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Knapper, Nelson and Flaten find the fast lane at Madison Speedway’s holiday season opener

MADISON, MN (May 25) - Jacob Knapper topped the Modifieds, Trevor Nelson scored another Super Stock victory, and Ryan Flaten continued his Midwest Modified dominance in the early season to highlight Memorial Day WISSOTA Dirt Track Series racing at Madison Speedway Monday.

Other winners in sanctioned action included Mike Jans and Adam VanDerostyne.

In the WISSOTA Modifieds, Knapper provided fans with a thrilling finish to the headliner, as he made a last-lap pass on Mike Stearns to grab the victory. Stearns, Nate Henrich, Brian Haben and 12th-starter Ryan Flaten completed the top five.

Several late-race yellows set up a similar situation in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods for Tim Kanten, as the race leader came under fire from Flaten during the final charges to the checkered flag. Flaten narrowly beat Kanten to the finish line during the final green-flag go by .223 seconds. Justin Bjorklund, Tyler Weinmann and ninth-starter Jake Molitor completed the top five.

Jans started on the front row of the WISSOTA Street Stocks, took the lead early, and never looked back en route to his flag-to-flag victory. Justin Vogel was 1.5 seconds behind in second, while Kyle Dykhoff raced from seventh to third at the finish. Alex Grinager and Joe Arndt rounded out the top five.

Trevor Nelson drove off from the front row to the victory in the WISSOTA Super Stocks, his sixth of the season. Andrew Hedtke made his way from the fourth row at the start to finish about 1.7 seconds behind in second. Karter Reents was third, Shawn Fernkes was fourth, and Tommy Bawden finished fifth.

VanDerostyne started inside the second row in the WISSOTA Hornet feature, grabbed the lead for good after the halfway mark and garnered the eventual win ahead of front-row starter Bradley Rossow. Christian Kast, Jerik Stabler and Joshua Gebhart completed the top five.

In the track’s Pure Stock class, Carter Rice made his way to victory lane while Tony Croninger topped the Gen X Late Model feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 66-Jacob Knapper[5]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[3]; 3. 10H-Nate Heinrich[2]; 4. 6*-Brian Haben[6]; 5. 15F-Ryan Flaten[12]; 6. 10-Justin VanEps[13]; 7. 91-Phil Braun[14]; 8. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[7]; 9. 1MORE-Terry Bendel[10]; 10. (DNF) 36G'S-Garrett Gross[1]; 11. (DNF) 11X-Austin Chyba[4]; 12. (DNF) 15-Tony Konold[8]; 13. (DNF) 8-Andy Brooker[11]; 14. (DNF) 18-Aaron Sowers[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10H-Nate Heinrich[1]; 2. 36G'S-Garrett Gross[2]; 3. 6*-Brian Haben[4]; 4. 66-Jacob Knapper[7]; 5. 18-Aaron Sowers[3]; 6. (DNF) 15F-Ryan Flaten[5]; 7. (DNF) 10-Justin VanEps[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Tony Konold[2]; 2. 11X-Austin Chyba[5]; 3. 24S-Mike Stearns[4]; 4. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[3]; 5. 1MORE-Terry Bendel[7]; 6. 8-Andy Brooker[6]; 7. (DNF) 91-Phil Braun[1]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Trevor Nelson[2]; 2. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[8]; 3. 1-Karter Reents[1]; 4. 99-Shawn Fernkes[5]; 5. TB81-Tommy Bawden[3]; 6. 4-Jay Hedtke[10]; 7. 19-Brayden Hedtke[14]; 8. 14-Jayden Friauf[15]; 9. 511-Colsten Schultz[7]; 10. 6F-Matt Fester[9]; 11. 40-Shawn Schnabel[12]; 12. 15-Brett Hedtke[11]; 13. 13-Brock Hedtke[16]; 14. (DNF) 79M-Josh Roggatz[4]; 15. (DNF) 71T-Justin Tammen[6]; 16. (DNF) Y5JR-Gerrit Van Liere[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 79M-Josh Roggatz[2]; 2. 71T-Justin Tammen[3]; 3. 1-Karter Reents[4]; 4. 511-Colsten Schultz[7]; 5. 6F-Matt Fester[1]; 6. 15-Brett Hedtke[5]; 7. Y5JR-Gerrit Van Liere[6]; 8. (DNF) 13-Brock Hedtke[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. TB81-Tommy Bawden[2]; 2. 71-Trevor Nelson[1]; 3. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[3]; 4. 99-Shawn Fernkes[8]; 5. 4-Jay Hedtke[6]; 6. 40-Shawn Schnabel[4]; 7. 19-Brayden Hedtke[5]; 8. 14-Jayden Friauf[7]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Flaten[6]; 2. 16T-Tim Kanten[2]; 3. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[5]; 4. 8W-Tyler Weinmann[3]; 5. 9M-Jake Molitor[9]; 6. 28-Scott Tofte[1]; 7. 77-Chance Kodet[16]; 8. 8-Jason Anderson[7]; 9. 2D-Jonathan Dulas[12]; 10. (DNF) 85J-Justin Jensen[13]; 11. (DNF) 11S-Darren Engesser[8]; 12. (DNF) 11R-Landyn Randt[4]; 13. (DNF) 8H-Brett Hansen[17]; 14. (DNF) 69-Ethen Waltz[10]; 15. (DNF) 22J-Celeste Jenkins[18]; 16. (DNF) 22D-Rian Dauer[11]; 17. (DNF) 25R-Trevor Rush[14]; 18. (DNS) 6-Nick Risacher

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[1]; 2. 8-Jason Anderson[2]; 3. 9M-Jake Molitor[3]; 4. 69-Ethen Waltz[4]; 5. 22D-Rian Dauer[6]; 6. (DNF) 25R-Trevor Rush[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Flaten[2]; 2. 11S-Darren Engesser[5]; 3. 8W-Tyler Weinmann[3]; 4. 8H-Brett Hansen[6]; 5. 2D-Jonathan Dulas[1]; 6. (DNF) 6-Nick Risacher[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Scott Tofte[1]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[2]; 3. 16T-Tim Kanten[4]; 4. 22J-Celeste Jenkins[6]; 5. 85J-Justin Jensen[5]; 6. (DNF) 77-Chance Kodet[3]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 25-Mike Jans[2]; 2. 10-Justin Vogel[3]; 3. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[7]; 4. 44X-Alex Grinager[6]; 5. 52-Joe Arndt[4]; 6. 4-Micheal Brockman[13]; 7. 71-Josh Long[20]; 8. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[14]; 9. 10K-Devan Schultz[19]; 10. 7A-Landon Albertson[9]; 11. 711-Kenneth Clements[18]; 12. 44-Dylan Arndt[15]; 13. (DNF) 16A-Coltyn Schuler[11]; 14. (DNF) 11-Levi Randt[10]; 15. (DNF) 99-Jeff Partington[16]; 16. (DNF) 43X-Chris Behrens[5]; 17. (DNF) 38J-Dalton Kruger[17]; 18. (DNF) 80-Tony Miller[1]; 19. (DNF) 3J-Tanner Freese[12]; 20. (DNF) 111-Keith Tourville[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[1]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[2]; 3. 44X-Alex Grinager[6]; 4. 11-Levi Randt[3]; 5. 4-Micheal Brockman[7]; 6. 99-Jeff Partington[5]; 7. (DNF) 10K-Devan Schultz[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 111-Keith Tourville[1]; 2. 25-Mike Jans[5]; 3. 80-Tony Miller[3]; 4. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[6]; 5. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[2]; 6. 38J-Dalton Kruger[7]; 7. (DNF) 71-Josh Long[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Joe Arndt[2]; 2. 43X-Chris Behrens[6]; 3. 7A-Landon Albertson[4]; 4. 3J-Tanner Freese[3]; 5. 44-Dylan Arndt[5]; 6. 711-Kenneth Clements[1]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[3]; 2. 555-Bradley Rossow[2]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[6]; 4. 7-Jerik Stabler[7]; 5. 79-Joshua Gebhart[5]; 6. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[9]; 7. 28-Dalton Haag[1]; 8. 69-Skylar Burgher[8]; 9. 0-Matthew Moes[12]; 10. 27X-Owen Louwagie[14]; 11. 5J-Bo Jordan[15]; 12. (DNF) 11L-Jesse Lindner[10]; 13. (DNF) B7-Brandon Downs[13]; 14. (DNF) 16A-April Thompson[11]; 15. (DNF) 95-Brett Moffenbier[4]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 03-Christian Kast[4]; 2. 7-Jerik Stabler[3]; 3. 28-Dalton Haag[6]; 4. 79-Joshua Gebhart[7]; 5. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[5]; 6. 16A-April Thompson[2]; 7. B7-Brandon Downs[1]; 8. 5J-Bo Jordan[8]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[6]; 2. 555-Bradley Rossow[5]; 3. 95-Brett Moffenbier[2]; 4. 69-Skylar Burgher[4]; 5. 11L-Jesse Lindner[3]; 6. 0-Matthew Moes[7]; 7. 27X-Owen Louwagie[1]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8T-Tony Croninger[1]; 2. 10X-Blake Swenson[3]; 3. 811-Bodie Croninger[7]; 4. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[8]; 5. 33-Jeff Nelson[5]; 6. 75-Cade Skytland[6]; 7. 15-Trevor Walsh[16]; 8. 19-Tyler McFarland[9]; 9. XJR-Hope Swenson[11]; 10. 1-Tai Engels[2]; 11. 73-Ryan Nelson[4]; 12. 1M-Jon McCain[14]; 13. 7F-Lexie Fleming[12]; 14. (DNF) US-Jonathan Olmscheid[10]; 15. (DNF) 21T-Dale Tomes[13]; 16. (DNF) 85-Layne Saathoff[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[3]; 2. 33-Jeff Nelson[1]; 3. 8T-Tony Croninger[5]; 4. 73-Ryan Nelson[6]; 5. 19-Tyler McFarland[4]; 6. XJR-Hope Swenson[2]; 7. 21T-Dale Tomes[8]; 8. 1M-Jon McCain[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 811-Bodie Croninger[5]; 2. 10X-Blake Swenson[7]; 3. 1-Tai Engels[2]; 4. 75-Cade Skytland[6]; 5. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[4]; 6. 7F-Lexie Fleming[8]; 7. (DNF) 85-Layne Saathoff[1]; 8. (DNF) 15-Trevor Walsh[3]

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 2-Carter Rice[2]; 2. 86X-Ron Hawkinson[1]; 3. 45-Tad Peterson[7]; 4. 87-Ian Tjaden[9]; 5. 6F-Mason Fester[4]; 6. 32-Brady Hagen[8]; 7. 20A-Alex Thorson[3]; 8. 47-Jason Best[6]; 9. 32J-Justin Erp[5]; 10. 20-Ashton Martin[11]; 11. 16-Trevyn Carr[10]; 12. 80JR-Daxtin Miller[12]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Carter Rice[2]; 2. 47-Jason Best[1]; 3. 32-Brady Hagen[5]; 4. 6F-Mason Fester[3]; 5. 87-Ian Tjaden[6]; 6. 20-Ashton Martin[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 32J-Justin Erp[2]; 2. 86X-Ron Hawkinson[4]; 3. 45-Tad Peterson[1]; 4. 20A-Alex Thorson[3]; 5. 16-Trevyn Carr[6]; 6. 80JR-Daxtin Miller[5]