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Gilbertson gets the nod in headliner at Fiesta City; VanEps, Knapper, Brauer and Rieck also win

By Chad Adamson

MONTEVIDEO, MN (May 17) - Friday night at Fiesta City Speedway featured specials for two entry-level divisions: the track’s Pure Stock class as well as the WISSOTA Hornets. When the checkered flags flew, Kole Kampsen and Coltyn Schuler took home the big victories.

They were joined in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victory lane by Matt Gilbertson, Justin VanEps, Jacob Knapper, Kolton Brauer and Derek Rieck.

Bradley Rossow was the early leader to start the WISSOTA Hornet feature. Kampsen took the lead at the halfway point of the race and went to get his first win of the year. Sixth-starter Brady Albertson improved four spots to second, Rossow was third, Jerik Stabler was fourth and Adam VanDerostyne completed the top five.

In the other headlining feature, Jared Kelm was out front early in the Pure Stocks. On lap three Schuler got by to take the top spot, and held on for his second straight win. Jason Best, Landon Albertson, Jared Kelm, and Tad Peterson were top-five finishers.

Shane DeJong took the lead to begin the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature, but three laps later Rieck got by for the top spot. He went on to win his first feature of the year, and DeJong had to settle for second. Zach Clark, Gage Myers and Jaden Gannott completed the top five.

Kolton Brauer led from flag to flag to garner his first WISSOTA Street Stock feature win of the season. Ninth-starter Mike Jans’ charge to the front finished in second, Alex Grinager was third, Dominick Platow was fourth, and Ty Schuler rounded out the top five.

Jake Knapper led the WISSOTA Super Stock feature from start to finish for his first win of the year. Travis Scott, Karter Reents, Shawn Fernkes and Bailey Rosch were top-five finishers.

Matt Gilbertson led the entire WISSOTA Late Model feature for his first win of the season, taking the honors ahead of Jordan Tollakson, ninth-starter Jon Tollakson, Dustin Johanneck and Cory Tammen.

Justin VanEps led the WISSOTA Modified feature flag-to-flag for first win at Fiesta City Speedway and the first Modified win of his career. Brian Haben, Jonathan Olmscheid, Nate Heinrich, and Jacob Knapper crossed the stripe behind him in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 23-Matt Gilbertson[1]; 2. 32-Jordan Tollakson[4]; 3. XXX-Jon Tollakson[9]; 4. 76-Dustin Johanneck[5]; 5. 71X-Cory Tammen[3]; 6. 7-Scott Lehn[6]; 7. 711-Damin Eilers[7]; 8. (DNF) 55S-Ryan Schaufler[8]; 9. (DNF) X-Chuck Swenson[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71X-Cory Tammen[6]; 2. 23-Matt Gilbertson[7]; 3. 32-Jordan Tollakson[2]; 4. X-Chuck Swenson[8]; 5. 76-Dustin Johanneck[3]; 6. 7-Scott Lehn[5]; 7. 711-Damin Eilers[1]; 8. (DNF) 55S-Ryan Schaufler[9]; 9. (DNF) XXX-Jon Tollakson[4]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 10-Justin VanEps[1]; 2. 6*-Brian Haben[2]; 3. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[3]; 4. 10H-Nate Heinrich[5]; 5. 66-Jacob Knapper[4]; 6. 91-Gerald Thorstad[6]; 7. 1MORE-Terry Bendel[7]; 8. 18-Taylor Garberich[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6*-Brian Haben[4]; 2. 66-Jacob Knapper[3]; 3. 10H-Nate Heinrich[5]; 4. US-Jonathan Olmscheid[2]; 5. 10-Justin VanEps[7]; 6. 91-Gerald Thorstad[1]; 7. 1MORE-Terry Bendel[8]; 8. 18-Taylor Garberich[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 12T-Jacob Knapper[1]; 2. 71X-Travis Scott[4]; 3. 1-Karter Reents[3]; 4. 99-Shawn Fernkes[7]; 5. 28*-Bailey Rosch[8]; 6. 40-Shawn Schnabel[6]; 7. 3E-Corey Elward[5]; 8. 77-Carson Miller[10]; 9. 79M-Josh Roggatz[2]; 10. (DNF) 24-Dustin Zieske[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28*-Bailey Rosch[2]; 2. 79M-Josh Roggatz[1]; 3. 40-Shawn Schnabel[4]; 4. 3E-Corey Elward[5]; 5. 24-Dustin Zieske[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Shawn Fernkes[1]; 2. 71X-Travis Scott[2]; 3. 12T-Jacob Knapper[3]; 4. 1-Karter Reents[5]; 5. 77-Carson Miller[4]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 34J-Derek Rieck[8]; 2. 1-Shane Dejong[2]; 3. 32-Zach Clark[5]; 4. 19M-Gage Myers[1]; 5. 17-Jaden Gannott[7]; 6. 69-Ethen Waltz[6]; 7. 31C-Tony Clark[10]; 8. 17V-Colton Vogel[4]; 9. 56D-Doug Neitzel[12]; 10. (DNF) 6R-Baleigh Rasmusen[11]; 11. (DNF) 11S-Darren Engesser[3]; 12. (DNS) 89H-Charles Hanten

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Shane Dejong[1]; 2. 17-Jaden Gannott[3]; 3. 32-Zach Clark[2]; 4. 69-Ethen Waltz[4]; 5. 89H-Charles Hanten[5]; 6. 6R-Baleigh Rasmusen[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11S-Darren Engesser[1]; 2. 34J-Derek Rieck[5]; 3. 17V-Colton Vogel[4]; 4. 19M-Gage Myers[3]; 5. 31C-Tony Clark[2]; 6. 56D-Doug Neitzel[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[2]; 2. 25-Mike Jans[9]; 3. 44X-Alex Grinager[1]; 4. 69-Dominick Platow[4]; 5. 16S-Ty Schuler[6]; 6. 4-Micheal Brockman[11]; 7. 71-Josh Long[7]; 8. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[8]; 9. 3D-Dale Louwagie[16]; 10. 19-Derek Zieske[12]; 11. 22B-Ethan Beckler[10]; 12. 44-Dylan Arndt[5]; 13. 17A-Jacob Aarhus[14]; 14. 47-Russell Carlson[13]; 15. 92-Payton Asche[19]; 16. 14-Alyssa White[18]; 17. (DNF) 2*-Dustin Schultz[15]; 18. (DNF) 28-Justin Litzau[17]; 19. (DNF) 43X-Chris Behrens[3]; 20. (DNS) 21-Adam Wraspir

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[4]; 2. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[5]; 3. 44X-Alex Grinager[2]; 4. 22B-Ethan Beckler[3]; 5. 47-Russell Carlson[6]; 6. 3D-Dale Louwagie[7]; 7. 14-Alyssa White[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16S-Ty Schuler[1]; 2. 69-Dominick Platow[5]; 3. 44-Dylan Arndt[2]; 4. 4-Micheal Brockman[6]; 5. 17A-Jacob Aarhus[4]; 6. 28-Justin Litzau[7]; 7. 92-Payton Asche[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Mike Jans[4]; 2. 43X-Chris Behrens[1]; 3. 71-Josh Long[3]; 4. 19-Derek Zieske[5]; 5. 2*-Dustin Schultz[2]; 6. (DNF) 21-Adam Wraspir[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2-Kole Kampsen[2]; 2. 16-Brady Albertson[6]; 3. 555-Bradley Rossow[1]; 4. 7-Jerik Stabler[7]; 5. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne[4]; 6. 28H-Dalton Haag[3]; 7. 22H-Philip Hott[5]; 8. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[8]; 9. (DNS) 69D-Miles Deitchman; 10. (DNS) 90-Kreg Anderson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Kole Kampsen[3]; 2. 5AR-Adam VanDerostyne[4]; 3. 555-Bradley Rossow[1]; 4. 28H-Dalton Haag[5]; 5. 69D-Miles Deitchman[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Brady Albertson[4]; 2. 7-Jerik Stabler[3]; 3. 22H-Philip Hott[1]; 4. 87TJR-Paxton Tjaden[5]; 5. (DNF) 90-Kreg Anderson[2]

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (14 Laps): 1. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[5]; 2. 47-Jason Best[4]; 3. 7A-Landon Albertson[8]; 4. 30-Jared Kelm[1]; 5. 45-Tad Peterson[11]; 6. 32-Brady Hagen[7]; 7. 52-Joe Arndt[2]; 8. 82JR-Sophie Anderson[6]; 9. (DNF) 611-Brady Schultz[3]; 10. (DNF) 21-Jessica Beckler[12]; 11. (DNF) 87T-Ian Tjaden[9]; 12. (DNF) 32J-Justin Erp[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16A-Coltyn Schuler[5]; 2. 7A-Landon Albertson[2]; 3. 52-Joe Arndt[6]; 4. 82JR-Sophie Anderson[3]; 5. 87T-Ian Tjaden[4]; 6. 45-Tad Peterson[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 30-Jared Kelm[3]; 2. 47-Jason Best[2]; 3. 611-Brady Schultz[5]; 4. 32-Brady Hagen[4]; 5. 32J-Justin Erp[6]; 6. (DNF) 21-Jessica Beckler[1]