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Koski claims first-ever Midwest Mod win at Hibbing while Smith stops Pure Stocks cold and Penney stings Hornets

HIBBING, MN (June 13) - Keith Koski broke through for his first-ever WISSOTA Midwest Modified victory Saturday at Hibbing Speedway, to highlight WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action at the Iron Range track.

Other winners in WISSOTA-sanctioned action included Jake Smith in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks and Nathan Penney in the WISSOTA Hornets.

Koski started on the pole and took full advantage, grabbing his first-ever win in the Midwest Mods ahead of Garrett Paull, who picked his way to second from sixth. Mikey Blevins, Sam Blevins and Alex O’Dell completed the top five.

Jake Smith took the lead around the halfway point of the Pure Stock feature and drove to a 1.5-plus second advantage at the finish ahead of Kade Leeper in second. Austin Carlson, Mason Smith and Dylan Elhardt completed the top five.

Penney worked his way forward from the eighth starting spot to take the lead and garner the eventual win in the Hornets. He was chased to the checkered flag by Zeb Graves, Tucker Smith, Ryker Larson and Nick Ruzich in the top five.

Victor Westerlund won from the pole in the track’s Crown Vic class.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 76-Keith Koski[1]; 2. 16-Garrett Paull[6]; 3. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[4]; 4. 15-Sam Blevins[8]; 5. 12A-Alex O'Dell[2]; 6. 91-Andy Davey[5]; 7. 41-Austin McClellan[13]; 8. 14G-Brant Gruba[3]; 9. 33L-Cejay LaValley[12]; 10. 7A-Eric Anderson[7]; 11. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[10]; 12. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[20]; 13. 22-Chad VanDuker[15]; 14. 20-Matthew Anderson[9]; 15. 68G-Eric Gruba[18]; 16. 03-Jami Oshust[16]; 17. 12K-Shane Kotnik[19]; 18. 188-Ian Vanvickle[14]; 19. (DNF) 13X-Frank Paolo[11]; 20. (DNS) 2-Dan Tocheri

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Andy Davey[1]; 2. 7A-Eric Anderson[6]; 3. 15-Sam Blevins[4]; 4. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[3]; 5. 41-Austin McClellan[5]; 6. 03-Jami Oshust[2]; 7. 12K-Shane Kotnik[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[2]; 2. 14G-Brant Gruba[4]; 3. 20-Matthew Anderson[3]; 4. 13X-Frank Paolo[1]; 5. 188-Ian Vanvickle[7]; 6. 2-Dan Tocheri[6]; 7. (DNF) 10-Michael Blevins Sr[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Garrett Paull[2]; 2. 76-Keith Koski[1]; 3. 12A-Alex O'Dell[4]; 4. 33L-Cejay LaValley[3]; 5. 22-Chad VanDuker[6]; 6. 68G-Eric Gruba[5]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 2X-Nathan Penney[8]; 2. 31-Zeb Graves[2]; 3. 11-Tucker Smith[1]; 4. 81R-Ryker Larson[7]; 5. 9-Nick Ruzich[3]; 6. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[6]; 7. 25K-McKenna Folstad[5]; 8. 74-Jacob Petrich[9]; 9. 96-Trenton Beel[16]; 10. 34EH-Selena Owen[12]; 11. 22-Paige Kintner[10]; 12. 78JR-Robert Morse[13]; 13. 01A-Austin Morris[11]; 14. 218-Astion Schelde[14]; 15. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[15]; 16. (DNF) 27-Brady Fosso[4]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 2X-Nathan Penney[2]; 2. 27-Brady Fosso[1]; 3. 9-Nick Ruzich[5]; 4. 81R-Ryker Larson[8]; 5. 74-Jacob Petrich[3]; 6. 01A-Austin Morris[7]; 7. 78JR-Robert Morse[6]; 8. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 25K-McKenna Folstad[3]; 2. 11-Tucker Smith[2]; 3. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[6]; 4. 31-Zeb Graves[8]; 5. 22-Paige Kintner[5]; 6. 34EH-Selena Owen[7]; 7. 218-Astion Schelde[4]; 8. (DNF) 96-Trenton Beel[1]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[3]; 2. 3-Kade Leeper[1]; 3. 57-Austin Carlson[2]; 4. 21-Mason Smith[8]; 5. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[4]; 6. 88-Chad Puschinsky[6]; 7. 88B-Brandon Puschinsky[5]; 8. 16-Jenny Smith[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[3]; 2. 57-Austin Carlson[8]; 3. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[6]; 4. 3-Kade Leeper[2]; 5. 88B-Brandon Puschinsky[1]; 6. 88-Chad Puschinsky[4]; 7. 16-Jenny Smith[7]; 8. 21-Mason Smith[5]

Crown Vics:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78-Victor Westerlund[1]; 2. 07H-Hunter Morris[3]; 3. 10JR-Michael Blevins Sr[8]; 4. 99SR-Dustin Hammer[2]; 5. 31B-Brody Burt[5]; 6. 99JR-Logan Hammer[4]; 7. 60M-Bruce Peterson[6]; 8. (DNS) 15A-Aidan Elhardt

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 07H-Hunter Morris[3]; 2. 78-Victor Westerlund[7]; 3. 99SR-Dustin Hammer[5]; 4. 10JR-Michael Blevins Sr[8]; 5. 99JR-Logan Hammer[4]; 6. 31B-Brody Burt[6]; 7. 60M-Bruce Peterson[2]; 8. (DNF) 15A-Aidan Elhardt[1]