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Estey earns fourth win, Fosso gets his third and Ripley also scores Saturday at Hibbing Speedway

HIBBING, MN (July 18) - The Late Models and Hornets competed for an increased top prize at Hibbing Speedway on Saturday. Skeeter Estey and Brady Fosso split the headlining events, while Paul Ripley was also a WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winner at the oval.

Estey started seventh en route to his fourth WISSOTA Late Model win of the season in Hibbing. He started in the fourth row, but was into the runner-up spot just a few laps into the race. He made his move for the lead on lap seven, and raced away over the rest of the 30-lap distance for the $3,000 top prize. He took the checkers with a 4 second advantage over second-place Keith Niemi, with Johnny Broking third, Jayne Lautigar fourth and Taylor Madrinich fourth.

Fosso topped the 30-lap WISSOTA Hornet main event, his third victory in the division in Hibbing this season. He started fourth on the grid, but was able to make his way to the point of the marathon Hornet race. When the checkers flew, Fosso grabbed the win ahead of Nick Ruzich, McKenna Folstad, Ryker Larson and Astion Schelde.

Ripley started ninth on the grid in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature and carved his way into the top spot by lap seven. Keith Koski kept the leader within his sights for much of the remaining distance, but finished about a half second back at the checkers. Eric Anderson was third with Chad VanDuker fourth and Matthew Anderson fifth.

Hunter Morris topped the Crown Vic main event.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 37X-Skeeter Estey[7]; 2. 14N-Keith Niemi[2]; 3. 45J-Johnny Broking[8]; 4. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[10]; 5. 34-Taylor Madrinich[14]; 6. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[12]; 7. 16-Derek Vesel[3]; 8. 12-TJ Heinle[1]; 9. 12H-Mark Heinle[9]; 10. 35-George Ledin Jr[15]; 11. 13-Roger Paolo[13]; 12. (DNF) 12X-Ben Heinle[5]; 13. (DNF) 71-Zach Wohlers[4]; 14. (DNF) 6M-Jeff Massingill[6]; 15. (DNF) 81W-Anthony Woodhull[11]; 16. (DNS) 2X-Derek Olson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14N-Keith Niemi[1]; 2. 16-Derek Vesel[3]; 3. 12-TJ Heinle[2]; 4. 6M-Jeff Massingill[8]; 5. 12H-Mark Heinle[7]; 6. 81W-Anthony Woodhull[6]; 7. 13-Roger Paolo[5]; 8. 35-George Ledin Jr[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45J-Johnny Broking[3]; 2. 37X-Skeeter Estey[4]; 3. 71-Zach Wohlers[7]; 4. 12X-Ben Heinle[1]; 5. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[5]; 6. 9M-Ronnie Malecki[2]; 7. 34-Taylor Madrinich[6]; 8. 2X-Derek Olson[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 28-Paul Ripley[9]; 2. 76-Keith Koski[5]; 3. 7A-Eric Anderson[2]; 4. 22-Chad VanDuker[1]; 5. 20-Matthew Anderson[7]; 6. 41-Austin McClellan[13]; 7. 14G-Brant Gruba[10]; 8. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[6]; 9. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[8]; 10. 33L-Travis Tupa[12]; 11. 31J-Mike Jacques[14]; 12. 428-Kevin O'Dell[17]; 13. 68G-Eric Gruba[15]; 14. 12K-Shane Kotnik[16]; 15. 12A-Alex O'Dell[18]; 16. 13X-Frank Paolo[19]; 17. 188-Ian Vanvickle[11]; 18. (DNF) 15-Sam Blevins[3]; 19. (DNF) 10-Michael Blevins Sr[20]; 20. (DNF) 14-Ryan Garson[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Paul Ripley[2]; 2. 76-Keith Koski[3]; 3. 7A-Eric Anderson[5]; 4. 14G-Brant Gruba[4]; 5. 41-Austin McClellan[6]; 6. 68G-Eric Gruba[7]; 7. 12K-Shane Kotnik[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Sam Blevins[2]; 2. 22-Chad VanDuker[7]; 3. 14-Ryan Garson[5]; 4. 188-Ian Vanvickle[1]; 5. (DNF) 428-Kevin O'Dell[6]; 6. (DNF) 12A-Alex O'Dell[3]; 7. (DNF) 10-Michael Blevins Sr[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[3]; 2. 20-Matthew Anderson[2]; 3. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[1]; 4. 33L-Travis Tupa[4]; 5. 31J-Mike Jacques[5]; 6. (DNF) 13X-Frank Paolo[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[4]; 2. 9-Nick Ruzich[1]; 3. 25K-McKenna Folstad[3]; 4. 81R-Ryker Larson[5]; 5. 218-Astion Schelde[9]; 6. 2X-Nathan Penney[20]; 7. 8X-Adam Kessler[8]; 8. 74-Jacob Petrich[15]; 9. 11-Michael Egan[10]; 10. 22K-Braxton Kintner[14]; 11. 11E-Emma Nelson[2]; 12. 01A-Austin Morris[11]; 13. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[17]; 14. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[19]; 15. 08-Shayne Houle[18]; 16. 15-Edwin Christianson[24]; 17. (DNF) 46-Louis Skaja[6]; 18. (DNF) 44-Olive Henagin[16]; 19. (DNF) 31-Zeb Graves[7]; 20. (DNF) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[12]; 21. (DNS) 22-Paige Kintner; 22. (DNS) 38-Calvin Skaja; 23. (DNS) 24-Robert Morse; 24. (DQ) 0X-Dylan Black[13]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[3]; 2. 25K-McKenna Folstad[2]; 3. 8X-Adam Kessler[8]; 4. 11-Michael Egan[1]; 5. 0X-Dylan Black[6]; 6. 74-Jacob Petrich[7]; 7. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[4]; 8. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 81R-Ryker Larson[2]; 2. 9-Nick Ruzich[4]; 3. 31-Zeb Graves[7]; 4. 01A-Austin Morris[6]; 5. (DNF) 2X-Nathan Penney[5]; 6. (DNF) 22-Paige Kintner[1]; 7. (DNS) 38-Calvin Skaja; 8. (DNS) 24-Robert Morse

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 46-Louis Skaja[3]; 2. 11E-Emma Nelson[4]; 3. 218-Astion Schelde[6]; 4. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[5]; 5. 22K-Braxton Kintner[7]; 6. 44-Olive Henagin[2]; 7. 08-Shayne Houle[1]; 8. 15-Edwin Christianson[8]

Crown Vics:

A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 07H-Hunter Morris[3]; 2. 78-Victor Westerlund[1]; 3. 99JR-Logan Hammer[7]; 4. 99SR-Dustin Hammer[4]; 5. 60M-Bruce Peterson[5]; 6. 15A-Aidan Elhardt[6]; 7. 41-Randy Nash[2]; 8. (DNF) 10JR-Michael Blevins Sr[8]

Heat (8 Laps): 1. 10JR-Michael Blevins Sr[7]; 2. 78-Victor Westerlund[5]; 3. 07H-Hunter Morris[1]; 4. 99SR-Dustin Hammer[2]; 5. 41-Randy Nash[8]; 6. 60M-Bruce Peterson[4]; 7. (DNF) 15A-Aidan Elhardt[3]; 8. (DNS) 99JR-Logan Hammer