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The latest Kings of Dirt get crowned at I-94 Speedway, including Mass, Smith, Randt and Rohner

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (May 29) - A nice field of 133 cars filled the pits at I-94 Speedway for the very popular Dick Johanneck King of the Dirt show. It was a jam-packed program, as it was also Hall of Fame Night and Kids’ Night.

The track inducted Dick Johanneck and Scott Engfer into the I-94 Speedway Hall of Fame, and kids walked away with lots of prizes and goodies.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Dave Mass, Jake Smith, Levi Randt, and Jeff Rohner.

Racing started with the WISSOTA Street Stocks. The youngster Randt collected his first-ever King of Dirt win. He took the early lead ahead of a great battle between Cole Greseth and Eric Riley for second. They fought back and forth throughout the race as they continued to try to chase down Randt. Randt was able to hang on though and picked up the win. Kyle Dykhoff improved four spots to second, Greseth was third, Riley was fourth, and Justin Vogel was fifth.

The WISSOTA Midwest Mods were well represented by a big field of 31 cars. Early on, Jake Smith jumped out to the lead, with Tommy Nichols right behind him - soon joined by Tyler Bitzan and Corey Storck. It was a war for top-five spots, with Lucas Rodin and Landon Randt also joining in. Mechanical issues then knocked out both Bitzan and Randt and they headed to the pits.

Storck and Smith went back and forth for the lead, exchanging the top spot before Smith hung on for the win, followed by Storck. Rodin finished third, Memphis Klassen was fourth and Nate Reinke completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Late Model feature was led early on by Tyler Peterson, with pressure from Dexton Koch. As the race wore down, Dave Mass continued to work his way to the front, getting by Cole Schill, who was also right in the thick of the hunt. Mass caught Peterson and was able to slip by him as they went back and forth several times for the top spot. Mass held on for the win, with Peterson second, followed by Travis Saurer. Schill and Danny Vang rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Hornets feature a great lineup of 22 racers. The early leader of the feature was Lincoln Miller, a young guy who had never won before. Miller held on to a nice early lead, and hung on through the halfway point before a very fast, 10th-starting Jeff Rohner started working his way to the front. He caught second-place Chase Poirrier, racing back and forth for the spot, before he took second and then snuck by Miller for the win, with Poirrier right behind him. Miller was third, Adam Throener was fourth and Christian Kast was fifth.

In the USRA Northern Lights Series feature, the WISSOTA racers gave it their best shot, with great action up front among Joe Chisholm, Dusty Bitzan, Brady Gerdes, Brandon Dolman and Rodney Sanders, but at the checkered flag Chisholm’s USRA ride came out on top for the victory. Gerdes, Sanders, Bitzan and Ryan Gierke filled out the top five.

Ben Wolden ran a strong race to win the Gen X Late Model feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[4]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 3. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 4. 44*-Cole Schill[5]; 5. 47-Danny Vang[7]; 6. 73-Zach Johnson[19]; 7. 78K-Dexton Koch[3]; 8. 18X-Shawn Meyer[8]; 9. 00-Mitch Johnson[9]; 10. 15X-Blake Boelens[17]; 11. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[2]; 12. 53-Chris Mensen[11]; 13. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[18]; 14. (DNF) 18-Josh Rieck[13]; 15. (DNF) 22-Jack Koranda[10]; 16. (DNF) 50-Ben Wolden[12]; 17. (DNF) 73X-Onyx Johnson[14]; 18. (DNS) 24-Mike Hart; 19. (DNS) 33-Ryan Dahl

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[2]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[4]; 3. 2-Dave Mass[6]; 4. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[1]; 5. 00-Mitch Johnson[7]; 6. 53-Chris Mensen[5]; 7. 18-Josh Rieck[9]; 8. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[10]; 9. 24-Mike Hart[8]; 10. (DNF) 15X-Blake Boelens[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 2. 18X-Shawn Meyer[2]; 3. 44*-Cole Schill[8]; 4. 47-Danny Vang[6]; 5. 22-Jack Koranda[9]; 6. 50-Ben Wolden[3]; 7. 73X-Onyx Johnson[5]; 8. 33-Ryan Dahl[7]; 9. (DNF) 73-Zach Johnson[1]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[2]; 2. 57-Corey Storck[5]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[6]; 4. 47K-Memphis Klassen[1]; 5. 71-Nate Reinke[8]; 6. 28-Tommy Nichols[4]; 7. 13-Scott Oeltjen[12]; 8. 15-Andrew DeNoble[16]; 9. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[21]; 10. 30-Cole Neset[14]; 11. 12X-Jamie Norman[17]; 12. 10M-Noah McFarlane[18]; 13. X-Tucker Jacobson[20]; 14. 81K-Casey Knabe[25]; 15. M47-Maddox Klassen[19]; 16. 28K-Nick Preston[11]; 17. 11-Kyle Schell[15]; 18. 210-Ryan Fletcher[28]; 19. 40-Gabe Samuelson[31]; 20. (DNF) H20-Nic Hiles[30]; 21. (DNF) 5X-Dylan McManigle[23]; 22. (DNF) TS42-Scott Samuelson[10]; 23. (DNF) 75JR-Jacob Karch[27]; 24. (DNF) 42B-Tanner Bitzan[9]; 25. (DNF) 13K-Brad King[24]; 26. (DNF) 11R-Landyn Randt[7]; 27. (DNF) 42-Ron Saurer[13]; 28. (DNF) 10B-Tyler Bitzan[3]; 29. (DNF) 52-Maddie Swenson[22]; 30. (DNF) 110-Tate Kelderman[29]; 31. (DNF) 95-Chase Wachlin[26]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Nichols[2]; 2. 47K-Memphis Klassen[4]; 3. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[7]; 4. 42-Ron Saurer[6]; 5. 12X-Jamie Norman[3]; 6. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[8]; 7. 81K-Casey Knabe[1]; 8. 110-Tate Kelderman[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[2]; 2. 57-Corey Storck[3]; 3. TS42-Scott Samuelson[5]; 4. 30-Cole Neset[7]; 5. 10M-Noah McFarlane[8]; 6. 52-Maddie Swenson[4]; 7. 95-Chase Wachlin[1]; 8. (DNF) H20-Nic Hiles[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[2]; 2. 71-Nate Reinke[6]; 3. 28K-Nick Preston[5]; 4. 11-Kyle Schell[1]; 5. M47-Maddox Klassen[7]; 6. 5X-Dylan McManigle[4]; 7. 75JR-Jacob Karch[3]; 8. 40-Gabe Samuelson[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[3]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[7]; 3. 13-Scott Oeltjen[1]; 4. 15-Andrew DeNoble[2]; 5. X-Tucker Jacobson[6]; 6. 13K-Brad King[4]; 7. 210-Ryan Fletcher[5]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[1]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[6]; 3. 19-Cole Greseth[5]; 4. 51-Eric Riley[3]; 5. 10V-Justin Vogel[7]; 6. 6X-Mark Blom[2]; 7. 71-Josh Long[9]; 8. 9-Cody Hatch[8]; 9. 52-Joe Arndt[11]; 10. 80-Tony Miller[4]; 11. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[10]; 12. 78-Josh Lawson[12]; 13. 16-Greg Platzer[13]; 14. 5F-Mike Flickinger[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[1]; 2. 19-Cole Greseth[3]; 3. 51-Eric Riley[5]; 4. 10V-Justin Vogel[7]; 5. 71-Josh Long[2]; 6. 52-Joe Arndt[4]; 7. 78-Josh Lawson[8]; 8. 16-Greg Platzer[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[3]; 2. 6X-Mark Blom[1]; 3. 9-Cody Hatch[2]; 4. 80-Tony Miller[5]; 5. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[4]; 6. 5F-Mike Flickinger[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[10]; 2. 35-Chase Pourrier[5]; 3. 988L-Lincoln Miller[1]; 4. 8X-Adam Throener[4]; 5. 03-Christian Kast[2]; 6. 40-William Lange[6]; 7. 11E-Emma Nelson[15]; 8. 30X-Chase Golliet[13]; 9. 22-Aaron Miller[16]; 10. 988A-Ayden Muchow[3]; 11. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[21]; 12. 18K-Owen Preston[18]; 13. 11L-Jesse Lindner[19]; 14. 3K-Jason Kast[9]; 15. 411-Cameryn Taylor[12]; 16. 988C-Camden Kelsen[11]; 17. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[17]; 18. (DNF) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[8]; 19. (DNF) 11R-Ryan Roeder[20]; 20. (DNF) 1000-Deacon Larby[14]; 21. (DNS) 42E-Eli Green; 22. (DNS) 42-Kevin Stock

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 03-Christian Kast[1]; 2. 40-William Lange[7]; 3. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[4]; 4. 08-Jeff Rohner[5]; 5. 30X-Chase Golliet[2]; 6. 22-Aaron Miller[6]; 7. 11L-Jesse Lindner[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 35-Chase Pourrier[3]; 2. 988A-Ayden Muchow[1]; 3. 3K-Jason Kast[2]; 4. 988C-Camden Kelsen[6]; 5. 1000-Deacon Larby[7]; 6. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[4]; 7. (DNF) 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[5]; 8. (DNS) 42-Kevin Stock

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 42E-Eli Green[2]; 2. 988L-Lincoln Miller[4]; 3. 8X-Adam Throener[3]; 4. 411-Cameryn Taylor[1]; 5. 11E-Emma Nelson[5]; 6. 18K-Owen Preston[7]; 7. 11R-Ryan Roeder[6]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 2. 9-Adam Prieve[5]; 3. 151-Bryce Borgen[3]; 4. 8T-Tony Croninger[6]; 5. 01-Alex Tschakert[11]; 6. 15-Trevor Walsh[7]; 7. 10X-Blake Swenson[8]; 8. 17J-John Winge[10]; 9. 811-Bodie Croninger[21]; 10. 27-Jarrett Huus[13]; 11. 75-Cade Skytland[2]; 12. 0-Shawn Beto[18]; 13. 33-Jeff Nelson[9]; 14. 31-Ryan Lubbers[12]; 15. 11*-Larry Samuelson[15]; 16. XJR-Hope Swenson[19]; 17. 1M-Jon McCain[16]; 18. 71-John Plaster[14]; 19. 3H-Jerry Hauge[20]; 20. (DNF) 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[4]; 21. (DNF) 18-Mike Anderson[17]; 22. (DNS) 49-Andrew Tysdal

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 151-Bryce Borgen[2]; 2. 8T-Tony Croninger[1]; 3. 15-Trevor Walsh[8]; 4. 17J-John Winge[3]; 5. 27-Jarrett Huus[6]; 6. 1M-Jon McCain[4]; 7. 0-Shawn Beto[7]; 8. 3H-Jerry Hauge[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[2]; 2. 10X-Blake Swenson[1]; 3. 75-Cade Skytland[3]; 4. 01-Alex Tschakert[7]; 5. 71-John Plaster[5]; 6. (DNF) 811-Bodie Croninger[6]; 7. (DNF) 49-Andrew Tysdal[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Adam Prieve[4]; 2. 33-Jeff Nelson[7]; 3. 50-Ben Wolden[2]; 4. 31-Ryan Lubbers[1]; 5. 11*-Larry Samuelson[6]; 6. 18-Mike Anderson[5]; 7. XJR-Hope Swenson[3]

USRA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 2X-Brady Gerdes[2]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[5]; 4. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[6]; 5. 26G-Ryan Gierke[9]; 6. 15W-Alex Williamson[7]; 7. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[8]; 8. 33X-Justin Froemming[13]; 9. 6X-Bryce Sward[15]; 10. 21X-Travis Saurer[12]; 11. 28-Parker Hale[18]; 12. 43-Zach Brom[3]; 13. 19-Lucas Rodin[24]; 14. 11X-Austin Chyba[19]; 15. 7-Bryce Borgen[20]; 16. 29H-Joe Horgdal[22]; 17. 87H-Harley Dais[14]; 18. 51A-Avery Anderson[10]; 19. 96-Taton Hansen[21]; 20. (DNF) 6T-Joseph Thomas[17]; 21. (DNF) 18A-Landon Atkinson[11]; 22. (DNF) 24D-Brandon Dolman[4]; 23. (DNF) 6*-Brian Haben[16]; 24. (DNF) 5K-Tyler Kaeter[23]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Brady Gerdes[4]; 2. 43-Zach Brom[2]; 3. 15W-Alex Williamson[3]; 4. 51A-Avery Anderson[6]; 5. 33X-Justin Froemming[5]; 6. 6*-Brian Haben[8]; 7. 11X-Austin Chyba[7]; 8. (DNF) 29H-Joe Horgdal[1]; 9. (DNS) 23-Darwin Karau

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[1]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders[3]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 4. 18A-Landon Atkinson[2]; 5. 87H-Harley Dais[4]; 6. 6T-Joseph Thomas[6]; 7. 7-Bryce Borgen[7]; 8. (DNF) 5K-Tyler Kaeter[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 24D-Brandon Dolman[2]; 3. 26G-Ryan Gierke[4]; 4. 21X-Travis Saurer[3]; 5. 6X-Bryce Sward[5]; 6. 28-Parker Hale[8]; 7. 96-Taton Hansen[7]; 8. 19-Lucas Rodin[6]