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Tyler Peterson (1TPO) topped the WISSOTA Late Model feature Friday at I-94 Speedway. (Cody Papke Photo)

Peterson, Sabraski, Reinke, Dykhoff and Rohner rack up wins Friday at I-94 Speedway

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (May 5) - The 2024 racing season was off and running Friday night, but not without hard work from the I-94 Speedway track crew. Several days of rain and a light mist all afternoon and into the evening kept Don Shaw and his track prep crew very busy; after about a 20-minute delay, a nice field of 184 cars went to battle in their respective classes.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners including Shane Sabraski, Tyler Peterson, Nate Reinke, Kyle Dykhoff, and Jeff Rohner. Ben Wolden was victorious in the Gen X Late Models.

WISSOTA sanctioning for the Hornets class is new for 2024, and a solid 19-car field put on a great show. A pair of strong southern runners went at it for the whole race, with Jeff Rohner the early leader ahead of Matt Dittman. Dittman was able to move in on Rohner, and the two battled alongside each other before Dittman took charge. A late caution with three laps to go allowed Rohner to steal the lead and hang on for a hard-fought win. Brady Albertson, 11th-starter Christian Kast and 16th-starter Isabelle Gronwold completed the top five.

A fantastic field of 37 WISSOTA Street Stocks came from four surrounding states and Canada to begin their 2024 seasons at I-94 Speedway. Tommy Pogones and Ty Agen were side by side for several laps to start the feature, until a spin knocked Pogones out of the lead. Kyle Dykhoff and Eric Riley, along with Jeff Ekdahl, moved in to vie for top honors and soon Dykhoff showed just how strong he is; he took the lead and got the win with Ekdahl second and Riley third, just ahead of the talented young Agen. Greg Jose was fifth, while defending track champ Cole Greseth charged from 22nd to sixth in the feature.

To no one’s surprise the WISSOTA Midwest Mods had the largest field of cars on hand, with 38 entered. Nate Reinke and Mike Nichols led the field to the green flag with Reinke grabbing the early lead. As the race progressed, Rodin moved by Nichols and was soon joined by Weight, who showed his speed and moved into second. Out front, however, nobody had anything for the lightning-fast Reinke, as he grabbed the win in quick feature that ended in 9 minutes and 58 seconds.

Matt Schow was third, Nichols was fourth and Rodin completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks also joined the show with a solid field of 19 cars on the grounds. The experienced veteran Eric Martini was the early leader in the feature. As is many times the case in this class, fourth-starter Shane Sabraski made his way to the front and got under Martini for the lead. The chase was on after that, as Dexton Koch charged from his sixth starting spot to second, and Jordan Henkemeyer flew from eighth to take third. Sabraski drove off to the win ahead of Koch, Henkemeyer, Trevor Nelson and Dylan Nelson in the top five.

The biggest race of the night featured a dynamite 32-car field of WISSOTA Modifieds. Shane Sabraski and Don Eischens led the field to the green, and they went at it hard for the first six laps before Sabraski slipped away. Farther back Tyler Peterson charged from his eighth starting spot to battle Eischens and it was a dandy; Peterson finally grabbed second behind race winner Sabraski, who picked up his 884th win of his career. Ryan Gierke, Landon Atkinson and Zach Johnson completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Late Models also had a very good 28-car field on hand. Tyler Peterson picked up where he left off last season and just keeps on winning. He outran a very fast Kevin Burdick, who kept the race close but just could not run down the dominating Peterson. A pair of racers who put on really impressive runs were Kollin Hibdon and Cole Searing. Hibdon came from 10th to finish third, and Cole Searing came from 16th to fourth. Lee Grosz, who raced a Modified in 2023, was also in a Late Model for the program and finished fifth in the feature, looking comfortable in that car.

Ben Wolden dominated the Gen X Late Model field for his 48th career win in the class.

I-94 Speedway thanks Sam Zender Floor Installation and Shaw Trucking for sponsoring the first night of its doubleheader.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 2. 30-Kevin Burdick[5]; 3. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[10]; 4. 10-Cole Searing[16]; 5. 4J-Lee Grosz[7]; 6. 44*-Cole Schill[13]; 7. 00-Mitch Johnson[3]; 8. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[15]; 9. 16-Thomas Weisgram[19]; 10. 85-John Kaanta[8]; 11. 18C-Chase Gelling[11]; 12. 50-Ben Wolden[25]; 13. 8R-Travis Robertson[22]; 14. 14-Nick Schmidt[23]; 15. 18X-Shawn Meyer[2]; 16. 66-Sam Zender[18]; 17. 70-Jesse Teunis[21]; 18. 1E-Ryan Engels[14]; 19. 2*-Cole Babcock[20]; 20. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[24]; 21. 00C-Brandon Corbett[26]; 22. 18-Josh Rieck[28]; 23. 24-Mike Hart[27]; 24. (DNF) 5-Josh Zimpel[9]; 25. (DNF) X-Chuck Swenson[4]; 26. (DNF) 2-Dave Mass[6]; 27. (DNF) 7A-Shane Sabraski[12]; 28. (DNF) 5E-Shane Edginton[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[2]; 2. 00-Mitch Johnson[1]; 3. 5-Josh Zimpel[6]; 4. 44*-Cole Schill[3]; 5. 5E-Shane Edginton[5]; 6. 70-Jesse Teunis[4]; 7. 50-Ben Wolden[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz[1]; 2. 30-Kevin Burdick[3]; 3. 48K-Kollin Hibdon[4]; 4. 1E-Ryan Engels[6]; 5. 66-Sam Zender[5]; 6. 8R-Travis Robertson[2]; 7. 00C-Brandon Corbett[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 85-John Kaanta[2]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 3. 18C-Chase Gelling[3]; 4. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[5]; 5. 16-Thomas Weisgram[6]; 6. 14-Nick Schmidt[7]; 7. 24-Mike Hart[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. X-Chuck Swenson[1]; 2. 18X-Shawn Meyer[2]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 4. 10-Cole Searing[5]; 5. 2*-Cole Babcock[4]; 6. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[7]; 7. 18-Josh Rieck[3]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[8]; 3. 9E-Don Eischens[2]; 4. 26G-Ryan Gierke[6]; 5. 18A-Landon Atkinson[4]; 6. 6X-Zach Johnson[12]; 7. 19-Lucas Rodin[10]; 8. 2X-Brady Gerdes[13]; 9. 24S-Mike Stearns[15]; 10. 22-Brandon Copp[9]; 11. 21X-Travis Saurer[16]; 12. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[11]; 13. 2G-Brock Gronwold[30]; 14. 88-Tanner Williamson[27]; 15. 7-Bryce Borgen[20]; 16. 10W-Ward Imrie[17]; 17. 9-Riley Matthews[26]; 18. 11X-Austin Chyba[29]; 19. F15-Devin Fouquette[3]; 20. 10H-Nate Heinrich[21]; 21. 81-Jordan Duray[23]; 22. 43-Lance Schilling[14]; 23. 96-Erv Grossman[25]; 24. (DNF) 52-Jason Thoennes[7]; 25. (DNF) 6*-Brian Haben[5]; 26. (DNF) 15-Ryan Flaten[22]; 27. (DNF) 6ST-Joseph Thomas[19]; 28. (DNF) 33-Jeff Nelson[18]; 29. (DNF) 16-Brenden Luschinski[24]; 30. (DNF) 51A-Avery Anderson[28]; 31. (DNF) 18-Aaron Sowers[31]; 32. (DNF) 91-Gerald Thorstad[32]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18A-Landon Atkinson[1]; 2. 52-Jason Thoennes[3]; 3. 22-Brandon Copp[5]; 4. 2X-Brady Gerdes[2]; 5. 10W-Ward Imrie[4]; 6. 10H-Nate Heinrich[8]; 7. 16-Brenden Luschinski[6]; 8. 51A-Avery Anderson[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9E-Don Eischens[3]; 2. 6*-Brian Haben[6]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[7]; 4. 43-Lance Schilling[5]; 5. 33-Jeff Nelson[1]; 6. 18-Aaron Sowers[8]; 7. 96-Erv Grossman[4]; 8. (DNS) 2G-Brock Gronwold

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. F15-Devin Fouquette[2]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[3]; 3. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[1]; 4. 24S-Mike Stearns[6]; 5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[4]; 6. 15-Ryan Flaten[7]; 7. 9-Riley Matthews[5]; 8. 11X-Austin Chyba[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 3. 6X-Zach Johnson[5]; 4. 21X-Travis Saurer[7]; 5. 7-Bryce Borgen[3]; 6. 81-Jordan Duray[4]; 7. 88-Tanner Williamson[6]; 8. 91-Gerald Thorstad[8]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[6]; 3. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[8]; 4. 71N-Trevor Nelson[9]; 5. 25-Dylan Nelson[5]; 6. 54-William Lund[12]; 7. 24-Eric Martini[2]; 8. 81X-Matt Sparby[3]; 9. 22-Jack Koranda[7]; 10. 5-Andrew Hedtke[15]; 11. 4A-Allan Cleveland[10]; 12. 81B-Doug Bolt[11]; 13. 49-Tim Compson[16]; 14. 28*-Bailey Rosch[18]; 15. 67-Ryan Satter[17]; 16. 37J-Tyler Wade[19]; 17. (DNF) 2-Nathan Grehl[1]; 18. (DNF) 1-Karter Reents[14]; 19. (DNF) 71-Travis Scott[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Dylan Nelson[1]; 2. 2-Nathan Grehl[7]; 3. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[5]; 4. 4A-Allan Cleveland[2]; 5. 71-Travis Scott[3]; 6. 49-Tim Compson[4]; 7. (DNS) 37J-Tyler Wade

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[1]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 3. 81X-Matt Sparby[3]; 4. 81B-Doug Bolt[2]; 5. 1-Karter Reents[4]; 6. (DNF) 28*-Bailey Rosch[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Eric Martini[1]; 2. 22-Jack Koranda[2]; 3. 71N-Trevor Nelson[6]; 4. 54-William Lund[5]; 5. 5-Andrew Hedtke[3]; 6. 67-Ryan Satter[4]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[1]; 2. 28-Brennon Weight[5]; 3. 2S-Matt Schow[8]; 4. 67-Mike Nichols[2]; 5. 19-Lucas Rodin[6]; 6. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[4]; 7. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[10]; 8. 50-Brady Caul[7]; 9. 39-Jamie Dietzler[20]; 10. 28N-Tommy Nichols[12]; 11. 24XO-Ryan Ost[16]; 12. 22Z-Zach Reinke[9]; 13. 42T-Tanner Bitzan[17]; 14. 42-Ron Saurer[13]; 15. 10M-Dustin Bitzan[15]; 16. 13-Scott Oeltjen[19]; 17. 1S-Scott Bintz[21]; 18. 16-Garrett Paull[23]; 19. 97-Michelle Hutt[27]; 20. 24-Cole Elton[28]; 21. 3T-Alex Tschakert[26]; 22. (DNF) 77-Jarod Klein[3]; 23. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow[24]; 24. (DNF) 4-Phil Christlieb[11]; 25. (DNF) 50K-Kyle Dykhoff[14]; 26. (DNF) 32-Shawn Olson[25]; 27. (DNF) 12X-Jamie Norman[22]; 28. (DNF) 57-Corey Storck[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Brennon Weight[2]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[7]; 3. 4-Phil Christlieb[1]; 4. 24XO-Ryan Ost[3]; 5. 16-Garrett Paull[6]; 6. 12X-Jamie Norman[4]; 7. 24X-Rick Norman[5]; 8. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[2]; 2. 50-Brady Caul[1]; 3. 28N-Tommy Nichols[7]; 4. 42T-Tanner Bitzan[3]; 5. 28K-Nick Preston[5]; 6. 6R-Baleigh Rasmusen[8]; 7. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow[4]; 8. (DNF) 24-Cole Elton[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[2]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[1]; 3. 42-Ron Saurer[4]; 4. 57-Corey Storck[3]; 5. 1S-Scott Bintz[5]; 6. 32-Shawn Olson[7]; 7. 3T-Alex Tschakert[6]; 8. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jarod Klein[7]; 2. 22Z-Zach Reinke[3]; 3. 50K-Kyle Dykhoff[4]; 4. 13-Scott Oeltjen[2]; 5. 97-Michelle Hutt[6]; 6. (DNF) 30-Cole Neset[5]; 7. (DNF) 17V-Colton Vogel[1]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Mike Nichols[2]; 2. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[7]; 3. 10M-Dustin Bitzan[1]; 4. 39-Jamie Dietzler[3]; 5. 092-Nick Bruder[6]; 6. TS42-Scott Samuelson[4]; 7. 13T-Tyson Roush[5]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 1S-Scott Bintz[3]; 2. 12X-Jamie Norman[6]; 3. 16-Garrett Paull[1]; 4. 28S-Ryan Schow[13]; 5. 32-Shawn Olson[7]; 6. 3T-Alex Tschakert[10]; 7. 97-Michelle Hutt[4]; 8. 24-Cole Elton[15]; 9. 30-Cole Neset[12]; 10. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[18]; 11. TS42-Scott Samuelson[8]; 12. 28K-Nick Preston[2]; 13. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[17]; 14. 24X-Rick Norman[9]; 15. 17V-Colton Vogel[14]; 16. (DNF) 6R-Baleigh Rasmusen[16]; 17. (DNF) 13T-Tyson Roush[11]; 18. (DNS) 092-Nick Bruder

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[10]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[4]; 3. 51-Eric Riley[2]; 4. 26-Ty Agen[5]; 5. Z28-Greg Jose[3]; 6. 19-Cole Greseth[22]; 7. 77-Kyle Bolt[24]; 8. 59-Kyle Anderson[12]; 9. 2K-Tyler Klugman[9]; 10. 2-Joe Martin[13]; 11. 44-Dylan Arndt[11]; 12. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[19]; 13. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 14. 12-Kevin Pender[28]; 15. 2J-Jonah Bolt[17]; 16. 4-Mike Mund[25]; 17. 7X-Peter Martin[27]; 18. (DNF) 16-Greg Platzer[21]; 19. (DNF) 70-Chris Dudley[6]; 20. (DNF) 4T-Trey Hess[7]; 21. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[16]; 22. (DNF) 30B-Wade Bergerud[23]; 23. (DNF) 34JR-Braden Brauer[8]; 24. (DNF) 17-Nick Shumansky[14]; 25. (DNF) 12W-Chris Welk Jr[15]; 26. (DNF) 2U-Kasey Ussatis[20]; 27. (DNF) 16S-Ty Schuler[18]; 28. (DNF) 24W-Ashley Wampler[26]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. Z28-Greg Jose[1]; 2. 70-Chris Dudley[5]; 3. 44-Dylan Arndt[3]; 4. 24-Mike Hart[2]; 5. 23-Maverick Janssen[8]; 6. 56-Riley Lorensen[6]; 7. (DNF) 24W-Ashley Wampler[4]; 8. (DQ) 77-Kyle Bolt[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[4]; 2. 4T-Trey Hess[2]; 3. 59-Kyle Anderson[3]; 4. 2J-Jonah Bolt[5]; 5. 19-Cole Greseth[7]; 6. 92-Payton Asche[8]; 7. 84-Doug Martin[6]; 8. 57-Jason Fechtner[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[5]; 2. 34JR-Braden Brauer[7]; 3. 2-Joe Martin[2]; 4. 16S-Ty Schuler[1]; 5. 31X-Anthony Blom[3]; 6. 7X-Peter Martin[4]; 7. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[2]; 2. 2K-Tyler Klugman[1]; 3. 17-Nick Shumansky[6]; 4. 15F-Zachary Flickinger[3]; 5. 30B-Wade Bergerud[5]; 6. 34-Billy Binkley[4]; 7. 18J-Justin Peterson[7]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Ty Agen[2]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[1]; 3. 12W-Chris Welk Jr[5]; 4. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[3]; 5. 4-Mike Mund[7]; 6. 16-Greg Platzer[4]; 7. 12-Kevin Pender[6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 16-Greg Platzer[9]; 2. 19-Cole Greseth[2]; 3. 30B-Wade Bergerud[4]; 4. 77-Kyle Bolt[16]; 5. 4-Mike Mund[5]; 6. 24W-Ashley Wampler[15]; 7. 7X-Peter Martin[7]; 8. 12-Kevin Pender[13]; 9. 57-Jason Fechtner[14]; 10. (DNF) 34-Billy Binkley[8]; 11. (DNF) 23-Maverick Janssen[1]; 12. (DNF) 92-Payton Asche[17]; 13. (DNF) 56-Riley Lorensen[6]; 14. (DNF) 31X-Anthony Blom[3]; 15. (DNF) 84-Doug Martin[10]; 16. (DNF) 18J-Justin Peterson[12]; 17. (DNF) 12S-Joshua Schroeder[11]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[6]; 2. 22-Matthew Dittman[4]; 3. 16-Brady Albertson[3]; 4. 03-Christian Kast[11]; 5. 11-Isabelle Gronwold[16]; 6. 11K-Paul Kester[7]; 7. 28X-Bob Casperson[9]; 8. 69D-Miles Deitchman[8]; 9. 988-Danna Gronwold[10]; 10. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[17]; 11. (DNF) 10-Dexyn Habraken[5]; 12. (DNF) 22A-Austin Raths[1]; 13. (DNF) H20-Nic Hiles[15]; 14. (DNS) 35-Chase Pourrier; 15. (DNS) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff; 16. (DNS) 988CC-Clinton Starnes; 17. (DQ) 45W-Kevin Wahl[14]; 18. (DQ) 41-Dale Mittleider[2]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Matthew Dittman[3]; 2. 16-Brady Albertson[1]; 3. 41-Dale Mittleider[2]; 4. 10-Dexyn Habraken[4]; 5. H20-Nic Hiles[8]; 6. 28X-Bob Casperson[6]; 7. 988-Danna Gronwold[5]; 8. 03-Christian Kast[7]; 9. (DNS) 11-Isabelle Gronwold

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[7]; 2. 22A-Austin Raths[1]; 3. 11K-Paul Kester[9]; 4. 69D-Miles Deitchman[6]; 5. (DNF) 988CC-Clinton Starnes[4]; 6. (DNF) 35-Chase Pourrier[5]; 7. (DNF) 45W-Kevin Wahl[2]; 8. (DNS) 35P-Tylar Pourrier; 9. (DQ) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[3]

GEN X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[1]; 2. 1776-Joseph Thomas[5]; 3. 2-Derek Quinn[7]; 4. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[6]; 5. 11*-Larry Samuelson[3]; 6. 49-Andrew Tysdal[2]; 7. 18A-Mike Anderson[8]; 8. 00-Kevin Youngquist[4]; 9. 0-Shawn Beto[12]; 10. 27-Jarrett Huus[9]; 11. 4C-Brent Clemensen[11]; 12. (DNF) 1-Tai Engels[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Andrew Tysdal[2]; 2. 11*-Larry Samuelson[3]; 3. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[5]; 4. 00-Kevin Youngquist[1]; 5. 27-Jarrett Huus[4]; 6. 4C-Brent Clemensen[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Derek Quinn[1]; 2. 50-Ben Wolden[3]; 3. 1776-Joseph Thomas[2]; 4. 18A-Mike Anderson[4]; 5. 1-Tai Engels[6]; 6. 0-Shawn Beto[5]