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Peterson wins back-to-back in Mods and takes Al Delaine Memorial honors at River Cities while Henkemeyer handles Super Stock foes at Seitz night two

By Meghan Diemel, Editor
All The Dirt! Racing News

GRAND FORKS, ND (September 6) - Friday night’s portion of the John Seitz Memorial weekend included a full show in the WISSOTA Modifieds - the Big Al Delaine Memorial - as well as a feature for the WISSOTA Super Stocks. Heat races were run leading into Saturday night’s program for the WISSOTA Late Models, Midwest Mods and Street Stocks.

Tyler Peterson and Jordan Henkemeyer split WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories.

In the headlining Big Al Delaine Memorial, Ryan Gierke and Dale Ames brought the WISSOTA Modified field to the green flag. After two bad starts, Gierke was bumped back to the second row, with Ames and now Blake Jegtvig on the front row. Ames was the early leader, ahead of fifth-starter Zach Johnson, Jegtvig, seventh-starter Dustin Strand and Gierke in the top five. A caution fell with two laps complete, and another caution on the restart for Gierke, who slipped over the track, kept the field at a halt.

Ames led the restart, with Strand working into second and Tyler Peterson blasting into third, pressuring Strand for runner-up honors. Cole Chernosky was fourth and Johnson was fifth.

About a lap later, Peterson drove by Ames for the lead, with Strand and Chernosky side by side for third right behind. Jegtvig was fifth.

With 10 laps scored, Peterson began to work his way through lapped traffic, while Ames continued to hold off Chernosky and Strand for second. Three laps later Chernosky took second, and closed in quickly on Peterson, who was mired in lapped traffic. Ames, Strand and Jegtvig continued to hold top-five spots, while Buzzy Adams was up to sixth from his 18th-starting spot.

With many green flag laps strung together, it became a race within a race as Peterson worked his way high and low through thick lapped traffic, and Chernosky continued to give chase. With 10 to go, Ames, Strand and Jegtvig continued to hold their top-five spots.

With two to go, Peterson made contact with a lapped car in turn four but continued on, as Strand advanced to second during the final lap. Ames, Jegtvig and Adams completed the top five. Chernosky, who held second for much of the race, was driven into a ute tire during the final lap and fell back to seventh at the finish.

In the WISSOTA Super Stock feature, Jordan Henkemeyer was the early leader ahead of Trevor Nelson, Jeremy North, Matt Sparby and Ron Reed in the top five.

With five laps complete, Henkemeyer continued to increase his advantage out front, as Nelson held second. North, Sparby and now Jason Havel held top five spots. Dave Mass broke through into the top five four laps later, getting by Havel for position. A caution with 10 laps complete regrouped the field.

Henkemeyer held the lead for the restart, with Nelson second and Mass and North battling side by side for third. Mass grabbed the spot and set off after Nelson.

Out front, Henkemeyer began to feel a bit of heat from Nelson, while Mass held third. Thirteenth-starter Terran Spacek was up to fourth, and North was fifth.

Henkemeyer began to feel the pressure from Nelson and Mass; Mass drove by Nelson for second. The fight wasn’t over however, as the duo raced back and forth for the runner-up honors right to the checkered flag. This allowed Henkemeyer to pull back out to a safe lead and he drove on to the checkered flag, with Mass topping Nelson for second. Spacek and North completed the top five.

In the WISSOTA Late Model Go Hard or Go Home Pole Dash, Chad Becker topped Mike Greseth, Aaron Turnbull, Dustin Strand, Cole Searing, Scott Ward, A.J. Diemel and Lee Grosz for starting spots in the first four rows of Saturday’s 92-lap, $9,200-to-win feature.

Justin Vogel, Cole Greseth, Kasey Ussatis, and Parker Anderson were heat race winners in the Street Stocks, while Aaron Blacklance, Reise Stenberg, Matt Schow, Austin Hunter, and Phil Christlieb were heat race winners in the Midwest Mods.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

Go Hard or Go Home Pole Dash (15 Laps): 1. 12-Chad Becker[2]; 2. 17-Mike Greseth[1]; 3. 21T-Aaron Turnbull[4]; 4. 71-Dustin Strand[6]; 5. 10C-Cole Searing[7]; 6. 37-Scott Ward[5]; 7. 58-AJ Diemel[8]; 8. 4J-Lee Grosz[3]

Heat 1 (15 Laps): 1. 17-Mike Greseth[2]; 2. 12-Chad Becker[6]; 3. 55C-Chad Mahder[3]; 4. 7P-Joey Pederson[1]; 5. 44*-Cole Schill[4]; 6. 6M-Jeff Massingill[5]; 7. 57H-Nathan Higginbotham[8]; 8. 2*-Cole Babcock[9]; 9. (DNF) 81X-Matt Sparby[7]

Heat 2 (15 Laps): 1. 10C-Cole Searing[4]; 2. 5G-Scott Greer[2]; 3. 42S-Don Shaw[6]; 4. 2S-Josh Skorczewski[1]; 5. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[5]; 6. 27P-Tucker Pederson[8]; 7. 21S-John Seng[9]; 8. 33-Ryan Dahl[7]; 9. 11-Troy Schill[3]

Heat 3 (15 Laps): 1. 58-AJ Diemel[2]; 2. 17S-Lance Schill[3]; 3. 2-Dave Mass[7]; 4. 2K-Rusty Kollman[8]; 5. 13L-Bryan LePier[6]; 6. F9-Brandon Fuller[1]; 7. 42-Matthew Jarvis[5]; 8. 21-Todd Frank[9]; 9. 77-Corey Seckerson[4]

Heat 4 (15 Laps): 1. 22-Nick Panitzke[1]; 2. 27-Jake Redetzke[4]; 3. 20-Trevor Anderson[6]; 4. 92-Shane Edginton[9]; 5. 12F-Greg Friestad[2]; 6. 11JR-Shane Holden[3]; 7. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[7]; 8. 97-Dan McNamee[8]; 9. (DNF) 02-Dan Dowling[5]

Heat 5 (15 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[2]; 2. 12S-Brad Seng[1]; 3. 28-Sam Mars[7]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 5. 5-Josh Zimpel[3]; 6. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[4]; 7. 29K-Ryan Kereluk[8]; 8. 4C-Brandon Corbett[9]; 9. 25-Jamie Trautner[6]

Heat 6 (15 Laps): 1. 37-Scott Ward[2]; 2. 4J-Lee Grosz[9]; 3. 28P-Jeff Provinzino[8]; 4. 14-Brody Troftgruben[1]; 5. E85-Jason Strand[3]; 6. 00-Mitch Johnson[4]; 7. 9-Steve Anderson[7]; 8. (DNF) 13-John Buchner[6]; 9. (DNF) 57-Blake Higginbotham[5]

Heat 7 (15 Laps): 1. 21T-Aaron Turnbull[3]; 2. 6R-Nate Reynolds[2]; 3. 85-Jayson Good[5]; 4. 50-Ryan Corbett[7]; 5. 11S-Casey Stremick[1]; 6. 21F-Gunner Frank[8]; 7. 88-Steve Hucovski[6]; 8. 56-Laine Schwehr[4]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[9]; 2. 71-Dustin Strand[7]; 3. 6-Dale Ames[2]; 4. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[3]; 5. 40A-Kevin Adams[18]; 6. 6X-Zach Johnson[5]; 7. 33C-Cole Chernosky[12]; 8. 24S-Mike Stearns[15]; 9. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[13]; 10. 2G-Brock Gronwold[10]; 11. 10W-Ward Imrie[6]; 12. 74-Dustin Wahl[16]; 13. 12P-Brandon Pelepetz[14]; 14. 81-Jordan Duray[24]; 15. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[8]; 16. 16-Brenden Luschinski[19]; 17. 1R-Rick Delaine[25]; 18. 5C-Preston Carr[23]; 19. 31-Eric Klassen[11]; 20. 37-Scott Ward[21]; 21. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[20]; 22. 33-Jeff Nelson[22]; 23. 39-Shawn Teunis[17]; 24. (DNF) 6ST-Joseph Thomas[4]; 25. (DNF) 26G-Ryan Gierke[1]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[1]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[3]; 3. 33C-Cole Chernosky[5]; 4. 12P-Brandon Pelepetz[8]; 5. 1R-Rick Delaine[4]; 6. 22-Davey Mills[7]; 7. 39-Shawn Teunis[6]; 8. (DNF) 36-Ryan Cousins[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[2]; 2. 2G-Brock Gronwold[3]; 3. 74-Dustin Wahl[4]; 4. 40A-Kevin Adams[7]; 5. 37-Scott Ward[8]; 6. 12-Tony Caissie[5]; 7. 57-Michael Tiani[6]; 8. (DNF) 25-Ryan Johnson[1]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 6-Dale Ames[4]; 2. 31-Eric Klassen[2]; 3. 22B-Josh Beaulieu[5]; 4. 33-Jeff Nelson[3]; 5. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[7]; 6. 27-Chris Unrau[6]; 7. 18P-Tevin Poluyko[8]; 8. (DNS) 121-Dano Ostrander

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[2]; 2. 6X-Zach Johnson[5]; 3. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[7]; 4. 24S-Mike Stearns[8]; 5. 13-Cayden Schmeling[4]; 6. 81-Jordan Duray[6]; 7. E85-Jason Strand[1]; 8. (DNF) 77R-Ryan Schroeder[3]

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 26G-Ryan Gierke[7]; 2. 10W-Ward Imrie[5]; 3. 16-Brenden Luschinski[4]; 4. 5C-Preston Carr[3]; 5. 32-Jesse Young[1]; 6. 5H-James Hanley[2]; 7. (DNF) 88-Tanner Williamson[6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 39-Shawn Teunis[9]; 2. 16-Brenden Luschinski[1]; 3. 37-Scott Ward[2]; 4. 5C-Preston Carr[3]; 5. 36-Ryan Cousins[11]; 6. 13-Cayden Schmeling[5]; 7. 18P-Tevin Poluyko[8]; 8. 5H-James Hanley[6]; 9. (DNF) 27-Chris Unrau[7]; 10. (DNF) 32-Jesse Young[4]; 11. (DNF) 88-Tanner Williamson[10]; 12. (DNS) 121-Dano Ostrander

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 40A-Kevin Adams[1]; 2. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[3]; 3. 33-Jeff Nelson[2]; 4. 81-Jordan Duray[7]; 5. 22-Davey Mills[5]; 6. 12-Tony Caissie[6]; 7. 77R-Ryan Schroeder[11]; 8. 25-Ryan Johnson[10]; 9. 57-Michael Tiani[9]; 10. (DNF) 1R-Rick Delaine[4]; 11. (DNS) E85-Jason Strand

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 11A-Jordan Henkemeyer[2]; 2. 2-Dave Mass[12]; 3. 71-Trevor Nelson[1]; 4. 22-Terran Spacek[13]; 5. 20-Jeremy North[3]; 6. 81X-Matt Sparby[7]; 7. 5-Jason Havel[8]; 8. 76-Doug Koski[9]; 9. 81B-Doug Bolt[5]; 10. T26-Nic Lewis[6]; 11. 65-Ron Reed[4]; 12. (DNF) 4A-Allan Cleveland[11]; 13. (DNS) 26M-Garrett Masurka

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5BA-Aaron Blacklance[1]; 2. 88-Paul Veert[2]; 3. 111-Jason Halverson[4]; 4. 11R-Landyn Randt[5]; 5. 15G-Landon Gross[3]; 6. 77X-Dylan McCaughan[6]; 7. 8S-Jason Schuh[8]; 8. 115-Kalin Honer[7]; 9. 29-Cylen Vargason[10]; 10. 47-Memphis Klassen[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 87S-Reise Stenberg[1]; 2. 35-Tanner Theis[3]; 3. 11K-Travis Klein[2]; 4. 169-Justin Olson[5]; 5. 73-Onyx Johnson[6]; 6. 17S-Lance Schill[7]; 7. 15TRX-Chris Edmonds[9]; 8. 08-Frank Veert[10]; 9. 30-Cole Neset[8]; 10. 27-Adam Unrau[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Matt Schow[2]; 2. 40D-Blake Adams[6]; 3. 18XX-Connor Drewry[3]; 4. 16-Skyler Smith[7]; 5. 4B-Brandon Rehill[1]; 6. 28S-Ryan Schow[8]; 7. 007-Alex Johnson[9]; 8. 7T-Connor Graff[4]; 9. (DNF) 69T-Nick Thoreson[5]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Austin Hunter[4]; 2. 1Z-Dawson Zabel[6]; 3. 15-Glen Manning[8]; 4. 33A-Austin Overwater[7]; 5. 7B-Bailey Cousins[2]; 6. 77JR-Brody Kraft[9]; 7. 07HD-Jesse Mckuski[1]; 8. (DNF) 188-Hunter Hougard[5]; 9. (DNF) 77B-Logan Bauer[3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Phil Christlieb[1]; 2. 29X-Brandon Bahr[5]; 3. 16L-Brenden Luschinski[8]; 4. 23-Scott Vasichek[7]; 5. 15R-MaKenna Romuld[9]; 6. 20-Nick Audette[3]; 7. 24Z-David Hangsleben[2]; 8. 19-Darrin Lawler[4]; 9. 24JR-Rebecca Stutsky[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10V-Justin Vogel[1]; 2. 35-John Halvorson[2]; 3. 30-Seth Klostreich[4]; 4. 19H-Hunter Carter[5]; 5. 69-Stoney Kruk[8]; 6. 34-Billy Binkley[6]; 7. 00-Dustin Ebensteiner[7]; 8. 29-Rachael McNamee[9]; 9. 0007H-Austin Dueck[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Cole Greseth[5]; 2. 18-Scotty Messner[2]; 3. 4-Trey Hess[6]; 4. 26-Ty Agen[8]; 5. 28-Greg Jose[9]; 6. 91-Shane Swenson[3]; 7. 24-Ashley Wampler[4]; 8. 99-Josh Barker[7]; 9. 14-Lindsay Durocher[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2U-Kasey Ussatis[1]; 2. 34JR-Braden Brauer[9]; 3. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[7]; 4. 17-Nick Shumansky[2]; 5. 11R-Levi Randt[5]; 6. 18J-Justin Peterson[8]; 7. 11JR-Jeff Ekdahl[3]; 8. 49-Rodney Hulst[4]; 9. 7HD-Stan Dueck[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 127-Parker Anderson[1]; 2. 13-Devyn Weleski[3]; 3. 11-Kyle Dykhoff[4]; 4. 20-Andrew Hanson[6]; 5. 10T-Darek Turner[8]; 6. 62-Jayson Bronk[2]; 7. 01-Chris Serr[7]; 8. 7-James Meagher[5]