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Mars scores $5,000 Challenge Series win and Sabraski tops Super Stocks Saturday at Cedar Lake

By Chris Stepan

NEW RICHMOND, WI (July 20) - The 2024 Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, and Western Star returned to the legendary Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin for the third time ever and first time since 2018. A stout field of 43 Late Model competitors joined the festivities.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Sam Mars and Shane Sabraski.

Tyler Peterson started the night by setting fast time and a new Cedar Lake Speedway WISSOTA Late Model track record with a lap of 13.593.

A.J. Diemel and Sam Mars earned the front row for the night’s $5,000-to-win, 40-lap feature event with Mars getting the upper hand on the initial start. He led the field into the first turn and paced the opening lap for the second night in a row.

The caution flew twice just after one circuit was completed and, on the restart, Mars took off in the lead with Dan Bargender and Diemel battling for second. As the first five laps clicked off, Diemel and Bargender both ganged up on Mars, with Ryan Mikkelson in tow.

A pair of lap eight and lap 10 cautions bunched the field up again with a heck of a battle for the lead ensuing on the next restart. Bargender drove off into the top spot with Diemel, Mikkelson and Ashley Anderson now in the mix as well, all in a tussle for the runner-up spot.

The final caution of the 40-lapper flew on lap 18 and after that, the final 22 circuits ran non-stop with intense action throughout the field. On the restart, Bargender, Mars and Diemel charged three wide for the lead for several laps with Jake Redetzke, Sabraski, Darrell Nelson and Mikkelson just behind in two- and three-wide battles lap after lap.

Mars was finally able to steal the race lead from Bargender with less than 10 circuits to go and held off Bargender, Diemel, Anderson and Nelson for his first-career Challenge Series victory and the $5,000 payday that went along with it.

Redetzke, Sabraski, Jeff Provinzino, Peterson and a hard-charging Cole Searing rounded out the top 10.

Sabraski won the WISSOTA Super Stock feature from his seventh starting spot, while Jesse Redetzke was second. Matt Koski, Mike Loomis and 12th-starter Chris Gorka were top-five finishers.

Darrell Nelson won the Modified feature, while his son Cade Nelson won the USRA Late Model feature. Brandon Jensen won the Midwest Modified feature in the track’s other action.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 28S-Sam Mars[2]; 2. 10G-Daniel Bargender[4]; 3. 58-AJ Diemel[1]; 4. 81-Ashley Anderson[6]; 5. 44-Darrell Nelson[5]; 6. 27-Jake Redetzke[8]; 7. 7A-Shane Sabraski[10]; 8. 28-Jeff Provinzino[11]; 9. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[17]; 10. 10-Cole Searing[25]; 11. 85-John Kaanta[12]; 12. 6M-Jeff Massingill[21]; 13. 11G-James Giossi[7]; 14. 22E-Kevin Eder[9]; 15. 21-Joel Bennett[22]; 16. 22P-Nick Panitzke[18]; 17. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[3]; 18. 54-Rick Niemi[16]; 19. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[20]; 20. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[13]; 21. 7C-Jim Carlson[19]; 22. 1-Lukas Koski[15]; 23. (DNF) 07-Cory Crapser[24]; 24. (DNF) 22-Brett Shafer[14]; 25. (DNF) 30-Kevin Burdick[23]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson[1]; 2. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[6]; 3. 22E-Kevin Eder[5]; 4. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[7]; 5. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 6. 15X-Blake Boelens[8]; 7. 22P-Nick Panitzke[2]; 8. 63-Patrick Kelley[9]; 9. (DNF) 10-Cole Searing[3]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 81-Ashley Anderson[1]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke[3]; 3. 1-Lukas Koski[2]; 4. 11-Pat Doar[4]; 5. 55N-Greg Nippoldt[5]; 6. 7C-Jim Carlson[7]; 7. 68-Mike Prochnow[6]; 8. 71-Rick Hanestad[8]; 9. 92-Richard Chasteen[9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 11G-James Giossi[1]; 2. 10G-Daniel Bargender[4]; 3. 54-Rick Niemi[2]; 4. 6M-Jeff Massingill[5]; 5. 57-Cory Mahder[3]; 6. 27Z-Jared Zimpel[8]; 7. 11X-Michael Bruggeman[7]; 8. 21-Joel Bennett[6]; 9. 14-Robbie Johnson[9]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 58-AJ Diemel[4]; 2. 85-John Kaanta[1]; 3. 21F-Gunner Frank[2]; 4. 22-Brett Shafer[6]; 5. 30-Kevin Burdick[3]; 6. 31T-Trent Follmer[5]; 7. 7L-Scott Lehn[8]; 8. 88-Steve Hucovski[7]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 28S-Sam Mars[3]; 2. 28-Jeff Provinzino[2]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 4. 07-Cory Crapser[1]; 5. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[5]; 6. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad[8]; 7. 29F-Dave Flynn[6]; 8. 34-Jordan Langer[7]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 2. 7C-Jim Carlson[7]; 3. 6M-Jeff Massingill[2]; 4. 29F-Dave Flynn[10]; 5. 30-Kevin Burdick[4]; 6. 55N-Greg Nippoldt[6]; 7. 71-Rick Hanestad[11]; 8. 21F-Gunner Frank[1]; 9. 68-Mike Prochnow[9]; 10. 27Z-Jared Zimpel[5]; 11. 88-Steve Hucovski[12]; 12. 7L-Scott Lehn[8]; 13. 92-Richard Chasteen[14]; 14. (DNS) 10-Cole Searing

B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 22P-Nick Panitzke[8]; 2. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[6]; 3. 21-Joel Bennett[11]; 4. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad[5]; 5. 11X-Michael Bruggeman[9]; 6. 63-Patrick Kelley[10]; 7. 34-Jordan Langer[12]; 8. 14-Robbie Johnson[13]; 9. (DNF) 07-Cory Crapser[2]; 10. (DNF) 11-Pat Doar[1]; 11. (DNF) 57-Cory Mahder[3]; 12. (DNF) 31T-Trent Follmer[7]; 13. (DNF) 15X-Blake Boelens[4]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 2. 207-Jesse Redetzke[3]; 3. 176-Matt Koski[5]; 4. 17-Mike Loomis[8]; 5. 96-Chris Gorka[12]; 6. 00-Jason Quarders[1]; 7. 1776-Wayne Dean[13]; 8. 20*-Andrew Davis[10]; 9. 13-Jake Nordin[11]; 10. 55-Ron Mahder[6]; 11. (DNF) 05-Chris West[9]; 12. (DNS) 17D-Lucas Christiansen; 13. (DNS) 69-John Adams

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 00-Jason Quarders[3]; 3. 207-Jesse Redetzke[4]; 4. 69-John Adams[6]; 5. 05-Chris West[2]; 6. 13-Jake Nordin[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 176-Matt Koski[2]; 2. 55-Ron Mahder[6]; 3. 17D-Lucas Christiansen[1]; 4. 17-Mike Loomis[5]; 5. 20*-Andrew Davis[3]; 6. 96-Chris Gorka[4]; 7. 1776-Wayne Dean[7]

Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson[4]; 2. 44H-Adam Hensel[8]; 3. 89-AJ Diemel[16]; 4. 8S-Tony Schill[2]; 5. 55-Cory Mahder[7]; 6. 18-Mark Hanson[13]; 7. 12M-Jason Miller[5]; 8. T23-John Toppozini[11]; 9. 48-Marcus Simonson[15]; 10. 10-Mike Raboin[18]; 11. 66-Kevin Lear[17]; 12. (DNF) 71-AJ Roschen[14]; 13. (DNF) 21-Jake Smith[1]; 14. (DNF) 12-Jason Gross[10]; 15. (DNF) 04N-Nick Ayotte[9]; 16. (DNF) 343-JD Ford[6]; 17. (DNF) 24-Dylan Goettl[12]; 18. (DNF) 43K-Kaden Blaeser[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Cory Mahder[4]; 2. 12M-Jason Miller[1]; 3. 343-JD Ford[3]; 4. 8S-Tony Schill[5]; 5. 04N-Nick Ayotte[8]; 6. T23-John Toppozini[7]; 7. 18-Mark Hanson[9]; 8. 48-Marcus Simonson[6]; 9. 66-Kevin Lear[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson[2]; 2. 44H-Adam Hensel[1]; 3. 43K-Kaden Blaeser[6]; 4. 21-Jake Smith[3]; 5. 12-Jason Gross[5]; 6. 24-Dylan Goettl[8]; 7. 71-AJ Roschen[4]; 8. 89-AJ Diemel[7]; 9. 10-Mike Raboin[9]

B-Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21B-Brandon Jensen[2]; 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp[3]; 3. 19D-Dane Durbin[1]; 4. 55-Josh Bazey[10]; 5. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[12]; 6. 97-Ron Schreiner[8]; 7. F1-Chase Friendt[5]; 8. 22G-Gavin Olson[18]; 9. 19-David Madsen[15]; 10. 20-Carson Madsen[16]; 11. 5-Hannah Friendt[21]; 12. 61-Andrea Keeney[22]; 13. 09-Skylar Findley[20]; 14. 89-Matt Klukas[11]; 15. (DNF) 12-Matt Everts[9]; 16. (DNF) 15-Eric Gadach[19]; 17. (DNF) T11-Colt Thurber[23]; 18. (DNF) 13-Derrick Reed[17]; 19. (DNF) 1-Cody Giles[14]; 20. (DNF) 03-Matthew Findley[25]; 21. (DNF) 111T-Tasha Tourville[27]; 22. (DNF) 03F-Connor Fall[24]; 23. (DNF) 21-Logan Naslund[13]; 24. (DNF) 91-Douglas Toepper[7]; 25. (DNF) 75-Joe Neisius[4]; 26. (DNF) 48-Cole Kelley[6]; 27. (DNF) 10-Mike Raboin[26]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Josh Bazey[1]; 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp[3]; 3. 21B-Brandon Jensen[8]; 4. F1-Chase Friendt[2]; 5. 21-Logan Naslund[6]; 6. 20-Carson Madsen[4]; 7. 15-Eric Gadach[9]; 8. 61-Andrea Keeney[7]; 9. 03-Matthew Findley[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19D-Dane Durbin[1]; 2. 89-Matt Klukas[3]; 3. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[5]; 4. 12-Matt Everts[8]; 5. 1-Cody Giles[4]; 6. 13-Derrick Reed[7]; 7. 09-Skylar Findley[6]; 8. T11-Colt Thurber[2]; 9. (DNF) 10-Mike Raboin[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Ron Schreiner[5]; 2. 91-Douglas Toepper[2]; 3. 48-Cole Kelley[8]; 4. 75-Joe Neisius[7]; 5. 19-David Madsen[4]; 6. 22G-Gavin Olson[1]; 7. 5-Hannah Friendt[3]; 8. 03F-Connor Fall[6]; 9. 111T-Tasha Tourville[9]

USRA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 44-Cade Nelson[6]; 2. 0-Zack Drews[1]; 3. LXV-Lucas Peterson[3]; 4. 8-Matthew Larson[5]; 5. 52-Jason McFadden[2]; 6. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[7]; 7. 5B-Derek Berg[14]; 8. 63-Patrick Kelley[17]; 9. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[10]; 10. 42K-Patrick Kletschka[4]; 11. 2-Derek Quinn[19]; 12. 007-Jess Seim[11]; 13. 99-Mitchell Fenske[13]; 14. 9-Tom Gebauer[18]; 15. 26D-Chad Dawson[21]; 16. 67-Josh Bach[8]; 17. 74-Roger McVitty[20]; 18. 71H-Ron Hanestad[16]; 19. (DNF) 208-Kory Ressie[12]; 20. (DNF) 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[9]; 21. (DNF) 77-Ryan Howe[15]; 22. (DNS) 17J-Jared Bamberger

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Matthew Larson[5]; 2. 42K-Patrick Kletschka[7]; 3. 0-Zack Drews[6]; 4. 007-Jess Seim[3]; 5. 99-Mitchell Fenske[1]; 6. 71H-Ron Hanestad[4]; 7. 2-Derek Quinn[2]; 8. (DNF) 17J-Jared Bamberger[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Cade Nelson[6]; 2. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[2]; 3. 14-Steven O'Brien Jr[1]; 4. 208-Kory Ressie[3]; 5. 5B-Derek Berg[5]; 6. 63-Patrick Kelley[4]; 7. 74-Roger McVitty[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 52-Jason McFadden[2]; 2. LXV-Lucas Peterson[6]; 3. 67-Josh Bach[4]; 4. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[7]; 5. 77-Ryan Howe[5]; 6. 9-Tom Gebauer[1]; 7. 26D-Chad Dawson[3]