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Anderson, Blaeser and Koehler win fair week races and Vogel scores Street Stock series win at Red Cedar on Friday

By Brent Creaser

MENOMONIE, WI (July 26) - The second night of Dunn County Fair week action brought more entertaining races and thrilling finishes for race fans on hand. The DRC Street Stock Series was the headlining special for the program.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners standing in victory lane - as they looked at the glow from the multi-colored lights of the festive midway - included Ashley Anderson, Nick Koehler, Kaden Blaeser, and Justin Vogel.

Jake Stai gained early control in the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and looked as if he might run away and hide with the feature event. Koehler had something to say about that, as he found the high side of the speedway and started to charge forward. He got by Stai and drove into the lead.

Derek Haas started to reel in the leaders and quickly moved past Stai into second, as his car started to fade. Haas closed on Koehler and put heavy pressure on him, but could never get by. Koehler drove away with the win followed by Haas, Shadow Kitchner, Joey Jensen and Blake Adams in the top five.

Veteran Danny Thomas jumped out to the early lead in the WISSOTA Modified feature. Thomas set sail and ran the low side of the speedway, while Kaden Blaeser found the extreme outside of the speedway to his car’s liking and pressured Thomas for the lead. Blaeser cruised by into the lead, as Kennedy Swan jumped to the outside past Thomas into second and set her sights on Blaeser. Kevin Adams also started to charge toward Swan and Blaeser.

Swan and Adams caught Blaeser and it looked as if it was going to be a fantastic finish; with four to go, Adams was hampered with a flat right rear tire, which drew the caution flag and set up a shootout to the end.

Blaeser got the jump at the start, with Swan close behind. Swan pulled even in turns three and four and attempted to slide past Blaeser, but Blaeser accelerated back by and off to the win. He was followed by Swan, Mike Anderson, Shane Halopka and Danny Thomas.

Brett Shafer took command on the initial start of the WISSOTA Late Model feature, and looked extremely strong as Ashley Anderson began to work the high side of the speedway. Ashley cruised into second place and set his sight on Shafer.

By the midway point, Anderson was right on Schafer and made his move for the lead. Anderson took control and never looked back. Shafer, Rick Hanested, John Kaanta and A.J. Diemel completed the top five.

In the Dirt Race Central WISSOTA Street Stock headliner, Cody Kummer and Hunter VanGilder led the field to green. Kummer was looking to double up on the weekend as he took the early lead. VanGilder was surrounded by the likes of Justin Vogel and Kyle Gennet. Kummer continued to lead, as Vogel and Genett battled for second. Vogel took command of the spot and started his charge to the front. Vogel grabbed the high side and ran down Kummer, and the two ran side by side for multiple laps. Vogel won the battle and the race, followed by Kummer, Genett, VanGilder and Andrew Hanson.

Jon Schutts won the RCS Hornets, as he swept by leader Alana Karis midway through the race and never looked back.

The speedway is off next week and will return to action on August 9.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 81-Ashley Anderson[6]; 2. 22-Brett Shafer[1]; 3. 71-Rick Hanestad[2]; 4. 85-John Kaanta[4]; 5. 58-AJ Diemel[7]; 6. 7C-Jim Carlson[9]; 7. 57-Mike Anderson[3]; 8. 68-Mike Prochnow[8]; 9. 92-Aaron Wilson[10]; 10. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad[11]; 11. 14-Robbie Johnson[13]; 12. 34-Jordan Langer[14]; 13. (DNF) 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[12]; 14. (DNF) 55N-Greg Nippoldt[5]; 15. (DNF) 13-Mark Hessler[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Rick Hanestad[1]; 2. 57-Mike Anderson[3]; 3. 85-John Kaanta[4]; 4. 55N-Greg Nippoldt[2]; 5. 7C-Jim Carlson[5]; 6. 71JR-Buddy Hanestad[6]; 7. 14-Robbie Johnson[8]; 8. 34-Jordan Langer[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Ashley Anderson[4]; 2. 58-AJ Diemel[5]; 3. 68-Mike Prochnow[1]; 4. 22-Brett Shafer[7]; 5. 92-Aaron Wilson[2]; 6. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[3]; 7. (DNF) 13-Mark Hessler[6]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 43K-Kaden Blaeser[4]; 2. 18S-Kennedy Swan[3]; 3. 57-Mike Anderson[6]; 4. 3JR-Shane Halopka[8]; 5. T40-Danny Thomas[1]; 6. 11-Justin Weinberger[12]; 7. 22S-Cole Spacek[5]; 8. 7-Travis Hallquist[9]; 9. 80-Kerry Hansen[2]; 10. 3-Bryan Hessler[11]; 11. (DNF) 40-Kevin Adams[7]; 12. (DNF) 27H-Steve Hallquist[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3JR-Shane Halopka[2]; 2. T40-Danny Thomas[1]; 3. 43K-Kaden Blaeser[5]; 4. 80-Kerry Hansen[3]; 5. 7-Travis Hallquist[6]; 6. 3-Bryan Hessler[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Kevin Adams[1]; 2. 18S-Kennedy Swan[3]; 3. 57-Mike Anderson[5]; 4. 22S-Cole Spacek[2]; 5. 27H-Steve Hallquist[4]; 6. 11-Justin Weinberger[6]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 13-Nick Koehler[4]; 2. 12-Derek Haas[9]; 3. 68-Shadow Kitchner[3]; 4. 30-Joey Jensen[12]; 5. 40D-Blake Adams[7]; 6. 1-Jake Stai[2]; 7. 21B-Jesse Bryan[5]; 8. 89-Matt Klukas[10]; 9. 87-William Moelter[8]; 10. 25-Justen Seipel[18]; 11. G1-Steve Goss[1]; 12. 21-Reese Schlosser[17]; 13. 71B-Barry Johnson[11]; 14. 6H-Steve Haas[6]; 15. T25-Mark Thomas[16]; 16. 20-Carson Madsen[13]; 17. 3B-Ryan Bauer[21]; 18. (DNF) 37-Travis Anderson[14]; 19. (DNF) 63C-Braydon Larson[19]; 20. (DNF) 63JR-Brady Larson[15]; 21. (DNF) 61-Andrea Keeney[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 68-Shadow Kitchner[2]; 2. 13-Nick Koehler[7]; 3. 87-William Moelter[3]; 4. 89-Matt Klukas[6]; 5. 20-Carson Madsen[1]; 6. T25-Mark Thomas[4]; 7. 63C-Braydon Larson[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Jake Stai[2]; 2. G1-Steve Goss[1]; 3. 40D-Blake Adams[6]; 4. 71B-Barry Johnson[5]; 5. 37-Travis Anderson[4]; 6. 21-Reese Schlosser[3]; 7. 61-Andrea Keeney[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Derek Haas[2]; 2. 6H-Steve Haas[1]; 3. 21B-Jesse Bryan[7]; 4. 30-Joey Jensen[3]; 5. 63JR-Brady Larson[6]; 6. 25-Justen Seipel[5]; 7. 3B-Ryan Bauer[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Vogel[3]; 2. 12-Cody Kummer[1]; 3. 16X-Kyle Genett[7]; 4. 84-Hunter VanGilder[2]; 5. 20-Andrew Hanson[6]; 6. 26-Ty Agen[12]; 7. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[4]; 8. 19H-Hunter Carter[9]; 9. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[14]; 10. 27P-Parker Anderson[24]; 11. 8-Kolby Kiehl[8]; 12. 12R-Kammron Rose[5]; 13. 24-Ashley Wampler[13]; 14. 9-Adam Soltis[18]; 15. 16-Warren Bartelt[20]; 16. 10B-Dylan Baskin[22]; 17. T20-Michael Tuma[11]; 18. 10T-Darek Turner[16]; 19. 92R-Courtney Rose[21]; 20. 18J-Justin Peterson[17]; 21. (DNF) 2-Gunnar Watkins[10]; 22. (DNF) 18T-Ryan Howe[19]; 23. (DNF) 74-Bruce Stanley[25]; 24. (DNF) 17-Jake Stowell[23]; 25. (DNF) 17X-Zach Beaulieu[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12R-Kammron Rose[3]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[5]; 3. 19H-Hunter Carter[6]; 4. 24-Ashley Wampler[4]; 5. 18J-Justin Peterson[1]; 6. 92R-Courtney Rose[2]; 7. 74-Bruce Stanley[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Cody Kummer[2]; 2. 10-Justin Vogel[1]; 3. 2-Gunnar Watkins[4]; 4. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[6]; 5. 9-Adam Soltis[3]; 6. 10B-Dylan Baskin[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16X-Kyle Genett[5]; 2. 8-Kolby Kiehl[1]; 3. T20-Michael Tuma[3]; 4. 17X-Zach Beaulieu[6]; 5. 18T-Ryan Howe[2]; 6. (DNF) 27P-Parker Anderson[4]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Hunter VanGilder[2]; 2. 20-Andrew Hanson[5]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[4]; 4. 10T-Darek Turner[6]; 5. 16-Warren Bartelt[3]; 6. 17-Jake Stowell[1]

Hornets:

A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 3-Jon Schutts[4]; 2. 16-Matt Drier[1]; 3. 24C-Mikey Crapser[2]; 4. 42-Vanessa Seipel[7]; 5. 4-Jody Halterman[8]; 6. 17-Randy Stensgaard[11]; 7. (DNF) 20-Brandon Gleiter[6]; 8. (DNF) 29-Jaylen Richardson[3]; 9. (DNF) 30-Jeff Schmitt[9]; 10. (DNF) 15C-Preston Coombs[10]; 11. (DQ) 31-Alanna Karis[5]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 3-Jon Schutts[2]; 2. 20-Brandon Gleiter[6]; 3. 31-Alanna Karis[4]; 4. 16-Matt Drier[3]; 5. 42-Vanessa Seipel[5]; 6. 4-Jody Halterman[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 24C-Mikey Crapser[5]; 2. 29-Jaylen Richardson[4]; 3. (DNF) 30-Jeff Schmitt[3]; 4. (DNF) 15C-Preston Coombs[1]; 5. (DQ) 17-Randy Stensgaard[2]