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Matthew Drake (Track Photo)

Oberle, Drake and Hardesty hit it hard against Gillette Thunder Speedway rivals Saturday

GILLETTE, WY (May 30) - Gillette Thunder Speedway hosted another round of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series racing Saturday, with wins celebrated in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action by Morris Oberle, Matthew Drake and Kyle Hardesty.

Oberle overcame fellow front-row starter Rob Hoffman to secure the win in the WISSOTA Late Models. Heather Mertens was the final finisher in the field.

In the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, Drake started from the front row and drove on to victory lane ahead of Matt Heinzerling, Tony Leiker, Troy Leiker and Paul Parks in the top five.

Kyle Hardesty (Track Photo)

Hardesty started from inside the third row in the WISSOTA Mod Four feature and powered to the front to collect the checkered flag 20 laps later. David Jozwiak charged to second from his eighth-starting spot, Urijah Welch was third, 13th-starter Casey Schilling was fourth and Tracy Konst completed the top five.

Other winners in action Saturday included Joel Magee in the IMCA Hobby Stocks, Robert Donmyer in the IMCA Sport Compacts, and Rayce McCord in the IMCA Modifieds.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 71-Morris Oberle[1]; 2. 34H-Rob Hoffman[2]; 3. M91-Heather Mertens[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 34H-Rob Hoffman[3]; 2. 71-Morris Oberle[2]; 3. M91-Heather Mertens[1]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 391-Matthew Drake[1]; 2. 22-Matt Heinzerling[3]; 3. 18-Tony Leiker[7]; 4. 17-Troy Leiker[5]; 5. 50-Paul Parks[2]; 6. 29-Ty Miller[4]; 7. 25-Justin Will[6]; 8. 509-Brennan Davis[8]; 9. 7-Danny Allen[11]; 10. 33-Austin Long[10]; 11. 4-Darin Hauff[9]; 12. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[16]; 13. 13S-Anthony Berger[14]; 14. 73-Mario Berger[19]; 15. 4E-Justin Elmer[17]; 16. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[13]; 17. 11-Danny Dwyer[12]; 18. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[15]; 19. 25K-Kolby Weight[18]; 20. 585-Zach Willingham[20]

Heat 1 (12 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[2]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[1]; 3. 22-Matt Heinzerling[5]; 4. 33-Austin Long[7]; 5. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[4]; 6. 25K-Kolby Weight[6]; 7. C4-Toby Smith[3]; 8. (DNF) 73-Mario Berger[9]; 9. (DNF) 4E-Justin Elmer[8]

Heat 2 (12 Laps): 1. 29-Ty Miller[1]; 2. 4-Darin Hauff[3]; 3. 509-Brennan Davis[4]; 4. 7-Danny Allen[9]; 5. 13S-Anthony Berger[8]; 6. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[7]; 7. 1-Eric Norton[6]; 8. 67-Rex Conrad[5]; 9. (DNF) 64-Joel Morris[2]

Heat 3 (12 Laps): 1. 391-Matthew Drake[3]; 2. 25-Justin Will[5]; 3. 50-Paul Parks[2]; 4. 11-Danny Dwyer[4]; 5. 9-Griffen Switzenberg[6]; 6. 19-Martin Choate[8]; 7. 28-Dawson Stoner[7]; 8. 585-Zach Willingham[1]; 9. 12-Alexis Manning[9]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[2]; 2. 4E-Justin Elmer[10]; 3. 25K-Kolby Weight[1]; 4. 73-Mario Berger[7]; 5. 585-Zach Willingham[9]; 6. 12-Alexis Manning[12]; 7. 67-Rex Conrad[8]; 8. 1-Eric Norton[5]; 9. 28-Dawson Stoner[6]; 10. C4-Toby Smith[4]; 11. (DNF) 64-Joel Morris[11]; 12. (DNS) 19-Martin Choate

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 102-Kyle Hardesty[5]; 2. 86-David Jozwiak[8]; 3. 41W-Urijah Welch[2]; 4. 77-Casey Schilling[13]; 5. 00K-Tracy Konst[1]; 6. 87B-David Brown[10]; 7. 63-Tony Reimers[3]; 8. 3-Macen Thompsen[11]; 9. 88R-Sean Rice[16]; 10. (DNF) 89-Michael Logelin[4]; 11. (DNF) 123-Jason Sikkenga[7]; 12. (DNF) 22-Adam Neumiller[17]; 13. (DNF) 37L-Lila Jacobson[12]; 14. (DNF) 10K-Lori Konst[15]; 15. (DNF) 4T-Tristan Torres[6]; 16. (DNF) 14K-Kinslie Kirchoff[14]; 17. (DNF) 6-Devin Wolter[9]; 18. (DNS) 8W-John Smith

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4T-Tristan Torres[3]; 2. 63-Tony Reimers[1]; 3. 41W-Urijah Welch[6]; 4. 87B-David Brown[4]; 5. 77-Casey Schilling[2]; 6. 88R-Sean Rice[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 89-Michael Logelin[4]; 2. 00K-Tracy Konst[3]; 3. 123-Jason Sikkenga[6]; 4. 3-Macen Thompsen[2]; 5. 14K-Kinslie Kirchoff[1]; 6. (DNF) 22-Adam Neumiller[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 102-Kyle Hardesty[2]; 2. 6-Devin Wolter[6]; 3. 86-David Jozwiak[3]; 4. 37L-Lila Jacobson[1]; 5. 10K-Lori Konst[4]; 6. (DNF) 8W-John Smith[5]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 127-Rayce McCord[2]; 2. 6-Kade Bahr[1]; 3. 29-Alan Farley[4]; 4. 2J-Jerry Martin[6]; 5. 52-Darran Conrad[10]; 6. 550K-Kyle Anton[8]; 7. 50-Wade Manning[9]; 8. 23DB-Maklain Harrison[5]; 9. 46-Adam Boggs[3]; 10. (DNF) 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Kade Bahr[3]; 2. 46-Adam Boggs[4]; 3. 23DB-Maklain Harrison[1]; 4. 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[5]; 5. (DNF) 50-Wade Manning[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 127-Rayce McCord[2]; 2. 29-Alan Farley[3]; 3. 2J-Jerry Martin[4]; 4. 550K-Kyle Anton[5]; 5. (DNF) 52-Darran Conrad[1]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[2]; 2. 6S-Sean Weber[4]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[1]; 4. 480+-Wayne Boike[6]; 5. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[5]; 6. 1/2-Kayla Hanna[7]; 7. (DNF) 9X-Tanner Derochie[3]; 8. (DNS) OH-Cory Hanna; 9. (DNS) 1-Cameron Moore

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[8]; 2. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[5]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[2]; 4. 6S-Sean Weber[6]; 5. 9X-Tanner Derochie[3]; 6. 480+-Wayne Boike[7]; 7. 1/2-Kayla Hanna[4]; 8. (DNS) 1-Cameron Moore; 9. (DNS) OH-Cory Hanna

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2%-Robert Donmyer[4]; 2. 2%D-Donald Molnar[2]; 3. 16-Steven Reile[14]; 4. 42H-Guy Haley[1]; 5. 19-Austin Rosenau[3]; 6. 11-Robert Claborn[6]; 7. 88-Troy Reile[11]; 8. 12-Erich Boike[13]; 9. 0-katie Jozwiak[15]; 10. (DNF) M3-Marlayna Mosley[10]; 11. (DNF) 14A-Justin Obert[9]; 12. (DNF) 00-tristen Dilts[12]; 13. (DNF) 10 4-Layne Dilts[5]; 14. (DNF) 19-Cason Nash[7]; 15. (DNF) 29-Danny Dwyer III[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 42H-Guy Haley[6]; 2. 19-Austin Rosenau[3]; 3. 10 4-Layne Dilts[2]; 4. 19-Cason Nash[7]; 5. 14A-Justin Obert[5]; 6. 88-Troy Reile[4]; 7. 12-Erich Boike[8]; 8. 0-katie Jozwiak[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 2%D-Donald Molnar[4]; 2. 2%-Robert Donmyer[6]; 3. 11-Robert Claborn[2]; 4. 29-Danny Dwyer III[7]; 5. M3-Marlayna Mosley[3]; 6. 00-tristen Dilts[5]; 7. 16-Steven Reile[1]

Scott Hughes