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Mass scores win in Late Model headliner at Ogilvie Saturday, along with feature toppers Sabraski, Kostreba, Smith, Ekdahl and Jenson

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (May 3) - An impressive field of drivers checked in Saturday night at Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway for a night of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action.

Winners included Dave Mass, Shane Sabraski, Ryan Kostreba, Tony Jenson, Jake Smith and Jeff Ekdahl.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were 42 drivers strong prior to heat race action, with only 24 spots in the starting feature grid available. Jake Smith pulled away early as the feature began, with Jake Hagemann, Landyn Randt and Joey Jensen in a battle for second. Drivers in the top five behind Smith remained close for second as laps went by, until Randt secured the spot.

Smith had begun to weave his way through lapped traffic before a caution fell with three to go. He was in command on the restart, with Jensen and Randt to his rear. Smith led those final laps and took the win with Joey Jensen, Landyn Randt, Wyatt Boyum and David Swearingen in the top five.

Following a lap-one caution in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Levi Randt took command out front. Jeff Ekdahl was second and chased after Randt’s No. 11. Ekdahl was all over Randt as they pulled away from the pack and remained close. Ekdahl worked the low groove and high groove, however the young driver was able to hold the advantage.

With the final laps in sight, they remained close, but as the race came to its conclusion, Randt clipped a track tire and Jeff Ekdahl shot by for the win. Tommy Pogones, Braedyn Fleck, Rachel Boston and Darren Wolframe completed the top five.

Skeeter Estey and Shane Sabraski brought the WISSOTA Modifieds to the green and Sabraski sped off with the lead. Estey and Ryan Gierke battled for second while Sabraski stretched his lead out front. Drivers settled into positions until the yellow appeared. Sabraski’s three-second advantage was gone as the drivers were regrouped.

Back under green Sabraski remained in the lead, Gierke was second, and the rest of the lead pack was three and nearly four wide for positions. Gierke remained glued to Sabraski’s door and with two laps to go provided a signficant challenge — before Sabraski pulled away and another caution was triggered.

The green, white, checkered restart was a thriller as Sabraski, Gierke, Jeremy Nelson and Landon Atkinson entered the first turn four-wide. Gierke dropped to fourth, as Sabraski, Nelson and Atkinson remained three wide for the final lap and it was a shootout to the finish. Sabraski pulled off the win followed by Nelson, Atkinson, Eric Lamm and Travis Schulte in the top five.

The WISSOTA Hornets followed the Modifieds, and had a similar thrilling finish. Travis Bruns and Adam Throener brought the racers to green, joined by Brendan Bockwitz and Bobie Arnes in a four-wide battle for the lead from the start. Arnes pulled away and established a good advantage as Tony Jenson moved his way to second. Jenson quickly closed the gap to Arnes and with just a few laps to go, the drivers were door to door. As the white was raised, Arnes was in the lead by .003 seconds, but when the checkered flag flew, the margin of difference was .036 seconds, and Tony Jenson got the exciting win. Arnes settled for second with Brady Fosso, Randy Jacoboski and Bockwitz in the top five.

Dave Mass and Don Shaw took the WISSOTA Late Models to the green flag, and Shaw sped into the lead. Mass held second with Kyle Peterlin in third. Peterlin raced alongside Mass in a challenge for second before the yellow flag flew.

Shaw remained in command as the race resumed, with Mass and Peterlin making the battle three-wide. Peterlin backed out of the challenge, which allowed Billy Kendall to grab third. Mass kept close to Shaw and was able to edge out into the lead as one final caution slowed the drivers. Mass had Kendall and Tyler Peterson chasing him during the final laps, but Mass was undeterred and drove on for the victory. Tyler Peterson, Billy Kendall, Josh Zimpel and Kyle Peterlin were top-five finishers.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks wrapped up the night’s events, with Ryan Kostreba and Travis Scott leading the way. As the drivers wrapped up lap one, Sabraski claimed the top spot. Kostreba was close by, however, and sped past the No. 7a. The top two drivers began to put others down a lap as a caution occurred.

Kostreba pulled away from his competition when the race resumed, and laps passed by without issue. Kostreba handled lapped traffic in the closing laps with ease and took this No. 17 Super Stock to victory lane. Sabraski settled for second with Dexton Koch, Russell Kostreba and Denis Czech in the top five.

Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway will be back in action next Saturday for another great shootout. Racing will resume at 6:30 p.m. and Late Models will have the night off.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[7]; 3. 99-Billy Kendall[4]; 4. 5-Josh Zimpel[5]; 5. 23-Kyle Peterlin[6]; 6. 30-Kevin Burdick[13]; 7. 11-James Giossi[12]; 8. 7A-Shane Sabraski[10]; 9. 42S-Don Shaw[2]; 10. 7C-Jim Carlson[17]; 11. 15-Devin Fouquette[14]; 12. 44*-Cole Schill[9]; 13. 27-Jared Zimpel[11]; 14. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[16]; 15. 15X-Blake Boelens[20]; 16. 7-Harry Hanson[3]; 17. 4-Cory Bruggeman[21]; 18. 133-Jon Starnes[22]; 19. (DNF) 47-Danny Vang[18]; 20. (DNF) 06-Jeremy Nelson[8]; 21. (DNF) 37X-Skeeter Estey[15]; 22. (DNF) 19-Steve Laursen[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Josh Zimpel[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 7-Harry Hanson[2]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 5. 30-Kevin Burdick[6]; 6. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[4]; 7. 19-Steve Laursen[5]; 8. 133-Jon Starnes[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[2]; 2. 06-Jeremy Nelson[6]; 3. 99-Billy Kendall[4]; 4. 27-Jared Zimpel[1]; 5. 15-Devin Fouquette[5]; 6. 7C-Jim Carlson[7]; 7. 15X-Blake Boelens[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42S-Don Shaw[2]; 2. 44*-Cole Schill[1]; 3. 23-Kyle Peterlin[3]; 4. 11-James Giossi[4]; 5. 37X-Skeeter Estey[5]; 6. 47-Danny Vang[6]; 7. 4-Cory Bruggeman[7]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 2. 06-Jeremy Nelson[3]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson[5]; 4. 88-Eric Lamm[7]; 5. 3T-Travis Schulte[6]; 6. 26G-Ryan Gierke[4]; 7. 6T-Joseph Thomas[10]; 8. 2C-Dave Cain[12]; 9. 21X-Travis Saurer[16]; 10. 89JR-JT Johnson[18]; 11. 37X-Skeeter Estey[1]; 12. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[9]; 13. 112-Brennan Gave[17]; 14. 17B-Zach Benson[15]; 15. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[19]; 16. 22-Tyler Kintner[11]; 17. 11JR-Andrew Inman[20]; 18. 7-Bryce Borgen[13]; 19. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[8]; 20. 10H-Nate Heinrich[14]; 21. (DNF) 05-Mark Prueser[21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey[1]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 3. 3T-Travis Schulte[6]; 4. 6T-Joseph Thomas[4]; 5. 7-Bryce Borgen[2]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer[7]; 7. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 06-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 2. 88-Eric Lamm[4]; 3. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[5]; 4. 22-Tyler Kintner[1]; 5. 10H-Nate Heinrich[3]; 6. 112-Brennan Gave[6]; 7. 11JR-Andrew Inman[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson[2]; 2. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 3. 26G-Ryan Gierke[1]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[5]; 5. 17B-Zach Benson[4]; 6. 89JR-JT Johnson[6]; 7. 05-Mark Prueser[7]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 17-Ryan Kostreba[1]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 3. 78K-Dexton Koch[14]; 4. 14-Russell Kostreba[7]; 5. 2-Denis Czech[10]; 6. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[6]; 7. 19X-James Trantina III[20]; 8. 46-Dustin Nelson[12]; 9. 21-Joey Jensen[19]; 10. 71X-Travis Scott[2]; 11. 32-Max Nelson[9]; 12. 17L-Mike Loomis[8]; 13. 00-Jason Hobbs[16]; 14. 44-Kris Peterson[3]; 15. 10X-Josh Schmidt[11]; 16. B61-Kyle Buffington[18]; 17. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[17]; 18. (DNF) 33-Austin Niemeyer[5]; 19. (DNF) 28*-Bailey Rosch[13]; 20. (DNF) 42-Jake Luark[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Russell Kostreba[1]; 2. 71X-Travis Scott[2]; 3. 44-Kris Peterson[3]; 4. 17L-Mike Loomis[6]; 5. 32-Max Nelson[8]; 6. 10X-Josh Schmidt[4]; 7. 28*-Bailey Rosch[9]; 8. 42-Jake Luark[10]; 9. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[7]; 10. (DNF) 21-Joey Jensen[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Niemeyer[2]; 2. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[4]; 3. 17-Ryan Kostreba[3]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 5. 2-Denis Czech[6]; 6. 46-Dustin Nelson[5]; 7. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 8. 00-Jason Hobbs[1]; 9. B61-Kyle Buffington[10]; 10. (DNF) 19X-James Trantina III[9]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21S-Jake Smith[2]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[4]; 3. 11R-Landyn Randt[6]; 4. 21-Wyatt Boyum[16]; 5. 5-David Swearingen[8]; 6. 19X-James Trantina III[11]; 7. 33-Jake Hagemann[1]; 8. 23-Mitch Weiss[3]; 9. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[13]; 10. 15M-Kris Macko[12]; 11. 85-Jamie Davis[7]; 12. 16-Ryan Savoy[24]; 13. 17-Ashley Boyum[19]; 14. 23N-Dustin Nelson[17]; 15. 980-Kaden Woodie[21]; 16. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[9]; 17. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[20]; 18. 46-Ryan Putnam[10]; 19. 13-Tate Kostreba[23]; 20. 4W-Joey Wagamon[14]; 21. 3P-David Pixley[15]; 22. 23B-Charles Bistodeau[22]; 23. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[18]; 24. (DNF) 33C-Cole Boston[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Boston[1]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[3]; 3. 19X-James Trantina III[2]; 4. 21-Wyatt Boyum[7]; 5. 18E-Luke Erlandson[6]; 6. 15-Sam Blevins[8]; 7. 24T-Liz Toepper[5]; 8. H2O-Nic Hiles[9]; 9. (DNF) M-Kevin Yeager[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[8]; 2. 85-Jamie Davis[2]; 3. 15M-Kris Macko[1]; 4. 23N-Dustin Nelson[5]; 5. 23B-Charles Bistodeau[4]; 6. 9W-Hunter Weeks[7]; 7. 8-Jon Carlson[6]; 8. (DNF) 16-Ryan Savoy[3]; 9. (DNF) 23A-Gavin Anderson[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jake Hagemann[2]; 2. 5-David Swearingen[5]; 3. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[6]; 4. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[4]; 5. 13-Tate Kostreba[1]; 6. 22-Chad VanDuker[3]; 7. 11-Ashton Schulte[8]; 8. 24-Cole Elton[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 21S-Jake Smith[1]; 2. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[4]; 3. 4W-Joey Wagamon[2]; 4. 17-Ashley Boyum[7]; 5. 88T-Jacob Toepper[3]; 6. F5-Chad Fouquette[8]; 7. 27X-Andy Miskowic[6]; 8. 21R-Ross Siiter[5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Mitch Weiss[3]; 2. 46-Ryan Putnam[4]; 3. 3P-David Pixley[2]; 4. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[1]; 5. 980-Kaden Woodie[7]; 6. 69-Justin Bassa[8]; 7. 2D-Jonathan Dulas[5]; 8. (DNF) 10M-Noah McFarlane[6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 980-Kaden Woodie[3]; 2. 13-Tate Kostreba[2]; 3. 11-Ashton Schulte[7]; 4. F5-Chad Fouquette[5]; 5. 24T-Liz Toepper[6]; 6. 10M-Noah McFarlane[10]; 7. 21R-Ross Siiter[9]; 8. 9W-Hunter Weeks[4]; 9. 2D-Jonathan Dulas[8]; 10. H2O-Nic Hiles[11]; 11. (DNF) 18E-Luke Erlandson[1]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 23B-Charles Bistodeau[1]; 2. 16-Ryan Savoy[9]; 3. 27X-Andy Miskowic[7]; 4. 88T-Jacob Toepper[2]; 5. M-Kevin Yeager[10]; 6. 22-Chad VanDuker[4]; 7. 15-Sam Blevins[3]; 8. 69-Justin Bassa[5]; 9. 23A-Gavin Anderson[11]; 10. (DNF) 8-Jon Carlson[6]; 11. (DNS) 24-Cole Elton

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[4]; 2. 04-Tommy Pogones[6]; 3. 76-Braedyn Fleck[2]; 4. 17B-Rachel Boston[11]; 5. 96W-Darren Wolframe[10]; 6. 11-Levi Randt[1]; 7. 19C-Charlie Shiek[7]; 8. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[9]; 9. 27-Trent Keller[12]; 10. 7S-Bill Stettner[13]; 11. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[14]; 12. (DNF) 3-Austin Hamre[8]; 13. (DNF) 18-Scotty Messner[5]; 14. (DNF) 111-Keith Tourville[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[1]; 2. 76-Braedyn Fleck[3]; 3. 04-Tommy Pogones[5]; 4. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[6]; 5. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[4]; 6. 17B-Rachel Boston[7]; 7. 7S-Bill Stettner[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 111-Keith Tourville[4]; 2. 18-Scotty Messner[1]; 3. 3-Austin Hamre[6]; 4. 19C-Charlie Shiek[3]; 5. 96W-Darren Wolframe[2]; 6. 27-Trent Keller[7]; 7. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[5]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[5]; 2. 94A-Bobie Arnes[4]; 3. 27X-Brady Fosso[1]; 4. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[8]; 5. 44-Brendan Bockwitz[3]; 6. 27-Travis Bruns[6]; 7. 8X-Adam Throener[2]; 8. 03-Christian Kast[7]; 9. R20-Riley Terry[10]; 10. 69K-Nathaniel Kinne[11]; 11. 32-Alexis Reynolds[12]; 12. 60M-Jerry Adams[13]; 13. (DNF) 34-Selena Owen[9]; 14. (DNF) 7JJ-JJ Morton[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 94A-Bobie Arnes[5]; 2. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[1]; 3. 27-Travis Bruns[3]; 4. 03-Christian Kast[6]; 5. 34-Selena Owen[2]; 6. 69K-Nathaniel Kinne[7]; 7. 60M-Jerry Adams[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[1]; 2. 27X-Brady Fosso[7]; 3. 8X-Adam Throener[3]; 4. 44-Brendan Bockwitz[2]; 5. R20-Riley Terry[6]; 6. 32-Alexis Reynolds[5]; 7. (DNF) 7JJ-JJ Morton[4]