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Dustin Holtquist (JR Hughes Photo)

Leiker and Pourier post second straight wins and a different Holtquist hoists Black Hills Nationals check after night two of Rapid City action

RAPID CITY, SD (August 24) - The final night of the South Dakota Lottery Half Mile Nationals at Black Hills Speedway was highlighted by WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories from Troy Leiker, Warren Pourier, Jr., and Dustin Holtquist.

In the WISSOTA Midwest Mods, Leiker started from the front row and gained the advantage early, making his way to victory lane at the completion of the 15-lapper for his ninth win of the 2024 season and a sweep of the weekend’s features. Darin Hauff, Connor Friske, Alan Farley and Scott Hansen completed the top five.

Troy Leiker (JR Hughes Photo)

Dustin Holtquist also started from the front row in the WISSOTA Mod Fours, grabbing the early lead ahead of polesitter Dean Larson, and later holding a nearly 4-second advantage ahead of father Robert Holtqist for the eventual victory. It was Dustin’s eighth win of his season. Kyle Hardesty rounded out the podium ahead of Dean Larson and Tristan Torres in the top five.

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Pourier, Jr. moved into the lead on the second lap from his front-row starting spot, taking the win by a scant .436 seconds ahead of Troy Murner in the chase to the checkered flags. Leonard Ferguson, Kyle Hanson and Tyler Lamb were top-five finishers.

Warren Pourier (JR Hughes Photo)

Brett Konst (Hobby Stocks) and Eric Mass (Modifieds) were also victorious in the track’s other action.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[2]; 2. 4-Darin Hauff[1]; 3. 5-Connor Friske[7]; 4. 29A-Alan Farley[6]; 5. 31H-Scott Hansen[3]; 6. 50-Paul Parks[4]; 7. T3-Travis Soper[8]; 8. 18-Tony Leiker[17]; 9. 64-Joel Morris[13]; 10. 12-Alexis Manning[14]; 11. 509-Brennan Davis[9]; 12. 72L-Chris Larsen[18]; 13. 14-Sean McHenry[19]; 14. (DNF) 30-Jeremy Cole[10]; 15. (DNF) 29-Ty Miller[12]; 16. (DNF) 333-Travis Long[15]; 17. (DNF) 00-Ron Starkey[16]; 18. (DNS) 31-Kyle Harkin; 19. (DNS) 67-Rex Conrad

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Darin Hauff[4]; 2. 50-Paul Parks[5]; 3. 5-Connor Friske[7]; 4. 30-Jeremy Cole[1]; 5. 64-Joel Morris[3]; 6. 00-Ron Starkey[2]; 7. 14-Sean McHenry[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[1]; 2. 31-Kyle Harkin[2]; 3. T3-Travis Soper[5]; 4. 67-Rex Conrad[6]; 5. 12-Alexis Manning[4]; 6. (DNF) 18-Tony Leiker[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 31H-Scott Hansen[2]; 2. 29A-Alan Farley[1]; 3. 509-Brennan Davis[3]; 4. 29-Ty Miller[4]; 5. 333-Travis Long[6]; 6. 72L-Chris Larsen[5]

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. 25-Kyle Hanson[3]; 5. 314-Tyler Lamb[1]; 6. 7-Les Cuny[5]; 7. 55J-Jaren Puhlman[8]; 8. Z22-Cole Phillips[7]; 9. (DNF) 85-Douglas Pudwill[9]

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

WISSOTA Mod Fours:

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

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 37-Dean Larson[2]; 2. 5-Robert Holtquist[5]; 3. 7-Rob Arlaud[1]; 4. 114-Khi Jackson[6]; 5. 69-Mike Lind[3]; 6. 19-Gatlin Comer[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5H-Dustin Holtquist[3]; 2. 45-Kyle Hardesty[1]; 3. 4T-Tristan Torres[4]; 4. 55-Shelli Lind[2]; 5. S16-Teresa Schuler[5]

360 Sprints:

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

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

IMCA Modifieds:

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

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Brent Nielsen[4]; 2. 20-Brandon Clough[7]; 3. 99S-Nathan Slocum[2]; 4. 52-Darran Conrad[3]; 5. 120-Tanner Clough[6]; 6. 550K-Kyle Anton[8]; 7. 2N-Nate Hand[1]; 8. 22I-Darren Fischer[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. XM-Mike Dimond[1]; 2. 44-Eric Mass[7]; 3. 50-Wade Manning[2]; 4. 85X-Brett Pudwill[3]; 5. 3B-Brian Brennan[4]; 6. 9J-Jack Hubbard Jr[5]; 7. 46-Adam Boggs[6]

IMCA Hobby Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[1]; 2. 33C-Alan McNeil[2]; 3. 85-Doug Pudwill[3]; 4. 89-Abigail Boggs[5]; 5. 00K-Tracy Konst[4]; 6. 24K-Casey Rose[7]; 7. 10K-Lori Konst[10]; 8. 09DR-Russell Brown[12]; 9. 5K-John Lynch Jr[8]; 10. 03-Samantha Swett[6]; 11. (DNF) 14-Austin Rusk[9]; 12. (DNS) 4-Trevor Powell

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 100K-Brett Konst[3]; 2. 85-Doug Pudwill[5]; 3. 89-Abigail Boggs[1]; 4. 24K-Casey Rose[4]; 5. 14-Austin Rusk[2]; 6. (DNF) 4-Trevor Powell[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33C-Alan McNeil[3]; 2. 00K-Tracy Konst[4]; 3. 03-Samantha Swett[5]; 4. 5K-John Lynch Jr[6]; 5. 10K-Lori Konst[2]; 6. 09DR-Russell Brown[1]

Scott Hughes