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Mass, Simpson, Sabraski and Carlson emerge top guns at Grand Rapids as the WISSOTA Classic lives up to its name in 2025

By Chris Stepan

GRAND RAPIDS, MN (August 29) - The Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Models rolled into Grand Rapids Speedway in Grand Rapids, Minnesota for the 31st running of the WISSOTA Classic. Dave Mass raced off the outside of the front row to lead all 40 laps en route to his first WISSOTA Classic championship.

Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners on the night included David Simpson, Shane Sabraski and Austin Carlson.

After heat race action was completed, Sabraski and Mass earned the front row for the night’s $3,000 to win, 40-lap feature event, with Mass getting the upper hand on the initial start.

With Mass leading out front, Sabraski, Billy Kendall and Gunner Frank began a three-wide battle for second early on.

Mass continued to set the pace out front, with Sabraski and Kendall producing a fantastic wheel-to-wheel battle for second as the leader slipped away from the rest of the field prior to halfway.

As Mass worked through lapped traffic, Sabraski and Kendall closed in; Mass worked through traffic flawlessly as Kendall and Sabraski worked hard to settle the battle for the runner-up spot.

The lone caution flew for a Jeff Provinzino breakdown on lap 35, bunching the field and giving the field a shot at Mass.

Following the restart, Mass was able to do what he had been doing all race long and drove off to his second Challenge Series win of his career and second of the week. Sabraski was second, while Kyle Peterlin found something on the extreme high side of the speedway and raced from outside the top five into third during the final circuits. He slipped ahead for the final podium spot, Eder grabbed fourth and Kendall rounded out the top five finishers.

Sabraski won the WISSOTA Modified feature, besting fellow front-row starter Bob Broking for the victory. Jody Bellefeuille, Kennedy Swan and Cole Chernosky were top-five finishers.

Sabraski also scored the WISSOTA Super Stock win, taking the lead with about four laps in the books and driving to a 2-second advantage at the checkered flag. Tristan LaBarge, Cole Chernosky, Jordan Henkemeyer and Kyle Copp completed the top five.

David Simpson started on the pole and led from start to finish, driving off to the eventual victory in the WISSOTA Midwest Mods. Jake Smith, 10th-starter William Moelter, Michael Blevins, Sr. and Gary James Nelson rounded out the top five.

Austin Carlson won the WISSOTA Pure Stock feature to cap off the night. He was chased to the stripe by Jake Smith (86J), Dustin Puffe, Alex Berg and Dylan Helget in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 2M-Dave Mass[2]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 3. 23-Kyle Peterlin[9]; 4. 22E-Kevin Eder[6]; 5. 99-Billy Kendall[4]; 6. 21F-Gunner Frank[3]; 7. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[11]; 8. 15-Devin Fouquette[17]; 9. 71-Zach Wohlers[23]; 10. 30-Kevin Burdick[13]; 11. 7H-Harry Hanson[5]; 12. 7-Joel Bennett[14]; 13. 12X-Ben Heinle[22]; 14. 31-Travis Budisalovich[12]; 15. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[16]; 16. 12-Mark Heinle[27]; 17. 34-Taylor Madrinich[19]; 18. 29-Randy Hoff[26]; 19. (DNF) 28-Jeff Provinzino[8]; 20. (DNF) 79-Kevin Carlson[21]; 21. (DNF) 26M-Garrett Masurka[28]; 22. (DNF) 16-Derek Vesel[20]; 23. (DNF) 35-George Ledin Jr[24]; 24. (DNF) 27-Jared Zimpel[10]; 25. (DNF) 17-Mike Greseth[15]; 26. (DNF) 45J-Johnny Broking[7]; 27. (DNF) 21-Todd Frank[25]; 28. (DNF) 6M-Jeff Massingill[18]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Billy Kendall[1]; 2. 7H-Harry Hanson[3]; 3. 22E-Kevin Eder[4]; 4. 31-Travis Budisalovich[5]; 5. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[2]; 6. 17-Mike Greseth[8]; 7. 15-Devin Fouquette[9]; 8. 71-Zach Wohlers[6]; 9. 21-Todd Frank[7]; 10. 26M-Garrett Masurka[10]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 2. 45J-Johnny Broking[2]; 3. 28-Jeff Provinzino[3]; 4. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[5]; 5. 27-Jared Zimpel[8]; 6. 34-Taylor Madrinich[6]; 7. 79-Kevin Carlson[7]; 8. 12X-Ben Heinle[1]; 9. 12-Mark Heinle[9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 21F-Gunner Frank[2]; 2. 2M-Dave Mass[5]; 3. 23-Kyle Peterlin[3]; 4. 7-Joel Bennett[1]; 5. 30-Kevin Burdick[7]; 6. 6M-Jeff Massingill[6]; 7. 16-Derek Vesel[4]; 8. 35-George Ledin Jr[8]; 9. 29-Randy Hoff[9]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1: 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 2. 45-Bob Broking[1]; 3. 11X-Jody Bellefeuille[5]; 4. 18S-Kennedy Swan[3]; 5. 33C-Cole Chernosky[7]; 6. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[6]; 7. 40D-Blake Adams[18]; 8. 23-Ryan Jensen[4]; 9. 43-Lance Schilling[10]; 10. 10M-Mervin Castle III[8]; 11. 2R-Jeff Reed[11]; 12. 04N-Nick Ayotte[16]; 13. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[17]; 14. T23-John Toppozini[12]; 15. 72-Adam Johnson[13]; 16. (DNF) 11-Austin Chyba[14]; 17. (DNF) 12-TJ Heinle[15]; 18. (DNF) 37-Mack Estey[9]; 19. (DNS) 70-David Simpson

Heat 1: 1. 23-Ryan Jensen[1]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 3. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[2]; 4. 43-Lance Schilling[5]; 5. 72-Adam Johnson[4]; 6. (DNF) 40D-Blake Adams[7]; 7. (DNS) 70-David Simpson

Heat 2: 1. 18S-Kennedy Swan[2]; 2. 11X-Jody Bellefeuille[4]; 3. 45-Bob Broking[3]; 4. 2R-Jeff Reed[6]; 5. 11-Austin Chyba[1]; 6. 04N-Nick Ayotte[5]

Heat 3: 1. 37-Mack Estey[2]; 2. 10M-Mervin Castle III[3]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 4. T23-John Toppozini[1]; 5. 12-TJ Heinle[6]; 6. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 2. 19-Tristan LaBarge[6]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[8]; 4. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[3]; 5. 26-Kyle Copp[5]; 6. 57-Dalton Carlson[7]; 7. 81X-Matt Sparby[1]; 8. 76-Doug Koski[2]; 9. 47J-Justin Barsness[10]; 10. 30-Cody Whittier[11]; 11. T26-Nic Lewis[9]; 12. 17-Faye Lewis[12]; 13. 63R-Gene Roth[14]; 14. (DNF) 40C-Chaston Finckbone[13]

Heat 1: 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 2. 57-Dalton Carlson[4]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 4. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[6]; 5. T26-Nic Lewis[3]; 6. 30-Cody Whittier[1]; 7. (DNF) 40C-Chaston Finckbone[7]

Heat 2: 1. 81X-Matt Sparby[1]; 2. 26-Kyle Copp[3]; 3. 19-Tristan LaBarge[5]; 4. 76-Doug Koski[6]; 5. 47J-Justin Barsness[4]; 6. 17-Faye Lewis[2]; 7. (DNS) 63R-Gene Roth

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1: 1. 70-David Simpson[1]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[6]; 3. 87-William Moelter[10]; 4. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[4]; 5. 74-Gary James Nelson[2]; 6. 16-Garrett Paull[13]; 7. 41-Tyler Vernon[11]; 8. 14G-Brant Gruba[3]; 9. 15-Sam Blevins[12]; 10. 71-Jacob Anderson[8]; 11. 48-Tim Jackson[14]; 12. 41X-Austin McClellan[20]; 13. WIN1-Parker Frolik[5]; 14. 18-Justin Feltus[9]; 15. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[7]; 16. 16S-Skyler Smith[16]; 17. 12A-Alex O'Dell[17]; 18. 47-Don Craig[19]; 19. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[22]; 20. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[23]; 21. 1-Joe Pangrac[15]; 22. 8-Jonny Nowak[24]; 23. (DNF) 27B-Dave DeVente[18]; 24. (DNF) 19-Darrin Lawler[21]

Heat 1: 1. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[1]; 2. 70-David Simpson[6]; 3. 18-Justin Feltus[2]; 4. 16-Garrett Paull[5]; 5. 12A-Alex O'Dell[7]; 6. 21R-Ross Siiter[8]; 7. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[3]; 8. 31-Randy Haupt[4]

Heat 2: 1. WIN1-Parker Frolik[1]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[4]; 3. 87-William Moelter[5]; 4. 48-Tim Jackson[8]; 5. 27B-Dave DeVente[3]; 6. 45-Keegan Kough[2]; 7. 19-Darrin Lawler[6]; 8. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[7]

Heat 3: 1. 74-Gary James Nelson[2]; 2. 71-Jacob Anderson[3]; 3. 41-Tyler Vernon[7]; 4. 1-Joe Pangrac[1]; 5. 47-Don Craig[5]; 6. 428-Kevin O'Dell[4]; 7. 9-Robert Carpenter[6]; 8. (DQ) 18B-Hunter Brink[8]

Heat 4: 1. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[2]; 2. 14G-Brant Gruba[4]; 3. 15-Sam Blevins[3]; 4. 16S-Skyler Smith[6]; 5. 41X-Austin McClellan[5]; 6. 8-Jonny Nowak[8]; 7. 68G-Eric Gruba[1]; 8. (DNF) 44Z-Anton Nelson[7]

B Feature 1: 1. 19-Darrin Lawler[6]; 2. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[10]; 3. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[5]; 4. 8-Jonny Nowak[4]; 5. 428-Kevin O'Dell[3]; 6. 31-Randy Haupt[9]; 7. 21R-Ross Siiter[1]; 8. 9-Robert Carpenter[7]; 9. (DNF) 68G-Eric Gruba[8]; 10. (DNF) 44Z-Anton Nelson[12]; 11. (DNS) 45-Keegan Kough; 12. (DNS) 18B-Hunter Brink

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1: 1. 57-Austin Carlson[3]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[1]; 3. 21X-Dustin Puffe[4]; 4. 18B-Alex Berg[6]; 5. 24-Dylan Helget[2]; 6. 52W-Austin Fencl[8]; 7. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[7]; 8. 7-Bob Klein[9]; 9. 88H-Michael Hawkins[5]; 10. 7S-Jenny Smith[10]

Heat 1: 1. 57-Austin Carlson[2]; 2. 52W-Austin Fencl[4]; 3. 24-Dylan Helget[5]; 4. 13D-Dylan Elhardt[1]; 5. 7-Bob Klein[3]

Heat 2: 1. 21X-Dustin Puffe[2]; 2. 86J-Jake Smith[3]; 3. 18B-Alex Berg[1]; 4. 88H-Michael Hawkins[4]; 5. 7S-Jenny Smith[5]