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Gerdes, Lund, Randt, Dykhoff and Albertson post “prelude” night wins at I-94 the night before planned King Of Dirt

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (June 6) - Back in 2010, I-94 Speedway decided host a special in honor of former owner Dick Johanneck, creating the King of Dirt special complete with a throne and crown. Racers and fans have really enjoyed it over the years. Now, 15 years later, the track continues to host the special weekend and Friday’s program included six classes of cars, with 128 entrants on hand for action. The DRC Street Stock Tour was also part of the program.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Brady Gerdes, William Lund, Landyn Randt, Kyle Dykhoff and Brady Albertson.

Surprisingly, the largest car count came from the WISSOTA Modifieds. A very strong field of 29 cars hit the track for what became an entertaining feature. Early on Travis Saurer and Gerdes fought side by side, with Saurer taking the early lead. Close behind were Shane Sabraski and Don Eischens, also in a hard battle for top-five positions. Though it looked like Saurer had it won, a couple cautions reset the field and Gerdes retook the lead. Eischens was all over him, and Sabraski and Ryan Gierke closed in as well. Late in the race Lucas Rodin joined the fun and it was total chaos. Gerdes edged Eischens for the win, with Sabraski close in third. Dusty Bitzan charged from 20th to finish fourth in the wild race, as Rodin finished fifth.

The Dirt Race Central WISSOTA Street Stock Tour also had a great field of 28 cars, with a 24-car starting field. Justin Vogel and Eric Riley sat on the front row and led the field to green. Three laps into the 25-lapper, Kyle Dykhoff took over the lead, with Nick Traynor close in second. Two laps later Traynor had tough luck as he broke and headed to the pits.

With Dykhoff still out front, the battle for second was very intense as Vogel, Riley and Andrew Hanson went back and forth the rest of the race. Dykhoff grabbed his third straight series win followed by Riley, Hanson, Vogel and 21st-starter Jeff Ekdahl in fifth.

The WISSOTA Midwest Mods brought in a strong field of 25 cars for a 20-lap battle, with Matt Schow taking charge early. Four laps into the race he broke and retired to the pits. Lucas Rodin took charge out front and looked very strong for the next six laps, before Landyn Randt came flying up to steal the lead and open up a nice cushion. Behind him, Rodin and Ron Saurer went back and forth for second, and it was not long before 16th-starter Reise Stenberg moved into third. He caught a tire coming off turn four, however, and spun, relegating him to the tail of the field.

Out front, Randt drove a great race for the win followed by Rodin. Stenberg charged through the field to finish third with Haley Dykhoff grabbing a solid fourth. Saurer was fifth.

It was fun having the WISSOTA Super Stocks back again Friday. William Lund grabbed the lead from his front-row starting spot with Sabraski right on his rear bumper. Lund drove a perfect race to get the win, followed by Sabraski, with a very impressive Tommy Bawden finishing third. Shawn Fernkes and Ryan Satter completed the top five.

Brady Albertson charged from his seventh starting spot to take the lead early and drove to the WISSOTA Hornet victory ahead of Hunter Goulet, Lincoln Miller, Travis Bruns and Ayden Muchow in the top five.

Ben Wolden took home his second-straight win in the Gen X Late Models, while the young and talented Parker Gilbertson was second ahead of Trevor Walsh and Rick Schroeder in a very good race.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2X-Brady Gerdes[1]; 2. 9E-Don Eischens[5]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 4. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[20]; 5. 19-Lucas Rodin[9]; 6. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[6]; 7. 10H-Nate Heinrich[7]; 8. 21X-Travis Saurer[2]; 9. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[8]; 10. 6SL-Seth Brede[16]; 11. 51-Avery Anderson[29]; 12. 24-Brandon Dolman[12]; 13. 10W-Ward Imrie[19]; 14. 5H-Brett Hoium[22]; 15. 51T-Josh Thoennes[18]; 16. 18-Taylor Garberich[14]; 17. 2GT-Troy Girolamo[24]; 18. 81-Jordan Duray[17]; 19. 8Y-Bill Yonke[26]; 20. 11X-Austin Chyba[21]; 21. (DNF) 26G-Ryan Gierke[3]; 22. (DNF) 51TT-Talan Thoennes[23]; 23. (DNF) 2G-Brock Gronwold[11]; 24. (DNF) 88-Tanner Williamson[13]; 25. (DNF) 6T-Joseph Thomas[10]; 26. (DNF) 52-Jason Thoennes[15]; 27. (DNS) 18A-Landon Atkinson; 28. (DNS) 7-Bryce Borgen; 29. (DNS) 6X-Bryce Sward

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[2]; 2. 9E-Don Eischens[3]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[4]; 4. 88-Tanner Williamson[1]; 5. 81-Jordan Duray[6]; 6. 11X-Austin Chyba[7]; 7. 2GT-Troy Girolamo[8]; 8. (DNF) 51-Avery Anderson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Brady Gerdes[2]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 3. 6T-Joseph Thomas[4]; 4. 18-Taylor Garberich[1]; 5. 51T-Josh Thoennes[7]; 6. 5H-Brett Hoium[5]; 7. (DNF) 8Y-Bill Yonke[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10H-Nate Heinrich[1]; 2. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[4]; 3. 2G-Brock Gronwold[3]; 4. 52-Jason Thoennes[7]; 5. 10W-Ward Imrie[6]; 6. (DNF) 18A-Landon Atkinson[5]; 7. (DNF) 7-Bryce Borgen[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[3]; 3. 24-Brandon Dolman[1]; 4. 6SL-Seth Brede[4]; 5. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[7]; 6. 51TT-Talan Thoennes[6]; 7. (DNF) 6X-Bryce Sward[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 54-William Lund[2]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 3. TB81-Tommy Bawden[1]; 4. 99-Shawn Fernkes[6]; 5. 67-Ryan Satter[7]; 6. 71-Trevor Nelson[5]; 7. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[8]; 8. 71X-Travis Scott[4]; 9. 28*-Bailey Rosch[9]; 10. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[10]; 11. 81X-Matt Sparby[11]; 12. 711-Kenneth Clements[13]; 13. (DQ) 40-Ellen Lange[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Trevor Nelson[1]; 2. 9K-Kolby Kiehl[2]; 3. 99-Shawn Fernkes[6]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 5. 28*-Bailey Rosch[4]; 6. 81X-Matt Sparby[7]; 7. 711-Kenneth Clements[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54-William Lund[1]; 2. TB81-Tommy Bawden[2]; 3. 71X-Travis Scott[3]; 4. 67-Ryan Satter[4]; 5. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[6]; 6. 40-Ellen Lange[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[6]; 2. 19R-Lucas Rodin[1]; 3. 87S-Reise Stenberg[16]; 4. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[7]; 5. 42-Ron Saurer[4]; 6. 57-Corey Storck[5]; 7. 69R-Terry Reilly[3]; 8. 13-Scott Oeltjen[19]; 9. 28-Tommy Nichols[17]; 10. 28K-Nick Preston[9]; 11. 71-Nate Reinke[8]; 12. X-Tucker Jacobson[11]; 13. 10M-Noah McFarlane[15]; 14. 21Z-Zach Kort[20]; 15. 19-Dalton Kruger[12]; 16. 52-Maddie Swenson[18]; 17. 13K-Brad King[21]; 18. 75JR-Jacob Karch[24]; 19. 82G-Chad Gronner[22]; 20. (DNF) 81K-Casey Knabe[13]; 21. (DNF) 15-Andrew DeNoble[23]; 22. (DNF) 12X-Jamie Norman[10]; 23. (DNF) 18X-Connor Drewry[14]; 24. (DNF) 2S-Matt Schow[2]; 25. (DNS) 28S-Blayne Sweet

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Corey Storck[1]; 2. 42-Ron Saurer[2]; 3. 71-Nate Reinke[8]; 4. 12X-Jamie Norman[4]; 5. 81K-Casey Knabe[3]; 6. 87S-Reise Stenberg[7]; 7. 13-Scott Oeltjen[5]; 8. 82G-Chad Gronner[6]; 9. (DNS) 28S-Blayne Sweet

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[1]; 2. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[3]; 3. 2S-Matt Schow[5]; 4. X-Tucker Jacobson[2]; 5. 18X-Connor Drewry[6]; 6. 28-Tommy Nichols[8]; 7. 21Z-Zach Kort[4]; 8. 15-Andrew DeNoble[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 69R-Terry Reilly[3]; 2. 28K-Nick Preston[1]; 3. 19R-Lucas Rodin[4]; 4. 19-Dalton Kruger[8]; 5. 10M-Noah McFarlane[6]; 6. 52-Maddie Swenson[2]; 7. 13K-Brad King[5]; 8. 75JR-Jacob Karch[7]; 9. (DNF) 28S-Blayne Sweet[9]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[6]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[1]; 3. 20-Andrew Hanson[3]; 4. 10V-Justin Vogel[2]; 5. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[21]; 6. 19H-Hunter Carter[16]; 7. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[8]; 8. 2K-Tyler Klugman[13]; 9. 17-Nick Shumansky[22]; 10. 24-Ashley Wampler[10]; 11. 5-Royce Jawaski[5]; 12. 52-Joe Arndt[14]; 13. 27J-Jordan Johnson[12]; 14. 30B-Wade Bergerud[17]; 15. 44-Dylan Arndt[15]; 16. 16-Greg Platzer[19]; 17. 78-Josh Lawson[18]; 18. (DNF) 80-Tony Miller[20]; 19. (DNF) 35S-Kegan Stueve[7]; 20. (DNF) 11-Levi Randt[9]; 21. (DNF) 40-Nick Traynor[4]; 22. (DNF) 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[23]; 23. (DNF) 5F-Mike Flickinger[24]; 24. (DNF) 18J-Justin Peterson[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[4]; 2. 35S-Kegan Stueve[2]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[6]; 4. 2K-Tyler Klugman[3]; 5. 30B-Wade Bergerud[1]; 6. 8-Kolby Kiehl[5]; 7. 57-Jason Fechtner[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10V-Justin Vogel[2]; 2. 5-Royce Jawaski[3]; 3. 24-Ashley Wampler[6]; 4. 52-Joe Arndt[7]; 5. 78-Josh Lawson[5]; 6. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[4]; 7. (DNF) 12-Kammron Rose[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[5]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[6]; 3. 18J-Justin Peterson[4]; 4. 44-Dylan Arndt[1]; 5. 16-Greg Platzer[3]; 6. 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[7]; 7. 17-Nick Shumansky[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Andrew Hanson[3]; 2. 40-Nick Traynor[6]; 3. 27J-Jordan Johnson[4]; 4. 19H-Hunter Carter[5]; 5. 80-Tony Miller[2]; 6. 5F-Mike Flickinger[1]; 7. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[7]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[8]; 2. 17-Nick Shumansky[6]; 3. 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[3]; 4. 5F-Mike Flickinger[4]; 5. (DNF) 12-Kammron Rose[7]; 6. (DNF) 8-Kolby Kiehl[1]; 7. (DNF) 12S-Joshua Schroeder[2]; 8. (DNF) 57-Jason Fechtner[5]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 16-Brady Albertson[7]; 2. 701-Hunter Goulet[4]; 3. 988L-Lincoln Miller[6]; 4. 27-Travis Bruns[11]; 5. 988A-Ayden Muchow[3]; 6. 03-Christian Kast[5]; 7. 42E-Eli Green[10]; 8. 988E-Emma Nelson[12]; 9. 80K-Nathan Kelley[1]; 10. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[13]; 11. 08-Jeff Rohner[8]; 12. (DNF) 18K-Wayne Preston[9]; 13. (DNS) 1776-Nick Shirley

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 701-Hunter Goulet[7]; 2. 08-Jeff Rohner[6]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[4]; 4. 988A-Ayden Muchow[2]; 5. 18K-Wayne Preston[1]; 6. 27-Travis Bruns[3]; 7. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Brady Albertson[2]; 2. 988L-Lincoln Miller[1]; 3. 1776-Nick Shirley[3]; 4. 80K-Nathan Kelley[4]; 5. 42E-Eli Green[5]; 6. 988E-Emma Nelson[6]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[2]; 2. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[1]; 3. 15-Trevor Walsh[6]; 4. 7-Rick Schroeder[3]; 5. 27-Jarrett Huus[5]; 6. 8-Matthew Larson[7]; 7. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[10]; 8. 89-Kris Wilke[4]; 9. 33-Jeff Nelson[8]; 10. 66-Dave Mass[11]; 11. 01-Alex Tschakert[14]; 12. 11*-Larry Samuelson[9]; 13. 2Q-Derek Quinn[18]; 14. 18A-Mike Anderson[13]; 15. 1M-Jon McCain[17]; 16. 0-Shawn Beto[15]; 17. 3H-Jerry Hauge[12]; 18. (DNF) 00-Kevin Youngquist[16]; 19. (DNF) 49-Andrew Tysdal[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Rick Schroeder[4]; 2. 8-Matthew Larson[6]; 3. 15-Trevor Walsh[3]; 4. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[5]; 5. 18A-Mike Anderson[2]; 6. 0-Shawn Beto[1]; 7. 1M-Jon McCain[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[4]; 2. 89-Kris Wilke[2]; 3. 27-Jarrett Huus[3]; 4. 66-Dave Mass[5]; 5. 01-Alex Tschakert[6]; 6. 00-Kevin Youngquist[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[1]; 2. 33-Jeff Nelson[3]; 3. 11*-Larry Samuelson[4]; 4. 3H-Jerry Hauge[2]; 5. (DNF) 2Q-Derek Quinn[5]; 6. (DNF) 49-Andrew Tysdal[6]