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Vargason, Pederson and Swenson spend a sizzling hot night in victory lane at Devils Lake Speedway

By Heather MacDonald

CRARY, ND (July 12) - The weather was perfect and the racing was hot at Devils Lake Speedway Saturday night.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Cylen Vargason, Tucker Pederson and Shane Swenson.

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Swenson went on a Saturday night cruise all the way to victory lane. Seth Klostreich, Stoney Kruk, Drew Peterson and Greg Jose were top-five finishers.

Vargason held off the wolves in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, with Jory Berg hot on his tail. Vargason came home victorious and Berg had to settle for second. Jaden Varnson finished third, while Randy Thompson was fourth. Matt Schow completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Late Model feature was a barn burner from start to finish. Tucker Pederson took an early lead, but it wasn’t long before Dustin Strand showed his nose. The two East Grand Forks drivers duked it out lap after lap with slide jobs and crossovers. As they kept fans in the stands on the edge of their seats, Brody Troftgruben made his presence known to Strand and Pederson, when an untimely caution flag came out, resetting the field.

Pederson drove on to the win back under green, with Strand finishing second and Troftgruben finishing third. Rookie Kelsi Pederson held on for a fourth-place finish ahead of Travis Robertson in fifth.

Joe Armstrong drove to the track’s Pure Stock class victory Saturday, starting from the front row and taking the checkered ahead of Waylon Poitra, Allen Charette, Jr., Rylan Swenson and Trentin Decoteau in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 27P-Tucker Pederson[1]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[7]; 3. 14-Brody Troftgruben[2]; 4. 93-Kelsi Pederson[3]; 5. 8R-Travis Robertson[8]; 6. 33-Ryan Dahl[6]; 7. 56-Laine Schwehr[9]; 8. 4C-Brandon Corbett[4]; 9. 21-Brady Pengilly[10]; 10. (DNF) 8-Kory Hochsprung[12]; 11. (DNF) 7P-Joey Pederson[5]; 12. (DNS) E85-Jason Strand

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[1]; 2. 27P-Tucker Pederson[5]; 3. 93-Kelsi Pederson[2]; 4. 14-Brody Troftgruben[6]; 5. 56-Laine Schwehr[4]; 6. (DNS) 8-Kory Hochsprung

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8R-Travis Robertson[3]; 2. 7P-Joey Pederson[6]; 3. 33-Ryan Dahl[1]; 4. 4C-Brandon Corbett[4]; 5. 21-Brady Pengilly[5]; 6. (DNF) E85-Jason Strand[2]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 29-Cylen Vargason[2]; 2. B0-Jory Berg[6]; 3. 12-Jaden Varnson[3]; 4. 16-Randy Thompson[8]; 5. 2S-Matt Schow[7]; 6. 15-MaKenna Romuld[9]; 7. 44-Austin Hunter[12]; 8. 8-Jason Schuh[1]; 9. E15-Mavrik Strand[11]; 10. 87-Chris Kruk[13]; 11. 004-Hudson Hooker[10]; 12. 77R-Brody Kraft[4]; 13. (DNF) 111-Jason Halverson[5]; 14. (DNS) 07HD-Jesse Mckuski

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Jaden Varnson[2]; 2. B0-Jory Berg[3]; 3. 111-Jason Halverson[7]; 4. 8-Jason Schuh[1]; 5. (DNF) 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 6. (DNF) 87-Chris Kruk[6]; 7. (DNF) 07HD-Jesse Mckuski[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[6]; 2. 16-Randy Thompson[7]; 3. 29-Cylen Vargason[3]; 4. 77R-Brody Kraft[2]; 5. 15-MaKenna Romuld[4]; 6. 004-Hudson Hooker[5]; 7. E15-Mavrik Strand[1]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 91-Shane Swenson[2]; 2. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 3. 69-Stoney Kruk[1]; 4. 06-Drew Peterson[4]; 5. 728-Greg Jose[5]; 6. 99-Jordan Barker[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Seth Klostreich[1]; 2. 69-Stoney Kruk[3]; 3. 91-Shane Swenson[5]; 4. 99-Jordan Barker[6]; 5. (DNF) 06-Drew Peterson[4]; 6. (DNF) 728-Greg Jose[2]

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1CJ-Joe Armstrong[2]; 2. 7X-Waylon Poitra[3]; 3. 88-Allen Charette Jr[5]; 4. 4S-Rylan Swenson[6]; 5. 04-Trentin Decoteau[1]; 6. (DNF) 07HD-Aiden McKuski[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 07HD-Aiden McKuski[3]; 2. 04-Trentin Decoteau[2]; 3. 1CJ-Joe Armstrong[1]; 4. 7X-Waylon Poitra[4]; 5. 88-Allen Charette Jr[5]; 6. 4S-Rylan Swenson[6]