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Andrew Johnson (Stephanie Frederick Photo)

Johnson and Specht celebrate WISSOTA wins Saturday at North Central Speedway

BRAINERD, MN (May 18) - Third-generation racer Andrew Johnson captured his first win of the season on Saturday night at North Central Speedway. The hometown driver was joined by Patrick Specht as the evening’s WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners.

Johnson started on the pole of the 20-lap WISSOTA Super Stock feature and led the distance for his first victory since August 2021. Jock Koranda finished just over a half-second back in the runner-up position, while Dylan Nelson posted a third-place finish, Denis Czech was fourth and Eric Martini was fifth.

Specht notched his second-straight WISSOTA Mod Four victory at the oval. He was buried in seventh when the initial green flag waved, but sliced through the field to lead the final six of 15 laps in the main event. Josh Litzau settled for a second-place result over Chad Erlandson, Tommy Bawden and Chad Funt.

Patrick Specht (Stephanie Frederick Photo)

The Northern Renegade Sprints made an appearance at the speedway, and Eric Guyot collected the trophy when the checkers waved. Other winners on Saturday included Shawn Fletcher in the Modifieds, Jacob Jordan in the Sport Mods, Nate Hanson in the Hobby Stocks and Jonathan Aderman in the Sport Compacts.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. L1-Andrew Johnson[1]; 2. 22-Jack Koranda[4]; 3. 25-Dylan Nelson[3]; 4. 2-Denis Czech[5]; 5. 24M-Eric Martini[2]; 6. 81B-Doug Bolt[11]; 7. 57-Wes Hines[8]; 8. 68-Seth Kramer[6]; 9. 15G-Andrew Groom[13]; 10. 12-David Dosh[9]; 11. 24-Albert Hemmesch[15]; 12. 40-Ellen Lange[12]; 13. 8-Nicholas Schultz[10]; 14. 47-Devin Dustin[14]; 15. 19X-James Trantina III[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Dylan Nelson[1]; 2. 22-Jack Koranda[3]; 3. 24M-Eric Martini[4]; 4. 57-Wes Hines[6]; 5. 12-David Dosh[5]; 6. 81B-Doug Bolt[2]; 7. 15G-Andrew Groom[7]; 8. 24-Albert Hemmesch[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Denis Czech[1]; 2. 19X-James Trantina III[5]; 3. L1-Andrew Johnson[4]; 4. 68-Seth Kramer[2]; 5. 8-Nicholas Schultz[3]; 6. 40-Ellen Lange[7]; 7. 47-Devin Dustin[6]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 617-Patrick Specht[7]; 2. 8R-Josh Litzau[6]; 3. 44-Chad Erlandson[4]; 4. TB81-Tommy Bawden[8]; 5. XL1-Chad Funt[15]; 6. 20-Connor Bruss[2]; 7. 18-Luke Erlandson[3]; 8. 13-Casey Traxler[5]; 9. 8-Bill Jones[1]; 10. 9-Thomas Burgard[10]; 11. 30K-Keith Roush[13]; 12. 29-Trevor Siltman[16]; 13. N28-Hailey Nohner[12]; 14. C92-Jeffrey Marthaler[11]; 15. 3G-Craig Gertsema[9]; 16. 119-Brandon Backstrom[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. TB81-Tommy Bawden[2]; 2. 8R-Josh Litzau[4]; 3. 18-Luke Erlandson[3]; 4. 44-Chad Erlandson[8]; 5. 3G-Craig Gertsema[6]; 6. C92-Jeffrey Marthaler[1]; 7. 30K-Keith Roush[5]; 8. XL1-Chad Funt[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 617-Patrick Specht[1]; 2. 20-Connor Bruss[4]; 3. 13-Casey Traxler[5]; 4. 8-Bill Jones[3]; 5. 9-Thomas Burgard[6]; 6. N28-Hailey Nohner[2]; 7. 119-Brandon Backstrom[7]; 8. 29-Trevor Siltman[8]

Northern Renegade Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 25-Eric Guyot[1]; 2. 5J-Chris Lewis[10]; 3. 93-Brad Peterson[4]; 4. Z15-Zach Olson[9]; 5. 2C-Brad Cunningham[8]; 6. 101-Paul Schultz[5]; 7. 17B-Erik Bjorklund[7]; 8. 20L-Lucas Logue[3]; 9. 92-Danny Wait Jr[12]; 10. 11-Jesse Grife[6]; 11. 46-KC Hawkinson[11]; 12. 56-Emma Braford[15]; 13. 17-Mariah LaPatka[14]; 14. 17C-Hunter Colton[13]; 15. 6-Mark Martin[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2C-Brad Cunningham[2]; 2. 93-Brad Peterson[7]; 3. 101-Paul Schultz[3]; 4. Z15-Zach Olson[6]; 5. 6-Mark Martin[4]; 6. 46-KC Hawkinson[1]; 7. 17C-Hunter Colton[8]; 8. 56-Emma Braford[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5J-Chris Lewis[1]; 2. 17B-Erik Bjorklund[2]; 3. 25-Eric Guyot[4]; 4. 20L-Lucas Logue[5]; 5. 11-Jesse Grife[3]; 6. 92-Danny Wait Jr[6]; 7. 17-Mariah LaPatka[7]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 26-Shawn Fletcher[4]; 2. 26V-AJ Viehauser[3]; 3. 442-Aaron Johnson[7]; 4. 26R-Mark Blood[2]; 5. 777-Pete Hines[6]; 6. 7X-Brett Hines[8]; 7. 15T-Erick Thiesse[5]; 8. 27-Kyle Root[9]; 9. (DNF) 50-Nick McCann[1]

Heat 1 (9 Laps): 1. 26V-AJ Viehauser[4]; 2. 26R-Mark Blood[2]; 3. 50-Nick McCann[1]; 4. 26-Shawn Fletcher[5]; 5. 15T-Erick Thiesse[7]; 6. 777-Pete Hines[3]; 7. 7X-Brett Hines[9]; 8. (DNF) 27-Kyle Root[8]; 9. (DNF) 442-Aaron Johnson[6]

IMCA Sport Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 28J-Jacob Jordan[8]; 2. 4Q2-Mark Martini[6]; 3. 173-Brandan Woods[5]; 4. 71B-David Siercks[10]; 5. 22-Kaleb Ruikka[1]; 6. 11-William Herron[3]; 7. 85-Anthony Sabinash[2]; 8. 5F-Fritz Myers[7]; 9. 10-Alex Morgan[4]; 10. 28-Luke Ryan[11]; 11. (DQ) 41-Seth Kramer[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Alex Morgan[2]; 2. 22-Kaleb Ruikka[1]; 3. 41-Seth Kramer[5]; 4. 11-William Herron[6]; 5. 5F-Fritz Myers[4]; 6. 28-Luke Ryan[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28J-Jacob Jordan[4]; 2. 4Q2-Mark Martini[3]; 3. 71B-David Siercks[5]; 4. 173-Brandan Woods[2]; 5. 85-Anthony Sabinash[1]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 47-Nate Hanson[2]; 2. 01-Nathan Kohl[6]; 3. 28R-Ryan Kleinschmidt[9]; 4. 09-Bryon Britton[5]; 5. 15-Chris Seidel[8]; 6. 17-Chad Visser[1]; 7. 6-Scott Herron[13]; 8. 2B-Tom Anderson[15]; 9. 5D-Nicholas Dillenburg[11]; 10. 13C-Chase Peterson[7]; 11. 21-Scott Blood[4]; 12. 4-Cory Lodermeier[12]; 13. (DNF) 16-Mark Johnson[14]; 14. (DNF) 15T-Tate Lodermeier[16]; 15. (DNF) 95-Reid Randall[3]; 16. (DNF) 17T-Tim Otterness[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Scott Blood[4]; 2. 17T-Tim Otterness[8]; 3. 95-Reid Randall[3]; 4. 13C-Chase Peterson[6]; 5. 17-Chad Visser[1]; 6. 5D-Nicholas Dillenburg[2]; 7. 6-Scott Herron[7]; 8. 2B-Tom Anderson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Nathan Kohl[5]; 2. 47-Nate Hanson[2]; 3. 28R-Ryan Kleinschmidt[7]; 4. 09-Bryon Britton[4]; 5. 15-Chris Seidel[6]; 6. 4-Cory Lodermeier[8]; 7. 16-Mark Johnson[3]; 8. 15T-Tate Lodermeier[1]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 104-Jonathan Aderman[1]; 2. 19-Josh Backstrom[12]; 3. 27-Baylen Rooker[9]; 4. 75-Harry Ruikka[14]; 5. 22JR-Keyonna young[6]; 6. 3-Scott Erickson[5]; 7. 37A-Alex Aderman[2]; 8. 32-Gabe Ridlon[3]; 9. 111-Bayden Ruikka[17]; 10. 1M-Jennifer Johnson[15]; 11. 4-Beau Fries[16]; 12. 21-Colton Lodermeier[22]; 13. 3JR-Kole Holtz[13]; 14. (DNF) 64-Eric Pfundt[8]; 15. (DNF) 00JR-Carter Fenstermaker[20]; 16. (DNF) 85K-Korbin Sarazin[7]; 17. (DNF) 09-Kaidynce Jones[21]; 18. (DNF) 47F-Raeann Hanson[19]; 19. (DNF) 35-Alyssa Nelson[4]; 20. (DNF) 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[10]; 21. (DNF) 07-Andrew Malinowski[11]; 22. (DNF) 5B-Mason Broneak[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13K-Russell Kiker Jr[7]; 2. 104-Jonathan Aderman[1]; 3. 35-Alyssa Nelson[5]; 4. 85K-Korbin Sarazin[6]; 5. 3JR-Kole Holtz[3]; 6. 4-Beau Fries[4]; 7. 47F-Raeann Hanson[2]; 8. 21-Colton Lodermeier[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37A-Alex Aderman[3]; 2. 07-Andrew Malinowski[7]; 3. 3-Scott Erickson[5]; 4. 64-Eric Pfundt[6]; 5. 75-Harry Ruikka[1]; 6. 111-Bayden Ruikka[4]; 7. 00JR-Carter Fenstermaker[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22JR-Keyonna young[5]; 2. 27-Baylen Rooker[6]; 3. 19-Josh Backstrom[7]; 4. 32-Gabe Ridlon[4]; 5. 1M-Jennifer Johnson[3]; 6. 5B-Mason Broneak[2]; 7. 09-Kaidynce Jones[1]