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Lightning and fireworks in the sky as Cain, Kostreba, Boston and Ekdahl eliminate Ogilvie Raceway rivals on Saturday

By Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (July 6) - Saturday night was an exciting night at Wagamon’s Ogilvie Raceway for a multitude of reasons. Four classes of cars were on hand for some WISSOTA Dirt Track Series action, and between Mother Nature, the lightning, great racing, and fireworks in the pouring rain, it was a night for all to remember.

Winners in sanctioned action included Dave Cain, Ryan Kostreba, Cole Boston, and Jeff Ekdahl.

The WISSOTA Street Stocks were first on the program with Keith Tourville and Kyle Howland showing the way. An immediate caution reset the field, but when the green reappeared, Howland, Levi Randt and Jeff Ekdahl were three wide for second as Tourville pulled away from his competitors. Randt and Ekdahl battled for second while three drivers challenged Howland for fourth.

Tourville continued to lead before another caution, but now he had Ekdahl and Randt on his rear; Randt and Ekdahl kept close and chased Tourville. With the checkered flag waving, Ekdahl gave one final push to get the win, but Tourville prevailed. Following post-race tech, Ekdahl was awarded the win with Randt, Andrew Hanson, Tommy Pogones and Howland in the top five.

Kris Peterson and Ryan Kostreba brought the WISSOTA Super Stocks around the Big O for the next feature, and when the green waved, Peterson claimed the lead. Kostreba, James Trantina and Austin Neimeyer raced three wide for second and were nearly four wide with Peterson for first. Kostreba emerged from the turn with the lead and drove away.

With a handful of laps in the books, a caution was triggered, and drivers were reset with Kostreba in command. When the green waved, Trantina and Koch kept after Kostreba as the yellow waved for debris. When the race resumed, Kostreba, Koch, Trantina and Shane Sabraski were nearly four wide in the turn with Kostreba holding the point. Just then, a bolt of lightning struck the grounds, and the race went red as a weather delay took place to confirm all were okay within the facility.

After all was cleared, the racers retook the green with Koch and Sabraski right on Kostreba’s rear. Sabraski, Koch and Trantina kept close to Kostreba the remaining laps, and although they gave it their best, Kostreba held the lead and earned the win. Second through fifth went to Koch, Sabraski, Trantina and Dustin Nelson.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were next on the schedule with Daniel Bjonfald and Charles Bistodeau on row one. As soon as the green waved, rows one and two were three wide with drivers battling for position. Mark Froehlich took the lead with James Trantina in second and three drivers fighting for third. Trantina made his way alongside Froehlich for first and snagged the point as Cole Boston, who started eighth, made his way to second. Boston looked ahead at Trantina as a caution occurred and put him to Trantina’s rear.

Trantina brought the drivers back to green, and Boston cruised by the leader on the high groove. Boston was glued to the high side the remaining laps and put space between him and his competitors until the checkered flag waved. Boston earned his first Ogilvie Raceway feature win, with Trantina, Landyn Randt, Ryan Putnam and Cole Elton in the top five.

Travis Schulte and Eric Lamm brought the WISSOTA Modifieds on the track for the final feature of the night as rain quickly approached from the south. Schulte pulled away with the early lead while Dave Cain challenged Lamm for second. Cain took the spot with Jeremy Nelson (4), Sabraski and Lamm as the top five. Cain chased after Schulte, and after a few laps, he closed to his bumper. Cain dove alongside Schulte and after a quick battle, secured the point with just four laps to go. Cain stretched his lead the final laps and took the win. Nelson, Schulte, Ryan Gierke and Sabraski rounded out the top five.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 2C-Dave Cain[4]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[6]; 3. 3T-Travis Schulte[1]; 4. 26G-Ryan Gierke[8]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski[5]; 6. 17B-Zach Benson[9]; 7. 89JR-JT Johnson[10]; 8. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[7]; 9. 88-Eric Lamm[3]; 10. 06-Jeremy Nelson[13]; 11. 112-Brennan Gave[12]; 12. 11X-Austin Chyba[14]; 13. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[16]; 14. 19J-Jack Rivord[11]; 15. 05-Mark Prueser[18]; 16. (DNF) 515-Devin Fouquette[15]; 17. (DNS) 14W-Clayton Wagamon; 18. (DNS) 5K-Tyler Kaeter

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 2. 3T-Travis Schulte[1]; 3. 26G-Ryan Gierke[3]; 4. 2C-Dave Cain[9]; 5. 17B-Zach Benson[5]; 6. 19J-Jack Rivord[6]; 7. 06-Jeremy Nelson[8]; 8. 515-Devin Fouquette[7]; 9. 2K-Kyle Kirberger[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 2. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 3. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[6]; 4. 88-Eric Lamm[1]; 5. 89JR-JT Johnson[8]; 6. 112-Brennan Gave[7]; 7. 11X-Austin Chyba[2]; 8. 05-Mark Prueser[9]; 9. (DNF) 5K-Tyler Kaeter[5]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 17-Ryan Kostreba[2]; 2. 78K-Dexton Koch[7]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[8]; 4. 19X-James Trantina III[4]; 5. 46-Dustin Nelson[5]; 6. 2-Denis Czech[9]; 7. 33-Austin Niemeyer[3]; 8. 44-Kris Peterson[1]; 9. B61-Kyle Buffington[11]; 10. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[12]; 11. (DNF) 14-Russell Kostreba[10]; 12. (DNS) 24L-Jase Lien; 13. (DQ) 06-Jeremy Nelson[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7A-Shane Sabraski[1]; 2. 44-Kris Peterson[2]; 3. 46-Dustin Nelson[4]; 4. 78K-Dexton Koch[5]; 5. 2-Denis Czech[3]; 6. (DNF) 32-Max Nelson[6]; 7. (DNF) 24L-Jase Lien[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 06-Jeremy Nelson[2]; 2. 17-Ryan Kostreba[1]; 3. 19X-James Trantina III[6]; 4. 33-Austin Niemeyer[3]; 5. 14-Russell Kostreba[5]; 6. B61-

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Boston[8]; 2. 19X-James Trantina III[5]; 3. 11R-Landyn Randt[6]; 4. 46-Ryan Putnam[7]; 5. 17B-Cole Elton[4]; 6. 44FX-Mark Froehlich[3]; 7. 3P-David Pixley[9]; 8. 14L-Ben Lewis[16]; 9. 24T-Liz Toepper[10]; 10. 88T-Jacob Toepper[15]; 11. 24M-Adam Martinson[11]; 12. 13-Tate Kostreba[12]; 13. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[1]; 14. 46G-Brockton Grams[13]; 15. 89-Chris McClain[17]; 16. (DNF) 445-Charles Bistodeau[2]; 17. (DNF) 03-Bryce Huff[14]; 18. (DNF) 32N-Nick Howard[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11R-Landyn Randt[2]; 2. 46-Ryan Putnam[3]; 3. 19X-James Trantina III[4]; 4. 44FX-Mark Froehlich[8]; 5. 3P-David Pixley[1]; 6. 24M-Adam Martinson[6]; 7. 46G-Brockton Grams[5]; 8. 88T-Jacob Toepper[9]; 9. (DNF) 89-Chris McClain[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Cole Elton[2]; 2. 33C-Cole Boston[8]; 3. 445-Charles Bistodeau[1]; 4. 3D-Daniel Bjonfald[5]; 5. 24T-Liz Toepper[9]; 6. 13-Tate Kostreba[6]; 7. 03-Bryce Huff[3]; 8. 14L-Ben Lewis[7]; 9. (DNF) 32N-Nick Howard[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Feature (20 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 2. 11-Levi Randt[4]; 3. 20-Andrew Hanson[7]; 4. 04-Tommy Pogones[8]; 5. 05-Kyle Howland[2]; 6. 55-Thomas Worth[9]; 7. 17B-Rachel Boston[13]; 8. 11F-Sam Fankhauser[6]; 9. 76-Braedyn Fleck[12]; 10. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[11]; 11. (DNF) 21-Jim Gullikson[5]; 12. (DNF) 60-Andrew Milz[10]; 13. (DQ) 111-Keith Tourville[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jim Gullikson[1]; 2. 11-Levi Randt[3]; 3. 20-Andrew Hanson[7]; 4. 05-Kyle Howland[4]; 5. 55-Thomas Worth[6]; 6. 87X-Quentin Busitzky[5]; 7. 76-Braedyn Fleck[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[1]; 2. 111-Keith Tourville[6]; 3. 11F-Sam Fankhauser[2]; 4. 04-Tommy Pogones[5]; 5. 60-Andrew Milz[3]; 6. (DQ) 17B-Rachel Boston[4]