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Peterson posts Challenge Series Late Model win while Wagamon whips Mods and Swearingen sprints to MidMod win at Ogilvie

By Chris Stepan & Tami Jo Kuehn

OGILVIE, MN (August 6) - The opening night of the Northern Storm Series, highlighted by the Structural Buildings WISSOTA Challenge Series, kicked off at Ogilvie Raceway in Ogilvie, MN, with 42 WISSOTA Late Models checked in for the series opener. WISSOTA Midwest Mods and Modifieds were also part of the action.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Tyler Peterson, David Swearingen, and Clayton Wagamon.

Kyle Peterlin set the quick qualifying lap in the Late Models, with a time of 15.232 seconds around the banked oval.

Rick Niemi and Jake Redetzke earned the front row for the night’s 40-lap, $2,500-to-win feature event with Redetzke getting the upper hand on the initial start. With Redetzke out front, Billy Kendall and Niemi waged a side-by-side war for the runner-up spot, as the top three ran in close proximity to one another for the first dozen laps.

Redetzke opened up a slight gap on the battle for second while Kendall and Niemi ran side by side for runner-up from lap five through lap 15 before Tyler Peterson, who started seventh, added his name to the mix.

Peterson snuck by Kendall for third, got by Niemi for the runner-up spot on lap 20, and began to chase down Redetzke, who had built up more than a two-second advantage out front. Peterson chipped away at Redetzke’s lead lap after lap, until he was able to pull alongside Redetzke with less than 10 laps to go.

With Peterson and Redetzke battling for the lead out front, James Giossi managed to race by Niemi into third and was starting to track down the leaders until he suddenly pulled to the infield, ending his night.

All eyes were on the tussle for the top spot; Peterson finally secured the lead on lap 35 and raced away during the final five circuits for the victory. Redetzke finished second with Niemi in third. Shane Sabraski, was the rookie of the race by virtue of his fourth-place finish, while Kendall rounded out the top-five finishers in the nonstop affair.

The WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds were led to green by James Vendela and Jason VandeKamp on the front row, and when the green waved, VandeKamp shot into the lead.

The drivers then battled their way through a series of cautions, with VandeKamp holding the lead followed by David Swearingen and Justin Bassa. After 10 laps were in the books, VandeKamp had established a solid lead and prepared to navigate lapped traffic as a final yellow was triggered.

The race resumed with VandeKamp, Swearingen and Ashton Schulte three-wide for the top spot; VandeKamp edged out the point. With just five laps to go, though, Swearingen was within striking distance of VandeKamp once again. Swearingen dove low on the track and was door to door with the leader as the white flag waved high. Swearingen nosed ahead, and as the top drivers came down the front-chute, he grabbed the win by .042 seconds ahead of VandeKamp. Schulte, 15th-starter Blake Adams, and Zach Benson were top-five finishers.

Clayton Wagamon stole the WISSOTA Modified feature event in another classic to wrap up the night. Kennedy Swan and Nick Oreskovich led the field to the start, with racers three, four and almost five-wide as they fought for positions at the drop of the green. Oreskovich grabbed the point with Swan and Darrell Nelson in second and third as drivers settled in.

After a quick caution, Oreskovich retained the lead with Nelson in second. Wagamon made his way around Swan and then Nelson, and next took over the top spot from Oreskovich; Wagamon pulled away with the lead. Eighth-starter Ryan Gierke was on his trail, however, and with five laps to go, Gierke caught and passed Wagamon.

Wagamon kept after Gierke, and on the final lap and final turn, Gierke was stuck behind lapped traffic. Wagamon shot low on the track and took the checkered flag in a thrilling finish. He was tailed across the finish line by Gierke, Oreskovich, Jody Bellefeuille, and Swan.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[7]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke[2]; 3. 54-Rick Niemi[1]; 4. 7A-Shane Sabraski[9]; 5. 99-Billy Kendall III[4]; 6. 30-Kevin Burdick[12]; 7. 21F-Gunner Frank[6]; 8. 23-Kyle Peterlin[8]; 9. 5-Josh Zimpel[3]; 10. 28S-Sam Mars[11]; 11. 28-Jeff Provinzino[20]; 12. 11-Pat Doar[18]; 13. 07-Cory Crapser[5]; 14. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[15]; 15. 10-Cole Searing[25]; 16. 81-Ashley Anderson[21]; 17. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[22]; 18. 6M-Jeff Massingill[23]; 19. 42S-Don Shaw[13]; 20. 7-Joel Bennett[19]; 21. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[16]; 22. (DNF) 11G-James Giossi[10]; 23. (DNF) 04JR-Adam Ayotte[24]; 24. (DNF) 31-Travis Budisalovich[26]; 25. (DNF) 2M-Dave Mass[14]; 26. (DNF) 19-Steve Laursen[17]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 07-Cory Crapser[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 23-Kyle Peterlin[4]; 4. 7H-Harry Hanson[5]; 5. 16-Derek Vesel[2]; 6. 28-Jeff Provinzino[6]; 7. 6M-Jeff Massingill[8]; 8. 45J-Johnny Broking[7]; 9. 31-Travis Budisalovich[9]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 21F-Gunner Frank[1]; 2. 28S-Sam Mars[2]; 3. 7A-Shane Sabraski[4]; 4. 54L-Jayme Lautigar[6]; 5. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[8]; 6. 81-Ashley Anderson[7]; 7. 29F-Dave Flynn[5]; 8. 7X-Jesse Glenz[3]; 9. (DNF) 22E-Kevin Eder[9]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 54-Rick Niemi[3]; 2. 5-Josh Zimpel[5]; 3. 19-Steve Laursen[1]; 4. 7-Joel Bennett[4]; 5. 2-Todd Gehl[6]; 6. (DNF) 7N-Andy Nezworski[8]; 7. (DNF) 21-Todd Frank[7]; 8. (DNF) F50-Ryan Corbett[2]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 27-Jake Redetzke[3]; 2. 42S-Don Shaw[1]; 3. 11G-James Giossi[4]; 4. 2M-Dave Mass[7]; 5. 42-Paul Niznik[2]; 6. 92-Richard Chasteen[8]; 7. (DNF) 63-Patrick Kelley[5]; 8. (DNF) 25-Hank Berry[6]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Billy Kendall III[2]; 2. 30-Kevin Burdick[1]; 3. 15*-Ryan Mikkelson[3]; 4. 11-Pat Doar[4]; 5. 10-Cole Searing[7]; 6. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[5]; 7. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[6]; 8. 212-Mike Klippenstein[8]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 19-Steve Laursen[1]; 2. 7-Joel Bennett[3]; 3. 81-Ashley Anderson[6]; 4. 29F-Dave Flynn[8]; 5. 7H-Harry Hanson[2]; 6. 2-Todd Gehl[4]; 7. 9-Dylan Kromschroeder[7]; 8. 16-Derek Vesel[5]; 9. 7X-Jesse Glenz[9]; 10. 25-Hank Berry[13]; 11. 212-Mike Klippenstein[10]; 12. 63-Patrick Kelley[12]; 13. (DNS) 7N-Andy Nezworski

B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 11-Pat Doar[2]; 2. 28-Jeff Provinzino[6]; 3. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[1]; 4. 10-Cole Searing[3]; 5. 6M-Jeff Massingill[7]; 6. 45J-Johnny Broking[9]; 7. 42-Paul Niznik[5]; 8. 04JR-Adam Ayotte[8]; 9. 31-Travis Budisalovich[10]; 10. 92-Richard Chasteen[4]; 11. (DNS) F50-Ryan Corbett; 12. (DNS) 21-Todd Frank; 13. (DNS) 22E-Kevin Eder

WISSOTA Modifieds:

Feature (30 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[3]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[8]; 3. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[2]; 4. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[6]; 5. 18S-Kennedy Swan[1]; 6. 22-Brandon Copp[10]; 7. 17B-Zach Benson[22]; 8. 44-Darrell Nelson[4]; 9. 22T-Michael Truscott[13]; 10. 7A-Shane Sabraski[20]; 11. 9E-Don Eischens[14]; 12. 3T-Travis Schulte[5]; 13. 57-Mike Anderson[17]; 14. 2C-Dave Cain[19]; 15. 6-Dale Ames[21]; 16. 33C-Cole Chernosky[23]; 17. 25-Adam Bohlman[16]; 18. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[15]; 19. 19J-Jack Rivord[11]; 20. 74-Shaun Kreyer[25]; 21. 99-Billy Kendall III[24]; 22. (DNF) 43K-Kaden Blaeser[9]; 23. (DNF) 22S-Cole Spacek[7]; 24. (DNF) 88-Eric Lamm[12]; 25. (DNF) 40-Kevin Adams[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14W-Clayton Wagamon[1]; 2. 22-Brandon Copp[2]; 3. 19J-Jack Rivord[4]; 4. 9E-Don Eischens[6]; 5. 7A-Shane Sabraski[7]; 6. 99-Billy Kendall III[3]; 7. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[5]; 8. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[8]; 9. 5K-Tyler Kaeter[9]; 10. (DNF) 2C-Dave Cain[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18S-Kennedy Swan[3]; 2. 21F-Nick Oreskovich[5]; 3. 88-Eric Lamm[1]; 4. 40-Kevin Adams[4]; 5. 25-Adam Bohlman[8]; 6. 11-Justin Weinberger[7]; 7. 45-Bob Broking[9]; 8. 73-Brandon Englund[10]; 9. (DNF) 32C-Curtis Stieh[6]; 10. (DQ) 89JR-JT Johnson[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Darrell Nelson[1]; 2. 11B-Jody Bellefeuille[4]; 3. 26G-Ryan Gierke[6]; 4. 43K-Kaden Blaeser[9]; 5. 57-Mike Anderson[8]; 6. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 7. 442-Aaron Johnson[2]; 8. 343-JD Ford[7]; 9. 74-Shaun Kreyer[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3T-Travis Schulte[1]; 2. 22S-Cole Spacek[3]; 3. 22T-Michael Truscott[2]; 4. 6-Dale Ames[4]; 5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[9]; 6. 9-Brady Uotinen[6]; 7. 17B-Zach Benson[7]; 8. 2-Tanner Gehl[8]; 9. 1L-Donnie Lofdahl[5]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 57-Mike Anderson[1]; 2. 2C-Dave Cain[11]; 3. 6-Dale Ames[2]; 4. 33C-Cole Chernosky[4]; 5. 45-Bob Broking[5]; 6. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[8]; 7. 55W-Jeffrey Wood[6]; 8. 74-Shaun Kreyer[9]; 9. 73-Brandon Englund[7]; 10. (DNF) 5K-Tyler Kaeter[10]; 11. (DNF) 11-Justin Weinberger[3]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 40-Kevin Adams[1]; 2. 7A-Shane Sabraski[2]; 3. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 4. 99-Billy Kendall III[3]; 5. 9-Brady Uotinen[4]; 6. 343-JD Ford[7]; 7. 89JR-JT Johnson[11]; 8. 442-Aaron Johnson[5]; 9. 32C-Curtis Stieh[10]; 10. (DNF) 1L-Donnie Lofdahl[9]; 11. (DNF) 2-Tanner Gehl[8]

WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds:

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 5-David Swearingen[8]; 2. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[2]; 3. 11-Ashton Schulte[7]; 4. 40D-Blake Adams[15]; 5. 17B-Zach Benson[3]; 6. 7X-Marcus Dunbar[18]; 7. 30-Joey Jensen[16]; 8. 21B-Brandon Jensen[14]; 9. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[20]; 10. 85-Jamie Davis[17]; 11. 69-Justin Bassa[4]; 12. 11R-Landyn Randt[11]; 13. 28-Paul Ripley[10]; 14. 15-James Vendela[1]; 15. 21L-Jimmy Latvala[26]; 16. 2-Ariel Mueller[22]; 17. (DNF) 87-William Moelter[25]; 18. (DNF) 23-Mitch Weiss[9]; 19. (DNF) 33C-Cole Boston[5]; 20. (DNF) 23DD-George Dalbeck[6]; 21. (DNF) 67-Glen Brown[13]; 22. (DNF) 44FX-Mark Froehlich[12]; 23. (DNF) 21-Jake Smith[23]; 24. (DNF) 63JR-Brady Larson[19]; 25. (DNF) 980-Kaden Woodie[21]; 26. (DNF) 00-Jason Hobbs[24]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 69-Justin Bassa[2]; 2. 44FX-Mark Froehlich[1]; 3. 28-Paul Ripley[6]; 4. 21B-Brandon Jensen[8]; 5. 4L-Carey LePage[3]; 6. 47-Don Craig[7]; 7. 16-Cory Jorgensen[5]; 8. 33-Jake Hagemann[9]; 9. 445F-Rob Fenske[10]; 10. 62-Jerry Morgan[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16V-Jason VandeKamp[5]; 2. 23-Mitch Weiss[3]; 3. 11R-Landyn Randt[6]; 4. 64-Evan Checkalski[4]; 5. 30-Joey Jensen[10]; 6. 09-Skylar Findley[2]; 7. 445-Charles Bistodeau[1]; 8. 19-Darrin Lawler[8]; 9. 0K-Matt Kelley[9]; 10. 21R-Ross Siiter[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15-James Vendela[6]; 2. 67-Glen Brown[1]; 3. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[3]; 4. 7X-Marcus Dunbar[5]; 5. 63JR-Brady Larson[7]; 6. 21L-Jimmy Latvala[4]; 7. 70-David Simpson[9]; 8. (DNS) 3D-Daniel Bjonfald; 9. (DQ) 7M-Dalton Mains[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Ashton Schulte[1]; 2. 23DD-George Dalbeck[5]; 3. 5-David Swearingen[7]; 4. 85-Jamie Davis[2]; 5. 33CC-Cole Chernosky[4]; 6. 980-Kaden Woodie[8]; 7. 3P-David Pixley[3]; 8. 873-Taven Woodie[9]; 9. 15M-Kris Macko[6]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Cole Boston[2]; 2. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 3. 40D-Blake Adams[4]; 4. 2-Ariel Mueller[1]; 5. 87-William Moelter[3]; 6. 21-Jake Smith[9]; 7. 16S-Ryan Savoy[5]; 8. 16X-Garrett Paull[7]; 9. 00-Jason Hobbs[8]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 85-Jamie Davis[2]; 2. 40JR-Tyler Vernon[1]; 3. 21-Jake Smith[3]; 4. 16S-Ryan Savoy[7]; 5. 16X-Garrett Paull[8]; 6. 445-Charles Bistodeau[6]; 7. 7M-Dalton Mains[11]; 8. 09-Skylar Findley[5]; 9. 15M-Kris Macko[9]; 10. 62-Jerry Morgan[10]; 11. 33CC-Cole Chernosky[4]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 7X-Marcus Dunbar[1]; 2. 980-Kaden Woodie[4]; 3. 00-Jason Hobbs[9]; 4. 64-Evan Checkalski[2]; 5. 21L-Jimmy Latvala[5]; 6. 3P-David Pixley[6]; 7. 4L-Carey LePage[3]; 8. 19-Darrin Lawler[8]; 9. 21R-Ross Siiter[10]; 10. (DNS) 33-Jake Hagemann

B Feature 3 (10 Laps): 1. 63JR-Brady Larson[2]; 2. 2-Ariel Mueller[1]; 3. 87-William Moelter[3]; 4. 873-Taven Woodie[7]; 5. 47-Don Craig[4]; 6. 16-Cory Jorgensen[6]; 7. 0K-Matt Kelley[9]; 8. (DNF) 445F-Rob Fenske[8]; 9. (DNS) 70-David Simpson; 10. (DNS) 3D-Daniel Bjonfald