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After a trio of makeup mains, Princeton features go to Fouquette, Putnam, Pogones, Traxler and Jenson

By Tami Jo Kuehn

PRINCETON, MN (June 7) - Friday was a busy night at Princeton Speedway as three makeup features were completed from a couple weeks ago, as well as a complete show of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action.

Devin Fouquette, Ryan Putnam, Tommy Pogones, Casey Traxler and Anthony Jenson each scored a win, while Brandon Copp, Robert Holtquist and Brandon Nyberg topped their makeup features.

The makeup features began with the WISSOTA Modifieds first on the agenda. An immediate caution reset the field, but by the end of lap one Brandon Copp claimed the lead. Clayton Wagamon grabbed second with J.T. Johnson, Dave Cain and Jody Bellefeuille in the top five early. Laps clicked by and cars covered the track surface when the yellow appeared.

Copp brought the drivers back to green with Wagamon and Cain to his rear. Wagamon and Cain raced side by side for the second for a couple of laps, until Cain secured the position. Cain chased after Copp for the lead, however Copp kept his foot down and took the win. Cain, Wagamon, Johnson and Jody Bellefeuille were top-five finishers.

Robert Holtquist and Tommy Bawden brought the WISSOTA Mod Fours to the track for their makeup feature, and when the green waved, Holtquist took the lead. As laps passed, Bawden caught and challenged Holtquist for the lead, but Holtquist pulled away and the top drivers spaced out with lapped traffic in sight. Just then a caution was triggered, and the drivers were reset.

Robert Holtquist brought the drivers back to green, and Dustin Holtquist was close behind his dad. With the white flag raised, the Holtquists were door to door for the lead, and as the checkers flew, Robert took the win. Remaining top fives went to Dustin Holtquist, Bawden, Tyler Larson and Rowan Tramm.

The WISSOTA Hornets were the final makeup feature of the night with Eric Pfundt and Payson Patrin on row one. The top two drivers were still door to door at the end of lap one with Jenna Hagemann on their tails. Patrin nosed ahead after a few laps for the lead with Hagemann and Brandon Nyberg putting pressure on Pfundt. The drivers in second through fourth kept close with Justin Schelitzche behind.

Patrin was comfortably in the lead with a great battle right behind him as the race came to a close. Patrin took the win, but after post-race tech, the win was awarded to Nyberg with Hagemann, Schelitzche, Bobie Arnes and Anthony Jenson in the top five.

The regular program began with the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. T.J. Wyman and Cole Elton brought the drivers to green, and they remained door to door the opening laps. Elton pulled ahead with the lead as others raced three wide for positions.

Laps ticked by without issue, allowing Elton to pull away from the field as Ryan Putnam made his way next to Wyman for second. Putnam took the spot and began to chase down Elton as the yellow appeared.

Drivers were sorted with Elton in command, but Putnam took second on the restart and put pressure on Elton. Elton and Putnam were nose to nose as they crossed the line with Putnam having the slight advantage. With just a few laps to go, Putnam secured the spot and then drove on for the win. Elton, Paul Ripley, Justin Jones and Wyman rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks rolled on the track with Tommy Pogones and Steve Eggersgluess on row one. Pogones snagged the early lead with Eggersgluess and Kyle Howland in tow. Pogones stretched his lead as others raced door to door for position. Pogones remained in control after a caution reset the field, but Levi Randt kept close. A pair of No. 11’s fought for second behind Pogones; Jeff Ekdahl in the No. 11JR took second and raced alongside Pogones, but Pogones pulled away. The final laps went by and Pogones took the win followed by Ekdahl, Randt, Howland and Eggersgluess in the top five.

A solid field of WISSOTA Modifieds lined up for the next feature with Devin Fouquette and Travis Schulte on row one. Fouquette grabbed the immediate lead with Schulte holding second. The top two had a marginal lead as others were nearly three-wide. Jody Bellefeuille sat comfortably in third when Eric Lamm moved into battle. Lamm and Bellefeuille were door to door for the spot as Fouquette caught lapped traffic out front. Schulte began to close the gap with Fouquette as they worked through lapped traffic until Schulte made contact with a track tire and the yellow waved.

Fouquette retook the lead on the restart, with heavy pressure from Bellefeuille. Fouquette continued to feel the heat as laps passed by from Bellefeuille, but kept his cool and took the win. Bellefeuille took second with Tyler Kaeter, Lamm and Copp in the top five.

Blake Hawker and Casey Traxler raced door to door the opening laps of the WISSOTA Mod Four feature, with Ashton Schwinn in third. A quick caution slowed the drivers with just a few laps complete, and the drivers were realigned. The battle for first resumed between Hawker and Traxler when the green reappeared with Schwinn back in third. Hawker edged out the top point, Traxler kept close, and Bawden made his way into third.

Another caution slowed the drivers and Hawker brought them back to green. Traxler moved alongside Hawker and the battle for first heated up again. A few cautions kept the drivers at a stop-and-go pace as drivers spun in the curves.

Traxler took the lead on the final restart, and held the point the final laps to take the win. Remaining top five spots went to Hawker, Josh Litzau, Tyler Larson and Gerry Nohner.

The WISSOTA Hornets were the final race of the night, and when the green waved, Anthony Jenson took the lead. Five drivers battled for second just behind Jenson, going three and four-wide through the turns. Jenna Hagemann claimed second and Jonanthan Aderman settled in third while others battled. Bobie Arnes slid alongside Aderman and they battled for third with a four-wide battle behind them.

The Hornet race was full of action as they rounded the quarter-mile turns. With no cautions, Jenson established a solid lead, while Arnes took third and pressured Hagemann for second. As the race headed toward the finish, Hagemann and Arnes were still glued to one another. As the checkers waved, Jenson took the win followed by Hagemann, Arnes, Justin Schelitzche and Jacob Bayerl in the top five.

Princeton Speedway completed its evening of a full race program and three makeup features in just over three hours. Next Friday night will be an exciting night at the Bullring as we will welcome the UMSS Winged and Traditional Sprint Cars, and MN Micro Sprints in addition to our WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Hornets and Street Stocks. It’s going to be a jam-packed night of action, with racing beginning at 7:00 p.m.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 515-Devin Fouquette[1]; 2. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[5]; 3. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[6]; 4. 88-Eric Lamm[4]; 5. 22-Brandon Copp[10]; 6. 2C-Dave Cain[8]; 7. 17B-Zach Benson[7]; 8. 25-Adam Bohlman[3]; 9. 112-Brennan Gave[12]; 10. 89JR-JT Johnson[14]; 11. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[17]; 12. 621-Colin Chaschuk[9]; 13. 24-Tyler English[16]; 14. 23-Tim Patchen[15]; 15. 35-Brad Jensen[18]; 16. 27-Tony Proell[19]; 17. 66-Kevin Lear[20]; 18. (DNF) 3T-Travis Schulte[2]; 19. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[13]; 20. (DNF) T23-John Toppozini[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 515-Devin Fouquette[1]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[4]; 3. 88-Eric Lamm[2]; 4. 22-Brandon Copp[7]; 5. 32-Max Nelson[3]; 6. 24-Tyler English[6]; 7. 35-Brad Jensen[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[2]; 2. 621-Colin Chaschuk[4]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[5]; 4. T23-John Toppozini[6]; 5. 89JR-JT Johnson[7]; 6. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 7. 27-Tony Proell[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[1]; 2. 25-Adam Bohlman[6]; 3. 3T-Travis Schulte[4]; 4. 112-Brennan Gave[2]; 5. 23-Tim Patchen[5]; 6. (DNF) 66-Kevin Lear[3]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 46-Ryan Putnam[6]; 2. 24-Cole Elton[2]; 3. 28-Paul Ripley[5]; 4. 8-Justin Jones[3]; 5. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[1]; 6. 71B-David Siercks[10]; 7. 2-Ariel Mueller[11]; 8. 445-Charles Bistodeau[15]; 9. 20-Donny Little[12]; 10. 4Q2-Mark Martini[9]; 11. 14L-Ben Lewis[16]; 12. (DNF) 33C-Cole Boston[8]; 13. (DNF) 16-Garrett Paull[4]; 14. (DNF) 4W-Joey Wagamon[13]; 15. (DNF) 5-Brecken Froehlich[14]; 16. (DNS) 16V-Jason VandeKamp

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 16-Garrett Paull[2]; 2. 46-Ryan Putnam[3]; 3. 8-Justin Jones[6]; 4. 28-Paul Ripley[5]; 5. 4Q2-Mark Martini[8]; 6. 2-Ariel Mueller[1]; 7. 20-Donny Little[4]; 8. (DNF) 445-Charles Bistodeau[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Cole Elton[1]; 2. 33C-Cole Boston[3]; 3. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[7]; 4. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[2]; 5. 71B-David Siercks[5]; 6. (DNF) 4W-Joey Wagamon[4]; 7. (DNF) 5-Brecken Froehlich[8]; 8. (DNF) 14L-Ben Lewis[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[8]; 3. 11-Levi Randt[5]; 4. 05-Kyle Howland[3]; 5. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[2]; 6. 55-Thomas Worth[6]; 7. 19C-Charlie Shiek[7]; 8. 17B-Rachel Boston[4]; 9. 21-Adam Wraspir[11]; 10. 60-Andrew Milz[9]; 11. 76-Braedyn Fleck[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Thomas Worth[2]; 2. 11-Levi Randt[4]; 3. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[5]; 4. 19C-Charlie Shiek[1]; 5. 60-Andrew Milz[3]; 6. 21-Adam Wraspir[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[4]; 2. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[1]; 3. 05-Kyle Howland[5]; 4. 17B-Rachel Boston[3]; 5. 76-Braedyn Fleck[2]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 13-Casey Traxler[2]; 2. 21-Blake Hawker[1]; 3. 8R-Josh Litzau[12]; 4. 7L-Tyler Larson[10]; 5. N88-Gerrald Nohner[14]; 6. 18-Ashton Schwinn[4]; 7. 14T-Rowan Tramm[11]; 8. 20-Connor Bruss[5]; 9. TB81-Tommy Bawden[7]; 10. 31J-Jordan Fischer[3]; 11. (DNF) 60-Maeghan Milz[15]; 12. (DNF) 119-Brandon Backstrom[13]; 13. (DNF) 5-Robert Holtquist[6]; 14. (DNF) D5-Doug Frederick[9]; 15. (DNF) 14-Chris Benny[18]; 16. (DNF) 11-Jesse Turnvall[16]; 17. (DNF) 81-Amanda Carroll[17]; 18. (DNS) 9T-Thomas Burgard; 19. (DQ) 5H-Dustin Holtquist[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Connor Bruss[3]; 2. TB81-Tommy Bawden[9]; 3. 31J-Jordan Fischer[1]; 4. 13-Casey Traxler[5]; 5. D5-Doug Frederick[4]; 6. 14T-Rowan Tramm[10]; 7. 119-Brandon Backstrom[7]; 8. 60-Maeghan Milz[8]; 9. 81-Amanda Carroll[6]; 10. (DNS) 9T-Thomas Burgard

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 2. 18-Ashton Schwinn[6]; 3. 21-Blake Hawker[5]; 4. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[1]; 5. 7L-Tyler Larson[8]; 6. 8R-Josh Litzau[4]; 7. N88-Gerrald Nohner[9]; 8. 11-Jesse Turnvall[3]; 9. 14-Chris Benny[7]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[2]; 2. 26-Jenna Hagemann[4]; 3. 94A-Bobie Arnes[3]; 4. 14-Justin Schelitzche[9]; 5. 13-Jacob Bayerl[15]; 6. 26N-Nikota Larson[1]; 7. 37C-Colton Trembath[8]; 8. 19-Josh Backstrom[11]; 9. 40-Jack Post[12]; 10. 104-Jonathan Aderman[6]; 11. 29A-Austin Jacobson[5]; 12. 89-Randy Jacoboski[10]; 13. 66-Sydney Chaschuk[18]; 14. 73-Payson Patrin[17]; 15. 53-Branley Theel[16]; 16. 13R-Brandon Nyberg[7]; 17. 64-Eric Pfundt[14]; 18. 16-Avery Chaschuk[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 104-Jonathan Aderman[8]; 2. 26-Jenna Hagemann[1]; 3. 29A-Austin Jacobson[2]; 4. 13R-Brandon Nyberg[7]; 5. 14-Justin Schelitzche[9]; 6. 19-Josh Backstrom[6]; 7. 16-Avery Chaschuk[4]; 8. 64-Eric Pfundt[3]; 9. (DQ) 66-Sydney Chaschuk[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 94A-Bobie Arnes[1]; 2. 26N-Nikota Larson[3]; 3. 23T-Anthony Jenson[9]; 4. 37C-Colton Trembath[8]; 5. 89-Randy Jacoboski[6]; 6. 40-Jack Post[5]; 7. (DNF) 13-Jacob Bayerl[7]; 8. (DNS) 53-Branley Theel; 9. (DNS) 73-Payson Patrin