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Gierke, Koch, Randt, Larson, Pogones and Patrin post feature wins as Ogilvie gets back in action after some rainy nights

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (May 11) - After a several-week delay due to Mother Nature, Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway was in action Saturday night for its season opener, with 118 signing in to battle May 11.

The night of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series racing featured lots of great action and exciting final-lap occurrences that altered the outcomes.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were the first feature of the night and Landyn Randt snagged the early lead. David Swearingen moved into second and applied pressure to Randt, as Ryan Putnam challenged Cole Boston for third. As the race progressed to the mid point, Randt remained in first while Putnam battled for second with Swearingen. Swearingen quickly dropped through the pack and entered the infield with a flat tire, which allowed Putnam to move in to Randt’s door. Putnam used every groove available in an attempt to pass Randt, but Randt held his line. Only a couple laps remained, and Putnam never backed down, but Landyn Randt took the checkers and drove his car to victory lane. Ryan Putnam, Cole Boston, Paul Ripley and Jamie Davis rounded out the top five.

Keith Tourville, Kyle Howland and Sam Fankhauser battled three-wide as the green waved for the WISSOTA Street Stock feature. Tourville nosed ahead with the lead while Fankhauser and Levi Randt battled for second. Fankhauser and Randt remained close as laps passed, while Tourville stretched his lead. Tourville had a significant lead over the field as Tommy Pogones began to move forward. Pogones started ninth, had moved into fourth, and battled three-wide for second with Fankhauser and Randt. Pogones secured the point and looked ahead at Tourville.

Laps went by, and with the white flag waving, Tourville was a comfortable seven seconds ahead of his competitors. As Tourville raced down the back chute, tragedy struck, and his car began to coast to a slow stop. Tommy Pogones took advantage of this and cruised by Tourville the final corner to claim the win. Sam Fankhauser, Levi Randt, Jeff Ekdahl and Rachel Boston completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Mod Fours had an immediate caution as their feature began, which became a theme throughout the race. Tyler Larson took the lead with Blake Hawker in second. Robert Holtquist and Connor Hass battled for third as the yellow appeared again. The yellow would continued to appear and when the double checkered waved, Tyler Larson took the win with Dustin Holtquist, Blake Hawker, Robert Holtquist and Connor Hass rounding out the top five.

Jody Bellefeuille and Ryan Gierke put on a show for the fans during the opening laps of the WISSOTA Modified feature, with multiple laps of back-and-forth sliders for the top spot. Landon Atkinson patiently waited in third, while Bellefeuille nosed out into the lead ahead. Gierke raced back alongside Bellefeuille and after another battle, Gierke took the lead. Gierke was able to break free of Bellefeuille, stretch his lead, and then began to lap backmarkers. Cars covered the entire race surface as a caution occurred with two laps to go.

Ryan Gierke was unphased by the caution and sped off to take the win. Jody Bellefeuille, Eric Lamm, Landon Atkinson and Brandon Mehrwerth wrapped up top-five spots.

The WISSOTA Hornets took the green next with Joe Wilber grabbing the immediate lead. Payson Patrin quickly caught the OK car of Wilber and made the pass for first. A couple of cautions slowed the Hornets, but each time the green reappeared, they were back to their exciting battles. Wilber moved alongside Patrin, and they raced side by side for the lead with few laps to go. Wilber nosed ahead with the lead, and though Patrin kept close, Wilber grabbed the win. After drivers attended post-race tech, Wilber was disqualified and Payson Patrin was announced as the winner. Sydney Chaschuk, Justin Schelitzche, Jenna Hagemann and Randy Jacoboski grabbed second through fifth.

Dustin Nelson claimed the lead as the WISSOTA Super Stocks began the final feature of the night, before Denis Czech quickly took second and then drove into the lead. Nelson held second but felt the heat of Dylan Kromschroeder and Dexton Koch on his rear. A caution then slowed the drivers and reset the field with Czech in command. Nelson and Koch battled for second with Koch securing the point. Koch then caught Czech and moved low on the track to get by the No. 2. The final laps passed quickly with Czech holding the lead by nose, however as they rounded the final turn everything changed. Czech and Koch were nose to nose as Czech drifted a smidge high in the corner, allowing Koch to get a bit more momentum. The margin of difference was 0.037 seconds as the drivers crossed the line, and Dexton Koch snagged the win. Denis Czech settled for second with Dustin Nelson, Dylan Kromschroeder and DJ Keeler the top-five finishers.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[4]; 2. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[1]; 3. 88-Eric Lamm[2]; 4. 18A-Landon Atkinson[6]; 5. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[7]; 6. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[5]; 7. 25-Adam Bohlman[10]; 8. 89JR-JT Johnson[11]; 9. 112-Brennan Gave[8]; 10. 17B-Zach Benson[18]; 11. 12G-Jason Gross[17]; 12. 2C-Dave Cain[13]; 13. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[22]; 14. 8S-Tony Schill[23]; 15. 11JR-Andrew Inman[20]; 16. 3T-Travis Schulte[15]; 17. (DNF) 22-Brandon Copp[9]; 18. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[21]; 19. (DNF) 21-Jake Smith[19]; 20. (DNF) 15F-Devin Fouquette[12]; 21. (DNF) 14W-Clayton Wagamon[16]; 22. (DNF) 85D-Jeff Davis[14]; 23. (DNF) 621-Colin Chaschuk[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[1]; 2. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[4]; 3. 112-Brennan Gave[2]; 4. 25-Adam Bohlman[3]; 5. 2C-Dave Cain[7]; 6. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[6]; 7. 21-Jake Smith[8]; 8. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[2]; 2. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[1]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson[3]; 4. 89JR-JT Johnson[5]; 5. 85D-Jeff Davis[6]; 6. 12G-Jason Gross[7]; 7. 11JR-Andrew Inman[4]; 8. 8S-Tony Schill[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Eric Lamm[1]; 2. 621-Colin Chaschuk[4]; 3. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[5]; 4. 15F-Devin Fouquette[3]; 5. 3T-Travis Schulte[2]; 6. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 7. 32-Max Nelson[7]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 2. 2-Denis Czech[3]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[1]; 4. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[5]; 5. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[12]; 6. 77-Rick Simpson[6]; 7. 33-Austin Niemeyer[10]; 8. 19X-James Trantina III[7]; 9. 14-Russell Kostreba[16]; 10. 3-Brandon Linquist[17]; 11. 00-Jason Hobbs[9]; 12. 6-Dan Peterson[11]; 13. 81B-Doug Bolt[14]; 14. 82-Paul Gucinski[13]; 15. (DNF) 44-Kris Peterson[15]; 16. (DNF) 17-Ryan Kostreba[8]; 17. (DNF) 24L-Jase Lien[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Dustin Nelson[2]; 2. 24L-Jase Lien[5]; 3. 2-Denis Czech[3]; 4. 77-Rick Simpson[6]; 5. 00-Jason Hobbs[4]; 6. 6-Dan Peterson[9]; 7. 82-Paul Gucinski[1]; 8. 81B-Doug Bolt[7]; 9. (DNF) 3-Brandon Linquist[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[2]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[6]; 3. 19X-James Trantina III[5]; 4. 17-Ryan Kostreba[8]; 5. 33-Austin Niemeyer[7]; 6. 12K-Duane (DJ) Keeler[4]; 7. (DNF) 44-Kris Peterson[1]; 8. (DNF) 14-Russell Kostreba[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[3]; 2. 46-Ryan Putnam[4]; 3. 33C-Cole Boston[2]; 4. 28-Paul Ripley[7]; 5. 85-Jamie Davis[8]; 6. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[9]; 7. 16X-Garrett Paull[15]; 8. 24-Cole Elton[12]; 9. 19X-James Trantina III[13]; 10. 77-Jarod Klein[11]; 11. 16-Ryan Savoy[18]; 12. 11-Ashton Schulte[21]; 13. 64-Evan Checkalski[16]; 14. 10S-Sam Blevins[6]; 15. 21-Wyatt Boyum[17]; 16. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[23]; 17. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[14]; 18. 17-Ashley Boyum[20]; 19. 10B-Michael Blevins Sr[1]; 20. 32-Shawn Olson[22]; 21. 44FX-Mark Froehlich[10]; 22. 3P-David Pixley[24]; 23. (DNF) 4W-Joey Wagamon[19]; 24. (DNF) 5-David Swearingen[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10B-Michael Blevins Sr[2]; 2. 10S-Sam Blevins[4]; 3. 77-Jarod Klein[7]; 4. 64-Evan Checkalski[8]; 5. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[1]; 6. 11X-Scott Thompson[3]; 7. 23-Mitch Weiss[5]; 8. 2-Ariel Mueller[9]; 9. (DNF) 03-Bryce Huff[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Ryan Putnam[2]; 2. 28-Paul Ripley[1]; 3. 24-Cole Elton[3]; 4. 21-Wyatt Boyum[6]; 5. 32-Shawn Olson[4]; 6. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[8]; 7. 87-William Moelter[5]; 8. 13-Tate Kostreba[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5-David Swearingen[1]; 2. 85-Jamie Davis[2]; 3. 19X-James Trantina III[3]; 4. 16-Ryan Savoy[6]; 5. 11-Ashton Schulte[5]; 6. 4L-Carey LePage[4]; 7. 44F-Rob Fenske[8]; 8. 445-Charles Bistodeau[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[1]; 2. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[2]; 3. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[4]; 4. 4W-Joey Wagamon[6]; 5. 3P-David Pixley[7]; 6. 89X-Kolby Reed[8]; 7. 89-Chris McClain[5]; 8. (DNF) 17B-Zach Benson[3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Boston[5]; 2. 44FX-Mark Froehlich[1]; 3. 16X-Garrett Paull[4]; 4. 17-Ashley Boyum[7]; 5. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[8]; 6. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[2]; 7. 32N-Nick Howard[3]; 8. 10X-Matthew Cunha[6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11-Ashton Schulte[2]; 2. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[4]; 3. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[1]; 4. 86EH-Tanner Ulakovic[3]; 5. 23-Mitch Weiss[6]; 6. 13-Tate Kostreba[9]; 7. 89X-Kolby Reed[5]; 8. 44F-Rob Fenske[7]; 9. 03-Bryce Huff[11]; 10. (DNF) 32N-Nick Howard[8]; 11. (DNF) 10X-Matthew Cunha[10]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 32-Shawn Olson[1]; 2. 3P-David Pixley[2]; 3. 11X-Scott Thompson[3]; 4. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[5]; 5. 87-William Moelter[6]; 6. 17B-Zach Benson[10]; 7. 4L-Carey LePage[4]; 8. 2-Ariel Mueller[8]; 9. 445-Charles Bistodeau[9]; 10. 89-Chris McClain[7]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[9]; 2. 11F-Sam Fankhauser[4]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[8]; 4. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[6]; 5. 17B-Rachel Boston[2]; 6. 05-Kyle Howland[1]; 7. 55-Thomas Worth[10]; 8. 60-Andrew Milz[12]; 9. 15H-Connor Hass[11]; 10. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[7]; 11. 76-Braedyn Fleck[14]; 12. (DNF) 111-Keith Tourville[5]; 13. (DNF) 35S-Kegan Stueve[13]; 14. (DNF) KOL34-Kolton Brauer[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Levi Randt[2]; 2. 05-Kyle Howland[1]; 3. 17B-Rachel Boston[4]; 4. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[3]; 5. 76-Braedyn Fleck[7]; 6. (DNF) 60-Andrew Milz[5]; 7. (DNF) 35S-Kegan Stueve[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[4]; 2. 111-Keith Tourville[3]; 3. 11F-Sam Fankhauser[1]; 4. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[5]; 5. 04-Tommy Pogones[2]; 6. 55-Thomas Worth[6]; 7. 15H-Connor Hass[7]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson[1]; 2. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[5]; 3. 21-Blake Hawker[2]; 4. 5-Robert Holtquist[8]; 5. 15H-Connor Hass[6]; 6. TB81-Tommy Bawden[3]; 7. 60-Maeghan Milz[10]; 8. 14T-Rowan Tramm[7]; 9. 11-Jesse Turnvall[9]; 10. (DNF) 119-Brandon Backstrom[11]; 11. (DNF) 31J-Jordan Fischer[4]; 12. (DNF) 04-Tommy Pogones[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[1]; 2. TB81-Tommy Bawden[6]; 3. 21-Blake Hawker[3]; 4. 31J-Jordan Fischer[4]; 5. 11-Jesse Turnvall[2]; 6. (DNF) 04-Tommy Pogones[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Connor Hass[6]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[4]; 3. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[5]; 4. 14T-Rowan Tramm[1]; 5. 60-Maeghan Milz[2]; 6. 119-Brandon Backstrom[3]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 73-Payson Patrin[2]; 2. 66-Sydney Chaschuk[5]; 3. 14-Justin Schelitzche[4]; 4. 26-Jenna Hagemann[6]; 5. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[10]; 6. 53-Branley Theel[7]; 7. 10Z-Cade Johnson[8]; 8. 16-Avery Chaschuk[11]; 9. (DNF) 23T-Anthony Jenson[3]; 10. (DNF) 13-Jacob Bayerl[9]; 11. (DQ) OK-Joseph Wilber[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[2]; 2. 66-Sydney Chaschuk[7]; 3. 14-Justin Schelitzche[6]; 4. OK-Joseph Wilber[10]; 5. 73-Payson Patrin[9]; 6. 26-Jenna Hagemann[3]; 7. 53-Branley Theel[5]; 8. 10Z-Cade Johnson[1]; 9. 16-Avery Chaschuk[11]; 10. 13-Jacob Bayerl[8]; 11. (DNS) 89J-Randy Jacoboski