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Mass, Bitzans, Dykhoff and Miller mow down I-94 rivals under Friday night lights

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (August 28) - The regular racing season came to an end at I-94 emr Speedway, as 124 cars checked in for championship night, with six champions crowned. They included: Kyle Dykhoff in the WISSOTA Street Stocks; Nate Reinke in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods; Christian Kast in the WISSOTA Hornets; Travis Saurer in the WISSOTA Mod and Late Models; and Trevor Walsh in the Gen X Late Models.

On the track there was plenty of action, with WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners including Dave Mass, Dustin Bitzan, Taylor Bitzan, Lincoln Miller and Kyle Dykhoff.

Dykhoff was the early leader of the WISSOTA Street Stock feature, as Levi Randt moved past Eric Riley into second. Cole Greseth was fourth and Braedyn Fleck was fifth in the early going. Dykhoff’s lead ahead of Randt with five complete was just shy of 1 second, while Riley worked hard to hold off Greseth.

With eight to go, Randt caught Dykhoff and the chase for the lead was on. A spin brought a halt to action, however, with seven laps left to go. Back under green, Riley drove by Randt into second and was side by side with Dykhoff in turn four, but couldn’t make the pass stick. The following lap Riley used a slider to drive by Dykhoff heading into turn two, but Dykhoff regained the top spot as Randt and Riley battled for second.

Dykhoff pulled away in the closing laps for the victory, as Randt held off Riley for second. Fleck and Greseth were top-five finishers.

Nate Reinke was the early leader in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, with Taylor Bitzan and Jake Smith behind in a fight for second. As Smith fell off the pace, Jamie Norman moved up to third, and Aaron Michel was fourth.

With eight laps in the books, Bitzan had begun to pressure Reinke, and they raced side by side in the turns for two laps before Bitzan grabbed the advantage with 10 to go. Norman was third, Michel was fourth, and Kyle Anderson had cracked the top five. Two laps later the caution fell for a large wreck.

Bitzan led the field back to green, with Reinke holding second. Anderson moved to third, and Norman was fourth with pressure from Landyn Randt. Randt made his way by Norman for fourth, but as they crossed the start-finish line, the caution fell, negating the move.

Back under green Bitzan took off out front, as Randt motored into second. Reinke was shuffled back to third, Reise Stenberg raced into fourth, and Anderson slipped back to fifth.

With five to go Randt was using the high side to try to close the gap to Bitzan; with two to go, he had a large head of steam but couldn’t capitalize. He tried again on the final lap but came up just short at the line. Bitzan took the win ahead of Randt, Reinke, Anderson, and Stenberg in the top five.

Jack Koranda was the early leader in the WISSOTA Late Models, with Cole Schill and Dave Mass behind him. Mass moved into second with two laps scored, and grabbed the lead two laps later. The battle for third behind Koranda was a good one between Schill and Travis Saurer.

With seven laps completed Saurer finally got by Schill to take over third, and then pressured Koranda for second. With seven laps to go Saurer made the pass into second, but was unable to run down the very fast Mass for the win. Koranda, Schill and Danny Vang rounded out the top five.

Early in the WISSOTA Modified race, Brady Gerdes and Bryce Borgen kept fans entertained with sliders for the top spot. Dusty Bitzan was third, and Travis Saurer joined the party in fourth. Gerdes held the lead, and with 12 laps to go, Dustin Bitzan, who had moved to second, powered to the outside of Gerdes in the battle for the top spot. Saurer was third.

With five laps to go, Bitzan overtook Gerdes for the lead, and from there he held on to pick up the win, followed by Saurer in second. Gerdes, Brendan Blascyk and Joe Thomas rounded out the top five.

It was a family affair in the WISSOTA Hornets, as Lincoln Miller held off his dad Aaron the entire race for the victory. Lucas Hinrichs, Jeff Hinrichs and Cameryn Taylor were top-five finishers.

Ryan Roeder went for a wild ride in the Hornets, but was okay.

Parker Gilbertson topped the Gen X Late Model feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[3]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[7]; 3. 22-Jack Koranda[1]; 4. 44*-Cole Schill[2]; 5. 47-Danny Vang[6]; 6. 18X-Shawn Meyer[9]; 7. 71X-Cory Tammen[13]; 8. 15X-Blake Boelens[10]; 9. 50-Ben Wolden[4]; 10. 3S-Nathan Sletto[12]; 11. 00-Mitch Johnson[5]; 12. 10R-Kevin Robertson[8]; 13. 53-Chris Mensen[16]; 14. 17-Luke Hines[11]; 15. 9R-Erik Robertson[18]; 16. 02-Dan Dowling[17]; 17. 18-Josh Rieck[14]; 18. (DNF) 51-Landon Mensen[19]; 19. (DNF) 29-Tim Johnson[15]; 20. (DNS) 24-Mike Hart

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Jack Koranda[1]; 2. 00-Mitch Johnson[2]; 3. 44*-Cole Schill[4]; 4. 15X-Blake Boelens[6]; 5. 71X-Cory Tammen[7]; 6. 53-Chris Mensen[5]; 7. 9R-Erik Robertson[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[1]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[2]; 3. 47-Danny Vang[5]; 4. 17-Luke Hines[4]; 5. 18-Josh Rieck[6]; 6. 02-Dan Dowling[3]; 7. 51-Landon Mensen[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[5]; 2. 18X-Shawn Meyer[1]; 3. 10R-Kevin Robertson[2]; 4. 3S-Nathan Sletto[3]; 5. 29-Tim Johnson[6]; 6. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[4]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[5]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 3. 2X-Brady Gerdes[2]; 4. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[4]; 5. 6T-Joseph Thomas[9]; 6. 6X-Bryce Sward[7]; 7. 7-Bryce Borgen[1]; 8. 33X-Justin Froemming[14]; 9. 18A-Landon Atkinson[8]; 10. 51A-Avery Anderson[3]; 11. 26G-Ryan Gierke[11]; 12. 24-Brandon Dolman[13]; 13. 51T-Talan Thoennes[10]; 14. 11-Loki Bjerke[12]; 15. (DNF) 43-John Oeltjen[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Bryce Borgen[1]; 2. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[2]; 3. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[4]; 4. 18A-Landon Atkinson[5]; 5. 6T-Joseph Thomas[3]; 6. 26G-Ryan Gierke[6]; 7. 24-Brandon Dolman[7]; 8. 33X-Justin Froemming[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51A-Avery Anderson[2]; 2. 6X-Bryce Sward[1]; 3. 21X-Travis Saurer[5]; 4. 2X-Brady Gerdes[7]; 5. 51T-Talan Thoennes[4]; 6. 11-Loki Bjerke[6]; 7. (DNF) 43-John Oeltjen[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[2]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[7]; 3. 71-Nate Reinke[1]; 4. 59-Kyle Anderson[10]; 5. 87S-Reise Stenberg[12]; 6. 12X-Jamie Norman[3]; 7. 42-Ron Saurer[9]; 8. 6A-Aaron Michel[4]; 9. 57-Corey Storck[17]; 10. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[13]; 11. 1-Dusty Peterson[6]; 12. 17-Nick Shumansky[11]; 13. 28K-Nick Preston[22]; 14. 6-Austin Veralrud[18]; 15. 28-Tommy Nichols[15]; 16. 15-Kenna Breidenbach[8]; 17. 10M-Noah McFarlane[20]; 18. (DNF) 21Z-Zach Kort[19]; 19. (DNF) 10B-Tyler Bitzan[14]; 20. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow[16]; 21. (DNF) 13-Scott Oeltjen[21]; 22. (DNF) 110-Tate Kelderman[24]; 23. (DNF) 82G-Chad Gronner[23]; 24. (DNF) 21-Jake Smith[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[3]; 2. 1-Dusty Peterson[6]; 3. 17-Nick Shumansky[7]; 4. 28S-Ryan Schow[5]; 5. 5X-Dylan McManigle[1]; 6. 52-Maddie Swenson[2]; 7. 33L-Cejay LaValley[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6A-Aaron Michel[1]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[3]; 3. 87S-Reise Stenberg[6]; 4. 57-Corey Storck[5]; 5. 82G-Chad Gronner[7]; 6. 28K-Nick Preston[2]; 7. TS42-Scott Samuelson[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Jamie Norman[2]; 2. 15-Kenna Breidenbach[4]; 3. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[7]; 4. 6-Austin Veralrud[3]; 5. 110-Tate Kelderman[6]; 6. 13-Scott Oeltjen[5]; 7. 9-Brian Hanson Jr[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[2]; 2. 42-Ron Saurer[1]; 3. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[6]; 4. 21Z-Zach Kort[3]; 5. 81K-Casey Knabe[5]; 6. 13K-Brad King[4]; 7. 40-Gabe Samuelson[7]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[2]; 2. 59-Kyle Anderson[4]; 3. 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 4. 10M-Noah McFarlane[6]; 5. 15D-Andrew DeNoble[1]; 6. 10K-Kurt Mursu[3]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 13-Scott Oeltjen[8]; 2. 28K-Nick Preston[7]; 3. 82G-Chad Gronner[2]; 4. 110-Tate Kelderman[3]; 5. 9-Brian Hanson Jr[13]; 6. 13K-Brad King[9]; 7. (DNF) 52-Maddie Swenson[6]; 8. (DNF) 33L-Cejay LaValley[11]; 9. (DNF) 10K-Kurt Mursu[10]; 10. (DNF) 5X-Dylan McManigle[1]; 11. (DNF) 40-Gabe Samuelson[14]; 12. (DNF) 81K-Casey Knabe[4]; 13. (DNF) TS42-Scott Samuelson[12]; 14. (DNF) 15D-Andrew DeNoble[5]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[2]; 2. 11-Levi Randt[4]; 3. 51-Eric Riley[1]; 4. 76-Braedyn Fleck[3]; 5. 19G-Cole Greseth[6]; 6. 35S-Kegan Stueve[7]; 7. 12-Kammron Rose[16]; 8. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[12]; 9. 78-Josh Lawson[10]; 10. 23-Maverick Janssen[5]; 11. 80-Tony Miller[9]; 12. 19-Cole Kannegiesser[11]; 13. 29XT-Aaron Sigerud[15]; 14. 16-Greg Platzer[14]; 15. 16W-Andrew White[17]; 16. 5F-Mike Flickinger[13]; 17. (DNF) Z28-Greg Jose[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[6]; 2. 35S-Kegan Stueve[1]; 3. 23-Maverick Janssen[8]; 4. Z28-Greg Jose[4]; 5. 80-Tony Miller[7]; 6. 19-Cole Kannegiesser[5]; 7. 5F-Mike Flickinger[9]; 8. (DNF) 29XT-Aaron Sigerud[2]; 9. (DNF) 16W-Andrew White[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[1]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[7]; 3. 76-Braedyn Fleck[5]; 4. 19G-Cole Greseth[6]; 5. 78-Josh Lawson[3]; 6. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[2]; 7. 16-Greg Platzer[4]; 8. (DNF) 12-Kammron Rose[8]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 988L-Lincoln Miller[2]; 2. 22-Aaron Miller[4]; 3. 22H-Lucas Hinrichs[7]; 4. 316-Jeff Hinrichs[14]; 5. 411-Cameryn Taylor[9]; 6. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[15]; 7. (DNF) 30X-Christian Kast[8]; 8. (DNF) 18K-Ally Preston[1]; 9. (DNF) 8X-Adam Throener[3]; 10. (DNF) 11E-Emma Nelson[5]; 11. (DNF) 42E-Eli Green[6]; 12. (DNF) 11R-Ryan Roeder[10]; 13. (DNF) 988A-Ayden Muchow[12]; 14. (DNF) 35-Chase Pourrier[16]; 15. (DNF) 988C-Camden Kelsen[13]; 16. (DNS) 80K-Nathan Kelley; 17. (DNS) 35C-Corey Pourrier

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 11E-Emma Nelson[1]; 2. 8X-Adam Throener[5]; 3. 22-Aaron Miller[9]; 4. 988L-Lincoln Miller[6]; 5. 411-Cameryn Taylor[8]; 6. 80K-Nathan Kelley[4]; 7. 988C-Camden Kelsen[7]; 8. (DNF) 35-Chase Pourrier[3]; 9. (DNS) 35C-Corey Pourrier

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 42E-Eli Green[3]; 2. 18K-Ally Preston[2]; 3. 22H-Lucas Hinrichs[5]; 4. 30X-Christian Kast[6]; 5. 11R-Ryan Roeder[4]; 6. 988A-Ayden Muchow[8]; 7. 316-Jeff Hinrichs[1]; 8. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[7]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[2]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[9]; 3. 75-Cade Skytland[8]; 4. 7-Rick Schroeder[7]; 5. 10X-Blake Swenson[5]; 6. 33-Jeff Nelson[3]; 7. 27-Jarrett Huus[1]; 8. 151-Bryce Borgen[21]; 9. 01-Alex Tschakert[20]; 10. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[11]; 11. 50-Ben Wolden[13]; 12. 1M-Jon McCain[17]; 13. 31-Ryan Lubbers[10]; 14. 49-Andrew Tysdal[16]; 15. 4-Brent Clemensen[15]; 16. 3H-Jerry Hauge[19]; 17. 33D-Chad Duenwald[18]; 18. (DNF) 15-Trevor Walsh[6]; 19. (DNF) 811-Bodie Croninger[14]; 20. (DNF) 71-John Plaster[12]; 21. (DNF) 11*-Larry Samuelson[4]; 22. (DNS) 8T-Tony Croninger

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[5]; 2. 27-Jarrett Huus[4]; 3. 10X-Blake Swenson[1]; 4. 31-Ryan Lubbers[2]; 5. 50-Ben Wolden[7]; 6. 49-Andrew Tysdal[6]; 7. (DNF) 01-Alex Tschakert[3]; 8. (DNF) 8T-Tony Croninger[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jeff Nelson[1]; 2. 15-Trevor Walsh[7]; 3. 11*-Larry Samuelson[5]; 4. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[3]; 5. 811-Bodie Croninger[6]; 6. 1M-Jon McCain[4]; 7. 3H-Jerry Hauge[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Cade Skytland[2]; 2. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[7]; 3. 7-Rick Schroeder[5]; 4. 71-John Plaster[1]; 5. 4-Brent Clemensen[3]; 6. 33D-Chad Duenwald[6]; 7. (DNF) 151-Bryce Borgen[4]