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Dustin Strand, a former WISSOTA National Champion, finished third during the first night of racing action at Central Arizona Raceway. (Ron Pelton, Jr. Photo)

WISSOTA champions do well in Late Models & Limited Mods, as Arizona action opens

From All The Dirt! Racing News and DirtonDirt.com Staff Reports

CASA GRANDE, AZ (January 18) - Lucas Rodin drove to his first feature win to kick off the 2024 racing season in fine fashion Thursday, January 18, taking home the victory in the Limited Modified A-Main at Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande, AZ.

The Don Shaw-promoted Ernie Mincy Early Thaw event hosted many familiar WISSOTA-region faces, with more than a handful having great runs in the desert.

In the Late Models, seventh-starting Billy Moyer, of Batesville, Arkansas, took the lead on lap 17 and paced the final nine circuits to win the $2,000 opener. Former WISSOTA National Champion Ricky Weiss started 21st and pursued Moyer the final nine laps, finishing 0.182 of a second back. Sixth-starter Dustin Strand, also a former National Champion, finished third. Former and reigning multi-time WISSOTA National Champion Shane Sabraski was fourth in his Late Model early-season debut, while 10th-starter Dustin Bluhm was fifth.

Jake Smith was runner-up in the Limited Mods to fellow former WISSOTA National Champ Lucas Rodin. (Ron Pelton, Jr. Photo)

In the Limited Modified class, former WISSOTA National Champion Lucas Rodin took the victory ahead of another former WISSOTA National Champion, Jake Smith. North Dakota racers Jory Berg and Jess Brekke were third and fourth, while Josh Cain completed the top five.

In the IMCA Stock Cars, Trent Grager was victorious from inside the second row, while front-row starter Chaz Baca won the Modified feature. Cam Reimers was victorious in the Sport Mod feature.

SUMMARY

Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 42-Billy Moyer Sr[7]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss[21]; 3. 71-Dustin Strand[6]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 5. 45-Dustin Bluhm[10]; 6. 73-Zach Johnson[13]; 7. 15-Clayton Stuckey[8]; 8. 37-Scott Ward[4]; 9. 44*-Cole Schill[23]; 10. 01-Michael Leach[24]; 11. E85-Jason Strand[15]; 12. 5-Josh Zimpel[2]; 13. 6T-Terry Carter[9]; 14. 37M-Rob Mayea[19]; 15. 13-Bricen James[3]; 16. 2-Rusty Kollman[20]; 17. 78S-Steve Stultz[16]; 18. 22T-Karl Tipton[14]; 19. 81X-Matt Sparby[26]; 20. 28-Jim Whisler[11]; 21. 23-Brad Williams[22]; 22. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 23. 10CO-Chad Olsen[12]; 24. 38-Thomas Hunziker[18]; 25. C4-Ryan Corbett[17]; 26. 2M-Dave Mass[25]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[2]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[4]; 3. 13-Bricen James[7]; 4. 78S-Steve Stultz[1]; 5. C4-Ryan Corbett[5]; 6. 11B-Blaine Dopler[3]; 7. 00-Beau Nave[8]; 8. 11M-Matt Aukland[6]; 9. (DNS) 12-Chad Becker

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 2. 42-Billy Moyer Sr[3]; 3. 10CO-Chad Olsen[1]; 4. 22T-Karl Tipton[4]; 5. 38-Thomas Hunziker[5]; 6. 15P-Austin Kuehl[7]; 7. 01-Michael Leach[8]; 8. 81X-Matt Sparby[6]; 9. 11-Denver Nickeson[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 2. 15-Clayton Stuckey[3]; 3. 28-Jim Whisler[2]; 4. 2-Rusty Kollman[1]; 5. 23-Brad Williams[5]; 6. 37R-Jason Rogers[7]; 7. 5E-Shane Edginton[8]; 8. 37M-Rob Mayea[9]; 9. 7-Ricky Weiss[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Josh Zimpel[4]; 2. 6T-Terry Carter[2]; 3. 73-Zach Johnson[1]; 4. 45-Dustin Bluhm[6]; 5. 2M-Dave Mass[5]; 6. E85-Jason Strand[8]; 7. 44*-Cole Schill[7]; 8. 00C-Brandon Corbett[3]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. C4-Ryan Corbett[2]; 2. 38-Thomas Hunziker[3]; 3. 37M-Rob Mayea[13]; 4. 2-Rusty Kollman[1]; 5. 7-Ricky Weiss[18]; 6. 23-Brad Williams[4]; 7. 44*-Cole Schill[12]; 8. 01-Michael Leach[9]; 9. 37R-Jason Rogers[7]; 10. 15P-Austin Kuehl[6]; 11. 11-Denver Nickeson[16]; 12. 00-Beau Nave[8]; 13. 00C-Brandon Corbett[17]; 14. 12-Chad Becker[19]; 15. 11B-Blaine Dopler[11]; 16. 81X-Matt Sparby[15]; 17. 2M-Dave Mass[5]; 18. 11M-Matt Aukland[14]; 19. 5E-Shane Edginton[10]

Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 75JR-Chaz Baca[2]; 2. 12T-Jeff Larson[4]; 3. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[6]; 4. H09-Michael Leach[5]; 5. 13-Jerry Flippo[8]; 6. 09-Tony Wedelstadt[7]; 7. 4TW-Tim Ward[9]; 8. 75-Spencer Wilson[15]; 9. 44-Jason Noll[10]; 10. 13B-Jess Brekke[12]; 11. 28G-Clark Guglielmoni[13]; 12. 97TB-Tyson Blood[17]; 13. 81R-Austin Rognlin[22]; 14. 413-Tate Johnson[18]; 15. 8-Nate Warren[20]; 16. 21-KC Dieckman[25]; 17. 58-Devon Reed[23]; 18. 0-Peyton George[26]; 19. 23C-Chuck Grohnke[24]; 20. 23-Derek Hanson[21]; 21. 83G-Gerry Glenn[19]; 22. 77-Tom Berry Jr[1]; 23. 19-Lucas Rodin[11]; 24. 15-Devin Fouquette[16]; 25. 07X-Troy Morris III[14]; 26. (DNS) 48K-Kollin Hibdon

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Jerry Flippo[1]; 2. 44-Jason Noll[3]; 3. H09-Michael Leach[6]; 4. 97TB-Tyson Blood[4]; 5. 07X-Troy Morris III[8]; 6. 23-Derek Hanson[7]; 7. 03-Charlie Gauthier[9]; 8. XM-Mike Dimond[5]; 9. 21-KC Dieckman[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75JR-Chaz Baca[2]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[3]; 3. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[6]; 4. 15-Devin Fouquette[5]; 5. 75-Spencer Wilson[8]; 6. 413-Tate Johnson[7]; 7. X44-Mark Maga[4]; 8. 8-Nate Warren[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[2]; 2. 12T-Jeff Larson[4]; 3. 09-Tony Wedelstadt[6]; 4. 28G-Clark Guglielmoni[7]; 5. 83G-Gerry Glenn[5]; 6. 58-Devon Reed[1]; 7. 20+-Chris Anderson[8]; 8. 33-Randy Trojacek[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward[1]; 2. 77-Tom Berry Jr[6]; 3. 13B-Jess Brekke[5]; 4. 81R-Austin Rognlin[2]; 5. 0-Peyton George[4]; 6. 23C-Chuck Grohnke[3]; 7. 22G-Paul Guglielmoni[7]; 8. 0G-Paxton George[8]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 97TB-Tyson Blood[1]; 2. 413-Tate Johnson[6]; 3. 83G-Gerry Glenn[3]; 4. 8-Nate Warren[15]; 5. 23-Derek Hanson[5]; 6. 81R-Austin Rognlin[2]; 7. 58-Devon Reed[11]; 8. 23C-Chuck Grohnke[8]; 9. 20+-Chris Anderson[7]; 10. 22G-Paul Guglielmoni[10]; 11. 21-KC Dieckman[16]; 12. XM-Mike Dimond[13]; 13. X44-Mark Maga[12]; 14. 33-Randy Trojacek[14]; 15. 0-Peyton George[4]; 16. 0G-Paxton George[17]; 17. 03-Charlie Gauthier[9]

Stock Cars:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Trent Grager[3]; 2. 75C-Bo Partain[1]; 3. 23SR-Chris McCurdy Sr[9]; 4. Z3-Mike Albertsen[12]; 5. 34-Jordan Zillmer[5]; 6. 55AK-Scott Sluka[10]; 7. 37-Jason Rogers[4]; 8. 90-Tommy Fain[8]; 9. 3-Brad Whitfield[13]; 10. 82P-John Parmeley[18]; 11. 21MF-Mitchell Ferguson[16]; 12. 27C-Nick Posey[11]; 13. 69X-Marcos Bojorquez[15]; 14. 27-Buddy Wade[19]; 15. 88-Kevin Roberts[17]; 16. (DNS) 44-Austin VanHoff; 17. (DNS) 32-Jeremy Engelhardt; 18. (DQ) 14-Aaron Olson[2]; 19. (DQ) 4JR-Boone Evans[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Jason Rogers[1]; 2. 71-Trent Grager[4]; 3. 14-Aaron Olson[7]; 4. 44-Austin VanHoff[5]; 5. 27C-Nick Posey[3]; 6. 23SR-Chris McCurdy Sr[9]; 7. 69X-Marcos Bojorquez[2]; 8. 32-Jeremy Engelhardt[8]; 9. 82P-John Parmeley[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75C-Bo Partain[4]; 2. 4JR-Boone Evans[2]; 3. 90-Tommy Fain[1]; 4. 34-Jordan Zillmer[7]; 5. 55AK-Scott Sluka[5]; 6. Z3-Mike Albertsen[6]; 7. 3-Brad Whitfield[8]; 8. 88-Kevin Roberts[3]; 9. 21MF-Mitchell Ferguson[9]

Limited Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[3]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[2]; 3. BO-Jory Berg[5]; 4. 13B-Jess Brekke[4]; 5. 3J-Josh Cain[7]; 6. 1S-Scott Bintz[9]; 7. 95-Ted Doell[8]; 8. 21R-Ryan McCleary[10]; 9. 1SX-Travis Saurer[16]; 10. 16OZ-CR Eisenzimer[11]; 11. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 12. 8-Tyler Doell[14]; 13. 73-Onyx Johnson[13]; 14. 5C-Preston Carr[6]; 15. 316-Ryan Peery[15]; 16. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. BO-Jory Berg[1]; 2. 5C-Preston Carr[3]; 3. 40D-Blake Adams[8]; 4. 1S-Scott Bintz[2]; 5. 95-Ted Doell[6]; 6. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[4]; 7. 73-Onyx Johnson[7]; 8. 1SX-Travis Saurer[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[2]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[5]; 3. 13B-Jess Brekke[6]; 4. 3J-Josh Cain[3]; 5. 21R-Ryan McCleary[4]; 6. 16OZ-CR Eisenzimer[7]; 7. 316-Ryan Peery[1]; 8. 8-Tyler Doell[8]

Sport Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Cam Reimers[3]; 2. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[5]; 3. 75-Tyler Johnson[14]; 4. 42-Mark Martini[2]; 5. 34-James Meile[13]; 6. 115-Boddie Parker[1]; 7. X-Shawn Keena[4]; 8. 28-David Pitt[6]; 9. 27CD-Skyler Posey[17]; 10. 54-Jerry Elliott[8]; 11. 4M-Emali VanHoff[9]; 12. 22H-Dwayne Hogan[15]; 13. 44-Eric Winemiller[7]; 14. 7R-Ryan Restad[11]; 15. (DNS) MRT-Chris Tipton; 16. (DNS) 66-Daniel Macy; 17. (DNS) 7TG-Joe Docekal

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Mark Martini[5]; 2. 115-Boddie Parker[8]; 3. 28-David Pitt[1]; 4. 44-Eric Winemiller[9]; 5. 54-Jerry Elliott[6]; 6. MRT-Chris Tipton[2]; 7. 34-James Meile[7]; 8. 22H-Dwayne Hogan[3]; 9. 7TG-Joe Docekal[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Cam Reimers[3]; 2. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[1]; 3. X-Shawn Keena[6]; 4. 4M-Emali VanHoff[2]; 5. 66-Daniel Macy[7]; 6. 7R-Ryan Restad[4]; 7. 75-Tyler Johnson[5]; 8. (DNS) 27CD-Skyler Posey