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Henrikson, Leiker and Konst deliver for their fans at delayed Gillette Thunder Speedway opener

GILLETTE, WY (May 16) - Gillette Thunder Speedway hosted its first night of action for the 2026 race season Saturday, May 16, after the originally slated opener was weathered out the prior week.

In WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victory lane at the end of the night were Dan Henrikson in the Late Models, Tony Leiker in the Midwest Mods, and Brett Konst in the Mod Fours.

Konst came out on top of a huge field of WISSOTA Mod Fours Saturday, taking the lead from inside the second row at the get-go and grabbing the victory ahead of Dean Larson by a bit more than 1 second. Tristan Torres, David Jozwiak and Kyle Hardesty followed the front duo across the finish line in the top five.

Henrikson led from flag to flag in the WISSOTA Late Model feature, with Morris Oberle finishing second. Rob Hoffman, Richard Haberstroh, and Bart Taylor completed the top five.

Leiker continued his winning ways Saturday in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, as he worked his way through the field and held off his brother Troy in a duplicate finish from Friday at Black Hills Speedway. Brennan Davis, ninth-starter Austin Long and Matthew Drake completed the top five.

Robert Donmyer scored the win in the IMCA Sport Compact class Saturday, while Joel Magee was the winner in IMCA Hobby Stock action. Rayce McCord also spent time in victory lane following IMCA Modified action.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 97-Dan Henrikson[1]; 2. 71-Morris Oberle[3]; 3. 34H-Rob Hoffman[2]; 4. 85-Richard Haberstroh[5]; 5. 369-Bart Taylor[4]; 6. (DNF) M91-Heather Mertens[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[4]; 2. 97-Dan Henrikson[1]; 3. 71-Morris Oberle[3]; 4. 34H-Rob Hoffman[6]; 5. 85-Richard Haberstroh[5]; 6. M91-Heather Mertens[2]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[8]; 2. 17-Troy Leiker[2]; 3. 509-Brennan Davis[4]; 4. 33-Austin Long[9]; 5. 391-Matthew Drake[3]; 6. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[7]; 7. 4E-Justin Elmer[10]; 8. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[5]; 9. 4-Darin Hauff[11]; 10. 585-Zach Willingham[13]; 11. 29-Ty Miller[17]; 12. 25K-Kolby Weight[14]; 13. 50-Paul Parks[15]; 14. 94-Michael Rogers[16]; 15. 32-Justin Stoner[12]; 16. 64-Joel Morris[1]; 17. 14-Sean McHenry[20]; 18. 1-Eric Norton[19]; 19. 8-Sergio Aguilar[18]; 20. (DNF) 55B-Austin Baumberger[6]; 21. (DNF) C4-Toby Smith[21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[2]; 2. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[4]; 3. 64-Joel Morris[6]; 4. C4-Toby Smith[3]; 5. 32-Justin Stoner[5]; 6. 50-Paul Parks[7]; 7. 8-Sergio Aguilar[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Long[1]; 2. 509-Brennan Davis[3]; 3. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[6]; 4. 4E-Justin Elmer[5]; 5. 585-Zach Willingham[2]; 6. 94-Michael Rogers[7]; 7. 1-Eric Norton[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[4]; 2. 55B-Austin Baumberger[2]; 3. 391-Matthew Drake[3]; 4. 4-Darin Hauff[7]; 5. 25K-Kolby Weight[6]; 6. 29-Ty Miller[5]; 7. 14-Sean McHenry[1]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[3]; 2. 37-Dean Larson[4]; 3. 4T-Tristan Torres[6]; 4. 86-David Jozwiak[7]; 5. 102-Kyle Hardesty[5]; 6. 123-Jason Sikkenga[17]; 7. 45H-Dilon Hardesty[9]; 8. 00K-Tracy Konst[24]; 9. 77-Casey Schilling[13]; 10. 8W-John Smith[15]; 11. 11S-Samantha Trujillo[23]; 12. 88R-Sean Rice[19]; 13. 17B-Loyal Brown[18]; 14. 37L-Lila Jacobson[16]; 15. (DNF) 10K-Lori Konst[11]; 16. (DNF) 3-Macen Thompsen[22]; 17. (DNF) 6-Devin Wolter[8]; 18. (DNF) 321-Nate Sikkenga[2]; 19. (DNF) 9-Branden Torres[12]; 20. (DNF) 63-Tony Reimers[14]; 21. (DNF) 87B-David Brown[21]; 22. (DNF) 09DR-Russell Brown[25]; 23. (DNF) 14K-Kinslie Kirchoff[20]; 24. (DNF) P413-Greg Baker[1]; 25. (DNF) 22-Adam Neumiller[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 321-Nate Sikkenga[7]; 2. P413-Greg Baker[2]; 3. 22-Adam Neumiller[9]; 4. 102-Kyle Hardesty[8]; 5. 77-Casey Schilling[6]; 6. 37L-Lila Jacobson[5]; 7. 88R-Sean Rice[4]; 8. (DNF) 3-Macen Thompsen[1]; 9. (DNF) 09DR-Russell Brown[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[8]; 2. 86-David Jozwiak[5]; 3. 4T-Tristan Torres[6]; 4. 10K-Lori Konst[1]; 5. 63-Tony Reimers[4]; 6. 123-Jason Sikkenga[7]; 7. 14K-Kinslie Kirchoff[2]; 8. 11S-Samantha Trujillo[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[6]; 2. 45H-Dilon Hardesty[1]; 3. 6-Devin Wolter[4]; 4. 9-Branden Torres[7]; 5. 8W-John Smith[3]; 6. 17B-Loyal Brown[8]; 7. 87B-David Brown[2]; 8. (DNS) 00K-Tracy Konst

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 127-Rayce McCord[6]; 2. 52-Darran Conrad[2]; 3. 29-Alan Farley[5]; 4. 369-Bart Taylor[8]; 5. 46-Adam Boggs[3]; 6. 2N-Nate Hand[1]; 7. 550K-Kyle Anton[4]; 8. 00000-Ryan Renken[10]; 9. (DNF) 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[9]; 10. (DNF) 2J-Jerry Martin[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 127-Rayce McCord[1]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[5]; 3. 52-Darran Conrad[3]; 4. 2N-Nate Hand[4]; 5. 29-Alan Farley[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Adam Boggs[1]; 2. 2J-Jerry Martin[2]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[4]; 4. 00000-Ryan Renken[3]; 5. 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[5]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[10]; 2. 6S-Sean Weber[5]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[1]; 4. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[4]; 5. 24K-Casey Rose[6]; 6. 480+-Wayne Boike[12]; 7. (DNF) 1/2-Kayla Hanna[9]; 8. (DNF) OH-Cory Hanna[8]; 9. (DNF) 98-Drue Hutmacher[7]; 10. (DNF) 988-Bryan Roberts[11]; 11. (DNF) 21T-Paxton Tyrell[3]; 12. (DNS) 9X-Tanner Derochie

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6S-Sean Weber[1]; 2. 1/2-Kayla Hanna[2]; 3. 98-Drue Hutmacher[3]; 4. 9X-Tanner Derochie[6]; 5. OH-Cory Hanna[5]; 6. (DNF) 988-Bryan Roberts[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[1]; 2. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[3]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[5]; 4. 24K-Casey Rose[6]; 5. 21T-Paxton Tyrell[4]; 6. 480+-Wayne Boike[2]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2%-Robert Donmyer[5]; 2. 42H-Guy Haley[10]; 3. 19-Austin Rosenau[6]; 4. 00-tristen Dilts[2]; 5. 10 4-Layne Dilts[1]; 6. 2%D-Donald Molnar[3]; 7. M3-Marlayna Mosley[9]; 8. 19-Cason Nash[8]; 9. (DNF) 334-Brian Stockel[4]; 10. (DNF) 0-katie Jozwiak[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2%-Robert Donmyer[1]; 2. 00-tristen Dilts[3]; 3. 19-Cason Nash[2]; 4. M3-Marlayna Mosley[5]; 5. 0-katie Jozwiak[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2%D-Donald Molnar[2]; 2. 19-Austin Rosenau[3]; 3. 10 4-Layne Dilts[4]; 4. 334-Brian Stockel[5]; 5. (DNS) 42H-Guy Haley