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Reinke and Christ claim opening night wins at Tri-County Speedway Thursday

WISHEK, ND (May 30) - Zach Reinke and Billie Christ topped WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action Thursday, May 30 at Tri-County Speedway, as the track opened for its 2024 season.

Reinke had a tough customer in Lucas Rodin behind him to the checkered in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, but was able to prevail for his first win of the season. Rodin, Brennon Weight, Lane Johnson and Luke Johnson completed the top five.

Christ, who started sixth on the grid, held off the charging eighth-starter Jodie Michaelsohn for the victory, his second straight in early season competition. Clay Gentzkow, Braden Brauer and Mike Mund were top-five finishers.

In the track’s Legends feature, Donavin Wiest was the winner from the front row, while Derrick Appert was victorious in the Hobby Stocks.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 22-Zach Reinke[3]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[2]; 3. 28-Brennon Weight[4]; 4. 3JR-Lane Johnson[1]; 5. 3-Luke Johnson[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Brennon Weight[2]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[1]; 3. 3JR-Lane Johnson[3]; 4. 3-Luke Johnson[5]; 5. 22-Zach Reinke[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 79B-Billie Christ[6]; 2. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[8]; 3. 37-Clay Gentzkow[3]; 4. 34JR-Braden Brauer[7]; 5. 4M-Mike Mund[5]; 6. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[1]; 7. 17-Christopher Ritter[9]; 8. 6W-Anthony Wendel[10]; 9. 17G-Chris Gonska[4]; 10. 10-Hayden Aberle[13]; 11. 77D-Adam Dehne[17]; 12. 52X-Ava Gonska[15]; 13. (DNF) 77-Joe Deede[12]; 14. (DNF) 2U-Kasey Ussatis[14]; 15. (DNF) 12W-Chris Welk Jr[2]; 16. (DNF) 52-Bryan Grenz[16]; 17. (DNF) 11-Emily Mundahl[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4M-Mike Mund[1]; 2. 17-Christopher Ritter[3]; 3. 12W-Chris Welk Jr[2]; 4. 6W-Anthony Wendel[4]; 5. 10-Hayden Aberle[5]; 6. 52-Bryan Grenz[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34JR-Braden Brauer[2]; 2. 79B-Billie Christ[6]; 3. 37-Clay Gentzkow[1]; 4. 11-Emily Mundahl[5]; 5. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[3]; 6. 77D-Adam Dehne[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 54-Jodie Michaelsohn[2]; 2. 95-Jayden Michaelsohn[5]; 3. 17G-Chris Gonska[4]; 4. 77-Joe Deede[1]; 5. 52X-Ava Gonska[3]

Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. E85-Derrick Appert[3]; 2. 18-Chris Michaelsohn[2]; 3. 44M-Keith McCleary[1]; 4. 5-Barrett Herr[6]; 5. E98-Jeremy Herr[7]; 6. E15-Mitch Gordon[4]; 7. (DNF) 03-Wyatt Schweigert[8]; 8. (DNF) 4-Cade gentzkow[5]; 9. (DNS) 29VJR-Ryker Vetter

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. E85-Derrick Appert[1]; 2. E98-Jeremy Herr[3]; 3. 44M-Keith McCleary[2]; 4. 4-Cade gentzkow[4]; 5. 29VJR-Ryker Vetter[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Chris Michaelsohn[2]; 2. E15-Mitch Gordon[4]; 3. 5-Barrett Herr[3]; 4. 03-Wyatt Schweigert[1]

Legends:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19-Donavin Wiest[2]; 2. 0-Ryan Erdahl[3]; 3. 22-Regan Reinke[4]; 4. 55-Ivan Sailer[1]; 5. (DNF) 28L-Don Hayes[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Donavin Wiest[1]; 2. 0-Ryan Erdahl[5]; 3. 55-Ivan Sailer[4]; 4. 22-Regan Reinke[2]; 5. 28L-Don Hayes[3]