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Searing scores second straight Challenge Series win as WISSOTA Late Models rocket around Princeton oval

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PRINCETON, MN (August 14) - The Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series made the second stop of its four-night racing weekend Friday, August 14 at Princeton Speedway. Cole Searing topped the feature to highlight action, while other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Dexton Koch, Jason VandeKamp, Clayton Wagamon, Dustin Holtquist and Layla Chaplin.

A field of 15 WISSOTA Late Model competitors were on hand. Cory Crapser set fast time and a new Princeton Speedway track record with a lap of 12.608 seconds around the tight quarter-mile clay oval.

Dave Mass and Searing earned the front row for the night’s $3,000-to-win, 40-lap feature event with Mass racing into the lead from the pole and getting the upper hand as the field rumbled into the first set of turns. Searing was able to pull up alongside Mass for the lead on the opening lap as the duo crossed the start/finish line nearly dead even, before Mass moved into the top spot. Meanwhile Dexton Koch, Billy Kendall and Tyler Peterson were nearly three-wide for third.

Mass hopped up to the cushion with Searing in tow as the remainder of the field tried to race toward the leaders. Kendall slipped by Koch into third on lap seven, just prior to the first caution of the feature for a Jeff Massingill spin in turn two.

On the restart, Mass once again took off in the top spot with Searing close behind, while Peterson, Kendall and Kevin Burdick were in a thrilling battle for third. Mass continued to roll around up front until he slipped over the turn two banking just enough to allow Searing to race by to the lead. Mass was able to collect himself and hang onto second as the field tightened up behind him.

Burdick flashed to the inside of Mass for second just past the halfway point and the race for second continued to be outstanding until the second and final caution of the event flew on lap 29 for a medical situation.

The final restart of the night came with just 11 laps to go and as Searing raced along out front, Mass and Burdick battled for the runner-up spot, while Peterson, Kendall and Johnny Broking were all throwing sliders at each other for a shot at a top-five finish. Meanwhile, back out front, Searing raced off to his second straight series win and 11th career series victory.

The remainder of the top five at the line were Burdick, Peterson, Mass and Kendall.

Jason VandeKamp won the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature from his seventh-starting spot. He grabbed the checkered flag ahead of Erik Gruhlke, Dustin Nelson, Ryan Putnam and Kris Macko in the top five.

Layla Chaplin won the WISSOTA Street Stock feature. Though she started on the pole, she had to pit to change a tire early on in the event. She then worked her way back through the field to capture her second feature victory in the class. Jim Gullikson, Tommy Pogones, Kyle Howland and Charlie Shiek completed the top five.

Clayton Wagamon won the WISSOTA Modified feature from his front-row start. He took the checkered flag ahead of Eric Lamm, Dave Cain, 10th-starter Shane Sabraski and J.T. Johnson in the top five.

Dexton Koch won the WISSOTA Super Stock feature, climbing his way from eighth on the grid to garner the victory ahead of Shane Sabraski and Dylan Kromschroeder in the top three. Dustin Nelson and Jake Luark rounded out the top five.

Dustin Holtquist won the WISSOTA Mod Four feature to round out the night. He was chased to the checkered flag by Rowan Tramm, Tyler Larson, 11th-starter Thomas Burgard and Dean Larson were top-five finishers.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

Structural Buildings A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[2]; 2. 30-Kevin Burdick[7]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 4. 2M-Dave Mass[1]; 5. 99-Billy Kendall[5]; 6. 45J-Johnny Broking[10]; 7. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[13]; 8. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 9. 6M-Jeff Massingill[12]; 10. 19-Steve Laursen[6]; 11. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 12. 07-Cory Crapser[9]; 13. 28-Jeff Provinzino[11]; 14. 34-Taylor Madrinich[15]; 15. (DNF) 27-Jared Zimpel[14]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[2]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[1]; 3. 19-Steve Laursen[3]; 4. 30-Kevin Burdick[5]; 5. 07-Cory Crapser[4]; 6. 28-Jeff Provinzino[7]; 7. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[6]; 8. 34-Taylor Madrinich[8]

\Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2M-Dave Mass[2]; 2. 99-Billy Kendall[1]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 5. 45J-Johnny Broking[3]; 6. 6M-Jeff Massingill[6]; 7. 27-Jared Zimpel[7]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[2]; 2. 88-Eric Lamm[4]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[6]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[10]; 5. 89JR-JT Johnson[1]; 6. 17B-Zach Benson[5]; 7. 3T-Travis Schulte[7]; 8. 25-Adam Bohlman[3]; 9. 4E-Tanner Erickson[9]; 10. 112-Brennan Gave[8]; 11. 24-Tyler English[14]; 12. 70K-Josiah Kottschade[16]; 13. 23-Tim Patchen[11]; 14. 27-Tony Proell[13]; 15. 40-Jack Post[15]; 16. (DNF) 8S-Tony Schill[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[2]; 2. 112-Brennan Gave[4]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[1]; 4. 88-Eric Lamm[5]; 5. 4E-Tanner Erickson[8]; 6. 23-Tim Patchen[6]; 7. 27-Tony Proell[7]; 8. 24-Tyler English[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Adam Bohlman[1]; 2. 3T-Travis Schulte[2]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[6]; 4. 89JR-JT Johnson[5]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 6. 8S-Tony Schill[7]; 7. 70K-Josiah Kottschade[8]; 8. 40-Jack Post[3]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[8]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 3. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[2]; 4. 46-Dustin Nelson[5]; 5. 42-Jake Luark[1]; 6. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[7]; 7. 00-Jason Hobbs[9]; 8. 32-Butch Butcher[13]; 9. 24W-Chris Wark[6]; 10. 15S-Mason Spicer[4]; 11. 15-Anthony Jenson[12]; 12. 70X-Kurt Becken[11]; 13. 17D-Jon Dufour[14]; 14. (DNF) 22-Christian Crutcher[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[2]; 2. 24W-Chris Wark[1]; 3. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 4. 42-Jake Luark[3]; 5. 00-Jason Hobbs[7]; 6. 70X-Kurt Becken[5]; 7. 32-Butch Butcher[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 2. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[1]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[4]; 4. 15S-Mason Spicer[5]; 5. 22-Christian Crutcher[2]; 6. 15-Anthony Jenson[7]; 7. (DNF) 17D-Jon Dufour[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 16-Jason VandeKamp[7]; 2. 47-Erik Gruhlke[4]; 3. 23-Dustin Nelson[2]; 4. 46-Ryan Putnam[14]; 5. 15-Kris Macko[9]; 6. 75-Ryan Mead[5]; 7. 77-Chance Kodet[15]; 8. 13-Tate Kostreba[16]; 9. 25-Adam Bohlman[1]; 10. 2-Ariel Mueller[6]; 11. 24X-Todd Carlson[10]; 12. 38X-Travis Taylor[12]; 13. 14-Jason Brott[18]; 14. 7G-Rick Grams[3]; 15. (DNF) 99B-Bill Jacobson[13]; 16. (DNF) 71B-David Siercks[8]; 17. (DNF) 5-Brecken Froehlich[17]; 18. (DNS) 4Q2-Mark Martini

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Adam Bohlman[1]; 2. 2-Ariel Mueller[3]; 3. 15-Kris Macko[5]; 4. 24X-Todd Carlson[6]; 5. (DNF) 46-Ryan Putnam[4]; 6. (DQ) 14-Jason Brott[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Dustin Nelson[2]; 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp[6]; 3. 47-Erik Gruhlke[3]; 4. 4Q2-Mark Martini[4]; 5. (DNF) 77-Chance Kodet[1]; 6. (DNF) 13-Tate Kostreba[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Ryan Mead[3]; 2. 7G-Rick Grams[2]; 3. 71B-David Siercks[4]; 4. 38X-Travis Taylor[1]; 5. 99B-Bill Jacobson[6]; 6. (DNF) 5-Brecken Froehlich[5]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 86-Layla Chaplin[2]; 2. 21-Jim Gullikson[5]; 3. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 4. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 5. 19C-Charlie Shiek[6]; 6. 5-Alaina Chaplin[3]; 7. 27-Trent Keller[8]; 8. 56-Riley Lorensen[9]; 9. (DNF) 77-Kevin Kulkey[10]; 10. (DNF) 980-Kaden Woodie[7]; 11. (DNS) 23-Michael Swanson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Layla Chaplin[1]; 2. 21-Jim Gullikson[3]; 3. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 4. 19C-Charlie Shiek[2]; 5. 56-Riley Lorensen[5]; 6. (DNF) 23-Michael Swanson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[2]; 2. 980-Kaden Woodie[1]; 3. 27-Trent Keller[3]; 4. 5-Alaina Chaplin[4]; 5. 77-Kevin Kulkey[5]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[9]; 2. 14T-Rowan Tramm[3]; 3. 7L-Tyler Larson[1]; 4. 9T-Thomas Burgard[11]; 5. 37-Dean Larson[4]; 6. M1-Mike Rau[13]; 7. 21B-Matt Brenny[16]; 8. 9C-Andrew Christenson[10]; 9. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 10. 68-Jacob Husnik[5]; 11. N88-Gerrald Nohner[14]; 12. XL1-Andrew Funt[8]; 13. 40-Jack Post[17]; 14. N28-Hailey Nohner[15]; 15. 66F-Steve Froelich[12]; 16. (DNF) 99-Grant Bemboom[18]; 17. (DNF) D5-Doug Frederick[7]; 18. (DNF) 20-Connor Bruss[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson[2]; 2. 20-Connor Bruss[5]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[4]; 4. 9C-Andrew Christenson[3]; 5. M1-Mike Rau[6]; 6. 21B-Matt Brenny[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[2]; 2. 68-Jacob Husnik[4]; 3. XL1-Andrew Funt[1]; 4. 9T-Thomas Burgard[5]; 5. N88-Gerrald Nohner[6]; 6. 40-Jack Post[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[1]; 2. 14T-Rowan Tramm[4]; 3. D5-Doug Frederick[2]; 4. 66F-Steve Froelich[3]; 5. N28-Hailey Nohner[5]; 6. (DNF) 99-Grant Bemboom[6]