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Eventual Midwest Mod winner Tony Leiker (18) works under Danny Allen (7) at Gillette Thunder Speedway. (JR Hughes Photo)

Leiker and Larson are Wyoming winners when Gillette Thunder Speedway opens for the year

GILLETTE, WY (May 11) - Tony Leiker and Dean Larson were victorious in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action Saturday, May 11, highlighting opening weekend action at Gillette Thunder Speedway.

Leiker grabbed the lead for good on lap seven from his third starting spot in the Midwest Mod feature, driving on to the eventual victory. It is his second win of the 2024 season. Sixth-starter Ty Miller improved four spots to second, Matthew Drake was third, Rob Hoffman was fourth and Danny Allen completed the top five.

Dean Larson made his way into the top spot on lap nine, and pulled away to a more than 6 second victory, his sixth in 2024. Greg Baker, John Smith, Shelli Lind, and Dax Reher were top-five finishers.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 2. 29-Ty Miller[6]; 3. 391-Matthew Drake[4]; 4. 34H-Rob Hoffman[1]; 5. 7-Danny Allen[5]; 6. T3-Travis Soper[8]; 7. 25K-Kolby Weight[13]; 8. X3-Shawn Reed[20]; 9. 58-Braddy Taylor[14]; 10. 509-Brennan Davis[15]; 11. 43-Rick Chorniak[2]; 12. 33-Austin Long[7]; 13. 333-Travis Long[10]; 14. C4-Toby Smith[18]; 15. 28-Dawson Stoner[21]; 16. 123-Trent Jones[19]; 17. (DNF) 29A-Alan Farley[11]; 18. (DNF) 55B-Austin Baumberger[9]; 19. (DNF) 50-Paul Parks[12]; 20. (DNF) 46K-Katie Rush[22]; 21. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[17]; 22. (DNF) 585W-Zach Willingham[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 391-Matthew Drake[2]; 2. 34H-Rob Hoffman[1]; 3. 55B-Austin Baumberger[5]; 4. 25K-Kolby Weight[3]; 5. 94-Michael Rogers[6]; 6. 28-Dawson Stoner[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 2. 7-Danny Allen[2]; 3. 333-Travis Long[1]; 4. 58-Braddy Taylor[5]; 5. C4-Toby Smith[4]; 6. 46K-Katie Rush[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 43-Rick Chorniak[2]; 2. 33-Austin Long[5]; 3. 29A-Alan Farley[3]; 4. 509-Brennan Davis[1]; 5. 123-Trent Jones[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. T3-Travis Soper[5]; 2. 29-Ty Miller[2]; 3. 50-Paul Parks[4]; 4. 585W-Zach Willingham[1]; 5. X3-Shawn Reed[3]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[4]; 2. P413-Greg Baker[3]; 3. 8W-John Smith[7]; 4. 55-Shelli Lind[8]; 5. 307-Dax Reher[6]; 6. 007-Garrett Bietz[2]; 7. 4T-Tristan Torres[12]; 8. 69-Mike Lind[5]; 9. (DNF) 17B-Loyal Brown[11]; 10. (DNF) 86-David Jozwiak[9]; 11. (DNF) 52-Brody Grenz[1]; 12. (DNS) 87B-David Brown

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[2]; 2. 007-Garrett Bietz[4]; 3. 8W-John Smith[5]; 4. 69-Mike Lind[3]; 5. 86-David Jozwiak[6]; 6. 17B-Loyal Brown[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. P413-Greg Baker[6]; 2. 307-Dax Reher[1]; 3. 55-Shelli Lind[3]; 4. 52-Brody Grenz[2]; 5. 87B-David Brown[4]; 6. 4T-Tristan Torres[5]

Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[1]; 2. 71-Morris Oberle[2]; 3. 85-Richard Haberstroh[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[1]; 2. 71-Morris Oberle[3]; 3. 85-Richard Haberstroh[2]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[6]; 2. 100K-Brett Konst[5]; 3. 40-Mike Matlock[2]; 4. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[4]; 5. 33C-Alan McNeil[3]; 6. 00K-Tracy Konst[7]; 7. 10K-Lori Konst[15]; 8. 09DR-Russell Brown[11]; 9. 24K-Casey Rose[10]; 10. OH-Cory Hanna[12]; 11. (DNF) 6S-Sean Weber[1]; 12. (DNF) 5K-John Lynch Jr[8]; 13. (DNF) 85-Douglas Pudwill[9]; 14. (DNF) 14-Austin Rusk[13]; 15. (DNS) 56-Nicole Kramer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[5]; 2. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[6]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[2]; 4. 10K-Lori Konst[8]; 5. 5K-John Lynch Jr[3]; 6. 24K-Casey Rose[4]; 7. OH-Cory Hanna[1]; 8. (DNS) 56-Nicole Kramer

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Mike Matlock[2]; 2. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[5]; 3. 00K-Tracy Konst[6]; 4. 6S-Sean Weber[4]; 5. 85-Douglas Pudwill[1]; 6. 09DR-Russell Brown[3]; 7. (DNF) 14-Austin Rusk[7]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[7]; 2. 2J-Jerry Martin[4]; 3. 369-Bart Taylor[6]; 4. 46-Adam Boggs[5]; 5. 8-Ed Kirchoff[1]; 6. (DNF) 550K-Kyle Anton[3]; 7. (DNS) 99-Nathan Slocum; 8. (DNS) 57-Torey Rush; 9. (DNS) 52-Darran Conrad; 10. (DNS) 23-Ernie Acuna

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[1]; 2. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[2]; 3. 8-Ed Kirchoff[3]; 4. 550K-Kyle Anton[4]; 5. 99-Nathan Slocum[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Adam Boggs[4]; 2. 2J-Jerry Martin[2]; 3. (DNF) 57-Torey Rush[1]; 4. (DNF) 52-Darran Conrad[3]; 5. (DNF) 23-Ernie Acuna[5]