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Don Shaw (Char Hurd Photo)

Shaw, Leiker and Petroff park their race cars in victory lane on first night of two at Big Sky Speedway

BILLINGS, MT (September 20) - Don Shaw, Robert Petroff, and Troy Leiker were WISSOTA Dirt Track Series winners Friday night, as the track hosted the inaugural Kelly Hample Memorial at the Billings-area speedway in Montana.

Shaw led all 36 laps in the WISSOTA Late Model feature Friday, to garner the $1,236 payday. Lynn Amick, Dillon Price, 14th-starter DJ Baxter and Jeremy Castro were top-five finishers.

Robert Petroff worked his way to the front from outside of the third row, taking the lead on lap four and driving home to the victory ahead of Dillon Hoppe, Troy Cepak, Jr., Caden Craver, and Anthony Cacace in the top five.

Robert Petroff (Char Hurd Photo)

Troy Leiker (Char Hurd Photo)

Ninth-starter Troy Leiker took the lead for good around lap nine in the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature, grabbing the eventual victory ahead of Scott Tyrrell, Jeremy Meirhofer, Darin Hauff and 12th-starter Chad Switzenberg in the top five.

In the track’s other action, Chas Matye (IMCA Sport Compacts) and Jake Dewitt (Wingless Sprints) also took home hardware.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (36 Laps): 1. 42S-Don Shaw[1]; 2. 47-Lynn Amick[2]; 3. 308-Dillon Price[3]; 4. 24DD-DJ Baxter[14]; 5. 14X-Jeremy Castro[4]; 6. 50-Ted Hample[11]; 7. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[9]; 8. 1X-Vernon Hill[15]; 9. 15-Devin Kenaston[17]; 10. 01-Chris Dunn[8]; 11. 1D-Rock Degele[13]; 12. 14K-Troy Cepak Jr[19]; 13. 9M-Devon Jadwin[22]; 14. 4D-Brad Hartigan[6]; 15. 14-Ken Helman[12]; 16. 21F-Ryan Fasching[7]; 17. 24-Timothy Ames[18]; 18. 85-Richard Haberstroh[23]; 19. 21-Shad Jensen[20]; 20. (DNF) 29-Ty Hample[5]; 21. (DNF) 00-Beau Nave[10]; 22. (DNF) 1H-Vernon Hill Jr[16]; 23. (DNF) 17-Jim Harris[24]; 24. (DNF) 20-Smokey Jensen[21]

Heat 1: 1. 42S-Don Shaw[1]; 2. 14X-Jeremy Castro[2]; 3. 21F-Ryan Fasching[4]; 4. 00-Beau Nave[6]; 5. 1D-Rock Degele[3]; 6. 1H-Vernon Hill Jr[5]; 7. 14K-Troy Cepak Jr[7]; 8. 9M-Devon Jadwin[8]

Heat 2: 1. 47-Lynn Amick[2]; 2. 29-Ty Hample[1]; 3. 01-Chris Dunn[3]; 4. 50-Ted Hample[5]; 5. 24DD-DJ Baxter[8]; 6. 15-Devin Kenaston[4]; 7. (DNF) 21-Shad Jensen[6]; 8. (DNF) 85-Richard Haberstroh[7]

Heat 3: 1. 308-Dillon Price[2]; 2. 4D-Brad Hartigan[1]; 3. 12DF-Dwayne Fowler[3]; 4. 14-Ken Helman[8]; 5. 1X-Vernon Hill[5]; 6. 24-Timothy Ames[6]; 7. 20-Smokey Jensen[7]; 8. (DNS) 17-Jim Harris

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Troy Leiker[9]; 2. 5T-Scott Tyrrell[6]; 3. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[7]; 4. 4-Darin Hauff[4]; 5. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[12]; 6. 25C-Casey Renken[18]; 7. 94R-Ryan Nash[3]; 8. 60-Joey Price[14]; 9. 2-Rod Lorenz[5]; 10. 94-Michael Rogers[22]; 11. 20-Brady Lorenz[2]; 12. 27-Chandler Ingle[19]; 13. 23-Jake Schye[13]; 14. (DNF) 20S-Shay Evig[11]; 15. (DNF) 18-Tony Leiker[1]; 16. (DNF) 57H-Robby Howie[21]; 17. (DNF) X28-Cooter Liscum[16]; 18. (DNF) 9K-Spencer Krueger[20]; 19. (DNF) 5-Connor Friske[8]; 20. (DNF) 56-Norman Jackson[10]; 21. (DNF) 64-Joel Morris[15]; 22. (DNF) 21K-Nathan Kenaston[17]; 23. (DNS) 24-Ronn Green

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tony Leiker[7]; 2. 2-Rod Lorenz[8]; 3. 20-Brady Lorenz[3]; 4. 56-Norman Jackson[6]; 5. 23-Jake Schye[2]; 6. X28-Cooter Liscum[5]; 7. 27-Chandler Ingle[4]; 8. (DNS) 24-Ronn Green

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5T-Scott Tyrrell[2]; 2. 4-Darin Hauff[1]; 3. 17-Troy Leiker[8]; 4. 20S-Shay Evig[4]; 5. 60-Joey Price[6]; 6. 21K-Nathan Kenaston[7]; 7. 9K-Spencer Krueger[5]; 8. 57H-Robby Howie[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32M-Jeremy Meirhofer[3]; 2. 94R-Ryan Nash[2]; 3. 5-Connor Friske[7]; 4. 12S-Chad Switzenberg[6]; 5. 64-Joel Morris[5]; 6. 25C-Casey Renken[4]; 7. (DNF) 94-Michael Rogers[1]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11*-Robert Petroff[6]; 2. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[3]; 3. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[5]; 4. 21JR-Caden Craver[2]; 5. I0-Anthony Cacace[7]; 6. 22J-Preston Johnson[13]; 7. 29-Brady Lorenz[9]; 8. 38-Toby Price[8]; 9. 43C-Casey Durand[14]; 10. 98-Patrick Harvie[10]; 11. 81-Brock Salsbury[15]; 12. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[12]; 13. 3-Ken Harmon[11]; 14. 45T-Conner Carter[16]; 15. 93-Jimmy Havens[18]; 16. (DNF) 66S-Patrick Salway[1]; 17. (DNF) 30-Bob Gordon[17]; 18. (DQ) 15-Marvin Gonzales[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Marvin Gonzales[4]; 2. I0-Anthony Cacace[2]; 3. 38-Toby Price[3]; 4. 66S-Patrick Salway[7]; 5. 29-Brady Lorenz[5]; 6. 3-Ken Harmon[1]; 7. 22J-Preston Johnson[6]; 8. 43C-Casey Durand[9]; 9. 45T-Conner Carter[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Troy Cepak Jr[3]; 2. 11*-Robert Petroff[5]; 3. 14D-Dillon Hoppe[8]; 4. 21JR-Caden Craver[1]; 5. 98-Patrick Harvie[6]; 6. 13D-Kayla Pelissier[7]; 7. 93-Jimmy Havens[9]; 8. 81-Brock Salsbury[2]; 9. (DNF) 30-Bob Gordon[4]

IMCA Sport Compacts:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 13-Chas Matye[10]; 2. 27-Gerrad Frick[2]; 3. 11X-Jimmie Langton[6]; 4. 20T-Troy Weninger[12]; 5. 82-Jim Garretson[4]; 6. 24-Kory Pritchett[9]; 7. 31R-Matt Riesinger[5]; 8. 12-Eric Frick[11]; 9. NW25-John Suden[17]; 10. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[15]; 11. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[13]; 12. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[19]; 13. 95-Brooklyn Lorenz[3]; 14. 8K-Kane Krueger[18]; 15. 44A-Anthony Whiteman[20]; 16. 008-Robert Herbert[21]; 17. (DNF) 4-Douglas Berg[1]; 18. (DNF) 32-Kyle Dalke[7]; 19. (DNF) 33-Jonathan Morgan[22]; 20. (DNF) 29-Kyle Leichner[14]; 21. (DNF) 63-Daytona Smith[16]; 22. (DNF) 75W-Wolfi Gensch[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Kyle Dalke[6]; 2. 11X-Jimmie Langton[5]; 3. 20T-Troy Weninger[8]; 4. 13-Chas Matye[7]; 5. 9D-Dakota Kincaid[2]; 6. 63-Daytona Smith[3]; 7. 24Y-Wyatt Omoth[4]; 8. 008-Robert Herbert[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75W-Wolfi Gensch[6]; 2. 4-Douglas Berg[1]; 3. 82-Jim Garretson[3]; 4. 95-Brooklyn Lorenz[2]; 5. 29-Kyle Leichner[4]; 6. NW25-John Suden[7]; 7. 44A-Anthony Whiteman[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Gerrad Frick[1]; 2. 24-Kory Pritchett[6]; 3. 31R-Matt Riesinger[4]; 4. 12-Eric Frick[7]; 5. 82I-BRANDON IBACH[5]; 6. 8K-Kane Krueger[2]; 7. (DNS) 33-Jonathan Morgan

Big Sky Wingless Sprints:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 63-Jake Dewitt[4]; 2. 17J-Chris Williams[7]; 3. 171-Roy Guy III[6]; 4. 2D-Harrison White[3]; 5. 27S-Tom Sires[5]; 6. M240-Teri Omoth[2]; 7. 11-Daryl Sperling[1]; 8. (DNS) 21-Dale Neitzel; 9. (DNS) 36-Jay Burns

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17J-Chris Williams[3]; 2. 171-Roy Guy III[5]; 3. 27S-Tom Sires[7]; 4. 63-Jake Dewitt[4]; 5. 2D-Harrison White[6]; 6. M240-Teri Omoth[2]; 7. 21-Dale Neitzel[1]; 8. 11-Daryl Sperling[9]; 9. (DNF) 36-Jay Burns[8]

Scott Hughes