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Rain halts Princeton program early, but not before Myers and Pogones pull off wins Friday night

By Tami Jo Kuehn

PRINCETON, MN (July 18) - The USMTS Modifieds made their first-ever stop at Princeton Speedway Friday for the first night of the 5th annual Mod Wars. There were 109 drivers signed in for action, which was cut short at the end of the night thanks to Mother Nature.

Tommy Pogones and Curt Myers claimed WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks were first on the agenda, led to green by Lucas Boyce and A.J. Kellar. Boyce and Kellar remained door to door during the opening laps, until Kellar broke free with a few laps in the books. Boyce held second with Pogones to his bumper. Pogones slid by for the spot and chased after Kellar in the lead.

A handful of laps remained when a caution was triggered; when the race resumed, Kellar, Pogones, and Boyce were three wide for first. Pogones emerged with the lead and held the point to the checkered flag. Kellar, Boyce, Thomas Worth and Trent Keller were top-five finishers.

Dexton Koch and Alex Myers brought the WISSOTA Super Stocks to green, with a great field of drivers making the call. Koch claimed the lead at the end of lap one, but a couple cautions reset the field.

Austin Niemeyer took second while Curt Myers and Alex Myers made the battle three-wide back under green. Curt grabbed the position and chased after Koch, eventually catching him and making the pass for the lead with slower traffic mixed in. Shane Sabraski took over second and looked ahead to Curt Myers with only two laps to go. Sabraski closed the gap, but Myers had enough of an advantage to hold onto the lead and garner the victory. Sabraski, Dylan Nelson, Koch and Niemeyer completed the top five.

A great mix of USMTS and WISSOTA Modifieds took the track to battle it out in the Mod Wars. Jim Chisholm was the early leader of the 40-lap race, sailing away with the lead until lapped traffic came into play in the latter stages of the feature. Chisholm fended off the efforts of Reece Solander in the final few laps and took the checkered flag. Solander, Gary Christian, Dave Cain and Clayton Wagamon rounded out the top five.

With three WISSOTA Dirt Track Series features left, Mother Nature cut the night short by dropping rain on the speedway. Midwest Modifieds, Mod Fours and Hornets will have makeup features at a later date, with those details being announced soon.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1M-Curt Myers[5]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 3. 25-Dylan Nelson[7]; 4. 78K-Dexton Koch[1]; 5. 33-Austin Niemeyer[4]; 6. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[14]; 7. 46-Dustin Nelson[6]; 8. 21M-Alex Myers[2]; 9. 24W-Chris Wark[12]; 10. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[10]; 11. 32-Max Nelson[3]; 12. 10X-Josh Schmidt[11]; 13. TB81-Tommy Bawden[16]; 14. 42-Jake Luark[9]; 15. B61-Kyle Buffington[13]; 16. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[15]; 17. 40-Ellen Lange[17]; 18. 47J-Jeremiah Gebhardt[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 2. 33-Austin Niemeyer[1]; 3. 25-Dylan Nelson[4]; 4. 46-Dustin Nelson[7]; 5. 42-Jake Luark[6]; 6. 10X-Josh Schmidt[8]; 7. B61-Kyle Buffington[2]; 8. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[9]; 9. 40-Ellen Lange[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1M-Curt Myers[2]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[3]; 3. 21M-Alex Myers[4]; 4. 32-Max Nelson[1]; 5. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[5]; 6. 24W-Chris Wark[6]; 7. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[7]; 8. TB81-Tommy Bawden[8]; 9. 47J-Jeremiah Gebhardt[9]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature - Postponed due to weather.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Ashton Schulte[1]; 2. 47-Erik Gruhlke[7]; 3. 23-Dustin Nelson[2]; 4. 15-Kris Macko[8]; 5. 13-Tate Kostreba[5]; 6. 78-Cole Anderson[9]; 7. 77-Chance Kodet[3]; 8. 5-Brecken Froehlich[4]; 9. 23A-Gavin Anderson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14L-Ben Lewis[2]; 2. 46-Ryan Putnam[6]; 3. 980-Kaden Woodie[4]; 4. 25-Adam Bohlman[5]; 5. 15X-James Vendela[1]; 6. 00-Jason Hobbs[7]; 7. WIN1-PARKER FROLIK[9]; 8. 12-Matt Everts[8]; 9. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23W-Mitch Weiss[2]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[8]; 3. 27X-Andy Miskowic[5]; 4. 33-Jake Hagemann[6]; 5. 4Q2-Mark Martini[7]; 6. 75-Ryan Mead[4]; 7. (DNF) 99B-William Jacobson[1]; 8. (DNF) 16-Jason VandeKamp[3]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature - Postponed due to weather.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. XL1-Andrew Funt[1]; 2. XL21-Chad Funt[2]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[6]; 4. 7L-Tyler Larson[8]; 5. 9T-Thomas Burgard[3]; 6. 21-Blake Hawker[7]; 7. M1-Mike Rau[9]; 8. (DNF) N28-Hailey Nohner[5]; 9. (DNF) 3-Josh Madson[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00T-Keith Thell[3]; 2. 20-Connor Bruss[5]; 3. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[6]; 4. D5-Doug Frederick[7]; 5. N88-Gerrald Nohner[8]; 6. 40-Jack Post[1]; 7. 119-Brandon Backstrom[4]; 8. (DNF) 14T-Rowan Tramm[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[6]; 2. 54X-AJ Kellar[2]; 3. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[1]; 4. 55-Thomas Worth[3]; 5. 27-Trent Keller[5]; 6. 19C-Charlie Shiek[7]; 7. 37X-Quain Busitzky[8]; 8. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[9]; 9. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 10. 76-Braedyn Fleck[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[3]; 2. 55-Thomas Worth[2]; 3. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 4. 37X-Quain Busitzky[1]; 5. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54X-AJ Kellar[2]; 2. 27-Trent Keller[1]; 3. 19C-Charlie Shiek[5]; 4. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[4]; 5. 76-Braedyn Fleck[3]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature - Postponed due to weather.

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[1]; 2. 89-Randy Jacoboski[2]; 3. 94A-Bobie Arnes[3]; 4. 23T-Anthony Jenson[4]; 5. 21-Colton Lodermeier[7]; 6. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[5]; 7. 47F-Raeann Hanson[6]; 8. 40-William Lange[8]; 9. 8X-Adam Throener[9]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 00-Jason Hobbs[2]; 2. 78-Cole Anderson[1]; 3. WIN1-PARKER FROLIK[5]; 4. 77-Chance Kodet[4]; 5. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[9]; 6. 12-Matt Everts[7]; 7. 23A-Gavin Anderson[8]; 8. 5-Brecken Froehlich[6]; 9. (DNF) 75-Ryan Mead[3]; 10. (DNS) 99B-William Jacobson; 11. (DNS) 16-Jason VandeKamp

USMTS Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[2]; 2. 5-Reece Solander[3]; 3. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[6]; 5. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[1]; 6. 6X-Bryce Sward[7]; 7. 02-Tanner Mullens[8]; 8. 20-Rodney Sanders[9]; 9. 25-Joe Chisholm[4]; 10. 6T-Joseph Thomas[10]; 11. 21X-Travis Saurer[15]; 12. 7A-Shane Sabraski[20]; 13. 712-Trevor Hughes[12]; 14. 21-Jacob Bleess[11]; 15. 55H-AJ Hoff[14]; 16. 17B-Zach Benson[13]; 17. 112-Brennan Gave[19]; 18. 25B-Adam Bohlman[25]; 19. 8-Kyle Strickler[23]; 20. 75-Terry Phillips[24]; 21. 21K-Kyle Brown[16]; 22. T23-John Toppozini[22]; 23. 3T-Travis Schulte[17]; 24. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[18]; 25. 89-JT Johnson[21]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 2. 58X-Gary Christian[1]; 3. 25-Joe Chisholm[4]; 4. 21-Jacob Bleess[5]; 5. 55H-AJ Hoff[6]; 6. 21K-Kyle Brown[7]; 7. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[10]; 8. 89-JT Johnson[9]; 9. 8-Kyle Strickler[8]; 10. 26G-Ryan Gierke[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 6X-Bryce Sward[2]; 2. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[1]; 3. 24C-Jim Chisholm[4]; 4. 712-Trevor Hughes[3]; 5. 6T-Joseph Thomas[9]; 6. 3T-Travis Schulte[7]; 7. 112-Brennan Gave[6]; 8. 88-Eric Lamm[10]; 9. 32C-Curtis Stieh[8]; 10. 2G-Troy Girolamo[5]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Reece Solander[4]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[6]; 3. 20-Rodney Sanders[3]; 4. 17B-Zach Benson[2]; 5. 21X-Travis Saurer[5]; 6. 25B-Adam Bohlman[7]; 7. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 8. T23-John Toppozini[8]; 9. 75-Terry Phillips[9]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3T-Travis Schulte[1]; 2. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[3]; 3. 112-Brennan Gave[4]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 5. 89-JT Johnson[6]; 6. T23-John Toppozini[8]; 7. 88-Eric Lamm[5]; 8. 75-Terry Phillips[9]; 9. 8-Kyle Strickler[10]; 10. 25B-Adam Bohlman[2]; 11. 32C-Curtis Stieh[11]; 12. (DNS) 26G-Ryan Gierke; 13. (DNS) 2G-Troy Girolamo