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Thursday sun brings Friday fun at I-94 as Zimpel, Reinke, Greseth and Pourrier put rivals behind them

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (May 23) - After five days of solid rain and a rainout last weekend, race fans were nervous conditions at I-94 Speedway may be too wet for racing on Friday. However, a nice, sunny Thursday dried out everything and conditions were good to go.

A nice field of 108 cars in five classes entered the pits and put on a great show. WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Josh Zimpel, Cole Greseth, Nate Reinke, and Chase Pourrier.

Nineteen WISSOTA Street Stocks began their feature, led early on by Trey Hess. During lap two, the red-hot Cole Greseth took the top spot, though Hess stayed close before breaking two laps later.

Kyle Dykhoff and Eric Riley then had a good battle for second, with Levi Randt and Cory Dykhoff close behind them. Soon Kammron Rose moved into the top three before mechanical issues sent him to the pits; a lap later Riley spun off turn two, ending his night.

Over the last few laps, Kyle Dykhoff closed in and pressured Greseth, but the young star never flinched and got his first win at I-94 ahead of Dykhoff, eighth-starter Levi Randt, 10th-starter Cory Dykhoff and 12th-starter Tyler Klugman.

A nice field of 31 WISSOTA Midwest Mods were led early by Jaren Wibstad, with a very impressive Memphis Klassen close behind. Ron Saurer then charged into the lead, but Wibstad took it back a lap later.

Not far behind, Nate Reinke slipped by Haley Dykhoff and Corey Storck for third, and two laps later Storck got back by Reinke. Wibstad and Saurer swapped the lead until Wibstad took it back. Then, with two laps to go, Reinke passed Saurer for second, and then stunned Wibstad as he drove by for the lead and the win. Reise Stenberg came from 16th to grab third at the stripe, while Storck and Saurer completed the top five.

WISSOTA Late Model car counts continue to amaze at I-94, and just a regular show featured a strong 27 competitors on hand for the action. Josh Zimpel made sure there was not a lot of drama as he led the whole race. It was a ball behind him as Cole Schill, Jayson Good, Don Shaw, Shane Edginton and Dave Mass swapped spots like a square dance; positions changed every lap. Schill drove a strong race to grab second, Good was third, Edginton was fourth and Shaw completed the top five.

Chase Pourrier dominated the WISSOTA Hornet feature, with Jeff Rohner charging from eighth to finish second.

Ben Wolden picked up his 50th-career Gen X Late Model win with a very impressive performance over a nice 17-car field.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 5-Josh Zimpel[1]; 2. 44*-Cole Schill[4]; 3. 85-Jayson Good[3]; 4. 5E-Shane Edginton[7]; 5. 42S-Don Shaw[6]; 6. 2-Dave Mass[5]; 7. 15X-Blake Boelens[12]; 8. 12-Chad Becker[10]; 9. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[27]; 10. 47-Danny Vang[11]; 11. 50-Ben Wolden[14]; 12. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[2]; 13. 21X-Travis Saurer[19]; 14. 8R-Travis Robertson[9]; 15. 22-Jack Koranda[18]; 16. 27P-Tucker Pederson[13]; 17. X-Chuck Swenson[22]; 18. 4C-Brandon Corbett[16]; 19. 24-Mike Hart[25]; 20. 25-Jamie Trautner[20]; 21. (DNF) 2S-Matt Schow[24]; 22. (DNF) 27-Jared Zimpel[17]; 23. (DNF) 1-Konner Sperle[8]; 24. (DNF) 49-Collin Compson[21]; 25. (DNF) 18X-Shawn Meyer[15]; 26. (DNF) 56-Laine Schwehr[23]; 27. (DNF) 18-Josh Rieck[26]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Josh Zimpel[4]; 2. 1-Konner Sperle[2]; 3. 8R-Travis Robertson[7]; 4. 27P-Tucker Pederson[6]; 5. 27-Jared Zimpel[5]; 6. 49-Collin Compson[3]; 7. 2S-Matt Schow[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 42S-Don Shaw[1]; 2. 85-Jayson Good[4]; 3. 12-Chad Becker[6]; 4. 50-Ben Wolden[2]; 5. 22-Jack Koranda[5]; 6. X-Chuck Swenson[3]; 7. 24-Mike Hart[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 44*-Cole Schill[1]; 2. 5E-Shane Edginton[3]; 3. 47-Danny Vang[6]; 4. 18X-Shawn Meyer[2]; 5. 21X-Travis Saurer[4]; 6. 56-Laine Schwehr[5]; 7. 18-Josh Rieck[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[2]; 2. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[6]; 3. 15X-Blake Boelens[5]; 4. 4C-Brandon Corbett[3]; 5. 25-Jamie Trautner[1]; 6. (DNF) 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[8]; 2. 36-Jaren Wibstad[2]; 3. 87S-Reise Stenberg[16]; 4. 57-Corey Storck[9]; 5. 42-Ron Saurer[3]; 6. 11R-Landyn Randt[11]; 7. 47K-Memphis Klassen[1]; 8. 63JR-Brady Larson[21]; 9. 2S-Matt Schow[20]; 10. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[15]; 11. 12X-Jamie Norman[6]; 12. 13-Scott Oeltjen[17]; 13. M-Kevin Yeager[13]; 14. 77X-Dylan McCaughan[7]; 15. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[12]; 16. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[19]; 17. 10M-Noah McFarlane[22]; 18. 21Z-Zach Kort[18]; 19. 110-Tate Kelderman[14]; 20. 15-Andrew DeNoble[24]; 21. 17-Jaden Gannott[23]; 22. (DNF) 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 23. (DNF) 49-Zander Compson[10]; 24. (DNF) 50H-Haley Dykhoff[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47K-Memphis Klassen[1]; 2. 42-Ron Saurer[3]; 3. 57-Corey Storck[5]; 4. M-Kevin Yeager[4]; 5. 13-Scott Oeltjen[8]; 6. 28K-Nick Preston[7]; 7. 5X-Dylan McManigle[6]; 8. (DNF) 63JR-Brady Larson[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77X-Dylan McCaughan[1]; 2. 12X-Jamie Norman[7]; 3. 49-Zander Compson[3]; 4. 110-Tate Kelderman[2]; 5. 21Z-Zach Kort[6]; 6. 15-Andrew DeNoble[4]; 7. M47-Malachi Klassen[5]; 8. (DNF) 10K-Kurt Mursu[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Jaren Wibstad[1]; 2. 71-Nate Reinke[2]; 3. 11R-Landyn Randt[3]; 4. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[6]; 5. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[5]; 6. 17-Jaden Gannott[7]; 7. 75JR-Jacob Karch[8]; 8. (DNF) 10M-Noah McFarlane[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[1]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[4]; 3. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[5]; 4. 87S-Reise Stenberg[7]; 5. 2S-Matt Schow[6]; 6. 2D-Jonathan Dulas[3]; 7. 13K-Brad King[2]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 63JR-Brady Larson[8]; 2. 10M-Noah McFarlane[10]; 3. 17-Jaden Gannott[3]; 4. 15-Andrew DeNoble[2]; 5. M47-Malachi Klassen[6]; 6. 28K-Nick Preston[1]; 7. 5X-Dylan McManigle[5]; 8. 13K-Brad King[7]; 9. 75JR-Jacob Karch[11]; 10. 10K-Kurt Mursu[9]; 11. (DNF) 2D-Jonathan Dulas[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 19-Cole Greseth[2]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[3]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[8]; 4. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[10]; 5. 2K-Tyler Klugman[12]; 6. 17-Nick Shumansky[9]; 7. 30B-Wade Bergerud[7]; 8. 18J-Justin Peterson[14]; 9. 5-Royce Jawaski[16]; 10. 80-Tony Miller[11]; 11. 78-Josh Lawson[17]; 12. 57-Jason Fechtner[19]; 13. 12-Joshua Schroeder[18]; 14. (DNF) 16-Greg Platzer[15]; 15. (DNF) 4-Trey Hess[1]; 16. (DNF) 51-Eric Riley[4]; 17. (DNF) Z28-Greg Jose[5]; 18. (DNF) 24-Ashley Wampler[13]; 19. (DQ) 12K-Kammron Rose[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[4]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[3]; 3. Z28-Greg Jose[2]; 4. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[7]; 5. 24-Ashley Wampler[5]; 6. 5-Royce Jawaski[6]; 7. 57-Jason Fechtner[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[2]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[5]; 3. 30B-Wade Bergerud[1]; 4. 80-Tony Miller[4]; 5. 18J-Justin Peterson[6]; 6. 78-Josh Lawson[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12K-Kammron Rose[2]; 2. 19-Cole Greseth[5]; 3. 17-Nick Shumansky[4]; 4. 2K-Tyler Klugman[3]; 5. 16-Greg Platzer[1]; 6. 12-Joshua Schroeder[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 35-Chase Pourrier[2]; 2. 08-Jeff Rohner[8]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[5]; 4. 988A-Ayden Muchow[1]; 5. 22L-Andy Booke[9]; 6. 76S-Nick Shirley[4]; 7. 988E-Emma Nelson[10]; 8. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[6]; 9. (DNF) 701-Hunter Goulet[7]; 10. (DNS) 80K-Nathan Kelley; 11. (DNS) 18K-Ally Preston; 12. (DNS) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff; 13. (DNS) 988L-Lincoln Miller

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[2]; 2. 701-Hunter Goulet[4]; 3. 988A-Ayden Muchow[1]; 4. 03-Christian Kast[3]; 5. 22L-Andy Booke[6]; 6. (DNF) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[7]; 7. (DNS) 988L-Lincoln Miller

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 35-Chase Pourrier[1]; 2. 76S-Nick Shirley[5]; 3. 80K-Nathan Kelley[6]; 4. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[3]; 5. 988E-Emma Nelson[4]; 6. 18K-Ally Preston[2]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 2. 8-Matthew Larson[10]; 3. 66-Dave Mass[11]; 4. 7-Rick Schroeder[8]; 5. 15-Trevor Walsh[7]; 6. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[4]; 7. 11*-Larry Samuelson[3]; 8. 2Q-Derek Quinn[9]; 9. 27-Jarrett Huus[5]; 10. 33-Jeff Nelson[15]; 11. 49-Andrew Tysdal[6]; 12. 01-Alex Tschakert[12]; 13. 18A-Mike Anderson[14]; 14. 00-Kevin Youngquist[2]; 15. 75-Cade Skytland[16]; 16. 0-Shawn Beto[13]; 17. 1M-Jon McCain[17]; 18. (DNF) 71-John Plaster[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[4]; 2. 15-Trevor Walsh[3]; 3. 11*-Larry Samuelson[5]; 4. 00-Kevin Youngquist[1]; 5. 2Q-Derek Quinn[2]; 6. 66-Dave Mass[8]; 7. 0-Shawn Beto[7]; 8. 33-Jeff Nelson[6]; 9. 1M-Jon McCain[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Rick Schroeder[5]; 2. 49-Andrew Tysdal[4]; 3. 27-Jarrett Huus[1]; 4. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[3]; 5. 8-Matthew Larson[7]; 6. 01-Alex Tschakert[2]; 7. 18A-Mike Anderson[6]; 8. 75-Cade Skytland[9]; 9. 71-John Plaster[8]