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Leiker, Hardesty and Ferguson are first Friday winners of 2026 at Black Hills Speedway

RAPID CITY, SD (May 8) - Tony Leiker, Leonard Ferguson and Kyle Hardesty opened their seasons with WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories at Black Hills Speedway Friday night, as the Rapid City, South Dakota oval hosted its first week of racing for the 2026 season.

Leiker started eighth on the grid in the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature, taking the lead and eventual victory ahead of Rex Conrad at the finish. Ninth-starter Scott Tyrrell improved six spots to third, Paul Parks was fourth, and Darin Hauff charged into a top-five finish from his 14th starting spot.

In the WISSOTA Mod Fours, Kyle Hardesty started his journey to the front from outside the third row. He crossed the stripe for the checkered flag ahead of Gatlin Comer, Rob Arlaud, Dilon Hardesty and Michael Logelin in the top five.

Leonard Ferguson drove from the pole to victory lane in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, taking top honors ahead of Les Cuny, Troy Murner, Warren Pourier, Jr. and Jaren Puhlman in the top five.

Ryan Bickett (Sprints), Brent Nielsen (IMCA Mods), and Joel Magee (IMCA Hobby Stocks) were also winners during opening night at Black Hills Speedway.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[8]; 2. 67-Rex Conrad[5]; 3. 5T-Scott Tyrrell[9]; 4. 50-Paul Parks[3]; 5. 4-Darin Hauff[14]; 6. 00-Ron Starkey[2]; 7. 57H-Robby Howie[1]; 8. 64-Joel Morris[4]; 9. 14-Sean McHenry[12]; 10. 72-Chris Larsen[10]; 11. 77E-Trent Edwards[13]; 12. (DNF) 509-Brennan Davis[11]; 13. (DNF) 17-Troy Leiker[7]; 14. (DNS) 22-Matt Heinzerling; 15. (DNS) 17X-Tom Hook

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Matt Heinzerling[1]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 3. 67-Rex Conrad[2]; 4. 50-Paul Parks[5]; 5. 5T-Scott Tyrrell[7]; 6. 509-Brennan Davis[6]; 7. 77E-Trent Edwards[4]; 8. 17X-Tom Hook[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[7]; 2. 00-Ron Starkey[3]; 3. 57H-Robby Howie[1]; 4. 64-Joel Morris[5]; 5. 72-Chris Larsen[2]; 6. 14-Sean McHenry[6]; 7. (DNF) 4-Darin Hauff[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78-Leonard Ferguson[1]; 2. 7-Les Cuny[3]; 3. 22T-Troy Murner[2]; 4. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[7]; 5. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[4]; 6. 25-Kyle Hanson[6]; 7. Z22-Cole Phillips[5]; 8. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[2]; 2. 22T-Troy Murner[3]; 3. 7-Les Cuny[5]; 4. Z22-Cole Phillips[1]; 5. 78-Leonard Ferguson[6]; 6. 25-Kyle Hanson[7]; 7. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[4]; 8. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[8]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 102-Kyle Hardesty[6]; 2. 19-Gatlin Comer[4]; 3. 7-Rob Arlaud[7]; 4. 45H-Dilon Hardesty[3]; 5. 89-Michael Logelin[5]; 6. 41W-Urijah Welch[9]; 7. 55-Shelli Lind[2]; 8. 13C-Destiney Cuestas[11]; 9. 69-Mike Lind[8]; 10. 9-Branden Torres[13]; 11. (DNF) 3-Macen Thompsen[10]; 12. (DNF) 4T-Tristan Torres[14]; 13. (DNF) 22-Adam Neumiller[15]; 14. (DNF) 6-Devin Wolter[12]; 15. (DNF) 11S-Samantha Trujillo[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Gatlin Comer[4]; 2. 89-Michael Logelin[8]; 3. 55-Shelli Lind[2]; 4. 45H-Dilon Hardesty[1]; 5. 41W-Urijah Welch[6]; 6. 13C-Destiney Cuestas[3]; 7. (DNF) 6-Devin Wolter[5]; 8. (DNS) 22-Adam Neumiller

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 102-Kyle Hardesty[3]; 2. 7-Rob Arlaud[2]; 3. 11S-Samantha Trujillo[4]; 4. 69-Mike Lind[6]; 5. 3-Macen Thompsen[7]; 6. (DNS) 9-Branden Torres; 7. (DNS) 4T-Tristan Torres

360 Sprints:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17B-Ryan Bickett[4]; 2. 3-Mike Pennel[2]; 3. 39JR-Brayden Mount[1]; 4. 4-Adam Speckman[3]; 5. 34-Trevor Plambeck[5]; 6. 28T-Jordan Tanner[8]; 7. 13-McKayla Worley[6]; 8. (DNS) 17X-Josh Stoltenberg

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 39JR-Brayden Mount[2]; 2. 3-Mike Pennel[1]; 3. 4-Adam Speckman[3]; 4. 17B-Ryan Bickett[5]; 5. 34-Trevor Plambeck[6]; 6. 17X-Josh Stoltenberg[7]; 7. 13-McKayla Worley[4]; 8. 28T-Jordan Tanner[8]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 13-Brent Nielsen[2]; 2. XM-Michael (Mike) Dimond[4]; 3. 2J-Jerry Martin[5]; 4. 46-Adam Boggs[6]; 5. 2N-Nate Hand[3]; 6. 6-Kade Bahr[8]; 7. (DNF) 19-Darren Fischer[7]; 8. (DNS) 44-Eric Mass

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Eric Mass[1]; 2. 13-Brent Nielsen[2]; 3. 2N-Nate Hand[3]; 4. XM-Michael (Mike) Dimond[4]; 5. 2J-Jerry Martin[5]; 6. 46-Adam Boggs[7]; 7. 19-Darren Fischer[8]; 8. 6-Kade Bahr[6]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[1]; 2. 6S-Sean Weber[2]; 3. 85-Doug Pudwill[3]; 4. 33C-Alan McNeil[4]; 5. 03-Samantha Swett[5]; 6. 69-Jarrod Briggs[8]; 7. 98-Drue Hutmacher[7]; 8. (DNF) 77JR-Nick Kirchhevel[6]; 9. (DNS) 1-Tanner Derochie

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[2]; 2. 6S-Sean Weber[1]; 3. 85-Doug Pudwill[4]; 4. 33C-Alan McNeil[3]; 5. 03-Samantha Swett[7]; 6. 77JR-Nick Kirchhevel[6]; 7. 98-Drue Hutmacher[5]; 8. 69-Jarrod Briggs[8]; 9. (DNF) 1-Tanner Derochie[9]