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Sabraski leads the way with a pair of scores & Ben Lewis locks up Mid Mods on Bill Siercks Memorial Night at Princeton Speedway

By Tami Jo Kuehn

PRINCETON, MN (July 5) - Ninety-five drivers signed in Friday night for WISSOTA Dirt Track Series racing, and the seventh-annual Bill Siercks Memorial at Princeton Speedway. The night featured all six regular classes and the WISSOTA Super Stocks were finally able to complete their feature event from May 17. Joey Jensen claimed the makeup win, while Shane Sabraski took two wins and Brandon Nyberg, Kyle Howland, Josh Litzau and Ben Lewis also earned trophies.

The WISSOTA Super Stocks ran their makeup feature early in the night, as drivers lined up to finish out their 14 laps. Joey Jensen brought the Supers to the green with Dustin Nelson and Dexton Koch in tow. Koch grabbed second and chased after Jensen, as the top two drivers separated from the field. The race went by quickly without incident, and Jensen took the win with Koch, Dustin Nelson, Sabraski and Dylan Nelson grabbing second through fifth.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks were first up for the night’s regular features, and a caution was triggered just as the green flew. The field was reset, and Tommy Pogones took the early lead with Jeff Ekdahl keeping close. Kyle Howland made his way into the top five and raced alongside Ekdahl for second, while Pogones stretched his lead. Howland broke away from Ekdahl and chased after Pogones as the top three drivers separated from the field.

One final caution slowed the drivers, and when the green waved, Howland, Pogones and Ekdahl were three-wide. Howland pulled ahead, and raced to the checkers. Remaining top fives went to Ekdahl, Pogones, Hunter VanGilder and Rachel Boston.

A stellar group of WISSOTA Mod Fours filled the track surface with Blake Hawker and Robert Holtquist leading the drivers to green. Following an early caution, Holtquist was alone in front. Drivers raced three wide as they battled for top-five spots and Ashton Schwinn moved into second. The top two racers pulled away from traffic until the yellow waved.

As the race resumed, Holtquist stretched his lead, with Gerald Nohner, Dustin Holtquist and Josh Litzau racing close for second. Nohner fell to fourth while Litzau and Dustin Holtquist remained side by side until Holquist slid over the track edge; Litzau secured second.

With two laps to go, Robert Holtquist’s tire went flat and he spun to the infield, handing Litzau the lead. Litzau held the point over the final lap and put his No. 8R into victory lane. Nohner, Dustin Holtquist, Jordan Fischer and Alexander McFarlen rounded out the top five.

The WISSOTA Modifieds took to the clay for the next race event with Tim Patchen and Kyle Kirberger on row one. Drivers remained side by side and door to door the opening laps, with battles remaining close for position throughout the field.

A quick caution reset the field, and Sabraski claimed first when the green waved. Drivers were three and nearly four-wide for position as Sabraski stretched his lead. Patchen, Clayton Wagamon and Travis Schulte were three wide for third as Dave Cain patiently waited to make a move. Zach Benson sat comfortably in second with intense battles to his rear. Drivers settled into positions with five laps to go, while Sabraski prepared to lap the back of the pack. The margin of difference between Sabraski and the remaining drivers was 6.33 seconds when second place - Zach Benson - crossed the finish line. J.T. Johnson, Cain and Schulte rounded out the top five.

The main event of the night was the Bill Siercks Memorial for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds. Adam Bohlman and Ben Lewis sat on row one and brought the stacked field to green. Bohlman sped off with the lead, Lewis held second, and Joey Jensen slid into third as the opening laps clicked by. The top five drivers separated from the field while Jensen and Lewis fought for second. Jensen took the spot and worked different grooves to get around Bohlman. Jason VandeKamp dropped low on the track and worked his way alongside Bohlman for second with Lewis close by. They soon raced three-wide for second as a caution was triggered.

As the race resumed, Jensen felt the heat of VandeKamp and Lewis when Lewis dropped low on the track and slid alongside Jensen to steal the point. Jensen raced back to Lewis’ door and the top two drivers repeated these steps until Lewis secured the point. The yellow lights flipped on a final time with two laps to go, and when the race resumed, Lewis, Jensen and VandeKamp were three-wide for first. The top three remained close the final laps, but Lewis held his line and took the win. Jensen, VandeKamp, Ryan Putnam and Cole Boston earned points two through five.

Kris Peterson and Dylan Nelson led the field of WISSOTA Super Stocks to the green and after a quick caution, Dylan Nelson claimed the lead. Dustin Nelson and Kris Peterson fought for second as Andrew Johnson and Sabraski waited to make a move. Sabraski swerved his way into second just as the yellow waved.

Dylan Nelson remained in command on the restart, but Sabraski raced to his side and soon took the lead. A few back-to-back cautions kept the Supers at a slow pace, and when the checkers finally flew, Sabraski took the win, his 900th of his career! Remaining top five spots went to Dylan Nelson, Dustin Nelson, Austin Niemeyer and Andrew Johnson.

The WISSOTA Hornets closed out the night with eight drivers taking the green. Colton Trembath and Josh Backstrom lined the first row and sped off when the green waved. Trembath took the lead with Backstrom in second and Brandon Nyberg in third. Nyberg and Backstrom prepped to move alongside Trembath, as Nyberg snuck by with the lead. Jenna Hagemann made her way to second as a yellow was triggered with two laps to go. Nyberg led the final laps and took the win with Hagemann, Anthony Jensen, Backstrom and Payson Patrin as the top-five finishers.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 2. 17B-Zach Benson[7]; 3. 89JR-JT Johnson[6]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[8]; 5. 3T-Travis Schulte[10]; 6. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 7. 23-Tim Patchen[1]; 8. 515-Devin Fouquette[4]; 9. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[2]; 10. 88-Eric Lamm[9]; 11. 2-Tanner Gehl[12]; 12. 24-Tyler English[11]; 13. 27-Tony Proell[14]; 14. 24P-Carson Patchen[13]; 15. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[16]; 16. (DNS) 20-Jeff Patchen

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 515-Devin Fouquette[2]; 2. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 3. 89JR-JT Johnson[5]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[8]; 5. 88-Eric Lamm[1]; 6. 24-Tyler English[6]; 7. 24P-Carson Patchen[4]; 8. (DNF) 20-Jeff Patchen[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[5]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[8]; 4. 23-Tim Patchen[4]; 5. 3T-Travis Schulte[7]; 6. 2-Tanner Gehl[3]; 7. 27-Tony Proell[6]; 8. (DNS) 32-Max Nelson

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[6]; 2. 25-Dylan Nelson[2]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[4]; 4. 33-Austin Niemeyer[12]; 5. L1-Andrew Johnson[3]; 6. 78K-Dexton Koch[9]; 7. 2-Denis Czech[5]; 8. 44-Kris Peterson[1]; 9. 14-Russell Kostreba[15]; 10. 11-Denny Schouveller[16]; 11. B61-Kyle Buffington[19]; 12. (DNF) 00-Jason Hobbs[17]; 13. (DNF) 21-Joey Jensen[11]; 14. (DNF) 936-Kris Fielding[20]; 15. (DNF) 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[8]; 16. (DNF) 44X-Maxwell Dondelinger[10]; 17. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[14]; 18. (DNF) 47J-Jeremiah Gebhardt[13]; 19. (DNF) 28-Kyle Howland[18]; 20. (DNF) 17-Ryan Kostreba[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. L1-Andrew Johnson[2]; 2. 2-Denis Czech[4]; 3. 44-Kris Peterson[5]; 4. 44X-Maxwell Dondelinger[6]; 5. B61-Kyle Buffington[7]; 6. 14-Russell Kostreba[3]; 7. 28-Kyle Howland[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Dylan Nelson[2]; 2. 17-Ryan Kostreba[3]; 3. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[1]; 4. 21-Joey Jensen[5]; 5. 47J-Jeremiah Gebhardt[6]; 6. 11-Denny Schouveller[4]; 7. 936-Kris Fielding[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 2. 46-Dustin Nelson[5]; 3. 78K-Dexton Koch[6]; 4. 33-Austin Niemeyer[3]; 5. 32-Max Nelson[1]; 6. 00-Jason Hobbs[2]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 14L-Ben Lewis[2]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[4]; 3. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[7]; 4. 46-Ryan Putnam[9]; 5. 33C-Cole Boston[8]; 6. 70-David Simpson[16]; 7. 98D-Christopher Deno[10]; 8. 25-Adam Bohlman[1]; 9. 71B-David Siercks[11]; 10. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[20]; 11. 2-Ariel Mueller[12]; 12. 71S-Tim Siercks[14]; 13. 75-Ryan Mead[15]; 14. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[6]; 15. 32-Nick Helmbrecht[18]; 16. 22H-Jayme Hiller[3]; 17. 33-Jason Helmbrecht[13]; 18. 5-Brecken Froehlich[19]; 19. 13-Tate Kostreba[17]; 20. (DNF) 4Q2-Mark Martini[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14L-Ben Lewis[1]; 2. 25-Adam Bohlman[2]; 3. 22H-Jayme Hiller[3]; 4. 98D-Christopher Deno[4]; 5. 33-Jason Helmbrecht[5]; 6. 70-David Simpson[7]; 7. 32-Nick Helmbrecht[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 46-Ryan Putnam[2]; 2. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[1]; 3. 33C-Cole Boston[6]; 4. 71B-David Siercks[3]; 5. 71S-Tim Siercks[5]; 6. 13-Tate Kostreba[4]; 7. 5-Brecken Froehlich[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4Q2-Mark Martini[1]; 2. 30-Joey Jensen[4]; 3. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[6]; 4. 2-Ariel Mueller[3]; 5. 75-Ryan Mead[2]; 6. (DQ) 00AZ-TJ Wyman[5]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 05-Kyle Howland[2]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 3. 04-Tommy Pogones[1]; 4. 84-Hunter VanGilder[5]; 5. 17B-Rachel Boston[8]; 6. 55-Thomas Worth[6]; 7. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[9]; 8. 71S-Kelsy Siercks[10]; 9. (DNF) 19C-Charlie Shiek[7]; 10. (DNF) 21-Jim Gullikson[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 84-Hunter VanGilder[6]; 2. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 3. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 4. 21-Jim Gullikson[8]; 5. 04-Tommy Pogones[9]; 6. 55-Thomas Worth[2]; 7. 19C-Charlie Shiek[7]; 8. 17B-Rachel Boston[10]; 9. 66E-Steve Eggersgluess[1]; 10. 71S-Kelsy Siercks[5]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 8R-Josh Litzau[8]; 2. N88-Gerrald Nohner[4]; 3. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[9]; 4. 31J-Jordan Fischer[12]; 5. 7-Alexander McFarlen[11]; 6. 14T-Rowan Tramm[14]; 7. 21-Blake Hawker[1]; 8. 13-Casey Traxler[3]; 9. 18-Ashton Schwinn[5]; 10. 29-Trevor Siltman[15]; 11. 3G-Craig Gertsema[6]; 12. 119-Brandon Backstrom[18]; 13. D5-Doug Frederick[16]; 14. 81-Amanda Carroll[17]; 15. N28-Hailey Nohner[19]; 16. 14-Chris Benny[21]; 17. (DNF) 5-Robert Holtquist[2]; 18. (DNF) 7L-Tyler Larson[7]; 19. (DNF) 92-Nick Seitz[20]; 20. (DNS) 15H-Connor Hass; 21. (DNS) 20-Connor Bruss

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[3]; 2. 7L-Tyler Larson[2]; 3. 21-Blake Hawker[1]; 4. 15H-Connor Hass[6]; 5. 20-Connor Bruss[4]; 6. D5-Doug Frederick[7]; 7. (DNF) 92-Nick Seitz[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[7]; 2. 8R-Josh Litzau[1]; 3. N88-Gerrald Nohner[4]; 4. 7-Alexander McFarlen[6]; 5. 14T-Rowan Tramm[2]; 6. 81-Amanda Carroll[3]; 7. (DNF) 14-Chris Benny[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Casey Traxler[2]; 2. 3G-Craig Gertsema[1]; 3. 18-Ashton Schwinn[4]; 4. 31J-Jordan Fischer[3]; 5. 29-Trevor Siltman[5]; 6. 119-Brandon Backstrom[7]; 7. N28-Hailey Nohner[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

Feature (15 Laps): 1. 13-Brandon Nyberg[3]; 2. 26-Jenna Hagemann[4]; 3. 23T-Anthony Jenson[5]; 4. 19-Josh Backstrom[2]; 5. 73-Payson Patrin[6]; 6. 89-Randy Jacoboski[8]; 7. (DNF) 94A-Bobie Arnes[7]; 8. (DQ) 37C-Colton Trembath[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Brandon Nyberg[2]; 2. 26-Jenna Hagemann[4]; 3. 19-Josh Backstrom[3]; 4. 23T-Anthony Jenson[5]; 5. 37C-Colton Trembath[8]; 6. 73-Payson Patrin[7]; 7. (DNF) 94A-Bobie Arnes[1]; 8. (DNS) 89-Randy Jacoboski