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Leiker, Ferguson and Holtquist get the upper hand as Border Wars get underway at Black Hills Speedway

RAPID CITY, SD (August 21) - The 8th annual South Dakota Lottery Half Mile Nationals and Border Wars Points Series got underway Thursday, August 21 at Black Hills Speedway.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners during the first night of the doubleheader included Troy Leiker, Leonard Ferguson and Dustin Holtquist.

Leiker started from the pole and controlled the duration of the feature in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, taking home the victory ahead of Tony Leiker, Darin Hauff, Scott Hansen and Paul Parks in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Mod Fours, Holtquist also started from the prime position and held control for the entirety of the race. He crossed the finish line less than a half-second ahead of Brett Konst, Robert Holtquist, Tristan Torres and 15th-starter Dean Larson in the top five.

Ferguson led all 15 laps in the WISSOTA Street Stocks Thursday night to garner his eighth win of the season at the speedway. He was chased to the checkered flag by Warren Pourier, Jr., Cole Phillips, Dillon Johnson and Kyle Hanson in the top five.

In the track’s other action, Adam Speckman scored the victory in the 360 Sprints, while Joel Magee was the winner in the Hobby Stock class. Eric Mass was victorious in the IMCA Modifieds.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[1]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[4]; 3. 4-Darin Hauff[3]; 4. 31H-Scott Hansen[7]; 5. 50-Paul Parks[2]; 6. 509-Brennan Davis[6]; 7. 67-Rex Conrad[8]; 8. 29-Alan Farley[10]; 9. 64-Joel Morris[5]; 10. 57H-Robby Howie[11]; 11. 333-Travis Long[9]; 12. 00-Ron Starkey[17]; 13. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[13]; 14. 19-Martin Choate[12]; 15. 32-Justin Stoner[20]; 16. (DNF) 7-Nick Ekstrand[15]; 17. (DNF) 72-Chris Larsen[14]; 18. (DNF) 77E-Trent Edwards[16]; 19. (DNF) 55J-Jaren Puhlman[18]; 20. (DNS) 75-Chandler Aspelin

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[1]; 2. 18-Tony Leiker[7]; 3. 31H-Scott Hansen[4]; 4. 29-Alan Farley[6]; 5. 42-Stephen Schicketanz II[5]; 6. 77E-Trent Edwards[3]; 7. (DNF) 75-Chandler Aspelin[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Paul Parks[1]; 2. 64-Joel Morris[4]; 3. 67-Rex Conrad[7]; 4. 57H-Robby Howie[3]; 5. 72-Chris Larsen[6]; 6. 00-Ron Starkey[5]; 7. 32-Justin Stoner[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Darin Hauff[5]; 2. 509-Brennan Davis[1]; 3. 333-Travis Long[2]; 4. 19-Martin Choate[3]; 5. 7-Nick Ekstrand[4]; 6. (DNF) 55J-Jaren Puhlman[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 78-Leonard Ferguson[1]; 2. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[3]; 3. Z22-Cole Phillips[2]; 4. 3D-Dillon Johnson[4]; 5. 25-Kyle Hanson[6]; 6. 22T-Troy Murner[7]; 7. 2-Gary Ferguson[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Leonard Ferguson[3]; 2. Z22-Cole Phillips[2]; 3. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[4]; 4. 3D-Dillon Johnson[5]; 5. 2-Gary Ferguson[1]; 6. 25-Kyle Hanson[6]; 7. 22T-Troy Murner[7]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[1]; 2. 100K-Brett Konst[5]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 4. 4T-Tristan Torres[4]; 5. 37-Dean Larson[15]; 6. 41-Clint Jensen[3]; 7. 114-Khi Jackson[7]; 8. 102-Kyle Hardesty[9]; 9. 45H-Dilon Hardesty[11]; 10. 55-Shelli Lind[8]; 11. 41W-Urijah Welch[16]; 12. 13C-Destiney Cuestas[10]; 13. 10K-Lori Konst[12]; 14. (DNF) 6-Devin Wolter[6]; 15. (DNF) 37L-Lila Jacobson[13]; 16. (DNS) 19-Gatlin Comer

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[2]; 2. 41-Clint Jensen[6]; 3. 100K-Brett Konst[8]; 4. 114-Khi Jackson[3]; 5. 102-Kyle Hardesty[4]; 6. 45H-Dilon Hardesty[1]; 7. 37L-Lila Jacobson[7]; 8. (DNF) 19-Gatlin Comer[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[3]; 2. 4T-Tristan Torres[1]; 3. 6-Devin Wolter[7]; 4. 55-Shelli Lind[4]; 5. 13C-Destiney Cuestas[5]; 6. (DNF) 10K-Lori Konst[2]; 7. (DNF) 41W-Urijah Welch[8]; 8. (DNF) 37-Dean Larson[6]

360 Sprints:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 4-Adam Speckman[1]; 2. 39JR-Brayden Mount[5]; 3. 3-Mike Pennel[4]; 4. 2-Dylan Opdahl[2]; 5. 13-McKayla Worley[7]; 6. 51-Cody Sires[6]; 7. (DNF) 20-Logan Hershey[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Adam Speckman[6]; 2. 2-Dylan Opdahl[1]; 3. 20-Logan Hershey[2]; 4. 3-Mike Pennel[4]; 5. 39JR-Brayden Mount[5]; 6. 51-Cody Sires[7]; 7. (DNF) 13-McKayla Worley[3]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 44-Eric Mass[2]; 2. 157-Kinzer McCord[1]; 3. XMX-Robert King Jr[4]; 4. 13-Brent Nielsen[3]; 5. 550K-Kyle Anton[6]; 6. 2N-Nate Hand[7]; 7. 0-Peyton George[5]; 8. 85X-Brett Pudwill[8]; 9. 08-T J Martell[11]; 10. 7R-James Rowley[12]; 11. (DNF) 46-Adam Boggs[14]; 12. (DNF) 52-Darran Conrad[9]; 13. (DNF) 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[13]; 14. (DNF) 6-Kade Bahr[10]; 15. (DNF) 99X-Nathan Slocum[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 157-Kinzer McCord[4]; 2. 13-Brent Nielsen[5]; 3. 0-Peyton George[6]; 4. 2N-Nate Hand[2]; 5. 52-Darran Conrad[8]; 6. 08-T J Martell[7]; 7. 9-Jack Hubbard Jr[3]; 8. (DNF) 99X-Nathan Slocum[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Eric Mass[1]; 2. XMX-Robert King Jr[4]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[5]; 4. 85X-Brett Pudwill[3]; 5. 6-Kade Bahr[7]; 6. 7R-James Rowley[6]; 7. (DNF) 46-Adam Boggs[2]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[1]; 2. 100K-Brett Konst[3]; 3. 33C-Alan McNeil[2]; 4. 3D-Dillon Johnson[12]; 5. 00-Benjie Bayne[8]; 6. 6S-Sean Weber[6]; 7. 00K-Tracy Konst[4]; 8. 03-Samantha Swett[9]; 9. 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[10]; 10. 89-Abigail Boggs[5]; 11. 85-Doug Pudwill[13]; 12. (DNF) 7D-Russ Dalgarn[7]; 13. (DNF) 10K-Lori Konst[11]; 14. (DNF) 09DR-Russell Brown[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Joel Magee[5]; 2. 100K-Brett Konst[1]; 3. 89-Abigail Boggs[3]; 4. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[4]; 5. 03-Samantha Swett[7]; 6. 10K-Lori Konst[6]; 7. (DNF) 85-Doug Pudwill[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Alan McNeil[2]; 2. 00K-Tracy Konst[4]; 3. 6S-Sean Weber[1]; 4. 00-Benjie Bayne[5]; 5. 06DW-Justin Blaszkowski[3]; 6. 3D-Dillon Johnson[7]; 7. 09DR-Russell Brown[6]