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Leiker, Pourier and Holtquist handle nice-sized WISSOTA fields to be night one winners at Black Hills Half Mile Nationals

RAPID CITY, SD (August 23) - Black Hills Speedway welcomed fans and drivers to its seventh-annual South Dakota Lottery Half Mile Nationals two-day special Friday.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners included Troy Leiker, Warren Pourier, Jr., and Robert Holtquist.

In the Midwest Mods, Leiker led from start to finish to grab his eighth win of the 2024 season. He crossed the stripe ahead of Paul Parks, Tony Leiker, Kyle Harkin and ninth-starter Darin Hauff in the top five.

Pourier, Jr. garnered his second win of the 2024 season with his victory in the Street Stocks. He started on the front row and drove to the checkered flag ahead of sixth-starter Troy Murner, who had to settle for second. Leonard Ferguson, Les Cuny and Kyle Hanson were top-five finishers.

It was a father-son battle in the Mod Fours, where dad came out on top this time, with Robert Holtquist conquering son Dustin for the win. Kyle Hardesty, Dean Larson and Rob Arlaud completed the top five.

In the track’s other action, John Garrigan Jr. (IMCA Hobby Stocks), and Brent Nielsen (IMCA Modifieds) scored opening-night victories.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[2]; 2. 50-Paul Parks[4]; 3. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 4. 31-Kyle Harkin[6]; 5. 4-Darin Hauff[9]; 6. 31H-Scott Hansen[12]; 7. 29A-Alan Farley[7]; 8. 5-Connor Friske[5]; 9. 509-Brennan Davis[8]; 10. 67-Rex Conrad[15]; 11. 333-Travis Long[10]; 12. 29-Ty Miller[11]; 13. 72L-Chris Larsen[14]; 14. 64-Joel Morris[1]; 15. 12-Alexis Manning[13]; 16. 00-Ron Starkey[16]; 17. 66-Mark Brave[18]; 18. 77E-Trent Edwards[17]; 19. 60-Derek Altman[20]; 20. 69-Bob Edwards[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Joel Morris[1]; 2. 50-Paul Parks[5]; 3. 29A-Alan Farley[4]; 4. 333-Travis Long[6]; 5. 12-Alexis Manning[7]; 6. 00-Ron Starkey[2]; 7. 69-Bob Edwards[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[3]; 2. 5-Connor Friske[2]; 3. 509-Brennan Davis[6]; 4. 29-Ty Miller[7]; 5. 72L-Chris Larsen[4]; 6. 77E-Trent Edwards[1]; 7. 60-Derek Altman[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[3]; 2. 31-Kyle Harkin[1]; 3. 4-Darin Hauff[4]; 4. 31H-Scott Hansen[5]; 5. 67-Rex Conrad[6]; 6. 66-Mark Brave[2]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[2]; 2. 22T-Troy Murner[6]; 3. 78-Leonard Ferguson[4]; 4. 7-Les Cuny[7]; 5. 25-Kyle Hanson[3]; 6. 314-Tyler Lamb[1]; 7. 38-Toby Price[9]; 8. (DNF) 55J-Jaren Puhlman[5]; 9. (DNF) Z22-Cole Phillips[8]; 10. (DNF) 85-Douglas Pudwill[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 314-Tyler Lamb[4]; 2. 25-Kyle Hanson[1]; 3. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[3]; 4. 7-Les Cuny[2]; 5. 38-Toby Price[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Warren Pourier Jr[2]; 2. 78-Leonard Ferguson[5]; 3. 22T-Troy Murner[3]; 4. Z22-Cole Phillips[4]; 5. 85-Douglas Pudwill[1]

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[1]; 2. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[3]; 3. 45-Kyle Hardesty[2]; 4. 37-Dean Larson[5]; 5. 7-Rob Arlaud[7]; 6. 114-Khi Jackson[9]; 7. 4T-Tristan Torres[4]; 8. 55-Shelli Lind[11]; 9. 69-Mike Lind[10]; 10. S16-Teresa Schuler[6]; 11. 19-Gatlin Comer[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Robert Holtquist[1]; 2. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[5]; 3. 37-Dean Larson[3]; 4. 7-Rob Arlaud[4]; 5. (DNF) 114-Khi Jackson[2]; 6. (DNS) 55-Shelli Lind

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Kyle Hardesty[4]; 2. 4T-Tristan Torres[1]; 3. S16-Teresa Schuler[3]; 4. 19-Gatlin Comer[5]; 5. (DNF) 69-Mike Lind[2]

360 Sprints:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17B-Ryan Bickett[1]; 2. 39JR-Brayden Mount[2]; 3. 17H-Travis Reber[7]; 4. 3-Mike Pennel[6]; 5. 13-McKayla Worley[5]; 6. (DNF) 4S-Adam Speckman[4]; 7. (DNF) 28T-Jordan Tanner[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Ryan Bickett[2]; 2. 39JR-Brayden Mount[7]; 3. 28T-Jordan Tanner[4]; 4. 4S-Adam Speckman[6]; 5. 13-McKayla Worley[5]; 6. (DNF) 3-Mike Pennel[3]; 7. (DNS) 17H-Travis Reber

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[2]; 2. 33C-Alan McNeil[3]; 3. 03-Samantha Swett[4]; 4. 100K-Brett Konst[6]; 5. 85-Douglas Pudwill[8]; 6. 10K-Lori Konst[11]; 7. 00K-Tracy Konst[1]; 8. 5K-John Lynch Jr[13]; 9. 9-Abigail Boggs[5]; 10. 09DR-Russell Brown[9]; 11. (DNF) 14-Austin Rusk[12]; 12. (DNF) 4-Trevor Powell[10]; 13. (DNF) 24K-Casey Rose[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00K-Tracy Konst[2]; 2. 33C-Alan McNeil[6]; 3. 9-Abigail Boggs[1]; 4. 24K-Casey Rose[3]; 5. 09DR-Russell Brown[4]; 6. 10K-Lori Konst[7]; 7. (DNF) 5K-John Lynch Jr[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 95J-John Garrigan Jr[5]; 2. 03-Samantha Swett[2]; 3. 100K-Brett Konst[3]; 4. 85-Douglas Pudwill[1]; 5. 4-Trevor Powell[6]; 6. 14-Austin Rusk[4]

IMCA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 13-Brent Nielsen[2]; 2. 44-Eric Mass[3]; 3. 20-Brandon Clough[1]; 4. 85X-Brett Pudwill[6]; 5. 52-Darran Conrad[5]; 6. 120-Tanner Clough[4]; 7. XM-Mike Dimond[11]; 8. 99S-Nathan Slocum[8]; 9. 9J-Jack Hubbard Jr[15]; 10. 2N-Nate Hand[13]; 11. 0-Peyton George[7]; 12. 550K-Kyle Anton[10]; 13. 0G-Paxton George[14]; 14. 22I-Darren Fischer[12]; 15. (DNF) 50-Wade Manning[9]; 16. (DNF) 46-Adam Boggs[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Brandon Clough[2]; 2. 44-Eric Mass[4]; 3. 52-Darran Conrad[1]; 4. 0-Peyton George[3]; 5. 50-Wade Manning[6]; 6. XM-Mike Dimond[8]; 7. 2N-Nate Hand[7]; 8. 9J-Jack Hubbard Jr[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Brent Nielsen[7]; 2. 120-Tanner Clough[3]; 3. 85X-Brett Pudwill[5]; 4. 99S-Nathan Slocum[1]; 5. 550K-Kyle Anton[8]; 6. 22I-Darren Fischer[6]; 7. (DNF) 0G-Paxton George[2]; 8. (DNF) 46-Adam Boggs[4]