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Lucas Rodin (Contributed Photo)

Christ and Rodin roll over rivals at Jamestown Speedway season opener

JAMESTOWN, ND (May 25) - Lucas Rodin and Billie Christ captured season-opening wins at Jamestown Speedway Saturday night, May 25, as the North Dakota race track ushered in its 2024 season.

Rodin came from eighth in the WISSOTA Midwest Modified field and took the top spot around lap 17 of the scheduled 25. He was chased to the checkered flag by Jaren Wibstad, Brennon Weight, Jarod Klein, and 10th-starter Nate Reinke.

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Billie Christ started on the pole and led every lap en route to the victory. He took the checkered flags ahead of a hard-charging Chris Welk, Jr., who improved 13 spots to second. Cole Greseth was third, Mike Mund was fourth and Trey Hess was fifth.

Billie Christ (Contributed Photo)

Asher Williams (Hobby Stocks), Preston Martin (INEX Legends), Logan Schmitz (Modifieds), and Jaxon Carow (Jr. Slingshots) were all winners in the track’s other classes.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[8]; 2. 36W-Jaren Wibstad[2]; 3. 28-Brennon Weight[3]; 4. 77-Jarod Klein[7]; 5. 71-Nate Reinke[10]; 6. 8-Justin Jones[5]; 7. 4-Arin Beyer[1]; 8. 24X-Ryan Ost[12]; 9. 62-Aaron Michel[21]; 10. BO-Jory Berg[11]; 11. 35-Tanner Theis[14]; 12. 15P-Jayme Peterson[13]; 13. 30-Cole Neset[4]; 14. 29-Cylen Vargason[9]; 15. 111-Jason Halverson[16]; 16. 3B-Phil Christlieb[17]; 17. 3JR-Lane Johnson[23]; 18. 55-Jordan Kienow[19]; 19. 3-Luke Johnson[18]; 20. (DNF) 17S-Lance Schill[6]; 21. (DNF) 7B-Bailey Cousins[22]; 22. (DNF) 57-Corey Storck[15]; 23. (DNF) 49-Zander Compson[24]; 24. (DNF) 4P-Nick Perry[25]; 25. (DNF) 22-Zach Reinke[20]; 26. (DNF) 50S-Jay Sahr[26]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[3]; 2. 28-Brennon Weight[5]; 3. BO-Jory Berg[1]; 4. 111-Jason Halverson[7]; 5. 4P-Nick Perry[4]; 6. 49-Zander Compson[6]; 7. 62-Aaron Michel[2]; 8. 47-Malachi Klassen[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[4]; 2. 29-Cylen Vargason[1]; 3. 24X-Ryan Ost[6]; 4. 3B-Phil Christlieb[3]; 5. #1-Tony Smith[5]; 6. 1S-Scott Bintz[7]; 7. 50K-Kyler Nielsen[8]; 8. 15-MaKenna Romuld[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Justin Jones[3]; 2. 4-Arin Beyer[2]; 3. 15P-Jayme Peterson[4]; 4. 3-Luke Johnson[5]; 5. 3JR-Lane Johnson[6]; 6. 33-Lorin Johnson[7]; 7. 0G-Josh Ganser[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17S-Lance Schill[2]; 2. 77-Jarod Klein[5]; 3. 35-Tanner Theis[6]; 4. 55-Jordan Kienow[1]; 5. 7B-Bailey Cousins[4]; 6. 21T-Tyler Schrenk[3]; 7. (DNF) 73-Trevor Ryan[7]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 36W-Jaren Wibstad[5]; 2. 30-Cole Neset[1]; 3. 57-Corey Storck[6]; 4. 22-Zach Reinke[4]; 5. 55M-Chris Mack[2]; 6. 50S-Jay Sahr[3]; 7. 2K-Kelby Anderson[7]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 62-Aaron Michel[6]; 2. 3JR-Lane Johnson[2]; 3. 4P-Nick Perry[1]; 4. 1S-Scott Bintz[4]; 5. 55M-Chris Mack[3]; 6. 21T-Tyler Schrenk[5]; 7. 73-Trevor Ryan[8]; 8. 2K-Kelby Anderson[7]; 9. 47-Malachi Klassen[9]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 7B-Bailey Cousins[2]; 2. 49-Zander Compson[3]; 3. 50S-Jay Sahr[5]; 4. 15-MaKenna Romuld[7]; 5. #1-Tony Smith[1]; 6. (DNF) 0G-Josh Ganser[6]; 7. (DNF) 50K-Kyler Nielsen[8]; 8. (DNS) 33-Lorin Johnson

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 79-Billie Christ[1]; 2. 12W-Chris Welk Jr[15]; 3. 19-Cole Greseth[8]; 4. 4M-Mike Mund[2]; 5. 4-Trey Hess[4]; 6. 16-Spencer Johnson[9]; 7. 28-Greg Jose[12]; 8. 17-Christopher Ritter[14]; 9. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[11]; 10. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[22]; 11. 32-Clay Gentzkow[10]; 12. 43-Rory Opp[20]; 13. 13-Dustin Erickson[5]; 14. 3-Ryan Mund[29]; 15. 52-Bryan Grenz[23]; 16. 271-Kelly Hagel[6]; 17. 1S-Scott Bintz[3]; 18. 77D-Adam Dehne[24]; 19. (DNF) 9JR-Brian Hanson Jr[18]; 20. (DNF) 10-Hayden Aberle[17]; 21. (DNF) 27J-Jordan Johnson[7]; 22. (DNF) 36-Larry Hanson[25]; 23. (DNF) 21T-Tyler Schrenk[26]; 24. (DNF) 6W-Anthony Wendel[16]; 25. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker[21]; 26. (DNF) 51-John Feist[27]; 27. (DNF) B2-Brodee Eckerdt[19]; 28. (DNS) 01-Chris Serr; 29. (DNS) 77-Joe Deede

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27J-Jordan Johnson[2]; 2. 19-Cole Greseth[3]; 3. 16-Spencer Johnson[4]; 4. 77-Joe Deede[7]; 5. 10-Hayden Aberle[8]; 6. 99-Josh Barker[6]; 7. 36-Larry Hanson[1]; 8. (DNF) 3-Ryan Mund[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[1]; 2. 271-Kelly Hagel[3]; 3. 32-Clay Gentzkow[2]; 4. 17-Christopher Ritter[4]; 5. 9JR-Brian Hanson Jr[7]; 6. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[6]; 7. (DNF) 51-John Feist[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Billie Christ[4]; 2. 1S-Scott Bintz[1]; 3. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[2]; 4. 12W-Chris Welk Jr[5]; 5. B2-Brodee Eckerdt[6]; 6. 52-Bryan Grenz[3]; 7. 21T-Tyler Schrenk[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Dustin Erickson[6]; 2. 4M-Mike Mund[4]; 3. 28-Greg Jose[7]; 4. 6W-Anthony Wendel[3]; 5. 43-Rory Opp[5]; 6. 77D-Adam Dehne[2]; 7. (DNF) 01-Chris Serr[1]

Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17-Asher Williams[3]; 2. 21-Kelly Hoerner[7]; 3. 21K-Karlie Hoerner[10]; 4. 29V-Ryker Vetter[14]; 5. 2-Tanner Jacobson[11]; 6. 2R-Skyler Rohrich[9]; 7. 4-Cade gentzkow[18]; 8. 24-Leann Christensen[16]; 9. 8E-Gavin Edinger[17]; 10. 12-Janessa Kapp[19]; 11. 7C-Billy Carow[2]; 12. (DNF) 22-Dylan Steele[1]; 13. (DNF) 5-Jaidyn Edinger[15]; 14. (DNF) 37-Erik Busche[5]; 15. (DNF) 43-William Siebert[6]; 16. (DNF) 77-Brent Wilkinson[13]; 17. (DNF) 18-Joe Jacobson[12]; 18. (DNF) 8-Travis Edinger[8]; 19. (DNF) 18M-Brody Michaelsohn[4]; 20. (DNF) 34-Bradley Stoppleworth[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Travis Edinger[6]; 2. 22-Dylan Steele[5]; 3. 7C-Billy Carow[4]; 4. 18M-Brody Michaelsohn[1]; 5. 2R-Skyler Rohrich[2]; 6. 2-Tanner Jacobson[8]; 7. 77-Brent Wilkinson[10]; 8. 5-Jaidyn Edinger[3]; 9. 8E-Gavin Edinger[9]; 10. (DNF) 34-Bradley Stoppleworth[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Kelly Hoerner[2]; 2. 17-Asher Williams[5]; 3. 37-Erik Busche[8]; 4. 43-William Siebert[3]; 5. 21K-Karlie Hoerner[4]; 6. 18-Joe Jacobson[6]; 7. 29V-Ryker Vetter[9]; 8. 24-Leann Christensen[7]; 9. 4-Cade gentzkow[10]; 10. 12-Janessa Kapp[1]

INEX Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 77-Preston Martin[5]; 2. 800-Noah Madler[6]; 3. 94-Bryce Barnhardt[1]; 4. 471-Austin Wiest[7]; 5. 1OZ-Glenn Mitchell[8]; 6. 19-Donavin Wiest[12]; 7. 49-Collin Compson[16]; 8. 7T-Ty Olson[3]; 9. 700-Gage Madler[9]; 10. 00-Duston Hagen[10]; 11. 66-Casey Martin[18]; 12. 58-Sean Johnson[21]; 13. 07-Dayton Olheiser[24]; 14. 7-Kody Machart[22]; 15. 51-Sierra Davenport[14]; 16. 82-Shawn Wiest[20]; 17. 28-Joshua Wiest[15]; 18. 29S-Trever Sahr[11]; 19. 23B-Jared Beck[23]; 20. 29V-Rylan Vetter[19]; 21. (DNF) 22M-Michael King[4]; 22. (DNF) 850-Colten Laber[13]; 23. (DNF) 0-Ryan Erdahl[2]; 24. (DNF) 77S-Skylar Seckerson[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Ryan Erdahl[8]; 2. 800-Noah Madler[9]; 3. 29S-Trever Sahr[5]; 4. 850-Colten Laber[2]; 5. 77S-Skylar Seckerson[6]; 6. 22R-Regan Reinke[1]; 7. 28L-Don Hayes[4]; 8. 3V-Vernon Martin[7]; 9. 33-Troy Zillmer[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7T-Ty Olson[6]; 2. 22M-Michael King[4]; 3. 94-Bryce Barnhardt[3]; 4. 51-Sierra Davenport[8]; 5. 66-Casey Martin[9]; 6. 58-Sean Johnson[1]; 7. 37-Kevin Jensen[2]; 8. 87-Gus Jensen[7]; 9. (DNF) 07-Dayton Olheiser[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 471-Austin Wiest[7]; 2. 700-Gage Madler[3]; 3. 00-Duston Hagen[5]; 4. 28-Joshua Wiest[4]; 5. 29V-Rylan Vetter[1]; 6. 21-Tanner Hofer[2]; 7. 70G-David Sogge[9]; 8. 35-Jessica Burke[8]; 9. 06-Weston Hagen[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Donavin Wiest[1]; 2. 77-Preston Martin[7]; 3. 1OZ-Glenn Mitchell[2]; 4. 49-Collin Compson[4]; 5. 82-Shawn Wiest[3]; 6. 23B-Jared Beck[6]; 7. (DNF) 13-TJ Pfeiffer[8]; 8. (DNF) 7-Kody Machart[5]

B Feature 1: 1. 58-Sean Johnson[2]; 2. 7-Kody Machart[13]; 3. 23B-Jared Beck[4]; 4. 07-Dayton Olheiser[14]; 5. 22R-Regan Reinke[1]; 6. 87-Gus Jensen[8]; 7. 06-Weston Hagen[11]; 8. 37-Kevin Jensen[6]; 9. 28L-Don Hayes[5]; 10. 33-Troy Zillmer[10]; 11. 3V-Vernon Martin[7]; 12. 35-Jessica Burke[9]; 13. (DNF) 21-Tanner Hofer[3]; 14. (DNF) 70G-David Sogge[15]; 15. (DNS) 13-TJ Pfeiffer

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 3S-Logan Schmitz[2]; 2. 98-John Nord[12]; 3. 73T-Chris Tuchscherer[5]; 4. 5T-Marcus Tomlinson[17]; 5. 68M-Matthew Duchscherer[4]; 6. 15-Travis Tooley[8]; 7. 9K-Andrew Kapp[22]; 8. 1-Mark Dahl[11]; 9. 84-Travis Traut[3]; 10. 68-Todd Duchscherer[13]; 11. 25-Jacoby Traut[21]; 12. 45-Talon Seckerson[16]; 13. 98Z-Zach Nord[23]; 14. 1G-Caden Germundson[20]; 15. (DNF) 48K-Kollin Hibdon[9]; 16. (DNF) 79J-Jaden Christ[10]; 17. (DNF) 16M-Andrew Michel[18]; 18. (DNF) 5-John Corell[1]; 19. (DNF) 57-Dwight Wegner[19]; 20. (DNF) 0-Scott Gartner[7]; 21. (DNF) 12S-Isaac Sondrol[14]; 22. (DNF) 86-Aaron Aaseth[15]; 23. (DNF) 77-Corey Seckerson[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3S-Logan Schmitz[3]; 2. 98-John Nord[8]; 3. 84-Travis Traut[4]; 4. 1-Mark Dahl[6]; 5. 68-Todd Duchscherer[7]; 6. 45-Talon Seckerson[1]; 7. 57-Dwight Wegner[2]; 8. (DNS) 9K-Andrew Kapp

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 79J-Jaden Christ[2]; 2. 77-Corey Seckerson[3]; 3. 0-Scott Gartner[5]; 4. 68M-Matthew Duchscherer[1]; 5. 12S-Isaac Sondrol[4]; 6. 5T-Marcus Tomlinson[6]; 7. 1G-Caden Germundson[7]; 8. 98Z-Zach Nord[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[7]; 2. 5-John Corell[2]; 3. 15-Travis Tooley[5]; 4. 73T-Chris Tuchscherer[3]; 5. 86-Aaron Aaseth[4]; 6. 16M-Andrew Michel[1]; 7. 25-Jacoby Traut[6]

Jr. Slingshots:

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7C-Jaxon Carow[2]; 2. 5-Aubrie Edinger[7]; 3. 15-Jax Tooley[3]; 4. 32-Jarrett Gentzkow[8]; 5. (DNF) 4-Reed Ketterling[6]; 6. (DNF) 17D-Dentyn Schill[1]; 7. (DNS) 21-Otto Reuer; 8. (DNS) 24-Gabriella Matzke

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7C-Jaxon Carow[7]; 2. 4-Reed Ketterling[3]; 3. 17D-Dentyn Schill[8]; 4. 15-Jax Tooley[6]; 5. 5-Aubrie Edinger[2]; 6. 21-Otto Reuer[5]; 7. 24-Gabriella Matzke[4]; 8. (DNF) 32-Jarrett Gentzkow[1]

Scott Hughes