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Andrew Inman (Track Photo)
Inman, Smith, Blom & Fosso find their way to a nice Hibbing haul on Saturday
HIBBING, MN (June 27) - Andrew Inman, Jake Smith, Austin Blom, and Brady Fosso topped the WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action Saturday night in Hibbing, as the speedway hosted a regular weekly race night June 27.
Inman started on the pole and drove to his first 2026 season victory in the WISSOTA Modifieds. He was chased to the checkered flag by Mervin Castle III, Jeffrey Wood, Jeff Wood and Chris Magistad in the top five.
In the WISSOTA Super Stocks, Austin Blom turned his pole starting position into Saturday night hardware as he grabbed the win ahead of Andy LaBarge and Kyle Copp on the podium. Dalton Carlson and Mikey Vajdl rounded out the top five.
Austin Blom (Track Photo)
The WISSOTA Hornets have turned in many nights of great racing action on the Iron Range so far this season, and Saturday was no different. Brady Fosso worked his way from sixth on the grid to take the win ahead of Nick Ruzich. Ryker Larson, Jacob Petrich and Mikayla LaBarge completed the top five.
It was a small field of WISSOTA Pure Stocks, with just two representatives in the class. Jake Smith overcame polesitter Austin Carlson for the victory, his 10th of the season overall.
Michael Blevins, Sr. kept on trucking in the Crown Vics, taking home another win in the class.
SUMMARY
WISSOTA Modifieds:
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11JR-Andrew Inman[1]; 2. 10-Mervin Castle III[2]; 3. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[5]; 4. 55-Jeff Wood[3]; 5. M2-Chris Magistad[6]; 6. 10B-Michael Blevins Sr[4]
Heat (8 Laps): 1. 55-Jeff Wood[2]; 2. 11JR-Andrew Inman[1]; 3. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[6]; 4. 10-Mervin Castle III[3]; 5. 10B-Michael Blevins Sr[4]; 6. M2-Chris Magistad[5]
WISSOTA Super Stocks:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 3B-Austin Blom[1]; 2. 79A-Andy LaBarge[3]; 3. 26-Kyle Copp[6]; 4. 57-Dalton Carlson[2]; 5. 41-Mikey Vajdl[8]; 6. 01-Trevor Arens[10]; 7. 11-Kevin Salin[7]; 8. 41X-Brian Vajdl[4]; 9. (DNF) 30-Dan Severson[9]; 10. (DNF) 24JR-Jada Lore[11]; 11. (DNF) 19LC-Tristan LaBarge[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 79A-Andy LaBarge[2]; 2. 57-Dalton Carlson[3]; 3. 3B-Austin Blom[4]; 4. 11-Kevin Salin[1]; 5. 30-Dan Severson[5]; 6. (DNF) 24JR-Jada Lore[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Kyle Copp[4]; 2. 41-Mikey Vajdl[1]; 3. 19LC-Tristan LaBarge[3]; 4. 41X-Brian Vajdl[2]; 5. 01-Trevor Arens[5]
WISSOTA Hornets:
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[6]; 2. 9-Nick Ruzich[2]; 3. 81R-Ryker Larson[3]; 4. 74-Jacob Petrich[7]; 5. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[4]; 6. 25K-McKenna Folstad[10]; 7. 11-Tucker Smith[5]; 8. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[14]; 9. 78JR-Robert Morse[11]; 10. 218-Astion Schelde[15]; 11. (DNF) 31-Zeb Graves[8]; 12. (DNF) 15-Edwin Christianson[13]; 13. (DNF) 96-Trenton Beel[1]; 14. (DNF) 01A-Austin Morris[9]; 15. (DNF) 22-Paige Kintner[12]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[5]; 2. 81R-Ryker Larson[1]; 3. 96-Trenton Beel[3]; 4. 31-Zeb Graves[6]; 5. 01A-Austin Morris[2]; 6. 78JR-Robert Morse[4]; 7. 15-Edwin Christianson[7]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Ruzich[3]; 2. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[1]; 3. 11-Tucker Smith[4]; 4. 74-Jacob Petrich[7]; 5. 25K-McKenna Folstad[5]; 6. 22-Paige Kintner[8]; 7. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[2]; 8. 218-Astion Schelde[6]
WISSOTA Pure Stocks:
A Feature (8 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[2]; 2. 57-Austin Carlson[1]
Heat (4 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[1]; 2. 57-Austin Carlson[2]
Crown Vics:
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 10JR-Michael Blevins Sr[5]; 2. 78-Victor Westerlund[1]; 3. 99SR-Dustin Hammer[2]; 4. 99JR-Logan Hammer[3]; 5. 7S-Marty Serbus[6]; 6. 31B-Brody Burt[9]; 7. 07H-Hunter Morris[4]; 8. 60M-Bruce Peterson[8]; 9. 15A-Aidan Elhardt[7]
Heat (8 Laps): 1. 07H-Hunter Morris[1]; 2. 10JR-Michael Blevins Sr[6]; 3. 78-Victor Westerlund[9]; 4. 99JR-Logan Hammer[3]; 5. 99SR-Dustin Hammer[7]; 6. 7S-Marty Serbus[8]; 7. 15A-Aidan Elhardt[4]; 8. 60M-Bruce Peterson[5]; 9. (DNF) 31B-Brody Burt[2]