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Long and Larson leave rivals in the dust Saturday night at Gillette Thunder Speedway

GILLETTE, WY (May 25) - Austin Long grabbed his first WISSOTA Dirt Track Series win of the season Saturday night at Gillette Thunder Speedway. The hometown driver was joined in victory lane by Minnesotan Dean Larson, who topped the Mod Fours.

Long started on the front row of the 20-lap WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature, and led the distance for the victory ahead of Kyle Harkin. Matthew Drake rallied from eighth to third, with Matt Heinzerling fourth and 13th-starter Bart Taylor fifth.

Larson started in the fourth row of the WISSOTA Mod Four main event, took the lead in a matter of laps, and ran off to a nearly four-second victory, his third in three starts at the oval this season. John Smith posted a second-place effort with Glenn Asmus third, Greg Baker fourth and Dax Reher fifth.

Eddie Kirchoff topped both the Late Model and Modified main events, while Brett Konst held off John Garrigan, Jr. for the Hobby Stock win.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Long[2]; 2. 31-Kyle Harkin[5]; 3. 391-Matthew Drake[8]; 4. 22-Matt Heinzerling[7]; 5. 369-Bart Taylor[13]; 6. 17-Troy Leiker[4]; 7. 29-Ty Miller[3]; 8. T3-Travis Soper[9]; 9. 50-Paul Parks[14]; 10. 1-Eric Norton[6]; 11. 12-Alexis Manning[20]; 12. 30-Jeremy Cole[15]; 13. 585W-Zach Willingham[17]; 14. 28-Justin Stoner[22]; 15. 64-Joel Morris[18]; 16. (DNF) 55B-Austin Baumberger[1]; 17. (DNF) 43-Rick Chorniak[12]; 18. (DNF) 25K-Kolby Weight[16]; 19. (DNF) 46-Rob Hoffman[19]; 20. (DNF) 58-Braddy Taylor[11]; 21. (DNF) 333-Travis Long[10]; 22. (DNS) 509-Brennan Davis

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[6]; 2. 29-Ty Miller[1]; 3. T3-Travis Soper[2]; 4. 369-Bart Taylor[5]; 5. 25K-Kolby Weight[4]; 6. 46-Rob Hoffman[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Long[5]; 2. 55B-Austin Baumberger[4]; 3. 333-Travis Long[1]; 4. 28-Justin Stoner[6]; 5. 585W-Zach Willingham[2]; 6. (DNF) 509-Brennan Davis[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 31-Kyle Harkin[2]; 2. 22-Matt Heinzerling[3]; 3. 58-Braddy Taylor[1]; 4. 50-Paul Parks[4]; 5. 64-Joel Morris[5]

Heat 4 (20 Laps): 1. 1-Eric Norton[1]; 2. 391-Matthew Drake[3]; 3. 43-Rick Chorniak[5]; 4. 30-Jeremy Cole[2]; 5. (DNF) 12-Alexis Manning[4]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[8]; 2. 8W-John Smith[5]; 3. 88-Glenn Asmus[7]; 4. P413-Greg Baker[6]; 5. 307-Dax Reher[4]; 6. 007-Garrett Bietz[3]; 7. 52-Brody Grenz[11]; 8. 87B-David Brown[2]; 9. (DNF) 55-Shelli Lind[9]; 10. (DNF) 86-David Jozwiak[13]; 11. (DNF) 56-Nicole Kramer[10]; 12. (DNF) 69-Mike Lind[1]; 13. (DNS) 77-Casey Schilling

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[3]; 2. P413-Greg Baker[1]; 3. 307-Dax Reher[2]; 4. 69-Mike Lind[6]; 5. 55-Shelli Lind[5]; 6. 52-Brody Grenz[7]; 7. (DNF) 86-David Jozwiak[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Glenn Asmus[3]; 2. 007-Garrett Bietz[2]; 3. 8W-John Smith[6]; 4. 87B-David Brown[1]; 5. 56-Nicole Kramer[5]; 6. 77-Casey Schilling[4]

Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[1]; 2. 14X-Jeremy Castro[2]; 3. 8-Ed Kirchoff[3]; 4. 71-Morris Oberle[4]; 5. 85-Richard Haberstroh[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[3]; 2. 14X-Jeremy Castro[1]; 3. 8-Ed Kirchoff[5]; 4. 71-Morris Oberle[2]; 5. 85-Richard Haberstroh[4]

Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[6]; 2. 50-Wade Manning[9]; 3. 26-Crist Pittenger[10]; 4. 2J-Jerry Martin[4]; 5. 00-Bryan Renken[8]; 6. 52-Darran Conrad[11]; 7. 25RR-Ryan Renken[2]; 8. 3B-Brian Brennan[7]; 9. 550K-Kyle Anton[3]; 10. 369-Bart Taylor[5]; 11. 5-Josh Fischer[12]; 12. (DNF) 8-Ed Kirchoff[13]; 13. (DNF) 46-Adam Boggs[14]; 14. (DNF) 57-Torey Rush[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. E5K-Eddie Kirchoff[5]; 2. 57-Torey Rush[1]; 3. 50-Wade Manning[7]; 4. 2J-Jerry Martin[4]; 5. 3B-Brian Brennan[6]; 6. 52-Darran Conrad[2]; 7. 8-Ed Kirchoff[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 369-Bart Taylor[4]; 2. 26-Crist Pittenger[7]; 3. 550K-Kyle Anton[2]; 4. 00-Bryan Renken[6]; 5. 25RR-Ryan Renken[1]; 6. 5-Josh Fischer[5]; 7. (DNF) 46-Adam Boggs[3]

Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[8]; 2. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[11]; 3. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[4]; 4. 40-Mike Matlock[7]; 5. 00K-Tracy Konst[6]; 6. 14-Austin Rusk[1]; 7. 09DR-Russell Brown[3]; 8. 10K-Lori Konst[5]; 9. 4-Trevor Powell[9]; 10. (DNF) 24K-Casey Rose[2]; 11. (DNF) 89-Abigail Boggs[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Mike Matlock[4]; 2. 14-Austin Rusk[1]; 3. 09DR-Russell Brown[2]; 4. 89-Abigail Boggs[6]; 5. (DNF) 10K-Lori Konst[3]; 6. (DNF) 95J-John Garrigan Jr[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[4]; 2. 7D-Russ Dalgarn[2]; 3. 00K-Tracy Konst[3]; 4. 24K-Casey Rose[1]; 5. 4-Trevor Powell[5]