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Summer sweat pays off Friday for Peterson, Froemming, Riley and Rohner at I-94 Speedway

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (August 2) - It looks like summer has arrived in the upper Midwest, as temps in the low 90s tested race fans and the 97 racers who made their way out for some Friday night fun at I-94 emr Speedway.

WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners during the hot and steamy night included Tyler Peterson (Late Models and Modifieds), Justin Froemming (Midwest Mods), Eric Riley (Street Stocks), and Jeff Rohner (Hornets).

In the WISSOTA Late Models, Peterson quickly moved from eighth at the start to third. During lap five he moved into the lead, passing Sam Zender and Danny Vang for the spot. As the laps counted down, Don Shaw and Dave Mass were on the move, into third and fourth, respectively. Peterson picked up the eventual victory, with Vang doing a nice job in finishing second. Shaw, Mass, and Sam Zender completed the top five.

Peterson was not done yet, as he rolled out his WISSOTA Modified and sat on the pole for that feature. He quickly took the lead, but with five laps complete Jeremy Nelson was closing in; Nelson was running the bottom, as Peterson ran up top. The shrewd Peterson switched to the bottom just in time and was able to open up his lead for the win, while Nelson was strong in second. Brady Gerdes was third, 10th-starter Dusty Bitzen was fourth, and Landon Atkinson completed the top five.

It was a wild WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature, as a six-car pileup on lap one left Jamie Norman upside down and several cars in need of some serious repairs.

With five laps complete, Justin Froemming had already moved from his ninth-starting spot to fourth; he then caught Haley Dykhoff and Ron Saurer, who were going at it for second behind race leader Taylor Bitzan.

With five laps left in the race, Dykhoff broke, leaving the battle to Bitzan and Froemming, and Froemming made a pass for the win coming off turn four on the last lap. Bitzan settled for second, with Saurer grabbing third. Nate Reinke was fourth, while 11th-starter Jon Carlson completed the top five.

Tanner Freese and Tommy Pogones went back and forth for the lead to begin the 21-car WISSOTA Street Stock feature, with Cory Dykhoff third, and Joe Martin and Eric Riley fighting for fourth. With only four laps left, Riley made a nice pass to go from fourth to second, before a cloud of smoke came off Pogones’ car a lap later and he slowed. Riley took the lead and never looked back for the win, with Dykhoff second just ahead of Ty Agen and Joe Martin in a very good race. Scott Horn completed the top five.

The WISSOTA Hornets had a good three-car battle at the front as Bobie Arnes, Jeff Rohner and Payson Patrin were three-wide several times. With six laps to go, Patrin passed Arnes for the lead, with Rohner displacing Arnes to third. Four laps later, with just trips around I-94 to go, Chase Pourrier fought Rohner for second and they swapped spots. In the end, Rohner was declared the winner as Patrin did not pass tech. Arnes was also DQ’d, with the official top-five rundown including Rohner, Pourrier, Kevin Wahl, Nick Shirley and Christian Kast.

Tony Croninger won a very entertaining Gen X Late Model race to round out action at the speedway.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[8]; 2. 47-Danny Vang[4]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw[6]; 4. 2-Dave Mass[12]; 5. 66-Sam Zender[3]; 6. 44*-Cole Schill[7]; 7. 15X-Blake Boelens[5]; 8. 50-Ben Wolden[9]; 9. 50C-Cody Lee[11]; 10. 24-Mike Hart[1]; 11. 3H-Jerry Hauge[10]; 12. (DNF) 18-Josh Rieck[2]; 13. (DNF) 66*-Larry Samuelson[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 2. 47-Danny Vang[1]; 3. 66-Sam Zender[2]; 4. 15X-Blake Boelens[6]; 5. 50-Ben Wolden[3]; 6. 50C-Cody Lee[4]; 7. 66*-Larry Samuelson[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 44*-Cole Schill[2]; 2. 42S-Don Shaw[6]; 3. 18-Josh Rieck[3]; 4. 24-Mike Hart[4]; 5. 3H-Jerry Hauge[1]; 6. (DNF) 2-Dave Mass[5]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[5]; 3. 2X-Brady Gerdes[8]; 4. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[10]; 5. 18A-Landon Atkinson[7]; 6. 6X-Zach Johnson[6]; 7. 21X-Travis Saurer[11]; 8. 7-Bryce Borgen[2]; 9. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[4]; 10. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[9]; 11. (DNF) 6T-Corky Thomas[3]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[1]; 3. 18A-Landon Atkinson[4]; 4. 6X-Zach Johnson[3]; 5. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[5]; 6. 21X-Travis Saurer[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Brady Gerdes[2]; 2. 6T-Corky Thomas[1]; 3. 7-Bryce Borgen[4]; 4. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[3]; 5. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[5]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 32F-Justin Froemming[9]; 2. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[3]; 3. 42-Ron Saurer[5]; 4. 71-Nate Reinke[8]; 5. 8-Jon Carlson[11]; 6. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[7]; 7. 66-Kyle Langland[20]; 8. 554-Alan Oeltjen[24]; 9. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[21]; 10. 28K-Nick Preston[1]; 11. 21Z-Zach Kort[22]; 12. 13K-Brad King[13]; 13. (DNF) 50H-Haley Dykhoff[6]; 14. (DNF) 73-Onyx Johnson[18]; 15. (DNF) 82G-Chad Gronner[23]; 16. (DNF) 9M-Jake Molitor[4]; 17. (DNF) 13-Scott Oeltjen[2]; 18. (DNF) 12X-Jamie Norman[10]; 19. (DNF) 42B-Tanner Bitzan[12]; 20. (DNF) 30-Cole Neset[14]; 21. (DNF) 1S-Scott Bintz[16]; 22. (DNF) 110-Tate Kelderman[17]; 23. (DNF) 4-Phil Christlieb[15]; 24. (DNF) 75JR-Daniel Harstad[19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[1]; 2. 9M-Jake Molitor[6]; 3. 28K-Nick Preston[2]; 4. 12X-Jamie Norman[3]; 5. 13K-Brad King[4]; 6. 1S-Scott Bintz[7]; 7. (DNF) 21Z-Zach Kort[8]; 8. (DNS) 554-Alan Oeltjen

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32F-Justin Froemming[1]; 2. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[6]; 3. 13-Scott Oeltjen[2]; 4. 8-Jon Carlson[4]; 5. 30-Cole Neset[3]; 6. 110-Tate Kelderman[8]; 7. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[7]; 8. (DNF) 82G-Chad Gronner[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Ron Saurer[2]; 2. 71-Nate Reinke[3]; 3. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[5]; 4. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[7]; 5. 4-Phil Christlieb[1]; 6. 73-Onyx Johnson[6]; 7. 66-Kyle Langland[8]; 8. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[4]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[9]; 2. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[3]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[6]; 4. 2-Joe Martin[4]; 5. 4-Scott Horn[8]; 6. 12-Kevin Pender[10]; 7. 17-Nick Shumansky[5]; 8. 18J-Justin Peterson[12]; 9. 30B-Wade Bergerud[11]; 10. 24-Mike Hart[14]; 11. 2K-Tyler Klugman[7]; 12. 76-Braedyn Fleck[16]; 13. 57-Jason Fechtner[18]; 14. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[21]; 15. (DNF) 04-Tommy Pogones[2]; 16. (DNF) 3J-Tanner Freese[1]; 17. (DNF) 16-Greg Platzer[19]; 18. (DNF) 23-Maverick Janssen[13]; 19. (DNF) 84-Doug Martin[15]; 20. (DNF) 80-Tony Miller[17]; 21. (DNS) 78-Josh Lawson

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[2]; 2. 2-Joe Martin[4]; 3. 2K-Tyler Klugman[5]; 4. 12-Kevin Pender[7]; 5. 23-Maverick Janssen[3]; 6. 76-Braedyn Fleck[1]; 7. (DNF) 57-Jason Fechtner[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[4]; 2. 4-Scott Horn[3]; 3. 17-Nick Shumansky[7]; 4. 30B-Wade Bergerud[2]; 5. 24-Mike Hart[5]; 6. 80-Tony Miller[6]; 7. (DNF) 16-Greg Platzer[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3J-Tanner Freese[1]; 2. 04-Tommy Pogones[3]; 3. 26-Ty Agen[4]; 4. 18J-Justin Peterson[5]; 5. 84-Doug Martin[2]; 6. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[7]; 7. (DNF) 78-Josh Lawson[6]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[7]; 2. 35-Chase Pourrier[5]; 3. 45W-Kevin Wahl[13]; 4. 17-Nick Shirley[2]; 5. 03-Christian Kast[3]; 6. 988T-Tristan Anderson[12]; 7. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[1]; 8. 10-Dexyn Habraken[10]; 9. 12-Andy Booke[8]; 10. (DNF) 35P-Tylar Pourrier[9]; 11. (DNF) 7-Ethan Brasel[11]; 12. (DNS) I94-Tim Herron; 13. (DQ) 73-Payson Patrin[6]; 14. (DQ) 94A-Bobie Arnes[4]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[4]; 2. 35-Chase Pourrier[7]; 3. 17-Nick Shirley[6]; 4. 78-Zander Zuehlsdorff[5]; 5. 35P-Tylar Pourrier[2]; 6. 7-Ethan Brasel[3]; 7. (DNF) 45W-Kevin Wahl[1]

Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 73-Payson Patrin[5]; 2. 94A-Bobie Arnes[3]; 3. 03-Christian Kast[1]; 4. 12-Andy Booke[4]; 5. 10-Dexyn Habraken[6]; 6. (DNF) 988T-Tristan Anderson[2]; 7. (DNS) I94-Tim Herron

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8T-Tony Croninger[3]; 2. 50-Ben Wolden[6]; 3. 2-Blake Boelens[5]; 4. 10-Brad Staples[8]; 5. 1776-Joseph Thomas[7]; 6. 11*-Larry Samuelson[4]; 7. 49-Andrew Tysdal[10]; 8. 22-Curtis Newberg[13]; 9. 00-Kevin Youngquist[12]; 10. 4C-Brent Clemensen[2]; 11. 1*-Tyler Larson[14]; 12. (DNF) 811-Bodie Croninger[11]; 13. (DNF) 18A-Mike Anderson[9]; 14. (DNF) 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Brad Staples[2]; 2. 8T-Tony Croninger[1]; 3. 11*-Larry Samuelson[3]; 4. 2-Blake Boelens[6]; 5. 18A-Mike Anderson[5]; 6. 811-Bodie Croninger[7]; 7. 22-Curtis Newberg[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Ben Wolden[4]; 2. 1776-Joseph Thomas[2]; 3. 4C-Brent Clemensen[3]; 4. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[6]; 5. 49-Andrew Tysdal[5]; 6. 00-Kevin Youngquist[1]; 7. 1*-Tyler Larson[7]