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Field of 126 storms into I-94 Speedway to race for the fans on a dicey day Friday

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (June 19) - Sometimes the racing gods give you a break, and Friday night was proof of that at I-94 Speedway. With storms all around the speedway, some with hail, it did not look promising for the Fergus Falls track throughout the day. However, the skies cleared just in time for a 126-car program of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action and the track’s Gen X Late Models, while the featured class of the night was the NLRA Late Models.

Winners in sanctioned action included Dave Mass, Travis Saurer, Matt Schow, Jeff Rohner and Eric Riley.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks got things rolling, as Riley took the early lead with plenty of pressure from Cole Greseth and Levi Randt. The top three did not separate much during the race until four laps to go, when Randt got by Greseth for second, and Darek Turner made a late surge to take fourth. Riley was the man Friday, taking the win ahead of Randt, Greseth, Turner and Joshua Schroeder in the top five.

A nice field of 27 WISSOTA Midwest Mods charged to the speedway Matt Schow and Reise Stenberg out front in the early going, but Schow was really dialed in. The battle for third was a good one, as Ron Saurer and Jon Carlson went back and forth before Jake Smith charged ahead to take third. Schow soared to the eventual victory ahead of Stenberg, Smith, Jon Carlson, and Saurer in the top five.

The NLRA WISSOTA Late Models were led early on by Mass, as Cole Schill and Blake Boelens fought back and forth for second, and Tyler Peterson was close in fourth.

Mass looked like he had the race in the bag, but Dustin Strand made a tremendous late-race surge to try to catch him. Strand came up short however, and finished second to Mass, who took the big win. Shane Edginton, Peterson, and Schill rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Mods had double features Friday, and Travis Saurer had a fantastic night. He grabbed the regular win with a nice pass on Dusty Bitzan, who had one slip-up which allowed Saurer to take advantage. Brady Gerdes was third with Brandon Dolman in fourth. Shane Sabraski completed the top five.

The makeup feature picked up on lap three, with Saurer leading. Again, he was just plain too fast for anybody to overtake him and he claimed the victory in the makeup feature from May 8 as well. Joe Thomas was second, and Bitzan was strong again in third, just ahead of Tyler Peterson and Shane Sabraski in the top five.

The WISSOTA Hornets sent 21 cars to the starting grid with Jeff Rohner taking the lead early. Lincoln Miller and Chase Golliet gave Rohner a good fight, but in the end Rohner hung on for the win. Golliet, Christian Kast, Miller and Nelson completed the top five.

The Gen X Late Models were led early on by Jeff Nelson, before Blake Swenson took charge and grabbed the win.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[2]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[8]; 3. 5E-Shane Edginton[3]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[7]; 5. 44*-Cole Schill[5]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 7. 15X-Blake Boelens[1]; 8. 7A-Shane Sabraski[13]; 9. 7P-Joey Pederson[9]; 10. 12S-Brad Seng[10]; 11. 19-Lucas Rodin[12]; 12. 8-Travis Robertson[11]; 13. 18X-Shawn Meyer[21]; 14. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[17]; 15. 22-Jack Koranda[22]; 16. 14-Brody Troftgruben[16]; 17. 00-Mitch Johnson[14]; 18. 27P-Tucker Pederson[20]; 19. 4C-Brandon Corbett[18]; 20. 02-Dan Dowling[24]; 21. 93-Kelsi Pederson[19]; 22. 39-Jamie Dietzler[23]; 23. (DNF) 49-Collin Compson[26]; 24. (DNF) 50-Ben Wolden[4]; 25. (DNF) 33-Ryan Dahl[25]; 26. (DNF) 5-Josh Zimpel[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[7]; 2. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 3. 7P-Joey Pederson[4]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 5. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[2]; 6. 18-Josh Rieck[8]; 7. 12F-Greg Friestad[5]; 8. 02-Dan Dowling[3]; 9. (DNS) 49-Collin Compson

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5E-Shane Edginton[1]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[2]; 3. 12S-Brad Seng[6]; 4. 00-Mitch Johnson[4]; 5. 4C-Brandon Corbett[5]; 6. 70-Jesse Teunis[8]; 7. 22-Jack Koranda[7]; 8. 33-Ryan Dahl[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15X-Blake Boelens[1]; 2. 2-Dave Mass[3]; 3. 8-Travis Robertson[4]; 4. 5-Josh Zimpel[6]; 5. 93-Kelsi Pederson[2]; 6. 18X-Shawn Meyer[5]; 7. 19B-Kalvin Kesselberg[8]; 8. (DNF) 51-Josh Thoennes[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 44*-Cole Schill[2]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[4]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[1]; 4. 14-Brody Troftgruben[5]; 5. 27P-Tucker Pederson[7]; 6. 53-Chris Mensen[6]; 7. 39-Jamie Dietzler[8]; 8. (DNS) 2RK-Rusty Kollman

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 18X-Shawn Meyer[3]; 2. 22-Jack Koranda[6]; 3. 70-Jesse Teunis[2]; 4. 02-Dan Dowling[9]; 5. 51-Josh Thoennes[11]; 6. 19B-Kalvin Kesselberg[7]; 7. 18-Josh Rieck[1]; 8. 39-Jamie Dietzler[8]; 9. (DNF) 12F-Greg Friestad[5]; 10. (DNF) 33-Ryan Dahl[10]; 11. (DNF) 53-Chris Mensen[4]; 12. (DNS) 2RK-Rusty Kollman; 13. (DNS) 49-Collin Compson

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[5]; 2. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[3]; 3. 2X-Brady Gerdes[4]; 4. 24-Brandon Dolman[11]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 6. 51-Josh Thoennes[8]; 7. 33X-Justin Froemming[13]; 8. 7-Bryce Borgen[9]; 9. 88-Tanner Williamson[12]; 10. 51T-Talan Thoennes[14]; 11. 51A-Avery Anderson[10]; 12. (DNF) 26G-Ryan Gierke[6]; 13. (DNF) 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 14. (DNF) 7AX-Will Krup[2]; 15. (DNF) 43-John Oeltjen[18]; 16. (DNF) 6T-Joseph Thomas[15]; 17. (DNF) US-Jonathan Olmscheid[16]; 18. (DNF) 11-Loki Bjerke[17]

Makeup Feature: (20 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[3]; 2. 6T-Joseph Thomas[6]; 3. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[7]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 6. 2X-Brady Gerdes[9]; 7. 51-Josh Thoennes[4]; 8. 51T-Talan Thoennes[2]; 9. 7-Bryce Borgen[11]; 10. 24-Brandon Dolman[5]; 11. (DNF) 26G-Ryan Gierke[12]; 12. (DNF) 33X-Justin Froemming[10]; 13. (DNF) US-Jonathan Olmscheid[16]; 14. (DNS) 51A-Avery Anderson; 15. (DNS) 96-Erv Grossman; 16. (DNS) 43-John Oeltjen; 17. (DNS) 6X-Bryce Sward

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[1]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[2]; 3. 21X-Travis Saurer[3]; 4. 7AX-Will Krup[5]; 5. 7-Bryce Borgen[4]; 6. 24-Brandon Dolman[6]; 7. 33X-Justin Froemming[9]; 8. 6T-Joseph Thomas[7]; 9. 11-Loki Bjerke[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Josh Thoennes[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 4. 2X-Brady Gerdes[9]; 5. 51A-Avery Anderson[5]; 6. 88-Tanner Williamson[8]; 7. 51T-Talan Thoennes[7]; 8. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[3]; 9. (DNF) 43-John Oeltjen[2]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[2]; 2. 87S-Reise Stenberg[1]; 3. 21-Jake Smith[7]; 4. 8-Jon Carlson[6]; 5. 42-Ron Saurer[4]; 6. 11R-Landyn Randt[9]; 7. 42TB-Tanner Bitzan[10]; 8. 71-Nate Reinke[16]; 9. 10M-Noah McFarlane[3]; 10. 85X-Jamie Davis[11]; 11. TS42-Scott Samuelson[13]; 12. 57-Corey Storck[15]; 13. 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 14. 13-Scott Oeltjen[17]; 15. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[19]; 16. 52-Maddie Swenson[20]; 17. 28K-Nick Preston[21]; 18. 554-Alan Oeltjen[8]; 19. 17-Nick Shumansky[12]; 20. 92-Nick Seitz[14]; 21. 15-Andrew DeNoble[24]; 22. 5X-Dylan McManigle[23]; 23. 13K-Brad King[25]; 24. (DNF) 110-Tate Kelderman[18]; 25. (DNF) 10B-Tyler Bitzan[22]; 26. (DNF) 12X-Jamie Norman[26]; 27. (DNS) 7-Kody Machart

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10M-Noah McFarlane[1]; 2. 42-Ron Saurer[3]; 3. 554-Alan Oeltjen[2]; 4. 42TB-Tanner Bitzan[7]; 5. TS42-Scott Samuelson[6]; 6. 71-Nate Reinke[8]; 7. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[9]; 8. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[5]; 9. (DNF) 12X-Jamie Norman[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Nichols[1]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[6]; 3. 8-Jon Carlson[3]; 4. 85X-Jamie Davis[8]; 5. 92-Nick Seitz[2]; 6. 13-Scott Oeltjen[7]; 7. 52-Maddie Swenson[5]; 8. 5X-Dylan McManigle[4]; 9. (DNF) 7-Kody Machart[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[2]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[3]; 3. 87S-Reise Stenberg[4]; 4. 17-Nick Shumansky[1]; 5. 57-Corey Storck[7]; 6. 110-Tate Kelderman[5]; 7. 28K-Nick Preston[8]; 8. 15-Andrew DeNoble[9]; 9. 13K-Brad King[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[1]; 2. 11-Levi Randt[4]; 3. 19-Cole Greseth[2]; 4. 10T-Darek Turner[7]; 5. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[8]; 6. 80-Tony Miller[6]; 7. 16-Greg Platzer[5]; 8. 23-Maverick Janssen[9]; 9. 18J-Justin Peterson[10]; 10. 5F-Mike Flickinger[12]; 11. (DNF) 16W-Andrew White[11]; 12. (DNF) 30B-Wade Bergerud[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[5]; 2. 16-Greg Platzer[1]; 3. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[2]; 4. 30B-Wade Bergerud[3]; 5. 23-Maverick Janssen[4]; 6. 16W-Andrew White[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[2]; 2. 19-Cole Greseth[3]; 3. 10T-Darek Turner[1]; 4. 80-Tony Miller[5]; 5. 18J-Justin Peterson[4]; 6. 5F-Mike Flickinger[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[2]; 2. 30-Chase Golliet[4]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[8]; 4. 988L-Lincoln Miller[1]; 5. 11E-Emma Nelson[7]; 6. 411-Cameryn Taylor[3]; 7. 988C-Camden Kelsen[16]; 8. 11R-Ryan Roeder[12]; 9. 316-Justin Hove[19]; 10. (DNF) 80K-Nathan Kelley[11]; 11. (DNF) 22-Aaron Miller[10]; 12. (DNF) 35-Chase Pourrier[5]; 13. (DNF) 27-Kody Crabtree[9]; 14. (DNF) 15K-Hannah Koch[13]; 15. (DNF) 1000-Grant Simonson[14]; 16. (DNF) 42E-Eli Green[6]; 17. (DNS) 18K-Ally Preston; 18. (DNS) 988A-Ayden Muchow; 19. (DNS) 35C-Corey Pourrier; 20. (DNS) 47B-Daisy Schmitz; 21. (DNS) 35P-Tylar Pourrier

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 30-Chase Golliet[5]; 2. 03-Christian Kast[7]; 3. 08-Jeff Rohner[8]; 4. 411-Cameryn Taylor[1]; 5. 27-Kody Crabtree[4]; 6. (DNF) 1000-Grant Simonson[11]; 7. (DNF) 18K-Ally Preston[2]; 8. (DNF) 988C-Camden Kelsen[9]; 9. (DNF) 988A-Ayden Muchow[6]; 10. (DNF) 316-Justin Hove[10]; 11. (DQ) 35P-Tylar Pourrier[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 35-Chase Pourrier[1]; 2. 988L-Lincoln Miller[5]; 3. 42E-Eli Green[2]; 4. 11E-Emma Nelson[3]; 5. 22-Aaron Miller[6]; 6. 80K-Nathan Kelley[9]; 7. 11R-Ryan Roeder[8]; 8. 15K-Hannah Koch[4]; 9. (DNF) 35C-Corey Pourrier[10]; 10. (DNF) 47B-Daisy Schmitz[7]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 10X-Blake Swenson[4]; 2. 33-Jeff Nelson[1]; 3. 01-Alex Tschakert[5]; 4. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[7]; 5. 15-Trevor Walsh[8]; 6. 50-Ben Wolden[2]; 7. 18-Mike Anderson[3]; 8. XJR-Hope Swenson[9]; 9. 75-Cade Skytland[12]; 10. 0-Shawn Beto[14]; 11. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[13]; 12. 11*-Larry Samuelson[6]; 13. 31-Ryan Lubbers[11]; 14. 1M-Jon McCain[10]; 15. 3H-Jerry Hauge[16]; 16. 142-Jeromy Sharp[15]; 17. (DNS) 49-Andrew Tysdal

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Trevor Walsh[1]; 2. 01-Alex Tschakert[6]; 3. 33-Jeff Nelson[5]; 4. 11*-Larry Samuelson[4]; 5. XJR-Hope Swenson[2]; 6. 31-Ryan Lubbers[7]; 7. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[8]; 8. 142-Jeromy Sharp[9]; 9. (DNF) 49-Andrew Tysdal[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[3]; 2. 18-Mike Anderson[2]; 3. 10X-Blake Swenson[5]; 4. 50-Ben Wolden[8]; 5. 1M-Jon McCain[1]; 6. 75-Cade Skytland[4]; 7. 0-Shawn Beto[6]; 8. 3H-Jerry Hauge[7]