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Gerdes gets the biggest Mod payday as I-94 Speedway hosts Bob Gierke Memorial; other Friday night Fergus Falls winners are Reinke, Agen and Schelitzche

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (August 17) - The seventh year of the Bob Gierke Memorial did not disappoint fans. With 27 WISSOTA Mods hitting the track, the action was fantastic as Brady Gerdes picked up the win on Saturday.

Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Nate Reinke, Ty Agen and Justin Schelitzche.

The Modified feature started out with Ryan Flaten taking the early lead and looking very good. He was soon joined by Brett Hoium, with Seth Brede and Dan Ebert close behind. Gerdes was also on the way to the front from his fifth starting spot, and took the lead around lap 12. The battle for third was a dandy between Dave Cain and Ebert, as the two swapped spots several times. Gerdes grabbed the big win, with Cain strong in second. Ebert, Flaten and Hoium completed the top five in a very entertaining race.

A very good field of 37 WISSOTA Midwest Mods were on hand Saturday, with 26 starting the feature. Shawn Kelley was very strong as he led the first 12 laps with Taylor Bitzan and Nate Reinke in a real battle for second. Reinke took the lead from Kelley with 14 laps left in the race. Mike Nichols came from his 12th starting spot and passed Kelley third, and then got by a very fast William Moelter for second. Nichols closed the gap on Reinke in the last four laps but came up just short as Reinke hung on for a nice win. Nichols, Moelter, 16th-starter Landyn Randt, and 19th-starter Haley Dykhoff rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks also provide an entertaining feature week to week, and Saturday didn’t disappoint. Kyle Dykhoff led early, before Justin Vogel charged past him for the lead with three laps completed. With 10 laps left, Eric Riley and Ty Agen joined the battle, with Riley taking the lead from Vogel and Agen getting past Vogel for second. Agen then drove by Riley for the lead and it became a four-car battle, with Jeff Ekdahl joining in. When the checkered flag flew, Agen was the winner ahead of Riley, Ekdahl, Vogel and Levi Randt.

The WISSOTA Hornet feature started with four early cautions, with Justin Schelitzche leading the way under pressure from Christian Kast. National point leader Jeff Rohner had a tough night, starting in 13th, but picked his way forward to battle Schelitzche for the lead. He got by him with about three laps to go, but Schelitzche retook the lead and held on for a one-foot win. Kast, Nick Shirley and Joey Metcalf were top-five finishers.

The Gen X Late Models had a surprise guest, as Scot Danzeisen drove Brad Staples’ car and led a large part of the feature before Joe Thomas caught him. As he was passing him, the two got together, and sent Danzeisen to the pits. Thomas drove on to the win.

I-94 thanks the Bob Gierke family for allowing the track to host this great race. Special thanks to 6th Street logistics,Titan Machinery FM Bank and Sower Power for sponsoring the night. Friday, August 23 will be the Fallen Lineman Mod Special, with all classes running including WISSOTA Late Models, Modifieds, Midwest Mods, Streets, Hornets and Gen X Late Models.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (26 Laps): 1. 2X-Brady Gerdes[5]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[8]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[7]; 4. 15-Ryan Flaten[1]; 5. 5H-Brett Hoium[3]; 6. 18A-Landon Atkinson[17]; 7. 52-Jason Thoennes[4]; 8. 6SL-Seth Brede[2]; 9. 26G-Ryan Gierke[9]; 10. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[14]; 11. 24-Brandon Dolman[12]; 12. 6X-Zach Johnson[11]; 13. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[10]; 14. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 15. 22-Davey Mills[26]; 16. 7-Bryce Borgen[18]; 17. 6T-Corky Thomas[27]; 18. 7J-Rick Jacobson[15]; 19. 13X-McKenzie Mikkelson[24]; 20. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[23]; 21. 18-Taylor Garberich[25]; 22. (DNF) 2G-Brock Gronwold[13]; 23. (DNF) 6ST-Joseph Thomas[20]; 24. (DNF) 66-Jacob Knapper[19]; 25. (DNF) 51A-Avery Anderson[16]; 26. (DNF) 032-Nicholas Jacobson[22]; 27. (DNF) 11X-Austin Chyba[21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Brady Gerdes[1]; 2. 60-Dan Ebert[7]; 3. 26G-Ryan Gierke[3]; 4. 2G-Brock Gronwold[4]; 5. 18A-Landon Atkinson[6]; 6. 11X-Austin Chyba[2]; 7. 18-Taylor Garberich[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Flaten[2]; 2. 6SL-Seth Brede[4]; 3. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[5]; 4. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[7]; 5. 7-Bryce Borgen[6]; 6. 032-Nicholas Jacobson[3]; 7. (DNF) 6T-Corky Thomas[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Jason Thoennes[2]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 3. 6X-Zach Johnson[4]; 4. 7J-Rick Jacobson[1]; 5. 66-Jacob Knapper[3]; 6. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[5]; 7. 22-Davey Mills[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Dave Cain[2]; 2. 5H-Brett Hoium[1]; 3. 24-Brandon Dolman[4]; 4. 51A-Avery Anderson[3]; 5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[6]; 6. 13X-McKenzie Mikkelson[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (26 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[4]; 2. 67-Mike Nichols[12]; 3. 87-William Moelter[7]; 4. 11R-Landyn Randt[16]; 5. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[19]; 6. L1-Shane Howell[17]; 7. 14K-Shawn Kelley[1]; 8. 21-Jake Smith[8]; 9. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[15]; 10. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[3]; 11. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[20]; 12. 28-Tommy Nichols[10]; 13. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[14]; 14. 42-Ron Saurer[9]; 15. 13-Scott Oeltjen[13]; 16. TS42-Scott Samuelson[23]; 17. 81K-Casey Knabe[22]; 18. 97-Michelle Hutt[11]; 19. 554-Alan Oeltjen[25]; 20. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow[21]; 21. (DNF) 73-Onyx Johnson[2]; 22. (DNF) 2S-Matt Schow[5]; 23. (DNF) 8-Jon Carlson[18]; 24. (DNF) 32B-Brennan Schmidt[26]; 25. (DNF) 87S-Reise Stenberg[6]; 26. (DNF) 092-Nick Bruder[24]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14K-Shawn Kelley[2]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 3. 97-Michelle Hutt[7]; 4. 11R-Landyn Randt[3]; 5. TS42-Scott Samuelson[6]; 6. 110-Tate Kelderman[4]; 7. (DNF) 1M-Jon McCain[8]; 8. (DNF) 554-Alan Oeltjen[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87-William Moelter[1]; 2. 71-Nate Reinke[7]; 3. 67-Mike Nichols[2]; 4. L1-Shane Howell[6]; 5. 10M-Noah McFarlane[4]; 6. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[5]; 7. 13K-Brad King[3]; 8. 10KM-Kurt Mursu[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[4]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[3]; 3. 13-Scott Oeltjen[1]; 4. 8-Jon Carlson[6]; 5. 28S-Ryan Schow[7]; 6. 52-Maddie Swenson[5]; 7. (DNF) 092-Nick Bruder[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Ron Saurer[2]; 2. 73-Onyx Johnson[1]; 3. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[7]; 4. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[4]; 5. 21Z-Zach Kort[6]; 6. 28K-Nick Preston[3]; 7. 81K-Casey Knabe[5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 87S-Reise Stenberg[4]; 2. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[5]; 3. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[3]; 4. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[6]; 5. 82G-Chad Gronner[2]; 6. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[7]; 7. 48-Cole Kelley[1]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28S-Ryan Schow[2]; 2. TS42-Scott Samuelson[1]; 3. 554-Alan Oeltjen[9]; 4. 48-Cole Kelley[7]; 5. 28K-Nick Preston[5]; 6. 82G-Chad Gronner[3]; 7. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[4]; 8. 13K-Brad King[6]; 9. (DNF) 1M-Jon McCain[8]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 81K-Casey Knabe[6]; 2. 092-Nick Bruder[8]; 3. 32B-Brennan Schmidt[5]; 4. 10M-Noah McFarlane[1]; 5. 21Z-Zach Kort[2]; 6. 10KM-Kurt Mursu[7]; 7. (DNF) 52-Maddie Swenson[4]; 8. (DNF) 110-Tate Kelderman[3]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 26-Ty Agen[5]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[1]; 3. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[8]; 4. 10V-Justin Vogel[4]; 5. 11R-Levi Randt[9]; 6. 2K-Tyler Klugman[6]; 7. 2-Joe Martin[17]; 8. 44-Dylan Arndt[7]; 9. 35S-Kegan Stueve[3]; 10. 12-Kevin Pender[14]; 11. 17-Nick Shumansky[10]; 12. 24X-Scott Horn[13]; 13. 18J-Justin Peterson[21]; 14. 80-Tony Miller[16]; 15. 16-Greg Platzer[19]; 16. 84-Doug Martin[24]; 17. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[26]; 18. (DNF) 23-Maverick Janssen[20]; 19. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[22]; 20. (DNF) 19-Cole Greseth[11]; 21. (DNF) 52-Joe Arndt[12]; 22. (DNF) 31X-Anthony Blom[23]; 23. (DNF) 57-Jason Fechtner[25]; 24. (DNF) 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[2]; 25. (DNF) 30B-Wade Bergerud[18]; 26. (DNF) 78-Josh Lawson[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[5]; 2. 44-Dylan Arndt[1]; 3. 11R-Levi Randt[4]; 4. 24X-Scott Horn[6]; 5. 2-Joe Martin[2]; 6. 18J-Justin Peterson[3]; 7. 57-Jason Fechtner[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10V-Justin Vogel[4]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[1]; 3. 17-Nick Shumansky[6]; 4. 12-Kevin Pender[5]; 5. 30B-Wade Bergerud[2]; 6. 24-Mike Hart[3]; 7. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[2]; 2. 26-Ty Agen[3]; 3. 19-Cole Greseth[1]; 4. 78-Josh Lawson[4]; 5. 16-Greg Platzer[5]; 6. 31X-Anthony Blom[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2K-Tyler Klugman[2]; 2. 35S-Kegan Stueve[1]; 3. 52-Joe Arndt[4]; 4. 80-Tony Miller[6]; 5. 23-Maverick Janssen[5]; 6. 84-Doug Martin[3]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14-Justin Schelitzche[1]; 2. 08-Jeff Rohner[13]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[2]; 4. 17-Nick Shirley[5]; 5. 988J-Joey Metcalf[14]; 6. 45W-Kevin Wahl[8]; 7. I94-Gavin Schmidt[11]; 8. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[12]; 9. (DNF) 35-Chase Pourrier[9]; 10. (DNF) 42E-Eli Green[6]; 11. (DNF) 19A-Alysha Christenson[4]; 12. (DNF) 10-Dexyn Habraken[7]; 13. (DNF) 988A-Amari Brown[10]; 14. (DQ) 7I-Taylor Pearson[3]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 03-Christian Kast[1]; 2. 10-Dexyn Habraken[6]; 3. 14-Justin Schelitzche[5]; 4. 19A-Alysha Christenson[3]; 5. 35-Chase Pourrier[2]; 6. (DNF) 08-Jeff Rohner[4]; 7. (DNF) 988J-Joey Metcalf[7]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 45W-Kevin Wahl[4]; 2. 17-Nick Shirley[3]; 3. 42E-Eli Green[1]; 4. 7I-Taylor Pearson[2]; 5. 988A-Amari Brown[7]; 6. I94-Gavin Schmidt[6]; 7. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[5]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1776-Joseph Thomas[5]; 2. 18A-Mike Anderson[8]; 3. 2-Derek Quinn[6]; 4. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[9]; 5. 0-Shawn Beto[2]; 6. 4C-Brent Clemensen[13]; 7. 49-Andrew Tysdal[10]; 8. (DNF) 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[4]; 9. (DNF) 10-Scot Danzeisen[1]; 10. (DNF) 00-Kevin Youngquist[12]; 11. (DNF) 50-Ben Wolden[7]; 12. (DNF) 11*-Larry Samuelson[3]; 13. (DNF) 27-Jarrett Huus[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[1]; 2. 2-Derek Quinn[5]; 3. 11*-Larry Samuelson[3]; 4. 0-Shawn Beto[2]; 5. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[4]; 6. 27-Jarrett Huus[6]; 7. 4C-Brent Clemensen[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 2. 1776-Joseph Thomas[6]; 3. 10-Scot Danzeisen[4]; 4. 18A-Mike Anderson[3]; 5. 49-Andrew Tysdal[2]; 6. 00-Kevin Youngquist[5]