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Leiker continues torrid pace out west while Pourier and Konst keep other WISSOTA rivals at bay at Black Hills Speedway

RAPID CITY, SD (May 23) - Troy Leiker remains the Midwest Mod driver to beat in Western WISSOTA country early in the season. With his second victory at Black Hills Speedway on Friday, he boosted his season win total to five - the last four consecutively.

Warren Pourier, Jr. and Brett Konst also scored WISSOTA Dirt Track Series wins at the Rapid City oval.

Leiker redrew the front row for the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature and led every lap for the win. Matt Heinzerling pursued from the second position during the run; he never trailed by much more than a second, but lost touch late. Tony Leiker climbed from eighth to third ahead of Paul Parks and Connor Friske.

Pourier started fifth on the original grid in the WISSOTA Street Stock main event. He was into the top spot after only a couple of laps, and although Troy Murner stayed close after a late restart, Pourier earned his first win of the season at the speedway. Murner was second ahead of Jaren Puhlman, Cole Phillips and Kyle Bertram.

Konst started on the front row of the WISSOTA Mod Four main event and led every lap en route to his second victory of the season. Gatlin Comer chased from second the entire distance, but came up over three seconds short in the runner-up position. Khi Jackson, Lori Konst and Destiney Cuestas rounded out the top five.

Adam Speckman grabbed the victory in the 360 Sprint feature, southeastern South Dakota racer Joel Magee topped the Hobby Stock main event, and Eric Mass earned top honors in the IMCA Modifieds.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[2]; 2. 22-Matt Heinzerling[4]; 3. 18-Tony Leiker[8]; 4. 50-Paul Parks[1]; 5. 19-Connor Friske[12]; 6. 64-Joel Morris[5]; 7. 67-Rex Conrad[7]; 8. 509-Brennan Davis[10]; 9. 00-Ron Starkey[3]; 10. 75C-Chandler Aspelin[14]; 11. 45-Justin Hoeft[6]; 12. 57H-Robby Howie[13]; 13. 14-Sean McHenry[11]; 14. 16-Jeff Metzinger[15]; 15. 60-Derek Altman[16]; 16. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 2. 64-Joel Morris[2]; 3. 00-Ron Starkey[1]; 4. 45-Justin Hoeft[6]; 5. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[8]; 6. 14-Sean McHenry[4]; 7. 57H-Robby Howie[5]; 8. (DNF) 60-Derek Altman[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[1]; 2. 22-Matt Heinzerling[2]; 3. 50-Paul Parks[3]; 4. 67-Rex Conrad[6]; 5. 509-Brennan Davis[5]; 6. 19-Connor Friske[7]; 7. 75C-Chandler Aspelin[4]; 8. 16-Jeff Metzinger[8]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[5]; 2. 22T-Troy Murner[3]; 3. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[6]; 4. Z22-Cole Phillips[8]; 5. 19-Kyle Bertram[2]; 6. 25-Kyle Hanson[4]; 7. (DNF) 7-Les Cuny[1]; 8. (DNS) 78-Leonard Ferguson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[3]; 2. 19-Kyle Bertram[7]; 3. 22T-Troy Murner[8]; 4. 7-Les Cuny[4]; 5. 25-Kyle Hanson[6]; 6. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[2]; 7. 78-Leonard Ferguson[5]; 8. (DNF) Z22-Cole Phillips[1]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[2]; 2. 19-Gatlin Comer[3]; 3. 114-Khi Jackson[4]; 4. 10K-Lori Konst[5]; 5. 13C-Destiney Cuestas[1]; 6. (DNS) 7M-Michael Logelin

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[6]; 2. 114-Khi Jackson[1]; 3. 19-Gatlin Comer[3]; 4. 10K-Lori Konst[5]; 5. 13C-Destiney Cuestas[4]; 6. (DNF) 7M-Michael Logelin[2]

360 Sprints:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4S-Adam Speckman[1]; 2. 34-Trevor Plambeck[4]; 3. 39JR-Brayden Mount[3]; 4. 28T-Jordan Tanner[5]; 5. 15-Bryan Anderson[7]; 6. (DNF) 3-Mike Pennel[2]; 7. (DNF) 13-McKayla Worley[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 4S-Adam Speckman[1]; 2. 3-Mike Pennel[4]; 3. 39JR-Brayden Mount[5]; 4. 34-Trevor Plambeck[6]; 5. 28T-Jordan Tanner[7]; 6. 13-McKayla Worley[2]; 7. 15-Bryan Anderson[3]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 44-Eric Mass[6]; 2. 0-Peyton George[1]; 3. XM-Mike Dimond[3]; 4. 13-Brent Nielsen[9]; 5. 46-Adam Boggs[7]; 6. 52-Darran Conrad[10]; 7. 19-Darren Fischer[4]; 8. 8R-Virgil Randall[11]; 9. 85X-Brett Pudwill[8]; 10. 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[5]; 11. 0G-Paxton George[2]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 44-Eric Mass[4]; 2. 0-Peyton George[1]; 3. 85X-Brett Pudwill[5]; 4. XM-Mike Dimond[2]; 5. 52-Darran Conrad[6]; 6. 8R-Virgil Randall[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 46-Adam Boggs[4]; 2. 13-Brent Nielsen[5]; 3. 19-Darren Fischer[2]; 4. 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[3]; 5. 0G-Paxton George[1]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[5]; 2. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[3]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[1]; 4. 6S-Sean Weber[6]; 5. 03-Samantha Swett[7]; 6. 89-Abigail Boggs[8]; 7. 10K-Lori Konst[9]; 8. 100K-Brett Konst[4]; 9. 00K-Tracy Konst[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[9]; 2. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[7]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[5]; 4. 100K-Brett Konst[8]; 5. 00K-Tracy Konst[6]; 6. 6S-Sean Weber[4]; 7. 03-Samantha Swett[3]; 8. 89-Abigail Boggs[2]; 9. 10K-Lori Konst[1]