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Holtquist, Tourville, Flaten, Koch and Sward slip into the steamy stew of winners at KRA Speedway

By Ron Krog

WILLMAR, MN (July 3) - The 2025 racing season has been a real challenge for the folks at KRA Speedway, as the first six races had three rainouts. But on a hot, steamy night, a very nice field of 97 race teams rolled into the pits and a very nice crowd came for the show.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Bryce Sward, Dexton Koch, Keith Tourville, Ryan Flaten, and Dustin Holtquist.

The WISSOTA Modifieds were 13 cars strong, with Nate Heinrich in charge early. With three laps in the books, Sward made a nice pass for the lead, and three laps after that, Jake Knapper got by Heinrich for second. The two went back and forth, as Sward hung on for the win followed by Heinrich, Knapper, Brian Haben, Jonathan Olmscheid in the top five.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks had their hands full as Dexton Koch drew the pole and he had control of the entire race. Eric Martini was strong as he got by Jeffrey Frey for second, with Andrew Hedtke moving into third. After that, Hedtke and Martini had a great battle for second. Koch grabbed the win ahead of Martini, Hedtke, Zach Schultz and Brayden Hedtke in the top five.

A large field of 25 WISSOTA Street Stocks put on some great racing for the fans as Austin Hamre took the early lead in the 20-lap feature. With five laps scored, Justin Vogel passed Hamre for the lead, with Keith Tourville moving into second and Ethan Iiams third. With two laps to go, Tourvillle slipped by Vogel for the lead and the win, with Iiams in third, 16th-starter Joe Martin fourth and Zachary Flickinger in fifth.

As usual, a nice 19-car field of WISSOTA Midwest Mods put on a wild show, as Jason Vejtruba took the early lead; it did not last long before Ryan Flaten got by him for the top spot and never gave it up, taking the checkered flag. Vejtruba, Tim Kanten, Luke Erlandson and 13th-starter Jett Lindgren were top-five finishers.

Dustin Holtquist is having another strong season in his WISSOTA Mod Four, as he picked up a clean sweep and dominated the feature. Blake Hawker ran a solid second, ahead of Bob Holtquist, Tyler Larson and Dean Larson in the top five.

Brady Hagen picked up a nice win in the Pure Stock feature, while Braxton Schmitz made a late pass to win the Hornet feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 6X-Bryce Sward[3]; 2. 10H-Nate Heinrich[1]; 3. 66-Jacob Knapper[5]; 4. 6*-Brian Haben[7]; 5. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[10]; 6. 9E-Don Eischens[8]; 7. 112-Brennan Gave[6]; 8. 10-Justin VanEps[9]; 9. 97-Peter Loecken[11]; 10. 88-Tanner Williamson[2]; 11. 8S-Tony Schill[12]; 12. (DNF) 18-Taylor Garberich[13]; 13. (DNF) 6SL-Seth Brede[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6*-Brian Haben[3]; 2. 10H-Nate Heinrich[1]; 3. 6X-Bryce Sward[2]; 4. 112-Brennan Gave[6]; 5. 10-Justin VanEps[7]; 6. 97-Peter Loecken[5]; 7. 8S-Tony Schill[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6SL-Seth Brede[2]; 2. 9E-Don Eischens[5]; 3. 66-Jacob Knapper[6]; 4. 88-Tanner Williamson[1]; 5. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[4]; 6. (DNF) 18-Taylor Garberich[3]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[1]; 2. 24M-Eric Martini[3]; 3. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[5]; 4. 511-Zach Schultz[7]; 5. 19-Brayden Hedtke[9]; 6. 99-Shawn Fernkes[11]; 7. 17-Ryan Kostreba[6]; 8. 14-Russell Kostreba[4]; 9. 24-Dustin Zieske[8]; 10. (DNF) 2F-Jeffrey Frey[2]; 11. (DNF) 31R-Rob Revermann[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[3]; 2. 511-Zach Schultz[1]; 3. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 4. 24-Dustin Zieske[2]; 5. 19-Brayden Hedtke[6]; 6. 99-Shawn Fernkes[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Ryan Kostreba[2]; 2. 24M-Eric Martini[4]; 3. 14-Russell Kostreba[3]; 4. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[1]; 5. 31R-Rob Revermann[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Flaten[5]; 2. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[1]; 3. 16T-Tim Kanten[3]; 4. 18-Luke Erlandson[7]; 5. 747-Jett Lindgren[13]; 6. 32C-Zach Clark[2]; 7. 2M-Nick Montanez[12]; 8. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[15]; 9. 31C-Tony Clark[14]; 10. 10M-Noah McFarlane[6]; 11. 77-Chance Kodet[18]; 12. 81-Dominick Dieken[16]; 13. 95-Damon Vejtruba[17]; 14. (DNF) 19M-Gage Myers[10]; 15. (DNF) 4Q2-Mark Martini[9]; 16. (DNF) 13-Tate Kostreba[4]; 17. (DNF) 17-Jaden Gannott[11]; 18. (DNF) H2O-Nic Hiles[19]; 19. (DQ) 5C-Justin Bjorklund[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Flaten[2]; 2. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[5]; 3. 16T-Tim Kanten[1]; 4. 19M-Gage Myers[4]; 5. 747-Jett Lindgren[6]; 6. 81-Dominick Dieken[3]; 7. H2O-Nic Hiles[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Tate Kostreba[1]; 2. 18-Luke Erlandson[2]; 3. 10M-Noah McFarlane[6]; 4. 17-Jaden Gannott[4]; 5. 31C-Tony Clark[5]; 6. 95-Damon Vejtruba[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[5]; 2. 4Q2-Mark Martini[1]; 3. 32C-Zach Clark[6]; 4. 2M-Nick Montanez[3]; 5. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[4]; 6. 77-Chance Kodet[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 148-Keith Tourville[6]; 2. 10-Justin Vogel[7]; 3. I7-Ethan Iiams[8]; 4. 2-Joe Martin[16]; 5. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[1]; 6. 25-Mike Jans[10]; 7. 3-Austin Hamre[3]; 8. 34J-Kolton Brauer[12]; 9. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[4]; 10. 04-Tommy Pogones[14]; 11. 19-Derek Zieske[9]; 12. 35S-Kegan Stueve[20]; 13. 67-Weston Ramsrud[2]; 14. 16S-Ty Schuler[24]; 15. 7X-Peter Martin[18]; 16. 83-Doug Olmscheid[11]; 17. 27-Trent Keller[23]; 18. 5F-Mike Flickinger[22]; 19. 23-Chris Isdal[19]; 20. 33-Andrew Williams[17]; 21. 611-Brady Schultz[5]; 22. (DNF) 22-Christian Crutcher[21]; 23. (DNF) 12-Merlyn Flickinger Jr[13]; 24. (DNF) 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[15]; 25. (DNS) 69-Dominick Platow

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[3]; 2. 611-Brady Schultz[4]; 3. 19-Derek Zieske[5]; 4. 12-Merlyn Flickinger Jr[2]; 5. 33-Andrew Williams[7]; 6. 22-Christian Crutcher[6]; 7. (DNF) 69-Dominick Platow[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[1]; 2. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[2]; 3. 25-Mike Jans[5]; 4. 04-Tommy Pogones[3]; 5. 7X-Peter Martin[4]; 6. 5F-Mike Flickinger[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. I7-Ethan Iiams[1]; 2. 67-Weston Ramsrud[2]; 3. 83-Doug Olmscheid[3]; 4. 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[4]; 5. 23-Chris Isdal[6]; 6. (DNF) 27-Trent Keller[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 148-Keith Tourville[3]; 2. 3-Austin Hamre[2]; 3. 34J-Kolton Brauer[5]; 4. 2-Joe Martin[4]; 5. 35S-Kegan Stueve[1]; 6. (DNF) 16S-Ty Schuler[6]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[1]; 2. 21-Blake Hawker[2]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[3]; 4. 7L-Tyler Larson[8]; 5. 37-Dean Larson[10]; 6. XL21-Chad Funt[6]; 7. N88-Gerrald Nohner[12]; 8. D5-Doug Frederick[5]; 9. 9C-Andrew Christenson[7]; 10. 119-Brandon Backstrom[11]; 11. 40-Jack Post[13]; 12. (DNF) 20-Connor Bruss[4]; 13. (DNF) XL1-Andrew Funt[9]; 14. (DNS) 16-Jamie Flickinger

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[2]; 2. 5-Robert Holtquist[1]; 3. 9C-Andrew Christenson[7]; 4. D5-Doug Frederick[3]; 5. XL1-Andrew Funt[5]; 6. 119-Brandon Backstrom[6]; 7. (DNS) 16-Jamie Flickinger

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson[1]; 2. 20-Connor Bruss[5]; 3. XL21-Chad Funt[2]; 4. 21-Blake Hawker[4]; 5. 37-Dean Larson[3]; 6. N88-Gerrald Nohner[6]; 7. 40-Jack Post[7]

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 32-Brady Hagen[1]; 2. 6F-Mason Fester[2]; 3. 12-Melvin Flickinger[6]; 4. 71-Matt Wartman[3]; 5. 511-Colsten Schultz[4]; 6. (DNF) 20-Ashton Martin[7]; 7. (DNS) 2-Carter Rice; 8. (DNS) 27A-Jacob Aasgaard

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 511-Colsten Schultz[7]; 2. 6F-Mason Fester[3]; 3. 32-Brady Hagen[6]; 4. 2-Carter Rice[1]; 5. 71-Matt Wartman[4]; 6. 12-Melvin Flickinger[5]; 7. 20-Ashton Martin[2]; 8. (DNF) 27A-Jacob Aasgaard[8]

Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 26-Braxton Schmitz[3]; 2. 03-Christian Kast[4]; 3. Y4-Christopher Blume[5]; 4. 71X-Adam Castle[2]; 5. 28X-Owen Louwagie[7]; 6. (DNF) 30-Damien Wiler[1]; 7. (DNF) 19A-Alysha Christenson[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 26-Braxton Schmitz[2]; 2. 03-Christian Kast[6]; 3. 30-Damien Wiler[4]; 4. Y4-Christopher Blume[7]; 5. 71X-Adam Castle[5]; 6. 19A-Alysha Christenson[3]; 7. (DNF) 28X-Owen Louwagie[1]