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Rain interrupts racing at KRA but not before Vejtruba tops Midwest Mod main event

By Ron Krog

WILLMAR, MN (July 2) - Prior to Thursday, July 2, KRA Speedway had not hosted a Sprint show since 2016. A nice crowd welcomed in the Pirtek Diamond Sprint Car Series, as they brought in a nice field of 27 cars with both Winged and Traditional classes on hand.

In WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, Jason Vejtruba was the lone winner, after weather led to the postponement of the Street Stock feature.

The WISSOTA Midwest Mods got their complete show in, though rain was falling; officials watched the track closely to make sure it stayed safe. Vejtruba took the early lead, with Ryan Flaten close behind. Justin Bjorklund came from fourth at the start to move into second, but could not quite catch Vejtruba. The No. 38 held on for the win ahead of Bjorklund. Flaten took third, with Damen Vejtruba doing a nice job in fourth. Zach Clark was fifth.

In the Traditional Sprints, a familiar face grabbed the win - Cam Schafer picked up the victory and added to his list of all-time wins. The Winged sprints were not able to run because of high winds that came in ahead of heavy thunderstorms in the area.

The skies opened up before the Street Stocks raced the feature, sending everyone home for the night. KRA hopes to make up that feature along with the Pure Stock feature in the next two weeks.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[1]; 2. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[6]; 3. 15-Ryan Flaten[4]; 4. 95-Damon Vejtruba[7]; 5. 32C-Zach Clark[11]; 6. 31C-Tony Clark[12]; 7. (DNF) 16T-Tim Kanten[2]; 8. (DNF) 15TW-Taylor Willms[3]; 9. (DNF) 10K-Justin VanEps[5]; 10. (DNF) 77-Chance Kodet[8]; 11. (DNF) 747-Jett Lindgren[9]; 12. (DNF) 65-Branden Kamten[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Flaten[2]; 2. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[3]; 3. 95-Damon Vejtruba[1]; 4. 10K-Justin VanEps[6]; 5. 747-Jett Lindgren[5]; 6. 32C-Zach Clark[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Chance Kodet[2]; 2. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[5]; 3. 15TW-Taylor Willms[4]; 4. 16T-Tim Kanten[1]; 5. 65-Branden Kasten[6]; 6. 31C-Tony Clark[3]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature - Postponed due to weather

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 111JR-Keith Tourville[2]; 2. 10-Justin Vogel[4]; 3. 25-Mike Jans[1]; 4. 9-Cody Hatch[3]; 5. I7-Ethan Iiams[5]; 6. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Joe Martin[3]; 2. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[5]; 3. 19-Derek Zieske[2]; 4. 56-Riley Lorensen[6]; 5. 611-Brady Schultz[4]; 6. (DNF) 23-Chris Isdal[1]

Diamond Series Winged Sprints:

Feature: Cancelled due to weather

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 07-Owen Carlson[3]; 2. 20G-Owen Graf[1]; 3. 50-Chase Viebrock[2]; 4. 10-Trevor Serbus[4]; 5. 46H-Ken Hron[6]; 6. 11-Dalyn Cody[7]; 7. (DNF) 61-Jackson Geragi[5]; 8. (DNS) 1-Tony Gernert; 9. (DNS) 55-Justin Allen

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19B-Jack Berger[1]; 2. 33S-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 3. 55A-Brandon Allen[3]; 4. 4-Mike Stien[5]; 5. 26G-Hannah Graf[8]; 6. 60M-Maeghan Milz[7]; 7. 25-Garrett Tatnell[4]; 8. 12G-Kinzlee Giessinger[6]

Diamond Series Traditional Sprints:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 97-Cam Schafer[3]; 2. 76-Edison Aldrich[1]; 3. 75-Glen Saville[9]; 4. 46H-Ken Hron[5]; 5. 7X-Dan Atchison[4]; 6. 5J-Chris Lewis[7]; 7. 99-Bryan Roach[6]; 8. 7-Scott Brandt[2]; 9. 55-JD Kouba[10]; 10. 36-Tyler Wass[8]; 11. (DNS) 10Z-Zach Widdes

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Edison Aldrich[1]; 2. 97-Cam Schafer[3]; 3. 46H-Ken Hron[4]; 4. 5J-Chris Lewis[2]; 5. 75-Glen Saville[5]; 6. (DNS) 10Z-Zach Widdes

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Scott Brandt[2]; 2. 7X-Dan Atchison[3]; 3. 99-Bryan Roach[4]; 4. 36-Tyler Wass[1]; 5. 55-JD Kouba[5]

Pure Stocks:

Feature - Postponed due to weather

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Brady Hagen[1]; 2. 2-Carter Rice[3]; 3. 6F-Mason Fester[5]; 4. 71-Matt Wartman[6]; 5. 20-Ashton Martin[2]; 6. 16-Trevyn Carr[4]; 7. 00-Leighton Frericks[8]; 8. 99B-Bentlee Fernkes[7]; 9. 10A-Jesse Borer[9]