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Adams doubles up on first night of Dairyland Dash while Spacek, Anderson and Smith also storm to Rice Lake wins

By Ed Reichert

RICE LAKE, WI (August 30) - Blake Adams was a perfect two for two Saturday, winning the WISSOTA Modified and Midwest Modified features, as the second annual Dairyland Dash got underway August 30 at Rice Lake Speedway.

With 154 drivers from three states signed in to race, other winners in WISSOTA-sanctioned action on a busy Saturday night of racing included Parker Anderson, Terran Spacek and Jake Smith.

Adams started on the outside pole for the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature by virtue of passing points earned during heat race action. He flanked Brady Larson for the start, but had the early jump to lead the opening laps. Will Moelter made a strong early statement as he drove past both Joey Jensen and Larson to take over second behind Adams.

By the halfway point of the race, Adams opened up his lead by just a few car lengths while Moelter, Larson and Jensen continued a torrid battle for second with thick traffic ahead.

The top four were challenged by the heavy traffic with all of them forced to make some real adjustments in their lines as they searched for openings. As Adams continued his slight lead, Larson made a great move and drove past Jensen and Moelter into second, with Jensen following through to third.

Adams secured his win when he got past three more lapped cars, driving home from there for the win. Larson, Jensen and Moelter followed in the top four. Ashley Boyum and Jake Stai spent the entire race battling for fifth, with Boyum completing the top five.

Adams earned the pole position after a great heat race win to begin the WISSOTA Modified feature. He took the lead from Matt Leer at the drop of the green, while Justin Weinberger was on the move early, coming from the third row to challenge Kaden Blaeser for second. Blaeser then picked up the pace to fight off challenges and maintain that position.

Adams adjusted his line around the track as Blaeser started to slowly cut into his lead, while those two pulled away from the field. Leer was riding the high side all the way around the track as he battled with Weinberger and Brady Uotinen for position.

Blaeser moved in to provide a stiff challenge for the lead as the race reached its end. With just five laps to go, Blaeser was able to slip inside Adams coming off turn four and briefly take over the lead. However, Adams fought back and as the leaders raced through traffic, Adams was able to find an opening quicker and drive back into the lead.

Blaeser wasn't done though as on the final lap he dove inside Adams once again as they moved through turn four and it was a race back to the line with Adams holding on by .072 seconds, or a bumper length, to get the win. Leer finished off a strong run as he held off Weinberger for third with Uotinen holding off Don Eischens for fifth.

Shane Kisling led the first two laps of the WISSOTA Super Stock feature. He was quickly challenged by Joey Jensen and Curt Myers for the top spot.

Myers, who started fifth, used the outside line to gain speed and he drove past Kisling on lap three to take over the lead. Myers then led a number of laps with Jensen providing the stiffest challenge to his lead. Mike Loomis moved into third and 11th-starter Terran Spacek showed in the top five at the halfway point of the race.

Spacek was far from done though, as he continued to charge to the front, moving into third and pushing both Jensen and Myers for the lead. Following a lap-10 yellow, Jensen made a severe challenge to Myers’ lead and as those two were fighting it out, an opening suddenly developed on the low side of the track. Spacek dove for it and as the waters parted, he found himself in the lead. Myers fought back, and they were joined by 14th-starter Eric Olson, who had used the low line to move steadily to the front.

Two late yellows kept the field bunched and while Myers tried his hardest to get the lead back, Spacek was just too quick as he held on for the win. Olson drove under Myers right at the end to get second with Myers settling for third. A post race incident at the scales disqualified the fourth and fifth-place drivers, with Tommy Richards officially fourth and 18th-starter Shawn McFadden finishing out the top five.

Parker Anderson earned a hard-fought WISSOTA Street Stock victory in a race where the top three finishers crossed the line in a group. Hunter VanGilder led the opening lap before Anderson got past him to take over the lead. VanGilder and Danny Richards went at it for second, with VanGilder spinning on lap eight after contact. Those two chose to discuss the incident under yellow with both asked by track officials to exit the speedway.

Shawn Amundson and Nick Traynor became Anderson’s stiffest challengers. The race was stopped several times for spins and debris on the track, but on each restart, Amundson was right to the inside of Anderson's car, looking for an opening. Meanwhile, Traynor was trying to use the high groove to get around both the other drivers.

Coming around the final turn, Anderson held them off with his winning margin a scant .237 of a second ahead of Amundson. Traynor was just to the outside of Amundson as he crossed the line in third. Jimmy Randall made a rare appearance and finished fourth, with 19th-starter Sam Fankhauser completing the top five.

Jake Smith and C.J. Wagner shared the front row for the WISSOTA Pure Stock feature, but Austin Fencl found an opening on the first lap and that allowed him to drive into the lead.

Fencl was in charge for the first half of the race with Bob Wahlstrom moving into second. As the race reached its halfway point, Wahlstrom began to close in on Fencl.

Wahlstrom tried several times to get under the leader but then, exiting turn four, there was contact between the two just as another driver spun to trigger the yellow. The contact was enough that Fencl had to pit to replace a flat tire while Wahlstrom was sent to the tail of the field for his actions. Jake Smith inherited the lead for the restart, with Mark Barta in second and charging for the lead.

Unfortunately, Barta pushed too hard in turn four on lap 13 and spun the leader. He was sent to the back for the incident and Smith got his spot back. During the last couple of laps Wagner then rode the tail of Smith, but Smith gave him no openings as he drove on for his first-ever win at Rice Lake, becoming the ninth different Pure Stock winner in the track's most balanced division. Rob Grabon came from sixth to complete the top three, while 10th-starter Dylan Helget and 11th-starter Steve Karshbaum rounded out the top five.

Twenty-five drivers started the USRA Late Model feature, but Cade Nelson had this race under his control. He started on the pole and led every lap to get his second win of the season at Rice Lake.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 428-Kaden Blaeser[3]; 3. 30-Matt Leer[2]; 4. 11-Justin Weinberger[5]; 5. 9-Brady Uotinen[7]; 6. 9E-Don Eischens[9]; 7. 05-Jake Hartung[6]; 8. 7X-Marcus Dunbar[13]; 9. 18-Mark Hanson[4]; 10. 57-Mike Anderson[8]; 11. 44N-Darrell Nelson[16]; 12. 98-Al Uotinen[15]; 13. 3JR-Shane Halopka[23]; 14. 20-Austin Ellis[18]; 15. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[11]; 16. 12-Jason Gross[10]; 17. 24-Brandon Dolman[12]; 18. 18S-Kennedy Swan[20]; 19. 13H-Mark Hessler[22]; 20. 9MM-Aiden Hoffman[14]; 21. 78R-Ross Prochnow[19]; 22. 43-Lance Schilling[17]; 23. 204-David Mayala[24]; 24. 14-Brad Johnson[25]; 25. 44X-Mitch Anderson[21]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Matt Leer[2]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[7]; 3. 38-Simon Wahlstrom[3]; 4. 9MM-Aiden Hoffman[1]; 5. 43-Lance Schilling[6]; 6. 13H-Mark Hessler[4]; 7. (DNF) 14-Brad Johnson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Justin Weinberger[1]; 2. 57-Mike Anderson[2]; 3. 24-Brandon Dolman[3]; 4. 98-Al Uotinen[4]; 5. 18S-Kennedy Swan[5]; 6. 3JR-Shane Halopka[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Jake Hartung[1]; 2. 18-Mark Hanson[5]; 3. 12-Jason Gross[4]; 4. 7X-Marcus Dunbar[6]; 5. 78R-Ross Prochnow[2]; 6. (DNF) 204-David Mayala[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 428-Kaden Blaeser[2]; 2. 9-Brady Uotinen[1]; 3. 9E-Don Eischens[5]; 4. 44N-Darrell Nelson[4]; 5. 20-Austin Ellis[6]; 6. 44X-Mitch Anderson[3]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 22T-Terran Spacek[11]; 2. 1E-Eric Olson[14]; 3. 1M-Curt Myers[5]; 4. 7R-Tommy Richards[6]; 5. 51JR-Shawn McFadden[18]; 6. 21C-Patrick Beeksma[9]; 7. 17-Mike Loomis[7]; 8. 71-Brandon Clemens[13]; 9. 1-Ryan Olson[16]; 10. 20*-Andrew Davis[21]; 11. 62-Dalton Truchon[10]; 12. 90-Adam Pratt[20]; 13. 9-Jakob Bond[19]; 14. 22AT-Austin Tilton[24]; 15. (DNF) 14X-Leslie Leu[4]; 16. (DNF) 6-Shane Kisling[1]; 17. (DNF) 14L-Dylan Leu[17]; 18. (DNF) 01-Michael Anderson[22]; 19. (DNF) 49-Thomas Hauert[3]; 20. (DNF) 77L-Andy Ladd[15]; 21. (DNF) 00-Jason Quarders[8]; 22. (DNF) 12-Warren Bartelt[23]; 23. (DQ) 21J-Joey Jensen[2]; 24. (DQ) 21M-Alex Myers[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21J-Joey Jensen[4]; 2. 22T-Terran Spacek[2]; 3. 71-Brandon Clemens[3]; 4. 21M-Alex Myers[8]; 5. 20*-Andrew Davis[5]; 6. 14L-Dylan Leu[6]; 7. 22-Robert Holmstrom Jr[1]; 8. (DNF) 51JR-Shawn McFadden[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14X-Leslie Leu[2]; 2. 21C-Patrick Beeksma[3]; 3. 7R-Tommy Richards[7]; 4. 1E-Eric Olson[6]; 5. 9-Jakob Bond[1]; 6. 90-Adam Pratt[4]; 7. 77-Jake Nevala[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1M-Curt Myers[2]; 2. 62-Dalton Truchon[3]; 3. 17-Mike Loomis[7]; 4. 1-Ryan Olson[4]; 5. 01-Michael Anderson[6]; 6. 21-Mike Siewert[1]; 7. 22AT-Austin Tilton[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Shane Kisling[5]; 2. 49-Thomas Hauert[6]; 3. 00-Jason Quarders[7]; 4. 77L-Andy Ladd[3]; 5. 17G-Chris Gross[4]; 6. (DNF) 28-Josh Cappo[2]; 7. (DNF) 12-Warren Bartelt[1]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14L-Dylan Leu[7]; 2. 51JR-Shawn McFadden[13]; 3. 9-Jakob Bond[2]; 4. 90-Adam Pratt[6]; 5. 20*-Andrew Davis[4]; 6. 01-Michael Anderson[1]; 7. 12-Warren Bartelt[12]; 8. 22AT-Austin Tilton[10]; 9. 77-Jake Nevala[9]; 10. 28-Josh Cappo[11]; 11. (DNF) 17G-Chris Gross[3]; 12. (DNF) 22-Robert Holmstrom Jr[8]; 13. (DNS) 21-Mike Siewert

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[2]; 2. 63JR-Brady Larson[1]; 3. 30-Joey Jensen[3]; 4. 87-William Moelter[4]; 5. 17M-Ashley Boyum[5]; 6. 1-Jake Stai[6]; 7. 7-Mike Schnider[20]; 8. 15-James Vendela[10]; 9. 19H-Cody Cimfl[11]; 10. 23KR-Les Duellman[9]; 11. 13-Nick Koehler[15]; 12. 35B-David Baxter[8]; 13. B37-Cody Borgeson[13]; 14. 37-Travis Anderson[14]; 15. T25-Mark Thomas[23]; 16. 21-Wyatt Boyum[17]; 17. 7X-Marcus Dunbar[22]; 18. 48-Cole Kelley[7]; 19. 31-Jason Vokovan[21]; 20. 14K-Shawn Kelley[24]; 21. 4K-Kenny Kincaid[12]; 22. 16-Matt Joslin[19]; 23. 21L-Jimmy Latvala[18]; 24. (DNS) 15G-Eric Gadach

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87-William Moelter[2]; 2. 48-Cole Kelley[1]; 3. 30-Joey Jensen[9]; 4. 31-Jason Vokovan[3]; 5. 21L-Jimmy Latvala[4]; 6. 71-Jacob Anderson[6]; 7. 14K-Shawn Kelley[5]; 8. 00-Joseph Swearingen[7]; 9. (DNF) 63-Braydon Larson[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17M-Ashley Boyum[1]; 2. 1-Jake Stai[3]; 3. 15-James Vendela[4]; 4. B37-Cody Borgeson[6]; 5. 15G-Eric Gadach[8]; 6. 03F-Connor Fall[7]; 7. 410-Jesse Young[5]; 8. (DNF) 09-Skylar Findley[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 63JR-Brady Larson[3]; 2. 35B-David Baxter[1]; 3. 19H-Cody Cimfl[4]; 4. 37-Travis Anderson[6]; 5. 16-Matt Joslin[2]; 6. 88K-Donavan Knutson[8]; 7. (DNF) 21-Wyatt Boyum[7]; 8. (DNF) T25-Mark Thomas[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[3]; 2. 23KR-Les Duellman[2]; 3. 4K-Kenny Kincaid[4]; 4. 13-Nick Koehler[5]; 5. 7-Mike Schnider[6]; 6. 7X-Marcus Dunbar[8]; 7. 0K-Matt Kelley[1]; 8. (DNF) 11K-Chase Brown[7]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Wyatt Boyum[7]; 2. 16-Matt Joslin[2]; 3. 31-Jason Vokovan[1]; 4. T25-Mark Thomas[8]; 5. 0K-Matt Kelley[5]; 6. 410-Jesse Young[6]; 7. 03F-Connor Fall[4]; 8. (DNF) 88K-Donavan Knutson[3]; 9. (DNF) 63-Braydon Larson[9]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21L-Jimmy Latvala[2]; 2. 7-Mike Schnider[1]; 3. 7X-Marcus Dunbar[3]; 4. 14K-Shawn Kelley[5]; 5. 71-Jacob Anderson[4]; 6. 00-Joseph Swearingen[6]; 7. 09-Skylar Findley[7]; 8. 11K-Chase Brown[8]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[1]; 2. 19H-Shawn Amundson[5]; 3. 40T-Nick Traynor[3]; 4. 69-Jim Randall[7]; 5. 11-Sam Fankhauser[21]; 6. 40-Travis Loew[6]; 7. 60-Mike Pratt[11]; 8. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[10]; 9. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[14]; 10. 1R-Cole Richards[19]; 11. 31-Tom Treviranus[16]; 12. 19J-Jenna Herrman[15]; 13. (DNF) 7-Caiden Engel[13]; 14. (DNF) 20T-Michael Tuma[9]; 15. (DNF) 12-Cody Kummer[8]; 16. (DNF) 20-Andrew Hanson[20]; 17. (DNF) 20F-Connor Franson[12]; 18. (DNS) 19C-Cody Cimfl; 19. (DNS) 12K-Jay Kesan; 20. (DQ) 84-Hunter VanGilder[2]; 21. (DQ) 3R-Danny Richards[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3R-Danny Richards[1]; 2. 40-Travis Loew[3]; 3. 12-Cody Kummer[6]; 4. 60-Mike Pratt[4]; 5. (DNF) 19C-Cody Cimfl[5]; 6. (DNF) 12K-Jay Kesan[7]; 7. (DNF) 20-Andrew Hanson[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Hunter VanGilder[2]; 2. 69-Jim Randall[3]; 3. 19H-Shawn Amundson[7]; 4. 20F-Connor Franson[4]; 5. 00Z-Bryar Zimmerman[6]; 6. 31-Tom Treviranus[5]; 7. (DNF) 1R-Cole Richards[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Parker Anderson[6]; 2. 40T-Nick Traynor[5]; 3. 20T-Michael Tuma[1]; 4. 81-Charlie Pitcavage[2]; 5. 7-Caiden Engel[7]; 6. 19J-Jenna Herrman[3]; 7. (DNF) 11-Sam Fankhauser[4]

WISSOTA Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[1]; 2. 93-CJ Wagner[2]; 3. 16-Rob Grabon[6]; 4. 24-Dylan Helget[10]; 5. 89-Steve Karshbaum[11]; 6. 31T-Tom Treviranus[15]; 7. 7D-Trevor Phillips[5]; 8. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[8]; 9. 69ER-Shane Basina[12]; 10. 55-Caleb Duffie[16]; 11. 88-Robert Wahlstrom[4]; 12. 52W-Austin Fencl[3]; 13. 78-Mark Barta[7]; 14. 70-Bob Thompson[17]; 15. 925-Dnae Rose[14]; 16. 12-Aaron Holmberg[18]; 17. (DNF) 28-Eric Crosby[9]; 18. (DNF) 1-Carsyn Olson[13]; 19. (DNF) 47-Anthony Schultz[19]; 20. (DNS) 4K-Terry Kemp

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7D-Trevor Phillips[1]; 2. 93-CJ Wagner[7]; 3. 24-Dylan Helget[2]; 4. 89-Steve Karshbaum[6]; 5. 31T-Tom Treviranus[4]; 6. 55-Caleb Duffie[5]; 7. 12-Aaron Holmberg[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 86J-Jake Smith[4]; 2. 52W-Austin Fencl[6]; 3. 28-Eric Crosby[1]; 4. 83-Tyler Wahlstrom[7]; 5. 925-Dnae Rose[2]; 6. 70-Bob Thompson[5]; 7. 47-Anthony Schultz[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Robert Wahlstrom[2]; 2. 16-Rob Grabon[1]; 3. 78-Mark Barta[5]; 4. 69ER-Shane Basina[4]; 5. 1-Carsyn Olson[6]; 6. (DNF) 4K-Terry Kemp[3]

USRA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 44-Cade Nelson[1]; 2. 63-Patrick Kelley[5]; 3. 77-Ryan Howe[4]; 4. 20S-Cooper Sundby[12]; 5. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[8]; 6. 42K-Patrick Kletschka[6]; 7. 52-Jason McFadden[7]; 8. 99F-Mitchell Fenske[10]; 9. 3-Zack Friske[11]; 10. 80-Andy Zimmerman[14]; 11. 07-Tyler Stargardt[9]; 12. 71-Ron Hanestad[20]; 13. 62-Todd Green[19]; 14. 11-Reginald Felzkowski[18]; 15. 90-Hoyt Cournoyer[17]; 16. 18-Kenneth Dallman[21]; 17. 8-Douglas Ferguson[22]; 18. 17-Chase Swerman[16]; 19. 03F-Matthew Fall[23]; 20. (DNF) 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[13]; 21. (DNF) 19-Josh Wahlstrom[2]; 22. (DNF) 57-Brent Mindock[26]; 23. (DNF) 55-Clayton Hofteig[3]; 24. (DNF) 26D-Chad Dawson[24]; 25. (DNF) 1-Kody Koski[15]; 26. (DNS) B61-Jason Quarders

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Cade Nelson[7]; 2. 42K-Patrick Kletschka[3]; 3. 52-Jason McFadden[6]; 4. 1-Kody Koski[5]; 5. 90-Hoyt Cournoyer[1]; 6. 26D-Chad Dawson[4]; 7. B61-Jason Quarders[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[3]; 2. 99F-Mitchell Fenske[2]; 3. 20S-Cooper Sundby[4]; 4. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[7]; 5. 71-Ron Hanestad[5]; 6. 18-Kenneth Dallman[1]; 7. 57-Brent Mindock[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Clayton Hofteig[3]; 2. 63-Patrick Kelley[5]; 3. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[6]; 4. 17-Chase Swerman[4]; 5. 11-Reginald Felzkowski[1]; 6. 8-Douglas Ferguson[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Ryan Howe[2]; 2. 07-Tyler Stargardt[1]; 3. 3-Zack Friske[5]; 4. 80-Andy Zimmerman[6]; 5. 62-Todd Green[4]; 6. 03F-Matthew Fall[3]