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Short slate of 2024 events at Dakota State Fair ends with victory lane visits by Ames, Nelson, Simpson and Broksieck

By Mike Carroll of The Plainsman

HURON, SD (August 17) - WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action was part of the program at Dakota State Fair Speedway Saturday, August 17, as the track also played host to the Tri-State Late Model group.

Winners in sanctioned action included Dale Ames, Trevor Nelson, David Simpson, and Maria Broksieck.

David Simpson of Thunder Bay, Ontario, made the trek to Dakota State Fair Speedway on Saturday and came away with the victory in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature.

Simpson, who started on the outside of the front row in the 15-lap main event, is the current national points leader in the division. He led from start to finish to secure his 20th win in 63 events this season.

“We’re just chasing national points,” Simpson said of his reasoning behind the trek south.

“This is a beautiful facility. It’s too bad it only has four races a year,” he told a packed grandstands after the race. “The crew does an awesome job.”

Matt Heinzerling capitalized on the second of two cautions in the race to move into the second spot on lap seven and stayed there the final eight laps. Jayme Peterson, who held second for three laps, was third.

Rounding out the top five were Jake Wranek and Scott Hansen.

The WISSOTA Modifieds returned to Dakota State Fair Speedway for the first time in two years on Saturday, and Dale Ames secured his first win of the season at his hometown track.

Ames started on the pole and led for the duration of the 15-lap feature race.

“It’s always awesome to win here,” said Ames, who now has a total seven career wins at the track. “I want to dedicate this win to my dad, Larry, as I have with all my wins.

“My whole family is involved with this track and we love this place,” he said.

Mike Stearns, who is the current national points leader in the WISSOTA Modified standings, was second. Dylan Zabel was third, followed by Chaun Peterson and Dave Brooker.

Maria Broksieck and Trevor Nelson continued their winning ways on Saturday at DSFS in the WISSOTA Street Stock and Super Stock divisions, respectively.

Broksieck started third in the 14-car Street Stock feature race and moved to the front of the pack before the end of the opening lap. She led from start to finish in the 12-lap race to earn her second win of the season and fifth of her career at the track.

“We had to replace the right front bearing between the heat race and the feature, so it was kind of nip and tuck to be able to get back on the track,” said Broksieck, who now has 12 wins this season.

Grady Myers, who started on the pole, held on to finish second. Jayden Bogh moved up three spots to finish third, while Chris Serr was fourth and Broc Stout was fifth.

After powering around polesitter Jeremy North during a restart on the sixth lap, Trevor Nelson cruised to his 13th win of the season in the Super Stock main event.

Nelson, who now owns six career wins at the Huron track, started eighth in the 13-car field and was running third after three laps.

North drifted back into a battle for the runner-up spot with Corey Elward, who started fourth.

Elward got past North with five laps remaining, but the battle remained intense. So much so that the two drivers were asked to leave the track following an incident that brought out the final caution with just two laps remaining in the race.

Austin Arbogast inherited the second spot and stayed there the final two laps. Brad Kopecky edged Derek Zastrow for third at the finish line and Shawn Schnabel was fifth.

Chad Olsen returned to victory lane at Dakota State Fair Speedway on Saturday after a two-year hiatus.

Olsen led 24 of the 25 laps to win the Tri-State Late Model Series feature race and claim the $2,000 top prize.

Saturday’s program concluded the 2024 racing season at DSFS. Longtime DSFS track promoter Orville Chenoweth announced during the pit meeting that future plans for the speedway won’t be announced until November.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 6-Dale Ames[1]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[3]; 3. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[4]; 4. 42-Chaun Peterson[2]; 5. 65-Dave Brooker[5]; 6. (DNF) 8-Andy Brooker[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dale Ames[4]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[6]; 3. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[2]; 4. 42-Chaun Peterson[1]; 5. 65-Dave Brooker[3]; 6. 8-Andy Brooker[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 71-Trevor Nelson[8]; 2. 67-Austin Arbogast[5]; 3. 5-Brad Kopecky[6]; 4. 7-Derek Zastrow[2]; 5. 40-Shawn Schnabel[7]; 6. Y5JR-Gerrit Van Liere[3]; 7. 7K-Kody Lehr[9]; 8. 21T-Dale Tomes[11]; 9. 22-Bryson North[12]; 10. 3E-Corey Elward[4]; 11. 20-Jeremy North[1]; 12. 49-Robert Schmitt[13]; 13. 2-Robin Schmitt[10]; 14. (DNS) 03-Wyatt Schweigert

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3E-Corey Elward[4]; 2. 67-Austin Arbogast[1]; 3. 5-Brad Kopecky[3]; 4. 40-Shawn Schnabel[2]; 5. 7K-Kody Lehr[5]; 6. 2-Robin Schmitt[7]; 7. 21T-Dale Tomes[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Trevor Nelson[1]; 2. 20-Jeremy North[5]; 3. 7-Derek Zastrow[2]; 4. Y5JR-Gerrit Van Liere[6]; 5. (DNF) 22-Bryson North[4]; 6. (DNF) 49-Robert Schmitt[3]; 7. (DNF) 03-Wyatt Schweigert[7]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 70-David Simpson[2]; 2. 22-Matt Heinzerling[5]; 3. 15-Jayme Peterson[3]; 4. 1-Jake Wranek[1]; 5. 31-Scott Hansen[8]; 6. 3-Luke Johnson[7]; 7. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[6]; 8. 16-Brock Hess[9]; 9. 33-Lorin Johnson[12]; 10. 19-Kyle Bertram[18]; 11. 19J-Tracy Johnson[13]; 12. 55-Jordan Kienow[14]; 13. 69-Britt Williams[10]; 14. (DNF) 73-Trevor Ryan[16]; 15. (DNF) 22M-Shawn McFarlane[17]; 16. (DNF) 48-Camden Rassel[15]; 17. (DNF) 12-Logan Redlin[4]; 18. (DNF) 4-Nick Perry[11]; 19. (DNS) 21-Kurtis Clark; 20. (DNS) 30-Cole Neset

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[2]; 2. 16-Brock Hess[6]; 3. 12-Logan Redlin[7]; 4. 69-Britt Williams[1]; 5. (DNF) 19-Kyle Bertram[4]; 6. (DNF) 21-Kurtis Clark[5]; 7. (DNF) 30-Cole Neset[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 22-Matt Heinzerling[2]; 2. 3-Luke Johnson[1]; 3. 15-Jayme Peterson[5]; 4. 4-Nick Perry[6]; 5. 19J-Tracy Johnson[3]; 6. 48-Camden Rassel[4]; 7. 22M-Shawn McFarlane[7]

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 31-Scott Hansen[4]; 2. 70-David Simpson[3]; 3. 1-Jake Wranek[5]; 4. 33-Lorin Johnson[6]; 5. 55-Jordan Kienow[1]; 6. 73-Trevor Ryan[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[3]; 2. 12-Grady Myers[1]; 3. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[6]; 4. 01-Chris Serr[4]; 5. 49-Broc Stout[7]; 6. 20-Michael Bogh[10]; 7. 61-James Hoing[2]; 8. 711-Kenneth Clements[11]; 9. 25-Jace Baloun[12]; 10. 22-Craig Hoffer[15]; 11. (DNF) 0-Wyatt Brooker[14]; 12. (DNF) 314-Tyler Lamb[8]; 13. (DNF) 22T-Troy Murner[5]; 14. (DNF) 1X-Clifford Houser[13]; 15. (DNS) Z22-Cole Phillips

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 14-Maria Broksieck[2]; 2. 12-Grady Myers[4]; 3. 01-Chris Serr[7]; 4. 61-James Hoing[6]; 5. Z22-Cole Phillips[5]; 6. 711-Kenneth Clements[8]; 7. 1X-Clifford Houser[1]; 8. 0-Wyatt Brooker[3]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 49-Broc Stout[2]; 2. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[3]; 3. 314-Tyler Lamb[4]; 4. 22T-Troy Murner[6]; 5. 20-Michael Bogh[7]; 6. 25-Jace Baloun[1]; 7. (DNF) 22-Craig Hoffer[5]

Dirt Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 10C-Chad Olsen[3]; 2. 76-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 3. 10-Cole Searing[7]; 4. 37-Scott Ward[6]; 5. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[1]; 6. 20-Trevor Anderson[16]; 7. 12-Chad Becker[4]; 8. 21X-Dustin Arthur[9]; 9. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[10]; 10. 18-Chase Gelling[12]; 11. 8-Lane Brenden[11]; 12. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[15]; 13. 45R-Dyllan Ricks[8]; 14. 27-Tyler Myers[13]; 15. 14-Nick Schmidt[18]; 16. C5-Chris Palsrok[17]; 17. 34K-Colby Klaassen[23]; 18. 51K-Justin Karlen[24]; 19. XA-Alissa Palsrok[21]; 20. (DNF) 24S-Mike Stearns[5]; 21. (DNF) 24M-Cody Martin[19]; 22. (DNF) 71-Mike Benson[25]; 23. (DNF) 25-Brandon Sprinkel[28]; 24. (DNF) 75S-Mike Jager[20]; 25. (DNF) 49-Derrick Nordstrom[26]; 26. (DNF) 748-Kyle Jensen[22]; 27. (DNS) 4-Justin Boomsma; 28. (DNS) 87-Curt Kranz

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Chad Olsen[1]; 2. 10-Cole Searing[2]; 3. 21X-Dustin Arthur[3]; 4. 27-Tyler Myers[4]; 5. C5-Chris Palsrok[6]; 6. XA-Alissa Palsrok[5]; 7. (DNF) 49-Derrick Nordstrom[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[1]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[4]; 3. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[3]; 4. 4-Justin Boomsma[2]; 5. 14-Nick Schmidt[6]; 6. 748-Kyle Jensen[7]; 7. (DNF) 87-Curt Kranz[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26JR-Corey Zeitner[1]; 2. 45R-Dyllan Ricks[5]; 3. 8-Lane Brenden[3]; 4. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[4]; 5. 24M-Cody Martin[2]; 6. 34K-Colby Klaassen[6]; 7. (DNF) 25-Brandon Sprinkel[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 2. 37-Scott Ward[4]; 3. 18-Chase Gelling[2]; 4. 20-Trevor Anderson[3]; 5. 75S-Mike Jager[5]; 6. 51K-Justin Karlen[7]; 7. 71-Mike Benson[6]