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Peterson claims first LM feature of year at The Big O; Copp, Sabraski, Pogones, Holtquist and Schelitzche tame Ogilvie rivals

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (May 18) - Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway was back in action Saturday night with a great show of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series racing. A total of 127 drivers signed in to battle for the night, and the WISSOTA Late Models made their first stop by the track for the season.

At the night’s conclusion, Tyler Peterson, Brandon Copp, Shane Sabraski, Robert Holtquist, Tommy Pogones, Justin Schelitzche and Zach Benson went home with hardware.

Kolton Brauer and Thomas Worth brought the WISSOTA Street Stocks through the turns for the night’s first feature, however an immediate caution was triggered.

On the restart, about six different drivers raced and battled for the top point. Kyle Howland, Jeff Ekdahl and Worth were three-wide for first, and Ekdahl took the position. Ekdahl retained his lead through another caution, but with a handful of laps left, Tommy Pogones charged to second and chased the leader. They raced door to door for the top spot, with both drivers nosing out into the lead at the line as laps passed by.

With three laps to go, Pogones retained a slight lead over the No. 11JR of Ekdahl, and for the second week in a row, Pogones took the win. Ekdahl settled for second with Levi Randt, Kyle Howland and Kaden Woodie rounding out the top five.

William Moelter claimed the early lead in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature, but after a couple of laps, the No. 17b of Zach Benson took the point. A couple cautions kept the drivers at a stop-and-go pace, however when the race resumed, David Swearingen and Jason VandeKamp challenged Benson.

Benson was able to stretch his lead out front, while VandeKamp slid alongside Swearingen. Cole Boston moved into fourth and watched the fight for second. Benson prepared to lap slower cars while Swearingen, VandeKamp and Boston battled for second. Cars covered the entire race surface with a few laps to go, and as the checkers waved, Benson took the win. Remaining top positions went to Swearingen, VandeKamp, Boston and Wyatt Boyum.

The WISSOTA Mod Fours took to the clay for the next event, and Connor Hass took the lead. Rowan Tramm, Dustin Holtquist and Robert Holtquist raced three wide for second until Robert moved into the spot. Robert Holquist and Hass battled for first, Tyler Larson and Dustin Holtquist fought for third, and drivers were nose to nose for positions. The battle for top spots was nearly too close to call before the yellow waved for a spun car.

Hass, Robert Holtquist and Larson raced three wide for first as the green reappeared and Holtquist retook the point. Hass kept after Holtquist’s No. 5, and on the final curve, he gave it one final push. Hass, however, came up short as Robert Holtquist took the win. Larson edged out the second spot with Hass, Tommy Pogones and Dustin Holtquist in the top five.

A strong field of WISSOTA Late Models lined up to race with Dylan Kromschroeder and Tyler Peterson on row one. Peterson raced to the high groove and took the lead with Kromschroeder, Shane Sabraski and Dave Mass in top spots. Sabraski took second while others fought almost four-wide for third. Five laps were complete when Peterson began to lap slower drivers, and others continued to battle for position.

With the race half over, the yellow waved and the field was reset. Peterson was alone on the restart with Mass and Sabraski to his rear. Peterson held the lead while Mass, Sabraski, Josh Zimpel and Cole Schill kept close for positions two through five. Mass found his groove along the wall and was within a couple car lengths of the leader as the white was raised. Peterson, however, held his line and took the win. Mass, Sabraski, Zimpel and Schill rounded out the top five.

Ryan Kostreba and Rick Simpson brought the WISSOTA Super Stocks around the Big O for the next race, and Kostreba was the early leader. Dustin Nelson, Dexton Koch and Rick Simpson raced three wide for second before Simpson dropped back. Sabraski joined the three-wide battle as Koch moved forward. Koch sped ahead and passed Kostreba for the lead, while Sabraski began to make his move; he took second, and as laps passed by, he began to reel in Koch’s No. 78k.

Sabraski and Koch were door to door for the lead when they encountered a slower driver. Sabraski made the pass first, lapped the driver and snagged the lead. Koch chased after Sabraski, but Sabraski drove on to the victory. Koch, Jeremy Nelson, Ryan Kostreba and Dustin Nelson earned top points.

Clayton Wagamon and Brandon Copp brought the WISSOTA Modifieds to the green, and Copp took the lead at the line. Wagamon, Dave Cain and J.T. Johnson raced three-wide for second as Cain moved forward to challenge Copp. Landon Atkinson joined Johnson and Wagamon to keep battles three wide as Copp cruised ahead.

Drivers covered the entire track surface as they raced multiple grooves and battled for positions. Cain ran the low groove and challenged Copp in every turn, but Copp continued to emerge with the lead. With a couple laps to go, Copp continued to encounter lapped traffic, but he held his line and took the win. Cain finished in second along with Johnson, Ryan Gierke and Atkinson in top points.

The WISSOTA Hornets closed out the program with a field of 10 cars on the track. Tony Jenson took the early lead when the green flew, and Jenna Hagemann, Justin Schelitzche and Branley Theel were three-wide for second. Schelitzche nabbed the position and sped by Jenson for the lead, with Payson Patrin in second.

Justin Schelitzche (Mark Anderson Photo)

With the halfway flags showing, Patrin worked on closing the gap to Schelitzche, and was within one second of the leader. The top two drivers had a solid lead over the competition as the race came to a close. Patrin, Bobie Arnes, Hagemann and Randy Jacoboski took points two through five while Schelitzche took the win.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 2-Dave Mass[4]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 4. 5Z-Josh Zimpel[8]; 5. 44*-Cole Schill[6]; 6. 42S-Don Shaw[5]; 7. 71-Zach Wohlers[13]; 8. 29F-Dave Flynn[14]; 9. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[7]; 10. 24-Jase Lien[10]; 11. 31T-Trent Follmer[11]; 12. 2G-Todd Gehl[12]; 13. 5-Chad Fouquette[9]; 14. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[16]; 15. 26D-Chad Dawson[15]; 16. 0-Dakota Hubbard[18]; 17. (DNF) 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[1]; 18. (DNF) 9A-Adam Prieve[19]; 19. (DNF) 92-Richard Chasteen[17]; 20. (DNS) 1L-Brad Loveday

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[6]; 3. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[3]; 4. 24-Jase Lien[2]; 5. 71-Zach Wohlers[5]; 6. 55S-Ryan Schaufler[7]; 7. 0-Dakota Hubbard[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 42S-Don Shaw[3]; 2. 5Z-Josh Zimpel[4]; 3. 44*-Cole Schill[2]; 4. 31T-Trent Follmer[6]; 5. 29F-Dave Flynn[7]; 6. 92-Richard Chasteen[1]; 7. (DNF) 1L-Brad Loveday[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[1]; 2. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[4]; 3. 5-Chad Fouquette[6]; 4. 2G-Todd Gehl[5]; 5. 26D-Chad Dawson[2]; 6. (DNF) 9A-Adam Prieve[3]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[2]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[3]; 3. 89JR-JT Johnson[4]; 4. 26G-Ryan Gierke[10]; 5. 18A-Landon Atkinson[5]; 6. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[9]; 7. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 8. 9E-Don Eischens[7]; 9. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[1]; 10. 88-Eric Lamm[6]; 11. 06-Jeremy Nelson[21]; 12. 112-Brennan Gave[13]; 13. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[12]; 14. 3T-Travis Schulte[11]; 15. 24-Brandon Dolman[15]; 16. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[14]; 17. 17B-Zach Benson[19]; 18. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[20]; 19. 621-Colin Chaschuk[18]; 20. 2-Tanner Gehl[16]; 21. 26-John Young[25]; 22. (DNF) 33C-Cole Chernosky[22]; 23. (DNF) 15F-Devin Fouquette[17]; 24. (DNS) 4-Jeremy Nelson; 25. (DNS) 32-Max Nelson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 2. 9E-Don Eischens[5]; 3. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[1]; 4. 26G-Ryan Gierke[7]; 5. 112-Brennan Gave[4]; 6. 26-John Young[9]; 7. 621-Colin Chaschuk[6]; 8. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[3]; 9. (DNF) 4-Jeremy Nelson[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Copp[3]; 2. 88-Eric Lamm[5]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[7]; 4. 3T-Travis Schulte[1]; 5. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[4]; 6. 2-Tanner Gehl[2]; 7. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 8. 06-Jeremy Nelson[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 89JR-JT Johnson[2]; 2. 18A-Landon Atkinson[6]; 3. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 4. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[1]; 5. 24-Brandon Dolman[5]; 6. 15F-Devin Fouquette[4]; 7. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[7]; 8. 33C-Cole Chernosky[8]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 3. 06-Jeremy Nelson[6]; 4. 17-Ryan Kostreba[1]; 5. 46-Dustin Nelson[3]; 6. 71X-Travis Scott[5]; 7. 77-Rick Simpson[2]; 8. 44-Kris Peterson[14]; 9. 14-Russell Kostreba[10]; 10. 33-Austin Niemeyer[9]; 11. 24W-Chris Wark[8]; 12. 3-Brandon Linquist[12]; 13. 00-Jason Hobbs[13]; 14. 24L-Jase Lien[15]; 15. (DNF) 26-Matt Melhouse[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 06-Jeremy Nelson[3]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 3. 24W-Chris Wark[2]; 4. 17-Ryan Kostreba[5]; 5. 33-Austin Niemeyer[4]; 6. 26-Matt Melhouse[6]; 7. 00-Jason Hobbs[7]; 8. (DNF) 24L-Jase Lien[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 2. 46-Dustin Nelson[1]; 3. 77-Rick Simpson[3]; 4. 71X-Travis Scott[2]; 5. 14-Russell Kostreba[5]; 6. 3-Brandon Linquist[4]; 7. 44-Kris Peterson[6]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 17B-Zach Benson[2]; 2. 5-David Swearingen[3]; 3. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[10]; 4. 33C-Cole Boston[9]; 5. 21-Wyatt Boyum[7]; 6. 16-Ryan Savoy[8]; 7. 87-William Moelter[1]; 8. 33CC-Cole Chernosky[6]; 9. 17-Ashley Boyum[4]; 10. 46-Ryan Putnam[12]; 11. 24-Cole Elton[18]; 12. 11R-Landyn Randt[15]; 13. 33-Jake Hagemann[5]; 14. 23-Mitch Weiss[22]; 15. 9M-Jake Molitor[13]; 16. 4W-Joey Wagamon[14]; 17. 3P-David Pixley[11]; 18. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[26]; 19. 13-Tate Kostreba[17]; 20. 873-Taven Woodie[19]; 21. 7G-Rick Grams[16]; 22. 89-Chris McClain[24]; 23. 03-Bryce Huff[23]; 24. (DNF) 46G-Brockton Grams[21]; 25. (DNF) 6R-Baleigh Rasmusen[20]; 26. (DNF) 17V-Colton Vogel[25]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-David Swearingen[2]; 2. 87-William Moelter[3]; 3. 16-Ryan Savoy[6]; 4. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[4]; 5. 9M-Jake Molitor[1]; 6. 7G-Rick Grams[5]; 7. 873-Taven Woodie[8]; 8. 23-Mitch Weiss[9]; 9. 89-Chris McClain[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33CC-Cole Chernosky[1]; 2. 21-Wyatt Boyum[6]; 3. 33-Jake Hagemann[2]; 4. 3P-David Pixley[5]; 5. 4W-Joey Wagamon[8]; 6. 13-Tate Kostreba[7]; 7. 6R-Baleigh Rasmusen[9]; 8. (DNF) 17V-Colton Vogel[3]; 9. (DNF) 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Zach Benson[4]; 2. 17-Ashley Boyum[1]; 3. 33C-Cole Boston[6]; 4. 46-Ryan Putnam[8]; 5. 11R-Landyn Randt[5]; 6. 24-Cole Elton[3]; 7. 46G-Brockton Grams[7]; 8. 03-Bryce Huff[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[8]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[4]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[6]; 4. 05-Kyle Howland[3]; 5. 980-Kaden Woodie[5]; 6. 55-Thomas Worth[2]; 7. 92-Payton Asche[7]; 8. 17B-Rachel Boston[11]; 9. 14-Alyssa White[12]; 10. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[10]; 11. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[9]; 12. 60-Andrew Milz[14]; 13. 76-Braedyn Fleck[13]; 14. (DNF) KOL34-Kolton Brauer[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Kyle Howland[6]; 2. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[7]; 3. 92-Payton Asche[1]; 4. 55-Thomas Worth[4]; 5. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[2]; 6. 17B-Rachel Boston[3]; 7. 76-Braedyn Fleck[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 980-Kaden Woodie[2]; 2. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 3. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[7]; 4. 11-Levi Randt[5]; 5. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[3]; 6. 14-Alyssa White[4]; 7. 60-Andrew Milz[6]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[3]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[5]; 3. 15H-Connor Hass[2]; 4. 04-Tommy Pogones[6]; 5. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[4]; 6. 21-Blake Hawker[7]; 7. 31J-Jordan Fischer[9]; 8. 60-Maeghan Milz[10]; 9. 14T-Rowan Tramm[1]; 10. (DNF) 18-Ashton Schwinn[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 2. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[3]; 3. 14T-Rowan Tramm[1]; 4. 15H-Connor Hass[7]; 5. 7L-Tyler Larson[6]; 6. 04-Tommy Pogones[4]; 7. 21-Blake Hawker[5]; 8. 18-Ashton Schwinn[8]; 9. 31J-Jordan Fischer[9]; 10. 60-Maeghan Milz[10]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 14-Justin Schelitzche[4]; 2. 73-Payson Patrin[5]; 3. 94-Bobie Arnes[9]; 4. 26-Jenna Hagemann[3]; 5. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[10]; 6. 53-Branley Theel[2]; 7. 23T-Anthony Jenson[1]; 8. 10Z-Cade Johnson[7]; 9. 85-Emily Acciari[8]; 10. (DQ) 22H-Philip Hott[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Justin Schelitzche[6]; 2. 26-Jenna Hagemann[3]; 3. 73-Payson Patrin[10]; 4. 23T-Anthony Jenson[7]; 5. 53-Branley Theel[4]; 6. 22H-Philip Hott[9]; 7. 10Z-Cade Johnson[1]; 8. 85-Emily Acciari[2]; 9. (DNF) 94-Bobie Arnes[8]; 10. (DNS) 89J-Randy Jacoboski