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Brett Hoium (Collin Nelson Photo)

Hoium nails down Mod win and it’s a Saurer and Saurer show Saturday at Viking Speedway

ALEXANDRIA, MN (June 8) - Viking Speedway was back in action with another full program of WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action on Saturday night. Brett Hoium, a pair of Saurers - Ron and Trevor - and Matthew Dittman earned the feature wins at the half mile.

Hoium started on the front row of the WISSOTA Modified main event, and led the thundering herd across the checkered flag. It was the first win of the season at Viking for Hoium. Mike Stearns followed Hoium across the line in second with Jason Thoennes third, Justin Froemming fourth and Brady Gerdes fifth.

Trevor Saurer also turned a front-row start into a victory in the WISSOTA Super Stocks. He started second and narrowly held off Ryan Kostreba for his first win of the season at the speedway. William Lund was third ahead of Bailey Rosch and Karter Reents.

Trevor Saurer (Collin Nelson Photo)

Ron Saurer (Collin Nelson Photo)

The patriarch of the Saurer family - Ron - topped the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature for his first win of the season at Viking. Ron started on the front row, and grabbed the checkers ahead of eighth-starter Tanner Bitzan, Taylor Bitzan, Nick Bruder, and Jon Carlson.

Dittman earned his third WISSOTA Hornet main event win of the season in Alexandria. He started fourth, and grabbed the checkers ahead of Kole Kampsen, Jeff Rohner, Kreg Anderson, and Austin Raths.

Matt Dittman (Collin Nelson Photo)

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 5H-Brett Hoium[2]; 2. 24S-Mike Stearns[3]; 3. 52-Jason Thoennes[4]; 4. 33X-Justin Froemming[6]; 5. 2X-Brady Gerdes[7]; 6. 51-Josh Thoennes[5]; 7. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[1]; 8. 21X-Travis Saurer[10]; 9. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[11]; 10. 26G-Ryan Gierke[8]; 11. 10H-Nate Heinrich[14]; 12. 51-Talan Thoennes[12]; 13. (DNF) 6X-Zach Johnson[13]; 14. (DNF) 51A-Avery Anderson[9]; 15. (DNS) 5K-Tyler Kaeter

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Jason Thoennes[1]; 2. 2X-Brady Gerdes[4]; 3. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[2]; 4. 24S-Mike Stearns[6]; 5. 51A-Avery Anderson[8]; 6. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[7]; 7. 6X-Zach Johnson[3]; 8. 10H-Nate Heinrich[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Brett Hoium[2]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[4]; 3. 51-Josh Thoennes[3]; 4. 33X-Justin Froemming[7]; 5. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]; 6. 51-Talan Thoennes[1]; 7. (DNF) 5K-Tyler Kaeter[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21-Trevor Saurer[2]; 2. 17-Ryan Kostreba[4]; 3. 54L-William Lund[7]; 4. 28*-Bailey Rosch[5]; 5. 1-Karter Reents[3]; 6. 29*-Jeff Crouse[11]; 7. 4A-Allan Cleveland[6]; 8. (DNF) 13M-Matt Miller[1]; 9. (DNF) 77-Carson Miller[9]; 10. (DNF) 14-Russell Kostreba[8]; 11. (DNF) 2H-Bryan Hellerman[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28*-Bailey Rosch[4]; 2. 13M-Matt Miller[6]; 3. 21-Trevor Saurer[3]; 4. 4A-Allan Cleveland[2]; 5. (DNF) 77-Carson Miller[1]; 6. (DNF) 29*-Jeff Crouse[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54L-William Lund[2]; 2. 17-Ryan Kostreba[5]; 3. 14-Russell Kostreba[1]; 4. 1-Karter Reents[3]; 5. (DNF) 2H-Bryan Hellerman[4]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 42RS-Ron Saurer[1]; 2. 42-Tanner Bitzan[8]; 3. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[4]; 4. 092-Nick Bruder[7]; 5. 8-Jon Carlson[2]; 6. 13-Scott Oeltjen[6]; 7. 32-Shawn Olson[20]; 8. 1X-Travis Engebretson[9]; 9. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[10]; 10. 97-Michelle Hutt[13]; 11. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[3]; 12. 554-Alan Oeltjen[19]; 13. 13TK-Tate Kostreba[12]; 14. 2H-Brooke Hellerman[17]; 15. 19-Dalton Kruger[14]; 16. (DNF) 52-Maddie Swenson[16]; 17. (DNF) 23-Josh Muzik[18]; 18. (DNF) 445-Charles Bistodeau[15]; 19. (DNF) 10M-Noah McFarlane[11]; 20. (DNF) 73-Onyx Johnson[5]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 092-Nick Bruder[2]; 2. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[3]; 3. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[4]; 4. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[7]; 5. 97-Michelle Hutt[6]; 6. 52-Maddie Swenson[5]; 7. 2H-Brooke Hellerman[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 13-Scott Oeltjen[6]; 2. 42RS-Ron Saurer[3]; 3. 42-Tanner Bitzan[5]; 4. 10M-Noah McFarlane[7]; 5. 19-Dalton Kruger[1]; 6. (DNF) 23-Josh Muzik[2]; 7. (DNS) 32-Shawn Olson

Heat 3 (6 Laps): 1. 8-Jon Carlson[2]; 2. 73-Onyx Johnson[6]; 3. 1X-Travis Engebretson[5]; 4. 13TK-Tate Kostreba[3]; 5. 445-Charles Bistodeau[4]; 6. (DNS) 554-Alan Oeltjen

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Matthew Dittman[4]; 2. 2-Kole Kampsen[8]; 3. 08-Jeff Rohner[5]; 4. 90-Kreg Anderson[9]; 5. 5T-Austin Raths[1]; 6. 03-Christian Kast[3]; 7. 11K-Paul Kester[13]; 8. Y4-Christopher Blume[2]; 9. 84X-Adam Berry[10]; 10. 20-Christopher Winter Jr[12]; 11. 80K-Nathan Kelley[11]; 12. (DNF) 28S-Blayne Sweet[6]; 13. (DNF) 28X-Bob Casperson[14]; 14. (DQ) 35-Chase Pourrier[7]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 35-Chase Pourrier[2]; 2. 22-Matthew Dittman[3]; 3. 08-Jeff Rohner[7]; 4. Y4-Christopher Blume[4]; 5. 90-Kreg Anderson[5]; 6. 80K-Nathan Kelley[1]; 7. 11K-Paul Kester[6]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Kole Kampsen[1]; 2. 5T-Austin Raths[5]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[4]; 4. 28S-Blayne Sweet[7]; 5. 84X-Adam Berry[6]; 6. 20-Christopher Winter Jr[3]; 7. 28X-Bob Casperson[2]

Scott Hughes