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Wagamon wins Mod headliner at Princeton while remainder of Friday winner list includes Nelson, VandeKamp, Pogones, Larson and Jenson

By Tami Jo Kuehn

PRINCETON, MN (May 9) - Fans, families, racers and crews flocked to Princeton Speedway Friday, May 9 for another evening of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action.

Winners included Clayton Wagamon, Dylan Nelson, Tony Jenson, Jason VandeKamp, Tommy Pogones and Tyler Larson.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks were the first feature of the night, led to green by Tommy Pogones and Jeff Ekdahl. Drivers remained side by side and even three wide during the opening lap, until Pogones separated from the pair of No. 11s in Ekdahl and Levi Randt.

With the halfway flags displayed, Ekdahl and Randt battled nose to nose for second. Ekdahl secured second and began to reel in Pogones with a lapped car in sight. Ekdahl made his way to Pogones’ trunk lid as the race came to a close, but Pogones held the lead and took the win. Ekdahl, Randt, Kyle Howland and Thomas Worth completed the top five in the caution-free event.

Dustin Nelson and Dylan Nelson led the WISSOTA Super Stocks to the green, with Dustin Nelson claiming first at the end of lap one. Dylan Nelson took second while Dexton Koch, Eric Martini and Dylan Kromschroeder fought for third. Koch secured the spot and caught Dustin Nelson and Dylan Nelson, as Dylan then shot into the lead. Koch moved into second as the top three drivers spread out.

Racers began to settle into positions as laps passed by, and even as they worked through lapped traffic, there were no issues. The Supers completed another caution-free feature, with Dylan Nelson earning the win. Koch, Dustin Nelson, Max Nelson and Kromschroeder completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Hornets took the green next, with Tony Jenson the early leader. Colton Lodermeier held second as Eric Pfundt, Russell Kiker, Jr. and Nikota Larson battled nearly three wide for third. Kiker, Jr. snagged the point and raced alongside Lodermeier for second. They remained close for a couple of laps until Kiker, Jr. moved forward and set his sight on Jenson.

With two laps to go, Kiker, Jr. was to the rear of Jenson, but Jenson held strong and took the win. Russell Kiker, Jr., Colton Lodermeier, Bobie Arnes and Nikota Larson rounded out the top five in yet another caution-free feature.

In the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, 28 drivers came to battle at the bullring, and 20 lucky drivers made the feature race. Ryan Putnam and Jason VandeKamp led the drivers to the flagstand and Putnam grabbed the early lead. VandeKamp held second while Joey Jensen and Ashley Boyum fought for third. Six laps were scored just as leaders began to catch slower traffic and the yellow flag appeared.

Putnam was in command for the restart, followed by VandeKamp and Jensen. Drivers raced closely in the turns as the race resumed, but began to shake out into positions at the halfway point of the race. Putnam and Jensen were spread out as they held first and second, while VandeKamp and Wyatt Boyum raced nose to nose for third. With a few laps to go, a final caution was triggered.

Following the restart, Putnam began feeling the heat of VandeKamp and Jensen. VandeKamp ran the high groove and raced side by side with the leader, edging out into the top point and leading the closing laps to secure the win. Putnam, Jensen, Wyatt Boyum and Ashley Boyum were the remaining top-five finishers.

Travis Schulte and Clayton Wagamon remained glued to one another the opening laps of the WISSOTA Modified feature, while Dave Cain, Eric Lamm and Brandon Copp raced three wide for third. Schulte and Wagamon swapped the lead back and forth, with neither driver letting the other get away. With seven laps complete, Wagamon finally secured the top spot and Schulte held second, but the yellow then waved.

Wagamon brought the drivers back to green but Schulte and Copp made the fight three wide as they entered turn one. Wagamon retained the lead with Schulte and Cain in tow. Wagamon was still in command as the laps wound down, and he drove on to the victory. Schulte, Cain, Copp and JT Johnson were the remaining top-five finishers.

The WISSOTA Mod Fours closed out the race program, with Tyler Larson the early leader. Doug Frederick and Ashton Schwinn raced door to door for second as the yellow flew.

As Larson led the field back to green, Connor Bruss, Schwinn and Frederick were nearly three wide for second. Schwinn secured the point and moved ahead while others continued three-wide racing. Bruss came back to challenge Schwinn, and they had the race leader within an arm’s reach. Larson began to grow his advantage, and had driven away from the rest of his top-five challengers when the yellow few with a few laps to go.

Larson brought the racers back to green, though contact was made as those behind Larson raced three wide once again. The race stayed green, but there was quite the shuffling of position before the checkered flag. Larson led the remaining laps and took the win, while Rowan Tramm, Connor Bruss, Dustin Holtquist and Robert Holtquist completed the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[2]; 2. 3T-Travis Schulte[1]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[6]; 4. 22-Brandon Copp[4]; 5. 89JR-JT Johnson[9]; 6. 88-Eric Lamm[3]; 7. 112-Brennan Gave[5]; 8. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[11]; 9. 25-Adam Bohlman[8]; 10. 17B-Zach Benson[10]; 11. 32C-Curtis Stieh[12]; 12. (DNF) 173-Andy Jones[7]; 13. (DNF) 27-Tony Proell[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Dave Cain[3]; 2. 25-Adam Bohlman[1]; 3. 3T-Travis Schulte[6]; 4. 22-Brandon Copp[4]; 5. 89JR-JT Johnson[5]; 6. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[2]; 7. (DNF) 27-Tony Proell[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[1]; 2. 112-Brennan Gave[2]; 3. 173-Andy Jones[5]; 4. 88-Eric Lamm[4]; 5. 17B-Zach Benson[3]; 6. 32C-Curtis Stieh[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 25-Dylan Nelson[2]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[6]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[1]; 4. 32-Max Nelson[8]; 5. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[3]; 6. 19X-James Trantina III[5]; 7. 21-Joey Jensen[7]; 8. 00-Jason Hobbs[10]; 9. 10X-Josh Schmidt[11]; 10. 8-Nick Schultz[12]; 11. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[9]; 12. 42-Jake Luark[13]; 13. B61-Kyle Buffington[15]; 14. 79-Tim Gonska[16]; 15. (DNF) 24-Eric Martini[4]; 16. (DNF) 47J-Jeremiah Gebhardt[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19X-James Trantina III[1]; 2. 32-Max Nelson[3]; 3. 21-Joey Jensen[5]; 4. 24-Eric Martini[6]; 5. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[2]; 6. 10X-Josh Schmidt[4]; 7. 42-Jake Luark[7]; 8. B61-Kyle Buffington[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[1]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[5]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[7]; 4. 25-Dylan Nelson[6]; 5. 00-Jason Hobbs[4]; 6. 8-Nick Schultz[2]; 7. 47J-Jeremiah Gebhardt[3]; 8. (DNS) 79-Tim Gonska

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[2]; 2. 46-Ryan Putnam[1]; 3. 30-Joey Jensen[5]; 4. 21-Wyatt Boyum[6]; 5. 17-Ashley Boyum[3]; 6. 25-Adam Bohlman[10]; 7. 23N-Dustin Nelson[11]; 8. 18E-Luke Erlandson[12]; 9. 33C-Cole Boston[13]; 10. 980-Kaden Woodie[8]; 11. RED1-Dan Wheeler[4]; 12. 23-Mitch Weiss[9]; 13. 28-Paul Ripley[15]; 14. 15-Kris Macko[16]; 15. 24-Cole Elton[7]; 16. 19X-James Trantina III[17]; 17. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[19]; 18. (DNF) 11R-Landyn Randt[18]; 19. (DNF) 75-Ryan Mead[20]; 20. (DNF) 99B-William Jacobson[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[2]; 2. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[1]; 3. 23-Mitch Weiss[4]; 4. 33C-Cole Boston[7]; 5. 4Q2-Mark Martini[3]; 6. 11R-Landyn Randt[5]; 7. 20-Donny Little[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Cole Elton[3]; 2. 980-Kaden Woodie[7]; 3. 25-Adam Bohlman[4]; 4. 99B-William Jacobson[6]; 5. (DNF) 18-Hunter Brink[2]; 6. (DNF) 13-Tate Kostreba[5]; 7. (DNF) 47-Erik Gruhlke[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Ryan Putnam[3]; 2. RED1-Dan Wheeler[1]; 3. 23N-Dustin Nelson[5]; 4. 28-Paul Ripley[2]; 5. 5X-Brecken Froehlich[4]; 6. 19X-James Trantina III[6]; 7. 5-Rory Taber[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Ashley Boyum[3]; 2. 21-Wyatt Boyum[4]; 3. 18E-Luke Erlandson[1]; 4. 15-Kris Macko[2]; 5. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[5]; 6. 75-Ryan Mead[6]; 7. 10Z-Cade Johnson[7]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 19X-James Trantina III[5]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[4]; 3. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[3]; 4. 75-Ryan Mead[6]; 5. 18-Hunter Brink[10]; 6. 10Z-Cade Johnson[9]; 7. 5X-Brecken Froehlich[2]; 8. 20-Donny Little[7]; 9. 5-Rory Taber[8]; 10. (DNS) 4Q2-Mark Martini; 11. (DNS) 13-Tate Kostreba; 12. (DNS) 47-Erik Gruhlke

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[2]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[6]; 4. 05-Kyle Howland[8]; 5. 55-Thomas Worth[5]; 6. 19C-Charlie Shiek[4]; 7. 17B-Rachel Boston[10]; 8. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[3]; 9. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[7]; 10. 27-Trent Keller[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[5]; 2. 19C-Charlie Shiek[4]; 3. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[1]; 4. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[2]; 5. 27-Trent Keller[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Kyle Howland[1]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[2]; 3. 04-Tommy Pogones[4]; 4. 55-Thomas Worth[3]; 5. 17B-Rachel Boston[5]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson[2]; 2. 14T-Rowan Tramm[7]; 3. 20-Connor Bruss[6]; 4. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[9]; 5. 5-Robert Holtquist[8]; 6. 18-Ashton Schwinn[4]; 7. N88-Gerrald Nohner[5]; 8. 9T-Thomas Burgard[3]; 9. D5-Doug Frederick[1]; 10. N28-Hailey Nohner[15]; 11. 4-Dawson Oelrich[10]; 12. 40-Jack Post[14]; 13. (DNF) 81-Amanda Carroll[11]; 14. (DNF) 21-Blake Hawker[12]; 15. (DNF) 7-Jordan Fischer[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Rowan Tramm[4]; 2. N88-Gerrald Nohner[1]; 3. 7L-Tyler Larson[3]; 4. 20-Connor Bruss[7]; 5. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[6]; 6. 81-Amanda Carroll[2]; 7. 40-Jack Post[8]; 8. (DNF) 21-Blake Hawker[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Ashton Schwinn[1]; 2. 5-Robert Holtquist[5]; 3. D5-Doug Frederick[3]; 4. 9T-Thomas Burgard[6]; 5. 4-Dawson Oelrich[4]; 6. (DNF) N28-Hailey Nohner[7]; 7. (DNS) 7-Jordan Fischer

WISSOTA Hornets:

Hornets Feature (15 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[1]; 2. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[5]; 3. 21-Colton Lodermeier[2]; 4. 94A-Bobie Arnes[7]; 5. 26N-Nikota Larson[6]; 6. 29A-Austin Jacobson[8]; 7. 89-Randy Jacoboski[10]; 8. 64-Eric Pfundt[4]; 9. 44-Brendan Bockwitz[11]; 10. 69K-Nathaniel Kinne[3]; 11. 24-William Cancienne[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26N-Nikota Larson[6]; 2. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[5]; 3. 29A-Austin Jacobson[3]; 4. 69K-Nathaniel Kinne[1]; 5. 24-William Cancienne[2]; 6. (DNS) 44-Brendan Bockwitz

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[2]; 2. 94A-Bobie Arnes[1]; 3. 64-Eric Pfundt[3]; 4. 21-Colton Lodermeier[5]; 5. 89-Randy Jacoboski[4]