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Adams steals a grand from Grand Rapids Mod rivals while Jensen, Myers, Smith and Folstad also top HoF Night features

By Shannon Reigel & Meghan Diemel, ATD Editor

GRAND RAPIDS, MN (July 31) - Thursday night, July 31, Grand Rapids Speedway hosted its Hall of Fame night at the speedway. During the HoF ceremonies, Donny Smith, Mike Meyer, Charlie Castle and Bob Broking were inducted.

It was also $1,000 to win in the WISSOTA Modifieds, which Cameron, Wisconsin invader Blake Adams took back home with him. Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Joey Jensen, Jake Smith, Curt Myers and McKenna Folstad.

In the Modifieds, Adams started in the third row and grabbed the lead from Josh Beaulieu with just four laps to go after a rocky start to the feature, with several cautions part of the early action. Beaulieu was never too far behind in the closing laps, as Adams took the checkered flag and the win. Tyler Kintner, Mervin Castle III, and Chris Magistad finished in the top five.

Myers started from the front row in the WISSOTA Super Stocks, and following a first-lap spin by his fellow front-row starter, Myers took the lead early. He grabbed the eventual win in a flag-to-flag effort for his 400th career win. He took the checkered flag ahead of Tristan LaBarge, who supplanted Dalton Carlson for second on the final lap. Ninth-starter Justin Barsness and Matt Sparby completed the top five during what was another caution-filled event.

Jensen started in the second row in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, moving into the top spot past leader Darrin Lawler during the first few laps of the race. He continued to lead through a couple more cautions and drove on for the victory. Eleventh-starter Michael Blevins ended his charge through the field in second, with Mikey and Sam Blevins behind in third and fourth. Tim Jackson completed the top five.

In the WISSOTA Pure Stocks, Smith started the race in the third row; he worked his way past polesitter Austin Carlson with seven laps to go after contact out front between Carlson and Eric Crosby allowed him to drive by both into the lead. Carlson was close behind in second at the stripe, while Crosby, Dustin Puffe and Dusty Caspers were also top-five finishers.

McKenna Folstad (Jennifer Tomczyk Photo)

Folstad used her front-row starting spot to her advantage in the WISSOTA Hornets, taking the lead and holding off the efforts of Russell Kiker, Jr., Mark Gangl, Brady Fosso, and Nikota Larson, who were in a cluster to the checkered flag. Kiker, Gangl, Fosso and Larson were top-five finishers.

In the Northern Renegade feature, Chris Lewis picked his way forward from eighth at the start to grab the win ahead of Zach Olson, Ken Hron, Jori Hughes, and Danny Wait, Jr. in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1: 1. 40D-Blake Adams[6]; 2. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[3]; 3. 22-Tyler Kintner[2]; 4. 10-Mervin Castle III[5]; 5. M2-Chris Magistad[4]; 6. 12-TJ Heinle[7]; 7. 23-Ryan Jensen[10]; 8. 51E-Peyton Emerson[9]; 9. 8E8J-Jennie Krause[1]; 10. (DNS) 45-Bob Broking; 11. (DNS) 8E8-Jessy Krause

Heat 1: 1. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[2]; 2. M2-Chris Magistad[1]; 3. 12-TJ Heinle[3]; 4. 8E8-Jessy Krause[5]; 5. 51E-Peyton Emerson[6]; 6. (DNF) 45-Bob Broking[4]

Heat 2: 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 10-Mervin Castle III[2]; 3. 22-Tyler Kintner[3]; 4. 8E8J-Jennie Krause[5]; 5. (DNF) 23-Ryan Jensen[4]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 1M-Curt Myers[2]; 2. 19-Tristan LaBarge[4]; 3. 57-Dalton Carlson[3]; 4. 47J-Justin Barsness[9]; 5. 81X-Matt Sparby[7]; 6. 69X-John Sharpnack[12]; 7. 11-Kevin Salin[8]; 8. 01-Trevor Arens[6]; 9. 05V-Gavin Voss[11]; 10. 63R-Gene Roth[14]; 11. (DNF) 40C-Chaston Finckbone[5]; 12. (DNF) 27C-Cameron Labelle[1]; 13. (DNF) 79A-Andy LaBarge[10]; 14. (DNF) 25-Dylan Nelson[13]

Heat 1: 1. 11-Kevin Salin[1]; 2. 1M-Curt Myers[3]; 3. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[6]; 4. 57-Dalton Carlson[7]; 5. 47J-Justin Barsness[5]; 6. 05V-Gavin Voss[2]; 7. (DNF) 25-Dylan Nelson[4]

Heat 2: 1. 27C-Cameron Labelle[2]; 2. 19-Tristan LaBarge[3]; 3. 01-Trevor Arens[1]; 4. 81X-Matt Sparby[4]; 5. 79A-Andy LaBarge[5]; 6. 69X-John Sharpnack[6]; 7. (DNS) 63R-Gene Roth

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 30-Joey Jensen[3]; 2. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[11]; 3. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[6]; 4. 15-Sam Blevins[7]; 5. 48-Tim Jackson[5]; 6. 12A-Alex O'Dell[13]; 7. 10X-Matthew Cunha[9]; 8. 10Z-Cade Johnson[15]; 9. 44-Brayden Rewertz[2]; 10. 26K-Sam Kolar[8]; 11. 14G-Brant Gruba[4]; 12. 62-Jerry Morgan[12]; 13. 68G-Eric Gruba[14]; 14. (DNF) 19-Darrin Lawler[1]; 15. (DNF) 22E-Ethan Elhardt[10]

Heat 1: 1. 19-Darrin Lawler[2]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[7]; 3. 48-Tim Jackson[6]; 4. 14G-Brant Gruba[1]; 5. 10X-Matthew Cunha[4]; 6. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[5]; 7. 12A-Alex O'Dell[3]; 8. 10Z-Cade Johnson[8]

Heat 2: 1. 44-Brayden Rewertz[1]; 2. 15-Sam Blevins[3]; 3. 26K-Sam Kolar[4]; 4. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[6]; 5. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[2]; 6. 62-Jerry Morgan[5]; 7. 68G-Eric Gruba[7]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 86J-Jake Smith[5]; 2. 57-Austin Carlson[1]; 3. 28-Eric Crosby[4]; 4. 21X-Dustin Puffe[7]; 5. 47-Dusty Caspers[2]; 6. 52W-Austin Fencl[6]; 7. 88H-Michael Hawkins[8]; 8. 18B-Alex Berg[9]; 9. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[3]; 10. 56-Stephen Erickson[11]; 11. 1-Steve Reini[10]; 12. (DNS) 7-Bob Klein

Heat 1: 1. 57-Austin Carlson[4]; 2. 47-Dusty Caspers[2]; 3. 21X-Dustin Puffe[6]; 4. 86J-Jake Smith[1]; 5. 18B-Alex Berg[3]; 6. 1-Steve Reini[5]

Heat 2: 1. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[2]; 2. 28-Eric Crosby[3]; 3. 52W-Austin Fencl[5]; 4. 88H-Michael Hawkins[6]; 5. (DNF) 56-Stephen Erickson[4]; 6. (DNF) 7-Bob Klein[1]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1: 1. 25K-McKenna Folstad[2]; 2. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[6]; 3. 34-Mark Gangl[1]; 4. 27-Brady Fosso[8]; 5. 26N-Nikota Larson[3]; 6. 31-Zeb Graves[5]; 7. 40R-Tristen McLynn[4]; 8. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[7]; 9. 81R-Ryker Larson[12]; 10. 10-Easton Pfeiffer[9]; 11. 11-Tucker Smith[11]; 12. 20-Riley Terry[13]; 13. 92S-Zachary Sims[15]; 14. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[14]; 15. 88-Asher Tuttle[10]

Heat 1: 1. 34-Mark Gangl[2]; 2. 31-Zeb Graves[1]; 3. 25K-McKenna Folstad[3]; 4. 27-Brady Fosso[7]; 5. 10-Easton Pfeiffer[5]; 6. 11-Tucker Smith[4]; 7. 20-Riley Terry[6]; 8. 92S-Zachary Sims[8]

Heat 2: 1. 26N-Nikota Larson[6]; 2. 40R-Tristen McLynn[1]; 3. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[3]; 4. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[7]; 5. 88-Asher Tuttle[2]; 6. 81R-Ryker Larson[4]; 7. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[5]

Northern Renegades:

A Feature 1: 1. 5J-Chris Lewis[8]; 2. Z15-Zach Olson[1]; 3. 46H-Ken Hron[6]; 4. 11J-Jori Hughes[3]; 5. 92-Danny Wait Jr[2]; 6. 101-Paul Schultz[4]; 7. 17C-Hunter Colton[10]; 8. 46-KC Hawkinson[5]; 9. 11-Jesse Grife[11]; 10. 2-Teal Arnason[7]; 11. 56-Josh Braford[9]; 12. 15E-Peyton Emerson[16]; 13. 22-Travis Krumrei[15]; 14. 36-Tyler Wass[12]; 15. 7E-Keith Erickson[13]; 16. 17-Mariah LaPatka[14]

Heat 1: 1. 46-KC Hawkinson[1]; 2. 92-Danny Wait Jr[3]; 3. 101-Paul Schultz[4]; 4. Z15-Zach Olson[5]; 5. 56-Josh Braford[7]; 6. 11-Jesse Grife[6]; 7. 7E-Keith Erickson[8]; 8. (DNS) 15E-Peyton Emerson

Heat 2: 1. 46H-Ken Hron[2]; 2. 11J-Jori Hughes[3]; 3. 2-Teal Arnason[6]; 4. 5J-Chris Lewis[7]; 5. 17C-Hunter Colton[8]; 6. 36-Tyler Wass[1]; 7. 17-Mariah LaPatka[5]; 8. (DNF) 22-Travis Krumrei[4]