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Cole Searing (Char Hurd Photo)

Searing and Petroff back up their night one Big Sky Speedway wins with Saturday showstoppers to end the 2026 season

BILLINGS, MT (September 26) - Cole Searing and Robert Petroff both backed up wins on Friday night with a victory on Saturday to sweep WISSOTA Dirt Track Series feature action at Big Sky Speedway over the weekend.

Searing started sixth in the WISSOTA Late Model main event, and worked into second in the early laps. He stole the lead from Tyler Leach on lap 12, and sped away to claim the win in the 36-lap feature. Eddie Kirchoff navigated into second in the late stages, and Leach hung on for third. Dwayne Fowler and Beau Nave rounded out the top five.

Petroff started on the front row and led every lap for the WISSOTA Street Stock victory. He took the checkers 2.5 seconds ahead of Dillon Hoppe, with Dylan Stephenson third, Dalton Stephenson fourth and Travis Shumate fifth.

Robert Petroff (Char Hurd Photo)

In other action on Saturday, Jordan Tocci claimed the IMCA Modified win, Trever Kirkland topped the RaceSaver Sprints, and Kyle Dalke claimed the Sport Compact feature win.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (36 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[6]; 2. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[3]; 3. 05-Tyler Leach[2]; 4. 24-Dwayne Fowler[10]; 5. 00-Beau Nave[8]; 6. 97-Dan Henrikson[1]; 7. 369-Bart Taylor[4]; 8. 24DD-DJ Baxter[15]; 9. 21-Ryan Fasching[21]; 10. 17-Jim Harris[7]; 11. 4C-Joey Price[12]; 12. 37H-Michael Hartigan[16]; 13. 28-Marty Beyl[14]; 14. 25-Jamie Mocko[17]; 15. 1776-Casey Smith[20]; 16. (DNF) 33-Jeremy McCune[9]; 17. (DNF) 50-Ted Hample[13]; 18. (DNF) 87H-Brad Hartigan[5]; 19. (DNF) 36-Ty Hample[11]; 20. (DNF) 22-Matt Albright[18]; 21. (DNS) 14-Ken Helman

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Cole Searing[1]; 2. 97-Dan Henrikson[2]; 3. 00-Beau Nave[3]; 4. 24-Dwayne Fowler[4]; 5. 50-Ted Hample[6]; 6. 37H-Michael Hartigan[5]; 7. 14-Ken Helman; 8. 1776-Casey Smith; 9. 21-Ryan Fasching[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[1]; 2. 05-Tyler Leach[2]; 3. 17-Jim Harris[4]; 4. 33-Jeremy McCune[3]; 5. 28-Marty Beyl[6]; 6. 25-Jamie Mocko[5]; 7. 1776-Casey Smith[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[2]; 2. 87H-Brad Hartigan[1]; 3. 36-Ty Hample[3]; 4. 4C-Joey Price[6]; 5. 24DD-DJ Baxter[4]; 6. 22-Matt Albright[5]; 7. (DNS) 14-Ken Helman

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[2]; 2. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[3]; 3. 62-Dylan Stephenson[5]; 4. 79-Dalton Stephenson[4]; 5. 4C-Travis Shumate[1]; 6. B33R-Matt Riesinger[6]; 7. 81-Ronn Green[7]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 11-Robert Petroff[4]; 2. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[6]; 3. 62-Dylan Stephenson[2]; 4. 79-Dalton Stephenson[1]; 5. 4C-Travis Shumate[7]; 6. B33R-Matt Riesinger[3]; 7. 81-Ronn Green[5]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2C-Jordan Tocci[4]; 2. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[8]; 3. 05-Tyler Leach[10]; 4. 45-Travis Davis[6]; 5. 4C-Joey Price[7]; 6. 83-Dale Neitzel[15]; 7. 52-Erin Shane[9]; 8. 2-Rod Lorenz[5]; 9. 20-Brady Lorenz[13]; 10. 32K-Kevin Lynn[14]; 11. 56-Colin Scott[18]; 12. 20S-Shay Evig[11]; 13. 009-Greg Adcock[16]; 14. (DNF) 8-Aaron Amundson[12]; 15. (DNF) 2B-Kenny Baumann[3]; 16. (DNF) 5X-Taylor Johnson[2]; 17. (DNF) 81-Don Hildebrandt[17]; 18. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[8]; 2. 5X-Taylor Johnson[2]; 3. 05-Tyler Leach[9]; 4. 2B-Kenny Baumann[3]; 5. 45-Travis Davis[6]; 6. 20S-Shay Evig[5]; 7. 20-Brady Lorenz[4]; 8. (DNF) 83-Dale Neitzel[7]; 9. (DNS) 81-Don Hildebrandt

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Jordan Tocci[3]; 2. 94-Michael Rogers[1]; 3. 2-Rod Lorenz[5]; 4. 4C-Joey Price[7]; 5. 52-Erin Shane[8]; 6. 8-Aaron Amundson[9]; 7. 32K-Kevin Lynn[6]; 8. 009-Greg Adcock[2]; 9. (DNS) 56-Colin Scott

IMCA RaceSaver Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 37-Trever Kirkland[10]; 2. 2D-Harrison White[4]; 3. 27S-Tom Sires[7]; 4. 44-Damon McCune[11]; 5. 00-Christian Kinnison[6]; 6. 171-Roy Guy III[8]; 7. 12-Josh Ostermiller[13]; 8. 12H-Rich Bailey[9]; 9. 58-Kyle Halter[1]; 10. (DNF) 14R-Ryan Nash[3]; 11. (DNF) 511-Josh Broadbent[5]; 12. (DQ) M2-Justin Hoeft[12]; 13. (DQ) 17X-Josh Stoltenberg[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14R-Ryan Nash[2]; 2. 00-Christian Kinnison[4]; 3. 2D-Harrison White[3]; 4. 171-Roy Guy III[5]; 5. 58-Kyle Halter[1]; 6. (DNF) 44-Damon McCune[6]; 7. (DNF) 12-Josh Ostermiller[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 511-Josh Broadbent[3]; 2. 12H-Rich Bailey[5]; 3. 27S-Tom Sires[4]; 4. 37-Trever Kirkland[6]; 5. 17X-Josh Stoltenberg[1]; 6. M2-Justin Hoeft[2]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[10]; 2. 19T-Nicholia Topolski[9]; 3. 71T-Michael Thompson[6]; 4. 24-Kory Pritchett[8]; 5. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[4]; 6. 82-Jim Garretson[12]; 7. 63-Daytona Smith[14]; 8. 33V-Roland Vandehei III[7]; 9. 31-BRENDAN HEIMS[2]; 10. 12-Cash Hoerster[11]; 11. 08JR-Darren Pulver[15]; 12. (DNF) 51-KRUZ JOKI[5]; 13. (DNF) 08MP-Meriah Pulver[13]; 14. (DNF) 43J-Joel Niebeling[3]; 15. (DNS) 31R-Noah Daems

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[7]; 2. 33V-Roland Vandehei III[5]; 3. 24-Kory Pritchett[6]; 4. 71T-Michael Thompson[8]; 5. 31R-Noah Daems[1]; 6. 12-Cash Hoerster[2]; 7. 08MP-Meriah Pulver[3]; 8. (DNS) 63-Daytona Smith

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19T-Nicholia Topolski[6]; 2. 43J-Joel Niebeling[2]; 3. 31-BRENDAN HEIMS[1]; 4. 51-KRUZ JOKI[4]; 5. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[3]; 6. 82-Jim Garretson[5]; 7. 08JR-Darren Pulver[7]

Scott Hughes