Matuska, 07:23.884[1]; 8. 3D-Kevin Monteith, 07:24.035[7]; 9. (DNF) 2C-Charlie Castle, 00:26.238[9]; 10. (DNF) 5S-David Swearingen, 00:26.238[5] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Round 2 Midwest Mod. Heat 9 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth, 03:20.404[2]; 2. CRAZY1-Craig Lofdahl, 03:22.824[1]; 3. 24JR-Jeffrey Lien Jr., 03:23.319[5]; 4. 12-Justin A-Strike, 03:30.740[6]; 5. 15K-Karl Kolek, 03:30.740[8]; 6. 97S-Grady Shearer, 03:25.628[4]; 7. 45JR-Loren Inman, 03:27.134[7]; 8. 06W-Clayton Wagamon, 03:27.346[9]; 9. TB81-Tommy Bawden, 03:30.080[3]; 10. 14J-James Kannegiesser, 03:30.740[10] Dirt 4 cyl Modified St Cloud Auto Wrecking Wissota Mod 4 Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Adam Prieve, 02:39.663[1]; 2. 5-Robert Holtquist, 02:30.972[2]; 3. 37-Dean Larson, 02:32.127[4]; 4. 5H-Dustin Holtquist, 02:32.955[5]; 5. 21-David Fortier, 02:37.253[3]; 6. 89-Chris McClain, 02:39.663[6] St Cloud Auto Wrecking Wissota Mod 4 Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson, 02:27.670[2]; 2. 01-Justin Pogones, 02:30.338[4]; 3. 30-Dean Shaver, 02:35.687[6]; 4. 4-Abby Garin, 02:36.444[3]; 5. 95-Brenda Shaver, 02:38.239[1]; 6. 00-Payton English, 02:31.520[5] Sport Compact Collins Brothers Towing Of St Cloud Wissota Hornet Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Corey Mehrwerth, 02:58.250[5]; 2. 21-Jake Smith, 02:59.065[4]; 3. 0K-Joseph Wilber, 02:59.509[2]; 4. 11A-Ryan Anderley, 02:59.509[3]; 5. (DNF) 5-Brittany Smith, 02:59.509[1] Collins Brothers Towing Of St Cloud Wissota Hornet Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Nate Servaty, 02:55.326[5]; 2. 11-Zachery Schreder, 02:53.723[3]; 3. 14-Justin Schelitzche, 02:55.326[4]; 4. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne, 02:55.326[1]; 5. 33-Jeremiah Stensrud, 02:55.326[2] Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Returns As Title Sponsor of Minnesota Modified Nationals
FYE Motorsports owner Chris Stepan said ‘Chad and Wehrs Machine have been a great supporter of our FYE events, and motorsports in general, for many years and it was exciting to partner with them as the new title sponsor of the Mod Nationals this past year and it is equally as exciting to have them back on board for the 2018 event.’ Wehrs Machine has been making the finest racing products in the world for over 20 years. Check out what Wehrs Machine can do for you at www.WehrsMachine.com. Ten Grand To Win Midwest Modified Event To Highlight 2018 Minnesota Modified Nationals Weekend at the Big O! Mike Anderson Storms From 14th To Win Mod Nationals By 0.014sec In Epic Photo Finish By: Tami Jo Kuehn Ogilvie, MN (May 28) – Mother Nature put the drivers and fans at Ogilvie Raceway through the ringer Sunday night with on and off rain showers, but after a delayed start to the program, the 12th Annual Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals kicked off. The night of WISSOTA PolyDome Dirt Track Race Series action began with heats for the support classes followed by B Features for the Modifieds as well as a Last Chance race to get drivers qualified for the 50 lap main event. 26 Modifieds made the cut for the big dance, and put on a great race with a phenomenal finish. After a slight change in the line-up, the WISSOTA Mod Fours were up first for the night. Mitch Hribar and Robert Holtquist led the drivers to green and Hribar sped away with the point. Holtquist held second and Dean Larson took third, but soon Holtquist slid into the infield. A couple other cars made contact in turn one which brought out a caution. Hribar was alone on the restart with Larson and Trever Roediger to his rear. Hribar drove away when the green dropped and Larson retook second. Justin Pogones moved to Roediger’s side and they battled for third. Pogones nosed ahead but Roeidger kept close and retook his side. Hribar and Larson moved past slower cars and soon Pogones and Roediger were there too. Pogones made the pass first and broke free of Roediger, however the yellow waved. Hribar remained in command on the restart while Larson retained second. They pulled away from the field while Pogones and Roediger resumed the battle for third. Roediger worked Pogones, moved low on the track and made the pass. Hribar led the remaining laps and took the win and swept the Mod Four features of the weekend. Jay Kesan and Jimmy Gullikson brought the WISSOTA Street Stocks to the line for their feature. The green dropped and Gullikson sped off with the lead. Kesan claimed second and Sam Fankhauser snagged third. The laps went by with drivers in that order and Gullikson extended his lead by a straight away. Just then Travis Loew suffered a mechanical problem and the yellow waved. Gullikson was in command on the restart with Kesan and Fankhauser in tow. They took the green and were nearly three wide in the turn, but Gullikson sped off. Kesan and Fankhauser fought for second and Fankhauser zipped by on the low side. Fankhauser closed the gap with Gullikson and worked the #21 for the lead. Gullikson however held him back and took the win. 29 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were scheduled to start the feature event, and 28 made the call. Grady Shearer and Jeffrey Lien, Jr. brought the drivers to green and battled door to door for the lead. Jeremy Nelson took third while Lien, Jr. slid in front of Shearer. Lien, Jr. drifted high in the turn and Shearer flew by. The yellow then appeared and drivers were sorted. Shearer was alone on the restart with Lien, Jr. And Nelson in tow. Nelson grabbed second and Shane Howell took third this round. Nelson closed in on Shearer, but Shearer pulled away. Nelson kept close to Shearer’s #97 while Kyle Matuska passed Howell for third. Matuska closed in on the top two drivers as they separated from the pack. Travis Schulte and Howell began a battle for fourth but Jason VandeKamp snuck by on the low side and took the point. VandeKamp caught Matuksa for third but Matuska took off. Howell came back to VandeKamp’s door and they ran nose to nose. They went through turns three and four and rubbed a bit, but both kept going. VandeKamp and Howell remained side by side for laps until the white waved and VandeKamp pulled away. Shearer led the entire race and grabbed the feature win. It was now time for the Big Event, The Big Dance, the much anticipated WISSOTA Modified Nationals 50 lap feature race. After a four wide salute, the drivers got in order with Jody Bellefeuille and Dave Cain on the first row. As the green flew, Bellefeuille claimed the lead with Cain and Shane Sabraski as the top three. Jeremy Nelson (4) and Kelly Estey battled for fourth and Estey took the point. Sabraski raced low on the track surface and passed Cain for second. Sabraski then caught Bellefeuille and slid by for the lead. It didn't take Sabraski long to catch slower cars with 10 laps complete of 50. Just then, Jeffrey Lien, Jr.’s car began to smoke and the yellow flag dropped. Sabraski was first on the restart but Estey and Bellefeuille took his side and they were three wide in turns one and two. Bellefeuille pulled out of the turn first and took the lead but the yellow appeared again. Bellefeuille brought the drivers back to green, but suffered a mechanical break and the yellow returned. Sabraski was again in the lead as the race resumed and Darrell Nelson took second. D. Nelson went high in the turn and Mike Anderson snuck by for the point. The race was half over and a fuel break was given to the drivers so the yellow waved. After the short break, Sabraski retook the lead with Anderson and D. Nelson in tow. D. Nelson and Anderson fought for second while Dan Ebert and Matt Gilbertson raced door to door for fifth. They swapped back and forth, but Ebert nosed ahead for the spot. The top four were in solid positions but Anderson closed the gap with Sabraski as the laps passed. Sabraski caught slower cars which gave Anderson the chance to catch the #7a. Sabraski weaved through the traffic and stretched his lead with few laps to go. Anderson kept after Sabraski but when the white flag waved, Sabraski seemed to have the win secured. As they came to the final turns, Sabraski bobbled in turn three and Anderson raced to his door. They exited turn four towards the checkers and drag raced down the front chute. The flags were dropped and the two drivers crossed the line with a margin of .014 seconds. Anderson made it to the feature through a B Feature, started 14th in the main event, and took the win in the 12th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals. Sabraski settled for second with Darrell Nelson, Jeremy Nelson (4) and Dan Ebert as the top five. With the final checkers being waved, the Wehrs Machine Modified Nationals were recorded in the history books. Never in the 11 years of Mod Nationals presented by FYE Motorsports has there been a repeat winner, and year 12 followed that same tradition with another new champion. Thank you to all the drivers and fans that toughed out the rain during the afternoon and evening, racing will resume next Saturday at the Big O with the Advantage RV Modified tour joining the night. WISSOTA SUMMARY WISSOTA Modifieds WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds WISSOTA Street Stocks WISSOTA Mod Four Bellefeuille and Cain Earn Mod Nationals Main Event Front Row By: Tami Jo Kuehn Ogilvie, MN (May 27) – Saturday night was the first night of WISSOTA PloyDome Dirt Track Race Series action featuring the 12th Annual Wehrs Machine & Racing Products Minnesota Modified Nationals. This is the first year FYE Motorsports held the event at the Ogilvie Raceway, and it featured a new exciting format. The first night gave Modified drivers the optimal chance to earn passing points by running three heats with a rotating line up. The top drivers in points would secure their spot in the main event, and the others would race the B Features and Last Chance races on Sunday. Even though WISSOTA Modifieds races only heats, WISSOTA Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds and Mod Fours ran complete shows. Round one of the WISSOTA Modified heats began with Neil Balduc and Landon Atkinson on the front row. Atkinson claimed the early lead while Balduc and Darrell Nelson fought for second. Atkinson had a comfortable lead, but Nelson closed the gap as laps passed. Atkinson however held his line and took the win with Nelson and Jeremy Nelson (4) as top drivers. Michael Truscott jumped in a Modified for the night and started aside Clayton Wagamon in the second head. Wagamon took the lead as the green waved, Scott Greer grabbed second while Dan Ebert and Truscott battled for third. Wagamon continued to lead with Greer to his rear when Wagamon went high in the turn. Greer flew by on the low groove and snagged the lead. The top drivers spaced out and took the checkers with Greer, Wagamon and Ebert as the top three. Ricky Thorton, Jr. and Jason Gross took first and second when the next heat began, but Johnny Scott moved from sixth to third before the second lap was complete. Dave Cain and Matt Leer were all over Scott’s #1st but Scott held them back. Just then Gross suffered a mechanical problem and coasted to a stop triggering a caution. Thorton, Jr. led through the restarts but Cain slid by Scott and into second. Cain chased after Thorton, Jr., but settled for second while Thorton, Jr. took the checkers. Adam Ayotte and Cory Bruggeman brought the final heat of round one of Modifieds on the track. When the green flag dropped drivers battled for top points, but Bruggeman was first at the end of lap one. Jody Bellefeuille moved into second and Denis Czech ran third. They kept in those points, but as the laps passed, Bellefeuille inched closer to Bruggeman. With the white flag in the air, the drivers were door to door, but Bellefeuille didn’t’ have enough steam and Bruggeman grabbed the win. Round two of WISSOTA Modifieds kicked off with Kevin Eder in the lead and Denis Czech took second. Jody Bellefeuille took third and moved to Czech’s side. Czech and Bellefeuille rode Eder’s #22e but Eder held them back. Bellefeuille moved into second just as the yellow flew. Eder was in command on the restart but Bellefeuille slid by him for the lead. Eder kept after Bellefeuille but Bellefeuille grabbed the win. Shane Sabraski took the immediate lead as the next heat started while Jeffrey Lien, Jr. And Darrell Nelson took second and third. The drivers ran that order the remainder of the race and Sabraski took the win with a significant lead. Rick Niemi claimed the lead while Jeremy Nelson (4) and Brent Dutenhoffer fought for second in the next Modified heat. Nelson took the point and began to work Niemi for the lead. Nelson dove low then slid up the track to get Niemi, but couldn't make his car stick. Nelson kept at Niemi’s side and they battled the final lap. The checkers were raised and as they came down the front chute, Niemi nosed out the win. Nelson settled in second and Dutenhoffer took third. The final heat of round two was another exciting race with Kelly Estey and Justin Oestreich on the front row. Oestreich took the lead at the end of lap one while Dan Ebert pulled a slide job on Estey. Estey however pulled out of the curve and retained the runner up point. Ebert and Dave Cain rode Estey’s bumper but Ebert kissed the wall. The yellow waved, and when the race resumed, Estey rode the wall and snuck by Oestreich. Cain moved to Oestreich’s door and soon moved into second. Cain dove low on the track, Estey continued to race the high line and they were panel to panel. Estey pulled out of the turn first, but Cain kept after him until the checkers flew. Estey crossed the line and took the win with Cain and Oestreich in tow. The WISSOTA Street Stocks were up for the first feature event and Jay Kesan and Jimmy Gullikson brought the drivers to green. Gullikson claimed the lead and Kesan held second but Tyler Speltz hit the front wall and the yellow waved. Gullikson was alone on the restart but as the race got underway, the yellow reappeared. Once again the drivers were aligned with Gullikson in command and Kesan and Davey Kruchten battled side by side for second. Behind the second place battle was Kolby Kiehl, Kevin Schmidt and Kyle Howland in a three wide fight for fourth. Howland then looped his car in the turn and the drivers were slowed. Gullikson brought the drivers back to speed while Charlie Shiek worked his way though the pack. Shiek moved to Kruchten’s side, and then to Kesan’s side. Kesan held Shiek’s car back and Kruchten moved into battle. Sam Fankhauser closed in and he, Kruchten and Shiek raced closed for points three through fifth. While they fought, Kesan reeled in Gullikson’s car and began to work the #21g. Kesan nosed under Gullikson and they were bumper to bumper with one lap to go. They entered the turn and Kesan snuck by on the low groove and took the lead. Gullikson tried to reclaim the point, but Kesan took the checkers. Gullikson settled in second with Kruchten, Shiek and Fankhauser as the top finishers. Tyler Larson and Matt Halls led the WISSOTA Mod Fours to the green for the next feature race and Larson claimed the lead. Halls grabbed second and Dean Larson snagged third, but Mitch Hribar moved to D. Larson’s door. They rode Halls’ rear and went to make a move for the second point as the yellow waved. A series of cautions kept the Mod Fours at a stop and go pace, but Tyler Larson continued to hold the lead. Hribar rode the high line and after a restart for debris, Hribar moved into the lead point. One final restart slowed the drivers but as they restarted Hribar, Dustin Holtquist and T. Larson were three wide for the lead. Hribar nosed ahead with the lead but Holtquist kept with him. Holtquist and Hribar split up for a slower car, but regrouped with one lap to go. Holtquist and Hribar were door to door out of the final turn, and when they crossed the line, Hribar’s #M16 took the win. Holtquist, D. Larson, T. Larson and The third and final round of WISSOTA Modified heats began with Johnny Scott and Denis Czech on the front row. Scott shot into the lead with #1st while Czech took second with #2. Czech and Scott had a good lead when Czech charged to Scott’s door. As the battle for first heated up, the yellow slowed the drivers down. Scott was alone on the restart with Czech and Atkinson in tow. Atkinson, Czech and Jeremy Nelson (4) went three wide in the turn for second and Czech held the point. Scott separated himself from the pack while others battled for points. Scott took the checkers while Czech and Atkinson took other top points. J.T. Johnson and Jason Grimes brought the next heat to green and Johnson sped away. Grimes took second, Kelly Estey claimed third and they ran that order the race entirety. Johnson built up a good lead as the laps went by and took the checkers in his #89jr. As the third heat began, Ricky Thorton Jr., Shane Sabraski and Jeffrey Lien, Jr. raced three wide for the lead. Sabraski squeezed out the point and drove away from the field. Lien, Jr. took second and Jeremy Nelson (06) grabbed third with Dave Cain to his rear. Cain and Nelson passed Lien, Jr. on the low groove, Cain then moved to Nelson’s side to fight for second. Nelson pulled away however and held onto the point with a couple laps to go. Sabraski took the win over a straight away ahead of the competition with Nelson and Cain as top drivers. The final Modified heat of the night was a doozie with a few cautions, but some great side by side and four wide action. Matt Leer and Kyle Thell led the drivers to green and through a few restarts but Thell and Leer raced door to door when the cautions subsided. Thell nosed ahead after a lap for the lead with Leer in second. Bellefeuille, who restarted last, moved into the third point with Kevin Eder on his bumper. Eder’s bumper then made contact in the turn and Bellefeuille spun. Thell was in charge on the restart, Bellefeuille took second and then passed Thell for the lead. He led the final laps and took the win. The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds completed the night of race action with a caution free feature race. Jason VandeKamp grabbed first when the race began and Grady Shearer battled with Michael Truscott for second. As the laps went by, many drivers were door to door, side by side battling for race points through the field. VandeKamp established a large lead when the racing intensified. Zach Benson took second while Andy Miskowic, Jeremy Nelson and Truscott went three wide for third. Truscott and Nelson moved to Benson’s sides and they raced three wide. Truscott took the point and left Benson and Nelson in a fight for third. VandeKamp caught slower drivers and soon the top drivers were in traffic. Truscott closed the gap VandeKamp had established and was within a car length with two laps to go. VandeKamp however held his line and took the win in his FYE Motorsports #16. Truscott got a close second with Benson, Nelson and Dan Wheeler in top points. WISSOTA SUMMARY WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds WISSOTA Street Stocks WISSOTA Mod Fours Champion Bonus Collins Brothers has been a great supporter of our FYE Motorsports events over the past few seasons and James Trantina has stepped up once again to offer cash to whoever wins the 12th annual Mod Nationals. Stickers will be provided at registration and drivers will need to run a sticker on each side of their car in order to be eligible for the champion bonus.
Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals set to pay $12k on Memorial Day Weekend The 12th running of the Minnesota Modified Nationals will see several changes including a new title sponsor in 2017 as we are excited to announce that Bangor, Wisconsin’s Wehrs Machine and Racing Products will become the title sponsor of the largest paying WISSOTA Modified event in history on May 27th and 28th. The event has been WISSOTA’s largest paying race over the past several seasons and will be held at the state of the art Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN for the first time in the event’s existence. FYE Motorsports owner Chris Stepan said ‘Chad and Wehrs Machine have been a great supporter of our FYE events, and motorsports in general, for many years and it is exciting to partner with Chad as the new title sponsor of the Mod Nationals. Wehrs Machine has been making the finest racing products in the world for over 20 years and we consider the Mod Nationals one of the finest events in the country, so to partner with Chad, Wehrs Machine and their team should make for an outstanding event.’ Chad Wehrs echoed that statement by saying ‘it’s an honor to be part of such a big event for Modified racing and we are proud to be a part of it!’ Coming off of the incredible success of the blockbuster Fall Classic from this past October, the announcement was made several months ago that the 12th annual Wehrs Machine Minnesota Modified Nationals would be moved and held at the ‘Big O’ over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in 2017. The event will feature a whopping $12,000 paycheck for the WISSOTA Open Wheel Modifieds and will feature an open practice on Friday night, May 26th for drivers to turn some laps with our traditional post practice party to follow, before the festivities start with a new and exciting format, which will see each Modified racer compete in 3 separate heat races on Saturday night with their combined passing points from all 3 heats totaled up to determine who the top 12 transfers are into the feature on Sunday night and who has to run b-mains and last chance race for another chance to qualify. B-mains, a last chance race and the 50-lap, $12,000 to win feature event will all take place on Sunday, May 28th. Memorial Day Monday, May 29th will serve as the event’s rain date if needed. All 3 support classes will run complete programs each night with heats, b-mains and features nightly. The first set of heats that are run on Saturday night for the Modifieds will count toward WISSOTA national points. Event promoter Stepan said ‘this format is the new rage around the country at several of the ‘mega events’ and after seeing how intense the heat races were at the King of America back in March, we wanted to be the first to bring that type of qualifying excitement to our great fans here in Minnesota. Basically in years past if we have had 60 Modifieds at this event, we would normally have run 6 heat races on Saturday night, but now, fans will get to see 18 mini features since every position counts so much in every heat that each driver will compete in. Drivers will start at the front, at the rear and in the middle of their 3 respective heat races and each will be 12 laps, so fans will get to see ‘on the edge of your seat’ action all night long.’ FYE Motorsports Promotions has once again leased the Ogilvie Raceway for this record paying event that was rained out a year ago, but has provided Central Minnesota race fans with some fantastic events over the last decade. Seth Brede, Austin Arneson, Jason Grimes, Travis Saurer, Ryan Gustin, Scot Danzeisen, Dale Mathison, Steve Arpin, Dave Cain, Shane Sabraski and Jason Thoennes have each raced their way into Mod Nationals victory lane since the inception of the mega event in 2005. There has never been a repeat winner in the 11 runnings (and the 2016 rain out) of the event and the move to the Ogilvie Raceway may lead to a 12th different winner with all of the local Eastern Minnesota talent that will now get to compete on their home track for the largest paycheck in the history of The Big O! Ogilvie Raceway’s Tom Wagamon said ‘we are pumped to add an event of this magnitude to our schedule and I’m also confident that our man super Nate Fischer will give the drivers an unbelievable stage to entertain their fans on.’ Stepan said ‘last fall, the Fall Classic outlived expectations with car counts, fan attendance, hospitality, sponsor involvement and phenomenal racing all weekend long, which proved that we made the right decision to move the event to Ogilvie so moving the Mod Nationals to a track that is already known to provide excellent Modified racing action was a no brainer and everyone with FYE and Ogilvie Raceway is very excited to see who hoists the $12,000 check and picks up what will likely be their biggest career victory over Memorial Day weekend.’ The $12,000 top prize is the largest ever in the history of the WISSOTA Promoter’s Association, besting the $11,000 that was paid out at the 2015 Mod Nationals. The WISSOTA Midwest Modified division will be racing for a sizeable $1,000 to win top prize each day with 2 complete programs on Saturday and Sunday thanks to presenting sponsors Pizza Pub of Mora and Foot & Ankle Clinics. The WISSOTA Street Stocks will be in competition with 2 complete programs on Saturday and Sunday as well, paying the winner $500 each day thanks to presenting sponsors AJ’s Complete Automotive and Chubbs Performance plus the WISSOTA Mod Fours will also be in action with 2 complete programs on Saturday and Sunday, also paying $500 to win each day, thanks to presenting sponsors St. Cloud Auto Wrecking and Clean, Renewable Ethanol. The Super 8 Hotel, located at 635 10th Avenue SE in Milaca, Minnesota has come on board to serve as the host hotel for the upcoming Wehrs Machine Mod Nationals. The Milaca Super 8 is located just a quick 13 mile drive down Highway 23 from the track and will offer a comfortable home away from home for your weekend stay. Call (320) 983-2260 for reservations. Thanks to FYE Motorsports sponsors Accurate Auto Repair, AJ’s Compete Automotive, Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup, Badger Storage and Excavating, Beltline Body Shop, Campbell Lumber, Champs Sports Bar & Grill, Clean, Renewable Ethanol, Chubbs Performance, Collins Brothers Towing of St. Cloud, Envision, Foot & Ankle Clinics, Fulton Beer, Garberich Trucking, GRP Motorsports, MB Customs Race Cars, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Minnesota Truck Headquarters, Performance Auto, Pizza Pub of Mora, Powers & Associates Optometrists, Propane Strategies, RacinDirt.com, RockAuto.com, S&S Fishing & Rental, S&S Transport, Schill Construction, ServPro, Southworth Chevrolet, St. Cloud Auto Wrecking, Super 8 Hotels, ThermoSeal Insulation, Wehrs Machine and Winkler Canvas for supporting our FYE Motorsports events in 2017. We are excited to once again partner with Ogilvie Raceway, Wehrs Machine and all of our other great marketing partners to bring the fans and drivers of WISSOTA-country this huge Memorial Day weekend event. We hope to see everyone there! 12th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals Set For Ogilvie Raceway Coming off of the incredible success of the blockbuster Fall Classic from this past October, the announcement was made several months ago that the 12th annual Minnesota Modified Nationals would be moved and held at the state of the art Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in 2017. The event will feature a whopping $12,000 paycheck for the WISSOTA Open Wheel Modifieds and will feature an open practice on Friday night, May 26th with heat races and a qualifying feature for the Modifieds on Saturday night, May 27th along with B-mains, a last chance race and the 75-lap, $12,000 to win feature event on Sunday, May 28th. Memorial Day Monday, May 29th will serve as the event’s rain date if needed. 2017 Minnesota Mod Nationals New Home: The Big O For Immediate Release: FYE Motorsports owner Chris Stepan is excited to announce that the 12th running of the Minnesota Modified Nationals, held previously at the Viking Speedway has been relocated to the state-of-the-art Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, Minnesota for the 2017 racing season. Stepan said ‘with the tremendous success of the Fall Classic we just held at Ogilvie in October, it was a no brainer to work to move the Mod Nationals to the Big O as well. Ogilvie is not only known for its awesome facility, friendly staff and great location, but the Modified racing that typically takes place at Ogilvie is second to none and I personally cannot wait to see who comes out on top of the Mod Nationals at its new home!’ The race will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 27th & 28th with an open practice session on Friday night, May 26th and a rain date for Memorial Day Monday, May 29th if needed. WISSOTA Modifieds will compete in the traditional event, which will pay a whopping $12,000 to win with WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and WISSOTA Mod Fours competing in two complete programs throughout the course of the weekend as well, plus WISSOTA Hornets will be racing a full show on Saturday night. Times, prices, payouts etx will be released within the next month, but fans and drivers should start planning their Memorial Day weekend schedule to be at the Big O for the 12th annual Minnesota Modified Nationals! Minnesota Modified Nationals Enters 12th Year – Sees Changes… The 12th running of the Minnesota Modified Nationals, held annually at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, Minnesota, is once again on the schedule as WISSOTA’s largest paying open wheel event and will see several changes to the event held each year at one of the fastest tracks in the upper Midwest. The Minnesota Modified Nationals has seen 11 different winners in the 11 years the event has been held with most recent winner Seth Brede from Willmar, Minnesota taking home the $11,000 paycheck in 2015. The most noticeable change will be the date. Event promoter Chris Stepan and his FYE Motorsports Promotions company and the Viking Speedway Board of Directors have agreed to move the typical 4th of July holiday weekend event to Memorial Day weekend for the upcoming 2016 racing season and beyond. Practice will be held on Friday, May 27th with racing action taking place on Saturday and Sunday, May 28th and 29th with a raindate for Monday, May 30th. Stepan cited several reasons for the change saying ‘The 4th of July weekend has been a great weekend for us to host the Mod Nationals at Viking, but as everyone knows, due to neighboring tracks and other area events, we hold this event on a Saturday/Sunday and the 4th rarely falls on a Monday, which means that 6 out of every 7 years we don’t have a built in raindate and after having to wait until Mid-October to finish the event this past season, we would much rather have a built in raindate if possible and hosting the event on Memorial Day weekend gives us that. Plus it’s nice for whoever wins this event to be able to celebrate a little and not have to rush home to work the next morning like has happened in past season.’ Chris also said ‘having the event earlier in the year will give some drivers the opportunity to compete in this event for the first time who maybe have other commitments over the 4th of July weekend and what better way to truly kick off summer than a giant paying open wheel event!’ Another change to the event is that it will pay a WISSOTA-record $12,000 to this year’s winner. Stepan began to increase the winner’s purse by $1,000 per year when the event reached its 10th anniversary in 2014 and will continue that tradition into 2016. ‘Winning this race is most likely going to rank right up there with the biggest win of the driver’s career, so to keep adding to the winner’s payout makes it an even more sought after event to win, plus we’d like to keep this event the highest paying WISSOTA event in history’ Stepan said. And the final change will be the support divisions. Midwest Modifieds will continue to race a complete program each night but the Super Stocks, who typically run a single show on Saturday night, have been swapped out for the WISSOTA Late Models on Saturday night and the WISSOTA Street Stocks on Sunday. 2016 will mark the first time that the mighty Late Models will be a part of the Mod Nationals and should add some extra horse power to an already mega event. Stepan went on to say ‘fans who have come to the Viking Speedway over Memorial Day weekend for the past ten years or so have become accustomed to seeing the Late Models and I am a Late Model guy, so this was a perfect fit. It will be fun having the Late Models on the card on Saturday night during the Mod Nationals for the first time ever and the Street Stocks put on an excellent show every night they compete at Viking, so having them back on the Mod Nationals weekend schedule for the first time since 2008 will be fun as well!’ More event details will be released in weeks to come, but fans can stay tuned to www.FYEMotorsports.com for any and all event updates that become available. We hope to see everyone at the Viking Speedway on Memorial Day weekend! Brede Bags Biggest-Career Payday in Modified Nationals Finale
By Ryan Schmitz 11th Annual Performance Auto Minnesota Modified Nationals to Pay $11K to Win For Immediate Release – St Cloud, Minnesota – January 30th, 2015
The event, which enters its 11th season, has been held at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, Minnesota each of the previous 10 seasons and will continue to be hosted at the Central Minnesota facility in 2015. The event will once again be run under the WISSOTA banner and will pay a WISSOTA-record $11,000 to win and $700 just to start the feature event. An open practice session will be held on Friday, July 3rd from 6p-9p with heat races and a qualifying feature on Saturday, July 4th and b-mains, $1,000 to win a non-qualifier feature and the $11,000 to win / 70-lap finale on Sunday, July 5th. Stepan said ‘with the success of our 10th anniversary event last year paying a then WISSOTA-record $10,001 to win, we wanted to keep the interest at an all-time high for this event, so we decided to pay $11,000 to win this year since it’s the 11th annual event. The World 100, one of dirt Late Model’s biggest events, increases its winners share by $1,000 each year, so why not apply that same thinking to the Modifieds?’ The event has also picked up a presenting sponsor for the 2015 season as Allstate Peterbilt Group has come on board to support the event along with title sponsor Performance Auto. Fargo, North Dakota based Performance Auto returns for the third year as the event’s title sponsor and with Allstate Peterbilt’s assistance as well, the event is able to continue to grow into one of the nation’s premier open wheel event year after year. The Minnesota Modified Nationals has never seen a repeat winner in its 10 year history. Stepan went on to say ‘the staggering fact that no one has ever won this event twice goes to show the incredible talent pool that we draw for this show each and every year. 10 years with 10 different winners is just incredible and we couldn’t be happier to be able to host this large scale event so that our local and regional Modified drivers have a huge paycheck available for them during the mid-point of the season.’ One other change that fans and drivers will notice is that the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds will continue to race for their typical $500 to win payout on Saturday, July 4th, but instead of racing for $500 to win on Sunday, the Midwest Modifieds will run for $1,100 to win, sticking with the 11th annual theme of the weekend. Again Stepan said ‘we’ve had great support from the Midwest Modifieds over the first 10 years of this event, so this is our way to show our appreciation to them for always coming out with big numbers and putting on great shows at the Mod Nationals.’ Arneson Ambushes Field For WISSOTA Record $10,001 Mod Nationals Victory
Mathison and Arneson Earn Front Row For 10th Annual Mod Nationals Grimes Grabs Seven Grand at 2013 Mod Nationals!
With twelve laps remaining, in a feature that was suspended due to curfew on Saturday night, Ryan Schluesner led a hungry pack of WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds to the green. Head flag man, Layne Roberts, dropped the green and night two of the Mod Nationals was off and running. Schluesner would continue to lead the pack as Tim Ims, Jeremy Kerzman, and Jamie Thorstad did battle for the second through fifth spots. The yellow would fly on the speedway for Ron Saurer who slipped over the banking in turn two and retired to the pit area with mechanical issues. Schluesner once again paced the field to the green and Jason Hoffman and Jason VandeKamp joined the front group along with Josh Muzik. VandeKamp would complete the pass for the lead with three laps left on the board, and the yellow would fly on the following lap, for an incident involving Schluesner, Hoffman, and Muzik. Muzik suffered front end damage and was forced to pull of the speedway, along with Hoffman who was charged with the yellow. VandeKamp lead the field to the green for the final restart and never looked back as he raced to the win. Thorstad came home in the number two spot, Ims was third, Kerzman fourth, and Schluesner rounded out the top five. Next on the agenda was B main number one for the WISSOTA Modifieds. The top two finishing drivers would make the "big dance" later in the evening, while drivers finishing in the number three through nine spot would be put in the last chance qualifying race, later in the day. A pair of Performance Auto drivers, Dev Malmlov and Mike Johnson, manned the front row for the twenty lap event. At the drop of the green Malmlov jumped to the outside of the speedway to gain the race lead. Eight starter Jason Thoennes wasted no time putting his car on the low side of the speedway and jumped into the number two spot behind Malmlov. With six laps in the books, the yellow would come out for Kyle Koehntop, who suffered a flat right rear tire. This put Thoennes and Scot Danzeisen on Malmlov's back bumper as the field came to life once more. With eleven laps remaining Danzeisen worked to the inside of Thoennes and moved into the critical number two spot. The remaining laps would go caution free with Malmlov and Danzeisen advancing to the feature. Jason Grimes and Bobby Gierke led the twelve car b main two to the green and Grimes wasted no time finding that the high side of the speedway was fast as he jumped to an early race lead. Grimes would continue to stretch his advantage as Jamie Trautner moved into the second spot after a battle with Jeremy Nelson. The caution would come out over the speedway with ten laps remaining when Corey Sersha shot over the bank in turn three. Grimes once again jumped to the lead and Nelson moved into the second spot and raced up to challenge the leader. The field would only complete one lap before the yellow came out once more for Jeffery Lein Jr, who spun and collected Brandon Aggen and Skeeter Estey. During the yellow flag period Nelson's car began to smoke and he pulled into the pit area, this moved Trautner back to the second spot. With the green back out, Grimes powered his way to a large advantage as Trautner was being pressured by Terry Engebretson and Aggen for the second spot. Grimes would cruise to the win and Trautner held on to the second spot and both drivers advanced to the feature. Veteran drivers Jeff Wildung and Mike Storck led the final b main to the green and Wildung used his outside starting spot to jump to the lead with Storck in tow. Near the midway point in the race, Brady Gerdes and Johnny Broking were able to get around Storck as the duo battled for the final transfer spot. Meanwhile, back in traffic the best battle on the speedway was between Travis Saurer and Darrell Nelson for the number four spot. Both drivers continued to search for a way to close the gap on Broking and Gerdes. As the cars entered turn three, on the final lap, Broking dove his MB Customs machine to the low side of the speedway in an attempt to make a pass on Gerdes. Broking couldn't make the pass stick and he and Gerdes made contact sending Gerdes over the banking in turn four. It was determined by track officials the Broking was at fault for the yellow, and Gerdes was given credit for the second place finish behind Wildung. With only two tickets left to be punched to the Modified feature, Jason Thoennes and Terry Engebretson led eighteen cars to the green in the modified Last Chance Race. Thoennes quickly jumped to the lead and Engebretson settled into the second spot. As Thoennes continued to stretch his advantage over Engebretson, the best battle on the speedway was between Saurer, Darrell Nelson, and Jeff Broking for the number three spot. Saurer was able to clear Nelson for fourth spot and raced up to challenge Broking with six laps remaining. Meanwhile, up front Thoennes cruised to the win, ensuring he would start the Mod Nationals feature for the ninth consecutive season, and Engebreston would hold on for the second spot. Jeremy Nelson jumped to the early lead in the twenty lap, $1000 to win, modified non qualifier feature. Nelson would lead the first two circuits until Travis Saurer slid off the back stretch brining out the caution. With order restored, Nelson led Darrell Nelson and Danny Bayer to the green. The running order would remain the same and the caution would fly once again on lap ten for Canadian driver Ward Imrie, as he went off turn two. With the field reset J. Nelson once again led D. Nelson to the green. This time a new challenger moved up to challenge D. Nelson, as Scott Greer raced to the inside in an attempt to make a pass. Up front J. Nelson continued to check out and he raced to his first career modified win. D. Nelson came home second, Greer was third, Mike Storck fourth, and Saurer raced his way back to the number five spot. Jeff Crouse and Jeff Kluver paced the seventeen car WISSOTA Super Stock feature to the green. Crouse quickly powered his way to the high side of the track and claimed the race lead as the cars completed lap one. Saturday night's winner, Shane Sabraski quickly jumped into the second spot and set his sights on Crouse. Sabraski would be able to motor by Crouse on the top of the track five laps into the event, but Crouse would stay glued to his back bumper. With eleven laps left Sabraski moved to the bottom of the track in an effort to find more traction. Crouse moved to the high side of the track in turns three and four and completed the pass on Sabraski with ten laps left. On the following lap, the caution would fly for Rocky Yeats, when he slipped off turn two. Crouse led Sabraski and Cory Tammen to the green and the trio began to look for the fastest way around the High Flyin Half Mile speedway. Crouse glued his machine to the high line and would lead the next four laps as Sabraski and Tammen battled for the second spot. With six laps remaining, Dominic Baker and Don Eischens would make contact in turn two brining out the caution. Eischens would retire pit side with damage during the yellow period. Back up front Crouse once again jumped to the cushion and went on to lead the remaining six laps to claim the win. Sabraski was second, Dexton Koch was third, Tammen settled for fourth, and Trevor Saurer rounded out the top five. Twenty nine WISSOTA Midwest Modified drivers lined up for twenty laps of battle on the half mile speedway. Jason Hoffman and Jason VandeKamp paced the field to the green. VandeKamp, who had picked up the most passing points earlier in the night, moved to a quick advantage over Hoffman and Ron Saurer. With one lap complete, Saurer would lose the bite on his machine and slip off the banking brining out the first of many cautions in the twenty lap event. With the green back out, VandeKamp jumped to the lead over Hoffman who was left to battle with Jeremy Kerzman and Dusty Bitzan for the second spot. Hoffman would hold onto the position and the yellow would once again fall on the speedway when Travis Saurer suffered a flat tire and slipped off turn four. VandeKamp lead Hoffman and Kerzman to the green again, and this time Kerzman was able to make the pass of Hoffman to move into the second spot. Meanwhile, the driver on the move was sixteenth starter Brock Gronwold who quickly moved his way up to challenge for the number five spot. VandeKamp would continue to lead and cruised to his second feature win of the night. Bitzan was second, Travis Saurer raced from the back of the field to third, Gronwold was fourth, and Kerzman rounded out the top five. With all the other action in the books, the twenty five car, star studded modified feature rolled onto the speedway. After an out of car introduction session and four wide salute to the fans, Dave Schroeder and Matt Gilbertson led the field to the green. Schroeder wasted no time jumping to the high line on the speedway and took the early lead with Gilbertson in tow. As the leaders began to distance themselves from the field, the main battle on the track was for the number three spot. Jeremy Houle, Dale Mathison, and Cody Skytland locked horns and over the course of the next few laps raced side by side for position. Meanwhile, back in traffic all eyes were on Jason Grimes as he continued to work his way towards the front from his eighteenth starting spot. With twenty laps completed in the feature, Schroeder held a comfortable lead over Gilbertson, Mathison, Houle, Skytland, Kelly Estey, and Grimes. Grimes would make quick work of Estey and raced up to challenge Skytland for fourth. After a handful of laps, Grimes, who was using the very top of the speedway, moved by Skytland to fourth. On the next lap, Grimes was able to race by Houle and Mathison to move into the number three spot. The mandatory fuel stop yellow would fly over the track at lap thirty and at that point Schroeder led Gilbertson, Grimes, Skytland, Mathison and Houle. Once all cars were filled with fuel, Schroeder led the pack to the green. On the restart, Mathison and Skytland were able to clear Grimes and the duo raced up to challenge Gilbertson for the second spot. The first caution of the race would fly with twenty six laps to go when Jamie Trautner spun exiting turn four. On the restart Schroeder led Gilbertson and Mathison to the green. Skytland and Grimes were able to work their way around Mathison on the restart and the duo looked to close in on Schroeder and Gilbertson. The final caution of the race would fly with twenty three laps to go for an incident involving Rick Niemi, Brady Gerdes, Terry Engebretson, and Trautner. This put Skytland and Gilbertson back on Schroeder's back bumper for the final restart. As the leaders entered turn one, Schroeder moved from his preferred high line to the low side in order to keep Skytland at bay. As the lead trio raced out of turn two, both Gilbertson and Skytland were able to clear Schroeder. On the following lap, Schroeder was able to get back by Gilbertson and raced up to challenge Skytland, the new leader. With Schroeder running the low side and Skytland the top side, the duo would race side by side for the next handful of laps. Behind the lead back, Grimes was able to clear Gilbertson with thirteen laps to go and quickly closed in on the lead duo. With five laps remaining Grimes looked to make it three wide for the race lead as the cars exited turn four and was able to get by Schroeder in the process. Grimes quickly moved back to the high side of the track in order to track down Skytland. With two laps remaining, Grimes moved to the low side of the speedway in turn one and completed a pass on Skytland, only to see Cody come back and take the lead on the back chute. As the leaders came to the white flag, contact was made as Grimes tried to go back to the low side. As the leaders entered turn one on the final lap, Grimes went to the bottom of the track and was able to pull even with Skytland as the duo drag raced down the back stretch one final time. The duo would enter turn three on the final lap side by side and Skytland looked to the bottom of Grimes, and the pair would make contact sending Skytland spinning in turn three. Grimes would go on to take the checkered and claim the $7000 payday. Schroeder finished in second, Gilbertson a solid third, Jeff Wildung finished fourth after starting nineteenth, and Scot Danzeisen advanced from twentieth to fifth. All of the staff at Viking Speedway and FYE Motorsports would like to thank all the racers, sponsors, and fans for joining them for a great weekend of racing. The high flying half mile speedway, located at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, will be back in action with all five WISSOTA classes in action. For more information on the speedway please visit the track online at www.vikingspeedway.net and for more information on FYE Motorsports events, please visit them online at www.fyemotorsports.com. Summary: WISSOTA Modifieds: Feature: Jason Grimes, Dave Schroeder, Matt Gilbertson, Jeff Wildung, Scot Danzeisen, Dale Mathison, Dave Cain, Kelly Estey, Austin Arneson, Shane Sabraski, Brady Gerdes, Bob Broking, Bryce Borgen, Josh Thoennes, Jason Thoennes, Jake Wildman, Mark Noble, Dev Malmlov, Cody Skytland, Jamie Trautner, Jeremy Houle, Rick Niemi, Terry Engebretson, Tony Leiker Non Qualifier Feature: Jeremy Nelson, Darrell Nelson, Scott Greer, Mike Storck, Travis Saurer B Main 1: Malmlov, Danzeisen, Ja. Thoennes, Danny Bayer, Jeff Broking, Ward Imrie, Ryan Mikkelson, Mark Trautner, Mike Johnson, Jason Gross, Brian Haben, Kyle Koehntop, Charlie Hillukka B Main 2: Grimes, J. Trautner, Engebretson, Brandon Aggen, Bobby Gierke, Jeff Flaten, Greer, Corey Sersha, Skeeter Estey, Jeffery Lien Jr., Jeremy Nelson, Scott Tofte, Matt Leer B Main 3: Wildung, Gerdes, Storck, D. Nelson, Travis Saurer, Ryan Kereluk, Johnny Broking, Wildman, Brian Swenson, Brett Hoium, Clayton Wagamon, Cody Erickson, Matt Smith LCQ Race: Ja. Thoennes, Engebretson, Je. Broking, Saurer, D. Nelson, Imrie, Storck, Mikkelson, Aggen, Greer, M. Trautner, Flaten, Johnson, Kereluk, Bayer, Sersha, Wildman, Gierke, Jo. Broking, S. Estey, Swenson WISSOTA Super Stocks: Feature: Jeff Crouse, Shane Sabraski, Dexton Koch, Cory Tammen, Trevor Saurer, Jon Stepan, Dominic Baker, Chris Winter, Rocky Yeats, Matt Miller, Jay Hedtke, David Galbraith, Derek Quinn, Don Eischens, Travis Berends, Jeff Kluver, Bob Holtquist Heat 1: Kluver, Stepan, Quinn, Miller, Hedtke, Holtquist, Yeats, Galbraith, Berends Heat 2: Sabraski, Crouse, Tammen, Koch, Saurer, Eischens, Baker, Winter WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Feature: Jason VandeKamp, Dusty Bitzan, Travis Saurer, Brock Gronwold, Jeremy Kerzman, Jason Hoffman, Casey Arneson, Chris Mensen, Josh Muzik, Ryan Schleusner, Corey Storck, Scott Sroufe, Shawn Olson, Jamie Thorstad, Mike Schwardt, Mack Estey, Kyle Reents, Justin Froemming, Ron Saurer, Wyatt Ricks, Tyler Spanswick, Shane Howell, Jeffery Lien Jr, Brandon Spanswick, Matt Weisman, Tim Ims, Andrew Bangsund, Nick James, Randy Laage Heat 1: Thorstad, Hoffman, Froemming, Ims, T. Saurer, Muzik, Lien Jr., James, Howell, Mensen Heat 2: Bitzan, R. Saurer, VandeKamp, Storck, Gronwold, Weisman, Arneson, Laage, Ricks, Schwardt Heat 3: Kerzman, Bangsund, B. Spanswick, Estey, Schleusner, Reents, Sroufe, Olson, T. Spanswick Make up Feature: VandeKamp, Thorstad, Ims, Kerzman, Schleusner, Sroufe, Mensen, T. Saurer, Olson, Lien Jr., Froemming, Reents, Howell, Storck, James, Laage, Ricks, Muzik, Hoffman, R. Saurer, Bangsund, Estey, Vanderby, Gronwold, Bitzan, Lee, Schwardt, Vanoverbeke, Arneson Sabraski Steals Night 1 of Performance Auto Mod Nationals
Performance Auto Named Title Sponsor of 9th
Annual Mod Nationals
For Immediate Release: St. Cloud, Minnesota (April 12th, 2013) FYE Motorsports owner Chris Stepan is excited to announce that the 9th running of the $7,000 to win Minnesota Modified Nationals, held annually at the high flying Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN will have a title sponsor for the first time in the event’s existence. ...The race will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 6th & 7th with an open practice session on Friday night, July 5th. WISSOTA Modifieds will compete in the traditional 60-lap, $7,000 to win event with WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and WISSOTA Super Stocks competing in two complete programs throughout the course of the weekend as well. Fargo, North Dakota based Performance Auto has signed on to be the title sponsor of the event, which typically sees over 60 of the Midwest’s best dirt Modified racers compete for the highest winning paycheck in all of WISSOTA. Stepan said ‘Jake and Sharnel have always supported dirt track racing in the upper Midwest to an unbelievable degree in the past and I could not be happier to have Performance Auto on board as the title sponsor of the Mod Nationals for 2013. The Mod Nationals is a marquee event in WISSOTA country and Performance Auto is THE go to place for many, many racers from around the region, so this is a perfect fit for both of us because not only do they have a great business, but they are great people as well.’ In December of 2006, Jake & Sharnel Bitker bought Performance Auto from Rodney & Margaret Harris. Due to continued growth, Performance Auto of Fargo recently moved from its original location on Main Street in Fargo to its new larger home at 3401 1/2 Interstate Blvd, allowing them to better service their ever growing customer base each racing season. Currently, Performance Auto has one physical location in Fargo, but can also be visited at three tracks around the area selling parts directly to its customers during races, and at Performance Auto’s newest addition: the online store. Performance Auto specializes in providing high quality parts for dirt track racers across North America, servicing customers both in the U.S. as well our neighbors to the North in Canada. Performance Auto carries everything from safety equipment and clothing all the way to the small, hard to find parts you need for your custom built dirt track cars. Race on in today for great parts at a great price. You will find the new online store to be very comprehensive; however, if you run into any questions don't hesitate to call 1-800-373-4641. Fans can also visit Performance Auto on Facebook at Performance Auto of Fargo. Bitker commented ‘The Mod Nationals is a great event and we are proud to be a part of an event like this in our region, which allows our drivers to come together to run for such a big payday, so if we can help ensure its success, we are happy to do so. Joining forces with FYE Motorsports on this event was a no brainer as we have worked with Chris in the past and he has always done a great job with his events, so Sharnel and I felt like coming on board with the Mod Nationals was a great way to show our area racers that Performance Auto is here to support them.’ The Minnesota Modified Nationals has yet to see a repeat winner and is one of the most highly anticipated weekends of the racing season. For more information on the event, check out www.fyemotorsports.com or call Chris at (715) 497-8916. Fans can also check out www.vikingspeedway.net for upcoming schedule information for the Viking Speedway and everyone is urged to log on to www.performanceautofargo.com and support a great business that supports dirt track racing in a big way. Saurer Steals Show & Seven
Grand Payday Elizabeth, MN driver Travis
Saurer jumped to the lead early on in the 60
Thoennes Wins Mod
Nationals Qualifier
Garfield,
MN driver Jason Thoennes held off a late charge by Kelly Estey
Gustin becomes seventh Mod
Nationals Winner
By Ray Beste
Alexandria, MN (July 3rd, 2011) –
Marshalltown, IA ace Ryan Gustin made his first ever appearance to
Viking Speedway a memorable one, taking home a $7,000 payday Sunday
night at Viking Speedway. Shane Sabraski held off a late surge from
Travis Saurer to score the win in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main
while Dean Larson took top honors in the WISSOTA Mod Four finale. One of
the largest crowds ever witnessed at Viking Speedway congregated once
again for day two of the 7th Annual “Minnesota Modified
Nationals” held at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Alexandria, MN.
With 28 WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds yet to
qualify for the 30-lap, $2,000 to win WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main,
two B-mains were held to lock in the final eight competitors. The first
B-main was dominated by Villard, MN driver Jason Hoffman. Hoffman moved
by George Dalbeck early on and never looked back on his way to victory.
Dalbeck, in his first ever visit to the speedway, looked great finishing
second ahead of a hard charging Skeeter Estey (started 13th).
Glencoe, MN product Josh Larsen was the final driver to qualify for the
A-main, moving up four spots from his eighth starting position to finish
fourth.
Dustin Bitzan looked to have B-main two in hand
before suspension trouble sent him pitside handing the lead over the
Denis Czech near the midway point of the race. Sixth starter Chris
Mensen would patiently work his way by Czech for the lead, ultimately
taking the win. Czech, 11th starter Josh Muzik, and Travis
Vanderby all punched their tickets to the A-main by finishing in the top
four in the second and final B-main. Andrew Nelson reigned victorious in
the last chance qualifier becoming the final car to transfer to the
feature event.
The star studded front row of Scot Danzeisen
and Travis Saurer proved to be too much for the competitors of B-main
one for the WISSOTA Modifieds with each driver moving on to participate
in the main event. Mike Storck, Jake Wildman, Curt Lund, Bryce Borgen,
Matt Gilbertson, and Danny Bayer all moved on to the Last Chance
qualifier by finishing in spots three through eight.
The second of three B-mains was dominated by
Manhattan, KS traveler Chase Junghans. Junghans, a regular on the United
States Modified Touring Series (USMTS), looked very strong during the
20-lap event taking the win in impressive fashion. Eighth starter Terry
Engebretson outlasted Shane Edgington and Dave Schroeder to take the
final transfer spot in B-main two. Edgington, Schroeder, Shayne Laske,
Luke Dykstra, Mark Esala, and Jamie Davis all transferred on to the last
chance qualifier.
The third and final B-main for the WISSOTA
Modifieds went to Kelley Lake, MN hotshoe Kelly Estey. Estey was glued
to the bottom of the speedway from the get go and never looked back on
his way to victory. Ward Imrie and Jason Miller battled side by side for
several laps for the final transfer spot with Miller ultimately taking
the position. Imrie, Jayme Lautigar, Steve Lavasseur, Dennis Bitzan,
Jason Blascyk, Jamie Trautner all transferred on to the Last Chance
Qualifier, which proved to be the final qualifying event of the evening.
The final qualifying event of the weekend
belonged to the WISSOTA Modifieds with 18 drivers making the call for
the 20-lap last chance qualifier. With just two competitors transferring
on to the A-main, the fans anticipated an action packed event. Shane
Edgington took the early lead but it didn’t last long as Curt Lund moved
from his seventh starting position to take the lead on lap eighth. Once
out front Lund stretched his advantage and earned himself the 23rd starting spot for the night’s A-main. The best battle on the speedway
was for the second spot with Luke Dkystra outlasting fellow Canadian
Ward Imrie on his way to qualifying for his first Minnesota Modified
Nationals A-main. Lund and Dkystra would prove to make up the 12th and final row of the $7,000 to win main event.
With all the qualifying events in the books,
the WISSOTA Mod Fours took to the speedway with 12 cars making the call.
After the first two circuits, the track began to clear off with Dean
Larson taking the lead. Dustin Zieske moved into the second spot before
the midway point of the race, drawing closer and closer to Larson as the
laps clicked off the board. With two laps remaining, Larson and Zieske
caught up to the of some heavy lap traffic. Larson, however, made
few mistakes taking the win over Zieske. Josh Abrahamson, Justin Smith,
and Tyler Larson all scored top five finishes for the 1,650 lb.
machines. Tom Silver and Abrahamson each scored heat race wins earlier
in the evening for the WISSOTA Mod Fours.
The best race of the weekend proved to be the
$1,000 to win WISSOTA Modified Non-qualifiers race. Alexandria’s own
Dwayne Clarke checked out early on and looked as if he had the race in
hand despite the fact that Dave Schroeder and Jamie Trautner had other
ideas. A mid-race caution put Schroeder and Trautner on the rear bumper
of Clarke for a Delaware double-file start. On the restart Schroeder
jumped to the lead momentarily before Trautner blasted back on the top
side taking the lead. The duo raced side by side for the remainder of
the race with Schroeder making a last lap pass for the win coming off of
turn four. Schroeder, Trautner, Jason Blascyk, Jody Bellefeuille, and
Mark Esala rounded out the top five for the non-qualifiers race.
Shane Sabraski took the early lead on lap one
of the WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main. Sabraski looked smooth out front
and was scored the leader at the conclusion of the first lap. Saurer and
VandeKamp battled side by side for the second spot behind Sabraski while
Shawn Nolan raced in fourth. Fourteenth starter Steve Houle looked very
strong from the get go moving up seven spots early finding a home in the
seventh spot, eight laps in. Back in traffic, Kelley Lake, MN hard
charger Skeeter Estey began a spirited march to the front just 10 laps
in as he cracked the top ten behind the front runners. A few yellows
halted action during the middle stages of the event before order was
restored. With six laps remaining, Saurer executed a power move on the
top side of the speedway moving by Sabraski for the lead. Shane,
however, would grab the lead back on the next lap and would never
relinquish it in the final four times around. Estey’s magical run
finally stalled after moving up 19 positions in 30 laps to finish fourth
after starting 23rd! In the end it was Sabraski taking the
$2,000 payday. Saurer, Houle, Estey, and VandeKamp all turned in top
five performances. Twentieth starter Chris Mensen, Shawn Nolan, William
Lund, and 21st starter George Dalbeck rounded out the top ten
for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds.
With all the weekend’s activities in the books,
Ryan Gustin and Craig Thatcher brought the 25-car field to the green
flag. The front row duo was locked in an early battle with it nearly
impossible to determine the lap one leader. Thatcher climbed the hill on
lap two and grabbed the lead as the field battle side by side from front
to back. As the race wore on, Gustin became quicker and quicker taking
the lead on lap 14. Fourth starter Dave Cain began to move forward
nearing the 30-lap fuel stop taking the second spot from Thatcher in the
process. Gustin negotiated a few lapped cars before taking the checkered
flags at the conclusion of the first 30 laps. As the cars pulled in to
the work area, fifth place running Jason Grimes headed pitside to change
tires in an attempt to gain on the competition for the stretch run. With
order restored Gustin brought the field back to the green. By this time
it was more than apparent that the two cars on the move were fellow row
ten starter Kelly Estey and Scot Danzeisen. With two to go, each had
cracked the top ten still moving forward in the process. A couple
yellows halted action during the ladder stages of the event which
bunched up the field behind Gustin. With seven laps remaining it was
Gustin followed by Cain, eighth starter Cody Skytland, Darrell Nelson,
and Thatcher. The green flag dropped once again with Gustin showing the
way. Skytland made a power move on the top side of the speedway and
overtook Cain for the second while Darrell Nelson pulled up lame
entering turn three. The field was able to negotiate Nelson without any
contact with the race staying green. Estey continued his march to the
front moving by Thatcher for the fourth spot on the final trip around.
In the end it was all Gustin taking his first career Minnesota Modified
Nationals Title. Skytland, Cain, Estey, Thatcher, Danzeisen, Jason
Thoennes, Chase Junghans, Ryan Aho, and Jason Grimes rounded out the top
10 in one of the most star-studded fields you will ever see.
On behalf of FYE Motorsports and everyone at
Viking Speedway we’d like to thank all the drivers, fans, pit crew
members, and sponsors that made the weekend a success. Join us once
again next Saturday night for another regular race program at the “High
Flying ½ mile.” For more information regarding Viking Speedway log onto
the track’s website at vikingspeedway.net.
SUMMARY:
WISSOTA Modifieds:
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:
WISSOTA Mod Fours:
Thatcher and Lee victorious
on night one at Viking
By Ray Beste
Alexandria, MN (July 2nd, 2011) –
Knapp, WI legend Craig Thatcher outlasted Ryan Gustin taking top honors
in the 25-lap WISSOTA Modified Qualifying Feature Saturday night at
Viking Speedway. Starbuck, MN driver Cody Lee scored his first ever
WISSOTA Super Stock victory while Shane Sabraski reigned victorious in
the WISSOTA Midwest Modified Qualifying A-main. The capacity crowd in
attendance was treated to nail biting finishes in all three divisions
taking part in day one action with all three feature events being
decided on the final trip around the speedway. Drivers, pit crew
members, sponsors, and racing enthusiasts from all over the Upper
Midwest packed the Douglas County Fairgrounds once again for the 7th Annual, “Minnesota Modified Nationals.”
With all the pre-race activities put to rest,
the WISSOTA Super Stocks took to the speedway first to qualify for the
night’s 20-lap A-main. Alexandria’s own Jeff Crouse led all 10-laps from
the pole taking the win in heat race one while Montevideo, MN traveler
Jeremy Jerve moved from his second row outside starting position to take
the win in heat race two. Shane Sabraski proved to be passing points
leader in the WISSOTA Super Stock division, which drew 16 strong
entries.
The next item on the docket was five stacked
WISSOTA Midwest Modified heat races with some of the best in the
business in attendance. Brandon, MN driver Derek Quinn shocked a lot of
those in attendance by dominating heat race one while Brady Gerdes
nursed a broken left front to the checkers in second. Levi Arneson
charged up six positions in the 10-lap affair coming home third ahead of
Steve Houle and Zach Hintermeister.
Although Jason VandeKamp led early on, it was
Travis Saurer reigning victorious in heat race two. Saurer moved out
front from his sixth starting position on lap four, never looking back
on his way to the win. VandeKamp, George Dalbeck, seventh starter Randy
Laage, and Denis Czech rounded out the top five finishing order.
Viking Speedway regulars William Lund and Todd
Berg drag raced to turn one to see who would grab the early lead in heat
race three. Lund was able to get there first and was scored the leader
at the conclusion of the first lap. Despite the fact Lund would lead
wire to wire, Sabraski would move up four positions into second locking
himself into the night’s qualifying feature with Jason Hoffman finishing
third. Berg and Shawn Olson were also members of the top five finishing
order as well during heat three.
Heat four proved to be a good one with
Annandale, MN driver Shawn Nolan taking the win behind the wheel of the
Schleusner Motorsports #97 Skyrocket. Nolan battled with defending
Viking Speedway track Champion Brian Haben early on before scoring the
victory in fine fashion. Haben, Troy Berends, Matt Suckow, and Tim Ims
all scored top five runs in heat race four.
The fifth and final heat race was dominated by
Danube, MN WISSOTA Midwest Modified rookie Phil Braun. Braun worked his
way by Kelly Haack and Andrew Nelson never looking back on his way to
victory. Matt Weisman charged from eighth to second during the 10-lap
affair with Nelson, Darrin Braaten, and Rick Spanswick all scoring top
five runs, as well.
With 58 WISSOTA Modifieds on hand, they were
broken into six heat races. Like in past years, passing points was the
system used to determine where an individual would start in night one’s
qualifying feature event. The first heat race of the night went green,
white, checkered with outside pole sitter Dallas Gulbrandson punching
his ticket to the big dance in dominating fashion. Sixth starter Craig
Thatcher steadily worked his way forward to finish second with Jake
Wildman third, eighth starter Kyle Wieberdink fourth and Jason Miller
fifth.
Heat two proved to be an absolute
slobber-knocker between WISSOTA Modified standouts Dave Cain and Cody
Skytland. Cain grabbed the early lead from the pole while Skytland
sliced and diced his way to the front moving into second near the midway
point of the race. Skytland closed up on the backside of Cain a few
times during the middle stages of the event but in the end it was Cain
taking the win. Skytland put on his dancing shoes finishing second ahead
of Modified standouts Travis Saurer, Jody Bellefeuille, and Shayne Laske;
each members of the top five, as well.
The most exciting qualifying race of the
evening belonged to heat three which featured a battle between Jason
Grimes and Scot Danzeisen. After Danzeisen took the lead from the pole
early on, Grimes was able to wheel by on the top side of the speedway
with three laps remaining. Danzeisen did his best to regain the top spot
but was unable to negotiate the #99 of Grimes. In just his second race
of the season, Rick Jacobson punched his ticket to the A-main starting
eighth and finishing third in heat race three. Jeremy Houle and Ryan
Canon finished fourth and fifth respectively in heat three, which
featured nine entries.
WISSOTA Modified heat four was dominated by
Marshalltown, IA traveler Ryan Gustin. Gustin, who starter ninth,
wheeled the #19R machine wherever he needed to on his way to a jaw
dropping heat race triumph. Josh Thoennes, Chase Junghans, Kelly Estey,
and Curt Lund battle for spots two through five with Thoennes coming
home second. In the end it was Gustin, Thoennes, Junghans, Estey, and
Lund.
Ryan Aho took the early lead on lap two of heat
five for the WISSOTA Modifieds. It wasn’t long, however, before he was
joined by Jason Thoennes. Thoennes, who started sixth, pulled even with
Aho several times before finally taking the lead with four laps
remaining. Shane Sabraski put his third car of the evening in a feature
event moving from eighth to fourth in heat five. Out front it was all
Thoennes taking the win. Aho, Ward Imrie, Sabraski, and Dave Schroeder
were each members of the top five, as well.
The sixth and final heat race was led flag to
flag by 2009 Minnesota Modified Nationals Champion Dale Mathison.
Mathison looked strong during the 20-lap affair never seriously being
challenged. Row four starters Darrell Nelson (second) and Kyle Koehntop
(third) each locked them into Saturday night’s $7,000 to win main event
while Jayme Lautigar and Shane Edgington rounded out the top five. The
final rundown included Mathison, Nelson, Koehntop, Lautigar, and
Edgington.
With all the qualifying events in the books,
the WISSOTA Super Stocks took to the speedway with Larry Lund and Cody
Lee starting on the front. The green flag dropped over the field with
Lee taking the early advantage. Fourth starter Scott Brown quickly moved
up into the third spot behind Lee and Lund while Sabraski cracked the
top five on lap two. Lee continued to lead on lap seven while Sabraski
continued his onslaught toward the front. Sabraski moved into second
with eight laps remaining with ninth starter Jeff Crouse cracking the
top five on the same trip around. Lee chose the top with Sabraski on the
bottom as the duo locked horns in a battle for the ages. Sabraski edged
ahead on more than one occasion but Lee kept his top side momentum up,
holding the lead in the process. With the field taking the white flag
Sabraski loaded up his #7A machine one final time in an attempt to
overtake Lee. Cody, however, made zero mistakes going on to post his
first career WISSOTA Super Stock victory. Sabraski settled for a hard
fought second ahead of Crouse, who nipped Brown at the line for third.
Jeremy Jerve was the final member of the top five.
The WISSOTA Midwest Modified Qualifying Feature
was a barn burner from the start with past National Champions Shane
Sabraski and Travis Saurer battling for the top spot with Jason
VandeKamp right at their heels. Sabraski remained smooth throughout the
15-lap affair, fending off Saurer’s advances taking the win in the
process. VandeKamp remained within striking distance during the duration
of the race coming home third with Brian Haben fourth, and Derek Quinn
fifth. Because Sabraski took the win in the night’s Qualifying Feature
he was able to choose where he wanted to start Saturday’s $2,000 to win
A-main. Sabraski chose the outside pole which meant he would be joined
on the front row by Saurer on Saturday night.
With the top 16 in passing points locked in,
the WISSOTA Modified qualifying feature rolled out onto the speedway for
the final event of night number one. WISSOTA standouts Jason Grimes and
Rick Jacobson manned the front row starting duties as 25-laps were put
up on the board. The green flag waved over the 16-car field with
Jacobson taking the early advantage. Third starter Craig Thatcher looked
very strong early on moving into second while the rest of the field
sliced and diced behind. Ninth starter Ryan Gustin used his familiar
diamond maneuver as he cracked the top five just six laps into the event
while Thatcher now took the lead out front. Gustin continued his
onslaught toward the front moving into second with seven laps remaining
while Jason Thoennes looked to be on the move, as well. Thoennes rolled
off from the 10th starting spot and moved all the way up to
the fifth at the line. Out front the final three laps featured a three
car battle between Thatcher, Gustin, and Grimes. Gustin closed up on the
backside of Thatcher several times in the remaining laps but it was not
enough as Thatcher would take home the win. Gustin, Grimes, Dave Cain,
and Jason Thoennes completed the top five putting a cap on night one at
the Mod Nationals.
As always, for more information regarding
Viking Speedway, log onto vikingspeedway.net.
SUMMARY:
WISSOTA Modifieds:
WISSOTA Super Stocks:
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Format Changes to 7th Annual Minnesota Mod Nationals 5-24-11. ~ FYE Motorsports – St. Cloud, MN The seventh running of the FYE Motorsports promoted $7,000 to win Minnesota Modified Nationals, to be held in July of 2011, will see a format overhaul to try to enhance the biggest paying WISSOTA Modified event anywhere in the country. Event organizers have revamped the event structure in order to hopefully draw more cars and to make the event even bigger and better than it has been over the first six years of its existence. Event promoter Chris Stepan said ‘The Mod Nationals has been an exceptional event over the first six years with awesome racing, but I felt that it was time to make some changes to the overall format of the event with hopes to draw more cars to compete here and to really make this a ‘can’t miss’ event. The talent in the Modified division in and around our area is so great, I want everyone to come out and have a chance at the $7,000 payday, so hopefully some of these changes will entice more guys to come out and give it a shot.’ The first change that fans and drivers will notice is that the event will be moved from its Friday/Saturday format to a Saturday/Sunday event in 2011. An open practice will be held from 6pm to 9pm on Friday, July 1st for anyone wanting some laps before the show starts on Saturday. The preliminary races will then be held on Saturday, July 2nd with a 5pm start time and the remaining qualifying races and main features will be held on Sunday, July 3rd also with a 5pm start time. The city of Alexandria fireworks display will then take place on Sunday night after the event is completed. This will allow Monday, July 4th at 1pm to be utilized as a rain date if needed. Stepan remarked ‘With July 4th being on a Monday in 2011, we felt that it was the right time to switch the event back to a Saturday/Sunday show like it was the first 2 years that we held this race. The 4th of July is a holiday for most folks, so it will work out great as a built in rain date if needed and not running on Friday night will allow for less conflicts with area tracks.’ Another change that folks will notice is that the Modified non-qualifiers will receive $200 if they should not advance into the a-main, this has been raised $50 from previous years, PLUS any Modified driver that pre-enters by the Monday, June 13th 2011 deadline and fails to qualify for the 60-lap $7,000 to win feature will be put into a drawing and 20 names will be pulled out of a hat and those 20 drivers will be lined up in the order that their names were pulled in a newly added Modified Non-Qualifier feature paying $1,000 to win and $75 to start, so on top of the $200 non-qualifier money that all non-qualifiers will receive, 20 of the non-qualifiers will receive additional monies by competing in the non-qualifier feature. Again Stepan commented ‘We decided to raise the non-qualifier pay to match the pre-entry fee so that drivers who don’t get into the $7,000 to win feature get their pre-entered car entry fee back at least plus the addition of the non-qualifier feature will give another 20 drivers a chance to make some additional cash if they saw some bad luck throughout the course of the weekend and didn’t make the big show. Hopefully this non-qualifier feature will give some drivers who maybe don’t feel that they have a shot at the $7,000 the encouragement to come to Viking for the weekend anyway to give it a try.’ Yet another format change will be the fact that the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds will no longer run two compete programs paying $500 to win each day, but new for 2011 fans will see the Midwest Modifieds running the same format as the Modifieds (heat races and a dash on Saturday with b-mains, a last chance race and a feature on Sunday) AND more importantly will see the Midwest Modifieds racing for a never before paid $2,000 to win paycheck in their feature event! Stepan said ‘We have some incredibly talented Midwest Modified drivers in this area and this being the Mod Nationals after all, I decided to step up and offer the Midwest Mod guys a shot at the biggest purse that they have ever seen. I am really looking forward to this 30-lap race.’ And one final change will see that the WISSOTA Super Stocks have been replaced with the WISSOTA Mod Fours as the third division in action, making this a true Mod Nationals weekend as all three classes in competition will be open wheel Modified-type cars. The Mod Fours will not run the same format as the other 2 divisions, however, as they will run a complete program each night including heat races, b-main and feature on Saturday and Sunday, with each night paying an identical $500 to win. Stepan said ‘I have been asked for a few years now why the Mod Fours are not a part of the Mod Nationals, so after giving the Street Stocks and then the Super Stocks a couple of years on the schedule, the decision was made to make the event an all Mod show and add the Mod Fours.’ Several other changes to the event will see all three divisions use the passing points system for qualifying into the feature events. In past years, the Modifieds have used passing points, but the support classes have used the draw/redraw format, but in 2011 all three classes will use the same passing points formula all weekend and the final change is that both the Modifieds and Midwest Modifieds will be allowed to pre-enter to save money on their entry fees in 2011. In the past, only the Mods were allowed to pre-enter, but this coming year, the Midwest Modifieds will be allowed to pre-enter at a discounted rate as well. The Mod Fours will not need to pre-enter as they will run two complete programs over the course of the weekend. The location of this FYE Motorsports promoted event will remain the same and be held, as usual, at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, Minnesota. The ‘high flying half mile’ has played host to the event since the inception of it and will continue to do so in 2011. All entry and event information will be posted at www.fyemotorsports.com within the next few weeks or can be found by calling Chris at (715) 497-8916. Mark down July 1st-4th on your calendars for 2011 and be sure to be at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN for the 7th annual Mod Nationals. Danzeisen takes first Mod Nationals crown at Viking By Ray Beste Alexandria, MN (July 3rd, 2010) - For Herman, MN driver Scot Danzeisen, success as been the norm. The 10-time Viking Speedway Modified champion has won nearly every Modified special event ever offered up at the speedway. Until Saturday night, however, Danzeisen had failed in his first five tries to take home the Minnesota Modified Nationals crown. That would change in a big way, however, when Danzeisen scored one of the biggest wins of his career taking home the $7,000 crown in grand fashion. In other action, Mike Peterson took his second win in as many days in the WISSOTA Super Stock division while Brian Haben garnered his first ever Viking Speedway win in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main. Sunny skies and a packed grandstand greeted racers during day two action the 6th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals. Like day one, Mike Peterson took the early lead during action in the WISSOTA Super Stock finale. Peterson used his familiar high line and was scored the leader at the conclusion of the first lap. Sixth starter Cory Tammen immediately worked his way forward as he took over the second spot just six laps into the event. Jeff Kluver and Jon Stepan waged the most entertaining battle on the speedway for the third spot while Peterson was checked out, out front. Kluver would ultimately take the position from Stepan on a late double file start. Ashley Donald moved up six positions from his 12th starting spot to cap a great run in the sixth spot while Peterson took his second win in as many days out front. In the end it was Peterson ahead of Tammen, Kluver, Stepan, and Jason Vejtruba. The WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main was dominated by Holloway, MN driver Brian Haben. Haben took the lead from his outside row one starting position and was never seriously challenged during the 20-lap affair. The battle for the second spot was a good one between Shane Sabraski and Matt Weisman. The duo raced side by side for the better part of six laps before tenth starting Sabraski ultimately grabbed the position with three laps remaining. The story of the race, however, was Roscoe, MN driver Pete Loecken. Loecken, who started 19th, ended a beautiful run in the fourth position. Out front it was all Haben taking the win over Sabraski, Weisman, Loecken, and Steve Houle. After driver introductions and a four wide salute to the fans, order was restored for the 60-lap, $7,000 to win Minnesota Modified Nationals A-main event. Travis Saurer and Dale Mathison led the 25-car starting field to the green as they lit the wick off of turn four. Mathison made a bonsai move for the inside of the Speedway but Saurer did not lift as he held the early advantage out front. Saurer continued to rail the high side and was scored the leader at the conclusion of the first lap. The top of the speedway looked to be the preferred line but Kelly Estey was on the march via the bottom groove. Estey worked the bottom of the speedway during the first 30 laps moving up ten positions up into seventh when the fuel stop took place on lap 30. At that point it was Mathison over Saurer, Danzeisen, Jason Thoennes, and Dave Cain. After the teams refueled, Mathison once again took off into the lead. Mathison would lead the next thirteen circuits before popping over the banking in turn two giving the lead to Danzeisen in the process. Back in traffic, Don Eischens looked to have the strongest car on the speedway as He and Kelly Estey battled for the fifth spot. Eischens took the spot from Estey with ten laps remaining while Danzeisen was gone out front. Cain made some stellar moves moving up three positions into second while Shayne Laske looked very strong in third. With three laps up on the board, Laske took a peak to the inside of Cain for the second spot. Laske, however, received some bad luck as his machine began to slow on the final lap. Out front it was all Danzeisen as he took the win in convincing fashion over Cain. Jason Grimes moved up one position passed Laske after his machine finally stalled coming for the checkers while Eischens rounded out the top five. Estey, Thoennes, Shane Edgington, 23rd starter Josh Thoennes, and Craig Thatcher rounded out the top ten for the open wheel extravaganza. From everyone at FYE Motorsports as well as the staff at Viking Speedway, We'd like to thank all the fans, pit crew members, sponsors, and drivers that came out to make the Minnesota Modified Nationals a success. Please check back to vikingspeedway.net and fyemotorsports.com for further events. SUMMARY: WISSOTA Modifieds: Feature- Scot Danzeisen, Dave Cain, Jason Grimes, Shayne Laske, Don Eischens, Kelly Estey, Jason Thoennes, Shane Edgington, Josh Thoennes, Craig Thatcher, Shane Sabraski, Trent Follmer, Darrell Nelson, Dale Mathison, Mike Storck, Matt Smith, Travis Saurer, Terry Engebretson, Andy Gordon, Erik Peterson, Nate Heinrich, Ryan Aho, Jeremy Houle, Jayme Lautigar, Jay McDonald B-main 1- McDonald, Storck, Edgington, Peterson, Tofte B-main 2- Sabraski, Estey, Lautigar, Jo Thoennes, Heinrich B-main 3- Smith, Aho, Eischens, Houle, Christiansen LCQ- Heinrich, Christiansen, Tofte, Canon, Holtan WISSOTA Super Stocks: Feature- Mike Peterson, Cory Tammen, Jeff Kluver, Jon Stepan, Jason Vejtruba, Ashley Donald, Steve Beach, Irvin Cook, Matt Miller, Terry Merten, Andy Bangsund, Cody Lee, Ron Host, Dave Read, Patrick Heikkinen, Cale Berry, Jeff Flaten, Jeff Crouse, Jeremiah Passow Heat 1- Crouse, Host, Flaten, Read, Kluver, Beach, Passow, Bangsund, Miller, Merten Heat 2- Vejtruba, Peterson, Tammen, Stepan, Lee, Donald, Cook, Berry, Heikkinen WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Feature- Brian Haben, Shane Sabraski, Matt Weisman, Pete Loecken, Steve Houle, Travis Saurer, Ron Saurer, Jason VandeKamp, Nick Bruder, Darrin Braaten, Ryan Schleusner, Scott Gill, Travis Vanderby, Brett Hoium, Dustin Bitzan, Troy Berends, Brady Gerdes, Josh Muzik, Marshal Tofte, Jason Hoffman, Matt Suckow, Jeff Marshall, Skeeter Estey, William Lund Heat 1- T. Saurer, Muzik, Schleusner, Hoium, Estey, Gill, Bruder, Laage, Olson Heat 2- Haben, Suckow, Sabraski, VandeKamp, Hoffman, Tofte, Reents, Johnson, Krahn Heat 3- Berends, R. Saurer, Gerdes, Vanderby, Loecken, Werk, Greeley, Blascyk, Quinn Heat 4- Houle, Weisman, Braaten, Marshall, Lund, Bitzan, Berg, Spanswick B-main 1- Tofte, Bitzan, Gill, Bruder, Greeley Saurer takes the qualifier during night one at
Viking
By Ray Beste
Alexandria, MN (July 2nd, 2010) - Travis Saurer earned the right to sit on the outside pole for Saturday night's $7,000 to win main event by taking the win in the WISSOTA Modified Qualifying Feature Friday night at Viking Speedway. In other action, Mike Peterson reigned victorious in the WISSOTA Super Stock division while Thunder Bay, ONT traveler Jeff Marshall drove a flawless race on his way to victory in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified division. Fans, drivers, and pit crew members alike from all over WISSOTA country convened at the steeply banked 1/2 mile located on the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Alexandria, MN. The WISSOTA Super Stocks were first on the card with Mike Peterson taking the early lead. The action was hot and heavy early on with drivers battling for position all over the speedway. A scary crash that occurred down the backstretch took place eight laps into the event which claimed the run of several drivers. Everyone was okay with Peterson continuing on out front. Jon Stepan and Cory Tammen battled hard for the second spot during the remainder of the event with Stepan ultimately winning the battle. Back in traffic, Winnipeg, MB traveler Ashley Donald moved up 12 spots during the duration of the A-main starting 22nd and finishing 10th. In the end it was Peterson taking the win ahead of Stepan, Tammen, Ron Host, and Cody Lee. The WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main featured a great battle between three of the best in the business. Jeff Marshall took the early lead while Shane Sabraski and Travis Saurer were left to do battle for second. Sabraski worked the bottom with Saurer up on the shelf. Marshall continued to lead out front with Saurer moving by Sabraski for the second spot nine laps into the event. Saurer quickly closed up on the backside of Marshall for the top spot while a myriad of cautions halted action nearing the midway point of the race. On the restart, Marshall began to distance himself from the field with Saurer holding in second. Back in traffic, Brian Haben had a nice run moving up nine positions during the event taking home a nice sixth place finish. Marshall stretched his advantage in the remaining laps and went on to take the win. Saurer continued his run of consistent finishes coming home second ahead of Sabraski, Matt Weisman, and Princeton, MN legend Ron Jones. Dale Mathison and Travis Saurer shared the front row starting duties for the WISSOTA Modified Qualifying A-main. Saurer took the lead from the outset with Mathison settling into second. Seventh starter Jason Thoennes worked the bottom of the speedway during the 25-lap event moving up three positions into second while the rest of the field worked the top. Scot Danzeisen used a couple of nice moves to move up four positions during qualifying action coming home sixth. In the end, however, it was Saurer turning in a dominating performance taking the win. Mathison settled into a groove taking home second ahead of Craig Thatcher, Thoennes and eighth starter Jason Grimes. Saurer picked the outside pole for Saturday night's $7,000 to win A-main which would give the pole to Dale Mathison. SUMMARY:
WISSOTA Modifieds: Qualifying Feature- Travis Saurer, Dale Mathison, Craig Thatcher, Jason Thoennes, Jason Grimes, Scot Danzeisen, Dave Cain, Andy Gordon, Darrell Nelson, Terry Engebretson, Shayne Laske, Trent Follmer Heat 1- Gordon, Alexander, Cain, Lund, Edgington, Eischens, Storck, Holtan, Gulbrandson, Romdalvik Heat 2- Mathison, Sabraski, Danzeisen, Tofte, Davis, Lemke, Thoennes, Schroeder, Blascyk, Paul Heat 3- Follmer, Aho, Saurer, Estey, Lautigar, Houle, Sertich, Sersha, Jeff Broking, Canon Heat 4- Engebretson, Smith, Nelson, Peterson, Wildman, Gierke, Wilms, Koehntop, Greer Heat 5- Thatcher, Thoennes, Bitzan, Noble, Wieberdink, Strand, Heikkinen, Ron Jones, Jensen Heat 6- Grimes, McDonald, Laske, Christiansen, Heinrich, Bayer, Dykstra, Carpenter, Olson WISSOTA Super Stocks: Feature- Mike Peterson, Jon Stepan, Cory Tammen, Ron Host, Cody Lee, Jason Vejtruba, Jeff Flaten, Jeff Kluver, Jeff Crouse, Ashley Donald, Dave Read, Terry Merten, Irvin Cook, Alan Johnson, Patrick Heikkinen, Andrew Bangsund, Jeremiah Passow, Andy Hofteig, Dominic Baker, Jim Gullikson, Travis Forcier, Frank Fabio, Matt Miller, Don Eischens Heat 1- Eischens, Stepan, Tammen, Forcier, Vejtruba, Merten, Johnson, Donald Heat 2- Flaten, Lee, Miller, Bangsund, Fabio, Passow, Heikkinen, Read Heat 3- Peterson, Hofteig, Host, Crouse, Baker, Kluver, Gullikson, Cook WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Feature- Jeff Marshall, Travis Saurer, Shane Sabraski, Matt Weisman, Ron Jones, Brian Haben, Austin Arneson, Brett Hoium, Brady Gerdes, Steve Houle, Jason VandeKamp, Skeeter Estey, Jason Hoffman, Randy Laage, Dustin Bitzan, Scott Gill, Nick Bruder, Ryan Schleusner, Kyle Reents, Todd Berg, William Lund, Josh Muzik, Pete Loecken, Marshal Tofte Heat 1- T. Saurer, Jones, Hoffman, Reents, Bitzan, Muzik, Laage, Werk, VandeKamp Heat 2- Arneson, Gerdes, Tofte, Bruder, Gill, Vanderby, Krahn, Johnson, Olson Heat 3- Weisman, Sabraski, Lund, Haben, Berg, Quinn, Braaten, Blascyk Heat 4- Marshall, Hoium, Houle, Loecken, Estey, Schleusner, Spanswick, Berends B-main 1- Muzik, Laage, VandeKamp, Schleusner, Quinn
6th Annual Minnesota Modified
Nationals: Bigger and Better than Ever! As usual, the event will see each Modified racer draw
for his or her starting position on Friday night for a scheduled set of
8 heat races. The winner of each heat race will automatically redraw for
the top 16 starting spots in Friday night’s qualifying feature just as
we have done in previous years. This year, just like past events, will
be the fact that we will use passing points to qualify the second set of
8 drivers into the qualifying feature on Friday night. How this will
work is the driver that is highest in passing points in each individual
heat race will qualify for the main event and will also redraw for
starting spots 1-16. Just as we have done in the past, the finish from
the qualifying feature will determine the top 8 rows for Saturday
night’s main event. Mathison mentioned ‘Winning the Mod Nationals last year meant a lot to our team. It was our biggest career win by far, both in money won and prestige. There is no better show around for the Modifieds and obviously winning the seven grand meant a lot because there is nowhere else to race for that kind of money! – We will definitely be back to try to become the first 2-time Mod Nationals champion this year.’ The other change to the
Modified portion of the show a couple of years ago was that the $7,000
to win feature event on Saturday night was raised to 50 laps instead of
the previous 40. Drivers and fans alike loved this change, so with this
being the sixth running of the Mod Nationals, event organizers have
decided to up the ante again and run this year’s Mod Nationals a-main to
60 laps for the 2010 version of the Mod Nationals. A mandatory fuel stop
will take place on lap 30, creating a unique twin thirty lap scenario. A huge city of Alexandria fireworks display will take
place on Saturday night, July 3rd immediately following the conclusion
of the 60-lap feature. And last, but not least, Jon
Stepan and Dave Mass were victorious in the Super Stock portions of the
Mod Nationals last season, the first season that the Super Stocks were
in action during the Mod Nationals. Night 2 - Mathison pockets 7k at Viking
By Ray Beste Alexandria, Mn (July 4th, 2009) - Clearwater, Mn hotshoe Dale Mathison became the fifth different driver in the past five seasons to win the Annual $7,000 to win Minnesota Modified Nationals at Viking Speedway. Mathison collected the win during qualifying action on Friday night which put him on the pole for the 50-lap A-main. Princeton, Mn driver Dave Mass picked up a mighty impressive win in WISSOTA Super Stock action while Travis Saurer held off a hard charging Jeff Marshall to pocket the $500 win in WISSOTA Midwest Modified competition. The capacity crowd at Viking witnessed some tremendous two and three wide racing during day two of Amsoil Dirt Track Series Racing held at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Alexandria, Mn. Like night one, the WISSOTA Super Stocks got the feature festivities underway with Mike Peterson and Dave Mass battling for the point early on. Mass finally grabbed the advantage while eighth starter Don Eischens began to move forward. Eischens had successfully moved up five spots while the cross flags waving over the field on lap ten. A scary incident involving Jon Stepan and Mark Blom halted action during the midway part of the A-main. Stepan took a very hard hit but was okay as well as Blom. The two speedway regulars evenings were ended in the process. On the restart, Mass led over Peterson with Eischens in third. The Super Stocks had a hard time establishing a rhythm during their A-main so with seven laps remaining the checkered flags waved over the field. Mass scored the victory followed by Peterson, Eischens, Jeff Flaten and Todd Carter. Eischens, Flaten and Carter were the victors in WISSOTA Super Stock heat race action earlier in the program. After the conclusion of the WISSOTA Super Stock A-main, speedway officials decided to blade the track to give the WISSOTA Modifieds to best opportunity to have a track that did not spot rubber. Driver introductions were held followed by a four-wide solute to the fans which sent chills up and down the bodies of the capacity crowd. Twenty-five American flags were held out the window as the 25-car field came down the front straightaway four wide. Order was restored after the classy gesture with Jason Grimes and Dale Mathison manning the front row starting duties. When the green flag dropped, Grimes blasted off into the early lead with Mathison holding the second spot. While most drivers worked the high side of the speedway, Trent Follmer found the bottom to his liking moving by Jason Thoennes and Scot Danzeisen early on taking the third spot in the process. The speedway was lightning fast as Grimes pedaled his Hughes Chassis to a half of a straightaway advantage sixteen laps into the event. The first yellow flag waved over the field after an incident in turn one occurred with several cars spinning to avoid damage. Mathison, like the night before was on the inside of row two along side of Follmer behind Grimes. Mathison got a great jump and once again made a bid for the lead in turn one. Grimes backed his machine into the cushion and pulled even with Mathison as they raced off of turn two. Mathison once again was able to steal the lead from Grimes while Follmer retired pitside with a broken rear axle shortly there after. When the fuel stop occurred on lap 25, Mathison was your new race leader. Head flagman Mike Commerford dropped the green over the field once again. This time it was more than apparent that Kelly Lake, Mn driver Kelly Estey was on the move. Estey entered each turn in the middle groove, while exiting the bottom. Estey moved into seventh with 15 laps remaining while Mathison was gone out front. Ninth starter Dennis Bitzan decided it was go time as well as his car looked strong cracking the top five with 15 to go. The yellow waved once again with sixteen laps remaining. They went back one lap which put Bitzan back in sixth. On the restart, Estey got a great jump as He and Bitzan used the bottom of the speedway to move up to positions three and four in the process. Bitzan and Estey now ignited a great battle for the third spot. Estey used the middle of the speedway once again to disposed of Bitzan for the third spot with eleven to go while Grimes did his best to reel in Mathison. Grimes with ten laps remaining inched closer and closer to Mathison. Blooming Prairie, Mn legend Mark Noble began to come on during the ladder stages of the event as well. After starting 22nd, Noble entered the top ten with seven laps remaining. Bitzan executed a power move on Estey for the third spot with seven laps remaining while Gillette, WY driver Tony Leiker began to come alive. Leiker moved by Thoennes for the fifth spot with three laps remaining and quickly began to catch the backside of Estey for fourth. On the final trip around Leiker ventured to the top shelf in an attempt overtake Estey for the fourth spot. Estey, however, slammed the door and held the position. On the final trip around Mathison made no mistakes and went on to score the biggest win of his racing career. Grimes, who established himself as a person to be reckoned with, had an unbelievable run coming home second ahead of Bitzan, Estey and Leiker. The final event of the evening belonged to the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds with two of the best in the business on the front row. Travis Saurer and Brock Gronwold brought the 24-car field around as the green flag dropped. Saurer got a good jump and beat Gronwold to turn one taking the opening lap advantage. Gronwold settled into second before immediately receiving pressure from Jeff Marshall. Tenth starter Brett Hoium looked strong early on as well using the high side of the speedway to move into the top five. Ron Jones looked as if he might have the car to beat during the middle stages of the event as He and Brock Gronwold battled for the third spot. Gronwold and Jones made contact on the frontstretch which ended Jones night in the process. The yellow would bunch up the field behind Saurer for the Delaware double-filer restart. Marshall once again moved into second with Gronwold in third being flanked by Hoium. Fifth starter Jason VandeKamp used the final restart to his advantage as he pedaled his #16 machine around the extreme high side of the speedway. VandeKamp made the pass for third spot on the white flag lap. Marshall tried everything in his arsenal to overtake Saurer for the lead but it was not enough as Travis went on to score the victory. Marshall, VandeKamp, Gronwold and Jason Hoffman rounded out the top five running order for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. Shane Sabraski was the hard charger of the event starting in the 22nd position and finishing ninth. Viking Speedway officials as well as the staff at FYE Motorsports would like to thank all the drivers, fans and pit-crew members that made the 5th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals a success. This Tuesday night Viking Speedway will once again host a special event when the Dart Challenge Series and Governor's Ethanol Challenge competitors make their year stop at the high-banked 1/2 mile located in Alexandria, Mn. For more information log onto vikingspeedway.net SUMMARY: WISSOTA Modifieds: Feature- Dale Mathison, Jason Grimes, Dennis Bitzan, Kelly Estey, Tony Leiker, Jason Thoennes, Shane Sabraski, Ricky Weiss, Mark Noble, Mark Noble, JJ Schuelke, Craig Thatcher, Dave Cain, Joey Jensen, Andy Gordon, Jason Voigt, Danny Bayer, Scot Danzeisen, Darrell Nelson, Steve Arpin, Scott Gilbertson, Mitch Johnson, Jason Miller, Trent Follmer, Ron Jones, Brad Waits Heat 1- Leiker, Grimes, Schuelke, Dave Storck, Alexander, Matt Gilbertson, Saurer, Anderson, Eischens, Justin Elmer Heat 2- Johnson, Nelson, Thatcher, Greer, Ostrander, Duval, Gulbrandson, McDonald, Staff, Blascyk Heat 3- Weiss, Gordon, Lund, Jones, Koehntop, Edginton, Gierke, Smith, Crouse, Splitstoesser Heat 4- Mathison, Jensen, Danzeisen, Engebretson, Loveday, Estey, Engelstad, Tofte, Schroeder, Esala Heat 5- Arpin, Voigt, Cain, Bayer, Gilbertson, Lemke, Mike Storck, Rosser, Hanson Heat 6- Thoennes, Sabraski, Bitzan, Berry Christiansen, Canon, Jacobson, Romdalvik, VandeKamp Heat 7- Waits, Follmer, Miller, Noble, Richardson, Wildman, Lavesseur, Nayes, Dykstra B-main 1- Jones, Schuelke, Sabraski, Miller, Gilbertson B-main 2- Jensen, Estey, Cain, Noble, Bayer Last Chance Qualifier - Nelson WISSOTA Super Stocks: Feature- Dave Mass, Mike Peterson, Don Eischens, Jeff Flaten, Todd Carter, Jason Vejtruba, Larr Lund, Irvin Cook, Cory Tammen, Alan Johnson, Jeremy Jerve, Jeff Hapala, Bryan Hellerman, Dominic Baker, Dusty Peterson, Ashley Donald, Cody Lee, Todd Hauer, Matt Miller, JB Stortz, Jeff Crouse, Jeff Kluver, Bob Holtquist, Mark Blom, Jon Stepan Heat 1- Eischens, Crouse, Tammen, Stepan, Kluver, Lee, Donald, Peterson, Hapala Heat 2- Flaten, Vejtruba, Peterson, Lund, Blom, Miller, Hellerman, Holtquist Heat 3- Carter, Mass, Stortz, Cook, Jerve, Baker, Johnson, Hauer WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Feature- Travis Saurer, Jeff Marshall, Jason VandeKamp, Brock Gronwold, Jason Hoffman, Brett Hoium, Jeremy Kerzman, Skeeter Estey, Shane Sabraski, Josh Thoennes, William Lund, Matt Suckow, Brendan Blascyk, Wes Hines, Brooke Hellerman, Ryan Studanski, Travis Vanderby, Scott Gill, Pete Loecken, Ron Jones, Nate Barber, Derek Quinn, Jeremy Houle, Shawn Olson Heat 1- Gronwold, Marshall, Jones, Quinn, Studanski, Sobolik, Craig, Soderstrom, Haben, Czech Heat 2- T. Saurer, Kerzman, Thoennes, Lund, Braaten, Pew, Brenny, Caul, Wolkowski Heat 3- Estey, Hoffman, Hines, Barber, Gill, Sabraski, Greeley, Carter, Bitzan Heat 4- Suckow, Vanderby, Hellerman, Loecken, Olson, Schmidt, Kuhnau, Weisman, Thorstad Heat 5- VandeKamp, Hoium, Houle, Blascyk, Smith, Tofte, R. Saurer, Mensen, Anderson B-main 1- Gill, Studanski, Smith, Haben, Bitzan B-main 2- Sabraski, Olson, Tofte, Sobolik, Czech Night 1 - Mathison dominates Minnesota Modified
Nationals at Viking
By Ray Beste 2009 Photo Gallery Alexandria, Mn (July 3rd, 2009) - Dale Mathison captured the win during the 25-lap qualifying feature Friday night at Viking Speedway. After the race Mathison chose the outside of row one for Saturday night's $7,000 to win main event. Jon Stepan continued his great season with a win in the WISSOTA Super Stock division while Jeremy Kerzman tallied a mighty impressive win in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified action. Sixty-seven WISSOTA Modifieds checked into the back gate for some great Amsoil Dirt Track Series racing during night one action at the 5th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals. The night got underway with the WISSOTA Super Stock main event. Pole-sitter Don Eischens looked to be the car to beat early on before a left year flat made him retire pitside. That handed the lead over to Jon Stepan. Stepan remained smooth out front while a few drivers began to make thier moves from deep in the back. Eighteenth and final starter Cory Tammen sliced and diced his way through the field entering the top five with four laps remaining. Tammen was able to move up one more position in the remaining laps ending a great run in fourth. Like Tammen, Annandale's Shawn Nolan used a fast racecar to move up nine positions from his row seven starting spot ending a great run in fifth. In the end, however, it was Stepan picking up his second Viking Speedway victory of the season. Jeff Kluver, Jeff Crouse, Tammen and Nolan joined Stepan in the top five while Matt Miller moved up eleven positions to finish. sixth. Stepan and Eischens were victorious in heat race action for the WISSOTA Super Stocks. Although it took him a few laps to get to the front, Grey Eagle, Mn mudslinger Jeremy Kerzman dominated Friday night's WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main from his 5th starting position. Great battles could be found all over the speedway but the main attraction was Travis Saurer's charge from deep in the field. After sneaking into the main event through a B-main, Saurer began the event in the 21st starting position. Through a bit of attrition and a very fast racecar Saurer entered the top ten with seven laps still up on the board. Saurer used his familiar diamond maneuver to dispose of most of his rivals while most of the drivers ran the high side of the speedway. Saurer made his final pass on the last trip around ending a beautfiul run in the sixth position. Thunder Bay, Ont pilot Jeff Marshall pressured Kerzman during various times in the event but was never able to overtake Jeremy for the lead. Out front it was all Kerzman as he went on to score the mighty impressive feature triumph. Marshall settled for a hard fought second with Brian Haben third, Josh Thoennes fourth and Princeton, Mn legend Ron Jones fifth. Forty-Six WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds signed in for battle with heat race wins being collected by Jamie Thorstad, Haben, Marshall, Thoennes and Kerzman. The division also feature two B-mains with Travis Saurer and Canadian driver Brady Caul collecting victories in those events. The final event of the evening belonged to the WISSOTA Modifieds for their 25-lap qualifying A-main. Jason Grimes took the early lead while he fended off charges from Scot Danzeisen. The two fought tooth and nail ahead of the rest of the field while Mathison and Trent Follmer began to join the fray. The caution waved with eleven laps remaining which put Danzeisen and Mathison in the second row behind race leading Grimes. As the entered turn one, Mathison made a banzai move to the bottom of the speedway in turn one. Grimes smashed the loud pedal and pulled even with Mathison as the duo raced door to door down the backstretch. Mathison drove it in deep into turn three taking the lead in the process. Grimes and Danzeisen picked up where they left off and ignited a battle once again, this time for the second position. Jason Thoennes looked strong during the ladder stages of the event as he passed Follmer for the fourth spot with one lap still remaining up on the board. Craig Thatcher, Tony Leiker and Steve Arpin battled for the sixth position with Thatcher ultimately taking seizing hold of the position with four laps remaining. On the final trip around Mathison made no mistakes and went on to score the A-main Qualifying feature victory. Grimes in his new Hughes Chassis turn a lot of heads with a great second place finish followed by Danzeisen, Thoennes and Follmer. The sixty-seven Modifieds were divided into seven heat races with wins being collected by Leiker, Mitch Johnson, Ricky Weiss, Mathison, Arpin, Thoennes and two-time and defending USRA Modified national champion Brad Waits of Zumbrota, Mn. Saturday's program would feature C and B-mains, the last chance qualifier and the 50-lap A-main finale for the WISSOTA Modifieds as well as a full program for the WISSOTA Super Stocks and WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds once again. SUMMARY: Qualifying Feature: Feature- Dale Mathison, Jason Grimes, Scot Danzeisen, Jason Thoennes, Trent Follmer, Craig Thatcher, Tony Leiker, Steve Arpin, Dennis Bitzan, Ricky Weiss, Jason Voigt, Brad Waits, Mitch Johnson, Andy Gordon Heat 1- Leiker, Grimes, Schuelke, Dave Storck, Alexander, Matt Gilbertson, Saurer, Anderson, Eischens, Justin Elmer Heat 2- Johnson, Nelson, Thatcher, Greer, Ostrander, Duval, Gulbrandson, McDonald, Staff, Blascyk Heat 3- Weiss, Gordon, Lund, Jones, Koehntop, Edginton, Gierke, Smith, Crouse, Splitstoesser Heat 4- Mathison, Jensen, Danzeisen, Engebretson, Loveday, Estey, Engelstad, Tofte, Schroeder, Esala Heat 5- Arpin, Voigt, Cain, Bayer, Gilbertson, Lemke, Mike Storck, Rosser, Hanson Heat 6- Thoennes, Sabraski, Bitzan, Berry Christiansen, Canon, Jacobson, Romdalvik, VandeKamp Heat 7- Waits, Follmer, Miller, Noble, Richardson, Wildman, Lavesseur, Nayes, Dykstra WISSOTA Super Stocks: Feature- Jon Stepan, Jeff Kluver, Jeff Crouse, Cory Tammen, Shawn Nolan, Matt Miller, Irvin Cook, Jeff Flaten, Larry Lund, Frank Fabio, Ashley Donald, Alan Johnson, Bryan Hellerman, Jason Vejtruba, Mark Blom, Mike Peterson, Cody Lee, Don Eischens Heat 1- Stepan, Blom, Fabio, Crouse, Peterson, Lee, Johnson, Donald, Miller Heat 2- Eischens, Kluver, Vejtruba, Flaten, Lund, Hellerman, Nolan, Cook, Tammen WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Feature- Jeremy Kerzman, Jeff Marshall, Brian Haben, Jason Thoennes, Ron Jones, Travis Saurer, Jason VandeKamp, Marshall Tofte, Shane Sabraski, Ron Saurer, Jason Hoffman, Ryan Mikkelson, Darrin Braaten, Matt Suckow, Skeeter Estey, Shawn Olson, Brady Caul, William Lund, Jamie Thorstad, Dustin Bitzan, Jeremy Houle, Mike Gibson, Brett Hoium, Brian Krog Heat 1- Thorstad, Gibson, VandeKamp, Hoffman, Olson, Estey, Anderson, Studanski, Berends Heat 2- Haben, Tofte, Houle, Braaten, Caul, Wolkowski, Sobolik, Hellerman, Johnson Heat 3- Marshall, Krog, Suckow, Lund, Scott, Vanderby, Greeley, Mensen, Tomford Heat 4- Thoennes, Bitzan, R. Saurer, Mikkelson, Muzik, Hines, Schmidt, Craig, Loecken Heat 5- Kerzman, Jones, Sabraski, Hoium, T. Saurer, Gill, Merten, Quinn, Blascyk B-main 1- T. Saurer, Olson, Blascyk, Tomford B-main 2- Caul, Estey, Studanski, Muzik, Sobolik ![]() 5th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals: Looking Fine In ’09! February 19th 2009 – St. Cloud, Minnesota (Prepared by FYE Motorsports Promotions) St. Cloud,
Minnesota based FYE Motorsports’ first promoted special event of 2009
will be the 5th annual Minnesota Modified Nationals, which will be on
the slate for Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July 4th with a rain date for Sunday, July 5th at 1pm if necessary and
an open practice session on Thursday, July 2nd from 6pm to
9pm at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, Minnesota. Again in
2009, each of the 8 heat winners will receive a $100 cash bonus courtesy
of Duluth, MN based Como Oil & Propane. One final change to the program will see the fact that WISSOTA Super Stocks will be on the card with a full program each night racing for $500 to win as well. The Street Stocks have put on great shows over the past several seasons at the Mod Nationals, but with the declining numbers in the area and the fact that the Super Stocks have sat patiently in the wings waiting for the opportunity, both played into the change being made. Both support classes will utilize the draw/redraw format each day. A huge city
of Alexandria fireworks display will take place on Saturday night, July
4th immediately following the conclusion of the 50-lap
feature. 2008 Modified Nationals News & Notes Long Tows: Modified racer Jess Beckett threw Mike
Kress’s Midwest Modified into his trailer and the duo hauled from Rapid
City, South Dakota this year. Jeff Marshall made the long trip from
Chassis Types: There were 10 J-cars in the 25-car
starting field this year, along with 6 Larry Shaw Modifieds, 2 WRC
Chassis, and 1 of each of the following: Perfect Chassis, Kraft Kars,
Galloper Chassis, Elite Chassis, RCT Race Cars, Eagle Chassis and Fegers
Race Cars. In addition, there were another 22 J-cars in attendance, 2
Elites, 1 Victory, 2 more Larry Shaws, 1 Hurricane, 1 WRC, 1 Eagle, 2
Gallopers, 1 Tracer, 1 Dirtworks, 1 GRT by SSR, 1 Skyrocket, 1
Wieberdink and 1 Jones in competition throughout the weekend. By Ray Beste
Alexandria, Mn (July 5th, 2008) - Steve Arpin dominated Saturday night's 50-lap A-main picking up the $7,000 paycheck at Viking Speedway's 4th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals. Arpin's win broke Specialty Fabricating's streak as the Chassis Builder in victory lane. WISSOTA Midwest Modified driver Josh Thoennes picked up the victory in his division's feature event while Scott Paulson endured an unbelievable battle from Shawn Wageman and Cory Rosen to score the win in the WISSOTA Street Stocks. The weekend proved to be a successful one with drivers, fans and pit crew members alike coming out in droves for the annual event located at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Alexandria, Mn. The WISSOTA Street Stocks were once again the first to get the call. Two of the best in the business in Scott Paulson and Cory Rosen shared the front row as the field stock up two by two behind. The green flag dropped with Paulson gaining a slight advantage off of turn two. Rosen and fourth starter Shawn Wageman wasted little time moving up to do battle with Paulson as the three danced three wide several times for an eight laps stretch. Rosen worked the bottom with Wageman in the middle and Paulson up top. The first three runners were unable to shake free and the trio continued their unbelievable battle for the lead. Tenth starter Jim Williams moved up six positions during the 15-lap affair while the aforementioned drivers continued to get after out front. Seventeenth starter Cory Tammen proved that his car was working well moving up eleven positions in just fifteen laps. Tammen could've used a late caution to see if he could've joined the fray out front. Rosen shook free from Wageman with two laps to go and tried everything he could to overtake Paulson. Paulson, however, held the groove out front and went on to score yet another Viking Speedway win. A hard fought second went to Rosen ahead of Wageman, Williams and Jason Babcock. Scott Horn and Paulson each scored heat race wins earlier in the evening for the WISSOTA Streets. Speedway regular Brian Haben and Big Lake, Mn invader Karth Mitchell shared the front row starting duties for the WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main. Haben took the early advantage from the get go while the field seen many great battles back in traffic. Josh Thoennes stole the lead from Haben on lap three using the high side in turn two which left Haben to do battle with Matt Suckow and Jeff Marshall. Suckow, who started third battled hard with Haben, with Haben eventually holding the spot. Eighth starter Shane Sabraski hung near the middle of the pack early on before making a huge charge late in the race. Sabraski cracked the top five with six laps remaining before disposing of Marshall, Suckow and Haben on restarts. The final yellow of the event waved with four laps remaining which would give Sabraski a chance at Thoennes. Thoennes continued to wheel his machine around the high side of the speedway and eventually went on to score the win. Sabraski had another great run in the second spot ahead of Haben, Suckow and the always hard charging Jeremy Kerzman. Haben, Suckow, Sabraski and Marshall were all victorious in WISSOTA Midwest Modified qualifying action earlier in the show while Brian Krog reigned victorious in the consi. With all the events of the weekend in the books, the 25-car WISSOTA Modified field rolled out onto the speedway. 50- laps were put up on the board with a planned fuel stop on lap 20. Driver introductions were performed with each driver strapping into their respective machine. Kelly Estey and Steve Arpin brought the 25-car field off of turn four and it was underway. Arpin immediately grabbed the lead on the opening lap while the field stretched in tow. Zach Johnson held the third spot early on while Scot Danzeisen made some nice moves. Danzeisen cracked the top five just three laps in while Arpin was bolted to the speedway out front. Danzeisen was able to work his way past Scott Gilbertson and Johnson to take over the third spot twelves laps into the event while Arpin was on cruise control out front. Dave Cain moved up six positions early on finding himself in the fourth spot when the red/checkered flags waved on lap 20. When order was restored, Arpin once again cruised off to a comfortable advantage this time leaving Estey and Danzeisen to battle for the runner up spot. Danzeisen took the spot on lap 34, with Estey regaining the spot just two laps later. Blooming Prairie, Mn legend Mark Noble began to make his presence known with eighteen laps remaining as he wheeled by Jason Thoennes for the sixth spot. Thoennes, however, battled back and regained the spot just one lap later. Many hard charging efforts were found during the remaining laps while Arpin maintained a huge lead out front. Ryan Aho, Thatcher and Noble had made considerable ground on the field as they battled in an attempt to enter the top five. With five laps remaining the final yellow flag of the event hung over the field. On the restart, Thoennes was able to work to the outside of Cain moving into the fourth spot in the process. Ninteenth starter Aho was very impressive in his first ever Mod Nationals finishing second after disposing of Thatcher for the seventh spot with just two laps remaining. Out front it was all Arpin picking up his first ever Minnesota Modified Nationals title, as well as his first Viking Speedway victory. Scot Danzeisen had a mighty impressive run in the second spot ahead of Estey, Thoennes and Cain. The final eleven drivers that qualified through the B-mains and last chance qualifiers included: Joey Jensen, Mark Noble, Brock Gronwold, Shane Sabraski, Ryan AHo, Dale Mathison, Craig Thatcher, Jeff Hinkemeyer, JJ Schuelke, Corky Thomas and Blake Jegtvig. FYE Motorsports and Viking Speedway would like to thank all the drivers, fans and pit crew members that made the 4th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals a success. SUMMARY: WISSOTA Modifieds: Feature- Steve Arpin, Scot Danzeisen, Kelly Estey, Jason Thoennes, Dave Cain, Mark Noble, Ryan Aho, Craig Thatcher, Scott Gilbertson, Zach Johnson, Shane Sabraski, Corky Thomas, JJ Schuelke, Jason Voigt, Brock Gronwold, Shawn Peterson, Brady Peterson, Scott Tofte, Blake Jegtvig, Jeff Hinkemeyer, Cory Crapser, Trent Follmer, Don Eischens, Joey Jensen, Dale Mathison B-main 1- Jensen, Noble, Gronwold, Beckett, Dale, Malmlov, Wildman, Gierke, Dave Storck, Tim Alexander B-main 2- Sabraski, Aho, Mathison, Bayer, Thomas, Jacobson, Engebretson, Gordon, Schill, Delaine B-main 3- Thatcher, Hinkemeyer, Schuelke, Gilbertson, Jegtvig, Ostrander, Staff, Canon, Gulbrandson, Nayes Last Chance Qualifier- Thomas, Jegtvig WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Feature- Josh Thoennes, Shane Sabraski, Brian Haben, Matt Suckow, Jeremy Kerzman, Jason VandeKamp, Jeff Marshall, Travis Saurer, Brendon Blascyk, Matt Smith, Cale Arneson, Dustin Bitzan, Todd Berg, Karth Mitchell, Gary Reents, Terry Merten, Brett Hoium, Korey Krafthefer, Brian Krog, Joe Schmidt, Marshal Tofte, Bob Smith, Skeeter Estey, Jason Hoffman Heat 1- Haben, Bitzan, Smith, Merten, Hoium, Krog, Anderson, Loecken, Saurer Heat 2- Suckow, Mitchell, VandeKamp, Arneson, Schmidt, Austin Arneson, Kress, Bluhm, Muzik Heat 3- Sabraski, Thoennes, Kerzman, Saurer, Krafthefer, Blascyk, Kuhnau, Reents, Koehntop Heat 4- Marshall, Hoffman, Estey, Berg, Tofte, Smith, Gary Reents, Lund, Anderson B-main- Krog, Smith, Blascyk, Gary Reents, Kyle Reents WISSOTA Street Stocks: Feature- Scott Paulson, Cory Rosen, Shawn Wageman, Jim Williams, Jason Babcock, Cory Tammen, Mark Blom, Ryan Buer, Scott Horn, Adam Burrows, Scott Walker, Justin Vogel, Scott Huston, James Tandeski, Rick Sahli, Thad Jensen, Russ Carlson, Chuck Olson, Randy Laage, Andrew Bangsund Heat 1- Horn, Burrows, Buer, Olson, Blom, Tandeski, Walker, Huston, Tammen, Vogel Heat 2- Paulson, Wageman, Rosen, Babcock, Williams, Sahli, Laage, Jensen, Carlson, Bangsund Wageman, Sabraski and Estey victorious on Night One of the 2008
Minnesota Modified Nationals
By Ray Beste
Alexandria, Mn (July 4th, 2008) - Kelly Estey helf off a mid-race challenge from Steve Arpin to pick up the qualifying feature during opening night action at the 4th Annual Minnesota Modified Nationals. Estey chose to start Saturday night's $7,000 to win A-main from the pole which will put Arpin to his outside. Shane Sabraski continued his unbelievable streak of consistency picking up yet another win in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified division while Shawn Wageman scored the win in the WISSOTA Street Stocks. 63 WISSOTA Modifieds checked into the backgate to do battle during Amsoil Dirt Track Series racing at Viking Speedway. Ryan Buer and Rick Sahli manned the front row starting duties for the 15-lap WISSOTA Street Stock A-main. When head flagman Mike Commerford dropped the green, Buer coasted off into the lead. Shawn Wageman, Justin Vogel and Jason Babcock quickly made their way to the front. Buer held the lead while he endured heavy pressure from third row starting Wageman. Buer, Wageman and Vogel danced three wide a few times with Buer maintaining the advantage. With five laps to go, however, Buer pulled up laim in turn three with a broken right front. That handed the lead over to Wageman for the restart. Vogel and Babcock once again ignited a dual for the second spot with Vogel eventually gaining the advantage in the end. Scott Paulson and Jim Williams dueled door to door in the remaining laps with Paulson ultimately picking up the position. Out front it was Wageman scoring yet another Viking Speedway win and the $350 payday that goes with it. Wageman was followed to the line by Vogel, Babcock, Paulson and Williams. Williams, Wageman and Babcock were victorious in heat race action earlier in the program for the WISSOTA Street Stocks. The WISSOTA Midwest Modified A-main was next on the docket with national point leader Shane Sabraski taking the early lead. Sabraski rocketed around the extreme high side of the speedway while tenth starter Josh Thoennes began his march toward the front. Through some crafty moves and good restart, Thoennes found himself up in third spot with six laps remaining. Thoennes was able to dispose of Travis Saurer in the latter stages of the event picking up the second spot for his efforts. Sixteenth starter Matt Smith made some nice moves during the duration of the event finishing a nice run in the eight position. Jeff Marshall and Brian Krog battled side by side for the final three laps before Krog ultimately stole the position on the final lap off of turn four. Sabraski wheeled his Specialty Fabricating machine around the high side of the speedway during the entire event scoring yet another feature win for his efforts. Thoennes moved up eight spots during the event coming home in second with Travis Saurer, Brian Krog and Jeff Marshall rounding out the top five. Four WISSOTA Midwest Modified heat races were held earlier in the evening with victories being collected by Jeremy Kerzman, Jeff Marshall, Brian Krog and Shane Sabraski. The division's lone B-main was won by Jason VandeKamp. The final race of the night belonged to the WISSOTA Modifieds. With fourteen drivers locked into the A-main, they stacked up two by two with 25 laps put up on the board. Kelly Estey and WISSOTA Modified rookie Brady Peterson were aligned on the front row as the green flag dropped. Estey bolted off into the lead while Zach Johnson quickly moved into second. Outside row five starter Steve Arpin quickly cracked the top five just four laps in running the middle of the speedway. Row seven starters Jason Thoennes and Scot Danzeisen proved they would be a factor early on working their way through the field methodically. Aprin moved by Johnson for the second spot with eleven laps remaining and quickly began to pressure Estey for the lead. Estey worked the extreme high side of the speedway with Arpin rolling through the middle. With seven laps remaining, Arpin took a peak to the inside of Estey as the duo entered turn three. Estey, however, carried his top side momentum down the hill and still held the advantage. From that point on, Estey looked strong out front, eventually scoring the win. Danzeisen and Thoennes each moved up to 6th and 7th respectively during the 25-lap affair while Arpin came home second behind Estey. Johnson, Scott Gilbertson and Don Eischens rounded out the top five finishing order for the WISSOTA Modified qualifying feature. All seven heat race winners locked into the qualifier as well as the top seven in passing points. Eleven more drivers would still qualify for the main event on Saturday. After the race was over, Estey chose the inside pole for the feature which would put Arpin on the outside of row one for Saturday night's $7,000 to win A-main. Day two would also feature another complete program for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and WISSOTA Street Stocks. SUMMARY: WISSOTA Modifieds: Qualifying Feature- Kelly Estey, Steve Arpin, Zach Johnson, Scott Gilbertson, Don Eischens, Scot Danzeisen, Jason Thoennes, Trent Follmer, Shawn Peterson, Dave Cain, Scott Tofte, Brady Peterson, Cory Crapser, Jason Voigt Heat 1- Estey, Tofte, Jegtvig, Dev Malmlov, Mike Storck, Jason Schill, Jake Wildman, Shane Eddington, Brad Loveday Heat 2- Danzeisen, Cain, Dennis Bitzan, Dallas Gulbrandson, Ross Romdalvik, Dano Ostrander, Jim Nystrom, Jim Chyba, Scott Greer Heat 3- Follmer, S. Peterson, Ron Jones, Thatcher, Danny Bayer, Mark Hanson, Rick Delaine, Mark Froehlich, Paul Knauf Heat 4- Arpin, Thoennes, Aho, Gronwold, Matt Anderson, Matt Gilbertson, Steve Pfeifer, Alan Olafson, Jess Beckett Heat 5- B. Peterson, Eischens, Hinkemeyer, Rick Jacobson, Terry Engebretson, Mathison, Bob Gierke, Aaron Holtan, Duane Dale Heat 6- Johnson, Sabraski, Jensen, Crapser, Noble, Ryan Canon, Jamie Lemke, Jake Hartung, Robert Hellebust Heat 7- Gilbertson, Voigt, Dave Storck, Thomas, Tim Alexander, Schuelke, Andy Gordon, Bryan Nayes, Danny Staff WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds: Feature- Shane Sabraski, Josh Thoennes, Travis Saurer, Brian Krog, Jeff Marshall, Jason Hoffman, Brian Haben, Matt Smith, Marshal Tofte, Cale Arneson, Terry Merten, Korey Krafthefer, Brendon Blascyk, Kyle Reents, William Lund, Dustin Bitzan, Brett Hoium, Mike Kress, Joe Schmidt, Kyle Koehntop, Gary Reents, Skeeter Estey, Jeremy Kerzman, Jason VandeKamp Heat 1- Kerzman, Arneson, Tofte, Bitzan, Kress, Koehntop, Logan Williams, Muzik Heat 2- Marshall, Haben, Thoennes, Schmidt, Lund, Ron Saurer, Berg, Kyle Reents Heat 3- Krog, Hoffman, Blascyk, Merten, Krafthefer, Mensen, Gary Reents, VandeKamp Heat 4- Sabraski, Travis Saurer, Estey, Smith, Hoium, Tyler Anderson, Russ Anderson, Mitchell WISSOTA Street Stocks: Feature- Shawn Wageman, Justin Vogel, Jason Babcock, Scott Paulson, Jim Williams, Mark Blom, Scott Horn, Adam Burrows, Cory Tammen, Scott Huston, James Tandeski, Rick Sahli, Scott Walker, Chris Winter, Thad Jensen, Randy Laage, Andrew Bangsund, Chuck Olson, Andy Miller, Ryan Buer, Matt Kometz Heat 1- Williams, Paulson, Vogel, Blom, Winter, Miller, Walker Heat 2- Wageman, Sahli, Horn, Burrows, Tammen, Tandeski, Olson Heat 3- Babcock, Buer, Huston, Jensen, Kometz, Bangsund, Laage Minnesota Modified Nationals: Looking Great In ’08! St. Cloud, Minnesota based FYE Motorsports’ first promoted event of 2008 will be the 4th annual Minnesota Modified Nationals, which will be on the slate for Friday, July 4th and Saturday, July 5th with a rain date for Sunday, July 6th at 1pm if necessary and an open practice session on Thursday, July 3rd from 6pm to 10pm at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, Minnesota. 4th Annual MN Modified Nationals Just Around The Corner Como Mod Series To Reward Mod Nationals Heat Winners In ‘08 Prepared by FYE Motorsports Promotions – St. Cloud, MN (May 28th 2008) With the 4th Annual $7,000 to win Minnesota Modified Nationals only 5 weeks away, FYE Motorsports owner Chris Stepan is busily preparing for WISSOTA’s biggest paying Modified special for the 4th straight year. Not only will this year’s winner receive $7,000 and a 5’ trophy, but he will also etch his name in the record books as being the champion of one of the biggest paying Modified events in the entire country. In fact, in 2008, there are only 10 dirt Modified events anywhere in the world that pay $7,000 to win or more and the Mod Nationals is one of them. Jason Thoennes, Shane Sabraski and Dave Cain have graced victory lane and raced to the $7,000 winner’s payday over the first three seasons of this mega-event, held at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, Minnesota over the 4th of July holiday weekend each summer, which typically boasts 60+ cars from 6 states and Canada each year. A new twist to this year’s Mod Nationals will see each of the Modified heat race winners picking up a $100 bonus each courtesy of the Como Oil & Propane Modified Series. Series Director Joe Stariha has offered up $100 to each of the heat race winners at this year’s Mod Nationals and has also come on board as the official trophy sponsor for the top three finishers in this year’s 50-lap Modified feature event. Stariha and his wife Jodi are big race fans and are thrilled to come on board and be associated with the biggest paying Modified special in the upper Midwest this season. Stariha said “ I am excited to be a part of the Mod Nationals this year. The Como Mod Series and Mod Nationals have always worked together so that we didn’t book races that conflict with each other in order for the Mod drivers to attend all of our shows plus the Mod Nationals. It is great to see Modified events that pay this kind of money in our area that allow our local drivers to run for these types of purses.” The Mod Nationals has produced some of the most intense Modified racing action over the past three years, and is expected to do so again in ’08. An open practice will be held from 7p-10p on Thursday night, July 3rd with racing action kicking off on Friday, July 4th and Saturday, July 5th with the city of Alexandria fireworks display being held after the races on Saturday night as well. For more information regarding the 4th annual Minnesota Modified Nationals, please check out www.fyemotorsprots.com or call Chris at (715) 497-8916. 2007Sabraski & VandeKamp Win Mod Nationals Night OneMcDonald &
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