8-4 Page 23 | ATD Racing News

Vogel & Randt race to wins before rain ruins it for Thursday night fans at KRA Speedway

By Ron Krog

WILLMAR, MN (July 30) - In our short WISSOTA Dirt Track Series racing season, you never want a rain out. However, this summer has been so dry, having rain interrupt racing does have its benefits for farmers in the region.

Luckily, Mother Nature laid off a bit and KRA Speedway completed features in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods and Street Stocks, with the Modified, Super Stock and Mod Four features to be rescheduled in the future.

Winners in the WISSOTA-sanctioned classes during the shortened program included Justin Vogel and Landyn Randt. A nice field of 66 total cars was on hand.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks got things rolling, with Levi Randt in the lead early. Vogel and Ethan Iiams were in a good battle for second. With three laps in the books Vogel took over second, and then drove by Randt with six laps to go in a very hard fought battle.

Vogel drove on to the victory ahead of Randt, who was close behind in second. Joe Martin was a strong third, ahead of Brady Schultz and Iiams in the finishing top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Mods came out next, led early by Jason Vejtruba, who was followed by an improving Chance Kodet. The car on the move was Landyn Randt, as he moved through the field from his eight starting spot. With six laps to go, Randt passed Kodet for second before a caution flew one lap later.

That was just what the doctor ordered for Randt, as he worked the high side to get by Vejtruba before dipping low for the pass and the win. Vejtruba finished second with Justin Bjorklund charging up to third ahead of Kodet and Jett Lindgren in the top five.

Ashton Martin was the winner in the Pure Stocks, while Dustin Karl took the victory in the HOT ROD Vintage class.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature: Postponed due to weather

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 6SL-Seth Brede[5]; 3. 10-Justin VanEps[2]; 4. 9E-Don Eischens[7]; 5. 66-Jacob Knapper[9]; 6. 6*-Brian Haben[6]; 7. 6F-Matt Fester[3]; 8. (DNF) US-Jonathan Olmscheid[8]; 9. (DNF) 97-Peter Loecken[4]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature: Postponed due to weather

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Karter Reents[1]; 2. 11S-Zach Schultz[6]; 3. 511-Colsten Schultz[3]; 4. 91-Jordan Henkemeyer[4]; 5. 4-Jay Hedtke[2]; 6. 70X-Kurt Becken[7]; 7. (DNF) 13-Brock Hedtke[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 2. 24M-Eric Martini[5]; 3. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[3]; 4. 19-Brayden Hedtke[1]; 5. 2-Dustin Zieske[6]; 6. 14-Jayden Friauf[2]; 7. (DNF) 15-Brendan Hedtke[7]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[8]; 2. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[1]; 3. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[7]; 4. 77-Chance Kodet[3]; 5. 747-Jett Lindgren[9]; 6. 42-Eric Martini[11]; 7. 6-Nick Risacher[5]; 8. 18X-Brendon Scott[6]; 9. 31C-Tony Clark[10]; 10. (DNF) 95-Damon Vejtruba[4]; 11. (DNS) 32C-Zach Clark

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[2]; 2. 5C-Justin Bjorklund[6]; 3. 38J-Jason Vejtruba[3]; 4. 6-Nick Risacher[4]; 5. 747-Jett Lindgren[5]; 6. 31C-Tony Clark[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Chance Kodet[2]; 2. 32C-Zach Clark[1]; 3. 95-Damon Vejtruba[4]; 4. 18X-Brendon Scott[3]; 5. (DNF) 42-Eric Martini[5]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[3]; 2. 11-Levi Randt[1]; 3. 2-Joe Martin[5]; 4. 611-Brady Schultz[6]; 5. I7-Ethan Iiams[2]; 6. 19-Derek Zieske[4]; 7. 23-Chris Isdal[7]; 8. 77D-Adam Dehne[9]; 9. (DNF) 83-Doug Olmscheid[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[2]; 2. 11-Levi Randt[1]; 3. 2-Joe Martin[7]; 4. I7-Ethan Iiams[8]; 5. 19-Derek Zieske[9]; 6. 611-Brady Schultz[6]; 7. 23-Chris Isdal[4]; 8. 83-Doug Olmscheid[5]; 9. 77D-Adam Dehne[3]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature: Postponed due to weather

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Dexyn Habraken[1]; 2. 14T-Rowan Tramm[4]; 3. 37-Dean Larson[2]; 4. XL1-Andrew Funt[5]; 5. 6SL-Tayden Frericks[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Connor Bruss[1]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[3]; 3. 16-Jamie Flickinger[5]; 4. 66F-Steve Froelich[2]; 5. (DNF) 9C-Andrew Christenson[4]

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 20-Ashton Martin[2]; 2. 6F-Mason Fester[3]; 3. 71-Matt Wartman[5]; 4. 10A-Jesse Borer[8]; 5. 00-Leighton Frericks[1]; 6. (DNF) 16-Trevyn Carr[4]; 7. (DNF) 99B-Bentlee Fernkes[7]; 8. (DNF) 2-Carter Rice[6]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 6F-Mason Fester[4]; 2. 20-Ashton Martin[5]; 3. 71-Matt Wartman[6]; 4. 00-Leighton Frericks[2]; 5. 16-Trevyn Carr[8]; 6. 2-Carter Rice[1]; 7. 99B-Bentlee Fernkes[3]; 8. 10A-Jesse Borer[7]

Hornets:

Feature: Postponed due to weather

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 26-Braxton Schmitz[4]; 2. 12-Cole Fredeen[3]; 3. 11-Tucker Fredeen[5]; 4. (DNF) 13X-Pat Hoecke[2]; 5. (DNS) 03-Christian Kast