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Anderson returns to victory lane as Redetzke, Adams, Richards & Wahlstrom winners at Rice Lake Speedway

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (June 27) - Prior to Saturday night at Rice Lake Speedway, Mike Anderson had won at least one feature race for the last 21 years in a row. Though that long string of success ended in 2025 and stopped one of the longest-running streaks in track history, Anderson was back in full force as he made a stirring drive from the third row to top the toughest field of Modified drivers to date at the track and win the WISSOTA Modified feature.

Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Jesse Redetzke in the Super Stocks, Blake Adams in the Midwest Modifieds, Cole Richards in the Street Stocks and Simon Wahlstrom in the Pure Stocks.

The Modified feature was a nonstop 20-lap main event with three different leaders at one point or another. Matt Leer edged ahead of Jason Miller to lead the first lap but Kennedy Swan was flying, and she moved past Leer just a lap later to claim the lead. Anderson found a sweet spot on the inside lane of the track and he quickly started to advance toward the front.

Meanwhile, Swan was freewheeling on the cushion as she continued to hold down the top spot through the halfway point of the race. By then, Anderson was second with Leer, Jake Hartung and Jason Gross next in line.

Just past the halfway point, Anderson really started to pick up the pace; he quickly reeled in Swan and on lap 12, drove under her down the front chute to take over the lead. Swan tried to fight back, but Anderson's car was wired as he pulled away from her.

Anderson continued to pull away from the field in the remaining laps and drove home unchallenged for the win. Hartung was a late mover and drove past Leer for third and very nearly nipped Swan for second, coming up just short at the line. Blake Adams completed the top five.

It was the 59th time Anderson has visited victory lane at Rice Lake as a Modified feature winner, second on the all-time list to Kevin Adams.

Jesse Redetzke has been an infrequent competitor at the speedway in recent years, but when he does roll into the pits, he generally runs right among the leaders. Such was the case again as Saturday night marked his first run at the track in 2026 and he headed back to Eau Claire with the feature win.

The WISSOTA Super Stock feature was a two-driver battle, as Alex Myers started on the pole and led the first five laps. Redetzke moved into second after passing Doug Koski for the spot. A yellow for a spinning driver slowed the action with five laps done.

Back under green, Myers selected the outside line while Redetzke was happy to take the inside lane, which he then used to pass Myers for the lead.

Once in front, it was no contest as Redetzke continued to pull away from the field and expand his lead until at the finish, where he was nearly a full straightaway in front.

Jeff Eisner, Jr. continued his strong 2026 runs at the track, driving past Myers in the very late going to claim second, while the Olsons, Eric and Ryan, completed the top five finishers.

Redetzke became the seventh different winner so far this year in the Super Stock class, which remains the most competitive offered at the track.

Adams had a relatively easy time of it in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature, as he won his fifth of the season here in that division. The first few laps were a struggle though, with Cody Cimfl providing the challenge while the field tried to get laps completed. First Mark Thomas lost a driveshaft on the opening lap, and then Jason Vokovan lost a rear bumper on the second attempt. Finally under green, Adams edged ahead of Cimfl to take the lead.

As Adams then gradually began to pull away, a good battle for second broke out among Cimfl, Cody Borgeson and Brady Larson for runner-up honors. The final yellow set up a seven lap sprint to the finish.

With the green back out over the field, Adams again pulled away. Cimfl got past Borgeson one last time, and then made his strongest push for the lead.

Adams completed his run for the win, but Cimfl had closed to within a car length as the checkered flag waved. Borgeson was third, with Dave Baxter making a late run to fourth ahead of Mike Schnider.

The WISSOTA Street Stock feature got off to a rocky start when polesitter Connor Franson spun on the first go-round. He was restored to that position for the restart and this time Hunter VanGilder grabbed the initial lead. VanGilder looked to be in great position to win back-to-back mains, leading for the first six laps ahead of Franson and Cole Richards until he suddenly rolled to a halt with mechanical issues.

This gave Richards the lead, with Franson and Cody Cimfl battling for second. Cimfl was a spinner, but was restored to second and then the final half of the race went nonstop.

Some of the night’s most intense racing then took place as Cimfl got to the inside of Richards and they raced door to door around the track for several laps, inches apart. Somehow Richards held off the charge of Cimfl and cleared himself as the leader. He then pulled out to a slight advantage, which he carried to the finish line. Cimfl finished a very close second with Caiden Engel completing a fine run in third. Layla Chaplin and Bryar Zimmerman completed the top five.

It was Richards second win of the season at the track.

Simon Wahlstrom won for the fifth time of the year at the track, tying him with Adams for most feature wins to this point of the season. However, this win might have been his toughest; he raced door to door with George Richards for the first half of the race, never more than a few inches apart.

Amazingly, they were able to race that close and hard without incident and Wahlstrom eventually edged away from Richards to claim the lead. Richards was able to stay within a car length or so of the leader, but Wahlstrom was not about to make a mistake and give up the top spot. He drove on for the win, with Richards a close second. C.J Wagner finished third with Austin Fencl and Bob Wahlstrom rounded out the top five.

The USRA Late Models were also on hand Saturday night, and winner Josh Wahlstrom reported that the victory was the first of his career at his hometown track. Wahlstrom topped a very competitive USRA Late Model feature ahead of Steven O’Brien, Jr., Lucas Peterson, Clayton Hofteig and Mitchell Fenske in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 57-Mike Anderson[6]; 2. 18S-Kennedy Swan[3]; 3. 05-Jake Hartung[4]; 4. 30-Matt Leer[2]; 5. 40D-Blake Adams[8]; 6. 43K-Kaden Blaeser[9]; 7. 12-Jason Gross[5]; 8. 19J-Jack Rivord[7]; 9. 3JR-Shane Halopka[10]; 10. 12M-Jason Miller[1]; 11. 9MM-Aiden Hoffman[11]; 12. 38-Zach Gibson[12]; 13. 204-David Mayala[14]; 14. 09-Skylar Findley[16]; 15. (DNF) 27H-Steve Hallquist[13]; 16. (DNS) 7-Travis Hallquist

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19J-Jack Rivord[2]; 2. 12-Jason Gross[1]; 3. 30-Matt Leer[3]; 4. 57-Mike Anderson[5]; 5. 43K-Kaden Blaeser[7]; 6. 9MM-Aiden Hoffman[8]; 7. 27H-Steve Hallquist[4]; 8. 7-Travis Hallquist[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18S-Kennedy Swan[1]; 2. 05-Jake Hartung[4]; 3. 12M-Jason Miller[2]; 4. 40D-Blake Adams[5]; 5. 3JR-Shane Halopka[7]; 6. 38-Zach Gibson[3]; 7. 204-David Mayala[6]; 8. 09-Skylar Findley[8]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 207-Jesse Redetzke[3]; 2. 10-Jeff Eisner Jr[5]; 3. 2M-Alex Myers[1]; 4. 1E-Eric Olson[7]; 5. 1-Ryan Olson[6]; 6. 14X-Leslie Leu[4]; 7. 49-Thomas Hauert[10]; 8. 2-Bart Steffen[12]; 9. 76-Doug Koski[2]; 10. 01-Michael Anderson[16]; 11. 22-Robert Holmstrom Jr[13]; 12. 02-Travis Anderson[14]; 13. 37-Joey Fitzsimmons[8]; 14. 38-Trevor Koslowski[11]; 15. 21-Mike Siewert[9]; 16. (DNF) 22AT-Austin Tilton[17]; 17. (DNF) 28-Josh Cappo[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1E-Eric Olson[1]; 2. 14X-Leslie Leu[7]; 3. 37-Joey Fitzsimmons[2]; 4. 10-Jeff Eisner Jr[9]; 5. 21-Mike Siewert[6]; 6. 38-Trevor Koslowski[4]; 7. 22-Robert Holmstrom Jr[8]; 8. 28-Josh Cappo[5]; 9. (DNF) 22AT-Austin Tilton[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2M-Alex Myers[1]; 2. 207-Jesse Redetzke[4]; 3. 1-Ryan Olson[2]; 4. 76-Doug Koski[6]; 5. 49-Thomas Hauert[3]; 6. 2-Bart Steffen[5]; 7. 02-Travis Anderson[7]; 8. (DNF) 01-Michael Anderson[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[2]; 2. 19C-Cody Cimfl[1]; 3. B37-Cody Borgeson[5]; 4. 35B-David Baxter[8]; 5. 7-Mike Schnider[7]; 6. 80-Derek Haas[6]; 7. 63JR-Brady Larson[3]; 8. 6-Steve Haas[10]; 9. 20-Jaxon Helland[15]; 10. 17-Zach Beaulieu[16]; 11. 17H-Calin Haas[11]; 12. 101-Michael Grover[12]; 13. 19P-Antonio Pintaro[9]; 14. 410-Jesse Young[18]; 15. 08-Eric Klemetson[4]; 16. 401K-Mitch Patrick[20]; 17. (DNF) 88K-Donavan Knutson[17]; 18. (DNF) 22F-Jake Farah[19]; 19. (DNF) 31-Jason Vokovan[13]; 20. (DNF) T25-Mark Thomas[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35B-David Baxter[2]; 2. 7-Mike Schnider[5]; 3. 19P-Antonio Pintaro[1]; 4. 6-Steve Haas[6]; 5. 31-Jason Vokovan[4]; 6. 17-Zach Beaulieu[7]; 7. 22F-Jake Farah[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 63JR-Brady Larson[3]; 3. 19C-Cody Cimfl[6]; 4. 17H-Calin Haas[4]; 5. T25-Mark Thomas[5]; 6. 88K-Donavan Knutson[2]; 7. 401K-Mitch Patrick[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. B37-Cody Borgeson[2]; 2. 80-Derek Haas[5]; 3. 08-Eric Klemetson[4]; 4. 101-Michael Grover[1]; 5. 20-Jaxon Helland[3]; 6. 410-Jesse Young[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1R-Cole Richards[4]; 2. 19C-Cody Cimfl[5]; 3. 7-Caiden Engel[3]; 4. 86-Layla Chaplin[7]; 5. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[6]; 6. 20F-Connor Franson[1]; 7. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[12]; 8. 5-Alaina Chaplin[11]; 9. (DNF) 20T-Michael Tuma[10]; 10. (DNF) 12K-Jay Kesan[9]; 11. (DNF) 84-Hunter VanGilder[2]; 12. (DNF) 19A-Shawn Amundson[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19C-Cody Cimfl[3]; 2. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[2]; 3. 86-Layla Chaplin[1]; 4. 20F-Connor Franson[5]; 5. 12K-Jay Kesan[6]; 6. (DNF) 81-Charlie Pitcavage[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Hunter VanGilder[2]; 2. 19A-Shawn Amundson[5]; 3. 1R-Cole Richards[3]; 4. 7-Caiden Engel[1]; 5. 20T-Michael Tuma[6]; 6. 5-Alaina Chaplin[4]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[1]; 2. 5R-George Richards[2]; 3. 93-CJ Wagner[4]; 4. 52W-Austin Fencl[5]; 5. 88-Robert Wahlstrom[7]; 6. 1-Carsyn Olson[6]; 7. 16-Rob Grabon[3]; 8. 55-Caleb Duffie[8]; 9. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[9]; 10. 9M-Marlene Lannet[11]; 11. 925-Dnae Rose[10]; 12. 3D-Sean Duffy[14]; 13. 89A-Alyson Karshbaum[12]; 14. 67-Dale Peterson[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[5]; 2. 88-Robert Wahlstrom[1]; 3. 93-CJ Wagner[2]; 4. 5R-George Richards[7]; 5. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[3]; 6. 9M-Marlene Lannet[4]; 7. 67-Dale Peterson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 52W-Austin Fencl[3]; 2. 1-Carsyn Olson[1]; 3. 55-Caleb Duffie[4]; 4. 16-Rob Grabon[2]; 5. 925-Dnae Rose[7]; 6. 89A-Alyson Karshbaum[6]; 7. 3D-Sean Duffy[5]

USRA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[8]; 2. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[1]; 3. LXV-Lucas Peterson[6]; 4. 55-Clayton Hofteig[9]; 5. 99F-Mitchell Fenske[7]; 6. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[15]; 7. 1-Kody Koski[4]; 8. 3-Zack Friske[3]; 9. 63-Patrick Kelley[12]; 10. 007-Jess Seim[10]; 11. 22-Cam Panitzke[13]; 12. 52-Jason McFadden[5]; 13. 87-Caden Steffen Ludwig[11]; 14. 71-Ron Hanestad[14]; 15. 26D-Chad Dawson[16]; 16. (DNF) T18-TJ Adams[2]; 17. (DNF) 511JR-Maison Poston[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[2]; 2. T18-TJ Adams[1]; 3. LXV-Lucas Peterson[5]; 4. 99F-Mitchell Fenske[4]; 5. 55-Clayton Hofteig[3]; 6. 87-Caden Steffen Ludwig[7]; 7. 22-Cam Panitzke[6]; 8. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[8]; 9. 511JR-Maison Poston[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[1]; 2. 3-Zack Friske[3]; 3. 1-Kody Koski[5]; 4. 52-Jason McFadden[7]; 5. 007-Jess Seim[4]; 6. 63-Patrick Kelley[8]; 7. 71-Ron Hanestad[6]; 8. 26D-Chad Dawson[2]