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Throwback night feature winners at Grand Rapids include Broking, Labelle, Blevins, Smith and McLynn

GRAND RAPIDS, MN (May 29) - Grand Rapids Speedway fans and drivers celebrated Throwback Night on May 29, inviting those in attendance to celebrate and pay homage to days-gone-by.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Bob Broking, Cameron Labelle, Michael Blevins, Sr., Jake Smith and Tristen McLynn.

In the WISSOTA Pure Stocks, Austin Carlson was the early leader, under heavy pressure from Eric Crosby. As Crosby’s machine began to show smoke, Jake Smith drove past for second and took off after Carlson. Smith used the inside line to drive by about the halfway point of the race. Smith drove off after a mid-race restart, and onto victory lane. Carlson, Crosby, Dustin Puffe and Alex Berg completed the top five.

Blevins, Sr. used his pole starting spot to his advantage in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, grabbing the early lead ahead of front-row starter Skyler Smith. Throughout a caution-filled affair, Blevins held the lead for the remaining 19 laps to the checkered flag. He was followed across the stripe by Smith, Mikey Blevins, Justin Feltus, and Sam Blevins.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks were led on track by Cameron Labelle and Alexa Sparby. Labelle was the early leader ahead of Kevin Salin, as drivers were two and three-wide for position throughout the pack. Salin got past for the lead with several laps in the books, before Labelle fought back on the outside, followed closely by Justin Barsness. Labelle regained the lead as Barsness and Salin argued over second, with Barsness gaining the spot a couple of laps later.

Labelle continued to lead past the halfway point, and he hung on during the final lap to nip Barness at the line for the win. Barsness, Chaston Finckbone, Dalton Carlson, and Salin completed the top five.

Bob Broking was the early leader of the WISSOTA Modified feature by a hair, as he and Blake Adams battled for the top spot. Tyler Kintner was close behind in third.

Broking set a torrid pace out front, leaving Adams and Kintner to fight for second. Ryan Jensen was fourth and T.J. Heinle was fifth before the halfway point of the feature.

Adams had pulled back away from Kintner and worked his way back into contention for the lead around the halfway point of the race, but did not have enough to get by Broking during the final lap. Broking took the win ahead of Adams, Kintner, Jensen, and Heinle in the top five.

McLynn started outside of the third row in the WISSOTA Hornets. With four to go, McLynn moved to the outside line and drove by race leader Mark Gangl to capture the victory. Gangl was second ahead of Mikayla LaBarge, who also led several laps of the feature. Deb Graves and ninth-starter McKenna Folstad in the top five.

In the Northern Renegade feature, Chris Lewis took home the win ahead of eighth-starter Ken Hron and Zach Olson on the podium.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1: 1. 45-Bob Broking[2]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 3. 22-Tyler Kintner[3]; 4. 23-Ryan Jensen[5]; 5. 12-TJ Heinle[6]; 6. 2-Charlie Castle[9]; 7. M2-Chris Magistad[4]; 8. 8E8J-Jennie Krause[7]; 9. (DNF) 8E8-Jessy Krause[8]

Heat 1: 1. 45-Bob Broking[1]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[2]; 3. 23-Ryan Jensen[3]; 4. 22-Tyler Kintner[4]; 5. M2-Chris Magistad[5]; 6. 12-TJ Heinle[6]; 7. 8E8J-Jennie Krause[7]; 8. 8E8-Jessy Krause[8]; 9. (DNF) 2-Charlie Castle[9]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 27C-Cameron Labelle[1]; 2. 47J-Justin Barsness[6]; 3. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[10]; 4. 57-Dalton Carlson[8]; 5. 11-Kevin Salin[3]; 6. 79A-Andy LaBarge[7]; 7. 30S-Dan Severson[4]; 8. 01-Trevor Arens[11]; 9. (DNF) 05V-Gavin Voss[9]; 10. (DNF) X81-Alexa Sparby[2]; 11. (DNF) 81X-Matt Sparby[5]

Heat 1: 1. 81X-Matt Sparby[1]; 2. 27C-Cameron Labelle[4]; 3. 57-Dalton Carlson[5]; 4. 30S-Dan Severson[3]; 5. 05V-Gavin Voss[6]; 6. 1-Trevor Arens[2]

Heat 2: 1. 79A-Andy LaBarge[2]; 2. 11-Kevin Salin[5]; 3. 47J-Justin Barsness[4]; 4. X81-Alexa Sparby[1]; 5. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[1]; 2. 16-Skyler Smith[2]; 3. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[7]; 4. 18-Justin Feltus[3]; 5. 15-Sam Blevins[4]; 6. 102-Mervin Castle III[8]; 7. 10X-Matthew Cunha[6]; 8. 14G-Brant Gruba[9]; 9. 26K-Sam Kolar[10]; 10. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[13]; 11. 31-Randy Haupt[12]; 12. (DNF) 19-Darrin Lawler[5]; 13. (DNF) 5-Rory Taber[14]; 14. (DNF) 10Z-Cade Johnson[11]; 15. (DNS) 7A-Eric Anderson

Heat 1: 1. 18-Justin Feltus[7]; 2. 10X-Matthew Cunha[1]; 3. 15-Sam Blevins[5]; 4. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[4]; 5. 14G-Brant Gruba[2]; 6. 10Z-Cade Johnson[8]; 7. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[3]; 8. 5-Rory Taber[6]

Heat 2: 1. 16-Skyler Smith[2]; 2. 19-Darrin Lawler[1]; 3. 102-Mervin Castle III[6]; 4. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[4]; 5. 26K-Sam Kolar[3]; 6. 31-Randy Haupt[7]; 7. (DNF) 7A-Eric Anderson[5]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 86J-Jake Smith[5]; 2. 57-Austin Carlson[2]; 3. 28-Eric Crosby[4]; 4. 21X-Dustin Puffe[3]; 5. 18B-Alex Berg[7]; 6. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[1]; 7. (DNF) 7-Bob Klein[6]

Heat 1: 1. 57-Austin Carlson[7]; 2. 21X-Dustin Puffe[3]; 3. 86J-Jake Smith[5]; 4. 28-Eric Crosby[6]; 5. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[2]; 6. 7-Bob Klein[1]; 7. 18B-Alex Berg[4]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1: 1. 40R-Tristen McLynn[6]; 2. 34-Mark Gangl[5]; 3. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[2]; 4. 31-Zeb Graves[7]; 5. 25K-McKenna Folstad[9]; 6. 11-Tucker Smith[8]; 7. 27-Brady Fosso[1]; 8. 81R-Ryker Larson[4]; 9. 24J-Jerry Adams[15]; 10. 92S-Zachary Sims[13]; 11. 10-Easton Pfeiffer[3]; 12. 44-Olive Henagin[10]; 13. 08-Shayne Houle[14]; 14. (DNF) 16-Joey Tracy[11]; 15. (DNF) 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[12]

Heat 1: 1. 31-Zeb Graves[2]; 2. 10-Easton Pfeiffer[6]; 3. 27-Brady Fosso[5]; 4. 34-Mark Gangl[7]; 5. 25K-McKenna Folstad[8]; 6. 16-Joey Tracy[4]; 7. 92S-Zachary Sims[1]; 8. 24J-Jerry Adams[3]

Heat 2: 1. 40R-Tristen McLynn[4]; 2. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[1]; 3. 11-Tucker Smith[3]; 4. 81R-Ryker Larson[6]; 5. 44-Olive Henagin[2]; 6. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[7]; 7. 08-Shayne Houle[5]

Northern Renegades:

A Feature 1: 1. 5J-Chris Lewis[2]; 2. 46H-Ken Hron[8]; 3. Z15-Zach Olson[5]; 4. 15E-Peyton Emerson[3]; 5. 17-Hunter Colton[4]; 6. 24-Terry Lillo[7]; 7. 56-Josh Braford[1]; 8. 11-Jesse Grife[10]; 9. 36-Tyler Wass[11]; 10. 2-Teal Arnason[9]; 11. 17L-Mariah LaPatka[13]; 12. 92-Danny Wait Jr[14]; 13. (DNF) 22-Travis Krumrei[12]; 14. (DNF) 101-Paul Schultz[6]

Heat 1: 1. 46H-Ken Hron[2]; 2. 5J-Chris Lewis[4]; 3. Z15-Zach Olson[6]; 4. 17-Hunter Colton[3]; 5. 2-Teal Arnason[7]; 6. 36-Tyler Wass[5]; 7. (DNF) 92-Danny Wait Jr[1]

Heat 2: 1. 24-Terry Lillo[2]; 2. 101-Paul Schultz[5]; 3. 56-Josh Braford[4]; 4. 15E-Peyton Emerson[3]; 5. 11-Jesse Grife[1]; 6. 22-Travis Krumrei[7]; 7. 17L-Mariah LaPatka[6]