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Stearns, Cousins and Hess hang tough Saturday night at Devils Lake Speedway

By Heather MacDonald

CRARY, ND (June 29) - Trey Hess, Mike Stearns, and Bailey Cousins were winners in WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action Saturday at Devils Lake Speedway June 29.

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Hess took the early lead and said “see ya later” to the rest of the field. The battle to watch was between Dustin Ebensteiner and Seth Klostreich; the two drivers battled back and forth throughout the feature swapping positions on every inch of the race track. Hess garnered the eventual checkered flag, while Klostreich clinched second and Ebensteiner finished in the final podium spot.

Bailey Cousins (Heather MacDonald Photo)

The WISSOTA Midwest Mods were the showstopper of the night, as Preston Carr and Bailey Cousins swapped for the lead through every corner of a caution-filled feature. Each time it looked like Cousins took the lead, a caution fell. Cousins prevailed, however, and came out on top on the last lap at the line over Carr. Carr settled for second and Jory Berg improved five spots to third.

Five WISSOTA Modifieds checked in for the night. Mike Stearns returned to victory lane in Devils Lake Saturday night, having previously gotten his first Super Stock win in 2005 at the track. Ryan Schroeder finished second, and Ryan Cousins was third.

Steve Nordum won in Sprint car action Saturday, while Joe Armstrong was victorious in the Pure Stocks.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[3]; 2. 77R-Ryan Schroeder[2]; 3. 36-Ryan Cousins[1]; 4. 27-Chris Unrau[4]; 5. (DNS) 4N-Nolan Olmstead

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[1]; 2. 77R-Ryan Schroeder[4]; 3. 36-Ryan Cousins[3]; 4. 27-Chris Unrau[2]; 5. (DNS) 4N-Nolan Olmstead

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7B-Bailey Cousins[6]; 2. 5C-Preston Carr[2]; 3. B0-Jory Berg[8]; 4. 16-Randy Thompson[5]; 5. 47-Memphis Klassen[11]; 6. 11X-Kenny Watson[12]; 7. 10-Brody Kraft[1]; 8. (DNF) 44-Austin Hunter[7]; 9. (DNF) 25-Josh Ostenson[9]; 10. (DNF) 15-MaKenna Romuld[10]; 11. (DNF) 8-Jason Schuh[3]; 12. (DNF) 34-Ryne Uhrich[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5C-Preston Carr[1]; 2. 16-Randy Thompson[3]; 3. 44-Austin Hunter[5]; 4. 10-Brody Kraft[4]; 5. (DNF) 15-MaKenna Romuld[6]; 6. (DNF) 47-Memphis Klassen[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Ryne Uhrich[5]; 2. B0-Jory Berg[4]; 3. 7B-Bailey Cousins[3]; 4. 8-Jason Schuh[1]; 5. 25-Josh Ostenson[2]; 6. (DNS) 11X-Kenny Watson

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[5]; 2. 30-Seth Klostreich[8]; 3. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner[7]; 4. 69-Stoney Kruk[9]; 5. 06-Drew Peterson[2]; 6. 21J-Brian Johanson[1]; 7. (DNF) 99-Josh Barker[4]; 8. (DNF) 2U-Kasey Ussatis[6]; 9. (DNF) 28-Greg Jose[10]; 10. (DNS) B2-Brodee Eckerdt

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[1]; 2. 30-Seth Klostreich[3]; 3. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner[2]; 4. 99-Josh Barker[5]; 5. 69-Stoney Kruk[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Trey Hess[3]; 2. 06-Drew Peterson[2]; 3. B2-Brodee Eckerdt[4]; 4. 21J-Brian Johanson[5]; 5. (DNF) 28-Greg Jose[1]

Non-Winged Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 37-Steve Nordrum[1]; 2. 15T-Myles Tomlinson[2]; 3. 5H-Nick Shirek[5]; 4. 96-Jeremy Lizakowski[3]; 5. 16K-Matt Knudson[11]; 6. 20L-Dusty Lawson[12]; 7. 25-Eric Guyot[7]; 8. 15B-Doug Mccambridge[4]; 9. 8-Parker Vilandre[8]; 10. 85-Brenton Wiesz[6]; 11. 20-Kevin Lawson[10]; 12. 36-Tyler Wass[9]; 13. 21N-Bryan Nordrum[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Brenton Wiesz[2]; 2. 25-Eric Guyot[5]; 3. 37-Steve Nordrum[4]; 4. 15B-Doug Mccambridge[6]; 5. 36-Tyler Wass[1]; 6. 16K-Matt Knudson[3]; 7. 21N-Bryan Nordrum[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15T-Myles Tomlinson[1]; 2. 96-Jeremy Lizakowski[5]; 3. 5H-Nick Shirek[6]; 4. 8-Parker Vilandre[4]; 5. 20-Kevin Lawson[2]; 6. (DNS) 20L-Dusty Lawson

Pure Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1CJ-Joe Armstrong[4]; 2. 004-Hudson Hooker[3]; 3. 8-Kyle Charette[2]; 4. 12B-Tate Bullis[5]; 5. (DNF) 04-Trentin Decoteau[6]; 6. (DQ) 27-Chris Unrau[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 004-Hudson Hooker[1]; 2. 1CJ-Joe Armstrong[2]; 3. 8-Kyle Charette[3]; 4. 12B-Tate Bullis[6]; 5. 27-Chris Unrau[5]; 6. 04-Trentin Decoteau[4]