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Eric Riley (Nick Anderson Photo)
Viking doubleheader gets chopped in half, but Riley tops Street Tour stop; Thoennes, Henkemeyer, Muzik and Goulet also win
ALEXANDRIA, MN (May 24) - Viking Speedway completed the Sunday portion of their annual Memorial Day Doubleheader over the weekend, and Eric Riley took top honors in the Street Stock Tour main event. Jason Thoennes, Jordan Henkemeyer, Josh Muzik and Hunter Goulet also picked up WISSOTA wins in Alexandria.
Riley cashed in for the victory in the WISSOTA Street Stock Tour main event. He moved into the lead around the crossed flags and outran seventh-starter Justin Vogel to the checkers. Mark Blom advanced from 11th to third with Nick Traynor fourth and Braedyn Fleck fifth.
Thoennes redrew the pole position for the 20-lap WISSOTA Modified feature and led the distance, although second-place Dustin Bitzan kept Thoennes within his sights for much of the contest. Brady Gerdes finished third ahead of Travis Saurer and Matt Thoennes.
Jason Thoennes (Nick Anderson Photo)
Jordan Henkemeyer (Nick Anderson Photo)
Henkemeyer also turned a pole-position redraw into a feature win in the WISSOTA Super Stock division. He led each lap, while Russell Kostreba gave chase in second, but settled for runner-up honors. WIlliam Lund navigated from 11th to third with Ryan Kostreba fourth and Karter Reents fifth.
Muzik started third in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature and took the lead early in the event. He outran Travis Engebretson late in the going for the victory with Tyler Bitzan third, Ron Saurer fourth and Taylor Bitzan fifth.
Josh Muzik (Nick Anderson Photo)
Hunter Goulet (Nick Anderson Photo)
Goulet charged from eighth on the grid in the WISSOTA Hornet feature and stole the lead about halfway through the 12-lap race. He scored the victory ahead of Chase Golliet, Adam Throener, Zander Zuehlsdorff and Jason Kast.
SUMMARY
WISSOTA Modifieds:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 52-Jason Thoennes[1]; 2. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[3]; 3. 2X-Brady Gerdes[4]; 4. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 5. 521-Matt Thoennes[7]; 6. 51-Josh Thoennes[2]; 7. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[10]; 8. 13X-McKenzie Mikkelson[12]; 9. 33X-Justin Froemming[9]; 10. (DNF) 511-Talan Thoennes[8]; 11. (DNF) 7-Bryce Borgen[5]; 12. (DNF) 43-John Oeltjen[13]; 13. (DNF) 1-Taylor Bitzan[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[3]; 2. 52-Jason Thoennes[2]; 3. 511-Talan Thoennes[1]; 4. 7-Bryce Borgen[5]; 5. 33X-Justin Froemming[6]; 6. 1-Taylor Bitzan[7]; 7. (DNF) 43-John Oeltjen[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[1]; 2. 2X-Brady Gerdes[2]; 3. 51-Josh Thoennes[3]; 4. 521-Matt Thoennes[6]; 5. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[4]; 6. (DNF) 13X-McKenzie Mikkelson[5]
WISSOTA Super Stocks:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 91-Jordan Henkemeyer[1]; 2. 17-Russell Kostreba[5]; 3. 54L-William Lund[11]; 4. 14-Ryan Kostreba[7]; 5. 1-Karter Reents[2]; 6. 21-Trevor Saurer[9]; 7. 9T-Taohe Norris[13]; 8. 22A-Gary Doroff[16]; 9. (DNF) 71X-Travis Scott[10]; 10. (DNF) 77-Carson Miller[4]; 11. (DNF) 13M-Matt Miller[6]; 12. (DNF) 2-Roger Host[8]; 13. (DNF) 29*-Jeff Crouse[12]; 14. (DNF) 2H-Bryan Hellerman[14]; 15. (DNS) 67-Ryan Satter; 16. (DNS) 28*-Bailey Rosch
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Ryan Satter[2]; 2. 91-Jordan Henkemeyer[5]; 3. 2-Roger Host[1]; 4. 1-Karter Reents[3]; 5. 21-Trevor Saurer[8]; 6. 54L-William Lund[7]; 7. 29*-Jeff Crouse[6]; 8. 9T-Taohe Norris[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Ryan Kostreba[4]; 2. 17-Russell Kostreba[2]; 3. 13M-Matt Miller[3]; 4. 77-Carson Miller[7]; 5. 71X-Travis Scott[6]; 6. 22A-Gary Doroff[8]; 7. (DNF) 2H-Bryan Hellerman[1]; 8. (DNF) 28*-Bailey Rosch[5]
WISSOTA Midwest Mods:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 23-Josh Muzik[3]; 2. 1X-Travis Engebretson[4]; 3. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[7]; 4. 42RS-Ron Saurer[20]; 5. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[1]; 6. 13-Scott Oeltjen[12]; 7. 8-Jon Carlson[6]; 8. 77-Chance Kodet[10]; 9. 15TW-Taylor Willms[8]; 10. 52-Maddie Swenson[15]; 11. 28K-Nick Preston[14]; 12. 97-Michelle Hutt[17]; 13. H20-Nic Hiles[18]; 14. 5S-Branden Kasten[19]; 15. 28S-Blayne Sweet[21]; 16. (DNF) 2H-Brooke Hellerman[25]; 17. (DNF) 42-Tanner Bitzan[9]; 18. (DNF) 17-Nick Shumansky[23]; 19. (DNF) 18X-Brendon Scott[16]; 20. (DNF) 32-Shawn Olson[2]; 21. (DNF) 554-Alan Oeltjen[13]; 22. (DNF) 8X-Jonathan Hagen[22]; 23. (DNF) 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[5]; 24. (DNF) 28X-Tony Arneson[24]; 25. (DNF) 19A-Alysha Christenson[28]; 26. (DNF) 515-Thomas Dixon[27]; 27. (DNS) 521-Mason Thoennes; 28. (DNS) 10M-Noah McFarlane
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 23-Josh Muzik[2]; 2. 32-Shawn Olson[1]; 3. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[9]; 4. 77-Chance Kodet[8]; 5. 554-Alan Oeltjen[7]; 6. 18X-Brendon Scott[5]; 7. 5S-Branden Kasten[3]; 8. 8X-Jonathan Hagen[6]; 9. 28X-Tony Arneson[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 42-Tanner Bitzan[2]; 2. 1X-Travis Engebretson[3]; 3. 15TW-Taylor Willms[4]; 4. 10M-Noah McFarlane[5]; 5. 28K-Nick Preston[7]; 6. 97-Michelle Hutt[8]; 7. 42RS-Ron Saurer[9]; 8. 17-Nick Shumansky[6]; 9. (DNF) 2H-Brooke Hellerman[1]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 8-Jon Carlson[1]; 2. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[4]; 3. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[6]; 4. 13-Scott Oeltjen[5]; 5. 52-Maddie Swenson[8]; 6. H20-Nic Hiles[3]; 7. 28S-Blayne Sweet[7]; 8. (DNF) 19A-Alysha Christenson[9]; 9. (DNF) 521-Mason Thoennes[2]; 10. (DNS) 515-Thomas Dixon
WISSOTA Street Stocks:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[3]; 2. 10V-Justin Vogel[7]; 3. 6X-Mark Blom[11]; 4. 19C-Nick Traynor[10]; 5. 76-Braedyn Fleck[8]; 6. 7X-Peter Martin[21]; 7. 71-Josh Long[25]; 8. 36-Brad Lorentz[12]; 9. 12C-Cody Kummer[9]; 10. 14-JJ Nieuwbeerta[15]; 11. 21-Derek Wettstein[22]; 12. 84-Doug Martin[27]; 13. 12-Joshua Schroeder[18]; 14. 2*-Dustin Schultz[20]; 15. (DNF) 24-Ashley Wampler[19]; 16. (DNF) 11-Kyle Dykhoff[5]; 17. (DNF) 22W-Jim Williams[2]; 18. (DNF) 00-Dustin Karl[16]; 19. (DNF) 34-Kolton Brauer[6]; 20. (DNF) 90-Kreg Anderson[26]; 21. (DNF) 16-Greg Platzer[13]; 22. (DNF) 30B-Wade Bergerud[17]; 23. (DNF) 12K-Kammron Rose[4]; 24. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[1]; 25. (DNF) 2-Joe Martin[14]; 26. (DNF) 47-Russell Carlson[23]; 27. (DNS) 31X-Anthony Blom
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[7]; 2. 10V-Justin Vogel[6]; 3. 51-Eric Riley[5]; 4. 19C-Nick Traynor[9]; 5. 16-Greg Platzer[2]; 6. 00-Dustin Karl[3]; 7. 24-Ashley Wampler[8]; 8. 21-Derek Wettstein[1]; 9. (DNF) 71-Josh Long[4]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 34-Kolton Brauer[1]; 2. 12K-Kammron Rose[2]; 3. 76-Braedyn Fleck[5]; 4. 6X-Mark Blom[8]; 5. 2-Joe Martin[3]; 6. 30B-Wade Bergerud[4]; 7. 2*-Dustin Schultz[7]; 8. (DNF) 31X-Anthony Blom[6]; 9. (DQ) 90-Kreg Anderson[9]
Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[2]; 2. 12C-Cody Kummer[5]; 3. 22W-Jim Williams[3]; 4. 36-Brad Lorentz[1]; 5. 14-JJ Nieuwbeerta[6]; 6. 12-Joshua Schroeder[4]; 7. 7X-Peter Martin[7]; 8. 47-Russell Carlson[8]; 9. 84-Doug Martin[9]
WISSOTA Hornets:
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 701-Hunter Goulet[8]; 2. 30X-Chase Golliet[3]; 3. 8X-Adam Throener[4]; 4. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[7]; 5. 3K-Jason Kast[11]; 6. 22L-Andy Booke[16]; 7. 05-Garrett Hanson[17]; 8. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[10]; 9. 18K-Owen Preston[12]; 10. Y4-Christopher Blume[5]; 11. 4C-Chayla Montzka[13]; 12. (DNF) 38-Karter Kunz[9]; 13. (DNF) 08-Jeff Rohner[1]; 14. (DNF) 35-Chase Pourrier[2]; 15. (DNF) 42E-Eli Green[6]; 16. (DNS) 71-Daniel Frost; 17. (DQ) 22A-Austin Raths[14]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 701-Hunter Goulet[1]; 2. 08-Jeff Rohner[8]; 3. 8X-Adam Throener[6]; 4. 35-Chase Pourrier[3]; 5. 38-Karter Kunz[2]; 6. 05-Garrett Hanson[9]; 7. 18K-Owen Preston[5]; 8. 22A-Austin Raths[7]; 9. (DNS) 71-Daniel Frost
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 30X-Chase Golliet[8]; 2. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[4]; 3. 42E-Eli Green[7]; 4. Y4-Christopher Blume[6]; 5. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[2]; 6. 3K-Jason Kast[5]; 7. 4C-Chayla Montzka[3]; 8. (DQ) 22L-Andy Booke[1]