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George scores first Late Model win at Gillette Thunder Speedway while Leiker locks up another in MidMods and Konst comes from back in Mod Fours

GILLETTE, WY (May 22) - Peyton George delivered Saturday night, May 22 for his first WISSOTA Late Model victory at Gillette Thunder Speedway, while Tony Leiker added another trophy to his 2026 pile in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods. Brett Konst charged through the field from 16th to garner the victory in the WISSOTA Mod Fours to round out WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action at the Gillette, Wyoming oval.

George started from the pole in the Late Model headliner and led flag to flag for the win. Dan Henrickson, Jeremy McCune, Rob Hoffman and Morris Oberle completed the top five.

Leiker took the lead in the Midwest Mod feature with about five laps to go and made his way to victory lane ahead of Justin Elmer, who improved seven spots to finish second. Darin Hauff, Chad Switzenberg and Austin Long top five finishers.

Konst started 16th on the grid, grabbed the lead by lap six, and cruised on to the victory in the Mod Fours. No further official information was available at press time.

Robert Donmyer (IMCA Sport Compacts), Joel Magee (IMCA Hobby Stocks), and Alan Farley (IMCA Modifieds) were also winners in action Saturday.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 0-Peyton George[1]; 2. 97-Dan Henrikson[2]; 3. 33-Jeremy McCune[7]; 4. 34H-Rob Hoffman[4]; 5. 71-Morris Oberle[3]; 6. M91-Heather Mertens[6]; 7. (DNF) 85-Richard Haberstroh[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Dan Henrikson[4]; 2. 0-Peyton George[3]; 3. 85-Richard Haberstroh[2]; 4. 34H-Rob Hoffman[6]; 5. 71-Morris Oberle[7]; 6. M91-Heather Mertens[5]; 7. (DNF) 33-Jeremy McCune[1]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 2. 4E-Justin Elmer[9]; 3. 4-Darin Hauff[1]; 4. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[4]; 5. 33-Austin Long[8]; 6. 391-Matthew Drake[12]; 7. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[7]; 8. 67-Rex Conrad[5]; 9. 55B-Austin Baumberger[6]; 10. 64-Joel Morris[17]; 11. 50-Paul Parks[15]; 12. 509-Brennan Davis[14]; 13. 17-Troy Leiker[2]; 14. 29-Ty Miller[11]; 15. 28-Dawson Stoner[19]; 16. 12-Alexis Manning[16]; 17. 585-Zach Willingham[18]; 18. 57H-Robby Howie[20]; 19. 101-Chad Kordus[10]; 20. 19-Martin Choate[13]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[2]; 2. 4E-Justin Elmer[5]; 3. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[6]; 4. 101-Chad Kordus[1]; 5. 19-Martin Choate[9]; 6. 12-Alexis Manning[4]; 7. 57H-Robby Howie[7]; 8. 14-Sean McHenry[8]; 9. 32-Justin Stoner[3]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 55B-Austin Baumberger[2]; 2. 33-Austin Long[5]; 3. 4-Darin Hauff[4]; 4. 29-Ty Miller[1]; 5. 509-Brennan Davis[8]; 6. 585-Zach Willingham[3]; 7. 64-Joel Morris[9]; 8. 8-Sergio Aguilar[6]; 9. 11-Danny Dwyer[7]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[6]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[5]; 3. 67-Rex Conrad[1]; 4. 391-Matthew Drake[7]; 5. 50-Paul Parks[2]; 6. 28-Dawson Stoner[8]; 7. C4-Toby Smith[3]; 8. 1-Eric Norton[4]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Alexis Manning[1]; 2. 64-Joel Morris[5]; 3. 585-Zach Willingham[2]; 4. 28-Dawson Stoner[3]; 5. 57H-Robby Howie[4]; 6. 11-Danny Dwyer[11]; 7. 1-Eric Norton[9]; 8. 32-Justin Stoner[10]; 9. 14-Sean McHenry[7]; 10. C4-Toby Smith[6]; 11. (DNF) 8-Sergio Aguilar[8]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature - No official results available

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[5]; 2. 41W-Urijah Welch[1]; 3. 77-Casey Schilling[2]; 4. 70-Steve Schicketanz[7]; 5. 88R-Sean Rice[3]; 6. 87B-David Brown[4]; 7. 37L-Lila Jacobson[6]; 8. 14K-Kinslie Kirchoff[9]; 9. (DNS) 17B-Loyal Brown

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 00K-Tracy Konst[4]; 2. 4T-Tristan Torres[2]; 3. 86-David Jozwiak[3]; 4. 22-Adam Neumiller[6]; 5. 63-Tony Reimers[5]; 6. 41W-Urijah Welch[8]; 7. 88R-Sean Rice[7]; 8. 37L-Lila Jacobson[1]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 45H-Dilon Hardesty[2]; 2. 102-Kyle Hardesty[7]; 3. P413-Greg Baker[8]; 4. 8W-John Smith[6]; 5. 7-Rob Arlaud[3]; 6. 77-Casey Schilling[1]; 7. 87B-David Brown[5]; 8. (DNF) 70-Steve Schicketanz[4]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 6-Devin Wolter[2]; 2. 114-Khi Jackson[7]; 3. 10K-Lori Konst[1]; 4. 3-Macen Thompsen[3]; 5. (DNF) 9-Branden Torres[8]; 6. (DNF) 14K-Kinslie Kirchoff[5]; 7. (DNF) 100K-Brett Konst[6]; 8. (DNS) 17B-Loyal Brown

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 29-Alan Farley[4]; 2. 26-Crist Pittenger[6]; 3. 2J-Jerry Martin[1]; 4. 550K-Kyle Anton[2]; 5. 6-Kade Bahr[11]; 6. 50-Wade Manning[9]; 7. 53-Duane Manning[10]; 8. 46-Adam Boggs[3]; 9. 502-Brian Welch[8]; 10. 23DB-Maklain Harrison[7]; 11. 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[12]; 12. (DNF) 52-Darran Conrad[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2J-Jerry Martin[2]; 2. 26-Crist Pittenger[6]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[3]; 4. 53-Duane Manning[1]; 5. 52-Darran Conrad[4]; 6. 6-Kade Bahr[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Alan Farley[1]; 2. 50-Wade Manning[2]; 3. 502-Brian Welch[3]; 4. 46-Adam Boggs[6]; 5. 23DB-Maklain Harrison[4]; 6. 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[5]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2%-Robert Donmyer[4]; 2. 42H-Guy Haley[3]; 3. 29-Danny Dwyer III[5]; 4. 00-tristen Dilts[2]; 5. 2%D-Donald Molnar[6]; 6. 10 4-Layne Dilts[1]; 7. 14A-Justin Obert[7]; 8. 0-katie Jozwiak[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2%-Robert Donmyer[4]; 2. 42H-Guy Haley[1]; 3. 29-Danny Dwyer III[7]; 4. 00-tristen Dilts[5]; 5. 10 4-Layne Dilts[2]; 6. 2%D-Donald Molnar[6]; 7. 14A-Justin Obert[3]; 8. 0-katie Jozwiak[8]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[8]; 2. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[5]; 3. 6S-Sean Weber[7]; 4. 89-Abigail Boggs[10]; 5. 85-Doug Pudwill[9]; 6. 480+-Wayne Boike[3]; 7. 1/2-Kayla Hanna[13]; 8. 33C-Alan McNeil[6]; 9. (DNF) 98-Drue Hutmacher[14]; 10. (DNF) 24K-Casey Rose[4]; 11. (DNF) 21T-Paxton Tyrell[1]; 12. (DNF) 988-Bryan Roberts[2]; 13. (DNS) 9X-Tanner Derochie; 14. (DNS) 77JR-Nick Kirchhevel

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6S-Sean Weber[2]; 2. 85-Doug Pudwill[3]; 3. 89-Abigail Boggs[5]; 4. 988-Bryan Roberts[4]; 5. 480+-Wayne Boike[6]; 6. 9X-Tanner Derochie[7]; 7. 1/2-Kayla Hanna[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[1]; 2. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[4]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[2]; 4. 24K-Casey Rose[6]; 5. 21T-Paxton Tyrell[7]; 6. (DNF) 77JR-Nick Kirchhevel[5]; 7. (DNF) 98-Drue Hutmacher[3]