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Estey, McFadden, Adams, Wahlstrom and Ruzich roll to Proctor Speedway opening-night wins

PROCTOR, MN (May 31) - Proctor Speedway hosted its 2026 season opener Sunday, May 31 under sunny skies but cooler conditions.

Hearty fans in the stands witnessed season-opening WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories from the likes of Skeeter Estey, Shawn McFadden, Blake Adams, Simon Wahlstrom, and Nick Ruzich.

Estey started from the front row in the WISSOTA Late Model feature and drove the cushion to victory lane, his second win of the weekend. Cade Nelson and Kyle Peterlin traded second place during the 25-lapper, with Nelson coming out on top of Peterlin at the checkered flag. Harry Hanson and Kevin Burdick completed the top five.

In the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, Adams overcame an early jump start to work his way back into contention for the lead by lap three, using a slider on leader Paul Ripley to drive into the top spot. From there, he drove off to the checkered flag. Ripley, Mason Musel, 13th-starter Adam Shinn and Mikey Blevins were top-five finishers.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks race was a battle between Shawn McFadden and Steve Stuart. McFadden held the lead by a few car lengths throughout the race to garner the win. Stuart, Kyle Copp, Austin Blom and Dylan Nelson completed the top five.

In the WISSOTA Hornets, Nathan Penney was the leader before he went off turn four; he was okay. Nikota Larson gained the top spot, and tried to fend off the efforts of Nick Ruzich. Ruzich got by on lap eight into the top spot, and continued to hold off Larson to the checkered flag. Kyle LeDoux was third, Brady Fosso was fourth and Lucas Schwegman completed the top five.

Wahlstrom remained a contender for the national title in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks Sunday, as he drove to another win in the class. Jake Smith, Anthony Ravina, Tim Carlson and Dylan Helget rounded out the top five.

In the track’s other action, Paul Schultz topped the Northern Renegades Non-Winged Sprints.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey[2]; 2. 44N-Cade Nelson[5]; 3. 23-Kyle Peterlin[4]; 4. 7-Harry Hanson[6]; 5. 30-Kevin Burdick[7]; 6. 7C-Robbie Cooper[8]; 7. 11D-Tim McMann[9]; 8. 47-Danny Vang[10]; 9. 79-Kevin Carlson[1]; 10. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[3]; 11. 16-Cory Jorgensen[13]; 12. (DNF) 7K-Scott Sinnott[14]; 13. (DNS) 54-Rick Niemi; 14. (DNS) 1L-Donnie Lofdahl

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Kyle Peterlin[1]; 2. 44N-Cade Nelson[2]; 3. 7-Harry Hanson[6]; 4. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[3]; 5. 11D-Tim McMann[5]; 6. 7K-Scott Sinnott[7]; 7. (DNF) 1L-Donnie Lofdahl[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Kevin Carlson[1]; 2. 30-Kevin Burdick[4]; 3. 7C-Robbie Cooper[2]; 4. 37X-Skeeter Estey[5]; 5. 47-Danny Vang[6]; 6. 54-Rick Niemi[7]; 7. (DNF) 16-Cory Jorgensen[3]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 51JR-Shawn McFadden[3]; 2. 80-Steve Stuart[5]; 3. 26-Kyle Copp[4]; 4. 3B-Austin Blom[1]; 5. 25-Dylan Nelson[9]; 6. 77-Scott Lawrence[2]; 7. 5-Danny Doran[8]; 8. 6-Dan Peterson[6]; 9. 24JR-Jada Lore[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51JR-Shawn McFadden[1]; 2. 80-Steve Stuart[6]; 3. 77-Scott Lawrence[2]; 4. 3B-Austin Blom[4]; 5. 26-Kyle Copp[7]; 6. 6-Dan Peterson[3]; 7. 24JR-Jada Lore[8]; 8. 5-Danny Doran[9]; 9. (DNS) 25-Dylan Nelson

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 28-Paul Ripley[2]; 3. 32M-Mason Musel[5]; 4. 32-Adam Shinn[13]; 5. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[3]; 6. 21-Jimmy Latvala[7]; 7. 71-Jacob Anderson[8]; 8. 10Z-Cade Johnson[11]; 9. 14-Ryan Garson[9]; 10. 27-Josh Schiffler[12]; 11. (DNF) 21R-Ross Siiter[10]; 12. (DNF) 15-Sam Blevins[4]; 13. (DNF) 62-Ryan Kough[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Sam Blevins[2]; 2. 71-Jacob Anderson[3]; 3. 21-Jimmy Latvala[6]; 4. 62-Ryan Kough[1]; 5. 14-Ryan Garson[5]; 6. 10Z-Cade Johnson[7]; 7. 27-Josh Schiffler[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32M-Mason Musel[1]; 2. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[2]; 3. 40D-Blake Adams[6]; 4. 28-Paul Ripley[3]; 5. 21R-Ross Siiter[5]; 6. (DNF) 32-Adam Shinn[4]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[5]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[3]; 3. 10-Anthony Ravina[4]; 4. 31-Tim Carlson[1]; 5. 24-Dylan Helget[7]; 6. 7-Bob Klein[6]; 7. 44-Peyton Swenson[2]; 8. 67-Alex Larson[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[1]; 2. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[7]; 3. 10-Anthony Ravina[5]; 4. 44-Peyton Swenson[4]; 5. 31-Tim Carlson[6]; 6. 7-Bob Klein[8]; 7. 24-Dylan Helget[3]; 8. 67-Alex Larson[2]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Ruzich[5]; 2. 26N-Nikota Larson[1]; 3. 35-Kyle LeDoux[3]; 4. 27-Brady Fosso[4]; 5. 09X-Lucas Schwegman[6]; 6. 08SR-Richard Andrews Sr[7]; 7. (DQ) 2X-Nathan Penney[2]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 26N-Nikota Larson[3]; 2. 2X-Nathan Penney[5]; 3. 9-Nick Ruzich[4]; 4. 27-Brady Fosso[1]; 5. 35-Kyle LeDoux[7]; 6. 09X-Lucas Schwegman[2]; 7. 08SR-Richard Andrews Sr[6]

Northern Renegades Non-Winged Sprint Cars:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 101-Paul Schultz[2]; 2. Z15-Zach Olson[3]; 3. 17-Erik Bjorklund[5]; 4. 15E-Caley Emerson[8]; 5. 17C-Hunter Colton[1]; 6. 7E-Keith Erickson[7]; 7. 92-Danny Wait Jr[4]; 8. (DNF) 6N-John Norris[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17C-Hunter Colton[1]; 2. 17-Erik Bjorklund[6]; 3. 101-Paul Schultz[5]; 4. Z15-Zach Olson[4]; 5. 92-Danny Wait Jr[2]; 6. 6N-John Norris[8]; 7. 7E-Keith Erickson[7]; 8. (DNF) 15E-Caley Emerson[3]