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Meirhofer doubles down and Strand stakes claim to Late Models on night two at Big Sky Speedway

BILLINGS, MT (September 20) - Dustin Strand made a statement Saturday night at Big Sky Speedway, as the former multi-time WISSOTA National Champion held off the efforts of another former National Champion in Cole Searing to take home top honors in the Late Model class at the “Battle at Big Sky,” as the track’s 2025 season winds down.

Other winners in WISSOTA-sanctioned action included Jeremy Meirhofer, who swept weekend action in the Super Stocks.

Strand started sixth on the grid in the Late Model main event, and raced by Dan Henrikson for the lead around lap five. He held off the charge of ninth-starter and Friday night winner Searing to grab the victory. Searing was just .252 of a second back in the runner-up position, with eighth-starter Jason Strand, 12th-starter Dillon Price, and Henrikson in the top five.

Meirhofer started seventh on the grid and ran in the top five for the majority of the WISSOTA Super Stock feature. In the waning laps, he drove by race-long leader Casey Steffenson for the lead and took home the victory. Steffenson, ninth-starter Jason Havel, 10th-starter Jon Tribble and Matt Tribble completed the top five.

Ty Olson won the INEX Legends feature for the weekend sweep, while Harrison White was the winner in the Wingless Sprints. Kinzer McCord started ninth and picked his way forward for the victory in the IMCA Modified feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 71S-Dustin Strand[6]; 2. 10-Cole Searing[9]; 3. E85-Jason Strand[8]; 4. 308-Dillon Price[12]; 5. 97-Dan Henrikson[2]; 6. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[3]; 7. 50-Ted Hample[4]; 8. 29-Ty Hample[21]; 9. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[13]; 10. 2-Mario Berger[20]; 11. 14X-Jeremy Castro[16]; 12. 33-Jeremy McCune[5]; 13. 24DD-DJ Baxter[14]; 14. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[10]; 15. 14-Ken Helman[1]; 16. 71-Morris Oberle[17]; 17. 16-Shad Jensen[19]; 18. (DNF) 87H-Brad Hartigan[11]; 19. (DNF) 17-Jim Harris[7]; 20. (DNF) 25-Jamie Mocko[18]; 21. (DNF) 58-Randy Sandvick[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Dan Henrikson[3]; 2. 71S-Dustin Strand[6]; 3. 17-Jim Harris[5]; 4. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[2]; 5. 3X-Lyndon Bolt[4]; 6. 14X-Jeremy Castro[7]; 7. 16-Shad Jensen[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Ted Hample[2]; 2. 33-Jeremy McCune[4]; 3. E85-Jason Strand[3]; 4. 87H-Brad Hartigan[7]; 5. 24DD-DJ Baxter[5]; 6. 71-Morris Oberle[1]; 7. (DNF) 2-Mario Berger[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[3]; 2. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[1]; 3. 14-Ken Helman[2]; 4. 308-Dillon Price[7]; 5. 58-Randy Sandvick[5]; 6. 25-Jamie Mocko[6]; 7. (DNF) 29-Ty Hample[4]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[7]; 2. 67-Casey Steffenson[2]; 3. 5H-Jason Havel[9]; 4. 3T-Jon Tribble[10]; 5. 14-Matt Tribble[1]; 6. 9-RC Geiss[8]; 7. 33-Stewart Schipke[5]; 8. 185-Patrick LaMere[4]; 9. 30-Ryan Fasching[3]; 10. 10M-Shane Makeeff[12]; 11. 68-Barry Bontrager[13]; 12. 5-Andrew Gilbraith[15]; 13. 21-Casey Cromwell[11]; 14. (DNF) 13S-Anthony Berger[16]; 15. (DNF) 108-Bill Monnett[6]; 16. (DNF) 00-Beau Brown[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-RC Geiss[4]; 2. 14-Matt Tribble[6]; 3. 33-Stewart Schipke[5]; 4. 30-Ryan Fasching[3]; 5. 5H-Jason Havel[7]; 6. 21-Casey Cromwell[2]; 7. 68-Barry Bontrager[8]; 8. 5-Andrew Gilbraith[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 108-Bill Monnett[1]; 2. 67-Casey Steffenson[3]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[6]; 4. 185-Patrick LaMere[2]; 5. 3T-Jon Tribble[4]; 6. 10M-Shane Makeeff[8]; 7. 00-Beau Brown[7]; 8. 13S-Anthony Berger[5]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 157-Kinzer McCord[9]; 2. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[5]; 3. 83-Dale Neitzel[7]; 4. 28C-Austin Caruthers[3]; 5. 8-Aaron Amundson[10]; 6. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[13]; 7. 68-Shawn LaRocque[15]; 8. 72X-Kyler Jeffrey[14]; 9. 550K-Kyle Anton[11]; 10. 57-Jason George[4]; 11. 10-Smokey Jensen[18]; 12. 81-Don Hildebrandt[20]; 13. (DNF) 48-Brock Beeter[1]; 14. (DNF) 2-Rod Lorenz[12]; 15. (DNF) 5X-Taylor Johnson[2]; 16. (DNF) 14T-Travis Hagen[8]; 17. (DNF) 14-Caden Roberts[6]; 18. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[16]; 19. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[19]; 20. (DNF) 52-Darran Conrad[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Jason George[1]; 2. 14T-Travis Hagen[4]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]; 4. 83-Dale Neitzel[5]; 5. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[7]; 6. 20-Brady Lorenz[2]; 7. 94-Michael Rogers[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28C-Austin Caruthers[2]; 2. 48-Brock Beeter[1]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[3]; 4. 157-Kinzer McCord[7]; 5. 72X-Kyler Jeffrey[6]; 6. 52-Darran Conrad[4]; 7. 81-Don Hildebrandt[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Aaron Amundson[1]; 2. 14-Caden Roberts[6]; 3. 5X-Taylor Johnson[4]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[2]; 5. 68-Shawn LaRocque[3]; 6. 10-Smokey Jensen[5]

INEX Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7T-Ty Olson[1]; 2. 511-Josh Broadbent[2]; 3. 66-Casey Martin[3]; 4. 3-Travis Wagner[7]; 5. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[9]; 6. 27-Blake Swenson[8]; 7. 25-Shawn Artz[5]; 8. 70-Aaron Dowell[4]; 9. 1-Scott Salsbury[6]; 10. 74-Easton Olson[11]; 11. 88T-Derick Thronson[12]; 12. 99-Brian Peterson[10]; 13. 44-Libby Martin[14]; 14. (DNF) 14-DEVON GIBSON[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7T-Ty Olson[4]; 2. 66-Casey Martin[1]; 3. 25-Shawn Artz[2]; 4. 3-Travis Wagner[5]; 5. 23-Stuart Mckechnie[3]; 6. 74-Easton Olson[6]; 7. 14-DEVON GIBSON[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 511-Josh Broadbent[1]; 2. 70-Aaron Dowell[3]; 3. 1-Scott Salsbury[2]; 4. 27-Blake Swenson[4]; 5. 99-Brian Peterson[6]; 6. 88T-Derick Thronson[5]; 7. 44-Libby Martin[7]

Big Sky Wingless Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2D-Harrison White[1]; 2. 27S-Tom Sires[3]; 3. 17J-Chris Williams[2]; 4. 511-Josh Broadbent[4]; 5. 171-Roy Guy III[10]; 6. 16K-Kade Vogt[6]; 7. 21-Dayne Kocher[5]; 8. 44-Chandler Ingle[9]; 9. M240-Teri Omoth[8]; 10. 12-Samuel Vancleave[11]; 11. (DNF) 71-James Stands III[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 511-Josh Broadbent[2]; 2. 17J-Chris Williams[4]; 3. 21-Dayne Kocher[6]; 4. 71-James Stands III[5]; 5. 44-Chandler Ingle[3]; 6. 12-Samuel Vancleave[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27S-Tom Sires[4]; 2. 2D-Harrison White[2]; 3. 16K-Kade Vogt[1]; 4. M240-Teri Omoth[3]; 5. 171-Roy Guy III[5]