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Steffenson and Petroff pull off a winning act at Montana’s Gallatin Speedway

BELGRADE, MT (May 29) - Fans and racers headed to Gallatin Speedway Friday, May 29 to celebrate the opening of the 2026 season for the Belgrade, Montana-area race track.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Casey Steffenson and Robert Petroff.

Steffenson started from the pole and jetted to the WISSOTA Super Stock victory ahead of Taylor Martin, 10th-starter Jeremy Meirhofer, Jon Tribble and Matt Tribble in the top five.

Petroff started inside the second row of the WISSOTA Street Stock feature and grabbed the eventual victory ahead of Jordan Tocci, Caden Craver, Dillon Hoppe and Cail Tinker in the top five.

Justin Nelson scored the victory in the IMCA Sport Compacts class Friday night, and Jeremy Meirhofer charged from 13th to the win in the IMCA Modifieds to round out opening night action.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 67-Casey Steffenson[1]; 2. 6-Taylor Martin[8]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[10]; 4. 3T-Jon Tribble[2]; 5. 4T-Matt Tribble[4]; 6. 00-Beau Brown[5]; 7. 108-Bill Monnett[7]; 8. 70-Jason Johnstone[9]; 9. 85-Patrick LaMere[11]; 10. 11-Will Morgan[6]; 11. (DNF) 285Z-Zaine LaMere[12]; 12. (DNF) 32*-Bodie Smith[3]

Heat 1: 1. 3T-Jon Tribble[3]; 2. 32*-Bodie Smith[4]; 3. 108-Bill Monnett[5]; 4. 11-Will Morgan[1]; 5. 70-Jason Johnstone[6]; 6. 85-Patrick LaMere[2]

Heat 2: 1. 67-Casey Steffenson[4]; 2. 4T-Matt Tribble[1]; 3. 00-Beau Brown[5]; 4. 6-Taylor Martin[3]; 5. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[6]; 6. 285Z-Zaine LaMere[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 11*-Robert Petroff[3]; 2. 66-Jordan Tocci[5]; 3. 21JR-Caden Craver[4]; 4. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[7]; 5. 814-Cail Tinker[1]; 6. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[6]; 7. 67-Markus Hunter[11]; 8. 417-Chance Halvorsen[10]; 9. 51-Ron Weber[9]; 10. 10-Ben Nichols[8]; 11. 21A-Destri Adams[2]; 12. 10N-Matt Nichols[13]; 13. (DNF) 93-Jimmy Havens[14]; 14. (DNS) 17-Zach Cox

Heat 1: 1. 21JR-Caden Craver[1]; 2. 814-Cail Tinker[6]; 3. 66-Jordan Tocci[2]; 4. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[4]; 5. 51-Ron Weber[7]; 6. 417-Chance Halvorsen[5]; 7. 67-Markus Hunter[3]

Heat 2: 1. 11*-Robert Petroff[1]; 2. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[2]; 3. 10-Ben Nichols[3]; 4. 21A-Destri Adams[6]; 5. (DNF) 17-Zach Cox[5]; 6. (DNF) 10N-Matt Nichols[4]; 7. (DNF) 93-Jimmy Havens[7]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1: 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[13]; 2. 2C-Jordan Tocci[11]; 3. 12-Ty Clemens[8]; 4. 21-Cory Craver[7]; 5. 26-Kaycie Kynett[16]; 6. 9K-Kory Wermling[6]; 7. 8-Aaron Amundson[4]; 8. 6-Taylor Martin[9]; 9. 85-Braidyn LaMere[1]; 10. 009JR-JOHN ADCOCK JR[15]; 11. B1-Brock Salsbury[19]; 12. 21X-Tom Olsen[14]; 13. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[12]; 14. (DNF) 009-Greg Adcock[10]; 15. (DNF) 57-Bob Leep[17]; 16. (DNF) 05-Tyler Leach[3]; 17. (DNF) 20SJ-Smokey Jensen[18]; 18. (DNF) 01-Paul Leach[5]; 19. (DNS) 5X-Taylor Johnson

Heat 1: 1. 21-Cory Craver[2]; 2. 01-Paul Leach[6]; 3. 9K-Kory Wermling[4]; 4. 5X-Taylor Johnson[5]; 5. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[7]; 6. 26-Kaycie Kynett[3]; 7. 20SJ-Smokey Jensen[1]

Heat 2: 1. 12-Ty Clemens[1]; 2. 05-Tyler Leach[4]; 3. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[3]; 4. 009-Greg Adcock[5]; 5. 21X-Tom Olsen[2]; 6. B1-Brock Salsbury[6]

Heat 3: 1. 85-Braidyn LaMere[1]; 2. 2C-Jordan Tocci[4]; 3. 6-Taylor Martin[3]; 4. 8-Aaron Amundson[5]; 5. 009JR-JOHN ADCOCK JR[6]; 6. (DNF) 57-Bob Leep[2]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1: 1. 20-Justin Nelson[4]; 2. 22-Doug Schnablegger[10]; 3. 16-Bob Olson[8]; 4. 71-Rodney Wagner[6]; 5. 82-Jim Garretson[2]; 6. 49-Don Olson[7]; 7. 27-Justin Smith[3]; 8. 21-Gerrad Frick[12]; 9. 41D-Dawson Bentle[11]; 10. 28-Lucas Vanvolsen[15]; 11. (DNF) 23-Josh Smith[16]; 12. (DNF) 33-Jonathan Morgan[5]; 13. (DNF) 114-Christopher Wagner[1]; 14. (DNF) 12-Eric Frick[14]; 15. (DNF) 14-Rick Bishop[9]; 16. (DNF) 10-Travis Mize[13]; 17. (DNS) 29-Steve Berg

Heat 1: 1. 22-Doug Schnablegger[1]; 2. 71-Rodney Wagner[6]; 3. 114-Christopher Wagner[9]; 4. 33-Jonathan Morgan[8]; 5. 27-Justin Smith[4]; 6. 41D-Dawson Bentle[7]; 7. 10-Travis Mize[5]; 8. 28-Lucas Vanvolsen[2]; 9. (DNF) 29-Steve Berg[3]

Heat 2: 1. 16-Bob Olson[3]; 2. 82-Jim Garretson[2]; 3. 20-Justin Nelson[1]; 4. 14-Rick Bishop[6]; 5. 49-Don Olson[4]; 6. 21-Gerrad Frick[8]; 7. 12-Eric Frick[5]; 8. 23-Josh Smith[7]