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Drake and Larson lead the way in WISSOTA features at Gillette Thunder Speedway

GILLETTE, WY (May 18) - Matthew Drake and Dean Larson split the WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories on Saturday night at Gillette Thunder Speedway. Drake captured his first victory at his hometrack, while Larson continued his western WISSOTA takeover.

Drake started on the outside of the second row in the 20-lap WISSOTA Midwest Modified main event. He moved to the front early, and held off the Leiker brothers to secure his first win of the season. Troy Leiker rallied from eighth to finish second, while Tony Leiker piloted to a third-place finish. Austin Long and Justin Will rounded out the top five.

Larson set off from the inside of the third row in the WISSOTA Mod Four feature, but quickly found his way to the top spot and ran away from the competition for victory. John Smith claimed second at the line ahead of Greg Baker, David Jozwiak and Dax Reher.

Eddie Kirchoff topped Modified action, John Garrigan, Jr. continued his dominance of the Hobby Stocks, and Aiden Lake outran Alexander Lake for top honors in the Mini Bomber division.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 391-Matthew Drake[4]; 2. 17-Troy Leiker[8]; 3. 18-Tony Leiker[5]; 4. 33-Austin Long[2]; 5. 25-Justin Will[7]; 6. 81-Jake Bosch[11]; 7. 4-Darin Hauff[12]; 8. 14-Kenny Bell[6]; 9. 55B-Austin Baumberger[10]; 10. 29-Ty Miller[15]; 11. 50-Paul Parks[1]; 12. 509-Brennan Davis[3]; 13. 30-Jeremy Cole[19]; 14. 25K-Kolby Weight[18]; 15. 28-Dawson Stoner[9]; 16. C4-Toby Smith[13]; 17. (DNF) T3-Travis Soper[14]; 18. (DNF) 333-Travis Long[17]; 19. (DNF) 46K-Katie Rush[20]; 20. (DNF) 34H-Rob Hoffman[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 509-Brennan Davis[1]; 2. 14-Kenny Bell[4]; 3. 28-Dawson Stoner[2]; 4. C4-Toby Smith[5]; 5. 333-Travis Long[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Long[3]; 2. 50-Paul Parks[2]; 3. 55B-Austin Baumberger[1]; 4. T3-Travis Soper[4]; 5. 25K-Kolby Weight[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[1]; 2. 391-Matthew Drake[2]; 3. 81-Jake Bosch[3]; 4. 29-Ty Miller[4]; 5. 30-Jeremy Cole[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 2. 25-Justin Will[1]; 3. 4-Darin Hauff[2]; 4. 34H-Rob Hoffman[4]; 5. 46K-Katie Rush[5]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[5]; 2. 8W-John Smith[3]; 3. P413-Greg Baker[4]; 4. 86-David Jozwiak[1]; 5. 307-Dax Reher[6]; 6. 55-Shelli Lind[2]; 7. 87B-David Brown[8]; 8. (DNF) 17B-Loyal Brown[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[2]; 2. P413-Greg Baker[4]; 3. 86-David Jozwiak[5]; 4. 8W-John Smith[6]; 5. 55-Shelli Lind[8]; 6. 307-Dax Reher[3]; 7. 17B-Loyal Brown[1]; 8. 87B-David Brown[7]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[5]; 2. 2J-Jerry Martin[4]; 3. 52-Darran Conrad[1]; 4. 8-Ed Kirchoff[3]; 5. 25RRRR-Ryan Renken[7]; 6. 550K-Kyle Anton[6]; 7. (DNF) 57-Torey Rush[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[4]; 2. 52-Darran Conrad[2]; 3. 8-Ed Kirchoff[3]; 4. 57-Torey Rush[5]; 5. 2J-Jerry Martin[6]; 6. 550K-Kyle Anton[1]; 7. 25RRRR-Ryan Renken[7]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[5]; 2. 100K-Brett Konst[4]; 3. 00K-Tracy Konst[7]; 4. 10K-Lori Konst[6]; 5. OH-Cory Hanna[9]; 6. 09DR-Russell Brown[2]; 7. 24K-Casey Rose[8]; 8. 14-Austin Rusk[1]; 9. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[2]; 2. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[8]; 3. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[7]; 4. 14-Austin Rusk[1]; 5. 09DR-Russell Brown[4]; 6. 10K-Lori Konst[3]; 7. 00K-Tracy Konst[5]; 8. 24K-Casey Rose[6]; 9. OH-Cory Hanna[9]

Mini Bombers:

A Feature 1 (5 Laps): 1. 10AC-Aiden Lake[2]; 2. 09CR-Alexander LAke[4]; 3. 59-Anthony Roberts Merphy[3]; 4. M3-Marlayna Mosley[5]; 5. 95-Scott Earnest[1]

Heat 1 (5 Laps): 1. 95-Scott Earnest[2]; 2. 10AC-Aiden Lake[1]; 3. 59-Anthony Roberts Merphy[4]; 4. 09CR-Alexander LAke[5]; 5. M3-Marlayna Mosley[3]