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Leach and Cepak win during tragic final weekend at Big Sky Speedway

BILLINGS, MT (October 3) -The final weekend of racing for the 2026 season at Big Sky Speedway began on a sad note, as a non-racing medical emergency took the life of a competitor during the Friday night program. Racing was stopped Friday, but continued on Saturday night, paying homage to his memory.

In WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, Tyler Leach topped the Late Models, and Troy Cepak, Jr. won in the Midwest Mods.

Leach started from the front row and led from start to finish in the WISSOTA Late Models to garner his sixth victory overall during the 2026 season. He was chased to the checkered flag by 10th-starter Bart Taylor, who improved eight spots to second. Jeremy McCune, Ty Hample and Ted Hample completed the top five.

Cepak started outside the third row in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, finishing second at the stripe but taking the victory following the tech shed. Twelfth-starter Justin Elmer improved 10 spots to second in the official rundown, while Chad Switzenberg was third. Tenth-starter Travis Wagner was fourth, and Ryan Nash was scored fifth.

In the track’s other action, Leach doubled up with a victory in the IMCA Modifieds, while Kyle Dalke improved nine spots to take home the win in the IMCA Sport Compacts. Ty Olson topped the INEX Legends, and Rich Bailey was victorious in the Wingless Sprints.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 05-Tyler Leach[1]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[10]; 3. 33-Jeremy McCune[3]; 4. 36-Ty Hample[9]; 5. 50-Ted Hample[2]; 6. 24DD-DJ Baxter[7]; 7. 24-Dwayne Fowler[6]; 8. 14-Ken Helman[5]; 9. 25-Jamie Mocko[11]; 10. 1776-Casey Smith[12]; 11. (DNF) 97-Dan Henrikson[4]; 12. (DNF) 21-Ryan Fasching[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Dan Henrikson[1]; 2. 24DD-DJ Baxter[2]; 3. 24-Dwayne Fowler[4]; 4. 50-Ted Hample[3]; 5. 36-Ty Hample[6]; 6. 25-Jamie Mocko[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Tyler Leach[1]; 2. 14-Ken Helman[2]; 3. 33-Jeremy McCune[4]; 4. 21-Ryan Fasching[5]; 5. 369-Bart Taylor[3]; 6. (DNF) 1776-Casey Smith[6]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[6]; 2. 4E-Justin Elmer[12]; 3. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[5]; 4. 3-Travis Wagner[10]; 5. 14R-Ryan Nash[7]; 6. 20-Brady Lorenz[14]; 7. 2-Rod Lorenz[11]; 8. 333-Travis Long[13]; 9. 64-Joel Morris[17]; 10. 7S-Shane Rasmussen[21]; 11. 2C-Jordan Tocci[8]; 12. 23-Jake Schye[22]; 13. 101-Chad Kordus[19]; 14. 11W-Conner Carter[20]; 15. 417-Chance Halvorsen[15]; 16. (DNF) 4C-Travis Shumate[9]; 17. (DNF) 13S-Anthony Berger[18]; 18. (DNF) B1-Brock Salsbury[3]; 19. (DNF) 9-Griffen Switzenberg[2]; 20. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[1]; 21. (DQ) 73-Mario Berger[4]; 22. (DQ) 17-Troy Leiker[16]

Heat 1 (11 Laps): 1. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[1]; 2. 73-Mario Berger[6]; 3. 2C-Jordan Tocci[4]; 4. 4E-Justin Elmer[3]; 5. 333-Travis Long[7]; 6. 24-Ronn Green[2]; 7. 101-Chad Kordus[5]; 8. 80-Matt Riesinger[9]; 9. 37-Trenton Berger[8]; 10. (DNF) 583-Isaac Rogers[10]

Heat 2 (11 Laps): 1. 94-Michael Rogers[6]; 2. B1-Brock Salsbury[4]; 3. 4C-Travis Shumate[2]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[3]; 5. 20-Brady Lorenz[1]; 6. 64-Joel Morris[7]; 7. 17-Troy Leiker[9]; 8. 55K-Hayden Ingle[8]; 9. 7S-Shane Rasmussen[5]

Heat 3 (11 Laps): 1. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[1]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[2]; 3. 3-Travis Wagner[9]; 4. 14R-Ryan Nash[7]; 5. 417-Chance Halvorsen[8]; 6. 11W-Conner Carter[3]; 7. (DNF) 13S-Anthony Berger[6]; 8. (DNS) 23-Jake Schye; 9. (DNS) 11-Anthony Whiteman

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[5]; 2. 64-Joel Morris[2]; 3. 13S-Anthony Berger[6]; 4. 101-Chad Kordus[4]; 5. 11W-Conner Carter[3]; 6. 7S-Shane Rasmussen[11]; 7. 23-Jake Schye[9]; 8. 80-Matt Riesinger[7]; 9. 37-Trenton Berger[10]; 10. 55K-Hayden Ingle[8]; 11. 583-Isaac Rogers[13]; 12. (DNF) 11-Anthony Whiteman[12]; 13. (DNF) 24-Ronn Green[1]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 05-Tyler Leach[3]; 2. 37-Joey Price[6]; 3. 2C-Jordan Tocci[2]; 4. 83-Dale Neitzel[5]; 5. 12-Ty Clemens[10]; 6. 550K-Kyle Anton[13]; 7. 71-Byran Bettcher[15]; 8. 9K-Kory Wermling[9]; 9. 8-Aaron Amundson[8]; 10. 56-Colin Scott[19]; 11. 60-John Price[17]; 12. 46-Bert Beech[7]; 13. 2-Rod Lorenz[11]; 14. 68-Shawn LaRocque[21]; 15. 009-Greg Adcock[14]; 16. 11-Davin Noel[22]; 17. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[18]; 18. (DNF) 73-Mario Berger[16]; 19. (DNF) 85X-Brett Pudwill[4]; 20. (DNF) 20S-Shay Evig[1]; 21. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[20]; 22. (DNF) 2B-Kenny Baumann[12]; 23. (DNS) 369-Bart Taylor

Heat 1 (11 Laps): 1. 83-Dale Neitzel[1]; 2. 85X-Brett Pudwill[2]; 3. 12-Ty Clemens[5]; 4. 2B-Kenny Baumann[4]; 5. 550K-Kyle Anton[3]; 6. 56-Colin Scott[6]; 7. 60-John Price[9]; 8. 20-Brady Lorenz[7]; 9. 94-Michael Rogers[8]

Heat 2 (11 Laps): 1. 05-Tyler Leach[1]; 2. 20S-Shay Evig[8]; 3. 2-Rod Lorenz[4]; 4. 369-Bart Taylor[5]; 5. 46-Bert Beech[7]; 6. 009-Greg Adcock[2]; 7. 11-Davin Noel[6]; 8. 11W-Karl Weaver[9]; 9. 73-Mario Berger[3]

Heat 3 (11 Laps): 1. 2C-Jordan Tocci[4]; 2. 37-Joey Price[8]; 3. 8-Aaron Amundson[2]; 4. 9K-Kory Wermling[3]; 5. 71-Byran Bettcher[5]; 6. 4C-Travis Shumate[7]; 7. 68-Shawn LaRocque[6]; 8. 81C-Donald Hildebrandt[1]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[9]; 2. 60-John Price[3]; 3. 20-Brady Lorenz[6]; 4. 56-Colin Scott[1]; 5. 94-Michael Rogers[8]; 6. 68-Shawn LaRocque[5]; 7. 11-Davin Noel[4]; 8. 11W-Karl Weaver[10]; 9. 81C-Donald Hildebrandt[7]; 10. (DNS) 369-Bart Taylor; 11. (DNS) 4C-Travis Shumate

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[10]; 2. 29K-Kaleb Clark[8]; 3. 82-Hayden Kolstad[9]; 4. 08JR-Darren Pulver[13]; 5. (DNF) 2%-Robert Donmyer[6]; 6. (DNF) 51-KRUZ JOKI[14]; 7. (DNF) 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[7]; 8. (DNS) 08MP-Meriah Pulver; 9. (DQ) 29A-Jeremy Andersen[11]; 10. (DQ) 28G-Grayson Anderson[4]; 11. (DQ) 11B-Caleb Boone[12]; 12. (DQ) 63-Daytona Smith[3]; 13. (DQ) 223-Noah Payne[5]; 14. (DQ) 24W-Wesley Smith[1]; 15. (DQ) 71T-Michael Thompson[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 29K-Kaleb Clark[7]; 2. 2%-Robert Donmyer[3]; 3. 82-Hayden Kolstad[1]; 4. 63-Daytona Smith[4]; 5. 223-Noah Payne[2]; 6. 29A-Jeremy Andersen[5]; 7. 08JR-Darren Pulver[6]; 8. (DNS) 08MP-Meriah Pulver

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[1]; 2. 71T-Michael Thompson[3]; 3. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[4]; 4. 24W-Wesley Smith[5]; 5. 28G-Grayson Anderson[6]; 6. 11B-Caleb Boone[2]; 7. (DNF) 51-KRUZ JOKI[7]

INEX Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7T-Ty Olson[7]; 2. 3-Travis Wagner[8]; 3. 494-Bryce Barnhardt[5]; 4. 49-Jason Hankewich[6]; 5. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[1]; 6. 73-Randall Copeland[4]; 7. 08-JACE ROODS[9]; 8. 70-Aaron Dowell[10]; 9. 99-Jacob Campbell[3]; 10. 21-Shad Jensen[16]; 11. 09-SETH ROODS[13]; 12. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[12]; 13. 8-Chris King III[18]; 14. 21M-Michael Peters[2]; 15. 93-SHAWN ROODS[14]; 16. 88T-Derick Thronson[17]; 17. 27-AMANDA HONABARGER[15]; 18. 58-Kyle Halter[11]; 19. 3M-Madison Taylor[19]; 20. (DNF) 99B-Brian Peterson[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Wagner[2]; 2. 49-Jason Hankewich[10]; 3. 73-Randall Copeland[1]; 4. 21M-Michael Peters[3]; 5. 08-JACE ROODS[8]; 6. 58-Kyle Halter[4]; 7. 09-SETH ROODS[9]; 8. 27-AMANDA HONABARGER[6]; 9. 88T-Derick Thronson[7]; 10. 3M-Madison Taylor[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7T-Ty Olson[4]; 2. 494-Bryce Barnhardt[6]; 3. 99-Jacob Campbell[1]; 4. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[8]; 5. 70-Aaron Dowell[3]; 6. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[9]; 7. 93-SHAWN ROODS[7]; 8. 21-Shad Jensen[5]; 9. 8-Chris King III[2]; 10. 99B-Brian Peterson[10]

Wingless Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 12H-Rich Bailey[2]; 2. 63JR-Chris Williams[9]; 3. 16K-Kade Vogt[4]; 4. 14R-Ryan Nash[3]; 5. 2D-Harrison White[5]; 6. 171-Roy Guy III[1]; 7. 33-Keith Ahlgren[6]; 8. 58-Kyle Halter[8]; 9. (DNF) 44-Damon McCune[11]; 10. (DNF) 12-Josh Ostermiller[7]; 11. (DNF) 21-Anthony Whiteman[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 171-Roy Guy III[3]; 2. 14R-Ryan Nash[2]; 3. 2D-Harrison White[5]; 4. 12-Josh Ostermiller[1]; 5. 63JR-Chris Williams[4]; 6. (DNF) 44-Damon McCune[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12H-Rich Bailey[3]; 2. 16K-Kade Vogt[2]; 3. 33-Keith Ahlgren[4]; 4. 58-Kyle Halter[1]; 5. (DNF) 21-Anthony Whiteman[5]