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Johnson scores first Midwest Mod win at Fiesta City; other Friday night winners include Tollakson, Top, Tourville, Fernkes and Stabler

By Chad Adamson

MONTEVIDEO, MN (May 23) - Racing resumed on Friday night at Fiesta City Speedway after the previous wet and cold weekend that forced the races to be canceled. Three new faces were in victory lane on this night.

Winners in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action included Jordan Tollakson, Brandon Copp, Onyx Johnson, Keith Tourville, Shawn Fernkes, and Jerik Stabler.

Darren Engesser took the lead to begin the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature, before Onyx Johnson got by as Engesser's car fell off the pace. Johnson held the lead for the rest of the race for his first-ever feature win. Ryan Flaten improved four spots to finish second, Tim Kanten was third, eighth-starter Justin Bjorklund was fourth, and Jason Vejtruba completed the top five.

Kolton Brauer took the lead to start the WISSOTA Street Stock feature. With six laps to go, Mike Jans raced past out front as Brauer's car suffered mechanical issues. Keith Tourville took the lead one lap later and held on for his first feature win at Fiesta City Speedway. He was chased to the checkered flag by Jans, Zachary Flickinger, Dustin Schultz, and 11th-starter Cody Hatch.

Zach Schultz was the early leader of the WISSOTA Super Stock feature. Shawn Fernkes took the lead on lap two and pulled away from the rest of the field to win his second-straight feature at Fiesta City Speedway. Schultz had to settle for second ahead of Justin Tammen, Josh Roggatz and Brad Kopecky in the top five.

Jordan Tollakson led the entire WISSOTA Late Model feature for his first win of the year. Zach Johnson was second, Devin Fouquette was third, Matt Gilbertson was fourth and Jon Tollakson rounded out the top five.

Brandon Copp led the WISSOTA Modified feature flag to flag for his first win at Fiesta City Speedway. He was followed across the finish line by ninth-starter Tony Schill in second and sixth-starter Ryan Flaten in third. Thirteenth-starter Jonathan Olmscheid and 11th-starter Taylor Garberich completed the top five.

Bradley Rossow took the lead to start the WISSOTA Hornet feature. On lap two, Jerik Stabler drove past and led the rest of the way for his second-straight win. Brady Alberton, Rossow, Paxton Tjaden, and Travis Bruns were top-five finishers.

The Vintage Cars made their annual stop at Fiesta City Speedway Friday night. Galen Beckler took the lead to start the race in his 1957 Chevy. Beckler battled with Mark Oftedahl for a couple of laps before regaining the lead on lap six. Mark Oftedahl then took over the top spot from Beckler in his 1971 Ford Torino. When the field came to take the checkered flag, Tom Oftedahl came across the finish line first for the win in his 1958 Ford.

In the track’s Pure Stock class, Colsten Schultz was the early leader. Carter Rice took the lead from Schultz on lap two and kept out front until the final lap. Landon Albertson took the lead as the field came to take the white flag and went on to win his third-straight feature to start the season.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 32-Jordan Tollakson[2]; 2. 73-Zach Johnson[6]; 3. 15-Devin Fouquette[1]; 4. 23-Matt Gilbertson[3]; 5. XXX-Jon Tollakson[4]; 6. 24S-Mike Stearns[7]; 7. 748-Kyle Jensen[5]; 8. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[9]; 9. (DNF) 133-Jon Starnes[8]; 10. (DNF) 7-Scott Lehn[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[1]; 2. 23-Matt Gilbertson[3]; 3. XXX-Jon Tollakson[4]; 4. 7-Scott Lehn[2]; 5. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Zach Johnson[2]; 2. 32-Jordan Tollakson[3]; 3. 15-Devin Fouquette[4]; 4. 748-Kyle Jensen[1]; 5. 133-Jon Starnes[5]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[1]; 2. 8S-Tony Schill[9]; 3. 15-Ryan Flaten[6]; 4. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[13]; 5. 18-Taylor Garberich[11]; 6. 8-Andy Brooker[2]; 7. (DNF) 14-Adam Brotherton[8]; 8. (DNF) 66-Jacob Knapper[5]; 9. (DNF) 10H-Nate Heinrich[7]; 10. (DNF) 43-John Oeltjen[10]; 11. (DNF) 6*-Brian Haben[4]; 12. (DNF) 24S-Mike Stearns[3]; 13. (DNS) 15K-Tony Konold

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Jacob Knapper[2]; 2. 10H-Nate Heinrich[3]; 3. 15-Ryan Flaten[5]; 4. 6*-Brian Haben[6]; 5. 8S-Tony Schill[4]; 6. 18-Taylor Garberich[7]; 7. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[4]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[5]; 3. 14-Adam Brotherton[3]; 4. 8-Andy Brooker[1]; 5. 43-John Oeltjen[6]; 6. 15K-Tony Konold[2]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 99-Shawn Fernkes[3]; 2. 511-Zach Schultz[2]; 3. 71-Justin Tammen[6]; 4. 79M-Josh Roggatz[4]; 5. 5-Brad Kopecky[7]; 6. 1-Karter Reents[8]; 7. 71X-Travis Scott[5]; 8. 19-Brayden Hedtke[1]; 9. 03-Wyatt Schweigert[10]; 10. (DNF) 40-Shawn Schnabel[9]; 11. (DNS) 12-Travis Iverson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Brayden Hedtke[2]; 2. 71X-Travis Scott[1]; 3. 511-Zach Schultz[4]; 4. 1-Karter Reents[5]; 5. 40-Shawn Schnabel[3]; 6. (DNF) 12-Travis Iverson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Shawn Fernkes[4]; 2. 5-Brad Kopecky[2]; 3. 79M-Josh Roggatz[5]; 4. 71-Justin Tammen[1]; 5. 03-Wyatt Schweigert[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 73-Onyx Johnson[4]; 2. 15-Ryan Flaten[6]; 3. 16T-Tim Kanten[5]; 4. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[8]; 5. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[3]; 6. 12-Matt Everts[12]; 7. 92-Payton Asche[10]; 8. 75-Randy Klein[13]; 9. 69-Ethen Waltz[1]; 10. 82JR-Sophie Anderson[9]; 11. 95-Damon Vejtruba[16]; 12. (DNF) 31C-Tony Clark[14]; 13. (DNF) 19M-Gage Myers[15]; 14. (DNF) 2-Benjamin Beekman[11]; 15. (DNF) 1-Shane Dejong[7]; 16. (DNF) 19X-Dalton Kruger[17]; 17. (DNF) 11S-Darren Engesser[2]; 18. (DNS) 32C-Zach Clark

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Shane Dejong[1]; 2. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[6]; 3. 11S-Darren Engesser[4]; 4. 82JR-Sophie Anderson[2]; 5. 12-Matt Everts[3]; 6. 19M-Gage Myers[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[2]; 2. 15-Ryan Flaten[3]; 3. 32C-Zach Clark[1]; 4. 92-Payton Asche[6]; 5. 75-Randy Klein[5]; 6. 95-Damon Vejtruba[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Onyx Johnson[4]; 2. 16T-Tim Kanten[5]; 3. 69-Ethen Waltz[1]; 4. 2-Benjamin Beekman[2]; 5. 31C-Tony Clark[3]; 6. 19X-Dalton Kruger[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 148-Keith Tourville[5]; 2. 25-Mike Jans[3]; 3. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[4]; 4. 2*-Dustin Schultz[8]; 5. 9-Cody Hatch[11]; 6. 19-Derek Zieske[12]; 7. 3-Austin Hamre[15]; 8. 20-Michael Bogh[7]; 9. 4-Micheal Brockman[6]; 10. 5F-Mike Flickinger[20]; 11. (DNF) 3D-Dale Louwagie[14]; 12. (DNF) 10K-Devan Schultz[13]; 13. (DNF) 58-Wade Tirrel[10]; 14. (DNF) KOL34-Kolton Brauer[1]; 15. (DNF) 12-Merlyn Flickinger Jr[17]; 16. (DNF) 44X-Alex Grinager[9]; 17. (DNF) 16A-Coltyn Schuler[2]; 18. (DNF) 33W-Andrew Williams[16]; 19. (DNF) 43X-Chris Behrens[19]; 20. (DNS) 20JR-Jayden Bogh

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[3]; 2. 2*-Dustin Schultz[1]; 3. 20-Michael Bogh[4]; 4. 58-Wade Tirrel[5]; 5. 10K-Devan Schultz[6]; 6. 33W-Andrew Williams[7]; 7. (DNF) 20JR-Jayden Bogh[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44X-Alex Grinager[6]; 2. 4-Micheal Brockman[2]; 3. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[3]; 4. 9-Cody Hatch[1]; 5. 3D-Dale Louwagie[5]; 6. 5F-Mike Flickinger[7]; 7. (DNF) 43X-Chris Behrens[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 148-Keith Tourville[2]; 2. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[4]; 3. 25-Mike Jans[3]; 4. 19-Derek Zieske[1]; 5. 3-Austin Hamre[5]; 6. 12-Merlyn Flickinger Jr[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 7-Jerik Stabler[4]; 2. 16-Brady Albertson[8]; 3. 555-Bradley Rossow[1]; 4. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[3]; 5. 275X-Travis Bruns[6]; 6. 28H-Dalton Haag[2]; 7. 95-Brett Moffenbier[5]; 8. 22J-Celeste Jenkins[10]; 9. 28X-Owen Louwagie[12]; 10. 71X-Adam Castle[7]; 11. (DNF) 69-Skylar Burgher[9]; 12. (DNS) 22A-Austin Raths

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Brady Albertson[2]; 2. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[1]; 3. 275X-Travis Bruns[3]; 4. 71X-Adam Castle[5]; 5. 69-Skylar Burgher[4]; 6. 22A-Austin Raths[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 7-Jerik Stabler[3]; 2. 555-Bradley Rossow[4]; 3. 28H-Dalton Haag[6]; 4. 95-Brett Moffenbier[1]; 5. 22J-Celeste Jenkins[2]; 6. 28X-Owen Louwagie[5]

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 7A-Landon Albertson[6]; 2. 511-Colsten Schultz[3]; 3. 32J-Justin Erp[4]; 4. 32-Brady Hagen[2]; 5. 87-Ian Tjaden[7]; 6. 45-Tad Peterson[5]; 7. 2-Carter Rice[1]; 8. 47-Jason Best[8]; 9. 33-Mason Runholt[9]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 511-Colsten Schultz[2]; 2. 45-Tad Peterson[4]; 3. 32J-Justin Erp[5]; 4. 32-Brady Hagen[1]; 5. 2-Carter Rice[8]; 6. 7A-Landon Albertson[3]; 7. 87-Ian Tjaden[6]; 8. 47-Jason Best[7]; 9. 33-Mason Runholt[9]