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Blacklance and Thomas tackle WISSOTA open-wheelers Thursday at Norman County Raceway

ADA, MN (August 13) - Joe Thomas and Aaron Blacklance topped WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action Thursday at Norman County Raceway, as the track’s 2026 season begins to wind down to its completion.

Thomas started on the pole and capitalized with the eventual win in the WISSOTA Modifieds, taking the checkered flag by about .8 of a second ahead of Mike Stearns in second. Dylan Zabel was third, Bryce Borgen improved four spots to fourth, and Connor Graff was fifth.

Blacklance started from the front row in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods and led from start to finish. He took the win by nearly 1 second ahead of Jory Berg and Grant Hall on the podium. Nick Shumansky and Kenna Breidenback completed the top five.

Brody Carlson was the winner in IMCA Stock Car action, while Jayden Pavlicek was victorious in the IMCA Northern Sport Mods. Austin Jahnz won the IMCA Hobby Stock A-main, and Tye Wilke scored the victory in the INEX Legends.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1: 1. 6T-Joseph Thomas[1]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[4]; 3. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[6]; 4. 7-Bryce Borgen[8]; 5. 33G-Connor Graff[5]; 6. 96-Erv Grossman[10]; 7. 25-Ryan Johnson[9]; 8. 11-Loki Bjerke[12]; 9. 57-Michael Tiani[11]; 10. 81-Jordan Duray[3]; 11. (DNF) 22-Davey Mills[2]; 12. (DNF) B1-Kalvin Kesselberg[13]; 13. (DNF) 2J-Blake Jegtvig[7]

Heat 1: 1. 6T-Joseph Thomas[7]; 2. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[1]; 3. 22-Davey Mills[4]; 4. 33G-Connor Graff[5]; 5. 25-Ryan Johnson[3]; 6. 57-Michael Tiani[2]; 7. B1-Kalvin Kesselberg[6]

Heat 2: 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[2]; 2. 7-Bryce Borgen[1]; 3. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[5]; 4. 81-Jordan Duray[3]; 5. 96-Erv Grossman[6]; 6. 11-Loki Bjerke[4]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[2]; 2. B0-Jory Berg[4]; 3. 4H-Grant Hall[3]; 4. 17-Nick Shumansky[7]; 5. 15-Kenna Breidenbach[5]; 6. 87S-Reise Stenberg[9]; 7. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[12]; 8. E15-Mavrik Strand[8]; 9. 7-Kody Machart[6]; 10. 469-Aaden Olson[13]; 11. 169-Justin Olson[10]; 12. 710-Michael Jacobson[11]; 13. 24L-Ben Lundquist[16]; 14. (DNF) 1-Dusty Peterson[1]; 15. (DNF) 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[14]; 16. (DNF) 24-Caden Bunnis[15]; 17. (DNS) 13-Nicholas Jessen

Heat 1: 1. B0-Jory Berg[1]; 2. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[3]; 3. 17-Nick Shumansky[4]; 4. 169-Justin Olson[5]; 5. 469-Aaden Olson[2]; 6. (DNS) 24L-Ben Lundquist

Heat 2: 1. 4H-Grant Hall[4]; 2. E15-Mavrik Strand[1]; 3. 7-Kody Machart[5]; 4. 710-Michael Jacobson[3]; 5. (DNF) 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[2]; 6. (DNF) 13-Nicholas Jessen[6]

Heat 3: 1. 87S-Reise Stenberg[2]; 2. 15-Kenna Breidenbach[4]; 3. 1-Dusty Peterson[1]; 4. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[3]; 5. (DNF) 24-Caden Bunnis[5]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 32J-Austin Jahnz[9]; 2. 23-Daniel Beckman[6]; 3. 95-Reid Randall[8]; 4. B2-Brodee Eckerdt[5]; 5. 73-Todd Gettel[2]; 6. 21-Tim Church[4]; 7. 701-Hunter Goulet[7]; 8. 32-Wes Jahnz[3]; 9. 26-Holden Gangnes[1]; 10. 25G-Chloe Gonska[11]; 11. (DNF) 43-Ethan Dunn[10]

Heat 1: 1. 32-Wes Jahnz[2]; 2. 32J-Austin Jahnz[5]; 3. B2-Brodee Eckerdt[3]; 4. 701-Hunter Goulet[4]; 5. 26-Holden Gangnes[1]; 6. 25G-Chloe Gonska[6]

Heat 2: 1. 21-Tim Church[2]; 2. 95-Reid Randall[4]; 3. 23-Daniel Beckman[3]; 4. 73-Todd Gettel[1]; 5. 43-Ethan Dunn[5]

IMCA Stock Cars:

A Feature 1: 1. B1-Brody Carlsrud[2]; 2. 11-Kalvin Kesselberg[5]; 3. 67-Ryan Satter[4]; 4. 40-Rob VanMil[6]; 5. 14-Aaron Olson[3]; 6. 4-Rick Schulz[8]; 7. 33-Daniel Aberle[9]; 8. 5G-Tim Gonska[1]; 9. 11A-Ashton Kesselberg[7]

Heat 1: 1. 67-Ryan Satter[7]; 2. 14-Aaron Olson[6]; 3. 5G-Tim Gonska[2]; 4. B1-Brody Carlsrud[3]; 5. 11-Kalvin Kesselberg[8]; 6. 40-Rob VanMil[5]; 7. 11A-Ashton Kesselberg[9]; 8. 4-Rick Schulz[1]; 9. (DNF) 33-Daniel Aberle[4]

IMCA Northern Sport Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 74-Jayden Pavlicek[4]; 2. 4D-Kyle VanMil[6]; 3. 84-Brody Johnson[3]; 4. 17-Rich Pavlicek[5]; 5. 3X-Andy Wagner[9]; 6. 16-Carter Restad[1]; 7. 41-Cayden Westcott[2]; 8. (DNF) 13C-Paul Colvin[8]; 9. (DNF) 7R-Ryan Restad[7]

Heat 1: 1. 16-Carter Restad[1]; 2. 74-Jayden Pavlicek[6]; 3. 84-Brody Johnson[5]; 4. 17-Rich Pavlicek[9]; 5. 41-Cayden Westcott[4]; 6. 4D-Kyle VanMil[8]; 7. (DNF) 7R-Ryan Restad[7]; 8. (DNF) 13C-Paul Colvin[2]; 9. (DNF) 3X-Andy Wagner[3]

INEX Legends:

A Feature 1: 1. 72-Tye Wilke[12]; 2. 25-Alexander Clark[10]; 3. 7T-Ty Olson[11]; 4. 11-Mason Lemar[6]; 5. 12-Owen Broden[4]; 6. 335-Beaux Miller[2]; 7. 33M-Colton Miller[8]; 8. 2J-Joseph Lewis[7]; 9. 79-Scott Richardson[5]; 10. 29-Ryan Braseth[9]; 11. 97-Howie Briss[13]; 12. 55-Andrew Clark[16]; 13. 21-Noah Lewis[15]; 14. 4E-Easton Olson[17]; 15. 412-Brandon Bunnis[3]; 16. 13-Ben Lundquist[14]; 17. 33-Damon Bunnis[19]; 18. (DNF) 27-Carter Restad[1]; 19. (DNF) 8R-Tanner Riewer[18]

Heat 1: 1. 72-Tye Wilke[7]; 2. 79-Scott Richardson[4]; 3. 29-Ryan Braseth[6]; 4. 27-Carter Restad[1]; 5. 97-Howie Briss[5]; 6. 55-Andrew Clark[3]; 7. 33-Damon Bunnis[2]

Heat 2: 1. 11-Mason Lemar[4]; 2. 25-Alexander Clark[6]; 3. 412-Brandon Bunnis[2]; 4. 33M-Colton Miller[5]; 5. 13-Ben Lundquist[1]; 6. 4E-Easton Olson[3]

Heat 3: 1. 7T-Ty Olson[6]; 2. 2J-Joseph Lewis[4]; 3. 12-Owen Broden[2]; 4. 335-Beaux Miller[1]; 5. 21-Noah Lewis[5]; 6. 8R-Tanner Riewer[3]