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King Of Dirt weekend at I-94 wraps up Saturday as wins go to Peterson, Bitzan, Nelson, Reinke, Riley and Pourrier

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (June 1) - The Dick Johanneck King of Dirt weekend wrapped up Saturday night with a nice field of 157 cars in seven classes running for the crown.

Race fans also got a special treat, as for the second night in a row the Dirt Race Central WISSOTA Street Stock tour was also in town, along with the NLRA WISSOTA Late Models.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners - and Kings of Dirt - included Tyler Peterson, Dustin Bitzan, Trevor Nelson, Nate Reinke, Eric Riley and Chase Pourrier. John Winge took the crown in the Gen X Late Models.

A nice field of 26 WISSOTA Midwest Mods put on quite a show, as Ron Saurer, in his 50th year of racing, took the lead in the 25-lap feature ahead of Corey Storck and Matt Schow going at it for second.

After a caution with six laps scored, Storck took charge followed by Saurer, with Nate Reinke moving past Corey Mehrwerth into third.

With 14 laps left Reinke got by Saurer for second, and four laps later Schow passed Saurer for third.

The last six laps were very intense as Storck and Reinke went back and forth before Storck broke a shock with two to go, and Reinke was able to get by and grab a hard fought win. Storck, Schow, Mehrwerth and Saurer completed the top five.

The Dirt Race Central Street Stock Tour also brought 31 very good race cars to Fergus Falls for the night. In his first visit here, Wade Tirrel was very impressive as he took the early lead in the 25-lap feature. Eric Riley was quickly on the move from his third starting spot and moved out front, with Kyle Dykhoff following through to second.

Back in traffic Justin Vogel fought his way from 15th to fifth with 14 laps to go. Ty Agen moved up to third, and he and Dykhoff tried to run down the lightning-fast Riley with Andrew Hanson close behind. In the end Riley took home the win with Dykhoff edging Agen for second. Hanson and Kyle Anderson rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks had a wild feature, with Jordan Henkemeyer in the early lead with heavy pressure from Dexton Koch and Trevor Saurer.

With eight laps scored Koch got by Henkemeyer for the lead. Then a lap later Dave Mass went up to the top and found a lot of speed; he jumped from fifth to second and grabbed the lead before he broke on the final lap. Seemingly out of nowhere, Trevor Nelson threw a slider on Koch and edged him to the finish line for the win. Koch, Dan Nissalke, Henkemeyer, and William Lund completed the top five.

The largest field of the night was a strong 33-car field of NLRA WISSOTA Late Models. Brad Seng ran strongly early, as he held off Don Shaw and Dave Mass.

A yellow reset the field and Mass took charge, but with 20 laps left Mass lost a wheel and Shaw took over out front. Fifth-starter Tyler Peterson was on a mission as he got by Shaw for the lead and Dustin Strand followed through to second. In the end Peterson grabbed the crown followed by Strand, Shaw, Shane Edginton, and 17th-starter Cole Schill in the top five.

Nineteen WISSOTA Modifieds took the green flag for their feature, led early by Dusty Bitzan with Tyler Peterson close behind.

Ryan Gierke was on the move forward from fifth, getting by Lucas Rodin for third with six laps left.

In the meantime, Peterson caught Bitzan and they were swapping spots, but with five laps left something broke on Peterson's car and he hit the wall and rolled in turn four, with the car also catching fire. It was quickly put out.

Bitzan held on to edge Gierke for the win with Jason Thoennes running very strong in third. Joe Thomas and Jeremy Nelson rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Hornet class is full of new faces this year and it looks like a lot of great talent. The teenagers are making a name for themselves and one of them is Chase Pourrier. He already has three wins in his first full season in the class and he took home the crown Saturday, with Jeff Rohner, Kole Kampson, Christian Kast and Andrew DeNoble completing the top five.

John Winge made the drive up from Harrisburg, SD to win the Cliff Viessman Gen X Late Model feature over a good 17-car field.

I-94 Speedway thanks Realty Experts of Bemidji, Dirt Race Central, and Thrivent for sponsoring the races along with all the treats for Kids Night.

There is no racing at I-94 on June 7, but we will be back June 14 with the Rebel Midwest Mod Tour.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[7]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw[3]; 4. 5E-Shane Edginton[6]; 5. 44*-Cole Schill[17]; 6. 12S-Brad Seng[1]; 7. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[9]; 8. 45-Dustin Bluhm[14]; 9. 4J-Lee Grosz[18]; 10. 14-Brody Troftgruben[20]; 11. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[12]; 12. 3S-Nathan Sletto[13]; 13. 10R-Kevin Robertson[16]; 14. 66-Sam Zender[15]; 15. 4C-Brandon Corbett[4]; 16. (DNF) 57-Chad Williamson[11]; 17. (DNF) 14M-Greg Moore[24]; 18. (DNF) 10K-Shawn Kirwin[8]; 19. (DNF) 56-Laine Schwehr[21]; 20. (DNF) 2-Dave Mass[2]; 21. (DNF) 21S-John Seng[19]; 22. (DNF) 00-Mitch Johnson[22]; 23. (DNF) 32T-Lindsey Hansen[10]; 24. (DNF) 2*-Cole Babcock[23]; 25. (DNF) 18-Josh Rieck[26]; 26. (DNF) 9R-Erik Robertson[25]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12S-Brad Seng[2]; 2. 42S-Don Shaw[3]; 3. 2RK-Rusty Kollman[7]; 4. 3S-Nathan Sletto[1]; 5. 44*-Cole Schill[8]; 6. 15X-Blake Boelens[5]; 7. 18X-Shawn Meyer[6]; 8. 14M-Greg Moore[4]; 9. 2*-Cole Babcock[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[3]; 2. 10K-Shawn Kirwin[4]; 3. 32T-Lindsey Hansen[2]; 4. 45-Dustin Bluhm[5]; 5. 4J-Lee Grosz[7]; 6. 18-Josh Rieck[8]; 7. 24-Mike Hart[6]; 8. 3H-Jerry Hauge[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[1]; 2. 4C-Brandon Corbett[2]; 3. 57-Chad Williamson[4]; 4. 66-Sam Zender[5]; 5. 21S-John Seng[6]; 6. 9R-Erik Robertson[3]; 7. 56-Laine Schwehr[8]; 8. 50-Ben Wolden[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 5E-Shane Edginton[5]; 3. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[4]; 4. 10R-Kevin Robertson[6]; 5. 14-Brody Troftgruben[7]; 6. 00-Mitch Johnson[8]; 7. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[3]; 8. (DNF) 71X-Cory Tammen[1]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44*-Cole Schill[1]; 2. 21S-John Seng[2]; 3. 56-Laine Schwehr[6]; 4. 71X-Cory Tammen[9]; 5. 15X-Blake Boelens[3]; 6. 18X-Shawn Meyer[5]; 7. 9R-Erik Robertson[4]; 8. 14M-Greg Moore[7]; 9. 50-Ben Wolden[8]

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz[1]; 2. 14-Brody Troftgruben[2]; 3. 00-Mitch Johnson[4]; 4. 18-Josh Rieck[3]; 5. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[6]; 6. 2*-Cole Babcock[8]; 7. 24-Mike Hart[5]; 8. 3H-Jerry Hauge[7]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[3]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[11]; 3. 52-Jason Thoennes[5]; 4. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[1]; 5. 4-Jeremy Nelson[15]; 6. 19-Lucas Rodin[2]; 7. 2C-Dave Cain[7]; 8. 22-Brandon Copp[9]; 9. 11X-Austin Chyba[16]; 10. 95-Mark Esala[18]; 11. 13-Cayden Schmeling[13]; 12. 96-Erv Grossman[19]; 13. (DNF) 9E-Don Eischens[10]; 14. (DNF) 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 15. (DNF) 18A-Landon Atkinson[8]; 16. (DNF) 33X-Justin Froemming[12]; 17. (DNF) 33-Jeff Nelson[14]; 18. (DNF) 51T-Tim Thomas[17]; 19. (DNF) 7-Bryce Borgen[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 2. 52-Jason Thoennes[2]; 3. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[1]; 4. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[7]; 5. 22-Brandon Copp[4]; 6. 26G-Ryan Gierke[9]; 7. 13-Cayden Schmeling[3]; 8. 4-Jeremy Nelson[10]; 9. 51T-Tim Thomas[6]; 10. (DNF) 96-Erv Grossman[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[5]; 2. 7-Bryce Borgen[1]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson[4]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[3]; 5. 9E-Don Eischens[8]; 6. 33X-Justin Froemming[9]; 7. 33-Jeff Nelson[2]; 8. 11X-Austin Chyba[7]; 9. 95-Mark Esala[6]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71N-Trevor Nelson[8]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[6]; 3. 22-Dan Nissalke[2]; 4. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[1]; 5. 54-William Lund[11]; 6. 67-Ryan Satter[9]; 7. 1-Karter Reents[4]; 8. 22N-Bryson North[14]; 9. 20-Jeremy North[7]; 10. 3-Brandon Linquist[15]; 11. 4A-Allan Cleveland[16]; 12. (DNF) 2-Dave Mass[5]; 13. (DNF) 21-Trevor Saurer[3]; 14. (DNF) 27C-Cameron Labelle[12]; 15. (DNF) 81X-Matt Sparby[13]; 16. (DNF) 77-Carson Miller[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Karter Reents[2]; 2. 71N-Trevor Nelson[4]; 3. 21-Trevor Saurer[1]; 4. 22-Dan Nissalke[6]; 5. 67-Ryan Satter[8]; 6. 54-William Lund[3]; 7. 81X-Matt Sparby[5]; 8. 3-Brandon Linquist[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[1]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[3]; 3. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[7]; 4. 20-Jeremy North[6]; 5. 77-Carson Miller[5]; 6. 27C-Cameron Labelle[2]; 7. 22N-Bryson North[4]; 8. (DNF) 4A-Allan Cleveland[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[7]; 2. 57-Corey Storck[1]; 3. 2S-Matt Schow[6]; 4. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[4]; 5. 42-Ron Saurer[2]; 6. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[11]; 7. 19-Lucas Rodin[23]; 8. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[8]; 9. 39-Jamie Dietzler[14]; 10. 12X-Jamie Norman[16]; 11. 13-Scott Oeltjen[19]; 12. 81K-Casey Knabe[26]; 13. TS42-Scott Samuelson[12]; 14. 13K-Brad King[21]; 15. (DNF) 28S-Ryan Schow[20]; 16. (DNF) 67-Mike Nichols[17]; 17. (DNF) 87S-Reise Stenberg[9]; 18. (DNF) 97-Michelle Hutt[5]; 19. (DNF) 28-Tommy Nichols[10]; 20. (DNF) 75JR-Daniel Harstad[18]; 21. (DNF) 21Z-Zach Kort[25]; 22. (DNF) 69R-Terry Reilly[3]; 23. (DNF) 092-Nick Bruder[13]; 24. (DNF) 30-Cole Neset[15]; 25. (DNS) 9W-Hunter Weeks; 26. (DNS) X-Tucker Jacobson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87S-Reise Stenberg[1]; 2. 97-Michelle Hutt[2]; 3. 69R-Terry Reilly[5]; 4. 28-Tommy Nichols[4]; 5. 092-Nick Bruder[8]; 6. 12X-Jamie Norman[6]; 7. 13-Scott Oeltjen[7]; 8. 9W-Hunter Weeks[3]; 9. 21Z-Zach Kort[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Corey Storck[2]; 2. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[3]; 3. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[8]; 4. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[9]; 5. 39-Jamie Dietzler[4]; 6. 67-Mike Nichols[5]; 7. 28S-Ryan Schow[6]; 8. 19-Lucas Rodin[7]; 9. 81K-Casey Knabe[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[5]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[4]; 3. 42-Ron Saurer[6]; 4. TS42-Scott Samuelson[1]; 5. 30-Cole Neset[8]; 6. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[2]; 7. 13K-Brad King[7]; 8. X-Tucker Jacobson[3]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[3]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[5]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[8]; 4. 20-Andrew Hanson[9]; 5. 59-Kyle Anderson[10]; 6. 2-Joe Martin[2]; 7. 11-Sam Fankhauser[6]; 8. 71-Josh Long[17]; 9. 17-Nick Shumansky[14]; 10. 11D-Davey Kruchten[4]; 11. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[18]; 12. 10V-Justin Vogel[15]; 13. 16-Greg Platzer[19]; 14. 18J-Justin Peterson[12]; 15. 80-Tony Miller[23]; 16. 69D-Dominick Platow[24]; 17. 7X-Peter Martin[25]; 18. 2K-Tyler Klugman[21]; 19. 31X-Anthony Blom[26]; 20. 57-Jason Fechtner[20]; 21. (DNF) 12-Kevin Pender[22]; 22. (DNF) 23-Maverick Janssen[11]; 23. (DNF) 19-Cole Greseth[13]; 24. (DNF) 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[7]; 25. (DNF) 58-Wade Tirrel[1]; 26. (DNF) 10T-Darek Turner[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Sam Fankhauser[1]; 2. 2-Joe Martin[2]; 3. 20-Andrew Hanson[3]; 4. 19-Cole Greseth[5]; 5. 71-Josh Long[7]; 6. 69D-Dominick Platow[4]; 7. (DNF) 24W-Ashley Wampler[6]; 8. (DNF) 12-Kevin Pender[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[1]; 2. 11D-Davey Kruchten[4]; 3. 59-Kyle Anderson[7]; 4. 17-Nick Shumansky[3]; 5. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[8]; 6. 80-Tony Miller[5]; 7. 7X-Peter Martin[2]; 8. 30B-Wade Bergerud[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Ty Agen[3]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[1]; 3. 23-Maverick Janssen[4]; 4. 10V-Justin Vogel[7]; 5. 16-Greg Platzer[5]; 6. 2K-Tyler Klugman[6]; 7. 84-Doug Martin[2]; 8. (DNF) 31X-Anthony Blom[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[4]; 2. 58-Wade Tirrel[5]; 3. 18J-Justin Peterson[7]; 4. 10T-Darek Turner[1]; 5. 57-Jason Fechtner[6]; 6. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[2]; 7. (DNF) 24-Mike Hart[3]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2K-Tyler Klugman[3]; 2. 12-Kevin Pender[10]; 3. 80-Tony Miller[2]; 4. 69D-Dominick Platow[1]; 5. 7X-Peter Martin[5]; 6. 31X-Anthony Blom[11]; 7. 84-Doug Martin[6]; 8. 30B-Wade Bergerud[7]; 9. 24W-Ashley Wampler[8]; 10. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[4]; 11. (DNS) 24-Mike Hart

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 35-Chase Pourrier[3]; 2. 08-Jeff Rohner[12]; 3. 2-Kole Kampsen[4]; 4. 03-Christian Kast[1]; 5. 988A-Andrew DeNoble[2]; 6. 988W-Kevin Wahl[5]; 7. 10-Dexyn Habraken[14]; 8. 80K-Nathan Kelley[9]; 9. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[6]; 10. I94-Alexa Sparby[11]; 11. 11K-Paul Kester[13]; 12. 19A-Alysha Christenson[15]; 13. 22A-Austin Raths[7]; 14. (DNF) 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[10]; 15. (DQ) 7-Dylan Tirrel[8]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 7-Dylan Tirrel[1]; 2. 22A-Austin Raths[3]; 3. 988A-Andrew DeNoble[5]; 4. 03-Christian Kast[8]; 5. 80K-Nathan Kelley[6]; 6. I94-Alexa Sparby[7]; 7. 11K-Paul Kester[2]; 8. 19A-Alysha Christenson[4]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 2-Kole Kampsen[3]; 2. 988W-Kevin Wahl[7]; 3. 35-Chase Pourrier[4]; 4. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[1]; 5. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[6]; 6. 08-Jeff Rohner[2]; 7. 10-Dexyn Habraken[5]

Gen X Late Models:

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

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 811-Bodie Croninger[4]; 2. 27-Jarrett Huus[1]; 3. 1776-Joseph Thomas[3]; 4. 17J-John Winge[5]; 5. 7-Rick Schroeder[9]; 6. 50-Ben Wolden[8]; 7. 18A-Mike Anderson[2]; 8. 4C-Brent Clemensen[7]; 9. 40+-Ryan Shepherd Sr[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Trevor Walsh[3]; 2. 11*-Larry Samuelson[1]; 3. 2-Blake Boelens[4]; 4. 00-Kevin Youngquist[2]; 5. 8T-Tony Croninger[7]; 6. 49-Andrew Tysdal[5]; 7. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[8]; 8. 10-Brad Staples[6]