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Tyler Peterson (Alex Ostenson File Photo)

On Ryan Newman night, Peterson, Gerdes, Reinke and Goulet get to victory lane at I-94 Speedway

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (June 20) - On a hot summer night with the threat of rain storms in the area once again, racers put together a very quick 2.5 hour show. It was also a special night, as NASCAR star Ryan Newman made an appearance. He signed autographs, took lots of pictures with the fans, and drove a WISSOTA Late Model as well in action later in the program.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Tyler Peterson, Hunter Goulet, Brady Gerdes, and Nate Reinke.

Zach Johnson was the early leader in the WISSOTA Late Model feature, launching himself to a healthy advantage before he tangled with a lapped car late in the race. Both cars left the track, handing the lead to Tyler Peterson. He took charge and grabbed the victory ahead of Josh Zimpel, who improved seven spots to second at the finish. Danny Vang edged Newman in a great battle for third, while Cole Schill rounded out the top five.

It was a smaller field of WISSOTA Modifieds, but as usual it was full of talent. Brady Gerdes edged Dusty Bitzan for the lead, as the battle for second was a dandy among Bryce Sward, Bitzan and Travis Saurer; they all went at it hard.

Late in the race Gerdes was strong out front, as visitor and UMP Modified racer Will Krup came charging into the mix, moving into second with fantastic driving. Gerdes grabbed the win, however, with Krup settling for second ahead of Sward, Bitzan, and Atkinson in the top five.

A nice field of 19 WISSOTA Midwest Mods hit the track, with Taylor Bitzan edging his younger brother Tyler for the lead. Following a lap eight yellow, Nate Reinke got by Tyler Bitzan for second, and then two laps later drove by Taylor Bitzan for the lead. He hung on over the remaining laps for the win. Taylor Bitzan finished second, just ahead of Haley Dykhoff, a very fast Scott Oeltjen, and Tanner Bitzan in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Hornet feature, Brady Albertson led all 12 laps except the last 3 feet: Hunter Goulet stunned him and everyone in the stands, passing him by inches for the win. Sixth-starter Christian Kast improved three spots to third, Chase Pourrier was fourth, and Eli Green was fifth.

The Gen X Late Model feature was won by Alex Tschakert. It was his first win after a strong performance outdueling Rick Schroeder for the victory.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 5-Josh Zimpel[9]; 3. 47-Danny Vang[3]; 4. 39-Ryan Newman[4]; 5. 44*-Cole Schill[7]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer[5]; 7. 2-Dave Mass[8]; 8. 27-Jared Zimpel[6]; 9. 50-Ben Wolden[13]; 10. 18-Josh Rieck[10]; 11. 26-Tim Johnson[16]; 12. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[15]; 13. (DNF) 73-Zach Johnson[1]; 14. (DNF) 15X-Blake Boelens[11]; 15. (DNS) 18X-Shawn Meyer; 16. (DNS) 42S-Don Shaw

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Danny Vang[4]; 2. 27-Jared Zimpel[2]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[6]; 4. 44*-Cole Schill[1]; 5. 5-Josh Zimpel[8]; 6. 15X-Blake Boelens[3]; 7. 42S-Don Shaw[7]; 8. 50-Ben Wolden[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[2]; 2. 73-Zach Johnson[3]; 3. 39-Ryan Newman[1]; 4. 2-Dave Mass[7]; 5. 18-Josh Rieck[5]; 6. (DNF) 18X-Shawn Meyer[6]; 7. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[4]; 8. (DNF) 26-Tim Johnson[8]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2X-Brady Gerdes[1]; 2. 10XK-Will Krup[3]; 3. 6X-Bryce Sward[4]; 4. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[2]; 5. 18A-Landon Atkinson[8]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer[7]; 7. 2G-Brock Gronwold[5]; 8. 6T-Joseph Thomas[10]; 9. 7-Bryce Borgen[9]; 10. 88-Tanner Williamson[14]; 11. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[12]; 12. 11X-Austin Chyba[11]; 13. (DNF) 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[6]; 14. (DNF) 51-Avery Anderson[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson[2]; 2. 2X-Brady Gerdes[4]; 3. 2G-Brock Gronwold[1]; 4. 10XK-Will Krup[5]; 5. 7-Bryce Borgen[6]; 6. 11X-Austin Chyba[3]; 7. 51-Avery Anderson[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6X-Bryce Sward[2]; 2. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[1]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 4. 21X-Travis Saurer[7]; 5. 6T-Joseph Thomas[4]; 6. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[6]; 7. 88-Tanner Williamson[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[3]; 2. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[1]; 3. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[4]; 4. 13-Scott Oeltjen[10]; 5. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[7]; 6. 73-Onyx Johnson[9]; 7. 10M-Noah McFarlane[12]; 8. 21Z-Zach Kort[5]; 9. X-Tucker Jacobson[6]; 10. 28K-Nick Preston[14]; 11. 110-Tate Kelderman[15]; 12. 24-Todd Stevens[18]; 13. (DNF) 52-Maddie Swenson[13]; 14. (DNF) 42-Ron Saurer[8]; 15. (DNF) 10B-Tyler Bitzan[2]; 16. (DNF) 10K-Kurt Mursu[16]; 17. (DNF) 75JR-Jacob Karch[19]; 18. (DNF) L1-Shane Howell[11]; 19. (DNS) 5X-Dylan McManigle

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[2]; 2. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[1]; 3. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[5]; 4. 13-Scott Oeltjen[3]; 5. 52-Maddie Swenson[6]; 6. 75JR-Jacob Karch[7]; 7. 10K-Kurt Mursu[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[5]; 2. 73-Onyx Johnson[3]; 3. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[4]; 4. L1-Shane Howell[2]; 5. 28K-Nick Preston[6]; 6. (DNS) 24-Todd Stevens

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Ron Saurer[3]; 2. X-Tucker Jacobson[5]; 3. 21Z-Zach Kort[1]; 4. 10M-Noah McFarlane[4]; 5. 110-Tate Kelderman[2]; 6. (DNF) 5X-Dylan McManigle[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 701-Hunter Goulet[1]; 2. 16-Brady Albertson[3]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[6]; 4. 35-Chase Pourrier[5]; 5. 42E-Eli Green[4]; 6. 275X-Travis Bruns[8]; 7. 988A-Ayden Muchow[12]; 8. 18K-Ally Preston[2]; 9. 988E-Emma Nelson[9]; 10. 988T-Gage Treinen[11]; 11. 15K-Hannah Koch[13]; 12. (DNF) 35P-Tylar Pourrier[7]; 13. (DNS) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 16-Brady Albertson[6]; 2. 35-Chase Pourrier[7]; 3. 701-Hunter Goulet[3]; 4. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[1]; 5. 988E-Emma Nelson[4]; 6. (DNS) 988T-Gage Treinen; 7. (DNS) 988A-Ayden Muchow

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 03-Christian Kast[5]; 2. 42E-Eli Green[2]; 3. 275X-Travis Bruns[3]; 4. 18K-Ally Preston[1]; 5. (DNS) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff; 6. (DNS) 15K-Hannah Koch

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 01-Alex Tschakert[2]; 2. 7-Rick Schroeder[3]; 3. 15X-Blake Boelens[8]; 4. 15-Trevor Walsh[9]; 5. 50-Ben Wolden[7]; 6. 2Q-Derek Quinn[14]; 7. 33-Jeff Nelson[11]; 8. 18A-Mike Anderson[5]; 9. 0-Shawn Beto[1]; 10. 71-John Plaster[12]; 11. 3H-Jerry Hauge[4]; 12. 75-Cade Skytland[16]; 13. (DNF) 1M-Jon McCain[17]; 14. (DNF) 11*-Larry Samuelson[10]; 15. (DNF) 49-Andrew Tysdal[18]; 16. (DNF) 27-Jarrett Huus[15]; 17. (DNF) 14-Scott Harrington[6]; 18. (DNF) 00-Kevin Youngquist[13]; 19. (DNF) 17S-Garrett Skaurud[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Scott Harrington[1]; 2. 01-Alex Tschakert[3]; 3. 18A-Mike Anderson[6]; 4. 11*-Larry Samuelson[5]; 5. 00-Kevin Youngquist[2]; 6. 27-Jarrett Huus[4]; 7. 1M-Jon McCain[7

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15X-Blake Boelens[4]; 2. 7-Rick Schroeder[1]; 3. 50-Ben Wolden[5]; 4. 33-Jeff Nelson[2]; 5. 2Q-Derek Quinn[6]; 6. 75-Cade Skytland[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Trevor Walsh[5]; 2. 3H-Jerry Hauge[2]; 3. 0-Shawn Beto[1]; 4. 71-John Plaster[3]; 5. (DNF) 49-Andrew Tysdal[4]; 6. (DNF) 17S-Garrett Skaurud[6]