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Jim Gullikson (Nick Anderson Photo)

Rain shortens day one of the Piston Cup, but not before Adams, Kromschroeder, Gullikson, Holtquist and Jenson take checkers

SAUK RAPIDS, MN (September 20 & 21) - Delayed by one day, Granite City Motor Park fought through challenging weather conditions to complete the opening night of the 5th annual Piston Cup. Completed over Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, Blake Adams, Dylan Kromschroeder, Jim Gullikson, Dustin Holtquist and Anthony Jenson were WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners.

Gullikson ran away in the early portion of the WISSOTA Street Stock main event. Tommy Pogones moved by Braedyn Fleck for second a handful of laps in the race, and challenged Gullikson after a late restart. Gullikson fought off the threat and scored the win ahead of Pogones, Trey Hess, Joe Martin and Fleck.

Adams grabbed the lead off the start in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature, and drew away from Joey Jensen to grab the feature victory. Jensen finished second ahead of Jake Smith, Brady Larson and Ryan Putnam.

Dylan Kromschroeder (Nick Anderson Photo)

Kromschroeder led every lap of the WISSOTA Super Stock main event, but had to turn back numerous challenges from Shane Sabraski as he searched for victory No. 1,000. Kromschroeder was up to the task before Sabraski dropped from competition in the late laps. Denis Czech finished second with 10th-starter Tommy Bawden third, Max Nelson fourth and Jake Luark fifth.

Blake Adams (Nick Anderson Photo)

Adams raced from the front row to victory in the WISSOTA Modified main event on Sunday afternoon. JT Johnson trailed Adams across the line three seconds behind, while Sabraski, Zach Benson and Eric Lamm rounded out the top five.

Holtquist put on a dominating performance in the WISSOTA Mod Fours; he worked from seventh to the front quickly, and then pulled away for a nearly 5-second win. Rowan Tramm was second ahead of Blake Hawker, Chad Funt and Thomas Burgard.

Dustin Holtquist (Nick Anderson Photo)

Anthony Jenson (Nick Anderson Photo)

Jenson topped the WISSOTA Hornet main event from the front row. Travis Roush finished second ahead of William Lange, Christian Kast and Bobie Arnes.

Mass made the move by race-long leader Jeff Provinzino with just over five laps to go en route to the Late Model feature win on Saturday night. Provinzino held on for second ahead of Daniel Bargender in third, John Kaanta fourth and Patrick Kelley fifth.

Mike Layne topped action in the Crown Vics.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 89JR-JT Johnson[6]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[12]; 4. 17B-Zach Benson[2]; 5. 88-Eric Lamm[8]; 6. 7K-Teddy Kottschade[4]; 7. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[11]; 8. 24-Brandon Dolman[13]; 9. 27-Matt Baker[18]; 10. 940-Jake Molitor[10]; 11. 31-Jason Voigt[7]; 12. (DNF) 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[15]; 13. (DNF) 4E-Tanner Erickson[3]; 14. (DNS) 6X-Bryce Sward; 15. (DNS) 515-Devin Fouquette; 16. (DNS) 18-Taylor Garberich; 17. (DNS) 112-Brennan Gave; 18. (DNS) 3T-Travis Schulte

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 17B-Zach Benson[1]; 2. 89JR-JT Johnson[2]; 3. 88-Eric Lamm[4]; 4. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[5]; 5. 18-Taylor Garberich[3]; 6. (DNS) 27-Matt Baker

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 4E-Tanner Erickson[1]; 2. 7K-Teddy Kottschade[3]; 3. 31-Jason Voigt[5]; 4. 940-Jake Molitor[6]; 5. (DNS) 3T-Travis Schulte; 6. (DNS) 6X-Bryce Sward

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[3]; 2. 515-Devin Fouquette[1]; 3. 112-Brennan Gave[2]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 5. 24-Brandon Dolman[6]; 6. (DNF) 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[4]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[2]; 2. 2-Denis Czech[5]; 3. TB81-Tommy Bawden[10]; 4. 32-Max Nelson[4]; 5. 42-Jake Luark[8]; 6. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[1]; 7. 71X-Travis Scott[6]; 8. 40-Ellen Lange[11]; 9. (DNF) 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 10. (DNF) 78K-Dexton Koch[3]; 11. (DNS) 21-Joey Jensen; 12. (DNS) 41X-John Patton; 13. (DNS) 41-Tommy Patton; 14. (DNS) 69X-John Sharpnack

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[1]; 2. 32-Max Nelson[2]; 3. 2-Denis Czech[5]; 4. 42-Jake Luark[4]; 5. 21-Joey Jensen[7]; 6. 40-Ellen Lange[6]; 7. (DNF) 69X-John Sharpnack[3]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[1]; 2. 2F-Jeffrey Frey[6]; 3. 71X-Travis Scott[2]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 5. TB81-Tommy Bawden[3]; 6. 41X-John Patton[7]; 7. (DNF) 41-Tommy Patton[4]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[2]; 3. 21-Jake Smith[3]; 4. 63JR-Brady Larson[6]; 5. 46-Ryan Putnam[7]; 6. 33C-Cole Boston[9]; 7. 15M-Kris Macko[5]; 8. 1-Jake Stai[12]; 9. F5-Chad Fouquette[20]; 10. 747-Jett Lindgren[15]; 11. 15-MaKenna Romuld[4]; 12. 88-Jacob Toepper[13]; 13. 5G-Patrick McCarthy[10]; 14. 03F-Connor Fall[11]; 15. 96-Vic Schmidt[21]; 16. (DNF) 77-Chance Kodet[22]; 17. (DNF) B4-Jory Berg[8]; 18. (DNF) 15D-Andrew DeNoble[16]; 19. (DNF) 18M-Michael Swanson[17]; 20. (DNF) 5B-Ben Goldsmith[14]; 21. (DNS) 515-Thomas Dixon; 22. (DNS) 47-Erik Gruhlke

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 15-MaKenna Romuld[1]; 2. 15M-Kris Macko[3]; 3. B4-Jory Berg[4]; 4. 33C-Cole Boston[7]; 5. 5B-Ben Goldsmith[2]; 6. (DNF) 18M-Michael Swanson[8]; 7. (DNF) F5-Chad Fouquette[5]; 8. (DNF) 77-Chance Kodet[6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[4]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[7]; 3. 5G-Patrick McCarthy[1]; 4. 03F-Connor Fall[2]; 5. 747-Jett Lindgren[3]; 6. (DNF) 515-Thomas Dixon[5]; 7. (DNF) 96-Vic Schmidt[6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[3]; 2. 63JR-Brady Larson[1]; 3. 46-Ryan Putnam[5]; 4. 1-Jake Stai[4]; 5. 88-Jacob Toepper[7]; 6. 15D-Andrew DeNoble[6]; 7. (DNF) 47-Erik Gruhlke[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 21-Jim Gullikson[2]; 2. 04-Tommy Pogones[3]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[5]; 4. 2-Joe Martin[11]; 5. 76-Braedyn Fleck[1]; 6. 35S-Kegan Stueve[15]; 7. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[7]; 8. 7X-Peter Martin[10]; 9. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[13]; 10. 19C-Charlie Shiek[4]; 11. (DNF) 05-Kyle Howland[6]; 12. (DNF) 86-Layla Chaplin[12]; 13. (DNF) 7-Caiden Engel[9]; 14. (DNF) 24-Jacen Skogrand[14]; 15. (DNF) E30-William Fisher[8]; 16. (DNS) 34J-Kolton Brauer

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 76-Braedyn Fleck[4]; 2. 19C-Charlie Shiek[1]; 3. 7BR-Lucas Boyce[3]; 4. E30-William Fisher[6]; 5. 7X-Peter Martin[5]; 6. 2-Joe Martin[8]; 7. 24-Jacen Skogrand[7]; 8. (DNF) 34J-Kolton Brauer[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21-Jim Gullikson[4]; 2. 04-Tommy Pogones[7]; 3. 05-Kyle Howland[1]; 4. 4-Trey Hess[8]; 5. 7-Caiden Engel[3]; 6. 86-Layla Chaplin[2]; 7. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[5]; 8. 35S-Kegan Stueve[6]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[7]; 2. 14T-Rowan Tramm[5]; 3. 21-Blake Hawker[8]; 4. XL21-Chad Funt[3]; 5. 9T-Thomas Burgard[2]; 6. 6-Patrick Specht[1]; 7. 5-Robert Holtquist[6]; 8. 37-Dean Larson[13]; 9. M1-Mike Rau[11]; 10. 44-Chad Erlandson[4]; 11. 40-Jack Post[12]; 12. (DNF) XL1-Andrew Funt[9]; 13. (DNF) D5-Doug Frederick[10]; 14. (DNF) 13A-Austin Goedker[14]; 15. (DNS) 20-Brian Bruss

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 9T-Thomas Burgard[2]; 2. 6-Patrick Specht[6]; 3. 14T-Rowan Tramm[5]; 4. 21-Blake Hawker[4]; 5. XL1-Andrew Funt[7]; 6. M1-Mike Rau[1]; 7. 37-Dean Larson[3]; 8. (DNF) 13A-Austin Goedker[8]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. XL21-Chad Funt[1]; 2. 44-Chad Erlandson[3]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 4. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[5]; 5. D5-Doug Frederick[4]; 6. 40-Jack Post[6]; 7. (DNS) 20-Brian Bruss

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[2]; 2. 7-Travis Roush[1]; 3. 40-William Lange[9]; 4. 03-Christian Kast[3]; 5. 20A-Bobie Arnes[13]; 6. 42E-Eli Green[4]; 7. 27-Brady Fosso[15]; 8. 71X-Adam Castle[7]; 9. 43-Brandon Downs[14]; 10. 95-Brett Moffenbier[6]; 11. 3-Scott Erickson[8]; 12. 13X-Pat Hoecke[11]; 13. (DNF) 40M-Max Post[10]; 14. (DNS) 16C-Carly Behrens; 15. (DNS) 76K-Kaitlyn Kohl; 16. (DNS) 5-Matt Skipper

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Travis Roush[7]; 2. 03-Christian Kast[5]; 3. 76K-Kaitlyn Kohl[1]; 4. 71X-Adam Castle[3]; 5. 16C-Carly Behrens[8]; 6. (DNF) 5-Matt Skipper[4]; 7. (DNF) 20A-Bobie Arnes[6]; 8. (DQ) 43-Brandon Downs[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[5]; 2. 42E-Eli Green[1]; 3. 95-Brett Moffenbier[2]; 4. 3-Scott Erickson[3]; 5. 40-William Lange[7]; 6. 40M-Max Post[4]; 7. 13X-Pat Hoecke[6]; 8. (DQ) 27-Brady Fosso[8]

Dirt Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[1]; 2. 28-Jeff Provinzino[2]; 3. 10-Daniel Bargender[4]; 4. 85-John Kaanta[7]; 5. 63-Patrick Kelley[6]; 6. 27Z-Jared Zimpel[15]; 7. 34-Jordan Langer[3]; 8. 27-Jarrett Huus[8]; 9. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[9]; 10. 26D-Chad Dawson[11]; 11. (DNF) 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 12. (DNF) 55-Clayton Hofteig[12]; 13. (DNF) 21X-Joel Collins[10]; 14. (DNS) 73-Larry Fitzsimmons; 15. (DNS) 15-Devin Fouquette

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 34-Jordan Langer[1]; 2. 10-Daniel Bargender[2]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 4. 85-John Kaanta[3]; 5. 21X-Joel Collins[4]; 6. 55-Clayton Hofteig[6]; 7. (DNF) 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[7]; 8. (DNS) 27Z-Jared Zimpel

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[5]; 2. 28-Jeff Provinzino[6]; 3. 63-Patrick Kelley[1]; 4. 27-Jarrett Huus[4]; 5. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[3]; 6. 26D-Chad Dawson[7]; 7. (DNF) 15-Devin Fouquette[2]

Crown Vics:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Layne[3]; 2. 22S-Calvin Saldana[2]; 3. 7L-Abe Langager[7]; 4. 74X-Darren Esser[5]; 5. 22-Zeke Oppegaard[4]; 6. 12-Bryan Rensenbrink[13]; 7. 18-Andy Oksa[12]; 8. 110-Vance Rossberg[14]; 9. 97-Jen Machula[15]; 10. (DNF) 13A-Austin Goedker[9]; 11. (DNF) 39-Keith Layne[11]; 12. (DNF) 55-Curt Derichs[8]; 13. (DNF) 6X-Daryl Harth[1]; 14. (DNS) 1-Daniel Harstad; 15. (DNS) 15-Galen Hass

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 6X-Daryl Harth[2]; 2. 22-Zeke Oppegaard[1]; 3. 74X-Darren Esser[4]; 4. 7L-Abe Langager[6]; 5. 15-Galen Hass[3]; 6. 18-Andy Oksa[5]; 7. 12-Bryan Rensenbrink[7]; 8. 97-Jen Machula[8]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 22S-Calvin Saldana[2]; 2. 17-Mike Layne[4]; 3. 1-Daniel Harstad[1]; 4. 55-Curt Derichs[5]; 5. 13A-Austin Goedker[6]; 6. 39-Keith Layne[3]; 7. 110-Vance Rossberg[7]

Scott Hughes