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Jensen and Fossow double up at Princeton while Gierke, Weiss, Gullikson and Larson lead the way in their classes on Friday

By Tami Jo Kuehn

PRINCETON, MN (August 1) - After taking a week off, Princeton Speedway was back in action Friday with a full night of race action. It was Kids and Meet the Drivers night, and fans were treated to double features in a couple of classes due to previous rainouts.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Ryan Gierke, Joey Jensen, Mitch Weiss, Jim Gullikson, Brady Fosso and Tyler Larson, while Fosso and Jensen also collected makeup feature wins.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds makeup feature from a couple weeks ago was first on deck. Joey Jensen and Dustin Nelson led the field to green before an immediate caution reset the field.

As the race resumed, Jensen sped off in the lead and never looked back. The remainder of the race ran caution free, with Jensen taking the win. Mitch Weiss, Erik Gruhlke, Ryan Putnam and Kaden Woodie finished in the top five.

Colton Lodermeier and Brady Fosso brought the WISSOTA Hornets to the green for the next makeup feature, with Fosso the early leader. Lodermeier held second and challenged Fosso during the opening laps, but Fosso held the point.

Lodermeier kept pressure on the leader throughout the race and as the white flag waved, the yellow followed and the drivers were sorted out. Fosso brought the drivers back to green and took the win ahead of Tony Jenson, Lodermeier, Bobie Arnes and William Lange in the top five.

Joey Jensen was the early leader in the WISSOTA Super Stock feature, with Dustin Nelson and Doug Koski in tow. Jensen grew his lead to about 2 seconds out front, as Dylan Kromschroeder and Dexton Koch began to challenge Koski for third, and they were three wide for the position. Jensen grabbed the win ahead of Nelson, Koch, Kromschroeder and Koski in the top five.

Thomas Worth claimed the lead as the WISSOTA Street Stocks went green, with Kyle Howland close behind. Howland worked the low groove to challenge Worth, as Jim Gullikson also closed in. Worth felt the heat of Howland and Gullikson as they raced door to door behind the leader; Gullikson passed Worth for the lead as the yellow flag waved.

Gullikson was in command for the restart, with Howland and Worth at his rear. Tommy Pogones made the battle for second three wide, and Pogones advanced into the position. Pogones chased after Gullikson with a few laps to go, but Gullikson sped away and took the win. Pogones settled for second with Worth, Howland and Braedyn Fleck finishing in the top five.

Ryan Gierke was the early leader in the WISSOTA Modifieds, as Bryce Borgen claimed second and Tim Patchen, Eric Lamm and Adam Bohlman raced three wide for third.

Lamm edged out into third, before Dave Cain got by for the spot and then challenged Borgen for second.

After two cautions, Cain and Bohlman went three wide with Gierke for the lead. Gierke held the point and led the race from start to finish to earn the win. Bohlman, Cain, Borgen and Lamm rounded out the top five.

When the WISSOTA Mod Fours went green, Tyler Larson immediately stretched his lead to nearly 2 seconds before the first caution was triggered. Larson continued to lead following another caution, but felt the heat of Rowan Tramm to his bumper. The top two drivers separated from the field, with Tramm not letting Larson out of his sight. Tramm changed his groove during the final lap, but Larson’s line prevailed and he held on for the win. Tramm, Ashton Schwinn, Gerrald Nohner and Blake Hawker completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Mods were led to green by Mitch Weiss and Kaden Woodie on row one. Drivers raced door to door throughout the field during the opening laps as Weiss pulled away. Dustin Nelson made his way to second, but had Joey Jensen and Woodie alongside him. They were nearly three-wide until Jensen moved ahead for the runner-up spot and looked ahead to Weiss.

The first caution was triggered about the halfway point, and more cautions followed throughout the second half of the race. Jensen kept after Weiss during each restart, eventually using a slider to try to gain the lead, but Weiss remained unflappable and took the victory. Jensen settled for second ahead of Ben Lewis, William Moelter and Nelson in the top five.

Brady Fosso and William Lange brought the WISSOTA Hornets to the green in the final feature of the night. The green waved with Fosso in the lead, and Tony Jenson took second. Fosso stretched his lead at the start, but Jenson was able to close the gap and pulled alongside Fosso. The top two were solidly out front as they remained glued to one another. The final laps passed by and Fosso held the lead to grab his second feature win of the night. Jenson, Arnes, Josh Backstrom and Lange rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[1]; 2. 25-Adam Bohlman[4]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[7]; 4. 7-Bryce Borgen[3]; 5. 88-Eric Lamm[5]; 6. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[6]; 7. 112-Brennan Gave[8]; 8. 17B-Zach Benson[9]; 9. 3T-Travis Schulte[15]; 10. 23-Tim Patchen[2]; 11. 7K-Teddy Kottschade[12]; 12. 24-Tyler English[11]; 13. (DNF) 27-Tony Proell[14]; 14. (DNF) 3D-Doug Wojcik[13]; 15. (DNF) 18S-Kennedy Swan[10]; 16. (DNS) 89JR-JT Johnson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Dave Cain[1]; 2. 25-Adam Bohlman[4]; 3. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[3]; 4. 7-Bryce Borgen[7]; 5. 17B-Zach Benson[5]; 6. 24-Tyler English[2]; 7. 3D-Doug Wojcik[8]; 8. (DNF) 3T-Travis Schulte[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Eric Lamm[1]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[5]; 3. 112-Brennan Gave[4]; 4. 23-Tim Patchen[3]; 5. 18S-Kennedy Swan[6]; 6. 7K-Teddy Kottschade[8]; 7. 27-Tony Proell[7]; 8. (DNF) 89JR-JT Johnson[2]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21-Joey Jensen[2]; 2. 46-Dustin Nelson[1]; 3. 78K-Dexton Koch[8]; 4. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[6]; 5. 76-Doug Koski[4]; 6. 32-Max Nelson[10]; 7. 17-Ryan Kostreba[7]; 8. 14-Russell Kostreba[9]; 9. 42-Jake Luark[5]; 10. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[11]; 11. 33-Austin Niemeyer[13]; 12. 47J-Jeremiah Gebhardt[14]; 13. (DNF) B61-Kyle Buffington[12]; 14. (DNF) 25-Dylan Nelson[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Dustin Nelson[1]; 2. 21-Joey Jensen[4]; 3. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[6]; 4. 42-Jake Luark[3]; 5. 14-Russell Kostreba[2]; 6. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[5]; 7. 33-Austin Niemeyer[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 76-Doug Koski[2]; 2. 17-Ryan Kostreba[4]; 3. 25-Dylan Nelson[3]; 4. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 5. 32-Max Nelson[6]; 6. B61-Kyle Buffington[1]; 7. 47J-Jeremiah Gebhardt[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 23-Mitch Weiss[1]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[5]; 3. 14L-Ben Lewis[8]; 4. 87-William Moelter[9]; 5. 23N-Dustin Nelson[3]; 6. 25-Adam Bohlman[18]; 7. 46-Ryan Putnam[15]; 8. 16-Jason VandeKamp[12]; 9. 13-Tate Kostreba[6]; 10. 47-Erik Gruhlke[10]; 11. 41-Tyler Vernon[7]; 12. 20-Donny Little[21]; 13. 78-Cole Anderson[11]; 14. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[13]; 15. 23A-Gavin Anderson[17]; 16. (DNF) 00-Jason Hobbs[4]; 17. (DNF) 77-Chance Kodet[14]; 18. (DNF) 980-Kaden Woodie[2]; 19. (DNF) 5-Brecken Froehlich[20]; 20. (DNF) 11K-Travis Klein[22]; 21. (DNS) 15-Kris Macko; 22. (DNS) 11-Ashton Schulte; 23. (DNS) 27X-Andy Miskowic

Makeup Feature (20 Laps): 1. 30-Joey Jensen[1]; 2. 23W-Mitch Weiss[4]; 3. 47-Erik Gruhlke[3]; 4. 46-Ryan Putnam[7]; 5. 980-Kaden Woodie[8]; 6. 25-Adam Bohlman[11]; 7. 15-Kris Macko[10]; 8. 13-Tate Kostreba[13]; 9. 14L-Ben Lewis[9]; 10. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[20]; 11. 00-Jason Hobbs[16]; 12. 77-Chance Kodet[19]; 13. (DNF) 11-Ashton Schulte[6]; 14. (DNF) 27X-Andy Miskowic[5]; 15. (DNF) 78-Cole Anderson[17]; 16. (DNF) 23-Dustin Nelson[2]; 17. (DNS) 33-Jake Hagemann; 18. (DNS) 15X-James Vendela; 19. (DNS) 4Q2-Mark Martini; 20. (DNS) WIN1-Parker Frolik

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14L-Ben Lewis[1]; 2. 23N-Dustin Nelson[7]; 3. 23-Mitch Weiss[4]; 4. 47-Erik Gruhlke[3]; 5. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[5]; 6. 15-Kris Macko[8]; 7. 11-Ashton Schulte[6]; 8. (DNS) 27X-Andy Miskowic

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 980-Kaden Woodie[8]; 2. 87-William Moelter[7]; 3. 00-Jason Hobbs[6]; 4. 78-Cole Anderson[4]; 5. 77-Chance Kodet[3]; 6. 23A-Gavin Anderson[5]; 7. (DNF) 20-Donny Little[1]; 8. (DNF) 11K-Travis Klein[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Tyler Vernon[1]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[3]; 3. 13-Tate Kostreba[2]; 4. 16-Jason VandeKamp[5]; 5. 46-Ryan Putnam[4]; 6. 25-Adam Bohlman[6]; 7. 5-Brecken Froehlich[7]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 21-Jim Gullikson[7]; 2. 04-Tommy Pogones[5]; 3. 55-Thomas Worth[2]; 4. 05-Kyle Howland[1]; 5. 76-Braedyn Fleck[4]; 6. 27-Trent Keller[3]; 7. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[8]; 8. 19C-Charlie Shiek[9]; 9. 86-Layla Chaplin[10]; 10. 19J-Jenna Herrman[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jim Gullikson[2]; 2. 05-Kyle Howland[1]; 3. 55-Thomas Worth[5]; 4. 76-Braedyn Fleck[3]; 5. 19C-Charlie Shiek[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[5]; 2. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[2]; 3. 27-Trent Keller[1]; 4. 19J-Jenna Herrman[4]; 5. 86-Layla Chaplin[3]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson[1]; 2. 14T-Rowan Tramm[9]; 3. 18-Ashton Schwinn[7]; 4. N88-Gerrald Nohner[4]; 5. 21-Blake Hawker[8]; 6. XL1-Andrew Funt[3]; 7. D5-Doug Frederick[5]; 8. XL21-Chad Funt[11]; 9. 9T-Thomas Burgard[6]; 10. 40-Jack Post[10]; 11. N28-Hailey Nohner[12]; 12. (DNS) 21B-Matt Brenny

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Ashton Schwinn[1]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[3]; 3. N88-Gerrald Nohner[2]; 4. XL1-Andrew Funt[4]; 5. 14T-Rowan Tramm[5]; 6. XL21-Chad Funt[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Blake Hawker[2]; 2. 9T-Thomas Burgard[3]; 3. D5-Doug Frederick[5]; 4. 21B-Matt Brenny[6]; 5. 40-Jack Post[1]; 6. N28-Hailey Nohner[4]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[1]; 2. 23T-Anthony Jenson[6]; 3. 94A-Bobie Arnes[11]; 4. 19-Josh Backstrom[4]; 5. 40-William Lange[2]; 6. 21-Colton Lodermeier[8]; 7. 64-Eric Pfundt[5]; 8. 81R-Ryker Larson[7]; 9. 35-Alyssa Nelson[10]; 10. 69K-Nathaniel Kinne[3]; 11. (DNF) 89-Randy Jacoboski[9]; 12. (DNS) 13K-Russell Kiker Jr

Makeup Feature (12 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[2]; 2. 23T-Anthony Jenson[5]; 3. 21-Colton Lodermeier[1]; 4. 94A-Bobie Arnes[3]; 5. 40-William Lange[8]; 6. 89-Randy Jacoboski[4]; 7. (DNF) 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[6]; 8. (DNS) 47F-Raeann Hanson; 9. (DNS) 8X-Adam Throener

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Colton Lodermeier[6]; 2. 40-William Lange[4]; 3. 81R-Ryker Larson[1]; 4. 19-Josh Backstrom[5]; 5. 89-Randy Jacoboski[2]; 6. (DNF) 94A-Bobie Arnes[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[1]; 2. 27-Brady Fosso[6]; 3. 64-Eric Pfundt[2]; 4. 69K-Nathaniel Kinne[3]; 5. (DNF) 35-Alyssa Nelson[5]; 6. (DNS) 13K-Russell Kiker Jr