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Swearingen and Larson lead the way in WISSOTA classes as Ogilvie fans flock to final night of Mod Wars event

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (July 13) - With a high chance of rain all night, everyone’s eyes were as much on the radar as the race track, but once again, Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway was victorious and the third night of the fourth annual Mod Wars was completed before rain arrived. Headlined by the USMTS Modifieds taking on drivers who had WISSOTA-legal Modifieds, when the final checkers waved USMTS won the weekend, with Jake O’Neil getting the win.

Other WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included David Swearingen and Tyler Larson.

The WISSOTA Mod Fours kicked off the night’s features with Tyler Larson and Blake Hawker on row one. Larson drove away with the early lead with Luke Erlandson in second and Hawker in third. Dustin Holtquist then made a couple passes to snag third, as a caution fell for a driver having mechanical issues.

When the race resumed, Larson immediately pulled away from the pack while Holtquist and Erlandson raced door to door for second. They remained side by side for a handful of laps until Holtquist nosed ahead with two laps to go. Holtquist looked ahead and chased after Larson, however Larson kept his foot down and took the win. Holtquist, Erlandson, Hawker and Meaghan Milz completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were led to green by James Trantina and Ryan Savoy. Savoy claimed the top point and others battled for position as the first lap was scored. A couple cautions soon followed and kept drivers slowed.

When the green reappeared, Zach Benson sped by Savoy for first. Savoy and David Swearingen did not let Benson get far, as the top three drivers were nearly three wide in the turn. Benson broke free of his competitors as Lucas Rodin joined the top five. Rodin challenged Savoy and Swearingen, before Swearingen took second. Swearingen quickly caught Benson and dove low on the track surface to grab the lead. Swearingen pulled away, and after a couple laps, began to work lapped traffic, as Rodin and Benson battled for second. Benson and Rodin were three-wide with lapped drivers as the white waved. Swearingen picked up the victory, while Rodin, Benson, Wyatt Boyum and Blake Adams completed the top five.

A strong field of USMTS and WISSOTA-legal Modifieds filled the race surface for the night’s main event, led to the green by Jeremy Nelson and Gabe Hodges. When the green dropped, Nelson and Hodges battled for the top point side by side and separated from the field. They remained glued to one another and swapped back and forth, until Nelson finally secured first after nine laps. Hodges held second and Terry Phillips raced to third as Jake O’Neil made his way to fourth.

O’Neil sped into second and attached himself to Nelson. O’Neil and Nelson remained close in the turns before the yellow appeared. After a few more cautions, O’Neil secured first. Phillips slid into second with Jim Chisholm in third. Laps clicked by with Phillips chasing after O’Neil, and as they encountered slower traffic, Phillips was alongside O’Neil in the turns, but O’Neil was faster on the exit. Phillips was unable to make the groove work for him, as Jake O’Neil took the checkered flag and his second win of the Mod Wars weekend. Phillips finished in a close second with Chisholm, Tanner Mullens and Jake Timm in the top five.

Next Saturday will be a regular night of racing at the Big O, featuring all six of our regular classes. Racing will resume at 6:30 p.m.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 5-David Swearingen[6]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[3]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[4]; 4. 21B-Wyatt Boyum[5]; 5. 40D-Blake Adams[11]; 6. 16S-Ryan Savoy[2]; 7. 19X-James Trantina III[1]; 8. 21-Jake Smith[20]; 9. 63JR-Brady Larson[8]; 10. 33C-Cole Boston[12]; 11. 2-Denis Czech[18]; 12. 17-Ashley Boyum[15]; 13. 15-James Vendela[10]; 14. 14L-Ben Lewis[22]; 15. 16-Garrett Paull[19]; 16. 46-Ryan Putnam[23]; 17. 1S-Scott Bintz[9]; 18. 980-Kaden Woodie[21]; 19. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[7]; 20. 89-Kolby Reed[24]; 21. 2M-Ariel Mueller[14]; 22. (DNF) 13-Tate Kostreba[16]; 23. (DNF) 70JR-David Simpson[13]; 24. (DNF) 16V-Jason VandeKamp[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[2]; 2. 1S-Scott Bintz[3]; 3. 15-James Vendela[4]; 4. 70JR-David Simpson[5]; 5. 2-Denis Czech[6]; 6. 46-Ryan Putnam[7]; 7. 14L-Ben Lewis[1]; 8. 445-Charles Bistodeau[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[1]; 2. 21B-Wyatt Boyum[4]; 3. 33C-Cole Boston[2]; 4. 2M-Ariel Mueller[3]; 5. 16-Garrett Paull[5]; 6. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[7]; 7. 21-Jake Smith[8]; 8. 03-Bryce Huff[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 63JR-Brady Larson[1]; 2. 5-David Swearingen[4]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[7]; 4. 17-Ashley Boyum[2]; 5. 69T-Nick Thoreson[3]; 6. 980-Kaden Woodie[8]; 7. 3P-David Pixley[5]; 8. 89M-Chris McClain[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 19X-James Trantina III[3]; 2. 16S-Ryan Savoy[5]; 3. 40D-Blake Adams[4]; 4. 13-Tate Kostreba[2]; 5. 89-Kolby Reed[1]; 6. 18-Hunter Brink[7]; 7. (DNF) 11-Ashton Schulte[6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[7]; 2. 2-Denis Czech[1]; 3. 16-Garrett Paull[3]; 4. 21-Jake Smith[9]; 5. 980-Kaden Woodie[2]; 6. 14L-Ben Lewis[10]; 7. 46-Ryan Putnam[6]; 8. 89-Kolby Reed[5]; 9. 3P-David Pixley[11]; 10. 69T-Nick Thoreson[4]; 11. 18-Hunter Brink[8]; 12. 11-Ashton Schulte[15]; 13. 445-Charles Bistodeau[12]; 14. (DNS) 89M-Chris McClain; 15. (DNS) 03-Bryce Huff

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[7]; 2. 2-Denis Czech[1]; 3. 16-Garrett Paull[3]; 4. 21-Jake Smith[9]; 5. 980-Kaden Woodie[2]; 6. 14L-Ben Lewis[10]; 7. 46-Ryan Putnam[6]; 8. 89-Kolby Reed[5]; 9. 3P-David Pixley[11]; 10. 69T-Nick Thoreson[4]; 11. 18-Hunter Brink[8]; 12. (DNF) 89M-Chris McClain[14]; 13. (DNF) 03-Bryce Huff[13]; 14. (DNS) 11-Ashton Schulte; 15. (DNS) 445-Charles Bistodeau

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Mod Fours Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson[1]; 2. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[8]; 3. 18-Luke Erlandson[3]; 4. 21-Blake Hawker[2]; 5. 60-Maeghan Milz[5]; 6. 5-Robert Holtquist[7]; 7. XL1-Chad Funt[6]; 8. 113-Corey Mehrwerth[11]; 9. 2-Andrew Funt[10]; 10. 31J-Jordan Fischer[9]; 11. 14T-Rowan Tramm[12]; 12. 20-Connor Bruss[16]; 13. 9T-Thomas Burgard[15]; 14. (DNF) 78-Andrew Milz[13]; 15. (DNF) 3-Josh Madson[14]; 16. (DNF) TB81-Tommy Bawden[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Blake Hawker[1]; 2. 60-Maeghan Milz[2]; 3. XL1-Chad Funt[3]; 4. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[5]; 5. 31J-Jordan Fischer[7]; 6. 113-Corey Mehrwerth[8]; 7. 78-Andrew Milz[6]; 8. (DNF) 20-Connor Bruss[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Luke Erlandson[1]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[5]; 3. TB81-Tommy Bawden[6]; 4. 2-Andrew Funt[2]; 5. 5-Robert Holtquist[8]; 6. 14T-Rowan Tramm[4]; 7. 3-Josh Madson[7]; 8. 9T-Thomas Burgard[3]

Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 0-Jake O'Neil[3]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips[5]; 3. 24C-Jim Chisholm[4]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens[14]; 5. 49-Jake Timm[18]; 6. 15W-Alex Williamson[6]; 7. 7A-Shane Sabraski[19]; 8. 20-Rodney Sanders[7]; 9. 17B-Zach Benson[15]; 10. 65-Tyler Davis[8]; 11. 58X-Gary Christian[11]; 12. 69-Lucas Schott[20]; 13. 18A-Landon Atkinson[22]; 14. 60-Dan Ebert[23]; 15. 7G-Gabe Hodges[2]; 16. 55H-AJ Hoff[10]; 17. 89-JT Johnson[25]; 18. 4-Jeremy Nelson[1]; 19. 2C-Dave Cain[17]; 20. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[12]; 21. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[27]; 22. 12P-Joey Price[16]; 23. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[9]; 24. 21K-Kyle Brown[24]; 25. 21-Jacob Hobscheidt[26]; 26. 12-Jason Hughes[21]; 27. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15W-Alex Williamson[2]; 2. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[1]; 3. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 4. 17B-Zach Benson[5]; 5. 02-Tanner Mullens[9]; 6. 30-Matt Leer[4]; 7. 26G-Ryan Gierke[7]; 8. 12-Jason Hughes[8]; 9. 89-JT Johnson[6]; 10. 3T-Travis Schulte[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders[2]; 2. 55H-AJ Hoff[1]; 3. 24C-Jim Chisholm[8]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[4]; 5. 18A-Landon Atkinson[3]; 6. 88-Eric Lamm[9]; 7. 7A-Shane Sabraski[10]; 8. 224-Cody Wolkowski[5]; 9. 25-Adam Bohlman[6]; 10. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7G-Gabe Hodges[2]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips[4]; 3. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 4. 49-Jake Timm[3]; 5. 12P-Joey Price[8]; 6. 21-Jacob Hobscheidt[10]; 7. 99-Jason Grimes[7]; 8. 96-Taton Hansen[6]; 9. 69-Lucas Schott[9]; 10. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jeremy Nelson[3]; 2. 65-Tyler Davis[8]; 3. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[2]; 4. 0-Jake O'Neil[9]; 5. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[7]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 7. 12M-Jason Miller[4]; 8. 21K-Kyle Brown[1]; 9. 112-Brennan Gave[5]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11-Jody Bellefeuille[1]; 2. 17B-Zach Benson[2]; 3. 2C-Dave Cain[3]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 5. 12-Jason Hughes[9]; 6. 30-Matt Leer[7]; 7. 88-Eric Lamm[5]; 8. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[4]; 9. 21K-Kyle Brown[11]; 10. 3T-Travis Schulte[13]; 11. 25-Adam Bohlman[12]; 12. 224-Cody Wolkowski[10]; 13. 99-Jason Grimes[8]; 14. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[14]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[1]; 2. 12P-Joey Price[2]; 3. 49-Jake Timm[3]; 4. 69-Lucas Schott[10]; 5. 18A-Landon Atkinson[5]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 7. 26G-Ryan Gierke[7]; 8. 21-Jacob Hobscheidt[4]; 9. 96-Taton Hansen[9]; 10. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[13]; 11. 89-JT Johnson[11]; 12. 12M-Jason Miller[8]; 13. 112-Brennan Gave[12]