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Adams, Myers, Jensen and Carlson score more at Grand Rapids, and Ruzich races to win in Hornet headliner

By Shannon Reigel & Meghan Diemel, ATD Editor

GRAND RAPIDS, MN (July 17) - Grand Rapids Speedway held a regular Thursday night of racing July 17 with the WISSOTA Hornets, Super Stocks, Pure Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, and Modifieds on the docket, as well as the Northern Renegades in attendance.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Blake Adams, Curt Myers, Joey Jensen, Austin Carlson and Nick Ruzich.

In the WISSOTA Pure Stocks, Austin Carlson was the early leader from his front-row starting spot. Carlson narrowly led each lap with Dustin Puffe and Jake Smith right behind, bumper to bumper. A caution around mid race did not deter Carlson, who drove away to a healthy advantage at the finish. He was followed to the checkered flag by Smith, Puffe, Michael Hawkins and Bob Klein in the top five.

Jensen was the early leader of the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature, driving out to a large advantage in the many attempts at a start to the feature. Restarting single-file, Jensen immediately drove away out front. With a half-lap advantage at the finish, Jensen took the victory ahead of seventh-starter Sam Blevins, eighth-starter Michael Blevins, Sr., Adams and Eric Anderson in the top five.

Fifth-starter Curt Myers snaked his way through to the front of the pack to lead lap one in the WISSOTA Super Stocks. Over the next several laps he added to his advantage ahead of Cameron LaBelle and Dalton Carlson. Contact was made with about eight laps to go between Tristan LaBarge and Carlson as they came into turn four; LaBarge was sent to the back of the pack for the incident.

Back out front, Myers drove away from the field once again, staying dominant to the checkered flag. LaBelle, Carlson, Andy LaBarge and Matt Sparby were top-five finishers.

Adams started outside of the second row in the WISSOTA Modified feature and was the leader by lap two; he split Mervin Castle III and Nick Oreskovich to take the top spot. Farther back Bob Broking was charging through the field, taking third from his sixth starting spot with 11 laps to go, and driving past Castle for second a handful of laps later.

Out front Adams was dominant, taking the victory ahead of Broking, Castle, Tyler Kintner and Oreskovich in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Hornets, Tristen McLynn was the early leader. Nick Ruzich got by around lap six, and narrowly hung on for the victory ahead of McLynn, who made a white-flag push that came up just short. Brady Fosso was third, Russell Kiker, Jr. was fourth and Mikayla LaBarge completed the top five.

In the Northern Renegade feature, Chris Lewis came out on top ahead of K.C. Hawkinson, Paul Schultz, Danny Wait, Jr., and 12th-starter Tyler Wass in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1: 1. 40D-Blake Adams[4]; 2. 45-Bob Broking[6]; 3. 10-Mervin Castle III[3]; 4. 22-Tyler Kintner[8]; 5. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[1]; 6. 12-TJ Heinle[7]; 7. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[5]; 8. M2-Chris Magistad[10]; 9. 4S-Steve Stavenger[9]; 10. 51E-Peyton Emerson[11]; 11. (DNF) 23-Ryan Jensen[2]

Heat 1: 1. 22-Tyler Kintner[1]; 2. 45-Bob Broking[4]; 3. 10-Mervin Castle III[2]; 4. 23-Ryan Jensen[3]; 5. 4S-Steve Stavenger[5]; 6. (DNF) 51E-Peyton Emerson[6]

Heat 2: 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[4]; 3. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[3]; 4. 12-TJ Heinle[2]; 5. M2-Chris Magistad[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 1M-Curt Myers[5]; 2. 27C-Cameron Labelle[2]; 3. 57-Dalton Carlson[4]; 4. 79A-Andy LaBarge[6]; 5. 81X-Matt Sparby[1]; 6. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[3]; 7. 47J-Justin Barsness[10]; 8. 11-Kevin Salin[8]; 9. 69X-John Sharpnack[11]; 10. 05V-Gavin Voss[9]; 11. (DNF) 19-Tristan LaBarge[7]

Heat 1: 1. 57-Dalton Carlson[1]; 2. 81X-Matt Sparby[3]; 3. 27C-Cameron Labelle[5]; 4. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[6]; 5. 05V-Gavin Voss[2]; 6. 69X-John Sharpnack[4]

Heat 2: 1. 1M-Curt Myers[4]; 2. 19-Tristan LaBarge[3]; 3. 79A-Andy LaBarge[5]; 4. 11-Kevin Salin[1]; 5. 47J-Justin Barsness[2]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 30-Joey Jensen[1]; 2. 15-Sam Blevins[7]; 3. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[8]; 4. 40D-Blake Adams[6]; 5. 7A-Eric Anderson[5]; 6. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[10]; 7. 44-Brayden Rewertz[3]; 8. 26K-Sam Kolar[11]; 9. 10X-Matthew Cunha[9]; 10. 12A-Alex O'Dell[12]; 11. 10Z-Cade Johnson[13]; 12. 33L-Cejay LaValley[15]; 13. 14G-Brant Gruba[4]; 14. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[16]; 15. (DNF) 428-Kevin O'Dell[14]; 16. (DNF) 19-Darrin Lawler[17]; 17. (DNF) 07-Carter Matthews[2]

Heat 1: 1. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[6]; 2. 14G-Brant Gruba[1]; 3. 7A-Eric Anderson[4]; 4. 15-Sam Blevins[5]; 5. 10X-Matthew Cunha[3]; 6. 26K-Sam Kolar[8]; 7. 10Z-Cade Johnson[9]; 8. 428-Kevin O'Dell[2]; 9. (DNF) 19-Darrin Lawler[7]

Heat 2: 1. 30-Joey Jensen[3]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[5]; 3. 07-Carter Matthews[6]; 4. 44-Brayden Rewertz[8]; 5. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[2]; 6. 12A-Alex O'Dell[7]; 7. (DNF) 33L-Cejay LaValley[1]; 8. (DNF) 22E-Ethan Elhardt[4]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 57-Austin Carlson[2]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[5]; 3. 21X-Dustin Puffe[3]; 4. 88H-Michael Hawkins[8]; 5. 7-Bob Klein[1]; 6. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[7]; 7. 8-Karen Puschinsky[9]; 8. (DNF) 88-Chad Puschinsky[4]; 9. (DNF) 18B-Alex Berg[6]

Heat 1: 1. 21X-Dustin Puffe[2]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[4]; 3. 57-Austin Carlson[5]; 4. 88-Chad Puschinsky[1]; 5. 7-Bob Klein[6]; 6. 18B-Alex Berg[8]; 7. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[9]; 8. 88H-Michael Hawkins[7]; 9. 8-Karen Puschinsky[3]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1: 1. 9-Nick Ruzich[2]; 2. 40R-Tristen McLynn[1]; 3. 27-Brady Fosso[6]; 4. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[4]; 5. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[7]; 6. 25K-McKenna Folstad[5]; 7. 81R-Ryker Larson[8]; 8. 31-Zeb Graves[9]; 9. 34-Mark Gangl[10]; 10. 20-Riley Terry[13]; 11. 24JR-Jada Lore[11]; 12. 44-Olive Henagin[15]; 13. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[17]; 14. 08-Shayne Houle[18]; 15. 24-Jerry Adams[19]; 16. (DNF) 13-Anastashia Chavez[14]; 17. (DNF) 94A-Bobie Arnes[3]; 18. (DNF) 11-Tucker Smith[12]; 19. (DNS) 50Z-Jaz Ziebol

Heat 1: 1. 40R-Tristen McLynn[1]; 2. 94A-Bobie Arnes[2]; 3. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[3]; 4. 34-Mark Gangl[7]; 5. 20-Riley Terry[4]; 6. 50Z-Jaz Ziebol[6]; 7. (DNF) 24-Jerry Adams[5]

Heat 2: 1. 31-Zeb Graves[3]; 2. 25K-McKenna Folstad[2]; 3. 81R-Ryker Larson[4]; 4. 24JR-Jada Lore[1]; 5. 13-Anastashia Chavez[6]; 6. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[5]

Heat 3: 1. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[5]; 2. 27-Brady Fosso[4]; 3. 9-Nick Ruzich[6]; 4. 11-Tucker Smith[1]; 5. 44-Olive Henagin[3]; 6. 08-Shayne Houle[2]

Northern Renegades:

A Feature 1: 1. 5J-Chris Lewis[3]; 2. 46-KC Hawkinson[2]; 3. 101-Paul Schultz[5]; 4. 92-Danny Wait Jr[7]; 5. 36-Tyler Wass[12]; 6. 44-Shane Hawkinson[14]; 7. 17-Mariah LaPatka[11]; 8. (DNF) Z15-Zach Olson[8]; 9. (DNF) 7E-Keith Erickson[9]; 10. (DNF) 56-Josh Braford[10]; 11. (DNF) 22-Travis Krumrei[13]; 12. (DNF) 17B-Hunter Colton[1]; 13. (DNF) 46H-Ken Hron[4]; 14. (DNF) 2-Teal Arnason[15]; 15. (DNF) 15E-Peyton Emerson[6]

Heat 1: 1. 92-Danny Wait Jr[3]; 2. 46-KC Hawkinson[4]; 3. 101-Paul Schultz[5]; 4. 15E-Peyton Emerson[6]; 5. 7E-Keith Erickson[8]; 6. 17-Mariah LaPatka[7]; 7. (DNF) 22-Travis Krumrei[2]; 8. (DNF) 44-Shane Hawkinson[1]

Heat 2: 1. 5J-Chris Lewis[2]; 2. 46H-Ken Hron[1]; 3. Z15-Zach Olson[5]; 4. 17B-Hunter Colton[4]; 5. 56-Josh Braford[6]; 6. 36-Tyler Wass[3]; 7. (DNS) 2-Teal Arnason