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Koch takes two, including first-ever Late Model win, to highlight Friday at Fiesta City Speedway

By Chad Adamson

MONTEVIDEO, MN (August 21) - WISSOTA Dirt Track Series racing at Fiesta City Speedway was highlighted by a special for the Hornets and a double-dip with a first-ever victory in the Late Models Friday night.

Brandon Louwagie won the WISSOTA Hornet special, while Dexton Koch not only took home the win in the WISSOTA Super Stocks, but also secured his first-ever victory in the WISSOTA Late Models. Mike Jans won in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, and Scott Tofte back up last week’s winning effort in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods with another victory in the class Friday.

Thirteen WISSOTA Hornets were at Fiesta City Speedway on Friday night for the Hornet special. Louwagie led the entire feature for his second win of the year. William Lange advanced three spots to second, while eighth-starter Adam VanDerostyne was third. Thomas Kruger and Adam Throener completed the top five.

Tofte led the entire WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature for his second straight win. He was chased across the finish line by Tyler Weinmann in second. Seventeenth-starter Ryan Flaten charged to third at the checkered flag, Tim Kanten was fourth and Justin Bjorklund rounded out the top five.

Alex Grinager took the lead at the beginning of the WISSOTA Street Stock feature. On lap five, Coltyn Schuler drove by for the top spot. Grinager later regained the lead before Mike Jans took over the top spot with four laps to go. Jans drove on to get his third win of the season and second in a row. Justin Vogel, Grinager, Schuler and Landon Albertson were top-five finishers.

Travis Scott took the lead to start the WISSOTA Super Stock feature, before Dexton Koch took the top spot during lap three, and drove off with the feature win. Eighth-starter Karter Reents picked his way forward to second ahead of Ryan Satter, who completed the podium. Dylan Kromschroeder and Colsten Schultz rounded out the top five.

Koch then returned to the track and led the entire WISSOTA Late Model feature for the first Late Model win of his career. Jack Koranda, Jordan Tollakson, Ryan Schaufler and Damin Eilers completed the top five.

Justin Erp took the lead to start the Pure Stock feature, before Ashton Martin drove by into the lead on lap four. Erp regained the lead on the very next lap, and held off Carter Rice in the final laps to win his second straight feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[3]; 2. 22-Jack Koranda[1]; 3. 32-Jordan Tollakson[4]; 4. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[5]; 5. 711-Damin Eilers[2]; 6. 7-Scott Lehn[6]; 7. 3-Clarence Washburn[7]; 8. (DNS) 3S-Nathan Sletto

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Jack Koranda[3]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[5]; 3. 32-Jordan Tollakson[6]; 4. 711-Damin Eilers[2]; 5. 3S-Nathan Sletto[7]; 6. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[8]; 7. 7-Scott Lehn[1]; 8. 3-Clarence Washburn[4]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 2. 1-Karter Reents[8]; 3. 67-Ryan Satter[6]; 4. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[4]; 5. 511-Colsten Schultz[10]; 6. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[3]; 7. 4-Jay Hedtke[5]; 8. 71X-Travis Scott[1]; 9. 15-Brett Hedtke[11]; 10. 13-Brock Hedtke[12]; 11. 19-Justin Hedtke[14]; 12. (DNF) 79M-Josh Roggatz[2]; 13. (DNF) 9T-Taohe Norris[9]; 14. (DNS) 71-Justin Tammen

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Ryan Satter[1]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 3. 4-Jay Hedtke[2]; 4. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[6]; 5. 1-Karter Reents[5]; 6. 511-Colsten Schultz[7]; 7. 13-Brock Hedtke[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71X-Travis Scott[2]; 2. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[5]; 3. 79M-Josh Roggatz[4]; 4. 19-Justin Hedtke[7]; 5. 9T-Taohe Norris[3]; 6. 15-Brett Hedtke[6]; 7. (DNF) 71-Justin Tammen[1]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 28-Scott Tofte[2]; 2. 8W-Tyler Weinmann[4]; 3. 15-Ryan Flaten[17]; 4. 16T-Tim Kanten[1]; 5. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[8]; 6. 747-Jett Lindgren[6]; 7. 15TW-Taylor Willms[7]; 8. 97-Michelle Hutt[12]; 9. 11S-Darren Engesser[3]; 10. 32C-Zach Clark[9]; 11. 2-Benjamin Beekman[14]; 12. 8H-Brett Hansen[11]; 13. 82JR-Sophie Anderson[15]; 14. 69-Ethen Waltz[10]; 15. 65-Branden Kasten[5]; 16. 81-Kyle Jacobson[16]; 17. 31C-Tony Clark[13]; 18. 22J-Celeste Jenkins[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[1]; 2. 8W-Tyler Weinmann[5]; 3. 16T-Tim Kanten[8]; 4. 65-Branden Kasten[2]; 5. 32C-Zach Clark[6]; 6. 8H-Brett Hansen[7]; 7. 31C-Tony Clark[3]; 8. (DNF) 82JR-Sophie Anderson[4]; 9. (DNS) 15-Ryan Flaten

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Scott Tofte[2]; 2. 15TW-Taylor Willms[4]; 3. 747-Jett Lindgren[3]; 4. 11S-Darren Engesser[8]; 5. 69-Ethen Waltz[1]; 6. 97-Michelle Hutt[6]; 7. 2-Benjamin Beekman[5]; 8. 22J-Celeste Jenkins[9]; 9. (DNF) 81-Kyle Jacobson[7]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 25-Mike Jans[6]; 2. 10-Justin Vogel[4]; 3. 44X-Alex Grinager[1]; 4. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[3]; 5. 7A-Landon Albertson[2]; 6. 9-Cody Hatch[9]; 7. 4-Micheal Brockman[11]; 8. 10K-Devan Schultz[10]; 9. 99-Jeff Partington[7]; 10. 47-Russell Carlson[5]; 11. 2*-Dustin Schultz[8]; 12. 3D-Dale Louwagie[13]; 13. 16-Andrew White[14]; 14. 14W-Alyssa White[12]; 15. (DNS) 15F-Zachary Flickinger

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[3]; 2. 7A-Landon Albertson[1]; 3. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[5]; 4. 99-Jeff Partington[4]; 5. 9-Cody Hatch[8]; 6. 4-Micheal Brockman[6]; 7. 3D-Dale Louwagie[2]; 8. 16-Andrew White[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Mike Jans[3]; 2. 44X-Alex Grinager[4]; 3. 47-Russell Carlson[2]; 4. 2*-Dustin Schultz[7]; 5. 10K-Devan Schultz[6]; 6. 14W-Alyssa White[5]; 7. (DNF) 15F-Zachary Flickinger[1]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 27X-Brandon Louwagie[1]; 2. 40-William Lange[5]; 3. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[8]; 4. 38J-Thomas Kruger[7]; 5. 8X-Adam Throener[6]; 6. 27D-Dalten Pedersen[4]; 7. 555-Bradley Rossow[2]; 8. 28M-Kent Miller[9]; 9. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[3]; 10. 95-Matthew Moes[13]; 11. 28H-Dalton Haag[11]; 12. 16A-April Thompson[10]; 13. 54-Brantley Bendel[12]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 27X-Brandon Louwagie[2]; 2. 40-William Lange[7]; 3. 555-Bradley Rossow[1]; 4. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[4]; 5. 28M-Kent Miller[6]; 6. 28H-Dalton Haag[3]; 7. 95-Matthew Moes[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 8X-Adam Throener[1]; 2. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[5]; 3. 27D-Dalten Pedersen[2]; 4. 38J-Thomas Kruger[4]; 5. 16A-April Thompson[6]; 6. 54-Brantley Bendel[3]

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 32J-Justin Erp[2]; 2. 2-Carter Rice[3]; 3. 20-Ashton Martin[4]; 4. 45-Tad Peterson[8]; 5. 32-Brady Hagen[7]; 6. 16-Trevyn Carr[1]; 7. 00-Leighton Frericks[11]; 8. (DNF) 6SL-Tayden Frericks[12]; 9. (DNF) 56-Don Hansen[9]; 10. (DNF) 13-Mike VanOverbeke[10]; 11. (DNF) 87T-Ian Tjaden[5]; 12. (DNF) 47-Jason Best[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 47-Jason Best[2]; 2. 87T-Ian Tjaden[6]; 3. 32-Brady Hagen[4]; 4. 16-Trevyn Carr[1]; 5. 56-Don Hansen[3]; 6. 00-Leighton Frericks[5]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 32J-Justin Erp[4]; 2. 20-Ashton Martin[1]; 3. 45-Tad Peterson[5]; 4. 2-Carter Rice[6]; 5. 13-Mike VanOverbeke[3]; 6. 6SL-Tayden Frericks[2]