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Holtquist holds the checkers when Princeton racers and fans put a bow on the 2026 quarter-mile campaign

PRINCETON, MN (October 17) - Princeton Speedway put the bow on its 2026 season Saturday in Princeton, MN, with WISSOTA Mod Fours part of the program. Crown Vics, Winged Sprints, Traditional Sprints and Micro Sprints were also part of the evening’s events.

Matt Brenny and Robert Holtquist brought the field to the green flag in the WISSOTA Mod Fours. Robert was the early leader, as Dustin Holtquist moved to the inside of Brenny for second. They raced side by side for the spot, as Andrew Christenson was fourth and Tyler Larson was fifth with just three laps complete.

Brenny and Dustin continued to race side by side, with Brenny along the high side and Dustin down low. Out front, Robert had just shy of a .6-second lead ahead of the battle for second. Christenson remained fourth, and Thomas Burgard worked into fifth. A caution fell for 12 laps to go for Troy Jordan, who left the track with a flat tire.

Back under green, Robert continued to lead the field and Dustin worked by Brenny to second. Brenny drove off the top side of the track, allowing Burgard to shake out into third, with Chad Funt fourth and Christenson fifth.

Out front, with half the race in the books, Robert and Dustin fought back and forth for the lead. Dad had a slight lead of .362 seconds ahead of son. They continued to circle the track side by side in the turns, with Dustin looking for a way by his father Robert in the lead.

With the checkered flag in the air Dustin made one last attempt to gain the top spot, but Robert held on and took the win. Burgard, Chad Funt and Christenson completed the top five.

Matthew Jasper started in the second row of the Winged Sprints feature, moving into the lead and taking the eventual victory ahead of Willie Ewing, Casey Lang, John Lowe and Mitch Hagen in the top five.

Leighton Rose won the Micro Sprint feature from the fourth starting spot. Polesitter Jeff Friederick settled for second ahead of Marshall Willing, Brenden Newville and Brian Link in the top five.

Tyler Wass topped the Traditional Sprint feature from his front-row starting spot, grabbing the checkered flag ahead of Ken Hron, Westen Johnson, KC Hawkinson and JD Kouba in the top five.

Mike Layne picked his way forward from eighth at the start of the Crown Vic feature to garner the eventual victory ahead of Calvin Saldana, Michael Blevins, Sr., Wayne Nelson and Galen Hass in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 2. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[4]; 3. 9T-Thomas Burgard[6]; 4. XL21-Chad Funt[8]; 5. 9C-Andrew Christenson[3]; 6. XL1-Andrew Funt[9]; 7. 7L-Tyler Larson[5]; 8. M1-Mike Rau[12]; 9. 44-Chad Erlandson[7]; 10. 21B-Matt Brenny[1]; 11. N88-Gerrald Nohner[10]; 12. 68-Jacob Husnik[13]; 13. 37-Dean Larson[11]; 14. D5-Jackson Kottschade[16]; 15. 66F-Steve Froelich[15]; 16. (DNF) 14-Troy Jordan[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9C-Andrew Christenson[1]; 2. 5-Robert Holtquist[5]; 3. 9T-Thomas Burgard[2]; 4. 7L-Tyler Larson[6]; 5. XL1-Andrew Funt[8]; 6. 37-Dean Larson[7]; 7. 68-Jacob Husnik[4]; 8. 66F-Steve Froelich[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[7]; 2. 21B-Matt Brenny[1]; 3. XL21-Chad Funt[5]; 4. 44-Chad Erlandson[4]; 5. N88-Gerrald Nohner[2]; 6. M1-Mike Rau[6]; 7. 14-Troy Jordan[3]; 8. D5-Jackson Kottschade[8]

Crown Vics:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Layne[8]; 2. 22S-Calvin Saldana[5]; 3. 78-Michael Blevins Sr[4]; 4. 42-Wayne Nelson[9]; 5. 15-Galen Hass[13]; 6. 1776-Derek Fleck[2]; 7. 15J-Jeff Hass[3]; 8. 44/50-Kris Peterson[6]; 9. 12-Justin McPhee[11]; 10. 06-Noah Rau[10]; 11. 67-Shawn Simmons[12]; 12. 25-Abby Patchen[15]; 13. (DNF) 07H-Hunter Morris[1]; 14. (DNF) 40-Adam Post[14]; 15. (DNF) 97-Jen Machula[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Michael Blevins Sr[1]; 2. 07H-Hunter Morris[2]; 3. 15J-Jeff Hass[3]; 4. 22S-Calvin Saldana[4]; 5. 42-Wayne Nelson[6]; 6. 12-Justin McPhee[8]; 7. 15-Galen Hass[5]; 8. 40-Adam Post[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Layne[3]; 2. 1776-Derek Fleck[1]; 3. 44/50-Kris Peterson[5]; 4. 97-Jen Machula[4]; 5. 06-Noah Rau[6]; 6. 67-Shawn Simmons[2]; 7. (DNF) 25-Abby Patchen[7]

UMSS Winged Sprints:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 85-Matthew Jasper[3]; 2. 16-Willie Ewing[5]; 3. 609-Casey Lang[6]; 4. 2J-John Lowe[7]; 5. 4H-Mitch Hagen[4]; 6. 52-Jake Lempelius[8]; 7. 12G-Kinzlee Giessinger[10]; 8. 16J-Peter Ingebrigtsen[11]; 9. (DNF) 03-Jamey Ogston[1]; 10. (DNF) 34DDD-Mike Mueller[2]; 11. (DNS) 95-John Vaillancourt

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Willie Ewing[1]; 2. 609-Casey Lang[5]; 3. 4H-Mitch Hagen[4]; 4. 2J-John Lowe[3]; 5. 12G-Kinzlee Giessinger[6]; 6. (DNF) 95-John Vaillancourt[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34DDD-Mike Mueller[3]; 2. 85-Matthew Jasper[1]; 3. 03-Jamey Ogston[4]; 4. 52-Jake Lempelius[2]; 5. 16J-Peter Ingebrigtsen[5]

UMSS Traditional Sprints:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 36-Tyler Wass[2]; 2. 46H-Ken Hron[6]; 3. 28-Westen Johnson[3]; 4. 46-KC Hawkinson[1]; 5. 55-JD Kouba[10]; 6. 11J-Jori Hughes[11]; 7. 7X-Dan Atchison[12]; 8. Z15-Zach Olson[5]; 9. 56-Josh Braford[9]; 10. 17-Erik Bjorklund[8]; 11. 51E-Chris Magistad[16]; 12. 7E-Keith Erickson[13]; 13. 55K-Hailey Kouba[15]; 14. 12Y-Emma Braford[14]; 15. (DNF) 17C-Hunter Colton[7]; 16. (DNF) 15E-Peyton Emerson[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Z15-Zach Olson[3]; 2. 15E-Peyton Emerson[1]; 3. 17C-Hunter Colton[2]; 4. 17-Erik Bjorklund[4]; 5. 55-JD Kouba[5]; 6. 11J-Jori Hughes[7]; 7. 7E-Keith Erickson[8]; 8. 12Y-Emma Braford[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46H-Ken Hron[4]; 2. 28-Westen Johnson[7]; 3. 46-KC Hawkinson[1]; 4. 36-Tyler Wass[3]; 5. 56-Josh Braford[6]; 6. 7X-Dan Atchison[5]; 7. 51E-Chris Magistad[8]; 8. 55K-Hailey Kouba[2]

Micro Sprints:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 18R-Leighton Rose[4]; 2. 27C-Jeff Friederick[1]; 3. 128-Marshall Willing[5]; 4. 22-Brenden Newville[6]; 5. 628-Brian Link[10]; 6. 27J-Brandon Friederick[3]; 7. 8-Allan Byrne[7]; 8. 100-Alyssa Eddy[2]; 9. 99C-Colin Eddy[9]; 10. 23-Kelly Coss[8]; 11. (DNF) 7C-Charlie Wolbeck[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brenden Newville[6]; 2. 27C-Jeff Friederick[3]; 3. 100-Alyssa Eddy[1]; 4. 8-Allan Byrne[4]; 5. 99C-Colin Eddy[2]; 6. (DNS) 7C-Charlie Wolbeck

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18R-Leighton Rose[5]; 2. 128-Marshall Willing[4]; 3. 27J-Brandon Friederick[2]; 4. 23-Kelly Coss[1]; 5. (DNF) 628-Brian Link[3]