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Dykhoff announced as winner of $30,100 at Rice Lake’s Little Dream Race after disqualification pushes finishers one spot up

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (July 29) - In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, after apparent winner Keith Tourville was disqualified in technical inspection for an engine infraction, second-place finisher Kyle Dykhoff was awarded the win in the 31st annual WISSOTA Street Stock Little Dream race held at Rice Lake Speedway.

A record top prize was awarded to Dykhoff, with $30,100 raised through fan and business contributions for the 40-lap feature win.

After a double set of qualifying heat races, two B features and a Last Chance race - where winner Cody Cimfl opted to start the main event rather than take the payout - 25 drivers took the green flag from starter Sean Cimfl for the 40-lap feature. Tourville, who earned the most passing points in preliminary action, started on the pole and took the early lead over Levi Randt and Dykhoff. Justin Vogel moved to the cushion and started to make time on the top three, when two-time Little Dream winner Nick Traynor slowed and triggered the first yellow flag.

Dykhoff opted for the outside on the Delaware style restart and at the green, Hunter VanGilder spun in turn one, which again triggered the yellow. On the following start, the slowing car of Sam Fankhauser again triggered the yellow.

Finally, full-out racing took place with Tourville pulling away from the pack as he moved to the cushion. The battle for second remained intense though, with Dykhoff and Randt running many laps side by side, joined by Parker Anderson and Kyle Genett in the battle for the runner-up position.

After a dozen consecutive laps were raced under the green, the yellow flew again with 23 laps completed when Vogel was helped into a spin and was restored to his sixth- place position for the restart.

On each green, Tourville pulled away from the field, as he showed great speed and no one seemed able to keep up with him. The battle for second raged on though and with 10 laps to go, Dykhoff continued to edge out Randt at the line, lap after lap.

With 31 laps completed, Anderson slowed with overheating problems and that triggered the yellow flag once again.

Back under green, Tourville misstepped for the first time all night, getting just a bit high in turn one on the restart and Dykhoff dropped to his inside, nearly driving into the lead. They raced hard for a couple laps, but gradually Tourville was able to again edge away.

One more yellow for a stalled car set up a six-lap battle for the win. VanGilder had recovered from his earlier spin and made a strong charge back up through the field, making it to the top five at this point.

Tourville got away from the pack quickly with the green back in the air, and regained a strong lead as he pushed for the finish of the race. The battle for second continued and on the final lap, Randt got just a bit high in turn one; Dykhoff drove under him and VanGilder continued his charge as he roared into third, edging out Randt at the line for a podium finish.

The top cars headed to the tech shed, where tech officials made the determination that Tourville’s engine did not conform with WISSOTA Street Stock rules, so he was disqualified from the event.

Dykhoff was declared the winner, with VanGilder finishing second and Randt third. Jim Gullikson and Kolton Brauer completed the top five. Sixteen drivers completed the event with all of them on the lead lap.

Tourville has filed an appeal, so all results are unofficial until the appeal process is completed.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[3]; 2. 84-Hunter VanGilder[6]; 3. 11X-Levi Randt[2]; 4. 21-Jim Gullikson[16]; 5. 34J-Kolton Brauer[11]; 6. 16X-Kyle Genett[4]; 7. 51-Eric Riley[9]; 8. 19H-Shawn Amundson[22]; 9. 25J-Mike Jans[14]; 10. 1R-Cole Richards[15]; 11. 04-Tommy Pogones[10]; 12. 76-Braedyn Fleck[12]; 13. 10-Justin Vogel[5]; 14. 28-Greg Jose[21]; 15. 20F-Connor Franson[23]; 16. 82X-Colten Klueckman[19]; 17. (DNF) 12-Cody Kummer[17]; 18. (DNF) 27-Parker Anderson[7]; 19. (DNF) 40-Travis Loew[8]; 20. (DNF) 3R-Danny Richards[13]; 21. (DNF) 11-Sam Fankhauser[18]; 22. (DNF) 40T-Nick Traynor[20]; 23. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[24]; 24. (DNF) 19C-Cody Cimfl[25]; 25. (DQ) 148-Keith Tourville[1]

Non Qualifyier (15 Laps): 1. 19C-Cody Cimfl[3]; 2. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[4]; 3. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[1]; 4. 42K-Mike Knudtson[2]; 5. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[13]; 6. 12K-Jay Kesan[9]; 7. 15-Mike Brown[7]; 8. 37X-Quain Busitzky[11]; 9. 88-Steven Hitchman[5]; 10. 16-Warren Bartelt[8]; 11. 52-Joe Arndt[10]; 12. 317-Austin Polonoski[12]; 13. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[15]; 14. 17-Jake Stowell[16]; 15. 19J-Jenna Herrman[14]; 16. (DNS) 69-Jim Randall

Heat 1 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jim Gullikson[4]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[2]; 3. 3R-Danny Richards[6]; 4. 27-Parker Anderson[8]; 5. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[3]; 6. 88-Steven Hitchman[7]; 7. 40T-Nick Traynor[9]; 8. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[1]; 9. 20F-Connor Franson[10]; 10. 19J-Jenna Herrman[5]

Heat 2 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 84-Hunter VanGilder[4]; 2. 12-Cody Kummer[5]; 3. 82X-Colten Klueckman[1]; 4. 1R-Cole Richards[3]; 5. 25J-Mike Jans[8]; 6. 11-Sam Fankhauser[9]; 7. 9-Adam Soltis[7]; 8. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[10]; 9. 37X-Quain Busitzky[6]; 10. 17-Jake Stowell[2]

Heat 3 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Levi Randt[1]; 2. 16X-Kyle Genett[3]; 3. 10-Justin Vogel[8]; 4. 19H-Shawn Amundson[6]; 5. 69-Jim Randall[4]; 6. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[7]; 7. 52-Joe Arndt[2]; 8. 15-Mike Brown[9]; 9. (DNF) 19C-Cody Cimfl[5]

Heat 4 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 148-Keith Tourville[3]; 2. 34J-Kolton Brauer[1]; 3. 04-Tommy Pogones[6]; 4. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[2]; 5. 12R-Kammron Rose[5]; 6. 42K-Mike Knudtson[8]; 7. 16-Warren Bartelt[9]; 8. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[4]; 9. 24-Andrew Piilo[7]

Heat 5 (Round 1) (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[2]; 2. 76-Braedyn Fleck[1]; 3. 28-Greg Jose[3]; 4. 40-Travis Loew[9]; 5. 12K-Jay Kesan[5]; 6. 92R-Courtney Rose[8]; 7. 317-Austin Polonoski[6]; 8. (DNF) 82-Kevin Bogdanovic[7]; 9. (DQ) 79N-Jeff Nowak[4]

Heat 6 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[2]; 2. 16X-Kyle Genett[7]; 3. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[1]; 4. 3R-Danny Richards[5]; 5. 76-Braedyn Fleck[9]; 6. 12-Cody Kummer[6]; 7. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[8]; 8. 24-Andrew Piilo[3]; 9. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[10]; 10. (DNF) 317-Austin Polonoski[4]

Heat 7 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 20F-Connor Franson[1]; 2. 11-Sam Fankhauser[2]; 3. 04-Tommy Pogones[4]; 4. 84-Hunter VanGilder[7]; 5. 34J-Kolton Brauer[9]; 6. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 7. 12K-Jay Kesan[5]; 8. 19J-Jenna Herrman[6]; 9. 52-Joe Arndt[8]

Heat 8 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 40-Travis Loew[1]; 2. 25J-Mike Jans[3]; 3. 11X-Levi Randt[9]; 4. 1R-Cole Richards[8]; 5. 12R-Kammron Rose[5]; 6. 19H-Shawn Amundson[4]; 7. 21-Jim Gullikson[7]; 8. (DNF) 79N-Jeff Nowak[6]; 9. (DNF) 40T-Nick Traynor[2]

Heat 9 (Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[3]; 2. 9-Adam Soltis[4]; 3. 19C-Cody Cimfl[5]; 4. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[8]; 5. 28-Greg Jose[7]; 6. 92R-Courtney Rose[2]; 7. 17-Jake Stowell[9]; 8. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[6]; 9. (DQ) 16-Warren Bartelt[1]

Heat 10(Round 2) (8 Laps): 1. 148-Keith Tourville[7]; 2. 42K-Mike Knudtson[2]; 3. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[8]; 4. 51-Eric Riley[9]; 5. 88-Steven Hitchman[4]; 6. 69-Jim Randall[6]; 7. 82X-Colten Klueckman[10]; 8. 15-Mike Brown[1]; 9. 37X-Quain Busitzky[5]; 10. (DNS) 82-Kevin Bogdanovic

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 12-Cody Kummer[1]; 2. 82X-Colten Klueckman[4]; 3. 28-Greg Jose[2]; 4. 20F-Connor Franson[5]; 5. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[3]; 6. 19C-Cody Cimfl[15]; 7. 88-Steven Hitchman[7]; 8. 15-Mike Brown[10]; 9. 12K-Jay Kesan[9]; 10. 37X-Quain Busitzky[14]; 11. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[6]; 12. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[12]; 13. 24-Andrew Piilo[13]; 14. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[11]; 15. (DNF) 92R-Courtney Rose[8]; 16. (DNS) 79N-Jeff Nowak

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 11-Sam Fankhauser[1]; 2. 40T-Nick Traynor[9]; 3. 19H-Shawn Amundson[4]; 4. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[8]; 5. 42K-Mike Knudtson[2]; 6. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[6]; 7. 69-Jim Randall[7]; 8. 16-Warren Bartelt[14]; 9. 52-Joe Arndt[10]; 10. 317-Austin Polonoski[12]; 11. 19J-Jenna Herrman[13]; 12. 17-Jake Stowell[11]; 13. (DNF) 12R-Kammron Rose[5]; 14. (DNS) 82-Kevin Bogdanovic; 15. (DQ) 9-Adam Soltis[3]