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Anderson wins Street Stock tour stop at Rice Lake and Fencl picks up the track’s highest Pure Stock payoff on Saturday

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (July 12) - Parker Anderson made a triumphant return to Rice Lake Speedway on Saturday night, as the former WISSOTA Street Stock National Champion made his first start of the year a great one, topping a strong field of Street Stocks to win the Dirt Race Central Street Stock Tour stop.

Thanks to fan contributions, the Pure Stock drivers raced for the most money ever at the speedway, and Austin Fencl took the checkered flag in that class for the win. Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners Saturday included Shane Halopka, Nick Koehler and Tommy Richards in an eventful night at the speedway.

Twenty-four drivers started the WISSOTA Street Stock DRC Tour event. Justin Vogel used the cushion to edge past Andrew Hanson and lead the opening lap. Anderson, who started fourth, moved into second before the first yellow waved with three laps completed.

Anderson then put the pressure on Vogel on the restart, slipping past him one lap later to take over the lead. Vogel wasn't done yet, as he charged back and raced side by side with Anderson. The lead group also included five-time 2025 winner Nick Traynor and Hunter VanGilder, as the top-five drivers ran in a very tight pack.

Two more yellows in the first half of the race kept the field bunched. By the halfway point of the race, VanGilder was up to second and, using the low line, nearly slipped past Anderson while Vogel and Traynor were still right in the mix.

Traynor picked up speed and then challenged Vogel, who was now back into second when the last yellow appeared following an incident where Bryar Zimmerman suffered a leg injury, stopping the contest for several moments.

Anderson continued to hold the lead for the last three laps, as Traynor attacked from the inside lane. During the last two laps Traynor came shooting up the track as he attempted to get under Anderson, but Anderson fought off all challenges. They raced out of the final corner side by side with Anderson holding off the pack to get the win. Traynor settled for a very close second with VanGilder rounding out the podium finishers.

The last-minute fund-raising activities for the WISSOTA Pure Stocks was given the moniker the “Bomber Bash”, and gave drivers the shot at a substantial payday Saturday.

Fencl started on the pole and took off from the pack, taking advantage of the big battle for second among several drivers.

Fencl had nearly a full straightaway advantage when George Richards finally broke through into the runner-up slot.

Fencl continued to run a smooth race and successfully navigated his way through several slower cars. Richards continued his charge and did narrow the gap down to several car lengths, but could never quite get close enough to provide a stiff challenge. Fencl drove on for his second-ever feature win at Rice Lake. Trevor Phillips had by far his best run of the year, as he came from ninth to finish a strong third.

While the total amount won by Fencl was still being calculated at press time, it was believed Fencl went home with about $2,000 for his win.

Alex Myers took the lead from the pole in the WISSOTA Super Stocks. In the early going Myers was challenged by fourth-starter Tommy Richards. A couple drivers, led by Leslie Leu and Andrew Davis, found the cushion and began to move up, challenging Myers as they moved to second and third. By the halfway point of the race, Richards had slipped all the way back to fifth, as Kyle Copp was also on the move.

However, Richards continued to work the low line and he edged back up to third as Myers now fought off Davis, who took over second.

The yellow flew for a stalled car on the front chute just as the white flag was set to wave and this required a two-lap reset for the race. On the green, Myers got a bit high in turn one and this opened the gates; Richards shot up on the inside line and stole the lead. As the top four raced to the finish, Richards edged the others out for his second win of the year at the oval. Leu got a great run off the final corner and nipped Davis for second, with Myers slipping all the way back to fourth in what was quite a shocking finish.

Brent Prochnow was the early leader in the WISSOTA Modified feature, but shortly after Halopka took over the top spot. Prochnow had an incident with an infield tire that ended his night, with Simon Wahlstrom then moving into second.

As Halopka continued to lead, Adams tracked down and passed Wahlstrom just at the halfway point of the race, and then he started to catch the leader. The last half-dozen laps were classic dirt track racing with Halopka and Adams executing slide job after slide job on each other. The lead was exchanged at least four times over that period of laps.

One last slide on the final lap gave Halopka the advantage and Adams’ last corner charge came up a car length short, as Halopka drove on for the win. Wahlstrom had a fine run for third, trailed by Mike Anderson and Aiden Hoffman in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, it’s been difficult to beat Nick Koehler in 2025. That proved to be the case once again on Saturday. Jake Stai started on the pole and held the early lead with Mike Schnider and Travis Anderson battling hard right behind Stai. Koehler took third when the race stagnated for a time with the yellow waving three straight times about lap four.

Finally, everyone settled in and the race continued, with Koehler moving to his customary high side line on the cushion and then driving his way forward. He drove around Stai down the back chute to take over the lead and drew away from the field. Meanwhile, after a good battle, Adams drove past both Anderson and Schnider to move into third. That’s the way they finished the race, with Koehler again visiting victory lane. Stai, Adams, Schnider and Anderson completed the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3JR-Shane Halopka[4]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[5]; 3. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[3]; 4. 57-Mike Anderson[8]; 5. 9MM-Aiden Hoffman[6]; 6. 308-Pat Hoffman[7]; 7. 3-Bryan Hessler[2]; 8. 204-David Mayala[9]; 9. (DNF) 55-Taylor Olson[10]; 10. (DNF) 78-Brent Prochnow[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3JR-Shane Halopka[1]; 2. 57-Mike Anderson[2]; 3. 3-Bryan Hessler[4]; 4. 78-Brent Prochnow[5]; 5. 204-David Mayala[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9MM-Aiden Hoffman[1]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[3]; 3. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[5]; 4. 308-Pat Hoffman[2]; 5. 55-Taylor Olson[4]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7R-Tommy Richards[4]; 2. 14X-Leslie Leu[2]; 3. 20*-Andrew Davis[5]; 4. 21M-Alex Myers[1]; 5. 26-Kyle Copp[6]; 6. 17-Mike Loomis[9]; 7. 207-Jesse Redetzke[10]; 8. 49-Thomas Hauert[3]; 9. 245-James Cimfl[8]; 10. 57-Randy Graham[15]; 11. 75-Scott Geiger[13]; 12. 01-Michael Anderson[14]; 13. 28-Josh Cappo[11]; 14. (DNF) 02-Travis Anderson[12]; 15. (DNF) 14L-Dylan Leu[7]; 16. (DNF) 247-Jackson Larson[16]; 17. (DNF) 22AT-Austin Tilton[18]; 18. (DNF) 1-Ryan Olson[17]; 19. (DNS) 21-Mike Siewert

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21M-Alex Myers[5]; 2. 17-Mike Loomis[1]; 3. 14X-Leslie Leu[7]; 4. 207-Jesse Redetzke[6]; 5. 75-Scott Geiger[2]; 6. 57-Randy Graham[4]; 7. 247-Jackson Larson[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Kyle Copp[5]; 2. 20*-Andrew Davis[2]; 3. 49-Thomas Hauert[4]; 4. 28-Josh Cappo[1]; 5. 01-Michael Anderson[6]; 6. (DNF) 22AT-Austin Tilton[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7R-Tommy Richards[3]; 2. 14L-Dylan Leu[4]; 3. 245-James Cimfl[6]; 4. 02-Travis Anderson[1]; 5. (DNF) 1-Ryan Olson[5]; 6. (DNF) 21-Mike Siewert[2]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 13-Nick Koehler[5]; 2. 1-Jake Stai[1]; 3. 40D-Blake Adams[7]; 4. 7-Mike Schnider[2]; 5. 37-Travis Anderson[3]; 6. 19H-Cody Cimfl[6]; 7. 11R-Landyn Randt[9]; 8. 4K-Kenny Kincaid[4]; 9. T25-Mark Thomas[8]; 10. 23DD-George Dalbeck[10]; 11. 09-Skylar Findley[11]; 12. 101-Michael Grover[13]; 13. 5-Rory Taber[16]; 14. (DNF) 88K-Jason Knutson[15]; 15. (DNF) 11K-Chase Brown[17]; 16. (DNF) 10Z-Cade Johnson[12]; 17. (DNS) 00-Joseph Swearingen

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4K-Kenny Kincaid[1]; 2. 7-Mike Schnider[3]; 3. 19H-Cody Cimfl[4]; 4. 13-Nick Koehler[7]; 5. 11R-Landyn Randt[6]; 6. 09-Skylar Findley[2]; 7. 101-Michael Grover[9]; 8. 88K-Jason Knutson[5]; 9. 11K-Chase Brown[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[4]; 2. 37-Travis Anderson[2]; 3. T25-Mark Thomas[3]; 4. 1-Jake Stai[5]; 5. 23DD-George Dalbeck[7]; 6. 10Z-Cade Johnson[8]; 7. 00-Joseph Swearingen[1]; 8. 5-Rory Taber[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[4]; 2. 40T-Nick Traynor[3]; 3. 84-Hunter VanGilder[5]; 4. 10-Justin Vogel[2]; 5. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[8]; 6. 20-Andrew Hanson[1]; 7. 12-Cody Kummer[16]; 8. 11X-Levi Randt[13]; 9. 4-Trey Hess[9]; 10. 3R-Danny Richards[10]; 11. 11-Sam Fankhauser[18]; 12. 7-Caiden Engel[12]; 13. 20F-Connor Franson[17]; 14. 16-Warren Bartelt[23]; 15. 19H-Hunter Carter[21]; 16. (DNF) 1R-Cole Richards[15]; 17. (DNF) 12R-Kammron Rose[11]; 18. (DNF) 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[22]; 19. (DNF) 20T-Michael Tuma[14]; 20. (DNF) 9-Adam Soltis[20]; 21. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[6]; 22. (DNF) 40-Travis Loew[19]; 23. (DNF) 17B-Rachel Boston[24]; 24. (DNF) 79N-Jeff Nowak[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[1]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[4]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[3]; 4. 11X-Levi Randt[6]; 5. 20F-Connor Franson[7]; 6. 19H-Hunter Carter[8]; 7. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[2]; 8. 92R-Courtney Rose[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Hunter VanGilder[1]; 2. 40T-Nick Traynor[7]; 3. 3R-Danny Richards[2]; 4. 20T-Michael Tuma[4]; 5. 11-Sam Fankhauser[8]; 6. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[6]; 7. 17B-Rachel Boston[3]; 8. (DNF) 24K-Derek Posto[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[1]; 2. 10-Justin Vogel[3]; 3. 12R-Kammron Rose[2]; 4. 1R-Cole Richards[7]; 5. 40-Travis Loew[6]; 6. 16-Warren Bartelt[4]; 7. 80-Tony Miller[5]; 8. 24-Ashley Wampler[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Andrew Hanson[4]; 2. 79N-Jeff Nowak[7]; 3. 7-Caiden Engel[1]; 4. 12-Cody Kummer[2]; 5. 9-Adam Soltis[3]; 6. 42K-Mike Knudtson[5]; 7. 19J-Jenna Herrman[6]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 19H-Hunter Carter[1]; 2. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[2]; 3. 16-Warren Bartelt[3]; 4. 17B-Rachel Boston[6]; 5. 19J-Jenna Herrman[8]; 6. 24-Ashley Wampler[10]; 7. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[5]; 8. 80-Tony Miller[7]; 9. 92R-Courtney Rose[9]; 10. (DNF) 24K-Derek Posto[11]; 11. (DNS) 42K-Mike Knudtson

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

Lakes Gas A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 52W-Austin Fencl[1]; 2. 5R-George Richards[5]; 3. 7D-Trevor Phillips[9]; 4. 31T-Tom Treviranus[4]; 5. 93-CJ Wagner[6]; 6. 89-Steve Karshbaum[11]; 7. 55-Caleb Duffie[3]; 8. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[12]; 9. 16-Rob Grabon[8]; 10. QQ-Shane Strenke[14]; 11. 231-Trevor Treviranus[10]; 12. 1-Carsyn Olson[16]; 13. 3D-Sean Duffy[15]; 14. 925-Dnae Rose[13]; 15. (DNF) 78-Mark Barta[7]; 16. (DNF) 9M-Marlene Lannet[18]; 17. (DNF) 88-Robert Wahlstrom[2]; 18. (DNF) 47-Anthony Schultz[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31T-Tom Treviranus[2]; 2. 88-Robert Wahlstrom[5]; 3. 93-CJ Wagner[7]; 4. 16-Rob Grabon[6]; 5. 7D-Trevor Phillips[9]; 6. 89-Steve Karshbaum[8]; 7. 925-Dnae Rose[4]; 8. 3D-Sean Duffy[3]; 9. (DNF) 47-Anthony Schultz[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Mark Barta[2]; 2. 5R-George Richards[7]; 3. 52W-Austin Fencl[3]; 4. 55-Caleb Duffie[5]; 5. 231-Trevor Treviranus[6]; 6. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[1]; 7. QQ-Shane Strenke[9]; 8. 1-Carsyn Olson[8]; 9. (DNF) 9M-Marlene Lannet[4]