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Leiker, Murner and Konst lead the way as Black Hills Speedway opens gates for 2025 season

RAPID CITY, SD (May 9) - Troy Leiker, Troy Murner and Brett Konst were WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners Friday night, May 9, as Black Hills Speedway opened its doors to the 2025 season in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Leiker started outside of the third row and took the lead around lap seven in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, driving on to collect his second overall victory of the season. Matt Heinzerling was second, ahead of fellow front-row starter Paul Parks, Tony Leiker and Brennan Davis in the top five.

Murner’s race to the front of the WISSOTA Street Stock feature began inside row two. He overcame front-row starters Jaren Puhlman and Cole Phillips to net the victory. He crossed under the checkered flag about 1 second ahead of Warren Pourier, Jr. Les Cuny, Phillips and Puhlman completed the top five.

Konst led start to finish in the WISSOTA Mod Four feature, holding off former WISSOTA National Champion Dean Larson for the victory. Polesitter Clint Jensen slipped back to third at the checkered flag, as Tristan Torres and Michael Logelin rounded out the top five.

In the track’s other action, Brent Nielsen (IMCA Mods), Konst (IMCA Hobby Stocks), and Brayden Mount (360 Sprints) were also victorious opening night.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[6]; 2. 22-Matt Heinzerling[1]; 3. 50-Paul Parks[2]; 4. 18-Tony Leiker[8]; 5. 509-Brennan Davis[4]; 6. 67-Rex Conrad[11]; 7. 4-Darin Hauff[9]; 8. 00-Ron Starkey[7]; 9. 64-Joel Morris[3]; 10. 75C-Chandler Aspelin[5]; 11. 57H-Robby Howie[13]; 12. 60-Derek Altman[12]; 13. 14-Sean McHenry[10]; 14. (DNF) 55J-Jaren Puhlman[14]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 50-Paul Parks[1]; 2. 22-Matt Heinzerling[4]; 3. 17-Troy Leiker[3]; 4. 00-Ron Starkey[2]; 5. 4-Darin Hauff[5]; 6. 67-Rex Conrad[6]; 7. 57H-Robby Howie[7]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 64-Joel Morris[2]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 3. 509-Brennan Davis[5]; 4. 75C-Chandler Aspelin[4]; 5. 14-Sean McHenry[7]; 6. 60-Derek Altman[6]; 7. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[1]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 22T-Troy Murner[3]; 2. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[4]; 3. 7-Les Cuny[6]; 4. Z22-Cole Phillips[2]; 5. 25-Kyle Hanson[5]; 6. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[1]

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

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[2]; 2. 37-Dean Larson[5]; 3. 41-Clint Jensen[1]; 4. 4T-Tristan Torres[6]; 5. 7M-Michael Logelin[4]; 6. 102-Kyle Hardesty[3]; 7. 19-Gatlin Comer[7]; 8. 10K-Lori Konst[9]; 9. (DNF) 45H-Dilon Hardesty[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[7]; 2. 102-Kyle Hardesty[1]; 3. 37-Dean Larson[5]; 4. 41-Clint Jensen[8]; 5. 7M-Michael Logelin[6]; 6. 4T-Tristan Torres[3]; 7. 19-Gatlin Comer[4]; 8. 45H-Dilon Hardesty[9]; 9. 10K-Lori Konst[2]

360 Sprints:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 39JR-Brayden Mount[3]; 2. 4S-Adam Speckman[1]; 3. 28T-Jordan Tanner[2]; 4. 14-Blayne Brink[5]; 5. 3-Mike Pennel[7]; 6. (DNF) 34-Trevor Plambeck[6]; 7. (DNS) 20-Logan Hershey

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 4S-Adam Speckman[2]; 2. 28T-Jordan Tanner[1]; 3. 39JR-Brayden Mount[5]; 4. 20-Logan Hershey[4]; 5. 14-Blayne Brink[7]; 6. 34-Trevor Plambeck[6]; 7. (DNS) 3-Mike Pennel

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 13-Brent Nielsen[4]; 2. 85X-Brett Pudwill[3]; 3. 46-Adam Boggs[9]; 4. 44-Eric Mass[1]; 5. (DNF) 33-John Snyder[8]; 6. (DNF) 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[11]; 7. (DNF) 8R-Virgil Randall[5]; 8. (DNF) 19-Darren Fischer[6]; 9. (DNF) XM-Mike Dimond[10]; 10. (DNF) 0G-Paxton George[7]; 11. (DNS) 0-Peyton George

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 44-Eric Mass[1]; 2. 85X-Brett Pudwill[2]; 3. 0-Peyton George[5]; 4. 46-Adam Boggs[6]; 5. 19-Darren Fischer[3]; 6. 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 13-Brent Nielsen[1]; 2. XM-Mike Dimond[3]; 3. 8R-Virgil Randall[5]; 4. 33-John Snyder[2]; 5. 0G-Paxton George[4]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[5]; 2. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[3]; 3. 00K-Tracy Konst[2]; 4. 33C-Alan McNeil[4]; 5. 6S-Sean Weber[1]; 6. 03-Samantha Swett[8]; 7. 89-Abigail Boggs[6]; 8. 10K-Lori Konst[7]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[1]; 2. 33C-Alan McNeil[5]; 3. 100K-Brett Konst[6]; 4. 00K-Tracy Konst[7]; 5. 6S-Sean Weber[3]; 6. 89-Abigail Boggs[8]; 7. 10K-Lori Konst[4]; 8. (DNF) 03-Samantha Swett[2]