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Two nights of big action at Big Sky Speedway end with victory lane visits by both Leikers, Petroff, Henrikson and Harris

BILLINGS, MT (May 2-3) - Big Sky Speedway ushered in its 2025 race season Friday night in a big way, as the track hosted the first of a two-day special to kick off racing action at the Billings-area speedplant.

In WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, Dan Henrikson, Troy Leiker and Robert Petroff made their mark with trips to victory lane on Friday night. Saturday night Petroff duplicated his winning efforts from Friday, while Tony Leiker and Jim Harris were new faces in the winner’s circle at Big Sky.

Henrikson started outside of the third row in the WISSOTA Late Models on Friday night, picking his way forward to the lead and topping the field for the opening night victory. Lyndon Bolt was second, ninth-starter Ted Hample improved six spots to third, Vernon Hill was fourth and Jim Harris charged to fifth from his 14th-starting spot.

In the WISSOTA Midwest Mods Friday, Leiker started outside of the second row and had to hold back the efforts of a tough customer in his brother Tony to garner the first-night nod. Tony blasted from 12th on the starting grid to finish behind Troy in second, while Mario Berger was third. Jeremy Meirhofer was fourth and ninth-starter Chad Switzenberg improved four spots to fifth.

Petroff took off from his pole starting spot in the WISSOTA Street Stock feature Friday night and garnered the eventual win ahead of fellow front-row starter Dylan Stephenson. Caden Craver, Dalton Stephenson and Bob Gordon rounded out the top five.

On Saturday night in the Street Stocks, Petroff’s trip to victory lane started inside the second row. He led Caden Craver, Dalton Stephenson, Patrick Salway and Conner Carter to the checkered flag.

Tony Leiker also started inside the second row in the Mid Mods, driving to his first win of the year ahead of Mario Berger, Bart Taylor, Troy Cepak, Jr., and Rod Lorenz in the top five.

Harris made best use of his pole starting spot in the Late Model feature Saturday night, as he grabbed the victory ahead of Vernon Hill, Dan Henrikson, Devon Jadwin and Jeremy McCune in the top five.

In the track’s other classes, Chas Matye and Kyle Dalke were victorious in the IMCA Sport Compacts, while Rod Lorenz and Cory Craver took home top honors in the IMCA Modifieds.

SUMMARY

Friday, May 2

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 97-Dan Henrikson[6]; 2. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[5]; 3. 50-Ted Hample[9]; 4. 1X-Vernon Hill[7]; 5. 17-Jim Harris[14]; 6. 29-Ty Hample[4]; 7. 33-Jeremy McCune[2]; 8. 44-Devon Jadwin[11]; 9. 15-Devin Kenaston[13]; 10. 24DD-DJ Baxter[3]; 11. 21-Shad Jensen[12]; 12. 25-Jamie Mocko[10]; 13. (DNF) 20-Smokey Jensen[8]; 14. (DNF) 21F-Ryan Fasching[1]; 15. (DNF) 1H-Vernon Hill Jr[15]; 16. (DNF) 4C-Travis Shumate[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21F-Ryan Fasching[2]; 2. 24DD-DJ Baxter[1]; 3. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[7]; 4. 1X-Vernon Hill[4]; 5. 50-Ted Hample[5]; 6. 44-Devon Jadwin[3]; 7. 15-Devin Kenaston[6]; 8. 1H-Vernon Hill Jr[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jeremy McCune[2]; 2. 29-Ty Hample[3]; 3. 97-Dan Henrikson[6]; 4. 20-Smokey Jensen[5]; 5. 25-Jamie Mocko[7]; 6. 21-Shad Jensen[1]; 7. (DNF) 17-Jim Harris[4]; 8. (DNF) 4C-Travis Shumate[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[4]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[12]; 3. 73-Mario Berger[2]; 4. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]; 5. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[9]; 6. 2-Rod Lorenz[6]; 7. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[5]; 8. 15-Nathan Kenaston[8]; 9. 7-Vance Lorenz[18]; 10. 20S-Shay Evig[7]; 11. 9K-Spencer Krueger[10]; 12. 57H-Robby Howie[17]; 13. 24-Ronn Green[16]; 14. (DNF) 369-Bart Taylor[1]; 15. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[11]; 16. (DNF) 11W-Conner Carter[19]; 17. (DNF) 23-Jake Schye[14]; 18. (DNF) 454-Daniel Stephenson[13]; 19. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[1]; 2. 17-Troy Leiker[3]; 3. 20S-Shay Evig[2]; 4. 9K-Spencer Krueger[4]; 5. 454-Daniel Stephenson[5]; 6. 24-Ronn Green[6]; 7. 11W-Conner Carter[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[6]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[2]; 3. 15-Nathan Kenaston[5]; 4. 20-Brady Lorenz[1]; 5. 23-Jake Schye[4]; 6. 57H-Robby Howie[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[4]; 2. 2-Rod Lorenz[1]; 3. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[6]; 4. 18-Tony Leiker[5]; 5. 94-Michael Rogers[3]; 6. 7-Vance Lorenz[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[1]; 2. 62-Dylan Stephenson[2]; 3. 21JR-Caden Craver[3]; 4. 79-Dalton Stephenson[8]; 5. 30-Bob Gordon[4]; 6. 45T-Conner Carter[6]; 7. B33R-Matt Riesinger[7]; 8. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[8]; 2. 62-Dylan Stephenson[5]; 3. 21JR-Caden Craver[7]; 4. 30-Bob Gordon[4]; 5. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[6]; 6. 45T-Conner Carter[2]; 7. B33R-Matt Riesinger[1]; 8. 79-Dalton Stephenson[3]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2-Rod Lorenz[3]; 2. 21-Cory Craver[4]; 3. 46-Bert Beech[5]; 4. 57-Jason George[9]; 5. 28C-Austin Caruthers[7]; 6. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[2]; 7. 550K-Kyle Anton[6]; 8. 369-Bart Taylor[1]; 9. 20-Brady Lorenz[8]; 10. (DNF) 83-Dale Neitzel[11]; 11. (DNF) 22-Preston Johnson[10]; 12. (DQ) 21A-Destri Adams[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[2]; 2. 2-Rod Lorenz[1]; 3. 46-Bert Beech[4]; 4. 28C-Austin Caruthers[5]; 5. 57-Jason George[6]; 6. 22-Preston Johnson[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]; 2. 21-Cory Craver[5]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[2]; 4. 20-Brady Lorenz[1]; 5. 21A-Destri Adams[6]; 6. (DNF) 83-Dale Neitzel[4]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 13-Chas Matye[3]; 2. 32-Kyle Dalke[6]; 3. 18CJ-cody poll[8]; 4. 2-Marc Hammond[9]; 5. 94-Joe Hudson[4]; 6. 58-Cody Cassiday[22]; 7. 26-Lane Owens[21]; 8. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[1]; 9. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[16]; 10. 11-Anthony Whiteman[7]; 11. 8-Sam Ogden[5]; 12. 24W-Wesley Smith[11]; 13. 14-Rick Bishop[10]; 14. 8K-Kane Krueger[17]; 15. 4K-Hayden Kolstad[13]; 16. 22-Cassie Hudson[20]; 17. 008-Darren Pulver[23]; 18. (DNF) 26S-David Speck[18]; 19. (DNF) 82-Jim Garretson[12]; 20. (DNF) 29X-Kyle Leichner[2]; 21. (DNF) 007-Brady Sherburn[27]; 22. (DNF) 43J-Joel Niebeling[14]; 23. (DNF) 28-Bekah Ibach[19]; 24. (DNF) 223-Noah Payne[24]; 25. (DNF) 33-Jonathan Morgan[15]; 26. (DNS) 63-Daytona Smith; 27. (DNS) 95-Brooklyn Lorenz

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[2]; 2. 94-Joe Hudson[3]; 3. 11-Anthony Whiteman[7]; 4. 14-Rick Bishop[5]; 5. 4K-Hayden Kolstad[8]; 6. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[9]; 7. 28-Bekah Ibach[6]; 8. (DNF) 58-Cody Cassiday[1]; 9. (DNF) 95-Brooklyn Lorenz[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29X-Kyle Leichner[6]; 2. 8-Sam Ogden[3]; 3. 18CJ-cody poll[8]; 4. 24W-Wesley Smith[7]; 5. 43J-Joel Niebeling[9]; 6. 8K-Kane Krueger[2]; 7. 22-Cassie Hudson[1]; 8. (DNF) 008-Darren Pulver[5]; 9. (DNF) 63-Daytona Smith[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Chas Matye[1]; 2. 32-Kyle Dalke[2]; 3. 2-Marc Hammond[4]; 4. 82-Jim Garretson[5]; 5. 33-Jonathan Morgan[3]; 6. 26S-David Speck[8]; 7. 26-Lane Owens[9]; 8. 223-Noah Payne[7]; 9. 007-Brady Sherburn[6]

Saturday, May 3

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 17-Jim Harris[1]; 2. 1X-Vernon Hill[3]; 3. 97-Dan Henrikson[6]; 4. 44-Devon Jadwin[9]; 5. 33-Jeremy McCune[5]; 6. 50-Ted Hample[13]; 7. 29-Ty Hample[12]; 8. 15-Devin Kenaston[2]; 9. 21F-Ryan Fasching[17]; 10. 25-Jamie Mocko[11]; 11. 56-Colin Scott[8]; 12. (DNF) 24DD-DJ Baxter[10]; 13. (DNF) 3X-Lyndon Bolt[7]; 14. (DNF) 20-Smokey Jensen[15]; 15. (DNF) 21-Shad Jensen[4]; 16. (DNS) 14-Ken Helman; 17. (DNS) 1H-Vernon Hill Jr

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Devin Kenaston[4]; 2. 97-Dan Henrikson[1]; 3. 1X-Vernon Hill[9]; 4. 21-Shad Jensen[6]; 5. 56-Colin Scott[3]; 6. 44-Devon Jadwin[2]; 7. (DNF) 50-Ted Hample[5]; 8. (DNF) 20-Smokey Jensen[7]; 9. (DNF) 21F-Ryan Fasching[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jeremy McCune[6]; 2. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[4]; 3. 17-Jim Harris[5]; 4. (DNF) 24DD-DJ Baxter[2]; 5. (DNF) 25-Jamie Mocko[3]; 6. (DNF) 29-Ty Hample[1]; 7. (DNF) 14-Ken Helman[7]; 8. (DNF) 1H-Vernon Hill Jr[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 2. 73-Mario Berger[6]; 3. 369-Bart Taylor[5]; 4. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[2]; 5. 2-Rod Lorenz[1]; 6. 7-Vance Lorenz[7]; 7. 15-Nathan Kenaston[12]; 8. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[18]; 9. 17-Troy Leiker[14]; 10. 94-Michael Rogers[11]; 11. 454-Daniel Stephenson[10]; 12. 23-Jake Schye[13]; 13. 333-Travis Long[15]; 14. 20S-Shay Evig[16]; 15. 20-Brady Lorenz[20]; 16. 9K-Spencer Krueger[19]; 17. 11W-Conner Carter[22]; 18. 24-Ronn Green[17]; 19. 55K-Hayden Ingle[9]; 20. (DNF) 57H-Robby Howie[21]; 21. (DNF) 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[8]; 22. (DNF) 27-Chandler Ingle[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Chandler Ingle[2]; 2. 2-Rod Lorenz[4]; 3. 73-Mario Berger[6]; 4. 454-Daniel Stephenson[3]; 5. 23-Jake Schye[5]; 6. 20S-Shay Evig[7]; 7. 9K-Spencer Krueger[1]; 8. 57H-Robby Howie[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[2]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[3]; 3. 55K-Hayden Ingle[4]; 4. 94-Michael Rogers[6]; 5. 17-Troy Leiker[7]; 6. 24-Ronn Green[5]; 7. (DNF) 11W-Conner Carter[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[2]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[1]; 3. 7-Vance Lorenz[4]; 4. 15-Nathan Kenaston[6]; 5. 333-Travis Long[3]; 6. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[5]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[7]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11*-Robert Petroff[3]; 2. 21JR-Caden Craver[6]; 3. 79-Dalton Stephenson[5]; 4. 66S-Patrick Salway[9]; 5. 45T-Conner Carter[7]; 6. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[4]; 7. B33R-Matt Riesinger[8]; 8. (DNF) 22C-Jeremy Castro[1]; 9. (DNF) 62-Dylan Stephenson[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22C-Jeremy Castro[2]; 2. 11*-Robert Petroff[3]; 3. 79-Dalton Stephenson[1]; 4. 62-Dylan Stephenson[6]; 5. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[8]; 6. 21JR-Caden Craver[9]; 7. 45T-Conner Carter[4]; 8. B33R-Matt Riesinger[7]; 9. 66S-Patrick Salway[5]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Cory Craver[1]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[6]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[8]; 4. 57-Jason George[10]; 5. 28C-Austin Caruthers[4]; 6. 2-Rod Lorenz[3]; 7. 71-Byran Bettcher[2]; 8. 550K-Kyle Anton[5]; 9. (DNF) 46-Bert Beech[7]; 10. (DNF) 81-Don Hildebrandt[11]; 11. (DNF) 21A-Destri Adams[12]; 12. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Bert Beech[2]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[1]; 3. 21-Cory Craver[6]; 4. 550K-Kyle Anton[4]; 5. 20-Brady Lorenz[3]; 6. 81-Don Hildebrandt[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Byran Bettcher[1]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[2]; 3. 57-Jason George[3]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[4]; 5. 28C-Austin Caruthers[5]; 6. (DNS) 21A-Destri Adams

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[1]; 2. 13-Chas Matye[4]; 3. 007-Brady Sherburn[23]; 4. 26-Lane Owens[6]; 5. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[7]; 6. 11-Anthony Whiteman[9]; 7. 82-Jim Garretson[10]; 8. 26S-David Speck[19]; 9. 24W-Wesley Smith[15]; 10. 8K-Kane Krueger[21]; 11. 008-Darren Pulver[17]; 12. 43J-Joel Niebeling[25]; 13. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[11]; 14. 4K-Hayden Kolstad[22]; 15. 33-Jonathan Morgan[24]; 16. (DNF) 8-Sam Ogden[18]; 17. (DNF) 28-Bekah Ibach[20]; 18. (DNF) 58-Cody Cassiday[5]; 19. (DNF) 2-Marc Hammond[12]; 20. (DNF) 22-Cassie Hudson[8]; 21. (DNF) 94-Joe Hudson[2]; 22. (DNF) 95-Brooklyn Lorenz[13]; 23. (DNF) 43-Rick Ontiveros[16]; 24. (DNF) 63-Daytona Smith[14]; 25. (DNF) 18CJ-cody poll[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[4]; 2. 11-Anthony Whiteman[1]; 3. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[6]; 4. 94-Joe Hudson[7]; 5. 95-Brooklyn Lorenz[3]; 6. 43-Rick Ontiveros[9]; 7. 26S-David Speck[8]; 8. 4K-Hayden Kolstad[5]; 9. (DNF) 43J-Joel Niebeling[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18CJ-cody poll[2]; 2. 13-Chas Matye[4]; 3. 2-Marc Hammond[1]; 4. 82-Jim Garretson[5]; 5. 63-Daytona Smith[6]; 6. 008-Darren Pulver[7]; 7. 28-Bekah Ibach[8]; 8. (DNF) 007-Brady Sherburn[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Cody Cassiday[7]; 2. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[2]; 3. 26-Lane Owens[4]; 4. 22-Cassie Hudson[3]; 5. 24W-Wesley Smith[8]; 6. 8-Sam Ogden[6]; 7. 8K-Kane Krueger[5]; 8. (DNS) 33-Jonathan Morgan