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Jake Smith in Sport Mod action at Central Arizona Raceway. (Mike Spieker Photo)

Central Arizona opens month-long action; Smith settles for runner-up in Sport Mods

By Meghan Diemel
ATD Editor

CASA GRANDE, AZ (January 8) - Central Arizona Raceway’s several-week-long January racing action began January 8, as the speedway hosted its Winter Nationals. Nearly a dozen WISSOTA-area drivers were on hand for the first night of action on January 8.

Of the highlighted action for WISSOTA-area racers on hand, Jake Smith, former multi-time WISSOTA National Champion, traded in his X-Mod from his New Mexico racing travels for an IMCA Sport Mod in Arizona. The St. Joseph, MN native started the feature in fourth and finished runner-up, while Kaden Woodie improved five spots from 13th to fifth.

Kollin Hibdon, who had his foray into WISSOTA Late Models this past season, was back in a Modified for the Winter Nationals, placing sixth from his eighth starting spot.

Devin Fouquette, who raced often in a WISSOTA Modified in 2024, was also on track at Central Arizona Raceway in an IMCA Modified. He started the feature in fifth, and finished 12th.

Woodie, of Milaca, MN, who raced several WISSOTA classes in 2024, did the same in the desert to start off his 2025 season. In the Sport Mods, he started 13th and improved five spots to eighth, while he also made the feature in the Stock Cars, starting eighth and finished 13th.

Other drivers on hand for the week from WISSOTA ranks include Taven Woodie, C.R. Eisenzimer, Paxton and Peyton George, Mark Martini, Joey Price and Scott Oeltjen.

SUMMARY

Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 101-Luke Silber[2]; 2. 75JR-Chaz Baca[4]; 3. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 4. 111-Ethan Braaksma[3]; 5. 99-Shawn Strand[6]; 6. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[8]; 7. 75-Spencer Wilson[12]; 8. 11M-Izac Mallicoat[10]; 9. 10-Jeremy Mills[13]; 10. 33BY-Braxton Yeager[7]; 11. 413-Tate Johnson[9]; 12. 515-Devin Fouquette[5]; 13. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[18]; 14. 3B-Eddie Belec[11]; 15. 5-Brandon Beckendorf[14]; 16. 12LF-Jonathan Mawhinney[22]; 17. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[17]; 18. 99B-Brady Bjella[26]; 19. 82M-Jared Maupin[16]; 20. 99X-John Gaynor[20]; 21. 91-Chris Beaulieu[23]; 22. 97TB-Tyson Blood[15]; 23. M14-Craig Moore[25]; 24. 111D-Logan Drake[21]; 25. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[28]; 26. 73T-Chris Tuchscherer[24]; 27. 15J-Jeremy Richey[19]; 28. 18H-Tucker Hislop[27]

Sport Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21P-Ryan Peery[6]; 2. 19-Jake Smith[4]; 3. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[10]; 4. 5O-Braydon Whitfield[9]; 5. 21D-Gabriel Deschamp[7]; 6. 14E-Justin Erickson[2]; 7. 73-Dustin White[3]; 8. 980-Kaden Woodie[13]; 9. 75-Cole Suckow[8]; 10. X-Rob Gallaher[24]; 11. 25-Jonathan Jensen[20]; 12. 89-Tim Goodwin[11]; 13. 126J-Justin Addison[14]; 14. 11D-Danny Wagner[17]; 15. 7X-Casey Murdoch[15]; 16. 28-David Pitt[23]; 17. 316-Brandyn Johnson[16]; 18. 91-Shannon Barton[22]; 19. 7T-Trent Golden[25]; 20. 26-Dylan Jones[21]; 21. 216-Camron Spangler[28]; 22. 75T-Tyler Johnson[1]; 23. 17-Rich Pavlicek[19]; 24. 00-Colby Fett[5]; 25. 91S-Brody Spangler[12]; 26. 44-Eric Winemiller[27]; 27. 711-Payce Herrera[26]; 28. 1T-Robbie Thome[18]

Stock Cars:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 11R-Braden Richards[1]; 2. Z3-Mike Albertsen[4]; 3. 37-Jason Rogers[14]; 4. 38-Todd Heinrich[3]; 5. 83Y-Justen Yeager[5]; 6. 08-Chase Berkeley[11]; 7. 717X-Jared Maupin[17]; 8. 8JS-Cameron Starry[13]; 9. 34-Jordan Zillmer[20]; 10. 45-Ryan Roath[15]; 11. 82-Shelby Williams[27]; 12. 5M-Trevor Hidalgo[22]; 13. 980-Kaden Woodie[8]; 14. 46-Jason Berg[24]; 15. 46C-Matt Crafton[9]; 16. AK46-Gary Pesicka[10]; 17. 67-Chris Tuchscherer[26]; 18. 7X-Casey Murdoch[23]; 19. 21CZ-Cole Czarneski[6]; 20. 127-Andy Morris[28]; 21. 15M-Anthony Madrid[16]; 22. X-Rob Gallaher[18]; 23. F4-Tommy Fain[2]; 24. 16-Jason Storbakken[19]; 25. 75C-Bo Partain[25]; 26. 21D-Gabriel Deschamp[12]; 27. 17X-Justin Luinenburg[7]; 28. 15X-Dallon Murty[21]

Hiobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24R-Dillon Richards[1]; 2. 11-Dillon Thompson[2]; 3. 88-Morgan Olmstead[4]; 4. 16X-Blake Luinenburg[7]; 5. 12K-Eric Knutson[9]; 6. 77-Cody Williams[14]; 7. 5AZ-Zack Tate[8]; 8. 95-Scott Bernards[6]; 9. 19-Nathan Deragon[12]; 10. 9X-Joel Magee[5]; 11. 99-Nick Biggs[3]; 12. 9-Mark Farnes[13]; 13. 85-Joe Peterson[15]; 14. 1X-Bobby Gallaher[20]; 15. 5-Jonathan Taylor[29]; 16. 46H-Murray Haugen[22]; 17. 9B-Les Lundquist[18]; 18. 01-Nathan Kohl[10]; 19. 18-Charles McDaniel Sr[31]; 20. 37-Bingston Rogers[26]; 21. 96-Darrin Biggs[24]; 22. 66B-Braxton Eichelberger[17]; 23. 16-Ron Roe[28]; 24. 31-Kevin Reuter[21]; 25. 16C-CALEB STORBAKKEN[25]; 26. 81-Charles McDaniel Jr[16]; 27. 7-Mylee JoAnn[23]; 28. 42-Rick Hughes Jr[19]; 29. 25-Joe Beller[11]; 30. 1-Joe Gallaher[27]; 31. 3-Tanner Benson[30]; 32. (DNS) 3N-Neil Pella

Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 19-Billy Foultz[1]; 2. 6NLAW-Joseph Baker[2]; 3. 76-Gilbert Aldape[3]; 4. 13-Mike Giorgianni[5]; 5. 47-Greg Kohl[7]; 6. 8K-Kaytee DeVries[4]; 7. 79J-Joey Jock[8]; 8. 45JR-Chase Roath[6]; 9. 22-Kevin Reuter[14]; 10. 69-Mike Lizdas[10]; 11. 93-Savannah Rice[13]; 12. 130-Wesson Edwards Miller[15]; 13. 09-Harmony Painter[9]