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Leiker, Larson and Brauer beat up on Sheridan Speedway competition during final weekend of 2024

SHERIDAN, WY (September 27) - Drivers from several states headed to Sheridan Speedway September 27-28 for the track’s Fall Classic special. WISSOTA Midwest Mods, Street Stocks and Mod Fours were part of the action, and WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners the first night in competition included Troy Leiker, Braden Brauer, and Dean Larson.

Leiker’s journey to the front of the Midwest Modified feature started back in the fourth row. He picked his way forward to grab the eventual victory ahead of front-row starter Bart Taylor and polesitter Tony Leiker. Austin Long and Mario Berger completed the top five.

Brauer had to take a similar route to the front of the Street Stock headliner, starting eighth on the grid and finessing his way forward into first past polesitter Caden Craver for the win. Ninth-starter Robert Petroff advanced six spots to third, Chris Uroszek was fourth, and Jaren Puhlman rounded out the top five.

Dean Larson topped his grandson, Blake Hawker, in the Mod Four feature. Larson started in the third row and added another mark on his extensive win list when the checkered flag flew. Shelli Lind, ninth-starter Tristan Torres, and Rob Arlaud were top five finishers.

The track also hosted several other classes in action over the weekend. Friday night winners also included Bryson Yeager (IMCA Modifieds), Chas Matye (IMCA Sport Compacts), Michael King (INEX Legends) and Matt Brown (Rocky Mtn. Hard Tops).

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[8]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[2]; 3. 18-Tony Leiker[1]; 4. 33-Austin Long[7]; 5. 73-Mario Berger[4]; 6. 4-Darin Hauff[12]; 7. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[6]; 8. 25-Justin Will[11]; 9. 391-Matthew Drake[3]; 10. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[13]; 11. 43-Rick Chorniak[9]; 12. T3-Travis Soper[17]; 13. 29-Ty Miller[14]; 14. 56-Norman Jackson[10]; 15. 25C-Casey Renken[18]; 16. 14X-Kenny Bell[22]; 17. 50-Paul Parks[15]; 18. 23J-Jay Will[23]; 19. 67-Rex Conrad[24]; 20. 509-Brennan Davis[20]; 21. (DNF) 30-Jeremy Cole[21]; 22. (DNF) 5-Connor Friske[5]; 23. (DNF) 64L-Joel Morris[19]; 24. (DQ) 5T-Scott Tyrrell[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Connor Friske[2]; 2. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[1]; 3. 25-Justin Will[3]; 4. 5T-Scott Tyrrell[5]; 5. 30-Jeremy Cole[6]; 6. 333-Travis Long[7]; 7. (DNF) 67-Rex Conrad[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[2]; 2. 33-Austin Long[5]; 3. 4-Darin Hauff[1]; 4. T3-Travis Soper[3]; 5. 1942-Stephen Schicketanz II[4]; 6. 9K-Spencer Krueger[6]; 7. 24-Ronn Green[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[1]; 2. 17-Troy Leiker[6]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]; 4. 25C-Casey Renken[2]; 5. 14X-Kenny Bell[4]; 6. 23J-Jay Will[5]; 7. 45-Justin Hoeft[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 391-Matthew Drake[6]; 2. 43-Rick Chorniak[4]; 3. 29-Ty Miller[2]; 4. 64L-Joel Morris[3]; 5. 28-Dawson Stoner[5]; 6. 14-Sean McHenry[1]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[1]; 2. 56-Norman Jackson[2]; 3. 50-Paul Parks[3]; 4. 509-Brennan Davis[5]; 5. 19-Martin Choate[4]; 6. (DNF) 94R-Ryan Nash[6]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 30-Jeremy Cole[1]; 2. 14X-Kenny Bell[3]; 3. 23J-Jay Will[8]; 4. 67-Rex Conrad[11]; 5. 1942-Stephen Schicketanz II[2]; 6. 45-Justin Hoeft[12]; 7. 28-Dawson Stoner[4]; 8. 19-Martin Choate[5]; 9. 14-Sean McHenry[9]; 10. 24-Ronn Green[10]; 11. (DNF) 333-Travis Long[6]; 12. (DNF) 9K-Spencer Krueger[7]; 13. (DNS) 94R-Ryan Nash

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[8]; 2. 21JR-Caden Craver[1]; 3. 11*-Robert Petroff[9]; 4. 83-Chris Uroszek[4]; 5. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[2]; 6. 22T-Troy Murner[5]; 7. 7-Les Cuny[6]; 8. 25-Kyle Hanson[3]; 9. 3-Ken Harmon[12]; 10. 66S-Patrick Salway[11]; 11. 93-Jimmy Havens[14]; 12. (DNF) 45-Joe Hando[10]; 13. (DNF) 81-Brock Salsbury[7]; 14. (DNF) 78-Steve Snyder[15]; 15. (DNS) 26-Dean Roberts

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21JR-Caden Craver[1]; 2. 83-Chris Uroszek[3]; 3. 7-Les Cuny[5]; 4. 25-Kyle Hanson[2]; 5. 11*-Robert Petroff[6]; 6. 26-Dean Roberts[7]; 7. 93-Jimmy Havens[8]; 8. (DNF) 3-Ken Harmon[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[2]; 2. 22T-Troy Murner[1]; 3. 81-Brock Salsbury[4]; 4. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[6]; 5. 45-Joe Hando[3]; 6. 66S-Patrick Salway[5]; 7. (DNF) 78-Steve Snyder[7]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[5]; 2. 21-Blake Hawker[2]; 3. 55-Shelli Lind[4]; 4. 4T-Tristan Torres[9]; 5. 7-Rob Arlaud[7]; 6. 307-Dax Reher[8]; 7. S16-Teresa Schuler[10]; 8. 25-Ryanne Keesling[12]; 9. (DNF) 14T-Rowan Tramm[3]; 10. (DNF) 52-Brody Grenz[11]; 11. (DNF) 56-Duane Manning[6]; 12. (DNF) 45-Kyle Hardesty[1]; 13. (DNF) 69-Mike Lind[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Blake Hawker[2]; 2. 37-Dean Larson[6]; 3. 14T-Rowan Tramm[4]; 4. 55-Shelli Lind[3]; 5. 4T-Tristan Torres[5]; 6. 52-Brody Grenz[1]; 7. 69-Mike Lind[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Rob Arlaud[1]; 2. 45-Kyle Hardesty[6]; 3. 307-Dax Reher[4]; 4. 56-Duane Manning[2]; 5. S16-Teresa Schuler[5]; 6. 25-Ryanne Keesling[3]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[3]; 2. 18H-Justen Yeager[10]; 3. 21-Cory Craver[1]; 4. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[12]; 5. 71-Byran Bettcher[13]; 6. 550K-Kyle Anton[4]; 7. 369-Bart Taylor[2]; 8. 25R-Ryan Renken[6]; 9. 2J-Jerry Martin[11]; 10. 5F-Bernard Fischer[5]; 11. 08-T J Martell[18]; 12. 46-Adam Boggs[8]; 13. 45-Travis Davis[9]; 14. 07-Eric Hermel[14]; 15. 19-Darren Fischer[15]; 16. (DNF) 29S-Jim Shoemaker[16]; 17. (DNF) 1-Clint Jensen[17]; 18. (DNS) 5-Josh Fischer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2J-Jerry Martin[2]; 2. 18H-Justen Yeager[3]; 3. 45-Travis Davis[6]; 4. 5-Josh Fischer[4]; 5. (DNF) 71-Byran Bettcher[5]; 6. (DNF) 29S-Jim Shoemaker[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[2]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[4]; 3. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[6]; 4. 550K-Kyle Anton[5]; 5. 07-Eric Hermel[1]; 6. 1-Clint Jensen[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Cory Craver[3]; 2. 25R-Ryan Renken[2]; 3. 46-Adam Boggs[6]; 4. 5F-Bernard Fischer[5]; 5. 19-Darren Fischer[1]; 6. (DNF) 08-T J Martell[4]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 13-Chas Matye[5]; 2. 75W-Wolfi Gensch[1]; 3. 94-Joe Hudson[3]; 4. 11A-Anna Wilson[4]; 5. 32-Jake Harmon[8]; 6. 8K-Kane Krueger[6]; 7. (DNF) 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[7]; 8. (DNF) 44A-Anthony Whiteman[2]; 9. (DNS) 4-Douglas Berg

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Chas Matye[5]; 2. 11A-Anna Wilson[1]; 3. 94-Joe Hudson[2]; 4. 75W-Wolfi Gensch[6]; 5. 44A-Anthony Whiteman[8]; 6. 8K-Kane Krueger[4]; 7. (DNF) 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[9]; 8. (DNF) 32-Jake Harmon[7]; 9. (DNF) 4-Douglas Berg[3]

Rocky Mtn. Hard Tops:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 68-Matt Brown[5]; 2. 941-Alex Lukowiak[6]; 3. 28-Butch Kennedy[7]; 4. 27-Dale Sipp[1]; 5. 125-Brandon Sipp[4]; 6. (DNF) 83*-Charlie Floate[9]; 7. (DNF) 55X-John Hanson[3]; 8. (DNF) 72-Mark Ridenhower[2]; 9. (DNF) 4-Dennis Statezny[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 941-Alex Lukowiak[1]; 2. 27-Dale Sipp[2]; 3. 55X-John Hanson[4]; 4. 125-Brandon Sipp[3]; 5. 83*-Charlie Floate[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 68-Matt Brown[1]; 2. 28-Butch Kennedy[4]; 3. 72-Mark Ridenhower[3]; 4. (DNF) 4-Dennis Statezny[2]

INEX Legends:

Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22M-Michael King[4]; 2. 511-Josh Broadbent[8]; 3. 3-Travis Wagner[3]; 4. 06-Weston Hagen[2]; 5. 23X-Kyle Halter[10]; 6. 33-Keith Ahlgren[1]; 7. 53-Bill Curtis[6]; 8. 1-Scott Salsbury[9]; 9. (DNF) 23-Stuart Mckechnie[7]; 10. (DNF) 58-Jon Mergan[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[4]; 2. 33-Keith Ahlgren[3]; 3. 53-Bill Curtis[1]; 4. (DNF) 1-Scott Salsbury[5]; 5. (DNF) 23X-Kyle Halter[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22M-Michael King[2]; 2. 511-Josh Broadbent[3]; 3. 3-Travis Wagner[1]; 4. 06-Weston Hagen[4]; 5. 58-Jon Mergan[5]