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WIISSOTA Midwest Mod racer Blake Adams scored the victory at Central Arizona Raceway Jan. 26. (Ron Pelton, Jr. Photo)

WISSOTA-area wheelmen double up again, as Weiss and Adams score Friday round

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

CASA GRANDE, AZ (January 26) - Familiar WISSOTA-region faces were back in victory lane Friday night at Central Arizona Raceway, as Ricky Weiss and Blake Adams garnered their first wins of the six-night mini series.

Weiss, of Headingley, Manitoba, started on the pole and led all 30 laps to win Friday's $2,500 fifth round of the Ernie Mincy Early Thaw. Ninth-starting Scott Ward, of Watertown, South Dakota, trailed Weiss for the final 16 laps, finishing 0.678 of a second back. East Grand Forks, Minnesota’s Dustin Strand improved 10 positions and finished third. After winning the third and fourth rounds, reigning WISSOTA Late Model National Champion Tyler Peterson gained six spots and finished fourth. Collen Winebarger completed the top five.

Ricky Weiss led all 30 laps to win $2,500 on January 26 at Casa Grande, AZ. (Ron Pelton, Jr. Photo)

Adams, of Cameron, Wisconsin, drove from inside the second row to the lead from the first lap and led the next 19 until the checkered, netting his first win of the 2024 season. Multi-time series winner Lucas Rodin was second, ninth-starter Zach Johnson was third, Jess Brekke was fourth and Jake Smith was fifth.

Tyler Johnson, Ken Schrader, and Ricky Alvarado were winners in the track’s other classes.

SUMMARY

Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 7-Ricky Weiss[1]; 2. 37W-Scott Ward[9]; 3. 71-Dustin Strand[13]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[10]; 5. 22S-Collen Winebarger[2]; 6. 73-Zach Johnson[18]; 7. 44*-Cole Schill[12]; 8. 5-Josh Zimpel[7]; 9. 13-Bricen James[20]; 10. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 11. 11-Matt Aukland[6]; 12. 45-Dustin Bluhm[25]; 13. 5E-Shane Edginton[24]; 14. 37M-Rob Mayea[23]; 15. 00C-Brandon Corbett[14]; 16. 28-Jim Whisler[26]; 17. 78S-Steve Stultz[15]; 18. C4-Ryan Corbett[16]; 19. E85-Jason Strand[11]; 20. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[3]; 21. 22T-Karl Tipton[22]; 22. 81X-Matt Sparby[5]; 23. 01-Michael Leach[17]; 24. 38-Thomas Hunziker[19]; 25. 42S-Billy Moyer Sr[21]; 26. 15-Clayton Stuckey[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22S-Collen Winebarger[2]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 3. 01-Michael Leach[1]; 4. 78S-Steve Stultz[5]; 5. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[8]; 6. 22T-Karl Tipton[6]; 7. (DNF) 45-Dustin Bluhm[3]; 8. (DNF) 15K-Austin Kuehl[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[2]; 2. 81X-Matt Sparby[4]; 3. 44*-Cole Schill[3]; 4. 37W-Scott Ward[7]; 5. 13-Bricen James[6]; 6. 28-Jim Whisler[5]; 7. 82-Ian Whisler[8]; 8. 37-Jason Rogers[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Matt Aukland[1]; 2. 15-Clayton Stuckey[3]; 3. 00C-Brandon Corbett[2]; 4. C4-Ryan Corbett[5]; 5. E85-Jason Strand[8]; 6. 5E-Shane Edginton[6]; 7. 37M-Rob Mayea[7]; 8. 6T-Terry Carter[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Josh Zimpel[1]; 2. 7-Ricky Weiss[6]; 3. 71-Dustin Strand[3]; 4. 38-Thomas Hunziker[5]; 5. 73-Zach Johnson[7]; 6. 42S-Billy Moyer Sr[8]; 7. 2-Rusty Kollman[2]; 8. 11B-Blaine Dopler[4]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 01-Michael Leach[2]; 2. 73-Zach Johnson[3]; 3. 38-Thomas Hunziker[1]; 4. 13-Bricen James[4]; 5. 42S-Billy Moyer Sr[5]; 6. 22T-Karl Tipton[6]; 7. 37M-Rob Mayea[10]; 8. 5E-Shane Edginton[7]; 9. 6T-Terry Carter[12]; 10. 2-Rusty Kollman[11]; 11. 82-Ian Whisler[9]; 12. 45-Dustin Bluhm[15]; 13. 11B-Blaine Dopler[13]; 14. 37-Jason Rogers[14]; 15. 15K-Austin Kuehl[16]; 16. (DNS) 28-Jim Whisler

Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[1]; 2. 5-Jeff Taylor[4]; 3. 75-Spencer Wilson[8]; 4. 07X-Troy Morris III[6]; 5. 16S-Collen Winebarger[7]; 6. 44-Jason Noll[3]; 7. 75JR-Chaz Baca[16]; 8. 19-Lucas Rodin[12]; 9. 12T-Jeff Larson[15]; 10. 97TB-Tyson Blood[11]; 11. 33BY-Braxton Yeager[14]; 12. 13B-Jess Brekke[19]; 13. 28H-Kolby Hannah[17]; 14. 33X-Justen Yeager[10]; 15. 09-Mike Wedelstadt[18]; 16. 12-Ty Clemens[20]; 17. 09L-Michael Leach[25]; 18. 2C-Jordan Tocci[21]; 19. 99X-John Gaynor[13]; 20. 58-Devon Reed[26]; 21. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[23]; 22. 35-William Miller[22]; 23. 97-Jim Zaremski[24]; 24. 0-Matt Gilbertson[9]; 25. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[2]; 26. 13-Jerry Flippo[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[1]; 2. 75-Spencer Wilson[4]; 3. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[9]; 4. 2C-Jordan Tocci[3]; 5. 28H-Kolby Hannah[8]; 6. X44-Mark Maga[2]; 7. 97-Jim Zaremski[5]; 8. 77-Tom Berry Jr[6]; 9. 413-Tate Johnson[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Jeff Taylor[3]; 2. 75JR-Chaz Baca[2]; 3. 13B-Jess Brekke[1]; 4. 99X-John Gaynor[8]; 5. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[4]; 6. 16-Rick Akers[7]; 7. XM-Mike Dimond[5]; 8. 0G-Paxton George[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16S-Collen Winebarger[2]; 2. 0-Matt Gilbertson[4]; 3. 97TB-Tyson Blood[6]; 4. 09-Mike Wedelstadt[5]; 5. 1X-Don Earven[7]; 6. 23C-Chuck Grohnke[1]; 7. (DNF) 101-Luke Silber[8]; 8. (DNF) 15-Devin Fouquette[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Jerry Flippo[3]; 2. 33X-Justen Yeager[4]; 3. 44-Jason Noll[8]; 4. 12T-Jeff Larson[7]; 5. 35-William Miller[2]; 6. 21-KC Dieckman[5]; 7. 09L-Michael Leach[6]; 8. 23-Derek Hanson[1]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[5]; 2. 33BY-Braxton Yeager[3]; 3. 07X-Troy Morris III[7]; 4. 12-Ty Clemens[2]; 5. 58-Devon Reed[4]; 6. 50F-Jake O'Neil[8]; 7. 20+-Ryan Peery[1]; 8. 33-Jake Tucker[6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 28H-Kolby Hannah[1]; 2. 13B-Jess Brekke[2]; 3. 2C-Jordan Tocci[3]; 4. 33Y-Bryson Yeager[4]; 5. 15-Devin Fouquette[13]; 6. 09L-Michael Leach[8]; 7. X44-Mark Maga[7]; 8. 33-Jake Tucker[11]; 9. XM-Mike Dimond[9]; 10. 16-Rick Akers[5]; 11. 23-Derek Hanson[12]; 12. (DNS) 77-Tom Berry Jr; 13. (DNS) 50F-Jake O'Neil

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 09-Mike Wedelstadt[1]; 2. 12-Ty Clemens[3]; 3. 35-William Miller[5]; 4. 97-Jim Zaremski[8]; 5. 58-Devon Reed[4]; 6. 20+-Ryan Peery[11]; 7. 23C-Chuck Grohnke[7]; 8. 101-Luke Silber[12]; 9. 413-Tate Johnson[10]; 10. 0G-Paxton George[9]; 11. 21-KC Dieckman[6]; 12. 1X-Don Earven[2]

Limited Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[3]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[1]; 3. 73-Zach Johnson[9]; 4. 13B-Jess Brekke[4]; 5. 21-Jake Smith[7]; 6. 1S-Travis Saurer[10]; 7. BO-Jory Berg[11]; 8. 23H-Hector Barraza[5]; 9. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[13]; 10. 7D4-Dayton Liscum[18]; 11. 65-Cory Wilder[6]; 12. 3T-Jon Tribble[8]; 13. 21R-Ryan McCleary[14]; 14. 1SX-Ron Saurer[17]; 15. 16OZ-CR Eisenzimer[20]; 16. 413-Tate Johnson[16]; 17. 5C-Preston Carr[2]; 18. 8-Tyler Doell[15]; 19. 95-Ted Doell[19]; 20. (DNS) 3X-Dana Young; 21. (DNS) 3J-Josh Cain

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5C-Preston Carr[2]; 2. 3T-Jon Tribble[1]; 3. 73-Zach Johnson[3]; 4. BO-Jory Berg[5]; 5. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[6]; 6. 1SX-Ron Saurer[4]; 7. 95-Ted Doell[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40D-Blake Adams[1]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[2]; 3. 23H-Hector Barraza[5]; 4. 65-Cory Wilder[7]; 5. 21R-Ryan McCleary[6]; 6. 7D4-Dayton Liscum[4]; 7. 16OZ-CR Eisenzimer[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13B-Jess Brekke[1]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[5]; 3. 1S-Travis Saurer[2]; 4. 3X-Dana Young[4]; 5. 8-Tyler Doell[3]; 6. 413-Tate Johnson[6]; 7. (DNS) 3J-Josh Cain

Stock Cars:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 3-Ken Schrader[2]; 2. 37-Jason Rogers[5]; 3. 75C-Bo Partain[16]; 4. 3J-Josh Cain[1]; 5. 71-Trent Grager[7]; 6. 16-Jason Storbakken[13]; 7. 02X-Larry Brigner[11]; 8. 15-Dennis Losing[15]; 9. 5M-Anthony Madrid[9]; 10. 69X-Marcos Bojorquez[10]; 11. 20-Brandon Schilling[18]; 12. 88-Kevin Roberts[3]; 13. 48-Brock Beeter[4]; 14. 21MF-Mitchell Ferguson[14]; 15. 980-Kaden Woodie[12]; 16. 90-Tommy Fain[8]; 17. (DNS) 23SR-Chris McCurdy Sr; 18. (DQ) 34-Jordan Zillmer[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3J-Josh Cain[3]; 2. 3-Ken Schrader[5]; 3. 71-Trent Grager[1]; 4. 37-Jason Rogers[7]; 5. 69X-Marcos Bojorquez[4]; 6. 980-Kaden Woodie[6]; 7. 15-Dennis Losing[2]; 8. 21MF-Mitchell Ferguson[8]; 9. (DNS) 23SR-Chris McCurdy Sr

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Kevin Roberts[2]; 2. 34-Jordan Zillmer[1]; 3. 48-Brock Beeter[5]; 4. 90-Tommy Fain[3]; 5. 5M-Anthony Madrid[6]; 6. 02X-Larry Brigner[7]; 7. 16-Jason Storbakken[8]; 8. 75C-Bo Partain[4]; 9. (DNS) 20-Brandon Schilling

Sport Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 75J-Tyler Johnson[1]; 2. 115-Boddie Parker[2]; 3. 96E-Clay Erickson[5]; 4. 7-Jesse Johnson[3]; 5. 34-James Meile[4]; 6. 980-Kaden Woodie[9]; 7. 48-Brock Beeter[10]; 8. 316-Brandyn Johnson[13]; 9. 75-Scott Francour[6]; 10. 7X-Casey Murdoch[8]; 11. 22R-Frankie Romo[15]; 12. MRT-Chris Tipton[7]; 13. 7TG-Heath Dry[22]; 14. 9BH-Jordan Huesman[12]; 15. 28-Jacob Mabbitt[21]; 16. 03-Kevin Risacher[16]; 17. 16-Derek Morrow[20]; 18. 27CD-Skyler Posey[14]; 19. 85-Carlos Barraza[18]; 20. 2-John Lacy[11]; 21. 68K-Kevin Souligne[24]; 22. 54-Jerry Elliott[17]; 23. (DNS) 21-Cam Reimers; 24. (DNS) 44-Eric Winemiller

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 75J-Tyler Johnson[8]; 2. 7X-Casey Murdoch[1]; 3. 980-Kaden Woodie[4]; 4. 2-John Lacy[3]; 5. 54-Jerry Elliott[2]; 6. 85-Carlos Barraza[6]; 7. 44-Eric Winemiller[7]; 8. 21-Cam Reimers[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34-James Meile[2]; 2. 75-Scott Francour[4]; 3. 7-Jesse Johnson[7]; 4. 316-Brandyn Johnson[1]; 5. 27CD-Skyler Posey[5]; 6. 9BH-Jordan Huesman[8]; 7. 28-Jacob Mabbitt[3]; 8. 7TG-Heath Dry[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 96E-Clay Erickson[2]; 2. 115-Boddie Parker[6]; 3. 48-Brock Beeter[3]; 4. MRT-Chris Tipton[8]; 5. 22R-Frankie Romo[5]; 6. 03-Kevin Risacher[7]; 7. 16-Derek Morrow[4]; 8. 68K-Kevin Souligne[1]