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Troy Leiker (Char Hurd Photo)

Big Sky hosts first doubleheader of the season and WISSOTA winner list includes Fasching, Leiker, Craver, Geiss & Petroff

BILLINGS, MT (May 1-2) - A two-day weekend opened Big Sky Speedway action Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, as the Billings race track welcomed back fans and racers for the 2026 season.

When the final checkered flag flew, WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Ryan Fasching, Troy Leiker, Caden Craver, RC Geiss, and Robert Petroff.

Leiker was a back-to-back winner in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, sweeping the class over the weekend. Friday he started 11th and drove off to the win, followed by eighth-starter Justin Elmer, who finished second. Jeremy Meirhofer was third, 16th-starter Chad Switzenberg improved 12 spots to finish fourth and Brennan Davis completed the top five.

On Saturday, he had a bit of an easier path to the win, starting outside the second row en route to the eventual victory. Elmer again played bridesmaid, finishing second ahead of Travis Wagner in third. Jeremy Meirhofer charged to a fourth-place finish from 22nd, and ninth-starter Davis was fifth once again.

Ryan Fasching (Char Hurd Photo)

Fasching drove from the pole to victory lane Friday in the Super Stocks. Geiss, Bodie Smith, Matt Tribble and Dakota Kincaid completed the top five.

On Saturday, Geiss made best use of his pole starting spot to gain the win, while Tribble was second. Smith, Logan Fasching and Kincaid rounded out the top five.

R.C. Geiss (Char Hurd Photo)

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Craver was victorious in the 15-lapper Friday night to open the weekend of action. He was followed across the stripe by Robert Petroff, Dylan Stephenson, Jeff Sekuterski and Destri Adams in the top five.

Petroff improved one spot better Saturday night, topping the Streeters ahead of Stephenson in second. Dillon Hoppe, Jeff Sekuterski and Chance Halvorsen were top five finishers.

Robert Petroff (Char Hurd Photo)

In other action at the race track, Kory Pritchett (IMCA Sport Compacts), Harrison White (Wingless Sprints), Bart Taylor (IMCA Mods), and Jonathan Morgan (Sport Compacts) also collected wins.

SUMMARY

Friday, May 1

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Ryan Fasching[1]; 2. 9-RC Geiss[3]; 3. 32*-Bodie Smith[4]; 4. 4T-Matt Tribble[6]; 5. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[5]; 6. 12-Logan Fasching[10]; 7. 30-Paul Fasching[2]; 8. 10M-Gunner Makeeff[9]; 9. (DNF) 16-Aden Gehring[11]; 10. (DNF) 936-Kris Fielding[8]; 11. (DNS) 3T-Jon Tribble

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-RC Geiss[2]; 2. 32*-Bodie Smith[4]; 3. 30-Paul Fasching[3]; 4. 10M-Gunner Makeeff[5]; 5. (DNF) 3T-Jon Tribble[1]; 6. (DNF) 936-Kris Fielding[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Ryan Fasching[2]; 2. 4T-Matt Tribble[1]; 3. 12-Logan Fasching[4]; 4. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[3]; 5. 16-Aden Gehring[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[11]; 2. 4E-Justin Elmer[8]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[4]; 4. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[16]; 5. 509-Brennan Davis[7]; 6. 44-Devon Jadwin[12]; 7. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[2]; 8. 3-Travis Wagner[13]; 9. 20-Brady Lorenz[15]; 10. 2W-Darryn Waldo[20]; 11. 7S-Shane Rasmussen[19]; 12. 64-Joel Morris[25]; 13. 94-Michael Rogers[23]; 14. 24-Ronn Green[21]; 15. (DNF) 34-Adrian Mantei[22]; 16. (DNF) 13S-Anthony Berger[3]; 17. (DNF) 73-Mario Berger[5]; 18. (DNF) 37-Trenton Berger[26]; 19. (DNF) 454-Daniel Stephenson[1]; 20. (DNF) 18-Tony Leiker[6]; 21. (DNF) 50-Paul Parks[10]; 22. (DNF) 2-Rod Lorenz[17]; 23. (DNF) 23-Jake Schye[9]; 24. (DNS) 20S-Shay Evig; 25. (DNS) 583-Breana Rogers; 26. (DNS) 11-Anthony Whiteman

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4E-Justin Elmer[2]; 2. 13S-Anthony Berger[8]; 3. 23-Jake Schye[1]; 4. 50-Paul Parks[6]; 5. 3-Travis Wagner[7]; 6. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[9]; 7. 7S-Shane Rasmussen[4]; 8. 34-Adrian Mantei[3]; 9. (DNF) 64-Joel Morris[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 509-Brennan Davis[1]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[4]; 3. 454-Daniel Stephenson[2]; 4. 17-Troy Leiker[7]; 5. 20S-Shay Evig[8]; 6. 2-Rod Lorenz[3]; 7. 2W-Darryn Waldo[5]; 8. 37-Trenton Berger[9]; 9. 94-Michael Rogers[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[2]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[4]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[7]; 4. 44-Devon Jadwin[1]; 5. 20-Brady Lorenz[3]; 6. 583-Breana Rogers[5]; 7. 24-Ronn Green[8]; 8. (DNF) 11-Anthony Whiteman[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 21JR-Caden Craver[1]; 2. 11-Robert Petroff[5]; 3. 62-Dylan Stephenson[3]; 4. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[2]; 5. 21A-Destri Adams[8]; 6. (DNF) 79-Dalton Stephenson[6]; 7. (DNF) 43J-Joel Niebeling[9]; 8. (DNF) 14D-Dillon Hoppe[4]; 9. (DNF) B33R-Matt Riesinger[7]; 10. (DNS) 417-Chance Halvorsen

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21JR-Caden Craver[6]; 2. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[2]; 3. 62-fDylan Stephenson[4]; 4. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[7]; 5. 11-Robert Petroff[8]; 6. 79-Dalton Stephenson[3]; 7. B33R-Matt Riesinger[5]; 8. 21A-Destri Adams[1]; 9. (DNF) 43J-Joel Niebeling[9]; 10. (DNS) 417-Chance Halvorsen

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24-Kory Pritchett[6]; 2. 32-Kyle Dalke[9]; 3. 71T-Michael Thompson[5]; 4. 29-Hayden Kolstad[8]; 5. 63-Daytona Smith[3]; 6. 50B-Caiden Back[4]; 7. 82-Jim Garretson[10]; 8. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[7]; 9. (DNF) 2%-Robert Donmyer[11]; 10. (DNF) 007-Brady Sherburn[1]; 11. (DNF) 33-Jonathan Morgan[2]; 12. (DNS) 24W-Wesley Smith

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[3]; 2. 71T-Michael Thompson[2]; 3. 29-Hayden Kolstad[1]; 4. 50B-Caiden Back[5]; 5. 63-Daytona Smith[6]; 6. 2%-Robert Donmyer[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Kory Pritchett[2]; 2. 33-Jonathan Morgan[5]; 3. 007-Brady Sherburn[1]; 4. 82-Jim Garretson[6]; 5. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[3]; 6. (DNF) 24W-Wesley Smith[4]

Big Sky Wingless Sprints:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2D-Harrison White[3]; 2. 33-Keith Ahlgren[1]; 3. 171-Roy Guy III[2]; 4. (DNF) 63JR-Chris Williams[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2D-Harrison White[4]; 2. 171-Roy Guy III[2]; 3. 33-Keith Ahlgren[3]; 4. (DNS) 63JR-Chris Williams

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[1]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[5]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[4]; 4. 11-Joey Price[8]; 5. 21-Cory Craver[6]; 6. 28C-Austin Caruthers[10]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[11]; 8. 83-Dale Neitzel[2]; 9. 009-Greg Adcock[3]; 10. 56-Colin Scott[12]; 11. 009JR-JOHN ADCOCK JR[13]; 12. 57-Jason George[15]; 13. (DNF) 32K-Kevin Lynn[17]; 14. (DNF) 2-Rod Lorenz[14]; 15. (DNF) 5X-Taylor Johnson[7]; 16. (DNF) 127-Rayce McCord[9]; 17. (DNS) 94-Michael Rogers

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[2]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[9]; 3. 5X-Taylor Johnson[8]; 4. 28C-Austin Caruthers[4]; 5. 009-Greg Adcock[7]; 6. 20-Brady Lorenz[6]; 7. 009JR-JOHN ADCOCK JR[3]; 8. (DNF) 57-Jason George[1]; 9. (DNS) 32K-Kevin Lynn

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Cory Craver[3]; 2. 11-Joey Price[1]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[7]; 4. 83-Dale Neitzel[6]; 5. 127-Rayce McCord[4]; 6. 56-Colin Scott[2]; 7. 2-Rod Lorenz[8]; 8. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[5]

Saturday, May 2

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-RC Geiss[1]; 2. 4T-Matt Tribble[2]; 3. 32*-Bodie Smith[5]; 4. 12-Logan Fasching[7]; 5. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[4]; 6. 936-Kris Fielding[9]; 7. 10M-Gunner Makeeff[10]; 8. 16-Aden Gehring[8]; 9. (DNF) 5-Andrew Gilbraith[6]; 10. (DNF) 21-Ryan Fasching[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Ryan Fasching[2]; 2. 9-RC Geiss[4]; 3. 32*-Bodie Smith[1]; 4. 4T-Matt Tribble[3]; 5. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[6]; 6. 12-Logan Fasching[9]; 7. 16-Aden Gehring[7]; 8. 5-Andrew Gilbraith[5]; 9. 936-Kris Fielding[10]; 10. 10M-Gunner Makeeff[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[4]; 2. 4E-Justin Elmer[3]; 3. 3-Travis Wagner[2]; 4. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[22]; 5. 509-Brennan Davis[9]; 6. 2-Rod Lorenz[5]; 7. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[10]; 8. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[20]; 9. 2W-Darryn Waldo[16]; 10. 13S-Anthony Berger[15]; 11. 50-Paul Parks[6]; 12. 20-Brady Lorenz[18]; 13. 7S-Shane Rasmussen[13]; 14. 94-Michael Rogers[21]; 15. 583-Breana Rogers[12]; 16. 24-Ronn Green[19]; 17. 64-Joel Morris[14]; 18. 37-Trenton Berger[24]; 19. (DNF) 73-Mario Berger[8]; 20. (DNF) 20S-Shay Evig[7]; 21. (DNF) 18-Tony Leiker[1]; 22. (DNF) 454-Daniel Stephenson[11]; 23. (DNF) 11-Anthony Whiteman[23]; 24. (DNS) 34-Adrian Mantei; 25. (DNS) 55-Brady Marcus

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[1]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[2]; 3. 20S-Shay Evig[3]; 4. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[8]; 5. 7S-Shane Rasmussen[4]; 6. 2W-Darryn Waldo[7]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[6]; 8. (DNF) 55-Brady Marcus[9]; 9. (DNF) 11-Anthony Whiteman[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Rod Lorenz[2]; 2. 50-Paul Parks[4]; 3. 509-Brennan Davis[7]; 4. 454-Daniel Stephenson[6]; 5. 64-Joel Morris[8]; 6. 34-Adrian Mantei[1]; 7. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[5]; 8. (DNF) 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4E-Justin Elmer[2]; 2. 17-Troy Leiker[5]; 3. 3-Travis Wagner[3]; 4. 583-Breana Rogers[1]; 5. 13S-Anthony Berger[6]; 6. 37-Trenton Berger[8]; 7. 24-Ronn Green[7]; 8. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[3]; 2. 62-Dylan Stephenson[5]; 3. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[2]; 4. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[6]; 5. 417-Chance Halvorsen[8]; 6. B33R-Matt Riesinger[1]; 7. 43J-Joel Niebeling[9]; 8. (DNF) 21A-Destri Adams[7]; 9. (DNF) 79-Dalton Stephenson[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[2]; 2. 62-Dylan Stephenson[3]; 3. 11-Robert Petroff[5]; 4. 79-Dalton Stephenson[4]; 5. B33R-Matt Riesinger[1]; 6. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[7]; 7. 417-Chance Halvorsen[8]; 8. 21A-Destri Adams[6]; 9. 43J-Joel Niebeling[9]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[9]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[11]; 3. 83-Dale Neitzel[5]; 4. 57-Jason George[13]; 5. 32K-Kevin Lynn[3]; 6. 29-Alan Farley[10]; 7. 550K-Kyle Anton[8]; 8. 127-Rayce McCord[1]; 9. 28C-Austin Caruthers[7]; 10. 20-Brady Lorenz[6]; 11. 2-Rod Lorenz[2]; 12. 009JR-JOHN ADCOCK JR[14]; 13. 56-Colin Scott[4]; 14. 11W-Karl Weaver[16]; 15. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[15]; 16. (DNF) 009-Greg Adcock[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Colin Scott[4]; 2. 2-Rod Lorenz[2]; 3. 28C-Austin Caruthers[6]; 4. 83-Dale Neitzel[5]; 5. 29-Alan Farley[8]; 6. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[7]; 7. 57-Jason George[3]; 8. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 127-Rayce McCord[1]; 2. 32K-Kevin Lynn[2]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[6]; 4. 369-Bart Taylor[7]; 5. 20-Brady Lorenz[5]; 6. 009-Greg Adcock[4]; 7. 009JR-JOHN ADCOCK JR[3]; 8. 11W-Karl Weaver[8]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 33-Jonathan Morgan[1]; 2. 63-Daytona Smith[4]; 3. 007-Brady Sherburn[2]; 4. 2%-Robert Donmyer[8]; 5. 82-Jim Garretson[7]; 6. 24-Kory Pritchett[6]; 7. (DNF) 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[3]; 8. (DNF) 71T-Michael Thompson[9]; 9. (DNF) 33K-KRUZ JOKI[10]; 10. (DNF) 32-Kyle Dalke[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jonathan Morgan[1]; 2. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[4]; 3. 32-Kyle Dalke[8]; 4. 63-Daytona Smith[6]; 5. 007-Brady Sherburn[2]; 6. 24-Kory Pritchett[9]; 7. 82-Jim Garretson[5]; 8. 2%-Robert Donmyer[3]; 9. 71T-Michael Thompson[7]; 10. (DNF) 33K-KRUZ JOKI[10]

Big Sky Wingless Sprints:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2D-Harrison White[1]; 2. 171-Roy Guy III[3]; 3. 16K-Kade Vogt[4]; 4. 33-Keith Ahlgren[2]; 5. (DNF) 63JR-Chris Williams[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2D-Harrison White[3]; 2. 171-Roy Guy III[2]; 3. 33-Keith Ahlgren[4]; 4. (DNF) 16K-Kade Vogt[1]; 5. (DNS) 63JR-Chris Williams

Scott Hughes