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Mario Berger (73) and Troy Cepak (Char Hurd Photo)

Berger puts Midwest Mod racers in a pickle on first night of a Big Sky double decker

BILLINGS, MT (June 20) - Mario Berger grabbed a Midwest Modified feature win during night one of a doubleheader at Big Sky Speedway.

Berger put on a dominating performance for the WISSOTA Midwest Modified victory. He started seventh when the green flag waved and picked his way forward into the top spot late in the opening half of the 20-lap race. Once out front, he ran away to an advantage of more than 6 seconds at the checkered flag for his first win of the season at the oval. Nathan Kenaston was second ahead of Vance Lorenz, Rod Lorenz and Troy Cepak, Jr.

Kelly Miller raced to victory in the ASCS Winged Sprint cars, while Chris Williams won without the wing in the Big Sky Sprints.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[7]; 2. 15-Nathan Kenaston[1]; 3. 7-Vance Lorenz[6]; 4. 0-Rod Lorenz[3]; 5. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[5]; 6. 7D4-Dayton Liscum[14]; 7. 9D4R-Daniel Nichols[4]; 8. 20-Brady Lorenz[9]; 9. 23-Jake Schye[2]; 10. 101-Chad Kordus[13]; 11. 24-Ronn Green[12]; 12. (DNF) 00-Grant Gary[10]; 13. (DNF) 20S-Shay Evig[8]; 14. (DNS) 454-Daniel Stephenson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[5]; 2. 15-Nathan Kenaston[4]; 3. 20S-Shay Evig[2]; 4. 23-Jake Schye[3]; 5. 20-Brady Lorenz[1]; 6. 454-Daniel Stephenson[6]; 7. 101-Chad Kordus[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Rod Lorenz[4]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[2]; 3. 9D4R-Daniel Nichols[6]; 4. 7-Vance Lorenz[3]; 5. 00-Grant Gary[1]; 6. 24-Ronn Green[5]

360 Sprints - Winged:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2JR-Kelly Miller[1]; 2. 37-Trever Kirkland[4]; 3. 23N-Garen Linder[8]; 4. 12H-Hank Davis[9]; 5. 9K-Kory Wermling[3]; 6. 28-Joe Perry[7]; 7. 44-Damon McCune[6]; 8. 38B-Bryan Brown[5]; 9. 2-Shad Petersen[16]; 10. 2M-Abraham Hernandez[17]; 11. 24M-Ian Myers[2]; 12. 97-Matthew Dusseault[12]; 13. 01-Rich Bailey[14]; 14. 00-Christian Kinnison[11]; 15. 97X-Sheldon Bender[18]; 16. 17J-Chris Williams[13]; 17. 6C-Cruz Riggin[10]; 18. 0J-Bill Carey[15]; 19. (DNS) 9-Andrew Adams

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Damon McCune[1]; 2. 28-Joe Perry[5]; 3. 9K-Kory Wermling[4]; 4. 6C-Cruz Riggin[2]; 5. 17J-Chris Williams[6]; 6. 9-Andrew Adams[7]; 7. (DNS) 20-Logan Hershey

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Trever Kirkland[2]; 2. 2JR-Kelly Miller[4]; 3. 12H-Hank Davis[1]; 4. 00-Christian Kinnison[5]; 5. 01-Rich Bailey[3]; 6. 2-Shad Petersen[6]; 7. 97X-Sheldon Bender[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24M-Ian Myers[1]; 2. 23N-Garen Linder[6]; 3. 38B-Bryan Brown[4]; 4. 97-Matthew Dusseault[5]; 5. 0J-Bill Carey[3]; 6. 2M-Abraham Hernandez[2]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

Feature -  No information available at press time.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[3]; 2. 43J-Joel Niebeling[4]; 3. 94-Joe Hudson[1]; 4. 13-Chas Matye[8]; 5. 008-Darren Pulver[5]; 6. 26S-David Speck[6]; 7. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[7]; 8. (DNF) 82-Jim Garretson[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Daytona Smith[5]; 2. 11-Anthony Whiteman[2]; 3. 24W-Wesley Smith[4]; 4. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[6]; 5. 007-Brady Sherburn[8]; 6. 4-Douglas Berg[7]; 7. (DNF) 95-Brooklyn Lorenz[1]; 8. (DNS) 33-Jonathan Morgan

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Cody Cassiday[4]; 2. 24-Kory Pritchett[2]; 3. 29X-Kyle Leichner[6]; 4. 8K-Kane Krueger[3]; 5. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[7]; 6. 223-Noah Payne[8]; 7. 22-Cassie Hudson[5]; 8. 34DD-Kristi Dorn[1]

Big Sky Wingless Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17J-Chris Williams[7]; 2. 2D-Harrison White[9]; 3. 21-Cody Cassiday[2]; 4. 63-Jake Dewitt[3]; 5. M240-Teri Omoth[6]; 6. 171-Roy Guy III[8]; 7. 20-Wren Jacobs[5]; 8. 33-Keith Ahlgren[4]; 9. (DNF) 94R-Ryan Nash[1]; 10. (DNF) 16K-Kade Vogt[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16K-Kade Vogt[2]; 2. 2D-Harrison White[1]; 3. 171-Roy Guy III[3]; 4. 17J-Chris Williams[4]; 5. M240-Teri Omoth[6]; 6. 94R-Ryan Nash[8]; 7. 21-Cody Cassiday[10]; 8. 63-Jake Dewitt[9]; 9. 33-Keith Ahlgren[7]; 10. 20-Wren Jacobs[5]