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Ogilvie outsmarts Mother Nature and, along with the fans, the night’s winners are Wagamon, Niemeyer, Boyum, Ekdahl, Larson and Jenson

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (July 20) - Saturday night was Blaze Credit Union night at Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway, and once again, Mother Nature was knocking on the door as the race night progressed. With 86 cars in attendance, the track staff pushed the show through before the rain began to fall.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners Saturday included Clayton Wagamon, Austin Niemeyer, Ashley Boyum, Tyler Larson, Jeff Ekdahl and Tony Jenson.

Keith Tourville and Jim Gullikson led the WISSOTA Street Stocks to green for the night’s first feature race. Tourville grabbed the early lead with Gullikson and Kyle Howland as the top three. Gullikson tracked down Tourville for the lead while Jeff Ekdahl raced alongside Howland; Ekdahl took third and looked ahead to Gullikson and Tourville. The top three drivers remained close as Ekdahl moved along the high groove and pressured Tourville. Ekdahl made the pass for the top spot and slowly stretched his lead over the remaining laps. Ekdahl drove to the win ahead of Tourville, Gullikson, Charlie Sheik and Tommy Pogones in the top five.

Kaden Woodie was the early leader of the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature, as Ashley Boyum, Jamie Davis and William Moelter ran three wide for second. The three drivers moved forward to challenge Woodie, and they were four-wide going into turn one; Boyum emerged as the leader, as Moelter moved back in to challenge her. Moelter pulled away in first, as farther back David Swearingen made his way through the field. Swearingen charged alongside Boyum and they closed in on Moelter. Slower traffic was in sight as Boyum caught Moelter. They were three-wide multiple times in traffic as Swearingen made his appearance once again.

Moelter, Boyum and Swearingen raced hard for the lead, swapping positions through lapped traffic. As Moelter and Swearingen rounded the turn, contact occurred, and their cars were hooked. Boyum shot into the lead as Moelter and Swearingen broke free of one another and the yellow fell.

With just two laps to go, Ashley Boyum brought the boys back to green, and she held the point to take the win. Moelter, Swearingen, Joey Jensen and Cole Boston completed the top five.

Jordan Fischer grabbed the immediate lead as the WISSOTA Mod Four feature began, while Tyler Larson and Maeghan Milz battled for second. Milz and Larson moved alongside Fischer and the drivers were three wide in the track’s curve. Milz emerged with the lead and Larson held second. Larson kept after Milz and soon made his move into the top spot.

Laps quickly passed by and the checkers waved with Larson getting the win followed by Milz, Blake Hawker, Rowan Tramm and Josh Madson in the top five.

Jason Hobbs, Jeremy Nelson and Austin Niemeyer raced three-wide through turn four of the opening lap in the WISSOTA Super Stock feature, and Niemeyer nosed out the lead. Jeremy Nelson held second with Dustin Nelson in third, as Dexton Koch, who started seventh, made his way into the top five. Koch snagged third, then second, and with only two laps to go, Koch chased after Niemeyer. Although Koch got close, Neimeyer held his line and took the checkers. Koch settled for second with Jeremy Nelson, Dustin Nelson and Cole Chernosky rounding out the top five.

The WISSOTA Modifieds took the green with Clayton Wagamon speeding away with the lead. Cole Chernosky claimed second with Jeremy Nelson and Zach Benson behind. Chernosky ran solidly in second, while Nelson and Benson were nose to nose for third.

By this point, the race was half over and Wagamon stretched his lead to a 4-second advantage. However, a caution then occurred which reset the field and erased Wagamon’s impressive lead.

When the green waved, Wagamon sped off, as Nelson grabbed second with Benson, Dave Cain and Chernosky in second through fifth. The racers remained in those positions the remaining laps, and when the checkers waved, Wagamon took the win ahead of Nelson, Benson, Cain, and Chernosky in the top five.

The WISSOTA Hornets wrapped up the night of WISSOTA racing with Jacob Bayerl and Tony Jenson on row one. Bayerl took the early lead with Jenson, Payson Patrin and Randy Jacoboski three wide for second. Jenson claimed the position, and then took the lead when a driver came to a stop in turn three and the yellow waved.

The Hornets were back in action after some fuel was burned from the track surface, and Jenson remained in command. Jenson led the remaining laps and took the win with Jenna Hagemann, Patrin, Jacoboski and Bayerl in the top five.

Next Saturday, the FastLane Motorsports Super Stock Series will stop by the raceway for their make-up race night from June’s rainout. Late Models will also be part of the program, while Street Stocks will have the night off. Racing will resume at 6:30 p.m.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[2]; 2. 06-Jeremy Nelson[3]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[8]; 5. 33C-Cole Chernosky[1]; 6. 112-Brennan Gave[4]; 7. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[7]; 8. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[10]; 9. 89JR-JT Johnson[9]; 10. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[14]; 11. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[12]; 12. 3T-Travis Schulte[5]; 13. 2-Tanner Gehl[15]; 14. 19J-Jack Rivord[11]; 15. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[13]; 16. 88-Eric Lamm[19]; 17. 24-Tyler English[18]; 18. (DNF) 515-Devin Fouquette[17]; 19. (DNF) 11X-Austin Chyba[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 2. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[6]; 3. 89JR-JT Johnson[1]; 4. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[5]; 5. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[2]; 6. 11X-Austin Chyba[4]; 7. 88-Eric Lamm[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Zach Benson[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 3. 06-Jeremy Nelson[5]; 4. 19J-Jack Rivord[1]; 5. WIN1-Karl Leavenworth[6]; 6. 515-Devin Fouquette[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3T-Travis Schulte[2]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[6]; 3. 112-Brennan Gave[4]; 4. 7-Brandon Mehrwerth[1]; 5. 2-Tanner Gehl[5]; 6. 24-Tyler English[3]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 33-Austin Niemeyer[2]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 3. 06-Jeremy Nelson[4]; 4. 46-Dustin Nelson[3]; 5. 33C-Cole Chernosky[6]; 6. 00-Jason Hobbs[1]; 7. 19X-James Trantina III[13]; 8. 17-Ryan Kostreba[11]; 9. 24-Eric Martini[5]; 10. 24W-Chris Wark[9]; 11. 27C-Cameron Labelle[14]; 12. 32-Max Nelson[16]; 13. 37-John Garrity[12]; 14. 4-Jase Lien[15]; 15. (DNF) 14-Russell Kostreba[10]; 16. (DNF) 21-Joey Jensen[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Dustin Nelson[3]; 2. 33-Austin Niemeyer[1]; 3. 21-Joey Jensen[6]; 4. 06-Jeremy Nelson[5]; 5. 24W-Chris Wark[4]; 6. 17-Ryan Kostreba[7]; 7. 19X-James Trantina III[8]; 8. 4-Jase Lien[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Eric Martini[2]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[5]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 4. 00-Jason Hobbs[1]; 5. 14-Russell Kostreba[6]; 6. 37-John Garrity[7]; 7. 27C-Cameron Labelle[3]; 8. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 17-Ashley Boyum[3]; 2. 87-William Moelter[2]; 3. 5-David Swearingen[9]; 4. 30-Joey Jensen[5]; 5. 33C-Cole Boston[7]; 6. 85-Jamie Davis[4]; 7. 13-Nick Koehler[6]; 8. 2-James Trantina III[15]; 9. 21-Wyatt Boyum[8]; 10. 70-David Simpson[12]; 11. 11R-Landyn Randt[13]; 12. 980-Kaden Woodie[1]; 13. 46-Ryan Putnam[11]; 14. 44FX-Mark Froehlich[10]; 15. 3P-David Pixley[22]; 16. 67-Glen Brown[18]; 17. 4L-Carey LePage[16]; 18. 15-Kris Macko[20]; 19. 03-Bryce Huff[21]; 20. 89-Chris McClain[19]; 21. (DNF) 14-Adam Shinn[17]; 22. (DNF) 14L-Ben Lewis[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Ashley Boyum[1]; 2. 33C-Cole Boston[2]; 3. 87-William Moelter[5]; 4. 44FX-Mark Froehlich[6]; 5. 11R-Landyn Randt[7]; 6. 4L-Carey LePage[4]; 7. 89-Chris McClain[3]; 8. 03-Bryce Huff[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 85-Jamie Davis[1]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[4]; 3. 13-Nick Koehler[7]; 4. 46-Ryan Putnam[6]; 5. 14L-Ben Lewis[5]; 6. 14-Adam Shinn[2]; 7. (DNF) 3P-David Pixley[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Wyatt Boyum[1]; 2. 5-David Swearingen[5]; 3. 980-Kaden Woodie[3]; 4. 70-David Simpson[6]; 5. 2-James Trantina III[7]; 6. 67-Glen Brown[4]; 7. 15-Kris Macko[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[6]; 2. 111-Keith Tourville[1]; 3. 21G-Jim Gullikson[2]; 4. 19C-Charlie Shiek[3]; 5. 04-Tommy Pogones[7]; 6. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 7. 8-Kolby Kiehl[9]; 8. 11-Levi Randt[5]; 9. 12-Cody Kummer[8]; 10. 17B-Rachel Boston[11]; 11. 14-Alyssa White[10]; 12. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[13]; 13. 15-Jeff Hass[12]; 14. (DNS) 21-Adam Wraspir

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[5]; 3. 21G-Jim Gullikson[2]; 4. 11-Levi Randt[7]; 5. 8-Kolby Kiehl[6]; 6. 17B-Rachel Boston[1]; 7. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Cody Kummer[6]; 2. 111-Keith Tourville[3]; 3. 04-Tommy Pogones[2]; 4. 19C-Charlie Shiek[5]; 5. 14-Alyssa White[4]; 6. 15-Jeff Hass[7]; 7. (DNF) 21-Adam Wraspir[1]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 7L-Tyler Larson[5]; 2. 60-Maeghan Milz[3]; 3. 21-Blake Hawker[4]; 4. 14T-Rowan Tramm[6]; 5. 3-Josh Madson[1]; 6. (DNF) 31J-Jordan Fischer[2]; 7. (DNF) 78-Andrew Milz[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Maeghan Milz[1]; 2. 31J-Jordan Fischer[3]; 3. 21-Blake Hawker[5]; 4. 7L-Tyler Larson[6]; 5. 3-Josh Madson[4]; 6. 14T-Rowan Tramm[2]; 7. 78-Andrew Milz[7]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Hornets Feature (15 Laps): 1. 23T-Anthony Jenson[2]; 2. 26-Jenna Hagemann[4]; 3. 73-Payson Patrin[5]; 4. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[3]; 5. 13-Jacob Bayerl[1]; 6. 85-Emily Acciari[6]; 7. 94A-Bobie Arnes[8]; 8. (DNF) 8-Kyle Stroh[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Payson Patrin[2]; 2. 23T-Anthony Jenson[1]; 3. 26-Jenna Hagemann[7]; 4. 13-Jacob Bayerl[5]; 5. 89J-Randy Jacoboski[3]; 6. 85-Emily Acciari[4]; 7. 8-Kyle Stroh[6]; 8. (DNF) 94A-Bobie Arnes[8]