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A speedy field of 100 gathers at Ogilvie for second straight night, and winners are Smith, Czech, Holtquist and Jenson

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (May 24) - The second night of the Minnesota Truck Headquarters MN Mod Nationals presented by FYE Motorsports picked up where Friday left off, with 100 drivers checking in for exciting WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action.

Jake Smith, Denis Czech, Dustin Holtquist and Tony Jenson won for the first time during the three-day weekend, while Clayton Wagamon earned his second victory and kept the Superior Fuel sweep bonus in play for the Modifieds.

Joe Neisius and Garrett Paull brought the stacked field of WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds to green, with Paull claiming the early lead. Jake Smith made his way to second, chased down Paull, and soon took over out front.

The top two drivers began to stretch their lead as Jason VandeKamp and Joey Jensen fought for third. Smith began to work through the back of the field, which gave him breathing room from Paull. VandeKamp caught Paull as he tried to navigate the same backmarkers and they both weaved their way through traffic.

Smith had no problems as he took the checkered flag. Paull, VandeKamp, Jensen and Ryan Savoy completed the top five.

Denis Czech, James Trantina and Joey Jensen were the top three racers when the green dropped for the WISSOTA Super Stock feature. James Trantina and Dexton Koch slid alongside Jensen to go three-wide down the back chute. Contact occurred, but all racers kept moving without missing a beat, and Koch grabbed second.

Koch chased down the leader and dropped low to battle for the spot, but Czech held the point. They remained door to door for laps with Shane Sabraski and Trantina close behind. The top four drivers raced two by two and nose to nose lap after lap and Koch kept pressure on Czech until the checkered flags waved. Czech crossed the line first to snag the win and Koch was second. Sabraski, Trantina and Dylan Nelson completed the top five.

At the end of lap one of the WISSOTA Modified feature, Jeremy Nelson, Clayton Wagamon and Jack Rivord were the top drivers. Wagamon picked up where he left off the previous night by taking over the lead through the first of three cautions. Nelson challenged Wagamon as the race resumed, and then Wagamon, Nelson and Jody Bellefeuille were three-wide for position. Nelson edged into the lead, but Wagamon did not let up as he and Nelson raced nose to nose. Wagamon broke free and held the lead.

Following one final caution, Nelson was all over the No. 14w, but Wagamon prevailed and took his second win of the weekend. Nelson, Bellefeuille, Landon Atkinson and Ryan Gierke finished in the top five.

Tyler Larson, Rowan Tramm and Chad Funt led the field early in the top three as the WISSOTA Mod Fours went green. With just a handful of laps complete, Friday night’s winner Tyler Larson suffered a mechanical issue and slowly dropped back in traffic, bringing out the caution.

Tramm took over the point with Dustin Holtquist in second. Laps passed quickly while the Mod Fours circled the Big O, and Holtquist caught the leader. With two laps remaining, Tramm had slower cars in sight and Holtquist to his rear. The final lap was a dash between Tramm and Holtquist, and in the final turn, Holtquist snuck by for the win. Tramm settled for second with Chad Funt, Robert Holtquist and Thomas Burgard as the top-five finishers.

The WISSOTA Hornets wrapped up the night, with Bobie Arnes claiming the early lead. Tony Jenson held second and raced close to Arnes, with Randy Jacoboski and Chris McClain in tow. The top drivers remained together with Jenson extra close to Arnes. With four laps to go, Jenson and Arnes were nose to nose with Jenson edging out the lead. The checkers waved and Jenson was victorious, while Arnes, Jacoboski, Brendan Bockwitz and Chris McClain rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[4]; 2. 06-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 3. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[5]; 4. 18A-Landon Atkinson[11]; 5. 26G-Ryan Gierke[16]; 6. 2C-Dave Cain[10]; 7. 17B-Zach Benson[25]; 8. 89JR-JT Johnson[9]; 9. 57-Mike Anderson[6]; 10. 7A-Shane Sabraski[17]; 11. 442-Aaron Johnson[14]; 12. 112-Brennan Gave[20]; 13. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[7]; 14. 6X-Bryce Sward[23]; 15. 37X-Skeeter Estey[19]; 16. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[15]; 17. 18S-Kennedy Swan[24]; 18. 19-Lucas Rodin[18]; 19. 12-Jason Gross[13]; 20. 224-Cody Wolkowski[22]; 21. (DNF) 04N-Nick Ayotte[21]; 22. (DNF) 33C-Cole Chernosky[1]; 23. (DNF) 6T-Joseph Thomas[8]; 24. (DNF) 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[12]; 25. (DNF) 19J-Jack Rivord[3]; 26. (DNF) 2-Tanner Gehl[26]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 2. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[1]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[2]; 4. 57-Mike Anderson[9]; 5. 442-Aaron Johnson[3]; 6. 26G-Ryan Gierke[7]; 7. 112-Brennan Gave[6]; 8. 224-Cody Wolkowski[4]; 9. 18S-Kennedy Swan[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 06-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 2. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 3. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[6]; 4. 18A-Landon Atkinson[5]; 5. 12-Jason Gross[1]; 6. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 7. 37X-Skeeter Estey[9]; 8. 6X-Bryce Sward[4]; 9. 17B-Zach Benson[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19J-Jack Rivord[1]; 2. 6T-Joseph Thomas[2]; 3. 89JR-JT Johnson[5]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 5. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[3]; 6. 19-Lucas Rodin[7]; 7. 04N-Nick Ayotte[6]; 8. (DNF) 2-Tanner Gehl[8]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2-Denis Czech[1]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 4. 19X-James Trantina III[2]; 5. 25-Dylan Nelson[9]; 6. 21-Joey Jensen[3]; 7. 71-Trevor Nelson[5]; 8. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[8]; 9. 33-Austin Niemeyer[7]; 10. 00-Jason Hobbs[11]; 11. 32-Max Nelson[14]; 12. TB81-Tommy Bawden[10]; 13. 14L-Dylan Leu[12]; 14. (DNS) 44-Kris Peterson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Denis Czech[2]; 2. 21-Joey Jensen[4]; 3. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 4. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[3]; 5. TB81-Tommy Bawden[5]; 6. 14L-Dylan Leu[6]; 7. 44-Kris Peterson[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19X-James Trantina III[1]; 2. 71-Trevor Nelson[2]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 4. 33-Austin Niemeyer[6]; 5. 25-Dylan Nelson[7]; 6. 00-Jason Hobbs[5]; 7. 32-Max Nelson[4]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21S-Jake Smith[3]; 2. 16X-Garrett Paull[2]; 3. 16-Jason VandeKamp[4]; 4. 30-Joey Jensen[7]; 5. 16S-Ryan Savoy[6]; 6. 16BRE-Dave Flynn[9]; 7. 18E-Luke Erlandson[16]; 8. 23-Mitch Weiss[15]; 9. 24-Cole Elton[8]; 10. 19X-James Trantina III[13]; 11. 75-Joe Neisius[1]; 12. 33C-Cole Boston[23]; 13. 13-Tate Kostreba[10]; 14. B37-Cody Borgeson[17]; 15. 21-Wyatt Boyum[21]; 16. 33-Jake Hagemann[19]; 17. 27X-Andy Miskowic[14]; 18. 15G-Eric Gadach[11]; 19. 87-William Moelter[20]; 20. 15-Kris Macko[18]; 21. 16B-Skyler Smith[22]; 22. 16J-Cory Jorgensen[24]; 23. 19S-Darrin Lawler[12]; 24. (DNF) 14L-Ben Lewis[25]; 25. (DNF) 19-Lucas Rodin[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Joe Neisius[6]; 2. 16BRE-Dave Flynn[4]; 3. 16S-Ryan Savoy[8]; 4. 33-Jake Hagemann[1]; 5. 18B-Hunter Brink[2]; 6. 33C-Cole Boston[5]; 7. 14L-Ben Lewis[9]; 8. 4W-Joey Wagamon[10]; 9. 18-Justin Feltus[7]; 10. (DNF) 00-Jason Hobbs[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[1]; 2. 16X-Garrett Paull[8]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[9]; 4. 15-Kris Macko[3]; 5. 21-Wyatt Boyum[5]; 6. 87-William Moelter[6]; 7. 16J-Cory Jorgensen[2]; 8. 78-Cole Anderson[7]; 9. 77-Chance Kodet[10]; 10. (DNF) 58-Zack Fletcher[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Cole Elton[1]; 2. 13-Tate Kostreba[4]; 3. 19S-Darrin Lawler[2]; 4. 15G-Eric Gadach[7]; 5. 27X-Andy Miskowic[9]; 6. 16B-Skyler Smith[3]; 7. 17-Ashley Boyum[5]; 8. 67-Glen Brown[6]; 9. 222-Bob Hammond[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 21S-Jake Smith[4]; 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp[6]; 3. 19X-James Trantina III[3]; 4. 23-Mitch Weiss[5]; 5. 18E-Luke Erlandson[8]; 6. B37-Cody Borgeson[9]; 7. 11-Ashton Schulte[7]; 8. 10M-Kurt Mursu[1]; 9. (DNF) 5-David Swearingen[2]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. B37-Cody Borgeson[2]; 2. 33-Jake Hagemann[1]; 3. 21-Wyatt Boyum[3]; 4. 33C-Cole Boston[4]; 5. 17-Ashley Boyum[6]; 6. 14L-Ben Lewis[5]; 7. 4W-Joey Wagamon[7]; 8. 00-Jason Hobbs[11]; 9. 67-Glen Brown[8]; 10. 222-Bob Hammond[10]; 11. 77-Chance Kodet[9]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 15-Kris Macko[1]; 2. 87-William Moelter[4]; 3. 16B-Skyler Smith[3]; 4. 16J-Cory Jorgensen[5]; 5. 78-Cole Anderson[8]; 6. 18-Justin Feltus[9]; 7. 10M-Kurt Mursu[7]; 8. (DNF) 5-David Swearingen[10]; 9. (DNF) 11-Ashton Schulte[6]; 10. (DNF) 58-Zack Fletcher[11]; 11. (DNF) 18B-Hunter Brink[2]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[14]; 2. 14T-Rowan Tramm[6]; 3. XL21-Chad Funt[2]; 4. 5-Robert Holtquist[7]; 5. 9T-Thomas Burgard[8]; 6. 21-Blake Hawker[3]; 7. XL1-Andrew Funt[13]; 8. 78-Andrew Milz[12]; 9. 7-Rob Arlaud[9]; 10. 7F-Jordan Fischer[4]; 11. 21B-Matt Brenny[15]; 12. (DNF) 60-Maeghan Milz[5]; 13. (DNF) 7L-Tyler Larson[1]; 14. (DNF) 41-Clint Jensen[11]; 15. (DNF) 4T-Tristan Torres[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Blake Hawker[1]; 2. XL21-Chad Funt[6]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[3]; 4. 14T-Rowan Tramm[7]; 5. 4T-Tristan Torres[4]; 6. 41-Clint Jensen[2]; 7. (DNF) 5H-Dustin Holtquist[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson[3]; 2. 60-Maeghan Milz[1]; 3. 7F-Jordan Fischer[6]; 4. 9T-Thomas Burgard[5]; 5. 7-Rob Arlaud[7]; 6. (DNF) 78-Andrew Milz[4]; 7. (DNF) XL1-Andrew Funt[2]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Hornets Feature (15 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[2]; 2. 94A-Bobie Arnes[1]; 3. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[3]; 4. 44-Brendan Bockwitz[5]; 5. 28-Chris McClain[4]; 6. 69K-Nathaniel Kinne[7]; 7. 32-Alexis Reynolds[8]; 8. 7JJ-JJ Morton[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 94A-Bobie Arnes[5]; 2. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[1]; 3. 23T-Anthony Jenson[8]; 4. 28-Chris McClain[7]; 5. 44-Brendan Bockwitz[3]; 6. 7JJ-JJ Morton[6]; 7. 69K-Nathaniel Kinne[4]; 8. 32-Alexis Reynolds[2]