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Stephenson scores first-career win in Streets and Leiker rolls over field of 30 Mid Mods at Big Sky

BILLINGS, MT (June 13) - The Mountain States Mod Tour kicked off Friday night at Big Sky Speedway, the first night of a weekend doubleheader at the oval. Troy Leiker topped the field of Midwest Mods to continue his early-season hot streak, while Dalton Stephenson cracked into victory lane for the first time in the Street Stock ranks.

Leiker reigned supreme over the 30 other entrants in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified division. He started the race in the second row and chased Jeremy Meirhofer in the first half of the 25-lap race. Leiker made the winning move near the crossed flags, and maintained the point to the checkered flag for the feature win. Mario Berger outdueled Meirhofer in the second half of the race to secure second with Meirhofer third, Tony Leiker fourth and 18th-starter Justin Elmer fifth.

Dalton Stephenson raced to his first-career feature win in the WISSOTA Street Stocks. A rookie in the division, he started on the front row, slipped back slightly, and regained the lead early before cruising the victory lane for the first time. Dylan Stephenson finished 3.5 seconds back in the runner-up position, with Anthony Cacace third, Matt Riesinger fourth and Darryn Waldo fifth.

In IMCA Modified action, Kenny Schrader raced to another checkered flag in his illustrious career. Joey Price, Kinzer McCord, Bart Taylor and Jeremy Meirhofer rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[3]; 2. 73-Mario Berger[4]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[2]; 4. 18-Tony Leiker[1]; 5. 4E-Justin Elmer[18]; 6. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[10]; 7. X3-Shawn Reed[6]; 8. 4-Darin Hauff[9]; 9. 7-Vance Lorenz[11]; 10. 25-Justin Will[8]; 11. 31-Scott Hansen[5]; 12. 81-Jake Bosch[7]; 13. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[15]; 14. 65-Cory Wilder[20]; 15. 2-Rod Lorenz[17]; 16. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[19]; 17. 20S-Shay Evig[16]; 18. 27-Chandler Ingle[24]; 19. (DNF) 369-Bart Taylor[13]; 20. (DNF) 94R-Ryan Nash[22]; 21. (DNF) 15-Nathan Kenaston[12]; 22. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[23]; 23. (DNF) 29-Ty Miller[14]; 24. (DNF) 9K-Spencer Krueger[21]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[5]; 2. 31-Scott Hansen[3]; 3. 4-Darin Hauff[4]; 4. 369-Bart Taylor[6]; 5. 65-Cory Wilder[1]; 6. 2-Rod Lorenz[8]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[7]; 8. 9K-Spencer Krueger[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[2]; 2. 25-Justin Will[1]; 3. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[6]; 4. 29-Ty Miller[4]; 5. 32-Justin Stoner[5]; 6. 28-Dawson Stoner[8]; 7. 24-Ronn Green[7]; 8. (DNF) 22-Troy Cepak Jr[3]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[2]; 2. X3-Shawn Reed[4]; 3. 7-Vance Lorenz[6]; 4. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[8]; 5. 94R-Ryan Nash[1]; 6. 23-Jake Schye[5]; 7. 27-Chandler Ingle[7]; 8. 11W-Conner Carter[3]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[2]; 2. 81-Jake Bosch[1]; 3. 15-Nathan Kenaston[5]; 4. 20S-Shay Evig[4]; 5. 94-Michael Rogers[3]; 6. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[7]; 7. (DNF) 4E-Justin Elmer[6]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 2-Rod Lorenz[5]; 2. 4E-Justin Elmer[12]; 3. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[8]; 4. 65-Cory Wilder[1]; 5. 9K-Spencer Krueger[13]; 6. 94R-Ryan Nash[3]; 7. 94-Michael Rogers[4]; 8. 27-Chandler Ingle[11]; 9. 20-Brady Lorenz[9]; 10. 23-Jake Schye[7]; 11. 24-Ronn Green[10]; 12. 28-Dawson Stoner[6]; 13. (DNF) 32-Justin Stoner[2]; 14. (DNF) 11W-Conner Carter[15]; 15. (DNS) 22-Troy Cepak Jr

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 22D-Dalton Stephenson[2]; 2. 62-Dylan Stephenson[7]; 3. IO-Anthony Cacace[5]; 4. B33R-Matt Riesinger[4]; 5. 29-Darryn Waldo[6]; 6. 45T-Conner Carter[8]; 7. 21-Destri Adams[1]; 8. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[9]; 9. (DNF) 66S-Patrick Salway[3]; 10. (DNF) 30-Bob Gordon[11]; 11. (DNS) 08-Jeff Sekuterski

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. IO-Anthony Cacace[4]; 2. 66S-Patrick Salway[5]; 3. B33R-Matt Riesinger[2]; 4. 29-Darryn Waldo[6]; 5. 45T-Conner Carter[1]; 6. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Dylan Stephenson[1]; 2. 22D-Dalton Stephenson[2]; 3. 21-Destri Adams[5]; 4. (DNF) 08-Jeff Sekuterski[3]; 5. (DNF) 30-Bob Gordon[4]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 9-Ken Schrader[1]; 2. 41-Joey Price[5]; 3. 157-Kinzer McCord[12]; 4. 369-Bart Taylor[3]; 5. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[2]; 6. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[4]; 7. 33BY-Braxton Yeager[6]; 8. 71-Byran Bettcher[7]; 9. 57-Jason George[9]; 10. 2-Rod Lorenz[10]; 11. 20-Brady Lorenz[13]; 12. 2B-Kenny Baumann[8]; 13. (DNF) 81-Don Hildebrandt[14]; 14. (DNF) 46-Bert Beech[11]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[4]; 3. 41-Joey Price[7]; 4. 71-Byran Bettcher[5]; 5. 57-Jason George[2]; 6. 46-Bert Beech[6]; 7. (DNF) 81-Don Hildebrandt[1]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Ken Schrader[1]; 2. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[3]; 3. 33BY-Braxton Yeager[2]; 4. 2B-Kenny Baumann[5]; 5. 2-Rod Lorenz[4]; 6. 157-Kinzer McCord[7]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[6]