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Aaron Blacklance (Track Photo)

Blacklance leads the way in Midwest Mods on championship night at Norman County Raceway

ADA, MN (August 20) - It was Season Championship and Fan Appreciation night with IMCA RaceSaver Sprints on hand Thursday as Norman County Raceway closed out its 2026 season.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were also part of the program, and Aaron Blacklance triumphed in that sanctioned class.

Blacklance started from the front row, took the lead from the get-go and led all 15 laps for the victory ahead of polesitter Justin Olson. Matt Schow, Jory Berg and Kenna Breidenbach were top-five finishers.

In the IMCA Northern Sport Mods, Jayden Pavlicek scored the victory from his seventh starting spot, while Kalvin Kesselberg took advantage of his front-row starting spot to net the win in the IMCA Stock Cars. Tye Wilke turned in a 10th-to-victory lane effort in the INEX Legends feature, while Ty Hanten topped the Sprints. Hunter Goulet was victorious in the IMCA Hobby Stocks.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[2]; 2. 169-Justin Olson[1]; 3. 2S-Matt Schow[4]; 4. B0-Jory Berg[5]; 5. 15-Kenna Breidenbach[6]; 6. 4H-Grant Hall[8]; 7. 87S-Reise Stenberg[9]; 8. 469-Aaden Olson[7]; 9. 7-Kody Machart[10]; 10. 17-Nick Shumansky[17]; 11. 19E-Evan Gust[16]; 12. (DNF) 1-Dusty Peterson[19]; 13. (DNF) E15-Mavrik Strand[14]; 14. (DNF) 57-Corey Storck[3]; 15. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow[15]; 16. (DNF) 24-Caden Bunnis[18]; 17. (DNF) 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[11]; 18. (DNS) 8-Justin Jones; 19. (DQ) 710-Michael Jacobson[13]

Heat 1: 1. 169-Justin Olson[2]; 2. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[7]; 3. 4H-Grant Hall[6]; 4. 7-Kody Machart[5]; 5. 710-Michael Jacobson[4]; 6. (DNF) 17-Nick Shumansky[3]; 7. (DNF) 1-Dusty Peterson[1]

Heat 2: 1. 87S-Reise Stenberg[2]; 2. 57-Corey Storck[3]; 3. 469-Aaden Olson[4]; 4. 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[6]; 5. E15-Mavrik Strand[5]; 6. (DNF) 24-Caden Bunnis[1]

Heat 3: 1. 2S-Matt Schow[2]; 2. 15-Kenna Breidenbach[1]; 3. B0-Jory Berg[6]; 4. 8-Justin Jones[4]; 5. 28S-Ryan Schow[3]; 6. 19E-Evan Gust[5]

IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Cars:

A Feature 1: 1. 13-Ty Hanten[2]; 2. 72-Tye Wilke[3]; 3. 72K-Kate Taves[4]; 4. 87-Matthew Taves[6]; 5. 25R-Jerzee Rosinski[8]; 6. 67-Evan Hendrickson[12]; 7. 22-Bryce Haugeberg[10]; 8. 24L-Justin Lundeen[1]; 9. 7Z-Zayden Braaten[5]; 10. 38-Xander Coleman[7]; 11. 69-Tom Cummings[9]; 12. (DNS) 69R-Brandon Rekow

Heat 1: 1. 24L-Justin Lundeen[2]; 2. 13-Ty Hanten[4]; 3. 7Z-Zayden Braaten[3]; 4. 38-Xander Coleman[6]; 5. 69-Tom Cummings[1]; 6. (DNF) 69R-Brandon Rekow[5]

Heat 2: 1. 72K-Kate Taves[1]; 2. 72-Tye Wilke[2]; 3. 87-Matthew Taves[4]; 4. 25R-Jerzee Rosinski[3]; 5. 22-Bryce Haugeberg[5]; 6. (DNS) 67-Evan Hendrickson

IMCA Northern Sport Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 74-Jayden Pavlicek[7]; 2. 7R-Ryan Restad[2]; 3. 22-Keenan Glasser[10]; 4. 3X-Andy Wagner[4]; 5. 17-Rich Pavlicek[8]; 6. 41-Cayden Westcott[6]; 7. 84-Brody Johnson[5]; 8. 13C-Paul Colvin[3]; 9. 4B-Bailey Rasmussen[1]; 10. (DNF) 4D-Kyle VanMil[11]; 11. (DNS) 19-Andrew Dalen

Heat 1: 1. 13C-Paul Colvin[2]; 2. 22-Keenan Glasser[6]; 3. 84-Brody Johnson[3]; 4. 74-Jayden Pavlicek[4]; 5. 4B-Bailey Rasmussen[1]; 6. 4D-Kyle VanMil[5]

Heat 2: 1. 7R-Ryan Restad[1]; 2. 41-Cayden Westcott[3]; 3. 3X-Andy Wagner[2]; 4. 17-Rich Pavlicek[4]; 5. 19-Andrew Dalen[5]

IMCA Stock Cars:

A Feature 1: 1. 11-Kalvin Kesselberg[2]; 2. 69-Ryan Satter[3]; 3. B1-Brody Carlsrud[5]; 4. 5G-Tim Gonska[1]; 5. 11A-Ashton Kesselberg[6]; 6. 40-Rob VanMil[4]

Heat 1: 1. 11-Kalvin Kesselberg[3]; 2. 69-Ryan Satter[4]; 3. 40-Rob VanMil[5]; 4. B1-Brody Carlsrud[6]; 5. 5G-Tim Gonska[2]; 6. 11A-Ashton Kesselberg[1]

INEX Legends:

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

Heat 1: 1. 7T-Ty Olson[8]; 2. 8R-Tanner Riewer[1]; 3. 79-Scott Richardson[4]; 4. 29-Ryan Braseth[6]; 5. 2J-Joseph Lewis[7]; 6. 21-Noah Lewis[5]; 7. 13-Ben Lundquist[2]; 8. 55-Andrew Clark[3]

Heat 2: 1. 27-Carter Restad[1]; 2. 12-Owen Broden[4]; 3. 72-Tye Wilke[8]; 4. 25-Alexander Clark[7]; 5. 33M-Colton Miller[6]; 6. 97-Howie Briss[5]; 7. 335-Beaux Miller[3]; 8. 33-Robert Andring[2]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 701-Hunter Goulet[2]; 2. 23-Daniel Beckman[4]; 3. 95-Reid Randall[5]; 4. B2-Brodee Eckerdt[3]; 5. 73-Todd Gettel[1]; 6. 25G-Chloe Gonska[6]

Heat 1: 1. 95-Reid Randall[6]; 2. 73-Todd Gettel[2]; 3. B2-Brodee Eckerdt[4]; 4. 701-Hunter Goulet[3]; 5. 23-Daniel Beckman[5]; 6. 25G-Chloe Gonska[1]

Scott Hughes