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After first night of MMN cancelled, Bellefeuille, Jensen, VandeKamp, Holtquist and Lange lock up Saturday features at Ogilvie Raceway

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (May 23) - After Friday night’s event was cancelled due to Mother Nature, Saturday kicked off the first night of FYE Motorsports’ 21st annual Minnesota Truck Headquarters Modified Nationals presented by Superior Fuel and Wehrs Machine at Ogilvie Raceway. Seventy-nine drivers checked in for the night of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, with winners including Jody Bellefeuille, Joey Jensen, Jason VandeKamp, Dustin Holtquist and William Lange.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds took the clay for the night’s first Minnesota Truck Headquarters feature of the night with David Swearingen and VandeKamp on row one. VandeKamp claimed the immediate lead when the green dropped, with Swearingen and Ryan Savoy in tow. The opening laps passed by quickly until Swearingen coasted to a stop in the turn, ending his night.

VandeKamp remained in command on the restart with Gavin Paull and Savoy behind. VandeKamp led the race from flag to flag and extended his lead to more than 6 seconds, as he took the double checkered flags and the opening win of the night. Paull, Savoy, Jake Smith and Kyle Anderson completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks were led to green by Dexton Koch and Joey Jensen. Koch and Jensen battled at the drop of the green, but a bobble by Jensen allowed Koch to pull away. Jensen chased after Koch and slowly closed the gap as they crossed the halfway mark. Jensen was alongside Koch and after a door-to-door battle, Jensen edged out the lead.

Following a caution with seven laps to go, Jensen brought the drivers back to green and took the eventual win. Koch finished second ahead of Shane Sabraski, Austin Blom and Kyle Copp in the top five.

A full field of WISSOTA Modifieds lined the clay surface, and after a four-wide salute, Jody Bellefeuille and Kyle Kirberger brought them to the green. Bellefeuille edged out in the top spot, as drivers raced side by side for position throughout the field. Brandon Copp and Brandon Dollman grabbed second and third, as Bellefeuille stretched his lead and began to navigate lapped traffic.

A couple cautions reset the field, but Bellefeuille remained in command when the race resumed each time. Joey Thomas challenged Copp for second and grabbed the spot with a handful of laps to go. Thomas tried to close the gap the final laps to Bellefeuille, but settled for second as the checkers waved, with Bellefeuille topping the field. Copp, Bryce Sward and Ryan Gierke completed the top five.

Rowan Tramm and Dustin Holtquist led the WISSOTA Mod Fours to the green for the next feature, but at the close of lap one, the red waved as Austin Goedker rolled on the backstretch. The driver was okay and was attended to, and the remaining competitors were realigned.

Holtquist retook the lead when the green waved, with Tramm and Tyler Larson nose-to-nose for second. Tramm then suddenly retired to the infield. Larson secured second and looked ahead to Holtquist, whose lead exceeded 4 seconds.

A final caution slowed the drivers, but Holtquist remained in command and took the win ahead of Tyler Larson, Bob Holtquist, Thomas Burgard and Josh Madson in the top five.

The final feature of the night belonged to the WISSOTA Hornets. Brady Fosso and William Lange brought the drivers to the green and Fosso edged out the lead. The top four racers remained close as laps passed by, and with five complete, Lange was at Fosso's door. Nathan Penney was close in third as the top drivers put slower drivers down a lap. Lange snagged the lead as he worked through the traffic, but Fosso, Penney and Randy Jacoboski were close behind. Fosso moved alongside Lange, with Penney glued to their bumpers. The top three remained close with the leaders door-to-door as the yellow waved with just two laps to go.

Fosso continued to challenge Lange for the lead back under green. Lange held his line, however, and grabbed the win. Fosso finished second, while Randy Jacoboski, Nathan Penney and Chase Golliet rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[1]; 2. 6T-Joseph Thomas[3]; 3. 22-Brandon Copp[4]; 4. 6X-Bryce Sward[10]; 5. 26G-Ryan Gierke[15]; 6. 24-Brandon Dolman[5]; 7. 89JR-JT Johnson[17]; 8. 04N-Nick Ayotte[14]; 9. 33C-Cole Boston[22]; 10. 50-Brady Caul[19]; 11. 73-Jeff Helget[21]; 12. (DNF) 7-Andrew Mackey[11]; 13. (DNF) 3T-Travis Schulte[13]; 14. (DNF) 8S-Tony Schill[9]; 15. (DNF) 51A-Avery Anderson[18]; 16. (DNF) 14W-Clayton Wagamon[8]; 17. (DNF) 112-Brennan Gave[23]; 18. (DNF) 7A-Shane Sabraski[12]; 19. (DNF) 11X-Austin Chyba[6]; 20. (DNF) 2K-Kyle Kirberger[2]; 21. (DNF) 17B-Zach Benson[7]; 22. (DNF) 11JR-Andrew Inman[16]; 23. (DNF) 224-Cody Wolkowski[24]; 24. (DNF) 55-Nathan McHale[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[5]; 2. 8S-Tony Schill[1]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 4. 24-Brandon Dolman[10]; 5. 04N-Nick Ayotte[7]; 6. 11JR-Andrew Inman[8]; 7. (DNF) 112-Brennan Gave[3]; 8. (DNF) 33C-Cole Boston[2]; 9. (DNF) 18A-Landon Atkinson[9]; 10. (DNS) 12-Jason Gross

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[2]; 2. 11X-Austin Chyba[3]; 3. 6X-Bryce Sward[4]; 4. 3T-Travis Schulte[1]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 6. 89JR-JT Johnson[7]; 7. 51A-Avery Anderson[6]; 8. 55-Nathan McHale[5]; 9. (DNF) 88-Eric Lamm[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6T-Joseph Thomas[1]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[4]; 3. 7-Andrew Mackey[3]; 4. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[9]; 5. 26G-Ryan Gierke[5]; 6. 73-Jeff Helget[2]; 7. 50-Brady Caul[7]; 8. 57-Mike Anderson[8]; 9. 224-Cody Wolkowski[6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 89JR-JT Johnson[1]; 2. 51A-Avery Anderson[3]; 3. 50-Brady Caul[4]; 4. 55-Nathan McHale[5]; 5. 73-Jeff Helget[2]; 6. 33C-Cole Boston[9]; 7. 112-Brennan Gave[8]; 8. 224-Cody Wolkowski[7]; 9. (DNS) 57-Mike Anderson; 10. (DNS) 18A-Landon Atkinson; 11. (DNS) 88-Eric Lamm; 12. (DNS) 12-Jason Gross

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Joey Jensen[2]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[1]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 4. 3B-Austin Blom[4]; 5. 26-Kyle Copp[6]; 6. 77-Rick Simpson[13]; 7. 77L-Scott Lawrence[8]; 8. 2-Denis Czech[9]; 9. 40-Ellen Lange[12]; 10. (DNF) 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[10]; 11. (DNF) TB81-Tommy Bawden[7]; 12. (DNF) 30-Cody Whittier[11]; 13. (DNF) 10-Jeff Eisner Jr[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Joey Jensen[1]; 2. 10-Jeff Eisner Jr[3]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 4. 26-Kyle Copp[7]; 5. 2-Denis Czech[2]; 6. 40-Ellen Lange[6]; 7. (DNF) 77-Rick Simpson[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[6]; 2. 3B-Austin Blom[2]; 3. TB81-Tommy Bawden[1]; 4. 77L-Scott Lawrence[3]; 5. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[4]; 6. 30-Cody Whittier[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[2]; 2. 16P-Gavin Paull[5]; 3. 16S-Ryan Savoy[3]; 4. 21-Jake Smith[8]; 5. 59-Kyle Anderson[9]; 6. 16-Garrett Paull[6]; 7. 14L-Ben Lewis[10]; 8. 13-Tate Kostreba[12]; 9. 4W-Joey Wagamon[15]; 10. 5XX-Dano Ostrander[7]; 11. 77-Chance Kodet[4]; 12. 110-Tate Kelderman[14]; 13. 15-Kris Macko[13]; 14. (DNF) 33-Jake Hagemann[11]; 15. (DNF) 5-David Swearingen[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-David Swearingen[2]; 2. 16S-Ryan Savoy[4]; 3. 16-Garrett Paull[3]; 4. 21-Jake Smith[1]; 5. 14L-Ben Lewis[5]; 6. 13-Tate Kostreba[6]; 7. 15-Kris Macko[8]; 8. 4W-Joey Wagamon[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[2]; 2. 77-Chance Kodet[1]; 3. 16P-Gavin Paull[5]; 4. 5XX-Dano Ostrander[6]; 5. 59-Kyle Anderson[7]; 6. 33-Jake Hagemann[3]; 7. 110-Tate Kelderman[4]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[2]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[3]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[4]; 4. 9T-Thomas Burgard[5]; 5. 3-Josh Madson[6]; 6. 68-Jacob Husnik[8]; 7. 11S-Samantha Trujillo[9]; 8. (DNF) 14T-Rowan Tramm[1]; 9. (DNF) 13A-Austin Goedker[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[3]; 2. 14T-Rowan Tramm[7]; 3. 7L-Tyler Larson[5]; 4. 5-Robert Holtquist[8]; 5. 9T-Thomas Burgard[9]; 6. 3-Josh Madson[4]; 7. 13A-Austin Goedker[6]; 8. 68-Jacob Husnik[2]; 9. 11S-Samantha Trujillo[1]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 40-William Lange[1]; 2. 27-Brady Fosso[2]; 3. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[3]; 4. 2X-Nathan Penney[4]; 5. 30-Chase Golliet[5]; 6. 03-Christian Kast[7]; 7. 3-Bobby Kent III[6]; 8. 09X-Lucas Schwegman[10]; 9. 09-Kaidynce Jones[8]; 10. 01A-Austin Morris[12]; 11. 3K-Jason Kast[9]; 12. 7M-Joey Mastenbrook[13]; 13. 701H-Cassidy Hamre[14]; 14. (DNF) 71-Daniel Frost[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[3]; 2. 30-Chase Golliet[2]; 3. 3-Bobby Kent III[1]; 4. 03-Christian Kast[6]; 5. 09X-Lucas Schwegman[5]; 6. 71-Daniel Frost[7]; 7. 701H-Cassidy Hamre[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40-William Lange[6]; 2. 2X-Nathan Penney[1]; 3. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[7]; 4. 09-Kaidynce Jones[5]; 5. 3K-Jason Kast[4]; 6. 01A-Austin Morris[2]; 7. 7M-Joey Mastenbrook[3]