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Haley and Kyle Dykhoff (Contributed Photo)

Dykhoffs deliver a pair of King Of Dirt wins to family fans Friday at I-94 Speedway

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (May 31) - Friday night kicked off the 15th annual Dick Johanneck King of Dirt doubleheader weekend, and it got off to an amazing start. One week ago at Viking Speedway, Haley Dykhoff blasted through a strong field of WISSOTA Midwest Mods to get a very convincing victory. One week later at I-94 May 31, not only did Haley make it to victory lane once again, but her husband Kyle did the same in the WISSOTA Street Stocks. This very rare occurrence highlighted WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action at the Fergus Falls oval.

The 33-car WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature was led early by Taylor Bitzan, with Haley Dykhoff close in second. The first five laps rolled off incident free, but then a caution reset the field. Corey Mehrwerth moved into third following the restart, as Dykhoff took the lead. With 12 laps left, Bitzan regained the top spot, looking strong out front. Behind him it was a mad scramble as Matt Schow, Ron Saurer, Corey Storck and Mike Nichols were all charging forward and closing in on Dykhoff in second.

With five laps to go, Bitzan’s car broke and the yellow flew. Dykhoff drove off with the lead following the green flag and netted the eventual win, with Schow second, Storck third from 11th, 20th-starter Saurer fourth, 14th-starter Nichols in fifth.

The WISSOTA Street Stock feature was set for 25 laps with 26 lightning-fast cars ready to roll, led early by Jeff Ekdahl. Justin Vogel was close behind in second, but soon Kyle Dykhoff got by and grabbed the lead from Ekdahl, as Eric Riley and Vogel battled for second.

Late in the race Vogel took a couple of runs at Dykhoff, but then broke with five laps left.

Things got wild in the closing laps, as Riley threw a slider at Dykhoff, who crossed him over and retook the lead. Riley came back with three laps left and stole the top spot once again, as Dykhoff somehow got it back to hang on for a tight win. Riley was second and Ty Agen came from 15th to complete the podium. Andrew Hanson and Cory Dykhoff were top-five finishers.

Trevor Nelson (Nick Anderson Photo)

A nice field of 14 WISSOTA Super Stocks also rolled onto the track, featuring many regional heavy hitters. Trevor Nelson was smooth as silk as he took the lead and that’s not usually good for the rest of the field. Dan Nissalke worked his way to second with seven laps scored, and behind him Dexton Koch was wreaking havoc as he battled with Ryan Satter and William Lund.

Four laps later Koch, who was running third, drove by Nissalke for second and tried to run down Nelson. It got interesting late in the race as lapped traffic held up Nelson, but he held on for a nice win ahead of Koch, Lund, Nissalke and Satter in the top five.

Justin Froemming (Nick Anderson Photo)

A healthy field of 17 WISSOTA Modifieds were led early on by front-row starter Justin Froemming. Polesitter Jason Thoennes was in hot pursuit until the final two laps, when Joe Thomas snuck by for second. Thoennes completed the podium, with Ryan Gierke fourth and Jeremy Nelson close in fifth.

The WISSOTA Hornets had a nice field of 18 cars on hand, and as usual Matt Dittman and Jeff Rohner were the class of the field. They finished first and second, while Chase Pourrier did a nice job to finish third. Kole Kampsen and Bobie Arnes had impressive runs to complete the top five.

There were 19 Cliff Viessman Gen X Late Models on hand, with Tony Croninger grabbing the victory. Rick Schroeder was solid in second and Brad Staples ran third. A very fast Bodie Croninger finished in fourth, and Ben Wolden was fifth.

The speedway thanks All Star Construction,Winning Edge Graphics and Lakeside Lumber for sponsoring the night.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 33X-Justin Froemming[2]; 2. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[4]; 3. 52-Jason Thoennes[1]; 4. 26G-Ryan Gierke[3]; 5. 4-Jeremy Nelson[8]; 6. 19-Lucas Rodin[5]; 7. 7-Bryce Borgen[6]; 8. 9E-Don Eischens[10]; 9. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[11]; 10. 18A-Landon Atkinson[12]; 11. 2C-Dave Cain[9]; 12. 51A-Avery Anderson[7]; 13. 13-Cayden Schmeling[15]; 14. 11X-Austin Chyba[14]; 15. 95-Mark Esala[13]; 16. (DNF) 33-Jeff Nelson[17]; 17. (DNF) 40-Kevin Adams[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[1]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[7]; 3. 33X-Justin Froemming[8]; 4. 51A-Avery Anderson[2]; 5. 2C-Dave Cain[5]; 6. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[6]; 7. 95-Mark Esala[9]; 8. 13-Cayden Schmeling[3]; 9. 40-Kevin Adams[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Bryce Borgen[5]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[3]; 4. 52-Jason Thoennes[7]; 5. 9E-Don Eischens[4]; 6. 18A-Landon Atkinson[8]; 7. 11X-Austin Chyba[6]; 8. (DNF) 33-Jeff Nelson[1]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71N-Trevor Nelson[1]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[8]; 3. 54-William Lund[5]; 4. 22-Dan Nissalke[3]; 5. 67-Ryan Satter[4]; 6. 1-Karter Reents[7]; 7. 2-Dave Mass[10]; 8. 21-Trevor Saurer[9]; 9. 3-Brandon Linquist[2]; 10. 27C-Cameron Labelle[11]; 11. 81X-Matt Sparby[14]; 12. 4-Jay Hedtke[12]; 13. 2H-Bryan Hellerman[13]; 14. (DNF) 5-Andrew Hedtke[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Andrew Hedtke[4]; 2. 54-William Lund[5]; 3. 3-Brandon Linquist[1]; 4. 22-Dan Nissalke[7]; 5. 21-Trevor Saurer[3]; 6. 27C-Cameron Labelle[2]; 7. 2H-Bryan Hellerman[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78K-Dexton Koch[6]; 2. 71N-Trevor Nelson[1]; 3. 67-Ryan Satter[4]; 4. 1-Karter Reents[5]; 5. 2-Dave Mass[3]; 6. 4-Jay Hedtke[7]; 7. (DNF) 81X-Matt Sparby[2]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[1]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[8]; 3. 57-Corey Storck[11]; 4. 42-Ron Saurer[20]; 5. 67-Mike Nichols[14]; 6. 13-Scott Oeltjen[12]; 7. 28-Tommy Nichols[7]; 8. 69R-Terry Reilly[10]; 9. 4-Phil Christlieb[22]; 10. 092-Nick Bruder[9]; 11. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[18]; 12. X-Tucker Jacobson[21]; 13. 97-Michelle Hutt[24]; 14. 9M-Jake Molitor[13]; 15. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[30]; 16. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[17]; 17. 87S-Reise Stenberg[25]; 18. 2H-Brooke Hellerman[28]; 19. 81K-Casey Knabe[15]; 20. 110-Tate Kelderman[19]; 21. 21Z-Zach Kort[27]; 22. 13K-Brad King[32]; 23. (DNF) 27-Corey Mehrwerth[6]; 24. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow[16]; 25. (DNF) 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[2]; 26. (DNF) 54-Lance Relf[23]; 27. (DNF) 71-Nate Reinke[5]; 28. (DNF) 42B-Tanner Bitzan[4]; 29. (DNF) 19-Lucas Rodin[3]; 30. (DNF) 10M-Noah McFarlane[31]; 31. (DNF) 9W-Hunter Weeks[29]; 32. (DNF) 40D-Blake Adams[33]; 33. (DNS) 3T-Alex Tschakert

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[4]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[7]; 3. 092-Nick Bruder[3]; 4. 9M-Jake Molitor[2]; 5. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[5]; 6. X-Tucker Jacobson[1]; 7. 87S-Reise Stenberg[8]; 8. 9W-Hunter Weeks[6]; 9. 10M-Noah McFarlane[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[1]; 2. 28-Tommy Nichols[5]; 3. 69R-Terry Reilly[3]; 4. 67-Mike Nichols[7]; 5. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[6]; 6. 4-Phil Christlieb[4]; 7. 3T-Alex Tschakert[8]; 8. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[6]; 2. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[5]; 3. 57-Corey Storck[2]; 4. 81K-Casey Knabe[4]; 5. 110-Tate Kelderman[7]; 6. 54-Lance Relf[3]; 7. 21Z-Zach Kort[1]; 8. (DNS) 13K-Brad King

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[2]; 2. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[1]; 3. 13-Scott Oeltjen[3]; 4. 28S-Ryan Schow[8]; 5. 42-Ron Saurer[4]; 6. 97-Michelle Hutt[7]; 7. 2H-Brooke Hellerman[5]; 8. (DNS) 40D-Blake Adams

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[3]; 2. 51-Eric Riley[8]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[15]; 4. 20-Andrew Hanson[4]; 5. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[6]; 6. 11-Sam Fankhauser[10]; 7. 11R-Levi Randt[21]; 8. 11D-Davey Kruchten[14]; 9. 2-Joe Martin[24]; 10. 19-Cole Greseth[9]; 11. 59-Kyle Anderson[16]; 12. 04-Tommy Pogones[22]; 13. 69D-Dominick Platow[11]; 14. 2K-Tyler Klugman[12]; 15. 23-Maverick Janssen[13]; 16. 31X-Anthony Blom[19]; 17. 18J-Justin Peterson[25]; 18. 58-Wade Tirrel[20]; 19. (DNF) 10T-Darek Turner[5]; 20. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[2]; 21. (DNF) 2U-Kasey Ussatis[7]; 22. (DNF) 44-Dylan Arndt[18]; 23. (DNF) 10V-Justin Vogel[1]; 24. (DNF) KOL34-Kolton Brauer[26]; 25. (DNF) 24W-Ashley Wampler[23]; 26. (DNS) 17-Nick Shumansky

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Sam Fankhauser[4]; 2. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[2]; 3. 69D-Dominick Platow[1]; 4. 59-Kyle Anderson[3]; 5. 12-Kevin Pender[5]; 6. 80-Tony Miller[6]; 7. 18J-Justin Peterson[8]; 8. 2-Joe Martin[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Andrew Hanson[3]; 2. 10T-Darek Turner[2]; 3. 2K-Tyler Klugman[1]; 4. 17-Nick Shumansky[7]; 5. 04-Tommy Pogones[6]; 6. 3J-Tanner Freese[5]; 7. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[8]; 8. 84-Doug Martin[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[7]; 2. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[4]; 3. 23-Maverick Janssen[1]; 4. 44-Dylan Arndt[6]; 5. 24W-Ashley Wampler[8]; 6. (DNF) 12X-Scott Werk[2]; 7. (DNF) 7X-Peter Martin[3]; 8. (DNS) 11R-Levi Randt

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Cole Greseth[2]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[4]; 3. 11D-Davey Kruchten[3]; 4. 31X-Anthony Blom[5]; 5. 57-Jason Fechtner[1]; 6. (DNF) 30B-Wade Bergerud[6]; 7. (DQ) KOL34-Kolton Brauer[7]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[3]; 2. 10V-Justin Vogel[5]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[7]; 4. 58-Wade Tirrel[2]; 5. 2*-Dustin Schultz[1]; 6. 16-Greg Platzer[4]; 7. 71-Josh Long[6]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 11R-Levi Randt[9]; 2. 24W-Ashley Wampler[2]; 3. 18J-Justin Peterson[5]; 4. 84-Doug Martin[7]; 5. 71-Josh Long[6]; 6. 2*-Dustin Schultz[3]; 7. (DQ) 12-Kevin Pender[1]; 8. (DQ) 3J-Tanner Freese[4]; 9. (DQ) 30B-Wade Bergerud[8]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 2. 2-Joe Martin[6]; 3. KOL34-Kolton Brauer[9]; 4. 80-Tony Miller[3]; 5. 16-Greg Platzer[4]; 6. 7X-Peter Martin[8]; 7. 57-Jason Fechtner[2]; 8. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[5]; 9. (DNS) 12X-Scott Werk

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 22-Matthew Dittman[2]; 2. 08-Jeff Rohner[7]; 3. 35-Chase Pourrier[6]; 4. 2-Kole Kampsen[8]; 5. 94A-Bobie Arnes[3]; 6. 26-Jenna Hagemann[12]; 7. 701-Hunter Goulet[1]; 8. 7-Dylan Tirrel[10]; 9. 10-Dexyn Habraken[5]; 10. 19-Josh Backstrom[14]; 11. 80K-Nathan Kelley[11]; 12. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[13]; 13. 988-Ayden Muchow[15]; 14. 73-Payson Patrin[4]; 15. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[19]; 16. (DNF) 22A-Austin Raths[16]; 17. (DNF) I94-Alexa Sparby[17]; 18. (DNF) 988W-Kevin Wahl[9]; 19. (DNS) 03-Christian Kast

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Matthew Dittman[6]; 2. 2-Kole Kampsen[9]; 3. 94A-Bobie Arnes[7]; 4. 10-Dexyn Habraken[2]; 5. 988W-Kevin Wahl[1]; 6. 80K-Nathan Kelley[4]; 7. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[5]; 8. 988-Ayden Muchow[10]; 9. I94-Alexa Sparby[3]; 10. (DNS) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Payson Patrin[3]; 2. 35-Chase Pourrier[7]; 3. 08-Jeff Rohner[1]; 4. 701-Hunter Goulet[4]; 5. 7-Dylan Tirrel[2]; 6. 26-Jenna Hagemann[9]; 7. 19-Josh Backstrom[5]; 8. 22A-Austin Raths[8]; 9. (DNS) 03-Christian Kast

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8T-Tony Croninger[2]; 2. 7-Rick Schroeder[4]; 3. 10-Brad Staples[1]; 4. 811-Bodie Croninger[6]; 5. 50-Ben Wolden[10]; 6. 17J-John Winge[5]; 7. 15-Trevor Walsh[9]; 8. 49-Andrew Tysdal[8]; 9. 27-Jarrett Huus[7]; 10. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[14]; 11. 2-Blake Boelens[15]; 12. 1776-Joseph Thomas[12]; 13. 11*-Larry Samuelson[13]; 14. 00-Kevin Youngquist[17]; 15. 71-John Plaster[19]; 16. 40+-Ryan Shepherd Sr[16]; 17. 4C-Brent Clemensen[18]; 18. (DNF) 9-Adam Prieve[3]; 19. (DNS) 18A-Mike Anderson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8T-Tony Croninger[1]; 2. 811-Bodie Croninger[8]; 3. 49-Andrew Tysdal[3]; 4. 10-Brad Staples[5]; 5. 15-Trevor Walsh[10]; 6. 18A-Mike Anderson[2]; 7. 11*-Larry Samuelson[6]; 8. 2-Blake Boelens[4]; 9. 00-Kevin Youngquist[9]; 10. 71-John Plaster[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17J-John Winge[1]; 2. 9-Adam Prieve[4]; 3. 7-Rick Schroeder[8]; 4. 27-Jarrett Huus[6]; 5. 50-Ben Wolden[9]; 6. 1776-Joseph Thomas[5]; 7. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[7]; 8. 40+-Ryan Shepherd Sr[3]; 9. 4C-Brent Clemensen[2]