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VandeKamp continues strong ‘24 campaign with Midwest Mod win to accompany big LM show at Ogilvie Raceway

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (July 3) - On a Wednesday afternoon, under beautiful sunny skies, the XR Series rolled into Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway and hosted the Minnesota Mega, featuring the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds and a $50,000 payday for the Super Dirt Late Models. A total of 71 drivers checked in to race for the night and between the two features, 75 laps were raced with just one caution.

Jason VandeKamp won the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature, while Bobby Pierce won the Super Dirt Late Model feature.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were led to the green by VandeKamp and Tyler Vernon. VandeKamp was the early leader, while Vernon held second and Cole Boston claimed third.

Out front, VandeKamp stretched his lead. Vernon held second and Brandon Jensen challenged Boston for third before David Swearingen sped by and took the spot. The top drivers were among lapped traffic as VandeKamp continued to lead the way. Just then, a driver spun and did not make it safely off the race surface to bring out the caution with five to go.

VandeKamp came through the turn to bring the drivers back to green and felt the heat of Vernon and Swearingen to his rear. When the green waved, drivers were four-wide for positions as they shot down the front chute. VandeKamp held his lead in the remaining laps however, and took the win ahead of Swearingen, Zach Benson, Vernon and Wyatt Boyum as the top five finishers.

The Super Dirt Late Models took to the clay for their 50-lap race, as Ricky Thornton, Jr. and Devin Moran brought the stacked field of drivers to green. Thornton, Jr. claimed the immediate lead, while Moran grabbed second and Pierce moved his way from sixth to the third point in the opening laps.

Moran kept close to Thornton, Jr. while Pierce chased after the leaders. With 10 laps completed, Thornton, Jr., Moran and Pierce began to lap slower drivers, allowing Pierce to move in and grab second. Thornton, Jr. remained in command, but as laps went by, Pierce tracked down the leader. Pierce wasted no time and made the pass for first as cars covered the entire track surface.

Laps continued to click by with drivers going two and three-wide around the Big O. Fans watched in awe as the drivers wrapped up the 50-lap event in just over 13 minutes with no cautions, and when the checkered flag flew, Pierce snagged the win ahead of Moran, Thornton, Jr., Ryan Gustin and Tyler Erb in the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 16-Jason VandeKamp[1]; 2. 5-David Swearingen[5]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[12]; 4. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[2]; 5. 21W-Wyatt Boyum[9]; 6. 21B-Brandon Jensen[8]; 7. 19-Lucas Rodin[11]; 8. 33C-Cole Boston[3]; 9. 83X-Kadden Kath[6]; 10. 24-Cole Elton[10]; 11. 25B-Adam Bohlman[18]; 12. 87-William Moelter[17]; 13. 2S-Matt Schow[20]; 14. 9M-Jake Molitor[22]; 15. 14L-Ben Lewis[4]; 16. 22H-Jayme Hiller[15]; 17. 3P-David Pixley[19]; 18. 2-Ariel Mueller[23]; 19. 97-Michelle Hutt[24]; 20. 44F-Rob Fenske[13]; 21. (DNF) 27-Corey Mehrwerth[16]; 22. (DNF) 19C-Colin Wittenberg[21]; 23. (DNF) 28-Paul Ripley[7]; 24. (DNF) 21-Jake Smith[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14L-Ben Lewis[2]; 2. 21W-Wyatt Boyum[3]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[5]; 4. 44F-Rob Fenske[7]; 5. 19X-James Trantina III[4]; 6. G1-Cody Giles[1]; 7. 13-Tate Kostreba[6]; 8. (DNF) 40K-Colton Kramer[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-David Swearingen[2]; 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp[6]; 3. 21-Jake Smith[4]; 4. 25B-Adam Bohlman[3]; 5. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[8]; 6. 46-Ryan Putnam[5]; 7. 24S-Shane Southard[1]; 8. 21R-Ross Siiter[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83X-Kadden Kath[2]; 2. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[6]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[5]; 4. 3P-David Pixley[4]; 5. 2S-Matt Schow[8]; 6. 97-Michelle Hutt[1]; 7. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[7]; 8. (DNF) 445-Charles Bistodeau[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Paul Ripley[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Boston[5]; 3. 22H-Jayme Hiller[1]; 4. 23-Mitch Weiss[3]; 5. 14-Adam Shinn[6]; 6. 48-Cole Kelley[7]; 7. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[4]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 21B-Brandon Jensen[1]; 2. 24-Cole Elton[3]; 3. 27-Corey Mehrwerth[2]; 4. 87-William Moelter[5]; 5. 9M-Jake Molitor[6]; 6. 2-Ariel Mueller[7]; 7. (DNF) 4W-Joey Wagamon[4]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 87-William Moelter[2]; 2. 3P-David Pixley[3]; 3. 19C-Colin Wittenberg[1]; 4. 2-Ariel Mueller[6]; 5. 00AZ-TJ Wyman[9]; 6. 13-Tate Kostreba[8]; 7. (DNF) 21R-Ross Siiter[10]; 8. (DNS) 46-Ryan Putnam; 9. (DNS) 19X-James Trantina III; 10. (DNS) 14-Adam Shinn; 11. (DNS) 40K-Colton Kramer

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 25B-Adam Bohlman[2]; 2. 2S-Matt Schow[1]; 3. 9M-Jake Molitor[4]; 4. 97-Michelle Hutt[7]; 5. 24S-Shane Southard[8]; 6. (DNF) 48-Cole Kelley[5]; 7. (DNF) 23-Mitch Weiss[3]; 8. (DNF) G1-Cody Giles[6]; 9. (DNF) 50H-Haley Dykhoff[9]; 10. (DNF) 445-Charles Bistodeau[11]; 11. (DNS) 4W-Joey Wagamon

Super Dirt Late Models:

Feature (50 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[12]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb[8]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 7. 3S-Brian Shirley[7]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson[9]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 10. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr[10]; 11. B1-Brent Larson[17]; 12. 9-Nick Hoffman[11]; 13. 2-Tyler Stevens[13]; 14. 28-Sam Mars[16]; 15. 55C-Chad Mahder[18]; 16. 22-Nick Panitzke[24]; 17. 11-Pat Doar[19]; 18. (DNF) 42S-Don Shaw[21]; 19. (DNF) B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 20. (DNF) 21-Billy Moyer Sr[15]; 21. (DNF) 7A-Shane Sabraski[22]; 22. (DNF) 22*-Max McLaughlin[20]; 23. (DNF) 11G-James Giossi[14]; 24. (DNF) 24L-Jase Lien[23]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[1]; 4. 2-Tyler Stevens[4]; 5. 11-Pat Doar[5]; 6. 42S-Don Shaw[6]; 7. (DNF) 9K-Dylan Kromschroeder[7]; 8. (DNF) 27-Jared Zimpel[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[1]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 4. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[4]; 5. B1-Brent Larson[6]; 6. 5-Josh Zimpel[5]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans[8]; 8. (DNF) 71-Zach Wohlers[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 3. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 4. 11G-James Giossi[5]; 5. 22*-Max McLaughlin[6]; 6. 22-Nick Panitzke[4]; 7. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 8. 21X-Joel Collins[8]; 9. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[3]; 4. 28-Sam Mars[4]; 5. 55C-Chad Mahder[6]; 6. 2M-Dave Mass[5]; 7. 14W-Dustin Walker[7]; 8. 24L-Jase Lien[8]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. B1-Brent Larson[2]; 2. 11-Pat Doar[1]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw[3]; 4. 18-Chase Junghans[6]; 5. 5-Josh Zimpel[4]; 6. 27-Jared Zimpel[7]; 7. (DNS) 9K-Dylan Kromschroeder; 8. (DNS) 71-Zach Wohlers

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 55C-Chad Mahder[2]; 2. 22*-Max McLaughlin[1]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 4. 2M-Dave Mass[4]; 5. 22-Nick Panitzke[3]; 6. 73-Larry Fitzsimmons[9]; 7. 21X-Joel Collins[7]; 8. 24L-Jase Lien[8]; 9. (DNS) 14W-Dustin Walker