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At the regular-season wrap-up, Bitzan, Saurer, Johnson, Randt, Dykhoff and Rohner race to I-94 wins

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (August 29) - The 2025 regular season wrapped up at I-94 emr Speedway on Friday with 112 cars rolling into the pits for Championship Night.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Travis Saurer, Dusty Bitzan, Onyx Johnson, Landyn Randt, Kyle Dykhoff and Jeff Rohner.

Starting off in the WISSOTA Street Stocks, it looked like it was going to be a tough go for everybody, as Eric Riley came in with a 44-point lead. The feature started off with Kyle Dykhoff and Jordan Johnson on the front row. Dykhoff took the early lead and held on for the victory. Riley moved into second place followed by Levi Randt and Kolton Brauer. As the laps wound down, Dykhoff held strong to grab the win, with Riley right behind him. Randt, Brauer, and Kegan Stueve completed the top five. Riley was crowned the 2025 track champion.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds had the tightest battle of the night with only five points separating the top three. Scott Oeltjen, Haley Dykhoff, and Ron Saurer all had a chance at the title. They ran two features to close out the season.

The opening feature was led to green by Tommy Nichols and Onyx Johnson on the front row. Nichols took the early lead before Johnson regained it. The two swapped the top spot several times as Landyn Randt charged through the field. In the end, Johnson pulled away to pick up the win ahead of 12th-starter Randt, Nichols, Lucas Rodin and 11th-starter Tanner Bitzan.

In the second feature - the King of the Dirt makeup - Nichols and Tyler Bitzan started up front. Bitzan was sharp in the early going, but Corey Storck took the lead away as they battled side by side. Once again, Randt was on the move; he climbed past Storck, then reeled in Bitzan to take the lead with nine laps to go. Randt pulled away for the win and the King of the Dirt crown, while Oeltjen clinched his first-ever track championship.

The WISSOTA Modifieds came in with only one point separating Brady Gerdes and Travis Saurer. Sauer started eighth and tried to work his way forward, but handling issues slowed his charge. Gerdes controlled much of the race until Dusty Bitzan slipped past to take the feature win. Gerdes, Josh Thoennes, Lucas Rodin and Avery Anderson finished in the top five.

Despite finishing second, Gerdes did what he needed to and was crowned the 2025 Modified track champion.

The WISSOTA Late Models had a different story. Travis Saurer entered 24 points behind Dave Mass, but Mass was competing on the Challenge Series tour and wasn’t in attendance. Saurer took full advantage, powering to the front and never looking back. The best battle was for third between Cole Schill and Zach Johnson, but up front Saurer scored the feature win and the 2025 track championship. Josh Zimpel, Johnson, Schill and 11th-starter Danny Vang were top-five finishers.

In the WISSOTA Hornets, Hunter Goulet carried a 47-point advantage into the night, nearly guaranteeing the title. In the feature, Jeff Rohner jumped to the lead and held off Christian Kast and Kevin Wahl to earn the win. Goulet, who finished third, took the 2025 Hornet track championship. Wahl and Wayne Preston were top-five finishers.

The Gen X Late Models closed out the evening. Travis Saurer stole the show, charging to victory. Trevor Walsh earned the 2025 track championship.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[2]; 2. 5-Josh Zimpel[3]; 3. 73-Zach Johnson[5]; 4. 44*-Cole Schill[6]; 5. 47-Danny Vang[11]; 6. 5X-Scot Danzeisen[7]; 7. 15X-Blake Boelens[8]; 8. 22-Jack Koranda[15]; 9. 71X-Cory Tammen[13]; 10. 18X-Shawn Meyer[4]; 11. 85-Jayson Good[9]; 12. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 13. 53-Chris Mensen[10]; 14. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[12]; 15. 18-Josh Rieck[14]; 16. 24-Mike Hart[17]; 17. (DNF) 26-Tim Johnson[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Zach Johnson[2]; 2. 21X-Travis Saurer[4]; 3. 18X-Shawn Meyer[5]; 4. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 5. 85-Jayson Good[3]; 6. 47-Danny Vang[9]; 7. 71X-Cory Tammen[7]; 8. 22-Jack Koranda[8]; 9. 26-Tim Johnson[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Josh Zimpel[4]; 2. 15X-Blake Boelens[1]; 3. 44*-Cole Schill[5]; 4. 5X-Scot Danzeisen[8]; 5. 53-Chris Mensen[2]; 6. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[7]; 7. 18-Josh Rieck[6]; 8. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[3]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[6]; 2. 2X-Brady Gerdes[2]; 3. 51T-Josh Thoennes[9]; 4. 19-Lucas Rodin[3]; 5. 51-Avery Anderson[7]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer[8]; 7. 51TT-Talan Thoennes[10]; 8. (DNF) 8S-Tony Schill[4]; 9. (DNF) 52-Jason Thoennes[5]; 10. (DNF) 2G-Brock Gronwold[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[1]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[4]; 3. 52-Jason Thoennes[3]; 4. 8S-Tony Schill[5]; 5. 51T-Josh Thoennes[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21X-Travis Saurer[2]; 2. 2X-Brady Gerdes[4]; 3. 51-Avery Anderson[1]; 4. 2G-Brock Gronwold[5]; 5. 51TT-Talan Thoennes[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 73-Onyx Johnson[2]; 2. 11R-Landyn Randt[12]; 3. 28-Tommy Nichols[1]; 4. 19-Lucas Rodin[5]; 5. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[11]; 6. 57-Corey Storck[8]; 7. 13-Scott Oeltjen[10]; 8. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[17]; 9. 12X-Jamie Norman[9]; 10. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[13]; 11. 10M-Noah McFarlane[21]; 12. TS42-Scott Samuelson[3]; 13. 21Z-Zach Kort[15]; 14. 4B-Arin Beyer[4]; 15. 42-Ron Saurer[7]; 16. 15-Andrew DeNoble[26]; 17. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[24]; 18. 28K-Nick Preston[16]; 19. X-Tucker Jacobson[27]; 20. 24X-Mike Hart[20]; 21. 75JR-Jacob Karch[18]; 22. (DNF) 81K-Casey Knabe[19]; 23. (DNF) 24-Todd Stevens[22]; 24. (DNF) 21-Shane Howell[14]; 25. (DNF) 110-Tate Kelderman[28]; 26. (DNF) 66-Kyle Langland[6]; 27. (DNF) 13K-Brad King[23]; 28. (DNF) 5X-Dylan McManigle[25]

Makeup Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[6]; 2. 19R-Lucas Rodin[1]; 3. 87S-Reise Stenberg[16]; 4. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[7]; 5. 42-Ron Saurer[4]; 6. 57-Corey Storck[5]; 7. 69R-Terry Reilly[3]; 8. 13-Scott Oeltjen[19]; 9. 28-Tommy Nichols[17]; 10. 28K-Nick Preston[9]; 11. 71-Nate Reinke[8]; 12. X-Tucker Jacobson[11]; 13. 10M-Noah McFarlane[15]; 14. 21Z-Zach Kort[20]; 15. 19-Dalton Kruger[12]; 16. 52-Maddie Swenson[18]; 17. 13K-Brad King[21]; 18. 75JR-Jacob Karch[24]; 19. 82G-Chad Gronner[22]; 20. (DNF) 81K-Casey Knabe[13]; 21. (DNF) 15-Andrew DeNoble[23]; 22. (DNF) 12X-Jamie Norman[10]; 23. (DNF) 18X-Connor Drewry[14]; 24. (DNF) 2S-Matt Schow[2]; 25. (DNS) 28S-Blayne Sweet

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4B-Arin Beyer[2]; 2. 66-Kyle Langland[3]; 3. 12X-Jamie Norman[6]; 4. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[5]; 5. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[4]; 6. (DNF) 5X-Dylan McManigle[7]; 7. (DNF) X-Tucker Jacobson[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[2]; 2. 73-Onyx Johnson[1]; 3. 13-Scott Oeltjen[4]; 4. 21-Shane Howell[6]; 5. (DNF) 50H-Haley Dykhoff[7]; 6. (DNF) 15-Andrew DeNoble[3]; 7. (DNF) 110-Tate Kelderman[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Ron Saurer[4]; 2. TS42-Scott Samuelson[3]; 3. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[6]; 4. 21Z-Zach Kort[5]; 5. 75JR-Jacob Karch[2]; 6. 24X-Mike Hart[7]; 7. 24-Todd Stevens[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Corey Storck[4]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[6]; 3. 11R-Landyn Randt[5]; 4. 28K-Nick Preston[2]; 5. 81K-Casey Knabe[1]; 6. 10M-Noah McFarlane[3]; 7. 13K-Brad King[7]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[1]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[3]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[10]; 4. 34J-Kolton Brauer[4]; 5. 35S-Kegan Stueve[6]; 6. 2K-Tyler Klugman[8]; 7. 1SJ-Spencer Johnson[9]; 8. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[21]; 9. 12P-Kevin Pender[17]; 10. 17-Nick Shumansky[5]; 11. 27J-Jordan Johnson[2]; 12. 30-Adam Dehne[15]; 13. 16-Greg Platzer[20]; 14. 30B-Wade Bergerud[13]; 15. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[19]; 16. 57-Jason Fechtner[14]; 17. (DNF) 23-Maverick Janssen[7]; 18. (DNF) 12-Kammron Rose[16]; 19. (DNF) 78-Josh Lawson[11]; 20. (DNF) 3-Ryan Mund[12]; 21. (DNF) 5-Royce Jawaski[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 35S-Kegan Stueve[2]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[5]; 3. 2K-Tyler Klugman[1]; 4. 11-Levi Randt[6]; 5. 30B-Wade Bergerud[4]; 6. 12-Kammron Rose[3]; 7. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[4]; 2. 34J-Kolton Brauer[5]; 3. 1SJ-Spencer Johnson[3]; 4. 78-Josh Lawson[2]; 5. 57-Jason Fechtner[1]; 6. 12P-Kevin Pender[7]; 7. 16-Greg Platzer[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 27J-Jordan Johnson[2]; 2. 23-Maverick Janssen[3]; 3. 17-Nick Shumansky[1]; 4. 3-Ryan Mund[4]; 5. 30-Adam Dehne[6]; 6. 5-Royce Jawaski[7]; 7. (DNF) 3C-Cory Dykhoff[5]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[3]; 2. 03-Christian Kast[6]; 3. 701-Hunter Goulet[5]; 4. 45W-Kevin Wahl[8]; 5. 18K-Wayne Preston[1]; 6. 275X-Travis Bruns[7]; 7. 42E-Eli Green[10]; 8. 80K-Nathan Kelley[4]; 9. 17-Nick Shirley[13]; 10. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[12]; 11. (DNF) 15K-Hannah Koch[14]; 12. (DNF) 27-Kody Crabtree[9]; 13. (DNF) 22L-Andy Booke[2]; 14. (DNF) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[11]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 18K-Wayne Preston[2]; 2. 701-Hunter Goulet[4]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[5]; 4. 80K-Nathan Kelley[3]; 5. 27-Kody Crabtree[6]; 6. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[7]; 7. (DNF) 17-Nick Shirley[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 45W-Kevin Wahl[4]; 2. 275X-Travis Bruns[2]; 3. 08-Jeff Rohner[3]; 4. 22L-Andy Booke[5]; 5. 42E-Eli Green[1]; 6. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[6]; 7. 15K-Hannah Koch[7]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 66-Travis Saurer[4]; 2. 7-Rick Schroeder[2]; 3. 8-Matthew Larson[10]; 4. 15X-Blake Boelens[6]; 5. 27-Jarrett Huus[1]; 6. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[12]; 7. 50-Ben Wolden[9]; 8. 15-Trevor Walsh[3]; 9. 33-Jeff Nelson[15]; 10. 01-Alex Tschakert[7]; 11. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[20]; 12. 2Q-Derek Quinn[17]; 13. 4-Brent Clemensen[18]; 14. 1E-Tai Engels[21]; 15. 1M-Jon McCain[5]; 16. 00-Kevin Youngquist[14]; 17. 75-Cade Skytland[8]; 18. (DNF) 811-Bodie Croninger[11]; 19. (DNF) 0-Shawn Beto[16]; 20. (DNF) 11*-Larry Samuelson[13]; 21. (DNF) 49-Andrew Tysdal[22]; 22. (DNF) 3H-Jerry Hauge[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Travis Saurer[3]; 2. 75-Cade Skytland[2]; 3. 27-Jarrett Huus[5]; 4. 8-Matthew Larson[6]; 5. 11*-Larry Samuelson[8]; 6. 0-Shawn Beto[1]; 7. 3H-Jerry Hauge[7]; 8. (DNF) 49-Andrew Tysdal[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15X-Blake Boelens[7]; 2. 01-Alex Tschakert[2]; 3. 1M-Jon McCain[1]; 4. 811-Bodie Croninger[4]; 5. 00-Kevin Youngquist[5]; 6. 2Q-Derek Quinn[6]; 7. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Rick Schroeder[1]; 2. 50-Ben Wolden[2]; 3. 15-Trevor Walsh[6]; 4. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[4]; 5. 33-Jeff Nelson[3]; 6. 4-Brent Clemensen[7]; 7. 1E-Tai Engels[5]