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Estey earns opening-night win at Hibbing along with Broking, Carlson, Paull and Graves

HIBBING, MN (May 30) - Skeeter Estey raced to an opening night Late Model win at Hibbing Speedway on Saturday night, as the Iron Range-area speedway kicked off its 2026 season. Johnny Broking, Dalton Carlson, Garrett Paull and Zeb Graves also grabbed checkered flags in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series competition.

Estey started on the front row of the WISSOTA Late Model feature, took the lead early, and raced away to the win. Zach Wohlers closed on the leader as the laps wound down, but settled for second with Ben Heinle third, Kyle Peterlin fourth and Johnny Broking fifth.

Broking started on the front row and dominated the WISSOTA Modified main event. He led every lap and crossed the stripe nearly 4 seconds before John Toppozini in second place. Jeff Wood scored the final podium position in third, while Jeffrey Wood and Mervin Castle III rounded out the top five.

Carlson started third in the WISSOTA Super Stock main event; he navigated to the head of the pack just before halfway, and held on for the feature win. Mike Vajdl claimed second while Chaston Finckbone - who led the opening laps of the race - finished in third. Tyler Kintner and Kevin Salin rounded out the top five.

Paull took advantage of his front row-redraw in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, and led every lap en route to the opening night win. Austin McClellan started the race in eighth and climbed to second, but finished 2.5 seconds behind Paull at the checkered flag. Justin Jones was third ahead of Andy Davey and Keith Koski.

Graves captured the victory in the WISSOTA Hornet division. He started on the front row and led all the way to score the victory by over two seconds ahead of Tucker Smith, Nick Ruzich, Jacob Petrich and Austin Morris.

Michael Blevins, Sr. topped the Crown Vic feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey[2]; 2. 71-Zach Wohlers[4]; 3. 12X-Ben Heinle[1]; 4. 23-Kyle Peterlin[7]; 5. 45J-Johnny Broking[5]; 6. 16-Derek Vesel[3]; 7. 6M-Jeff Massingill[9]; 8. 13-Roger Paolo[6]; 9. (DNF) 12-Mark Heinle[8]

Heat (8 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey[1]; 2. 12X-Ben Heinle[2]; 3. 71-Zach Wohlers[4]; 4. 16-Derek Vesel[6]; 5. 45J-Johnny Broking[9]; 6. 13-Roger Paolo[3]; 7. 23-Kyle Peterlin[8]; 8. 12-Mark Heinle[7]; 9. 6M-Jeff Massingill[5]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 45-Johnny Broking[2]; 2. T23-John Toppozini[4]; 3. 55-Jeff Wood[5]; 4. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[8]; 5. 10-Mervin Castle III[1]; 6. 12-TJ Heinle[7]; 7. M2-Chris Magistad[6]; 8. (DNF) 11JR-Andrew Inman[3]

Heat (8 Laps): 1. 45-Johnny Broking[6]; 2. T23-John Toppozini[1]; 3. 55-Jeff Wood[4]; 4. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[7]; 5. 10-Mervin Castle III[8]; 6. M2-Chris Magistad[3]; 7. 12-TJ Heinle[5]; 8. (DNF) 11JR-Andrew Inman[2]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 57-Dalton Carlson[3]; 2. 41-Mikey Vajdl[4]; 3. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[2]; 4. 22-Tyler Kintner[7]; 5. 11-Kevin Salin[6]; 6. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[5]; 7. 79A-Andy LaBarge[8]; 8. 81B-Doug Bolt[12]; 9. 01-Trevor Arens[13]; 10. 30-Dan Severson[10]; 11. 41X-Brian Vajdl[1]; 12. 24JR-Jada Lore[11]; 13. (DNF) 3B-Austin Blom[9]; 14. (DNS) 19-Tristan LaBarge

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Tyler Kintner[1]; 2. 57-Dalton Carlson[5]; 3. 41-Mikey Vajdl[6]; 4. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[2]; 5. 3B-Austin Blom[4]; 6. 24JR-Jada Lore[7]; 7. (DNF) 01-Trevor Arens[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 79A-Andy LaBarge[5]; 2. 41X-Brian Vajdl[1]; 3. 11-Kevin Salin[6]; 4. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[2]; 5. 30-Dan Severson[4]; 6. 81B-Doug Bolt[3]; 7. (DNS) 19-Tristan LaBarge

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 16-Garrett Paull[2]; 2. 41-Austin McClellan[8]; 3. 8-Justin Jones[5]; 4. 91-Andy Davey[6]; 5. 76-Keith Koski[3]; 6. 22-Chad VanDuker[9]; 7. 15-Sam Blevins[10]; 8. 18X-Dylan Miller[17]; 9. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[19]; 10. 428-Kevin O'Dell[4]; 11. 20-Matthew Anderson[1]; 12. 32-Adam Shinn[14]; 13. 14G-Brant Gruba[23]; 14. 67-Glen Brown[15]; 15. BAN1-Casey Kintner[22]; 16. 13X-Frank Paolo[20]; 17. (DNF) 12A-Alex O'Dell[7]; 18. (DNF) 68G-Eric Gruba[12]; 19. (DNF) 10JR-Mikey Blevins[11]; 20. (DNF) M2-Chris Magistad[21]; 21. (DNF) 22E-Ethan Elhardt[16]; 22. (DNF) 26K-Sam Kolar[13]; 23. (DNF) 33L-Travis Tupa[18]; 24. (DNF) 7A-Eric Anderson[24]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Garrett Paull[3]; 2. 20-Matthew Anderson[4]; 3. 91-Andy Davey[8]; 4. 15-Sam Blevins[5]; 5. 26K-Sam Kolar[6]; 6. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[7]; 7. (DNF) M2-Chris Magistad[2]; 8. (DNF) 14G-Brant Gruba[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 428-Kevin O'Dell[1]; 2. 22-Chad VanDuker[2]; 3. 8-Justin Jones[5]; 4. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[3]; 5. 32-Adam Shinn[4]; 6. 18X-Dylan Miller[7]; 7. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[8]; 8. 13X-Frank Paolo[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Austin McClellan[4]; 2. 12A-Alex O'Dell[1]; 3. 76-Keith Koski[8]; 4. 68G-Eric Gruba[6]; 5. 67-Glen Brown[7]; 6. 33L-Travis Tupa[3]; 7. (DNF) BAN1-Casey Kintner[2]; 8. (DNF) 7A-Eric Anderson[5]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature (18 Laps): 1. 31-Zeb Graves[1]; 2. 11-Tucker Smith[5]; 3. 9-Nick Ruzich[3]; 4. 74-Jacob Petrich[4]; 5. 01A-Austin Morris[6]; 6. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[10]; 7. 38-Calvin Skaja[12]; 8. 25K-McKenna Folstad[9]; 9. 81R-Ryker Larson[8]; 10. 46-Louis Skaja[14]; 11. 22-Paige Kintner[13]; 12. 78JR-Robert Morse[11]; 13. (DNF) 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[16]; 14. (DNF) 218-Astion Schelde[2]; 15. (DNF) 96-Trenton Beel[7]; 16. (DNS) R20-Riley Terry

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 11-Tucker Smith[6]; 2. 01A-Austin Morris[1]; 3. 218-Astion Schelde[2]; 4. 81R-Ryker Larson[5]; 5. 25K-McKenna Folstad[8]; 6. 78JR-Robert Morse[3]; 7. 22-Paige Kintner[7]; 8. (DNF) R20-Riley Terry[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 31-Zeb Graves[8]; 2. 9-Nick Ruzich[3]; 3. 96-Trenton Beel[2]; 4. 74-Jacob Petrich[4]; 5. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[5]; 6. 38-Calvin Skaja[1]; 7. 46-Louis Skaja[7]; 8. (DNF) 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[6]

Crown Vics:

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 10JR-Michael Blevins Sr[2]; 2. 22Z-Zeke Oppegaard[1]; 3. 78-Victor Westerlund[5]; 4. 07H-Hunter Morris[6]; 5. 99SR-Dustin Hammer[8]; 6. 99JR-Logan Hammer[3]; 7. 60M-Bruce Peterson[9]; 8. 15A-Aidan Elhardt[7]; 9. 31B-Brody Burt[4]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 78-Victor Westerlund[4]; 2. 10JR-Michael Blevins Sr[1]; 3. 99JR-Logan Hammer[2]; 4. 15A-Aidan Elhardt[3]; 5. 60M-Bruce Peterson[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 31B-Brody Burt[2]; 2. 22Z-Zeke Oppegaard[1]; 3. 07H-Hunter Morris[3]; 4. 99SR-Dustin Hammer[4]