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Geiss, Switzenberg and Petroff put their speedy rides into victory lane at Billings, MT

BILLINGS, MT (May 6) - Big Sky Speedway hosted its first event of the 2024 season Saturday, with WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories by RC Geiss, Chad Switzenberg, and Robert Petroff highlighting the night’s events.

In the Super Stocks, Geiss led from flag to flag to hold off Casey Steffenson for the victory. Ryan Fasching, Jon Tribble and Andrew Gilbraith completed the top five.

Switzenberg also led from flag to flag to capture his first victory of the season in the Midwest Modifieds. Jon Tribble improved four spots to second, David Hangsleben was third, Rod Lorenz was fourth and Nathan Kenaston completed the top five.

Petroff took the lead about lap 11 and drove to the Street Stock victory, his third victory already of this young season. Troy Cepak, Jr. started eighth on the grid and finished second, while Rod Lorenz improved three spots to third. Tenth-starter Bob Gordon was fourth, and Brady Lorenz was steady in fifth.

In the track’s Wingless Sprint class, Phil Dietz took command from the start and drove off to the victory, his first of the season.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 9-RC Geiss[1]; 2. 67-Casey Steffenson[4]; 3. 21-Ryan Fasching[5]; 4. 3T-Jon Tribble[3]; 5. 5-Andrew Gilbraith[9]; 6. 4T-Matt Tribble[8]; 7. (DNF) 30-Paul Fasching[7]; 8. (DNF) 58-Nick Hunter[2]; 9. (DNF) 00-Beau Brown[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Casey Steffenson[5]; 2. 58-Nick Hunter[3]; 3. 21-Ryan Fasching[7]; 4. 3T-Jon Tribble[2]; 5. 9-RC Geiss[6]; 6. 00-Beau Brown[8]; 7. 30-Paul Fasching[4]; 8. 4T-Matt Tribble[1]; 9. 5-Andrew Gilbraith[9]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[1]; 2. 3T-Jon Tribble[6]; 3. 87Z-David Hangsleben[5]; 4. 2-Rod Lorenz[7]; 5. 21K-Nathan Kenaston[2]; 6. 55K-Hayden Ingle[8]; 7. 94-Michael Rogers[10]; 8. 88-Dayne Kocher[4]; 9. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[3]; 10. 00-Grant Gary[17]; 11. 27-Chandler Ingle[9]; 12. 24-Ronn Green[15]; 13. 2J-Joan Hulst[16]; 14. (DNF) 9K-Spencer Krueger[20]; 15. (DNF) 81-Don Hildebrandt[18]; 16. (DNF) 20-Brady Lorenz[14]; 17. (DNF) 454-Daniel Stephenson[11]; 18. (DNF) 20S-Shay Evig[13]; 19. (DNS) 23-Jake Schye; 20. (DNS) 11W-Karl Weaver

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87Z-David Hangsleben[2]; 2. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[6]; 3. 21K-Nathan Kenaston[4]; 4. 94-Michael Rogers[5]; 5. 20S-Shay Evig[1]; 6. (DNF) 00-Grant Gary[3]; 7. (DNS) 23-Jake Schye

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Rod Lorenz[2]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[1]; 3. 55K-Hayden Ingle[5]; 4. 454-Daniel Stephenson[3]; 5. 20-Brady Lorenz[4]; 6. 2J-Joan Hulst[6]; 7. 9K-Spencer Krueger[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3T-Jon Tribble[2]; 2. 88-Dayne Kocher[5]; 3. 27-Chandler Ingle[3]; 4. 11W-Karl Weaver[1]; 5. 24-Ronn Green[6]; 6. (DNF) 81-Don Hildebrandt[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11*-Robert Petroff[4]; 2. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[8]; 3. 45-Rod Lorenz[6]; 4. 30-Bob Gordon[10]; 5. 20-Brady Lorenz[5]; 6. 66Z-Pat Salway[7]; 7. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[1]; 8. 3K-Matt Riesinger[11]; 9. M80-Mia Baxter[9]; 10. (DNF) 29-Steve Berg[12]; 11. (DNF) 45T-Conner Carter[3]; 12. (DNF) 14D-Dillon Hoppe[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11*-Robert Petroff[5]; 2. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[1]; 3. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[6]; 4. 45T-Conner Carter[4]; 5. M80-Mia Baxter[2]; 6. (DNS) 29-Steve Berg

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[5]; 2. 20-Brady Lorenz[1]; 3. 45-Rod Lorenz[4]; 4. 66Z-Pat Salway[3]; 5. 30-Bob Gordon[2]; 6. 3K-Matt Riesinger[6]

Big Sky Wingless Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 72-Phil Dietz[5]; 2. 171-Roy Guy III[1]; 3. M240-Teri Omoth[2]; 4. (DNF) 16K-Kade Vogt[3]; 5. (DNF) 17J-Chris Williams[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Phil Dietz[3]; 2. 17J-Chris Williams[1]; 3. 16K-Kade Vogt[2]; 4. M240-Teri Omoth[4]; 5. 171-Roy Guy III[5]