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Mod Nationals night two features at Ogilvie go to Gierke, Koch, Smith, Holtquist and Patrin

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (May 26) - Sunday night’s race program at Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway wrapped up the 2024 Minnesota Truck Headquarters Modified Nationals. One-hundred and three drivers signed in for the night of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series race action and they put on an incredible night of door-to-door racing.

At the end of the night, winners included Jake Smith, Dexton Koch, Ryan Gierke, Dustin Holtquist and Payson Patrin.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds started the night’s features, and they struggled in the beginning to put together green-flag laps. Once underway, William Moelter and Jake Smith were side by side for first with Jason VandeKamp, David Swearingen and Zach Benson three wide for third. Moelter and Smith battled for a few laps, when Smith edged out the point. Moelter held second, but was soon under pressure from VandeKamp and Benson and they raced three wide for the runner-up spot. VandeKamp broke away with second and set his sights on Smith for the lead.

Battle for positions remained three wide for multiple spots throughout the field, as VandeKamp reeled in Smith. With seven laps to go, VandeKamp was within a second of Smith with slower traffic in sight. Smith felt the heat of Vandy to his rear, but Smith made his way through the slower traffic effortlessly and took the checkers. VandeKamp settled for second with Swearingen, Benson and Moelter completing the top five.

Terran Spacek and Cole Chernosky brought the WISSOTA Super Stocks around the Big O for the next feature, and when the green dropped, Jordan Henkemeyer made it three wide for the lead. Spacek was in first at the end of lap one, as Henkemeyer and Chernosky began to feel the heat themselves from Koch, who secured second after a three-wide fight for the spot. Koch chased down and caught Spacek, and then applied pressure for the lead before a caution was triggered.

Spacek was in command as the race resumed, but Koch sped to his door; Spacek and Koch pulled away from the field and began a multi-lap battle for first. The top two drivers remained glued to one another and swapped first at the line lap after lap. Koch had a slight lead over Spacek for a couple laps, but as they caught slower traffic, Spacek was back alongside Koch’s door. They again swapped the top point until Koch finally broke free from Spacek. Koch then put space between himself and the competition over the final couple laps and took the win. Spacek, Dylan Kromschroeder, Matthew Larson and Cole Chernosky completed the top five.

Koch also earned the Superior Fuel Sweep bonus for winning each night of the Mod Nationals.

J.T. Johnson and Kaden Blaeser brought the WISSOTA Modifieds to the line for the next feature and Johnson took the lead early on. The first lap was scored before a caution occurred, but Johnson remained in control. Blaeser held second and kept close to Johnson, while another yellow flew.

Johnson and Blaeser retained first and second on the restart, before Jody Bellefeuille raced past both and took over the lead. Johnson came back to challenge Bellefeuille and they were side by side for the lead. Bellefeuille broke away from Johnson, as Ryan Gierke picked his way forward from ninth. Gierke got by Bellefeuille for the top spot, and began to check out on the field. As the top-five runners began to catch traffic, Blaeser and Bellefeuille raced for second, while Clayton Wagamon and Johnson fought for fourth. Cars covered the entire race surface with Gierke still cruising on his own in the lead.

With lapped traffic all around, Bellefeuille, Blaeser, Wagamon and Johnson were nearly four wide for second on the white flag lap. They remained close until the checkers flew, with Gierke grabbing the victory ahead of Bellefeuille, Johnson, Wagamon and Blaeser.

Tyler Larson, Tommy Bawden and Dustin Holtquist shot out of turn four and raced three wide for first when the green dropped for the WISSOTA Mod Four feature. A caution quickly occurred for a mess of cars in turn one and the field was reset.

On the following restart, Dustin Holtquist took the lead and the same top three drivers battled for first before Robert Holtquist suddenly rolled on the frontstretch. The race went red; Robert was okay.

With the field back under green, Tyler Larson took the lead and immediately stretched it out. Dustin Holtquist reeled Larson in as laps passed by, and soon Holquist was challenging for the lead. Dustin Holtquist took the point, set his cruise the remaining laps and grabbed the win with Larson, Bawden, Connor Hass and Blake Hawker in the top five.

The WISSOTA Hornets wrapped up the night, led to green flag by Jenna Hagemann and Payson Patrin. As the green waved, Patrin quickly established a solid lead. Hagemann held onto second with Jonathan Aderman in third. After a few laps, Aderman retired to the infield and Bobie Arnes assumed third. Patrin held the lead for the entirety of the race and took the checkered flags with Hagemann, Arnes, Anthony Jensen and Randy Jacoboski in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[9]; 2. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[6]; 3. 89JR-JT Johnson[1]; 4. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[5]; 5. 43K-Kaden Blaeser[2]; 6. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 7. 2C-Dave Cain[13]; 8. 18A-Landon Atkinson[18]; 9. 22-Brandon Copp[8]; 10. 18S-Kennedy Swan[14]; 11. 3T-Travis Schulte[4]; 12. 24-Brandon Dolman[17]; 13. 06-Jeremy Nelson[3]; 14. 33C-Cole Chernosky[23]; 15. 21-Jake Smith[16]; 16. 57-Mike Anderson[22]; 17. 17B-Zach Benson[20]; 18. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[19]; 19. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[15]; 20. 25-Adam Bohlman[24]; 21. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[11]; 22. 97-Cole Anderson[21]; 23. 19J-Jack Rivord[25]; 24. 224-Cody Wolkowski[12]; 25. (DNF) 11X-Austin Chyba[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[1]; 2. 06-Jeremy Nelson[5]; 3. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[2]; 4. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[3]; 5. 2C-Dave Cain[8]; 6. 17B-Zach Benson[7]; 7. 9-Brady Uotinen[4]; 8. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 43K-Kaden Blaeser[2]; 2. 11X-Austin Chyba[1]; 3. 224-Cody Wolkowski[3]; 4. 21-Jake Smith[4]; 5. 24-Brandon Dolman[7]; 6. 97-Cole Anderson[5]; 7. (DNF) 4-Jeremy Nelson[8]; 8. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 89JR-JT Johnson[7]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[3]; 3. 3T-Travis Schulte[8]; 4. 18S-Kennedy Swan[2]; 5. 04N-Nick Ayotte[1]; 6. 25-Adam Bohlman[5]; 7. (DNF) 57-Mike Anderson[6]; 8. (DNF) 7M-Andrew Mackey[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[3]; 3. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[8]; 4. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[4]; 5. 18A-Landon Atkinson[7]; 6. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 7. 19J-Jack Rivord[2]; 8. 24E-Tyler English[6]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 24-Brandon Dolman[2]; 2. 18A-Landon Atkinson[3]; 3. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[1]; 4. 17B-Zach Benson[5]; 5. 97-Cole Anderson[6]; 6. 57-Mike Anderson[14]; 7. 33C-Cole Chernosky[8]; 8. 25-Adam Bohlman[7]; 9. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[11]; 10. 19J-Jack Rivord[9]; 11. 9-Brady Uotinen[10]; 12. 24E-Tyler English[12]; 13. (DNS) 04N-Nick Ayotte; 14. (DNS) 4-Jeremy Nelson; 15. (DNS) 32-Max Nelson; 16. (DNS) 7M-Andrew Mackey

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[4]; 2. 22T-Terran Spacek[1]; 3. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[5]; 4. 8-Matthew Larson[9]; 5. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 6. 7A-Shane Sabraski[13]; 7. 21-Joey Jensen[12]; 8. 2-Denis Czech[15]; 9. 33N-Austin Niemeyer[7]; 10. 19X-James Trantina III[8]; 11. 19-Tristan LaBarge[6]; 12. 44-Kris Peterson[19]; 13. 00-Jason Hobbs[17]; 14. 82-Paul Gucinski[16]; 15. (DNF) 11-Denny Schouveller[18]; 16. (DNF) 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[3]; 17. (DNF) 77-Scott Lawrence[14]; 18. (DQ) 06-Jeremy Nelson[10]; 19. (DQ) 33-Curt Myers[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Chernosky[2]; 2. 22T-Terran Spacek[6]; 3. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 4. 8-Matthew Larson[4]; 5. 06-Jeremy Nelson[1]; 6. 21-Joey Jensen[5]; 7. 7A-Shane Sabraski[9]; 8. 2-Denis Czech[3]; 9. 00-Jason Hobbs[8]; 10. 44-Kris Peterson[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[2]; 2. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[1]; 3. 19-Tristan LaBarge[4]; 4. 33N-Austin Niemeyer[5]; 5. 19X-James Trantina III[8]; 6. 33-Curt Myers[7]; 7. 77-Scott Lawrence[3]; 8. 82-Paul Gucinski[6]; 9. 11-Denny Schouveller[9]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[5]; 2. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[11]; 3. 5-David Swearingen[3]; 4. 17B-Zach Benson[4]; 5. 87-William Moelter[1]; 6. 16X-Garrett Paull[15]; 7. 30-Joey Jensen[8]; 8. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[10]; 9. 21W-Wyatt Boyum[9]; 10. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[14]; 11. 19X-James Trantina III[12]; 12. 11-Ashton Schulte[7]; 13. 46-Ryan Putnam[16]; 14. 17-Ashley Boyum[19]; 15. 23-Mitch Weiss[17]; 16. 16S-Ryan Savoy[18]; 17. 24-Cole Elton[6]; 18. 28-Paul Ripley[13]; 19. 22-Chad VanDuker[23]; 20. 22H-Jayme Hiller[2]; 21. 33-Jake Hagemann[21]; 22. (DNF) 88T-Jacob Toepper[22]; 23. (DNF) 4W-Joey Wagamon[24]; 24. (DNF) 98D-Christopher Deno[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22H-Jayme Hiller[2]; 2. 21W-Wyatt Boyum[3]; 3. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[5]; 4. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[6]; 5. 23-Mitch Weiss[7]; 6. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[1]; 7. 4W-Joey Wagamon[9]; 8. 3P-David Pixley[8]; 9. (DNF) 03-Bryce Huff[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[1]; 2. 87-William Moelter[8]; 3. 11-Ashton Schulte[7]; 4. 75-Joe Neisius[3]; 5. 16-Cory Jorgensen[4]; 6. 98D-Christopher Deno[6]; 7. 2-Ariel Mueller[5]; 8. (DNF) 73-Andy Jones[9]; 9. (DNF) 88T-Jacob Toepper[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5-David Swearingen[2]; 2. 24-Cole Elton[4]; 3. 30-Joey Jensen[7]; 4. 19X-James Trantina III[8]; 5. 33-Jake Hagemann[1]; 6. 22-Chad VanDuker[3]; 7. 8A-Adam Hansen[5]; 8. (DNF) 33C-Cole Boston[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Zach Benson[2]; 2. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[1]; 3. 28-Paul Ripley[4]; 4. 16X-Garrett Paull[5]; 5. 46-Ryan Putnam[8]; 6. 16S-Ryan Savoy[6]; 7. 89-Chris McClain[3]; 8. (DNF) 17-Ashley Boyum[7]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 23-Mitch Weiss[2]; 2. 16S-Ryan Savoy[8]; 3. 17-Ashley Boyum[16]; 4. 98D-Christopher Deno[7]; 5. 33-Jake Hagemann[3]; 6. 88T-Jacob Toepper[17]; 7. 22-Chad VanDuker[6]; 8. 4W-Joey Wagamon[9]; 9. 8A-Adam Hansen[12]; 10. 75-Joe Neisius[1]; 11. 16-Cory Jorgensen[4]; 12. 2-Ariel Mueller[11]; 13. 89-Chris McClain[10]; 14. 03-Bryce Huff[18]; 15. (DNF) 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[5]; 16. (DNF) 3P-David Pixley[13]; 17. (DNS) 73-Andy Jones; 18. (DNS) 33C-Cole Boston

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[1]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[3]; 3. TB81-Tommy Bawden[2]; 4. 15H-Connor Hass[5]; 5. 21-Blake Hawker[4]; 6. 7-Alexander McFarlen[10]; 7. 31J-Jordan Fischer[9]; 8. 617-Patrick Specht[7]; 9. 20-Connor Bruss[8]; 10. (DNF) 5-Robert Holtquist[6]; 11. (DNF) 60-Maeghan Milz[11]; 12. (DNS) N88-Gerrald Nohner

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[6]; 2. 21-Blake Hawker[4]; 3. 15H-Connor Hass[5]; 4. 617-Patrick Specht[3]; 5. 31J-Jordan Fischer[1]; 6. (DNF) N88-Gerrald Nohner[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. TB81-Tommy Bawden[5]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[6]; 3. 5-Robert Holtquist[3]; 4. 20-Connor Bruss[4]; 5. 7-Alexander McFarlen[2]; 6. (DNF) 60-Maeghan Milz[1]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature (12 Laps): 1. 73-Payson Patrin[2]; 2. 26-Jenna Hagemann[1]; 3. 94-Bobie Arnes[3]; 4. 23T-Anthony Jenson[6]; 5. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[5]; 6. (DNF) 104-Jonathan Aderman[4]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 26-Jenna Hagemann[2]; 2. 73-Payson Patrin[3]; 3. 94-Bobie Arnes[5]; 4. 104-Jonathan Aderman[6]; 5. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[1]; 6. 23T-Anthony Jenson[4]