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Jon Tribble (Char Hurd Photo)
Berger, Castro and Tribble trip up WISSOTA rivals Friday night at Billings, MT
BILLINGS, MT (July 11) - Big Sky Speedway fans enjoyed side-by-side finishes, last-lap passes for the win, phenomenal racing and great weather Friday, July 11, as the track hosted the first of a two-day show at the Billings, Montana-area speedplant.
WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Jon Tribble, Mario Berger, and Jeremy Castro.
In the WISSOTA Super Stocks, Tribble started fifth and made his way forward into second around lap eight. He maneuvered past race-long leader R.C. Geiss during the final lap to secure the victory, his fourth of 2025. Geiss, Matt Tribble, and Paul Fasching were the final finishers in the nine-car field.
Berger started on the front row of the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature and led from flag to flag to pick up his ninth win of the season. Nathan Kenaston, Shay Evig, 10th-starter Jon Tribble, and 16th-starter Vance Lorenz completed the top five.
Mario Berger (Char Hurd Photo)
Jeremy Castro (Char Hurd Photo)
The WISSOTA Street Stock feature was led from start to finish by Castro, who was able to build a more than 9 second advantage at the finish ahead of Dylan Stephenson in second. Patrick Salway, Matt Riesinger, and 10th-starter Dalton Stephenson completed the top five.
In the other action at Big Sky Friday, Travis Wagner won in INEX Legend action and Kade Vogt topped the Wingless Sprints.
SUMMARY
WISSOTA Super Stocks:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3T-Jon Tribble[5]; 2. 9-RC Geiss[1]; 3. 4T-Matt Tribble[3]; 4. 30-Paul Fasching[7]; 5. (DNF) 21-Ryan Fasching[4]; 6. (DNF) 68-Barry Bontrager[8]; 7. (DNF) 32*-Bodie Smith[6]; 8. (DNF) 13S-Anthony Berger[2]; 9. (DNS) 00-Beau Brown
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3T-Jon Tribble[2]; 2. 21-Ryan Fasching[6]; 3. 9-RC Geiss[4]; 4. 4T-Matt Tribble[8]; 5. 13S-Anthony Berger[3]; 6. 32*-Bodie Smith[7]; 7. 30-Paul Fasching[1]; 8. 68-Barry Bontrager[9]; 9. (DNF) 00-Beau Brown[5]
WISSOTA Midwest Mods:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[2]; 2. 15DJ-Nathan Kenaston[4]; 3. 20S-Shay Evig[1]; 4. 3T-Jon Tribble[10]; 5. 7-Vance Lorenz[16]; 6. 23-Jake Schye[6]; 7. 2-Rod Lorenz[12]; 8. 20-Brady Lorenz[3]; 9. 94-Michael Rogers[8]; 10. 22DJ-Troy Cepak Jr[7]; 11. 99-Dennis Hurd[13]; 12. 99J-John Hurd[9]; 13. 27-Chandler Ingle[5]; 14. 13-Gussie Lee[15]; 15. 00-Grant Gary[14]; 16. 24-Ronn Green[17]; 17. (DNS) 94R-Ryan Nash; 18. (DNS) 454-Daniel Stephenson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Mario Berger[6]; 2. 23-Jake Schye[2]; 3. 22DJ-Troy Cepak Jr[1]; 4. 3T-Jon Tribble[5]; 5. 99-Dennis Hurd[3]; 6. 7-Vance Lorenz[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20S-Shay Evig[2]; 2. 94-Michael Rogers[3]; 3. 99J-John Hurd[5]; 4. 454-Daniel Stephenson[4]; 5. 00-Grant Gary[6]; 6. 24-Ronn Green[1]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Chandler Ingle[2]; 2. 15DJ-Nathan Kenaston[5]; 3. 20-Brady Lorenz[1]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[6]; 5. 13-Gussie Lee[3]; 6. 94R-Ryan Nash[4]
WISSOTA Street Stocks:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 14X-Jeremy Castro[1]; 2. 62-Dylan Stephenson[4]; 3. 66S-Patrick Salway[2]; 4. B33R-Matt Riesinger[3]; 5. 79-Dalton Stephenson[10]; 6. 21A-Destri Adams[6]; 7. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[5]; 8. 45T-Conner Carter[9]; 9. 29-Corky Berg[8]; 10. (DNF) 30-Bob Gordon[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66S-Patrick Salway[1]; 2. 62-Dylan Stephenson[5]; 3. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[4]; 4. B33R-Matt Riesinger[9]; 5. 14X-Jeremy Castro[10]; 6. 21A-Destri Adams[7]; 7. 30-Bob Gordon[6]; 8. 29-Corky Berg[2]; 9. 45T-Conner Carter[3]; 10. (DNS) 79-Dalton Stephenson
INEX-Legends:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3-Travis Wagner[5]; 2. 94-Bryce Barnhardt[6]; 3. 511-Josh Broadbent[1]; 4. 94UJ-Jay Quenzer[3]; 5. 20-Kirk Senger[7]; 6. 73-Randall Copeland[14]; 7. 01-Jason Hankewich[2]; 8. 70-Aaron Dowell[9]; 9. 23X-Kyle Halter[12]; 10. 14-Riley Havens[10]; 11. 53-Bill Curtis[8]; 12. 11-Joseph Chiliak[11]; 13. 27-Blake Swenson[16]; 14. 88T-Derick Thronson[15]; 15. 420-Wes Viktora[13]; 16. (DNF) 23-Stuart Mckechnie[4]
Big Sky Wingless Sprints:
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 16K-Kade Vogt[4]; 2. 94R-Ryan Nash[7]; 3. 63-Jake Dewitt[2]; 4. 17J-Chris Williams[8]; 5. 21-Dale Neitzel[1]; 6. M240-Teri Omoth[3]; 7. 33-Keith Ahlgren[5]; 8. (DNF) 171-Roy Guy III[6]