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Four feature winners step forward at Big Sky doubleheader, including Stephenson, Taylor, Meirhofer and Castro

BILLINGS, MT (May 30 & 31) - Big Sky Speedway hosted another weekend doubleheader of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, highlighted by Dylan Stephenson’s first-career victory in the Street Stocks. Other WISSOTA weekend winners included Bart Taylor, Jeremy Meirhofer and Jeremy Castro.

Castro started sixth in Friday’s WISSOTA Street Stock main event, but made his way quickly to the front to score his first win at the oval in 2025. Darryn Waldo methodically worked his way from 12th to cross the stripe in second, with Patrick Salway third, Stephenson fourth and Kayla Pelissier fifth.

Saturday’s Street Stock main event belonged to Stephenson, a rookie in the division. Not only did he claim his first win, he did so in dramatic fashion with a late-race pass on Robert Petroff. Castro was third ahead of 15th-starter Matt Riesinger and Caden Craver.

Taylor topped Friday’s WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature race. He started sixth on the grid, took the lead before halfway in the 20-lap race, and scored his first win of the season at the speedway. Nathan Kenaston was second with Troy Cepak, Jr. third, Stephen Schicketanz fourth and Rod Lorenz fifth.

Meirhofer laid waste to the Midwest Modified field on Saturday; he started on the front row and took the checkers by more than 6 seconds ahead of Taylor in second. Chad Switzenberg, Kenaston and Lorenz rounded out the top five.

Kinzer McCord and Cory Craver split the IMCA Modified victories over the weekend, and Travis Wagner topped both Legends features.

SUMMARY

Friday, May 30

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[6]; 2. 15-Nathan Kenaston[4]; 3. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[9]; 4. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[8]; 5. 2-Rod Lorenz[7]; 6. 7-Vance Lorenz[3]; 7. 94-Michael Rogers[13]; 8. 24-Ronn Green[15]; 9. 11W-Conner Carter[17]; 10. (DNF) 27-Chandler Ingle[1]; 11. (DNF) 12S-Chad Switzenberg[5]; 12. (DNF) 73-Mario Berger[10]; 13. (DNF) 20S-Shay Evig[12]; 14. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[2]; 15. (DNF) 23-Jake Schye[11]; 16. (DNF) 9K-Spencer Krueger[16]; 17. (DNF) 454-Daniel Stephenson[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Rod Lorenz[1]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[4]; 3. 369-Bart Taylor[6]; 4. 73-Mario Berger[3]; 5. 94-Michael Rogers[5]; 6. 9K-Spencer Krueger[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Nathan Kenaston[1]; 2. 27-Chandler Ingle[4]; 3. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[3]; 4. 23-Jake Schye[5]; 5. 454-Daniel Stephenson[2]; 6. 11W-Conner Carter[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[2]; 2. 7-Vance Lorenz[1]; 3. 20-Brady Lorenz[3]; 4. 20S-Shay Evig[4]; 5. 24-Ronn Green[5]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14X-Jeremy Castro[6]; 2. 29-Darryn Waldo[12]; 3. 66S-Patrick Salway[5]; 4. 62-Dylan Stephenson[1]; 5. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[4]; 6. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[8]; 7. 45T-Conner Carter[3]; 8. B33R-Matt Riesinger[7]; 9. 43C-Casey Durand[11]; 10. 21A-Destri Adams[10]; 11. (DNF) 30-Bob Gordon[9]; 12. (DNF) 79-Dalton Stephenson[2]; 13. (DNS) 33Z-Luke Zampich

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Dylan Stephenson[1]; 2. 66S-Patrick Salway[7]; 3. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[3]; 4. B33R-Matt Riesinger[4]; 5. 30-Bob Gordon[5]; 6. 21A-Destri Adams[2]; 7. (DNF) 33Z-Luke Zampich[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14X-Jeremy Castro[2]; 2. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[1]; 3. 45T-Conner Carter[6]; 4. 79-Dalton Stephenson[5]; 5. (DNF) 43C-Casey Durand[3]; 6. (DNF) 29-Darryn Waldo[4]

INEX Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Wagner[1]; 2. 511-Josh Broadbent[2]; 3. 70-Aaron Dowell[5]; 4. 98-Christopher Whisman[6]; 5. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[4]; 6. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[3]; 7. (DNF) 88T-Derick Thronson[8]; 8. (DNS) 9H-Keely Heaton

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Wagner[5]; 2. 511-Josh Broadbent[1]; 3. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[4]; 4. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[7]; 5. 70-Aaron Dowell[3]; 6. 98-Christopher Whisman[6]; 7. 88T-Derick Thronson[8]; 8. (DNF) 9H-Keely Heaton[2]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 157-Kinzer McCord[5]; 2. 57-Jason George[8]; 3. 2-Rod Lorenz[6]; 4. 550K-Kyle Anton[1]; 5. 28C-Austin Caruthers[2]; 6. 2B-Kenny Baumann[4]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[9]; 8. 37-Karl Weaver[7]; 9. (DNF) 24-Trevor Powell[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28C-Austin Caruthers[3]; 2. 157-Kinzer McCord[9]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[2]; 4. 2B-Kenny Baumann[8]; 5. 24-Trevor Powell[6]; 6. 2-Rod Lorenz[5]; 7. 37-Karl Weaver[7]; 8. (DNS) 57-Jason George; 9. (DNS) 20-Brady Lorenz

Saturday, May 31

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[2]; 2. 369-Bart Taylor[6]; 3. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[3]; 4. 15-Nathan Kenaston[5]; 5. 2-Rod Lorenz[8]; 6. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[9]; 7. 20S-Shay Evig[12]; 8. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[7]; 9. 23-Jake Schye[15]; 10. 27-Chandler Ingle[1]; 11. 24-Ronn Green[16]; 12. 9K-Spencer Krueger[13]; 13. (DNF) 454-Daniel Stephenson[10]; 14. (DNF) 73-Mario Berger[4]; 15. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[18]; 16. (DNF) 11W-Conner Carter[14]; 17. (DNS) 94-Michael Rogers; 18. (DNS) 55K-Hayden Ingle

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[4]; 2. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[2]; 3. 27-Chandler Ingle[5]; 4. 454-Daniel Stephenson[3]; 5. 9K-Spencer Krueger[1]; 6. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Rod Lorenz[3]; 2. 15-Nathan Kenaston[4]; 3. 369-Bart Taylor[5]; 4. 94-Michael Rogers[6]; 5. 11W-Conner Carter[1]; 6. 24-Ronn Green[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[1]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[4]; 3. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[2]; 4. 20S-Shay Evig[6]; 5. 23-Jake Schye[5]; 6. 55K-Hayden Ingle[3]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 62-Dylan Stephenson[6]; 2. 11-Robert Petroff[5]; 3. 14X-Jeremy Castro[9]; 4. B33R-Matt Riesinger[15]; 5. 21JR-Caden Craver[1]; 6. 29-Darryn Waldo[2]; 7. 79-Dalton Stephenson[3]; 8. 43C-Casey Durand[11]; 9. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[10]; 10. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[8]; 11. 21A-Destri Adams[14]; 12. (DNF) 33Z-Luke Zampich[7]; 13. (DNF) 22-Troy Cepak Jr[16]; 14. (DNF) 45T-Conner Carter[4]; 15. (DNF) 30-Bob Gordon[13]; 16. (DNF) 66S-Patrick Salway[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 62-Dylan Stephenson[3]; 2. 45T-Conner Carter[1]; 3. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[2]; 4. 08-Jeff Sekuterski[4]; 5. 30-Bob Gordon[6]; 6. (DNF) 22-Troy Cepak Jr[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14X-Jeremy Castro[4]; 2. 33Z-Luke Zampich[2]; 3. 29-Darryn Waldo[3]; 4. 43C-Casey Durand[5]; 5. 21A-Destri Adams[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[5]; 2. 21JR-Caden Craver[3]; 3. 79-Dalton Stephenson[4]; 4. 66S-Patrick Salway[2]; 5. B33R-Matt Riesinger[1]

INEX Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Wagner[1]; 2. 511-Josh Broadbent[2]; 3. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[3]; 4. 70-Aaron Dowell[6]; 5. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[5]; 6. 98-Christopher Whisman[4]; 7. 88T-Derick Thronson[8]; 8. (DNS) 420-Wes Viktora

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Wagner[5]; 2. 511-Josh Broadbent[1]; 3. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[7]; 4. 98-Christopher Whisman[2]; 5. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[3]; 6. 70-Aaron Dowell[4]; 7. 88T-Derick Thronson[8]; 8. 420-Wes Viktora[6]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Cory Craver[8]; 2. 157-Kinzer McCord[7]; 3. 57-Jason George[5]; 4. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[4]; 5. 2B-Kenny Baumann[2]; 6. 2-Rod Lorenz[6]; 7. 28C-Austin Caruthers[3]; 8. 20-Brady Lorenz[1]; 9. 37-Karl Weaver[11]; 10. 81-Don Hildebrandt[10]; 11. (DNF) 7R-James Rowley[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Cory Craver[5]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]; 3. 2B-Kenny Baumann[2]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[4]; 5. 37-Karl Weaver[6]; 6. 81-Don Hildebrandt[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Jason George[3]; 2. 28C-Austin Caruthers[2]; 3. 157-Kinzer McCord[4]; 4. 20-Brady Lorenz[1]; 5. 7R-James Rowley[5]