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Massingill, Inman, LaBarge, Blevins and Ament drop anchor in victory lane at Hibbing Raceway opener

HIBBING, MN (May 18) - Hibbing Raceway lifted the lid on their 2024 racing season on Saturday night. Two drivers - Andrew Inman and Sam Blevins - captured their first-career wins in their division, while Jeff Massingill, Andy LaBarge and Derek Ament also cashed in for WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories.

In just his second race in WISSOTA Modified, Inman collected his first feature victory. He started on the pole and stayed ahead of eighth-starter Johnny Broking for the win. Jeffrey Wood was third ahead of Bob Broking and Mack Estey.

Blevins secured his first WISSOTA Midwest Modified win as well on Saturday. The second-generation driver took the lead in the second half of the 20-lap race. Justin Bassa led much of the race, but was relegated to second ahead of Deven VanHouse, Mervin Castle III and Tyler Kintner.

Massingill started on the front row, took the lead early, and raced to the WISSOTA Late Model main event win. Late Model rookie Johnny Broking posted a second-place finish ahead of Kyle Peterlin, Derek Vesel and Kevin Burdick.

Andy LaBarge led every lap en route to the WISSOTA Super Stock main event win. Tristan LaBarge shared the front row with cousin Andy for the start, but settled for second ahead of Austin Blom, Dan Severson and Mike Vajdl.

Ament rallied from the fifth starting spot to collect the WISSOTA Hornet trophy. Zeb Graves rallied from 21st on the field, but could not displace Ament and finished second. McKenna Folstad, Calvin Skaja and Jada Lore rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 6M-Jeff Massingill[2]; 2. 45J-Johnny Broking[1]; 3. 23-Kyle Peterlin[6]; 4. 16-Derek Vesel[3]; 5. 30-Kevin Burdick[5]; 6. 54-Rick Niemi[10]; 7. 37X-Skeeter Estey[4]; 8. 7-Harry Hanson[8]; 9. 28-Jeff Provinzino[12]; 10. 12XL-Ben Heinle[13]; 11. 47-Danny Vang[11]; 12. 12-Mark Heinle[9]; 13. 35-George Ledin Jr[14]; 14. (DNF) 117-Deven VanHouse[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Derek Vesel[1]; 2. 45J-Johnny Broking[3]; 3. 117-Deven VanHouse[2]; 4. 30-Kevin Burdick[7]; 5. 12-Mark Heinle[4]; 6. 47-Danny Vang[5]; 7. 12XL-Ben Heinle[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6M-Jeff Massingill[1]; 2. 7-Harry Hanson[2]; 3. 37X-Skeeter Estey[6]; 4. 23-Kyle Peterlin[7]; 5. 54-Rick Niemi[4]; 6. 28-Jeff Provinzino[5]; 7. 35-George Ledin Jr[3]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 11JR-Andrew Inman[2]; 2. 45J-Johnny Broking[8]; 3. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[6]; 4. 45-Bob Broking[7]; 5. 37X-Mack Estey[3]; 6. 22-Tyler Kintner[4]; 7. 55-Jeff Wood[9]; 8. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[1]; 9. 12-TJ Heinle[12]; 10. 4S-Steve Stavenger[11]; 11. (DNF) 23-Ryan Jensen[10]; 12. (DNF) 2-Charlie Castle[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37X-Mack Estey[1]; 2. 45-Bob Broking[4]; 3. 45J-Johnny Broking[2]; 4. 22-Tyler Kintner[5]; 5. 55-Jeff Wood[3]; 6. 4S-Steve Stavenger[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[1]; 2. 11JR-Andrew Inman[4]; 3. 2-Charlie Castle[2]; 4. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[5]; 5. 23-Ryan Jensen[3]; 6. 12-TJ Heinle[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 79A-Andy LaBarge[1]; 2. 19-Tristan LaBarge[2]; 3. 3B-Austin Blom[3]; 4. 30S-Dan Severson[5]; 5. 41-Mikey Vajdl[4]; 6. 57-Dalton Carlson[13]; 7. 12-Jim Campbell[8]; 8. 24R-Robert Lore[7]; 9. 44-Maxwell Dondelinger[12]; 10. 82-Paul Gucinski[6]; 11. (DNF) 01-Trevor Arens[10]; 12. (DNF) 11-Kevin Salin[9]; 13. (DNF) 41X-Brian Vajdl[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Mikey Vajdl[4]; 2. 30S-Dan Severson[1]; 3. 3B-Austin Blom[2]; 4. 82-Paul Gucinski[7]; 5. 11-Kevin Salin[5]; 6. (DNF) 41X-Brian Vajdl[6]; 7. (DNF) 57-Dalton Carlson[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Tristan LaBarge[2]; 2. 79A-Andy LaBarge[4]; 3. 24R-Robert Lore[6]; 4. 12-Jim Campbell[1]; 5. 01-Trevor Arens[5]; 6. (DNF) 44-Maxwell Dondelinger[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 10S-Sam Blevins[1]; 2. 69-Justin Bassa[2]; 3. 117-Deven VanHouse[12]; 4. 10M-Mervin Castle III[5]; 5. 22T-Tyler Kintner[7]; 6. 18X-Dylan Miller[4]; 7. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[13]; 8. M2-Chris Magistad[3]; 9. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[15]; 10. 26K-Sam Kolar[6]; 11. 22-Chad VanDuker[9]; 12. 70-David Simpson[10]; 13. 19-Darrin Lawler[8]; 14. 44K-Joshua Kough[20]; 15. (DNF) 27X-Brandon Hamlin[19]; 16. (DNF) 11X-Scott Thompson[16]; 17. (DNF) 31-Randy Haupt[21]; 18. (DNF) 21R-Ross Siiter[18]; 19. (DNF) 1-Joe Pangrac[17]; 20. (DNF) 7A-Eric Anderson[11]; 21. (DNF) 14G-Brant Gruba[14]; 22. (DNF) 10X-Matthew Cunha[23]; 23. (DNF) 33L-Travis Tupa[22]; 24. (DNS) 45-Keegan Kough

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18X-Dylan Miller[1]; 2. 10M-Mervin Castle III[5]; 3. M2-Chris Magistad[3]; 4. 70-David Simpson[2]; 5. 10JR-Mikey Blevins[6]; 6. 11X-Scott Thompson[7]; 7. (DNF) 31-Randy Haupt[4]; 8. (DNS) 45-Keegan Kough

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Chad VanDuker[2]; 2. 10S-Sam Blevins[8]; 3. 19-Darrin Lawler[6]; 4. 7A-Eric Anderson[3]; 5. 14G-Brant Gruba[1]; 6. 1-Joe Pangrac[5]; 7. 27X-Brandon Hamlin[7]; 8. (DNF) 33L-Travis Tupa[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22T-Tyler Kintner[1]; 2. 69-Justin Bassa[6]; 3. 26K-Sam Kolar[3]; 4. 117-Deven VanHouse[8]; 5. 10-Michael Blevins Sr[4]; 6. 21R-Ross Siiter[7]; 7. 44K-Joshua Kough[5]; 8. (DNF) 10X-Matthew Cunha[2]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 00-Derek Ament[5]; 2. 31-Zeb Graves[21]; 3. 25K-McKenna Folstad[2]; 4. 38-Calvin Skaja[1]; 5. 24JR-Jada Lore[4]; 6. 26N-Nikota Larson[9]; 7. 40R-Tristen McLynn[18]; 8. 33L-Michael Lefler[11]; 9. 10A-Riley Ament[8]; 10. 06-Andy Leino[7]; 11. 30-Trenton Beel[15]; 12. 188-Ian Vanvickle[19]; 13. 60M-Bruce Peterson[6]; 14. 25X-Bonnie McLynn[23]; 15. R20-Riley Terry[14]; 16. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[22]; 17. 71-Nathan Bird[17]; 18. 13K-Anastashia Chavez[16]; 19. 69-Madisyn Olson[24]; 20. (DNF) 46-Louis Skaja[13]; 21. (DNF) 19JR-Addison LaBarge[12]; 22. (DNF) 08-Shayne Houle[20]; 23. (DNF) 14A-AJ House[3]; 24. (DNS) 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge; 25. (DNS) 11-Tucker Smith

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24JR-Jada Lore[8]; 2. 06-Andy Leino[4]; 3. 60M-Bruce Peterson[1]; 4. 79JR-Mikayla LaBarge[5]; 5. 46-Louis Skaja[2]; 6. 13K-Anastashia Chavez[3]; 7. 188-Ian Vanvickle[6]; 8. 31-Zeb Graves[7]; 9. 25X-Bonnie McLynn[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26N-Nikota Larson[1]; 2. 38-Calvin Skaja[6]; 3. 25K-McKenna Folstad[2]; 4. 33L-Michael Lefler[4]; 5. R20-Riley Terry[5]; 6. 71-Nathan Bird[7]; 7. (DNF) 69-Madisyn Olson[3]; 8. (DNS) 11-Tucker Smith

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Derek Ament[1]; 2. 14A-AJ House[7]; 3. 10A-Riley Ament[3]; 4. 19JR-Addison LaBarge[8]; 5. 30-Trenton Beel[2]; 6. 40R-Tristen McLynn[5]; 7. 08-Shayne Houle[4]; 8. 21-Tiffani Hauta Sanders[6]