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Matthew Larson (Michael Wadsen Photo)

Cedar Lake Speedway fans get first look of 2024 and Matthew Larson looks Super not in just one class but two

Matthew Larson (Michael Wadsen Photo)

NEW RICHMOND, WI (April 6) - Matthew Larson struck first in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action for the 2024 season, as the Lake Elmo, Minnesota racer was victorious Saturday, April 6 at Cedar Lake Speedway. It was the first sanctioned race anywhere in WISSOTA Country.

Larson, who started outside of the second row, held third for several laps, before getting into second on lap 10, then battling for the lead for the next five laps before overtaking the top spot and holding on for the win. He was followed to the checkered flags by Dexton Koch, Jesse Redetzke, Terran Spacek, and 10th-starter Dan Nissalke in the top five.

Koch and Redetzke were heat race winners.

Super Stock action at Cedar Lake Speedway. (Michael Wadsen Photo)

In the track’s other action, Sam Mars won in the Late Models, his first-ever victory at the speedway in this class. Larson picked up a second win on the night in the USRA Late Model class, and Brandon Jensen won in the B Modifieds. Cam Schafer won in the Traditional Sprint class, while Taton Hansen won his first-ever Modified feature.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8-Matthew Larson[4]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[3]; 3. 207-Jesse Redetzke[5]; 4. 22T-Terran Spacek[6]; 5. 22N-Dan Nissalke[10]; 6. 22-Jack Koranda[7]; 7. 17-Mike Loomis[14]; 8. 24M-Eric Martini[18]; 9. 6F-Matt Fester[15]; 10. 11-Denny Schouveller[16]; 11. 26-Kyle Copp[12]; 12. 24-Jase Lien[11]; 13. 71X-William Fisher[17]; 14. 34-Joe Miller[13]; 15. (DNF) 55-Ron Mahder[2]; 16. (DNF) 10-Jeff Eisner Jr[1]; 17. (DNF) 21-Joey Jensen[8]; 18. (DNF) 90-Adam Pratt[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[3]; 2. 22T-Terran Spacek[2]; 3. 10-Jeff Eisner Jr[1]; 4. 21-Joey Jensen[5]; 5. 90-Adam Pratt[7]; 6. 24-Jase Lien[4]; 7. 34-Joe Miller[6]; 8. 6F-Matt Fester[9]; 9. 71X-William Fisher[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 207-Jesse Redetzke[1]; 2. 22-Jack Koranda[4]; 3. 55-Ron Mahder[3]; 4. 8-Matthew Larson[9]; 5. 22N-Dan Nissalke[6]; 6. 26-Kyle Copp[8]; 7. 17-Mike Loomis[7]; 8. 11-Denny Schouveller[5]; 9. (DNF) 24M-Eric Martini[2]

Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 28-Sam Mars[4]; 2. 11-Pat Doar[2]; 3. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[7]; 4. 7C-Jim Carlson[6]; 5. 07-Cory Crapser[5]; 6. 57-Mike Anderson[9]; 7. 1-Lukas Koski[3]; 8. 88-Michael Hucovski[11]; 9. 35X-Parker Foster[12]; 10. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[14]; 11. (DNF) 04JR-Adam Ayotte[13]; 12. (DNF) X-Chuck Swenson[8]; 13. (DNF) 37X-Skeeter Estey[1]; 14. (DNF) 7A-Chad Fouquette[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Pat Doar[2]; 2. 1-Lukas Koski[1]; 3. 7C-Jim Carlson[6]; 4. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[7]; 5. 57-Mike Anderson[5]; 6. 88-Michael Hucovski[4]; 7. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Sam Mars[1]; 2. 07-Cory Crapser[5]; 3. 37X-Skeeter Estey[4]; 4. X-Chuck Swenson[3]; 5. 7A-Chad Fouquette[2]; 6. 35X-Parker Foster[6]; 7. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[7]

Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 96H-Taton Hansen[2]; 2. 22-Michael Truscott[1]; 3. 57-Mike Anderson[5]; 4. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 5. 15F-Devin Fouquette[3]; 6. 12-Jason Gross[7]; 7. 55-Taylor Olson[8]; 8. 8S-Tony Schill[6]; 9. 96-Erv Grossman[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Michael Truscott[2]; 2. 15F-Devin Fouquette[1]; 3. 96H-Taton Hansen[7]; 4. 33C-Cole Chernosky[8]; 5. 57-Mike Anderson[5]; 6. 8S-Tony Schill[3]; 7. 12-Jason Gross[6]; 8. 55-Taylor Olson[4]; 9. 96-Erv Grossman[9]

USRA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 8-Matthew Larson[3]; 2. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[5]; 3. 44-Cade Nelson[4]; 4. 17J-John Winge[7]; 5. LXV-Lucas Peterson[1]; 6. 52-Jason McFadden[6]; 7. D1-Dennis Larson[10]; 8. ?-Patrick Kelley[8]; 9. 54-Chad Prissel[9]; 10. 62-Todd Green[13]; 11. 26D-Chad Dawson[12]; 12. (DNF) 63-Matt McEathron[11]; 13. (DNF) 19-Josh Wahlstrom[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Jason McFadden[1]; 2. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[3]; 3. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[5]; 4. 17J-John Winge[6]; 5. 54-Chad Prissel[2]; 6. 63-Matt McEathron[4]; 7. 62-Todd Green[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Cade Nelson[1]; 2. LXV-Lucas Peterson[3]; 3. 8-Matthew Larson[4]; 4. ?-Patrick Kelley[2]; 5. D1-Dennis Larson[5]; 6. 26D-Chad Dawson[6]

B Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21B-Brandon Jensen[4]; 2. 70-David Simpson[1]; 3. 21-Jake Smith[10]; 4. 19D-Dane Durbin[16]; 5. 16-Jason VandeKamp[11]; 6. 33C-Cole Boston[7]; 7. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[13]; 8. 75-Joe Neisius[2]; 9. 16S-Ryan Savoy[3]; 10. 11R-Landyn Randt[18]; 11. 97-Ron Schreiner[5]; 12. 28-Paul Ripley[23]; 13. 12-Matt Everts[21]; 14. 54-Jett Sorensen[6]; 15. 1W1-Kalan Wagner[24]; 16. 15-Eric Gadach[8]; 17. 67-Glen Brown[17]; 18. 89-Kolby Reed[22]; 19. (DNF) 63JR-Brady Larson[9]; 20. (DNF) 7-Mike Schnider[15]; 21. (DNF) 19C-Colin Wittenberg[14]; 22. (DNF) 13-Derrick Reed[20]; 23. (DNF) 63X-Grayson Pratt[12]; 24. (DNF) 00AZ-TJ Wyman[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 63JR-Brady Larson[2]; 2. 54-Jett Sorensen[4]; 3. 15-Eric Gadach[1]; 4. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[3]; 5. 67-Glen Brown[7]; 6. 12-Matt Everts[8]; 7. 22G-Gavin Olson[5]; 8. 13K-Tate Kostreba[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[6]; 2. 21B-Brandon Jensen[3]; 3. 70-David Simpson[5]; 4. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[8]; 5. 11R-Landyn Randt[2]; 6. 12S-Joseph Swearingen[7]; 7. (DNF) 30-Joey Jensen[4]; 8. (DNS) 21S-Brian Schott

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Boston[1]; 2. 16S-Ryan Savoy[5]; 3. 16-Jason VandeKamp[8]; 4. 7-Mike Schnider[7]; 5. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[3]; 6. 1W1-Kalan Wagner[6]; 7. (DNF) 28-Paul Ripley[4]; 8. (DNF) 25-Justen Seipel[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Ron Schreiner[1]; 2. 63X-Grayson Pratt[2]; 3. 75-Joe Neisius[4]; 4. 19D-Dane Durbin[7]; 5. 13-Derrick Reed[3]; 6. 89-Kolby Reed[5]; 7. 21N-Logan Naslund[6]; 8. 5K-Todd Kamish[8]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Matt Everts[1]; 2. 89-Kolby Reed[4]; 3. 28-Paul Ripley[7]; 4. 1W1-Kalan Wagner[3]; 5. 25-Justen Seipel[11]; 6. 5K-Todd Kamish[12]; 7. (DNF) 13K-Tate Kostreba[9]; 8. (DNF) 21N-Logan Naslund[8]; 9. (DNF) 30-Joey Jensen[6]; 10. (DNS) 12S-Joseph Swearingen; 11. (DNS) 22G-Gavin Olson; 12. (DNS) 21S-Brian Schott

Traditional Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 54-Cam Schafer[4]; 2. 6-Jake Kouba[6]; 3. 93-Brad Peterson[3]; 4. 10Z-Zach Widdes[8]; 5. 2C-Brad Cunningham[1]; 6. 99-Bryan Roach[5]; 7. 11J-Jori Hughes[7]; 8. 6X-Mark Martin[10]; 9. C4-Carl Wade[2]; 10. 20L-Lucas Logue[14]; 11. 955-Lucas Grosinger[12]; 12. 25A-Ashley Williams[9]; 13. 76-Edison Aldrich[16]; 14. 95-John Vaillancourt[17]; 15. 07-Zack Nelson[11]; 16. THE1-Tony Gernert[15]; 17. (DNF) 7X-Dan Atchison[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Bryan Roach[1]; 2. 10Z-Zach Widdes[2]; 3. 6-Jake Kouba[7]; 4. 11J-Jori Hughes[5]; 5. 2C-Brad Cunningham[8]; 6. 955-Lucas Grosinger[3]; 7. 7X-Dan Atchison[4]; 8. 20L-Lucas Logue[6]; 9. 95-John Vaillancourt[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Cam Schafer[2]; 2. 93-Brad Peterson[4]; 3. C4-Carl Wade[1]; 4. 6X-Mark Martin[3]; 5. 25A-Ashley Williams[7]; 6. 07-Zack Nelson[5]; 7. 76-Edison Aldrich[8]; 8. THE1-Tony Gernert[6]

Scott Hughes