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Fans get to appreciate all of the action at I-94 as Saurer, Borgen, Randt & Rohner race to checkered flags

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (July 3) - It was a special weekend at I-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls Friday night, as it was fan appreciation night with $10 tickets and cool fireworks for the fans, plus six great classes of racing.

A nice field of 136 cars showed up for Friday’s action and WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Levi and Landon Randt, Travis Saurer, Bryce Borgen, and Jeff Rohner.

The show started out with a great feature in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, as Levi Randt and Braedyn Fleck raced side by side for six laps of the race, swapping spots, with Eric Riley close behind. He battled with Kammron Rose as the race wore on. With nine laps to go, Fleck unfortunately spun out, knocking him out of the race.

Now Randt had to deal with a very fast Riley. They battled for the rest of the race, back and forth. Riley stayed close as he continued to close in. Levi Randt drove on to the victory, followed by Riley and Dykhoff on the podium.

The WISSOTA Midwest Mods were led early on by Kenna Briedenbach, who was challenged by Jory Berg and Landyn Randt. They both drove by into first and second, ahead of the side-by-side battle for third between Briedenbach and Reinke; Reinke took the spot a few laps later.

With 13 laps to go, Randt passed Berg for the lead. Reinke moved in and went back and forth with Berg for second, taking the spot with two laps to go. Randt drove off to the win, ahead of Reinke, Berg, Noah McFarlane and Ron Saurer in the top five.

The WISSOTA Modifieds had 14 cars in their feature. Bryce Borgen, looking for his first ever win at the track, got out front and took control of the race. Borgen kept everybody at bay. He was chased hard by Bryce Sward, who put on a great show. Sward settled for second behind Borgen, who nabbed the victory. Joseph Thomas was third.

The WISSOTA Late Models had 23 cars in the pits. Cole Schill and Layla Eisenschenk went back and forth for the lead for the first several laps. Schill again had tough luck as his car broke, sending him to the pits and handing the lead to Eisenschenk. She was pressured by Cole Searing and Matt Gilbertson. They fought hard for position as Saurer raced ahead to vie for position. He moved by Eisenschenk into third.

Meanwhile the battle for the lead was really a good one, as Searing and Saurer swapped spots three times for the lead. With two laps to go, they were side by side. Saurer drove on to victory lane, followed by Searing and Eisenschenk on the podium.

Chase Goliet and Christian Kast were side by side for much of the WISSOTA Hornet race, with Zander Zuehlsdorf also a factor. Farther back Jeff Rohner worked his way forward, dominating as he came through the field to pick up the win. He was followed by Jerik Stabler and 10th-starter William Lange in the top three.

Trevor Walsh won in the Gen X Late Model class.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[8]; 2. 10-Cole Searing[6]; 3. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[2]; 4. 8-Travis Robertson[12]; 5. 47-Danny Vang[11]; 6. 22-Jack Koranda[14]; 7. 51-Josh Thoennes[13]; 8. 442-Aaron Johnson[5]; 9. 23-Matt Gilbertson[4]; 10. 00-Mitch Johnson[9]; 11. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[16]; 12. 12F-Greg Friestad[18]; 13. 1E-Ryan Engels[17]; 14. 4-Dylan Langevin[10]; 15. 53-Chris Mensen[15]; 16. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[23]; 17. 18-Josh Rieck[20]; 18. 24-Mike Hart[22]; 19. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[7]; 20. 29-Tim Johnson[19]; 21. (DNF) 50-Ben Wolden[3]; 22. (DNF) 44*-Cole Schill[1]; 23. (DNS) 18X-Shawn Meyer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[3]; 2. 50-Ben Wolden[2]; 3. 44*-Cole Schill[5]; 4. 4-Dylan Langevin[1]; 5. 51-Josh Thoennes[4]; 6. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[8]; 7. 29-Tim Johnson[7]; 8. (DNF) 18X-Shawn Meyer[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Matt Gilbertson[7]; 2. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[1]; 3. 442-Aaron Johnson[3]; 4. 47-Danny Vang[5]; 5. 22-Jack Koranda[6]; 6. 1E-Ryan Engels[2]; 7. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[8]; 8. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 2. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[5]; 3. 00-Mitch Johnson[1]; 4. 8-Travis Robertson[7]; 5. 53-Chris Mensen[4]; 6. 12F-Greg Friestad[2]; 7. 18-Josh Rieck[3]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7-Bryce Borgen[1]; 2. 6X-Bryce Sward[4]; 3. 6T-Joseph Thomas[5]; 4. 2X-Brady Gerdes[7]; 5. 51-Josh Thoennes[2]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer[13]; 7. 52-Matt Thoennes[9]; 8. 11X-Austin Chyba[6]; 9. 51T-Talan Thoennes[10]; 10. 6CT-Corky Thomas[12]; 11. (DNF) 66-Jacob Knapper[11]; 12. (DNF) 51A-Avery Anderson[3]; 13. (DNS) 112-Brennan Gave; 14. (DNS) 10X-Dustin Bitzan

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Brady Gerdes[1]; 2. 6X-Bryce Sward[7]; 3. 6T-Joseph Thomas[6]; 4. 11X-Austin Chyba[2]; 5. 52-Matt Thoennes[3]; 6. 51T-Talan Thoennes[5]; 7. (DNF) 21X-Travis Saurer[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Bryce Borgen[4]; 2. 51-Josh Thoennes[7]; 3. 112-Brennan Gave[3]; 4. 51A-Avery Anderson[6]; 5. (DNF) 66-Jacob Knapper[1]; 6. (DNF) 6CT-Corky Thomas[2]; 7. (DNF) 10X-Dustin Bitzan[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[4]; 2. 71-Nate Reinke[3]; 3. B0-Jory Berg[2]; 4. 10M-Noah McFarlane[5]; 5. 42-Ron Saurer[6]; 6. 13-Scott Oeltjen[11]; 7. 28-Tommy Nichols[8]; 8. 30-Cole Neset[7]; 9. 12X-Jamie Norman[9]; 10. 747-Jett Lindgren[14]; 11. 9L-Dakota Larsen[12]; 12. TS42-Scott Samuelson[10]; 13. 52-Avery Anderson[23]; 14. 110-Tate Kelderman[17]; 15. 4-Phil Christlieb[24]; 16. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[15]; 17. 521-Mason Thoennes[20]; 18. 77-Chance Kodet[21]; 19. 17-Nick Shumansky[13]; 20. 82G-Chad Gronner[19]; 21. (DNF) 95V-Damon Vejtruba[22]; 22. (DNF) 66-Kyle Langland[18]; 23. (DNF) 15R-Kenna Breidenbach[1]; 24. (DNS) 24TB-Tyler Bitzan

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Ron Saurer[1]; 2. 10M-Noah McFarlane[2]; 3. 12X-Jamie Norman[4]; 4. 17-Nick Shumansky[7]; 5. 110-Tate Kelderman[6]; 6. 77-Chance Kodet[5]; 7. 2D-Jonathan Dulas[3]; 8. 13K-Brad King[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[8]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[6]; 3. TS42-Scott Samuelson[2]; 4. 747-Jett Lindgren[4]; 5. 66-Kyle Langland[7]; 6. 4-Phil Christlieb[5]; 7. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[1]; 8. (DNF) 95V-Damon Vejtruba[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[1]; 2. B0-Jory Berg[3]; 3. 13-Scott Oeltjen[2]; 4. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[5]; 5. 82G-Chad Gronner[6]; 6. 15-Andrew DeNoble[7]; 7. 8-Jonathan Hagen[4]; 8. 95-Chase Wachlin[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 15R-Kenna Breidenbach[3]; 2. 30-Cole Neset[6]; 3. 9L-Dakota Larsen[1]; 4. 24TB-Tyler Bitzan[5]; 5. 521-Mason Thoennes[2]; 6. 28K-Nick Preston[8]; 7. 52-Avery Anderson[7]; 8. 7-Kody Machart[4]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 77-Chance Kodet[1]; 2. 95V-Damon Vejtruba[12]; 3. 52-Avery Anderson[4]; 4. 4-Phil Christlieb[2]; 5. 28K-Nick Preston[8]; 6. 2D-Jonathan Dulas[5]; 7. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[6]; 8. 13K-Brad King[9]; 9. 8-Jonathan Hagen[7]; 10. 95-Chase Wachlin[10]; 11. (DNS) 15-Andrew DeNoble; 12. (DNS) 7-Kody Machart

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[1]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[6]; 3. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[9]; 4. 12-Kammron Rose[4]; 5. Z28-Greg Jose[8]; 6. 10V-Justin Vogel[7]; 7. 52-Joe Arndt[3]; 8. 21-Jim Gullikson[19]; 9. 35S-Kegan Stueve[5]; 10. 76-Braedyn Fleck[2]; 11. 611-Brady Schultz[10]; 12. 44-Dylan Arndt[16]; 13. 30B-Wade Bergerud[11]; 14. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[18]; 15. 78-Josh Lawson[14]; 16. 19H-Hunter Carter[20]; 17. 80-Tony Miller[12]; 18. 23-Maverick Janssen[13]; 19. 16-Greg Platzer[17]; 20. 56-Riley Lorensen[22]; 21. 5F-Mike Flickinger[15]; 22. (DNS) 6X-Mark Blom

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[1]; 2. 11-Levi Randt[7]; 3. 35S-Kegan Stueve[6]; 4. 611-Brady Schultz[2]; 5. 56-Riley Lorensen[8]; 6. (DNF) 21-Jim Gullikson[4]; 7. (DNF) 19H-Hunter Carter[3]; 8. (DNF) 6X-Mark Blom[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[1]; 2. Z28-Greg Jose[3]; 3. 52-Joe Arndt[5]; 4. 30B-Wade Bergerud[2]; 5. 23-Maverick Janssen[6]; 6. 5F-Mike Flickinger[7]; 7. 16-Greg Platzer[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Braedyn Fleck[2]; 2. 12-Kammron Rose[4]; 3. 10V-Justin Vogel[7]; 4. 80-Tony Miller[1]; 5. 78-Josh Lawson[3]; 6. 44-Dylan Arndt[6]; 7. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[5]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[8]; 2. 7-Jerik Stabler[9]; 3. 40-William Lange[10]; 4. 03-Christian Kast[2]; 5. 42E-Eli Green[5]; 6. 30X-Chase Golliet[1]; 7. 35-Chase Pourrier[17]; 8. 8X-Adam Throener[7]; 9. 11E-Emma Nelson[12]; 10. 80K-Nathan Kelley[13]; 11. 3K-Jason Kast[14]; 12. 701H-Cassidy Hamre[18]; 13. 11R-Ryan Roeder[4]; 14. 18X-Christopher Just[20]; 15. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[16]; 16. (DNF) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[3]; 17. (DNF) 411-Cameryn Taylor[6]; 18. (DNF) 15K-Hannah Koch[11]; 19. (DNF) 11L-Jesse Lindner[15]; 20. (DNS) 18K-Ally Preston

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 42E-Eli Green[2]; 2. 8X-Adam Throener[3]; 3. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[1]; 4. 40-William Lange[7]; 5. 80K-Nathan Kelley[5]; 6. 11L-Jesse Lindner[6]; 7. 701H-Cassidy Hamre[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 30X-Chase Golliet[3]; 2. 411-Cameryn Taylor[1]; 3. 11R-Ryan Roeder[5]; 4. 15K-Hannah Koch[4]; 5. 18X-Christopher Just[7]; 6. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[2]; 7. 18K-Ally Preston[6]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[4]; 2. 7-Jerik Stabler[2]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[1]; 4. 11E-Emma Nelson[3]; 5. 3K-Jason Kast[5]; 6. 35-Chase Pourrier[6]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Trevor Walsh[6]; 2. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[7]; 3. 50-Ben Wolden[3]; 4. 01-Alex Tschakert[4]; 5. 7-Rick Schroeder[17]; 6. X-Chuck Swenson[2]; 7. 33-Jeff Nelson[5]; 8. 10X-Blake Swenson[14]; 9. 9-Adam Prieve[24]; 10. 0-Shawn Beto[13]; 11. 31-Ryan Lubbers[22]; 12. 1M-Jon McCain[16]; 13. 11*-Larry Samuelson[11]; 14. 18-Mike Anderson[9]; 15. 1E-Tai Engels[21]; 16. 3H-Jerry Hauge[19]; 17. 85-chris ebnet[23]; 18. 142-Jeromy Sharp[25]; 19. (DNF) 73-Ryan Nelson[18]; 20. (DNF) 27-Jarrett Huus[12]; 21. (DNF) 2Q-Derek Quinn[1]; 22. (DNS) 151-Laela Eisenschenk; 23. (DNS) 49-Andrew Tysdal; 24. (DNS) 71-John Plaster; 25. (DNS) 75-Cade Skytland

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 2. 33-Jeff Nelson[7]; 3. 01-Alex Tschakert[6]; 4. 49-Andrew Tysdal[2]; 5. 0-Shawn Beto[4]; 6. 1M-Jon McCain[5]; 7. 3H-Jerry Hauge[3]; 8. 142-Jeromy Sharp[9]; 9. (DNS) 9-Adam Prieve

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Mike Anderson[1]; 2. 15-Trevor Walsh[7]; 3. 2Q-Derek Quinn[2]; 4. 11*-Larry Samuelson[3]; 5. 10X-Blake Swenson[4]; 6. 7-Rick Schroeder[6]; 7. 75-Cade Skytland[8]; 8. 31-Ryan Lubbers[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[4]; 2. 151-Laela Eisenschenk[2]; 3. X-Chuck Swenson[6]; 4. 27-Jarrett Huus[1]; 5. 71-John Plaster[3]; 6. 73-Ryan Nelson[8]; 7. 1E-Tai Engels[5]; 8. (DNF) 85-chris ebnet[7]