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Wagamon, Kromschroeder, Putnam, Pogones and Holtquist hoist trophies after Princeton features

By Tami Jo Kuehn

PRINCETON, MN (May 29) - Princeton Speedway continued to celebrate its 70th anniversary season with its Kids Night bike giveaway event. More than 40 bikes were donated by sponsors, racers and community businesses, and many kids went home excited with a brand-new bike by their side.

On track, the excitement continued as WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Clayton Wagamon, Dylan Kromschroeder, Ryan Putnam, Tommy Pogones, and Dustin Holtquist.

Trent Keller and Pogones led the WISSOTA Street Stocks to green for their feature. Pogones claimed the early lead as Kyle Howland moved alongside Keller for second. Howland made the pass and looked ahead to chase after Pogones. Pogones stretched his lead out front, however, to more than 3 seconds as he took his No. 04 to victory lane for the second week in a row. Howland, Thomas Worth and Keller rounded out the field of drivers.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds took to the clay with Nick Shumansky and Ryan Putnam on the front row. Putnam pulled away with the lead, with pressure from Dustin Nelson. Contact occurred among the pack, and a caution was triggered.

Putnam brought the drivers back to green with Nelson and Jason VandeKamp close behind. VandeKamp kept after Nelson for second, allowing Putnam to stretch his lead out front. VandeKamp made the pass for second and began to close the gap to Putnam as the race came to a close. Putnam held on however, and took the victory. VandeKamp, Nelson, Chance Kodet and Erik Gruhlke filled out the top five.

Brennan Gave and Clayton Wagamon battled during the opening lap of the WISSOTA Modified feature, and Wagamon edged out into the spot. Gave held second, but had Brandon Mehrwerth next to him in the turns lap after lap. Gave suddenly suffered a mechanical issue and exited the track, handing Mehrwerth second.

Wagamon remained in command out front as he navigated lapped traffic with a handful of laps to go. Wagamon drove to the win followed by Mehrwerth, Cole Boston, Travis Schulte and Eric Lamm in the top five.

Connor Bruss took the immediate lead when the WISSOTA Mod Fours went green, while Andrew Funt, and Robert and Dustin Holtquist battled for second. Funt held the spot, but Dustin Holtquist kept close, and then made the pass. Dustin then looked ahead to Bruss for the lead. A few cautions kept the drivers at a stop-and-go pace, and Dustin gained the lead following a restart, held the top spot for the remainder of the race and took his third straight win. Bruss was second ahead of Ashton Schwinn, Robert Holtquist and Dean Larson in the top five.

Dylan Kromschroeder (Mark Anderson Photo)

The WISSOTA Super Stocks capped off the night’s racing events, led to green by Jordan Henkemeyer and Dustin Nelson. Henkemeyer, Nelson and Dylan Kromschroeder were three-wide out of turn four when the race started, and Kromschroeder edged out the point. Drivers settled into position as the laps passed without issue, and when the checkers waved, Kromschroeder took his No. 9 to victory lane. Henkemeyer, Dustin Nelson, Dylan Nelson and Chris Peterson completed the top five.

The Crown Vic feature was won by polesitter Abe Langager, ahead of Wayne Nelson, Joe Strandlien, Jeff Hass and Marcus Ammerman in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[2]; 2. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[3]; 3. 33C-Cole Boston[4]; 4. 3T-Travis Schulte[7]; 5. 88-Eric Lamm[6]; 6. 89JR-JT Johnson[5]; 7. 17B-Zach Benson[8]; 8. 4E-Tanner Erickson[11]; 9. 25-Adam Bohlman[9]; 10. 27-Tony Proell[12]; 11. 70K-Josiah Kottschade[13]; 12. 24-Tyler English[10]; 13. (DNF) 112-Brennan Gave[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[1]; 2. 112-Brennan Gave[5]; 3. 3T-Travis Schulte[4]; 4. 88-Eric Lamm[3]; 5. 25-Adam Bohlman[2]; 6. 4E-Tanner Erickson[6]; 7. 70K-Josiah Kottschade[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Boston[1]; 2. 89JR-JT Johnson[3]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[5]; 4. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[2]; 5. 24-Tyler English[4]; 6. 27-Tony Proell[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[3]; 2. 91-Jordan Henkemeyer[1]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[2]; 4. 25-Dylan Nelson[7]; 5. 44-Kris Peterson[5]; 6. 24W-Chris Wark[6]; 7. 42-Jake Luark[8]; 8. B61-Kyle Buffington[10]; 9. 17D-Jon Dufour[9]; 10. (DNF) 21-Joey Jensen[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Jordan Henkemeyer[1]; 2. 21-Joey Jensen[3]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[2]; 4. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[4]; 5. B61-Kyle Buffington[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24W-Chris Wark[2]; 2. 25-Dylan Nelson[4]; 3. 44-Kris Peterson[3]; 4. 42-Jake Luark[1]; 5. 17D-Jon Dufour[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 46-Ryan Putnam[2]; 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp[8]; 3. 23-Dustin Nelson[3]; 4. 77-Chance Kodet[4]; 5. 47-Erik Gruhlke[7]; 6. 14L-Ben Lewis[5]; 7. 13-Tate Kostreba[11]; 8. 2-Ariel Mueller[9]; 9. 75-Ryan Mead[6]; 10. 17-Nick Shumansky[1]; 11. 7G-Rick Grams[10]; 12. (DNS) 15-Kris Macko

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Jason VandeKamp[2]; 2. 23-Dustin Nelson[1]; 3. 75-Ryan Mead[3]; 4. 46-Ryan Putnam[6]; 5. 2-Ariel Mueller[4]; 6. 13-Tate Kostreba[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Chance Kodet[3]; 2. 47-Erik Gruhlke[5]; 3. 17-Nick Shumansky[1]; 4. 14L-Ben Lewis[6]; 5. 7G-Rick Grams[2]; 6. 15-Kris Macko[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[2]; 2. 05-Kyle Howland[3]; 3. 55-Thomas Worth[4]; 4. 27-Trent Keller[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[2]; 2. 05-Kyle Howland[1]; 3. 55-Thomas Worth[4]; 4. 27-Trent Keller[3]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[8]; 2. 20-Connor Bruss[2]; 3. 18-Ashton Schwinn[10]; 4. 5-Robert Holtquist[4]; 5. 37-Dean Larson[7]; 6. 9T-Thomas Burgard[6]; 7. 40-Jack Post[15]; 8. D5-Doug Frederick[9]; 9. 9C-Andrew Christenson[3]; 10. 68-Jacob Husnik[11]; 11. N28-Hailey Nohner[13]; 12. 66F-Steve Froelich[14]; 13. (DNF) N88-Gerrald Nohner[12]; 14. (DNF) 3-Josh Madson[5]; 15. (DNF) XL1-Andrew Funt[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[3]; 2. XL1-Andrew Funt[2]; 3. 3-Josh Madson[7]; 4. 9C-Andrew Christenson[5]; 5. D5-Doug Frederick[6]; 6. 68-Jacob Husnik[1]; 7. N28-Hailey Nohner[4]; 8. 66F-Steve Froelich[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[1]; 2. 20-Connor Bruss[2]; 3. 37-Dean Larson[4]; 4. 9T-Thomas Burgard[6]; 5. 18-Ashton Schwinn[7]; 6. N88-Gerrald Nohner[3]; 7. (DNF) 40-Jack Post[5]

Crown Vics:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 7-Abe Langager[1]; 2. 12-Wayne Nelson[5]; 3. 74R-Joe Strandlien[2]; 4. 15J-Jeff Hass[4]; 5. 24-Marcus Ammerman[7]; 6. 97-Jen Machula[6]; 7. 15-Galen Hass[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Wayne Nelson[1]; 2. 15J-Jeff Hass[2]; 3. 24-Marcus Ammerman[7]; 4. 74R-Joe Strandlien[5]; 5. 7-Abe Langager[4]; 6. 15-Galen Hass[3]; 7. 97-Jen Machula[6]