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Eder, Sabraski, Vernon and Fosso finish atop Labor Day Shootout night one at Hibbing in memory of Bill Engelstad

By Chris Stepan & ATD Staff

HIBBING, MN (August 30) - Hibbing Speedway played host to the 47th running of the Bill Engelstad Labor Day Shootout, featuring the WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series as well as action in the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Midwest Mods, and Hornets.

Cameron, Wisconsin’s Kevin Eder raced off from 11th on the starting grid en route to his first Challenge Series victory and his first Labor Day Shootout championship. Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Shane Sabraski, Brady Fosso, and Tyler Vernon.

After heat race action was completed, Joel Bennett and Sabraski earned the front row for the night’s $3,000-to-win, 40-lap Late Model feature event, but Bennett did not start due to mechanical issues. After the starting lineup was crisscrossed, Sabraski got the upper hand on the initial start. As the field rumbled down the backstretch on the opening lap, Kevin Burdick slid to the inside of Sabraski for the lead and the two drag raced into the turn, where Sabraski threw a slider on Burdick. As Burdick tried to turn under the Sabraski, his machine got out from under him and he turned himself around, bringing out the first caution of the night.

On the restart, Sabraski continued to lead with Mass and Broking running in a side-by-side battle for second, while Kyle Peterlin and Provinzino were also wheel to wheel just behind in a battle for fourth.

Ryan Mikkelson was turned around during lap five, bringing out the second caution of the race and bunching the field back up once again. When the field went back green, Provinzino took a stab at Sabraski for the lead and the pair raced side by side for several laps until Provinzino took command. At the same time, Kevin Eder, who started 11th, joined the battle for third with Broking and Mass in what was a great race within the race to watch.

Sabraski led at the halfway point ahead of Provinzino, Broking, Eder and Mass, but the final caution flew on lap 24, changing the complexion of the event with just 16 laps remaining.

On the restart, Eder drove on the extreme low line around the speedway and was able to steal second on lap 25, and then charge into the lead on lap 27. Eder raced to his first career Challenge Series victory and first Labor Day Shootout title in the process. Provinzino and Sabraski continued their battle for second over the final circuits, with Provinzino coming out on top in second and Sabraski racing across the finish line in third for the final podium spot. Mass and Kyle Peterlin completed the top five.

Sabraski started the WISSOTA Modified feature from the pole, and immediately engaged in a several-lap side-by-side battle with Deven VanHouse for the lead. Sabraski slipped back as far as third along the low side of the speedway, as Bob Broking drove by into second and then took over the lead from VanHouse.

With about 15 to go, Sabraski jumped to the top of the track and immediately made gains. Following a restart, Sabraski drove past VanHouse and to the inside of leader Bob Broking, using a slider and contact to grab the lead from Broking and garner the eventual win. VanHouse, Broking, Andrew Inman and 24th-starter Jody Bellefeuille were top-five finishers.

In the WISSOTA Super Stocks, Sabraski started third and took the lead from Rick Simpson with about seven laps to go. Simpson kept pace with Sabraski but could not find enough to get back past the No. 7A. Sabraski scored the victory ahead of Simpson, Cole Chernosky, Kyle Copp and Andy LaBarge in the top five.

Tyler Vernon took the lead in the WISSOTA Midwest Mod main event around lap five and secured the win just under 1 second ahead of Mikey Blevins, David Simpson, Michael Blevins, Sr. and Jake Smith in the top five.

Brady Fosso won the WISSOTA Hornet feature, with Mark Gangl coming home second. Fourteenth-starter Nick Ruzich was third, 11th-starter Zeb Graves was fourth, and McKenna Folstad was fifth.

Team Canada won the inaugural Engelstad Cup to cap off the night.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 22E-Kevin Eder[11]; 2. 28-Jeff Provinzino[5]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 4. 2M-Dave Mass[6]; 5. 23-Kyle Peterlin[7]; 6. 45J-Johnny Broking[4]; 7. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[20]; 8. 16-Derek Vesel[9]; 9. 71-Zach Wohlers[18]; 10. 21F-Gunner Frank[17]; 11. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[16]; 12. 54-Rick Niemi[12]; 13. 12-Mark Heinle[13]; 14. 15-Devin Fouquette[23]; 15. 37X-Skeeter Estey[14]; 16. 36-Darin Meierotto[21]; 17. 30-Kevin Burdick[3]; 18. 21T-Todd Frank[24]; 19. 21X-Joel Collins[22]; 20. (DNF) 6M-Jeff Massingill[8]; 21. (DNF) 27-Jared Zimpel[25]; 22. (DNF) 79-Kevin Carlson[15]; 23. (DNF) 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[10]; 24. (DNF) 31-Travis Budisalovich[19]; 25. (DNS) 7-Joel Bennett

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Joel Bennett[3]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 3. 54-Rick Niemi[1]; 4. 12-Mark Heinle[5]; 5. 31-Travis Budisalovich[6]; 6. 36-Darin Meierotto[7]; 7. 15-Devin Fouquette[2]; 8. 13-Roger Paolo[9]; 9. 34-Taylor Madrinich[8]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 45J-Johnny Broking[2]; 2. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[1]; 3. 23-Kyle Peterlin[6]; 4. 37X-Skeeter Estey[3]; 5. 21F-Gunner Frank[4]; 6. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[5]; 7. 12X-Ben Heinle[7]; 8. 21X-Joel Collins[8]; 9. 35-George Ledin Jr[9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Jeff Provinzino[2]; 2. 22E-Kevin Eder[1]; 3. 16-Derek Vesel[4]; 4. 79-Kevin Carlson[3]; 5. 14N-Keith Niemi[6]; 6. 21T-Todd Frank[5]; 7. 27-Jared Zimpel[7]; 8. 29-Randy Hoff[8]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 2M-Dave Mass[2]; 2. 30-Kevin Burdick[4]; 3. 6M-Jeff Massingill[6]; 4. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[3]; 5. 71-Zach Wohlers[5]; 6. 44*-Ryan Kough[7]; 7. (DNF) 54L-Jayme Lautigar[1]; 8. (DNS) 26M-Garrett Masurka

B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 21F-Gunner Frank[1]; 2. 71-Zach Wohlers[4]; 3. 31-Travis Budisalovich[2]; 4. 21-Mike Bellefeuille[7]; 5. 36-Darin Meierotto[5]; 6. 21X-Joel Collins[13]; 7. 14N-Keith Niemi[3]; 8. 21T-Todd Frank[8]; 9. 12X-Ben Heinle[10]; 10. 34-Taylor Madrinich[15]; 11. 13-Roger Paolo[12]; 12. 35-George Ledin Jr[16]; 13. 27-Jared Zimpel[11]; 14. 29-Randy Hoff[14]; 15. 44*-Ryan Kough[6]; 16. (DNF) 15-Devin Fouquette[9]; 17. (DNF) 54L-Jayme Lautigar[17]; 18. (DNS) 26M-Garrett Masurka

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 17-Deven VanHouse[2]; 3. 45-Bob Broking[3]; 4. 11JR-Andrew Inman[4]; 5. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[24]; 6. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[9]; 7. 10-Mervin Castle III[22]; 8. 37X-Skeeter Estey[5]; 9. 04N-Nick Ayotte[6]; 10. 37-Mack Estey[12]; 11. 22-Tyler Kintner[15]; 12. 12-TJ Heinle[7]; 13. 88-Tanner Williamson[23]; 14. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[8]; 15. 85-Jeff Davis[13]; 16. 55-Jeff Wood[14]; 17. T23-John Toppozini[19]; 18. 11X-Austin Chyba[10]; 19. 21-Matt DePiero[11]; 20. 72-Adam Johnson[21]; 21. 8-Aaron Nelson[20]; 22. (DNF) 33C-Cole Chernosky[16]; 23. (DNF) 4S-Steve Stavenger[17]; 24. (DNF) 4A-Dawson Allen[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 2. 45-Bob Broking[5]; 3. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[2]; 4. 21-Matt DePiero[1]; 5. 11X-Austin Chyba[8]; 6. 4A-Dawson Allen[6]; 7. (DNF) 10-Mervin Castle III[4]; 8. (DNF) 11-Jody Bellefeuille[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Deven VanHouse[3]; 2. 11JR-Andrew Inman[4]; 3. 12-TJ Heinle[1]; 4. 37-Mack Estey[2]; 5. 55-Jeff Wood[6]; 6. 33C-Cole Chernosky[7]; 7. T23-John Toppozini[8]; 8. 72-Adam Johnson[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 04N-Nick Ayotte[1]; 2. 37X-Skeeter Estey[4]; 3. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[2]; 4. 85-Jeff Davis[8]; 5. 22-Tyler Kintner[3]; 6. 4S-Steve Stavenger[5]; 7. 8-Aaron Nelson[7]; 8. (DNF) 88-Tanner Williamson[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 2. 77K-Rick Simpson[2]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[8]; 4. 26-Kyle Copp[6]; 5. 79A-Andy LaBarge[1]; 6. 57-Dalton Carlson[4]; 7. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[10]; 8. 80-Steve Stuart[11]; 9. 41-Mikey Vajdl[9]; 10. 47J-Justin Barsness[5]; 11. 76-Doug Koski[13]; 12. 3B-Austin Blom[21]; 13. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[12]; 14. 19-Tristan LaBarge[20]; 15. T26-Nic Lewis[7]; 16. 30-Dan Severson[16]; 17. 72-Mike Johnson[17]; 18. 01-Trevor Arens[14]; 19. 30W-Cody Whittier[19]; 20. 17-Faye Lewis[15]; 21. (DNF) 41X-Brian Vajdl[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77K-Rick Simpson[4]; 2. 57-Dalton Carlson[1]; 3. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[3]; 4. 80-Steve Stuart[5]; 5. 76-Doug Koski[7]; 6. 30-Dan Severson[6]; 7. (DNF) 19-Tristan LaBarge[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 26-Kyle Copp[2]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 4. 40C-Chaston Finckbone[5]; 5. 01-Trevor Arens[7]; 6. 72-Mike Johnson[6]; 7. (DNF) 3B-Austin Blom[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 79A-Andy LaBarge[5]; 2. 47J-Justin Barsness[1]; 3. 41-Mikey Vajdl[2]; 4. T26-Nic Lewis[7]; 5. 17-Faye Lewis[4]; 6. 41X-Brian Vajdl[6]; 7. 30W-Cody Whittier[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 41V-Tyler Vernon[3]; 2. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[4]; 3. 70-David Simpson[2]; 4. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[5]; 5. 21-Jake Smith[7]; 6. 117-Deven VanHouse[12]; 7. 18X-Dylan Miller[1]; 8. 15-Sam Blevins[8]; 9. 91-Andy Davey[9]; 10. 16-Garrett Paull[14]; 11. 41-Austin McClellan[21]; 12. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[19]; 13. 22-Chad VanDuker[6]; 14. 18-Justin Feltus[18]; 15. 26K-Sam Kolar[15]; 16. 48-Tim Jackson[16]; 17. 24-Liz Toepper[17]; 18. 12A-Alex O'Dell[20]; 19. 7A-Eric Anderson[13]; 20. 27B-Dave DeVente[23]; 21. 21R-Ross Siiter[10]; 22. 14*-Adam Shinn[22]; 23. M2-Chris Magistad[25]; 24. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[24]; 25. (DNF) 76-Keith Koski[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Chad VanDuker[4]; 2. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[7]; 3. 15-Sam Blevins[9]; 4. 44-Brayden Rewertz[2]; 5. 24-Liz Toepper[8]; 6. 47-Don Craig[6]; 7. 68G-Eric Gruba[3]; 8. (DNF) 19-Darrin Lawler[1]; 9. (DNF) 3X-Jesse Thompson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41V-Tyler Vernon[5]; 2. 7A-Eric Anderson[2]; 3. 48-Tim Jackson[3]; 4. 27B-Dave DeVente[1]; 5. 41-Austin McClellan[7]; 6. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[9]; 7. 96S-Vic Schmidt[4]; 8. 45-Keegan Kough[8]; 9. 9-Bobby Carpenter[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21R-Ross Siiter[3]; 2. 18X-Dylan Miller[8]; 3. 76-Keith Koski[6]; 4. 44M-Mason Musel[4]; 5. 26K-Sam Kolar[9]; 6. M2-Chris Magistad[5]; 7. 88-Jacob Toepper[2]; 8. WIN1-Parker Frolik[7]; 9. 33L-Travis Tupa[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[4]; 2. 70-David Simpson[8]; 3. 117-Deven VanHouse[6]; 4. 18-Justin Feltus[5]; 5. 14*-Adam Shinn[2]; 6. 69-Justin Bassa[7]; 7. 18B-Hunter Brink[1]; 8. 31-Randy Haupt[3]; 9. 13X-Frank Paolo[9]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[5]; 2. 91-Andy Davey[6]; 3. 16-Garrett Paull[4]; 4. 428-Kevin O'Dell[1]; 5. 12A-Alex O'Dell[7]; 6. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[3]; 7. 14G-Brant Gruba[2]; 8. 1-Joe Pangrac[8]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[4]; 2. 41-Austin McClellan[1]; 3. 27B-Dave DeVente[2]; 4. 44-Brayden Rewertz[3]; 5. 69-Justin Bassa[5]; 6. M2-Chris Magistad[6]; 7. WIN1-Parker Frolik[10]; 8. 9-Bobby Carpenter[12]; 9. 19-Darrin Lawler[13]; 10. 18B-Hunter Brink[7]; 11. 1-Joe Pangrac[11]; 12. 96S-Vic Schmidt[9]; 13. (DNF) 14G-Brant Gruba[8]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 12A-Alex O'Dell[1]; 2. 14*-Adam Shinn[4]; 3. 22E-Ethan Elhardt[5]; 4. 428-Kevin O'Dell[2]; 5. 88-Jacob Toepper[7]; 6. 68G-Eric Gruba[8]; 7. 3X-Jesse Thompson[13]; 8. 31-Randy Haupt[9]; 9. 47-Don Craig[6]; 10. 45-Keegan Kough[10]; 11. 33L-Travis Tupa[11]; 12. 13X-Frank Paolo[12]; 13. (DNF) 44M-Mason Musel[3]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 27-Brady Fosso[5]; 2. 34-Mark Gangl[3]; 3. 9-Nick Ruzich[14]; 4. 31-Zeb Graves[11]; 5. 25K-McKenna Folstad[6]; 6. 96-Trenton Beel[13]; 7. 74-Jacob Petrich[1]; 8. 38-Calvin Skaja[12]; 9. 46-Louis Skaja[9]; 10. 2X-Nathan Penney[18]; 11. R20-Riley Terry[7]; 12. 8X-Adam Kessler[15]; 13. 16-Joey Tracy[20]; 14. 10-Easton Pfeiffer[25]; 15. 08-Shayne Houle[22]; 16. 72-Aiden Kessler[17]; 17. 22-Paige Kintner[23]; 18. (DNF) 24JR-Jada Lore[4]; 19. (DNF) 78JR-Chris Manska[10]; 20. (DNF) 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[19]; 21. (DNF) 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[16]; 22. (DNF) 44-Olive Henagin[21]; 23. (DNF) 81R-Ryker Larson[2]; 24. (DNF) 4-Brian Barker[24]; 25. (DNF) 0X-Dylan Black[26]; 26. (DNF) 188-Ian Vanvickle[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 81R-Ryker Larson[1]; 2. R20-Riley Terry[2]; 3. 46-Louis Skaja[4]; 4. 38-Calvin Skaja[5]; 5. 78JR-Chris Manska[8]; 6. 72-Aiden Kessler[7]; 7. 16-Joey Tracy[6]; 8. 08-Shayne Houle[3]; 9. (DNS) 10-Easton Pfeiffer

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 34-Mark Gangl[1]; 2. 188-Ian Vanvickle[2]; 3. 24JR-Jada Lore[6]; 4. 96-Trenton Beel[5]; 5. 31-Zeb Graves[8]; 6. 2X-Nathan Penney[4]; 7. 44-Olive Henagin[7]; 8. (DNF) 4-Brian Barker[3]; 9. (DNS) 0X-Dylan Black

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 74-Jacob Petrich[2]; 2. 25K-McKenna Folstad[3]; 3. 27-Brady Fosso[6]; 4. 9-Nick Ruzich[5]; 5. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[1]; 6. 8X-Adam Kessler[8]; 7. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[4]; 8. 22-Paige Kintner[7]