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Leer and Anderson score second straight while Adams, Myers and Wahlstrom also win at Rice Lake Speedway

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (June 6) - Using divergent paths to victory lane, Matt Leer and Parker Anderson highlighted the racing program Saturday night at Rice Lake Speedway with their second straight feature wins of the 2026 racing season.

Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners on Saturday included Tyler Wahlstrom, who won his first Pure Stock feature win of the season. Blake Adams and Alex Myers were also winners.

Leer started on the pole for what turned out to be a nonstop 20-lap WISSOTA Modified feature race and built a fairly comfortable lead over the pack while Blake Adams raced past Kyle Helling to take over second by the halfway point of the race with Kennedy Swan following his move into third.

Leer continued to lead during the second half of the race, but Adams slowly began to reel in the leader, continuing to narrow down the lead as the laps began to run out in the event. Swan also stayed close.

In the last few laps, Adams moved to within a few car lengths of the leader and drove hard into the corners, trying to narrow the margin. He was able to set up a last-lap slider into turn three, but Leer had enough of a lead that the move was unsuccessful and Leer drove home with about a three car length advantage for the win. Adams was followed by Swan to complete the top three.

It was heartbreak for Helling, who was holding a strong fourth place when he spun on the final lap and became a DNF. Lance Schilling inherited fourth and Mike Anderson was fifth.

The WISSOTA Street Stock drivers may have put on their best race of the season to date, as the top five finishers ran under a blanket and jockeyed for position from the drop of the green to the final checkers.

Cole Richards took the early lead, but he was challenged hard by Hunter VanGilder and Bryar Zimmerman, with Sam Fankhauser and Caiden Engel close behind. Also on the move were Cody Cimfl and Anderson, who started on the outside of row four. The track was excellent for the Street Stocks and they were running side by side, several rows deep as they fought for position.

Richards still had the lead at the halfway point over VanGilder and Zimmerman, while Anderson cracked the top five.

The first yellow of the race did not occur until there were 12 laps completed. Two straight yellows kept the field tight, but Anderson took advantage to move up the track and his car worked excellently in the outside lane as he began his march to the front. VanGilder was challenging Richards on every corner, but Anderson soon made a move to take over second, and then drove around Richards to take over the lead with just two laps to go.

The action was not done quite yet however, as Richards went for a spin on a restart and then, on the next attempt to finish off the race, Shawn Amundson was also turned, which brought out the final yellow.

Parker Anderson drove away from the pack on the final restart with Amundson making a strong challenge on the inside in the final corner, but Anderson had the win. VanGilder ended up finishing third.

Travis Anderson was painfully close to getting his first WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature win of the season until a late yellow flag completely changed the complexion of the race and put him on the defensive as he tried to fight off the competition. Anderson had started on the outside pole and raced past Jason Vokovan to take the early lead. Anderson started to put some distance on the field as Nick Koehler and Les Duellman raced into position behind him.

Anderson continued to lead, but Koehler had moved in close behind the leader and attempted several times to make a pass, although each time Anderson fought him off. Ninth-starter Blake Adams worked his way forward, making the top five by the halfway point as he followed Cody Cimfl.

With 17 starters in the race and no yellow flags, the traffic became very heavy as Anderson did a great job of weaving his way past backmarkers with Koehler right behind him. Adams managed to get past both Cimfl and Duellman to move into third, but he was still some distance behind the two leaders when the first yellow of the race flew with just four laps to go.

What came next was crazy as the field attempted on three straight occasions to restart the race, only to have a yellow fly and negate the start. Anderson was trying to hold back both Koehler and Adams on the double file restarts, but Adams got past the first time, only to have the yellow wave. Koehler then decided on the outside line and got the lead, only to have the yellow wave once again.

Adams then made the move of the race as although he restarted on the inside, he was able to get past Koehler and move to the cushion when the race finally got started; he made what turned out to be the winning pass.

Adams was not in the clear quite yet however, as twice more the yellow waved with just a pair of laps to go. He held off all challenges from Koehler to drive on for the win. Anderson, so close to that first win of the year, had to settle for third with Duellman and Brady Larson completing the top five. It was Adams third Midwest Modified feature win of the year at the track.

Alex Myers was seeking redemption Saturday following last week’s DQ in the WISSOTA Super Stocks. Eric Olson got the jump from the outside pole to lead lap one, but Myers was flying on the cushion and just one lap later drove past Olson to take the lead. Once in front, he was not about to be caught, leading the last 18 laps to record his second feature win of the season.

The first 12 laps of the race ran off nonstop and there were only two yellows in the whole event. Following the last one with just two laps to go, Olson stayed nailed to the rear bumper of Myers’ car, but Myers made no mistakes. On the last lap, Jeff Eisner got up on the cushion and was able to pass two drivers, racing into third ahead of Leslie Leu and Ryan Olson.

The WISSOTA Pure Stocks completed the evening with a very good feature race, running nonstop for 15 laps with the top five drivers running in tight formation. Mitch Kesan grabbed the lead from the outside pole with Tyler Wahlstrom and Austin Fencl close behind. Wahlstrom was particularly fast, as he looked to the inside of Kesan several times, but each time Kesan was able to fight him off.

Finally, with seven laps complete, Wahlstrom was able to clear Kesan and take over the top spot. Fencl, C.J. Wagner and Simon Wahlstrom all ran closely behind the lead duel.

During the last half of the race, Fencl was right on the bumper of the leader, but Tyler made no mistakes and drove on for his first feature win of the year and his second overall, having earned his first during the 2025 racing season.

Simon Wahlstrom managed to race up to third in the late going with Kesan and Wagner next in line in the top five.

For the first time in the history of the Rice Lake Speedway, the Legend Cars of the INEX Rolling Thunder Dirt Legends group made an appearance at the speedway. Taking the lead on lap 11, Davey Pennel drove on for the win.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 30-Matt Leer[1]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[4]; 3. 18S-Kennedy Swan[3]; 4. 43-Lance Schilling[5]; 5. 57-Mike Anderson[7]; 6. 24-Dylan Goettl[6]; 7. 204-David Mayala[8]; 8. 3-Bryan Hessler[10]; 9. (DNF) 10-Kyle Helling[2]; 10. (DNS) 9MM-Aiden Hoffman

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Matt Leer[1]; 2. 18S-Kennedy Swan[2]; 3. 57-Mike Anderson[4]; 4. 43-Lance Schilling[3]; 5. (DQ) 3-Bryan Hessler[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 24-Dylan Goettl[2]; 3. 204-David Mayala[3]; 4. 10-Kyle Helling[4]; 5. (DNS) 9MM-Aiden Hoffman

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2M-Alex Myers[4]; 2. 1E-Eric Olson[2]; 3. 10-Jeff Eisner Jr[6]; 4. 14X-Leslie Leu[5]; 5. 1-Ryan Olson[7]; 6. 2-Bart Steffen[9]; 7. 22-Robert Holmstrom Jr[13]; 8. 77L-Andy Ladd[1]; 9. 28-Josh Cappo[3]; 10. 38-Trevor Koslowski[11]; 11. (DNF) 02-Travis Anderson[10]; 12. (DNF) 17G-Chris Gross[12]; 13. (DNF) 21-Mike Siewert[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2M-Alex Myers[5]; 2. 1E-Eric Olson[2]; 3. 14X-Leslie Leu[3]; 4. 21-Mike Siewert[4]; 5. 2-Bart Steffen[7]; 6. 38-Trevor Koslowski[6]; 7. (DNF) 22-Robert Holmstrom Jr[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Ryan Olson[3]; 2. 10-Jeff Eisner Jr[5]; 3. 77L-Andy Ladd[6]; 4. 28-Josh Cappo[1]; 5. 02-Travis Anderson[2]; 6. 17G-Chris Gross[4]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[9]; 2. 13-Nick Koehler[3]; 3. 37-Travis Anderson[2]; 4. 23KR-Les Duellman[4]; 5. 63JR-Brady Larson[7]; 6. 31-Jason Vokovan[1]; 7. 00-Joe Swearingen[6]; 8. 71-Jacob Anderson[11]; 9. 17-Zach Beaulieu[13]; 10. 26-Matt Joslin[5]; 11. 101-Michael Grover[14]; 12. 88K-Donavan Knutson[16]; 13. 401K-Mitch Patrick[18]; 14. (DNF) 20-Jaxon Helland[12]; 15. (DNF) 33-Cooper Berlin[15]; 16. (DNF) 19C-Cody Cimfl[8]; 17. (DNF) 78-Bently Prochnow[10]; 18. (DNS) 29-Tommie Tesch

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 63JR-Brady Larson[5]; 2. 26-Matt Joslin[3]; 3. 37-Travis Anderson[2]; 4. 78-Bently Prochnow[1]; 5. 17-Zach Beaulieu[4]; 6. 88K-Donavan Knutson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19C-Cody Cimfl[1]; 2. 13-Nick Koehler[6]; 3. 23KR-Les Duellman[3]; 4. 71-Jacob Anderson[2]; 5. 101-Michael Grover[5]; 6. 29-Tommie Tesch[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[5]; 2. 00-Joe Swearingen[6]; 3. 31-Jason Vokovan[2]; 4. 20-Jaxon Helland[1]; 5. 33-Cooper Berlin[4]; 6. 401K-Mitch Patrick[3]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[8]; 2. 19A-Shawn Amundson[7]; 3. 84-Hunter VanGilder[2]; 4. 19C-Nick Traynor[13]; 5. 11-Sam Fankhauser[5]; 6. 77-Kyle Bolt[4]; 7. 1R-Cole Richards[1]; 8. 3R-Danny Richards[10]; 9. 7-Caiden Engel[6]; 10. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[3]; 11. 86-Layla Chaplin[11]; 12. (DNF) 20F-Connor Franson[9]; 13. (DNF) 10-Dylan Baskin[12]; 14. (DNF) 5-Alaina Chaplin[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1R-Cole Richards[4]; 2. 11-Sam Fankhauser[5]; 3. 84-Hunter VanGilder[3]; 4. 7-Caiden Engel[2]; 5. 20F-Connor Franson[7]; 6. 86-Layla Chaplin[6]; 7. (DNF) 19C-Nick Traynor[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19A-Shawn Amundson[2]; 2. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[1]; 3. 77-Kyle Bolt[3]; 4. 27-Parker Anderson[6]; 5. 3R-Danny Richards[4]; 6. 10-Dylan Baskin[5]; 7. 5-Alaina Chaplin[7]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[3]; 2. 52W-Austin Fencl[5]; 3. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[8]; 4. AK-Mitch Kesan[2]; 5. 93-CJ Wagner[7]; 6. 55-Caleb Duffie[1]; 7. 1-Carsyn Olson[4]; 8. 31-Tom Treviranus[6]; 9. 16-Rob Grabon[9]; 10. 925-Dnae Rose[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 52W-Austin Fencl[3]; 2. AK-Mitch Kesan[5]; 3. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[1]; 4. 93-CJ Wagner[4]; 5. 16-Rob Grabon[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[2]; 2. 55-Caleb Duffie[1]; 3. 1-Carsyn Olson[4]; 4. 31-Tom Treviranus[3]; 5. 925-Dnae Rose[5]

Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 86-Davey Pennel[4]; 2. 75-Baiden Heskett[1]; 3. 28-Karl Genett[3]; 4. 14T-Talyn Neuman[5]; 5. 29M-Ryan Mech[2]; 6. 4S-Chris Sleep[9]; 7. 4C-Connor Carey[10]; 8. 33-Derek Krumrie[8]; 9. 60-Levi Broer[6]; 10. 19-Ayden Erickson[14]; 11. 5K-Keith Carey[7]; 12. 5B-River Carlson[15]; 13. 78-Carson Grob[11]; 14. 82V-Vincent Lokken[13]; 15. 37-Dan Mech[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Karl Genett[1]; 2. 75-Baiden Heskett[4]; 3. 14T-Talyn Neuman[3]; 4. 5K-Keith Carey[5]; 5. 4S-Chris Sleep[6]; 6. 78-Carson Grob[7]; 7. 5B-River Carlson[8]; 8. (DNF) 19-Ayden Erickson[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Davey Pennel[6]; 2. 29M-Ryan Mech[2]; 3. 60-Levi Broer[4]; 4. 33-Derek Krumrie[5]; 5. 4C-Connor Carey[3]; 6. 37-Dan Mech[1]; 7. 82V-Vincent Lokken[7]