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Adams makes road trip pay off at I-94 with Mod win; Mass, Reinke and Dykhoff deliver for their fans as well at Fergus Falls

By Ron Krog

FERGUS FALLS, MN (August 30) - Race fans in Fergus Falls gathered for the final regular season night at I-94 emr Speedway Friday night and bore witness to WISSOTA Dirt Track Series victories from Kevin Adams, Nate Reinke, Dave Mass, Kyle Dykhoff, and Dexyn Habraken.

Over the past 25 years or so, nearly every WISSOTA race fan has had a chance to watch Kevin “Buzzy” Adams race a time or two, and now with his son Blake becoming a rising star, Adams’ schedule has changed a little. Fans on Friday got to see what many of us already have witnessed, and that he is truly one of the best to ever run a WISSOTA Mod. It was not a big field of Mods at 14 cars, but there was plenty of talent. Adams and Zach Johnson went back and forth in the early laps, with Adams dusting the wall off in turn four many times.

Adams’ next challenge came from Don Eischens, who actually took the lead away three different times. Still, Adams stayed high on the track as many fans looked on in shock thinking he would surely wreck. He kept rolling along, however.

Then came Brady Gerdes, and he and Adams gave the fans a dandy show, as they went back and forth for the last nine laps of the race. The last four laps the outside cushion was gone, so Adams used the wall; he grabbed the thrilling win leaving fans in disbelief, complete with sparks off Adams’ car the last few laps. Gerdes, Eischens, 11th-starter Justin Froemming and Blake Jegtvig rounded out the top five.

Dusty Bitzan was crowned the 2024 track champion.

A nice field of 24 WISSOTA Late Models took the green flag, with Chase Gelling looking strong early on. Shawn Kirwin closed in, before Shawn Meyer grabbed the top spot and held on for five laps. With 13 laps to go, Dave Mass charged to the lead.

At this point, if Mass were to win the race, 24th-starter Cole Schill had to finish 11th or better to hold off Mass for the title. As the race came to its end, Mass took the win with Shawn Kirwin second and ninth-starter Don Shaw finishing third. Danny Vang and Jordan Tollakson completed the top five.

In the points race, as the white flag flew Schill had worked his way up to 12th, and then had to make a challenging pass on Cody Lee to move into 11th and give him the championship by one point.

A large field of 29 WISSOTA Midwest Mods took the green, but four early cautions dropped the field down to 20 cars. Nick Bruder was the early leader and actually opened up a nice advantage over the field, as Nate Reinke moved into second with Haley Dykhoff and Jake Molitor having a dandy battle for fourth. With 14 laps left, Reinke and Bruder swapped spots, and three laps later Reinke took the lead and held off a charging Tyler Bitzan for the win. Bruder came in third and Dykhoff was fourth. Jake Molitor completed the top five.

Nate Reinke was also crowned the 2024 track champion.

A solid field of 24 WISSOTA Street Stocks kept fans entertained, as they had several good battles going on throughout the field. Kyle Dykhoff led early on, but behind him it was mayhem as ninth-starter Ty Agen made his way to fourth. With nine laps to go, Agen, Derek Turner and Ty Schuler were three-wide for top-five spots. One lap later a yellow reset the field.

Following the restart, Agen threw a slider at Dykhoff to take the lead, only to have Dykhoff reclaim it. Dykhoff did not give up as he grabbed the win followed by Agen and Eric Riley on the podium. Darek Turner and 10th-starter Tyler Klugman were top-five finishers.

The WISSOTA Hornet class has been dominated by Jeff Rohner and Chase Pourrier, but Friday night Dexyn Habraken broke through for the victory. Pourrier and Kevin Wahl were second and third, while Nick Shirley and Jeff Rohner rounded out the top five.

Current national point leader Rohner took home the 2024 track championship.

Scott Harrington doesn’t get over to I-94 very often, but he always seems to make it count. He grabbed his third win of the season in the Gen X Late Models, while Ben Wolden was crowned track champ for the eighth time.

The speedway thanks Odyssey Steel Inc. and KJ Country 965 for their sponsorship of championship night. Next up at the track is the Speedway Motors WISSOTA 100 Sept 11-15.

SUMMARY

WISSOTA Late Models:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 2-Dave Mass[5]; 2. 10K-Shawn Kirwin[4]; 3. 118-Don Shaw[9]; 4. 47-Danny Vang[7]; 5. 32-Jordan Tollakson[3]; 6. 22-Nick Panitzke[6]; 7. 18C-Chase Gelling[2]; 8. 71X-Cory Tammen[13]; 9. 18X-Shawn Meyer[8]; 10. 66-Sam Zender[11]; 11. 44*-Cole Schill[24]; 12. 50C-Cody Lee[16]; 13. XXX-Jon Tollakson[14]; 14. 14M-Greg Moore[15]; 15. 50-Ben Wolden[23]; 16. 2D-Dan Dowling[18]; 17. 15X-Blake Boelens[10]; 18. 00-Mitch Johnson[19]; 19. 76-Dustin Johanneck[17]; 20. 7-Scott Lehn[21]; 21. 24-Mike Hart[20]; 22. 3H-Jerry Hauge[22]; 23. 18-Josh Rieck[12]; 24. (DNF) 32T-Lindsey Hansen[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 118-Don Shaw[2]; 2. 2-Dave Mass[1]; 3. 10K-Shawn Kirwin[3]; 4. 15X-Blake Boelens[5]; 5. 71X-Cory Tammen[7]; 6. 50C-Cody Lee[6]; 7. 00-Mitch Johnson[8]; 8. 3H-Jerry Hauge[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18X-Shawn Meyer[3]; 2. 32T-Lindsey Hansen[2]; 3. 47-Danny Vang[4]; 4. 66-Sam Zender[7]; 5. XXX-Jon Tollakson[6]; 6. 76-Dustin Johanneck[8]; 7. 24-Mike Hart[1]; 8. 50-Ben Wolden[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Nick Panitzke[3]; 2. 18C-Chase Gelling[2]; 3. 32-Jordan Tollakson[8]; 4. 18-Josh Rieck[4]; 5. 14M-Greg Moore[5]; 6. 2D-Dan Dowling[7]; 7. 7-Scott Lehn[1]; 8. 44*-Cole Schill[6]

WISSOTA Modifieds:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 40-Kevin Adams[2]; 2. 2X-Brady Gerdes[8]; 3. 9E-Don Eischens[6]; 4. 33X-Justin Froemming[11]; 5. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[7]; 6. 6X-Zach Johnson[3]; 7. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[5]; 8. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[9]; 9. 88-Tanner Williamson[4]; 10. 6*-Brian Haben[1]; 11. 8S-Tony Schill[14]; 12. 11X-Austin Chyba[10]; 13. (DNF) 2G-Brock Gronwold[13]; 14. (DNF) 51A-Avery Anderson[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10X-Dustin Bitzan[5]; 2. 6X-Zach Johnson[2]; 3. 88-Tanner Williamson[1]; 4. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[4]; 5. 9B-Brendan Blascyk[7]; 6. 33X-Justin Froemming[6]; 7. 2G-Brock Gronwold[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Kevin Adams[1]; 2. 9E-Don Eischens[3]; 3. 2X-Brady Gerdes[4]; 4. 6*-Brian Haben[6]; 5. 11X-Austin Chyba[2]; 6. 51A-Avery Anderson[5]; 7. 8S-Tony Schill[7]

WISSOTA Midwest Mods:

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[7]; 2. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[3]; 3. 092-Nick Bruder[1]; 4. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[5]; 5. 9M-Jake Molitor[2]; 6. 40D-Blake Adams[14]; 7. 1X-Travis Engebretson[9]; 8. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[19]; 9. 13-Scott Oeltjen[18]; 10. 21Z-Zach Kort[11]; 11. 82G-Chad Gronner[17]; 12. 42-Ron Saurer[16]; 13. 62-Aaron Michel[13]; 14. 554-Alan Oeltjen[26]; 15. TS42-Scott Samuelson[24]; 16. X-Tucker Jacobson[23]; 17. 28K-Nick Preston[22]; 18. 13K-Brad King[25]; 19. 75JR-Daniel Harstad[27]; 20. (DNF) 42B-Tanner Bitzan[12]; 21. (DNF) L1-Shane Howell[6]; 22. (DNF) 73-Onyx Johnson[10]; 23. (DNF) 1M-Jon McCain[29]; 24. (DNF) 110-Tate Kelderman[21]; 25. (DNF) 10M-Noah McFarlane[20]; 26. (DNF) 32F-Justin Froemming[8]; 27. (DNF) 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[4]; 28. (DNF) 97-Michelle Hutt[15]; 29. (DNF) 10K-Kurt Mursu[28]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 50H-Haley Dykhoff[1]; 2. 24TB-Taylor Bitzan[4]; 3. 1X-Travis Engebretson[5]; 4. 62-Aaron Michel[3]; 5. 82G-Chad Gronner[2]; 6. 110-Tate Kelderman[7]; 7. 13K-Brad King[6]; 8. (DNF) 1M-Jon McCain[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10B-Tyler Bitzan[2]; 2. 092-Nick Bruder[6]; 3. 73-Onyx Johnson[3]; 4. 40D-Blake Adams[5]; 5. 13-Scott Oeltjen[4]; 6. 28K-Nick Preston[7]; 7. (DNF) 554-Alan Oeltjen[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32F-Justin Froemming[1]; 2. L1-Shane Howell[6]; 3. 21Z-Zach Kort[4]; 4. 97-Michelle Hutt[3]; 5. 2B-Tayten Blascyk[5]; 6. X-Tucker Jacobson[7]; 7. (DNF) 75JR-Daniel Harstad[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[1]; 2. 9M-Jake Molitor[3]; 3. 42B-Tanner Bitzan[5]; 4. 42-Ron Saurer[4]; 5. 10M-Noah McFarlane[6]; 6. TS42-Scott Samuelson[2]; 7. (DNF) 10K-Kurt Mursu[7]

WISSOTA Street Stocks:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[2]; 2. 26-Ty Agen[9]; 3. 51-Eric Riley[8]; 4. 10T-Darek Turner[4]; 5. 2K-Tyler Klugman[10]; 6. 16S-Ty Schuler[1]; 7. 12-Kevin Pender[21]; 8. 18J-Justin Peterson[3]; 9. 5-Royce Jawaski[15]; 10. 44-Dylan Arndt[11]; 11. 35S-Kegan Stueve[18]; 12. 30B-Wade Bergerud[14]; 13. 16-Greg Platzer[13]; 14. 78-Josh Lawson[16]; 15. 3J-Tanner Freese[22]; 16. 84-Doug Martin[20]; 17. 2-Joe Martin[6]; 18. 57-Jason Fechtner[23]; 19. (DNF) 12S-Joshua Schroeder[24]; 20. (DNF) 17-Nick Shumansky[5]; 21. (DNF) 44X-Alex Grinager[17]; 22. (DNF) 23-Maverick Janssen[19]; 23. (DNF) 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[7]; 24. (DNF) 3C-Cory Dykhoff[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Eric Riley[4]; 2. 11K-Kyle Dykhoff[7]; 3. 18J-Justin Peterson[3]; 4. 2K-Tyler Klugman[6]; 5. 16-Greg Platzer[5]; 6. 78-Josh Lawson[1]; 7. 23-Maverick Janssen[8]; 8. 3J-Tanner Freese[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 10T-Darek Turner[3]; 2. 26-Ty Agen[7]; 3. 19K-Cole Kannegiesser[1]; 4. 44-Dylan Arndt[4]; 5. 30B-Wade Bergerud[6]; 6. 44X-Alex Grinager[8]; 7. 84-Doug Martin[5]; 8. 57-Jason Fechtner[2]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Joe Martin[1]; 2. 17-Nick Shumansky[3]; 3. 16S-Ty Schuler[5]; 4. 3C-Cory Dykhoff[7]; 5. 5-Royce Jawaski[2]; 6. 35S-Kegan Stueve[6]; 7. 12-Kevin Pender[4]; 8. 12S-Joshua Schroeder[8]

WISSOTA Hornets:

A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 10-Dexyn Habraken[1]; 2. 35-Chase Pourrier[3]; 3. 45W-Kevin Wahl[2]; 4. 17-Nick Shirley[4]; 5. 08-Jeff Rohner[5]; 6. 03-Christian Kast[7]; 7. 20-Christopher Winter Jr[6]; 8. (DNF) 35P-Tylar Pourrier[9]; 9. (DNS) 90-Kreg Anderson

Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 45W-Kevin Wahl[1]; 2. 35-Chase Pourrier[7]; 3. 17-Nick Shirley[2]; 4. 10-Dexyn Habraken[5]; 5. 08-Jeff Rohner[8]; 6. 20-Christopher Winter Jr[3]; 7. 03-Christian Kast[9]; 8. (DNF) 90-Kreg Anderson[4]; 9. (DNF) 35P-Tylar Pourrier[6]

Gen X Late Models:

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 14-Scott Harrington[7]; 2. 7-Rick Schroeder[4]; 3. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[9]; 4. 27-Jarrett Huus[1]; 5. 00-Kevin Youngquist[3]; 6. 50-Ben Wolden[8]; 7. 10-Brad Staples[5]; 8. 18A-Mike Anderson[6]; 9. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[11]; 10. 11*-Larry Samuelson[2]; 11. 4C-Brent Clemensen[10]; 12. 0-Shawn Beto[13]; 13. 71-John Plaster[12]; 14. 1*-Tyler Larson[14]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Rick Schroeder[2]; 2. 10-Brad Staples[5]; 3. 50-Ben Wolden[6]; 4. 18A-Mike Anderson[1]; 5. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[7]; 6. 20Z-Scott Zimmerman[4]; 7. (DNF) 0-Shawn Beto[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Scott Harrington[3]; 2. 00-Kevin Youngquist[2]; 3. 11*-Larry Samuelson[4]; 4. 27-Jarrett Huus[6]; 5. 4C-Brent Clemensen[1]; 6. 1*-Tyler Larson[7]; 7. 71-John Plaster[5]