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Jake Smith (Jennifer Tomczyk Photo)

Grand Rapids fans treated to Saturday night feature action won by Kintner, Salon, Blevins, Smith and LaBarge

GRAND RAPIDS, MN (July 12) - Grand Rapids Speedway hosted a Saturday night show July 12, and WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Tyler Kintner, Jake Smith, Mikayla LaBarge, Mikey Blevins, and Kevin Salin.

In the WISSOTA Pure Stocks, Jake Smith came out on top for his third feature win of the year. Polesitter Alex Berg slipped back to second at the finish, with Billy Binkley, Austin Carlson and Bob Klein in the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds struggled to put together green-flag racing Saturday, but Mikey Blevins found a way to the lead and hung on to garner the victory ahead of sixth-starter Alex O’Dell and 10th-starter Andy Davey on the podium. Gary James Nelson charged from 16th to finish fourth, while Matthew Cunha was fifth.

Mikey Blevins (Jennifer Tomczyk Photo)

Kevin Salin (Jennifer Tomczyk Photo)

Kevin Salin led from start to finish in the WISSOTA Super Stock feature. He was tailed to the checkered flag by Matt Sparby, Dalton Carlson, Andy LaBarge and Brian Vajdl in the top five.

Tyler Kintner captured the WISSOTA Modified feature from his third-starting spot, taking the checkered flag ahead of Bob Broking, Ryan Jensen, Mervin Castle III and Chris Magistad in the top five.

Tyler Kintner (Jennifer Tomczyk Photo)

Mikayla LaBarge (Jennifer Tomczyk Photo)

Mikayla LaBarge started from the pole and drove on to victory lane in the WISSOTA Hornets. She was followed to the stripe by Mark Gangl, eighth-starter Russell Kiker, Jr., Zeb Graves and Tristen McLynn in the top five.

Ken Hron topped the Northern Renegades feature from his sixth starting spot in the track’s other action.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1: 1. 22-Tyler Kintner[3]; 2. 45-Bob Broking[5]; 3. 23-Ryan Jensen[4]; 4. 2-Mervin Castle III[6]; 5. M2-Chris Magistad[7]; 6. 12-TJ Heinle[1]; 7. (DNF) 72-Adam Johnson[8]; 8. (DNF) 43-Lance Schilling[2]

Heat 1: 1. 23-Ryan Jensen[1]; 2. 43-Lance Schilling[2]; 3. 22-Tyler Kintner[4]; 4. 45-Bob Broking[3]; 5. 12-TJ Heinle[7]; 6. 2-Mervin Castle III[8]; 7. M2-Chris Magistad[6]; 8. 72-Adam Johnson[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 11-Kevin Salin[3]; 2. 81X-Matt Sparby[4]; 3. 57-Dalton Carlson[5]; 4. 79A-Andy LaBarge[6]; 5. 41X-Brian Vajdl[8]; 6. (DNF) 72-Mike Johnson[10]; 7. (DNF) 40C-Chaston Finckbone[7]; 8. (DNF) 47J-Justin Barsness[1]; 9. (DNF) 01-Trevor Arens[9]; 10. (DNS) X81-Alexa Sparby

Heat 1: 1. 11-Kevin Salin[2]; 2. 57-Dalton Carlson[3]; 3. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[4]; 4. X81-Alexa Sparby[5]; 5. 41X-Brian Vajdl[1]

Heat 2: 1. 81X-Matt Sparby[2]; 2. 79A-Andy LaBarge[4]; 3. 47J-Justin Barsness[3]; 4. 72-Mike Johnson[5]; 5. (DNF) 01-Trevor Arens[1]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[4]; 2. 12A-Alex O'Dell[6]; 3. 91-Andy Davey[10]; 4. 74-Gary James Nelson[16]; 5. 10X-Matthew Cunha[1]; 6. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[19]; 7. 26K-Sam Kolar[8]; 8. 14G-Brant Gruba[14]; 9. 15S-Sam Blevins[9]; 10. 19-Darrin Lawler[5]; 11. 7P-Cory Peterson[17]; 12. (DNF) 22E-Ethan Elhardt[12]; 13. (DNF) 31-Randy Haupt[2]; 14. (DNF) 48-Tim Jackson[3]; 15. (DNF) 47-Don Craig[7]; 16. (DNF) 428-Kevin O'Dell[15]; 17. (DNF) 18X-Connor Drewry[18]; 18. (DNF) 1-Joe Pangrac[20]; 19. (DNF) 7A-Eric Anderson[11]; 20. (DNF) 15-Landon Gross[13]

Heat 1: 1. 48-Tim Jackson[1]; 2. 26K-Sam Kolar[2]; 3. 19-Darrin Lawler[3]; 4. 91-Andy Davey[5]; 5. 15-Landon Gross[4]; 6. 74-Gary James Nelson[7]; 7. 18X-Connor Drewry[6]

Heat 2: 1. 10X-Matthew Cunha[2]; 2. 31-Randy Haupt[1]; 3. 47-Don Craig[5]; 4. 7A-Eric Anderson[7]; 5. 14G-Brant Gruba[6]; 6. 7P-Cory Peterson[4]; 7. (DNF) 1-Joe Pangrac[3]

Heat 3: 1. 15S-Sam Blevins[3]; 2. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[6]; 3. 12A-Alex O'Dell[2]; 4. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[4]; 5. 428-Kevin O'Dell[1]; 6. (DNF) 10-Michael Blevins Sr[5]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 86J-Jake Smith[4]; 2. 18B-Alex Berg[1]; 3. 25-Billy Binkley[3]; 4. 57-Austin Carlson[5]; 5. 7-Bob Klein[8]; 6. (DNF) 88H-Michael Hawkins[7]; 7. (DNF) 13D-Dylan Elhardt[6]; 8. (DNF) 70-Chris Dudley[2]

Heat 1: 1. 25-Billy Binkley[2]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[5]; 3. 57-Austin Carlson[3]; 4. 70-Chris Dudley[4]; 5. 18B-Alex Berg[6]; 6. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[7]; 7. 88H-Michael Hawkins[1]; 8. 7-Bob Klein[8]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1: 1. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[1]; 2. 34-Mark Gangl[4]; 3. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[8]; 4. 31-Zeb Graves[3]; 5. 40R-Tristen McLynn[5]; 6. 27-Brady Fosso[6]; 7. 9-Nick Ruzich[10]; 8. 11-Tucker Smith[7]; 9. 25K-McKenna Folstad[16]; 10. 24JR-Jada Lore[12]; 11. 13-Anastashia Chavez[13]; 12. 96-Trenton Beel[9]; 13. 10-Easton Pfeiffer[11]; 14. 81R-Ryker Larson[2]; 15. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[14]; 16. (DNF) 88-Asher Tuttle[17]; 17. (DNF) 20-Riley Terry[15]

Heat 1: 1. 31-Zeb Graves[1]; 2. 11-Tucker Smith[3]; 3. 40R-Tristen McLynn[4]; 4. 34-Mark Gangl[8]; 5. 96-Trenton Beel[6]; 6. 10-Easton Pfeiffer[5]; 7. (DNF) 20-Riley Terry[7]; 8. (DNF) 25K-McKenna Folstad[9]; 9. (DNF) 88-Asher Tuttle[2]

Heat 2: 1. 27-Brady Fosso[2]; 2. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[6]; 3. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[1]; 4. 81R-Ryker Larson[4]; 5. 9-Nick Ruzich[5]; 6. 24JR-Jada Lore[8]; 7. 13-Anastashia Chavez[7]; 8. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[3]

Northern Renegades:

A Feature 1: 1. 46H-Ken Hron[6]; 2. Z15-Zach Olson[7]; 3. 101-Paul Schultz[1]; 4. 46-KC Hawkinson[3]; 5. 44-Shane Hawkinson[11]; 6. 2-Teal Arnason[5]; 7. 92-Danny Wait Jr[4]; 8. 7E-Keith Erickson[10]; 9. 17-Mariah LaPatka[12]; 10. (DNF) 15E-Peyton Emerson[8]; 11. (DNF) 5J-Chris Lewis[2]; 12. (DNF) 22-Travis Krumrei[9]

Heat 1: 1. 92-Danny Wait Jr[1]; 2. 5J-Chris Lewis[3]; 3. 46H-Ken Hron[4]; 4. 46-KC Hawkinson[5]; 5. 22-Travis Krumrei[2]; 6. 44-Shane Hawkinson[6]

Heat 2: 1. Z15-Zach Olson[1]; 2. 101-Paul Schultz[5]; 3. 15E-Peyton Emerson[4]; 4. 2-Teal Arnason[3]; 5. 7E-Keith Erickson[6]; 6. 17-Mariah LaPatka[2]

Scott Hughes