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Dan Henrikson (Char Hurd Photo)
Henrikson, Meirhofer and Petroff pull away for Big Sky wins as season winds down at Big Sky
BILLINGS, MT (October 3) - Dan Henrikson, Jeremy Meirhofer and Robert Petroff made their way to WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victory lane at Big Sky Speedway Friday, October 3, as the track put the 2025 season to bed with one final run at the race track located in Billings, MT.
Henrikson started fifth on the grid in the WISSOTA Late Models. He slowly picked his way forward to the front, taking the lead from 11th-starter Ty Hample with about six to go and escaping with the checkered flag and a lead of more than 2 seconds at the line. Hample was second ahead of Lyndon Bolt, while Rock Degele and Jeremy Castro completed the top five.
Meirhofer started from the pole in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods and took the lead about two laps into the race. From there he held the lead to the finish, taking the checkered flag just over 1 second ahead of perennial threat Troy Leiker. Mario Berger improved six spots to complete the podium, and Tony Leiker and 14th-starter Nathan Kenaston completed the top five.
Jeremy Meirhofer (Char Hurd Photo)
Robert Petroff (Char Hurd Photo)
A front-row start was also on the table for Petroff in the WISSOTA Street Stocks and he made best use of the opportunity. He led his Streeter brethren from start to finish to garner the victory, his 19th of the season. He was chased to the checkered flag by Conner Carter, Caden Craver, Jeff Sekuterski and Matt Riesinger in the top five.
In the track’s other classes, Colton Miller won in INEX Legends action, while Bart Taylor topped the IMCA Modifieds. Harrison White won in the Big Sky Wingless Sprints from his second-row starting spot to round out the action.
SUMMARY
WISSOTA Late Models:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 97-Dan Henrikson[5]; 2. 29-Ty Hample[11]; 3. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[8]; 4. 1D-Rock Degele[6]; 5. 14X-Jeremy Castro[1]; 6. 50-Ted Hample[2]; 7. 71-Morris Oberle[12]; 8. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[9]; 9. 21F-Ryan Fasching[7]; 10. 2-Mario Berger[4]; 11. 33-Jeremy McCune[3]; 12. 14-Ken Helman[13]; 13. M91-Heather Mertens[10]; 14. 30-Bob Moody[15]; 15. 24DD-Don Baxter[18]; 16. (DNF) 25-Jamie Mocko[14]; 17. (DNS) 308-Dillon Price; 18. (DNS) 20-Smokey Jensen
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Ted Hample[1]; 2. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[3]; 3. 97-Dan Henrikson[6]; 4. 21F-Ryan Fasching[5]; 5. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[8]; 6. 29-Ty Hample[9]; 7. 14-Ken Helman[4]; 8. 25-Jamie Mocko[2]; 9. 30-Bob Moody[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jeremy McCune[3]; 2. 14X-Jeremy Castro[4]; 3. 2-Mario Berger[6]; 4. 1D-Rock Degele[8]; 5. M91-Heather Mertens[2]; 6. 71-Morris Oberle[5]; 7. 24DD-Don Baxter[9]; 8. (DNF) 20-Smokey Jensen[1]; 9. (DNS) 308-Dillon Price
WISSOTA Midwest Mods:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[1]; 2. 17-Troy Leiker[6]; 3. 73-Mario Berger[9]; 4. 18-Tony Leiker[8]; 5. 15-Nathan Kenaston[14]; 6. 41-Tyler Vernon[7]; 7. 62-Devon Jadwin[2]; 8. 2-Rod Lorenz[10]; 9. 2C-Troy Cepak Jr[12]; 10. 509-Brennan Davis[19]; 11. 2L-Brady Lorenz[20]; 12. 7D4-Dayton Liscum[11]; 13. 99J-John Hurd[4]; 14. 4E-Justin Elmer[3]; 15. 99-Dennis Hurd[15]; 16. 50-Paul Parks[22]; 17. 50S-Fred Hansen[13]; 18. 20S-Jake Schye[17]; 19. 15G-Marvin Gonzales[18]; 20. 101-Chad Kordus[24]; 21. 55K-Hayden Ingle[16]; 22. (DNF) 11W-Conner Carter[21]; 23. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[5]; 24. (DNF) 5H-Chris Hill[23]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[10]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[6]; 3. 94-Michael Rogers[2]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[5]; 5. 50S-Fred Hansen[7]; 6. 55K-Hayden Ingle[9]; 7. 66-Daniel Harvey[4]; 8. 11W-Conner Carter[1]; 9. (DNF) 14-Shay Evig[8]; 10. (DNF) 50-Paul Parks[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[4]; 2. 73-Mario Berger[2]; 3. 41-Tyler Vernon[8]; 4. 7D4-Dayton Liscum[5]; 5. 15-Nathan Kenaston[7]; 6. 20S-Jake Schye[1]; 7. 509-Brennan Davis[10]; 8. 101-Chad Kordus[9]; 9. 13-Gussie Lee[6]; 10. 24-Ronn Green[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Devon Jadwin[2]; 2. 4E-Justin Elmer[4]; 3. 99J-John Hurd[1]; 4. 2C-Troy Cepak Jr[6]; 5. 99-Dennis Hurd[3]; 6. 15G-Marvin Gonzales[9]; 7. 5H-Chris Hill[5]; 8. 2L-Brady Lorenz[8]; 9. 80-Matt Riesinger[7]; 10. 55-Brady Marcus[10]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 509-Brennan Davis[2]; 2. 2L-Brady Lorenz[6]; 3. 11W-Conner Carter[4]; 4. 50-Paul Parks[11]; 5. 5H-Chris Hill[3]; 6. 101-Chad Kordus[5]; 7. 14-Shay Evig[10]; 8. 13-Gussie Lee[7]; 9. 80-Matt Riesinger[8]; 10. 24-Ronn Green[9]; 11. 66-Daniel Harvey[1]; 12. 55-Brady Marcus[12]
WISSOTA Street Stocks:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[2]; 2. 45T-Conner Carter[1]; 3. 21JR-Caden Craver[5]; 4. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[6]; 5. B33R-Matt Riesinger[3]; 6. 43C-Casey Durand[9]; 7. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[10]; 8. 56-Bryan Johnson[7]; 9. 49-Zach Ness[8]; 10. (DNF) 14X-Travis Shumate[4]; 11. (DNS) 43J-Joel Niebeling
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[2]; 2. 45T-Conner Carter[1]; 3. 14X-Travis Shumate[4]; 4. 21JR-Caden Craver[11]; 5. B33R-Matt Riesinger[9]; 6. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[3]; 7. 56-Bryan Johnson[6]; 8. 49-Zach Ness[7]; 9. (DNF) 43C-Casey Durand[5]; 10. (DNF) 13D-Kayla Pelissier[10]; 11. (DNS) 43J-Joel Niebeling
IMCA Modifieds:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[3]; 2. 11-Joey Price[9]; 3. 157-Kinzer McCord[7]; 4. 83-Dale Neitzel[14]; 5. 21-Cory Craver[1]; 6. D02-David Davis[4]; 7. 29-Alan Farley[11]; 8. 2B-Kenny Baumann[5]; 9. 52-Darran Conrad[15]; 10. 56-Colin Scott[21]; 11. 8-Aaron Amundson[8]; 12. 85-Patrick LaMere[22]; 13. 22-Preston Johnson[25]; 14. 37-Karl Weaver[23]; 15. 81-Don Hildebrandt[24]; 16. (DNF) 57-Jason George[2]; 17. (DNF) 71K-Cody Kuglin[6]; 18. (DNF) 7-Vance Lorenz[16]; 19. (DNF) 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[12]; 20. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[19]; 21. (DNF) 009-Greg Adcock[18]; 22. (DNF) 12G-Donnie Goodman[20]; 23. (DNF) 46-Bert Beech[17]; 24. (DNF) 2-Rod Lorenz[10]; 25. (DNS) 10-Smokey Jensen
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Joey Price[4]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[5]; 3. 157-Kinzer McCord[8]; 4. D02-David Davis[6]; 5. 10-Smokey Jensen[1]; 6. 7-Vance Lorenz[3]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[7]; 8. 85-Patrick LaMere[2]; 9. 22-Preston Johnson[9]s
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Jason George[1]; 2. 29-Alan Farley[2]; 3. 8-Aaron Amundson[4]; 4. 2B-Kenny Baumann[5]; 5. 83-Dale Neitzel[6]; 6. 46-Bert Beech[7]; 7. 12G-Donnie Goodman[3]; 8. 37-Karl Weaver[8]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Cory Craver[5]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[2]; 3. 71K-Cody Kuglin[1]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[6]; 5. 52-Darran Conrad[3]; 6. 009-Greg Adcock[7]; 7. 56-Colin Scott[8]; 8. 81-Don Hildebrandt[4]
INEX Legends:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 33M-Colton Miller[3]; 2. 94-Bryce Barnhardt[4]; 3. 3-Travis Wagner[1]; 4. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[11]; 5. 511-Josh Broadbent[8]; 6. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[6]; 7. 25-Shawn Artz[10]; 8. 335-Beaux Miller[9]; 9. 23X-Kyle Halter[19]; 10. 1-Scott Salsbury[12]; 11. 99J-Jacob Campbell[14]; 12. 88T-Derick Thronson[13]; 13. 99-Brian Peterson[20]; 14. 09-SETH ROODS[18]; 15. 15-Zack Campbell[17]; 16. 420-Wes Viktora[21]; 17. (DNF) 7T-Ty Olson[2]; 18. (DNF) 14-DEVON GIBSON[15]; 19. (DNF) 70-Aaron Dowell[7]; 20. (DNS) 08-JACE ROODS; 21. (DNS) 27-Blake Swenson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Wagner[8]; 2. 33M-Colton Miller[6]; 3. 27-Blake Swenson[4]; 4. 70-Aaron Dowell[3]; 5. 335-Beaux Miller[1]; 6. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[7]; 7. 88T-Derick Thronson[2]; 8. 14-DEVON GIBSON[10]; 9. 99-Brian Peterson[11]; 10. 09-SETH ROODS[9]; 11. (DNF) 23X-Kyle Halter[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7T-Ty Olson[7]; 2. 94-Bryce Barnhardt[1]; 3. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[2]; 4. 511-Josh Broadbent[6]; 5. 25-Shawn Artz[5]; 6. 1-Scott Salsbury[8]; 7. 99J-Jacob Campbell[3]; 8. 08-JACE ROODS[4]; 9. 15-Zack Campbell[9]; 10. 420-Wes Viktora[10]
Big Sky Wingless Sprints:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2D-Harrison White[4]; 2. 17J-Chris Williams[2]; 3. 171-Roy Guy III[5]; 4. M240-Teri Omoth[3]; 5. 21-JESSE TUDOR[9]; 6. (DNF) 511-Josh Broadbent[1]; 7. (DNF) 16K-Kade Vogt[7]; 8. (DNS) 63-Ryan Nash; 9. (DNS) 12-Samuel Vancleave
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17J-Chris Williams[3]; 2. 2D-Harrison White[6]; 3. M240-Teri Omoth[1]; 4. 511-Josh Broadbent[8]; 5. 171-Roy Guy III[7]; 6. 21-JESSE TUDOR[9]; 7. (DNF) 63-Ryan Nash[2]; 8. (DNF) 16K-Kade Vogt[4]; 9. (DNS) 12-Samuel Vancleave