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Lee Grosz (Darin Stein Photo)

Grosz, Stearns, Larson, Nichols and Rohner roll past their Autumn Classic rivals while Marko finishes with second straight in Streeters at Casino Speedway

WATERTOWN, SD (September 21) - Lee Grosz, Mike Stearns, Matthew Larson, Tommy Nichols, Jason Marko and Jeff Rohner added their names to the Autumn Classic champions list, as they all drove to WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories during Casino Speedway’s final night of racing action for 2024.

Grosz started on the pole and held off his father-in-law Scott Ward for the WISSOTA Late Model win. Trevor Anderson improved four spots to third, Curt Kranz was fourth and ninth-starter Jayson Good picked his way to fifth.

Mike Stearns (Darin Stein Photo)

Stearns started from the front row, taking the WISSOTA Modified victory ahead of Friday night’s winner Dale Ames. Joseph Thomas, Dylan Zabel, and ninth-starter Adam Brotherton were top-five finishers.

In the WISSOTA Super Stocks, Matthew Larson led from the pole and garnered the eventual victory, holding off Trevor Nelson for the win. Nelson, who started sixth, settled for runner-up honors ahead of Travis Scott, ninth-starter Derek Zastrow, and Andrew Hedtke in the top five.

Matthew Larson (Darin Stein Photo)

Tommy Nichols (Darin Stein Photo)

Tommy Nichols topped the WISSOTA Midwest Mod feature from his sixth starting spot. Mike Nichols, Scott Hansen, ninth-starter Zach LaQua, and Derek Rieck were top-five finishers.

In the WISSOTA Street Stocks, Marko started from the pole and drove to victory lane ahead of fellow front-row starter Matt Goth. Maria Broksieck, Jayden Bogh and Wade Tirrel completed the top five.

Rohner picked up the win in the WISSOTA Hornets from his front-row start. Jerik Stabler, Aiden McKuski, Adam VanDerostyne, and Curtis Borstad rounded out the top five.

Jeff Rohner (Darin Stein Photo)

In the track’s Gen X Late Model feature, Tony Croninger took the trip to victory lane.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz[1]; 2. 37-Scott Ward[5]; 3. 20-Trevor Anderson[7]; 4. 87-Curt Kranz[4]; 5. 85-Jayson Good[9]; 6. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[6]; 7. 10X-Blake Swenson[2]; 8. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[3]; 9. 1-Ryan Engels[10]; 10. (DNF) 57-Chad Williamson[8]; 11. (DNF) T3-Rich Thomas[11]; 12. (DNS) 2T-Todd Thomas; 13. (DNS) 3T-Tyler Thomas

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[1]; 2. 57-Chad Williamson[6]; 3. 37-Scott Ward[4]; 4. 4J-Lee Grosz[5]; 5. 85-Jayson Good[3]; 6. T3-Rich Thomas[2]; 7. (DNF) 3T-Tyler Thomas[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37JR-Morgan Ward Grosz[1]; 2. 10X-Blake Swenson[2]; 3. 87-Curt Kranz[5]; 4. 10CO-Charlie Olsen[4]; 5. 1-Ryan Engels[3]; 6. 2T-Todd Thomas[6]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[2]; 2. 6-Dale Ames[4]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[6]; 4. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[3]; 5. 15-Adam Brotherton[9]; 6. 13-Cayden Schmeling[8]; 7. 51T-Tim Thomas[13]; 8. 15F-Ryan Flaten[5]; 9. 65-Dave Brooker[12]; 10. 1MORE-Terry Bendel[11]; 11. 73-Ryan Nelson[10]; 12. 15X-Kenny Mayer[1]; 13. (DNF) 37-Scott Ward[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Mike Stearns[2]; 2. 6-Dale Ames[5]; 3. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[7]; 4. 37-Scott Ward[6]; 5. 15-Adam Brotherton[4]; 6. 1MORE-Terry Bendel[1]; 7. 65-Dave Brooker[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11Z-Dylan Zabel[2]; 2. 15F-Ryan Flaten[6]; 3. 13-Cayden Schmeling[5]; 4. 15X-Kenny Mayer[1]; 5. 73-Ryan Nelson[3]; 6. (DNF) 51T-Tim Thomas[4]

WISSOTA Super Stocks:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 8-Matthew Larson[1]; 2. 71-Trevor Nelson[6]; 3. 71X-Travis Scott[3]; 4. 7-Derek Zastrow[9]; 5. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[8]; 6. 20-Jeremy North[13]; 7. 10-Rick Whitlock[5]; 8. 32-Dominique Menzia[14]; 9. 7K-Kody Lehr[10]; 10. 65-Luis Chavez[7]; 11. 8Z-Andrew Zastrow[11]; 12. (DNF) 4A-Allan Cleveland[2]; 13. (DNF) 22-Bryson North[12]; 14. (DNF) Y5JR-Gerrit Van Liere[4]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Matthew Larson[6]; 2. 5*-Andrew Hedtke[2]; 3. 65-Luis Chavez[4]; 4. 10-Rick Whitlock[7]; 5. 7-Derek Zastrow[3]; 6. (DNF) 20-Jeremy North[5]; 7. (DNF) 32-Dominique Menzia[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Trevor Nelson[1]; 2. 71X-Travis Scott[2]; 3. 4A-Allan Cleveland[3]; 4. Y5JR-Gerrit Van Liere[5]; 5. 7K-Kody Lehr[6]; 6. 8Z-Andrew Zastrow[4]; 7. 22-Bryson North[7]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Nichols[6]; 2. 67-Mike Nichols[2]; 3. 31-Scott Hansen[1]; 4. 61-Zach LaQua[9]; 5. 34J-Derek Rieck[8]; 6. 28T-Scott Tofte[5]; 7. 54H-Chad Williamson[4]; 8. 47-Memphis Klassen[7]; 9. 16-Brock Hess[11]; 10. 11S-Darren Engesser[15]; 11. 07HD-Jesse Mckuski[14]; 12. 51-Toby Eilers[17]; 13. 77J-Nathan Jager[12]; 14. 17-Matthew Cunha[3]; 15. 12-Logan Redlin[10]; 16. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[20]; 17. OK-Cameron Lindberg[19]; 18. 48-Camden Rassel[16]; 19. (DNF) 56D-Doug Neitzel[18]; 20. (DNF) 15-MaKenna Romuld[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 28T-Scott Tofte[1]; 2. 17-Matthew Cunha[2]; 3. 61-Zach LaQua[3]; 4. 12-Logan Redlin[4]; 5. 15-MaKenna Romuld[6]; 6. 48-Camden Rassel[5]; 7. 56D-Doug Neitzel; 8. 2DR-Tom Neitzel[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 54H-Chad Williamson[2]; 2. 31-Scott Hansen[3]; 3. 67-Mike Nichols[4]; 4. 16-Brock Hess[1]; 5. 07HD-Jesse Mckuski[6]; 6. 51-Toby Eilers[5]; 7. OK-Cameron Lindberg[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Tommy Nichols[2]; 2. 34J-Derek Rieck[3]; 3. 47-Memphis Klassen[1]; 4. 77J-Nathan Jager[5]; 5. 11S-Darren Engesser[4]; 6. 56D-Doug Neitzel[6]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 31-Jason Marko[1]; 2. 17-Matt Goth[2]; 3. 14-Maria Broksieck[7]; 4. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[8]; 5. 58-Wade Tirrel[6]; 6. 711-Kenneth Clements[12]; 7. 01-Chris Serr[3]; 8. 73-Cory Giessinger[14]; 9. 81-Travis Oxandaburu[4]; 10. 99-Andy Rossow[15]; 11. 007HD-Austin Dueck[16]; 12. 314-Tyler Lamb[13]; 13. 2-Joe Martin[10]; 14. 1X-Clifford Houser[11]; 15. 47-Russell Carlson[19]; 16. 80-Tony Miller[22]; 17. E30-Cooper Butterfield[5]; 18. 99J-Josh Barker[17]; 19. (DNF) 37W-Ferlin Sheridan[18]; 20. (DNF) 07HD-Stan Dueck[20]; 21. (DNF) 0-Wyatt Brooker[21]; 22. (DNF) 4-Trey Hess[9]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Matt Goth[4]; 2. 01-Chris Serr[8]; 3. 14-Maria Broksieck[7]; 4. 2-Joe Martin[3]; 5. 314-Tyler Lamb[1]; 6. 007HD-Austin Dueck[2]; 7. 47-Russell Carlson[6]; 8. (DNF) 80-Tony Miller[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20JR-Jayden Bogh[2]; 2. 4-Trey Hess[1]; 3. 81-Travis Oxandaburu[3]; 4. 1X-Clifford Houser[4]; 5. 73-Cory Giessinger[6]; 6. 99J-Josh Barker[5]; 7. 07HD-Stan Dueck[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. E30-Cooper Butterfield[1]; 2. 58-Wade Tirrel[4]; 3. 31-Jason Marko[5]; 4. 711-Kenneth Clements[2]; 5. 99-Andy Rossow[6]; 6. 37W-Ferlin Sheridan[3]; 7. 0-Wyatt Brooker[7]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[2]; 2. 7-Jerik Stabler[4]; 3. 07HD-Aiden McKuski[1]; 4. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[3]; 5. 10B-Curtis Borstad[6]; 6. 98-Brett Alexander[5]

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 08-Jeff Rohner[2]; 2. 3-Adam VanDerostyne[4]; 3. 7-Jerik Stabler[3]; 4. 07HD-Aiden McKuski[1]; 5. 98-Brett Alexander[6]; 6. 10B-Curtis Borstad[5]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (18 Laps): 1. 8T-Tony Croninger[2]; 2. D1-Matthew Larson[8]; 3. 22-Brady Mellendorf[1]; 4. 20-Doug Walsh[3]; 5. 14-Scott Harrington[7]; 6. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[6]; 7. 87-Curt Kranz[9]; 8. 15-Trevor Walsh[10]; 9. 811-Bodie Croninger[5]; 10. 19-Tyler McFarland[11]; 11. 17J-John Winge[13]; 12. 50-Joel Waba[4]; 13. 122-Keith Konold[12]; 14. 1E-Tai Engels[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Scott Harrington[2]; 2. 8T-Tony Croninger[4]; 3. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[1]; 4. 811-Bodie Croninger[3]; 5. 87-Curt Kranz[7]; 6. 19-Tyler McFarland[5]; 7. 17J-John Winge[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Doug Walsh[2]; 2. D1-Matthew Larson[4]; 3. 50-Joel Waba[7]; 4. 22-Brady Mellendorf[3]; 5. 15-Trevor Walsh[5]; 6. 122-Keith Konold[6]; 7. 1E-Tai Engels[1]

Scott Hughes