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Schulte, Hobbs, Jensen, Pogones, Larson and Jenson post Princeton opener feature wins on Friday

By Tami Jo Kuehn

PRINCETON, MN (April 25) - Princeton Speedway opened its 2025 season Friday night with a great field of drivers checking in. The night of WISSOTA Dirt Track Race action featured six WISSOTA sponsored classes, in addition to the Minnesota Micro Sprints.

By night’s end, WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Tommy Pogones, Jason Hobbs, Travis Schulte, Joey Jensen, Tony Jenson, Tyler Larson, while Owen Henrichs took home hardware in the Micro Sprints.

Rachel Boston and Kyle Howland led the field of WISSOTA Street Stocks to the green flag. Howland shot into the early lead with Boston and Tommy Pogones close behind. Pogones slid into second and chased after Howland for the lead.

The race was half over with Pogones still chasing Howland, as Pogones made his move. There was slight contact as the pass was made, and Pogones secured the spot. Following a caution-free race, Pogones took the win, while Howland, Steve Eggersgluess, Charlie Shiek and Boston rounded out the field.

Dylan Kromschroeder and Jason Hobbs led the WISSOTA Super Stocks to the green but the yellow quickly flew before the lap was complete.

Hobbs and Kromschroeder were door to door for the lead on the restart, and after a battle, Hobbs secured the point. Just as Hobbs began to stretch his lead, another caution was triggered and the field was reset. Hobbs led the drivers back to green, but Kromschroeder and Dexton Koch remained close. Koch took second after a final restart and raced to Hobbs’ door; with the final lap coming to a close, Koch gave it one final shot, but Jason Hobbs held the lead to earn his first-ever feature win. Koch, Kromschroeder, Dustin Nelson and Max Nelson completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Modifieds were next on the agenda with Travis Schulte and Clayton Wagamon on row one. Schulte shot into the lead as Wagamon and JT Johnson were side by side for second. Johnson secured the position while Wagamon, Don Eischens and Brennan Gave ran three wide for third. Schulte stretched his advantage as laps passed without incident. The race remained green, and Travis Schulte snagged the win followed by JT Johnson, Don Eischens, Brennan Gave, Cole Chernosky and Eric Lamm in the top five.

A full and packed field of WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds went green with Jason VandeKamp and Joey Jensen on row one. VandeKamp and Jensen remained glued to one another the opening laps until VandeKamp suffered a flat. The field of drivers was slowed and reset with Jensen in command. Blake Adams claimed second as Brady Larson snagged third, and laps passed quickly, as the leaders began to encounter lapped traffic. This allowed Adams to close the gap before a caution was triggered and drivers were slowed.

Jensen’s lead was gone as Adams and Larson were on his bumper when the green reappeared. Jensen sped away on the restart, but after a couple laps, a handful of cars were collected. A few more cautions occurred, but Joey Jensen survived and took the win. Adams, Larson, Dustin Nelson and Cole Boston were top five finishers.

Tony Jenson and Bobie Arnes led the WISSOTA Hornets to the stand, and Jenson took the immediate lead. Russell Kiker, Jr. made his way to third and kept close to Arnes before a caution regrouped the field.

Jenson brought the drivers back to green with Arnes and Kiker, Jr. on his bumper. Arnes challenged Jenson for the top spot, but Jenson held the point. Kiker, Jr. made his move on Arnes and slid into second with Arnes at his door. The top three remained close until Arnes suffered a flat. Jenson drove off to the eventual victory as Kiker, Jr., Nathaniel Kinne, Kaidynce Jones and Bobie Arnes completed the top five.

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