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Rohner, Dykhoff, Randt, Gierke and Grosz grab the checkers on Backpack night at I-94 Speedway

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (August 22) - A nice field of 120 cars packed into I-94 Speedway on Friday night for Backpack Giveaway night, which was all about the kids - and the racers gave fans quite a show, too.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Lee Grosz, Landyn Randt, Ryan Gierke, Kyle Dykhoff and Jeff Rohner.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks kicked things off with their King of Dirt makeup feature. Early on, Eric Riley and Justin Vogel went back and forth before Kyle Dykhoff moved up to challenge. As the laps clicked off, Riley, Dykhoff, and Jeff Ekdahl kept the crowd entertained.

In the closing laps, it turned into a two-car duel between Riley and Dykhoff, who threw sliders back and forth until Dykhoff held on for the win. Riley settled for second, Hunter Carter claimed third, Ekdahl finished fourth, and Levi Randt rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks then ran their regular feature, where Cole Greseth looked strong until Corey Dykhoff snuck in to challenge. That opened the door for Riley and eventually Kyle Dykhoff, who stormed from his 25th starting spot to take an amazing win - his second of the night. Riley finished second again, with Vogel charging from 26th to third. Greg Jose and Trey Hess were top-five finishers.

The WISSOTA Modifieds also put on a quality show Friday. Fresh off his emotional Bob Gierke Memorial win, Ryan Gierke shot out like a cannon in this one. Bryce Sward gave chase and was close near the end, but Gierke held strong for the victory. Sward finished second and Brady Gerdes was third. Brett Hoium and Travis Saurer rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds started 31 cars for their feature. Haley Dykhoff and Landon Randt led the field early, trading the top spot until Randt regained the lead for good. As they battled, Matt Schow charged from 12th to second, while Tanner Bitzan moved into the mix late. At the finish, Randt took the win, Schow grabbed second, and Bitzan crossed in third. Scott Oeltjen and Dykhoff completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Late Models drew 21 cars, with Zach Johnson and Mike Greseth leading the early laps. But the story was Lee Grosz, who powered from fifth to the front and never looked back.

Behind him, Don Shaw and Travis Saurer put on a show in the top five with Greseth also in the mix. At the checkered flag, Grosz was the winner ahead of Saurer, Dave Mass, Greseth and Jack Koranda in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Hornets, 12 cars took the green. Jeff Rohner jumped out front and had to fend off pressure from Hunter Goulet. Rohner was able to hang on for the win Friday, with Goulet, Christian Kast, Kevin Wahl and Andy Booke finishing in the top five.

In non-WISSOTA action, the Gen X Late Models entertained the crowd with their feature action. Rick Schroeder came out on top, adding another win to his season tally.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz[5]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[3]; 3. 2-Dave Mass[4]; 4. 17-Mike Greseth[2]; 5. 22-Jack Koranda[6]; 6. 50-Ben Wolden[10]; 7. 5X-Scot Danzeisen[9]; 8. 10R-Kevin Robertson[19]; 9. 27-Jared Zimpel[16]; 10. 53-Chris Mensen[21]; 11. 15X-Blake Boelens[14]; 12. 9R-Erik Robertson[13]; 13. 16S-Jeff Hapala[15]; 14. 18-Josh Rieck[18]; 15. 26-Tim Johnson[20]; 16. (DNF) 18X-Shawn Meyer[12]; 17. (DNF) 73-Zach Johnson[1]; 18. (DNF) 42S-Don Shaw[7]; 19. (DNF) 8R-Travis Robertson[8]; 20. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[17]; 21. (DNF) 44*-Cole Schill[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[7]; 2. 17-Mike Greseth[2]; 3. 8R-Travis Robertson[4]; 4. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 5. 9R-Erik Robertson[3]; 6. 27-Jared Zimpel[5]; 7. 10R-Kevin Robertson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[1]; 2. 73-Zach Johnson[7]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw[5]; 4. 44*-Cole Schill[2]; 5. 15X-Blake Boelens[3]; 6. 24-Mike Hart[6]; 7. (DNF) 26-Tim Johnson[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz[4]; 2. 22-Jack Koranda[6]; 3. 5X-Scot Danzeisen[7]; 4. 18X-Shawn Meyer[3]; 5. 16S-Jeff Hapala[1]; 6. 18-Josh Rieck[2]; 7. (DNF) 53-Chris Mensen[5]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[1]; 2. 6X-Bryce Sward[5]; 3. 2X-Brady Gerdes[4]; 4. 5H-Brett Hoium[2]; 5. 21X-Travis Saurer[3]; 6. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[7]; 7. 6T-Joseph Thomas[8]; 8. 51TT-Talan Thoennes[6]; 9. 24-Brandon Dolman[9]; 10. 13-Cayden Schmeling[10]; 11. 7-Bryce Borgen[12]; 12. 52-Jason Thoennes[11]; 13. 51-Avery Anderson[14]; 14. (DNF) 51T-Josh Thoennes[15]; 15. (DNF) 2J-Blake Jegtvig[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[2]; 2. 6T-Joseph Thomas[4]; 3. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[7]; 4. 5H-Brett Hoium[3]; 5. 24-Brandon Dolman[6]; 6. 52-Jason Thoennes[5]; 7. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[8]; 8. (DNF) 51T-Josh Thoennes[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6X-Bryce Sward[3]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[5]; 3. 2X-Brady Gerdes[7]; 4. 51TT-Talan Thoennes[4]; 5. 13-Cayden Schmeling[2]; 6. 7-Bryce Borgen[6]; 7. (DNF) 51-Avery Anderson[1]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[2]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[10]; 3. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[5]; 4. 13-Scott Oeltjen[4]; 5. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[1]; 6. 36-Jaren Wibstad[15]; 7. 73-Onyx Johnson[16]; 8. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[3]; 9. 66-Kyle Langland[13]; 10. 57-Corey Storck[9]; 11. 12X-Jamie Norman[6]; 12. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[7]; 13. 10M-Noah McFarlane[26]; 14. 110-Tate Kelderman[20]; 15. TS42-Scott Samuelson[24]; 16. 21Z-Zach Kort[19]; 17. 15-Andrew DeNoble[22]; 18. 5X-Dylan McManigle[23]; 19. 24-Todd Stevens[31]; 20. 10K-Kurt Mursu[27]; 21. (DNF) 29-Cylen Vargason[12]; 22. (DNF) 28K-Nick Preston[21]; 23. (DNF) 22Z-Zach Reinke[17]; 24. (DNF) 13K-Brad King[29]; 25. (DNF) 87S-Reise Stenberg[8]; 26. (DNF) 97-Michelle Hutt[14]; 27. (DNF) X-Tucker Jacobson[18]; 28. (DNF) 75JR-Jacob Karch[30]; 29. (DNF) 42-Ron Saurer[11]; 30. (DNF) 8-Jon Carlson[25]; 31. (DNF) 24X-Mike Hart[28]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[2]; 2. 87S-Reise Stenberg[4]; 3. 57-Corey Storck[3]; 4. 66-Kyle Langland[8]; 5. 22Z-Zach Reinke[7]; 6. 28K-Nick Preston[6]; 7. 8-Jon Carlson[1]; 8. 13K-Brad King[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[2]; 2. 13-Scott Oeltjen[3]; 3. 2S-Matt Schow[1]; 4. 97-Michelle Hutt[6]; 5. X-Tucker Jacobson[4]; 6. 15-Andrew DeNoble[8]; 7. 10M-Noah McFarlane[5]; 8. 75JR-Jacob Karch[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Jamie Norman[1]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[7]; 3. 42-Ron Saurer[4]; 4. 36-Jaren Wibstad[5]; 5. 21Z-Zach Kort[2]; 6. 5X-Dylan McManigle[3]; 7. 10K-Kurt Mursu[8]; 8. 24-Todd Stevens[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[1]; 2. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[2]; 3. 29-Cylen Vargason[3]; 4. 73-Onyx Johnson[5]; 5. 110-Tate Kelderman[4]; 6. TS42-Scott Samuelson[7]; 7. 24X-Mike Hart[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[25]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[5]; 3. 10V-Justin Vogel[26]; 4. Z28-Greg Jose[10]; 5. 4-Trey Hess[9]; 6. 19-Cole Greseth[2]; 7. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[1]; 8. 27J-Jordan Johnson[3]; 9. 11-Levi Randt[14]; 10. 19H-Hunter Carter[7]; 11. 35S-Kegan Stueve[18]; 12. #1-Tony Smith[12]; 13. 2K-Tyler Klugman[8]; 14. 18J-Justin Peterson[20]; 15. 16-Greg Platzer[16]; 16. 17-Nick Shumansky[11]; 17. 80-Tony Miller[13]; 18. 30B-Wade Bergerud[6]; 19. 12-Joshua Schroeder[15]; 20. 57-Jason Fechtner[24]; 21. 5F-Mike Flickinger[21]; 22. (DNF) 12P-Kevin Pender[23]; 23. (DNF) 10T-Darek Turner[17]; 24. (DNF) 78-Josh Lawson[22]; 25. (DNF) 611-Brady Schultz[19]; 26. (DQ) 3C-Cory Dykhoff[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19H-Hunter Carter[1]; 2. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[4]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[5]; 4. Z28-Greg Jose[6]; 5. 80-Tony Miller[2]; 6. 16-Greg Platzer[3]; 7. 611-Brady Schultz[9]; 8. 78-Josh Lawson[7]; 9. 57-Jason Fechtner[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Cole Greseth[2]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[7]; 3. 2K-Tyler Klugman[1]; 4. 17-Nick Shumansky[4]; 5. 11-Levi Randt[6]; 6. 10T-Darek Turner[5]; 7. 18J-Justin Peterson[3]; 8. 12P-Kevin Pender[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 30B-Wade Bergerud[1]; 2. 27J-Jordan Johnson[5]; 3. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 4. #1-Tony Smith[4]; 5. 12-Joshua Schroeder[8]; 6. 35S-Kegan Stueve[2]; 7. 5F-Mike Flickinger[6]; 8. (DNF) 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[7]; 9. (DNS) 10V-Justin Vogel

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[4]; 2. 701-Hunter Goulet[3]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[7]; 4. 45W-Kevin Wahl[6]; 5. 22L-Andy Booke[11]; 6. 42E-Eli Green[1]; 7. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[10]; 8. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[8]; 9. (DNF) 90-Kreg Anderson[2]; 10. (DNF) 18K-Ally Preston[9]; 11. (DNF) 27-Kody Crabtree[5]; 12. (DNF) I94-Mike Brandt[12]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 03-Christian Kast[3]; 2. 08-Jeff Rohner[4]; 3. 701-Hunter Goulet[5]; 4. 90-Kreg Anderson[6]; 5. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[2]; 6. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 42E-Eli Green[2]; 2. 45W-Kevin Wahl[4]; 3. I94-Mike Brandt[6]; 4. 27-Kody Crabtree[5]; 5. 18K-Ally Preston[1]; 6. (DNF) 22L-Andy Booke[3]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7-Rick Schroeder[1]; 2. 66-Travis Saurer[5]; 3. 27-Jarrett Huus[2]; 4. 15X-Blake Boelens[4]; 5. 50-Ben Wolden[8]; 6. 15-Trevor Walsh[7]; 7. 811-Bodie Croninger[3]; 8. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[12]; 9. 33-Jeff Nelson[14]; 10. 01-Alex Tschakert[6]; 11. 11*-Larry Samuelson[9]; 12. 19-Tyler McFarland[11]; 13. 75-Cade Skytland[10]; 14. 49-Andrew Tysdal[15]; 15. 00-Kevin Youngquist[18]; 16. 1M-Jon McCain[17]; 17. 0-Shawn Beto[19]; 18. 4-Brent Clemensen[20]; 19. 3H-Jerry Hauge[16]; 20. (DNF) 18A-Mike Anderson[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Jarrett Huus[1]; 2. 50-Ben Wolden[3]; 3. 7-Rick Schroeder[5]; 4. 75-Cade Skytland[4]; 5. 18A-Mike Anderson[7]; 6. 3H-Jerry Hauge[2]; 7. 0-Shawn Beto[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Travis Saurer[1]; 2. 15-Trevor Walsh[5]; 3. 15X-Blake Boelens[6]; 4. 19-Tyler McFarland[3]; 5. 33-Jeff Nelson[7]; 6. 1M-Jon McCain[2]; 7. 4-Brent Clemensen[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 811-Bodie Croninger[1]; 2. 01-Alex Tschakert[2]; 3. 11*-Larry Samuelson[5]; 4. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[3]; 5. 49-Andrew Tysdal[6]; 6. 00-Kevin Youngquist[4]